Feng Xi met with Zong Pre and Zhang Wei, and when he arrived, Zong Pre had already stopped and set up camp, and when he saw Feng Xi coming, he immediately stepped forward to catch him.

Feng Xilema said: "Deyan is preparing to build a fortress here!" ”

Zong Yu pointed to the east bank and said: "Not here, on the other side, I am going to return to the east bank to build a fortress, Xiu Yuan, how about you build a camp and build a fortress on the opposite side?" ”

Feng Xice took a closer look and said: "Yes, there are a lot of trees around here, the terrain is slightly high, the surroundings are open, Cao Jun can't hide his figure, it is indeed conducive to defense, needless to say, the water source is very sufficient?" ”

Zong pretended: "The scouts found out that there is a village ten miles southeast from here, and it is going to be dark this day, and I guess Cao Jun will not dare to risk crossing the river by stepping on the ice.

I have sent Boqi to bring some grain and grass to the village in exchange for stone bricks and stone slabs, so that the fortifications will be stronger. ”

Feng Xi said: "Okay, tonight we will cross the river overnight, erect a fence on the east bank, dig a trench, erect a horse rejection, and build a low wall.

Our army carries enough grain and grass to support more than three months, according to Pang Junshi said that the prince will withdraw within ten days, we are stationed here, Cao Jun must be on guard at any time whether he goes north or south, and he is just dividing the thief army!

When the prince is received, the grain and grass can just be received, and the army will have food and the army's heart will be stable, and the army's heart will be stable and can be firmly withdrawn. ”

Zong Yu nodded and asked, "Can Xiu Yuan send someone to report the battle situation to Master Pang?" ”

Feng Xi responded: "Deyan, rest assured, I have sent hundreds of messengers to Xinye!" ”

Twenty miles east of the Han army, Cao Xiu met with Xu Huang and briefly described the battle situation. After saying that, Cao Xiu threw away the water bag in his hand and said: "As Gongming worried, it is obvious that the thief army is prepared, and marching along the river is to limit the powerful impact of our cavalry.

In this way, it seems that the thief army is not blindly brutal, there must be a plan, I can't see through it at the moment! ”

Xu Huang groaned: "Wen Lie, let's stay here for the time being, see what the thief army does, and then find a way to deal with it!" ”

Cao Xiu said: "It's better to go south to meet Zhang He, first destroy the Nanyang thief army, cut off the enemy's backup, and then find a way to fight back against the thief army!" ”

Xu Huang soothed: "Don't worry, Wen Lie wait and see!" Xu Huang sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movements of the Han army.

In order to ensure that Zhang Wei could smoothly transport back the required stones, Feng Xi sent corresponding soldiers and horses to hold the water and ambush them in various paths.

One night, Xu Huang received the Han army across the water, erected the prepared wooden fences, stone bricks, and horses, dug trenches and built low walls with the excavated earth barriers, and the camp began to take shape.

Cao Jun's scouts reported to Cao Xiu and Xu Huang in detail, and Cao Xiu was shocked and said: "It seems that the thief army is not ready to leave, and they can't let them build a camp so easily, so immediately send cavalry to attack and destroy the thief army!" "Leave the tent and count the troops.

Xu Huang was unmoved, and marked the location of the Han army reported by the scout on the map on the table, and looked at it intently.

Cao Xiu went out of the tent to gather the cavalry, and assigned his generals to say: "Pass my general's order, the partial general Chen Su led two thousand cavalry, brought a big drum and sounded the gong, marched to the north of the thief army, 1,000 people beat the drum and sound the gong, and 1,000 people beat the horses on the spot and galloped back and forth, making a big noise, stirring up the thief army can not concentrate on building a fortress, and strictly guard against our army."

There is a forest south of the camp of the thief army, and the general will lead a thousand cavalry to go quietly, and the thief army needs a lot of timber for the fence and the rejection of horses, so it must be cut down.

You lead your cavalry to dismount and sneak around, and watch out for people in the woods, and if anyone is there, you can intercept them and lure the thieves to come to their rescue. If there are no thieves, you can ambush outside the woods and move with your camera.

