Here, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu to arrange it, and Jia Xu took the order and left. In less than three days, Jia Xu came to see Zhang Xiu and said: "Your Majesty, if the grain storage point is exposed now, Cao Cao will not be fooled." In addition, the large battalion of our army was stationed in a group, and it was difficult to lure Cao's army out. Our army should be scattered and set up camps to confuse Cao's army. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he frowned and asked, "Our army is not many, if we are scattered and set up camps, won't we be defeated by Cao's army one by one?" And since our army's battalion is scattered and the nearby roads are cut off, wouldn't it be more difficult for Cao's army to come out? ”

Jia Xu heard it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't you hear the truth that the truth is false, and the truth is false." Moreover, our army is not going to attack, but it is just setting up a large camp in Puyang City outside the city. And if a battalion was broken by Cao's army, it would only lose a few soldiers, and it would not hurt the muscles and bones. However, if our army sets up more camps around Puyang to encircle Puyang, first of all, Cao's army will have no food to support, and secondly, when Cao's army sees our army like this, it must think that our army is going to fight with it for a long time, and now the situation in the world is favorable to our army, so it will definitely stimulate Cao Cao and make him more anxious to break our army. In addition, when Cao Jun saw that our army had set up more camps outside Puyang City, he thought that our army was all here, so he must have thought that there were not many soldiers in the land where the grain was stored, and there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

After Zhang Xiu heard it, he couldn't help but praise: "Wenhe is a good plan that is false, and it is real, and it is false." Cao Cao will definitely be defeated this time! ”

Jia Xu couldn't help but smile and said: "This is also a situation that is very good for our army, so we can do this." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "In this way, let's do it according to Wenhe's plan." ”

Zhang Xiu's order was issued, and the major generals under his command immediately obeyed the order. Cao Xing, Wu Anguo and others will set up a big village in the south of the city, the north of the city and the east of the city respectively, and there are several small villages in addition to the big village, forming a complete encirclement of Puyang City. Hua Xiong and Pang De alternately led 3,000 cavalry to patrol back and forth outside the city every day, thinking that they were deterrent.

Cao Cao saw that Zhang Xiu, whose strength was still smaller than him, dared to besiege the city, and such an arrogant behavior made Cao Cao extremely angry, and once asked Lu Yi, Cao Ang, Dian Wei and others to send troops to attack Zhang Xiu's camp. It's just that as soon as he saw Cao Jun come out, the cavalry at Zhang Xiu's base camp rushed out.

These cavalrymen also knew that the soldiers trained by Koji Yi were powerful, and they did not engage in close combat with Cao's army at all. Instead, they carried out a rushing attack when Cao's army attacked the camp. These cavalrymen are naturally far inferior to the flying feather archers and cloud cavalry when it comes to running and shooting, but with the help of stirrups, it is not too difficult for the cavalry to run and shoot.

The cavalry's rush and the non-commissioned officers in the battalion guarded the battalion, so that Cao's army returned in vain every time. There were a few successes, that is, several small villages were broken, and after Cao Jun retreated, these small villages were re-established. Cao Cao also tried to bring out most of the soldiers in Puyang City and attack one of the large camps. However, in this way, Zhang Xiu's other major battalions marched together, stormed Puyang City on three sides and divided their troops to cut off the road for Cao's army to return to the city.

If Cao Cao wanted to break through, he would obviously succeed. But now for Puyang City, the only big city in the west of Yanzhou, Cao Cao knew that it was easy to abandon. Abandoning this city meant giving up the entire Yanzhou, which was extremely disadvantageous to Cao Cao.

After discussing with Xun You, Liu Ye and others, Cao Cao also knew that Zhang Xiu did this only to force Cao Jun to withdraw from Puyang. If Puyang can't withstand it, Zhang Xiu's army will form a siege of Qingzhou, and then he will only be trapped in one state, and Cao Cao will know that he will definitely die. For Puyang, he can't give up. Therefore, after seeing Zhang Xiu's army taking advantage of his army to go out of the city, he attacked Puyang, and had no choice but to collect his troops and return to the city.

If so, it was entangled for nearly ten days, making Cao Cao completely helpless. And as time passed, Cao Cao's heart became more and more anxious, and with the siege of Puyang, the news was completely blocked.

