"It's only been less than a month since the war started, and Feng Xiao has to think of a new move? It seems that Liu Bei is very tightly defended. ”

Xun Yu was stopped by Cao Cao, and he was quite surprised, so he took Guo Jia's secret letter in Cao Cao's hand and looked at it.

"It turned out that Fengxiao found that Liu Bei's army also had wise and resourceful people, and his army was unwilling to expand the war after calculating it, so he did not dare to rashly attack Donghai County and Xiapi County, and only dared to limit the battle situation to Langya. That's why Liu Bei gathered heavy troops in Langya in advance, hoarded a large amount of supplies, and defended my place to attack?

This is indeed very disadvantageous to us, we can not attack the East China Sea, we can not attack Pi, but we cannot let the enemy be sure that we will not attack. In this way, it will be easy to make progress in the direction of the real main attack......"

Xun Yu glanced at it a few times to find out the new problems and new situations that Guo Jia encountered on the front line.

To fight a war, there are indeed some places where it cannot be fought.

But if you let your enemies know that you can't fight, it's not good.

The ideal state is, of course, that I don't fight, but the enemy still has to defend with all his strength.

After figuring out the situation on the front line, Xun Yu then looked down at the solution that Guo Jia thought of:

Guo Jia suggested that Cao Cao give Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Chang Feng and other leaders and generals who were originally in the semi-independent factions in Langya, Taishan County and other places to add additional officials to expand their strength in name, and then create the illusion that these people "can't lose their tails and make their own opinions".

In the end, let Xiahou Yuan disguise a considerable part of the forces of Cao's army in Xuzhou as these semi-separatist forces to fight Liu Bei, but in fact, these troops are of course still under the control of Xiahou Yuan. In this way, he can no longer be bound by the rules and regulations of "Cao Jun can only fight Langya, not the East China Sea".

After Xun Yu read it, he was also moved in his heart, and the secret way of Fengxiao's plan was really useful, but it was also vicious.

"It's really a clever plan, the reason why we are afraid that we will not be able to control the situation after beating Liu Bei is because we are fighting Liu Bei under the banner of beating Yuan Tan, and we are tied up. But since Liu Bei's army can do things under the banner of Yuan Tan, why can't our army do things under the banner of Zang Ba and Chang Xuan? ”

Liu Bei plays "proxy war", and Cao Cao can also play "proxy war", which is fair!

Everyone knows that when Cao Cao destroyed Lu Bu two or three years ago, these forces did not contribute substantively to Lu Bu at all. In the past eight years, Zang Ba has been "whoever can enter Xuzhou, I will listen to whomever he wants", but in fact, he did not listen to the announcement.

The situation of the thieves in Mount Tai is similar.

After Cao Cao nominally subdued Zang Ba and Chang Xuan, he actually couldn't ask Zang Ba to contribute much to other battlefields, and he was counting on them to defend their original territory and not make trouble.

Now, if Cao Cao suddenly faked "Zang Ba became a dog who didn't listen to his master, the master didn't let him bite Liu Bei, but he himself lost control and went to bite Liu Bei", and then let the army under the banner of Zang Ba Sun Guan and Chang Feng attack the Huaibei Plain of Xuzhou under Liu Bei's control, attract Liu Bei's troops, and force Liu Bei to fight a decisive battle.

So with the mentality that Liu Bei's camp is afraid of beating the wolf with a hemp rod, most of them will also accept this explanation, knock out their teeth and swallow blood, and in the end they can only put on a posture of "only revenge on the mad dog, but dare not directly fight with the dog owner".

The difference between Cao and Liu's use of agents is only that "Yuan Tan was not exactly Liu Bei's puppet, and Liu Bei couldn't control it if he wanted to make his own decisions".

And Zang Ba Sun Guan and Chang Feng had already been put on the head by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao just wanted to shirk his responsibility and pretend that these people were temporarily out of control.