General Ben led 5,000 cavalry to line up in front of the formation, exerting coercion, so that the thief army was worried and in a dilemma.

The remaining 2,000 cavalry and foot soldiers rested and recuperated their spirits, and when it was dawn, the thieves were tossed all night and exhausted, and you were going out to fight the thieves! The people promised.

Cao Xiu was about to beat the horse and leave, Xu Huang came out of the tent and walked quickly to Cao Xiu's horse and said: "Wen Lie, wait, I have something important to discuss with you, and let Wen Bo (Zhu Ling) go to lead the troops to deal with it!" Cao Xiu was irritable, but he didn't say anything.

Zhu Ling, who was beside Xu Huang, bowed his hand to Cao Xiu, got on his horse and beckoned the soldiers and horses to rush in the direction of the Han army.

Zhu Ling commanded Cao's army to march in turn, and the sound of gongs and drums and horses galloping sounded in the north, gradually approaching the Han camp.

Feng Xi and Zong Yu did not panic when they heard this, and the Han army first dug trenches on all sides when they set up camp, lined up the horses, and built them from the outside to the inside.

Cao Jun was clamoring to kill, Feng Xi ordered the sect to lead the elite crossbowmen to deploy defenses, and Feng Xi and Zhang Wei stepped up to erect the camp wall.

Cao Jun made noise for an hour, the Han army did not move, Chen Su tried to feint to attack the Han army camp, but the Han army relied on the trench to resist the horse, and was forced to retreat by random arrows.

There is no progress in the cost of the forest, Cao Jun is wandering nearby, such a dangerous thing as logging in the dark Feng Xi's battle-hardened generals will naturally not commit it, the Han army has already cut down enough wood at one time, and the cost is empty.

Zhu Qi felt very tricky and couldn't help but say: "The thief army is well prepared, and the generals who lead the troops are not waste, and they are cautious in their actions!" I am afraid that this stronghold will be erected after all. ”

After that, Zhu Ling turned his head and said: "General Wu, you lead two thousand people to replace Chen Su, let the soldiers sit and rest for a while, take turns to disturb, remember, make a lot of noise, so that the thief army can not be peaceful tonight, toss them to show fatigue, so that they can find an opportunity to break the thief!" The general Wu Deng promised and beckoned the soldiers and horses to rush over.

In Cao Jun's big tent, Xu Huang and Cao Xiu sat at the table, and Xu Huang said suddenly: "Wen Lie, Guan Yu is about to withdraw the army!" ”

Cao Xiu looked at Xu Huangqi and said, "How did Gongming know!" ”

Suddenly, Cao Xiu said violently: "Could it be that this army of soldiers and horses is responding to Guan Yu's retreat!" ”

Xu Huang said: "Almost, from the beginning, we had some doubts about how the thief army could know that our army might run out of food and still forcibly transport it.

Now that the thief army is stationed on the spot, it clearly shows the intention of the thief army, and it can be concluded that this army is not insisting on going north, and it is best to smoothly transport grain to the north. Stationed here to meet Guan Yu's army, and retreat south with the army! ”

Cao Xiu looked at the location drawn by Xu Huang on the map and said: "It makes sense, being stationed here is equivalent to saying that a path is formed by Fancheng, Nanyang, here, and Luhun, and there are soldiers and horses on the path, and there are camps to rely on to advance and retreat."

No, this is tantamount to exposing the intentions of the thief army, I will now send this news to the general of the Che Cavalry (Cao Ren), when the time comes, the army will threaten before and after, and it is almost impossible for Guan Yu to retreat with the whole army! ”

Xu Huang said: "Otherwise, Guan Yu has experienced a hundred battles, treats soldiers well, and has a very high prestige in the army, and the thief army itself has experienced wars, which can be described as veterans, and the grain and grass can still be supported, and the military heart must be stable with these three points."

In addition, many brave men of Gan Ning and Pang De lined up tens of thousands of troops closely to form a solid phalanx and slowly retreated south.

According to my estimates, we need to gather more than three times the number of troops to attack and harass in turn, so as to have a chance to completely annihilate the thief army, otherwise our army has cavalry, but it is extremely difficult to shake in front of the tight phalanx, even if Guan Yu is damaged, it is not difficult for most of them to withdraw.

Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, our army is afraid that it will not be able to gather so many troops! ”

Cao Xiu hurriedly said: "Gongming, you and I have a good discussion, if Guan Yu really wants to withdraw from the army, I will immediately play Your Majesty, please Your Majesty must gather more soldiers and horses!" ”

Xu Huang shook his head and sighed: "This is Guan Yu's cleverness, His Majesty has just inherited the unification, and the prefectures, counties and counties have not yet fully adapted to it.

At this time, without the deterrence of soldiers and horses, what will be the consequences of transferring the defenders from all over the country? And Guan Yu's article can really hold back 100,000 soldiers of our army! ”

Cao Xiu said: "Gongming is saying that if there is a large-scale conscription, thieves with different ambitions everywhere will think that the attack of Guan Yu's army will make it difficult for us to resist and we need to gather a large army to deal with it, and they will take the opportunity to make trouble and respond to Guan Yu's plot to get rich!" ”

Xu Huang said: "Yes, the text is equivalent to saying that it was relied on by those thieves, although we searched and destroyed the document in a timely and strict manner, in fact, we all know that it is impossible not to leak it out at all."

When I was stationed in Xuchang, I couldn't catch a lot of hooligans who spread rumors and caused trouble, and this time I sent troops to Xuchang to leave nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses to take precautions. I'm afraid that the Yecheng you are stationed in is about the same, and the garrisons in Guanzhong, Shouchun and other places can't be moved lightly.

Once the rebellion occurs, it can't be quelled as soon as possible, it can't be contained, and the people's hearts are scattered, which is even more terrible than Guan Yu's army! ”

Cao Xiu scratched his head and said: "So at present, the soldiers and horses of our army, Zhang Hejun, Nanyang soldiers and horses and general Che Cai are all the troops!" ”

Xu Huang said: "Guan Yu's troops are around 60,000, and it is not difficult for our army to gather twice as many as Guan Yu's troops, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be summoned no matter how much it is."

His Majesty's idea is to intercept the grain and trap the enemy, not to fight hard at the beginning, and drag Guan Yu in the north.

If I were Guan Yu, my current idea would be to retreat south step by step, and most likely march along the river, which can not only ensure the water supply, but also prevent our cavalry, and turn the enemy on all sides into an enemy on three sides.

If our army attacks, the thief army is on the defensive, and it is inevitable that both sides will be defeated. The retreat from Luhun to Fancheng was a long way, the marching speed was slow, and the grain and grass were also problems.

The thief army was stationed according to the river, Guan Yu retreated along the south of the river, and the two combined troops immediately added new troops, and the grain and grass were also replenished. The reason why the thief army dares to build a fortress in front of our eyes is not afraid that our army will know its intentions! ”

Cao Xiu frowned and said, "Then what should our army do?" ”

Xu Huang looked at the map and said: "The enemy lies in improvisation, Guan Yu is in a tight formation, so we will use the word 'lure' to deal with it, lure the enemy to leave the formation, lure the enemy to attack, and divide and rape."

I don't believe that with such a long road and so many soldiers and horses, you Guan Yu can ensure that the whole army has no flaws, he Guan Yu just has no flaws, and I will also pull out a flaw! ”

Cao Xiu's spirit shook and said: "Gongming, do we want to go north to seize the key points!" ”

Xu Huang said: "No, we are looking for a favorable terrain to the north of this army to prepare, after a long march, the reinforcements are in front of us, it is very likely that the thief army is the most lax, and our chances are greater!" ”

Cao Xiu nodded, and said: "What should Nanyang City do, do you want to support Zhang He and Xiahou Shang?" ”

Xu Huang said in a dull voice: "No need, the situation has changed, Your Majesty's plan may be difficult to realize, and the thief army will not sit still."

If the thief army under Nanyang City has no defense, Zhang He and Xiahou are still enough to break the siege of the thief, if the thief army is on guard, even if we go to the fear, it will be difficult to open the situation, but it is better to wait and see the changes here! ”

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