Chapter 134: The two armies face each other
On the same day, Chen Lin presented this text to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's exhibition book list, but see the book for Yuan Shao's Yuzhou text, at the moment look carefully but see the text of Cao Cao's crimes, denigrating his father and ancestors, very incendiary, but also literary and convincing, admirable, praise Chen Lin's literary brilliance:
"This article is only available in the sky, how many times can I hear it in the world?"
At that moment, Chen Lin was rewarded, and he ordered the left and right to send this document to all states and counties, and hang it in various Guanjin passes. As soon as this article came out, everyone praised its literary brilliance.
This text was sent to Cao Cao, the capital of Xu, who was suffering from a headache at the time. The pain was so great that I was bedridden.
Cao Cao Zhengjue had a splitting headache, and passed Yuan Shao's inscription into the mansion left and right. Cao Cao endured the headache, unfolded the list of texts, and couldn't help but praise his literary brilliance.
Cao Cao jumped up from the bed, laughed and said:
"Who wrote this text?"
I didn't know what it meant left and right, but it happened that Cao Hong was on the side, and he was busy:
"I heard that this article was written by Bo Chen Lin."
Cao Cao sneered:
"Those who have this kind of literary talent, they should be supplemented by martial arts, although Chen Kongzhang's literary affairs are good, can Yuan Shaowuluo be reached?"
Speaking of this, he laughed again and said to Cao Hong:
"Gather all the counsellors and counsel them to defend against the enemy."
But he said that Beihai Kong Rong was in Xudu, and he was busy with Cao Cao's mansion when he heard the rumors. Kong Rong saw Cao Cao, and the two sides finished saluting. But seeing that Xun Yu, Guo Jia and other strategists were there, Kong Rong ignored them and said bluntly:
"Prime Minister, this battle can only be negotiated for peace, not for war."
Cao Cao smiled and said nothing, but saw Xun Yu calmly said:
"Yuan Shao's useless people in his hands, why bother to negotiate peace?"
Hearing this, Kong Rong hurriedly said:
"Yuan Shaoshi is broad and strong. His subordinates such as Xu You, Guo Tu, Judge, and Feng Ji are all wise and resourceful; Tian Feng and Fu are all loyal and good ministers; Yan Liang and Wen Chou bravely crowned the three armies; The rest of Gao Lan, Zhang He, Chun Yuqiong and other famous generals in the world. What does Yuan Shao mean as a useless person? ”
Hearing this, Xun Yu stood up and said:
"Yuan Shao's soldiers are too many and unorganized, how can he be worthy of my elite division. Tian Feng just committed it, Xu You was greedy but not wise, the trial was specialized but unplanned, and it was useless in every time: these few people are incompatible, and they will inevitably change internally. The rest of the busy people, even if there are millions, what a way! ”
Guo Jia nodded with a smile, and Cheng Yu and Liu Ye also smiled lightly. All of the people present are well-known strategists in the world, elites at the level of earth immortals, and they all have the leisurely nature of Mount Tai collapsing in front of them without falling, which shows that everyone here thinks that there is such a battle.
Kong Rong knew that Xun Yu was clever, and had circled in Yuan Ying for several months, and now he saw that he had broken the aftermath, and what he said was the way, and he knew that what Xun Yu said should not be fulfilled, how could Kong Rong not accept it? was speechless for a while, bowing his head and saying nothing.
Look at Cao Cao next to him and laugh:
"As expected."
Prior to this, Cao Cao had consulted his two major strategists, Xun Yu and Guo Jia, on this issue. Xun Yu once said that he won four and lost four, Guo Jia once said that he won ten and lost ten, the so-called heroes saw the same thing, Cao Cao had already made up his mind, how could he be hindered by Kong Rong? At the moment, he discussed with the strategists about the deployment of troops, and wanted to fight to the death with Yuan Benchu.
During the banquet, Guo Jiaxian said:
"If the lord wants to get rid of Yuan Shao, he should try Liu Bei first."
When Cao Cao heard this, he said:
"Feng Xiao, what do you say?"
Guo Jia stood up and said:
"If the prime minister plans Liu Bei, Yuan Shao may not come to the rescue, but if the prime minister plans Yuan Shao first, then Liu Bei will definitely help from the side. Right now, Liu Bei is the dark arrow, coveted behind the lord, although it is not fatal to an arrow, but it is a poisonous arrow, or there is a fear of death. ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded and said:
"Liu Bei, Xiao Xiongye, will indeed seize this opportunity. Although Yuan Shao has millions of soldiers, he is indecisive, but what Guo Jia said is right. However, the person Liu Bei is afraid of is my Cao Cao. I want to lead a soldier and set up a false flag, Liu Bei will not dare to go forward, wait for me to remove Yuan Shao, and then try to be a clown on Liang. ”
When Guo Jia heard this, he knew that Cao Cao had a plan, so he didn't say anything more, and the strategists also knew that Cao Gong had calculated, and they didn't say anything anymore, and immediately, the strategists dispersed.
The next day, Cao Cao ordered Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Liu Bei under the banner of Cao Cao. Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 without a banner, and went straight to Liyang to reject Yuan Shao. Before leaving, Cao Cao secretly instructed Liu Dai and Wang Zhong:
"Liu Bei, the heroes of the world, you two can't easily get into danger, wait for me to destroy Yuan Shao, and then come to Liu Bei in person."
Cao Cao first sent troops to Liyang, separated from Yuan's army by eighty miles, each with deep ditches and high bases, holding each other without fighting, the battle situation was as Guo Jia expected, but Yuan Shao was indecisive, because of the internal strategists disagreed, he was puzzled, and did not want to enter the army.
