"Compared with the Northern Frontier Army, we have two advantages, taxes and troops. In order to give full play to www.biquge.info these two advantages and use these two advantages to defeat Li Yi, there is only one way, and that is to use the advantage of strength to drag the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield of Yanzhou, so that he gradually falls into a financial crisis. The scale of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on the Central Plains was very large, and the money and food consumed were also very amazing, and Hebei's financial endowment was actually unable to support this war at all, which can be seen from the strategy of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on the Central Plains and a quick victory. When Hebei's financial endowment was exhausted, it was the day when the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew. ”

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Biao very confidently, waved his hand and said: "In this battle, as long as we successfully block the Northern Xinjiang Army in the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu before May, we will have an absolute chance of winning." ”

Liu Biao thought about it carefully. The distance between Guancheng and Zhongmu is very close, once the Jingzhou army goes north, Zhang Fei will definitely get the news, whether he withdraws in time or not, the defensive forces in the direction of Guancheng will defend the city. As long as one's own army slows down the pace of the march and slows down the pace of the offensive a little, it will be difficult to get caught in the front and rear of the Northern Frontier Army.

Yuan Shao's main army was in Henan, and more than 100,000 troops surrounded Zhang Fei, not only did not drive him out of Henan, but let Zhang Fei break through the encirclement and kill Zhongmu, which is not difficult to see Yuan Shao's thoughts. You yourself blindly preserved your strength at a critical moment, and you have no determination to force away or encircle Zhang Fei at all. Now that the battle situation in Henan is out of control, not only do you not try to encircle and annihilate Zhang Fei in the Zhongmu area, but you want to consume my troops, which is inevitably going too far.

"Since I had that kind of faith in the first place, of course I have to do my best." Liu Biao said with a smile, "I immediately wrote to the other and asked him to supervise the follow-up army to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible." ”

"Brother Xenodu is still in Xiangyang?" Yuan Shao hurriedly asked.

"It will take time for Changsha's army to move north to Xiangyang. As long as Liu Pan and Gan Ning's troops arrive in Xiangyang, Xenodu will lead the army north. Liu Biao then said angrily, "You also know the situation in Jingzhou. Liu Zhang in the west, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong in the east, three wolf-hearted things are eyeing Jingzhou. After the main force of the army went north to the Central Plains, I was very worried about the safety of Jingzhou. ”

"Brother Jingsheng has a way to deal with it?" Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Is there anything that the imperial court can help?" ”

"The Imperial Court?" Liu Biao glanced at Yuan Shao sadly, and let out a long sigh, "If Liu Zhang, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu still have the imperial court in their eyes, how can they fight Jingzhou?" ”

Then he did not shy away from saying the countermeasures he had envisioned.

"There are many internal contradictions in Yizhou, and under our discord, Liu Zhang will definitely not be able to attack Jingzhou in the short term, but Zhou Yu of Yuzhang ......" he looked at Yuan Shao and said with a wry smile, "What I'm worried about is him, Huang Zu may not be able to block his attack." Now that the Central Plains War broke out, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's attack on Jianghuai gave up halfway, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are likely to take the opportunity to occupy Jianghuai, and after their strength has increased greatly, their target of attack must be Jingzhou. ”

"We've taken that into account." Yuan Shao comforted, "In order to prevent Sun Ce and Zhou Yu from taking the opportunity to occupy Jianghuai, we pardoned all Yangzhou officials except Yuan Shu, and let Yan Xiang, Li Shu, Liu Xun, Yuan Yin, Liu Fu and others lead their own counties. In this way, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would have no excuse to continue attacking. In the current situation, if the two dare to fight Jingzhou, they are a Han rebellion. I believe that the two of them will not be confused to such a point. ”

"What about Yuan Shu's army?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked, "Can someone take refuge in Jiangdong?" ”

"At present, except for Liu Fu who led the army to take refuge in Cao Cao, the army of Ji Ling and others is still following Yuan Shu's orders in the Jianghuai area, which is enough to resist Sun Ce and Zhou Yu." Yuan Shao said, "It's best for these two people to stay in Jiangdong peacefully, not to incur public anger, lest they get into trouble in the future and bring about their own defeat." ”

Liu Biao had a smile on his face, but secretly scolded Yuan Shao a few words in his heart.

did not pardon Yuan Shu, but pardoned Yuan Shu's subordinates, this kind of despicable and shameless thing Yuan Shao also did.

Although it seems that this is conducive to stabilizing the situation in Jianghuai and splitting Yuan Shu's forces, it is actually to give Yuan Shu a chance to breathe and retain Yuan Valve's strength, in the final analysis, Yuan Shao is still seeking benefits for Yuan Valve.

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Man Zhong and Sun Qian rushed to Xuchang, and the latest news brought by the two shocked Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.

The Northern Frontier Army's offensive was far faster than they expected. According to the time calculation, Guan Yu's army has now surrounded Dingtao, and Changyi, which was surrounded by Li Yi first, is estimated to be in danger. As for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who hurriedly went north to support, it is very likely that they will be blocked by the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry, and it will be difficult to advance an inch on the front line of Chengwu and Liangqiu City.

The situation on the battlefield in Yanzhou was frustrated. At present, it is impossible to stabilize the front line on the line between Dingtao and Changyi, and what is more serious is that if the second line of defense is not established on the line of Fengqiu and Chenliu as soon as possible, it is estimated that after the Northern Xinjiang Army conquers Dingtao and Changyi, it will kill Chenliu directly. If Chen Liuliu is lost, the Northern Xinjiang Army can enter Henan to threaten Luoyang.

At this moment, it has become an urgent matter to block Zhang Fei in Zhongmu and force Zhang Fei to retreat to Xingyang.

