Jia Xuping said that he was extremely low-key, never discussing his state affairs in public places, and few people could see him express any lofty opinions. It is this kind of illusion that makes many people ignore the conspiracy of Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiuyan in the past, and this time it is not Cao Yingli who overrode public opinion and transferred him to his staff, I believe that many people have begun to forget his talent.

Jia Xu felt Cao Ying's expectant gaze, and knew that this matter was very important, and he must not be sloppy, he didn't want to be in the limelight, so he stood up calmly in a suspicious look and said: "Zhang Lang's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains this time is extremely distinct, and the offensive deployment is roughly divided into three directions: Huaihe, Xuzhou and Jingxiang. Because the front of the Huai River is too far, its attack and defense often lose its support, plus the place of the four battles in Henan, can attack is not necessarily able to defend, it happens that the situation of the mountains and rivers in Xuzhou and Jingxiang is enough to serve as a barrier, but also enough to be used as an enterprising support. Therefore, Zhang Lang mainly guarded Jianghuai and contained most of the prime minister's army. The army of Jingxiang to the north was divided into two routes: Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai's army attacked Xuchang and Luoyang from the south, and Jiang Qin led an army to Wuguan to fight to contain the surname; In Xuzhou, Taishi Ci's army traced Surabaya from Pengcheng and opened Juyeze into the Yellow River; Zhang Liao's self-unified army sat in battle against Shanyang, and after the waterway was opened, it entered the Yellow River from Surabaya, and then advanced westward along the Yellow River. In this operation, the layout was grand, and the offensive from several directions was coordinated, which was enough to support the overall situation. Therefore, the situation of our army can be said to be quite grim. Looking at the entire battle situation, if you want to change from passive to active, taking the initiative is still the first to attack. As long as the gap can be opened from Huaisi, the armies on both sides will inevitably have scruples and retreat to Pengcheng and Jingxiang. And if you want to go south, Shouchun is still the first choice point, so the prime minister should undoubtedly continue to attack. ”

Jia Xu paused, and when he saw that Cao Ying was engrossed, a faint smile appeared on his face and continued: "The first line of Xuzhou, although the form looks a little bad, but Zhang Lang was suppressed by the prime minister in the middle of the road, and he could not be shown to be an effective overall battle, and the final strength was weak, and it was difficult to become a real threat. According to the news, General Xiahou will be defeated this time and retreat to Shanyang, because the Jiangdong Army dispatched a group of legions called Ironclad Horses, and it was the underestimation of this army that led to the fiasco of Fengxian, which directly affected the Taishan defense line, and was finally broken by Tai Shici. With this lesson, I believe that in the next encounter, even if Xiahou Yuan can't effectively contain the ironclad chain horse, at least he will be prepared, and he will not lose as badly as last time. Although Shanyang will not have a big problem for the time being, it is difficult to say that Dong'e is difficult to say, if it cannot be protected, it will really let Tai Shici open a huge field into the Yellow River. However, even if Tai Shici opened a huge field into the Yellow River and opened up a water passage, as long as General Xiahou did not lose Shanyang, Zhang Liao would not dare to blatantly raise troops to invade. Therefore, the situation in Xuzhou is not so dangerous. From the perspective of his subordinates, it is inevitable that the prime minister will send reinforcements. And on the front line of Jingxiang, according to the current situation, with Lord Xun guarding, it is difficult for the enemy army to advance half a step for a while, and there is no worry for the time being, in general, if you want to change this situation, it is the key to take down Cai. ”

Cao Ying walked slowly in the lobby with his hands behind his back, and the heavy footsteps suppressed the hearts of everyone present, and he was a little dissatisfied: "This is self-understood. After I received the urgent document from Miaocai, I had already ordered Han Hao and Xia Houde to take me to Qingzhou and dispatch 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers from the front line of Yanzhou in Xinjia. But in the middle of Huaisi, do you have any good solutions? ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Yes, yes, I just don't want to say it." ”

Cao Ying was furious, his eyebrows were upside down, and he was about to reprimand angrily, but Jia Xu suddenly said lightly: "My subordinates have this plan, and I feel that I have lost the peace of nature, so I don't dare to mention it to the prime minister." ”

Cao Ying raised his head and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't hurt for Wen He to speak bluntly, it should be used as a reference." ”

Jia Xu still said flatly: "Since the prime minister really wants to know, his subordinates don't say much." It is an indisputable fact that there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River and a dense sea network. And Xia Cai is built according to Yingshui, a tributary of the Huai River. In addition, now the spring rain, if the lord is upstream, the downstream is blocked, once the tide flows against the contrary, just rush to Xia Cai, as long as it rains for a few days in a row, then the entire Xia Cai becomes a vast ocean, the rain passes, the chickens and dogs are not left, people die and disappear, Zhang Lang and his 100,000 army, drowned in Xia Cai City, and of course, those innocent people in Xia Cai City. In this way, not only can the prime minister's henchmen be eliminated, but also it will not cost a single soldier, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? It's just that this plan hurts the heavens and the peace, if it's not a last resort, it's better not to do it. ”

Cao Ying looked at Jia Xu in surprise, his eyes, which had always been a small slit, suddenly burst into a sharp light.

