I have to say that Xu Shu's persistence really played a key role at the beginning, otherwise, now that Zhang Fei and Lu Su went directly to Pei County, he really didn't know how to guard against Cao Cao all of a sudden, but now it's simple, with Zhang Fei in charge, no matter what Cao Cao's backhand is, he is not afraid, and if Cao Cao is solved, Liu Lan will not sit idly by and watch the Shouchun army care, and this will require the mobilization of Lu Su's wet beard battalion, and Liu Lan's idea is actually very simple, that is, to take advantage of the emptiness of Shouchun's troops to cut off the connection between Shouchun and Zhang Xun.

At the same time, Liu Lan has also sent an order to Langya, Huang Zhong will lead his troops to Linyi first, always monitor Yuan's army while waiting for Guan Yu's mountain camp, if Yuan Shao has any changes before this, then they will arrive in Yangdu as soon as possible, deploy defenses, and wait for work.

If Guan Yu arrives before the Yuan army attacks, then they will have everything according to plan, and when the Yuan army sends troops into Langya and does not react, they will launch a surprise attack, which is bound to end the war by thunderous means, and must not turn into a protracted or even a war of attrition, which is not in the interests of Xuzhou, and will also be extremely unfavorable to Xuzhou.

If you want the battle of Xuzhou to end as soon as possible, the battle with Yan Liang is very important, and even Liu Lan has plans to go to the front line in person to command the three armies to fight with Yan Liang, after all, this battle is too important, but Xu Shu strongly opposes, after all, the variables in Peixian are still very large, he must sit in Xuzhou and make overall planning, otherwise let Xu Shu sit in Xuzhou, although the effect may not be too bad, but in terms of dispatching troops, it is obvious that his weight cannot be compared with Liu Lan.

And in recent years, Liu Lan has appeared in such an capacity, sitting in the Chinese army, coordinating various departments, and under his scheduling, several generals are perfect Wancheng has his own tasks, in terms of results, it is quite good, so Liu Lan should believe in several generals more and give them full trust, instead of going to the battlefield in person as before, so that the advantages of the generals cannot be brought into play, and Liu Lan's overall situation and scheduling will also be greatly reduced.

And Xu Shu is also very self-aware, he, the military advisor, has no problem giving advice to Liu Lan, after all, it is Liu Lan who gives the order in the end, but if he is in charge of these things, then it is really hard to say whether the generals will be convinced.

Xu Shu strongly objected, Liu Lan understood in his heart, of course, he just linked his opposition to the previous situation, thinking that his body was different from the past, and he could no longer risk the arrow stone and do anything risky, Liu Lan had to compromise.

In fact, now Xuzhou, especially the growth of Guan Yu and others, it really doesn't matter if he can't get to the front line, none of them live up to Liu Lan's high hopes, if Liu Lan used to carry the dragoon army alone, then now they are carrying Xuzhou forward, and none of them let him down, although there are occasional failures, there will be losses, but they use the final victory to prove to themselves that they are the best generals in the world, no one.

That's their attitude now.

All of them are excellent generals, all of them can be independent, Liu Lan is really satisfied with them, although when they were still 'unknown', Liu Lan gave them great trust, but everyone knows and knows that it is precisely because of Liu Lan's unconditional trust that they can learn war from the war and gradually mature from the war, otherwise, they will not have today, just like Xu Chu, at most, he has become a fierce general, but he will always be under the glory of the lord.

Of course, Xu Chu is a special situation, at that time, Liu Lan made a choice between Zhang Fei and Xu Chu, and elected the latter to become the commander of the guards, and the other person was qualified to lead the troops independently, it was not that Xu Chu was incompetent, but he was more suitable for the guards, this reason had made Zhang Fei distressed for a long time, because before this, Xu Chu's position had always been him, but now, if you ask Zhang Fei, he will inevitably say that he prefers to stay with the lord, but this is obviously just an ambiguous statement.

For the battle with Yan Liang, in fact, Liu Lan is really a little worried, that is the relationship between Zang Ba and Guan Yu, the two can't say that there is any contradiction, but if Zang Ba doesn't listen to him, it is still possible to attack without authorization, if it eventually leads to defeat, then Liu Lan will regret it too late, so Xu Shu is very supportive of the idea of using Zang Ba to raid Beihai County, although the result is likely not to be because Beihai is recovered, Yan Liang will order the withdrawal of troops, but it will obviously be a heavy blow to the morale of the Jizhou army, And the most important point is that the taste of the fish in the throat is enough to shake the heart of the Jizhou army, and even cause the troops to collapse because of this, in fact, the internal disputes within the Jizhou army, the emergence of the two voices will definitely lead to a disagreement in the attack on Xuzhou, otherwise, Yan Liang will not be stupid enough to divide the army into three, so this battle looks difficult, but the opportunity is greater than the chance to deal with Cao Cao.

