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"This method seriously deviates from the goal of our northern expedition." Xi Zhicai said sharply.

"We can't pin our hopes of occupying Jizhou on a divisive plan that we don't have a clue about so far. Although we all want to occupy Jizhou, including Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, they also want to occupy Jizhou. But in fact, the Northern Expeditionary Army was simply scattered, and there was no way to work together. ”

"Once the news of Yuan Shu's attack on the Central Plains comes, Liu Bei, as the minister of the clan, even if he is willing to continue to stay on the Jizhou battlefield, what about the soldiers of the Xuzhou army?"

"And Yuan Shao. Let's not talk about whether the discord plan can succeed or not, even if it is successful. His strength is also completely able to deal with the rebellion in Guanzhong, and the possibility that he will choose to continue the attack on Jizhou with us is very small, and his greatest possibility is to withdraw his troops to protect himself, and then wait for us and Yuan Shu to defeat both before making a move. ”

"Don't think that today's prince and the court are binding on Yuan Shao and the princes." Xi Zhicai sighed, "Today's Son of Heaven and the imperial court are actually a façade, and the reason why we want to rebuild the imperial system is mainly to fight against Li Yi and Yuan Shao." If everyone is still counting on Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to respect the Son of Heaven and the imperial court and revive the Han Dynasty, it is really a joke. It is best for everyone to give up the illusion of the Yuan brothers, they are our enemies and eternal enemies like Li Yi, and under no circumstances should we have any illusions that they will work together with us. ”

Xi Zhicai's words made Man Pet and Mao Jue fall into deep thought.

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai approvingly, and was very happy in his heart. Xi Zhicai is worthy of being his most valued strategist, he not only has a unique vision, but also has a lot of courage, and he said what he didn't dare to say.

Indeed, in Cao Cao's eyes, the Son of Heaven and the court he set up were just a façade in front of him, except for the prime minister and his followers who supported this façade, everyone else was the enemy of this façade.

Since you are surrounded by enemies, you can kill them all by dealing with them.

"Zhicai, when do you think Yuan Shu will attack the Central Plains?" Cao Cao asked.

"As long as we hit the city of Xindu, Yuan Shu will definitely rebel." Xi Zhicai said without hesitation.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and asked again: "If the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army is concentrated on the front line of Xindu City, will we be hit hard after we divide our troops to attack Nanpi?" ”

"Sun Tzu said: Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and if it is doubled, it will be divided, and the enemy will be able to fight, if it is few, it can be escaped, and if it is not, it can be avoided." Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, "The Northern Xinjiang Army has retreated again and again, resolutely not fighting with us, for what? Is it to beat us 50,000 with 100,000? ”

Cao Cao laughed, of course this is impossible. Even if he sent all the people of Liu Biao, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan away, it would be impossible for this situation to occur. Therefore, this is simply a joke made by Xi Zhicai.

After laughing, Cao Cao asked Xi Zhicai again: "Zhicai, then in your opinion, how can we hold Yuan Shao back?" ”

"The lord is too worried." Xi Zhicai said with a smile, "Li Yi retreated 600 miles in two months, and his purpose was very clear, that is, to annihilate the allied forces that crossed the river to the north. He won't let go of any of the enemies, so what the lord should be thinking about now is how we can safely withdraw from Jizhou. ”

After a pause, Xi Zhicai said seriously: "Don't have any doubts, Li Yi has this determination and strength." The real strength of the Northern Frontier Army was 600,000, not 300,000. And the Northern Xinjiang Army in Jizhou was 300,000, not 230,000. Our superiority in troops on the Jizhou battlefield is not as great as we imagined. ”

Everyone knows what Xi Zhicai meant. As we all know, Hebei's army consisted of two parts, including a standing army of about 320,000 and a garrison of nearly 280,000.

Compared with the standing army, the garrison army in northern Xinjiang was poorer in terms of training and equipment, but at that time, it was for the northern Xinjiang army. As for the armies of the princes, the garrison of the Northern Frontier Army is probably stronger than the elite army of Liu Biao and others. Even on par with the elite of your own army.

Although the generals and strategists of the Cao army did not want to admit this reality, they all knew in their hearts that this was the real situation. Over the years, the Northern Xinjiang Army, which has experienced the most major battles and tough battles, is stronger than everyone else. Not only were they numerous and well-equipped, but their soldiers were far more trained than the armies of the other princes.

Xi Zhicai is proposing this reality now, naturally not to undermine his own morale, but to let everyone see the reality clearly and not make some unrealistic plans. Because at this time, any unrealistic ideas will cause unimaginable losses to oneself. Only by clearly recognizing the reality and making careful arrangements can it be possible to escape safely.

Cao Cao slapped the case hard, and praised loudly: "Zhicai is really the son of the orphan!" ”

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In late July, Yuan Shao's letter arrived at Cao's camp. Yuan Shao said in his letter that the news about the Ma Chao rebellion in the Guanluo area was a discordant plan of Hebei and could never be trusted. If you don't feel at ease, let Ma Teng come to Yecheng and help me fight Yecheng. Now is the best time to seize Jizhou, you must not be confused because of these non-existent things, and give up this good opportunity. Don't do things that hurt your relatives and make your enemies happy.

