With questions, everyone came to the front of the sand table and watched the whole battle.

Liao Hua pondered: "One thing we can be sure of is that from Huaiyin to the front line of the East China Sea, Cao Cao must have sent a lot of dark places along the way to ensure the smooth flow of the road, after all, this is the only way for Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, and it is also the only way for Cao Cao's troops to reinforce, therefore, we can't gain a foothold in the north of Huaiyin City for the time being, at least when we are not sure of taking three cities in a row, we can't ignore this." Guan Hai said angrily: "It's really annoying, if we surround Huaifu and attack from all sides, then the enemy in Huai'an City will find out our whereabouts, and people can bypass us, and ask the enemy in Huaiyin to send a letter to Cao Cao, and the two cities can be reinforced at any time, which has become a siege point for reinforcements, but the premise of the siege point reinforcement is that our army has enough strength, if it is eaten by others in turn, it will be more than worth the loss, and we can't solve the problem of how to determine Cao Cao's dealings with this place." Gong Du took over and sighed: "This problem also exists in Huai'an, if Huaiyin is the hub of Cao Cao's connection to Xiapi, then Huai'an is the hub connecting Guangling, and it has also formed a horn with Huaiyin, which is really tricky." ”

Yu Man waved his hand and said, "How about we divide our troops into three ways to attack?" ”

Everyone wanted to look at him like an idiot, and even Liu Bi couldn't help but say: "Where did we get so many troops, even if we count our reinforcements, we have enough strength to surround the three cities at the same time, and we have no way to solve the problem that the three cities will report to Cao Cao." Yu Man scratched his head and stopped talking.

Xun You saw that everyone was arguing, and said with a smile: "Everyone." There is one thing that we must understand first, otherwise we will not have a result after arguing for a day. What is the purpose of our trip? ”

Everyone was stunned by Xun You's question, does this need to be said? Isn't it to cut off Cao Cao's back road. Is there a struggle for control of the cities north of the Yangtze River? Xun You glanced at everyone. He said in a deep voice: "From this stage. Our mission is to defeat Cao Cao, not to eliminate Cao Cao, so it doesn't matter if Cao Cao knows the news of the siege of the three cities, what we have to do is to get these three cities in our hands before Cao Cao returns to the army, and at that time, can Cao Cao still be able to recapture the three cities in the process of hastily returning to the army? If he wanted to escape around the three cities, he would have escaped. Now it is actually a good thing to let Cao Cao return to Jiangdong, if Cao Cao is killed by our army. Then Jiangdong can only be cheap Sun Ce. The defeat of Cao Cao but the retention of a certain amount of strength will be very effective in containing Sun Ce's sight, hum, Sun Ce is ambitious, seeing Cao Cao's strength greatly reduced, it is strange if he doesn't want to recapture Jiangdong, Cao Cao will naturally not give up, and then it will be another dragon fight. In everyone, Xun Yu suddenly realized. I realized that I was analyzing the battle situation just now. There are too many successes and failures to calculate. That's why it leads to gains and losses. Shilly-shally.

Xun You pointed to the sand table with his hand. Leng Ran said: "Our problem is how these three cities can be taken by us in a short period of time, although it is not too difficult for our army to capture the city with its superb siege technology, but it can only surround one city and attack on all sides, if the other two cities are prepared." That's bad. At that point, we won't be able to guarantee that we'll be able to take both cities anytime soon. Everyone nodded, and Xun Yu paused. "Therefore, the order in which the city is attacked is the key. We need to make these three cities lose the ability to react and act as quickly as they should, in an instant. As for the army, that's not a problem. Because we have a large number of follow-up troops, we have the advantage in numbers, after all, now that Cao Cao has sent most of his troops to fight outside, the rear must be extremely empty. ”

Liao Hua immediately understood what Xun Yu meant, and suddenly realized: "Mr. means to attack the dominant city of the three cities first, right?" Gong Du frowned and said, "But the question is which city is full of pets?" How can we judge the whereabouts of such big people are erratic? ”

Xun You saw that everyone understood, and after listening to Gong Du's question, he laughed before continuing: "This matter is easy to say, first of all, from the topography, the center of the three cities is Huai'an City, and the full favor should stay here, and secondly, we can judge by the scouts between the three cities." Liu Pi, who was in charge of the outpost reconnaissance, immediately understood and said, "I see! Look at the time of the three cities these days. It seems that Huaiyin City and Yanyu City are both heading towards Huai'an City, and Manpet should be in this city.