All this Xu Shu and the analysis are very clear, Liu Lan also made a final decision after careful consideration, if Peixian is the enemy is strong and I am weak, then in terms of fighting Yuan Shao, Liu Lan deliberately turned the situation into a local advantage situation in which I am strong and the enemy is weak, coupled with the comparison between Guan Yu and Yan Liang, the leading generals, the victory and defeat are obvious.

And now, with the transfer of Guan Yu's mountain camp to the north, Liu Lan no longer has any chance to choose, because he has no even the slightest reinforcement to ask for, and can only rely on the 100,000 troops gathered in Xuzhou to deal with the double line, which is already stretched, so just like Xu Shu said, it is very wise to defend the main end, but Yuan Shao's treachery makes it impossible for them to choose to consume with Cao Cao, otherwise it will become a stupid decision, not only will the chance of holding Xuzhou become smaller, It will even become the person who will give the Central Plains to him and over time, so the person who will finally win the world is none other than Yuan Shao.

In such a situation, what can Liu Lan do?

He could only choose to accept Xu Shu's suggestion, and for this reason, he even had to break the plan not long ago and completely overturn it and start over, so that his previous efforts were all in vain, but there were disadvantages and advantages.

First of all, if we beat Yuan Shao in this battle, then on the premise of not recovering Qingzhou, Yuan Shao's choice will only become Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will become our barrier, so that Yuan Shao will do everything possible to think about how to attack Yanzhou, and we also have the energy of the lord to seize the entire south, and this is the benefit to us, the great benefit.

But if we lose this battle, then the result is already obvious, they will retreat to Moling, and after Qingxu is not guaranteed, the next one will be Liaodong, Liu Lan has no doubt that Yuan Shao will take this step, instead of attacking Moling, compared to Liaodong Racecourse, Moling is not very attractive to Yuan Shao.

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At this time, outside Pei County, the defenders of Pei County could not hold out, and the Cao army, which had been calling for two days in a row, suddenly became quiet on the third day, and the soldiers returned to the barracks in unison, and no one came to challenge them.

The two sides spent the third day of peace and quiet, and just when many people thought that this situation would continue, Cao Cao and his personal soldiers and generals appeared outside the city, and Xu Sheng also climbed the city tower of Peixian for the first time.

This is not the first time Xu Sheng has met Xu Cao Cao, as early as the first battle of Xuzhou, Xu Sheng was fortunate to see Cao Cao's dignity by Liu Lan's side, he is an impenetrable person, at that time Cao Cao was here to say that he agreed, so Xu Sheng's impression of him is still more pertinent, but at this moment, Cao Cao in his eyes is undoubtedly the kind of treacherous fox appearance, but when he saw the small-scale army of hundreds of people, his eyes unconsciously showed a look of worry, as the main general, he understood very well the reason why Cao Cao appeared in Peixian twice before and after, Cao Cao, who was new to the city, only looked at the city defense of Pei County, and this time he appeared to look for the flaws in Pei County.

And this thought that the Cao army was likely to attack the city soon, for the siege battle, Xu Sheng was not afraid, the reason why he was worried was completely because he didn't know how many Peixian defenders would die.

He is also familiar with the two people beside Cao Cao, one is a big waist and a round waist, Dian Wei who was still calling the battle yesterday, and the other side is carrying a bow and arrow, the legend is that Xiahou Yuan is a hundred shots in archery, Xiahou Yuan's blade is a knife between the eyebrows ranked thirty in the weapon spectrum, nine feet long, weighing sixty-eight pounds, the blade is long and narrow, because the tip of the knife is like an eyebrow, so it is called an eyebrow sharp knife, but compared to the ordinary of his weapon, the longbow on his back is a great origin, raising the bow of the base, it is rumored that it is the bow used by the archers of the Spring and Autumn Period to raise the base, It is the bow that the archery masters of the world dream of.

If there is a ranking of bows and arrows in the weapon spectrum, then Xiahou Yuan's bow and arrow will never be as low as his blade ranking, and the worst can be among the top ten, if you add the bonus of Xiahou Yuan's archery, it is not impossible to rank in the top five, and the other people next to Cao Cao, Xu Sheng is a little unheard, everyone can recognize it, of course, this is also because the distance is too far, after all, their recognition is not as high as these three people.

