In the Cao army camp outside Yangyang County, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Zhangzheng explained the marching matters to Chen Dao, Xiahou Heng, and Wang Ling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Zhangxian said to Wang Ling: "Yanyun, the time has come to test you, now the situation has changed, our army needs to go to Huguan immediately, but inform the squires and people in Hedong that Hedong has returned to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the matter of paying taxes to the imperial court cannot be delayed, now Taihang Hu is stationed in Wanrong County, and has driven the forces against the imperial court to Pingyang County, and now all parts of Hedong are gentry autonomy, and we still need to go to various places to tell them, but now the main force of our army is going to Huguan, So only some of the people can be left to drive this matter, I don't know if Yanyun can do it? ”

Wang Ling smiled calmly when he heard this, and said: "In this case, it is better to leave two people's husbands and battalion governors to take four thousand people's husbands to do this, since the squires from all over the country have not left, they obviously want to return to the rule of the Son of Heaven, so it is okay to say a word, and there is no need to go to every county town, first let them pay a quarter of taxes to show their sincerity, and order them to hand over to the military camp in this county within a month, and those who fail to pay within the time limit will be recorded, and they will be convicted after the military tun enters." ”

Cao Zhang smiled when he heard this: "Settle accounts after the autumn? Not bad! Yanyun is indeed the capital of Jinwu Temple, and there is a set of governance places! ”

Cao Zhang thought that there was still Gongsun Xu in Yangyang and Huzi on the side to assist, but it was a safe choice, so he agreed, and then he said to Xiahou Heng: "Boquan, how should we march from here to Huguan?" ”

Xiahou Heng is a pioneer, and he is naturally responsible for the responsibility of exploring the way, so he only heard him say: "I have asked the locals and some businessmen under my subordinates, from here to the northeast thirty miles there will be a river, called Qinshui, the Qinshui River is three zhang wide, the water flow is not urgent, in order to set up a pontoon bridge, after passing the Qinshui, it will enter Shangdang County and the state, go east for about two hundred miles, you can go to Gaodu, a county seat in Shangdang County, and go one hundred miles north to Gaodu, which is Gaoping County, and then one hundred miles north is Changzi County, A hundred miles north of Changzi County is Huguan. ”

Cao Zhang was silent when he heard this, and muttered: "Is this the only way?" ”

Xiahou Heng replied: "If you don't pass through these three county seats, there are trails that can be passed through Qinshui and the middle of the three counties, but the trails are low hills everywhere, there are many jungles, and countless large and small valleys are formed, which are easy to be ambushed by the enemy. ”

Cao Zhang suddenly asked, "Guess which way Zhang Yan will go." ”

Chen Zhi replied: "Zhang Yan is known as Zhang Feiyan, and his 50,000 sergeants are also flying in Montenegro, and they want to ambush the Montenegrin army in the valley and jungle, it is just a joke. ”

Cao Zhang stood up, paced back and forth in the tent, and thought: "Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, I'm afraid that he is not a fool to guard a state, Zhang Yan's 50,000 people are so aggressive, I'm afraid I can't hide it, but Shu Zhi said it well, 50,000 Black Mountain troops crossed the mountains and forests, I'm afraid that no one can stop it, it's definitely a joke to ambush, look at Zhang Yan's hand when he jumped down from the watchtower, you know that his scouts definitely have the ability to walk silently through the mountains, as long as they investigate before crossing the mountain, there is nothing to hide from any ambush, since they can't be stopped, It will inevitably be deployed under Huguan, but Gaodu, Gaoping, and the three counties of the eldest son are the only route to Huguan in the north, and he will also send troops to guard it, calling you, how will you react when Zhang Yanbing is under Huguan? ”

Cao Zhang now wants to judge whether there are still high-level sergeants in the three counties to guard, after all, 50,000 soldiers are under the Huguan, and it is very likely that the high-ranking cadres will call back the troops of the three counties, and then come to the north and south to attack, and hit Zhang Yan by surprise, after all, if Zhang Yan is not only in the mountains, in terms of the quality and equipment of the sergeants, it is impossible to compare with the sergeants of the high-ranking cadres.

