Zhang Jiao paused for a moment and continued: "This trick used by Li Yi is a wild wolf pack attack tactic on the grassland. When the wolves on the grassland hunt bison, they first adopt harassment tactics, constantly harassing the bison herd, paralyzing the bison in the bison herd, and patiently looking for opportunities to raid. As soon as a cow loses its vigilance or is provoked to rush out of the herd, they will rush up and hit it with one blow. I think you're the enraged bison. ”

Zhang Liang smiled embarrassedly.

Zhang Niujiao glanced at Zhang Jiao and thought to himself, you bison can't be better than that, a self-righteous bison.

Yang Feng said with a solemn expression: "Li Yi is very cunning, he has stationed the camp thirty miles away, as long as we have any trouble, he will find out immediately." If we had taken the initiative to surround him, he would have fled without a trace. But if we keep making trouble for him like this, our losses will grow bigger and bigger, and our morale will quickly drop. After all, he defeated our army of more than 600,000 and killed more than 100,000 of us. In the eyes of many Yellow Turban brothers, he was a man like a killing god, and the soldiers were still very afraid of him. ”

Zhang Jiao's face suddenly became very ugly, and he said in his heart What is the matter with this kid Yang Feng, it's just that he can't open any pot and which pot, does he also want to get labor and management out of power?

Chu Yan glanced at Yang Feng, her eyes were very complicated, and she was a little confused and a little disappointed.

Sun Qin's face immediately turned red, he lowered his head, and he didn't dare to meet Yang Feng's gaze.

Zhang Niujiao secretly rejoiced, but he was afraid that others would see the smile on his face, so he immediately lowered his head and covered it up by drinking water.

"Yang Shuai, do you have any suggestions?" Yu Yu was embarrassed to see the atmosphere in the tent, and hurriedly asked.

Of course, Yang Feng saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, he smiled slightly, and continued: "In my opinion, we still concentrate the main force. It is the best policy to capture Gaotang City as soon as possible. The capture of Gaotang can not only solve the problem of food shortage for the army, but also relieve the supply pressure in the rear. First of all, you must be invincible before you can strike at the enemy. What does Yu Shuai think? ”

Yu Poison groaned for a while, and said slowly: "Youzhou Iron Cavalry is not a group of wolves, but a group of tigers. In terms of troops alone, our 200,000 men can indeed fight a bloody battle with his 15,000 iron cavalry, but we have lost at least half of our troops. In the fight against Huangfu Song, we lost more than 70,000 dead and 40,000 wounded. It's basically two soldiers for one enemy's life. Fighting Li Yi now, if six or seven of our soldiers can exchange one life for the enemy, we will have to pay the price of 100,000 people. In this way, coupled with the losses of the siege, the strength of our Yellow Turban Army is basically finished, and the rest are some old and weak soldiers. What will we do if the imperial court gathers tens of thousands of people to fight us again this year? So I agreed with Yang Shuai's idea and immediately attacked Gao Tang with all my might. As for Li Yi, we always have a way to clean him up. Great sage and good teacher and Chu Shuai. What do you guys think? ”

Neither Zhang Jiao nor Chu Yan answered.

"Why did the Youzhou Army come, and the two of them lost their courage." Zhang Liang said angrily, "There are only five or six thousand people in Gaotang City, and we are forty times as many as the enemy. It can be taken quickly. However, without Gao Tang City as bait, Li Yi's Youzhou cavalry would immediately flee. Having lost this opportunity, it will be difficult to annihilate them again. The future is on the battlefield. With their agility, it is definitely us who suffer. The failure of the Western Expedition is a very clear example. If Yang Shuai and Yu Shuai's army gives a surprise attack to the Youzhou army, are you sure that you will retreat with your whole body? ”

Yang Fenghe looked tense on his poisonous face. There is no cavity.

"But Li Yi is now adopting this kind of guerrilla harassment tactics, repeatedly attacking our soldiers, hitting our morale, and delaying our offensive, even if he does not fight us head-on, we just want to surround and annihilate them, and we can't find a chance. General Rengong, what can you do? Zhang Niujiao pretended to be helpless and said.

Zhang Liang immediately laughed bitterly, and said helplessly: "Niujiao, even the eldest brother can't do it, and I can't do it." However, the eldest brother's opportunity to deliberately eliminate Li Yi this time is very rare, and it is a pity to give up. Next time, maybe Li Yi will encircle and annihilate us. ”

There was silence in the tent.

"After taking Plains City, I explained this plan to all of you. It is necessary to lay down the Gaotang so that we can open up the passage of the Nandu River. And it is also necessary to destroy Li Yi's Youzhou army, because his army is cavalry, and after we cross the river in the south, there is a long distance on the plain, leaving such a cavalry behind is a very dangerous thing. Zhang Jiao opened his mouth and said, "But it can't be smooth sailing for us to fight Gaotang, because there are Li Yi and his Youzhou cavalry next to him. That's why we have this plan to kill two birds with one stone, and this is also the best time to annihilate Li Yi and his Youzhou army. ”

"After we take Gaotang immediately, Li Yi will definitely run away immediately, and we will be very troublesome in the future. Yu Shuai's worries are not unreasonable, but Yanzi has made a lot of preparations to eliminate the cavalry, which should reduce our casualties. Moreover, after the elimination of Li Yi and the cavalry of the Youzhou Army under his command, there will be no large-scale imperial army in Jizhou and Qingzhou, so that we can take a breather for a while and recruit a large number of men and horses to supplement the army in Pingyuan County, Jibei Kingdom, Jinan Kingdom and other places. So the question now is not whether to beat Li Yi, but how to beat Li Yi. I hope you don't get the topic wrong. Zhang Jiao's tone was cold when he said it.

