After hearing Zhao Yu's words, the judge immediately said to him: "King Zhao is cautious, this is a good thing. It's just that what was said in this trial was not to send out a state army to attack Si Li. Judging from the topography of the state and Sili studied yesterday, Sili Hedong County is surrounded by Shangdang County, Taiyuan County, Xihe County, and Shangjun County. If you want to defend against the Xiliang Cao soldiers, you only need a large army to defend Shangjun, and Xihe, Taiyuan, and Shangdang counties can each besiege Hedong County in Bingzhou. Our army only needs to stay in Hanoi County and Henan County in Sili County, and the armies of the two places directly attack the land of Hongnong, relying on the joint siege of the two armies of Pang De and Ganning, and the momentum of its troops is unstoppable. ”

"Could it be that just by virtue of the strength of our army and the upper county of the state, we can stop the soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Cao army?" Regarding the suggestion of the trial, Zhao Yu asked rhetorically.

Tian Feng followed up and said: "With the current situation of the Cao army, as long as our army does not show its feet, the Cao army will not dare to attack without authorization. After all, after Cao Pi ascended the throne as emperor, Liu Bei also followed closely as the emperor, and the land of Hanzhong, which was originally said to be returned to Cao Jun, suddenly doubled his troops, and Cao Pi learned that he was played by Liu Bei and became very angry. From this point of view, a major war between the two sides will also break out at any time, and under such circumstances, Cao's army will not dare to attack our army casually. ”

As soon as Tian Feng's voice fell, Guo Jia, who was only listening to the side, couldn't help but say: "If King Zhao is still not at ease about this, the minister has a plan to make that Cao Jun, even if he has the courage to do so, he will not dare to fight me and the idea of merging the prefecture and the county." Guo Jia's words can be said to be a temptation and a kind of peace of mind for Zhao Yu. The reason why it is said to be a temptation is because Guo Jia often likes to sell Guan Zi in front of Zhao Yu, saying that it is a peace of mind, and that is because whenever Zhao Yu has nothing to do, Guo Jia can always come up with a clever plan to solve Zhao Yu's worries, and over time, the two sides form an opportunity, and Zhao Yu also forms a dependence on Guo Jia, or it can also be said to be a kind of king's trust in his courtiers.

"Feng Xiao, what's the idea, tell me quickly." Regarding Guo Jia's character, Zhao Yu couldn't be clearer, and asked at the moment.

Guo Jia said slowly: "After the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, Dong Zhuo led the Xiliang army into Beijing, but because Dong Zhuo was in a hurry to march there, the army behind him did not arrive. In order to be able to shock the people of the imperial court in the capital, the soldiers and horses who followed Dong Zhuo into the capital quietly went out of the city in the middle of the night. Then he entered the city during daylight on the second day, giving the people in the city an illusion, as if several Dong Zhuo's army had entered the city. ”

As soon as Zhao Yu heard this, he understood what he meant, and said excitedly: "Feng Xiao's meaning is to let us also imitate Dong Zhuo's strategy back then, let the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou Shangjun quietly go out of the city, and enter the city during the day on the second day, first, to deter Cao's army, and second, to encourage the people in the city, so that they will not be afraid of the enemy?" ”

Then I only heard Zhao Yu say again: "If King Zhao still doesn't feel very relieved, he can let the army out of the city enter the city in batches." Even if there are fewer people and horses, but each team of soldiers and horses entering the city is holding a general flag, and after entering the city, all the general flags will be planted at the city gate, presumably those Cao troops must have some concerns after seeing so many general flags. ”

Zhao Yu couldn't help but pat his thigh when he heard this, and said, "It's really a wonderful strategy, so it comes." Those Cao army detectives in the city will inevitably be frightened after looking at our army, and when they see the general flag on the city wall, they will definitely think that there are many generals in our army, and they will definitely not dare to attack. This time, we waited for the Son of Heaven to return to Jizhou, and only the rookie generals in the army were left in the state, Tai Shixiang, the son of Tai Shici, Xin Xianying, the daughter of Xin Bi, Gan Shu, the second son of Gan Ning, Guo Yi, the son of Guo Jia, Zhao Yun's eldest son Zhao Tong and his second son Zhao Guang, Zang Ba's eldest son Zang Ai and his second son Zang Shun, Fu Zhu's son Fu Hu, Xun Yu's eldest son Xun Yun and his second son Xun Yu. If these people's banners were planted above the city gates, they would definitely make those Cao soldiers terrified. ”

The judge continued: "In this way, it is the matter of the army taking the division, presumably with the bravery and soldiers of Pang De, Gan Ning, Yan Liang, and Wenxing, it is definitely not difficult to go all the way west to cut through thorns. ”

After hearing the words of the trial, Zhao Yu immediately said to the trial: "Trial, this time you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to Hanoi County, Henan County and Pang De and Gan Ning to converge, as for how to capture Hongnong, you discuss it yourself, I will order others to launch an offensive against Hedong County of Sili from Shangdang County and Taiyuan County." Once your army captures Hongnong, and I and the state soldiers and horses continue to march westward, your first army captures Jingzhaoyin, and the state soldiers and horses capture Zuo Fengyi, and then the army will take the right Fufeng, and all the cities of Sili will be taken for me. ”

Zhao Yu's military order can be said to be an extreme trust in the trial, and the judge immediately bowed to Zhao Yu with a choked voice: "Thank you King Zhao for your trust, the minister will definitely lead our army to win the entire division." ”

Three days later, all the 30,000 soldiers and horses were fully equipped, and in order to save time, the army did not carry grain and grass this time, and each person was only equipped with a few days' food for himself to eat on the way. As for the follow-up grain and grass, it was provided by Yanzhou and Bingzhou, and it was directly transported from the two places to Sili, which can be said to have greatly saved a lot of time.

