Chapter 178: Outwitting Weishui Pass
Yuan Yin's sigh, the sense of superiority in his heart was simply off the charts, if he was not arrogant in the world, who was qualified to say such a bold statement.
Maybe Yuan Yin at this moment really has this qualification, but the one who can laugh to the end is the winner.
Lao Ru also chuckled, and the contempt for Guo Jia in his heart was fully revealed, and he arched his hand and said: "General, our army can defend it, and see what Guo Fengxiao is capable of." ”
"If Cao Jun has any abnormal movements, he will be with a certain person" Yuan Yin chuckled, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.
Half a day later, it was already noon, and at this moment, the sun was scorching in the sky, but the soldiers of the Cao army were running around, which could be described as a mess, and such a move naturally alarmed Yuan Yin's attention.
He stood on top of the pass, looked around, and was puzzled in his heart, but Cao Jun just didn't attack the city, and he didn't even make siege equipment.
Now Yuan Yin looked even more confused.
After another half a day, it was night, and suddenly a small man came to report: "Lord, Cao Jun is all heading to the mountain path, and the camp is empty!" ”
"What!" Yuan Yin was shocked, Cao Jun's move naturally could not threaten Weishui Pass, but such a use of troops was not in line with the art of war at all, and it was far beyond Yuan Yin's expectations.
He immediately walked to the pass, and when he saw that Cao's camp was empty, he was puzzled for a while, and he wandered and wandered, thinking about it.
Suddenly, a small man reported: "My lord, more than 1,000 soldiers of the enemy army have set up camp on the mountain path, making a precaution against our army robbing the camp, and there are no Cao soldiers hidden in the mountains, as if they have marched to the deep mountains and went straight to the hinterland of our Yuzhou." ”
"How dare you surprise an attack?" Yuan Yin frowned slightly, he even doubted whether Guo Jia would use soldiers at the moment?
After all, Yuan Shu's army will inevitably arrange the Yuzhou defense line in about ten days, and he will personally lead the army to support, and even if Cao's army moves quickly, it will take seven days to get out of the mountain at the earliest, and at that time, it will be too late.
"No, Cao Jun must be cheating!" Yuan Yin immediately ordered: "Five hundred soldiers will go out of the customs and explore the reality of Cao Jun!" ”
"The last general commands!" The general behind him immediately surrendered his hand, and then turned around and ordered the generals to kill the Cao army camp.
When they arrived at the Cao army camp, Yuan Shujun's soldiers were a little dumbfounded, since the Cao army had really retreated, the barracks were empty, and they didn't even see a single Cao soldier.
The young general immediately returned to the gate and reported the truth.
After hearing this, Yuan Yin was even more puzzled, and suspected that Guo Jia really led 5,000 soldiers into the deep mountains to prepare for a surprise attack on the hinterland of Yuzhou, but he still had a deep fear of Guo Jia, hesitated for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Send scouts who are agile and familiar with mountain roads to investigate!" ”
Yuan Yin suspected that Guo Jia led Cao's army to hide in the mountains, and then waited for the carelessness of the defenders to attack the city in a surprise attack.
But Yuan Yin is not stupid, the mountain is so big, it is almost impossible to hide thousands of soldiers in the mountain, after all, the scouts under his command are not blind, and they can not see thousands of big living people when they enter the deep mountains to investigate?
After another half a day, it was already a child, the scouts who went to search the mountain had returned, but suffered heavy losses, this group of scouts not only met the Cao army scouts in the deep mountains, but also encountered the Cao army guarding the mountain road passage when they returned, fortunately, this group of scouts was familiar with the nearby terrain, and fled back to Guanzhong around the path.
The remaining scouts walked in front of Yuan Yin and immediately bowed their hands and said: "My lord, the last general led the brothers to run in the mountains for more than ten miles, although there were traces of the enemy's march, but except for the Cao army scouts, there was not a single Cao army in sight. ”
Yuan Yin was even more puzzled, could it be that Guo Jia had really led 5,000 soldiers to forcibly march directly to the hinterland of Yuzhou?
