Xiao Tianzi looked at the sand table, then at Lu Min and Xu Rong, opened his mouth a few times, and finally was embarrassed to say. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

There are several small flags on the sand table, indicating the deployment of troops on both sides, and the situation is clear at a glance. But Xiao Tianzi was very puzzled by Liu Xiu's strange arrangement. Yuan Shao attacked, Liu Xiu's troops were only half of the opponent's, at this time he did not concentrate his forces, defended by the river, and actually divided his troops into three routes, and more importantly, he gave up Ruyang, the closest place to Pingyu. If he was Yuan Shao, he could ignore Liu Xiu at all, commit suicide in Ruyang, and attack Pingyu City in one go.

Xiao Tianzi was angry and regretful, Liu Xiumo didn't want to borrow Yuan Shao's knife to kill me, right? Knowing this, I still told him the truth well, even if I can't be the emperor, at least I can save my life. It's good now, if Yuan Shao kills him, how can he keep him safe with only more than 20,000 people Xu Rong and Lu Min, do you want to flee in the wilderness? That's a shame.

Alas, my father is really ruthless. Compared to his directness, the trade-off techniques of the First Emperor Sect were not used at all.

Xiao Tianzi looked at Xu Rong nervously. Xu Rong stood there quietly, not burly but very wide like a door panel. Feeling Xiao Tianzi's gaze, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Tianzi respectfully: "Your Majesty has anything you want to ask?" ”

Xiao Tianzi shook his head embarrassedly and glanced at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu secretly smiled bitterly, he had roughly guessed Liu Xiu's plan, and he wanted to wait until he was alone with Xiao Tianzi, but Xiao Tianzi was obviously a little panicked, and he had to ask on the spot to understand. But he refused to admit that he didn't understand, so he had to come forward. He had no choice but to fake a cough: "This, dare to ask Xu Zhonglang, the hussar general's arrangement...... It seems a bit unconventional. Wouldn't we be the weakest place here? ”

Xu Rong gently stroked the short beard under his chin, and asked rhetorically, "Then what do you think is the way to arrange it?" ”

"Of course, it is to concentrate heavy troops in the north of Ruyang. Defend according to the river. ”

"What if Yuan Shao crosses the Weishui River again and goes south from Xixi?" Xu Rong said unhurriedly: "Or, he will divide a group of people to cross the river from Xiang County." Straight to the level? ”

Zhou Yu's face was a little red, "But, like this." Your Majesty's Safety ......"

"With our 20,000 troops here, Your Majesty's safety is foolproof." Xu Rong interrupted Zhou Yu's words and said confidently: "At this point, I dare to guarantee with my life." ”

"Really?" Xiao Tianzi was relieved and asked again, but this time his eyes were looking at Lu Min. Lu Min nodded: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, when the hussar general left, he had already made foolproof arrangements." Even if Yuan Shao came here with an army of 80,000, he would not be able to cause any harm to His Majesty. He smiled and said to Xu Rong again, "Xu Zhonglang." I don't quite understand the general's intentions for doing this, so please analyze it. ”

Xu Rong smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, it's just the right medicine." ”

"The right medicine?"

"Yes, the so-called knowing the enemy is invincible. The same strategy. What works for one person may backfire for another. The general's plan is specifically aimed at Yuan Shao's suspicion. He smiled softly: "At the beginning, the general set a trap in Changsha, caught Yuan Shu at once, and solved the war in Jiangnan with a quick knife. This time, of course, he still wanted to solve Yuan Shao at one time. Completely calm the world. However, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's personalities are opposite, he can't do such reckless things as Yuan Shu, and if the same strategy is used against him, the probability of success is very low. ”

Xu Rong took a thorn bamboo and explained the situation to Xiao Tianzi and others. Liu Xiu only had 40,000 soldiers, while Yuan Shao could cross the water in very many places, and if he gathered heavy troops at one time, the geographical advantages of several rivers would not be able to be brought into play. Now that Liu Xiu has divided his troops and held both sides of Shashui and Weishui, but gave up the front of Runan, it seems to be a very failed arrangement, however, Yuan Shao will not think so, he will definitely think that this is a trap, because this is not in line with the norm at all.

Then, he will hesitate, he will try again and again, and these all take time, but what Yuan Shao lacks most now is time, if he wastes one more day, his advantage will be lost. No matter how long Yuan Shao had to delay for a few days in the end, as long as he hesitated, instead of rushing through the water and rushing to the city of Ruyang, his morale would be greatly affected.

It's like riding a horse sprint, no matter how fast the horse in front of him is, if he stops when he jumps near the river, even if it is just a moment, he has already lost his previous efforts, and he can no longer do it in one go.

The art of war, like calligraphy, pays attention to the combination of virtual and real, and pays attention to substituting virtual for real, which is what it means. Of course, this is aimed at Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shu leads the troops, then doing so is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, Yuan Shu definitely doesn't even have to think about it, and goes straight across the river.

Of course, there are risks in doing this, but Liu Xiu still has an arrangement, that is, these 20,000 people. On the one hand, these 20,000 people are to prevent Yuan Kui from coming out in Pingyu City, and at the same time, they are also the last line of defense to prevent Yuan Shao and Yuan Kui from meeting. Once Yuan Shao crossed Ruyang, then they could support Liu Xiu's army to help, and if necessary, they could also go to Ruyang to prevent Yuan Shao from crossing the river.

