Without Loulu, Yuan's army lost the cover of bows and crossbows and arrows, and Zhang He and Gao Ran led troops to storm Cao's camp several times, but they were repelled by Xiahou Yuan and others.

In desperation, Yuan Shao thought of Gongsun Zhan's Yijing high-rise building, so he planned to paint the scoop according to the gourd, preparing to use an underground offensive to break down the solid fortress of Cao's military camp.

It's a pity that Cao Cao also carefully studied the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, and dug the long trench in advance, and Yuan's army didn't have a hard time in the tunnel battle.

In the Yuan army camp, Yuan Shao sat on the handsome chair, tilted his head to one side, and supported his cheeks with his hands, "Everyone, if the Cao army can't hold out, can there be a good way to break the enemy?" ”

In the Chinese military tent, after this question was raised, there was a long silence.

Facing the enemy army that can't defend is always a headache, otherwise it would not have been delayed for a year in Youzhou, the desperate Gongsun Zhan.

After trying to build a turret and dig tunnels, the Northern Strategist Group also fell into a situation where there was nothing to be done for a while.

In the past, the most enthusiastic among the strategists were Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, but now that Tian Feng was not there, Fu Zhu saw that no one spoke, so he took a step forward and said:

"Lord, Cao Cao's troops are insufficient, so if he wants to defend to the death and look for opportunities to gain advantages, we must not continue to delay, and the casualties of the assault are too large.

At the suggestion, send five armies, each with 5,000 people, down the Yellow River, in Puyang, Yongqiu, Annihilation and other places to harass, so that Cao Cao's rear is turbulent, and the army will collapse.

This move can also give full play to the superiority of our army's strength, so that hundreds of thousands of troops will not be gathered here without making achievements. ”

This method is not only in line with the art of war, but also a tactic tailored for Yuan Shao, which belongs to a kind of land grabbing warfare.

The only drawback, if Cao Cao ignores these small cities in the rear, the delay will be much longer.

When he was in Youzhou, in order to lure out Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao also used similar methods, constantly harassing the surrounding counties, but Gongsun Zhan insisted on Yijing and just didn't come out.

Of course, this move may have pushed Cao Cao into a corner, but the length of time it took was obviously contrary to Yuan Shao's original intention, and he took a deep breath, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Even this fleeting hesitation did not escape Guo Tu's eyes, and the dog-headed military advisor was always able to figure out his inner world through the changes in Yuan Shao's subtle expressions, and immediately stepped forward and retorted:

"With such a delay, when will the Central Plains be obtained for a long time. It is advisable for the lord to concentrate his mind on the official crossing and not to be distracted. ”

Yuan Shao has gone from the Taishou of the Bohai Sea to the lord of the four states today, if you want to talk about achievements, Guo Tu is really not helpful, but he can mix like a fish in water in the group of strategists in the northern country, relying on speaking for Yuan Shao.

Whether it is Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, or Xu You, Trial and others, they only know that Yuan Shao wants to unify the Central Plains, but no one knows that what he desires more in his heart is to be fast, so all tactics revolve around not winning, but should be fast.

After all, no one would think that this battle of unequal strength between the two sides could be lost.

Guo Tu's eagerness earned him Yuan Shao's appreciative eyes, although he didn't say anything, everything was in plain sight.

People's status is unconsciously promoted in this frequent overture, and Guo Tu knows this well.

"Lord, according to the following opinion, then Cao Cao will not go out of the village to fight with us in the short term, so why not leave an army of 180,000 to deal with it, and send Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead 200,000 elite soldiers to Xuchang!"

Xu Yu held his head high and said in the middle of the year: "Xuchang is the capital of Cao Cao, and it is also the location of the pseudo-capital, as long as Xuchang falls, Cao's army will be chaotic!" ”

This time, Yuan Shao's heart was really moved, and he even changed his sitting posture to look at Xu You, and his eyes kept turning.

Go down to Xuchang first, cut off its logistics, and then kill it back, and attack Cao Ying on both fronts, not only has a great chance of winning, but also takes a short time, and Cao Cao can be destroyed within three months if nothing else.

Yuan Shao helped the desk to sit up straight, and when he was about to make up his mind, Yuan Shang stood up.

"Father, the gentlemen are all handsome and resourceful people in the northern country, and what they propose is also Anbang's policy, the child should not be beaked and falsely talked, but there is a doubt in his heart, and he is not unhappy."

"Shang'er can talk about it." Yuan Shao smiled with relief, it is good to have doubts, it proves that he has his own opinions in his heart, and what he looks down on the most is the master who will only listen to the opinions of the people below, which Yuan Tan did not do enough to satisfy him.

"Our army has an absolute advantage in Guandu, and this advantage is not only in terms of troops, but also in the supply of grain, grass, and ordnance. It is reported that Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought several times in Anfeng and Xiaoguan, and the granary of the treasury was already empty, and he borrowed 100,000 stone grain and grass from the family Haoqiang for this war. ”

Yuan Shangnian was only sixteen or seventeen, but he was not stage frightened, and he analyzed confidently and calmly in front of the civil and military officers, "That is to say, Cao Jun's grain and grass will only last for two months, which is the advantage of our army."

