Speaking of this Xinye City, it was not famous in the Warring States Period, and the world today is just an ordinary Chu City, but it was very famous after the Three Kingdoms Era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in later generations, and it was famous because Xinye City was Liu Bei's place to settle down and raise troops.

It is said that after the coalition army broke through all the cities north of Bishui in Nanyang County, settled the dead and seriously wounded soldiers, and the repaired coalition army combined 150,000 troops again, so the two sides of the water became close to 200,000 troops, and the situation fell into a stalemate for a while, and half a month passed in an instant.

Wei Yi led a hundred horsemen to survey the enemy situation along the water, and returned to the Xinye garrison today, when he entered the king's tent to report, Wei Zheng was staring at the sand table map without saying a word, Wei Yi entered the king's tent and was about to salute when he heard the monarch say without raising his head: "The false salute is exempt." ”

"If you fail to find out the enemy's situation than water, you will fail to obey the king's order, please punish the king." Wei Yi arched his hand and said very ashamedly.

Wei Zheng stared at the water on the sand table map: "This Chu general Tang Yu built a defense on the opposite bank of the water, and did not dare to relax for a moment day and night, he was really very vigilant, he relied on natural danger and released arrows to defend, your people can't get close to the riverside, so naturally they can't judge the depth of the water, this is not to blame you." Saying that, Wei Zheng's heart moved, and finally looked up at Wei Zheng, who seemed quite depressed at the moment, Wei Zheng only smiled in his heart but never spoke, although Wei Zheng is a handsome talent, but after all, he is still young and vigorous, eager to make contributions, and some authorities are lost.

"Wei Yu, the Tang Dynasty is arrayed to guard the water, but whenever our people get close to the guard, they will release arrows, so it is difficult to judge where the river is deep, so why not find a woodcutter who is familiar with the situation of the river and ask?" As soon as Wei Zheng said this, Wei Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, "What the king said is extremely true, and he is confused, so he will go to find a woodcutter who is familiar with water and ask." ”

Wei Yi just came back and immediately left the Xinye station, this time only took a trip to go out, found a local house nearby to ask, and finally got the answer, and then went to the coast of Bishui to observe the situation of the Chu army, this time he only took one or so to look at the coast from afar, for three consecutive days, Wei Yi carefully observed the long Chu army defense line on the south bank of the water, on the fourth day, the happy Wei Yi returned to Xinye non-stop and faced Wang Zheng for the first time, and then returned to the Xinye station when it was dusk.

"Your Majesty, the lowly has found an excellent place to cross the river." Wei Yimian reported happily after that.

"Oh? Where? How to find it? Wei Zheng said curiously, but Wei Yi always felt a kind of illusion, the king didn't seem to be as happy as he expected to hear the news, Wei Yi didn't know that he had to attribute Wang Shang's steady heart to Mount Tai is very comparable, not much thought, and then came to the sand table map, pointing to the upper reaches of the water: "The best place to cross the river is here!" ”

"Weeping sand?" Wei Zheng looked at the place he pointed to, and said in a deep voice: "The land of the weeping sand is a place heavily guarded by the Chu army." ”

"The king's grace." Wei Yi smiled and said: "Three days ago, I followed my king's will to find a local old woodcutter to ask one or two, the woodcutter's words made me suddenly enlightened, he said: If you want to know the depth of the river is not difficult, but it is extremely easy, that is, where the Chu army is heavily defended, the water is shallow, and where the Chu army has fewer defensive troops, it is the place where the water is deep. The woodcutter's words were deeply true, so he judged that the place where the sand was heavily guarded was a shallow place, which was conducive to our army's forced crossing of the water. ”

Wei Zheng couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "Tang Yu, this Chu general is like a great enemy in the face of our army's victorious king division, as long as he is close to the river, he will be guarded by the Chu army on the opposite bank with arrows, preventing the soldiers of our army from entering the river to test the depth of the water, but unexpectedly, there will be a gap in the end, and in the end there will still be a flaw." ”

Wei Yi's face suddenly became solemn, and he looked at the land of the weeping sand on the sand table map: "The king means to decide to cross the river in the land of weeping sand?" ”

