"I've been worried that if Li Yu and Cao Ren attack Ba County at this time, then they will stop us in Jingzhou and will be wiped out! Strategist, what do you think? Zhang Ren looked at the map and said worriedly; Xu Shu smiled: "The general's worries are less!" Don't worry, Li Yu won't do this, if he occupies Ba County, he will give up the entire hinterland of Jingzhou, and we can even attack Cao Cao's back far away in Jiangdong! Besides, if he occupies Ba County, he will die faster, and the lord will not give up the opportunity to destroy him! ”

"Hmm! That's right! He is now stationed in Yongshun, and his troops are in full swing, pointing directly at the main force of our army, is there any way to compete with him? Zhang Ren rolled his eyes and said with a smile, this generalissimo of Xichuan soldiers and horses who has lived in Bashu for a long time has always wanted to compete with the famous generals of the Central Plains, and now is a good time!

"Taishi Ziyi, Liu Feng, Meng Da, the old general Yan Yan and others have returned one after another, and we are equal to them in terms of total strength, in this case we have no absolute advantage, so we can only make a decision on the spot, and fight a few battles with them first!"

"Still fighting? There's Lu Bu here, I'm afraid we won't be able to win! Zhang Ren shook his head: "Why don't you set up a formation and fight with them?" ”

Before the words fell, the soldiers outside the door came to report, and the Cao army gathered in a place where the forces were not reached, built a high platform, set up a formation, and formed a military formation, threatening to destroy the Shu army, arrogant, and unstoppable!

Zhang Ren was furious, too rampant, right? In fact, he was probably annoyed in his heart, why did the other party set up a formation one step ahead of him, right?

The enemy put down the military formation, which shows that they have something to rely on, and they should not attack rashly, Zhang Ren and Xu Shu ordered their military horses to go to watch the battle together, in order to break the enemy and win!

"Eight Gates Golden Lock Array?" , Xu Shu said it almost in unison with Zhang Ren, but if you take a closer look, it's not! Xu Shu: "It's far from the regular Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, not to mention anything else, they will close all the birth gates, and each gate has a general guarding it for the core, and it is really difficult to break the formation!" ”

Cao Ren held the order flag and shook it three times, Cao Jun shouted loudly, stood still, Cao Ren held his sword and shouted: "Zhang Ren! Do you dare to break the formation? This is your burial place! ”

Zhang Ren was not annoyed, he smiled, and sneered: "Cao Ren! You'll only play with the rest of us! Is the formation evolved from the Bagua Array? You're outdated! The so-called impermanence of soldiers, water has no elongated shape, hehe! You better go home and coax the children to go! ”

"Hahaha", Shu Jun laughed for a while, which made Cao Ren angry; Cao Ren Lingqi Yao pointed out: "If you don't have the courage to break the formation, don't chirp crookedly, I think you are really a soft bone!" Although he is an ordinary person, he has a childish heart! You'd better go home and nurse! Hahaha! ”

To say that Li Yu's influence on him is really great, others don't say this Cao Ren, Cao Cao was still a young man at the beginning of the army, very pure, but now look at it It's really a ruffian!

"Strategist, are you sure to break the formation?" , Zhang Ren's face was blue and purple, obviously angry, but the reason in his heart told him not to be impulsive, turned around and asked Xu Shu, hoping that he could point out a clear way; Xu Shu pondered for a moment: "This formation put out by Cao Ren must have been instructed by Li Yu, the formation is strictly organized, there are generals in the formation, and there are many troops, and there are 10,000 for each gate, a total of 80,000!" If this formation is broken, the first thing to do is to entangle the core of their formation! Nine generals are needed! All soldiers and horses need to enter the formation and break the formation with violence! Brace him! ”

"Isn't there a trick? You must know that after investing all our troops, our grain and grass baggage line, and the rear battalion have lost the protection of our troops, and Li Yuke still has 100,000 soldiers and horses! He's going to swallow all of us bones! This is not a good law! ”

Zhang Ren shook his head like a rattle and denied Xu Shu's plan: "Let's change the way!" I don't want to live up to my lord's trust in me, 200,000 troops! This is not a minority, and we cannot afford to lose! ”

"Of course! We can also directly attack the rear camp of the Cao army, but Li Yu has more troops there than Cao Ren here, and it is more difficult! Hey! Of course, we have another way! Xu Shu said with a smile; Tell me about it! Zhang Ren said: "Be reliable!" ”

