Five days later, the plains.

"This is ......" Wang Yu shook the letter paper in his hand, raised his head, looked at Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu respectively, and gently spit out a noun: "Bitter meat plan? ”

"Bitter Meat Trick?" Jia Xu half-squinted, shook his head and muttered: "Well, it's very vivid, people don't harm themselves, and the harm must be true; False and true, it is necessary to do it occasionally, but it is also for the sake of bitter meat. ”

"There are precedents for this plan." Zhuge Liang said solemnly: "I want to leave the assassination of Qingji that day, and said to King Wu: Assassinating Qingji, I am not in wisdom, as long as I can get close to him, it will be done." Later, rumors spread in the state of Wu, and the king of Wu wanted to leave for this crime, cut off his arm, kill his wife, and then let him escape and go to Qingji, who did not doubt it, and finally died under the sword, which is exactly the same as the scene that Wuji is staging. ”

"It's really about the same, this Zhen Dao is also a talent." Wang Yu thought about it, and it was really like this.

Zhen Dao went home and hyped up Qingzhou's good governance and virtues, which was the same as pretending to spread rumors, and then he asked his father to tie him up and beat him, and went to the royal gate to plead guilty, as long as the latter did not have the wisdom of Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang, he would definitely be fooled.

Although the famous Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai incident has not yet happened, the process of Zhen Dao's plan is almost exactly the same as that of Leaving the Assassin Qingji, but the Wang Men was still fooled, while hyping up the process of the Zhen family's abandonment of the secret and turning to the light, and also in order to buy horse bones for the daughter, the two sons of the Zhen family were appointed as the mayor of Ancheng and the Nine Gate Orders respectively.

The defense of the royal gate in Zhongshan adopted the strategy of the virtual eastern front and the southern front with all its might. His overall defense line was built on the basis of the Hutuo River, and Ancheng Township and Jiumen County were the two important strongholds on this defense line.

Of course, the royal gate will not leave no eyes at all, and the troops defending Ancheng and Jiumen are all his descendants. The second son of the Zhen family is just two officials, even if he is named a local governor, he can't command his army.

But it was clear that he had underestimated these snakes.

Without military power, the official position of county commander is just a false name, but it is different after combining the resources of the Zhen family.

In his letter to Zhao Yun, Zhen Dao swore that as soon as the Qingzhou soldiers arrived, his family would cooperate and open the gates of Ancheng and Jiumen. If there is not much movement and the Wang Men is not surprised, they can also cooperate with the Qingzhou Army to take Wuji!

At present, the main forces of the rebel generals of Wangmen and Jizhou are all in the Wuji area, and only Zhang Nan's 5,000 soldiers and horses are sitting in Lunu in the rear. If you can use the help of Neiying, you can even annihilate the main force of the King Gate. The Yulin Army was able to save a lot of time and energy, and quickly achieved the strategic goal of consolidating the left flank and preventing the Xianbei from attacking.

Such a temptation made even Wang Yu feel moved.

Although it should not be too difficult for the Yulin Army to deal with Wang Men and other rebel generals, if the latter is determined to defend with an iron heart, even if they can't win, it will definitely be no problem to delay for a while.

The three-way attack seems majestic. But the risk is not small, if the ban is dragged on for too long, the Chinese army is in danger of losing the cover of the left flank. It's great to be able to achieve your goals effortlessly.

"That's a good thing, right." Zhuge Liang quickly raised doubts: "But in this way, our army will have to speed up the progress to ensure that there will be no accidents." And the Taishan army is still on the way, and the Yulin army has not yet set off, even if it immediately changes the plan to march. The soldiers will have to ...... in at least half a month before they come to the Hutuo River."

Zhen Dao acted very boldly, and he was completely unrecognized by Qingzhou. This initiative was initiated. Because there is no agreement in advance, this plan is not easy to see, but it will also have many flaws.