In the afternoon of this day, Sima Yi rushed into the Taishou Mansion in a hurry, and said to Cao Cao with great joy: "Prime Minister, the spies have already found Zhang Xiujun's grain store!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, the whole person suddenly got up, and asked urgently, "Where is it?" ”

Sima Yi replied: "This embroidery is also cunning, and it has no separate grain storage at all. After the grain and grass were transported to the water village in the north through the water army, they were not transported to the grain storage point, but directly placed in the water village. ”

Cao Cao heard it and said in surprise: "Put it directly in the water village? Isn't it easy for such grain and grass to get wet? ”

Sima Yi heard this, shook his head and said: "Maybe Zhang Xiu has a means to prevent moisture, Zhang Xiu has always been a strange method." Those thunderbolts have already made us suffer a lot, and it is not surprising that they have means of moisture protection. And even if there is not, Zhang Xiu's army is more than 70,000, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is huge, but I am afraid that the grain and grass have not yet been damp and have been used. ”

Cao Cao heard this, and couldn't help but praise: "What a Zhang Xiu, ordinary people use soldiers, and they are worried that the grain and grass will be damp when stored near the water, so they do the opposite." It took our army ten days in vain to explore the grain station. ”

At this time, Xun You and Liu Ye also came, and after hearing what Cao Cao said, Liu Ye said: "Prime Minister, will there be fraud in this?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said: "The prime minister has fought with Zhang Xiu many times, this is just like his usual means, and there should be no fraud." ”

Xun You also opened his mouth at this time and said: "Ziyang, you are too suspicious. ”

Liu Ye heard it, so he said, "Ye is just reminding me." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongda, you immediately prepare flammable firewood, grass, fire oil and other things, and tonight Benxiang will personally lead five thousand elites to burn Zhang embroidery grain and grass!" After speaking, Cao Cao's eyes sparkled.

When Xun You heard this, his face changed, and he said, "It's too risky for the lord to do this. The matter of burning grain only needs to be handed over to the general, so why do you need the lord to do it personally. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said: "Back then, the blind date led the elite and burned Yuan Shao's grain and grass to have a great victory in Guandu." Today's crisis is far better than back then, and the prime minister should take the lead and boost morale! You don't need to persuade you anymore. These words were obviously said to Xun You and Liu Ye.

When they heard this, they were silent for a while. Xun Youcai opened his mouth and said: "Lord, now Puyang City is surrounded by Zhang Xiu on all sides......

Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi said: "Gongda doesn't need to worry, Yi has a plan for the prime minister's army to sneak out of the encirclement and attack the water village." ”

Cao Cao heard this, smiled and asked, "Zhongda, come and talk carefully." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "Prime Minister, although Zhang Xiu is now divided into various large and small camps, it is still in Zhang Xiu's base camp. The prime minister only needs to send an army to attack Zhang Xiu's camp directly, and the nearby camp is afraid that Zhang Xiu will lose, so he will definitely save him. In this way, the rest of the camp was transferred, and the prime minister could take advantage of the chaotic situation to sneak attack Zhang Xiushui Village beyond the encirclement and burn Zhang Xiu's army grain and grass! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Zhongda is really good." Without further ado, we'll act immediately tonight. Zhong Da now went to prepare flammable materials, and then sent an order to Lu Yi to lead the troops to attack Zhang Xiu's camp tonight to lead his army away. Gongda, Ziyang, Puyang City will be handed over to you to guard. ”

After Xun You and Liu Ye glanced at each other, they responded in unison: "No! ”

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The sky soon darkened, and Lu Yi led an army of 50,000 first, opened the west city gate, and then killed Zhang Xiu's camp. As Sima Yi expected, as soon as the army of Koyi came out, on the east, south, and north, Cao Xing, Wu Anguo and others would immediately lead the army and rush to rescue Zhang Xiu's camp.

After Cao Cao saw it, he knew that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately led five thousand elites with Cao Ang, Sima Yi, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, crossed the encirclement, and looked north.

After Cao Cao left, Puyang City was too guarded in the mansion, and Xun You said to Liu Ye: "Ziyang, for some reason, You always feels that there is fraud in it. ”

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Ye doesn't have this kind of thought in his heart. Ye also inquired about Zhongda's tone, in fact, he also felt this way, but as the prime minister said, there is no other way than to burn grain now. Zhong Da said, as a courtier, if we don't support the prime minister, I'm afraid that if we don't have to fight this battle, we will lose. Moreover, Feng Xiao's letter also said that grain and grass should be an opportunity to fight back. ”

Xun You heard this, shook his head and said: "You and Feng Xiao have known each other since Yingchuan Academy, and I always feel that Feng Xiao's letter doesn't seem to mean this, but You can't guess it. ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he asked, "Gongda has asked the messenger about the situation at that time. ”

Xun You smiled bitterly: "I have already asked, and the one who sent the letter was a scholar of Fengxiao." The final strategy to break the enemy was written when Feng Xiao suddenly woke up when he was dying. And the words of Tuo Gu before were written in advance. The boy said that since Feng Xiao left, he has been thinking hard about how to break the enemy every day, and his body has deteriorated every day, and finally he can't stand it. However, Tong Ziyan said that after Feng Xiao wrote this letter, he died of three laughs. According to the Feng Xiao you know, since he laughed three times, he must be completely sure. ”

Liu Ye heard this, frowned and said, "Feng Xiao is completely sure of things, how can we feel that it is inappropriate." ”

Xun You smiled bitterly: "You are also troubled by this. ”

Liu Ye heard it and muttered: "Grain and grass counterattack ......"-

This article is transferred from Shushu.com--At this moment, someone outside suddenly reported: "Report to the two gentlemen, Qingzhou Urgent!" ”

Xun You's expression froze, and he hurriedly said, "Spread quickly!" ”

After a while, a person walked in, and when Xun You saw it, he asked in surprise: "Changwen, why are you here?" "The person who came was Chen Qun. You must know that Chen Qun has always been in charge of internal affairs, and it is impossible to run to the front line for nothing, Xun You was naturally surprised when he saw it.

