The princes of the world will arrange their own eyeliner in each state and county, and in case of emergency, they must use a fast horse to notify the master.

However, how many eyeliners can be placed, how fast the horse is, and whether the source is accurate or not, all depend on the strength of the princes.

For example, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Lu Bu have the financial resources to install eyeliner in all the states and counties of the Central Plains, and can transmit the war report back in the shortest possible time.

But Sun Ce can't, because the cultivation of eyeliner and the transmission of news require a lot of financial resources, so he can only install his own eyeliner in Xuzhou.

Therefore, if there is any emergency in Xuzhou, he can receive the battle report as soon as possible, if it is the Central Plains and the northern region, he will have to rely on word of mouth, or even documentary espionage, and the lag will be very serious.

Sun Ce didn't care about a lot, he arranged a few scouts and eyeliner in Xuzhou, after all, the only one who could really pose a threat to him was Lu Bu.

Or, he wanted to enter the Central Plains, and Lu Bu became a threshold that had to be crossed.

For this reason, he activated the land and air amphibious express, in addition to the war horse urgent report, there is also a flying pigeon to pass the book, so that on the third day of the Xiaoguan War, he received a military report from the front line.

In terms of speed, this battle report may not even have been seen by Yuan Shao, and he got the news.

It is worth mentioning that the speed of flying pigeons is actually the fastest, but the practicality is not so high.

First of all, carrier pigeons are expensive and difficult to raise, and secondly, it has no navigation, not like in the TV series to know where to fly.

The correct operation is to raise in Danyang since childhood, and then take the scout out out of Danyang to Xuzhou, and when there is a need to deliver an emergency, tie the content on the leg and then release it, and the carrier pigeon will fly back to Danyang.

However, this kind of operation is extremely risky, and the carrier pigeon not only has to face attacks from natural enemies during the flight, but also the bow and arrow of the hunter, and often only one of the five released can fly back to Danyang safely.

Coupled with the extremely limited content of the transmission, there are many restrictions that make it not used by the authorities, at least not as a mainstream method.

"Cao Cao is really good, this time he fought with Lin Mo and became the final winner." Zhou Yu, who received the battle report from Sun Ce, couldn't help but sigh.

In the eyes of Zhou Gongjin, who looks at the overall situation, the sneak attack on Xiao Guan is not a whimsical strategy, but a shocking stroke arranged from the beginning of the poetry meeting.

originally thought that Lin Mo had used the poetry meeting to earn the opportunity to cut Cao, but he didn't expect that he would be able to plan and deceive the disease, and use this poetry meeting in turn.

The battle of wits between these two people is really exciting.

"Xiao Guan is where Cao Cao's grain road to conquer Xuzhou is, after Xiao Guan changes hands, his hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses can drive straight in, Xuzhou is in danger, it's time for us to do it!"

Taking Sha Xian and breaking Huang Zu, and getting a huge amount of grain, grass, money and armaments didn't make Sun Ce so happy, "This time, I will be ashamed and recapture Guangling!" ”

"Bo Fu."

Zhou Yu put away the bamboo slips and said with a solemn expression: "Garrisoning Guangling is Zhang Liao, the number one general under Lu Bu, I heard that this person is brave and unstoppable, although he only has 6,000 soldiers and horses, he does not dare to despise it.

It is better to start from Lujiang, and then go down to Jiujiang, so it took some time, but in the end, whether it was Cao Cao Sheng or Lu Busheng, we formed a two-line attack on Guangling, and stood on the convenience of attack and defense. ”

"No"

Sun Ce shook his head and decisively rejected Zhou Yu's proposal, "Guangling is the precursor of Danyang, and only in our hands can it be possible to further grow and enter the Central Plains."

What's more, Guangling is ours, take justice from above, conform to the will of the people, and avenge personal revenge. ”

From the overall situation, in fact, the two of them are not wrong, because there are also six or seven thousand people left behind in Lujiang, but Zhou Yu's choice is more secure, after all, the corner of Huainan is too far away from Xuzhou, and it is not easy to rescue.

Moreover, it can make the battle situation between Cao and Lu further stalemate, or make a trade-off after separating the winner and defeat.

Sun Ce's choice is to pursue one step, from the perspective of the geographical conditions of Jiangdong, it is Lujiang and Jiujiang, which is not as important as a Guangling.

"But."

Before Zhou Yu could finish speaking, Sun Ce, who was facing away from him, had already raised his right hand.

After a while, Sun Ce turned to look at him, his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, "Gong Jin, after returning from Guangling, every night, I can see Uncle Huang, Youping and Ma Zhong kneeling in front of me crying, and I can hear the tragic death of Jiangdong Erlang asking me for help.

If I can't recapture Guangling, I can't be at ease."

Zhou Yu took two steps back, his complexion changed suddenly, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

He knew that Sun Ce, who had not been defeated, was worried about the loss in Guangling, and he only said that he would slowly get better with the passage of time, but he clearly heard that it was a shadow in his words just now, whether it was for the general or the lord, this was an extremely terrible thing.

