Hearing that the situation was so serious, Yuan Yao was stunned on the spot for a while, speechless for a long time, he now completely realized what it meant to be a step of heaven and a step of hell!

Yuan Yao seemed to be facing a gambling game with Jiangdong as a bet, and suddenly it was time to place a bet, and there was no chance to prepare psychologically before!

Although he clearly understands in his heart that he can't hesitate at this time, he can't be as resourceful and indecisive as Yuan Shao in history, and he must make a decisive decision to make a decision, so that he can be regarded as a qualified prince!

But when it was his turn, he realized how difficult it was to be so-called "decisive......

Yuan Yao walked back and forth for a long time without making up his mind, and finally sat down a little decadently and sighed: "Hey, I didn't expect this Zhuge Xuan to have such a great ability to force us to this point!" ”

Yuan Yao didn't have much information about Zhuge Xuan in his head, he only knew that he was the uncle of Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, and he died quite early, and there was no record in the works of the Three Kingdoms, so Yuan Yao didn't take him seriously, and now it seems that he is also a resourceful cow.

"I'm afraid the lord has misunderstood, these plans may not come from Zhuge Xuan's hands." Liu Ye immediately explained when he heard this.

"Oh? What does Ziyang mean? Yuan Yao asked in wonder.

Liu Ye explained: "According to intelligence, the commander of Jingzhou's expedition to Yuzhang this time is Cai Mao, and the military division of the army is Kuai Yue, Kuai Yidu. This person is a famous man in Jingxiang, and he is the decisive person who helped Liu Jingsheng ride Jingzhou alone, and his wisdom is extraordinary.

The resources and forces mobilized by the subordinates Guan Jingzhou Army's previous plans were beyond Zhuge Xuan's identity, so his subordinates believed that these strategies were likely to come from Kuai Yue's hands. ”

"Kuaiyue? It turned out to be him, no wonder! Yuan Yao's face showed a sudden expression, Kuai Yue's ability is very clear to him, in his heart is not worse than Liu Ye, and even because he is relatively old, he may be temporarily stronger than Liu Ye, who lacks experience, if he knew that there was such a person before, he would definitely be more careful about this matter!

Hearing that there were capable people as enemies, Yuan Yao felt that he was aroused with fighting spirit, and his mind was instantly clear, and for a while, his mental state was much better than before......

"Ziyang, you go back as soon as possible, prepare to surrender Chen Heng in advance, I will return tomorrow morning, and I can go to Lujiang the day after tomorrow, you strive to prepare everything within this time, is there a problem?" Yuan Yao calmed down, and his eyes began to regain firmness.

Seeing Yuan Yao's changes, Liu Ye's heart was also lifted, and he hurriedly replied: "There is no problem, the subordinates can return now." ”

Yuan Yao was stunned when he heard this: "It's getting dark now, how do you go back?" ”

Liu Ye replied: "Your subordinates can ride fast horses overnight to Moling first, and you can return there by boat early the next morning, and you can rest while on the boat, so that you can reach Lujiang in one day." ”

"......" Yuan Yao sighed suddenly, only then did he know how Liu Ye chased after Dantu, no wonder he looked so tired, "Ziyang has worked hard!" ”

"Where are the responsibilities of subordinates, don't dare to say bitterness!" Liu Ye hurriedly humbled himself, and then asked with a straight face, "Does the lord only choose the water war and not let Zhang Xun go north?" ”

Seeing this, Yuan Yao was no longer polite, and nodded directly: "The situation on Tai Shici's side is unknown, and he can't know himself and his opponent, so he rashly let Zhang Xun fight against more than 40,000 enemy troops with 10,000, which is easy to be surrounded and sent for reinforcements, and the victory rate is too low;

On the water side, we have at least figured out the general details of the enemy, and we can still know ourselves and the enemy, plus Chen Heng's surrender, the victory rate is greater.

Besides, the current situation is that he is defeated on the water, and even if he wins on land, there is no point, so let Zijing make a decision after figuring out the situation, I will not interfere, and save him from making trouble, what does Zi Yang think? ”

In fact, Yuan Yao had no confidence in whether Zhang Xun could win more with less, but it was not good to directly express his distrust, so he pushed this problem to Lu Su, who was in the middle of the dispatch.

Of course, Liu Ye didn't know Yuan Yao's thoughts, but he still seconded: "The subordinates also think that the key to this battle is on the water!" ”

Yuan Yao nodded and sighed: "War is really unpredictable......"

At the beginning of the Battle of Yuzhang, the center of gravity was considered to be on the water, but later because of the merits of the battleships, the Lujiang Navy fought evenly with the strong Jingzhou Navy on the weak side, so the center of gravity of the battle returned to the land.

I never thought that within a few days, the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse, Tai Shici was suddenly surrounded, and the center of gravity of the war actually returned to the water, so Yuan Yao sighed.

Tai Shi Ci was besieged, Yuan Yao was anxious, but he couldn't just go back to Lujiang to lead the troops to rush up to the decisive battle, because he never thought of the plan to defeat the Jingzhou naval army in the emergence stage, so he had pinned his hopes on victory on land.

Now that the situation has changed, Yuan Yao has to drive the ducks to the shelves, although he is worried about Tai Shici, but he can't act recklessly, making jokes about the 40,000 soldiers of Lujiang and the entire Jiangdong.

Therefore, Yuan Yao had to stay sober and think calmly, and finally found that the only thing that could immediately change the status quo was the matter of surrendering Chen Heng, so this matter was put on the agenda by him in advance, and the situation began to develop in the direction that Kuai Yue wanted......

Yuan Yao sent Liu Ye away, returned to the mansion, and found that Lu Meng was staring at the map on the wall, and only came back to his senses when Yuan Yao walked in, Yuan Yao smiled when he saw this: "What, what does Ziming think about our current situation?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Lu Meng hurriedly clenched his fists to make amends, but Yuan Yao frowned when he saw this.

Lu Meng in history left a bold evaluation, but don't become a submissive character because of premature contact with high-status figures, so Yuan Yao encouraged: "It's okay, although Ziming is outspoken, he may be able to give me a hint." ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he dared to ask: "My subordinates don't understand, why don't we land in Danyang directly, and then go to the rescue of General Tai Shici?" ”

Yuan Yao came to the map with a smile when he heard this, and gestured: "Because the Lujiang Navy is used to balance the Jingzhou Navy Army, if we land, then Cai Mao can also land with confidence, and he is much closer to Tai Shi Ci than us, if he merges with Zhuge Xuan and Zhen to form a 100,000 coalition army, let alone Tai Shi Ci who is besieged at that time, everything in Jiangdong will be wiped out!" ”

Lu Meng was stunned: "Then why didn't Cai Mao directly unite Zhuge Xuan and Zhenrong and lead a large army to attack Jiangdong?" ”

Yuan Yao patiently explained: "Because their naval army also has to contain us, otherwise he will attack Jiangdong, I will attack Jingzhou itself, Jingzhou's waterways are vertical and horizontal, and it will be dangerous without the escort of the naval army, don't forget that we still have General Zuo's Mansion behind us."

Although we are only fighting the battle of Yuzhang now, our vision cannot be limited here, and we must learn to look at the overall situation. ”

"See the big picture?" Lu Meng looked at the map, and his face was still a little green, "My subordinates understand, thank you for your advice." ”

"Hehe......" Seeing that Lu Meng had some understanding, Yuan Yao was overjoyed, although he himself was also in the learning stage, but occasionally taught Lu Meng, who was only sixteen years old and had not yet enlightened, was still okay......