As for Zang Ba and the others, there are not enough troops...... That's not a problem at all! Wouldn't it be nice to let part of Xiahou Yuan's army directly change to the banner of Zang Ba and others. In fact, Xiahou Yuan was still in command, and the control of the troops was not lost at all, just like Liu Bei.

It's just like the battle of Nanpi, let Tai Shici's army fight Yuan Tan's military flag.

Xun Yu is also a smart person, so Cao Cao doesn't need to tell these operation details, he believes that Xun Yu has already made up his brain.

After Xun Yu read it, he silently put down Guo Jia's secret letter, Cao Cao looked at his expression, and knew that he had comprehended it, and he did not object, but there was still a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

Cao Cao humbly took the initiative to ask: "Wen Ruo doesn't think there is anything wrong with this policy?" ”

Xun Yu sighed: "There is no problem in the general direction, but there are some small hidden dangers." The purpose of this strategy is to control the scope of the battle with Liu Bei and ensure that it can be collected and released freely.

But the imperial court pretending that Zang Ba and Sun Guan were uncontrollable was still very different from Liu Bei's use of Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan was already an enemy of the imperial court, even if Liu Bei did not support Yuan Tan one day and wanted to stop, the imperial court would continue to fight Yuan Tan.

And Zang Ba and the others originally had no enmity with Liu Bei, and they were under the banner of defending the land for the imperial court, Liu Bei did not dare to take the initiative to attack them, for fear of expanding the war. Now we are offending Liu Bei to death under the banner of Zang Ba, if the war is going well and advancing in an orderly manner, we will naturally be happy.

But if our army is defeated by Liu Bei and counterattacks, Liu Bei will be able to justifiably attack the remaining areas of Langya County and even Taishan County. This is tantamount to a big gamble, the imperial court put the defense area controlled by Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and Chang Feng on the gambling game, and Liu Bei on the other side was forced to put the western half of Donghai County, Xiapi and the Huaibei part of Guangling on the other side. ”

Cao Cao frowned: "Don't think about winning, think about defeat first?" Wen Ruo really took it seriously. However, it is not a matter of concern to think that this price is alone!

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Even if our army gave Liu Bei an excuse that 'he would not offend the imperial court to death, and he could justifiably attack the western part of Langya and the entire territory of Taishan County', would he have such a good mouth to eat this hard bone?

In the future, it must be Liu Bei who will compete with the world! Even if fighters reappear on the northern front in the future, and the troops are withdrawn to come back to destroy Yuan Shang, in the direction of Xu Huai, the imperial court also has enough troops to take the defensive!

Yun Chang is certainly a famous general in the world, but his troops are insufficient, and it is already the limit to be able to hold half of Xuzhou, how can he counterattack? He is willing to counterattack, and he can't ask for it! The battlefield of Xuzhou has been heavily gathered, and it is difficult to move, and the active attack party will inevitably suffer.

Our army is now fighting unfavorably precisely because we are on the main offensive. One day, when Yun Chang led Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to attack, it would be his turn to bear this disadvantage. The imperial court occupies the north, and the population and land are all superior to Liu Bei, and they consume each other's troops, money, and food, and they can't ask for anything! ”

In Cao Cao's eyes, he has regarded this Xuzhou battlefield as the Hefei battlefield ten years later in history, even if it is difficult for his side to break through quickly, he can count on this meat grinder to slowly grind the flesh and blood of the southern princes!

This view is actually not wrong.

Because the historical Hefei-Misu battlefield is indeed like this, whoever attacks will suffer.

Many spectators who don't read history carefully and watch a lively scene know that "Sun Quan Hefei 100,000 heads are gone" to talk about things.

As everyone knows, Zhuge Liang's "Later Teacher Table" also clearly lists the examples of Cao Cao's failures in his life: "Cao Cao's five attacks on Changba (Changfeng) are not down, and the four Chaohu Lake are not successful."

