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Li Zhong looked up at the sunset on the horizon and slowly closed his eyes.

Today is the first day of the blockade, and the rebels have not invested a lot of troops, but tomorrow ......

"General, do you want water?" A voice suddenly sounded in Li Zhong's ears. Li Zhong didn't need to look at it to know that the person who spoke was his subordinate Li Wei.

Li Zhong turned his head to look at Li Wei, reached out to take the water bladder, and asked, "Is the loss big?" ”

"My team has lost half of its brothers...... Li Wei smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "In front of you is the Danyang soldiers of Xuzhou, which are very powerful. Zhou Cang of the Xuzhou Army personally killed me just now, and I was almost slashed by him. ”

Li Zhong glanced at him with concern and asked, "Are you hurt?" ”

"Nope. That man was so powerful that he killed fourteen of our brothers by himself. Levi gritted his teeth and said, "The next time you encounter him, you must attack him with a crossbow, and you must kill him." ”

"Zhou Cangdu personally rushed up, indicating that the rebels had jumped over the wall in a hurry." Li Zhong took a sip of water and said calmly, "As long as we hold on for two to three more days, the rebels will be completely finished, and none of them will be able to escape." ”

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In early September, Wei County, Daming Pavilion, ten miles northeast of Wei City.

After listening carefully to the scout's report, Zhang He stood on the embankment for a long time without speaking.

The scout said: "General, Yuan Shao's army has already entered Wei City, and it is about to attack in the direction of Guantao. ”

Zhang He raised his head, looked at the scout, and asked, "How many are you sure?" ”

"About 40,000 to 50,000." The scout replied, "We don't dare to go too far, so don't take Yuan Shao's other armies behind." ”

Zhang He asked again: "Have you contacted General Zhang Fei?" ”

The scout shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

Zhang He thought for a while, pointed to the other side of the river and said, "Zhang Fei's army must be on the south bank of the Qing River, you must find him tonight no matter what, and ask him to send an army of foot soldiers to the Daming Pavilion to stop Yuan Shao." ”

"In addition...... Zhang He turned his head to look at the herald behind him, "send a letter to Li Zhong and Sun Guan, saying that Yuan Shao has arrived in Weicheng and ask them to send troops to support them quickly." ”

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In early September, Wei County, Ping'en City. As soon as Guan Yu gave the order to set up camp, he received an urgent report from Zhang Fei: Yuan Shao had divided his troops.

"Yuan Shao's 130,000 army was divided into three, one went to Dangyin City on the east side of Heishan Mountain, one went to Neihuang and Fanyang, and one went to Weicheng." Xu Maogong looked at the map and said helplessly, "Yuan Shao's arrangement is indeed foolproof." If he is besieged in Wei City, he will lose up to 40,000 horses, but in this way, we will not be able to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao. It seemed that his nose was very sharp, and he already smelled danger. ”

Guan Yu thought for a long time, knocked on the Pavilion Tao City on the map, and said, "We have to surround Cao Cao no matter what." Now Yuan Shao should know that Yuan Shu has captured Dingtao and will soon take the entire territory of Yanzhou. Yuan Shao tried every means to rescue Cao Cao for his hegemony. As long as we surround Cao Cao, sooner or later Yuan Shao will have to concentrate his forces in Wei City. ”

"But the problem is that after a long time, our intentions will be exposed, and Yuan Shao will definitely run." Xu Maogong smiled bitterly, "More than 100,000 troops surround Cao Cao and don't fight, and idiots know what we want to do." ”

"If Yuan Shao personally led the army to Weicheng, this matter would be easy to handle." Guan Yu said, "We first surrounded Cao Cao in the Guantao area, and then surrounded Yuan Shao in Weicheng, I don't believe that the rebels in the Dangyin, Neihuang and Fanyang areas will not rescue Yuan Shao." ”

"At this time, Yuan Shao will personally rush to Weicheng to rescue Cao Cao?" Xu Maogong felt that it was impossible.

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In early September, Qinghe Country, Tobu Castle, the Great General camped.

Xun Yu made a detailed report to Li Yi about the current location of the various armies.

Because the 18,000 iron cavalry of Zhang He, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou arrived at the front line of Guantao and Weicheng in time, the retreat of the rebels was delayed and time was bought for the armies of Li Zhong and Sun Guan to block the attack. Now Cao Cao's army is blocked outside the Great Willow Ruins, and it is difficult to advance an inch. The armies of the northern Xinjiang responsible for outflanking Cao Cao have arrived at the predetermined location one after another. The armies responsible for outflanking Yuan Shao were not far from the predetermined position.

"Is the Iron Rider a big loss?" Li Yi asked with concern.