"Sir, this Guo Fengxiao seems to have led the army straight to the hinterland of Yuzhou, what do you think?" Yuan Yin immediately asked.
The old Confucian thought about it for a long time, and sighed: "A certain view of this son must be like this, starting from Guo Fengxiao's first appearance, the marching strategy is mostly risky, and there are many surprise attack plans, it can be said that he is well versed in the way of the speed of the soldiers, Guo Fengxiao, this person, can not be reasonable, if the army can go out of the mountain in seven days at the earliest, then Guo Fengxiao can do it in five days." ”
"Five days?" Yuan Yin sighed lightly, calculating and thinking in his heart, if Cao Jun can go out of the deep mountains in five days, then it is the hinterland of Yuzhou, and it must be guarded against.
Yuan Yin knew that there were not many defenders in several cities in the hinterland of Yuzhou, and if Guo Jia was allowed to lead thousands of soldiers into the hinterland of Yuzhou, then the losses to Yuan Shu's army would be heavy.
The troop deployment in Yuan Shujun's territory is also based on the Quartet, not to mention that the troop deployment on the northern front is enough, which can be described as sufficient, who would have expected that since Guo Jia could easily break three cities in a row?
It is necessary to know that there are three cities and one pass on the northern line of Yuan Shu's army, with a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and when the enemy army comes, it is enough to support Yuan Shu's dispatch of troops to support, and there are naturally not too many troops in the hinterland, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in each city, and they are still responsible for dealing with the bandits and bandits around them.
"Sir, are our troops in pursuit?" Yuan Yin couldn't help asking, if Guo Jia was allowed to lead thousands of soldiers into the hinterland of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu would definitely be blamed on Yuan Yin's head for such a crime, and he was naturally worried.
Lao Ru smiled faintly and said, "General, you can attack." ”
"Oh?" Yuan Yin's eyes lit up, he had been with this old Confucian for a long time, and when he saw the old Confucian's expression, he knew that he had a plan in his heart.
Lao Ru smiled faintly, and did not sell Guanzi, but immediately said: "General, the Cao army has entered the mountain path, and Guo Fengxiao is also there, and the Cao army has more than 1,000 soldiers guarding the mountain road because they are afraid that we will pursue, and they use a false and real strategy, and it is expected that our army will not dare to send troops to pursue."
But our army does not have to pursue, send 600 miles to report to the lord in an urgent manner, the lord will be happy, at that time the lord led the army to rob the Cao army in Runan, and our army does not need to pursue, just lead the soldiers to break through the enemy camp, and then defend it, you can also be at an angle with Weishui Pass, to guard against Cao army reinforcements, and can form a two-sided attack with the lord's army, Guo Fengxiaoan dare not to be captured? ”
"Good, if this is the case, Guo Fengxiao will be captured." Yuan Yin's heart was very excited, if Guo Jiasheng could be captured, it would definitely be a great merit, and he immediately said: "In order to be foolproof, you can send scouts to investigate in the mountains, and send scouts to Dingcheng and Beidingcheng to investigate carefully." ”
"If what is expected is correct, there are less than 5,000 Cao troops in Dingcheng and Beidingcheng, and Cao's army is far apart." Yuan Yin smiled faintly, he was not stupid, after all, his main task was to defend Weishui Pass, and all military operations were naturally under the condition that Weishui Pass was foolproof.
And at this moment, this is the case, Cao Jun led thousands of soldiers into the deep mountain road to prepare for a surprise attack on the hinterland of Yuzhou, and at this moment has gone out of more than ten miles, leaving only more than 1,000 soldiers to guard the path.
If there is an ambush in the direction of Dingcheng and Beiding, Yuan Yin will not be able to defend it, if there is no ambush, he will lead the soldiers to rob the village, write a letter, and Yuan Shu's army on both sides to attack the Cao army in the mountains!
After feeling that it was foolproof, Yuan Yin immediately ordered, and the soldiers behind him moved, and all the scouts in the city were dispatched to disperse the surrounding exploration.