Chapter 1048: Planning
"Sending troops to attack Jizhou? Hahaha, Wen Ruo, are you kidding? ”
After Xun Yu finished speaking, he immediately aroused Wang Yun's ridicule.
Not to mention anything else, Jizhou is the place where Liu Zheng led the army and went, if Liu Bei also intervened, wouldn't it be the beginning of the melee.
Not to mention, Liu Zheng mobilized tens of thousands of troops to Jizhou, and if Liu Bei wanted a piece of the pie, how many soldiers and horses would he need.
The mere fact that Liu Zheng's men and horses were stationed here was enough for Liu Bei to temporarily avoid the edge, and it would be better to choose to attack other places.
Wang Yun thought of this, and after Xun Yu said this idea, he immediately opened his mouth to mock.
Liu Bei, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others, most of them thought the same as Wang Yun at this time, but their relationship with Xun Yu was not bad, and they did not say anything questioning.
just looked at Xun Yu, waiting for Xun Yu to answer Wang Yun's question, and at the same time answer the doubts in his heart.
Liu Bei looked at Xun Yu, and he didn't quite understand why Xun Yu said that.
"Wen Ruo, why do you say that? What's the insight? ”
Xun Yu raised his hand, took a step forward, held his chin, and whispered.
"Liu Gong, our army is already short of grain and grass, even if we can temporarily scrape together some grain and grass, it will definitely not be able to support the needs of more than 100,000 troops in a major war, so even if we want to send troops, we will definitely send elite soldiers."
"Sending troops is fine, not caring about many, since we can only send a small group of soldiers and horses, then we will try to choose cavalry, so that the mobility is strong. At the same time, it can also give Liu Zheng the biggest blow! ”
Xun Yu did not say why he wanted to send troops to Jizhou, but first explained to Liu Bei how to send troops.
When he said such a sentence, a few people present had already understood something.
Jia Xu was standing beside Xun Yu, and after listening to Xun Yu's words, he immediately nodded, but he was not good at words and didn't like to speak.
When no one asks about him, he is a transparent person who hardly speaks.
Liu Bei also nodded after Xun Yu finished speaking.
I agree with Xun Yu's words.
"Wen Ruo said a lot, even if we want to send 100,000 troops, we can't draw so many soldiers and horses for the time being, after all, those yellow turban thieves in Bingzhou still have to let go."
"Since we chose to surprise the soldiers and cause some trouble to Liu Zheng, then we can really only send some cavalry out, at present we have 30,000 cavalry, 20,000 cavalry that we recently purchased from the Huns, and trained cavalry. Commanded by General Zhao Yun. ”
"There are 10,000 people, who are the war horses transferred from Xiliang, commanded by General Ma Chao, and these two people are in command of the army, and it should not be a problem to attack Liu Zheng."
Liu Bei thought about it carefully, and after Xun Yu's words, he summarized these elite soldiers and horses that can be mobilized now.
"What Liu Gong said, is exactly what I think, if we only mobilize 30,000 cavalry, we don't need so much grain and grass, and the cavalry is very capable, which can cause a lot of interference to Liu Zheng."
"Of course, the most important thing is that I think the reason for sending troops to Jizhou and not other states is that we are not trying to bring back the territory occupied by Liu Zheng, our purpose is to interfere with Liu Zheng's attack on Yuan Xi in the north."
"As long as there are 30,000 of our troops, the troops are in Jizhou, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses will not dare to move, if he attacks Yuan Xi with all his strength, we will surprise his rear, Liu Zheng's cavalry is not much, and it will not be the opponent of my army at all."
"If we don't fight Yuan Xi, Liu Zheng will turn to attack us, and we will let the cavalry retreat, and the 30,000 cavalry, Liu Zheng's men and horses will not be able to pursue."
"If Liu Zheng doesn't fight on both sides, but just consumes in Jizhou, we don't have to be afraid, we only have 30,000 people, but Liu Zheng has mobilized several times our soldiers and horses, and their food and grass consumption is much more than ours."
"If we procrastinate, it will only be good for us, and there will be no harm."
"After a long time, our recuperation has returned, but Liu Zheng has fallen into a situation of lack of food, and when the time comes, we will gather forces to encircle and suppress Liu Zheng."
Xun Yu explained his plan in detail, and Wang Yun, who still had a lot of doubts, immediately shut up.
Not only Wang Yun, but several other people all understood Xun Yu's plan.
"Wen Ruo, wonderful, this plan is very wonderful."
"Yes, we don't need to send too many soldiers and horses to be able to contain Liu Zheng's tens of thousands of troops, this plan can!"
Cheng Yu and Xun Yu immediately gave Xun Yu a high degree of approval.
In fact, Xun Yu's plan, they didn't expect it, but at the very beginning, they were all led astray by Liu Bei.
Thinking of attacking Liu Zheng with all his might, he completely ignored the others.
And Xun Yu's plan is not to attack, but to contain Liu Zheng, so that Liu Bei's men can recuperate during this time.
It is now March and April, and it only needs to be delayed for half a year, and when it comes to the autumn harvest, after the first batch of grain and grass is harvested, Liu Bei's subordinates have enough grain and grass.
He could start the war again, but at that time, Liu Zheng was busy with the war in the north, and the consumption was huge, and there might be a shortage of grain and grass.
For Liu Bei, it is an excellent plan, and he will not lose left or right.
"This plan is very good, Wen Ruo, you bothered."
"Then according to what Wen Ruo said, go down and prepare, there is not much time, and immediately send an order to General Ma Chao and General Zhao Yun to come to see me."
After Liu Bei discussed with all the strategists, he immediately ordered his generals to come to meet him.
Ma Chao and Zhao Yun hurriedly came to Liu Bei's mansion.
After learning that he was going to lead a large army to deal with Liu Zheng, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were extremely excited.
Ma Chao was excited, because he was young, he was able to fight with a hero like Liu Zheng at that time, and he couldn't be excited, after all, Lu Bu was under Liu Zheng, and Lu Bu was the strongest general in the world at the beginning.
Ma Chao has always wanted to fight Lu Bu and improve his reputation.
It's just that there is no chance, and now there is finally a chance.
And Zhao Yun was excited that this time, he could finally avenge his former leader, Gongsun Zhan.
Gongsun Zhan died at the hands of Liu Zheng, although it was not Liu Zheng who killed it himself, but because of Liu Zheng, Zhao Yun has always been concerned about this hatred.
Having got this opportunity, Zhao Yun naturally had to grasp it well.
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, after receiving the order, went directly to the barracks, mobilized 30,000 troops, and went straight to the Tiger Pass.
After leaving the Tiger Prison Pass, he went to Chenliu, Yanzhou and other places, and went directly to Jizhou.