Chapter 19: The Xishu Crisis
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and replied with a smile: "The lord doesn't need to be anxious, Rao is Zhang Lang has strong national strength, and with such a large-scale attack, I'm afraid the logistics and supplies can't be supplied." β
Liu Bei was puzzled: "What does the military advisor mean?" β
"Zhang Lang's army is surging, divided into three routes, from the top, middle, and bottom to attack my Shu. Therefore, the ministers expected that the army would be false. There is only one place where the army is real. β
Liu Bei suddenly realized: "Yes, how can the logistics of such a large-scale attack by the Jiangdong Army be supplied." According to the opinion of the military division, which way did Zhang Lang's army come to our army? β
"Carefully make a report, the three roads are all coming to our army, Zhou Yu's army is known as 200,000, and it has been entangled in Luoyang by Xiahou Yuan, and the Huangxu army that attacked head-on is called 100,000, according to the Chen's estimation that after entering Jingzhou, the Huangxu army will definitely attack in a big way, and if you get a city, you need to stay behind the soldiers and horses, and the 100,000 army is not to be afraid!" After that, Zhuge Liang gently shook his goose feather fan.
Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang's analysis was the head, and at this time, he seemed to begin to understand what Zhuge Liang said, but he was still a little confused: "What the military advisor means is that Zhang Lang's real purpose is indeed that we are right, and the only thing that can pose a threat to our army is Zhang Lang's army, which has not yet been discovered?" β
Zhuge Liang shook his head again: "Definitely!" Zhang Lang is good at surprise soldiers, and he will not be so good that he wants to use such a strategy to deceive our ears and eyes. Zhou Yu's army of 200,000 attacked with swagger, while Zhang Lang's army marched westward in concealment. The goal is to divert our attention to these two armies. In fact, the real killing came from our frontal Huang Xu troops. β
"Huh...... Military division, didn't you just say that the Huang Xu troops who attacked Jingzhou head-on were only 100,000 troops, and they were not to be feared? Why did he say at this time...... "How can Liu Bei's wisdom be the same as Zhuge Liang." Although the head of analysis is the Tao. But he didn't know what Zhuge Liang really thought at all.
"Haha...... Didn't I just say that? Of the three armies, the Huang Xu army seems to be the weakest, but in fact, this is the real killer move! Zhuge Liang walked to the map and said, "The lord comes to see." After that, Zhuge Liang pointed to the place in Luoyang.
After Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang's hand, he heard Zhuge Liang say again: "Lord, have you ever heard that Zhang Lang ordered a month ago that Jiangdong would be conscripted?" β
Liu Bei replied: "Such a big event, of course I will know!" β
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his feather fan gently: "According to the study report, Zhang Lang's recruitment has absorbed nearly 500,000 troops, and now the three routes of the army are all regular troops, so except for a small part of these 500,000 recruits deployed along the Yellow River, the remaining 400,000 people are missing." Where does the Lord think they will go? β
I only remembered this under Zhuge Liang's reminder, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on my back: "What does the military advisor mean that this group of troops is following Huang Xu?" β
"It shouldn't be, although the recruits are strong, they lack combat experience, and Zhang Lang is not so bold as he is. What the minister means is that these 400,000 recruits are in the hands of Zhang Lang and Zhou Yu, and of the 200,000 troops in Zhou Yu's hands, only 50,000 people are regular troops at most, and the rest are recruits. And the number is definitely more than 200,000, the total should be at least 350,000 troops, and the number of troops and horses led by Zhang Lang is not known yet, but Zhaochen estimates that Zhang Lang should lead 100,000 recruits west to Jiaozhou. After all, Nanwang Meng Shu is not a simple person. With Zhang Lang's talent, he should know this. Zhuge Liang replied.
"What does the military division mean is that Zhang Lang's regular troops, except for the 50,000 troops led by Zhou Yu, are all behind Huang Xu, that is, outside the border of Jingzhou?" Liu Bei finally understood what Zhuge Liang meant.
"Yes, so the real threat to us is one of Huang Xu's troops. This seems to be the weakest army, Zhou Yu is the commander Pang Tong, Zhang Lang is the commander Guo Jia, and Huang Xu, who is the least capable of the several people, arranged Cheng Yu as the military advisor, deliberately making the two armies have a surging momentum. And Huang Xu seems to be the weakest. Zhuge Liang carefully analyzed the true intentions of Zhang Lang's several armies.
"That Zhang Langda can march directly to Jiaozhou. Why are you so cautious? This is Liu Bei's biggest question.
"In fact, Zhang Lang is indeed very talented, and he should think that Zhou Yu's army can't hide from our army, so he acts like this, so that our army can focus on these two armies, thus ignoring Huang Xu's army." Zhuge Liang frowned. Obviously, it was in response to this matter, and it was considered very carefully.
Liu Bei stroked his little goatee: "According to the opinion of the military division, how should our army act now?" β
"Haha...... There is no urgency in this matter. After all, the only force that really poses a threat to us is Huang Xu's army, so why don't we just take the plan? Zhuge Liang's words were meaningful, and Liu Bei could only follow behind.
Maybe Liu Bei also understood, and only said: "This matter will be handed over to the military advisor to be fully responsible." β
"Ryo, obey!" Zhuge Liang clenched his fists and bowed to Liu Bei.
Zhao Yun's vanguard has reached Changsha, and the army led by Zhang Lang has also reached Huangzhou and other places. Zhang Lang was resting in the camp when he suddenly heard Guo Jia's voice outside the tent. The eagle guard who was originally sitting on Zhang Lang's lap quickly stood up and stood aside very decently, but for some reason, the man always covered his face.
"Lord, my subordinates have something to report!" Guo Jia rushed into the tent with an anxious face and shouted.
"Fengxiao, why are you so alarmed?" Zhang Lang said with an embarrassed face.
"After the forbidden army merged with Sima Yi's army, he has been attacking Chaoge, Muye and other places! The situation is urgent, please make a decision. Guo Jia explained what happened.
Zhang Lang immediately stood up from the banquet, staring at the map on the wooden shelf, and after thinking for a long time, he finally had a plan: "Fengxiao, how do you think this matter should be handled?" β
Guo Jia also walked to the map and looked at it carefully, and said something that people couldn't believe it, but it coincided with Zhang Lang's thoughts: "My lord, according to the ministers, instead of holding such a gap in the Northern Expedition, we should retreat and garrison the south bank of the Yellow River." β
"I think so too, after all, although we are targeting Liu Bei now, Cao Ying still has to be guarded, and we simply don't have extra troops to fight hard, so it is better to withdraw to the Yellow River earlier. Later, I will try to do the Northern Expedition. Zhang Lang frowned tightly and walked back and forth in the center of the big tent.
The next time, the song of the court.
After receiving the news that Zhang Lang had withdrawn to the south bank of the Yellow River, Ling Tong and LΓΌ Meng kept in close contact and prepared to start a plan to withdraw to the south bank, but unfortunately they met Sima Yi. This person is not only difficult, but also has a far better military and strategic vision than Lu Meng.
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