"My lord! Lord! ”

A slightly urgent call came from outside the tent, and after a while, Zhuge Liang hurriedly walked into the tent.

Wang Xu, Xu Shu, and Tian Feng turned their heads to look, and they all frowned, because it was rare to see Zhuge Liang in such a hurry.

"Kong Ming, what's so urgent? Cao Cao has already led the main force to Chenliu? Wang Xu asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, shook the feather fan in one hand, and handed out the neatly folded secret letter with the other.

"Cao Cao's main force has arrived, sooner or later, why worry! This is an urgent report just now, and the lord will know it when he sees it! ”

"Oh?" Wang Xuhu took the secret letter suspiciously, his gaze quickly swept over, and his face became more and more blue. "Humph! Good Zhou Yu, good Lu Su, Wu Guo is really ambitious! ”

"Could it be that Wu State took advantage of the Northern Expedition of the main force of my Chu State and sent troops to attack Jingnan?" Tian Feng didn't see the letter, so he could only look at Wang Xu and speculate.

"Humph! If so, it would be better! Wang Xu was slightly annoyed, and handed the secret letter to Tian Feng. You and Yuan Nao see for yourself! ”

Tian Feng took the secret letter and watched it with Xu Shu.

"What? Wu sent troops to fight Xuzhou? Xu Shu just read a few words, and he was already exclaimed.

No one answered, because everyone was thinking.

There was silence in the tent for a while, and Zhuge Liang broke the silence with a little melancholy: "My lord, my subordinates expected earlier that after the northern expedition of our Chu army, the Wu Kingdom took advantage of the emptiness of Jingzhou to send troops to attack Jingnan, and for this reason, his subordinates had already offered advice to the queen, ordering the two generals Xu Huang and Yan Yan to lead the Southern Army of 60,000 people, and the garrisons of various border passes to strictly guard against dangers everywhere, and even made Song Qian, Jia Hua, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Fan Tong lead more than 80,000 sailors of the Haiyun Army to help. ”

But now Wu Guo is not only not marching into Jingnan. Instead, he attacked Cao Wei's Xuzhou. It was indeed beyond the expectations of his subordinates. As a result, the state of Chu has no way to deal with it, and the trip to the Northern Expedition is full of variables, and the lord is invited to punish the crime! ”

"Huh! What is the sin? Wang Xu waited for him to finish speaking, and immediately waved his hand. This is not your fault alone, but no one in the entire Chu State thought that the consequences should not be borne by you alone. Now that the form has come to this point, it is meaningless to discuss it in depth, focusing on what to do next? ”

As his voice fell. Tian Feng thought about it, but said loudly: "My lord, what my subordinates are even more puzzled about now is that with the character and strategy of Zhou Yu, the hussar general of Wu State, how could he make the decision to enter Xuzhou. ”

"Even if Wu gets Xuzhou, so as to really march into the Central Plains and compete for the world. But the place where it is based is in Jiangdong after all, so it comes. Failing to obtain Jingnan is not missing the barrier in the west, and it will inevitably face the danger of too long a front and unstable rear, Sun Jian, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others should not choose like this! ”

Wang Xu listened to Tian Feng's words, and his mind was also thinking quickly, and suddenly, out of nowhere, the aura flashed, and a name instantly came to mind.

"Sun Ce! It must be Sun Ce! ”

"Sun Ce?" Tian Feng was puzzled.

"It must be him!" The more Wang Xu thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he was categorical. "Sun Ce is more ambitious than his father Sun Jian, his younger brother Sun Quan, and even more than Zhou Yu and others, and his courage is even more than that, only he will not scruple so much, and only he dares to lead his troops north into Xuzhou, if expected, Wu's Northern Expedition must be its leader!"

As he spoke, Wang Xu already felt that his eyes were jumping, and he had a bad premonition.

"No, we must speed up the decisive battle with Cao Cao, Wu State Northern Expedition to Xuzhou, Wei State must be panicked again, we must use this momentum to break Cao's army in one fell swoop, I suspect that Sun Ce has the idea of taking advantage of the war between our army and Wei State, and the main forces of the two countries will be wiped out in one battle."

"Possibly!"

"As it should be!"

Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu immediately spoke out in agreement.

At this time, Wang Xu finally couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Hao, you immediately go to Runan in person, pass on my order, and make Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Zhang Jing and other troops of the Right Route Army not act rashly in the near future, and wait for the results of the Jiangbei Expedition." If Sima Yi and Li Dianbu retreat to the Huai River and guard against Jiangdong, they must not pursue, no matter how good the shape is, no matter what kind of fighters they have, in short, they are not allowed to attack, I will make it clear first, even if they win the battle against Sima Yi, they will be punished according to their crimes. ”

"With Sima Yi's wisdom, he will definitely be eager to defeat my right army first, once and for all, and then deal with Wu with all his heart. Therefore, it is likely to take advantage of the chaos at this time to tempt the right army to attack hastily with flaws, for the sake of prudence, the right army all stick to the same place, as long as the status quo is maintained, it is a great achievement! ”

Moreover, after Wu Wei exchanged troops, he also resolutely kept a wait-and-see position, paid close attention to the moves of one of the two armies, sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, until the two sides divided the victory and defeat, and then marched as appropriate. If Wei is victorious, the right army advances into Huainan. If Wu Guo wins, then Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Zhang Jing and others will make their own decisions, with the purpose of containing the danger and blocking Wu Guo's advance. Don't win, just undefeated! ”

As Wang Xu finished speaking in one breath, Tian Feng closed his eyes and meditated slightly, which he had firmly remembered in his heart, and then responded in a deep voice. "Lord, the subordinate will take his leave first and rush to Runan immediately!"

"Go ahead! Bring extra guards and stay safe! Wang Xu advised.