When the judge led the army to Hanoi County, he immediately convened an emergency military meeting, and received a report from the sentinel, and Gan Ning, Yan Liang, and Zhuge Dan, who remained in Henan County, also went with them. Gan Ning asked his son Gan Gui to guard it, and strictly ordered that no matter who came, the city gate must not be opened, even if the enemy army comes, it cannot be fought with it. For Gan Ning's military orders, Gan Gui is unconditionally obedient, and with Gan Gui's character, he will never do anything impulsive, which is why Gan Ning is relieved to let Gan Gui stay here alone.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, this time King Zhao asked you to come to lead the army in person, we must come together to win a battle, the soldiers have been staying here for a few days, and they are all suffocated." As soon as everyone gathered, Gan Ning smiled at the trial.

In the face of Gan Ning's words, the judge hurriedly bowed to him and said: "Please rest assured that General Gan and the generals will work hard to win, and the talent will join hands with the generals to win the entire division, consolidate the strength of our army, and expand the territory of our army." ”

"Lord Judge, can you tell me the marching plan issued by King Zhao this time?" This time, it was the new Dashang Shu Zhuge who was not in office. Although Zhao Yu hired him from a high position, Zhuge Dan was an ambitious person after all, and he would not be willing to eat for nothing without establishing any merits. When Zhao Yu sent him to Sili to serve as the defender's military division, Zhuge Dan put away his previous lofty heart and devoted himself to surveying all the terrain and landforms of this Sili and all the dynamics of Cao's army, in order to wait for King Zhao to give the order to attack the west. Finally, after waiting for a few days, King Zhao's military order was indeed issued.

The judge said without hesitation: "Generals, lords, this time the judge is ordered by the order of King Zhao to come here and join forces with you to conquer the Sili Cao army, according to the meaning of King Zhao, let the generals join forces to attack the land of Hongnong, and Hedong County will be attacked by the soldiers and horses of our army and the state. Once we take Hongnong, it will be convenient for the soldiers and horses of the state to communicate, and if the other party also takes Hedong County, we will continue to march west with it, attacking Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi respectively, and finally join forces to take the right Fufeng. ”

After hearing the words of the trial, everyone present nodded and praised, and everyone did not have any objections to this offensive plan, so that Zhuge Dan thought about it and suddenly said: "Although King Zhao's offensive plan is very good, we should also beware of one person." If I remember correctly, when General Gan Ning waved his army to attack Hongnong, he was met with stubborn resistance from Zhang Liao, the general of Cao's army, at Luoyang. If the soldiers and horses of Hanoi County and Henan County converge this time and all of them are used to attack the enemy's city, Zhuge Dan is worried that Zhang Liao will wait for the opportunity to lead the soldiers and horses to attack Hanoi County while our army is out of the city. Therefore, Zhuge thought that we should stay behind and guard this place with a large army, and be careful when entering the army. ”

From Zhuge Dan's words, the judge couldn't help but have a good impression of him, after all, the other party was able to do it without panic when the army went out, and carefully analyzed the layout and advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and us, and then only listened to the trial and everyone spoke again: "Lord Zhuge Dan's words are indeed true, that Zhang Liao, the general of the Cao army, is indeed guarding the land of Jingzhou, which is very close to Si Li, which is really not conducive to our army to march westward." But you don't have to worry, King Zhao has already thought of this, and King Zhao also specially agreed with the Son of Heaven to give the post of King Wu and invite Sun Quan to send troops to attack Yizhou, but Sun Quan has already told King Zhao that he will send troops to take Nanyang County and Nanjun in Jingzhou in the next few days. As a result, Cao Jun, Zhang Liao and others who were guarding Jingzhou would definitely not be able to withdraw from being enemies of our army. Except for a few soldiers and horses left, the rest of them can attack Hongnong with all their strength, and be sure to take the city in one fell swoop. ”

Zhuge Dan couldn't help but praise at the moment: "I see, I didn't expect King Zhao to be so careful and count all of this." In this way, we don't have to worry about Cao Bing in Jingzhou attacking us. ”

Subsequently, under the combination of trial and Zhuge Dan, Zhuge Dan, Gan Ning, and Yan Liang acted as the vanguard army to attack Hongnong, and the trial and Pang De and Wenxing were the first army to assist. When the two made a decision, early the next morning, a team of people from Yanzhou escorted grain and grass to come, and the leading general was Zhang Ren, the former head of the four generals of Xichuan.

"Zhang Ren has seen all of you." After seeing everyone, Zhang Ren first bowed to everyone, and then said: "This time, Zhang Ren was ordered by the military advisor of Chen Gong to escort 100,000 stones of grain and grass to be transported here, and then he was responsible for assisting you to attack Sili together, and I will ask you for more advice in the future." ”

Seeing that the problem of grain and grass was solved, Gan Ning couldn't help but be happy: "General Zhang Ren is really polite, I have heard Zilong say that General Zhang Ren and Zilong are out of the same door, watching Zilong's magic spear in his hand and no one can stop him, presumably General Zhang Ren must also be good." ”