Chapter Twenty-Six: The Surprise Attack on Xiatao County (2)
In the big tent of the Chinese army in the Yijing battalion, from early in the morning, Yuan Shao was discussing the military strategy with his subordinates, but until it was almost noon, he still couldn't come up with a result, not because he was afraid of the fact that he was defeated by the Bohai Navy, but because the situation in Youzhou suddenly changed- The three-way Montenegrin army, which was already in the midst of a rapid retreat, suddenly stopped withdrawing its troops, and turned around and gathered in Shangquyang, gathering more than 100,000 troops, and putting on a posture of competing with the Jizhou army for Youzhou.
Headache, incomparably headache, since the start of the incident, with the family reputation of the fourth and third dukes, Yuan Shao is used to smooth sailing, although he has also been defeated a few times, but in general, the Jizhou army in the face of Gongsun Chan and Zhang Yan two times, has always been more offensive and less defensive, firmly grasp the strategic initiative, this time it is to destroy Gongsun Chan such a big enemy in one fell swoop, it should have been a brilliant victory, but since the fight against Gongsun Ming, a yellow-mouthed child, suddenly appeared, everything has changed unconsciously, under the defeat of their own battles, the current situation is actually a bit of a dilemmaIf you don't go to the battle with the main force, you will take the opportunity to seize the territory of Youzhou, the problem is that if the main force goes to fight against Zhang Yan, who can lead the division to block the advance of the Bohai Navy? Didn't you see Yan Liang end up in embarrassment, Yuan Shao really didn't dare to expect the rest of the generals to be able to defeat the cunning fox-like grandson.
"Report, the lord and grandson Xiao'er suddenly led their troops to evacuate Wen'an, and they are heading south at high speed, and their intentions are unknown. ”
Just when Yuan Shao had a headache and brain fever, he saw a newspaper horse sweating profusely from outside the tent, and grabbed the copywriter in a few big steps, and reported to Yuan Shao on one knee and panting.
"Oh?"
In other words, with the successive victories of the Bohai Navy, the initiative of the battle has actually slipped away from the hands of the Jizhou Army unconsciously, in this situation, the Bohai Navy obviously has no need to withdraw in a hurry, and there is obviously something strange in it, but Yuan Shao can't guess what the mystery is for a while.
"Lord, the grandson is cunning by nature, and the sudden withdrawal of troops will hide evil intentions, so you must not guard against it. ”
The reason why Yan Liang's department was attacked by fire before, although it was not without Yan Liang's own arrogance, but Guo Tu's indiscriminate remarks were also one of the inducements, for this reason, after the defeat, he was scolded by Yuan Shao Haosheng once, the status of the six strategists has been a little unstable, in order to save the image, today's military discussion, Guo Tu is extremely active, and this time is no exception, this did not wait for Yuan Shao to ask, it was already a monkey rushed out, and Lang Sheng admonished.
"Hmm...... What do you think about this?"
Rao is Guo Tu behaved extremely positively, but Yuan Shao obviously did not forgive him, and did not comment on what he said at all, so he just said something noncommittally.
"Lord, I think what the public rule says is not unreasonable, according to a certain opinion, this must be Gongsun Xiao'er's strategy of retreating, pretending to retreat, but in fact, he is waiting for our army to fight to the death with the Montenegrin army, so as to carry out Bian Zhuang's plan to stab the tiger. ”
Xin Ping and Guo Tu are both the backbone of Yuan Tan's family, and they belong to a relationship of both prosperity and loss, so naturally they can't sit idly by and watch Guo Tu be treated coldly, so they snatched it out from the side, and explained what Guo Tu said in depth.
"Zhongzhi (Xin Comment's words) This statement is a big fallacy, although Gongsun Xiao'er is treacherous, but the soldiers are only 30,000, no matter who wins or loses between our army and the Black Mountain thieves, they are not the ones they can shake, therefore, the so-called Bian Zhuang Thorn Tiger has no way to perform, according to a certain point of view, this fang suddenly withdrew the troops, intended to paralyze our army, in a vain attempt to take advantage of the battle between our army and the Black Mountain Army, suddenly attacked my back with a strange army, its intentions can be described as extremely sinister, can not recognize this, are mediocre!"
The trial was originally not on good terms with Guo Tu, and this expedition was almost killed because of Guo Tu's repeated advances, so he didn't want to see the possibility of Guo Tu being reused, and he didn't wait for Yuan Shao's explanation of Xin Tu to say, he had already strode out of the queue, and unceremoniously degraded Guo and Xin.
"You ......"
As soon as such vitriolic words came out, Guo Tuden was so angry that he opened his mouth to argue with the good students.
"What Zhengnan said is very much in line with my wishes, let's talk about it, how should our army go?"
Yuan Shao hadn't actually seen through the intention of the Bohai Navy's sudden retreat, but because of his disgust with Guo Tu, he openly supported the trial.
"The lord is wise, stealing that Zhang Yan is just a rogue Kou, he has no great ambition, and his subordinates are incapable of ministers and generals, although there are many of his subordinates, but they are not the local chickens and dogs, it is not enough to be afraid, even if they are given their territory, this fang also has no ability to govern, even so, let it be some cities, but although there are not many soldiers and horses of Gongsun Xiaoer, its ambition is not small, if it is not early, it will become a big disaster in the future, therefore, I think that when I can be a partial division to defend Yijing, to Yu Zhang Yan, the main force is rushing south, first exterminated Gongsun Xiaoer, and then return to the division and the Black Mountain thieves decisive battle, so, the land of Hebei must be safe and secure, with this foundation, although the world is big, what is the difficulty of unification!”
Although the mind of the trial is not very broad-minded, but the military and political ability is by no means bad, at least in the overall situation is still quite insightful, a word will come down, not only Yuan Shao's head again and again, but most of the people in the account also showed a happy look.
"Well, okay, who dares to guard Yijing for me?"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao's eyes immediately lit up, and he didn't give Guo and Xin a chance to interject, so he looked around at the generals in the tent with great interest, and asked a question.
"The last general is willing to ask for it. ”
Defending the city is a chore, no matter how good it is to kill the enemy in a battle formation, besides, in the face of hundreds of thousands of black mountain thieves, Yi Jingcheng is obviously not so easy to defend, because of this, no matter how eager Yuan Shao's eyes are, Yan Liangwen Chou and even Zhang He and other important generals in the army are standing still steadily, only Zhenwei General Jiang Qi (Ziyiqu) does not have so many worries, and stands up proudly.
"Okay, there is a righteous canal, our army is worry-free, I have 30,000 soldiers and horses, we must defend Yijing steadily, thieves can't fight hard, just keep it firm, the rest of the departments will set off early tomorrow morning, all the way to the southeast, in order to destroy Bohai County in one fell swoop!"
Jiang Yiqu has always been good at guarding, Yuan Shao has always been clear, and at this time, he can see that he came forward to ask for his life, and Yuan Shao has no reason to allow it.
"The lord is wise!"
Seeing that Yuan Shao's mind had been decided, all the civil and military men would not have any objections, Qi Qi praised it, but he frowned, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't say it at the end......