Although Zhong Xuan is not young, he can still see the handsomeness of his youth between his eyebrows, his hair is tied up high, and he is dressed in a simple green shirt, which adds to the elegance and wisdom.

His eyes swept over everyone, the corners of his mouth smiled, and Wen Yan said: "All the princes are aware of the current situation, so I won't say more, and I urgently summoned you today because Yuan Shao appointed Shi Gaogan and Hedong Taishou Guo Yuan, the two of them, suddenly made a change and broke the tug-of-war between Hanoi and Hedong counties. ”

"Now, General Yu Ban led his troops to garrison Yanjin and guard the left flank of the main army, but it made it impossible to threaten the dispute between the lord and Yuan Shao for the time being, but we are subordinate to the northern border, but we have been threatened by Yan zhòng, and the local troops of Right Fufeng and Left Feng Yi have all turned, no longer coming to Chang'an, but running to Hedong, after all, Yuan Shao is the key to our life and death."

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, quite helpless, they had expected this situation for a long time, but they didn't expect it to be so soon, and soon after, Zhang Ji took the lead and said: "In this way, it means that Chang'an will no longer have troops to support, but now all the soldiers of our various departments are combined, but there are only 50,000 people." Moreover, the combat strength of the soldiers was different, the weapons and equipment were different, and the various units had never coordinated training and combat, and if they fought head-on with the main soldiers of Jingzhou, they might not be able to defeat them. ”

"De Jong is very true!" Pei Mao then got up and said solemnly: "The combat strength of the Jingzhou army is much higher than that of us and other parties, only Princess Cao's strength can match it, and if you fight head-on, you will be defeated." But now the Jingzhou army has reached Duling and choked Chang'an. Our army has lost the depths. It's no longer possible to deal with it. When they have gathered their supplies and equipment, they will inevitably attack, and at that time they will besiege but not attack, and we will hold on to the lonely city, cutting off the communication with the outside of the city, and within a month, these people in the city will have no more food to eat, and then there will be a mutiny. will be defeated without a fight. ”

When the words fell, Zhong Yu, the son of Zhong Xuan, suddenly asked, "What if we open the grain depot and distribute it to the people?" Can it last long enough until Cao Gong defeats Yuan Shao and comes to the rescue? ”

Although Zhong Yu's identity is Zhong Xuan's eldest son, Pei Mao didn't mean to give him face at all, but rebuked him like an elder: "How confused, if it is an ordinary city and a place to store grain, it can be like that." ”

"But how many people are there in Chang'an? Far more than the army by multiples! How much food do you consume in a day? Moreover, Chang'an is not a grain storage land. A large amount of grain has just been allocated to Yanzhou to supply Cao Gong's army. Now what's left. Although it is also extremely abundant, it is only enough to supply military supplies and the use of various prefectures, and if it is distributed to the people of the whole city, it will not last long. ”

Zhong Yu was modest and virtuous, but he didn't mind the reprimand of Pei Mao, a senior, and just expressed his opinions. "Isn't this just the autumn harvest? Is there no food in the homes of the people? ”

"Yu'er, why are you so stupid?" Zhong Xuan finally couldn't help but answer, frowned and said, "The people in the city have never farmed, so where can they get food?" Most of their grain is bought, and it is impossible for them to have too much grain stored at home, and if they cut off the connection with the village pavilions outside the city, and even the grain sellers have no food, where will they get it? ”

"The child is foolish, and he hopes that his father will forgive his sins!" Zhong Yu reacted instantly, and stopped making a sound, he has always been in charge of the military, and he is not very familiar with civil affairs, because of the grim shape and being anxious and negligent, this is a joke.

Zhong Xuan didn't reprimand much, then looked at everyone, and said indifferently: "I have already calculated, if we are trapped in Chang'an, the people in the city will last for more than half a month by themselves, and if we open the treasury and requisition the grain stocks of all big families and traders in the city, then we can only ensure that the people of the city will hold on for another month and a half, that is, for two and a half months, there will be no food in the city." ”

"But the dispute between Cao Gong and Yuan Shao is huge in scale and evenly matched, if there are no variables, the outcome is by no means determined in the short term, two and a half months is not enough in any case, so we must not be trapped in Chang'an, otherwise we will fall into a dead end!"

