Kunyang City.

"What does Wang Yu want to do?"

Except for Xiahoudun and Cheng Yu, who stayed in Dongjun, the elites of Cao Cao's army gathered together, but no one could answer the question of the lord Cao Cao. Cheng Yu's urgent letters came almost every day, so Cao Jun and the others were very clear about what was happening in Hebei, but they never had a clue.

After reaching Liyang, Wang Yu's army finally stopped, but it was not the end of their journey, but a relay station. After a short day of rest in Liyang, the army divided into three routes, one to stay in Liyang, one to the north to Yecheng, and the other to continue along the river to the west.

The first two roads did not receive much attention, and if Wang Yu did not repeat his old tricks and mixed the elite troops with miscellaneous troops, then the two auxiliary forces would not be a threat. What made people most nervous were the three main forces that were advancing with the navy.

"Wang Yu has already led the army across the White Horse, if he doesn't stop when he arrives at Yanjin, or if he starts a forced crossing, then the target is undoubtedly Hanoi. Zhang Yang and Lu Bu are old acquaintances, and they have a good relationship, so Lu Bu is likely to confront Wang Yu, which will be very beneficial to our army. ”

"Not necessarily. Zhang Yang is brave and strategic, and his courage is poor, if Wang Yu wants to capture him, he only needs to dispatch Zhao Yun's four thousand wind light horsemen to fight, why do you need to work so hard? From a certain point of view, Wang Yu's move is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, aiming at Pei Gong, pretending to enter Hanoi, or going on an expedition to the party, but in fact, it is still to plot against our army! If not, why would he lead an army of this size? In the final analysis, now Wang Yuxiong dominates Qing and Ji, all over the world, and only General Cao has the strength to fight, and it is really strange that he does not come to me. ”

"Bohou's words are wrong. The hussars are certainly strong, but our army is not weak, and it has shown weakness before. It's just to avoid the competition between the two powers, so that others can gain benefits, how can they be afraid of him Wang Yu? Wang Yu is not a scheming person, he will not fail to see this section, he may try to contain and interfere with the progress of our army's strategy, but he will definitely not choose to launch a decisive battle at such a time. Thinking about it now, his bluff is probably because he knows that our army's attack on Nanyang is going well, and he wants to use it to contain our army's strength. ”

"General Miaocai. Are you sure? Our army was in the area of Dongping and Shanyang, blocking Xu Huang, but Dongjun was not like this. Wang Yu did not need to launch a decisive battle, he only needed to garrison Hebei and wait for the opportunity to invade the south. First seized Baima and Yanjin ferries, and then encroached on Dongjun, where did it cost a lot? ”

"Bohou is reasonable, Wang Yu's administration has many measures to restrict the powerful, and Dongjun is a place where Yanzhou's elites gather. Others have taken this place, and if they want to reap the benefits, they must at least wait until the autumn harvest. He didn't have to. Just a big collection of the Haoqiang family, not only did it not consume, maybe even the supplies to continue to forge ahead were available. ”

"Zhang Ji has just been conferred the title, although Zhang Xiu's martial arts are good. After all, he is just a brave and unscrupulous person, if he doesn't strike while the iron is hot, he will take Nanyang all, do you want to divide the troops to help. Did it fall short? ”

"General Zilian, don't worry, aren't you also discussing......"

Accounts differ and opinions vary. Debated.

There are three most representative views.

Man Chong believes that Wang Yu is ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and clear Yuan Shao's remnants. Shangdang was in a remote terrain, and Wang Yu should be reluctant to launch an expedition, so he only bluffed in Yecheng to contain it, and the main force first solved Zhang Yang, who was easier to deal with. For Cao Jun, this is not a crisis, but an opportunity.

A group of people led by Du Yi believed that Wang Yu could handle the severity of this, and his spearhead was still tightly aimed at his own lord, the enemy who posed the greatest threat. The actions of the Qingzhou Army must be treated with caution.

Xiahou Yuan and other generals believed that it was enough to have Xiahou Yuan to defend the back road, and the top priority now was to chase Zhang Xiu and not give him a chance to relax.

