Zhang Fei swung his spear and knocked off a sneak attack crossbow arrow, driving his horse to chase the enemy, but those Xiliang cavalry had already run away, Zhang Fei scolded angrily, grabbed the reins of the horse and looked back at the crooked corpses of people and horses on the ground behind him, among which there were enemies and their own people.

"Clean up the battlefield 1

Zhang Fei roared, he urged the horse to run to the periphery, the battlefield gradually quieted down, in the field where the snow was not very thick, there were a few crows standing on the dead branches in the distance, sneakily looking at the battlefield here, waiting for the opportunity to feast.

Zhang Fei looked around, while tearing off the strips of cloth wrapped around the handle of the spear, these strips of cloth soaked in blood had dried and frozen, and when they were torn, they would be torn apart, making a 'hissing' sound, Zhang Fei carefully wrapped new strips of cloth around the handle of the spear, and the battle could happen again at any time.

These Xiliang cavalry have been extremely active recently, sometimes even running to the vicinity of Yongqiu, even Chen Liucheng is three times a day, Zhang Fei had to issue a large number of battlefield search and clearance tasks in various cities, but the mobility of these Xiliang cavalry is too strong, and the troops of the aliens can find the enemy immediately, and they will be quickly pursued and annihilated, and it is not easy to encircle and ambush these Xiliang cavalry.

Zhang Fei this time under Zhuge Jin's planning, it was not easy to block the way of the Xiliang cavalry, but the flexible and capable tactics of the Xiliang cavalry, and the fierce and fearless style of play still made Zhang Fei helpless, although this battle was a small success, but it did not form an effective blow to the other party, and the fleeing Xiliang cavalry will become a threat behind Zhang Fei, and it has even become more difficult to block them again.

The unhappy Zhang Fei led the army back to the grievance, and Zhuge Jin knew what the result was when he saw Zhang Fei's expression.

"Second general, no matter how much you beat the soldiers, you can't change the facts, the enemy cavalry is stronger than us, we must admit this."

Zhang Fei hatefully kicked the soldier who was cowering on the ground, kicked him to the ground, and then threw down the horsewhip and strode in.

Zhuge Jin shook his head and ordered the guards to help the soldier down to heal his wounds. He slowly followed Zhang Fei to the barracks.

"Second General, how is the battle?"

"Hmph, let that thief run away1

"Second general, with a short blow and a long blow, it would be good to be able to block them, there is still a chance, but it is winter now. The terrain was in their favor, and it was obviously impossible to encircle and annihilate these cavalry in one fell swoop. ”

"Cavalry, cavalry! Dry! I hate cavalry the most1

Zhang Fei didn't know what he remembered, he suddenly became furious, and kicked over the desk in front of him, and the scrolls, papers and other things on it were scattered all over the ground.

Zhuge Jin stepped forward. Picked up a piece of paper full of handwriting and looked at it, ignoring the angry Zhang Fei.

"The words of the second general seem to have improved again, and the strength has become more and more subtle, this is called implicit but not revealing, right?"

"General, I don't know martial arts, but I often hear generals say that their strength cannot be exhausted, is there such a thing? Just like this word, what is sharp is better than what is not revealed will make people feel more powerful? ”

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, took a few deep breaths, walked to a round stool on the side and sat down, waved his hand and said, "I know, the military advisor doesn't have to beat around the bush, and I also know that it's useless to be angry." But this breath is uncomfortable in my chest, every time I touch the cavalry, I have no way, since Youzhou was like this at that time1

"The second general can work hard to improve the level of the cavalry formation and the level of riding skills1

"It's something that can be done overnight, but I will."

Zhuge Jin smiled and walked to another round stool and sat down, rolled up the paper in his hand, and stuffed it into the cuffs.

"Strategist. You are," Zhang Fei asked, pointing to Zhuge Jin's hand.

Zhuge Jin smiled: "Hehe, collect one or two." ”

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and shook his head helplessly.

"Strategist, you really have a lot of leisure. Now that the war is like this, aren't you in a hurry at all? ”

"What's the use of being anxious, now the main force of the Cao army is coming west, the situation on the battlefield has changed, attacking, we can't attack, defending, the enemy's cavalry is too rampant, if you want to change this situation, the only way to change this situation is to lure the enemy out, but after we withdrew the grievances, the enemy army did not move."

"Hey! 1 Zhang Fei sighed heavily and smashed his fist on his leg.

"Cao Cao's idea is likely to be to defend the north and attack in the south, in the north, drag the second general with the strongest combat power, and in the south, he will actively attack, trying to take Yingchuan and gain a strategic advantage, if Yingchuan is lost, the situation of Si Li will be very bad.1

"Yingchuan! Cao Cao may not be able to take it down1

"It's hard to say, judging from the comparison of soldiers and soldiers, Cao Cao still has spare strength, and it is already difficult for our army to draw troops to Yingchuan." Zhuge Jin said, restrained his smile and frowned, looked sideways at the huge map hanging on the side and said, "And I still have a worry." ”

"Worried? What to worry about? ”

"Second general, look, Jiyin County is really heavy?"