"But we can go out of the city to fight, the 50,000 troops we have gathered are by no means the opponent of the main soldiers of Jingzhou!" Pei Mao continued.

"So, we'll have to retreat!" Zhong Miao smiled faintly.

"This ......"

"Retreat? Where to retreat? ”

Everyone was puzzled for a moment and looked at each other.

Suddenly, a Confucian priest sitting at the end of the hall with a majestic face slapped his leg and praised: "Wonderful strategy! What a brilliant idea! ”

This person's name is Yang Fu, a native of Tianshui, Liangzhou, well-known for his intelligence, and was invited by Ma Teng and Han Sui and others, but he felt that the two rose in the rebellion, and their names were not right, and they were insulting and famous, so they moved their family to Sili, and were later appreciated by Wei Duan and promoted to Zhong Xuan.

He is also a famous minister in history, and has been reused by Cao Cao in history, and has made great achievements.

"Yishan, where is the wonderful?" Zhang Ji looked surprised and turned back to ask.

Yang Fu raised his head with a smile, first saluted Zhong Xuan, and only after Zhong Xuan smiled and agreed with his chin, he replied loudly: "Princess, the magic of this strategy is that it just caught Wang Xu's only weakness at present. ”

"Weak?"

"What weakness?"

Everyone hurriedly asked.

Yang Fu smiled, his eyes swept over everyone, and he said confidently: "The attack of the Jingzhou army is just to break through the soldiers of our division, so as to threaten the rear of Cao Gong with troops, and Cao Gong can't take care of each other, so that he is defeated by Yuan Shao." ”

"But how many troops does he Wang Xu have now? But 100,000! Although the combat power is extremely powerful, the number is scarce after all, and how extensive is the area under our company, how large can he control with this little soldier? ”

"Therefore, we might as well give him Chang'an, or even all the surrounding areas to him, retreat to Zuo Fengyi further north with 10,000 people, and the remaining 40,000 troops will directly lead the troops to retreat to Hongnong County in the east, just when we arrive at Tongguan, leave 10,000 people to garrison, and the remaining 30,000 will go to Hongnong."

"Then go south to Lushi County and join Xu Rongtai's soldiers and horses, at that time we not only concentrated our forces, but also got rid of the current situation of passive waiting for death, and even made Wang Xu embarrassed."

"If Wang Xu wants to threaten Duke Cao and aid Yuan Shao, then he must defeat us first. Thus marching eastward. But what should he do then? ”

"Need to know. Now he wants to go east to Hongnong, there are only two roads, one is to go out of Shang County, through the Lu family. One is from Chang'an to the east, through Baling, Zheng County, through Tongguan. As for Tongguan, we are garrisoned with 10,000 people, and if they do not gather the main army, they will carry a large number of siege equipment. How can I get by? As for the Lu clan, when we join up with Xu Rong Taishou, we will have 80,000 or 90,000 troops, which is enough to confront them. ”

"Therefore, if he leads the army east into Tongguan, then our 10,000 men who retreat to Feng Yi in the north will go south to Chang'an and other places, cut off his retreat, let him fall between Chang'an and Tongguan, and cut off his connection with the rear."

"If he goes north, Feng Yi. The soldiers and horses of Natongguan returned, and they also cut off their way back. As a result, it is alone. ”

"Otherwise, he can only withdraw all of them to Shang County, and then attack the Hongnong Lu clan, so that he will be forced to return to the starting point, while our forces have been assembled, and the rear is stable, and we only need to slowly consume it in the Lu clan until Cao Gong defeats Yuan Shao."

"This strategy is based on the weakness of Wang Xu's few soldiers, if he can have five or six thousand people in several counties and counties near Chang'an, firmly control this area, and make its rear stable, and then have thirty or forty thousand people to attack Tongguan, then we really have no choice."

"It's a pity that he doesn't have so many people now, and if he controls the rear, he can't continue to pursue us, and if the main force pursues us, the rear is not able to garrison at all, so the magic of this strategy is to force Wang Xu to stretch the battle line, what about his elite troops, it's nothing if he is scattered."