Everyone nodded their heads when they heard this, Xun You smiled: "That's right, what's more, Huai'an City is still the hub of the Guangling area, Cao Cao has been operating here for many years, where will he give this place to others with peace of mind?" Man Chong has been his confidant since he served under his account, and Cao Cao is naturally relieved to hand over Huai'an City to Man Chong. In my opinion, that Bao Xin should also be in this city. ”

Hearing this, Guan Hai said angrily: "If this is the case, we will attack Huai'an City first." Let the full pet become an ornament. Xun You said unfathomably: "If you want to freeze the ability of full pet, you may not have to besiege Huai'an City." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they didn't understand what Xun Yu meant at all, if they didn't surround Huai'an City, wouldn't they be able to send a message to the other two cities at any time to give command?

Just when everyone was puzzled, a soldier hurriedly ran in, bowed to the ground and said respectfully: "Military advisor, our scouts have found that there is a rout of Cao Cao's army in the rear, so I have come to ask Mr. if they should be intercepted halfway and wipe out their entire army." Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and it seemed that the defeated army mentioned in the letter that Xun You read just now had returned.

Guan Hai said excitedly: "Their marching speed is so slow, our army has already received the battle report of victory, and these Cao troops who were defeated first have only returned, which shows how tired they are." If we don't take the opportunity to destroy them, we'll be sorry to exalt them. ”

Yu Man saw that there was a battle to fight. Immediately came to the spirit, and immediately bowed down and saluted: "Military advisor, please send an army to your subordinates, and your subordinates will definitely be able to take down all those eight lambs." The generals also asked for battle.

Xun You waved his hand, and after everyone quieted down, he unexpectedly said to the scout: "Inform the whole army." Hide your whereabouts here, and don't expose yourself. Let these remnants of Cao Cao's army pass. Don't bother. ”

The scout was stunned and immediately took the order. But the generals looked at each other. I don't know why. Liao Hua couldn't help but ask: "Military Master, why do you want to let this remnant army go, if they tell the news of the defeat in the battle ahead, wouldn't it be a surprise?" Wouldn't it be much more difficult for us to attack Huai'an City by then? ”

Everyone nodded and looked at Xun You, hoping to hear Xun You's explanation, in their minds, everything Xun You did was targeted. Now this move was completely unexpected. Of course, they wanted to understand Xun You's intentions. Xun You looked at everyone's puzzled expressions. said indifferently: "You misunderstood what I meant, I will let these remnants go back." It's an arrangement made to freeze the ability to command with full favors. ”

Looking at the bewildered crowd. Xun You said in a deep voice: "Have you ever thought about how you would react if you thought that you would sit back and relax and be full of pets after suddenly hearing this news?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and immediately pondered. Xun You said indifferently: "If I am full of favorites, I will immediately know that something is wrong, so I will first send someone to inform Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to make a decision as soon as possible, give up the attack, and return to the army immediately." The second is to quickly set off from Huai'an City to Huaiyin City. ”

Crowd point.

Xun You smiled and said: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be of great benefit to our army?" It's always much easier to deal with a full pet outside the city than a full pet in the city, right? Everyone suddenly realized and immediately shouted in an uproar.