And Xi Zhicai, Xiahou Dun and the others all gasped, looking at Na Jia Xu's flat face without a trace of emotion, a creepy feeling surged in their hearts. The lives of 100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of people were so fixed on the edge of death in Jia Xu's laughter. Moreover, such a vicious scheme was as if nothing had happened in Jia Xu's mouth, and the danger in his heart had never been seen.

Cao Ying's sharp eyes stared at Jia Xu, and then slowly faded down, others couldn't guess what he was thinking at all, Cao Ying said: "This plan is indeed harmful to Tianhe, hundreds of thousands of people's surnames, you can't do it so hastily, does Wenhe have any other tricks?" ”

A smile suddenly appeared on Jia Xu's face and said: "Yes, you can find a person in the military camp who looks similar to the prime minister, and then let him wear the prime minister's clothes and lead 50,000 horses to Ying, so as to lure the Jiangdong army." Since the road from Xia Cai to Ying is not far away, Zhang Lang will not have any suspicions, as long as the whereabouts of the dew point are slightly revealed, Zhang Lang will inevitably send people to ambush, and at this time, our army pretended to be defeated and retreated to Yinglin County. ”

Cao Ying frowned and said: "Yinglin is a broken city, small and poor, if Zhang Lang drives the troops to attack, Yinglin will not be able to withstand it and lose it." In that case, why let those 50,000 troops die in vain? ”

Jia Xu said: "Yinglin is absolutely unstoppable, but if you can hold on for half a decade or ten days, then the situation is different." ”

Cao Ying was a little itchy and said: "Wenhe, don't go around in circles, let's be straightforward." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Since this is the case, the subordinates have made it clear that these 50,000 horses are bait to trick Zhang Lang out of the city." And the prime minister closed the net and outflanked Zhang Lang's troops. It's just that these 50,000 horses, I'm afraid that the final result will be the destruction of the whole army, and the bones will not survive. I'm afraid the prime minister won't be able to use this trick either. ”

"What?" Cao Ying said angrily.

And Xiahou Dun was also extremely dissatisfied with Jia Xu's scheming, and said angrily on his face: "Jia Xu, you are too vicious, and you said it before." But now you want your brothers to lure Zhang Lang and send him to death in vain, this is really too much. ”

Jia Xu didn't feel any sense of horror in the face of the fierce and vicious Xiahou Dun, but said seriously: "What's wrong with sacrificing a soldier's surname in exchange for his greatest victory?" ”

Xiahou Dun roared angrily: "No, absolutely not. ”

Jia Xu said with an indifferent look: "Then don't worry about it." ”

Cao Ying interrupted the quarrel between the two with extreme impatience, and said with a displeased face: "What are you making trouble, don't you exist as the prime minister?" ”

Jia Xu and Xiahou Dun couldn't help but tremble when they saw Cao Ying's anger rushing to the crown, and immediately quieted down.

Cao Ying glanced at Jia Xu meaningfully and said, "This matter will be discussed separately." Then Cao Ying turned his head to Xi Zhicai and said, "I don't know what the military advisor means?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Now that the entire Huaisi defense line is under Zhang Lang's arrangement, there are no major flaws. Our military plan, but Zhang Lang was unmoved. At present, there is no other way but to wait quietly and wait for a good opportunity to move. ”

Cao Ying sighed and said, "Can it really be like this?" ”

Xi Zhicai and Sima Lang glanced at each other, and both shook their heads helplessly.

Cao Ying took a deep breath and said to Xiahou Dun: "In this case, you can prepare soldiers to start attacking Xiacai City." ”

Xiahou Shu responded excitedly: "Yes." ”

In the following days, Cao Ying once again intensified his attack on Xia Caicheng, and all the siege equipment was continuously transported to the wall, while the three armies kept taking turns to rest and attack the city at night.

Zhang Lang had already rushed to Xia Cai with a lot of men and horses, and personally commanded the battle with Cao Ying.

Cao's army attacked day and night, and Zhang Lang should calmly command and defend the city gate.

