Ordering Cao Zhang to lead the troops was really unexpected by everyone, but how did everyone know that Cao Cao had to do this. (.) It is a recognized fact that there are many fierce generals under Zhang Xiu, and they are all the kind of generals in the army who take the head of the general like a bag.

There are many generals under Cao Cao who can command the army, but the fierce generals are not as good as Zhang Xiu. And now that Cao Cao has divided several armies to attack, the generals are naturally more scattered, and there are not many people who can take out their hands to defeat Zhang Xiu's generals. The battle of defeating the reinforcements at the two levels is an extremely important step for Cao Cao, and there is no room for mistakes, so Cao Cao must report that he will send both the fierce generals and the generals who can command the troops.

However, this is where the problem arises. The generals Cao Cao can send out now are Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who are strong in martial arts, don't look down on those generals in Cao's camp whose martial arts are lower than them. And Cao Cao's subordinates can shock the two of them, and the only generals who can shock the two of them are the Xiahou brothers, and it is obviously impossible for the Xiahou brothers to come now.

In desperation, Cao Cao had to use Cao Zhang as the commander, and then let Li Dian be the deputy, and Xun You as the military advisor of the army. Li Dian and Xun You are both old ministers, it can be said that they watched Cao Zhang grow up, and Cao Zhang would consult the two of them from time to time when he learned the art of war and strategy. Therefore, it is best to let the two of them assist Cao Zhang with one article and one martial arts, and Cao Zhang has the identity of the son of the Cao family, plus although he is young, he has good martial arts, and he can barely shock Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Of course, this Wei Qiang is more about not letting the two of them act at will and obey orders.

In fact, Cao Cao was helpless in his heart, he couldn't figure out where Zhang Xiu had found so many generals who were not only superb in martial arts, but also had the ability to command troops. This type of general can be said to be only one in a hundred or hundreds of years, but Zhang Xiu's generals can't be counted on one hand, which is obviously a bit excessive.

The gossip was not mentioned, and after Cao Zhang received the order, he set off with Li Dian, Xun You, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou to lead the army, and Cao Cao did not slack off, and personally led the army to Guancheng.

Since Cao Zhang's army on this road would be best if it could successfully sneak attack, Xun You suggested that Cao Zhang lead the army to march day and night, and Cao Zhang also listened to Xun You's words. Cao Zhang led the army to the west by passing through Meishan in the south of Guancheng, avoiding the ears and eyes of Zhang Xiu's scouts. Since Cao Zhang-had not yet found out where the reinforcements from the two passes were, the army was only stationed at the foot of the southwest of Meishan, and then sent a large number of scouts out to inquire about the news. Here Zhang Xiu still doesn't know about Cao Zhang's army, but Cao Cao came north with a lot of fanfare from Yang Zhai, and the scouts have already reported the news to Zhang Xiu.

Guancheng was the former capital of the Xia Dynasty, it was called Yangcheng at that time, and the capital was also built here after the Tang destroyed the Xia, and it was called Hao. Since the Shang Dynasty moved the capital, it has been the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it has become prosperous again. The state of Yi and the state of Guanguo respectively built their capitals here, and because the country was the capital for a long time, it was called the city of Guan. Later, Zheng State and Korea also built their capitals here, so it was renamed Xinzheng, and then Qin unified the world, and then to the Han Dynasty, and changed to Guancheng again. According to Zhang Xiu's understanding of later generations, after Guancheng was renamed Zhengzhou, it was the thoroughfare of Kyushu, and as long as it was peacetime, it was extremely prosperous here.

At this time, after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, Guancheng has long been without the style of the ancient capital in the pre-Qin period, nor has it been prosperous as the hinterland of China and the thoroughfare of Kyushu in later generations. Therefore, Zhang Xiu's army was not stationed in the old city of Guancheng, but set up a large battalion outside the city, so that it was better and more convenient to use troops.

In the camp tent of Zhang Xiu in Guancheng, everyone was impressively listed.

I only heard Zhang Xiu ask Jia Xu first: "Wenhe, Cao's army is coming from afar, isn't our army waiting here?" ”

As soon as Ma Chao heard Zhang Xiu's tone, he thought that there was a battle to fight, so he immediately came out and hugged his fists and said: "Lord, I am more than willing to be the front!" Zhang Xiu could only smile helplessly at Ma Chao's belligerence, "waved his hand and continued to look at Jia Xu."

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Lord, now there are only 30,000 troops, if you take the initiative to attack, I am afraid that the troops will not be enough, so it is better to gather the troops as soon as possible at this time." And our army's forces are scattered at this time, and it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of it! ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and muttered: "Easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy? Could it be Cao Cao's idea to prepare to fight a two-way army? ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "There is this possibility, so I think that the Lord should send someone to remind Ziquan and Liangguan from Yanzhou to come to Wenyuan and them." ”

"Cao Cao dares to boldly divide his troops at this time? It's possible! Thinking of Cao Cao's determination in every major battle in history, as well as all kinds of tricks that seemed to be risky, but could often reverse the defeat, Zhang Xiu felt that Cao Cao had the possibility of dividing his troops.

