Chapter Eighty-Eight: Decision-making

Pang Tong's words were amazing, and for a while everyone in the hall focused their eyes on his ugly face, and then, there was a sound of ridicule, of course, most of them were not laughing at Pang Tong's thoughts, but at Pang Tong's appearance. In this era, officials also look at their appearance and temperament, especially civil officials. For ridicule, Pang Tong has been able to face it indifferently, not because his heart is big enough, but because he is used to it.

Zhang Yan said contemptuously: "Yuan Shao is powerful, and our defense is still insufficient, how can we go south?" Ignorant children, all the rage. "In the final analysis, Zhang Yan opposed going south, not because he looked down on Lu Chen and Pang Tong, but because he wanted to preserve his strength and was unwilling to fight with Yuan Shao for the sake of Gongsun Zhan.

Pang Tong is just twenty years old now, and Lu Chen is only sixteen years old, he is really a child in front of Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan looks down on Pang Tong, and Pang Tong looks down on him even more. Pang Tong is a child of a big family, and his vision is very high, how can he put a yellow turban bandit in his eyes, his mouth is vicious, and he is laughed at by a bandit, he naturally wants to refute it.

Flicked the placket, Pang Tong looked at Zhang Yan, smiled coquettishly, and said, "Chu Feiyan, right?" Back then, Wen Hou was able to kill your Black Mountain Army and lose its armor, and now, my little Wen Hou can ride like a hundred horses, and the cavalry will attack the city, chasing Yuan Shao's chickens and dogs. And you? 40,000 yellow scarves, less than 10,000 in one day, what kind of face do you have to say that we are ignorant children? You don't know the general trend of the world, you don't understand the changeability of ancient and modern times, and you don't know how to fight in battle, and you dare to laugh at me Pang Shiyuan? Aren't you just afraid that your soldiers will die in battle? Isn't it just that you don't want to lose your strength for General Fenwu? Why beat around the bush? Truth be told, your disguise isn't very clever. ”

It can be said that Pang Tong spoke to Zhang Yan domineeringly, and he had an absolute psychological advantage in the face of Zhang Yan. is not only the identity of his family, but also because of the greatest credit to Lu Chen's department in this battle, and the yellow scarf almost did nothing, and more than 10,000 lives were taken in vain. Therefore, Pang Tong did not save face for Zhang Yan at all, on the contrary, he was provoking.

Of course, Zhang Yan was furious, but he was not good at words, and he didn't have any subordinates who could speak well, so he just blushed and made a look like he wanted to refute, but he was always speechless and rolled his eyes in anger.

Gongsun Zhan's face was gloomy, and Pang Tong's words went to his heart.

"I have made up my mind, I will not retreat! As for going south...... Well, I don't know what Mr. Shiyuan has to say, but I'd like to hear about it. ”

For Zhang Yan, Gongsun Chan and him exchanged interests, and in the face of Pang Tong, Gongsun Chan was naturally completely different from Zhang Yan, after knowing Pang Tong's family background, plus Lu Chen's relationship, so he had a lot of respect for Pang Tong.

Actually, at the beginning, Gongsun Chan didn't take Lu Chen very seriously, after all, they had too few soldiers and horses, he only felt that this was a favor, at best, their cavalry was very elite and could be used as a vanguard to charge into battle, that's all. However, when Lu Chen suddenly killed the city tower when he was desperate, forcing Yuan Shao to flee in a hurry, Gongsun Chan paid attention to Lu Chen, but even so, he was only grateful, and he still didn't think much of Lu Chen's strength, especially after Lu Chen's eight hundred tigers were only five hundred. And after learning that Lu Chen had planned the cavalry siege early in the morning, as well as the detailed strategy in it, Gongsun Zhan's eyes lit up, he was not stupid, he naturally knew that fighting a war did not completely depend on strength, and resourcefulness was also extremely important, so he attached great importance to Lu Chen and Pang Tong.

Zhang Yan finally said angrily: "Since our side has come to rescue General Fenwu, we don't intend to make senseless sacrifices, and our soldiers will not take a step past Yi Jing." ”

His meaning was very clear, even if he was defending Yi Jing, he could help Gongsun Zhan, but he would never take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao.

