Jize Yellow Turban did not resist for long, as the city wall and the city gate were lost one after another, Wang Xu led the army into the city, and the entire Yellow Turban fled from the north gate in an instant. Wang Xu, who had achieved his strategic goal, forbade anyone to pursue and avoid senseless sacrifices and physical attrition.

When Zhang Liang learned that Ji Ze was lost and he was teased by Wang Xu's deployment, he was really annoyed and frightened. intended to send troops to a decisive battle, but the troops were not reorganized, and the morale was also extremely low, so they could only continue to hold Nanhe and Pingxiang, and at the same time, less than three hours after the fall of Jize, they were heavily stationed in Julu County, not far northeast of Jize, which seemed to be intended as a bridgehead to recapture Jize in the future.

But Zhang Liang's move, Wang Xu didn't care at all, in his opinion, as long as he could hold Ji Ze for a month, it would be enough, and when Zhang Jiao was destroyed, he would slowly clean up Zhang Liang when he turned back. However, he did not do nothing, and after getting the news that Zhang Liang occupied Julu County, he immediately convened a military meeting.

The first thing to do was to get the generals ready to march east the next morning after half a day of correction. The second thing was to order Guo Dian to lead nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to stay in Jize, and Wang Xu also elaborated on his defensive views.

The reason why he didn't say it until now is because the generals were skeptical about Wang Xu's ability after all, so he had to be convinced to say it before it would have a good effect.

"Guo Taishou, I don't think it's possible to stick to this small town of Jize. After Zhang Liang reorganized and collected the yellow scarves in various places, there were still tens of thousands of people, as long as the losses were not counted, even if it was a strong attack, it would not be difficult to take Ji Ze. What's more, if you are trapped in a city, you will lose the initiative in battle, and you will also lack room for strategy. At that time, even if Guo Taishou had the wonderful idea of breaking the enemy, there were no conditions for implementation. There is Zhang He's courage to kill the enemy in battle, but there is no room to show it. Isn't it self-defeating? ”

Following Wang Xu's words, Guo Dian immediately frowned, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then nodded and said, "What General Wang said is, I don't know what to do next?" ”

Seeing Guo Dian asking sincerely, and his words were respectful, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile. Then he also replied politely: "This is the construction of the next one, Guo Taishou can refer to it." As he spoke, he closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts, and then said directly: "Actually, according to my philosophy, the best defense is offense. We don't have that at the moment, but we can build up that kind of momentum on the defensive. For example, although Jize is a low-lying land, the overall terrain is high in the west and low in the east, so Guo Taishou can take 8,000 crossbowmen and elite foot soldiers to defend the city, and then let Zhang He lead your 4,000 elite horsemen to find a slightly higher terrain and a sunny place to camp a few miles west of Jize City. Then he sent Gao Ran to lead the remaining 5,000 foot soldiers to be stationed on the avenue outside Jize City. ”

"If the Yellow Turban beats Zhang He, Gao Ran will go to respond, there is no need to fight to the death, as long as the shape changes and retreat or advance. And if the Yellow Turban fights Gaoran, then Gaolan fights hard, Zhang He's cavalry rushes to kill, and Guo Taishou can also send troops to assist depending on the situation. If the Yellow Turban is still attacking day and night regardless of sacrifice, then Gao Ran can gradually retreat to the city, use the crossbowmen on the city wall to shoot it, and then have Zhang He's cavalry to respond, the Yellow Turban will definitely be fruitless. However, what I am talking about is only a general idea, the battle situation is ever-changing, and Guo Taishou can make different decisions depending on the situation. And such a layout also allows Guo Taishou to have space for buffers and counterattacks, and maybe he can find a way to break the enemy in the battle. At the same time, it will not make the soldiers feel that they are surrounded alone, and their morale is not easy to drop. Therefore, as a last resort, Guo Taishou still doesn't want to be trapped in the lonely city. ”

As soon as Wang Xu's words came out, all the generals in the hall listened to them with relish, and Guo Dian couldn't help but ask after thinking about it: "Then what if the other party is powerful and divides his troops to attack me at the same time?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Xu immediately laughed, and waited for Guo Dian to ask. So without the slightest hesitation, he spoke: "Originally, it was taboo for an army to fight on multiple fronts, but the other side relied on a large number of people, and it is indeed possible to do so at present." But in my opinion, the current Yellow Turban generals are no match for Zhang He, so as long as you can delay enough time, we can even seize this opportunity to break the enemy. ”

"Oh? Then I don't know how to break the enemy? Guo Dian hurriedly asked.

Hearing this, Wang Xu smiled calmly, and immediately continued: "The lonely city is difficult to defend, and the enemy will still be strong and I will be weak at that time, so I have long planned to send another general to lead 10,000 horses to hide ten miles south of Jize City." If the Yellow Turbans divide their troops, you can report them quickly, and they will arrive as quickly as possible and take advantage of the situation to find an opportunity to break them. Moreover, the soldiers and horses on this road can also take care of Guangnian City to prevent Zhang Liang from taking a detour to raid. ”

As soon as these words came out, Guo Dian immediately nodded clearly, and then gave his hand and said: "Obey the general's orders!" ”

Wang Xu smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more, seeing that this matter had been dealt with, he turned around and asked, "I don't know if you still have something to say?"

