After Yuan Tan got the aided equipment, he quickly replaced a batch of troops that had been withdrawn from the previous battle with Cao Cao and redressed them.

Then it was handed over to the Qingzhou Captain to lead the commander, rectify it, and prepare to put into the counterattack against Cao's army and temporarily relieve the siege of Nanpi.

After making up his mind, Yuan Tan also notified Tai Shi Ci of his counteroffensive plan through Xin Bi as soon as possible, hoping that Tai Shi Ci could help him plunder the formation as a reserve.

Before Tai Shici came this time, he also got Liu Bei's authorization and Zhuge Jin's care from Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei had allowed him to act cheaply, and he could show his muscles when necessary, and it was also for Yuan Tan to see the benefits of forming an alliance with Liu Bei, so that Yuan Tan could not do without Liu Bei even more.

As for how to fight, what can be done and what can't be done in principle, the Zhuge brothers also helped him plan a plan, which is similar to the "tips" in the family's mouth, Tai Shici only needs to evaluate it himself according to that guiding ideology.

Of course, the plan given by the Zhuge brothers is definitely not as mysterious and specific as what Luo Guanzhong wrote.

It's all more general, principled stuff. For example, even if you participate in a war, you can only participate to what extent, you are not allowed to be the vanguard, you are not allowed to fight in the front, you are not allowed to lose independent command, and so on......

So after hearing about Xin Bi's needs, Tai Shici did not immediately agree, but compared his own authorization, and after listening to Yuan Tan's strategic goals, he put forward a set of his own plan in turn.

Tai Shi Ci first confirmed to the messenger Xinbi:

"Yuan Qingzhou wants to rely on the fact that the military aid has just arrived, and the Cao army is not on guard, and launches a counteroffensive in order to temporarily relieve the siege of Nanpicheng?

Cao's army has been unsuccessful in attacking Nanpi for two months, and now it has indeed slackened off and has transferred part of its troops to the Western Front to conquer other places? ”

Xin Bi's mind is full of Yuan Tan's tasks, and of course he knows everything about Tai Shici's doubts, and he is very sincere:

"General Taishi was really keen, and he immediately asked the point. The plan of the eldest prince is indeed as expected by the general. Moreover, the Cao thief is now under Nanpi City, and the siege is indeed a little lax, and the troops are not very large.

Cao Thief's attitude towards Nanpi should have changed from the initial fierce attack to a long-lasting siege - after all, after he invaded the hinterland of Hebei, thousands of miles of plains and fertile fields, and a horse and a flat river.

Cao Thief's previous goal in the first stage was to march all the way north to Yishui, and cut the east and west of Jizhou into two parts, in order to divide and encircle. Then the second step was to take the enclave of Bohai County, which was separated from Yecheng, where my lord's father-in-law was located, and which was the most populous and wealthy.

But Cao Thief didn't expect that when my lord was in danger, he immediately made a decision and handed over the defensive authority of Bohai County, which was divided into an enclave, to the eldest prince, and let the eldest prince rely on Qingyou to defend it. In the first two months, the eldest prince transferred Zhang Nan and Wangmen from Youzhou to Bohai to defend and defend Nanpi.

Cao Thief saw that Bohai County was no longer a soft persimmon that was easy to pinch, so he changed his plan, turned around and marched westward, to divide his troops to attack Anping County and Julu County in the middle of Jizhou. ”

Xin Biyang said a lot of analysis, and also shared the latest front-line information he had just obtained after returning to Yuan Tan's camp with Tai Shici.

After listening to this, Tai Shici also felt that if all this was true, the opportunity was indeed good, and it was easy to surprise a small victory to boost the morale of Yuan Tan's side, and at the same time let Yuan Tan realize the benefits of cooperating with Liu Bei.

After the Cao army's offensive in the last two months was blocked, it was also very reasonable to turn back to Anping County and Julu County. Because the hinterland of Jizhou is all plains, after the initial chiseling and division is completed, it is found that the enclave in the east is not soft persimmons, so it is natural to turn back and pinch the "second-soft" persimmons.

For Cao Cao, now is not the time to smash any hard bones, but to expand the results of the battle in the hinterland of the Hebei Plain as much as possible.

