After a while, he drank most of the jar of wine, and Gao Gong sat on the ground with the jar of wine, burping and said: "This wine is really good wine, as soon as I drink the wine, my brain seems to be sharpened." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

When he said this, he naturally said that he had a plan, and Zhang Yuan immediately perked up.

"Yuan Shao's current main army is still fighting with Gongsun Zhan, his mind is all on the Yizhou side, Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses on this road, most of them will not attack too quickly, the main purpose is to contain the strength of our army, and then reap the benefits after watching the success or failure, so he only needs to add another 2,000 soldiers and horses to Yang Zhi, so that he can stick to the Gumu without fighting, and it is expected that he can keep the party from losing."

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly, agreeing, in fact, he had analyzed it before, and the idea of Yuan Xi's army coincided with Gao Gong.

He waved his hand and motioned for Gao Gong to continue.

Gao Gong poured another sip of wine and wiped the wine stains on the corner of his mouth, "Yuan Shu is purely a fool, let him pick up cheap lines, but if you want him to beat anyone, he can't beat anyone, so don't look at Yuan Shu has 20,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, this road is not terrible, as long as you send a powerful general, lead thousands of soldiers and horses to hold Shangdang City, don't let him copy our back road and be fine." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, I will send Ran Min to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to Shangdang City to defend it, and then allocate 2,000 soldiers and horses to Yang Zhi to guard the Gu Curtain, with the ability of the two of them, it is enough to resist Yuan Xi and Yuan Shu's two thieves." ”

Gao Gong smiled to show that he had no objection to Zhang Yuan's arrangement.

"These two roads of soldiers and horses are all helpers brought by Liu Bao, there is no need to worry, the enemy in front of us is still Liu Bao, as long as we can defeat Liu Bao, the other two roads will retreat without a fight." Gao Gong gave his final analysis.

Zhang Yuan was deeply convinced of Gao Gong's analysis, and the more confident he became, he smiled and said, "Since everything has been said here, do you have a strategy to defeat Liu Bao?" ”

"One word, drag."

Drag?

Zhang Yuan's thoughts flew and he suddenly realized.

Although Liu Bao is strong, his territory is not as rich as Zhang Yuan, and this autumn there is a poor grain harvest, and the grain storage is far inferior to Zhang Yuan, which is his weakness.

What Zhang Yuan had to do was to hold on without a fight, and drag it out until Liu Bao's food was exhausted, and then the army would take the opportunity to attack, and Liu Bao would be defeated.

"Okay, good strategy, high drunkard, this wine is not for you to drink." Zhang Yuanyi was a master and slapped him with a "snap".

It didn't matter if this slap went down, the wine jar in Gao Gong's hand was not held tightly, and the bell fell to the ground, and a large stream of wine immediately flowed out.

"Wine, the root of my life, all spilled ......"

……

According to the plan with Gao Gong, Zhang Yuan set the basic tone of rejecting the enemy, and in the next few days, he dispatched troops, mobilized grain and grass, and prepared for war.

Before I knew it, it was late at night.

When the state capital was silent, Zhang Yuan was still in the lobby, staring at the map by candlelight, pondering how to implement the "drag" word tactic.

The sound of small footsteps sounded, and a familiar voice sounded behind him, "It's so late, isn't the husband still sleeping?" ”

Zhang Yuan looked back and saw that it was his wife Fan Lihua, still holding a bowl of steaming soup in her hand.

Only then did he remember that Pear Blossom had been waiting in the inner room for a long time, and his wife was so tired that he was left alone in the empty room, Zhang Yuan smiled apologetically.

"I asked the cook to make some nourishing soup, and my husband must be a little hungry, so let's drink it while it's hot." Fan Lihua said and served the soup bowl.

His wife's concern made Zhang Yuan feel relieved, so he put aside the military dispute for the time being, took the bowl, and tasted it slowly.

Fan Lihua watched him drink it all, wiped the soup stains from the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, and asked casually: "Before the battle a few times, I have never seen my husband unable to sleep, this time it is a little different." ”

"This time the enemy is besieging from three directions, the situation is not optimistic, and the opponent is Liu Bao, far better than Wang Hui and Yuan Tan, etc., not to be underestimated." Zhang Yuan sighed with a wry smile.