"Jiyin County is naturally very important, Jiyin County is Shanyang, Rencheng"

"Hehe, you see, there are only four cities left in Jiyin County now, and two in Shanyang County, is Jiyin County really that important? Is it worth Cao Cao to invest five legions in this direction, more than 200,000 soldiers? If Cao Cao suddenly abandoned Jiyin County and threw all these soldiers into the southern part of Chenliu and the direction of Yingchuan, what did the second general think? ”

"Is this possible?"

"What's impossible, Cao Cao can abandon Taishan, Lujun, and Rencheng to remove Yuan Shao's threat in one fell swoop, why can't he use Jiyin and Shanyang to exchange Chenliu Nanan and Yingchuan, once this exchange is established, the situation of our army will be very bad, and Jingzhou and Sili will be separated."

"Wait, how can it be separated, isn't it still possible to go straight from Wancheng to Luoyang?"

"It's all a mountain road, and it can't be a strategic passage at all."

"So how do we deal with it?"

Zhuge Jin shook his head: "It's best if you can seize the opponent's living force for a decisive battle, if you can't, then you can only see the move1."

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes: "The military advisor means that you can't covet the battle exploits in front of you, right?" I understand, if Cao's army goes south, we will also follow it and destroy the enemy's living forces first, that's right, right? ”

Zhuge Jin grinned and nodded, "That's what it means." The general had better be ready at any time, I am afraid that the injustice will not be a place to stay for a long time, and the iron army is on the other side"

"The military advisor is worried that the Iron Army will take the opportunity to become bigger?"

"It's possible, but there's no point in worrying about it now, I mean, if we move south, then encourage the Iron Army to go south and attack Dingtao and other places. They are advised to plunder the population. ”

"Plundering the population? Won't they take the opportunity to occupy it? ”

"Hehe, the second general should not underestimate the aliens, they will not take the big and empty road, take the opportunity to concentrate the population, and it is more acceptable to become a big city, we hope that he can do it behind Cao Cao's back. Help us contain Cao Cao somewhat. ”

In the middle of October of the tenth year of Guangxi, Xun You really used Yan Xing's cavalry to harass everywhere as Zhuge Jin expected, and after creating all kinds of illusions, Xun You, Le Jin, and Cao Hong suddenly led the army south, stormed Xiangyi, and then took Yuanxian. I will collapse without a fight.

Xun You's goal was directly aimed at Fugou, Gao Lan suffered the enemy on his back, and Zhang Fei led his troops to rush south, stationed in Yongqiu, and in turn counterattacked Xiangyi, trying to cut off Xun You's back road in Yuanxian County, but Xun You didn't care about Zhang Fei's actions at all, but attacked Fugou with heavy troops. Together with Xiahou Yuan, he defeated Gao Ran in Fugou and captured Fugou, and Gao Ran led the remnants of the army to retreat to Wei's.

Immediately, Xing Shen sent a letter to Meng on Shen Zang, Shen Zang, and Ou Shan, Ou Shan, and Ou >≡Shan, and Ou Shan, and Shen Shen, and sent a letter to Meng and Meng, and sent a letter to Meng and Meng to Shen Zang, and to be angry Zhang Fei then recaptured Xiangyi and Yuanxian, but Fugou was guarded by Cao Hong, and then Yan Xing reappeared, active in Yongqiu, Yuanxian, and Xiangyi, and held back Zhang Fei's troops.

At the beginning of November, Yanling was lost, Cao Cao's siege of Xuchang was formed, and Liu Bei's situation was not very good.

In the city of Xuchang, Liu Bei was holding a military meeting to discuss the current bad situation, Liu Bei's face was very bad, with a bitter and bitter look, and his bloodshot eyes made people look very haggard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is not good now, Xuchang is in danger, once Xuchang is lost, Yingchuan will not be protected, Yingchuan will be lost, Jingzhou and Sili's traffic will be blocked, our army's situation is very bad, do you have any clever strategies to solve the current crisis?"

Liu Bei's words fell, and the hall was quiet, only the sound of charcoal fire in the corner was sizzling, Liu Bei glanced left and right, and the wrinkles on his face became tighter and tighter.

"My lord, there is no clever strategy, only a way to fight to the death1

Sun Gan said loudly, this statement won the approval of most of the generals, but Liu Bei didn't seem to be very satisfied, just nodded noncommittally.

Pang Yuan looked at the high-spirited Sun Gan, pressed the fan in his hand and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that Lord Sun's statement is very right, there is no other good way now, only to fight to the death, as long as Cao Cao can be defeated under Xuchang City, then everything is easy to say, our army still maintains a good strategic situation, and Cao Cao can't attack for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be other voices inside, plus Yuan Shao digests the three counties of Taishan, he will definitely make a difference." Therefore, time is in our army's favor, and it is a good choice to hold on. ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Isn't there a way to turn defeat into victory?" ”

"Lord, strategically, no! However, partially, if General Zhang Fei can be liberated and let him not shrink back and take care of Yongqiu and Chen Liu, there may be some turnaround, of course, provided that Xuchang is not lost and Chen is not lost. ”

Liu Bei thought about it, it seems that there is no better way now, Cao Cao's intention is to use the key point of Xuchang to conduct a quick battle, the situation is already difficult to reverse, then the only way to delay the time of the war, and try to defeat Cao Cao under the city of Xuchang.

"Okay, order Zhuge Jin to take over the affairs of Chen Liujun, and Yide can move freely, mainly to kill and injure the enemy's living forces." To be continued...