Gao Changgong, Tai Shici, Li Jing, Yu Ban, Lu Yi, Pan Zhang and others successively arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Jia read Xingyuan's letter and gave a general account of the current war situation.

"At present, the main army led by the Lord Duke to the front line of Junyi and Kaifeng. The armies of Mrs. Li E, Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others are advancing to the front line of Fangdong and Bocheng, and the specific battle situation is unknown, but judging from the fact that Xingyuan has repeatedly urged us to step up our attack on the front line of Yanjin and Suozao, they have no confidence in using the southern flank battlefield to break the current stalemate, because the rebel reinforcements such as the Jingzhou Army and the troops from all over Yuzhou are mostly concentrated in the area of Yingchuan and Liangguo, even if Mrs. Li E leads the army to break through Bocheng and kill the front line of Xiangyi and Yongqiu, it is difficult for them to pose too much threat to Yuzhou. Unable to mobilize rebels on frontal combat. ”

"The current breakthrough is in the northern battlefield. The lord urgently dispatched General Zhao Yun to lead the Hu iron cavalry to the north to support, and Jia Xu, the division of the Xingyuan army, personally rushed to Baima, all for this reason, but we only had more than 70,000 people, and even if General Zhao Yun came, there were only less than 90,000 foot cavalry. In the face of a coalition force of more than 100,000 troops, we have no absolute superiority in strength. Now Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yan Liang, and Gao Gan have built a solid defense line between Yancheng, Yancheng, and Jiating relying on Yancheng. ”

After Guo Jia finished introducing the situation, Zhang Fei pointed to everyone and asked, "In addition to attacking, do you have any better way to attack?" ”

No one spoke. The situation of the war is changing too quickly, and these generals are helpless. originally thought that after the army defeated Yan Liang and Gao Gan in Pingyang Pavilion, it could be discharged, but who knew that Cao Cao and Liu Bei suddenly appeared, and they simply blocked the army under Yancheng City.

"Since everyone has no idea, there is no hope for a strong attack, the line is urgent, and time waits for no one, then divide the troops in Hanoi, cross the river from the direction of Ji County and Huojia City in Hanoi County, and kill Yanjin and Suojube." Zhang Fei said, "Although it is very risky to divide the troops, there is no way but to give it a try." ”

"Divide your forces to attack?" The generals were taken aback. At this time, the troops will be divided, and once they fail, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Fengxiao, you can tell me more specifically." Zhang Fei pointed at Guo Jia and said, "Explain it clearly, let's see if you have anything to add." ”

Guo Jia walked to the map, faced the worried eyes of the generals, and said with a solemn expression: "Yide thinks that there is no chance of winning in the frontal attack, so he plans to drag the main force of the rebels under the city of Yancheng with a force, cross the Yellow River to return to Hanoi with a force of a force, cross the Yellow River from the direction of Jixian and Huojia in Hanoi and go south, directly kill Yanjin and Suoju, rush into Henan at the fastest speed, seize the two cities of Yuanwu and Yangwu, force into the chasm water, threaten the area of Xingyang and Zhongmu, force the rebels to retreat from the first line of Junyi and Kaifeng, and open the stalemate on the frontal battlefield. In order to quickly form a decisive battle situation in the Central Plains battlefield. ”

"The risk of this strategy is very high, mainly because Yanjin and Sujube are too close to Yancheng, only more than 130 miles. In particular, the heavily armed city is only 30 miles away from the Yellow River crossing, and only 30 miles away from the small city of Yanjin. When our army crossed the Yellow River south at the Yanjin Ferry, it took time. If the rebels block us on the surface of the Yellow River with a force and concentrate the main force to attack under the city of Yancheng, our army is likely to be forced to retreat to Baima in the case of insufficient troops. In this way, the strategy of dividing the troops and attacking failed. ”

"After we withdraw to White Horse, the flanks of the Central Army will be completely exposed to the attacks of the rebels, and the safety of the Central Army will be seriously threatened. If the rebels' follow-up reinforcements enter the battlefield in time, the central army can only retreat when the troops are insufficient. In this way, our army will be in a predicament on the battlefield in the Central Plains, and the development of the war situation will become more and more unfavorable to us. ”

In order to ensure the success of the sneak attack on Yanjin, Yide decided to send 30,000 men back to Hanoi. This army was commanded by Li Jing, and four generals, Gao Changgong, Yu Ban, Tai Shici, and Pan Zhang, led the army to accompany it. An army of 30,000 will rush north to the Yellow River tonight. ”

"Yancheng is eighty miles away from Qingshuikou, the nearest Yellow River ferry, and after crossing the river, it will rush to Jixian and Huojia to the two cities of Jixian and Huojia. In the early morning of two days, you will launch an attack on Yanjindu, and strive to capture the cities of Yanjin and Suozao, fifty miles away, in the shortest possible time, in order to stabilize your position on the banks of the Yellow River. ”

"There are two things that happen on the battlefield. First, we captured Yanjin and Suojube, and the rebels were worried that their back roads would be cut off, so they categorically abandoned Yancheng and retreated to the two cities of Yuanwu and Yangwu on the west bank of the Yingou River. First, the rebels returned in time to help and block, you failed to occupy Yanjin and Suojube, and at the same time they took the opportunity to concentrate their forces and storm the city of Yancheng to contain the army. ”

"Whether this plan can succeed depends on the early morning of two days." Guo Jia's face was gloomy, and he looked at the generals and barely squeezed out a smile, "According to the time calculation, in two days, General Zhao Yun's cavalry will rush to the city of Yancheng." The arrival of this cavalry may help us defeat the rebels, or it may help us to successfully retreat back to the White Horse, in short, I believe they will bring us good luck. ”

The attack strategy determined by Zhang Fei and Guo Jia made the generals in the big tent feel a little suffocated while being excited. This battle can only be won, not lost, and it is too difficult to succeed.