I saw Chen Qun's face dusty, and his clothes were also tattered, and they were covered with mud. I saw Chen Qun take a few breaths and said, "Gongda, something is wrong, Linzi was broken by Sun Ce's army." Wen Ruo and the second prince led the army to escort His Majesty to Jinan. The group was ordered to report to the lord, but unfortunately Puyang was surrounded before and the group could not enter. ”

Xun You and Liu Ye heard it, and at the same time, Huo Ran got up and lost his voice: "Linzi has been breached? How can it be! ”

Chen Qun took a light breath and said, "Wen Ruo said that Sun Ce may have come from the sea and landed in Donglai County to enter Qingzhou. At that time, no one realized that Sun Ce's night attack was successful. We will only have time to escort His Majesty away. ”

Liu Ye heard this, and the whole person sat on the ground and muttered, "It's a big trouble this time......

Xun You sighed helplessly, and then asked, "What else did Uncle say?" ”

Chen Qun shook his head and said, "Wen Ruo didn't say anything, but Boyi (Guo Yizi) sent a letter, saying that it was a draft transcript of Feng Xiao's strategy to break the enemy before his death. He said that handing it over to Gongda might help you. ”

After Xun You took it, he immediately opened it, there were not many records recorded in it, and it seemed that Guo Jia knew that his life was short. was afraid that others would not know what he thought, so he asked Guo Yi to record most of the ideas in it that Guo Jia himself denied.

Xun You flipped through the pages one by one, and when he saw the last one, it was written on it, "Fire attack and burn grain, it is not feasible, but the enemy will ambush you." ”

When Xun You saw it, his face became extremely ugly, and he said dejectedly: "It's over, the lord has a plan!" ”

When Liu Ye heard this, he immediately rushed to Xun You's side and asked, "Gongda, what's wrong?" ”

Xun You didn't speak, just pointed to the transcript sent by Guo Yi. Seeing what was written above, Liu Ye's face also changed greatly. However, Liu Ye quickly settled down and asked: "Since Feng Xiao knows that this plan is inappropriate, why is it still written that grain and grass are fighting back?" ”

As soon as Liu Ye finished speaking, he suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "That's right!" Liu Ye heard that someone followed him to finish speaking, and hurriedly looked over and found that it was Xun You.

I saw Xun You hurriedly said: "It's not to burn the grain and grass immediately, but to use the grain and grass to lead Zhang Xiu out and ambush it!" After finishing speaking, Xun You suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "Fengxiao, Fengxiao, if you leave for half a day, we will not be defeated!" ”

Liu Ye heard it and said hurriedly: "Gongda, there is still a chance before the end." The prime minister has not been out of the city for too long, Ye will chase after him with a fast horse now, there is still a chance! ”

Xun You heard it, nodded and said, "What Ziyang said is reasonable!" After speaking, he shouted: "Come on, quickly lead the war horse!" After drinking, he said to Liu Ye: "Ziyang, please do everything." ”

Liu Ye nodded heavily and said, "Gongda, you must guard Puyang." After speaking, he immediately rushed out of the Taishou Mansion, jumped on the war horse that the soldiers had just led, and went out of the city to look at the north of the city.

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At this time, at Zhang Xiu's camp, Zhang Renzheng commanded the soldiers of the Luoyang Corps to resist the attack of the Liyi army according to the camp wall, and secretly said in his heart: "Your Majesty, you must succeed!" ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Ren shouted: "Archer, don't stop, shoot on your back!" Shoot from the back! Sword and shield hand resist! Pikeman, Thrust! Kill! ”

As Zhang Yi's order was issued, the soldiers of the Luoyang Corps obeyed the order, and the sharp arrows were released in clusters and shot into the army of Liyi. The sword and shield men were at the front, preventing the Koji army from easily climbing over the camp wall, and the pikemen did not stop attacking. It's just that Koji Yi seemed to have decided it, completely ignoring the loss of soldiers and soldiers, and launched an attack desperately.

In the middle of the battle, a loud shout came from the left: "Beihai Wu Anguo is here!" At the same time, there was also a person on the right who shouted: "Shangdang Cao Xing is here!" ”

Seeing that Wu Anguo and Cao Xing led the two armies to arrive first, Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief. However, even if the two of them led the army to come, the soldiers of the Luoyang Corps here were not enough for 30,000, and against the 50,000 elite Cao army,