It was past noon, the sky was just right, the warm sun shone on the body, and an extremely comfortable feeling came out from the bones, making people lazy and unable to cheer up.

The Luoshui River is murmuring, and on the riverside, a queue of thousands of people comes from the west. Flags are flying, clothes and armor are distinct, from generals to soldiers, almost everyone's faces are flashing with confidence and joy, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a mighty army returning triumphantly.

In fact, this is a winning army.

Since Cao Cao and Wang Yu started the war in Leping, a similar scene has happened almost every day.

The Qingzhou army started to fight before dawn, and the Cao soldiers under the city of Leping rose up to meet the attack, and after a few rounds of long or short, the Cao soldiers were defeated and retreated, moving closer to the city of Leping, trying to rely on the cover of the city defense to find the field. However, the Qingzhou army did not advance too much, and every time it saw a good situation, it was accepted when it was good, and after cleaning up the battlefield, it returned triumphantly.

This is the truth of the fierce battles in Leping City every day, and the Qingzhou Army has won successive battles.

From the perspective of a bystander, Leping's situation has reached the point of a critical moment, but in fact, Cao Cao is far from the moment when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and his remaining strength is great.

Cao Cao's plan was to take defense as an attack, to see the weakness of the Qingzhou army trapped on all sides, and to rely on the city defense to drag Wang Yu.

In terms of the current situation, the scene between the two sides is even, Wang Yu was not confused by Cao Cao's show of weakness, but there was nothing he could do about the other party. If we take into account the battle situation in Hebei as a whole, then the situation of the Qingzhou Army is quite unfavorable.

Yuan Shao's army was coming. Maybe the next moment it will be on the battlefield; Although Liu Dai is a snake and a rat, his hostility towards Wang Yu is undoubted; In addition, for some reason, Zhang Jaw, who has never gone out of the city to fight...... The longer Wang Yu was delayed in Leping City, the more unfavorable it became.

Of course, these overall considerations do not have much impact on ordinary soldiers, winning is winning, and if you don't attack the city, you naturally have the consideration of not attacking the city, and why do you think so much about fighting under the command of Hou, the champion who has won a hundred battles?

Obey orders. Fight bravely, won't victory come naturally?

On the other hand, on the side of Cao's army, no matter how the generals were encouraged, pessimism was still the mainstream in the army. Battle of Liaocheng. The army lost thousands of people and returned to Leping in a crushing defeat. Then a series of battles around Leping were also unwinnable, piecemeal, and more than 1,000 people were lost.

The Cao army that crossed the river was only 20,000 in total, and nearly thirty percent of the losses were concealed by the upper echelons, and the ordinary soldiers could also detect it.

Contrarily. The Qingzhou Army is here. The soldiers were generally optimistic, but the middle and upper echelons of the army were not so easy. Xu Huang, who led the army to battle, looked solemn, and Tai Shici was also unhappy, even if he saw a familiar smile on the face of Wang Yu, who came out of the camp to greet him. The mood of the second general still did not improve.

"Lord, why don't we let go of the fight? I really don't understand, Cao Bing's morale is already very low, shouldn't we take advantage of his illness to kill him? What's going on with this procrastination? "When I saw Wang Yu. Tai Shi Ci's stomach is unhappy, and he has a whereabout.

Wang Yu said with a playful smile: "Gongming, did Ziyi meet his old friend again today, and then he was dumped?" Otherwise, why is he so angry, muttering, like a deep resentful woman. ”

Xu Huang was stunned when he heard this, then glanced at the puffed Tai Shici, and couldn't help but say: "The lord is wise, that Dian Wei is indeed fighting again, in the chaotic battle, he fought with Ziyi for a few rounds, and still did not distinguish the winner or loser." ”

"Shall I?" Wang Yu spread his hands, and his face clearly said: Sure enough.

"That's not the case...... "Shi Ci was so anxious that he couldn't tell the winner from Dian Wei, confirming that he regretted it, but what really annoyed him was the current battle situation. This kind of procrastination not only made him unhappy, but also did not help the overall situation, but the lord was still happy with it, which made him really unable to figure it out.

"Didn't I explain this to you? Liu Dai and Cao Cao, the former is the main target, Cao Cao is good at fighting, it is difficult to take him down, even if he wins, it is difficult to ensure that his strength is not damaged, what will we do to deal with Yuan Shao when the time comes? Cao Cao just settled on this, so he knew that he was invincible, and he still insisted on Leping and did not retreat. ”

"If you defeat Liu Dai, you can easily take down Cao Cao? I still can't figure it out. It's not the first time Tai Shici has heard this statement, but he still can't understand it.

