Let's say that a few days after Zhang Xiu's marriage, he led the army out of Chang'an, and at this time Yuan Shaoshang and Gongsun Zan in the north were fighting. The division of this expedition was Jia Xu, and the generals were Hua Xiong, Xu Huang, and Hu Zhen, of which Zhang Xiu had 40,000 troops and Hua Xiong's department had 30,000 people, all of whom were cavalry.

The army came out of Chang'an, marched all the way to the east, passed the Qingni Pass, and set up a large camp after entering Wuguan. In fact, before Liu Biao recaptured Nanyang County from Yuan Shu, part of the Sili area was occupied by Yuan Shu, but since Liu Biao recaptured Nanyang County, Li Ru ordered the army to recover the Sili area occupied by Yuan Shu.

Now that Dazhai has been established in front of Wuguan, and then eastward is Nanyang County, Zhang Xiu naturally immediately summoned Jia Xu, Hua Xiong, Xu Huang, and Hu Zhen to discuss how to enter the army.

In Zhang Xiu's big tent, Zhang Xiu sat on the main seat, and the four of them sat down, only to hear Zhang Xiu pointing to the map behind him and asking: "Everyone, now Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are fighting in the area of Xinye and Zaoyang, the west of Xinye is Shuishui, and the opposite bank is Deng County." After speaking, Zhang Xiu paused for a moment, then pointed to the location of Wancheng, and then continued: "This is Wancheng, the Nanyang Governance Office, go south along the water, you will go to Deng County, and then go south to Fancheng." The vicinity of Fancheng is the junction of the Huaishui and the Han River, and the south crossing the Han River is now Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou. ”

Turning around, Zhang Xiu continued: "That is to say, the place where Liu Biao and Yuan Shu fought is in the east of Deng County, halfway between Wancheng and Xiangyang. Whether it is Liu Biao or Yuan Shu, they are both intended to be in Nanyang County. And the most important thing in the counties of Nanyang County is naturally Wancheng. Our army is stationed in Wuguan, and they are all cavalry, if they go east, they can reach Wancheng in one day. Now there are only 8,000 soldiers left by Liu Biao to defend Wancheng, but if these 8,000 people defend to the death, our cavalry is not good at attacking the city, and there is nothing to be done. Yuan Shu has about 60,000 troops, Liu Biao has 30,000, but although Yuan Shu's army is many, it is no longer elite, most of them are temporary recruits, although Liu Biao's troops are small, but they are the elite who ambushed Sun Jian and recaptured Nanyang County in the hands of Yuan Shu, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose in the decisive battle between the two sides. ”

After shooting the four people with his eyes, Zhang Xiu said loudly: "In this case, I thought that the army would go directly to Wancheng, and if the defenders of Wancheng attacked lightly, we could take advantage of the situation to take Wancheng, so naturally it was the best." But if the defenders of Wancheng do not come out, but stick to the city, I will take an army outside Wancheng, not let the army in the city come out, and then lead the army to attack Deng County, along the way will destroy all the ferries on the west bank of the river, and then use Deng County as a barrier to garrison troops next to the water, preventing Liu Biao's army from crossing the river to the west to save Wancheng. ”

After saying this, Zhang Xiu asked, "What do you think?" ”

Hua Xiong, Xu Huang and Hu Zhen were all from martial arts, and after listening to Zhang Xiu's deployment for this battle, they all nodded their heads to say yes, while Jia Xu pondered for a while and said: "As far as the offensive deployment is concerned, the lord's arrangement can be described as exquisite. As long as Deng County is taken, the entire northern part of Nanyang County is in the hands of our army, if the eight thousand soldiers of Wancheng defend the city and we can't help him, if you dare to go out of the city, hum ......" The meaning of the words is self-evident, and after a pause, Jia Xu said again: "However, the lord may be able to link up with Yuan Shu to divide Jingzhou equally, and the lord will get Nanyang County, and Yuan Shu's Xiangyang and Nanjun (Jiangling) and Jiangxia three counties." In this way, whether Yuan Shuyun is allowed or not, he must be moved, and he will naturally drag Liu Biao's army for the lord and buy time for the lord. In addition to Wancheng, Nanyang County does not have many garrisons in the rest of the cities, and the lord only needs to capture Fancheng, which is equivalent to choking Liu Biao's throat, and then another army can take the counties of Nanyang County and Shangyong County in the west of Fancheng, which are not many garrisons. In this way, the north of the Han River and the west of the water are owned by the lord, and Wancheng can be described as a lonely city, and it is only a matter of time before it is taken. ”

