What is initiative? In fact, this is a very mysterious concept, and it is difficult to summarize it in one sentence.

For example, two people chase and flee. Generally speaking, the fugitive is relatively passive, and the one who chases has the initiative, he can choose to chase or not, he chases, and the fugitive can only continue to escape; Give up and the chase is over.

However, if the specific situation is analyzed on a case-by-case basis, it is difficult to say.

If the chasing party has a reason to chase, such as he is a fast catcher, and catching thieves is his duty, then it is not up to him to decide whether to chase or not, and he has to chase if he doesn't want to chase. On the other hand, there are many options for the fleeing party, he can choose the direction and path of escape, and if possible, he can even consider setting an ambush or trap to fight back.

In this case, the fleeing party has a greater initiative.

During this time, Wang Yu was also pondering whether to fight this battle, how to fight in order to win, and minimize the loss, Tian Feng's reminder was just an opportunity.

In the current situation, the enemy is outnumbered, and it is very dangerous and not cost-effective to fight hard, and the best way is, of course, to induce the enemy to divide his forces, and then break them individually. But Yuan Shao is not an idiot, he has been tricked so many times, it is impossible not to accept the lesson, as long as he puts away his impetuous and contemptuous mentality, and advances step by step, Wang Yu will not find an opportunity to take advantage of.

The battle of Guandu in history was a classic battle in which less won more, and Cao Cao turned the tables not by a frontal decisive battle, but by cutting off people's food routes. You know, Yuan Shao is now fighting on his own, and Xu You has no intention of defecting, so how easy is it to find Yuan Shao's place to store grain?

According to the intelligence from the front, the reason why Yan Liang was delayed in the Pingen area for so long and sent a large number of rangers to block the intelligence was not only to ambush the Qingzhou army, but more importantly, the grain and grass he transported from the rear of the guard. In fact, the latter purpose is his main duty, ambushing the Qingzhou army, which is just a task to meet Yuan Shao's expectations and push the boat down the river.

Want to raid Pinn's granary? That's not easy, and it doesn't have to be very useful.

The wealth of Jizhou is not just on paper and verbally. Guantao, Fagan, Yuancheng, and the official warehouses of Yangping City, all hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, even if Wang Yu could successfully raid Xia Pingen, he would not be able to hurt Yuan Shao's roots, and he would not be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack on Wuchao in the Battle of Guandu.

When Qinghe was captured, there was a large number of seizures, especially in Qinghe County, the grain in the official warehouse, no less than 500,000 Hu, if it weren't for the Youzhou soldiers Domado, most of the captured were consumed, and Wang Yu had to buy people's hearts, and now there would be no shortage of food.

Therefore, Tian Feng proposed peace talks, but Wang Yu did not object, because he did not think of any foolproof solution. He can only be sure that hard fighting is the next strategy, even if he has to fight, he must first use stratagem to break down the division and try to weaken the enemy.

The peace talks are an opportunity.

There were many classic examples of releasing false information under the pretext of peace talks in the Three Kingdoms era, and the most famous was that Zhou Yu of the Heroes Association played Jiang Gan. Wang Yu didn't expect Yuan Shao to have the same lucky star as Jiang Gan, but creating opportunities if he didn't have a chance was his creed.

"The ancients said that the art of war pays attention to the right time, place and people, I think it is very reasonable, you can take the initiative to choose whether to go to war or not, when to go to war, that is, you have the time; If you can take the initiative to choose the battlefield, you will have a geographical advantage; If you can guide people's hearts to turn against each other, it is human. Now in this battle, our army took the initiative to go north and occupy the territory of Jizhou, which really seems a bit aggressive, and putting on a posture of peace talks can somewhat eliminate some of the impact. ”

"Well, well, that makes sense." Tai Shi Ci nodded again and again when he heard this.

"As for the geographical advantage, unless you retreat to Qingzhou and rely on the Yellow River defense line to defend, you really can't find any terrain that you can use in this Qinghe, not to mention, you are very cautious, and it should be difficult to deal with him with Yan Liang. No one can say for sure when the war will start, but if you start to talk about peace, you will have something to think about. ”

Nodding and shaking his head again, Tai Shici suddenly asked: "However, there is still something unclear about the last general, since the lord intends to give up Qinghe, why not withdraw the army straightforwardly?" After retreating into the plain, if Yuan Shao does not pursue, there is no need to talk about peace, this battle is over, if he chases, his supply line will be lengthened, and there will be fighters? ”

In his opinion, the matter of peace talks has a somewhat excessive taste, and such a thing as a war still has to be spoken with fists after all. Eloquence, at best, is the icing on the cake.