"The siege equipment is ready, and tomorrow it is time to attack Peixian to see the thickness of their defense." Cao Cao, who was below the city tower, didn't notice that someone on the city tower was paying attention to his every move at this moment, and said to a few people around him.

"The last general asks for an order, and is willing to be the siege general, lead the headquarters to kill the city tower, and take Pei County."

It was no one else who spoke, it was Cao Hong, a famous fierce general in the Cao army, Cao Hong fought, never feared life and death, as long as the drum sounded, he only knew how to move forward bravely, except for Mingjin to withdraw the troops, he would never take half a step back, unless he died in battle.

Cao Cao looked at him asking for war, and laughed heartily, if it was someone else who asked for war, then maybe there would be people who would fight, but only Cao Hong and Xiahoudun were exceptions under his account, no one dared to rob him and the two, of course, except for the two of them who had an argument because of this: "Zilian's courage is commendable, I am now eager to see tomorrow Lian establish a miraculous feat and take Pei County, but people are not iron, I don't want my henchmen to be injured under the flying arrows and stones of Pei County, in this way, tomorrow I can allow you to command the siege, but you must not go into battle yourself." ”

Cao Cao didn't have the slightest idea of discussing with him, this was an order, and Cao Hong, who was originally eager to try, didn't have a chance to speak again, so he could only watch Cao Cao turn his horse's head and turn back to the camp.

The construction of Cao's army camp can be said to be impregnable, tightly defended, Cao Cao is not worried or afraid of the Peixian army coming to raid, enough to kill them back, back to the Chinese army Yuanmen, but just saw Guo Jia standing under the Yuanmen, waiting for a long time, although it is not clear what he is doing like this, but looking at his reaction, it should have been good news, turned over and dismounted, and smiled at him: "Fengxiao, what good news is not possible?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "It's indeed good news, but Gong Cao, let's go to the big tent of the Chinese army and report to you slowly." “

"Okay."

If there is a ranking of bows and arrows in the weapon spectrum, then Xiahou Yuan's bow and arrow will never be as low as his blade ranking, and the worst can be among the top ten, if you add the bonus of Xiahou Yuan's archery, it is not impossible to rank in the top five, and the other people next to Cao Cao, Xu Sheng is a little unheard, everyone can recognize it, of course, this is also because the distance is too far, after all, their recognition is not as high as these three people.

"The siege equipment is ready, and tomorrow it is time to attack Peixian to see the thickness of their defense." Cao Cao, who was below the city tower, didn't notice that someone on the city tower was paying attention to his every move at this moment, and said to a few people around him.

"The last general asks for an order, and is willing to be the siege general, lead the headquarters to kill the city tower, and take Pei County."

It was no one else who spoke, it was Cao Hong, a famous fierce general in the Cao army, Cao Hong fought, never feared life and death, as long as the drum sounded, he only knew how to move forward bravely, except for Mingjin to withdraw the troops, he would never take half a step back, unless he died in battle.

Cao Cao looked at him asking for war, and laughed heartily, if it was someone else who asked for war, then maybe there would be people who would fight, but only Cao Hong and Xiahoudun were exceptions under his account, no one dared to rob him and the two, of course, except for the two of them who had an argument because of this: "Zilian's courage is commendable, I am now eager to see tomorrow Lian establish a miraculous feat and take Pei County, but people are not iron, I don't want my henchmen to be injured under the flying arrows and stones of Pei County, in this way, tomorrow I can allow you to command the siege, but you must not go into battle yourself." ”

Cao Cao didn't have the slightest idea of discussing with him, this was an order, and Cao Hong, who was originally eager to try, didn't have a chance to speak again, so he could only watch Cao Cao turn his horse's head and turn back to the camp.

The construction of Cao's army camp can be said to be impregnable, tightly defended, Cao Cao is not worried or afraid of the Peixian army coming to raid, enough to kill them back, back to the Chinese army Yuanmen, but just saw Guo Jia standing under the Yuanmen, waiting for a long time, although it is not clear what he is doing like this, but looking at his reaction, it should have been good news, turned over and dismounted, and smiled at him: "Fengxiao, what good news is not possible?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "It's indeed good news, but Gong Cao, let's go to the big tent of the Chinese army and report to you slowly." “

"Okay."