If this is the case, then just take Guangling, what really makes Zhou Yu suspenseful is that he is afraid that Sun Ce will not fall in the shadow of Guangling, but will fall in the shadow of Lu Bu.

Sun Ce, who was praised as a small overlord and had the courage of Xiang Yu, has not tasted defeat in dozens of battles since he arrived in Jiangdong, but in the battle of Guangling, he was defeated by Lu Bu so easily, and the high and low are quite cloudy, and people who are too proud are like the sun in the sky, and they can't be covered with any clouds.

"Then let Lu Fan withdraw to Yuzhang with these captures, and the lord will lead the soldiers eastward."

Sun Ce nodded, and then looked at Tai Shici, "Immediately let the clipper boat go down the river and return to Danyang to report the news, send Zhongmou to lead 30,000 troops to cross the river and camp first, and tell him that Zhang Liao must be strictly prevented from sneaking attack, and as for the siege, we will talk about it when we arrive." ”

"Whoa!"

In this regard, Zhou Yu did not object, but it was just settled as an advance force, so that they could directly command after they arrived.

Moreover, Sun Quan at this stage has already experienced several decent wars, and even commanded the battle with Huang Zu alone, Yan Baihu's battle, Sun Quan also led troops to respond to Cheng Pu, and there is no problem in thinking about it.

Zhou Yu, on the contrary, considered how to fight this battle after Guangling, so as to reduce casualties as much as possible.

The general situation must be their own advantage, not to mention the crushing of troops, Cao Cao has taken Xiao Pass, and what will follow, must be the siege of Xuzhou, the three armies of the Lu army are in turmoil, and the Guangling in the rear is also demoralized.

If you don't want to attack the city, I'm afraid it's inevitable to attack the heart.

Sun Ce, who had a very heavy obsession with Guangling, didn't think so much, and Lu Bu couldn't beat 6,000 without an army of 30,000, which he didn't believe.

Therefore, at this moment, he was full of ambition, and his dark heart finally shone into a ray of sunshine.

In Xiaoguan City, Cao Cao, who was dressed in fluff, stood in the middle of the council hall, with a reddened charcoal fire burning under his feet, his hands held flat to keep warm, and his face was sinking like water.

"In that case, you don't think there's a better way." Cao Cao flipped his hands to ward off the chill.

"Time is too rushed, Xiao Guan is a choke point, and it should not be used to take risks." The gray-bearded Xun You shook his head and vetoed.

It's been four days, and it's been four days since the discovery of the secret passage, and even Xun You can't come up with a good way to design a way to invite you into the urn.

The crux of the problem is that we are stuck on the time difference.

You don't know when the Lu army will sneak into the city through the secret passage, you can send people to guard around the abandoned warehouse, someone can indeed find them when they come in, but it takes time for the army to set up an ambush.

Not only does it take time, but it is also at least half a day.

The soldiers were to lie in ambush around the houses, the crossbowmen were to enter the designated places, and the cavalry was to be armed.

Obviously, it is impossible to prepare for all this in advance, because it takes a lot of energy to lay an ambush with perseverance, and the soldiers are in a tense state, and after a long time, they will inevitably fall into a state of exhaustion.

It is said to be one drum, then declining, and three exhausting.

In fact, a lot of tricks are just the benefits of eating the time difference, Xun You has been carefully considered, and it is indeed unlikely that there is a possibility of inviting you into the urn, so he can only comfort: "Sikong, in fact, the grain road has been opened, and then we only need to besiege Pengcheng."

If Lu Bu can't shrink out, he will take advantage of the situation to recover Langya, Xiapi and other counties, and if he goes out of the city, he can meet the head-on attack. ”

Xiao Guan is in hand, and the winning chance is indeed very large, but Cao Cao still hopes to further expand the victory to achieve the effect of attacking the heart first and then attacking the city.

For four days, he and Xun You didn't come up with a good way, Rao was unwilling and helpless, and waved his hand and said, "Then let them block the tunnel." ”

"Whoa."

Just when Xun You was about to walk out of the council hall, Le Jin ran in and hugged his fists and said: "Sikong, there is a general Lu under the city pass, who calls himself Gan Ning, and he has come to Sikong and said that he has a big gift, may I ask Sikong?" ”

Cao Cao and Xun You glanced at each other, but they didn't have much trouble with each other.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lu Bu is in a worrying situation now, and the reason why the tree is falling and scattering is just a reason.

"Is he alone?" Cao Cao raised his eyes and asked.

"Yes, ride alone." Le Jin replied.

Gift

Cao Cao sneered, raised his forehead and said, "Bring it in." ”

"Whoa!"

After Le Jin left, Cao Cao sat on the handsome chair, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu stood in front of him on the left and right.

After all, the person who came was General Lu, and when it was time to take precautions, these two people were absolutely unambiguous.

After a while, a crisp bell rang, and Le Jin led a young man with a bell on his body and a double halberd in his hand.

Gan Ning walked to the door of the council hall, sensibly handed the double halberd to the sergeant, and then walked in.

"Meet Cao Sikong." The action of clenching fists can also cause the bell to ring.

