"Lord Qiqi, the battlefield is roughly counted, our army has won a great victory in this battle, killing more than 46,000 enemies, capturing more than 100,000 enemies, routing and trampling each other, and there are no dead! More than 40 officers above the rank of captain and above, such as Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, and Zhang Heng, captured enemy generals Cheng Yi and Cheng Yin......"

"On the part of our army, the Taishan Army sent 18,000 soldiers to battle, and after the war, excluding casualties and attrition, there were still 15,000 soldiers who could fight; The Yulin army fought 10,000 soldiers, and there were still 7,000 soldiers left in battle; The Thunder Army fought 5,000 battles, with an overall casualty of nearly 1,000; The Tempest Army fought with 8,000 cavalry, with a total of more than 1,500 casualties: the Flame Army .......

Although the enemy chief Ma Chao escaped by luck, the left and right guards were all wiped out under the pursuit of General Huyi, and he should have been unlucky: he didn't want to get his brother Ma Dai to lead thousands of cavalry to relay under Daling City, so he escaped from Shengtian. Fortunately, General Long led the troops to arrive in time, and did not give him a chance to resurrect, so he blocked it in Pingtao City. ”

"At present, in addition to the soldiers and horses of the Ma family in Pingtao City, there are still more than a dozen Qiang soldiers and horses gathered, with a total of about 20,000 people. In addition, Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and others gathered more than 30,000 people and were blocked on the east bank of the original Gongshui, and the two generals Zilong and Ziyi are now dividing their troops to set up a formation on the west bank of the original Gongshui and west of Pingtao City to intercept the ......"

On the second day of the war, Wang Yu led the army to Daling City, Xu Shu and other generals came out to greet him, and the military situation also gathered like flowing water.

This is a big battle of 100,000 chalky people, and in a certain sense, deciding the winner on the battlefield is only the beginning, and the end of the hand is often more time-consuming than fighting.

The generals of the Xiliang army who died on the battlefield were close to twice the total number of the Qingzhou army, plus the 100,000 chalks who were captured and those who escaped, the overall loss has exceeded 200,000, even so, the generals of Xiliang still regrouped 50,000 soldiers and horses in the process of fleeing.

These remnants of the defeated army are nothing more than a rough bow bird, which is not a big chalk trouble, but it is indeed not an easy task to take them down in a short period of time, and the damage to themselves should be as small as possible.

Trapped beasts are still fighting, let alone people? With 50,000 soldiers and horses in the command of Ma Chao, even if the remnants of the army are defeated, they cannot be underestimated.

The only thing to be thankful for is that at present, Ma Chao and Xiliang have completely split. It was Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu who came to the rescue of Ma Chao, and Liang Xing and others, who had more complete troops, no longer continued to regard Ma Chao as the main general since they decided to escape.

If it weren't for this, the Wind Cavalry, which had divided its troops into many routes, might not be able to completely block the remnants of Xiliang, at least it would be difficult to block the confluence of Ma Chao and Liang Xing and others.

The scattered 50,000 remnants of Xiliang are much easier to deal with than a combined army.

"The last general is willing to lead his troops to attack Pingtao!" After hearing about the military situation at the front, Xu Huang took the lead in asking for battle: "Most of the people in Pingtao City are Qianghu, and they are all handsome people, and the possibility of surrender is very low. ”

Ma Chao hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in several cities such as Pingtao and Daling, because these cities were close to each other and not far from the line, so he adopted the method of average hoarding to spread the risk and reduce the transportation cost to a certain extent.

The lack of purple grain and grass in the Xiliang army is mainly because there are too many soldiers, and they can't take care of it. The remnants of Pingtao will definitely not have the risk of lack of food and grass in three or five months, and it is inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, and it is feasible to quickly attack Pingtao.

However, Xu Huang couldn't help frowning and questioned: "Although there is enough food and grass in Pingtao City, it is a dead land after all, and Zhuqiang abandons the countryside and comes to join the state, and the morale must be difficult to last. Instead of storming Pingtao, it is better to besiege it first, and then attack after trying to force land Liang Xing and others. ”

No matter how advantageous the equipment is, the siege battle is also quite difficult. Most of the Qiang commanders in the city had heard of Wang Yu's attitude towards foreign races, even if they broke the city wall, they would resist to the death and storm Pingtao, and they would definitely lose a lot of soldiers and horses.

In this war, the Bingzhou battlefield was only a sub-battlefield, and it was the Central Plains that really played a decisive role.