Liao Hua sighed: "I see! Sir's plan is wonderful, maybe he can capture Xun Yu alive. ”

Gong Du also exclaimed: "No wonder Mr. is very careful along the march. If we were asked to remove all the traces left behind, it turned out that we had expected this step a long time ago, so we marched secretly. For these remnants of Cao Cao's army, to make them think that the Yanzhou army is behind them. They had to come back right away. In this way, Xun You will act on their intelligence. Then we have an opportunity. Guan Hai also said suddenly: "No wonder Mr. is not in a hurry to ask the army of Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Ji Ling and Zhang Ji to march in a hurry, but he actually hopes to give these remnants enough time to come back and report the news." Xun You said in a deep voice: "Full Favor can also be regarded as a wise man, if it is changed to the past, such a small strategy must not be able to hide from his eyes, but unfortunately it is not the same now, as long as Full Favor receives this news, he will immediately do his best to plan for Cao Cao, and do his best to minimize the loss, and the lord's counterattack against Cao Mengde is full of ideas, enough to be full of favor This loyal to Cao Cao's strategists has been busy for a while, people will forget their own safety when they come to this time, this time is also the best time for us to start." It can be said that if it weren't for Manzhong's loyalty to Cao Cao, I would never have come up with this strategy. Everyone listened to a chill in their hearts, at this time, they found that Xun You, who has always given people an honest and steady feeling, actually has such a side when people are counted to the bones, all along, people's praise for a Xun You army is focused on the attack of Xun You's army, but few people know that Xun You is a top strategist who has no last resort, and it is very accurate to capture people's psychology.

No wonder Xu Jihui listed Xun You as the top talent under his command, until today, Xun You, who has been hidden and wise, has shown his talent, and as soon as he came up, he put Cao Cao's henchmen and strategists to death, and there was no room for fighting back. Liu Bi looked at Xun You and said hesitantly: "The question is whether we are doing this to enhance the enemy's strength?" You must know that although there are not many troops in Huai'an and other three cities, all of them are elite soldiers, and it is more than enough to defend the three cities. ”

Xun You smiled and said: "General Liu Pi is too worried, these troops go back, on the surface to increase their strength, but in fact. But they will pass on the shadow of defeat to the armies of these three cities, and once the morale of the army drops, the combat effectiveness will decline, and what is difficult to attack a city without the command of such a resourceful man? The tiger has no teeth or claws, but is just a sick cat. ”

Everyone laughed out loud at Xun You's words.

Xun You said in a loud voice amid the laughter of everyone: "The attack on the three cities will wait for us to wait until the reinforcements arrive, and now what we have to do is to freeze the full favor." ”

He snorted coldly again: "Who said that the siege troops can't occasionally fight ambush battles?" When everyone heard this, their faces showed a cold murderous intention, obviously they couldn't wait for the big war that was getting closer and closer.

Of course, things went as Xun Yu expected.

The remnants of Li Dian's army and the remnants of Cao Cao's defeated army met halfway and made their way east. With Xun You's permission, he fled to Huaiyin City in a hurry. After coming to Huaiyin City. Li Dian didn't dare to rest for a while. Immediately go to Huai'an City in person to ventilate and report the news. Report everything to the full pet.

Man Chong was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter. After the crowd hurried. Full of pets and no nonsense. directly explained the situation to everyone about the battle ahead, and everyone was also shocked by the news brought by Li Dian and was speechless. Bao Xin was silent for a long time before he said to Man Chong: "Mr. Man Chong, do you see if the news brought back by General Mancheng is reliable, I mean what Zang Ba told General Li Dian, is it true and credible?" ”

Manzhong's face lost his former chic indifference, and he said in a solemn voice: "This matter should be accurate, one of them." Xu Ji set off from Chang'an City not long ago. According to the speed, it is absolutely impossible for him to return to the Central Plains, so Zang Ba's words are definitely not Xu Ji's psychological tactics to play with us in order to stabilize the situation. The army of Zang Ba and the army of Sun Guan moved together. Some time ago, Gao Shun's army rushed to Xiapi City and joined forces with Yu Fu to deal with Cao Ren's army, forcing the lord to lead the army north, these things should have been decided by Xu Ji a long time ago, and they should not be fake. After a pause, Xun You said: "The only thing that is uncertain now is whether Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu are Xu Ji's people, and whether Xu Shu is really just a chess piece of Xu Jidi, which we have no intelligence support and have no way of knowing......

