Then he excitedly pointed to the map and said, "We let the armies of Beren and Fengxian pursue from the east and north, and let the armies of Zilong and Wei Yi block the retreat of the rebels in the south of the Qinghe Kingdom. The www.biquge.info of the pen and the pavilion let Li Zhong and Sun Guan fight and retreat in the west, causing us to encircle the rebels, but because of the lack of troops, we could not join the siege, thus inducing the rebels to continue to retreat in the direction of Guantao and Wei County in Wei County, forcing Yuan Shao to respond in the direction of Guantao, and then ......"

Guan Yu smashed his fist between Diguan Tao and Wei Cheng on the map, and said loudly: "We will annihilate the rebels here and kill all the rebels such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao." ”

Xu Maogong listened with a smile on his face at first, and then his expression changed greatly when he heard it, and he was dumbfounded.

"I know what you want to say...... Guan Yu's face suddenly turned cold, "Now even if Zilong and Chang Yuchun have wiped out more than 100,000 rebels in the Dongguang area, but excluding the losses of the rebels' continuous attacks in the past few months, they still have at least about 200,000 troops, while we only have 300,000 people, it is difficult to completely annihilate the rebels, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao can finally escape back to the Central Plains." This doesn't seem like we'd like to see it. ”

Guan Yu looked at Xu Maogong coldly and asked, "This is what my eldest brother means?" ”

Xu Maogong didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "What does Senior Brother Yun mean?" ”

Guan Yu pondered for a long time, and then said: "If we completely annihilate Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and other rebels at all costs, it will be Yuan Shu who can occupy the Central Plains in the end, but Yuan Shu is weaker than Yuan Shao, and it is difficult for him to gain a firm foothold in a short time." In this way, we will be able to cross the river and head south next year and begin to pacify the war of the world. ”

Saying this, Guan Yu spread out his right hand, put it on the map of Qinghe Kingdom, and said: "We are all worried that Yuan Shao will run away, and the resistance to our great cause of Zhongxing will be too great after Yuan Shao runs away, so your proposal is very correct, we can't rush to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao and Liu Biao and others in Qinghe Kingdom, we want to use Cao Cao and Liu Biao's rebels to keep Yuan Shao in Jizhou." Lure his army to the area around Guantao and annihilate it. ”

Guan Yu raised his head and glanced at Xu Maogong again, and said, "My plan is to first surround Cao Cao's rebels with a force of 50,000 troops. ”

Then he put his left hand on Wei County on the map, his eyes showed two strong murderous aura, and he said coldly: "Then concentrate all the rest of the troops to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao in Wei County, eat Yuan Shao in one bite, and never suffer in the future." ”

Guan Yu clenched his fist in his right hand, struck the Qinghe Kingdom on the map heavily, and said, "After eating Yuan Shao, we will concentrate all our forces to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao's rebels." In this way, the rebels were completely annihilated. ”

Koji Yi clasped his hands, looked at the map with his eyes, and imagined the battlefield of fierce fighting in his mind, and his blood boiled for a while.

Xu Maogong didn't speak, and Guan Yu also fell silent.

After a while, he asked, "What does the eldest brother mean?" ”

"The Lord's thoughts coincide with yours." Xu Maogong breathed lightly, "The lord believes that in the current situation, it is no longer a problem to severely damage Cao Cao's rebels, the key is how to severely damage Yuan Shao." Severely attacking Yuan Shao is our ultimate goal. ”

"At that time, neither the lord nor we expected Cao Cao to retreat so quickly and resolutely, and the direction of his retreat was also a big surprise to us. As if he expected that our iron cavalry had already made a detour back to Ganling City and cut off his retreat, he chose to retreat west without hesitation. At present, we do not have the troops to insert the line between Qingyuan and Guantao first, so if Cao Cao runs fast enough, he is very likely to escape from our encirclement, successfully meet Yuan Shao, and safely withdraw to the Central Plains. ”

"I didn't arrange for the army to go to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao first, probably because the eldest brother wanted to drag Yuan Shao, right?" Guan Yu asked with a smile.

Xu Maogong nodded and said, "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and it is difficult for us to accurately judge the next move of the rebels. However, judging from the current situation, it is still correct that the lord did not arrange for the army to be inserted into the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao in advance. ”

"With the speed of Li Zhong and Sun Guan, it is completely possible to reach the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao before the rebels to block them." Guan Yu said, "The top priority is that the armies of Chang Yuchun and Lü Bu should advance westward at full speed, and Zilong's troops should quickly seize Fagan and Yuancheng, and strive to surround Cao Cao's rebels in the area of Qingyuan and Guantao within three to four days." If we can't close the siege for a long time, Cao Cao and the others may break through our resistance, and Yuan Shao may also kill Guantao and join Cao Cao. ”

Xu Maogong shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, are you forcing me to disobey the military order?" ”

"Do you dare to do it?" Guan Yu sneered.

"Fight." Xu Maogong said categorically, "You and I will jointly inform the lord of the strategy for destroying the enemy." In addition, he sent a letter to General Yide, asking him to send troops to support Li Zhong and Sun Guan. Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others were red-eyed, and they may not be able to stop it. ”

"Reinforcements!" Guan Yu patted Xu Maogong happily and said, "Ask for reinforcements from the eldest brother." There are still more than 30,000 troops of Xu Da in Jinyang, and they can now be requisitioned to the Jizhou battlefield. If they can get to Handan within fifteen days, we will win this battle. ”

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In the early morning, Li Yi, who had just taken a nap on the desk, was woken up by Xun Yu. After Xu Shu left the general and went to assist Chang Yuchun, the affairs he was in charge of were temporarily concurrently held by Xun Yu.