The Western Front is still mainly based on strategy and containment, and if there are too many losses here, it will definitely be quite unfavorable to the war in the future.

What's more, more than 100,000 prisoners were captured in this battle, and the number has already reached three times that of the Western Front Army, and it is really not appropriate to lose strength until these prisoners are properly handled. There were not enough troops to suppress it, and if so many prisoners were to make trouble, the problem would not be ordinarily serious.

When questioned, Xu Huang, who has always been strong, did not mean to distinguish, but sighed meaningfully: "Yuan Zhi, you don't know anything, now you have to rush to ...... time"

"But why?" In fact, before Xu Huang said this, Xu Shu faintly sensed that something was wrong, and now think about it carefully, although it has been a day, after such a great victory, Wang Yu and the generals who came later did not have much joy on their faces, which was obviously something wrong.

Xu Huang turned his head to look at Wang Yu, and saw that the latter bowed slightly, so he said in a deep voice: "There may be changes in the Chongzhou battlefield." ”

"Chongzhou?" Xu Shu's heart hung up, he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the surging worries, and Yiyu asked in a sentence: "Didn't you make arrangements before the lord went north?" Those deployments may not be foolproof, but they should also be nine out of ten? ”

He looked at Xu Huang, and then at Wang Yu, and was shocked in his heart?

Before Wang Yu deployed the decisive battle with the Xiliang Army, in order to reassure the generals, he explained his strategic deployment in Chongzhou and the significance of such a deployment.

On the surface, Wang Yu was forced to go north and gave up the opportunity to completely defeat Cao Cao, providing Cao Cao with room to rebound. But in reality, it's not that simple.

According to the analysis put forward by Wang Yu, even if he does not lead the main force to the north, whether he can defeat Cao Cao at the Tiger Prison Pass is also between the two, because Wang Yu believes that Cao Shu is very good at fighting defensive battles and is full of resilience:

Out of trust in Wang Yu and after summarizing Cao Cao's achievements since he started his army, Xu Shu and others also agreed with this statement:

Cao Cao is indeed very good at preemptive strikes, when dealing with Yuan Shu, he was defending first and then attacking, first stretched Yuan Shu's scabies line, and then connected with Liu Biao to attack before and after, now Yuan Shu is difficult to take care of each other, and when he is in a hurry, the whole army attacked, launched a decisive battle, and defeated Yuan Shu in one fell swoop:

To deal with Dong Zhuo, although Cao Cao first provoked the war, the overall trend of the battle situation was that Cao Cao first took advantage of Dong Zhuo's defense, launched a quick attack, and then fortified on the spot, killing Dong Zhuo's fighting spirit and secretly allied with Ma Teng, and attacked back and forth, which successfully captured Chang'an.

As far as the existing record is concerned, Cao Cao won the battle of defense and counterattack in the end, but the battle of taking the initiative to attack was basically defeated.

Using this as an argument, it can be concluded that instead of attacking Cao Cao, it is better to show the enemy weakly lure him out of his own territory, and then launch a fatal blow with lightning speed, try to annihilate his main force, and then attack Cao Cao's territory.

Because Wang Yu did not cite enough examples, Xu Shu once thought that this was the lord's deliberate comfort to himself, but after carefully studying Wang Yu's deployment in Chongzhou, he finally agreed, and was once again shocked by the majesty of his lord.

At the moment when the Western Front is in great danger, who else in the world can weave a calm like ice and snow, directly plan the plan, and set a strategy to lure the enemy, such a big move, except for the lord, who else in the world can do it?

Since there is such a plan, the lord should not be in a hurry to end the war on the Western Front, at least not until he gets the exact news of the arrival of Chongzhou.

According to Xu Shu's understanding, during the time when Wang Yu left, although Cao Cao met with Sun Ce, and then actively deployed troops, he never made much action. There were no large-scale chalky battles on several fronts in Qingzhou, and it seemed as if Cao Cao had seen through Wang Yu's strategy of luring the enemy and did not intend to let the latter get his wish.

Since this is the case, Wang Yu has no reason to rush back to Chongzhou.

Instead of hurriedly returning to Chongzhou and scaring Cao Cao back, it is better to stay in Bingzhou and eliminate the last resistance of the remnants of Xiliang as soon as possible and stabilize the place. Then cooperate with the Western Front Corps to attack Hedong, threatening Hongnong, Guanzhong, or through Hanoi, threatening Luoyang is more powerful.

Guan, Luo, Yingchuan, this is Cao Cao's life, any loss in any of these three places will shake the strength of Cao Jun to a large extent, if all three are lost, then Cao Cao will only cut off the medicine to prolong the breath.