The injury has almost healed Li Dian has been thinking about this problem for a long time on the road now, and at this moment, he couldn't help but say loudly: "If Xu Ji had already made a plan." Then even if Xu Shu sincerely submits to the lord, it is useless, because those Yanzhou generals can completely ignore Xu Shu and send troops at a certain time. Anyway, I have Xu Jidi's order, so I don't have to pay attention to it. Bao Xin also frowned and said: "As for Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, it's even harder to say." However, if Zhang Xiu is Xu Ji's person, Mr. Cheng Yu will be in danger. ”

Everyone's faces changed when they heard this.

Man Zhong sighed and said, "The matter has come to this, and I am not scaring everyone. Everyone, we're just afraid that we have fallen for Xu Ji's tricks. ”

Inside the hall. There was silence for a moment. Strategist Lu Fan reluctantly smiled and said, "Mr. Manzhong, didn't you say that there are many things that we don't have evidence to support now?" Why so pessimistic? ”

Man Zhong shook his head and said, "I can only say those words to our subordinates. lest the soldiers completely lose their morale, but there are many things that we should think about in advance. After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "The actions of the Yanzhou Army now are completely premeditated, that is, Xu Ji has known the lord's strategy a long time ago, let's not care how Xu Ji knows about this matter, but at least one thing we should be sure of is that Mrs. Yin's identity is exposed." ”

A sigh immediately sounded in the hall, obviously understanding the meaning of full favor: once Mrs. Yin's identity is revealed, how can Xu Shu sincerely surrender to Cao Cao? From this point of view, Xu Shu is indeed a fake surrender, the purpose of course is to confuse Cao Cao and let Cao Cao go deep alone.

Thinking of this, Bao Xinse changed his mind at the moment: "This matter should be notified to Meng De immediately, since the Yanzhou army dares to let Meng Degong enter Xuzhou, there must be a perfect way to deal with Meng De." Lu Fan also said in a deep voice: "From this point of view, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu are indeed Xu Ji's people, because only Zhang Ji is Xu Ji's people, the Yanzhou army in the Central Plains can dare to rest assured of the hinterland, and they poured out of the nest so swaggeringly, it is because Zhang Ji can protect the rear for them, even if Sun Ce comes to Xu Shu, he doesn't care." ”

Li Dian said dejectedly: "Mr. Lu Fan is right, this is exactly the case, I think that now Xia Cai and Shouchun have also fallen into the hands of the Yanzhou army." The air in the hall was even more oppressive, and everyone was so grim-faced, and they didn't expect to behave so badly.

Bao Xin was strange and said angrily: "What is Sun Ce doing? Obviously made an appointment to send troops, but now he is setting up his own oolong, which is really untrustworthy. Otherwise, how could Zhang Ji have marched so smoothly? ”

Man Zhong took a deep breath and said: "Sun Ce is just sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, of course he hopes that the lord will fail, so that he can recapture Jiangdong, which is not surprising." Now we have to pay attention to the Yanzhou Army. The crowd nodded.

Speaking of this, a cold glint flashed in Man's eyes, and he said in a condensed voice: "We have a few things that are imminent and have to be done. ”

Everyone looked at the full favor with a calm face. The heart is a little settled, after all, full of favor is the only person they can trust now. Now that the situation is clear, the full favor will definitely come up with an idea. Anyway, Man Chong and Xu Shu should be strategists of the same level.

Man Zhong looked at everyone and analyzed: "Now the affairs of Chang'an are beyond the reach of the whip, we have no way to take care of it, Mr. Cheng Yu's life and death are uncertain, but it must be more auspicious and less auspicious, but Mr. Cheng Yu is very old and spicy, and he likes to leave room for doing things, I hope he can be auspicious." Mrs. Yin is He Lin's sister-in-law. There shouldn't be anything, but Lai Yan'er, Wang Tu, Wang Ze, Yu Ji and others will definitely be finished. As for Pengcheng, sooner or later it will be occupied by Yanzhou, and we must abandon it here, and we are not qualified to talk about rescue now. Everyone nodded, knowing that what Man Pet said was the truth.