But no one objected to this decision.

Guo Jia then gave a detailed explanation of the marching routes of the various armies, the arrangement of the ferry ships and various matters.

"Let's disperse." Zhang Fei waved his hand and said to everyone, "If you win, I'm going to invite you to drink in sour dates." ”

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Yuan Shao's urgent letter was sent to Yancheng by 800 miles of speed.

Knowing that Zhou Cang, Jian Yong, Xiahou Shang and others successfully attacked Changyi, and successfully rescued themselves and the families of many Yanzhou officials, and even Cheng Yu was accidentally rescued, Cao Jun's camp immediately boiled, and the passionate war drums resounded in the sky.

Cao Cao, Cao Hong and others personally rushed to Liu Beijun's camp to thank Liu Bei and Liu Beijun's soldiers.

The morale of Cao and Liu's armies suddenly soared, and the soldiers cheered and swept away the haze that shrouded the camp.

This sentiment then also affected Yuan Shaojun. Yan Liang and Gao Gan carried heavy gifts to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and at the same time told the good news to the soldiers of all battalions. They wanted to use this to tell the soldiers that the Northern Frontier Army was not as invincible as they imagined, and that we could defeat them if we had the opportunity.

That night, Cao Cao convened the generals to discuss the meeting, intending to take advantage of the high mood of the officers and men of the various armies to attack the Northern Xinjiang Army. This is a rare opportunity, if we can take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Northern Xinjiang Army, it will completely reverse the current unfavorable situation, and the Central Plains War may produce a shocking reversal.

If you want to defeat the Northern Frontier Army under Yancheng City, you first need troops, and you must gather superior forces to defeat the enemy. In the absence of reinforcements, if you want to form a superior force on a local battlefield, you can only find ways to weaken the opponent's strength, so that the opponent will unconsciously lose the strength to compete with you.

For this reason, Cao Cao discussed with Xi Zhicai, Mao Jue, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan and others for a long time.

Mao Jue suggested crossing the river from the direction of Yanjin to attack Hanoi, pretending to flank the Northern Xinjiang Army stationed in Huaicheng with Gao Rou and Zhang Nan in Hanoi.

After this false attack was made, the Northern Xinjiang Army was worried that after Hanoi was lost, it would let the opponent join forces to attack Jizhou, harass and cut off the grain route of the Northern Xinjiang Army, so it was necessary to order Zhang Fei under Yancheng to divide his troops to support. When Zhang Fei divided his troops, the opportunity to attack came.

Cao Cao immediately invited Liu Bei and Yan Liang, and the three of them discussed for a long time, and agreed that at this moment, all the troops of Hebei had gone south to the Central Plains, and it was impossible for Jizhou to have troops to support Hanoi, so they could only recruit troops from Zhang Fei's army to help. The certainty of success is very high.

Cao Cao sent an urgent report to Xuchang requesting an increase in the allocation of grain and grass, and on the other hand, he increased his troops in the direction of Yancheng and Yanjin, and deployed ships at the Yanjin ferry, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to Jixian and Huojia on the opposite bank.

The scouts of the Northern Frontier Army, who were probing the enemy's situation in the vicinity of Yanjindu, reported quickly, and the rebels suddenly increased their troops in large numbers to Yanjin and Yincheng, and it was estimated that they would attack Hanoi and threaten Jizhou.

Zhang Fei was taken aback, thinking that the rebels had discovered his secret attack on Yanjin by dividing his troops into Hanoi, so he hurriedly flew a pigeon to send a message to Li Jing, temporarily stopped the march to Ji County and won Jia, and instead stationed troops in the area of Qingshui River and Qingshuikou, waiting for the rebels' reaction before making a decision.

"Near, Zhao Yun's cavalry is crossing the Pushui River in the direction of Changyuan, do you want to ask General Zhao Yun to attack Yancheng from the flank first, and attract the rebels' forces from the area of Yancheng and Yanjin." Wang Ling suggested.

"No, no, don't ......" Guo Jia next to him shook his hand again and again, and said, "Contact Zilong through the flying pigeon message, don't cross the river from the direction of Changyuan, go north immediately, cross the river from Wating in the northeast of Yancheng, be sure to hide the traces, and don't let the rebels send us reinforcements." ”

"Since the rebels have increased their troops in the vicinity of Yucheng and Yanjin with great fanfare, it is obvious that they have discovered the purpose of our attack and are intended to stop our movements. After they divided their troops, they did not have enough troops on the frontal battlefield and would not launch an active attack in the area of Yancheng. At this time, it is useless to conceal General Zhao Yun's cavalry, so it is better to let the cavalry directly attack Yancheng. ”

"Once the cavalry appears in the rear of Yancheng, the rebels will inevitably panic and defend the city, and at the same time ask Yuan Shao on the battlefield in the middle for help. When Yuan Shao heard that the cavalry had arrived in Yancheng, he could naturally judge that the Northern Frontier Army under Junyi and Kaifeng was insufficient. He may not necessarily send troops north to support, but he will definitely launch a counteroffensive against our main army. In this way, we are blocked in the north and suffer a counteroffensive in the middle, where is there time to defeat the rebels and kill to the front line of Yanjin and Suojube to threaten Henan? ”

Zhang Fei's thick eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and he shook his head again and again: "I want time, I want time." I am now desperate for the rebels to come out of the city and attack. When the rebels saw our division of forces in Hanoi, it was very likely that they would go out of the city and attack. When the time comes, Zilong's cavalry roars out and will definitely be able to take Yancheng. (To be continued.) )