"Yes!" Wei Zheng nodded. Wei Yi suddenly said worriedly: "Although we already know that the weesha is an excellent place to cross the river, but there are tens of thousands of Chu army elite soldiers on the opposite bank, and if there is a slight change, the garrisons stationed in Huyang and Xindu will be able to come within half a day. ”

The soldiers crossing the river are basically in a state of no return, which is equivalent to the live target of the crossbowmen of the Chu army, just the Tang army can cause a heavy blow to the army crossing the river by shooting arrows on the opposite bank, and the soldiers consume too much physical strength when crossing the river, and the Chu army on the other bank is indeed sitting still, and the situation is undoubtedly an advantage for the Chu army.

"Tang Wu lined up according to the water, and he couldn't avoid the hurdle of water, and there was no other way than to force the crossing." Wei Zheng said, thought silently for a moment, and said: "However, the size of our army is three times that of Tang Yu's Chu army, and it is even more advantageous to take advantage of the victory. ”

Hearing the "time" and "potential" in Wei Zheng's mouth, Wei Mi was suddenly happy in his heart, in his opinion, there was no second person who could grasp the use of "time" and "potential" better than the king, Wei Mi suddenly pricked up his ears to listen, waiting for his next words.

After a while, Wei Zheng looked at the sand table map and said calmly: "Now our army and the Chu army are holding each other in a formation according to the water, our army is on the offensive side, and the Chu army is on the defensive, and the two armies are facing each other ...... now" Saying this, Wei Zheng looked at Wei Yi: "Wei Qing thinks which of the two sides has tighter heartstrings?" ”

"Of course it's Tang Yu." Wei Yi didn't think much about it, and said.

"Not bad!" Wei Zheng nodded slowly, "Our army Wang Shida has a posture of staring at Yan Ying, if the widow is not mistaken, since my army entered Xinye, Tang Yu is afraid that he can't eat and can't sleep at night, he shouldn't have slept peacefully, hehe, the Chu army on the other side has not slept peacefully, and he is always guarding against the forced crossing of our army." ”

Wei Yi, who was listening, nodded silently, Wei Zheng stood with his hands in his hands, and then stared at the sand table map: "At this time, as Aiqing said, our army will be defeated in this battle of forcibly crossing the sand than water." Therefore, at present, our army should pretend to force the crossing, but in fact, it is to wait for work, the purpose is to make the Chu army tighten the heartstrings, over time, the vigilant Chu army will gradually wear out its sharpness, and it is bound to relax its vigilance, and when the time is ripe, it will attack with the momentum of thunder, and it will break the Tang army. ”

Wei Mi's eyes suddenly burst into light, and he secretly shouted Da Miao, what a strategy to take advantage of the time to suppress people, the way of a soldier is to be a soldier who does not tire of deceit. Although this plan is wonderful, it will consume too much time, which is compared with the thunderous speed of Wei Zheng who took Luguan in two days, and when Bishui and Tang Yu's army were facing each other, he really changed his course, and actually gave up the strategy of quick victory and turned to the stalemate of delaying and wearing.

This is the true portrayal of "the impermanence of soldiers and the impermanence of water".

"When does the king think the time is the right time to force the crossing?" Wei Yi asked curiously. Wei Zheng did not hide his estimate: "At least three months, at most half a year, the opportunity will be obvious." ”

"This ......" As soon as Wei Yi heard Wei Zheng's words, he actually wanted to prepare to hold on to Tang Yu for three or five months in this competition, then the pressure on a county in Jiangdong was bound to surge, could Wu Anjun Baiqi hold the onslaught of the main force of the Chu army to attack Jiangdong? Seeing that he didn't speak, Wei Zheng looked worried as if he expected what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile, full of confidence and said: "Jiangdong County has Wu Anjun in charge, how can Zhaoyang Ling that old man be Bai Qi's opponent?" He is a soldier of Chu Dumping Country, and he will not want to get involved in Jiangdong within a year or two. Wu Anjun is in charge, and I don't have to worry about it. ”

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