116 Striking from east to west

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Xudu is about 500 miles away from Guandu, although it is not too far, but 20,000 people carry grain and carry heavy grain wagons, so it still takes ten days to reach Guandu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Guandu has become a large-scale front-line stronghold after the consolidation of the Cao army, the fortress surrounded by the five-meter-high earthen wall stands on the bank of the chasm water, the earthen wall encircles a radius of more than ten miles, and the military camp and grain depot are all together, becoming the ideal backup of the two important towns of Baima Yanjin on the bank of the Yellow River, from this place to send troops to the two riverside strongholds, but it only takes half a day.

Because Cao Cao's troops are limited, he can only choose the strategy of defending according to danger, that is to say, Guandu is the best defense line of Cao's army, if Guandu is broken, Yuan Shao can rely on the superior forces to attack the city in several ways, which means that Cao's army is defeated.

After Cao Zhang came to Guandu, he handed over the grain and grass to the generals guarding the granary, and then went to the Chinese army tent to meet Cao Cao, and entered the tent, but saw Cao Cao and Guo Jia, Xun You, and Liu Ye pointing at a hanging silk silk, which was painted on the south bank of the Yellow River with the topography map of the white horse, Yanjin and Guandu, and Cao Cao's guard Dian Wei stood aside.

Cao Zhang first greeted Cao Cao and Guo Jia, who gave him the crown gift, before greeting Xun You and Liu Ye, and then introduced his follower Chen Zhi to Cao Cao, Cao Cao looked at Chen Zhi and smiled: "It is indeed a strong general." ”

At that time, Cao Cao was already a world-famous figure, and giving Chen Zhi this evaluation was enough face, but Chen Zhi was modest but had an unconcealable joy on his face, he was originally just a local hero, where did he want to be praised by a heroic figure who could one day be praised by a very popular minister, so his excitement Cao Zhang also felt understandable in his eyes.

Cao Zhanggang didn't know the situation, and then asked, "Father, how is Yuan Shao's movement now?" ”

Cao Cao continued: "Scout report, Ziwen, Yuan Shao has sent the general Yan Liang to lead the vanguard of 5,000 elite horsemen to cross the river, and now I think about it is close to the White Horse Town where Liu Yan is stationed in Dongjun Taishou, although this place is reinforced by an earthen wall, it is difficult for Yan Liang's 5,000 cavalry to capture this place, but Feng Xiao expected that Yuan Shao was using Yan Liang to suppress Liu Yan who was stationed in White Horse Town, so that he could not send troops to attack the main force of Yuan's army crossing the river. ”

Cao Zhang, after several battles, also had a strategic vision, looked at the map and asked suspiciously: "Why is Liu Yan so negligent, the place where a large-scale landing on the south bank of the Yellow River can be made is the port near Baima and Yanjin, and my father let General Yu Ban garrison Yanjin and let Liu Yan garrison Baima, isn't it just for them to intercept when Yuan's army crosses the river?" How can Yan Liang successfully cross the river with 5,000 cavalry now? ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "You can't blame Liu Yan for this matter, Yan Liang used two boats to cross the river, as long as the sergeant is equipped with bows and arrows, even if Liu Yan intercepts it, he will become the target of the archers on the boat, and he will lose his troops in vain." ”

Cao Zhang sighed: "Yuan Shao is really wealthy, and he actually has two building boats. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "The Hebei clan is all used by Yuan Shao, if it weren't for the limited capacity of the port, I'm afraid he could use ten building ships to land on the whole line."