"Pengfei, the rebels have retreated westward."

"To the west?" Li Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What about Yun Chang?" Where is his army? ”

"Li Zhong and Sun Guan have already led the army to rush to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao to block it." Xun Yu handed a volume of documents to Li Yi, "Yun Chang and Mao Gong have formulated a new strategy for destroying the enemy according to the changes in the battle situation. ”

After reading the letters of Guan Yu and Xu Maogong, Li Yi summoned Liu Bowen, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang and other strategists to discuss the matter.

The rebels suddenly moved westward, disrupting the planned deployment, and it was no longer possible to encircle and annihilate the rebels under the city of Ganling, but because the rebels retreated westward and shortened the distance between them and Yuan Shao, the originally very difficult strategy of encircling and annihilating Yuan Shao suddenly became easier.

However, this ease is only imaginary. In fact, the Northern Frontier Army now has no hope of encircling Cao Cao.

After Guan Yu found out that the rebels were retreating westward, he immediately ordered Li Zhong and Sun Guan to go south to Qingyuan and Guantao to block them, but at this time, Li Zhong and Sun Guan were about three hundred miles away from Qingyuan and Guantao, and there was a Qinghe River in between, and the rebels had already crossed the Qinghe River, and they were only about two hundred miles away from Qingyuan and Guantao. Whether Li Zhong and Sun Guan could rush to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao to block them before the rebels immediately became the key to whether they could encircle Cao Cao's rebels. If you can't encircle Cao Cao and let Cao Cao and Yuan Shao rendezvous, all strategies will be useless.

Li Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Where are the armies of the East Road Battlefield now?" ”

Li Yi was also anxious. Cao Cao's hand greatly surprised him and caught him off guard.

"According to the latest news, the East Road army has all crossed the Jiangshui River." Xun Yu pointed to the map and explained it to Li Yi one by one.

Chang Yuchun, commander of the Fifth Infantry Corps, and his generals Zhang Yan, Bian Xi, and Mu Shun, together with Gao Shun, commander of the Seventh Infantry Corps, and generals Xun Di, Li Yi, and Wu Ba, led more than 60,000 troops of the two legions to Guting.

Li Jing, the commander of the Sixth Infantry Corps, and his generals Wei Yan, Pan Zhang, and Guan Hai were leading more than 30,000 men and horses of their headquarters to Dongwu.

Gao Changgong, the commander of the Third Cavalry Corps, and his generals Xian Yuyin and Hao Mengzheng led the 18,000 troops of their headquarters to the Panhe.

Lu Bu, the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Corps, and his generals Wei Xu and Cheng Lianzheng led 18,000 iron cavalry to search for the Jingzhou army along the Great River.

Zhao Yun, the commander of the First Cavalry Corps, and his generals Zhao Yun and Yue Yun, together with Zhang He, the commander of the Second Cavalry Corps, and the generals Xian Yufu and Yan Rou, led the 36,000 iron cavalry of the two legions to pursue the rebels.

In terms of distance, the closest to the rebels now is Zhao Yun and Zhang He's iron cavalry, followed by Xu Huang's army of 8,000 foot soldiers, and now Xu Huang has arrived at Qinghe and is preparing to cross the river in pursuit.

And Lu Bu and other armies, who were the first to cross the Jiangshui River, are currently more than 300 miles away from the rebels, and they can't be counted on at all.

Although Zhao Yun and Zhang He are the closest to the rebels, they are the farthest away from us, and it is difficult for us to contact him in a short time. If they can get ahead of the rebels and fight from the direction of Yuancheng between Guantao and Weicheng, we should be able to ensure that Cao Cao is encircled.

Wei City was about two hundred miles away from Yecheng, and Yuan Shao's army would soon be able to kill it. In order to cut off all the retreat routes of the rebels, the iron cavalry of Zhao Yun and Zhang He must have divided their troops to garrison Ganling, Fagan and Yuancheng, so that they can devote very limited troops to the area of Guantao and Weicheng to stop the rebels.

"My lord, if you can completely annihilate the rebels, I don't want to think about it now, let's find a way to prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shao from meeting first." Jia Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although Yun Chang and Mao Gong's methods are good, they don't know the location of the various units of the East Road Army. However, fortunately, the two of them were able to make a decision on the spot, and they were willing to take the charge of violating the order and overstepping their authority, which bought us a lot of time. ”

"Do you think it's impossible for Li Zhong and Sun Guan to rush to Qingyuan and Guantao before the rebels?" Li Yi asked.

"There's no way they're ahead of the rebels." Jia Xu's tone was very resolute, "They still have to cross a Qing River, and there is too much delay in time." We can only count on Zilong and Yunyi. ”

Li Yi thought for a while, pointed at Sima Yi and said: "Give an order to Zilong and Yunyi, ask them not to attack Ganling and Fagan for the time being, and directly kill between Guantao and Weicheng to cut off the retreat of the rebels." ”

"All the troops?" Sima Yi hurriedly asked.

"All the troops, all the thirty-six thousand iron horsemen." Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Send more people to find them, no matter what, find them as quickly as possible." In addition, tell them that now all the armies on the battlefield in Jizhou are under the command of Yun Chang. ”

Sima Yi turned around and ran out of the big tent. (To be continued.) )