In front of his subordinates, he had to pretend to be full of confidence and self-confidence, and only in front of his wife could he confide in a few words.

Fan Lihua was not afraid, only clasped his hand tightly, and said with a faint smile: "No matter how difficult and dangerous this battle is, Lihua will be by her husband's side, and you and I will live and die together." ”

Hearing his wife's words, Zhang Yuan's heart was hot, and he was moved again, and the haze in his heart was also swept away, and he didn't feel more confident.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Zhang Yuan looked at the pear blossom again, but saw that she was only wearing a milky white thin shirt, a red bandeau was printed, the towering crisp peak was about to come out, and the slender figure and eyes were looming, and he couldn't help but think of it.

The corners of his mouth hooked a wicked smile, and while Pear Blossom was not paying attention, he picked him up and walked towards the inner room.

"Husband, what are you going to do?" Fan Lihua's face was blushing, and she asked knowingly.

Zhang Yuan's expression was evil, and he smiled evilly: "At the moment of the war, even if you want to die this time, you have to be happy before you die, Mrs. said, haha......"

Fan Lihua's face was flooded with red glow, and shame was born like a tide, but she only lowered her eyebrows and smiled lightly, and let him carry him to the couch.

The beautiful scenery of the good day, the eyebrows on the moon, and the clouds and rain of Wushan Mountain for another night.

……

The next day, when the light dawned, the morning glow gilded the West River with a soft golden edge.

The city gate was opened, and a group of soldiers of the Zhang army, one after another with the word "Zhang" battle flags, drove out of the city in an orderly manner and headed towards the south.

Zhang Yuan rode his horse and held his sword, and walked at the front of the team with his head held high.

10,000 Zhang troops rode on foot, under the leadership of Zhang Yuan, and drove out of the Xihe River and went straight to Liangcheng County in the south, where he would be at the forefront of defending against Liu Bao's invasion.

The previous defeat of Wang Hui, the collection of a lot of Wang Hui's defeated soldiers, and the recruitment of thousands of soldiers, Zhang Yuan's number of soldiers and horses has actually reached more than 16,000 people.

However, in order to guard against the two enemies of Yuan Xi in the north and Yuan Shu in the south, Zhang Yuan had to send 3,000 soldiers and horses each, led by Yang Zhi and Ran Min respectively.

In this way, Zhang Yuan's soldiers and horses that could be used to deal with Liu Bao were actually only more than 10,000 people.

In this battle, Zu Di, Fan Lihua, Hua Rong, Li Dingguo, as well as the strategist Gao Gong, and even the military doctor Bian Que also went to battle with the army, in order to deal with Liu Bao, Zhang Yuan can be said to have taken out the strongest strength, all the belongings.

However, according to intelligence, Liu Bao's number of troops is at least about 17,000, and in addition to leaving some soldiers and horses in Xiaopei to prevent Dong Zhuo, it is estimated that the number of troops he used to attack Zhang Yuan is at least more than 14,000.

The number of troops is four thousand more than Zhang Yuan.

Moreover, Liu Bao still has 800 iron cavalry, as well as strong soldiers such as the Hun cavalry, and his strength can be said to be quite terrifying.

Zhang Yuan was not afraid, he knew that it was useless to be afraid, he had to bear it with Liu Bao, either he died or I died, this time, I had to decide who was the real master of this state.

In the early afternoon, Zhang Yuan led a large army to the south along the Yishui, and had opened more than 30 miles out of the West River to the border area of Taiyuan County and Jincheng.

The army was speeding up, and a horse scout rushed over, shouting: "My lord, Liu Bao sent light cavalry to attack Liangcheng last night, and the army has entered Taiyuan, and the advance is less than twenty miles away from our army. ”

The good success has been broken!

Liu Bao's speed is so fast.

Zhang Yuan originally wanted to lead the army to Liangcheng County, but he didn't expect Liu Bao to gather troops and horses on the surface, but secretly sent light cavalry to take the lead and attack Liangcheng.

The generals on the left and right all looked shaken.

"Husband, Liu Bao started so fast, the good success has been lost, what should we do?" Fan Lihua asked with a frown.

Zhang Yuan sneered, and raised his whip: "Order the whole army, set up camp on the spot, and stick to it without fighting, let's spend it with Liu Bao, compare whose family background is thicker, and see who is eaten poor first!" (To be continued.) )