Cao Zhang frowned and said: "Now Yan Liang's five thousand fine horses are on the south bank, Liu Yan can't be defeated, if my father leads a large army to attack Yan Liang, it is in the arms of Yuan Shao, five thousand fine horses come and go like the wind, unless our army uses five thousand tigers and leopards to attack it, otherwise we can't grasp its traces at all, if the tiger and leopard horses are dragged by Yan Liang, Yuan Shao then uses the building boat to shoot along the river to cover the landing of the army, won't we be forced to duel with them?" Although we have a little advantage in holding the river bank, Yuan Shao has the help of the building boats, and the soldiers are far superior to our army, even if we lose some more soldiers, we can annihilate us on the south bank of the Yellow River, which is a result he is happy to see. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "My son really has the talent to march and fight, and my father is discussing this matter with several military advisors, and Gongda already has a clever plan for this." ”

Xun You smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of which, this is still a reference to Feng Xiao's plan to let the second and third sons go to Hanoi to attack and consolidate last year. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Gongda is too humble! ”

Xun You smiled and said: "This is the plan of attacking the east and the west, and Fengxiao's plan last year is similar, the lord can send a large army to Yanjin, make a false impression that he wants to cross the river from Yanjin to attack Yuan Shao's rear, Yuan Shao will inevitably give up the whole army to land on Baima, and divide the troops to cross the river from two roads, because Yuan Shao has many soldiers, and the division of troops does not have much impact on him, and he also avoids the worry of being attacked by a detour. ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Clever plan! It will take time for Yuan Shao to divide his troops to cross the river and deploy troops and boats, and the number of sergeants who will land from Baima will be greatly reduced, so that we can do our best to attack Yan Liang with tiger and leopard cavalry, and after Yuan Shao divides his troops, the time to cross the river is delayed, and after we annihilate Yan Liang, we can calmly abandon Baima and Yanjin to retreat to Guandu, and do not give him the opportunity to fight a decisive battle. ”

Whether it is ancient or modern, the speed of soldiers is always the truth, Xun You's strategy is nothing more than using the strategy of doubtful soldiers to drag Yuan Jun to cross the river and give the tiger and leopard cavalry time to defeat Yan Liang and retreat calmly, and the time difference is the same, and last year Guo Jia asked Cao Pi and Cao Zhang to sneak attack Zhenggu to make Yuan Shao suspicious and give Cao Cao the time to cross the river to the south, it can be seen that Guo Jia's strategy has completely exposed Yuan Shao's psychological characteristics, and Xun You also used Yuan Shao's suspicious psychological characteristics to set this strategy.

Liu Ye, who had not spoken, spoke: "After the annihilation of Yan Liang, Yuan Shao's heart will inevitably be angry, even if the army can't catch up, he will send cavalry as the vanguard to chase after him, and then he can make the plan to lure the enemy break Yuan Shao's cavalry again." ”

Cao Cao nodded and praised after hearing this: "Zi Yang's words are very agreeable, and in this battle, Gu personally supervised the tiger and leopard cavalry to give Yuan Shao a hard blow, and take the lead in winning people, otherwise it will definitely damage morale if you give up the white horse and Yanjin in vain without a fight!" ”

Cao Zhang once again felt the terrible of Cao Cao's strategist group, Guo Jia needless to say, the skill of grasping people's hearts is to play perfectly, and Xun You is also extremely wise, just look at his strategy of attacking the west like an antelope hanging horns without a trace, you know that this person is well versed in the art of war, and Liu Ye, a new young strategist, is also brave and knowledgeable, now Yan Liang's fate has been decided, just look at who Yuan Shao will send to pursue Cao Jun after Yan Liang is defeated and fall into Liu Ye's urn.

At this time, Cao Cao said to Cao Zhang: "Ziwen, later, you will be with Zihuan, Zihe, Wenyuan, Gongming, Zhongkang, and Evil, who will go to Yuan Shao for his father and take a look, and the one who can take Yan Liang's head will be crowned marquis!" ”

Cao Zhang's heart suddenly became excited when he heard this, the marquis of Feng has a food estate, like Lu Bu sealed the Marquis of Kunyang, not only can he open a manor in Kunyang, but also have a fixed number of households to pay taxes to him, how can such a good thing be missed, let Chen Zhi protect himself to try if he can cut Yan Liang, although I heard Cao Pi say that Yan Liang is very fierce, but if you want to support your family, you have to fight hard!