Speaking of these, he couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart, and frowned: "Their unfortunate death is naturally a loss for the lord, but more important things Xu Ji has an excuse to crusade against the lord, think about it." Lai Yan'er is the fake daughter of the lord, and she is the famous Kabuki of Luoyang City back then, how can she enter the palace, which is in itself a crime of bullying. As for Yu Ji, it is even worse, Xu Ji can arrange a reputation for the lord to cause trouble in the court, don't forget that the first emperor gave Zhang Jiao a chance because of his excessive belief in the Yellow Turban Sect. Otherwise, the Yellow Turban Army would not have been so loud when it rebelled, and Zhang Jiao would not have been ashamed to say: 'The sky is dead. Huang Tian should stand, that is completely an act of equating himself with the emperor. Now Xu Ji has Yu Ji in his hands. Naturally, we have to make a big fuss, and we must ask the lord to make a decision as soon as possible. Bao Xin said with concern: "If that's the case, Yanzhou will use this as an excuse to go south and attack our Jiangdong?" ”

Man Chong immediately shook his head and said, "Please rest assured at this point, Xu Ji doesn't have the strength to attack my Jiangdong now." At least I haven't heard that Yanzhou has a strong enough navy, and if Xu Ji wants to fight for the world, his primary target is not Jiangdong. It should be Yizhou, this excuse for bullying the monarch has a great chance of being used in the future, and it will only be announced to the world at this stage. Nothing really works. After a pause, he said: "Besides, the Yanzhou army itself does not have so many troops to occupy Jiangdong, and it will only be cheaper to do so, Sun Ce, who has been eyeing us all the time, Xu Ji should be able to calculate the benefits and disadvantages of this." ”

Only then did the crowd relax. Full Pet pondered for a moment. Cai said: "Before the lord returns to the army, we still have one more thing to do, that is, to quickly send someone back to Jiangdong and arrest the so-called Xu Shu's mother, that woman must be an impostor, Xu Ji must be using this woman to make some things in the lord's mansion, I hope it will be too late now." ”

Only then did everyone remember that there was such a number one person, and Li Dianse changed: "It's not good." It wouldn't be good if this woman did something there, many of the sons in the lord's mansion were young, and only the eldest prince traveled with the army. If this woman is not good for the princes, it will be bad. If it's poisoned, it's even worse. "Man Zhong smiled bitterly: 'Exactly. If you poison or something, you don't have to be afraid. Many of Yu Ji's apprentices are experts in dispensing poisons, and if someone poisons them, they will definitely not get better. In fact, this woman doesn't need to do anything, as long as she investigates some things before leaving, it will be enough to live with a headache, who knows what secrets this woman will have. For another example, this woman can tell Mrs. Ding the truth about Ding Fei's death, Mrs. Ding has a strong personality, what do you say will happen after this incident? Everyone gasped, and a chill rose in their hearts, they didn't expect Xu Ji's counterattack to be so complicated. It's just that a small woman in front of them will actually cause them so much trouble. While thinking about it, everyone listened to the full favor and said in a deep voice: "Now we need to do one more thing, that is, to keep Huai'an, Huaiyin, and Yandu, although Xu Ji will not and has no ability to destroy the lord's army, but Xu Ji will try his best to weaken the lord, our three cities will not be lost, then we can minimize the loss of the lord's land, and it will also be good for future attack and defense, after all, the springboard for us to peep into the Central Plains is still there, if we lose these three cities, The lord's plan to dominate the world will be replicated, and at that time, the Yanzhou army will be across the river from us. You and I share the Yangtze River natural insurance, and we can only be on the defensive. ”