Cao Cao's strategy for Nanyang was launched in early February. After a few battles, Zhang Ji thought that he had seen through the reality of Cao's army, and launched a pursuit without waiting for Guanzhong or Liu Biao's reinforcements to arrive. stopped all the way, and chased it all the way to Kunyang in Yingchuan.

Under this city where Han Guangwu became famous in the first battle, Zhang Ji was ambushed by Cao Cao with an elite and smashed into pulp on the spot by Dian Wei's double iron halberd. The main general died, and more than half of the soldiers who dared to fight were also lost, and the remnants of Zhang Jijun's troops all knelt on the ground to surrender, and only Zhang Xiu relied on his clever martial arts to fight his way out of the encirclement.

The Xiliang Army still had some remnants of troops in Wancheng, but after the main force was annihilated, both morale and combat power undoubtedly dropped significantly. Niu Fu, who was stationed in the Wuguan area, was thrown over by Dong Zhuo in a semi-exiled nature, and together with the difficult brother Hu Zhen, there were only about 8,000 soldiers and horses.

Unless Liu Biao makes a big move, or Lu Bu releases the source of his previous suspicions, most of Nanyang will fall into the hands of Cao Cao. Xiahou Yuan thought that if he didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, he would be punished by heaven.

The arguments of the people have their own reasons, even if they are decisive with Cao Cao, it is difficult to make a decision for a while. At such a time, of course, it is necessary to rely on the role of military divisions.

Xun Yu has been pondering for a long time, and has some ideas, seeing Cao Cao looking over, he did not hesitate, and said at the moment: "I think that what everyone said makes sense, and Wang Yu is likely to have thought of it." If our army is strictly defended, he will raid Hanoi with light cavalry, Yulin as the backup, and the naval army will respond; If our army ignores it, he will take control of the ferry and encroach on the eastern county; If our army divides its forces and refuses, he can also take advantage of the tiger's position and look for the flaws in our army, so that our army will not be able to relax. ”

As he spoke, he spread his hands and said: "Liyang City is an important place for soldiers and a place to store grain, even if Wang Yu has nothing to gain from this trip, it is not necessary to repair Liyang City and move the garrison." If he wants to enter the Central Plains, sooner or later he will have to cross the river to fight with our army, which can be regarded as an advance layout. went to the army to fight, Wang Yu's son, who has already obtained the essence of it. ”

This time there was no one to refute it.

The strategic layout is the same as playing chess, the first side always takes advantage, and Wang Yu has the taste of bullying others. He fell, Cao Cao responded that the loss was too great, and the risk should not be too great, and in the end it was a dilemma.

Xun Yu said, Cao Cao may not have thought of it, he just didn't want to think in this direction, and now that Xun Yu is broken, Lao Cao is worried. The eyebrows were suddenly twisted into a Sichuan shape.

"If so, how should I deal with it?"

"I'm ashamed, my talent is limited, and I can't think about it." said that he was ashamed, but Xun Yu's face did not have any shame. It's not that he doesn't know shame or anything, it's just that he is only good at analysis, and his characteristics of not being good at planning have long been widely known.

As if agreed, everyone turned to the emaciated young man who was sitting first on the left-hand side and had been acting very plain.

Guo Jia is a newcomer. It is still far from the expected return, and most of the people who have seen it have a little bit of school examination and even schadenfreude. Who asked Cao Cao to invite him to come up with such a grand specification? Later, he was promoted to the position of the head of the staff at once. Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and it is strange who has a good impression of Guo Jia.

"Wang Yu's move involves a lot, and Jia wants to be fascinated for a while, but it is rude." The gaze of everyone did not put much pressure on Guo Jia, but woke him up. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone knew that he had been distracted just now.

