Although it was already very late, Xun Yu was still sitting in the lobby, reviewing official documents in front of the lamp. Under the hall, a row of small officials stood respectfully waiting, either waiting for Xun Yu to summon thousands of people to answer, or waiting for answers.
After taking the official document of approval, he hurriedly left...
The arrival of General Hussar had a very big impact on the entire Yingchuan, and even Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, etc. Xun Yu did not dare to take it lightly, so he could only arrange various affairs day and night, and he was so busy that he was so busy.
Although Xun Yu had never fought head-on with the hussar general, Xun Yu had heard this name many times over the years and made silent calculations in his heart. What he did not expect was that even with these psychological preparations,
When General Hussar really arrived, Xun Yu still felt that nothing was ready.
Xia Houyuan's defeat undoubtedly made the whole situation worse. If Cao's soldiers, who were already timid in fighting, were defeated again, I am afraid that even the Qingzhou soldiers would be somewhat loosened and their fighting spirit wavered in such a situation of successive unfavorable battles.
If that happens, the consequences will be disastrous.
Although Xun Yu was dealing with the people's livelihood and government affairs in his hands, he was still thinking about the situation of the war. This battle can be said to have affected Cao Cao from top to bottom. If he won, it would be easy to say anything. If he lost,
…
Thinking of the possibility of failure, Xun Yu couldn't help but pause with his hands, then calmed down silently, and continued to approve the official document as if nothing had happened.
Guo Jia turned around from the corridor outside the hall and saw so many people waiting. He couldn't help but frown. Then he slightly arched his hands in response to the salutes and greetings of these minor officials. When he got to the hall, he kicked off his wooden clogs.
Regardless of the fact that the clogs were so crooked that one of them almost fell off, he walked straight into the hall and looked back and forth, "Where's Bonin?"
"Going to Runan..."
"Where's Ziyang?"
"In the inner city."
"Where's Zhongde?"
"Going to patrol the city."
"..." Guo Jia was speechless for a moment.
『…』
After bowing and offering thanks, he left in a hurry.
"Hi!" Guo Jia sighed, and sat down as if he was resigned to his fate. He said to the attendant on the side, "What are you doing standing around? Light more lamps! Bring a table over here! Do you have any soup? Bring some, okay?
, also give some to these guys in the hall..."
The servants in the hall hurriedly thanked him repeatedly.
Guo Jia rolled up his sleeves and ignored these petty officials. On the surface, he seemed to be talking about trivial matters, but Xun Yu understood that Guo Jia was actually saying that if he really wanted to thank him, he should get out of here...
"What the hell is this?" Guo Jia took some of Xun Yu's official documents to deal with, and just opened the first one when he shouted, "The hussars and horses have trampled on the crops, causing the fields to be ruined, and I am afraid that there will be no harvest in the autumn. I would like to invite you."
Reducing taxes and allocating grain and grass for disaster relief?! Ridiculous! The emotional riders went to this family’s fields and trampled every single grain of grain? 』
"It's General Zilian's manor..." Xun Yu didn't even raise his head. He pointed to the other end of his desk and said, "I put this aside, but you took it by mistake..."
"I didn't tell you earlier..." Guo Jia threw the official document from Cao Hong Manor aside angrily, and then grabbed some unapproved official documents from the other side of Xun Yu's desk.
As the night gradually deepened, all the affairs were finally dealt with. As for matters like Cao Hong Manor, Xun Yu had no way to deal with it. He had to wait until Cao Cao came back, but if Cao Cao came back, there might be no need to deal with it.
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Guo Jia rubbed his neck, and then said: "Is there any new news from Hussar?"
Xun Yu was silent.
"No news is good news..." Guo Jia stood up unsteadily, "I'll go back if nothing happens... You, you should also rest early..."
Xun Yu nodded.
Just as Guo Jia was about to walk out, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps!
Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other and seemed to see some nervous expressions on each other's faces!
An orderly soldier rushed straight to the hall and delivered urgent military information about Xiahou Dun in Yangcheng. After Xun Yu checked that the fire paint sealing code and so on were correct, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then took a paper knife to open the fire paint.
seal.
Guo Jia closed his eyes and sighed slightly, because he saw that Xun Yu's hands were shaking a little, and he could not open the seal in one go, but used three swords...
"General Hussars has broken through the Yangcheng stronghold! The troops have arrived at Yangcheng!"
Although Xun Yu lowered his voice, the news was still like a thunderbolt, shaking the hall. Guo Jia couldn't help but be stunned for a few breaths before he realized, "General Hussars attacked Yangcheng?"
Xun Yu frowned, put down Xiahou Dun's letter, and shook his head slightly, "Not yet. General Xiahou pretended to ask Hussar to wait for the angel, and Hussar actually agreed..."
『?』Guo Jia looked confused???.
But not long after, Xun Yu and Guo Jia changed their colors almost at the same time. They couldn't help but look at each other, and they seemed to see some panic in each other's eyes, "I'm afraid General Xiahou has fallen into a trap!"
Guo Jia gritted his teeth and said, "Wen Ruomo, I will go to Yangcheng immediately!"
Xun Yu pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. On the one hand, he urgently called for guards to protect Guo Jia and rushed to Yangcheng. On the other hand, he was still a little worried and said: "If... it is really impossible, just retreat. Don't show off your bravery..."
