"What does Cheng Zhongde mean by this?" He used to say that it was he who was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now he is the one who says that thieves are going to die, and I have told you all about the good and the bad, what do you mean?

Cheng Yu came to the map and pointed to the position of Shangyong and said with a smile: "There are dangers of mountains and rivers in the land of Shangyong, plus there are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who have taken all the armor and armor of Wancheng to defend, if we lead the army to attack, then the Yellow Turban thieves will fight together." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In this way, even if we can win the mediocrity, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Moreover, once the thieves reach the end of the mountain, they will even go upstreams along the Han River to Zhang Xiu in Hanzhong. ”

Sun Jian leaned in front of the map and stared at Shangyong for a long time, and asked, "Then why do you say that the thief has fallen into death?" ”

"The land of mediocrity has killed and injured countless people due to the typhoid plague last year, and now the land of mediocrity is when the land is vast and sparsely populated, and tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves can take advantage of the benefits of mountains and rivers to survive. And these Yellow Turban thieves occupy the upper class, but it is difficult to have room to turn to war, although Zhang Xiu of Hanzhong will lend a hand to help these Yellow Turban thieves when they are poor, but he will never sit back and watch these Yellow Turban thieves enter Hanzhong when the soldiers are strong.

Therefore, we only need to hold Nanyang and Xiangshui, and the thieves can only be trapped in the mediocre land and cannot move. When the Yellow Turban thieves in the rest of the world are eliminated, these Yellow Turban thieves trapped in the mediocre have long been short of food and grass and low morale. In this way, are these thieves already dead? Cheng Yu drew a circle of Shangyong's location with his hands on the map, intending to besiege him until there was a shortage of food and grass, so that he could take down these hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves without blood.

"This matter is very inappropriate, if these hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops are allowed to occupy the upper ranks and do nothing, and the Yellow Turban thieves in the rest of the places are all exterminated, General Zhu Jun will inevitably be disciplined by the imperial court because of this, and even we will not be able to escape the punishment of the disadvantage of the war." Sun Jian is an anxious man, and he wants to avenge Zu Mao with his own hands, how can he tolerate the hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves who live happily for so long?

Cheng Yu now shows that his identity is the master of the army sent to Wu Yi by Huangfu Song, and he is secretly half of Wu Yi's retainers. He knew that Wu Yi was not interested in fighting with the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, so he offered Zhu Jun a strategy of 'holding on to the city and watching the changes', but if Zhu Jun was worried about being punished by the court for dragging on for too long as Sun Jian said, and insisted on fighting with the Yellow Turban Army, then Cheng Yu didn't plan to say anything.

Therefore, as soon as Sun Jian's words fell, Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "This is just the next thought, if Sun Sima insists on fighting to the death with those Yellow Turban thieves who are fighting against the water, then it will be better to say nothing just now." ”

"You!" Sun Jian was not lightly angered by Cheng Yu's attitude, he first wanted to avenge Zu Mao, and secondly, he was also thinking about Zhu Jun, could it be that in Cheng Yu's eyes, he had become a reckless man who could only do things?

Zhu Jun raised his hand to stop Sun Jian, who was furious: "It is not the hope of the imperial court to wait for the thief army to fend for itself, so this strategy may be able to enjoy victory without blood, but the general will not be able to adopt it." I don't know if Zhongde has another good plan? ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand to Zhu Jun: "Please also ask the general to forgive me for being a shallow learner, I really can't think of any other clever strategies." ”

Seeing that Zhu Jun's face instantly became extremely ugly, Wu Yi on the side coughed lightly and stood up: "Yi has a strategy or the best of both worlds." ”

"Will the plan be released?" Zhu Jun turned his hopeful gaze to Wu Yi.