Whether to transfer back the sergeant of the three counties is extremely important to Cao Zhang's next strategy, war is like a game of chess, to exchange the least loss for the largest casualty of the other party, then it is necessary to anticipate the enemy's opportunity and take the initiative, which first needs accurate intelligence, but now Cao Zhang's army from Hanoi Gongxian through the Taihang Mountains into Hedong County, not only lost the intelligence of Gao Gan, but also lost the intelligence of Zhang Yan, on the contrary, Gao Gan and Zhang Yan did not have Cao Zhang's information, under the premise of no intelligence, they could only judge the movement from the heart of the other party's commander, which was quite risky, but if you get it right, you can take the lead.

This is Guo Jia taught Cao Zhang's method of mental warfare, in Cao Zhang's view, this is a bit like the poker game he played for Emperor Xian 'Dong Zhuo', this game is equivalent to the modern landlord, now he and Zhang Yan are together, to fight down the landlord of Gao Gan, but now the three parties have lost contact, it is equivalent to not knowing the cards in each other's hands, and it is very important to play the first card.

This is the reason why Cao Zhang asked Chen Dao, Xiahou Heng and Wang Ling, the three of them have different experiences, their reactions are different, and the types of methods proposed will also be different, Cao Zhang can use this as a reference to infer what Gao Gan will do.

Chen Zhi first said: "At the end, we will directly send troops out of Huguan, set up camps at various exits outside the mountains, block Zhang Yan's army in the mountains, and then transfer the sergeants of the three counties back to Huguan to prevent the adults from sneaking up on Huguan with the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain." ”

Cao Zhang nodded when he heard this: "Yes, there are Xiongguan such as Huguan, and the three counties are just three big guard towers, which are used to delay the enemy's attack and gain time for Huguan to deploy defenses. ”

Xiahou Heng continued: "At the end, all the troops will be transferred back to Huguan and guard the pass, Huguan is the Xiongguan Pass in the world, and Dasan Pass, Hangu Pass, and Sword Pavilion are on par, and there is no need to fight hard at all." ”

Cao Zhang smiled when he heard this: "If that's the case, we'll be able to do it." Then he said to Wang Ling: "Yanyun, what will you do?" ”

Wang Ling pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Ling is a native of Qi County, Bingzhou, and knows a lot about the style of Gao Gan, and at this time he is Yuan Shao's nephew, and he was also born in a big family, and he has a lot of family habits, and he is arrogant, and he did not participate in the battle of Guandu, and he does not know the general's strategy, and he must think that the defeat of Yuan Shao is caused by negligence. I'm sure that at this moment, what Gao Gan wants to think about is to go to Jizhou to help Yuan Shao after the adults are all wiped out, as for Zhang Yan, I'm afraid that he won't pay attention to it, but will call back the three county sergeants to guard Huguan, because although Zhang Yan has 50,000 people, he is not good at attacking cities and territories, and his weapons and equipment are poor, so he can't beat such a strong pass as Huguan at all. ”

Cao Zhang was stunned when he heard this, he forgot that Wang Ling was originally from Bingzhou, and Gao Gan had been the assassin of Bingzhou for a while, so he naturally knew him very well, so it seemed that Gao Gan wanted to give himself a good look, so Cao Cao sent an order in the letter to let him go to Huguan before April 20 What should he do? He also wrote in the letter that he would block Gao Gan no matter what, so that he could not go to Jizhou? Gao Gan himself is going to teach him a lesson, Cao Zhang, why use him to block? Wang Ling can see through Gao Gan's intentions, why can't Guo Jia?

Or is there something else in this letter? Cao Cao's strategic plan is mostly with Guo Jia, and the plan to enter Huguan before April 20 is likely to be from Guo Jia's hands, so what does he mean by this?

Cao Zhang asked Wang Ling: "If Gao Gan wants to give me a good look?" Where will he fight me? ”

Wang Ling thought for a while and replied: "Gao Gan will inevitably wait for the adults in one of the three counties of Gaodu, Gaoping or the eldest son, because if the adults go to Huguan from the mountain road, Gao Gan can directly send troops to Jizhou and cooperate with Yuan Shao to attack the general's army. ”

Cao Zhang thought about it, and suddenly understood Guo Jia's intentions, and said with a smile: "Well, yes, Gao Gan's move is beautiful, if I take the mountain road to avoid him, he will go to Jizhou to attack my father, this is forcing me to duel with him?" But I, Cao Zhang, am not stupid, he wants to duel? I'm not as good as he wants, hey! ”