The name of the Jinfan thief, even Cao Cao in Xuchang has heard of it, but in his eyes, Gan Ning is just a water bandit.

He looked Gan Ning up and down for a while, snorted, and raised his hand in the void, "Since you are a general of Lu Bu, why are you here?" ”

Gan Ning raised his head, his expression was painful, and he choked up: "Yu Sikong, Lu Bu is incompatible, and now there is even more chaos in Pengcheng, I can't help but vote, no matter how late it is, I am afraid that my life will be lost!" ”

Chaos in the city?

Cao Cao leaned sideways, leaned on the handsome chair, unmoved, glanced at Gan Ning and asked, "How chaotic is the city, how can you not protect yourself." ”

"I don't know."

Gan Ning took a deep breath and said bitterly: "After the defeat of Xiaoguan, many people in the city wanted to ask the imperial court for peace to protect Xuzhou, but Lu Bu and Lin Mo were unwilling.

The last general only said a few words of echo, and Pifu Lu Bu said that I grew up with other people's ambition to destroy my own prestige and asked for a military staff to me, but fortunately Chen Deng opened his mouth to intercede to avoid the pain of flesh and skin. ”

What Gan Ning said was conclusive, and Dian Wei Xu Chu looked at each other from time to time, and it was difficult to hide the excitement on his face, but from beginning to end, Cao Cao was also like a flat lake, and the ancient well was not waveless, "So, the city is very chaotic?" ”

"That's true."

Gan Ning nodded again and again, "The Chen family, the Lu family, the Zhang family and other scholars all proposed peace, that is, there are many people in the army who want to stop the war, but Lu Bu and Lin Mo want to use their troops to fight hard, and they almost caused a mutiny for this. ”

"Hahaha"

Cao Cao raised his head and laughed, and Gan Ning asked sneeringly, "Why is Sikong laughing?" ”

"I laugh at that Lin Mo is unscrupulous! How can you hide from me? Do you want me to lead troops to attack Pengcheng, and then you will deal with it internally? In fact, there have been soldiers and horses waiting for our army in ambush in the city, this is the big gift you said, what a big gift! ”

Without waiting for Gan Ning to react, Cao Cao waved his hand and said sharply: "Left and right, drag it out and cut it!" ”

"Whoa!"

Two sergeants rushed in, one on the left and one on the right, dragging Gan Ning out for execution.

This move really startled Gan Ning, and he quickly broke free from the restraints and fell to his knees with a pop, "The last general didn't say that, the big gift that the last general said refers to the secret passage left by Lin Mo in Xiao Guan City, he is going to sneak attack Xiao Guan from this secret passage, sneak attack Sikong!" ”

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed repeatedly, and the floor where the tasseled helmet hit thumped.

The two sergeants still wanted to pull, but Cao Cao raised his hand to stop them.

He frowned at first, then looked at Xun You, only to find that the latter was also stunned.

This news is not shocking, he found out that the news of the secret passage was concealed, obviously Lin Mo did not know, but Gan Ning directly said the matter of the secret passage, there is no doubt that the defection is sincere, not a fraud.

Looks like I'm really suspicious.

Cao Cao immediately sat up and waved his hand at Gan Ning, who was still kowtowing, "Get up!" ”

"Sikong."

Gan Ning's face was frightened, and he palpitated: "Sikong is not going to behead the crime?" ”

"Hahaha, I just lied to you."

Cao Cao laughed proudly, but he didn't get close to him easily, just raised his hand again and again to let him get up, "The soldiers are not tired of cheating, don't blame." ”

"Sin will not dare!" Gan Ning staggered to his feet, not forgetting to bow down again and again to thank him.

"Where is the secret passage of which you spoke earlier? Can you show me? Cao Cao needed to confirm whether there was only one secret passage in the city, and quietly let Gan Ning lead the way.

"The sin general has seen the map, and he is willing to make meritorious service with his sin!" Gan Ning made a gesture of please.

Not surprisingly, he took Cao Cao and his party to the abandoned warehouse, but he didn't know where the exit was, and rummaged around in the room.

It took a while to finally find the passage under the bed that was blocked by a partition.

At this point, Cao Cao can be regarded as completely relieved of Gan Ning's doubts.

It's more than just a relief.

saw the dawn of the First World War on Gan Ning's body, and immediately approached Gan Ning and patted him twice on the shoulder.

"Xingba, if you can destroy Lu Bu this time, you should be the first to take the lead."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he couldn't hide his excitement, "When the time comes, I will personally ask Your Majesty for credit and worship you as the rear general!" ”

As for Gan Ning, who served as a cavalry lieutenant in Lu Bu's camp, jumping to the position of the general of the Quartet in one breath can be called an existence that has been promoted to seven or eight levels in a row, and for a while he was about to kowtow but was stopped by Cao Cao.

"Sikong has the grace of reinvention in me, and I will definitely repay Sikong in the future!"

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and then raised his hand and said, "Let's go, go back to the council hall, and talk about Lin Mo's plan in detail." ”

"Whoa!"

(End of chapter)