Liu Dai and Wang Zhong each led 50,000 troops, and Cao Cao has always been cautious in using troops, so both of them are first-time generals who are in charge of themselves, and they are very excited in their hearts. On the march, Wang Zhong said:
"General Liu, the prime minister entrusted him with a heavy task, but asked our army to reorganize and not send out, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to miss it? What's more, Liu Bei is a child, but he only made a state pastor with a little luck, and later General Fengzuo was just a royal prince who couldn't beat him with eight poles, and he didn't have any ability. ”
Liu Dai is not without ambition, and when he heard this, he said:
"What the virtuous brother said is that Liu Bei has less than 30,000 soldiers. If not, take the lead for your brother, and you will be a rear drive for your brother, one will guard the grain and grass, and the other will suppress your brother. ”
Wang Zhong was unhappy when he heard this, Liu Bei was only 30,000 horses, he and Liu Dai led a total of 100,000 horses, and whoever he sent to it would win steadily, not to mention that Wang Zhongdao was already above Liu Dai, Wang Zhong thought about it slightly:
"Brother is the commander-in-chief, how can he be a pioneer, why not come with me."
Liu Dai's thoughts are the same as Wang Zhong's, and they both want to make a great contribution, so when they heard this, they hurriedly said with official authority:
"I'm the boss, you should listen to me."
When Wang Zhong heard this, he said angrily:
"You and I each lead 50,000 troops, and you dare to suppress me with your official position?"
At the moment, the two of them are arguing, the more they fight, the more stiff they become, the generals all frown, the two main generals continue to make trouble, it is estimated that there is no need to wait for a war with Liu Bei, and 100,000 soldiers and horses can be consumed here.
Seeing that the two coaches were fighting for each other, a general said:
"Two generals, if this is not the case, you cast lots, and whoever guesses correctly will be the vanguard."
After that, he looked at Liu Dai and Wang Zhong, and saw that both of them were unmoved, and said:
"What do you think of the two generals?"
Liu Dai readily agreed, and Wang Zhong didn't say anything, so Liu Dai took out a copper coin, and the two of them got off, Liu Dai said:
"You speak first."
Wang Zhong immediately stepped on the front, Liu Dai threw it on the ground, it was a coincidence, this place was originally flat, and there was such a small stick unexpectedly, this copper coin happened to fall on this stick, impartially leaning there can not see the positive and negative, Wang Zhong saw this and said:
"It doesn't count. Let's do it again. ”
After saying that, he made a gesture to pick up copper coins, and Liu Dai immediately said:
"Brother, otherwise, this is clearly God asking us to march together."
When Wang Zhong heard this, he didn't know what he meant, and pretended to smile suddenly. So the two soldiers divided into two routes and outflanked Xuzhou at the same time.
But it was said that Liu Bei was sitting in Xuzhou, and he had heard that Cao Cao's military horses were coming, and he had heard that there was Cao Cao's banner here, and he was confused for a while.
"Although Yuan Benchu stationed troops in Liyang, it is a pity that the ministers are not in harmony and have not yet enterprising, but a million male soldiers are in Liyang, and Cao Cao should be on the front line in Liyang, but I heard that in the Liyang army, there is no Cao Cao's banner, how can there be his banner here?"
Chen Deng smiled indifferently:
"Cao Cao is full of tricks, Yuan Shao has a strong army, Cao Cao will take Hebei as the priority, personally supervise the battle, but deliberately do not build a banner, but bluff here, I guess Cao Cao will not be here."
Liu Bei was silent, bowed his head and pondered, Cao Cao once said that there were only two and a half heroes in the world when he was in Xudu, Cao Cao counted one, he counted one, Sun Jian counted half, Sun Jian was dead, since Cao Cao regarded himself as a hero, he would definitely come in person, there were only 30,000 soldiers available in the city, how to resist Cao Cao's hero?
was hesitating to himself, and suddenly saw the Malay newspaper:
Cao Cao's army attacked Xuzhou in two ways.
Liu Bei's eyes lit up and said:
"Yuanlong is really high."
Chen Deng smiled.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were on the side, but they didn't understand it very much, Guan Yu had always been serious, and he didn't understand or ask much, but Zhang Fei didn't care and asked:
"Why did my brother say that?"
Liu Bei said:
"If Cao Cao comes, he will not divide the troops, if he is the commander, it is inconvenient to divide the troops and dispatch, now that there are two armies coming, there must be a reason, Yuan Long, what do you think?"
Chen Deng smiled:
"If it is not Cao Cao, Liu Yuzhou can rest assured, but after all, the opponent's army and horses are far superior to me, according to what Yuanlong saw, he can only outwit, not fight."
Liu Bei nodded and said:
"When it is outwitted, Yuanlong has a clever plan?"
Chen Deng smiled:
"As Yuzhou thinks."
Liu Bei also bowed his head and smiled:
"Yuanlong tried to put it mildly."
Chen Dengdao:
"Grain."
Liu Bei nodded and said:
"As Yuanlong expected."
Chen Deng said again:
"If you use this plan, you should first clear the wilderness. Fortunately, the season is still good, and there is no need to make a big move, but the residents of the border field need to bring money and food into the city. ”
Liu Bei frowned slightly and said:
"It's not my heart to work hard and hurt money."
Chen Deng waved his hand and said:
"Yuzhou rest assured, a certain has its own plan, I heard that Cao Ying is coming to the general, and the leader is called Wang Zhong, but it is so ......"
After saying that, it was stuck in Liu Bei's ear, and when he whispered for a long time, Liu Bei nodded and smiled again and again.