Liu Bei Shen Chen's military camp, which is more than 10 kilometers away from Kunyang, is already October 6.

Shen Chen has been reorganizing his soldiers and horses for a period of time recently, reorganizing all his own, Gan Ning's, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and arranging them according to their combat effectiveness.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the soldiers of Huangmenting were the strongest, followed by the elite of the 3,000 or so Yuan army brought by Liu Bei, and then the soldiers and horses of Gan Ning.

The total strength of this part together is about 9,000, there are still 1,060 soldiers left in Huangmenting, less than 4,000 in the Ganning army, plus Liu Bei's 3,000 men and horses, constituting the current total combat strength of Liu Bei and Shen Chen's coalition army.

Of course.

There are also some soldiers and horses.

For example, Liu Bei later gathered three or four thousand soldiers from the old Yuan clan, and the troops of Zhou Cangpei Yuanshao brought by Guan Yu.

However, these people's combat effectiveness is extremely low, and they are called rabble, and they can only be used to garrison the city or escort grain and grass, and if they go to the battlefield, there is a high probability that they will be delayed.

So for now, that's probably all there is to us.

However, the generals are very sufficient, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Shen Chen, Gan Ning, Lou Fa, Shen Mi, Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen and others can lead the troops to fight, which is quite a bit of a large number of soldiers.

After rectifying the soldiers and horses, Shen Chen let people practice every day, and the supply of grain, grass and food was sufficient, and the garrison was on the plain between Xiangcheng and Kunyang, adjacent to Ziyun Mountain, about 20 kilometers away from Xiangcheng.

Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci led the scattered soldiers of the old Yuan clan and more than 1,000 Yellow Turban young soldiers of Zhou Cang Pei Yuanshao to be stationed in Kunyang and Wuyang respectively, and Jian Yong, Sun Qianmizhu and others in the rear were responsible for continuing to collect the people who fled from Henan and resettled them in Yexian and other places.

Liu Bei, Shen Chen and others lived in the camp, in addition to supervising grain and grass, soldier drills, and all kinds of ordnance and materials every day, they were also always waiting for news from the north to see if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had achieved results in Guandu.

"Report!"

Xu Du flew to report, and the scout entered the camp tent and said: "General, Cao Cao burned the black nest four days ago, and the Yuan army ran out of food and grass. ”

"Huh?"

Shen Chen's face was silent, nodded slightly, and said, "I know, you go back to Xu Du to explore again." ”

"Yui."

The scout left immediately.

Shen Chen walked out of the camp tent and made a worried expression.

In fact, he already knew about this matter, but he didn't want to stop it, because Yuan Shao's power was too great, if he did everything possible to remind Yuan Shao, Cao Cao was bound to be eliminated, then Yuan Shao would get the entire north, and his strength was even more terrifying than Cao Cao in the thirteenth year of Jian'an.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's defeat is in his interests.

It's just that Yuan Shao can't be defeated too badly, and he has to find a way to rescue him, so that he can lose less, so as to maintain the situation in Henan and Hebei.

Soon he came to Liu Bei's camp, at this time Liu Bei was training soldiers on the school field outside the camp, and when he heard that Shen Chen was looking for him, he immediately returned to the camp and asked in the tent: "Little sir, what's wrong?" ”

"Xuande Gong, Yuan Shao hoarded grain and grass in Guandu, and was burned by Cao Cao, and now Yuan's army is short of food, and it will inevitably be defeated."

Shen Chen immediately told him the news.

"What?"

Liu Bei was extremely surprised, and said: "Sure enough, as Mr. Xiao expected, then now we will immediately attack Xu Du?" ”

Shen Chen said: "No, at this time, Yuan Shao has not yet been defeated, and Xu Du will also be strictly defended, we should enter Xiangcheng first, pretend to attack Xu Du, but in fact, step by step, Cao Cao can not take care of both the beginning and the end, and send reinforcements to rescue." ”

"Why is that?"

Liu Bei was confused, now that Yuan Shao's grain and grass had been burned, Cao Cao would definitely take the opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao, wouldn't they take the opportunity to attack Xu Du?