It's okay for the time being, but the night is long and there are many dreams, and if it drags on for a long time, the possibility of accidents will become greater. If you want to ensure that you are safe, you can only abandon the previous step-by-step marching strategy, change the pace, and change to a furious advance. However, in this case, there will be problems in the deployment of troops.

The Yulin Army arrived in Wuji within half a month, and it was in the case of light equipment, but how could the 20,000 army be completely responsible for logistics and supply on others? In case Zhang Yan suddenly goes crazy, or the Zhen family's plan is discovered, Yu Lin Jun will be in a desperate situation.

And the Taishan army is already on the road, it can't be mobilized, and if you want to be fast, it seems that you can only use cavalry. However, the cavalry was the main force of Wang Yu's Chinese army, and if he went to the Western Front first, Wang Yu would not be able to go to Yijing and Gongsun Zhan according to the original plan.

Before the Battle of Jieqiao, Wang Yu could take a thousand cavalry to join Gongsun Zhan, but at that time he came as a junior brother. This time he went north to completely stabilize Hebei, and if he brought a small number of troops to converge, it would be a little unlikely.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead five hundred elite soldiers to raid Wuji, and behead the heads of rebel generals such as the Wangmen to see you!"

Zhuge Liang's suggestion would be opposed by someone, and Wang Yu didn't need to look up to know that it was Wei Yan who asked for battle.

"Long courage is commendable, but the king is also a general, there are many veterans of a hundred battles, after betraying Brother Bo Jue, once rampant in northern Hebei, has been attacking the territory of the Bohai Sea, invincible. Although Jiao Touch, Jiang Qi and others are unbearable, they have a lot of soldiers and horses under their command, and if you attack with 500 soldiers, it is inevitable that there will be a huge disparity in numbers, which is too dangerous. ”

Wang Yu didn't agree.

At the end of the Hebei War, there were more than 20,000 soldiers under Wangmen's command, and there were thousands of soldiers and horses from Jizhou rebel generals such as Jiao Touch and Jiang Qi. In the past two years, this gang has not been idle, recruiting rebels, recruiting henchmen, at least in terms of the number of troops.

Intelligence shows that there are now more than 25,000 troops under the direct command of the royal gate, Jiao Touch and other three generals, each with 5,000 troops, and Yin Kai is the least, with more than 3,000 people. There are more than 40,000 people in total, although the quality is far inferior, but the ants bite the elephant to death, the northern Hebei army is not an army of the grade of Sanhan, even if Wei Yan's 500 hidden fog army takes advantage of the surprise, it is difficult to ensure victory, and it is unknown whether it will be counter-surrounded.

"But the lord ......"

Wang Yu waved his hand and didn't let Wei Yan continue to argue: "There is no need to be so dangerous in the battle that you have the chance to win, as the commander of the first army, how can you casually risk the lives of the soldiers?" I have made up my mind, you and Zilong go together, you must make a meritorious contribution in one battle, and completely defeat the rebels such as the royal gate! ”

"Whoa!" His words were said in a commanding tone, and neither Wei Yan nor Zhao Yun, who was named by name, dared to slack off, and they all clenched their fists and took the order. After answering the order, Zhao Yuncai asked: "Does the lord mean that after the last general defeats the royal gate, he will quickly return to join you?" ”

Wang Yu shook his head: "No." After defeating the royal gate, with the cooperation of the Zhen family and other heroes, it should not be a problem to consolidate the defense, you try your best to pursue and expand the results, and you don't need to think about returning. ”

Zhao Yun hesitated: "Then you ......"

"Anyway, Brother Bo Jue prefers to defeat Liu Yu's old enemy alone, as long as he is sure that there is no danger in the two wings, he should simply fulfill his wish." Wang Yu smiled and said, "This is also the best of both worlds, isn't it?" ”

Zhao Yun stopped talking. If you only face a Liu Yu, you can't use such a big battle, Wang Yu's three-way strategy of marching troops, the military focus is to guard against the possible surprise attacks of Wuhuan and Xianbei; Roughly speaking, it is to show off the might of the army and deter all forces.