"Consumed! Spend it with them! Then we divided our forces and set up a great formation in front of their camp, and returned the way of the other! How is it? This should not be a way, Xu Shu is very comparable, his head is flexible, and he will naturally come up with a way; Zhang Ren was extremely depressed and hesitant to agree to Xu Shu's plan, and gave him 80,000 soldiers and horses, and asked him to command the soldiers and horses to go to the formation; This time it hurts to replace Li Yu, and now it seems that a stalemate has been formed, no matter who dares to withdraw the army rashly, otherwise they will be caught off guard, and Li Yu came to consume the strength of the Shu army, not to play against them! He had to make a change; "Wen Ruo! Is there a good way? Point-in-point! After encountering difficulties, Li Yu took the initiative to find Xun Yu, who was only responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, and hoped that he would give a suggestion;" Hahaha! Hearing Li Yu's question, Xun Yu couldn't help laughing, and pointed at Li Yu: "I knew you came back to ask me!" Confused, right? You're smart but you're being smart! How can things be as complicated as you think? Wouldn't it be enough to attack and kill directly and violently? What does the Prime Minister's order say? How was Guo Jia's strategic plan formulated? ”

"I see!" , Li Yu suddenly realized that his strategic goal was to consume the strength of the Shu army, not to defeat them, of course, it would be better to be able to defeat them and consume their strength! The strength of the Cao army is strong, even if these 100,000 soldiers are defeated, there will be new soldiers to replenish them, while the Shu army does not have the strong strength of the Cao army, it will only become less and less! That's the key!

Li Yu hesitated: "However, you also know what I have always advocated, that is, to pay the least price to win the greatest victory!" We are in a high position, this is all lifted up by those below, this is kindness, for our grace, we can't let them die in vain, right? You can't just say that if you sacrifice yourself for the country, you will let them die, right?

This matter needs to be carefully considered! I don't want to really be the second in vain, just be cruel to outsiders, and never be able to be self-sufficient! In the final analysis, this is just an internal dispute of our entire nation, and it cannot really be like a mortal enemy! ”

Xun Yu was surprised, looked at the embarrassed Li Yu, and arched his hand: "You should be a wicked person when you should be a wicked person, and a good person when you should be a good person!" Anyway, I agree with you! Then, we might as well press the army and return to the original state of confrontation first! ”

Li Yu nodded, and then released the letter eagle, summoned Cao Ren to attack once, and then joined him, Cao Jun's advantage was that this news was transmitted, fast and hidden!

That night, the Cao army of Li Yu's headquarters pressed out of the camp tent and went straight to Xu Shu's camp, covered by archers' firepower, shields defended in the front row, pikemen and halberders appeared on the stage to attack Xu Shu's camp, and there were also battlefield medical soldiers for blood transfusion and transportation

Xu Shu knows the art of war very well, the real is virtual, the virtual is real, he has long been fully prepared for Li Yu's attack on the camp, the camp outside is a disguise, there is a circle of protection outside their real station, forming two layers of defense inside and outside, resisting the offensive of the Cao army one by one without suffering at all; On the other side, Cao Ren's starry night attack camp scared Zhang Ren into turning around and running, and set up an ambush on the road, ambushing Zhang Ren once, but Cao Ren didn't expect that Zhang Ren was not a simple person, he decisively pursued the second time after being ambushed for the first time; After all, there were enough soldiers and horses, although Cao Ren was damaged, it was not much, and he safely returned to the Cao army's base camp, Xu Shu saw that Cao's army was all gathered and slowly retreated, and he fought steadily without giving Cao Jun a chance, and finally joined Zhang Ren safely; After a few encounters, no one suffered a loss, no one took advantage, it looked like a gentle confrontation but there was a hidden mystery, and if you were not careful, you would end up with a total annihilation! Dangerous!

"We can't continue to consume like this, our army's food and grass supply is not suitable, the road is rugged and hundreds of miles away, and if it is consumed for a long time, I am afraid that it will eventually be exploited by Cao Jun! Grandma's! It's so hard! As calm as Zhang Ren couldn't help but scold, it can be seen that he is depressed in his heart these days; Playing against the "old fox" Li Yu also made Xu Shu feel pressure, and pulling out an eyebrow was hollow! What to do? "Why don't we ask the lord!" , Xu Shu said; "It will take three days and three nights at the earliest, and we must ask the lord for advice while dealing with the long dreams of the night! It's because I have a lot of worries that I can't let go! Zhang Ren sighed; Afraid of a bird! Since all kinds of schemes can't work! Then a battle of life and death on the battlefield will not be enough? Fight them directly! Victory or defeat is not a solution! Zhang Fei shouted loudly!

"What do you say? Three generals? Xu Shu grabbed Zhang Fei's shoulder, this guy used to be a practitioner with a lot of strength, and Zhang Fei was also pinched when he was caught off guard: "I mean it's better to fight a decisive battle!" Isn't that also an option? Let go of me! The hissing is not small! ”

Xu Shu smiled excitedly: "Not bad! The three generals are also brave and resourceful! The way there is no way now is the best way! I had been thinking about how to face Li Huaide's intrigues and tricks, but I forgot that an upright teacher is the best guarantee of victory! Hahaha! ”

Xu Shu's excitement made Zhang Ren feel inexplicable, and after thinking about it carefully, he understood: "Wuling is close to Yichuan, the road is rugged, and there are mostly hills!" Cao Jun's superior cavalry! will be very restricted! And our advantage is the infantry army, ironclad! In this way, the odds of winning a fierce battle with them are very high! ”

(To be continued)