Everyone nodded in understanding. Man Pet lifted his spirits and said to everyone: "Fortunately, we still have time now, at least the Yanzhou military and ground chasers have not yet arrived, so I will go to Huaiyin City to supervise the battle." The army of Zang Ba and the army of Sun Guan should attack Huaiyin City first. However, I will mobilize some troops from here, and there will be a big battle in Huaiyin City. That's right. General Mancheng's information about the enemy's rattan armor not being afraid of fire attacks is very important, and if it were me, I would also go to the local area in the face of this kind of goodness. But now the situation is very different, and I have my own way of dealing with them. He turned his head to look at Bao Xin. Leng Ran said: "Lord Bao Xin, this place will be handed over to you, Mr. Lu Fan, please stay and assist Lord Bao Xin." You have to pay attention to the actions of Zhang Ji's army, Zhang Ji has already controlled Shouchun City in his hands, if Zhang Ji is ready to attack Huai'an, then it is very likely that Liu Ji's son will go down the river on the big ship that has been built in Shouchun over the years, and we will be caught off guard, but it doesn't matter, Zhang Ji's army itself is the Xiliang army. There is no experience in water warfare at all, and it would be good for you to take precautions on the water. Remember, Huai'an City must not be lost, otherwise it will be difficult for the lord to withdraw his troops. ”

Bao Xin and Lu Fan nodded in response. Li Dian got up and hugged his fists and said, "Li Dian is willing to help defend the city here." ”

Man Zhong nodded and said, "That's the best." General Mancheng and the Yanzhou army have just dealt with each other, and they must be very familiar with each other's situation, so it is best to stay here. There are enough Chun Yudao, Cao Chun, Xia Houen and others in Huaiyin City. ”

When Li Dian heard this, his eyes couldn't help but shed tears, and he said with blood-red eyes: "Sir, General Xiahouen is only afraid that he will no longer fight side by side with us." In order to cover the retreat of his subordinates, he stayed in Lingbi City to fight against the Yanzhou army, and at this time he was afraid that he had already fought and died. Hearing this, the full pet stood stunned for a long time and sighed. Turned and walked out of the hall.

Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, they jumped up as if they were on fire, and went their separate ways.

Li Dian vaguely felt that something was wrong. But he couldn't say it, he sat in the hall and thought about it, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he got up and shook his head and left. Of course, the people in the hall did not expect that the situation in front of them was also a trap set by the Yanzhou army.

Quietly. The battle situation between the Yanzhou army and Cao Cao's army has been reversed, and the Yanzhou army has changed from a strategic stalemate to a strategic counteroffensive.

Xun You's army is just waiting to trap Manzhong. And then take the three cities, of course. The siege of the three cities still requires a steady stream of follow-up troops, and the army of Zhang Ji, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan have already broken off their actions. Only Ji Ling's army remained, and it was still stationed in Xia Cai City. For the sake of the land, of course, it is a peaceful settlement of the war. At this time, Chen Heng, who was sent to Shouchun City by Zhang Ying, finally returned to Xia Cai City. brought back the exact news that Zhang Ying and others urgently needed to know.

After learning that Liu Miao was indeed captured by the Yanzhou army, Zhang Ying's army immediately gave up resistance, and Zhang Ying led his generals out of the city to surrender.

Of course, Ji Ling's army occupied Xia Cai City bloodlessly. After entering Xia Cai City, Ji Ling began to reorganize Liu Xuanjun. After having a rough idea. Ji Ling left his henchmen in Xia Caicheng to continue to reorganize Liu Xuanjun, while Zhang Ying and others were sent to Shouchun City to reunite with Liu Xuan.

Liu Ji was also helpless when he saw them, knowing that his general trend was gone, and he no longer had the ability to compete with Xu Jiyi, so he settled down and waited to see Xu Ji to see how his long-time partner would deal with him.

Ji Ling and Huan Fan led the army to the battlefield and went straight to the three cities of Huaiyin.