Although Yuan Shao was seriously ill and bedridden, the Wei County where Yecheng was located, which he personally guarded, and the Zhao County to the north of Wei County, the defensive force was still very solid. The western half of Julu County, the former land of Guangping, between Wei and Zhao, should also be very well defended.

And the whole territory of Anping County in the central part of Jizhou and the eastern half of Julu County should be regarded as weak fat, Cao Cao first picked fat meat to eat, which is very reasonable.

(Note: During the Western Han Dynasty, there was also a Guangping County between Wei and Zhao in Jizhou, and Guangping County was incorporated into Julu County in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.) In history, it was not until later that Cao Wei founded the country that Guangping County was divided from Julu again.

So now at this point in time of the sixth year of Jian'an, there is no such thing as Guangping County. The current territory of Julu County is northeast-southwest and very narrow. In the part of Julu County's territory northeast of Julu Ze, Yuan Shao was difficult to defend. As for the part southwest of Juluze, which is located between Zhao and Wei, Yuan Shao is still relatively easy to defend at present. ）

After careful assessment, Tai Shici concluded that the Cao army outside Nanpi City was indeed at a relatively weak historical low.

If Yuan Tan is on the side, there are Zhang Nan and Wangmen guarding the gate, and there are Guan Tong with reinforcements outside, plus he responds from the side, the certainty of victory is still not small, at least he can steal Cao Cao coldly.

Zhang Nan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a passerby, but his status in the official history is not low. The status of Jiao Touch and Zhang Naner in Youzhou is no less than the status of Zhang He and Gao Ran in Jizhou, which are the top few military generals in Youzhou.

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It's just that most of Youzhou in history was directly voted for when the Yuan family collapsed in the end, and these people failed to leave any records.

As for that royal family, he is not a famous general, he was originally under the command of Gongsun Zhan. In that year, when Gongsun Chan "hoarded grain and defended Yijing Tower, and resolutely did not send troops to rescue the generals scattered in other counties and counties outside Yijing", Wang Men surrendered to Yuan Shao, and later retaliated against Gongsun Zhan with a counterattack, and participated in the final battle against Yi Jinglou.

After the demise of Gongsun Zhan, the royal gate was retained by Yuan Shao to garrison in Youbeiping, and Youzhou is now under the jurisdiction of Yuan Tan, so it was naturally transferred by Yuan Tan.

The three generals of Youzhou are now holding the Yijing-Yishui defense line with Jiao Touch, preventing Cao's army from going north into Youzhou. Zhang Nan and Wang Men respectively guarded Nanpi City and other support points in the rear of Bohai County.

After understanding his own combat strength clearly, Tai Shici cautiously asked another question: "Even though the Cao army in the siege of Nanpi has been weakened and relaxed, I don't know who else is leading the siege of the city?" If there are famous generals guarding the town, our army should not be underestimated. ”

This question, Xin Bi also did his intelligence homework before he came, and hurriedly explained it to An Taishi's heart: "General Taishi can rest assured of this!" Since I dared to come, I have inquired about it.

Before the Cao army was divided, there were many banners outside Nanpi City, including scum such as Zhang He and Gao Lan, as well as miscellaneous generals such as Lu Weihuang and Zhao Rong. There are also Cao Hong, who was sent by Cao Cao to supervise Zhang He's high view of them, as well as Le Jin and Xu Huang under Cao Hong's jurisdiction.

Later, Cao's army divided his troops, and Le Jin and Xu Huang were transferred to attack Anping County and Julu County respectively. Therefore, now under Nanpi City, only Cao Hong is left in command, sitting on the eastern front, and under the jurisdiction of Zhang He Gaolan and other generals, it can be seen that his ambition is to encircle but not fight. ”

Of course, Tai Shici would not know that in the original history books, "Lejin Xu Huang and Zhang He" could be ranked as the third of the "Five Good Generals".

The remaining two, Zhang Liao has already voted for Liu Bei, Yu Ban is now on guard against Liu Bei and Liu Biao in the direction of Wancheng on the southern line, and is under the control of Xiahou Dun - now at this point in time, it is before and after the "Battle of Bowangpo" in the original history, Cao Cao also had to leave heavy troops to guard against in the south, and it was impossible for famous generals to be sent to Hebei.