Zhang Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "Wenhe, if Cao Cao divides his troops, how should our army deal with it?" ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said, "One of them is naturally to respond. Helplessly, Cao Cao's attack on Yanzhou Wei all the way or the way to the two passes, the lord sent cavalry to naturally pick them up quickly, which is a safe approach. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded when she heard this, and then continued to ask: "What Wen He said is the method of Suidu, isn't there also an adventure!" ”

Jia Xu nodded when he heard this, and said: "The lord can think about it, if Cao Cao divides his troops, his main force will definitely be weakened, then the way to take the risk is to directly attack his main force." Cao Jun was afraid of the lord's might and did not dare to rush in to attack the lord before the two armies came, but the lord was not afraid of Cao Jun.

The so-called snake fight seven inches, Cao Jun's seven inches are Cao Cao's main force, and Cao Jun's division of troops exposes his seven inches! ”

After a pause, Jia Xu continued to analyze: "Of course, this strategy is a risky strategy, and it is naturally good for our army to take advantage of the situation to break the main force of Cao's army, but if Cao Cao is defeated, the battle situation will tend to be stalemate." In addition, if our army does not save the Cao army's division of troops to attack all the way, I am afraid that the army will lose a lot on this road. If it is not bad as expected, if the Cao army wants to destroy one of the roads of our army, the strength of the army will inevitably be doubled, and the strength of the two armies is incomparably different, and Cao Cao wants to send the elite, so its main force except for the remnants of Zang Ba, there are not many soldiers who can fight. ”

Zhang Xiu listened to it for so long, and finally understood the meaning of Jia Xu's words. Jia Xu went around such a big prison, what he wanted to say was that since the Cao army divided its troops to attack, our army could plan and use the army attacked by Cao Jun as bait to drag Cao Cao's men and horses, and then Zhang Xiu personally led the army to quickly advance to break Cao Cao's main force. As long as Cao Cao's main force is broken, then the situation of this battle will be basically settled. Jia Xu specifically mentioned that Zang Ba was defeated all the way, but what he wanted to say was that Zhang Xiu had a great chance of winning. Zhang Xiu is also a battle-hardened person, so he naturally understands that the defeated army is actually very dangerous, if he can turn defeat into victory, the defeated army will naturally become a victorious army, and the morale will be revived and the combat power will be increased in vain. However, if it is defeated again and again, then the defeated army will rout and flee, dragging down the original elites even more.

After Zhang Xiu heard this, she could only smile bitterly in her heart, as soon as this Jia Xu made a plan, there would always be a little "poison" in it. Although he didn't say it in a grand manner, it was obvious that Jia Xu had calculated it himself. However, Zhang Xiu cannot deny that if Jia Xu's plan succeeds, then there will be no suspense in this battle. "Safe or risky?" Zhang Xiu asked such a question in his heart. After thinking about it, Zhang Xiu asked in a condensed voice: "Wenhe, which way do you think Cao Jun will divide his troops to attack?" Jia Xu looked at the west very firmly, and affirmed: "Wenyuan all the way!" ”

At this time, Hua Xiong next to him asked loudly: "In this case, why don't our army work together to deal with the road of Cao Jun's detachment first?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Even if Xu knows that they are going to attack this way, I don't know when or how to attack. Moreover, it is difficult to ensure that there is no plan of the enemy army to attack the west, and it only needs to lead our army to the west, and it is not impossible for Cao Cao's main force to attack Yanzhou again.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he could only smile bitterly in his heart, Jia Xu's words were obviously overturning the method that Fang Cai had said. According to Jia Xu, in fact, Lianglupu is in danger of being attacked. Moreover, Jia Xu's plan to attack the west, with Zhang Xiu's understanding, so many strategists under Cao Cao will definitely be able to come up with it. In this way, the seemingly risky plan mentioned by Jia Xu is actually the best way to deal with it. The lord attacked the main force of the Cao army, and it was naturally good to win, even if he couldn't completely break it, with the advantage of Zhang Xiu's cavalry, plus the speed of coming and going like the wind, he would not suffer. The one who will really suffer is the one who will be there.

