With Gao Ye's questioning, except for Gao Shun, Yu Ban and Xu Huang both frowned. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After all, Gao Shun himself also knows that the worst thing he is at is planning, so as long as he follows Gao Ye on the expedition, he will always do whatever Gao Ye says. As for how the battle should be fought, or what strategy to use, it was none of his business. His business is to be on the battlefield, to carry out the combat mission of the high night, and that's it. And now the biggest task of the army is to find a way to drag Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses as much as possible, so that Cao Cao can calmly kill Ben Shouchun and leave. This is the battle plan that everyone has already discussed as early as Yingchuan. After all, if you choose to face the enemy head-on in the Runan area, hundreds of thousands of troops will fight and suffer heavy casualties. Cao Cao's current military strength is not as good as Yuan Shao's, after such a fight, how can he compete with Yuan Shao at that time?

Besides, no one can say that they will win. Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses attacked the city all the way, and their morale was booming. If it is really a decisive battle with Yuan Shu in Runan and defeat, it will be a loss in the whole game, and Yuan Shu, who has gained power, will never let go of this opportunity to capture Yanzhou, let alone dominate the world at that time, it is not easy to keep a county and a county in order to gain momentum. Even if you win, what can you do? Yuan Shu can also escape back to Huainan, Ruyang is hundreds of miles away from Huainan, can his own army still be killed until Huainan fails? Besides, Yuan Shu is still there, Liu Bei of Xiaopei, Lu Bu of Xuzhou and even Sun Ce of Jiangdong will temporarily focus on Yuan Shu's body. If he is defeated in Runan, he is afraid that these three families will immediately divide Huainan, and then he will become the common enemy of these three families.

Therefore, Guo Jia offered this strategy in order to strive for the greatest interests of Cao Cao's army. At the beginning of "The Art of War", he said that "the husband is the victor without a fight, and the temple is counted as a lot", and now he is fighting with a prince like Yuan Shu, 200,000 horses, how can he not calculate it?

Cao Cao this time from Yingchuan, around Liangguo, Xiaopei, straight to Huainan, the biggest purpose is to reduce the casualties of his men. Now Cao Cao has let out the wind, saying that he sent Gao Ye as the vanguard to meet Yuan Shu first, and then he arrived, and he has successfully attracted all the attention of Yuan Shu to Runan. He himself personally led the army and went directly to attack Shouchun. He even discharged all the cavalry under his command to harass Yuan Shu's grain road. As soon as Shouchunjun's report arrived, Yuan Shu, who suddenly woke up, would inevitably mess up and couldn't wait to go back to save his lair. In the final analysis, 200,000 horses eat horses every day, how much baggage is needed, and if Shouchun is lost, how can he Yuan Shu afford to support these 200,000 people? Even if Shouchun can't attack and cut off his grain channel, he can always do it. As long as Yuan Shu returns to the army, Cao Cao can naturally calmly ambush, and in this way, Yuan Shu will be defeated.

And even if Yuan Shu is defeated, as long as Cao Jun lets go of an opening and lets Yuan Shu flee back to Huainan in a hurry, he will inevitably be hostile to Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others at that time. Lu Bu's Xuzhou and Huainan are far apart, so he may not be worried. But Sun Ce would have to face Yuan Shu's anger at that time. If Yuan Shu and Sun Ce fought, and even fought with Lü Bu, Cao Cao's army would have more time to prepare for the attack on Xuzhou.

This is also the reason why Gao Ye is now racking his brains here to think about how to resist Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao is stepping up his march between Xu and Yu. Both of them knew that although Guo Jia's strategy was ingenious, there was one biggest problem, that is, they didn't know how long they could confuse Yuan Shu in the high night of Runan. Once Yuan Shu sees through it, if he returns to the army immediately, it will be difficult for Guo Zejia's strategy to achieve the original effect. If Yingchuan is attacked, Gao Ye only has 50,000 horses under his command, and he may have to block it step by step. Even if he can defeat Yuan Shu in the end, Yingchuan will already be in a war by then, and the losses will be even greater.