Northwest of Huaiyin City, full of pets in a hurried march. Now the place where the full pet passes is a hill, and the mountain is verdant and beautiful.

But full of favor is not in the mood to appreciate, to be honest, if you can, full of favor more hope to send soldiers to cut down all the trees on the mountain, the wall is the most effective strategy in the city defense war, the Warring States period, when Lian Po and Qin fought together, this tactic was used to the extreme, although later Lian Po was replaced by the young and vigorous King Zhao, and made a paper soldier Zhao Kuo, which led to the defeat of Changping, but Lian Po's tactics were retained, and were often used by future generations. It's a pity that this is a hill, and it is really a huge project to move these mountains to the level, otherwise I would like to remove this hill as well.

But now Manpet doesn't have the energy to think about these things, and the current battle situation is the most important.

Although he has recognized the situation, but there is no joy in his heart, the current situation is really unfavorable to the place, no one could have imagined that Cao Cao and himself and several other military advisers came up with a comprehensive strategy, and when they arrived at Xu Ji, they would be completely recognized, and looking at this posture, it seems that Xu Ji has seen through it for a long time, so it will be so thunderous to fight back today, and the fight will be caught off guard. Originally, according to Cao Cao's plan, he hoped that Chang'an, Xu Shu, and Xuzhou would have an accident on three sides, so that Xu Ji would take care of one and lose the other, and then Cao Cao would drive straight in. After capturing Xuzhou, he attacked Yanzhou and destroyed Xu Ji's roots. Now it seems that it is completely wishful thinking. And it's a trap.

It can be said that the defeat of the party this time is equivalent to losing the best opportunity to defeat Xu Jidi, not only in the future it is difficult to find such an opportunity, but also let the side lose the advantage, if this time if it can keep the Guangling area, then the side still has the strength to fight with Xu Ji, but if even Guangling will be lost, then the party is a big injury, and it is difficult to recover in a short time. Suddenly, Man Pet remembered a problem: he thought so far. Didn't the Yanzhou Army think about it like this? Xu Ji is a smart person, he can naturally see the importance of the Guangling region to him, with Guangling, not only Cao Cao will lose the springboard for marching, but also have the defense line on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Jiangdong has natural risks at the same time, so how can Xu Ji be so strategically important?

So, will it be as simple as sending a few armies to attack three cities in a grand manner? According to the scale of the construction of the three cities and Cao Cao's painstaking arrangement over the years, it was simply difficult for the Yanzhou army to capture for a while. In the end, it can only be a situation of futility, if it is reluctantly fought, it will be eaten by Cao Cao, who came back to the army, although the Yanzhou army likes to encircle the point to send reinforcements. But that was when there was an advantage in forces. Although the current Yanzhou army has more defenders than the defenders in the three cities, it was after Cao Cao withdrew. The situation of the two armies will change immediately, and the Yanzhou army will not have the advantage.

The premise of this scenario is that the three cities are not lost. But. has his own presence, even if Xu Ji comes in person. It seems that it will be difficult to capture in a short time.

Hmph, unless you're not in these three cities.

Come to think of it. A sneer appeared on Man's face. Immediately remembered something, and immediately changed his face.

Not in three cities? I'm not in three cities right now! As if receiving an instantaneous spiritual revelation, Man Zhong reacted in an instant that he was in a sparse place in the entire layout, immediately turned his horse's head, and shouted at the army: "It's not good, let's return to Huai'an City immediately!" ”

In the hurried march, the soldiers of the Cao army were stunned for a moment, and before they could react to what was going on, a shout came. Countless soldiers who looked like the Yanzhou army rushed out, all armed with three-eyed crossbows and war sabers, and wearing rattan armor.

You don't have to ask. It was the army sent by Xun You. Full Pet knew that he had fallen for the other party's tricks, and he hated it in his heart. But he knew that only by escaping himself could he save the three cities. Otherwise, the three cities will not be able to hold on for long.

"When you see a full favor, don't kill it!" A big man shouted.

