From this point of view, even though Huang Gai and Sun Ben had thousands of people and had a camp to protect them, but Lu Bu and Xu Rong's good battles, you must know, Lu Bu single-handedly defeated Sun Jian's more than 20,000 cavalry, and Xu Rong defeated Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin a few months ago, and almost all of them were wiped out, although these two battles were field battles and could not be compared with the fortifications, but since Lu Bu and Xu Rong were so good at fighting, and Hu Zhen was not good at stubble, could Huang Gai and Sun Ben stop their offensive? This is what Wen Chou is most worried about.

Sun Jian was not worried, he said: "Qing or I don't know Huang Gongfu, this Jiangdong Jian is also, I have few ambitions, I am skilled in the art of war, I have authority in the army, I dare to fight in the face of the enemy, although Hu, Xu, and Lu are brave, although the Guanxi soldiers are fine, it is difficult to break their camps!" ”

"That being said......."

"Zixiao, you are good in everything, but sometimes you are too careful."

"But I am not cautious, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, and Lu Bu are all fierce generals, so they have to be treated carefully."

"Dong Bing may want to attack Huang Gai and Sun Ben's camp, but what can our army do? Huang Gai and Sun Benying separated Hu Zhen and Xu Lu, you and I will definitely not be able to withdraw it, if it is withdrawn, then Hu, Xu, and Lu will form a line, which will be even more unfavorable to me, and if I can't withdraw, I can only take this opportunity to storm Hu Zhen, first defeat him, and then hit Xu and Lu! …… Zixiao, isn't this the strategy you and I have already set? ”

Wen Chou's biggest consideration is that he doesn't want to lose too many troops when attacking Taigu, otherwise it will be detrimental to the attack on Luoyang in the future, but Sun Jian is not right, thinking about it, Huang Gai and Sun Ben must not be able to withdraw, so if they can't withdraw, they can only find a fighter that is beneficial to their own side, and this fighter can obviously only be: take the opportunity to annihilate Hu Zhen.

Wen Chou made up his mind and said, "Just act according to Qing's words!" "Finished. He smiled to himself, examined himself again, and said, "Since I came to the army, I have fought dozens of battles since I started. There has never been such a battle as it is today. Wentai, fortunately, Qingqing's fighting spirit is resolute, so that I do not make big mistakes. ”

It's not to blame Wen Chou for "suffering from gains and losses", this is because he knows the trend of history and knows that now is the best opportunity to recover Luoyang, so before the great merit of "recovering Luoyang", it is inevitable that "if you forcibly block Dong Bing, it may lead to the loss of too many troops prematurely." so that Luoyang can no longer be taken" is a little hesitant and difficult to decide.

If he doesn't know the direction of history and only looks at the current battle situation, then of course Sun Jian's opinion doesn't need to be considered, he also knows that it is the best and only choice.

Because of Sun Jian's resolute will, Wen Chou was no longer tempted by the great achievement of "recovering Luoyang", but instead set his sights on the battle in front of him in a down-to-earth manner.

However, although I no longer think about the tempting merit of "recovering Luoyang". Only from the perspective of the war, Wen Chou could not make Huang Gai and Sun Benbu suffer too heavy losses. And at the same time, we also have to consider what to do if Huang Gai and Sun Ben can't stop Dong Bing's offensive?

After discussing with Sun Jian, the two decided: each set aside 10,000 elite soldiers to attack the Hu Zhen battalion, and each took out 3,000 elite soldiers. It was used as a backup for Huang Gai and Sun Ben, and in addition to the thirteen,000 elite soldiers, in addition to leaving enough soldiers to guard the camp, three thousand elite soldiers were taken out each, totaling 6,000. Make it lurk in the southeast of Taigu Pass, in order to peek at the camp of Lu Bu and Xu Rong, if the war goes well, these 6,000 elite soldiers will cover the camp of Lu and Xu, and see if there is a chance to simply take Xu Rong and Lu Bu in one pot, if the war is not going well, these 6,000 elite soldiers will also cover the camp of Xu and Lu to disturb them, so as to help the front.