"How can it be that simple?" Wang Yu smiled meaningfully, "In short, you don't have to think much about this matter, just train the troops with peace of mind, and wait for the order, I still have something to do...... By the way, speaking of which, this is still a hint given to me by Xuande Gong. ”

"Him?" Tai Shi Ci listened inexplicably, I don't know why, what good hints can Liu Bei give?

"Think slowly, don't rush." Wang Yu refused to say any more, speaking of which, he already had a vague plan, patted Tai Shici on the shoulder, he smiled mysteriously, and left the tent.

Before deciding on a strategy, the first person Wang Yu wanted to meet was Zhang Fei.

Since Liu Bei is not dead, of course the plan to recruit Zhang Fei has failed, but this does not mean that the matter ends here. When he was in Luoyang, he had relied on the power of Guan Zhang, but now Liu Bei is nowhere to be found, and if he doesn't borrow Zhang Fei's combat power, what a waste.

Of course, the methods still have to be a little exquisite.

Far away from Zhang Fei's tent, he could smell the smell of wine, and although the two soldiers outside the tent door did not drink, their faces were also drunk. It can be seen that in the past few days, Zhang Sanye has enjoyed drinking.

"How is General Zhang doing?"

The soldier guarding the gate replied with a smile: "I fell asleep at noon, I just woke up, my lord, you came just in time, and General Zhang was still clamoring to see you just now." ”

"Hmm." Wang Yu pointed to the tent and ordered, "Go and spread the word." ”

“…… Here. The soldier guarding the gate hesitated slightly, feeling that the lord was walking in his own barracks, it seemed that there was no need to be so solemn, wasn't he just a drunkard? Just good martial arts, what can it do? Is it worth seeing the lord like this? However, the lord's order could not be disobeyed after all, and after being slightly stunned, he still entered the account to report it.

Wang Yu has such eyesight, the second pawn's expression and demeanor have fallen into his eyes, and he is still very satisfied with this.

His ideal army should be closer to the modern or modern army. The characteristics are not reflected in the armament, but in each soldier.

In the thousands of years of Chinese history, generally speaking, the requirements for soldiers are that they only dare to work hard, and they don't need to be thoughtful or judgmental.

From a certain point of view, this is correct, the army does not need to have its own mind, as long as it blindly obeys the command of the generals and strictly obeys the orders. However, such an army has its limits, and a truly strong army should have the best ideas.

Just like the soldiers of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yulin Army of the Han Dynasty, and the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, it was not a helpless choice for the bottom of the society, but an active choice for people of insight. Such an army is the strongest and most durable in combat.

The idea of ** is the first step of this change.

"Brother Xian, I didn't mean you, but you are so polite, it really makes people uncomfortable." Zhang Fei's slightly dissatisfied shouting interrupted Wang Yu's thinking, and when he looked up, he saw Zhang Fei coming out of the tent, with two big dark circles on his face, his hair was messy, his clothes were disheveled, and he looked like a drunk.

"You said that you are screaming as a third brother, why do you still treat me as an outsider? Actually, if it weren't for your age, it wouldn't be bad for us to bow down again, brothers working together, and the benefits would be gold......"

"That's what the third brother said." Wang Yu didn't answer this conversation, this era pays attention to the order of the young and the old, and it is very good to win over Guan Zhang, but it is not interesting to make himself the fourth brother, he smiled and asked quietly: "Third brother, I heard that you have something to do with me?" ”

"Ah, you see my memory, I almost forgot it."

Zhang Fei slapped his forehead with a snap, and said with some surprise: "I just want to ask, how is Qingyuan doing?" My two brothers, should be fine, right? Pengju, don't blame me for being verbose, I drank this wine halfway through today, I don't know why, my eyelids kept jumping, and I always felt that something was wrong. You don't know, our brothers have been together for the past few years, never separated, I haven't seen each other these days, I always feel weird, and I don't know if I think too much, just ...... Hey, don't laugh at me. ”

Wang Yu sighed secretly in his heart, he has been together day and night for more than ten years, even if he doesn't have the feelings of righteous brothers, it's terrible, and then he has the oath of living and dying together, he is even closer than his own brothers, no, he has telepathy, a good Zhang Sanye, he is about to become Xianglin's sister-in-law. This kind of abnormality due to brotherly love may be the main reason why Zhang Fei was plotted in history.