Second, if we hastily divide our troops, once Cao's army takes action, or misses a flaw, we may not be sure that we will knock it to the ground in terms of troops.

The most critical point is that hundreds of thousands of troops of our army are stationed here, which has a great deterrent effect on Cao's army, and Cao's camp must now be in danger for everyone. ”

Hearing this, Xu Yu tactically leaned back, what is this called, leaving 180,000 people is not elite, but if he only sticks to the camp and cooperates with the defense of the stockade, it is impossible to stop Cao Cao's attack.

Without waiting for Xu Yu to refute, Yuan Shao had already laughed loudly, "Okay, good, Shang'er has indeed made great progress with the army, and if you can see this layer, it can be regarded as a leaf knowing autumn." ”

"I think that the words of the son are well versed in the essence of the art of war, and I seconded the proposal below."

"I also seconded the proposal below, don't divide the troops easily!"

The trial and the discipline stood up and stood in front of Xu You.

In fact, Yuan Shang's words did not have much knowledge of the art of war, but there was one thing in it that Yuan Shao strongly agreed, once the troops were divided, in case Cao Cao showed a flaw on the way, his elite was not there, and he really couldn't give him a fatal blow.

Coupled with the fact that there was a trial and a good time, Yuan Shao hesitated a little for a while, and felt that it was not a bad choice to stay here and continue to wait and see.

Of course, he is more gratified, in Yuan Shao's view, it is a matter of time to clean up Cao Cao in the end, and there is no doubt about the outcome of the victory, but Yuan Shang can put forward his own opinions in front of many civil and military generals, which is out of the image of the vase, which he is very happy about.

How did he know that it was Xu You's plan that in Yuan Shang's opinion, the chance of overturning the battlefield was too great, and he had to stand up against it.

As a popular figure in winning the heir, he actually didn't want to offend Xu Yu and frustrate these people, but now he had to oppose it.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Tan has already suffered a loss on the Qingzhou front, and he read the battle report, not at all like Yuan Shao said that it was to retreat from the enemy to attract Lin Mo into the set, on the contrary, he Yuan Tan was already in a passive position in the battle of Qishan.

Once Cao Cao quickly collapses on the Western Front, then Lu Bu will inevitably be unable to resist the Northern Army, and Yuan Tan, who was originally at an absolute disadvantage, will also get the military merits he should not enjoy, which Yuan Shang does not want to see.

Anyway, no matter how this battle is fought, it will not be defeated, since this is the case, you can choose a conservative way, drag Cao Cao head-on, and let Lu Bu and Lin Mo find ways to deal with Yuan Tan.

As long as Yuan Tan is defeated, or suffers some big losses, even if the war situation on the Western Front collapses in the end, he Yuan Tan will only eat the benefits of the overall situation, not to talk about military merits, naturally, he can make some articles here.

I have to say that Yuan Shang's intentions are still very far-reaching.

Not only Yuan Shang, but also Guo Tu, Jubei, Xiao Ji and others, are very hard, much harder than Cao Ying's strategists and Lu Ying's strategists.

For the counsellors of the two sides were concerned with retreat from the enemy and victory; In addition to victory, they also have to consider their own interests, which is not easy.

"I've made up my mind!"

Yuan Shao squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Zhang He and Gao Ran continue to lead troops to challenge, Han Meng and Lu Kuang each lead 3,000 troops to detour to the rear of Cao Ying, waiting for an opportunity to cut off Cao's army's grain road!" ”

"Whoa!" The four generals will be out of the queue and give up their hands.

At this point, Fu Zhu and Xu You also understood that unnecessary dissuasion would only be counterproductive, so they could only lower their heads and sigh.

Hopefully, the overall situation will go as the lord hopes

The mentality of the two is still good, and it is more of a loss that the repeated suggestions are not adopted.

As for the internal contradictions, they saw it in their eyes, but they were very calm in their hearts, because they all understood that this could not be regarded as the characteristics of the Yuan family.

In fact, any dynasty or even the power of the princes will have such and such internal contradictions, which will only become more and more prominent as the Yuan family grows bigger.

Not to mention that it is him Yuan Shao, how good is the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, it is impossible to strangle all the contradictions, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, which is eternal.

Because of this, in the eyes of the two of them, Guo Tu and the judges are more like flattering ministers in the dynasty, or eunuchs who are chaotic.

But the most powerful weapon is in the hands of this group of people, and it hurts a lot in life.

On the Qingzhou front, Lu Ying advanced fifteen miles and came to the vicinity of the location where Yuan's army had previously been stationed.

Here, Qi Shan has only become a support, and no longer has the effect of arching guards, but must always be careful that Yuan Jun runs up from the other side of the mountain to fight sparrow attacks.

The diversion of the giant ocean water is also diverted from here, and it is not possible to form a natural protective barrier.

Fortunately, the position has not yet reached a completely open area, even if the Yuan army comes to attack, it will not be able to spread out the army, but if the soldiers of the Lu battalion want to attack, they will inevitably collide with the northern army in the wilderness, so that the shortcomings of the army will be more obvious.