Since he is good at leading the main chalk team to fight defensive counterattacks, and he can't embroider it, he simply doesn't give him this opportunity, and directly opens up multiple battlefields, so that he can take care of one thing and lose the other, and it is difficult to take care of the end of the end!

"Ben may have been a little underestimated." Wang Yu sighed softly: "Kong Ming, you give the teeth, just say it:"

'Yes. Zhuge Liang bowed down to receive the order, then turned to Xu Shu, and explained succinctly: "From the captured Cheng Yin and other chalks, I know that before yesterday's battle, Cao Cao sent Gou Gongda to Bingzhou as a liaison officer. His main mission was not to urge Ma Chao to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, but to order Ma Chao not to rush into a full-army battle, but to maintain a state of confrontation......

"Is that so?" Xu Shu was taken aback.

Cao Cao painstakingly instigated the Xiliang Army to advance eastward, no matter how he thought about it, he should have to completely use the other party and consume the strength of the Qingzhou Army as much as possible, how could he persuade Ma Chao to adopt a steady and steady strategy?

However, judging from the expressions of Zhuge Liang and others, Cheng Yin's oral supply should not be fake. If so, then something is not right.

If Cao Cao was storming the Yanzhou defense line, it would be fine. It can be considered that he only regards Wang Yu as a threat, and thinks that as long as Ma Chao can contain Wang Yu, he will be able to break the defense line built by Yu Ban, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others sooner or later, and it will only take time.

But at least five days ago, Cao Cao had not taken any large-scale chalky military action, and he asked Ma Chao to advance steadily, but what was his intention?

In the midst of his thoughts, Xu Shu asked in a deep voice, "Is that Gou Qian still in the Xiliang Army now?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Before the war, Gou Dumpling dissuaded Ma Chao to no avail, so he took his entourage out of the camp, his goal is small, and he is afraid that he will be very quick when he sees the opportunity, even if he stays on the battlefield for a period of time, he must not be in the chaos of the army, so he ......"

Zhuge Liang didn't finish his words, but how shrewd Xu Shu was, how could he not be able to express the unfinished meaning of the former? He took a sharp breath of cold air, gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, Cao Cao Ruo is really a rare spine in a hundred years...... Then, during the departure of the lord, he must have a certain plan, and he can also give our army a heavy blow without relying on the Xiliang army! That should be the way it can be understood, right? ”

This is the reason why Xu Huang is anxious to fight, presumably the lord also held a military meeting overnight yesterday to discuss this matter, and came to a similar conclusion.

'Yes, yes. Wang Yu nodded heavily, with a solemn expression:

His assessment of Cao Cao was based on a comprehensive analysis of Cao Cao's deeds and actual experiences that he had known in his previous life. He believes that Cao Cao is not good at attacking head-on, but is very good at playing defensive counterattacks, and is even better at taking advantage of the situation.

Cao Cao is best known for his weaker battles, defending first and then attacking, turning defeat into victory: including the counterattack against Yuan Shu, Huangzhong in Pingqingzhou, and after being copied by Lü Bu, as well as the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Weishui in Zhan Ma Chao.

And he had the advantage of chalkiness and attacked several battles head-on, such as the battle of Rongyang against Xu Rong, the battle of Wancheng against Zhang Xiu, and the battle of Chibi, which became a classic, and he lost the battle for Hanzhong.

In terms of Wang Yu's own experience, Cao Cao seemed to be in danger in the Tiger Prison Pass, but he always felt that the other party still had spare strength. Anyway, every time a stalemate is formed, no matter how many new forces and new forces Wang Yu invests, he can't successfully crush the other party. This is the biggest reason why the Central Plains battlefield has an advantage, but it cannot be transformed into a victory.

Therefore, after getting the news that the state was in danger, Wang Yu did not hesitate much and made the decision to go north for reinforcements. His purpose was to lure Cao Cao's main force out. For this, he is willing to pay a considerable price, even if it is to return all the results of the previous battle and take a few more counties.

In addition to the resilience of the battle, Cao Cao's ability to take advantage of the situation in tandem is too strong, as long as his main force still exists, he will continue to pull new forces to his side and become a help:

Wang Yu can confirm that this is not the butterfly effect caused by his arrival, but Cao Shu's inherent ability

In history, Cao Cao was known for taking advantage of the situation.