The "Siyue Chaohu" here refers to Cao Cao's four large-scale southern expedition attempts on the Hefei-Chaohu-Weixukou line, which shows that this battlefield is a meat grinder, who attacks and who loses troops, Sun Cao is the same. Sun Quan can't push the front line of Hefei, and Cao Cao can't push the line of Xukou.

……

Xun Yu saw that he should have reminded him, but Cao Cao still insisted on this strategy even though he knew the risk, so he couldn't say anything.

Xun Yu just had a quick turn of thought, quickly sorted out other risks in his mind, and finally persuaded him with good words: "Even if Ming Gong is determined to implement this policy, he should not be in a hurry." Sooner or later, Zang Ba and the others will also figure out this truth, this is to put their territory in danger.

We must appease them well, first give them more officials and knights, and then let Miaocai encircle them on the front line, and allow them to 'after victory, give them more military power and real power', and when they are really willing, this strategy can be like an arm's finger and a united heart. ”

Xun Yu reminded Cao Cao that if you put Zang Ba and others on the table, you have to see if Zang Ba and others are willing to fight this one. If the internal ideas are not unified, and the top and bottom are not in unison, they will be forced to push, and then the internal hidden dangers will be endless.

When Cao Cao heard this, tonight was also the first time he showed a solemn expression: "This theory of gold and jade is also understandable." Anyway, Feng Xiao's strategy is also a backhand when the frontal attack is unfavorable, and it is to force the enemy army to a decisive battle on the East China Sea Plain, so there is no need to rush.

Spend a month or two slowly preparing, and at the same time see if Miaocai has made greater progress on the Langya front line in the past two months. If the genius wins in a dignified manner, the follow-up strategy can also be adjusted.

Even if the matter stops at the end, the court will not have any loss, at most, it will just give Zang Ba and them a few miscellaneous generals - this matter, if you go to deal with it personally, in the past few days, you will first set up a name for Zang Ba and them to be promoted. ”

Xun Yu received the order, and he went back to handle it.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Cao Gong is still atmospheric. No matter what other aspects are, at least in terms of giving promotions and rewards to outsiders, he is really not stingy.

Before the matter was over, before Zang Ba and their real efforts were used, the official was sealed first.

Zang Ba didn't have enough merit to convince the public, and he had to be helped by the court's Shangshuling to rack his brains to think about merit and find an excuse to be promoted!

……

Xun Yu helped Cao Cao and Guo Jia do a good job of superficial articles and deal with the details, and just five or six days later, the promotion edicts of Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Chang Xuan, Li Dian and others were sent to the front line in Xuzhou.

Zang Ba Zang Xuangao, was crowned as a Weilu general, and was named the Marquis of Tingdu - and in the original history, this official position Zang Ba did not get it until the tenth year of Jian'an, that is, in 205, after Cao Cao completely destroyed Yuan Tan.

Now that he has less military exploits to participate in the destruction of Yuan Tan, he has been promoted three years ahead of schedule.

Sun Guan Sun Zhongtai, who was only a miscellaneous lieutenant before, has now crossed the Zhonglang General and was named a partial general, Guan Neihou.

Chang Xuan, who was born as a thief in Taishan, was crowned as the Taishou of the East China Sea by Cao Cao - but Donghai County is still in Liu Bei's hands, and the meaning of this provocation is already obvious.

Finally, Li Dian, who was in charge of the armed forces of Shanyang County, was named a captured general, Duting Hou, and his rank was the same as Zang Ba. Originally, in history, he also had to get this official position four years later, after he destroyed Yuan Tan with Cao Cao and the pirate Guan Cheng off the coast of Qingzhou.

Cao Cao is equivalent to giving these four local snake generals on the front line of Xuzhou, who have been promoted for an average of three years in one breath, and buy them to absolutely cooperate with the imperial court in the follow-up actions and serve the imperial court well. put his net worth and life into the stakes, and fought with Liu Bei.

Even if it is not successful, the risk is controllable, and at most it will lose all the chips on the table, and it will not affect Cao Cao's other principal.

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