Chapter 1619: The Battle of Xuzhou (215)
The three-way army, marched together to kill Yancheng, and the soldiers came to the city, but Guan Yu evacuated all one day in advance, they withdrew in a hurry, and left a lot of materials.
But as soon as these words came out, Gao Ran was not in a hurry, Wen Chou had already directly refused, and then led his troops to enter Yan County, and at the same time appeased the people in the city.
Wen Chou lived in the county mansion, Xiahou and Gao Ran camped outside the city, after camping, Gao Ran entered the city to see Wen Chou, and the first thing he said was that Xiahou Dun actually wanted to pursue, and he had not suffered from Guan Yu, he did not know how much suffering would be caused by the rash advance of light soldiers.
"Yes, this southern expedition to Xuzhou, we must work steadily and steadily, as long as we don't give Guan Yu a chance, see where he can retreat."
The two have reached a preliminary tacit understanding before, initially hoping to stop Guan Yu in Yancheng and gather the main force of Xuzhou and Yancheng, but if Guan Yu runs away, then they will not go south after taking Xuzhou City at the farthest, and they will never go to Guan Yudang, now in the eyes of the two, Liu Lan and Guan Yu just want to let them stretch the battle line, and then go to Xiapi or even Guangling County for the final decisive battle, so that their battle line will be too long, and they may be defeated at any time.
But if you only go to Xuzhou City, then Guan Yu's conspiracy will never come true, and the battle line is also within the controllable range, and he is not afraid of any conspiracy of Guan Yu, he is more calm, and he will continue to attack Liu Lan after the captured counties are completely stabilized, and if he continues to encroach, Liu Lan will definitely be defeated.
Of course, there is another situation here, that is, Cao Cao, but it depends on the follow-up development, if the situation allows, it will naturally take advantage of the victory to pursue all the way, and do not give Liu Lan a chance to breathe, but if there is no such opportunity, then it has been encroaching on Xuzhou, Liu Lan will inevitably not be able to persist for a long time, and it is a matter of time before he retreats.
The purpose of this is not so much that the two of them are afraid of Guan Yu, but that they have suffered too many losses before, and for the sake of safety, they can only be cautious, not to mention that this battle is extraordinary, victory or defeat plays a decisive role, and they cannot be careless.
To tell the truth, the burden and pressure in the hearts of the two are quite large, this battle is not the same as the initial strategic deployment, and the mission of the two is naturally different, in this case, the two of them almost determine the rise and fall of Jizhou in the future, and the success will win the world, and the two of them will go down in history, and the defeat will leave a stench for 10,000 years, and withdraw from the ranks of the hegemony.
Under such pressure and burden, the pressure of the two can be imagined, do they dare to be cautious? Of course, Gao Ran came to see Wen Chou alone this time, in fact, it was still his own suspicion, Guan Yu retreated too strangely, this is not Guan Yu's style, after all, if the opponents they fought before kept retreating, it would not be strange to lure the enemy into depth like Zang Ba, but in Guan Yu's combat experience, there has never been such a situation.
But he can't guarantee how far his suspicion is from the truth, but he can be sure that even if Guan Yu retreats, he must be waiting for the fighter plane, waiting for us to make a mistake, and his retreat is not so much to lure the enemy deeper, but rather to say that he is waiting for us to make a mistake.
"Guan Yu's use of soldiers has the style of the ancients, especially for the ancient battle array, but you and I both know that the ancients used soldiers and disdained conspiracy and trickery, and used soldiers to decide the winner, and Guan Yu used soldiers to do the same, but this time, instead of opening the formation to fight me, he also took the initiative to retreat, so I can only draw one conclusion, that is, Guan Yu must have some intentions."
Gao Ran saw things very accurately and thoroughly, he had contact with Guan Yu, and he had a deep friendship back then, so he naturally knew more about Guan Yu's use of soldiers, and he did have a very high talent in the head-to-head battle, looking at the current world, there were not many people who could confront him head-on and defeat him in the battle, but this time Guan Yu gave up facing them head-on, which was a strange thing in itself.
But just like Gao Ran said, this matter is not easy to judge, Guan Yu likes to fight head-on, but it does not mean that Guan Yu does not know how to use strange, if he can only use the right soldiers, then Guan Yu will not be invincible all these years.