The situation in front of him is definitely a challenge for Gao Ye. Not only Gao Ye, Yu Ban and Xu Huang were pessimistic about the situation in front of them. In the final analysis, yesterday's attack still revealed a lot of flaws, Qiao Rui and Ji Ling are also worthy of the title of generals, with keen insight, in the end, they still guessed the fact that Gao Ye's troops are now insufficient. I'm afraid that Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses will arrive soon, and it will be troublesome at that time.

Therefore, Yu Ban arched his hand at this time and said: "General, it is better for me to retreat to Zhaoling." After all, even if Yuan Shu has more people and horses, and we have 50,000 people guarding the Summoning Tomb, we can hold out for a long time. When the time comes, as soon as the main soldiers and horses arrive in Shouchun, we will wait for the current crisis to be solved. ”

Xu Huang shook his head on the side and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Even if Yuan Shu can't capture Zhaoling, can't he bypass Zhaoling? In the final analysis, we still have too few soldiers and horses in our hands, and in the face of Yuan Shu's 200,000 soldiers and horses, it is too stretched. ”

Gao Ye nodded when he heard this, after all, Yu Ban is the guy who is the best at sticking to it. Therefore, in the face of the current situation, it is not a strange thing to think of defending the city at the first time. Speaking of history, the most capable general under Cao Cao is probably Cao Ren. However, the ability to defend the city was by no means under Cao Ren, and during the battle of Guandu, he was sent by Cao Cao to guard Yanjin. The history books upload "Shao attack and forbid, prohibit and hold, Shao can not be pulled", which can be seen. Gao Ye believes that if Yu Ban leads the people to stick to the Zhaoling Tomb, and wants to hold on for ten days and half a month, he should still be able to do it. But Xu Huang is right, Yuan Shu can't defeat Zhaoling, can't he bypass Zhaoling? Now the Yingchuan soldiers and horses, except for those taken away by Cao Cao, the rest are basically here, even if Yuan Shu uses 100,000 horses to besiege Zhaoling, he still has 100,000 horses to march towards Yingchuan, and when the time comes, all the way to Yingyin, the momentum is like a bamboo, Gao Ye feels that he and Xu Huang and Yu Ban have only the share of self-apologisation.

Yu Ban listened to Xu Huang's words, and also nodded, Xu Huang was right, Zhaoling is not a must-attack place, and Yuan Shu is not only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. His own suggestion is indeed inadequate. But other than that, I really don't know what to do.

However, Xu Huang said: "Even if Ji Ling and Qiao Rui see that our subordinates are short of soldiers and horses now, I am afraid that they will not think that the lord has already killed Shouchun and left." Thinking about it, they must have felt that the lord was still resting in Yingchuan, or on the way here. Yesterday, the general asked Huang to enter the camp at night, thinking that he was a suspicious soldier, but this plan could be used again to confuse Ji Ling and others. In this way, Yuan Shu thought that the main prince's army was here, so he must be cautious and did not dare to fight easily. ”

"It's just that Yuan Shu laborers are on an expedition, and the daily loss of grain and grass is innumerable. If the lord comes, he will definitely want to fight with us even more, but he is afraid that ......" Yu Ban, who has always been in charge of grain and grass, is also speaking at this time. Speaking of which, the most important thing for everyone now is probably that the troops are insufficient, and it is difficult to confront Yuan Shujun head-on.

However, when Gao Ye heard this, he laughed and said: "What Wen Zhi and Gongming said are all reasonable, but I have a plan now, or I can delay it for a little longer." Yu Ban and Xu Huang listen to the order! From now on, the two of you will lead your army to expand the camp and create momentum. Yuanfu, you go and order the quartermaster battalion to immediately make a big flag with the word 'Cao', a big flag with the word 'Xiahou', and a battle flag of the lord for his use. Xun Zhi took 2,000 soldiers and horses, quietly left the camp at night, and then returned with great fanfare. Do you get it? ”

"Order!" All three of them are arched.

