The deputy marshal Bai Xiaozi, who was outflanked from the upstream on the north bank of Yishui, looked at the empty Dazhai in a daze, only the "Han" character Daxu flag fluttering in the wind in front of him, and the dry pit was still steaming, and the camp was still popular, can this scene not make him suspicious? Did the news leak out? Otherwise, why didn't the Han army retreat early or late, but retreated before attacking in a big way?

"Dashuai, what do you think, it won't be that there are brothers who are secretly ...... to the Han army"

"No, it won't."

Cheng Yuanzhi said with certainty, but his eyes were a little fluttering, he didn't think about it, but he counted the number of people just now, but there were no fewer people, and he didn't find any suspicious people leaving or mixing in, which dispelled his suspicions, so he was sure that Liu Lan had indeed withdrawn, not that he had learned the news in advance or had any tricks.

Cheng Yuanzhi said: "It seems that we fought a little hard in the first battle yesterday, and we should have shown the enemy weakness if we knew that we would scare them away." ”

"What do you mean?" Bai Xiaozi pondered the meaning of Qu Shuai's words, and for a moment, he seemed to be completely understood by Daigo's empowerment, and said with a smile: "What Qu Shuai said is true, Liu Lan's Han army is already short of troops, and yesterday's battle lost thousands of men and horses under the powerful terrain, can you not be frightened?" Even if he wasn't frightened, in the face of our tens of thousands of elite soldiers, his men would have fled, scattered. ”

Cheng Zhiyuan looked at the north with deep eyes, and said to himself: "Yes, if I were Liu Lan, I would only be afraid of running fast enough in the face of such an enemy, where would I stay here longer?" ”

"Qu Shuai is right, so what should we do next? Do you want to chase? ”

"Chasing, of course you have to chase, you go and gather the men and horses now, and chase them behind their butts, I see where they can run."

"No." Bai Xiaozi bowed down and retreated, intending to gather men and horses, but he didn't want the messenger to appear in front of him, and said, "Cheng Qushuai, is this going to pursue the Han army?" ”

"Exactly, the retreat route of the Han army is in the direction of Gu'an, if this is the case, we just take advantage of it, and launch a fierce attack behind them when they enter the city to take Gu'an in one fell swoop, how about it?" Cheng Yuanzhi had an indescribable self-satisfaction on his face, the original retreat of the Han army turned into joy because of the thought of this plan, and everyone could see that he was proud at the moment, as if he had already laid down the old city.

"Qu Shuai's plan is very good, but there are still some concerns in his heart that I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"Oh? Tell me about it. Cheng Yuanzhi was in a good mood, he knew that his so-called concerns were just questioning his authority, but he was really willing to listen to his nonsense only because he represented the new marshal.

"First of all, since they want to retreat, why don't they retreat cleanly, retreat from the Great Wall of Guyan, and not go back to their hometown or even Zhuoxian directly? Since the Han army wanted to defend, why didn't they stop the enemy at the Guyan Great Wall, but retreated to Yishui? You must know that the defense of the Great Wall of Guyan is a hundred times stronger than the turbid Yishui, I don't think this Han army Liu Bingcao should make such an inconsistent mistake, right? ”

"Contradictory? How do I feel that there is no contradiction at all? Cheng Yuanzhi laughed and said: "What you said seems to be two points, but it is actually one point, you must know that if Liu Lan defends on the Guyan Great Wall, then I will divide the troops into three routes, one to take the western line of Xiangshan, one to take the middle road, the other road to the Puhe River, and the other way to feint to attack the Guyan Great Wall, only to wait for the two roads to break through the defense line, they will detour through the Guyan Great Wall and form a front and back attack, and this is also the cleverness of this Liu Lan, he saw this, so he will decisively abandon the Guyan Great Wall, and because of this, he will also decisively abandon the Guyan Great Wall a few days ago. ”

"I see, then this Han soldier Cao Zhi is not Qu Shuai's opponent, will he flee back directly, and even Gu'an will be abandoned like the Great Wall of Guyan and Yishui?"

Now that the troops are assembling, Cheng Yuanzhi has a lot of time to explain to him to the idiot question asked by this messenger, shook his head with an oath, and said: "No, Liu Lan's pressure to give up the Guyan Great Wall and Yishui may be small, but if he abandons Gu'an, he will be held accountable, you must know that Gu'an is the last southern gate of the entire Zhuo County, the entire Youzhou, so as soon as 'An opens the front of our army, he will directly point to Zhuo County, so Liu Lan will not be bold, can't, dare not abandon the old An." ”

"But what if he gave up his hometown and returned to Zhuoxian directly?"

