In Qunnanpi City, early in the morning, a group of people gathered together to discuss strategic countermeasures.

It has been more than a month since the last time Cao's army retreated, and Cao Cao in the plains seems to be dormant. But this winter will be over, and it will soon return. So everyone didn't dare to be careless.

"I think we have to change our thinking, and we can't go on like this."

When it came to the truce, several staff members from Youzhou also rushed over. Among them, Tian Feng also attended the meeting and put forward the key assault theory.

"Just strike the troops, Cao Cao's army is tens of thousands, and they can't be killed, but there are only a few generals. Dead one, it's not so easy for someone to come up. For example, Zhang Liao, who leads an army alone, is very majestic, if he is killed. Even if all the troops under his command were there, they would not be able to play their original role. ”

Yuan Xi couldn't help but light up, yes, this era still has the characteristics of this era, and from the experience of future generations, concentrating superior forces to fight a war of annihilation, although it is also the correct way of thinking, but in the Three Kingdoms, what is more important is people.

He hurriedly sorted out his thoughts: During the Three Kingdoms, the general who commanded the army was more similar to a warlord leader than a subordinate of the monarch. My own people's army, that is completely adjustable, what is missing here, and there is no problem at all. But whether it was the Yuan army or the Cao army before, the generals commanded under the command of his subordinates, and if there was less to take the lead, how long would it take for this army to adjust. Take Koyi as an analogy, the backbone of his first battalion are all from Xiliang and Bingzhou, as long as Koyi leaves, this army will immediately lose its vitality and be reduced to the second line. Cao Cao's side is the same, that is, the soldiers of Qian County were all soldiers of the Cao family, which is also divided into several parts of Cao Cao Cao and Cao Ren Xiahou. No one can do it without it.

"In this way, it's useless for us to just kill the minions, we have to kill their generals."

"But it's too hard."

"It's not very difficult, whether you have mental calculations or not, who doesn't know, some generals just like to rush to the front."

"But they also have a lot of people around them to protect, and it's more difficult to deal with, it's not that easy."

In the end, the discussion came and the discussion went, and there was nothing that could be done.

In the end, Yuan Xi said: "It's useless to think about this now, now that we are defending the city, where is the opportunity to kill the general?" ”

Tian Chou said: "Then what if you give up defending the city? ”

Everyone was taken aback, and they all said, "Give up defending the city? How is this possible? ”

Tian Chou said: "To defend the city, you have to stay here as a target, although the city wall is high and the city is strong, but there will always be a day when it will be captured." And, most importantly, our people can't go anywhere. The other party only needs to pile up troops. ”

Yuan Xi grasped the meaning of his words. On his side, there is an elite army, and all the miscellaneous soldiers on the other side are pushed up, even if nine out of ten people die, they can still be replenished. And on his side, one of them died. Moreover, Cao Cao's elite is still there, but it has consumed the strength of the people's army.

The most important thing is that the defenders of the city cannot choose their own targets, and can only be beaten passively. This determines that Cao Cao's foundation cannot be shaken.

Tian Chou said again: "Although the city of Youzhou is not enough to defend, it is also very convenient to capture. That's where the room comes in. In addition, we are very familiar with the terrain of Youzhou, so we can choose to annihilate the opponent's troops by ourselves. ”

Yuan Xi sighed and said, "Your idea is very good, the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy is tired and I fight." ”

With this move, he returned to the guerrilla warfare of his own time.

Han Yan said: "It's just that how to maintain morale? If you retreat to Youzhou, won't this morale collapse? ”

Yuan Xi said: "Then we have to strengthen propaganda, but fortunately, the discipline of the people's army is okay." ”

Han Yan said again: "If you retreat to Youzhou, it will be difficult to replenish it. And where are so many soldiers and horses hiding? Turning parts into wholes? ”

Yuan Xi said: "This is not necessary, we do not have the foundation to fight the people's war yet." On the border of Youzhou, there are many places like Wenjiabao, which is convenient for hiding soldiers. When Cao Cao arrived there, the grass and trees were all soldiers. Unless he knocks down places like Wenjiabao one by one, I believe he is not so stupid. ”

After a meeting, the main idea has been adjusted, although there have been adjustments, but the morale of Nanpi City is now booming, and the facilities for defending the city are complete, and it is impossible to say that Cao Jun will not be consumed if he does not use it. So the two ends are prepared, on the one hand, to prepare the back road, and on the other hand, to prepare to defend to the death.

And immediately there was urgent news that the letter had been captured by Cao's army.

Yuan Xi was a little surprised, Xindu was reorganized by him last time, leaving a team there, even if Cao Cao sent troops to surround it, it was impossible to capture it so easily. Moreover, Yi Jing also has a special team, even if someone besieges Xindu, they can go to support. It was so unexpected that lightning fell.

Later, the team that escaped back understood the situation clearly. It turned out that tens of thousands of Cao's troops pressed up, which made the gentry in Xindu City panic, and finally took the initiative to sacrifice the city. It's no wonder that they are in a hurry, the number of Cao Jun's dispatch this time is really exaggerated, surrounded by the city, and the black pressure is full of people, which is worth fighting. In addition, although Yuan Xi purged several major big families in Xindu last time, the power of the wealthy family is still very large, and these people are well-known wall grass, and it is natural to act as an internal response.

However, Cao Cao's main forces are all in the plains, where are there still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses? Several staff members put it together, and in the end, it was estimated that it was a force made up by some miscellaneous soldiers and civilians, specially made up to bluff people. And this is indeed the case, he only hates Yuan Xi's own shortage of troops, otherwise he will just pull an elite soldier up, and he will not kill these people to the ground.

But now that the letter is occupied, you can swim up along the Yi Shui and reach Yi Jing, and the rear of this Nanpi is completely exposed. This put Yuan Xi in a dilemma. Whether to continue to fight or withdraw, everyone suddenly lost their minds.

In the end, Yuan Xi clapped his hand and said: "Let's fight first." ”

"Let's fight first."

Plains, Cao Cao's mansion, is also a voice that said.

Cao Cao sat still on the side, but the strategists suddenly became excited, and the noise was deafening.

"Hit? The last time I fought so badly, what to fight? ”

"If we continue to fight, the morale of the army will be scattered. What if the other party took advantage of the situation to fight and took the plain? ”

"You've already laid down the letter capital, why don't you just cut off their back road? Wouldn't it be better to cut off the back road and get twice the result with half the effort? ”

After Guo Jia said "beating", he silently accepted the baptism of everyone's mouth, but this kind of controversy happens from time to time, and he has long been used to it.

After Cao Cao and the others finished speaking, he said: "Fengxiao, how to fight?" ”

"Ahem......" Guo Jia coughed twice. Cao Cao only asked how to fight, but did not ask why he was fighting, obviously he was already on his side in the general direction, just like in the past when there were disputes.

In fact, for a long time, the two monarchs and ministers have formed such a tacit understanding, the pressure is resisted by Cao Cao, and the idea is raised by Guo Jia. After many wars, it became a habit.

Guo Jia said: "Fight steadily, fight a war of attrition, and drag them to death in Nanpi." ”

Everyone exhaled and thought to themselves, this is nothing out of the ordinary. But then again, this Guo Jia is not a resourceful person, and the methods he proposes are all decent, but whenever he is in a dilemma, this guy can always hit the nail on the head and judge the future development trend very accurately.

Cao Cao laughed.