But this is helpless, if you want to make a fuss about the grain and grass camp, it will be a matter of time before you advance.

"What about two gentlemen, I don't have any good ideas here." In the military tent, Chen Gong and Jia Xu sat side by side, and Lin Mo, who walked in from outside the tent, sat in front of them, spreading his hands, hoping to seek some comfort from the two great talents.

"The disparity in strength is too great, and Yuan Tan even has the ability to set up ambushes on both sides at the same time."

Chen Gong shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Unless we can mislead Yuan Tan and let him leave all the elites in the big camp, there is still a chance to attack his grain and grass camp like this, but the risk is too great." ”

Yuan Tan has an army of 200,000, of course, it can't be all elite, according to the ratio of troops and the information previously obtained, his most elite troops should be 8,000 cavalry and 12,000 foot soldiers under the command of Wen Chou, in addition to the first battalion, halberd warriors and chariots.

In this way, the elite is in the early 20,000s, and according to the habit of employing soldiers, it is unlikely that the clumsy troops such as the first camp, the halberd warriors and the chariot will be pulled to the grain and grass camp dozens of miles away.

Therefore, according to speculation, if Yuan Tan really wants to set up an ambush, he must use Wen Chou's 20,000 people.

As for whether the 20,000 people will be used separately, it depends on how big the hook under him is, if the grain and grass camp is sure to be a fish hook, then the 20,000 army must be stud, the reason is very simple, this is a battle worthy of the elite of his own side.

"You all know the means I prepared, one use may be a miracle, but it can only be used this once, and now I still can't figure out the truth and falsehood of this grain and grass camp, and I don't dare to move it." Jia Xu also chimed in.

Well, it seems that these two have no good way to judge what the situation of the grain and grass camp is, and this kind of thing can't be tempted, once tempted, it will give Yuan Tan a wake-up call.

Obviously, as long as you destroy the opponent's grain and grass camp, you can easily win the battle, this feeling is very itchy.

It's a pity, the troops are not good, if we have Yuan Tan's 180,000 army, we can play all kinds of tricks.

Although the old yin won a beautiful battle, it was only an advantage in the end, and it did not form a victory.

Moreover, this advantage is not long-lasting, and over time, it will slowly dissipate.

Lin Mo was a little melancholy with his hands on his cheeks.

"It's better to use your means to rush the grain and grass camp of the Yuan army, if there is really an ambush, we will not have much loss, if there is no ambush, we can take advantage of the situation to get its grain and grass, cut off its retreat!" Chen Gong was a little impatient.

Jia Xu didn't say anything, but Lin Mo smiled bitterly, "God knows if the grain and grass camp is true or not, if there is no grain and grass in it at all, wouldn't the one Mr. Jia prepared be wasted." ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Gong withered and sighed depressedly.

It's tricky.

And Yuan Tan is much more difficult to deal with than he imagined, after the defeat from Qishan, he didn't even let Wen Chou lead troops to challenge again, most likely to appease the army.

The number of scouts in the rear of the camp has increased significantly, and it is thought that they should be exploring the location of their own grain and grass.

That's it, in the battle of survival, if you don't have the certainty of victory, you should try not to make a move, after all, he Yuan Tan is more anxious.

In fact, Lin Mo was wrong to think so, at least not all right, because there was one person in Yuan Ying's camp who was more anxious than Yuan Tan.

"Sir, it's been almost a month, and the location of the grain and grass camp exposed by Ling didn't catch Lu Bu's army, so let's just wait? This is an army of 180,000, and Lu Bucai is only 60,000 people, so there is no need for confrontation!

Sir, I'm afraid you have forgotten that my brother is still being abused in the prison of the thief, right? ”

At first, Wen Chou was still a little patient, thinking that the attraction of the grain and grass camp should be sufficient, good guy, but there was no movement on the other side from beginning to end, so he was unwilling to be lonely and found Yuan Tan and Tian Feng.

There was no way, as long as he thought that Yan Liang was still suffering in Xuchang Prison, he couldn't wait to start a life-and-death battle with Lu Bu immediately.

The love between military generals can be shared by life and death.

For the sake of Yan Liang, he could even give up his life.

Yuan Tan looked at Tian Feng a little helplessly, although he knew that now was not the time to make a move, but Wen Chou couldn't be appeased, so he could only divert his anger.

Tian Feng stroked his short beard and nodded, "Has it been a month, and that time is almost there." ”

Immediately, he made a gesture to Yuan Tan, "Childe, it's time to do it." ”

"Do it?"

Yuan Tan frowned with some confusion, "Mr. is you talking about directly attacking Lu Bu's military village?" ”

Tian Feng shook his head, "Let him attack us." ”

"How is this possible, Lu Bu is only a few people, and he doesn't dare to borrow a gut!" Wen Chou took over directly and snorted coldly.

"He doesn't dare, someone will help him."

Tian Feng smiled knowingly, "Mrs. Zhang has been in our army for many days, and it's time to contribute." ”

I found that I was a bit socially phobic and didn't dare to make group ......

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