Shen Chen explained: "Even if Yuan Shao runs out of grain and grass, there will inevitably be some grain in the camp, and he will storm Cao's camp. If we attack Xudu now, Cao Cao is worried that Xu will be broken, I am afraid that he will send reinforcements to rescue, and then Guandu Cao's army will be small, if it is broken by Yuan Shao, then the world will return to Yuan, which is really not a good thing. ”

This is to grasp a degree.

Cao Cao can neither be allowed to win, nor can Cao Cao be allowed to lose.

Cao Cao lost, Yuan Shao went south, and won Henan and Hebei, so the world returned to Yuan.

If Cao Cao wins, or is it no different from history, then what is he still doing here?

Therefore, the two sides must be tied, and even if Yuan Shao loses, he cannot lose too badly.

And the key point is Xu Du.

Xu is Cao Cao's lair, and all his population baggage, including the Son of Heaven and the Yingchuan family, are all in Xuchang.

Now Xuchang's troops are very empty, Ren Jun is still transporting grain and grass on the front line, and there are only less than 10,000 people left in the rear, and there is a shortage of materials and ordnance.

Once their troops advance too fast, Cao Cao is worried, it is possible to send someone to rescue, and when Guandu has not completely divided the victory or defeat, if Yuan Shao really breaks through Cao's camp, then the situation will be very different.

So they have to plan it well.

Liu Bei asked, "Then what should we do between Mr. Yixiao?" ”

Shen Chen came to the table of the main general, took out a silk cloth, which was a map of the surrounding Yingchuan that he had drawn these days, pointed to it and said, "Xuande Gong, please take a look." ”

As a design dog, drawing is a basic skill, although Shen Chen used to draw on the computer, but the manual work did not fall behind.

Liu Bei walked over and saw that the map marked the location of several cities in Yingchuan in detail, and also marked the location of the party.

The location, distance, and surrounding terrain of these cities are clearly visible, and even the forests, fields, and mountains around Ziyun Mountain and each city are marked one by one, which is of great strategic significance.

"According to the Tanmalai report, Yingchuan Cao's army has gathered soldiers and horses and entrenched in the vicinity of Xudu, which is the two counties of Yingyin and Linying, which is the top priority."

Shen Chen pointed to the two cities closest to Xudu and said: "In addition, outside Xudu City, there are also two Cao camps, with about 10,000 soldiers and horses around, in fact, there is Ren Jun's army in the north, which is transporting grain and grass, and I expect him to come to help." ”

"If you look at it this way, it seems that the enemy army is quite large, and our army is small."

Liu Bei frowned.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "It is not the elite of the Cao army who stayed in Xudu, and I have killed outside the city of Xudu twice, and I have already scared the Cao army, even if Cao Cao is there in person, as long as I don't bring tens of thousands of elites from his official crossing, I am not afraid of him." ”

He has fought with Cao Cao many times, although he has not won the battle with Cao Cao himself, but the soldiers and horses led by Cao Cao are all elite soldiers under his command.

Now Xu Du is only left behind in the second-line troops, and the number of elites is not very large, and if he fights in the field, he is confident that he can defeat them.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What is the little gentleman going to do?" ”

Shen Chen said: "I expect that Yuan Shao should not be defeated in a short time, I am ready to start the camp tomorrow, enter Xiangcheng, and then pretend to enter Fenqiu with the main army, and confront Cao's army in Fenqiu." ”

"And then?"

Liu Bei asked.

"Then the rest of the soldiers and horses went south to Liqiang, bypassing the main force of Cao's army and attacking Xudu in the north."

Shen Chen drew a circle on the map.

Liu Bei pondered: "This is another plan of Mr. Xiao's voice, but Cao Jun has already been fooled twice, will he be fooled now?" ”

Shen Chen grinned: "This is not a sound attack, but a siege to send reinforcements." ”

"Reinforcements?"