The art of war says that using soldiers with the right and winning with odds must have this, but he admires the ancient battle array more, and this makes many people have a misunderstanding about Guan Yu's performance, that is, he only knows how to use the right soldiers, but in fact, this is related to his personality, and even related to his Qinglong sword technique.
With the correct use of soldiers, the first thing to ensure is that the troops will not fail easily, and then seek a chance to win under the premise of being as undefeated as possible, which is similar to the Qinglong sword technique, and it can even be said that this is the art of war that Guan Yu realized from the knife technique.
Only by being invincible can we achieve the final victory, and even if we can't, at least we will not lose, but it is a draw.
"This battle is just the beginning, since it is a conspiracy, Guan Yu's fox tail will be revealed sooner or later, we can observe slowly, after all, no matter what he wants to do, the final goal must be to attack us or even defeat us, so what else do we have to worry about? As long as he guarantees not to make mistakes, no matter what conspiracy Guan Yu has, he will never succeed. ”
Gao Ran nodded and said: "What the general said is right, it's just that we have fought with Liu Lan repeatedly over the years, and there has never been a good result, now what we see is only everything in front of us, and it may even be everything that Guan Yu wants us to see, but Guan Yu must be in the dark now, what he has that we can't see, and as long as the general also holds this idea, then the general has nothing to worry about, but that Xiahou Xuan, who doesn't know the height of the sky, is afraid of his existence and even causes our situation to become extremely unfavorable because of impulsiveness." ”
"After all, Xiahoudun has not many troops, as long as we have firm beliefs and take every step of the way, what waves can he set off? Could it be that he still dared to pursue Guan Yu by himself? There are a total of 20,000 people, and after chasing over, was it not Guan Yu who made dumplings? He's not that stupid, don't worry, he won't act rashly in this battle. ”
Wen Chou doesn't know Xiahoudun, but he can analyze it from the aspects of troops, anyway, if he is Xiahoudun, he will never take risks, and there will be no return, but as soon as he said this, a personal soldier outside the house hurriedly broke in: "The general is not good, Cao Jun pulled out the camp and went south." ”
"What?"
The two of them stood up at the same time, they were finally relieved before, but now they are all starting to be anxious, especially Wen Chou, who is even more angry and roaring: "Is this Xiahoudun crazy, how dare he disobey my military order, I must severely punish him!" ”
"You go down first." Gao Ran glanced at his own soldier and waved his hand to signal him.
"The general will dissipate his anger first, or think about what to do now, right?" After the soldiers left, Gao Ran asked loudly. Although Wen Chou said that he was severely punished, but this is just some angry words, no matter what, Xiahoudun is Cao Cao's person, Wen Chou really can't punish him, although he is the main general of this battle, but Xiahoudun just cooperated with him, and did not follow his command, in this case, let alone Xiahoudun to pursue, even if Xiahoudun withdrew his troops, he had no way, unless Xiahoudun and his troops were solved first, but this is not asking for trouble.
Therefore, Gao Ran still sees it very clearly, Wen Chou's angry words are more about finding a step for himself, just listen to it, and take it seriously, and the most critical point is, how to deal with the next thing, should I support Xiahoudun? This matter can only be decided by Wen Chou, he is not good at expressing his position, or he is also swaying in his heart to send troops and not to send troops, although he prefers not to send troops, but if Wen Chou wants to send troops, he will not refuse and oppose.
"Xiahoudun, there is more than enough success and more failure." Wen Chou sat down angrily: "It's okay now, what should I do, I don't care about it, if I don't care, all our plans are in vain, if you don't care, you can't go on just watching your allies die without caring about it." ”
"Wen Chou, this is giving us a problem." Gao Ran rubbed his temples, how can Xiahoudun be such a person, he is even more ugly than Wen Chou, even if he is an unruly general in the Jizhou Army, he does his own thing and disobeys military orders as if it is commonplace, but now Wen Chou's problems have changed a lot, although this is forced to change helplessly after several defeats, but he never expected that Xiahoudun, a person who has not suffered in the Xuzhou Army, would be so bold, he really hopes that Guan Yu can teach him a lesson and make him honest.