"What's more, if he just abandons his hometown, then isn't his purpose for coming to his hometown in vain? Even if he really returned to Zhuoxian, he would be able to defend Zhuoxian? ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi laughed unscrupulously: "I wish he had fled back to Zhuo County directly, at that time, my Yellow Turban Army and the four armies of Zhuo County would be able to occupy the entire territory of Zhuo County overnight." ”

The envoy's momentum changed at this moment, and the only promise just now was completely missing, but there was still a lot of fine light in his eyes, and he said loudly: "From the Great Wall of Guyan to Yishui, and then from Yishui to Gu'an, doesn't Qu Shuai feel that Liu Lan has always been like a bait and then luring Qu Shuai to take the bait?" ”

"Is there one? Why do I think I've been running around with him? ”

"Qu Shuai's words are wrong, in fact, Liu Lan has exposed all his intentions from the beginning of abandoning the Guyan Great Wall, Qu Shuai, think about it, you are now going to attack Gu'an, but how many defenders are there in Gu'an City now? Can our soldiers and horses, less than 20,000 people, capture the great homeland? ”

"Judging from the combat strength of the Han army, it may take time to conquer the old peace, but it is not difficult."

"Qu Shuai is a clear man, so he said that Liu Lan had already exposed all his intentions by abandoning the Great Wall of Guyan, because he just hoped that Qu Shuai could be dragged in Gu'an City."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Qu Shuai thought about it, this Liu Lan is from Zhuo County, he brought nearly 10,000 county soldiers from Zhuo County, and now how many defenders can there be in Zhuo County, it is just an empty city, so he will lead Qu Shuai to the bait for the battalion step by step, just hoping that we will go to fight Gu'an, and be dragged by Gu'an, so as to buy more time for Zhuo County, and even buy more time for other reinforcements coming from others."

Cheng Zhiyuan was silent, the messenger's words were not unreasonable, but what really made his mind alive was that Zhuo County was just an empty city, if it weren't for his reminder Cheng Yuanzhi really couldn't see through this layer, he raised his head slightly, and said: "What you said is good, but I can't really do the opposite as you said, and go straight to Zhuoxian to join Changping, Jundu, and Anci reinforcements."

"Why?" The messenger was finally a little anxious, he had been trying to guide Cheng Yuanzhi not to want him to make a mistake in the hope that he would be able to go straight to Zhuo County, but in the end he got such a reply, and his tone was a little eager for a while, and he found that Cheng Yuanzhi's face changed and he was a little dissatisfied, so he hurriedly smiled, and said: "The last general is anxious for a while, and I hope that Qu Shuai will forgive me." ”

"Well said." Cheng Yuanzhi turned around and left, the troops had been assembled, and he needed to announce the order to go to Gu'an City.

"Qu Shuai, you haven't said ...... yet"

Cheng Yuanzhi, who was facing away from the messenger, snorted coldly, and said angrily: "Your reminder is very timely, but I can't listen to you, if I lead the troops to really go straight to Zhuoxian, in case Liu Lan in the old city of Ancheng is killed from behind, won't I have to suffer from the enemy?" ”

"Qu Shuai is bad, the hard thing to bite is the Han army in Gu'an City, but if he really wants to send it to the door, isn't it just a piece of meat on the side of his mouth? If Qu Shuai is really worried that he will attack behind his back, why not pretend to be in Zhuo County, as long as he dares to come out, he will annihilate him, if he does not dare to come out, then Qu Shuai can go straight to Zhuo County and join the reinforcements of Changping, Jundu, and Anci, and capture Zhuo County in one fell swoop. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi's figure walking away suddenly stopped, looked back at the messenger deeply, and then spoke, "What's your name?" ”

"Solid."

"You'll follow me from now on." As he spoke, Cheng Yuanzhi yelled in the direction of Bai Xiaozi: "Order the troops to march to Gu'an County." ”

"Qu Shuai, why are you ......?"

"It's not that I don't want to listen to your construction, but I can't let them die in vain after I have more than 10,000 brothers who have died, and more importantly, our supplies are about to be overwhelmed, so I can listen to you not to fight in Ancheng, but I can't help but enter Gu'an County."