Liu Cao put on a posture of horns against each other, but as a result, Cao Cao was attacked here, but Liu Dai didn't even move, and he couldn't talk about containment at all, and he was just facing Cao Cao's opponent.

Since it can't play a leading role, whether Liu Dai is defeated or not will not have much impact on Cao Cao. The effect of deterring the enemy's courage should be there, but after successive defeats, the morale of the Cao army is already very low, what is the use of hitting morale? In the end, it is only right to rely on actual combat to speak.

Speaking of Liu Dai, Tai Shici's other grievance was hooked up again.

"Lord, you shouldn't give the task of raiding Liu Dai to Brother Wen Ze, his art of war is better than me, but in a surprise battle, I am still the best at Tai Shici. If I go, I don't need to cooperate at all, a night attack is enough to solve Liu Dai's wine bag and rice bag, why bother so much that there is no news for a long time? ”

"The risk of a night attack is too great." Wang Yu smiled and said, "The night battle is difficult to control, and the Yanzhou army is not a rabble, in case the surprise attack cannot be carried out, it will be bad if Liu Dai is prepared." Speaking of which, if he hadn't fallen into a desperate situation and wanted to take down his 30,000 army, it would have been really troublesome. In addition......"

Although Tai Shi Ci acted recklessly, he was not a person regardless of the occasion, Wang Yu knew that this person was in a hurry, purely out of concern for the battle situation.

However, there is no way to do it, the means of communication in this era are too backward, and it is not generally difficult to command soldiers and horses hundreds of miles away, and it is even more unreliable to divide and attack together.

To a large extent, the large-scale cooperation operation has to rely on the judgment of the generals themselves, and he, as the coach, can do it. It's just to put the right people in the right position and draw up the overall strategy, and the rest can only depend on the performance of the generals.

The raid on the Battle of Chiping, if Tai Shici or Xu Huang is the main general, the time may be earlier. Huang Zhong is the oldest, and Yu Ban is the most cautious, mainly relying on these two generals, even if it is a surprise attack. It will also be launched at a relatively safe time.

According to common sense, the sooner the breakthrough is made, the better, if Liu Dai's defeat does not have a big impact on Cao Cao. It's different from what I expected in advance, and there is time to remedy it.

However, Wang Yu was confident because he had the foresight to accurately predict the relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Dai, and judge the evolution of the situation accordingly.

Wang Yuben didn't have much interest in remote command or something, the so-called: the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, and if he is not on the scene, he will command it out of thin air. It's a stupid thing. In particular, the object is still forbidden.

Yu Ban is a very standard soldier, and he has always been unconditionally obedient to the orders of his superiors, even if he finds a problem, he will be hard. This is a big plus, but also a terrible disadvantage.

Historically. Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren, besieged Fancheng, and was ordered to rescue by Yu Ban, and made a similar mistake. Cao Cao was not familiar with the geography of Jingxiang. He was anxious about the safety of Cao Ren's younger brother, and the order given to Yu Ban was very urgent, but he didn't take into account that it was the rainy season in Jingxiang at that time.

As a result, as soon as Yu Ban's front foot arrived, the autumn rain flooded near Fancheng, and the flash flood broke out, and Yu Ban was put into the pit at once, achieving the prestige of Guan Yu's flooded Seventh Army.

With this lesson as a reference, Wang Yu naturally would not make the same mistake. In the orders he gave to Yu Ban, the degree of freedom was extremely high, except for the analysis of Chiping's topography and the Yanzhou army, he did not make any restrictions, and it was all up to Yu Ban and Huang Zhong to coordinate and play freely.

Wang Yu believes that he will definitely get a satisfactory result.

The key to this battle is not only to defeat Liu Dai, but also to achieve some other goals. Therefore, the best executor is not Tai Shici, who is good at punching and rushing, but Yu Ban, who is good at controlling the rhythm and grasping the scale.

In fact, just when Tai Shici and Xu Huang were routinely out of battle, the messenger sent by Yu Ban before his departure had already arrived in Liaocheng. Now, the dust should have settled on Chiping's battle, just waiting for further news to arrive.

Victory is certain, the question is whether the other goals have been achieved.

"Report ......"

As the wording was being explained, a wisp of smoke and dust suddenly appeared in the south, and when I looked at it, it was a fast horse that came to the dust. Wang Yu's heart moved, knowing that the news of the Battle of Chiping had come.

