Chapter 52: Strategies to Encircle Wei and Rescue Zhao
Zhou Xing didn't dare to think about it. Liu Bei now only has two thousand soldiers and horses, and one thousand of them are newly recruited bandits. The only generals around him are Liu Zheng, and Guan Hai has five or six thousand men. If he encounters them, what will happen?
It’s unimaginable.
But thinking about it again, Liu Bei went from east to west and Guan Hai went from west to east. Their destinations are both Huang County, so it should be difficult to meet them.
Even if Guan Hai learns that Liu Bei is on the road carrying money and grain and wants to intercept him, Guan Yu, who is staying in Huang County, is not a vegetarian. He will definitely lead his troops out of the city and attack from behind. In this way, he and Liu Bei will form a pincer attack.
It’s not difficult either.
After all, Guan Hai was defeated once, so they were already defeated in terms of momentum.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xing felt a little at ease.
At this time, there was someone who was more anxious than him, and this person was Zhang Fei.
"Military advisor, there are so many people in Guan Hai, and my eldest brother only has 2,000 people. What if we encounter each other? Let's go and save my eldest brother!"
"Don't worry, Guan Hai dared to lead people to attack Huang County. He must have thought that we were still suppressing the bandits in Dongmou. He didn't know that Mou Ping and the bandits in Dongmou had been wiped out by us. If he knew that Wang Ying and Cong Qian were dead, he would
After learning that the lord has returned with his troops, he may immediately flee back to Luxiang."
Zhou Xing continued: "Even if he doesn't escape immediately and learns that the lord only has 2,000 soldiers and horses, and wants to intercept the lord, your second brother Guan Sima and more than a thousand soldiers are still in Huang County. With your second brother's
Is it not difficult to defeat Hai with force?"
"Hey, I forgot that my second brother stayed behind in Huang County. With my second brother here, my eldest brother will be fine."
Zhang Fei was very sure that he had no doubts about Guan Yu's military power.
"Moreover, we are far away from Huang County now. Even if we want to save him, by the time we arrive, it will be too late." Zhou Xing added.
Zhang Fei thought for a while and felt that what Zhou Xing said made sense. It was so far away that it would be useless to go there.
"Military advisor, let's continue to annihilate Guan Cheng."
Zhou Xing did not answer immediately. He was lowering his head slightly and contemplating.
"Military advisor, tell me, are we going to annihilate Guan Cheng?"
Zhang Fei waited for a while, but when Zhou Xing didn't respond, he asked.
Zhou Xing raised his head, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "No, let's not go to suppress Guan Cheng first."
"Aren't you going to suppress Guan Cheng? Should we go back to help our eldest brother?"
"No, there are only five or six thousand people in Guan Cheng's army, and they are guarding the fortress. They can come and suppress them at any time. However, Guan Hai is hiding in the mountains, and there are many thieves, so it is difficult to suppress them. Now Guan Hai leads his troops to leave.
, his village must be defenseless, it is better for us to attack his village and raid his old nest. Even if we cannot attack and destroy his village, we can still let Guan Hai return to defense and relieve our lord's trouble."
Zhou Xing thought of Cao Cao again. It was still Cao Cao who attacked the bandit camp in Dongjun and saved Dongwuyang. The current situation is similar to the situation at that time.
Guan Hai attacked Huang County, and he took most of Liu Bei's troops outside. Even the "black-faced general" who was famous among thieves was also with him. Although Guan Yu stayed in Huang County, Zhou Xing was still a little worried.
If he leads his troops to Lu Xiang to attack Guan Hai Ben Tun, as soon as Guan Hai learns the news, he will definitely return his troops to protect the camp, and then Liu Bei will be safe and sound.
"Does the military advisor want to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao?"
Zhang Fei's words shocked Zhou Xing and asked: "Zhang Sima actually knows the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao?"
"Hey, I heard from my elder brother that he used this trick when we were in Zhuojun."
"Yes, what we are going to use now is the strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, and it is also the strategy of encircling and rescuing a certain point." Zhou Xing said, "We can also send people to make an agreement with the lord first, and wait until Guan Hai brings the people back to rescue his camp.
, we can let Guan Sima lead the troops to pursue him, while we ambushe the troops in front and attack from both sides, Guan Hai will be destroyed."