Cao Cao immediately summoned Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan, and Ma Teng to discuss the matter. He showed Yuan Shao's letter to everyone, and tried his best to appease the panicked Ma Teng, asking him not to take this matter to heart.

Cao Cao patted Ma Teng's shoulder and said very kindly: "Brother Shoucheng, we are the same as Brother Benchu, and we absolutely trust you." ”

Ma Teng was grateful.

Before that, Ma Teng was very worried. Now that he is in Jizhou, which is far away from his base camp, his strength in his hands is limited, if Cao Cao wants to be unfavorable to him, it is difficult for Ma Teng to have countermeasures. It can be said that now he is a fish on the chopping board, and Cao Cao can get him whatever he wants. Now that Cao Cao told him that he absolutely trusted himself, Ma Teng was naturally very grateful.

Cao Cao was high-spirited and ambitious, and decided to raise his army and kill Xindu directly. He raised his arms and shouted: "Now we are working together, in one go, to take Jizhou, to eliminate the rebellion as soon as possible, to pacify the world, and to revitalize the Han Dynasty."

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The generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army gathered in Ganling City.

Xi Zhicai explained the attack strategy in detail. He pointed to the map inside the big tent of the Chinese army and said: "From the end of this month, the army will start from Ganling City and attack the Qinghe River in three ways, and if nothing else, it will be able to reach the Jiangshui River two hundred miles away in ten days." After crossing the river, attack sixty miles again, it is the city of Xindu. ”

"There are about 100,000 Northern Xinjiang infantry cavalry troops opposite us, but according to scouts, there are still some garrisons in the direction of Nanpi in Bohai County, so our early attack must be very fierce and advance quickly, and we must force Li Yi to transfer more Northern Xinjiang troops from the direction of Nanpi to the direction of Xindu City."

"If the Northern Xinjiang Army can't hold the capital of Xindu, it will not only lose half of Jizhou, but also quickly lose the entire Jizhou because of the ensuing sloppiness of military morale and the chaos of the people. Therefore, the Northern Xinjiang Army can give up Ganling City, but it will never give up Xindu City. The decisive battle under Sinto is inevitable. ”

"The reason why the Northern Xinjiang Army chose Xindu City to fight a decisive battle with us is very simple, they can use the strong iron cavalry of Northern Xinjiang to ambush our grain and grass on the six-hundred-mile long road, and they are vainly trying to drag us down and defeat."

"It is undeniable that the Northern Frontier Army can not only preserve their own strength, but also defeat us. As long as they hold on to Sinto for three or more months, we will be in a very dangerous situation. Even if we are undefeated, we will at most be able to get half of Jizhou before winter comes, or we will retreat to the south of the Yellow River without success. ”

"The Northern Xinjiang Army fought in Jizhou, not only with enough food and grass, but also with plenty of time. But we didn't, we had to find a way to quickly defeat the Northern Frontier Army and occupy the city of Xindu. ”

Xi Zhicai pointed to Nanpi City on the map again, and said loudly: "After the army crossed the Jiangshui River, it confronted the Northern Xinjiang Army under the city of Xindu, and at this time, we divided our troops to attack Nanpi. At this time, most of the northern Xinjiang troops stationed in Nanpi City had rushed to Xindu City, and the garrison of Nanpi City was weak, and the army could fight down. ”

"After taking Nanpi, this partial division immediately crossed the Zhangshui River to the north, and went straight to Zhilecheng, the county of Hejian 150 miles away, and entered the rear of the Northern Xinjiang Army. It doesn't matter whether you can win Lecheng or not, what matters is to cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army, hit the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and disturb the hearts of the people of the Northern Xinjiang Army. ”

"The back road of the Northern Xinjiang Army was cut off, morale was low, the people's hearts were chaotic, and Li Yi had the talent to turn the tide, so he had to lead the army to retreat. Once the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated, this partial division immediately set up a formation along the Zhangshui River and the Hutuo River to block it, and cooperated with the main army to flank the front and rear. ”

"Even if we can't defeat the Northern Frontier Army in this battle, we can still beat the Northern Frontier Army to the ground." Xi Zhicai's slender fingers swiped hard along the middle of Jizhou on the map, "So half of Jizhou is in the bag." ”

The atmosphere inside the tent was high.

"The rest will be easy." Xi Zhicai's voice suddenly became very excited, "In order to lure the enemy deeper, Li Yi evacuated more than two million people from southern Jizhou to the north-central counties of Jizhou. These people saw that the Northern Xinjiang Army had lost half of Jizhou and returned in defeat, and the consequences could be imagined. Fear, anger, disappointment, grief...... The people of Jizhou will soon be in chaos. There are millions of people in the north-central counties of Jizhou, and the direct consequence of this chaos must be the complete loss of Jizhou. ”

"The Northern Xinjiang Army can only retreat in embarrassment, but we can easily get the whole of Jizhou." Xi Zhicai's fair face gradually turned red, and his voice became more high-pitched, "Dahan Sheji is just around the corner!" ”

The tent suddenly boiled, and the cheers were deafening. (To be continued.) )