Chapter Fifty-Eight: Jia Xu's Poisonous Plan
The third general Xiahoudun was shocked by Jia Xu's words, and Xiahoudun couldn't help but ask: "Military advisor, why is it reluctant...... Reluctant to soldiers and horses, Gao Mengyan is not enough. Reading novels for the first time is recommended to go to the eyes and read the book quickly"
Jia Xu looked at the three generals Xiahou Xuan, Yu Ban, and Xiahou Shang, and said: "Gao Mengyan's wisdom is far from comparable to ordinary people, and ordinary strategies can't calculate him." He said confidently: "However, if Gao Mengyan wants to hold on to the hard-won fruits of victory, he must quickly obtain Huguan and my lord's Hanoi." With the Yellow River defense line and Huguan defense line, he was able to hold the state. ”
"Report ......!" At this time, a herald entered the account and bowed: "General Qiyu, General Li Dian has captured Huguan." ”
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Jia Xu stroked his palms and laughed, got up and said: "God help me, Gao Mengyan will become a turtle in the urn, and my lord will get the entire state just around the corner." ”
"Will the plan be released?" Xiahou asked hurriedly.
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Time is Gao Mengyan's enemy, it is inevitable that we will get reinforcements in the rear, and he must quickly defeat us, so he will definitely come to steal the camp in the next two days." And if our army is defeated, he will chase after it relentlessly, so as to drive our army back to the south of the Yellow River in one go. ”
"What then? Yu Ban said.
Jia Xu said: "We let him succeed in stealing the camp, so we ordered General Li Dian to leave 1,000 people to guard Huguan, wear Yuan army clothes, and make the illusion that our army was defeated at Huguan and Huguan was still in Yuan Shao's hands, so as to paralyze Gao Yuan." And General Li Dian led the rest of the soldiers and horses to ambush in the south of Tunliu. ”
Since ancient times, Tunliu has been known as "the important place of ancient Korea" and "the thoroughfare of the three Jins". Gao Mengyan saw that our army was defeated under him and Yuan Shao, and he must have been defenseless. When Gao Yuan's army passed, Li Dian killed from behind, and when our army turned back, it surrounded Gao Mengyan at the foot of Wei Mountain, and Gao Mengyan could not fly. ”
The three generals were dumbfounded.
Xiahoudun complained: "Military advisor, why should our army be defeated? Since we have already thought that Gao Mengyan will steal the camp, let's ambush him. ”
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate Gao Mengyan, since he has come to steal the camp, he will definitely be ready to be ambushed." And the reason why he came to steal the camp was that when he was sure that our army was in no danger to defend, the 7,000 infantry was no match for his 5,000 cavalry army at all. Even if we succeed in the ambush, we won't be able to completely destroy Gao Yuan here, but let him be on guard. If he can't shrink back, our army will face the counterattack of Yuan's army, and with Gao Mengyan, he will be in danger of being caught between the two loaves. ”
understands that the other party will steal the camp, and pretends not to know, but also to let the other party succeed, the three generals are shocked by Jia Xu's strategy.
Xiahoudun exclaimed: "Military division, maybe there will be a loss of four or five thousand people!" ”
Jia Xu's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, and he is reluctant to let the soldiers and horses not be able to trap Gao Mengyan." Although this plan has a loss for me, it can indeed eliminate Gao Mengyan with one blow. It must be known that the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, if Gao Mengyan is ambushed here, it will be a great disaster. Then he wanted to catch him, not to mention the death of 5,000 people, and the death of 10,000 people. What's more, our army will lose the opportunity to seize the entire annexed state. ”
Xiahoudun and the others thought that they now only had 7,000 foot soldiers, and they were absolutely invincible in the face of 5,000 cavalry. And if, as Jia Xu said, an ambush was set up in Tunliu, coupled with Li Dian's troops, and more than 10,000 people set up an ambush based on the mountain, they would definitely be able to surround and kill Gao Yuan and his wolf riders.
Jia Xu had completely seen through Gao Yuan, and Xiahoudun and others were also convinced when they listened to his remarks. However, they couldn't help but think: "Jia Xu's strategy is really poisonous enough, and before calculating to die, he even had to calculate and kill his own soldiers." ”
However, Ci was not in charge of the army, in order to ensure that Gao Yuan and his wolf cavalry could be eliminated in one battle, Xiahou Dun made a decision, he got up and said: "You should remember, when Gao Yuan comes to steal the camp, immediately organize the retreat of the soldiers and horses, and avoid losses as much as possible." ”
Jia Xu hurriedly said: "No, it must be a fiasco." ”
Xiahoudun's eyes twitched, and he said in his heart that Jia Wenhe was really vicious, not only the enemy was killed, but his own people were also killed. He shuddered, "Prepare for a fiasco!" ”
"Whoa......!"