But just like Gao Ran said, this matter is not easy to judge, Guan Yu likes to fight head-on, but it does not mean that Guan Yu does not know how to use strange, if he can only use the right soldiers, then Guan Yu will not be invincible all these years.
The art of war says that using soldiers with the right and winning with odds must have this, but he admires the ancient battle array more, and this makes many people have a misunderstanding about Guan Yu's performance, that is, he only knows how to use the right soldiers, but in fact, this is related to his personality, and even related to his Qinglong sword technique.
With the correct use of soldiers, the first thing to ensure is that the troops will not fail easily, and then seek a chance to win under the premise of being as undefeated as possible, which is similar to the Qinglong sword technique, and it can even be said that this is the art of war that Guan Yu realized from the knife technique.
Only by being invincible can we achieve the final victory, and even if we can't, at least we will not lose, but it is a draw.
"This battle is just the beginning, since it is a conspiracy, Guan Yu's fox tail will be revealed sooner or later, we can observe slowly, after all, no matter what he wants to do, the final goal must be to attack us or even defeat us, so what else do we have to worry about? As long as he guarantees not to make mistakes, no matter what conspiracy Guan Yu has, he will never succeed. ”
Gao Ran nodded and said: "What the general said is right, it's just that we have fought with Liu Lan repeatedly over the years, and there has never been a good result, now what we see is only everything in front of us, and it may even be everything that Guan Yu wants us to see, but Guan Yu must be in the dark now, what he has that we can't see, and as long as the general also holds this idea, then the general has nothing to worry about, but that Xiahou Xuan, who doesn't know the height of the sky, is afraid of his existence and even causes our situation to become extremely unfavorable because of impulsiveness." ”
"After all, Xiahoudun has not many troops, as long as we have firm beliefs and take every step of the way, what waves can he set off? Could it be that he still dared to pursue Guan Yu by himself? There are a total of 20,000 people, and after chasing over, was it not Guan Yu who made dumplings? He's not that stupid, don't worry, he won't act rashly in this battle. ”
Wen Chou doesn't know Xiahoudun, but he can analyze it from the aspects of troops, anyway, if he is Xiahoudun, he will never take risks, and there will be no return, but as soon as he said this, a personal soldier outside the house hurriedly broke in: "The general is not good, Cao Jun pulled out the camp and went south." ”
"What?"
The two of them stood up at the same time, they were finally relieved before, but now they are all starting to be anxious, especially Wen Chou, who is even more angry and roaring: "Is this Xiahoudun crazy, how dare he disobey my military order, I must severely punish him!" ”
"You go down first." Gao Ran glanced at his own soldier and waved his hand to signal him.
"The general will dissipate his anger first, or think about what to do now, right?" After the soldiers left, Gao Ran asked loudly. Although Wen Chou said that he was severely punished, but this is just some angry words, no matter what, Xiahoudun is Cao Cao's person, Wen Chou really can't punish him, although he is the main general of this battle, but Xiahoudun just cooperated with him, and did not follow his command, in this case, let alone Xiahoudun to pursue, even if Xiahoudun withdrew his troops, he had no way, unless Xiahoudun and his troops were solved first, but this is not asking for trouble.
Therefore, Gao Ran still sees it very clearly, Wen Chou's angry words are more about finding a step for himself, just listen to it, and take it seriously, and the most critical point is, how to deal with the next thing, should I support Xiahoudun? This matter can only be decided by Wen Chou, he is not good at expressing his position, or he is also swaying in his heart to send troops and not to send troops, although he prefers not to send troops, but if Wen Chou wants to send troops, he will not refuse and oppose.
"Xiahoudun, there is more than enough success and more failure." Wen Chou sat down angrily: "It's okay now, what should I do, I don't care about it, if I don't care, all our plans are in vain, if you don't care, you can't go on just watching your allies die without caring about it." ”
"Wen Chou, this is giving us a problem." Gao Ran rubbed his temples, how can Xiahoudun be such a person, he is even more ugly than Wen Chou, even if he is an unruly general in the Jizhou Army, he does his own thing and disobeys military orders as if it is commonplace, but now Wen Chou's problems have changed a lot, although this is forced to change helplessly after several defeats, but he never expected that Xiahoudun, a person who has not suffered in the Xuzhou Army, would be so bold, he really hopes that Guan Yu can teach him a lesson and make him honest.