In Zhengqiang City, Qiao Rui also got up early in the morning, and Ji Ling, who had been busy all night, seized the time to rest. After all, if it was really Cao Cao's soldiers who arrived, I was afraid that there would be a bloody battle today or tomorrow, how could I not hurry up and nourish my spirits? The messenger has set out today to report to Ruyang to report to Yuan Shu. Now that Cao Cao's soldiers have arrived, he has few soldiers, and he must wait for Yuan Shu to arrive before he can fight. If it is just a high night trickery, then as soon as Yuan Shubing arrives, it will inevitably be like a bamboo, and Yingchuan can go down. Therefore, no matter what, they had to wait for Yuan Shu's army to come, so Ji Ling and Qiao Rui were both guarding the city, except for the scouts sent out, the rest of the soldiers were hurrying up to strengthen the city defenses.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Ji Ling woke up from his sleep. The peace of this day also made Ji Ling refreshed, and when he came to the county office, Qiao Rui was still staring at the map with a frown, and then asked: "How is it, is there any new news?" ”

"Oh, General Ji is awake. Fortunately, Gao Ye did not come to attack the city today, and I am happy to be quiet. As soon as the main soldiers and horses arrived, there was no need to worry about the high night. By the way, the scout just came to report that Gao Ye's military horses were expanding the camp, and according to his calculations, he was afraid that the camp built by Gao Ye could accommodate at least 150,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"So, is Cao Cao's army here? It's just that since Cao Cao's army has arrived, why didn't Gao Ye come to attack, doesn't he know, if it is delayed for one more day, His Majesty's army will be close for one day. When Your Majesty arrives, it will be a bitter battle. ”

"The scouts reported that Gao Ye's soldiers and horses were building camps, I am afraid that Cao Cao's army is near, but it has not yet arrived. What Gao Ye did, I am afraid that it was precisely to allow Cao Cao's army to rest as soon as possible, and they should send troops as soon as possible. Now that our messenger has departed, even if the lord were to raise his army at once, it would be six or seven days before he arrived. I just don't know where Cao Cao's army has now. But it doesn't matter, for a little time, with the strength of you and me, there is no problem in holding this Zhengqiang City. ”

"Well, that's a good point. We'll just have to wait. ”

Qiao Rui and Ji Ling waited for five days in a row, but they did not wait for Gao Ye's attack. Until the messenger came to report that Yuan Shu personally led the men and horses, and it was thirty miles outside the city of Zhengqiang, the sadness and doubts on the faces of the two turned into joy. Gao Ye didn't come to attack, I'm afraid that Cao Cao's army hadn't arrived yet. Now that Yuan Shu has arrived, the day of Gao Ye's defeat is not far away.

But with good news comes often bad news. Ji Ling and Qiao Rui were about to go out of the city to greet Yuan Shu, but they didn't expect that at this time, they received a report from the scout, saying that in today's high night camp, the "Xiahou" banner was erected on the left camp, and the "Cao" banner was erected on the right camp. At noon, I saw the smoke rising from the entire camp, and a rough calculation showed that Gao Ye's subordinates were now estimated to have 100,000 people. It's just that the Chinese army is still hanging the banner of the high night, and nothing else is seen.

When Ji Ling heard this, he sneered and said, "It seems that this high night has received reinforcements." Xiahou, I don't know if it's Xiahoudun or Xiahou Yuan, and there are countless people with the surname Cao. It seems that some of this battle will be fought. ”

"Hmph, what if reinforcements come? Cao Cao did not come in person, and there were only 100,000 soldiers and horses. As soon as His Majesty arrives, the big thing can be decided. Qiao Rui also sneered, "Let's go, you and I will go and prepare first, and welcome His Majesty into the city." ”