"Hahaha......" After listening to this, Zhong Xuan stroked his beard happily and smiled: "Yishan knows what I mean, and he said it very well!" ”

The crowd laughed and exclaimed.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhong Xuan stopped being verbose, and decisively ordered: "Pass the order, Chen Zhi, the captain of the Zuo Military Academy, lead 10,000 people to the north of Feng Yi's territory, and let him decide where to go, but be sure to keep in touch with me at all times and grasp the situation." ”

"The rest of the people immediately prepared to withdraw from Chang'an, and all the food and materials that could be taken away from the government treasury were taken away, and those that could not be taken away were given to the people, and all those that the people did not need were burned. In addition, the blockade of Chang'an, ordered Li Yan to lead 3,000 cavalry to stay, bluff, false flags, pretend to set up a large camp, and not let the Jingzhou sergeants in Duling find out that our army had withdrawn within six days, and after six days, Li Yan would catch up again. ”

"No!" The crowd responded with a bang.

I have to say that Zhong Xuan's decision is the best choice at present, and it is also timely enough.

Only five days later, the first batch of siege materials in Jingzhou arrived at Duling, and Zhang Liao, who was stationed in the camp outside the city, immediately entered the city to find Gao Shun and Zhang He to discuss.

"General Gao, the siege materials have arrived, we should enter Chang'an now, and the first troops will come to the city to check and balance it, so as to prevent variables!" Zhang Liao said.

"That's a good statement!" Zhang He nodded: "Chang'an has been completely locked down five days ago, and there are many sentinels outside the city, and our spies can't find out anything at all, only saying that they have observed a qiē from a distance, but because of this, I feel that something is not normal." ”

"Huh?" Gao Shun suddenly looked at Zhang He in astonishment: "Jun Yi also feels like this?" ”

"Could it be that General Gao is definitely not right?" Zhang Heqi said.

"yes, I didn't think it was right three days ago!" Gao Shun sighed: "It's just that I didn't figure it out for a while, what was wrong." ”

As the three of them were talking, a hearty laugh suddenly came from outside the door: "Hahaha...... As soon as I arrived outside the county hall, I heard from the soldiers that the three of you were discussing in secret, and I don't know what we were discussing, can you let us listen to it too? ”

"Lord!"

"My lord?"

The three of them, who heard the voice, instantly exclaimed, and got up in unison to look out the door.

Wang Xu was full of smiles, and at this moment, he had already strode in with Xu Shu, Dian Wei and Yan Liang. "What secrets are you discussing, let's hear them too!"

The three of them hurriedly saluted.

Gao Shun said with a smile: "Lord, the siege materials have arrived, and the last general is discussing whether to enter Chang'an City immediately, but as soon as I talked with Jun Yi and I felt that Cao Jun was not quite right, I heard the voice of the lord." ”

"Oh? It's not quite right, what's wrong, let's hear it! Wang Xu walked to the position and sat down, and asked with a smile.

Gao Shun did not hesitate, and immediately told the information he had recently obtained and their feelings.

When the words fell, Wang Xu frowned, and he also faintly felt that something was wrong.

Zhang Liao was in the camp outside the city, and he didn't know the information, but he was also surprised when he heard it at this moment.

Dian Wei and Yan Liang didn't feel anything, they just meditated quietly.

The room fell silent, each thinking about the current situation.

Suddenly, Xu Shu's complexion changed suddenly, flashed a look of shock, slapped his thigh suddenly, and said quickly: "Lord, it's bad!" If we let him retreat to Hongnong, all our advantages will be lost! ”

"Yuan Zhi, what do you mean?" Wang Xu didn't react for a while, and asked blankly.

"Oops!" Xu Shu looked anxious, and quickly said: "General Gao just said that the enemy army is as usual, what does this mean, it shows that Chang'an is not preparing for defense at all, since he does not dare to fight, if he sticks to Chang'an, at this moment, on the city wall, there must be countless defensive equipment, rolling stones and sassholes are piled up, trebuchets, giant crossbows, repeating crossbows, sliding hooks, long sticks and so on. ”

"Now this appearance must be a bluff, it looks like normal, but in fact it is already an empty city, at most only a small cavalry is left in camouflage, and its main force may have left a few days ago." (To be continued......)