"Not bad."

"Makes sense."

"It should be possible."

After listening to Yu Ban's suggestion, everyone present couldn't help but nod. Attacking it is indeed an excellent tactical means. If it is a direct attack on the city, it may have no effect, but if it is only an attack on a village, it is likely that the entire West Village can be directly occupied.

However, Guo Jia was a little unimpressed, thinking that this was not a good strategy. Maybe what Yu Ban said is right, they can easily attack Xizhai, but the most critical point is, what is the meaning? What is the point of attacking Xizhai?

In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao attacked Wuchao in order to cut off Yuan Shao's grain and grass. If the Wuchao didn't store a large amount of grain and grass for Yuan Shao's army, how could Cao Cao attack an insignificant Wuchao?

Now this is the truth, Xizhai is west of Puyang, is it necessary for Lu Bu to store grain and grass in Xizhai without directly bringing grain and grass into Puyang City? Even if the grain and grass were stored in Xizhai at the beginning, when Cao Cao attacked, Lu Bu must have already moved. Besides, Yu Ban himself also said that there don't seem to be many people in Xizhai, and there are not many people, which means that it is not important.

This so-called Xizhai is estimated to have been built as a garrison when Lu Bu first arrived in Puyang and had not yet taken Puyang, or it may have been built by Lu Bu to meet the emergency, in short, at present, Xizhai is a less important place. Is there any significance to this kind of unimportant place, specifically attacking it, for the entire battle situation?

That's why Guo Jia didn't think so, but he didn't object to anything. It's not that Guo Jia cares about Yu Ban's face. But if you win this battle, at least it will be very helpful for morale recovery. It's like Lu Bu didn't come over and sneak attack when he was still camping here. Nowadays, too, it may not be of much use on the surface. But the underlying value behind it is difficult to say.

So Guo Jia also nodded and said,

"If the loss of the attack is not large, you can give it a try. But in terms of Lu Bu's character who does not admit defeat easily, after he gets the news, he is likely to come out to rescue Xizhai, which has to be guarded against. ”

Guo Jia reminded that no matter whether Xizhai is important or not, once Xizhai is lost, it will damage the face of Lu Bu, the world's number one fierce general. So. According to Guo Jia's understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu will definitely fight. If Lu Bu beats him up again, it will be more than worth the loss, and it will really make the morale lose at all.

"Since Lu Bu will definitely go out to rescue, how about we bury an ambush on the road to ambush him?" Xiahoudun couldn't help but suggest.

"Impossible!" Yu Ban suddenly shook his head and denied, "I have observed before, Xizhai is very close to Puyang City, and the middle is flat all the way, there is no obstacle. There is no way to set up an ambush in the middle. ”

"What then? Could it be that after laying down Xizhai, they will be held in place? For a while, all the generals also started to talk about it.

If you want to defend against Lu Bu's attack, it must not be simple. In other words, it is necessary to send heavy troops to guard Xizhai, so that it will be. Isn't it time to divide the army into two sides? Although it is not far away, Lu Bu's Puyang is closer to Xizhai. Divide the troops on both sides in this way. Defending separately is dangerous. It is likely to be broken by Lu Bu.

Thinking of this, everyone at the scene finally began to think seriously about whether this Xizhai should be beaten, whether it is meaningful to fight, and whether it is worth fighting!

However, just when everyone has changed from "can fight" at the beginning to "can't fight" today, Guo Jia has changed from "not worth fighting" at the beginning to "worth fighting" now.

"We may be able to set up an ambush!" Guo Jia suddenly suggested.

"Makes sense!" Cao Cao immediately shouted, "Although it is impossible to set up an ambush at the place where Lu Bu must pass through to Xizhai, we can set up an ambush in advance in other places." Attack Xizhai first, and then pretend to be defeated when Lu Bu comes to the rescue, Lu Bu will definitely pursue, so that we can lead him to the ambush! ”

As a result, no one has ever raised any opinions. The plan has been decided, Cao Cao personally led the troops to attack Xizhai, and only Cao Cao was present to lead Lu Bu to continue the pursuit, and successfully led Lu Bu into the ambush. In addition, Guo Jia is no longer idle this time, and Guo Jia will be responsible for the ambush here.

Now that the decision has been made, Cao Cao did not hesitate at all, chose 20,000 horses, marched from the small road overnight, and headed towards Puyang Xizhai.

On the other side, in Puyang City,

Lu Bu worked hard in the army and won a great victory in the first battle, which is something worth celebrating. However, Chen Gong couldn't help but remind Lu Budao,

"Xizhai is weak, if Cao Cao runs to attack Xizhai, what should he do?"

Lu Bu disagreed, and replied,

"He lost for a while today, how dare he come?!"

Chen Gong reminded,

"Cao Cao is a person who is very capable of using soldiers, and there is a person like Guo Jia next to him who likes to use tricks, so I have to guard against his attack."

Although Lu Bu is arrogant, it does not mean that he is stubborn. Lu Bu is arrogant to his own force, but he is not the kind of person who ignores risks and does nothing. If it was Lu Bu who defended Xizhai by himself, Chen Gong said that Xizhai was weak and might be captured, then Lu Bu would probably ignore it completely. But now, it is someone else who is guarding Xizhai, so Xizhai is indeed weak, and it may indeed be captured, so Lu Bu will not ignore it.

So, Lu Bu finally transferred Gao Shun, as well as Wei Xu and Hou Cheng, to lead troops to defend Xizhai. Accidents start to be buried here.

Although Lu Bu specially sent someone to guard Xizhai, it was obvious that the decision-making time on Cao Cao's side was much faster than the reaction time on Lu Bu's side. At about dusk, Cao Cao had already led his troops to Xizhai, and at this time Gao Shun and other defenders had not yet arrived.

The Cao army broke through from all sides, and Xizhai was really weak and weak, and it was completely unable to resist, and was soon broken through the defense line by the Cao army and fled in all directions. Cao Cao successfully captured Xizhai in this way.

However, before Cao Cao had time to completely wipe out the remnants of Xizhai, at this time, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and other defenders sent by Lu Bu had already arrived. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao really came to attack Xizhai, and they were one step too late. Gao Shun immediately led the troops to kill the generals, Cao Cao found that the reinforcements were so fast, and after being slightly surprised, he also led the army to meet him.

Cao Cao is a smart man, his attack on Xizhai is a quick battle, and the battle was solved in an instant, in such a short period of time, the news may not have reached Puyang, and it is impossible for Lu Bu to react. Therefore, this can only be the defenders sent by Lu Bu in advance in order to prevent them from sneaking up. And according to Cao Cao's observation, Lu Bu was really not among them.

So, if you are defeated now, it is really a bit unreasonable. And even if the other party is fooled, it's just a Gao Shun, such a good ambush opportunity, is it worth it to use it on a small Gao Shun? If this opportunity is used up, next time, Lu Bu will not be fooled so easily! Therefore, Cao Cao directly led troops to fight with Gao Shun. (To be continued......)