"Bait ......" Thinking of the bait, Zhang Xiu carefully analyzed the situation over there. If you get your own reminder, with Zhang Liao's wisdom and Pang De's straw, even if the Cao army attacks with double the strength of the two of them, they may not be able to bargain too much. Cao Cao's generals, when the five sons of Ka first. Among them, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are under their own hands, Zhang Shao has just been picked by himself, and Yu Ban and Le Jin are not as good as the previous three. Of course, what Zhang Xiu didn't know was that Yu Ban and Lejin were not here. And with Zhang Liao's ability, there are very few people in Cao Jun who can make him suffer a big loss.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu already had a plan in his heart, and said loudly: "Pass the order, the army will immediately open and go south to attack Cao Cao's main force!" In addition, Wen Yuan was sent to inform him that his troops might be attacked by Cao's army, and told him to pay close attention to the situation and not be careless. And let Ziquan come quickly, be sure to arrive before the battle between our army and Cao Cao's main force, there must be no mistake! Everyone heard that Zhang Xiu had made up their minds, so they all agreed in unison.

After Zhang Xiu sent someone to inform Zhang Liao, the army took the initiative to go out and attack Cao Cao. And Cao Zhang's side has also found out the news of Zhang Liao's department, which is a hundred miles west of Guancheng and north of Meishan. After Cao Zhang found out the news, he immediately commanded the army to set off, with Yan Liang and Wen Chou each leading 100,000 troops as the vanguard, and carried out an overnight attack.

Why didn't Cao Zhang find out about Zhang Liao before, but now he suddenly found out. But after Zhang Liao received the news sent by Zhang Xiu, he was smart and knew Zhang Xiu's intentions. Zhang Liao was actually afraid that Cao Cao's army would suddenly return to the division after learning the news of Zhang Xiu's southward departure, so Zhang Xiu would have a lot of trouble, so he decided to expose Zhang Xiu's army before it attacked, "It took the initiative to expose it, lure Cao's army out and drag it here."

Cao Cao is using a plan, and Zhang Xiu is also using a plan, but see which side cooperates better. And after Zhang Liao learned of Zhang Xiu's intentions, his cooperation was still very good, and as soon as he took the initiative to expose, Cao Zhang immediately led the army forward.

At this time, in Zhang Liao's camp, Pang De asked Zhang Liao with some concern: "Wenyuan, the enemy was dark and I was dark before, and everyone was still safe. However, at this time, we took the initiative to expose our whereabouts, and the enemy was dark and clear, but De was a little worried.

Zhang Liao smiled slightly, put down a military book in his hand, and said: "Ling Ming, why should he worry, our army took the initiative to expose it, in order to cooperate with the actions of the lord's army. And in the past few days, we have also strengthened our vigilance, if Cao Jun comes to our army, he only needs to defend the camp, and if Cao Jun wants to attack, let him come. ”

Seeing Zhang Liao's confident look, Du De couldn't say anything, and continued to inspect the camp after retreating, at this time, he didn't dare to relax for a moment when he was cautious.

On the other side, Cao Jun, who had walked fifty miles in one night, stopped at dawn and found a hidden place to rest.

At noon, Cao Zhang found Li Dian, Xun You, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou. After a tiring night, Cao Chang saw Xun You's tired look, and said a little embarrassedly: "But Zhang is bothering Mr." ”

Xun You waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I don't know what the third prince is waiting for? ”

Cao Zhang nodded his head and said, "The scout just got the news that Zhang Liao's army did not set off for Guancheng today, but continued to rest in the camp, Zhang feels that there may be fraud in it!" ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou heard this, and the expressions that they didn't care much about were focused on Cao Zhang in vain, and they were very touched by the two of them, so they paid great attention to it.

Li Dian lowered his head and pondered for a moment before he said, "What the third prince said is reasonable. We couldn't find any news of Zhang Liao's department before, but suddenly we found their whereabouts. Now that they are in the camp again, there is indeed a possibility of deception! ”

Cao Zhang's heart was happy when he heard that Li Dian was sure of what he thought, but when his eyes swept to Xun You's face, Cao Zhang asked puzzledly: "Looking at Mr.'s appearance, it seems that he already knew Zhang Liao's arrangement?" ”

Xun You smiled and said, "But I can't hide it from the third son." Zhang Liao took the initiative to reveal his whereabouts, but in fact, it was a bait, in order to cooperate with Zhang Xiu's main force! ”

Cao Zhang heard it and said in surprise: "Cooperate with Zhang Xiu's main force?" Next to him, Li Dian, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou also threw incomprehensible preparations to Xun You.

Seeing this, Xun Yu nodded slightly and said: "Zhang Liao cooperated with Zhang Xiu in order to hold back our army so that Zhang Xiu could attack the prime minister's department in a hurry!" When Cao Zhang heard this, he got up and lost his voice: "Isn't it dangerous for my father to be like this?" ”

Seeing this, Xun You waved his hand and said: "The third prince is a little restless, since the pastor knows about this matter, the prime minister will naturally have some arrangements." Cao Zhang heard this, and then calmed down and asked, "What does Mr. think Zhang should do at this time?" Xun You smiled slightly and said: "The third prince naturally wants to try his best to break Zhang Liao's department at this time, and he will be the prime minister."