Liu Bei was very surprised and asked, "What kind of strategy is this?" ”

"Xu Du's Cao Jun is not a fool, I have taken advantage of their psychology of wanting to defend Xu Du several times, and have been attacking them, and they must have guessed that we might repeat the old tricks, so this time it will definitely not be tricked again, and if you want to attack Xu Du, it will be difficult to add."

Shen Chen pointed to the surroundings of Xu Du and said: "So this time we must change our strategy, some of the soldiers and horses will confront the Cao army in Yingyin and Yingying in Fenqiu, and the other part of the soldiers and horses will go to contain the Cao army stationed in Xudu, and I will order the elite to go north in the starry night and ambush the Cao army!" ”

This is the intention to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

In the battle of Guandu between the two in history, Cao Cao burned Wuchao in October, and then Yuan Shao ordered to continue the onslaught on Cao's camp, and it was not until November that Zhang He Gaolan surrendered, with a time difference of nearly a month in between.

This means that there is actually a small amount of grain and grass in Yuan Shao's camp, but it may only be enough to hold out for half a month, so in the later period, Yuan's army fought hungry and finally chose to surrender.

It's just that Shen Chen doesn't watch "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han", he watches the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series, and he hasn't even watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he only knows a general history, and even many places have a big deviation because the TV is different from reality.

Therefore, he always thought that after Cao Cao burned the black nest in the battle of Guandu, the Yuan army surrendered the next day, and then Cao Cao immediately ordered the pit to kill 80,000 soldiers, Yuan Shao fled north in panic, and died of illness within two years, and the north has since returned to Cao Cao.

However, when he really came to ancient times and personally participated in the war, Shen Chen understood a lot of truths.

For example, there is a high probability that Yuan's army will not surrender the next day, because every time he marches, he really can't bring too much grain and grass, but the army itself will also bring ten days and a half months of grain and grass, and carry it with him.

And how can there be a reason why yesterday's grain and grass were burned, and today immediately surrendered?

That Yuan Shao was too much of a failure.

Therefore, after Shen Chen's analysis, he thought that Yuan Shao should have made a wrong judgment when there was not much grain and grass, and continued to let Zhang He Gaolan storm Cao Ying for many days, and the little grain in his camp was exhausted, so the army was defeated.

So if he goes north immediately and fights a decisive battle with Cao Jun in Xudu, with the current strength of Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, and Li Dian, it will be difficult to stop him.

It's not that they look down on them, it's just that their soldiers are not elite now, and there is a shortage of bows and arrows and other materials, so it is indeed unlikely that they are the opponents of Liu Bei and Shen Chenjun, who have sufficient supplies.

Once he defeated Cao Hong and them head-on, Xu Du was in danger, and Cao Cao would inevitably come to his rescue.

Then he is on the front line of Guandu, and it is really possible that Yuan Shao's grain and grass will be broken before it is completely exhausted, and then Yuan Shao will be able to eat the only little grain left in his camp and wait for the follow-up grain and grass to arrive.

Therefore, Shen Chen believes that he must not be fast or slow, neither let Cao Cao feel that Xu Du is in danger, nor let Yuan Shao break through Cao's camp.

And the best option is to besiege but not attack, and the two sides will stalemate for a period of time and wait for the follow-up development.

After listening to Shen Chen's strategy, Liu Bei couldn't help but praise: "The little gentleman is really unpredictable when he uses soldiers." Are you planning to surround Xu Du first, and then suddenly storm and force Cao Cao back to defend after eliminating Cao Cao's reinforcements, so that he can't pursue Yuan Shao? ”

"Exactly."

Shen Chen nodded: "I attacked Xu Du twice before, both in order to consume the Cao army's troops. Now that his rear is seriously empty, with no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, this is a good time for us to take advantage of the weakness. ”

"Good."

Liu Bei was as good as a stream, nodded and said, "I follow Mr.'s arrangement." ”

"Okay, the time has come, start tomorrow!"

Shen Chen immediately went to prepare.

With the lessons of the first two times, Xu Du's Cao army will definitely not move, no matter who you want to mobilize, he will sit firmly around Xu Du and will not move easily.

Therefore, if you want to pose a threat to Cao Cao again, you must use such a method.

(End of chapter)