"If Zhang Fei does not retreat, our armies from all walks of life will be firmly pinned down by him, not only will we not be able to establish a second line of defense in time, but we will also be unable to advance eastward to support and respond to Cao Cao and Liu Bei." Fu Zhu said eagerly, "Immediately order Yan Liang to send a large army south again, and form an encirclement and annihilation with the Jingzhou army that is attacking Guancheng in the north, forcing Zhang Fei to quickly withdraw his troops." ”

"Why don't you just encircle and annihilate Zhang Fei and hit the Northern Frontier Army hard?" Sun Qian said excitedly, "This is a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate Zhang Fei." ”

Frustrated, he pointed to the map, and said helplessly: "Guancheng is only one hundred and sixty miles away from Zhongmu, and when our army goes south to Zhongmu and the direction of Aocang is insufficient, the northern Xinjiang army on the front line of Aocang and Xingyang can go south to rescue Zhang Fei at any time." ”

"Everyone, please see, in the northeast of Guancheng and Zhongmu is a chasm water, and our army cannot block the support of the Northern Xinjiang Army from the northeast. In this way, when the Northern Xinjiang Army blocked Yuan Xu's army on the front line of Chenggao and Hugao Pass, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Aocang and Xingyang could immediately kill Guancheng and Zhongmu unimpeded. At that time, it was not us who surrounded and annihilated Zhang Fei, but the Northern Xinjiang Army who surrounded and annihilated the Jingzhou army that was in charge of the city. ”

"Then what if Zhang Fei doesn't withdraw and continues to attack Zhongmu?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked.

After listening to Liu Biao's words, Fu Zhu immediately said: "If the Northern Xinjiang Army wants to hold Pinggao, Chenggao, Aocang, Xingyang, Guancheng and other cities, and ensure Zhang Fei's retreat, it needs a certain number of troops, so Zhang Fei's attack on Zhongmu is not very large, and the news of Han Heng and Ma Yan may not be accurate. ”

After thinking for a while, he said categorically: "Order Yan Liang to launch an attack on Ao Cang and hold back the troops in the direction of Ao Cang." Then tell Yuan Xu, who is in the Tiger Prison, and ask him to launch an attack on Chenggao and threaten the safety of Xingyang. ”

Fu Zhu turned his eyes to look at Liu Biao, and arched his hand and said: "Please send a letter to Wen Ping and General Cai Zhong as soon as possible, the speed of attacking Guancheng must be fast and fierce, so that Zhang Fei feels threatened and has to retreat." ”

Yuan Shao and Liu Biao each gave orders, and the eight hundred miles of fast horses rushed out of Xuchang City one after another.

However, the atmosphere in Shangshutai in the city became more and more tense as Fu Zhu continued to analyze the battle situation.

Fu Zhi looked around at everyone and said: "Gong You just brought the latest news, Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army and Zang Ba of Qingzhou, together with Yin Li and Wu Dun, defeated Zhu Ling of Xuzhou in Jucheng. This news is bad news for us, because we can get a positive answer from this matter, Zang Ba, Yin Li and Wu Dun have returned to Hebei, and Li Yi easily occupied Qingzhou without spending a single soldier and obtained the land of the six counties of Qingzhou. ”

"Although Qingzhou suffered from the Yellow Turban disaster many years ago, since the first year of the First Peace, the Yellow Turban Army Marshal Xu He was killed in battle, Sima Ju and others surrendered to Li Yi, and gradually restored stability. In particular, Gongsun Chan entered Qingzhou, and after several years of painstaking governance, except for the counties near Mount Tai, the rest of the places have begun to recover. ”

"When we attacked Jizhou the year before last, the Qingzhou army was already self-sufficient in grain and grass. After Zang Ba united with Yin Li and Wu Dun to capture Qingzhou, in order to survive, they maneuvered between us and Hebei, left and right, and received financial support from both sides, so Qingzhou's recovery speed was faster. ”

"Now that Li Yi has not only obtained the land of the six counties of Qingzhou, but also the tens of thousands of troops in Qingzhou, and the wealth of Qingzhou, his strength is even stronger, and we have to reestimate the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the time they can support on the battlefield in the Central Plains."

His hand pointed to Langya County, Xuzhou, and once again emphasized: "Don't take the battle of Jucheng too simply. ”

He looked at everyone with a serious expression, and said loudly: "Judging from the results of the current battle of Jucheng, the Northern Xinjiang Army has achieved the goal of containing the forces of Xuzhou, but the purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army must be more than that, otherwise Gao Shun of the Northern Xinjiang Army will not go all the way to Xuzhou to fight." With the strength of Zang Ba, Yin Li, and Wu Dun, the strength of the Xuzhou army to attack Xuzhou to contain the Xuzhou army was enough, and the Northern Xinjiang Army did not need to put its limited forces into the Xuzhou battlefield at all. ”

"If Zhu Ling loses another battle and retreats to Donghai County, it is not difficult for us to see another purpose of the Northern Frontier Army." "He can take advantage of the weak strength of these counties and counties to sweep all the way and firmly occupy the southern part of Yanzhou, preventing Liu Xuande's army from attacking Yanzhou from southern Yanzhou to threaten the rear of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and then ensure that the Northern Xinjiang Army stabilizes Yanzhou in the shortest possible time, ensure that the army is replenished with grain and grass from Yanzhou on the spot, and at the same time ensure that the grain and grass baggage of Jizhou and Qingzhou are safely transported to the battlefield." ”

"But these two purposes are not the main purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army, it has a more important purpose, that is, to protect the flank of the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army and help the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army make a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield." (To be continued.) )