Full of pets heard and looked. But he saw a big man with a spear leading the army to appear and intercept his back road. "Guan Hai!" Full of pets snorted. In order to deal with Xu Ji, Cao Cao has done in-depth research on the famous generals of the Yanzhou Army, and even drew everyone's appearance, this official is still a famous general of the Yanzhou Army, and it is also known as the "Seven People Chop", except for a few generals, no one can deal with him.

Of course, Man Chong knew that this Guan Hai was a figure in Zang Ba's army, and immediately made a judgment in his heart, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Those who can rush out are rushed out, and go to the three cities to report the news, just say that Zang Ba's army has arrived in ......" Before the words were finished, Man Chong was pulled off his horse by his own soldiers and fell dizzy.

When he looked at his war horse with a golden star, Zhan Cheng had already fallen to the ground, and his body was full of special crossbow arrows made by the Yanzhou Army.

Beside him was the screams of Cao Cao's army, and countless Cao soldiers fell in pools of blood. More Cao soldiers began to organize a counterattack, especially Cao Cao's bow and crossbow troops, some of the bows and crossbows they now use are Yanzhou's divine arm bows and crossbows, although Xu Ji had a certain deviation in providing them with data, but Cao Cao's skilled craftsmen have improved and made some good bows and crossbows. Although the performance is at a certain distance from the Yanzhou bow and crossbow, it is not without the power to fight back, and it is now shooting at Yanzhou.

However, the losses of the Yanzhou army were not large, because the defense of the Yanzhou army was too good, and the bows and arrows of the Cao Cao army were useless, but those strong crossbows had some damage to the Yanzhou army, at least the rattan armor would be damaged by this strong crossbow, and it would not be in vain, but after penetrating the rattan armor, the damage to the Yanzhou army was almost equal to nothing. Man Pet crawled up from the ground, remembered Li Dian's words, and shouted: "Shoot in the face of the Yanzhou army, there is no defense there." ”

Cao Jun reacted quickly and began to fight back according to Man's reminder.

The Yanzhou army's offensive immediately became slow. Xun You looked left and right, he was the main target of the other party, and it was impossible for him to get out immediately, so he gritted his teeth and decided to lure the enemy to surround him, let his subordinates break out, and report to the three cities, so as not to be caught off guard.

Thinking of this, Man Pet immediately did it, he began to lead the army to fight and retreat, since he could not return to Huai'an City, and there was no way to march to Huaiyin, Man Pet chose to retreat to the nearby hills, find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, support for a few days, in this short period of time, he will naturally come up with a way to get out. Guan Hai saw that Man Pet retreated to the hill, and smiled secretly in his heart, and he was not very persecuted, so that Man Pet could calmly retreat into the mountain.

As for those soldiers who desperately covered the breakout, Guan Hai didn't care so much, anyway, Xun You ordered himself to trap the full favor, and other things were not within his consideration.

The two armies pursued each other, and gradually entered the hills, and Man Zhong also took the opportunity to find a favorable terrain and began to defend, and the form of the two armies became stalemate. At this time, in the place where the battle just now, Xun You and the others appeared. Everyone had a smile on their faces, obviously impressed by Xun You's strategy.

Liao Hua praised Xun You and said: "Mr. is really a last resort, I didn't expect that Man Pet would be so easily fooled." ”

Gong Du said hesitantly: "The most interesting thing is that when Man Chong retreated just now, he thought that the person who attacked him was the Zang Ba army, and he didn't expect it to be you, sir." Xun You said with a smile: "The siege soldiers of our army are very similar to the soldiers of General Zang Ba. Coupled with the appearance of General Guan Hai, of course Man Zhong will think about it by inertia. ”

The crowd laughed.

Xun You put away his smile and snorted coldly: "I just want him to misunderstand, when the three cities think that the besiegers are Zangba's army, it will be a big loss if our army is injured!" Let me tell them the difference between the Yanzhou Field Army and the siege army. (To be continued......)