Li Yi looked at the information on the case, and his mood was very heavy.

Tian Feng sat next to him, analyzing the latest military situation endlessly.

It turned out that after the rebels in Liucheng withdrew from the city, the rebels in Yangle also immediately withdrew. Not only that, but the rebels in Bintu also withdrew, and all of a sudden, the Gongsun family gave up the vast territory in the eastern part of Liaoxi County and the western part of Liaodong vassal state.

The Liaodong rebels suddenly threw off their arms and retreated with great strides like an escape, which surprised the Youzhou army up and down. Several strategists were shocked, and there were all kinds of speculations and explanations, Li Yitou was dizzy, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

Pursue? Without figuring out the reasons, the reckless lone army goes deep, and the consequences are unpredictable, who dares to take risks?

Not chasing? If something really goes wrong within the rebels and causes the rebels to retreat in panic, this is the best time to annihilate the enemy. Those who hesitate at the critical moment and delay military aircraft may be held accountable in the future.

However, if you catch up and fall for the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, and the army suffers heavy losses, won't you lose a lot?

Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Zhang Jaw and others sent people from the front line to send letters of request, demanding that Li Yi immediately give an order for the whole army to launch a pursuit operation.

Tian Feng resolutely objected. In the current situation, it is easy to judge that this is a trick by the Liaodong rebels to lure the enemy, it is too obvious.

The 80,000 rebels in Tuhe were attacked by Li Yi's 5,000 cavalry, how much loss could they have? They hurriedly retreated, not because of Li Yi's attack on the camp, but because they knew that Li Yi's reinforcements had arrived in Liaodong, and they were facing tens of thousands of Youzhou troops, and they no longer had any advantage.

Moreover, the two county towns of Bintu and Yangle do not have strong cities, so they cannot play a role in blocking the Youzhou army at all.

In this situation, where there is no chance of winning at all, they will withdraw if they do not withdraw. The rebels had no losses at all. Did the Hu cavalry of Gongsun Lei, who was stationed in Liucheng, have any losses? Did Gongsun Yu's troops stationed in Yangle have any losses? Since there are no losses, what are the Liaodong rebels running? Is there still a man-made rebellion?

Tian Feng believes that it is time to concentrate the troops together, work in a step-by-step manner, and fight steadily and steadily. Successively drove into Yangle. Then the operation of recovering the place and squeezing the rebels was launched, striving to drive the enemy across Liaoshui within a month, recover the entire subject state of Liaodong, and let the army have a solid foundation in Liaodong.

After the subject state of Liaodong stabilized its position, it sent troops north to Xuansu County, and then entered Liaodong County and Lelang County in the east, and recovered the lost territory in Liaodong in turn. In this way, in the short term, it will not only ensure that the threat of the rebels will be eliminated with as few losses as possible, but will also provide relief to the victims and appease the rebels. Strive to stabilize Xiliang before the end of the year.

Xun You immediately raised objections.

Xun You thought that Tian Feng's proposition was too conservative, and Xun You said with a serious expression: "Lord, the pursuit is imperative, and there can be no hesitation. It doesn't matter whether the rebels lure the enemy, run away without food and grass, or what happens within the rebels, the important thing is that the enemy is now only 100,000 men. In the case of equal strength of both sides. It is simply impossible for the rebels to eat us. Now neither has the strength to eat the other in one bite. ”

"We are willing to fight the enemy, but now the rebels don't want to fight us, so we have to chase them. We can keep chasing until the enemy stops and engages us. ”

"During the pursuit. There is definitely a danger, and the possibility of the rebels ambushing us and defeating us is not ruled out, but. What's so scary about this. Our soldiers' morale is now like a rainbow, and their fighting spirit is high, as long as the lord is determined. We can resolutely pursue the enemy to the end, never giving the enemy any respite, so that the rebels can't stop if they want to, and they don't have time to set traps. As long as we have a good grasp of the marching rhythm between the various units and coordinate the coordination between the various units, we will be absolutely foolproof. ”

"If you don't pursue the rebels, this matter will definitely spread to Luoyang, and it will become a handle for traitors and villains to attack and slander the lord. If His Majesty knew, what would he think? ”

Li Yi nodded approvingly, and turned his eyes to the other three. Xu Maogong and Xun Yu both nodded, expressing their agreement with Xun Yu's opinion. But Jia Xu said something that made Li Yi very uncomfortable.

"If, after the army enters the subject country of Liaodong, the rebels divide their forces to lure the enemy, what will we do?"

Li Yi looked at Tian Feng.

Tian Feng said: "My strategy is to join forces in one place and seize Changli first. No matter what tricks his rebels play, we don't care. As long as we gain a foothold in Changli, the rest will be easy to handle. ”

Tian Feng's method, of course, Li Yi would not accept it. Because of last year's continuous campaigns and a large amount of relief to the poor people in winter, the expenditure of the army could only last until the beginning of July, and this matter was only known to Li Yi, Xu Maogong and Kou Zhun, who was responsible for raising grain and grass in the rear. According to Tian Feng's method of leveling down and maintaining stability, the task of quelling the rebellion in Liaodong this year will certainly not be completed.

Li Yi looked at Xun You.