"Thank you for your concern."

Tian Feng arched his hand slightly, turned around and strode away, although he is not young now, his body is really tough.

When it was far away, Wang Xu pondered for a while, feeling more and more uneasy about the current shape, thought about it, and said to Xu Shu again: "Yuan Zhi, you also rushed to Hanoi to assist Zhou Zhi, Zhang Liao and other generals, I am worried that there will be drastic changes in this battle, after you rush to the Left Route Army, help them do more planning, don't be careless and lose the great shape!" ”

"No! Subordinates will never be dishonored! ”

Xu Shu responded loudly, and then walked out of the tent.

In an instant, only Zhuge Liang and Wang Xu were left in the tent, looking at each other silently.

After a few breaths, Zhuge Liang seemed to have figured out something, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "Lord, my subordinates think that the plan to destroy Cao should be advanced!" ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!" Zhuge Liang is very decisive.

"Good!" Wang Xu took a deep breath and said heavily: "Then fight!" ”

After making up their minds, Wang Xu and Zhuge Liang quickly walked out of the camp. Summoned Dian Wei and Wang Ling. Tell to assemble the whole army at once. Soldiers enter the sealed hill!

Meng Da, Meng Shu, Leng Bao, Feng Xi, Fu Tong and many other partial generals all came to find Wang Xu, and bitterly persuaded them not to march to Fengqiu at present, even if they marched, they should go east to Chenliu County Mansion and join Ju Yi, Han Meng, and Yan Liang. First work together to defeat Cao Ren and Zhu Ling's 40,000 people.

This strategy was originally correct, at this moment the main army of 200,000 led by Cao Cao was rapidly crossing the river, and the front was about to arrive at Baima.

If you add the four divisions of Yu Ban, Wen Ping, Cao Ren, and Zhu Ling stationed in Chenliu, then there will be as many as 280,000, close to 300,000 Cheng Dù, and the middle route army of Chu is far inferior, and the total number of various divisions is only 150,000, and the losses when capturing Wancheng are not small, and the total number of casualties is nearly 30,000. Only 120,000 people remained.

Although the morale of the soldiers of Chu is high now, whether it is fighting spirit, fighting spirit, or confidence. are far beyond the Cao army in the haze, the war is not about the number of people, but the shortcomings are still shortcomings after all, so tactically, it is reasonable to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to their own advantages, and avoid the weakness of the troops.

Therefore, in the eyes of discerning people, it is the best policy to quickly destroy Cao Ren and Zhu Lingbu first by taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Cao army has not yet come up with reinforcements, and then go north to Fengqiu, break through Wen Ping, and quickly destroy the enemy's forces in this gradual encroachment method.

Wang Xu himself knows this, but he chose to lead his troops straight into Fengqiu for his own reasons.

In the face of repeated dissuasions from the generals, he refused sharply, and finally gave a strict order, prohibiting him from questioning this decision again, otherwise he would be punished for disturbing the morale of the army.

This time it was a rapid march, so it only took a day for the army to reach Fengqiu.

That night, Wang Xu set up camp ten miles away from Cao's army camp and waited quietly.

Yes, just waiting, because he's waiting for a few people, and he needs to wait for that moment!

The whole battalion was just like it was on weekdays, on duty, resting on rest, and there seemed to be no difference in anything.

It's a pity that very few people find that the position of Wang Xuzhongjun's main tent is very forward, that is to say, it is very close to the gate facing Cao Jun.

The tent of Dian Wei and Wang Ling, who should have fallen asleep, was also empty, and even the elite guards of the two of them, none of them were resting in the camp!

The partial generals Feng Xi and Fu Tong were ordered to be in charge of the guard of the front camp tonight, and after the two of them made a round, they returned to the camp on duty at night.

But as soon as he sat down and took a sip of water, Fu Tong found that Feng Xi seemed to be preoccupied and his face was entangled.

The relationship between the two has always been very good, and it has long been a beautiful conversation in the army, and even when they go on the expedition, the high-level officials of the Chu State like to let the two of them together, just because they have a very tacit understanding.

At this time, Fu Tong noticed that Feng Xi's expression was not quite right, and he couldn't help but ask, "Feng Xi, what are you thinking?" Why are you always stunned tonight? ”

"Huh? Oh! This ah......" Feng Xi woke up from his contemplation, frowned and continued: "I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong in the camp today!" ”

"Isn't that right? What's wrong? I think everything is very good! Fu Tong wondered.

"I'm not talking about the front battalion, I'm referring to the main tent of the Chinese army and the rear camp behind it!" Feng Xi said with a frown.

Fu Tong was even more confused: "Houying? What happened to the back camp? Tonight, General Wang Ling is personally in charge of the rear camp, so there shouldn't be anything wrong! ”

"Don't you feel a little strange that there are so many patrols in the rear battalion?"

"What's that, General Wang Ling may be too careful!"

"No, I don't think those patrolmen look like ordinary soldiers!"

"Not an ordinary soldier? What is that? ”

Feng Xi lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. "The pro-soldiers, those are very similar to the pro-soldiers of General Dian Wei and General Wang Ling, the pace and momentum of their walking are very different!"

"Those elite soldiers came out to watch the night? You're kidding! Fu Tong was surprised.

"I don't know, I always think something will happen tonight, you and I better be careful!" Feng Xi said solemnly.

"It must be that you are too worried, but it's right to be careful, it's a big deal that the two of us have been patrolling the camp tonight, it's all right!"

"Yes!" Feng Xi nodded, and picked up his weapon: "Let's go, we won't rest tonight, just patrol outside!" ”

Fu Tong had no opinion on this, and the two of them couldn't finish drinking the water, so they walked out of the tent again...... (To be continued......)