Zhao Yun's speech is the same as not saying. Since this is the case, Zhang Qi no longer paid attention to Zhao Yun and looked at Guan Yu instead.

As soon as his eyes were projected on Guan Yu, Guan Yu gave up his hand and spoke:

"My lord, the enemy army has a geographical advantage, or it can take advantage of it for a while. But the time, the people, and the time are all in our army, and the time to break the enemy is just around the corner. Since according to Dong Thorn Shi's words, the enemy's army in the city does not have more than ten days' food, our army only needs to reconnoiter and ride out in all directions, find out where the enemy's main force is, and then force it with superior forces, and when its food is exhausted, it can be broken! ”

Guan Yu's policy was based on Dong Zhao's grasp of the amount of military rations under Yan Liang and Wen Chou. If there is a discrepancy in what Dong Zhao said, or if Yan Liang and Wen Chou find a new source of food, then Guan Yu's policy will go bankrupt. This kind of tactic is not a special strategy.

However, with such a great strategist who is famous for his cunning in Jizhou in the enemy's army, any action of his own side will become quite dangerous. Therefore, simple and basic tactics have the fewest flaws, are the least likely to be taken advantage of by the enemy, and are the easiest to give full play to their own advantages.

According to Zhang Yan's estimate, even if the military advisor Cheng Yu is here, he may not be able to suppress the frustration in terms of strategy.

Moreover, from ancient times to the present, military operations to siege cities have always been known for their difficulty. In the face of the wisdom of frustration, the courage of Yan Liangwen and ugliness, it is extremely rare for Zhang Qiangjun to be able to occupy the initiative to this extent.

The military discussion lasted for another period of time, and Zhang Qi finally decided to fight steadily and steadily, first focusing on Yan Liang and Wen Chou's department. If the enemy forces make any changes, make plans.

For this reason, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, the two cavalry commanders, had to work hard, braved the still biting cold wind, and led the team to conduct armed reconnaissance around Quyang City.

A few days passed. It was very calm in the city of Xiaquyang, and the calm made the scouts sent by the arrogant feel uneasy.

Years of war have caused a large area of wasteland to appear in the once densely populated Julu County. In recent years, the fierce battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan has already caused some wealthy families in the northern towns of Julu to abandon their homes and flee south.

Xiaquyang City, which originally had a population of tens of thousands. Today, the number of civilians is only about 2,000, less than one-fifth of the number of troops in the city. Of course, this was a good thing for the defenders in a way - they could live comfortably in the vacant houses.

The state army has already approached the city. Tens of thousands of troops, stretching for more than ten miles from end to end, completely covered the outer suburbs in the south of the city. Every day, thousands of cavalry marched in and out of the large camp in the distance, revealing an extremely strong combat force. This situation made the defenders in the city feel a little uneasy.

Fortunately, Xiaquyang City has experienced many wars. The walls had been built extremely well by the defenders, and all kinds of defensive equipment were well prepared. It is said that the military rations were plotted by Dong Zhao's traitor, and I heard that it was not sufficient.

However, the new Captain of the Overseer is a capable one. Not only did he successfully plan an ambush on the advance of the Bingzhou army and kill two enemy generals, but he also borrowed hundreds of cartloads of grain from the homes of some large local families with a few letters.

Just yesterday night. In order to boost the morale of the army, Lieutenant Fu Du also specially weighed the grain and sang under the lamp. Let everyone know that the military food in the city is sufficient. Later, for the sake of safety, Captain Fu Du loaded hundreds of truckloads of grain into the grain depot of the county temple in the city and guarded it with heavy troops.

With this food, I dare not say for a long time that an army of 10,000 will support it for another month. It should be no problem. The soldiers firmly believed that with the strategy of the Duwei Duwei, the charging of General Yan and General Wen, and the strong walls of Xiaquyang City, even if they gave the nephews of Bingzhou an extra month. They don't want to capture Xiaquyang City.

With this month's time, the army of the Governor of Koji should have arrived a long time ago. When the time comes, the two sides should cooperate with each other, and the nephews of the state will inevitably be defeated......

Although Xiaquyang is heavily defended and the four gates are closed, there is always some news that can be heard by the Bingzhou army outside the city. No, in the arrogant tent of the Chinese army, a major event that has a bearing on the success or failure of the entire strategy is being discussed.

"The news is indeed true!"

The spy officer standing in the tent swore to the arrogance.

"We listened all night at the base of the wall, and faintly heard the sound of Yuan Jun reporting the number. This morning, among the people who came out of the city to pick wood, there were our meticulous works. I heard him say that the night before, it was true that Yuan Jun weighed the grain in the county temple to boost the morale of the army. The people who were present at that time were only afraid of thousands. I can't remember how many Hu there are. It's just that the number is definitely tens of thousands......"

The news brought by the spy officer made the generals in the military tent look not very good.

The city of Xiaquyang is strong, the defenders are sufficient, and Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and other fierce generals who are also first-class in the world are guarded, and it is really difficult to attack.

If the city is really replenished with tens of thousands of military rations, then the best thing for the Bingzhou army is to make a plan for a protracted war as soon as possible, quickly wave the army to the east, and capture a few cities before the main force of Yuan Shaojun's main force comes, and establish a stable defense line, so as not to face the foundation that Yuan Shaojun's army has no foothold.