Xun You said loudly: "If the rebels want to lure the enemy deep and seize the opportunity to attack us, this strategy of dividing the troops will naturally be used. Under the circumstance that the strength of the two sides is almost the same, the use of the strategy of dividing troops is a loss of strength for both sides. The only rebel troops that could play a role in diversion were Gongsun Lei's Wuhuan cavalry and the 50,000 horses of Gongsun Yubu, who had withdrawn from Liucheng. ”

"If Gongsun Lei comes to lure the enemy, the lord will send General Zhao to deal with it. If Gongsun Yu withdrew from Yangle to Changli, he immediately led his troops to kill Xiangtuhe and Bintu, and the lord sent General Zhang Jaw to lead the army to meet the enemy. ”

"As a result, the rebels are left with 70,000 horses, a number equal to ours. There is no doubt that the rebels must want to hold Changli, so what is he going to do with us? Xun You said very confidently: "We have been chasing him closely, what can he do." ”

Li Yi happily obeyed.

Tian Feng was very anxious, and hurriedly stopped: "Lord, Gongda's method seems to be relatively safe, but it is actually extremely risky. The lord had better think twice, and never be hasty. ”

Li Yi thought to himself, Xun You deserves to be called Cao Cao's mastermind, this plan is very good, what is not safe. The biggest variable was simply that the forces of the Liaodong rebels were concentrated in Changli, which was not conducive to the engagement. But he already had a plan in mind.

"Yuan Hao, tell me, where is Gongda's method of risking?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"What if the rebels retreat east to Liaoshui in one go? Can we keep up with the transportation of grain and grass? Tian Feng shouted.

Li Yi was taken aback.

Xun You's face changed color slightly. He thought for a while and said, "It is not very likely that the rebels will abandon Changli County, because that is the foundation of their Gongsun family, and they don't seem to have any reason to give up, and then retreat all the way to the edge of Liaoshui. If the rebels really retreat to the edge of Liaoshui, it will indeed be a bit troublesome for us to chase after them. As soon as we run out of food, we will withdraw our troops. But I always felt that it was unlikely, what reason did he have to give up Changli, their old nest? ”

Li Yi himself felt that the enemy would not do this. Once the rebels are defeated on the edge of the Liaoshui, it will be a catastrophe for the rebels.

Li Yi immediately vetoed Tian Feng's opinion and insisted on ordering the whole army to start pursuing.

For the sake of safety, he asked Xun You to rush to Zhang Fei's army chasing the front with his own orders, and asked Xun You to assist Zhang Fei and carefully guard against the rebels' counterattack.

………………

Gongsun Wen looked at Fuli Mountain in the distance, and said to Gongsun Yu beside him: "Old Five, we have returned to the subject country of Liaodong. ”

Gongsun Yu smiled: "What, you haven't seen your sister-in-law for a few days, are you homesick?" ”

Gongsun Wen said with a smile: "When I arrived at the border of the subject country, I felt much more at ease. It seems that Li Yi tried his best to chase and kill the third child. ”

"I don't know how the third child is doing?" Gongsun Yu said worriedly, "When will I receive news from them?" ”

"It's coming. We are about to arrive at Changli City. When they arrived in Changli City, there must be news of them. Don't worry, who are the third and the eldest? How much advantage can Li Yi take? Gongsun Wen said indifferently, "Perhaps, they have already returned to Changli." ”

Gongsun Yu shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate Li Yi, he has the status he has now, and he has fought on the battlefield." If they meet Li Yi, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome. Let's hope they're okay, or we're in trouble. ”

Gongsun Wen smiled coldly and said, "What's the trouble? ”

Gongsun Yu glanced at him and said, "According to the itinerary, we should first rush to Bintu and Lao San to meet, and then support Liucheng together, but we have been delayed in setting off, so that we ......"

Gongsun Wen's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Old Five, you mean to blame me." ”

Gongsun Yu sighed and didn't make a sound.

"Old Five, if I hadn't ordered everyone to arrive at Tuhe a few days late, would we have gone home so easily now? You see, we don't even have a chaser behind our buttocks, everyone is not in a hurry, and they go home happily, such a good thing, I did it wrong? ”

Gongsun Yu glanced at him, and everyone could see the dissatisfaction on his face.

"Alas, Old Five, are you dizzy? We are brothers, born to a mother, you know? But the eldest and third are not. Gongsun Wen looked at Gongsun Yu and shouted, "And how did they deal with us?" Tell me, do the two of them treat us like brothers? ”

Gongsun Yu glared at him.

Gongsun Wen's words touched the dissatisfaction that Gongsun Yu had been pouring in his heart, strong dissatisfaction, and said: "Fourth brother, don't say it, everyone knows all this nonsense, what are you talking about?" We still have 50,000 horses in our hands, and it won't be so easy for them to move us. ”

"Old Five, it's too easy to move you." Gongsun Wen said disdainfully.

"What do you mean?" Gongsun Yu asked loudly unhappily.

"If you continue to treat them as brothers, you'll die soon." Gongsun Wen shouted viciously.

Gongsun Yu was stunned for a moment, and was speechless for a long time. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the book friend Wandering Prodigal Son for rewarding twice, and I am often grateful.