Wang Yu put on a solemn face, and said in a low tone: "Third brother, you calm down and listen to me......"

“…… Pengju, familiar to familiar, but you can't joke about this kind of thing and scare me. Zhang Fei didn't know what the obituary would be like in later generations, but he keenly heard the ominous meaning contained in Wang Yu's words, and he glared with a threatening tone.

"It's not that the little brother is alarmist, it's really an accident." Wang Yu continued to pretend to be deep, but he refused to get to the point.

"Accidents? How can there be an accident? Isn't it just a breakthrough? With the second brother here, as well as the soldiers trained by the eldest brother, Ziyi's martial arts are also very good, how could something happen? The foreshadowing before conveying the bad news is often more panicked than the moment when the truth is told.

"Actually......" Wang Yu saw that the fire was almost over, and began to tell the story of the breakthrough battle from the beginning.

Speaking of Tai Shi Ci's sudden attack to the city, Liu Bei refused to go out of the city, so angry that Zhang Fei yelled, regretting that he was not there, and the eldest brother was not decisive; When he heard that Tai Shici would fight again the next day, he was moved again; What followed was the later battle, Cao Ren dispatched the law and delayed Liu Bei's offensive, and Yan Liang arrived at the moment of the successful breakthrough, making the breakthrough battle almost fall short......

Zhang Fei beat his chest from time to time, although he did not directly accuse Liu Bei's brother, but he complained a lot about Guan Yu and Jian Yong, complaining that these two failed to provide correct advice to the eldest brother, causing things to get worse and worse; Sometimes he gritted his teeth and hated it, and he couldn't wait to pick up his spear and get on the horse, and go to fight Yan Liang and Cao Ren to the death to avenge his brother.

When he heard that Wang Yu had set up an ambush in Luoyan Valley and Huang Zhongzhen beheaded Yan Liang, he let out a long sigh and said gloomily: "Since Yan Liang is dead, the revenge of the two brothers is half avenged, dare to bother the virtuous brother to send someone to lead the way, let me go to the valley to pay tribute to the two brothers, and then come to settle accounts with Yuan Shao's old thief!" ”

"Memorial?" Wang Yu was shocked, pretending to be surprised: "Third brother, who told you that Xuande Gong and Elder Brother Yun went to the immortal?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Fei was sad, tears were about to fall, Leng Ding heard Wang Yu ask like this, where did he turn a corner, and was asked dumbfounded: "You, aren't you...... Oh, no, you don't seem to have said that...... But ...... "He was stunned."

"Alas, third brother, you misunderstood!" Wang Yu patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and made a sudden realization: "Xuande Gongji is a celestial appearance, and Senior Brother Yun is invincible, how could he die at the hands of Yan Liang?" They're all alive, so why are you so sad? ”

"Are the two brothers really okay?" Zhang Fei couldn't believe it for a while, it wasn't that his psychological quality was not good, but that Wang Yu's misdirection was too true.

Wang Yu nodded affirmatively: "That's nature." ”

"Then you ...... just now," Zhang Fei sensed that something was wrong.

"The junior brother didn't expect it to happen, I didn't expect Yan Liang to suddenly kill, and I didn't expect the Xuande Guild to break into the younger brother's ambush and prepare to raid Ping'en's valley." Wang Yu said apologetically: "Xuande Gong's soldiers and horses have been operated for many years, but because the little brother is not able to catch it, it was destroyed in one day, and Yu is really ashamed of Xuande Gong." ”

"Hey, it's been a long time, that's what you're talking about!"

Zhang Fei looked relieved, waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, "It's okay, isn't it just ordering soldiers and horses?" When our brothers first got married, wasn't that the case? As long as people are fine, why is it difficult to recruit troops? Don't worry, don't worry, you said you, you are all a state assassin, when you are a famous general, how can you still be haunted by such a trivial matter? It scared me enough, false alarm, false alarm! ”

Saying that he was fat, Wang Yu smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was full of depression: "Third brother, you don't care, Xuande Gong may not be, this is his hard work after all." ”

"Then you will underestimate my big brother!" Zhang Fei said proudly: "My eldest brother is a well-known hero, and he is very open-minded, how can he care about this little thing?" What's more, I can't blame you about this, who knew that there were so many things that went wrong? Speaking of which, the eldest brother is sorry for you, if he hadn't passed through the Luoyan Valley, this strange army might really be of great use. ”

reversed, it became Zhang Fei comforting Wang Yu.