It was a strange order, the publisher was babbling, and the receiver was dizzy.
In order to trick Gao Yuan into taking the bait, Xiahoudun and others really let it go.
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At night, outside the Cao army's camp, in the dark place, more than 4,000 cavalry stood silent, silent, and some only occasionally reflected the cold glow of the moonlight.
The leader of the red rabbit horse, Fang Tian's halberd, is Gao Yuan.
After a short time, more than ten cavalry scouts gathered and brought the same information, and no large groups of soldiers and horses were detected around the Cao army's camp.
Gao Yuan was accustomed to ambushing campers, so he remained quite vigilant, and although the scout brought back such news, he did not send all his troops and horses, but divided them into three waves.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao led 2,000 cavalry to take the lead in launching an offensive against Cao Ying.
When the sound of horses' hooves sounded, the Cao soldiers became frightened, although the garrison organized several effective resistances. But because of their defenselessness, a large number of soldiers were at rest. Therefore, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao quickly broke through the camp defense, and two thousand cavalry entered the Cao camp.
At this time, most of the soldiers of the Cao army had just escaped from the camp, and although they already knew about the enemy's night attack, due to the lack of organization, they could not resist the attack of the wolf cavalry in the chaos.
Therefore, Cao Ying soon became a pot of porridge, and the soldiers of the Cao army, who could not form resistance, were mercilessly killed. For a time, in the camp, blood flowed like a river.
A large number of enemies were in a state of confusion, which allowed Gao Yuan to clearly judge that the enemy really did not have any means to defend against night attacks. So, he led a thousand horsemen to break into the Cao army camp, followed by the third wave of Zhou Cang.
Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiahou Xuan, Yu Ban, Xiahou Shang, and Jia Xu looked at the chaotic camp, the first three people trembled, only Jia Xu remained quite calm, as if it was not his own soldiers who were slaughtered.
However, the three of Xiahoudun still saw the lofty echelon attack, so they admired Jia Xu. Obviously, Gao Yuan was ready to sneak attack and lay in ambush. Since Jia Xu was able to calculate Gao Mengyan's robbery of the camp, he was able to calculate that he still had anti-ambush preparations when he robbed the camp. Then, Gao Yuan will definitely be really in the middle of the ambush afterwards.
It can be said that the current Gao Yuan is already in the state of the middle plan, and Xiahoudun and others have greatly increased their confidence for a while, and they said in their hearts that they should give up their soldiers, who will let Gao Mengyan set it. After all, Gao Mengyan repeatedly defeated Cao Cao, Cao Cao was "afraid of heights", and Cao Jiang was also a little "afraid of heights".
"The whole army retreats, retreat!" Xiahoudun exclaimed.
They didn't have to act at all, because they were indeed attacked by the night.
Cao's army was defeated on all fronts, and Gao Yuan naturally led the army to chase and kill.
For Xiahoudun and others, although they were attacked by night, fortunately, it was night, and after they scattered, it was difficult for Gao Yuan to form an effective pursuit of the scattered Cao army in the night.
After dawn, Xiahoudun and others gathered the defeated troops in various key roads, and were overjoyed under the inventory, and even saved 4,000 people. In order to attract lofty ideas, it was really a high-profile march.
On Gao Yuan's side, he must obtain the two lines of defense to garrison and merge the state as soon as possible, otherwise, he will not be able to hold the hard-won annexation of the state. Therefore, on the one hand, he pursued Xiahoudun's defeated army, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation in Huguan.
And Xiahoudun fled all the way, destroying the road all the way under the guidance of Jia Xu, reducing the mobility of the Gaoyuan cavalry.
However, Gao Yuan quickly chased Xiahoudun into Shangdang County, and at the same time received news that Huguan was still in the hands of Yuan Shao, and the Cao army Li Dianbu who attacked Huguan was gone, and the Guancheng was dilapidated and only a thousand Yuan troops were left to garrison.
This is good news for Gao Yuan, and it can be expected that Li Dian must have suffered a defeat and retreated at Huguan. Then, when Gao Yuan defeated Xiahoudun in front, he could divide his troops to capture Huguan. At the same time, Hanoi, which is empty of troops, can also go down in a fight.
At this moment, Gao Yuan is racing against time, and he must take Huguan and Hanoi before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can react.
"Speed up the march!" Therefore, he kept urging the whole army to advance at full speed, and soon entered the territory of Tunliu County in Shangdang County.
Thanks: Tip from the Air Pollution Brothers.