The speed of the ride was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, he was approaching, and he had already been greeted by a personal guard, who had checked his identity and knew that it was his own person, so he led the messenger to Wang Yu.

"Lord Qi, my subordinates came from Chiping and brought a joint letter from the three generals, Yu, Huang and Xu!"

"Hmm." Wang Yu nodded, took the letter, and unfolded it. As soon as he heard Chi Ping, Tai Shi Ci also knew what was going on, he didn't dare to come to Wang Yu's side to read the letter, and he was impatient to wait for Wang Yu to finish the explanation, and asked directly to the messenger: "The battle has been won?" The result? ”

"General Taishi, our army has won a big victory!" Tai Shi Ci has a bold personality, it is easy to mingle with the soldiers, of course this messenger knows him, and the news he brings is nothing to avoid, seeing that the lord did not say it, he naturally can't suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

"Of the 30,000 troops, except for the thousands of dead and wounded, less than 1,000 people followed Liu Dai by boat, and the rest were blocked by General Huang's ambush soldiers, and all of them were disarmed!"

More than 10,000 troops were dispatched and more than 20,000 prisoners were captured, which was not a brilliant achievement, and it was no wonder that the messenger was so excited.

"So many captives?" Wang Yu's plan, Xu Huang also knew something in advance, but at this moment, he was also bluffed.

According to Wang Yu's plan, the remaining troops in this battle poured out, Huang Zhong led a small number of elite night raids and harassment, Yu Ban led the main force of the Yulin army to attack, and in the west of the river bay, a part of the soldiers and horses were ambushed, so as to weaken the strength of the Yanzhou army as much as possible. According to the Courier, the battle was a complete success, and the Yanzhou army was almost wiped out.

"General Xu, you don't know the situation at that time, the Yanzhou army was harassed and didn't sleep well all night, and after being defeated by General Yu, the one who ran was called a fast ......" The messenger is Yu Ban's personal guard, and the main general has made great contributions, he is already very happy, and when he mentions this, he becomes more and more proud.

He said with a fluttering eyebrow: "General Yu chased very skillfully, at first he was very anxious, slowly slowed down, and finally stopped suddenly, those rout soldiers were already tired, and they were out of danger." At that time, I couldn't run, so I staggered down, and then, our ambush soldiers surrounded from all directions, and they couldn't stand up, so what could they do if they didn't fall? ”

"I see." Xu Huang understood, this is the same as Wang Yu breaking Chun Yuqiong at the boundary bridge that day, after running wildly, once he stopped to rest, he didn't want to stand up again for a while. Otherwise, how could Chun Yuqiong think that he was poisoned?

"This Xu Yuanzhi is just going to pick up cheap, isn't he in Xuzhou? And no one greeted him, why did he sneak over by himself? This guy doesn't have to be very powerful. This ability to grab credit is unparalleled in the world. ”

Tai Shi Ci said stupidly, first slandered Xu Shu a few words, and then sighed regretfully: "Brother Wen Ze is also a hundred secrets, why did he let Liu Dai run away?" He pretended to cross the river, there must be a boat! It's not that we don't have a navy in Qingzhou, so if we make some arrangements in advance, won't we block him? It is good to completely annihilate the enemy army, but Liu Dai ran away, which is also ...... Alas. What a failure! ”

Wang Yu looked up from the military newspaper. said with a smile: "Wen Zhi is no wonder about this matter, I specially emphasized that I wanted him to let Liu Dai escape." ”

"Huh?" Tai Shi Ci was stunned, and the messenger was also stunned.

In this kind of war, pay attention to capturing the thief and capture the king first. No matter how many soldiers and horses the enemy is destroyed and how much territory is occupied, it cannot be regarded as a complete victory, as long as the enemy is still there. There is a possibility of a comeback. Therefore, only by capturing and killing the head of the enemy can it be regarded as a complete victory.

The battle of Chiping, from all angles, Yu Ban won a big victory, the only flaw was that he was run away by Liu Dai, but this flaw is quite critical. The messenger has been trying to exaggerate the other results, just because he was afraid that the lord would ask about this, but as soon as Wang Yu opened his mouth, he came with such a sentence.

Deliberately releasing water? What is the truth behind this?

"Could it be ......" Xu Huang was thoughtful and asked, "This is the lord's strategy to attack Liu and retreat from Cao?" ”

"Not bad." Wang Yu smiled, his eyes flashed with appreciation, just a brave general who can fight is not uncommon, a person who can think, and can keep calm at all times can be called a famous general.