After the spy officer retired, everyone's eyes in the tent were automatically focused on Dong Zhao, the assassin of Bingzhou, who had not yet taken office.

Rao is Dong Zhao has many years of experience in undercover in the enemy camp, and in the face of questioning eyes, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and touch his nose.

"My subordinates don't know where they can borrow this lot of food."

Dong Zhao stretched out his palm and wrenched his fingers one by one.

"Before the 21st, Yan Liang wrote a letter, saying that the military rations in the camp were less than one month. The subordinates also listened to the report of the county magistrate of Quyang that the grain and grain in the county were all requisitioned by Yan Liang, and the military rations were indeed less than one month. ”

At that time, his subordinates excused Yan Liang from arriving after the 15th on the grounds that Yuan Shao's demand was very urgent. At the same time, his subordinates also asked the magistrate of Xiaquyang to borrow grain from the Tian clan, a big clan attached to the Yuan clan in the county, and used the grain for this year and next year as collateral. The magistrate of Xiaquyang County borrowed 3,000 pieces of grain and grass and sent them to Yuan's military camp, but the county had no more grain to borrow. ”

After that, his subordinates gathered the grain from the three counties around Xiaquyang to the Yang family on the grounds of convenient allocation, thinking that it was needed by the Heavenly Master's army. The subordinates really can't figure out its origin. ”

After listening to Dong Zhao's words that were half explaining and half explaining, all the generals were silent. Indeed, Dong Zhao has done the best he can. The grain and grass used by tens of thousands of arrogant troops were prepared by Dong Zhao in advance, which was enough to support the needs of the army for a month. With these grains and grasses, the logistical pressure of insolence has been greatly reduced, and the requirements for sending grain to the state have also been reduced.

Even if Fu Zhi found enough food and grass from other places, no one could blame Dong Zhao for this.

"Could it be that the frustrated food is fake?"

Seeing that everyone fell silent, Zhao Yun put forward a hypothesis and wanted to share his brother-in-law's worries.

"Zilong, the matter of weighing food was done in front of thousands of people in the army. If it is fake, among thousands of people, none of them can recognize it? ”

Guan Yu thinks that he is older than Zhao Yun, and often takes care of Zhao Yun as a younger brother. Seeing that Zhao Yun put forward a rather ridiculous opinion, Guan Yu explained to Zhao Yun in time.

Zhao Yun was silent.

Insolence is also nerve-wracking. If Yan Liang and Wen Chou's army had enough food and grass, it would mean a complete overthrow of the previous strategy. That kind of situation, although it is also within the tolerance range of arrogance, is not a good phenomenon after all.

As the chief general of the First Army, Zhang Maar's decision at this time directly involved the victory or defeat of the entire battle for Yuan Shao and Jizhou. This feeling of pressure is so great that I can only grit my teeth and bear it.

"Wait!"

Insolence's face sank like water, and a word came out of his mouth. Subsequently, he made up his mind and decisively issued a general order.

"Captain Yu!"

"The last general!"

Yu Ban stood up and waited for the arrogant command.

"You can lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to the east to reach Wuxian County to defend Yuan Shao's army from coming in from the west!"

"No!"

Wu County is located on the eastern border of Julu, right between Xiabo and Xiaquyang. Choking this place, Yuan Shao will not be able to leave Xiabo easily, and Raoyang in the north will also be threatened, and he may be cut off at any time.

In this way, Zhang Qiang did not believe that Lu Yi dared to march westward to rescue Xia Quyang. If he really did this, it would be equivalent to sending him to the door to cut off the back road for the insolent mania, and fight a battle with no way out. As long as Lu Yi's sanity is normal, he doesn't believe that Lu Yi will be so arrogant and bold.

- But......

Zhang Qiang thought in his heart, just relying on the forbidden department, the force was inevitably a little thin. In particular, the cavalry team of Yu Ban's "folding camp" had just been defeated for a while, and even the main general was lost. Zhang Mad felt the need to strengthen Yu Ban's cavalry strength.

"Chief Zhao!"

"The last general!"

Zhao Yun stood up with a long body and a good demeanor, he was really a good young man.

"You led the troops and horses of the headquarters, and listened to the orders under the captain, and used cavalry to cover the communication between Yuan Shao, the Lu Yi Department and Xia Quyang!"

"No!"

Zhao Yun can be said to be more than old, not smart enough, and not good at communicating with his subordinates, it is difficult to be the chief general of an army, but he is the best subordinate. With Yu Ban in command, Zhao Yundang could successfully complete the tasks he was assigned.

"The rest of the generals will stay with me in Xiaquyang. I want to see how much grain and grass Yan Liang and Wen Chou have prepared! ”

This arrogant decision was also a risk. However, thinking of the return of the forbidden army after fighting the enemy, Zhang Qiang made up his mind in his heart that he must take the opportunity to leave Yan Liang and Wen Chou in Xiaquyang.

Otherwise, these two world-class "10,000 enemies", once they converged with the main force of Yuan Shaojun's army and gathered together Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Lu Yi, Chun Yuqiong and other famous generals in the world, Zhang Qiang did not have the confidence to be able to suppress Yuan Shao in this item. (To be continued......)