Xiao Tianzi nodded again and again, although he didn't know where Xu Rong said that he could ensure his safety, but he believed in Lu Min, if Lu Min didn't know, he would definitely not be so calm.

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Yuan Shao was a native of Runan, and of course he knew the terrain characteristics of the many rivers in the vicinity, because although he tried to reduce his equipment as much as possible, he did not have a lot of materials to build the pontoon bridge. Perhaps the pontoon bridge they built was indeed not as good as the model left for them by Lu Yi, and it was more than enough to cross the river. Early in the morning, Han Fu and Yan Liang commanded the front army to build a pontoon bridge and prepare to cross the river.

After assembling a section of pontoon bridge on the shore in advance, and after preparation, the archers rushed to the river to line up and prepare for cover. The water was about fifty paces wide, and ordinary bows could shoot to the opposite bank, so both sides naturally refused to let go of this attack. However, after all, the defenders still have some advantage, and they can retreat their crossbow formations out of the opponent's range, as long as they can stop the enemy in the river.

The soldiers of Yuan, who carried the pontoon bridge down the river, became the main target of the shooting, and they had no better way than to block it with their shields. And in the river, it is obviously not easy to dive while holding a shield to block arrows.

Yan Liang personally rushed to the river to supervise the battle, and ordered two soldiers to walk in front with a big shield like a door panel, two soldiers in the back to carry the pontoon bridge, and then two soldiers with a big shield in the back, so that the two are separated to ensure the safety of the soldiers to the greatest extent.

The first group of soldiers went into the water with shields and pontoons. At the river, the water was not too deep, and they waded cautiously. The opponent's arrow array was silent, neither shooting nor shouting, but just watching them go into the water to build bridges, as if they were not here to fight, but to see the excitement.

The beginning was very smooth, the pontoon bridge soon went deep to the center of the river, and extended to the opposite bank, just when Yan Liang was full of joy, the opposite bank suddenly sounded a drum, followed by a huge roar, Yan Liang raised his eyes, and was immediately surprised, only to see countless huge logs flying in the air from a distance, with a buzzing sound, smashed into the river. The giant wood enters the water, stirs up a column of water that rushes to the sky, and smashes the pontoon bridge that has just been built, and the soldiers who are building the bridge are frightened, whether they are holding a giant shield or carrying a pontoon bridge, as long as they are hit by the wood, all of them will break their heads and blood, and their arms and legs will be broken, and even those thick wooden shields can not stand the bombardment of such a giant wood, and they will be smashed one by one, and the soldiers holding the shield will even be smashed into the water, and they will be dying when they are re-revealed.

Yan Liang shouted angrily, but he stopped after two shouts, his eyes widened, and he watched the giant trees that fell into the river drift towards the opposite bank as if they had long legs, and were dragged away in a puff of smoke. Yan Liang looked closely, only to find that each giant tree was tied with a thick rope, it seemed that Liu Xiu had already prepared for it, these giant trees could be reused.

Yan Liang was dumbfounded, and the soldiers in the water were even more distracted, they threw down the pontoon bridge and rushed to the shore, and the giant shield was gone, and the pontoon bridge that had been built so hard was gone. The water splashed, the white foam rolled, and the giant trees fell from the sky, and then quickly returned to the opposite shore, and then they were loaded with a stone thrower, and once again volleyed down.

After a meal, the water finally calmed down, and the broken shields and pontoons rippled in the water, with corpses in between, blood staining the river red and slowly flowing.

Yan Liang was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded, and while sending someone to inform Han Fu, he ordered the soldiers to go into the water again to build a pontoon bridge. The soldiers of the baggage battalion looked at the debris floating on the water, and they were terrified and hesitated to go into the water. Yan Liang was furious and killed the two team leaders with his own hands, which forced them to go into the water again.

After another hour of hard work, the pontoon bridge had just stretched out to the center of the river, and while Yan Liang was waiting in horror, those giant trees came again as scheduled and smashed down. This time, the soldiers in the water were prepared, and as soon as they heard the sound of drums on the opposite shore, they turned and ran. I could only hear a loud noise behind them, splashing water, wetting their backs, and when they climbed ashore and looked back, this was the desire to cry without tears.

Han Fu happened to arrive with his personal guards and witnessed this amazing scene, and his mouth did not come back for a long time, until Yan Liang came up, he said in disbelief: "This ...... Can such a big piece of wood be thrown so far? ”

Yan Liang's eyes were red: "General Han, it's not as simple as far away, have you found it, these woods are tied with ropes, which can be reused." If we continue like this, we will take it a hundred times, and he will smash it a hundred times. ”

Han Fu was a little panicked: "That...... So what to do? ”

Yan Liang gritted his teeth and said: "I want to ask the general to command here, I will swim to the shore first to line up, otherwise, this pontoon bridge will not be built." ”

Han Fu stroked his beard and thought for a while: "It's okay to send people to swim to the other side to line up, but you can't go." You are a former army general, and you can't afford to make any mistakes. ”

Yan Liang was just about to argue again, Han Fu's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "This is what the lord meant, do you want to disobey?" As a general, you should be heavy, how can you be brave. ”