After all, Gongsun Chan is at a disadvantage now, and Zhang Yan is here to help him, so he also expressed his gratitude to Zhang Yan. However, it is obvious that Gongsun Zhan's thanks were very perfunctory, not that he intended to perfunctory Zhang Yan, but that he was eager to listen to Pang Tong's analysis of the strategy of going south.

Pang Tong said: "Actually, Yuan Shao does not have an absolute advantage in comparison with our strength. Yuan Shao has three defeats, and our side has three wins. ”

Gongsun Zhan dreamed of blowing Yuan Shao out of Xiang, but he was so anxious that he rubbed his hands: "I want to hear about it." ”

Pang Tong analyzed: "First, Yuan Shao is strategic, the siege of Yijing has been resolved, and the two sides have entered a stalemate. Second, Yuan's army has been fighting for half a year, and it has long been exhausted, and now it is besieging Yijing, but Yuan Shao was almost captured alive by my Xiaojun Hou, and his morale is even lower, and he is absolutely unable to advance north. Third, Cao Cao of Henan will not be willing to Yuan Shao to unify Hebei, and now, he has subdued Guanzhong and Xuzhou, and will inevitably go north to harass Yuan Shao and force him to withdraw his troops. ”

"Good! Good! Good! Gongsun Zhan is not dead, and his hatred for Yuan Shao is beyond measure, and when he hears Pang Tong's analysis, he can't wait, but he still has a trace of doubt, "Although the Yuan army has these three defeats, it is also a stalemate with us and it, why did you go south?" ”

Pang Tong said: "The so-called southward movement is not the southward movement of the army, but the dispatch of elite cavalry to the south to cut off its grain routes and attack its towns, which has achieved the effect of exhausting the enemy and weakening the combat strength of Yuan Shao's army, so that we can slowly advance." Moreover, when Cao Cao forced Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops, he could also slow down his speed and mess up his pace with raids, and our army could pursue down, although it would not gain much, but it could also take the opportunity to take some territory. ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Gongsun Zhan bowed his head and said, "However, I, Bai Mayi, went out of the city with me today, and was ambushed by Yuan Shao and suffered heavy losses, this elite ...... to the south."

The meaning is obvious, he doesn't want to take out his White Horse Yicong, not because he doesn't want to take risks, but because this is Gongsun Zhan's most elite troops, which were originally evolved from his own soldiers.

After listening to Gongsun Zhan's words, everyone didn't care about ridiculing Pang Tong, they each bowed their heads to eat, Zhang Yang also took and ate the pig's trotters very attentively, anyway, he didn't agree to go south, he would never take this errand.

"I'm waiting for you!"

Pang Tong said loudly.

"Poof......

Lu Chen squirted out a mouthful of wine, glanced at Pang Tongyi's eyes with resentment, and said in his heart, I said that I wanted to go south, but please bargain first and then agree to it? It made Lao Tzu like a fool, and after hundreds of elites died, they rushed upward, you see, these guys all looked at Lao Tzu with stupid eyes. Others didn't know that he was going to find Zhao Benfu, so they would naturally treat him as a fool.

Gongsun Zhan looked at Lu Chen excitedly: "Bo Chao really wants to go?" ”

Pang Tong interrupted: "Xiao Junhou has always admired General Fenwu, so he is willing to share his worries for the general, but it's just ...... I only had 800 tigers, and now I have lost 300, but this force is very insufficient! Therefore, my little gentleman is also powerless! The general can only choose another merit. ”

Gongsun Chan is not stupid, he naturally knows that no one wants to go at this time, and the meaning in Pang Tong's words is also very simple, to ask for soldiers. He said: "Bo Dynasty fought bravely, I am deeply grateful, and we are willing to choose 1,000 elite Wuhuan cavalry to be assigned to the tiger ben." ”

This is sending soldiers and horses.

"Can the Wuhuan cavalry have the elite of the White Horse Yicong?" Pang Tong asked.

Gongsun Zhan's old face turned red and said, "Of course, the Wuhuan people have been fighting the world on horseback for generations, and of course they are more elite than my white horse Yicong. ”

That's what lies with your eyes open.

Pang Tong was also not thin-skinned, and said: "How dare we ask for the elite of the general? It's better to dial the white horse and give it to us from a thousand. ”

Gongsun Zhan: "Forehead ......"