The reason why Zhen Dao was able to successfully convince his father. It has nothing to do with the strength of the Qingzhou Army, if there is no intention of the Northern Expedition, it is a question whether Zhen Yi will be willing to marry a daughter, let alone stake all his net worth and life.

Zhuge Liang reminded worriedly: "But the lord, if General Gongsun successfully occupies Youzhou......

"It doesn't matter." Wang Yu waved his hand: "Brother Bo Jue is a downright person, he said that if he gave up the heart of competing for the crown, he would not go back on his word." Let alone. After pacifying the northern Xinjiang, Brother Bo Jue must continue to guard Youzhou, and there is no need to be suspicious. As he spoke, he sighed and said, "The reason why I am determined to go north to join him. Just a little worried......"

"Worried? Worried that General Gongsun is not Liu Yu's opponent? Zhuge Liang blinked, feeling that Wang Yu's worries were redundant.

Liu Yu's troops are very strong on the surface, and it is said that they have reached 100,000, but they are all a rabble that has been temporarily gathered. Zahu Haoqiang, including the Xian Yu family and the Qi family, responded to Liu Yu's call. With his private troops, he gathered from all directions.

Specific troop figures. It is difficult to say whether it is to get more military salaries or whether there are really so many people. Even if there really is an army of 100,000, this kind of army that can't even do the unified order is nothing to fear.

If such an army fights independently, it may be able to rely on the fierce combat power of individual soldiers to make achievements and get together to fight, it will be a piece of scum. Of course, it's useless for them to disperse, Gongsun Chan won't be so stupid, scatter his forces to exterminate them one by one, he will take Jixian County directly and pick Liu Yu's head.

And Liu Yu's biggest weakness is that he has no descendants.

Among the generals under his command, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Qi Zhou are not officials, they are similar to Xiao Wang on the grassland, and with their prestige, they can gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at any time.

Yan Rou, the captain of Wuhuan, was robbed, but he had a fixed team of 3,000 horse bandits. In the event of a big battle, he can also summon reinforcements from the Karasuma and Xianbei tribes at any time.

The only standing army under Liu Yu was the Xiandeng Battalion of Liyi, which was a very strong combat force, but the number was too small. After the battle of Longminao, the Xiandeng camp was almost completely wiped out, and there were only a few dozen guards left around Koji Yi, and the current Youzhou Xiandeng Battalion was formed later, and the number was still only about 1,000 people, but the equipment was much worse than before.

There is no way, Liu Yu guards a poor place, and he doesn't have as much money as Yuan Shao when he comes, and he has to spend money to engage in diplomacy with the grassland aliens from time to time. Although he himself claims to be honest and thrifty, the news fed back by the Qingzhou secret agent is that he has more wives and concubines than Wang Yu's fiancée, and his clothing is comparable to that of princes and nobles......

Therefore, when it is Koji's turn, this cost naturally can't be done. It is still doubtful whether the new Xiandeng battalion can be equipped with a strong crossbow with a hand, and the combat power is definitely far inferior to the previous one.

And Gongsun Chan has suffered a loss, and it is impossible to fall into the same pit again, and the strategists around Liu Yu have at most only one Xu Yu to support the façade, and it is impossible to compare with the frustration of the year.

Therefore, the general view in the Qingzhou army is that Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu are single-handed, and the winning rate is almost 100%.

But for some reason, Wang Yu always felt a little worried. But now, it's useless for him to worry, Gongsun Chan doesn't want him to intervene directly, and the Western Front needs fast troops, so if he thinks about it, he can only let Gongsun Chan attack on his own. You must know that the latter's pride is not much worse than Lu Bu's, and if he forcibly intervenes, it is likely to backfire.