Originally, according to Wen Chou and Sun Jian's previous strategy, there was another way to deal with Hu Zhen, that is, to send the partial division together, and join forces with the partial division sent by Sun Jian before, and jointly feint to attack Yique or Guangcheng on both sides, so as to make Hu Zhen distracted, or transfer him back to the pass, or take the opportunity to enter the battle.

At the moment, it seems that this strategy is useless for a while.

Not long after Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, and Lu Bugang arrived, they began to fight Huang Gai and Sun Ben's idea, and at this time, if they sent a partial division to feint to attack Yique or Guangcheng, it would obviously be too late.

After the plan was agreed, Wen Chou and Sun Jian closely monitored the movements of Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Xu Rongying, and informed Huang Gai and Sun Ben to firmly guard the camp, while quietly mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for war.

Hu Zhen in the camp.

Hu Zhengua was embarrassed and indignant, he turned around in the tent, and said hatefully: "I am the Lord of Liangzhou, but now I am humiliated by the son of Bingzhou!" ”

"Lord Liangzhou" Yunyun, "adult", relative to "villain", means noble person, Hu Zhen means that his family is prominent, and the family is a wealthy family in the land of Liangzhou.

Some people on his left and right said: "If the general wants to repay this humiliation, it is simple." ”

"How easy?"

Although Hu Zhen said that he wanted to cut "one or two green ribbons", but that was just angry words, although he was the "protector of the capital" in this battle, above Lu Bu and Xu Rong, and had the right to supervise the two of them, but Lu Bu and Xu Rong, one was the head of the Bingzhou army that Dong Zhuo relied on, and the other was a fierce general who had already been invested in Dong Zhuo's account, had great military achievements, and was also deeply used by Dong Zhuo, but he was difficult to kill, so it was not easy to retaliate against Lu Bu and Xu Rong. With the courage of Lu Bu and Xu Rong, maybe they will get some great exploits in this war, and they will be able to retaliate even more, not only can they not retaliate, but Hu Zhen will humiliate himself, and when the matter spreads, he will be laughed at by Dong Zhuojun.

Therefore, as soon as he heard this person say, "But it is also simple," he eagerly asked how it was simple.

He left and right this person and said: "The general's military order has been issued, and Huang Gai and Sun Ben will be attacked tomorrow." I expect Wen Chou and Sun Jian will not sit idly by, and will definitely go to help, so why won't the general make a feint tomorrow? ”

"Feint?"

Hu Zhen immediately understood what this person meant.

What this person means is saying: When attacking Huang Gai and Sun Ben tomorrow, Hu Zhen should not make any efforts, so that Lu Bu and Xu Rong will be attacked by Wen Chou and Sun Jian, won't this be angry?

Hu Zhen hesitated and said: "Wen Chou and Sun Jian both know the soldiers, and he has a lot of men and horses, a total of more than 50,000 people, and many soldiers are brave, if I feint, Lu Bu and Xu Rong are afraid of defeat." ”

"It's just that only when the two of them are defeated, the general can be angry!"

Hu Zhen still knew the seriousness of the matter, he said: "I was ordered by Xiangguo to come to aid Taigu, if I sit back and watch Lu Bu and Xu Rong defeat, it will be to cut off my arm, in case the matter of saving the pass is lost because of this?" ”

"I have a plan that can make the general angry and keep Taigu alive."

"Oh? What's the plan? ”

"Tomorrow to attack Huang Gai and Sun Ben, the general can feint first, wait for Wen Chou and Sun Jian to come to help, and when they engage Xu Rong and Lu Bu, the general will raise the elite soldiers, rush out of the camp, go to attack the camp and Sun Zhi, mess with their camp, and break their rear formation, so that they will be able to win a big victory. In this way, the general can not only get out of this evil breath and let Bingzhouzi taste the bitterness, but also take the opportunity to break Wen Chou and Sun Jian, and relieve the siege of Taigu, and Xiangguo will be overjoyed when he hears it, and this promotion and reward will definitely not be able to run away in the end. (To be continued.) )