Indeed, if you don't know the undercurrent beneath the surface of peace, this battle seems to be made up of many coincidences. It was Liu Bei who didn't get out of the city in time, it was Liu Bei who proposed the division of troops, and Liu Bei took the initiative to escape to Luoyan Valley, who can blame it?

Anyway, Zhang Fei thinks that others can't be blamed for the matter, and he can only blame his own bad luck.

Of course, he is a native of Youzhou, and his temperament is rough, and he doesn't know much about the geography of the Qingyuan area, of course, he won't know that within a hundred miles north of Qingyuan, that is, Luoyan Valley, is a relatively complex terrain, and most of the other places are flat and flat.

As long as Yan Liang's appearance can be predicted, and Liu Bei will be chosen as the target to be pursued, and Liu Bei will flee north, he will be able to accurately ambush in Luoyan Valley.

Yan Liang's appearance was easy to judge, and before the intelligence was truncated, Yan Liang had already arrived in Ping'en. The distance is so close, there is no way to take the Qingzhou Jingqi, of course Cao Ren will ask Yan Liang for help.

And Tai Shici threw away the paper armor, it seems that it was just to reduce weight and get rid of the pursuers, but for Yan Liang, the strategic value of the Qingzhou cavalry who threw the paper armor has dropped too much. Effortlessly solving Liu Bei, and then seizing so many paper armors, such a credit is much easier than fighting to the death with Qingzhou Jingqi.

Zhang Fei couldn't think of these calculations, not because he was stupid, but because he didn't know the cause and effect, and if he wanted to blame, he could only blame Liu Bei for being too hypocritical, and even his righteous brother was kept in the dark.

Of course, there is nothing to blame for this, Wang Yu used the same method with Huang Zhong, white lies are often more acceptable than the truth. Few people who fight for the world are moral models, and if they do, they will only become a laughing stock like Song Xianggong.

Liu Bei is almost close to him, and the two righteous brothers who rely on him the most are very upright, Jian Yong, who is small, can say everything, but he has no ability. He secretly calculated, he could only calculate by himself, no one discussed, this was his fatal wound.

Because of this, in his previous life, he didn't really make a career until he recruited many talents in Jingzhou. Now, just dealing with his own people is enough for him to feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Fei is not stupid, but he doesn't know much about the way of conspiracy, he was misled by Wang Yu first, and then explained, without a trace, he explained this difficult thing to explain clearly.

Misleading, in order to divert attention. If it is said as soon as he comes up, Liu Bei's entire army will be destroyed, Zhang Fei will inevitably find the root cause and become suspicious. As a result, he was misled by Wang Yu like this, his attention was on the life and death of his righteous brothers, and he heard that Liu Bei was fine, only happy, and he did not suspect Wang Yu or feel sorry for the troops.

Even if he returns to Liu Bei in the future, this point of view will be difficult to shake. After all, he is very sure that his brother-in-law is an open-minded and benevolent gentleman, and if Liu Bei uses conspiracy theories to interpret the truth, he may instead cause a rift between the brothers.

This is the trap left by Wang Yu, a counter-plot.

Of course, this is an afterword, it won't work for a while, Wang Yu spent so much lip service, but not just for this kind of thing, his use of Zhang Fei is still aimed at this Hebei war after all.

"Xuande Gong is nowhere to be found now, and he is riding lightly to walk, the sky is big, the sea of people is vast, you have to find the third brother, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Wang Yu began to enter the question.

Zhang Fei echoed with relatives: "But isn't it, the eldest brother is too anxious to leave, and the people in Luoyan Valley are obviously their own people, so they don't tell me a message." ”

"Since it is difficult for you to find Xuande Gong, it is better to let Xuande Gong come to you." Wang Yu threw out the bait.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Fei blinked.

"Be famous, as long as you are famous, Xuande Gong will be able to confirm your location." Wang Yuchun was kind and seductive: "The best way to make a name for yourself is to fight, fight a big battle!" Third brother, come and see, I have a plan here, and the third brother has to go out. ”

"Oh? Do I have to do it? Then dare to ask for a good talk and talk about it. Zhang Fei took the bait.