"There are no losses." Xun Yu replied, "The iron cavalry armies of all walks of life strictly obey the orders of the lord, and it is strictly forbidden to launch a frontal attack on the rebels until the siege is completed, so as not to suffer heavy losses themselves. ”

"If the battle is too big, it will be more than worth the loss." Li Yi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Then tell Yun Chang and the commanders of the various armies to surround the rebels at the lowest possible cost, and do not engage in fierce battles with the rebels until the last resort." We have already paid a great price for defeating the rebels this time, and if the army loses too much again, it will completely defeat the purpose of luring the enemy into the depths in the first place. ”

Then he pointed to the map on the case, and continued: "Now that Yuan Shaobing is divided into three ways, and Yuan Shu has taken Dingtao, it is estimated that several counties in Xuzhou and eastern Yanzhou will soon become Yuan Shu's bag, what are your countermeasures for the current situation?" ”

Although Cao Cao's westward retreat was very fast, Yuan Shao's reaction was faster. He was divided into three groups, and he was obviously prepared for all kinds of contingencies. If Cao Cao can be rescued, he will join Cao Cao to retreat from Fanyang and Puyang. If Cao Cao could not be rescued, the worst case scenario would be to lose the army that rescued Cao Cao, so that he could also ensure that the other two armies could safely withdraw to Hanoi and Chenliu from the west and south respectively. Jia Xu shook his head and said unwillingly, "Yuan Shao's hand completely occupies the initiative on the battlefield. Now that our outflanking army has not yet arrived at the predetermined location, it is no longer possible to encircle Yuan Shao. ”

"General Guan proposed to first surround Cao Cao at Guantao, and then surround Yuan Shao in Wei City, and then induce Yuan Shao's other two troops and horses to quickly rescue Wei Cheng, so as to complete the siege." Sima Yi put his hand on the map and gestured, and said, "I think this strategy can still be tried." Now that Yuan Shu has succeeded in the Central Plains, if Yuan Shao is allowed to escape smoothly, we will have to put Cao Cao back. This result is too difficult for us to accept. ”

"If General Guan's strategy is to be realized, at least two prerequisites are needed, one is that Yuan Shao is in Weicheng. The other two armies saw that Yuan Shao was surrounded, and they had to save him no matter what. Second, General Lü Bu seized Fanyang and Neihuang in front of Yuan Shao's army to complete the encirclement of Yuan Shao. ”

But now it seems that neither premise is possible. The first is that Yuan Shao will not risk his life, and the second is that General Lu Bu's iron cavalry will not be able to capture Fanyang and Neihuang before the rebels. Since General Lü Bu's 18,000 iron cavalry could not capture Fanyang and Neihuang, he could only cut off the rebels' southward retreat at most, which strengthened the rebels' determination to withdraw to Hanoi from the direction of Montenegro. ”

Liu Bowen clenched his fist, lightly hammered it on the map, and said: "If Yide has more troops in Yecheng, we can send a large army to the vicinity of Montenegro to cut off Yuan Shao's retreat from the west, but it is no longer interesting to say this now." Let's surround Wei Cheng as soon as possible, wipe out all the rebels on this road first, and then turn back to fight Cao Cao. It's enough to beat Cao Cao to death. Now that Yuan Shu has succeeded in the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao has only suffered a little loss, then this Cao Cao must be put back no matter what. ”

"When will Tiande's army arrive in Wei County?" Li Yi turned his head to look at Xun Yu and asked.

Xun Yu immediately replied, "It will take at least six to seven days." ”

Li Yi frowned, pointed his big finger at Fanyang and Neihuang on the map, and said: "Yuan Shao's troops are divided into three routes, intending to keep the two-way army in the worst case, but if we give up the idea of encircling Yuan Shao and kill and injure the enemy army to the greatest extent, can we also achieve the goal of encircling Yuan Shao?" Inflicting heavy damage on Yuan Shao is our primary goal, so I suggest that while surrounding the rebel army of Weicheng, we should use the army of Yide, Zilong, Fengxian and others as the main force to flank the enemy troops in the Fanyang and Neihuang areas before and after, and strive to kill and wound the enemy troops to the greatest extent. ”

Liu Bowen, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang and others were silent.

"We were originally scheduled to encircle Yuan Shao's troops, which were about 110,000. If Zhang Fei's 56,000 army, Zhao Yun's 18,000 iron cavalry, and Lu Bu's 18,000 iron cavalry were transferred to Fanyang and Neihuang to besiege the enemy, they could indeed inflict heavy losses on the rebels. Xun You said worriedly, "However, have you noticed, my lord, at this time, only Li Jing and Zhang He's 50,000 foot cavalry troops surrounded Wei City, and the Yuan Shao rebels here have 40,000 people, and the difference in strength is not big." If these 40,000 Yuan Shao rebels forcibly broke through, they might not be able to stop it. Once they can't stop the Weicheng rebels from breaking through and let them join Cao Cao, then the rebels are very likely to flee from Yuancheng and Fagan to Dongwuyang, and the strategy of encirclement and annihilation will fail. ”

"No, it won't fail." Zhuge Liang's hand suddenly pointed to Daliuxu and said loudly, "Order the five generals Li Zhong, Sun Guan, Zhang He, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou to withdraw from the battlefield immediately, let the two armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao converge, and we will surround them between Guantao and Wei Cheng with an army of 190,000." ”

"Turn two encirclements into one." Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and he praised softly, "Good way." In this way, the three generals Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu could surround the rebels in the Neihuang and Fanyang areas with all their might. Dangyin City is only a hundred miles away from Neihuang, and this rebel army will definitely go to the rescue. If Xu Da's 30,000 troops could arrive at the battlefield in time, even if these tens of thousands of rebels could not be completely annihilated, there would be very little left. ”

Li Yi looked at the map carefully, nodded again and again, and said, "Kong Ming's idea is good. Immediately urgently told Yun Chang and asked him to quickly adjust his troops. (To be continued.) )