Yu Poison immediately picked up and said, "Please make it clear to the great sage and good teacher." ”

Zhang Jiao glanced at everyone solemnly, and said coldly: "Everyone attack the city with all their might, maintain the rhythm of the attack, not too fierce, not too soft, and consume a large number of enemy soldiers effectively." For the Youzhou Army's group attack and harassment tactics, don't you ignore it, isn't it just a little bit of a soldier? Everyone pretended to be paralyzed, let it attack, and prepared to be attacked by the Youzhou cavalry army day and night. As long as the Youzhou army attacks, any part of it will drag him to the death and wait for the army to arrive to encircle and annihilate him. Once encircled, the main attack is carried out by the swallow's troops, and the other troops are flanked, and all must be annihilated. ”

Yang Feng suddenly asked, "What if it rains?" ”

In the last two days, the weather has changed a bit, and the clouds are thick, and it looks like it is going to rain heavily.

Zhang Jiao said loudly: "If it rains, the first to retreat is Li Yi's cavalry." After the rain, the ground is muddy, and the flexibility of the cavalry will be greatly reduced, and if he stays here, he will bring about his own destruction, so Li Yi will retreat immediately. He ran away, and our plan was naturally canceled, and we needed to attack the city immediately. Gaotang City has been beaten by us all over the body, and it is dying, and 200,000 people attack such a city at the same time, or it will not take it in a day. So, as soon as it rains, everyone immediately attack the city, without any hesitation and without waiting for my orders. ”

"Got it?" Zhang Jiao looked around coldly, and no one objected anymore.

"Great sage and good teacher, if we don't have enough food and grass, even if it doesn't rain, we must give up our plan to encircle and annihilate Li Yi and start attacking the city." Zhang Niujiao looked at Zhang Jiao's grim face and asked without fear, "Can the great sage and good teacher tell us, if it doesn't rain all the time, will we attack the city one day?" ”

Zhang Jiao sneered and said categorically: "Three days later." ”

At this time, Zhang Liang suddenly laughed, and he said loudly: "There are still three days, now let's see who has the worst luck, and the prey that Li Yi fancies must be worried." ”

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Thirty miles west of Gaotang City, the Guhe camp.

The Gu River is a small tributary of the Yellow River that can only be shown on a county-level map. But it was perfect for a large army. It is located between the great rivers and the great rivers, and the terrain is dangerous; Thirty miles away from Gaotang, it is not only convenient for the Youzhou cavalry to harass the Yellow Turban Army camp under Gaotang City, but also makes it impossible for the Yellow Turban Army to fight back; The water supply was abundant to meet the needs of the army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Yi dropped the cinnabar pen in his hand, took a piece of hot dry cake handed over by Tian Yu, and complained while gnawing hard: "Alas, it's this thing again, I'm going to vomit when I eat it." ”

Tian Yu said with a smile: "Lord, the food of our Youzhou army is very good, if you change to other armies, you won't be able to eat this kind of cake at all." ”

Li Yi was concentrating on nibbling on the cake and didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart whether to get out the steamed buns and noodles that would be used in later generations. If he remembers correctly, the steamed buns were made by Zhuge Liang, which is not far from now, and it is not a shocking thing to get it out now, and it is also conducive to improving the food of the army and improving the combat capability.

And there is no technical difficulty in making steamed buns, the only thing that is a little difficult is baking powder. However, the main ingredient of this thing is baking soda, which can be made from soda ash, and it is not too difficult.

Thinking like this, Li Yi had an idea and planned to try it back.

After eating the cakes, Li Yi said with a smile: "These military adults are doing a good job, and they are working in shifts day and night, Zhang Jiao is probably going crazy." ”

Dian Wei was half-lying, his injuries were not completely healed, and his movement was still a little inconvenient. With a worried face, he said worriedly: "It's been six days, I don't know how Gao Tang City is?" ”

Tian Yu handed Dian Wei a bowl of hot water, and said with a smile: "Zhang Jiao is afraid that we will run away now, and if he wants to attack but he doesn't dare to attack, he will definitely be uncomfortable." Brother Shun, Gao Tang should have nothing to do for the time being, it is estimated that Liu Yuanjun is standing on the city tower, looking forward to the rain. ”

Tian Feng lifted the curtain, strode in, and said happily: "Lord, good news." ”

Li Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What good news, military advisor, you can say it quickly." ”

Tian Feng said with a smile: "Lord, according to the report from the scouts, Yun Chang and they attacked the Yellow Turban Army's grain and grass camp and found that their grain reserves were very small. ”

Li Yi was taken aback and immediately asked, "Can Yun Chang burn them?" ”

Tian Feng shook his head, and Li Yi let out a long breath. (To be continued.) )