Guan Yu's army fought a big battle with Cao Cao in Huainan, and with the fierceness of the Liaodong cavalry and the courage of the soldiers in the north, the Huainan army was defeated in front of Guan Yu.

When it comes to the battle formation of soldiers and horses, Cao Ren's ability is actually very strong, even if it may not be comparable to Guan Yu, but it will not be defeated so quickly as soon as he engages above the frontal battlefield.

The problem is that after more than ten years of accumulation, the soldiers of the north have surpassed the south too much in armor and iron weapons in addition to war horses.

The coverage rate of armor is also very sufficient, compared to the Cao army, the armor coverage rate of Guan Yu sergeant has almost tripled, and this is not the army with the highest armor coverage rate in the imperial army.

The northern soldiers have many war horses, the northern soldiers have good equipment, the northern soldiers have more armor, and the northern sergeants are tall and strong compared to the southern soldiers, and they have rich combat experience in the perennial battles between the northern and foreign tribes......

Even if Guan Yu and Cao Ren's abilities are comparable, how do you say Cao Ren will fight this battle?

If Cao Cao personally commanded the battle, the result would not be much better.

Cao Cao's ability is against the sky, but under the premise of the competition of comprehensive strength, this cannot be made up by personal ability.

But Cao Cao had been operating in Shouchun for many years, and after experimenting on the plain battlefield, he found that he couldn't defeat Guan Yu, so he began to adopt a stubborn strategy.

Cao Cao's strategy of holding on was different from Yuan Shao's.

He built many fortifications in Shouchun, Yinling, and the nearby county towns, and these defenses were connected to each other, forming a barrier that could support each other, and he hoarded a lot of food and crossbows in deep ditches and high fortifications.

In this case, Guan Yu made an assessment of the overall strength of the two sides, and the person who helped him evaluate this matter was Guo Jia, who came to Huainan from Chang'an.

In Guo Jia's opinion, if Guan Yu wants to conquer Huainan, although he can do it, a large number of elites of the Cao army are gathering towards Huainan, and it is still a bit risky to rely on Guan Yu's army to fight.

Guo Jia believed that it was better to wait for Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou to enter Jiujiang County, and the two armies would converge before they could have a greater degree of certainty in conquering Huainan.

……

Outside Chang'an City, inside the Han army camp.

Holding the battle report delivered yesterday in his hand, Liu Jian's face is still full of joy to this day.

Liu Jian has confidence in Guan Yu, just as Guan Yu does in him.

But confidence is confidence, when he learned that Guan Yu won the first battle and achieved great results, Liu Jian still couldn't control his emotions.

When Liu Jian repeatedly watched the battle report in his hand, Fu Zhi happened to walk into the account with a roll of silk silk.

After seeing Liu Jian's movements and expression, an uncontrollable smile appeared on his frustrated face.

It's just that the business can't be delayed.

Frustration called softly:

"Prime Minister!"

After hearing the call of Fu Zhu and seeing the silk silk in his hand, Liu Jian's eyes suddenly lit up:

Of course, Liu Jian knew that the silk silk in Fu Zhi's hand was about the grain and grass of the Guanzhong army.

Originally, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu and others led their soldiers and horses to Guanzhong, and Liu Jian made peace in Chang'an, preparing to launch an offensive against Shuzhong, but the difficulty of attacking Shu was not idle, and it could only be implemented after sufficient preparations.

In particular, the Shu Road is difficult, and the matter of grain and grass transportation must be carefully planned.

At the beginning, Liu Jian handed over this matter to Tian Feng to plan.

But in recent times, Tian Feng's health has not been very good.

Coughing incessantly, and always having a fever.

Liu Jian, who learned of Tian Feng's physical condition, asked him to put down his government affairs and return home to recuperate.

After Tian Feng went back to recuperate, Fu Zhu took on the heavy responsibility of logistics and transportation of the Han army in Guanzhong.

Guanzhong plus Sanhe, as well as soldiers and horses in the two states, a total of 50,000, 50,000 troops of grain and grass, ordnance consumption, transshipment, hoarding and other affairs, very laborious.

But instead of feeling tired, he was full of energy.

Liu Jian took the silk silk from the hand of Fu Zhu with a smile in his eyes, and said:

"Gonghe is haggard, and he has been working too hard lately."

In front of his confidants, Liu Jian's personal emotions were undoubtedly displayed.

Although it is only a short sentence, the temperature in the words can be felt.

"The last official is not tired, the prime minister is not too worried, and the urgency of delaying is to consider the strategy of entering Hanzhong."

The frustrated words made Liu Jian raise his eyebrows, and the smile on his face was a little more.

"There is Lao Gong and now, Zilong, Wenyuan is in Xiangfan, Xuande, Yunchang is going to fight Huainan, I will attack it on my own side of Xishu, the Han family is prosperous, just around the corner, how can I slack off?"

After finishing speaking, Liu Jian unfolded the silk silk and carefully reviewed it.