After ten years, the casualties of the two sides have been rising, but on the whole, Cao Jun's casualties are more serious, with a ratio of about 7:3. Originally, when he was still hesitating, unfavorable news came from Yingchuan and the Guanzhong front at the same time: Ma Teng avoided scattering pass, but attacked Xiaoguan and prepared to enter Guanzhong from Longshang. Xiao Pass is in the Longshan Pass according to the danger of standing, guarding the passage from the direction of the Jing River into Guanzhong. As soon as Xiaoguan is lost, Ma Teng will inevitably pass through Jingzhou, and go down to Chang'an with the momentum of building from a high position. And Zhou Yu was even worse, keeping Zhou Tai in Xiangcheng as a cover, but he led the soldiers to attack Yiyang, preparing to wade through Luoshui to take Luoyang in one fell swoop, Xun or was put together, and when he sent troops to support, he could only hope that the guards of Yiyang would not make any stupid moves in a panic. The huge pressure on the two fronts made Cao Ying have to make the next decision at this time.

Compared with Cao Ying's troubles, in fact, Zhang Lang is not much better. If the two fronts dare not dare to break through the progress of the surname, the front line of Shouchun will have to face the never-ending pressure of Cao Ying, and Cao Ying's strong attack in the past ten years, although it did not break Xia Caicheng, but also made himself feel great pressure. Fortunately, Zhang Liao really lived up to his expectations, and finally let Tai Shici attack the wilderness, control the upper reaches of Wen and Surabaya, and lay a solid foundation for digging into the Yellow River.

In the following days, Cao Ying suddenly did not move at all after the continuous storm attack.

Just when Zhang Lang was wondering, the spies brought a piece of news that made him extremely puzzled, and Cao Ying drove towards Yingshang with 50,000 horses. What does Cao Ying want to do? Is it because Xia Cai can't attack for a long time and wants to transfer his position? Looking forward to starting from An Fengjin, opening up Yingkou, and marching into Shouchun along the Huai River? Zhang Lang thought so.

At this time, Zhu Huan rushed to Zhang Lang and said, "Lord, it's a great opportunity." Cao Ying only took 50,000 horses to Yingshang, preparing to attack An Fengjin, if he took this opportunity to ambush, maybe he could capture Cao Ying alive in a battle? ”

Zhang Lang shook his head without thinking about it and said: "It's not that simple, with Cao Ying's scheming, he won't give us such an opportunity." I'm afraid that this is a pretense to lure us into attacking, and then ambush us. ”

Zhu Huan thought about it, and felt that there was some truth, so he couldn't help but smile embarrassedly: "What the lord said is reasonable. ”

Zhang Lang seemed to be a little uneasy, and said listlessly: "You go and call Guo Jia, I have something to discuss with him." ”

Zhu Huan promised to go out.

When he was young, Guo Jia came step by step.

Zhang Langqiang cheered up and said: "Fengxiao, you are here." ”

Guo Jia saw that Zhang Lang was not in good spirits, and couldn't help but care: "Lord, your face is not very good, why don't you take a rest first?" ”

Zhang Lang leaned back in his chair and shook his head lazily: "No need." Fengxiao, what do you say Cao Ying is going to Yingshang? ”

Guo Jia pondered and shook his head and said: "It's hard to say about this matter, if he wants to lure us to attack, Ying Shang and Xia Cai are only a few days away, and reinforcements can come up at any time, with Cao Ying's scheming, it is impossible to put up such a naïve plan." If he said that he had no other intentions, then why did he have to go to Yingshang? My subordinates are also thinking about this problem. ”

Zhang Lang sighed, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. I don't know why, after cultivating "Dunjia Heavenly Book" recently, I didn't feel as energetic as I did at the beginning, but my mental feeling was getting worse and worse, and I asked Zhang Ning, who is now Zhang Lang's concubine, I don't know why, and I can't explain a reason.

Guo Jia suddenly remembered something, and said loudly: "Lord, I recently discovered something that I have to guard against. ”

Zhang Lang said in a weak voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Jia said: "The water level of Yingshui has risen very much recently. ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "Isn't this normal? It's the beginning of spring and early summer, and the rainy season is changing, so it's no wonder that the water level doesn't rise because of the heavy rain that falls several times in a day. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "But the problem is that the water level of the Huai River is relatively peaceful, although it is rising, it is not so exaggerated." ”

Zhang Lang pondered: "Because the Huai River connects to Hongze, and Hongze Lake connects to the Yangtze River in the south, swallowing all major water systems, so the Huai River will not flow like a tributary river like Yingshui, and when it encounters heavy rain, the waterline will rise rapidly." ”

Guo Jiadao: "This subordinate understands that the subordinate just wants the general to assign some soldiers, but to prepare for flood control and waterlogging. ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said, "This is as it should be, and this matter will be handled by you." ”

Guo Jia responded: "Okay." ”

(To be continued)