Therefore, Cao Cao sent a total of three of the five good generals to Hebei, and they were all placed in the direction of Nanpi before, which shows the importance attached to Yuan Tan. Now I can't eat this hard bone, so I transferred two of them.

Even if Tai Shici doesn't know the "Five Good Generals", he will still evaluate the combat strength of the enemy generals. He saw that there was only one Zhang He left in the enemy formation, and his combat strength was good, and Cao Hong, who had won the handsome position because of his closeness, did have a chance to fight.

However, Cao Hong and Zhang He are not weak after all, and now they can only be said to have "opportunities", not "steady wins". Tai Shi Ci must also consider the depth of his involvement, as well as the form of intervention.

If Yuan Tan used a trick to pull Liu Bei's camp directly into the water, and then caused Liu Bei's camp to carry the main output of Cao Cao's side, then Tai Shi Cike would have to apologize.

While thinking about it, Tai Shici recalled the care and deduction of Zhuge Jin's Zhuge Liang brothers before departure, and finally came up with a feasible solution:

"It's not impossible for me to participate in this battle, but Yuan Qingzhou's battle plan must be coordinated with our plan - after all, I am not Donglai Taishou now, let alone obey the duty of Qingzhou Mu. Our army will only participate in the battle of Nanpi with our army's own plan. ”

Xin Bi was very patient, and did not directly object, but kindly asked Tai Shi Ci to talk about his plan first, so that it could be discussed.

The other party is just here to help the field, and Yuan Tan's side really can't ask too much.

Tai Shici had the courage to say his plan: "First of all, this battle may take some time to prepare in advance, at least give our army more than half a month to plan, and I may also need to seconded some adjutant generals to General Xuzhou Guan to help in the battle."

Secondly, since I plan to relieve the siege of Nanpi City, I think it is better to play the banner and take advantage of the opportunity before the Bohai Sea and Zhangshui freeze in winter to seize the time to take the Zhangshui waterway and transport a batch of winter grain and grass to Nanpi City.

Our army is all soldiers from the south, and the land battle is inevitably inferior to the Hebei army, but the water war has an advantage. If in mid-November, Zhangshui is dry in winter and the water level drops, and large warships are afraid that they will no longer be able to sail in.

Therefore, it is necessary to complete this battle in early November at the latest, before the dry water in Qinghai and Hebei is frozen. Seeing that the dry water is coming, the Cao thieves will not be wary of the line of the Zhanghe River, and they have never seen the new warships of the southern princes, so when the time comes, they will only rely on infantry cavalry, how can they stop them in a hurry?

When Zhang He's Gaolan tried to intercept the grain convoy unsuccessfully, and the battle was unfavorable and his morale was frustrated, your army asked Captain Guan and Wang Duwei to lead the troops to help the battle by land, and to cooperate with General Zhang in Nanpi City, or to break the enemy.

Even if the Cao thieves were tenacious and could not inflict heavy losses on the besieging troops, they could still keep the Nanpi city from losing, and our army could also take it when it saw good, and returned along the Zhangshui River and retreated to the coast of the Bohai Sea.

Because our army met the attack on the Zhangshui River the whole time, even if there were dead and wounded, they could be towed away with the ship, and as long as the warship was not sunk by the enemy, it would be difficult for the Cao thief to capture our prisoners. In this way, even if our army plays the banner of Yuan Qingzhou's tribe, it will be difficult for Cao Thief to distinguish. ”

Tai Shici always insisted on "fighting Cao Cao under the banner of Yuan Tan's troops", that is, implementing Zhuge Jin's plan for Liu Bei, "If you can, don't pull the flag first, and test it with the posture of proxy war".

In the form of a fleet water battle, taking the Zhanghe River to participate in the battle is the easiest way to act in a low-key manner.

Yuan Tan can not agree, but if he does not agree, let Yuan Tan fight it himself, and Tai Shici will not accompany him.

People originally came to volunteer to help the field and show their strength, which is equivalent to a "free trial outfit", and Yuan Tan can't ask for more.

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