Wei Shuo agreed to help him, Zu Ti was very happy, only to see him ponder for a moment and said: "Guard Cao, now the Hu people are strong, and our strength is weak, in the face of the 20,000 Hu cavalry who rushed straight forward, a frontal decisive battle is definitely not advisable, even if we want to hold the city, the troops in our hands are not enough!" ”

Facing the approaching Hu army, Wei Shuo also had a headache, he carefully calculated the strength of the two sides, and said cautiously: "Now there are only more than 15,000 newly trained soldiers in Xuzhou, but to be honest, I don't have any confidence in the combat strength of the new army of other battalions. ”

"It's not that Wei looks down on others, it's just that the training intensity of the recruits in other battalions is not as strong as mine. To put it mildly, I don't dare to go to the battlefield with them, otherwise I may hurt my brothers at that time. ”

Zu Ti nodded to understand Wei Shuo's worries, although he hadn't seen the other battalions of the new army in person, he had more or less heard the reports of the people below. In any case, its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the tiger ben under Wei Shuo's command, and even compared with his subordinates, it is also much worse.

General Ben understands the concerns of the guard Cao, but now Xuzhou can only count on these 15,000 recruits. If we didn't use them, even if we had great ability, we wouldn't be able to defeat the Hu people who came to attack. ”

Zu Ti didn't expect that the dignified Xuzhou would be so short of troops. Originally, there were more than 1,000 trilogies under his command, but since the war in the north and south, many clan children have died in other places, even if Zu Ti has successively supplemented many exiles into the trilogy, the number of sub-tribals under his command is still no more than 1,000 people.

If you want to fight against the Hu people, this little bit of strength is definitely not enough, even if you add the 3,000 tiger ben soldiers under Wei Shuo, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the 20,000 Hu people.

Hearing this, Zhang Erlang couldn't help but show a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth and said, "Hmph! Isn't this all a resentment of Master Shi? I promised to do a good job, but I didn't know that everything changed in a blink of an eye. not only deprived Brother Wei of the power to take charge of all the military in Xuzhou, but also divided the new barracks into five. Otherwise, with 15,000 spearmen, we can completely shake Hu Qi head-on. ”

"Hehe, I wonder if our Lord Thorn Shi regrets his decision at this time?"

"Okay, Erlang, don't talk about these things that are not there, let's think about how to fight the Hu people next!" Wei Shuo didn't care about Pei Dun's change, the reason why he stayed in Xuzhou was not for Pei Dun, but for himself.

Zu Ti also stood up, he patted Erlang on the shoulder and said, "Master Wei is right, we don't have to care about what happened before, the most important thing now is to fight against the Hu people." Today, General Ben can promise that as long as Zu is in Xuzhou for a day, he will definitely not let Master Wei suffer. ”

"In addition, I have an immature idea that I want to discuss with Master Wei. Now the Hu people are coming violently, and the arrogant soldiers will definitely not think that we dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy. Therefore, Zu planned to gather the elite soldiers under his command and Master Wei, and give the Hu people a surprise attack on the way, and it was best to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness in the early stage to inflict heavy losses on the Hu people. ”

"Well, this proposal is very good, it is unprepared to attack it by surprise, plus the strong troops are in hand, there is no problem at all to deal with the Hu people's forward troops, and the victory can just lift the hearts of the people and the army in Xuzhou." Wei Shuo is very interested in Zu Ti's suggestion, and it is very necessary for Xuzhou to crack down on the arrogance of the Hu people.

But Wei Shuo is also reluctant to choose too much to take the initiative, after all, his troops are limited, if it is completely used to fight the Hu people, 3,000 people are not enough for the Hu people to plug their teeth.

"But this is not a long-term strategy, how to deal with the Hu people, we have to think long-term."

"What good advice does Lord Wei have?"

At this time, Wei Shuo smiled mysteriously, and pulled Zu Ti to the inner room, only to see a huge square platform in the middle, which was covered with mountains and rivers and city roads. At this time, Zu Ti was confused, and he couldn't figure out what Wei Shuo meant by bringing him here.