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the hall looked at each other for a long time, but they shook their heads one after another. However, after a moment of silence, the sect member suddenly spoke: "General Wang, I have a question to say. ”

"Hmmm! General Zong, please speak! ”

The sect member did not hesitate, and immediately frowned and said: "That's the case, I look at this siege, the Yellow Turban soldiers seem to be reluctant to fight with the Yellow Turban, and always shrink to the rear, do you want to find a way to deal with this matter?" ”

This question really gave Wang Xu a little headache, and he immediately turned his head to Zhang Jing, who was sitting at the back of the left side of the conference hall, and asked, "Zhang Jing, how did you appease the Yellow Turban soldiers?" ”

Zhang Jing saw that this matter came straight to him, and now he was asked by name, so he immediately gave up his hand to explain without thinking about it. "General, I have tried my best to appease, after I told about the corruption of the Yellow Turban high-level, I also used righteousness to influence, coupled with the court's favor to the soldiers, so they are indeed sincerely attached. It's just that they picked up knives and fought against their former comrades, and they still felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. ”

"Hmm!" nodded, but Wang Xu didn't have any good way for a while, and after a long time, he spoke: "Since this is the case, then the generals should pay attention in the future, pay more attention to the Yellow Turban Soldiers, and praise and encourage the Yellow Turban Soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, pay more attention to discipline on weekdays, and absolutely do not discriminate or punish for no reason!" If there is a violator, I will punish him severely! ”

"We will obey the general's orders!"

Seeing that everyone agreed in unison, thinking that there was nothing to do, Wang Xu immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Julu is too obedient to Guo Dian's orders!" Order you to supervise Zhang He and the second general, take the troops and horses of the headquarters to garrison Jize, and curb Zhang Liang's southward road, there must be no mistake! As he spoke, he quickly grabbed an arrow on the handsome case and threw it out.

"No! Guo Dian will not be dishonored! As soon as the arrow came out, Guo Dian didn't dare to slack off, and immediately got up to respond.

"Where is Gao Shun!"

"The last general!" Gao Shun, who was called, suddenly stood up from the mattress.

"Let you lead Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Ma Yan, and Zhang Yi to gather 10,000 horses and garrison the mound ten miles south of Jize. Guo Taishou and Chun Yuqiong, who responded to Ji Ze, can act cheaply! As he spoke, another arrow flew out of Wang Xu's hand.

"No!"

Seeing Gao Shun receiving the order, Wang Xu nodded, and then shouted: "Military Sima Zhang Jing, where is Han Meng, the former official!" ”

"The last general!"

"Let the two of you be the vanguard, and lead five thousand Yellow Turban soldiers to set off to attack Guangping immediately, and be sure to capture it before our army arrives tomorrow!"

"No!"

The two of them were very happy to answer the order, but the arrow in Wang Xu's hand did not fly out immediately, and after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but admonish: "Although the Guangping Yellow Turban has only a thousand old and weak soldiers according to the spies, you should not be careless. Moreover, Ji Ze was captured by us this morning, and Zhang Liang had already stationed troops in Julu County. I think Guangzong's side has also received the news now, maybe they have also sent reinforcements, although Guangzong is far away, but you two must look at the shape in the past, don't be careless, even if you retreat, you can't be defeated, you can't frustrate the spirit of my army. ”

As soon as Wang Xu's words came out, Zhang Jing nodded seriously. But Han Meng had just been ordered, and he was about to express his expression, so he immediately couldn't help but reply: "Just a thousand old and weak, if you don't take it, Han Meng will die to apologize!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile lightly, didn't say anything more, and threw the arrow in his hand suddenly. "Go ahead!"

Seeing that the two of them immediately turned around and left, Wang Xu turned around and glanced at the generals in the hall, and shouted loudly: "The rest of the generals will follow me to the east!" ”

"We will obey the general's orders!"

With the end of the military discussion, Wang Xu also relaxed temporarily and went back to the county government with Xu Shu to rest. And since the moment he left the council hall, Zhou Zhi's mouth had not been heard, and he muttered and complained that Wang Xu had let Zhang Jing go on the expedition, but he was still a small guard commander.

Wang Xu rarely scolded Zhou Zhi again this time, but explained with a smile, saying that now is not the time, but Zhou Zhi obviously didn't believe it much.

But in fact, Wang Xu really felt that he was not suitable, although Zhou Zhi was very smart, good at thinking and pondering people's hearts, and he had also accumulated a lot of practical experience. But he doesn't know anything about the art of war, and if he is allowed to lead the army, it is definitely a very dangerous thing. However, Wang Xu didn't explain much, because he was already planning to write things such as "The Art of War" and Zhuge Liang's "Twenty-four Articles on the Art of War" in his mind. I can't remember the original text, but I can probably make one.

However, he didn't say it to Zhou Zhi, first, he hoped that Zhou Zhizhi would accumulate more practical experience, but hoped to surprise him. After all, with Zhou Zhi's character, once he knew about this, he would immediately pester him every day, and put his mind to it, which would be a waste of valuable growth time.

After returning to Jize County Mansion, Wang Xu casually found a room in the inner courtyard, ignored Zhou Zhi's complaints, and asked someone to change the bed and sleep with his head covered and a clean quilt. Of course, Xu Shu didn't dare to sleep with him, so in order to avoid everyone's attention, she rested in the next room.

Zhou Zhi saw that the two of them ignored him, and Huai Cai sighed a lot, and also sadly found a house to sleep. Of course, according to him, it was to go to the dark and silently lick the wounds!

However, Wang Xu didn't sleep long, and just after nightfall, he was woken up by his big axe cavalry on duty, saying that the sect member had something to look for him.

In a daze, Wang Xu reluctantly met with the sect member, but when the other party saw his first words, he fell asleep completely, and his eyes widened instantly.

"General Wang, good news! Zhang Jing and Han Meng, with the help of the long-missing Guangping County Commander, took Guangping bloodlessly. Zhang Jing asked people to come to report the letter, and instructed that he must convey to you what he said. ”