"Commander, were you really a ranger before?"
Zhang Fei looked straight at Zhou Xing, as if looking at a monster, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes," Zhou Xing understood that Zhang Fei, like Liu Bei before, believed that a ranger was someone who only had force but not so much ingenuity, so he added, "But before becoming a ranger, I once followed a knight from Huaiyin in Xuzhou.
Therefore, the prefect has been studying for several years."
In fact, they had already said this when they first met Liu Bei. It was mainly because Zhou Xing was too young that they had doubts.
"No wonder the military advisor is so resourceful. He is so good at studying! My second brother also studies, but he is not as resourceful as the military advisor."
Zhang Fei sincerely admired Zhou Xing, but at the same time he also knew that in terms of resourcefulness alone, Brother Guan could not compare to Zhou's military advisor.
"Actually, Guan Sima is also very resourceful. You will know it later."
Zhou Xing always believed that Guan Yu was able to flood seven armies in Jingzhou and capture and kill Pound. Without resourcefulness, he would definitely not be able to do these things.
No matter whether it was Guan Yu who flooded the Seventh Army or not, if he can seize the opportunity, he is a good planner. If he is a mediocre person, he will only miss the opportunity.
Yu Jin and Pang De were flooded, but Guan Yu was able to take a boat and lead his troops to fight in time, which shows that he was well prepared. Instead of waiting for the water to rise before thinking of taking advantage of the water to attack the enemy, if that was the case, it would definitely be too late.
It's just that the devil is as tall as the Taoist. Lu Meng saw that Guan Yu had left troops to guard Jiangling, so he pretended to lead his troops back to Jianye to treat his illness, so that Guan Yu would no longer defend him, and transferred all his troops to attack Xiangyang. Lu Meng crossed over in white clothes.
Jiang, deceived the beacon tower set by Guan Yu and attacked Jiangling.
From Lu Meng pretending to be ill, to Lu Xun writing a letter to express his goodwill, to crossing the river in white clothes, and being kind to the families of the Jingzhou soldiers who stayed in Jiangling, the troops led by Guan Yu collapsed. It can be said that Lu Meng spent a lot of thought, and Fu Shiren and Mi
Fang's rebellion will eventually lead to Guan Yu's defeat.
Guan Yu's biggest shortcoming is that he is too arrogant.
Zhou Xing could make Zhang Fei stop whipping the people around him and avoid death in the future, but he could not make Guan Yu not arrogant.
Zhang Fei was very happy when he heard Zhou Xing praise Guan Yu: "Of course my second brother is also resourceful. He studies like the military advisor all day long, but my second brother only studies the Spring and Autumn Period, while the military advisor reads many military books. My second brother
Of course you can’t compare with military advisors.”
Zhou Xing smiled and stopped answering.
He wrote two letters with his own hand, and sent people to send one to Liu Bei and one to Guan Yu.
Now I know that Guan Hai left Luxiang to attack Huangxian, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu must also know.
There is no need to report the news yourself. The main reason for writing to them is to attack Guan Hai.
If Guan Hai goes to intercept Liu Bei, let Guan Yu and Liu Bei attack together. If Guan Hai learns that he is going to attack his home village and retreats, let Guan Yu lead the troops to attack him from both front and rear.
After the arrangements were made, Zhou Xing and Zhang Fei led their troops to bypass Changguang County and march directly to Lu Township instead of attacking Guan Cheng.
He asked Zhang Fei to lead the troops in front, while he stayed behind to prevent Guan Cheng from pursuing him.
Guan Cheng had already learned that Wang Ying and Congqian had been killed, and Mouping and Dongmou's Wubao had been destroyed. He also learned that Liu Bei had sent troops to attack him. Just when he was worried that Wubao would be difficult to defend, he learned that Liu Bei's
The soldiers and horses took a direct detour and headed northwest.
This made him confused and couldn't figure out what Liu Bei's military advisor meant.
But he also knew that the young military advisor in Liu Bei's army was good at using tactics, and he might be trying to lure the enemy into pursuing him, and then set up an ambush to wait for him.
Guan Cheng did not dare to lead people to chase him, but sent people to follow him to find out the news.
Chapter completed!