Jia Xu's plan can be said to be based on Zhang Xiu's first step strategy to design Zhang Xiu's land to acquire Nanyang County and Shangyong County. Moreover, Zhang Xiu felt that there was nothing "poisonous" about Jia Xu's scheme, and in fact, the so-called "poisonous scheme" was also used helplessly when ordinary tactics could not work. Other top strategists like Jia Xu can naturally come up with a "poison plan", but they won't just say it directly like Jia Xu, so Jia Xu's name as a "poisoner" has been achieved.

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "The plan of the military advisor is very good, so my army will come out early tomorrow morning, and the target is Wancheng." ”

Everyone responded in unison: "No......"

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And when Zhang Xiu's army came out of Chang'an and settled in Wuguan, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao's scouts discovered the movements of Zhang Xiu's army. The 70,000 elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry put on a posture of marching eastward, and Yuan Shu and Liu Biao did not dare to underestimate it, but due to the problem of distance and communication, when Yuan Shu and Liu Biao received the news, Zhang Xiu's army had already gone straight from Wuguan to Wancheng.

Yuan Shu Camp Middle ......

After Yuan Shu received the news that Zhang Xiu's army had entered Wuguan and intended to advance eastward, he hesitated, and immediately summoned the strategists Yuan Lian, Yang Hong, and Yan Xiang to discuss. After Yuan Shu told the news to the three of them, Yan Xiang took the lead and said: "Congratulations to the lord, if the lord and Zhang Xiu form an alliance to discuss Liu Biao, then they can stand up to the land of Jingzhou." ”

When Yuan Jian heard this, he immediately objected: "No, Zhang Xiu is a tiger wolf in Kansai." Its courage is no less than that of Lu Bu, its wisdom is not bad, it is not an unscrupulous person, and there are generals Hua Xiong and Xu Huang under his command who have the courage of ten thousand people, and the lord has seen it before the Tiger Prison Pass, if he forms an alliance with Zhang Xiu, it can be said that he is plotting with the Tiger. He thought that when he immediately negotiated peace with Liu Biao, the two sides formed an alliance to discuss Zhang Xiu, and after Zhang Xiu was driven back to Guanxi, it would not be too late for our army to fight with Liu Biao for Nanyang County. The lord of Guy has the support of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and Liu Biao only has one Xiangyang and Nanjun, and the four counties of Jingnan are not owned by Liu Biao, so it is only a matter of time before the lord wants to seize Nanyang County or destroy Liu Biao. If you form an alliance with Zhang Xiu, it will be able to attack the land of Nanyang County, and you can attack Yuzhou in the east, and Jingzhou in the south. ”

Yuan Lian's words had to be said to be very reasonable, but after Yan Xiang heard it, he retorted: "Yao Qing's words are wrong. I want Zhang Xiu to rely on only the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but Jingzhou has many rivers, and the northern army does not know water, so it can only occupy a county in Nanyang in the north. If Zhang Xiu, destroy Liu Biao, although the water army of the lord is defeated by Liu Biao, but according to the Han River and stop Zhang Xiu from going south, it is more than enough, so that the lord can stand most of Jingzhou, only need to build a large number of warships, show the water army, so that the water army is stronger than Zhang Xiu, so Zhang Xiu can only look at the river and sigh. ”

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