"When fighting against my Qingzhou, Liu Dai and Cao Cao were allies, but if you set your sights on Yanzhou...... Liu Dai is a genuine Yanzhou assassin history, a relative of the Han family, although he has no enterprising heart, but his power in Yanzhou is deep-rooted, and it is difficult to shake in his eagerness. And Cao Cao is a rising emerging force that is in the midst of rapid expansion, so the two of them are actually in competition. ”

"Cao Cao's rise happened under Liu Dai's nose, and the reason why Liu Dai did not interfere was because Cao Cao was very respectful; What's more important is that the territory occupied by Cao Cao is what Liu Dai doesn't want. ”

Wang Yu counted Cao Cao's territory and analyzed the situation in Yanzhou clearly.

"Chen Liu, since the alliance of the Kwantung princes, it has become a white land, and borders Luoyang and Yuzhou, and it is easy to be involved in chaotic wars if you take this place; In Dongjun, there are Montenegro Yu Poison and others crisscrossing the territory...... In addition, acquiescing to Cao Cao's capture of Chen Liu, you can also sit and watch Cao Cao and Zhang Miao fight, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"If I capture and kill Liu Dai, it will really help Cao Cao a lot, so that he can easily cross the hurdle of Liu Dai. Therefore, Cao Cao knew that Liu Dai was unwilling to come to help, but he wanted to fight hard with our army, just to leave the world with the impression that Liu Dai was unkind, but he was righteous. Therefore, he urgently ordered Xi Zhicai to withdraw from Xuzhou, giving our army the opportunity to raid Liu Dai. ”

"Hah...... And this kind of thing? I still thought that Cao Cao was dying...... "The calculation in this is too complicated for a rectum like Tai Shici, and I can only hear it dumbfounded: "Then, what about Zang Ba?" Didn't you say that Zang Ba still has the possibility of coveting Qingzhou, so you have to be careful guarded? ”

"Zang Ba is not Cao Cao's subordinate after all, he can try to influence, but he can't control the other party. He just guessed that if I wanted to break the game, I could only try to break them individually, so it was imperative to raid Liu Dai. I have always been bold in using troops, and it is not surprising that he guessed his thoughts, he may have thought that I would draw troops from the front line and attack Chiping in the north and south at the same time! ”

"In this way, even if our army doesn't mix the elite into the Youzhou army that day, he will be defeated?" Tai Shi Ci was enlightened.

"Yes, he will definitely retreat, I'm afraid he has already calculated before the war." After repeated discussions between Wang Yu and Jia Xu, a consensus has been reached.

"Our army attacked Liu Dai, if the victory was effortless, then Cao Cao would continue to wait for Yuan Shao; If he suffers heavy losses, he will take advantage of the situation to attack, in short, he will be invincible. Therefore, in the battle of raiding Liu Dai, we can't adopt the tactics of night attack, because there are too many uncertain factors, maybe the losses of our army will be very large, or maybe we can't completely defeat Liu Dai, and maybe we will accidentally kill Liu Dai. ”

This is the reason why Wang Yu emphasized controllability, did not let Tai Shici fight, and did not conduct night battles, the uncertainty of night battles was too strong.

"In this way, if Liu Dai escapes, the situation will be ......"

"Liu Dai fled, the army was exhausted, and the strength and weakness of the two heroes in Yanzhou reversed!" It was Xu Huang who answered, and he said quickly: "Liu Dai is famous and has connections, as long as he has time, he can recover his strength." The troops in the eastern part of Yanzhou were almost transferred by him, and if he wanted to recover his strength quickly, the best thing was to seize the East County, and he traveled west by boat, and the destination was undoubtedly Puyang! ”

"That's how it is." Tai Shi Citian is not afraid of the ground, but after hearing about Wang Yu and Cao Cao's series of calculations, he broke out in a cold sweat and felt cold behind him.

Liu Dai, whose strength has decreased sharply, went to Puyang, if Cao Cao doesn't want to lose Yanzhou, he can only quickly return to help stabilize the situation and solve Liu Dai, where is the energy to stare at Wang Yu?

Three armies, more than 100,000 people in a series of battles, but only on the surface, the real fighting method is hidden under the surface, than the tragic offensive and defensive battles, countless times more dangerous!

"Attack Cao Tu Liu, attack Liu to break the game, and retreat from Cao, killing two birds with one stone! The plan of the lord is like a ghost and a god! The truth was revealed, Tai Shici and Xu Huang glanced at each other, and they were so impressed that they fell to the ground.