Wu Yi sorted out his thoughts for a while and then talked freely: "What the general is worried about is only that he is worried that he will be punished by the imperial court for fighting for a long time, but now that these Yellow Turban thieves have occupied the mediocre place, and the deployment of troops to attack and not to mention how many casualties there will be, the delay here alone will be at least a few months." But in fact, although these yellow turban thieves have mediocre geographical advantages, there is no way to forge ahead around them. Why didn't the general leave a group of men and horses to be stationed in Wancheng to guard against the Shangyong Yellow Turban Army, and then divide a group of men and horses to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan and other places? In this way, the Yellow Turban thieves were trapped and unable to move, and the general was able to draw his troops to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves in the rest of the country. At that time, even if the imperial court has any accountability for the mediocrity, the general will have other places to make merits, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be said that the army will be wasted in a long battle. ”

"Then let Zhang Mancheng take a group of thieves to make trouble in Shangyong? You must know that Zhang Mancheng claims to be the commander of the Southern Daqu, even if we don't take the initiative to attack him, will he watch us attack the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and other places, and be indifferent? Sun Jian kept Zhang Mancheng's hatred in mind, and he was thinking about how to wipe out Zhang Mancheng and his hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops all the time.

After several battles in the first two days, the thief general Zhang Mancheng not only lost the lives of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves and the fortified city of Wancheng, but also abandoned countless grains and grass that were not easy to carry. Although they now occupy Shangyong, Shangyong is already vast and sparsely populated due to the previous plague, and there is not much military food in the treasury to supplement their daily needs. According to Yizhi's estimate, no matter how much Zhang Mancheng saves the military rations, it will only be enough for two or three months, and if he does not get the funding from Hanzhong after that, I am afraid that the whole army will have a crisis of running out of food.

Under such circumstances, how dare they rashly step out of the mediocre and take the initiative to find our main force for a decisive battle? And when General Zhu Jun exterminated the other Yellow Turban forces in the south, and then turned around and cleaned up the mediocre Yellow Turban thieves, maybe at that time they had no soldiers and no food in the city, and then it would be the best time for us to defeat them in one fell swoop" Wu Yi can understand Sun Jian's revenge at the moment, but this does not mean that Wu Yi will agree with Sun Jian's concept.

Compared with Cheng Yu's previous strategy, Wu Yi's idea of dividing the troops made Zhu Jun more acceptable. Since Zhang Mancheng led his troops to escape from the encirclement of Wancheng, he already knew that he would not be able to solve Zhang Mancheng's troops in a short period of time, and naturally it was even more impossible for him to solve the Yellow Turban bandits in the area earlier than Huangfu Song.

Even if it is sold alone, this is the largest rebel rebellion since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is the best time for military generals to make meritorious contributions. Zhu Jun, as the right middle general appointed by the imperial court, still wants to establish more meritorious deeds to glorify the court and benefit his descendants: "Ziyuan's method is not bad, but if the general goes to conquer the Yellow Turban Thieves in Runan, who will this Wancheng be handed over to defend it?" ”

Although there were a large number of Yellow Turban thieves near Runan, there was no clear commander, but several commanders went their own way. In the past, when Zhu Jun focused all his attention on Wancheng, he let them go free for several months, and now that he can draw out some troops, Zhu Jun naturally wants to take command in person and seek the greatest feat.

Hearing that they were going to stay in Wancheng, all the generals, including Sun Jian, refused to speak. Everyone knows that it is easy to follow Zhu Jun to Runan, and the best result of staying in Wancheng is to maintain the status quo, but if the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops in Shangyong suddenly want to attack Wancheng, it will be difficult.

"If the general does not give up, Wu Yi is willing to guard Wancheng for the general." On the contrary, Wu Yi stood up, he was not interested in accompanying Zhu Jun to fight in the south and the north, and he was also confident that he would defend Wancheng, which was fortified in the city, so he took the initiative to take up this burden.

"Good! The general will leave 10,000 soldiers and horses in your headquarters, and the 4,000 soldiers of the late Nanyang County guarding Qin Jie to guard Wancheng. Three days later, the general raised troops to attack the Runan Yellow Turban Thieves, monitoring the Shangyong Yellow Turban Thieves and guarding Wancheng, so he asked Ziyuan. ”