Many people had a look of disdain in their eyes. Cao Cao didn't think it was wrong, stroked his palms and smiled: "If you have been thinking about filial piety for a long time, you will definitely have gains, just to solve your doubts for me and you." ”

"That's right." Guo Jia is unyielding. He bowed slightly, cleared his throat, and said slowly: "Fight for the world, and compete on the chessboard." In fact, there are some similarities, they are all scrambling and consolidating the corners first. In the end, I came to fight for this middle belly. Guy was rejected by the wise because of the fact that the land of Zhongfu was surrounded by enemies on all sides, had little room for manoeuvre, often cost a lot of money, and could not obtain the field. ”

He suddenly talked about chess, which was very off-topic, but Cao Cao listened attentively, looking very focused, who could question it, and could only listen patiently.

"A certain view of Wang Yu's layout of the world, he is very chess master, so he abandoned Luoyang, the place in his heart, and went to Qingzhou. Later, he ignored Xuzhou, which was easier to penetrate, and went all out to deal with Yuan Shao in Hebei. His vision of the big picture is very good. ”

"What Brother Ruo said is very reasonable, however, Jia has a clear matter, if Wang Yu is just to deter the surrounding areas, contain our army, send a general, and move the soldiers of an army to defend Wei County, why do you need to mobilize the army so much? You must know that Qingzhou is now the focus of the world's people, and every move affects people's hearts and the situation, not to mention such fanfare? ”

"The greater the movement he makes, the less effective it will be in containing our army, and to a certain extent, it will not be helpful at all, but it may provoke the surrounding heroes to be too vigilant and do something unexpected. Isn't this half the effort? ”

If Wang Yu was here, he would definitely be surprised when he heard this analysis, what Guo Jia said was obviously the theory of marginal effect.

After the analysis, everyone's eyes changed, and Guo Jia still had that calm and breezy appearance, and said his conclusion lightly: "Therefore, Jia thinks that what Brother Ruo analyzed, in Wang Yu's mind, is incidental, and his real purpose is not these ......"

"What's that?" Everyone was shocked, and Cao Cao even asked in surprise, interrupting Guo Jia.

"Without him, he just wants to save Hedong Baibo."

"Hedong Baibo?" The eyes that looked at him were full of disbelief.

"How is that possible? For the sake of those people in Hedong, he has to work hard to mobilize the people? What are the benefits? ”

"It's not necessarily impossible, isn't there a 'collateral' effect?"

"In terms of importance, saving Bai Bo is incidental, right?"

"And who knows? Maybe Bai Bo has some other treasures hidden besides people, right? Wang Yu is going to accept it all together. ”

finally couldn't help it, and everyone couldn't help but mix a lot of guns and sticks in their words. The main purpose of such fanfare turned out to be to save Bai Bo, is this a thing that a prince who is known for his wisdom and resourcefulness and is young and old can do?

With a population of hundreds of thousands, even Cao Cao couldn't take it seriously, but those soldiers had some value, but the value was not big enough to match Wang Yu's current actions.

After all, it was for this reason that the strategic deployment was changed, and it was even possible to provoke a large-scale war for no reason, involve a neutral prince like Lu Bu in the war, and push it to the hostile side.

"It is not necessarily that there are no benefits, but it is necessary for the benevolent to see the benevolent, and the wise to see the wise." In the face of many doubts, Guo Jia was neither angry nor arguing, as if he couldn't hear the mockery.

"It's not impossible."

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "The first time I met Wang Pengju was when I met in the Sour Jujube Alliance, and his personality has always made me a little uncertain. This kind of extraordinary thing can't be done by ordinary people, but it's really hard for him to say...... Fengxiao, if Wang Yuruo really meddles in the affairs of Hedong, I am afraid that it will be a big obstacle to our army's westward strategy, and the Dongjun side cannot be left alone......"

Guo Jia replied: "Hedong is easy to do, just two letters, sent to Huaixian and Huguan respectively. ”

Cao Cao doubted: "Hedong side just ignore it? ”

"It's too late." Guo Jia shook his head: "Wang Yu has always acted after making a decision, he will not leave such a big flaw out, he is only afraid that he has already made arrangements in Hedong." ”

Cao Cao nodded slowly and continued to ask, "I see, what about Dongjun?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, raised three fingers, and replied: "Dongjun affairs, Jia has three strategies for the upper, middle and lower levels, which can be considered by the lord." ”