275 Cao Cao: Let's talk about the best policy

These generals of Wuhuan are naturally very loyal to their Shan Yudu.

These Wuhuan generals must be willing to sacrifice their lives for Bandun.

However, these soldiers of Wuhuan, that's hard to say.

Most of these soldiers in Wuhuan are herdsmen in peacetime, and they will become soldiers only when they need to fight.

In fact, this is not only the case with Wuhuan, but also with the Han army.

Take Cao Cao's army as an example, Cao Cao's army has only a very small number of professional soldiers, that is, soldiers who do nothing other than fight and train.

The vast majority of them are also Tuntian soldiers.

Tuntian soldiers, as the name suggests, are when they need to fight, they put on armor and carry swords to fight.

When there was no need to fight, they would pick up hoes and farm the fields.

Not only in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, but also in the entire feudal dynasty, it was basically the same.

Among them, the main reason is because of low productivity.

If the people only rely on taxes to pay taxes, they cannot afford to support so many troops, and in this case, even the army can only find a way to be self-sufficient.

Therefore, Tuntian became the best way.

They don't farm on the grasslands, but they graze the same thing.

These Wuhuan soldiers who were arrested are not even professional soldiers, so they naturally don't have much professional ethics.

After Li Dian, Le Jin and others were beaten hard, they all confessed like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Although these ordinary soldiers don't know much, Li Dian and Lejin still got crucial news.

This crucial news is that these soldiers wearing Xianbei and Xiongnu uniforms are not Xiongnu and Xianbei people, they are Wuhuan people.

Li Dian and Le Jin are both vanguard generals, and they don't like to use their brains, so they don't bother to figure out what the reason is.

After interrogating the news, they immediately went to report to the military advisor Jia Xu.

"Prime Minister, Military Division!"

"It's been asked, there's big news!" Li Dian and Le Jin rushed to report excitedly.

Seeing Li Dian and Le Jin coming, Cao Cao hurriedly asked: "Ask what news has come out, tell me quickly." ”

Li Dian and Le Jin glanced at each other, and Li Dian reported to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, this time it is not the armies of Xianbei and the Xiongnu who are attacking the city, but the armies of Wuhuan. ”

As soon as Li Dian's words fell, Le Jin asked with a puzzled face: "Prime Minister, military advisor, you say, this Wuhuan will attack us if they attack us, why do they have to pretend to be Xiongnu and Xianbei." ”

Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Xianbei, the appearance of their three patriarchs is the same, the armor and weapons used are the same, the only way to distinguish is to play different banners.

If it weren't for Jia Xu seeing the strength of these people's attacks, he sent Li Dian and Le Jin to arrest people for interrogation, and really let Su Fuyan get through the test.

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu on the side, meaning to let Jia Xu come out with a correct answer.

Why, Wuhuan soldiers pretend to be Xianbei, Hun soldiers to attack the city!

After hearing the news brought by Li Dian and Le Jin, Jia Xu's face was already full of smiles.

Because, Jia Xu knows very well that his plan has been completed.

In this battle, Wuhuan is bound to lose, and there is no longer a means to turn the tables.

Jia Xu stroked his goat whiskers, and said to Cao Cao with a smile: "Prime Minister, if my expectations are not bad, now Xianbei, the Xiongnu and the two tribes have withdrawn their troops." ”

"And Wuhuan is also ready to withdraw his troops, and the Wuhuan soldiers who attacked us are the soldiers and horses they left behind behind the palace."

"Their soldiers and horses behind the palace know that if we go out in pursuit, they won't be able to stop them."

"Therefore, they made a dangerous move, pretending to be the Huns, and the Xianbei soldiers attacked the city, hoping to bluff us and achieve their goal of delaying time and allowing the Wuhuan army to evacuate."

As soon as they heard that Wu Huan's large army wanted to run, these generals under Cao Cao immediately became anxious.

"Prime Minister, the last general asks for an order to pursue." Xu Huang took the lead in kneeling down and asked.

"Prime Minister, you can't let them go!"

"We're willing to chase it!" Li Dian and Le Jin also ordered the pursuit.

Even Yu Ban, who has always been good at defense, surrendered his hand to the order at this time: "Prime Minister, you must not let the tiger return to the mountain!" ”

Cao Cao also knew that these generals could only fight, and they didn't understand the concept of strategy.

If you really want to pay attention to tactics and strategy, you have to ask the military advisor Jia Xu for advice.

So, Cao Cao set his eyes on Jia Xu and asked, "Wen He thinks, what should we do next?" ”

Xiongnu, Xianbei withdrew, which means that Wuhuan will undoubtedly lose, and there is no room for reversal.

In this battle, Cao Cao's victory is already a foregone conclusion.

Next, how to win depends on Cao Cao's own.

Cao Cao had an infinite number of ways to win, and he only had to choose one of them.

"I have an upper, middle and downhill strategy," Jia Xu sold Guanzi.

However, without waiting for Jia Xu to finish speaking, Cao Cao directly said simply and rudely: "Let's talk about the best policy directly!" ”

Cao Cao thought to himself, obviously there is a best policy, then I have no reason to choose a middle policy, a lower policy!

"Prime Minister, this strategy is to stop it first, and then put the Wuhuan people back." Jia Xu's tone was very flat.

Jia Xu's tone was very flat, but these generals under Cao Cao's command couldn't calm down when they heard this so-called best policy.

"What?"

"Let the Wuhuan people go? Strategist, what kind of strategy are you doing? The quick-tempered Le Jin asked anxiously.

Obviously, not only Lejin was dissatisfied with this so-called best policy, but also the rest of the generals.

This battle has been fought so far, and their soldiers have suffered heavy casualties.

Everyone usually eats in a military camp and sees each other every day, and the brothers under him suffer heavy casualties, and they feel uncomfortable as generals.

Now, the Huns, Xianbei backstabbed Wuhuan in the back, and the Wuhuan people fled in the wilderness, and now is the time to beat the water dogs, but Jia Xu said that let the Wuhuan people go, which is the best policy.

This makes Cao Cao's arrogant soldiers how to accept it.

Cao Cao's generals didn't have much strategic vision, but Cao Cao heard something from Jia Xu's words.

Looking at the chaotic shouting generals, Cao Cao glared at them fiercely, and then scolded angrily: "You all shut up and let the military advisor finish speaking." ”

Cao Cao still believes in the ability of the military advisor Jia Xu.

In Cao Cao's view, Jia Xu's ability is not under Guo Jia.

When Dong Zhuo was defeated, Jia Xu once offered a plan to let Li Yu and Guo Xi occupy the capital.

Later, when Jia Xu was serving under Zhang Xiu, he also defeated the strong twice with the weak, and offered advice to help Zhang Xiu defeat Cao Cao.

Therefore, Cao Cao understood that since Jia Xu said that it was the best policy to let the Wuhuan people go, then he would definitely not be untargeted.

(End of chapter)