At the beginning of the army, he borrowed Yuan Shao's momentum, so he had the right to enter Chongzhou in name and divide Liu Dai. When fighting against Qingzhou Huangzhong, he borrowed Liu Dai's momentum, not only took advantage of the situation, but also successfully calculated Liu Dai, and while suppressing the Yellow Turban, he also successfully accepted Liu Dai's power. And then occupy the whole territory of Chongzhou, and enter Yuzhou.

When he and Yuan Shao turned their faces, when they fought the decisive battle in Guandu, they also co-opted the Taishan thieves of the Tibetan hegemony and Ma Teng Han Sui of Xiliang, and launched attacks from Qingzhou and Hedong respectively, which formed an extremely effective containment of Yuan Shao, and also destroyed Yuan Shao's strategy of opening up the second and third battlefields and forcing Cao Cao to disperse his forces:

Now in the face of Yuan Shao's own strength, Yingcao has taken his ability to take advantage of the situation to the extreme, and pulled all the places except Liu Biao into his chariot.

From a certain and strange point of view, Cao Cao was like opening an outer pillar, as if he had won over a group of allies without much effort. But in reality, as the number one spine in the Three Kingdoms era, this is the original means of Emperor Wei Wu:

As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: the first army is to attack and plan, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city. The ability of a truly clever military strategist should be reflected in this order.

The reason why Wang Yu only focused on cutting troops and attacking cities, and did not fight with Cao Cao for a day in planning and attacking the enemy, was because he was self-aware and knew his own catties.

In his previous life, he was only a soldier with average status and high professional quality, and only by relying on the insight of later generations and the judgment of the historical trend could he gain the upper hand in the battle with Cao Cao and Liu Bei and other heroes through the ages: at the purely military level, he may not be inferior to heroes from all walks of life, and he is better than political and chalky governance, how can he compare with Cao Cao?

Cao Cao's assessment will definitely not be wrong, and the conclusion Xu Shu came to is also in line with Wang Yu's inference.

"It will take at least half a month for the cavalry to return, and it will be slightly faster to go to Hanoi, but the evil consequences of Zhang Yang's previous surrender and rebellion have been gradually reflected, and it is difficult to say whether Cao Cao will take action against Hanoi and set up a net in advance......"

Wang Yu paused for a moment and continued, "At least until Ben will return, Cao Cao should have the initiative. In terms of the way to inflict heavy damage on our army, he can at least adopt a dozen and tactics, including sneaking through Hanoi, attacking Liyang, cutting off our army's scabies line, and sneaking up on Gaotang. There is no way to judge for a while, so I can only end the war and return from the state as soon as possible. ”

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: 'Sneak attack on Gaotang? How is this possible?.

He couldn't help but be surprised, Gao Tang's position was too far away from the front line, no matter how lax the defense was, there was no danger: not to mention that Gao Tang had a large population, and in the event of a war, it was easy to mobilize twenty or thirty thousand militia to come out, and Ji Caoshu could divide a chalky army of 10,000 chalk men to attack, and he couldn't take it in a hurry, how could there be danger in this place?

"Hmm, you probably don't know yet, Yuanzhi, right? Liu Bei has been lurking under Yuan Shu for the past two years. , Wang Yu sneered: "Shu Zhi is his old department, and he has been in charge of the defense of Gaotang with Zhengnan for the past two years. In terms of Liu Bei's temperament, it is difficult to say whether he will fight this idea......

After the start of the war, there were too many aspects involved, and it was impossible for Wang Yu to share all the military information with his generals. Similar to Liu Bei's comeback and inconspicuous trivial things, Wang Yu only exclaimed, and then forgot about it.

Liu Bei may have hit Chen Zhi's idea and attacked Gao Tang, but Jia Xu first made a hint, Zhuge Liang explained, and Wang Yu came back to his senses.

Thinking about it, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao in history, and even Guan Yu voted for Cao Cao, he didn't take the initiative to contact him, and then said something like 'If the second brother makes meritorious service', he is willing to be offered the first rank, and so on, which moved Guan Yu so much.

Although the sneak attack on Gao Tang seems whimsical, with Liu Bei's temperament and his gambling nature, maybe he will really try it. This credit is indeed too great, once it is successful, it will be a great benefit!

"I see." Xu Shu lowered his head, was silent for a moment, suddenly raised his head, his eyes were blazing, and said loudly: "If this is the case, the lord does not need to rush to move troops. Shu Bucai, I am willing to ask the lord for his life, and ask for three days to pacify the remnants of Xiliang! If you can't succeed, Gan leads the army! ，