When he saw Liu Jian start working, he wanted to get up and go out.

But when he got up and was about to walk outside, Liu Jian said to him:

"Send people to publicize the war in Huainan in Shu Realm!"

Liu Jian's words made his frustrated expression tighten.

He knew that Liu Jian was going to officially attack Yizhou.

"Prime Minister, I heard that Sun Ce has arrived in Hanzhong, and now in Hanzhong, there are Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and other Shuzhong generals guarding the town, and the two phases are merged, although their momentum is not as good as ours, but if they hold the Yangping Pass closely, it is not easy to win."

Liu Jian said: "That's right, in fact, the soldiers and horses of Sun Ce, Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan are added together, and they are not the opponents of our army, but the pass in Yizhou is too steep, even if there are 100,000 troops, if you want to conquer it head-on, it is too difficult, so if you want to take Hanzhong and enter Shu smoothly, you have to take some means." ”

"Fortunately, Sun Ce has just arrived in Hanzhong now, and he does not have the ability to fully integrate the army in Yizhou, taking advantage of this juncture to put pressure on him and prevent him from being able to do anything in Yizhou, this is the key to the matter."

"First spread the news of Cao Cao's defeat in Huainan, so that the people of Hanzhong can have an understanding of the war outside Yizhou, and increase their sense of urgency."

"Then I personally led the troops to Hanzhong to deter the people of Hanzhong!"

Hearing this, he hesitated.

"Prime Minister, there is something I don't know if I should talk about it or not."

"Gong and He, have known each other for many years, what can't be said?"

Frustrated: "The prime minister is in danger of the world, even if he wants to conquer Hanzhong in person, he doesn't have to go there with great fanfare, Zhang Yide's name is now enough to deter the thieves in Yizhou!" ”

Liu Jian said: "Gong is very true to this, but Hanzhong is different from the side, Sun Ce and I have a grudge against killing my father, and if someone else fights, Sun Ce may rely on the dangerous passes in Hanzhong to defend." ”

"However, if I go in person, Sun Ce will definitely do everything he can to avenge his revenge."

"The danger of the mountains and rivers of Sichuan and Shu is the biggest obstacle for our army, I am not afraid that the army of Yizhou will use means to fight me, I am afraid that they will not come out!"

"Can you understand?"

……

In September of the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Jian gathered 50,000 Yongliang troops and began to march to Yizhou.

His goal is directly aimed at Yangpingguan.

The movements of the Han army were soon discovered by the scouts sent by Sun Ce.

When it was learned that nearly 50,000 Han troops were under the personal leadership of Liu Jian, and they were constantly pressing towards Hanzhong, the panic in the hearts of the people in Nanzheng City reached its peak.

At present, the main general guarding Hanzhong is Sun Ce, who has just been appointed as the governor by Yuan Yi.

And the other Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and other Shu generals are to assist Sun Ce.

To be honest, for the generals of Shuzhong, they were not satisfied with this.

After all, Sun Ce is an outsider.

But now that the Hanzhong soldiers are pressing, they don't have time to think about this, so they still go all out to resist foreign enemies.

Yan Yan is good at the army, Zhang Ren is good at guarding, and Sun Cetong is strategic.

In terms of the configuration of generals alone, Hanzhong's defense is not bad.

Coupled with the danger of the mountains and rivers in Shu, the 50,000 troops defending Liu Jian were more than enough.

But the key issue now is that Sun Ce himself has a personal grudge with Liu Jian.

Especially Xu Rong, who killed his father at the beginning, is now also in Liu Jian's army.

It was impossible for Sun Ce to just think about defense.

Yizhou has not experienced many wars over the years, and the scale of the war is not very large, so Shuzhong still has a considerable population, at present, Yuan Yi is calling for the formation of a new army in Chengdu and Mianzhu and other places, it is said that there will not be a long time, there will be more than 10,000 reinforcements will arrive in Hanzhong.

In the eyes of the generals of Hanzhong, as long as tens of thousands of reinforcements enter Nanzheng City, then with the mountain danger, Liu Jian is a god who will be useless.

Judging from the information received, it seems that Liu Jian is leading the army to Yangping Pass one step ahead, which makes Sun Ce and the others unable to calm down.

Time! What he needs most right now is time!

But how can they fight for this rare time?

The generals of Hanzhong immediately gathered together to discuss.

"At the moment, the enemy army is strong, and it is about to come to the city."

"It's just defense, it's not a plan!"

"All of us are prosperous and all of us are lost, if there is any way to break the enemy, please come down carefully."

Sun Ce looked at everyone present.

Hearing that Liu Jian and Xu Rong are here, Sun Ce has never slept peacefully in the past few days.

And after seeing Sun Ce's eager eyes, Shu General Yan Yan hurriedly pinned his face to the side.

In his opinion, there is no other way but to hold on, how can he have good advice?

After seeing Yan Yan's movements, Sun Ce really wanted to go up and give him a kick.