Wei Shuo pointed to Fangtai and said: "General Zu, come and see, this is the local sand table in Xuzhou, which took a month to sort out, just to use after the war. ”

"You see this is Pengcheng, Surabaya has turned from northwest to southeast since then, and the Hu people will definitely go down from upstream to Pengcheng along Surabaya. But before that, I think the Hu people will first sweep Peixian, Liuxian and other places in the upper reaches of Surabaya to cut off the barrier northwest of Pengcheng. ”

"And if you want to realize the general's previous plan, there is no more suitable than this time. Taking advantage of the enemy's division of troops to plunder Pei, Liu, and other counties, the general personally led nearly 10,000 tigers, and he was sure to win a complete victory by surprise. ”

"After the first step of the plan was completed, the general immediately returned to Pengcheng with his army and took charge of the city's defense. Below, with 3,000 soldiers, he was on standby in the area southwest of Pengcheng on the shore of Surabaya. Back then, the overlord Xiang Yu once defeated the 500,000 army of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in Pengcheng, and I think we can definitely rely on Pengcheng to defeat the invading Huns. ”

Zu Ti looked at the sand table thoughtfully, looked up at Wei Shuo and said: "Does Lord Wei want to rely on Pengcheng to consume the Hu people's troops, and then harass the rear of the Hu people with elite soldiers outside the city, and after exhausting the enemy, take the opportunity to counterattack and drive the Hu people out of Xuzhou in one fell swoop??" ”

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo shook his head and said: "I don't have such great ambitions, there are tens of thousands of Hu people, how can I be defeated by this remnant army in Xuzhou alone?" I just want to frustrate the edge of the Hu people in Pengcheng and lay the foundation for our future plan to resist Hu. ”

"A plan to resist Hu in the future? What's that plan? ”

"Let's talk about this later!"

In short, no matter how Zu Ti interrogated, Wei Shuo always smiled and said nothing. It's not that he doesn't want to tell Zu Ti, it's really not that he himself is not very sure, so let's take one step at a time.

……

At the same time, Wang Sang and Zhao Gu, who had just separated from Wang Mi and developed alone, found out at this time that it was not easy for them to be the leader. Not only does the problem of more than 20,000 mouths need to be solved, but they also have to be responsible for finding women for them. If they don't serve properly, they may have to rebel.

Now that the two of them are wandering on the border of Yan and Xu, they are seriously considering Sima Ao's proposal. But the two of them are still a little worried, after all, Jiangdong is standing behind Xuzhou, if Jiangdong reinforcements are provoked, the 20,000 people under their hands will not be enough in front of Jiangdong.

"Lao Wang, do you think that Sima Ao is true? I'm afraid this kid will cheat us. Zhao Gu still didn't believe in Sima Ao very much, and always felt that he had too many thoughts and was difficult to grasp.

Wang Sang smiled disdainfully: "What? Are you still worried about that kid playing tricks? Do you think he has the guts? As long as he dared to have a little bad intentions, Lao Tzu immediately chopped him. What I'm most worried about now is Jiangdong, as long as Jiangdong doesn't interfere, with the remnants of the weak army in Xuzhou, it will definitely not be our opponent. ”

"This Xuzhou is really a piece of fat! If our brothers start late, I'm afraid we won't even be able to drink the soup. If you want to say that Cao Wei's fate is good, we all followed General Wang to rebel together, but because he started early, as a result, people now want to have territory, and people want people, not to mention how much life is more enjoyable. ”

Seeing Wang Sang mention Cao Wei, Zhao Gu was also envious, only to see him ruthlessly said: "Okay, this will be our brothers to cooperate to win Xuzhou, and it will be divided into two in the future. ”

Seeing that Zhao Gu finally made up his mind, Wang Sang finally became excited, "That's it, as the saying goes, the first strike is the strongest, our brothers have the least power, and they must react to Boss Wang and Boss Cao to take Xuzhou first." As for Koto...... Didn't that Sima Ao say that King Langya was fighting with the local families in Jiangdong, and it was impossible to send reinforcements north in a short time. ”

"In that case, let's discuss the route of the march!"

"Good!"

A few days later, thousands of Hu riders came out of Juye County, Gaoping Principality, Yanzhou, crossed Heshui to the south, and went straight to Pei County, Liuxian County and other places along Surabaya. For a time, the Yanxu border was full of smoke, and the messengers from the north of Xuzhou for help broke into Pengcheng one after another. It made the atmosphere in Pengcheng tense all of a sudden.

Assassin Shi Pei Dun immediately summoned Zu Ti, Wei Shuo and others to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy. In front of Xuzhou's civil and military, although Pei Dun said righteously that he wanted to live and die with Xuzhou, in fact, he was secretly ready to flee south. Later, after Pei Dun entrusted all the defense of Pengcheng to Zu Ti and Wei Shuo, he left in a hurry with the civilian officials.