The generals of Shuzhong were not convinced by Sun Ce, and he had already sensed it.

But for the sake of the overall situation, he endured this time and did not get angry.

After losing hope for Yan Yan, Sun Ce could only pour all his hope into others.

Sun Ce's gaze was enthusiastic, and the generals were on fire.

The generals of Shuzhong don't seem to be very keen on thinking about scheming, in their opinion, they are good, just stick to Hanzhong, and still want to defeat the northern army?

Eat something bad, right?

But there are still people who are willing to think about it seriously.

For example, the yellow cover.

Sun Jian is also Huang Gai's boss, and Sun Jian's death has always been a thorn in Huang Gai's heart.

"General, our army may be able to adopt a trick to surrender."

As soon as Huang Gai's words fell, before Sun Ce could react, the others cast surprised glances at Huang Gai.

Even after Sun Ce reacted, his gaze at Huang Gai was full of doubts.

Liu Jian is good at using tricks, and the world knows it.

And Huang Gai is going to deceive him at the moment, is this a little taken for granted?

Facing everyone's astonished gaze, Huang Gai explained:

"You think that it is difficult for a certain idea to succeed because Liu Jian is good at resourcefulness."

"And all the generals think so, let alone Liu Jian himself? The so-called virtual is real, and the real is virtual. ”

"Liu Deran has been in the world for ten years, and has no defeat, and now he is monstrous, and he will inevitably despise the heroes of the world, and now he is fighting on three sides, and at the same time fighting Jingchu, Huainan, Hanzhong, and the northern and southern fronts for thousands of miles, which shows his pride!"

"Under pride, there will be a move to underestimate the enemy!"

"Besides, he thinks he is unparalleled in the world, and he thinks that we will not lie to him, and use clumsy tricks to show off in front of him!"

"Therefore, he probably did not expect that we would instead go up to the challenge and deceive him in what he is good at."

"Not only would he not think of it, but no one else would think about it."

When Huang Gai said this reason, everyone lowered their heads and pondered......

What Huang Gai said does have some truth.

And Huang Gai continued: "Recently, Zhang Feidang Pingliangzhou, Ma Teng Han Sui tied his hands, Guanzhong was monstrous, and those who were afraid of Liu Jian's might did not know how many, not to mention that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and there is a danger of exhaustion in Hanzhong." ”

"With the current situation, it is even more reasonable for someone in Yizhou to want to surrender to him in exchange for a rich future."

Huang Gai's words gave Sun Ce hope in his heart.

If so, maybe you can really avenge your father!

However, how exactly should it be defrauded?

This question can only be answered by Huang Gai.

"How do you act?"

黄格 says:

"If the scheme of deception is to succeed, in addition to conforming to the current situation, the person who defrauds must also have a certain identity and a valid reason, so as to make the deception plan twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing Huang Gai say this, everyone nodded.

Huang Gaiyan said:

"If you want to win Liu Jian's trust, only Huang uses himself as bait to deceive Liu Jian."

As soon as Huang Gai's words fell, Sun Ce, who still had a look of recognition on his face, suddenly had a look of shock on his face.

He would never have imagined that Huang Gai would actually use himself as the one who surrendered.

Zu Mao said on the side: "Public reply, this matter is too dangerous!" I really can't do it, so I'd better go. ”

Huang Gai said: "This plan was conceived by me, and only I know how to implement it in my heart. ”

"If it is replaced by someone else, I am afraid that Liu Jian will see through it."

Zhang Ren on the side said: "General Huang is the right-hand man who has been with General Sun Wentai for a long time in the southern and northern wars. ”

"Now it's the assistant General Bofu who came to Shuzhong."

"With your identity, I'm afraid you may not be able to make Liu Jian believe it, right?"

Huang Gai said slowly:

"If it were in another place, Liu Jian might not believe that Huang would have surrendered sincerely."

"But now I won't hide it from you, General Sun was ordered by Yuan Gong to come to Shuzhong to assist Yuan Yizhou in commanding the troops."

"But the military power of Yizhou was originally in your hands."

"Now, we have suddenly been appointed to lead the troops in Hanzhong."

"I'm afraid you're not convinced, right?"

The generals led by Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and others couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Huang Gai said this directly.

"The relationship between our Shuzhong soldiers and horses and my Sun family's army is not harmonious, and the soldiers and horses of the two roads are not of different genera."

"There was a misunderstanding between them."

"And the major general acted in a biased way in order to be able to command the troops in Hanzhong."

"And I am disheartened with the young general in the face of the pressure of the Guanzhong soldiers, and I am eager to change the court."

"Isn't that reasonable?"

Zhang Ren was stunned when he heard this.

"General Huang is really thoughtful."

"However, this matter still needs to be carefully planned, maybe we have to make some bitter tricks, otherwise we can't deceive Liu Jian."

Huang Gai said: "That's natural, our opponent is Liu Jian, and we have to do everything to do it." ”

"Huang is willing to do bitter meat with his body!"

(End of chapter)