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Guo Jia nodded, took the customs clearance and rushed to Yangcheng overnight.
Xun Yu watched Guo Jia go away and stood there for a long time before finally sighing and dissipating in the night wind...
……o(︶︿︶)o……
Just as Guo Jia was rushing to Yangcheng day and night, Zhang Liao was leading his men and horses, quietly crossing the Yingshui River and arriving in the mountains on the north bank of the Yingshui River. This place was far away from official roads, and Yangcheng was also in the mountains.
After Dong Zhuo's massacre, a lot of it gradually became deserted, so there are basically no people who are mountain hunters here, let alone farmers who are cultivating the wilderness.
In fact, it is not impossible to attack Yangcheng directly, but the damage will undoubtedly be great. After all, even if the Yangcheng copycat's attack method is repeated, it may not be effective. After all, what about the copycat's Zhaimen defense system?
None of them can be compared with the serious cities, not to mention that Yangcheng has been under Xiahou Dun's many years of preparation. It is not uncommon for horse pits to be dug in the streets of the city, so it is best not to take risks if possible, as it can reduce losses.
Or reduce some losses.
However, if Xiahou Dun can be defeated, it will be of great significance to the entire Yuzhou battlefield. Therefore, on the one hand, if we want to win, on the other hand, we cannot attack by force, so we can only use strategies.
Perhaps it was because Xiahou Dun failed to react, or because he was a little afraid of the power of the cavalry, or for some other reason. After receiving Fei Qian's reply, Xiahou Dun did not secretly send scouts to inspect Fei Qian's camp, or
It was simply a night attack, so naturally we were not able to discover the abnormality in the Fei Qian camp immediately.
Zhang Liao looked at his men cutting down branches and leaves on the edge of the mountain forest to build temporary triangular shacks. He couldn't help but sigh, "The hussars are becoming more and more sophisticated in their use of troops..."
Zhang Chen also sighed: "Exactly! Exactly!"
Zhang Liao couldn't help but laugh and glanced at Zhang Chen, "Oh? Then you can tell me what's so subtle about it?"
"..." Zhang Chen blinked and uh-huhed twice, and then said, "This... came out of the blue? Xiahou in Yangcheng would never have imagined that we would do this..."
Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "No, Xiahou will think of it sooner or later... Even if he doesn't think of it, Qiaoqi will find a way to make him think of it... But the important thing is not this... You, think about it again!"
Xiahou Dun is not a fool, and he will definitely notice some abnormalities. After all, there are some differences between a normal camp and an empty camp. So basically, an empty camp cannot be hidden for long. The point is that after Xiahou Dun discovered the empty camp,
What will you do!
When a person tries to fool others, but finds out that he is actually being fooled by others in turn, he will feel a little angry in his heart. Once the anger starts to control the brain, it is not easy to calm down and think...
For Xiahou Dun, once he discovered that his heavily guarded Hussar camp had turned into an empty camp at some point, in addition to the emotional changes, he would definitely have to confirm the traces of the Hussar men and find out where the Hussar had gone.
In that direction, did we bypass Yingshui and head towards Xu County, or did we return to Luoyang again?
But what's interesting is that Feiqian divided his forces.
One group was led by Zhang Liao, bypassing Yingshui, and assumed a posture of heading straight into Xuxian County, Yingchuan. The other group was led by Fei Qian and Zhao Yun, who retreated two hundred miles back, as if they were returning to Luoyang.
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If there is only one direction, Xiahou Dun will naturally be easy to judge and make decisions. But after there are traces in both directions, which prove that a large number of people are moving, what will happen to Xiahou Dun?
Continue to ignore everything and stick to Yangcheng?
Obviously, Xiahou Dun could not do this.
As Xiahou Dun, the safety of Xu County is obviously more important, so Xiahou Dun will most likely divide his troops. Some will chase Fei Qian's retreat direction to determine where Fei Qian will eventually go, and the other will follow the Ying River to find trouble for Zhang Liao.
, Xu County cannot be allowed to face the threat of a second attack on the city.
Therefore, there is an 80 to 90% chance that Xiahou Dun will send his generals to Feiqian with a small number of troops to retreat to the direction of Luoyang. He does not expect to win, but only wants to confirm the traces, and then he will personally lead most of the troops to concentrate.
Here, Zhang Liao was pursued along the way, trying to intercept and encircle Zhang Liao.
The final result was that Xiahou Dun left Yangcheng and the protective shell he had built and prepared for many years. Then inadvertently, what was originally a siege battle turned into an encounter outside the city.
The place where Zhang Liao stopped to rest now was sixty miles ahead from the point where he crossed the Ying River. This sixty miles was almost the maximum distance that Xiahou Dun could reach with his infantry march in one day.
Will Xiahou Dun suspect that he has been tricked? He may also suspect that, but he has no choice.
And this is the subtle point of the Cavalry General's strategy. It makes the opponent vaguely feel that it may be a trap, but he still has to step in...
……(*ˉ︶ˉ*)……
The cavalry camp of the Hussars General covers an extensive area, and when viewed from the top of the city, it seems to stretch to the horizon.
Xiahou Dun stood on the city gate tower and remained silent for a long time.
On the one hand, Xiahou Dun felt that General Hussar would not be easily fooled, but on the other hand, Xiahou Dun hoped that General Hussar would fall into his trap just like this.
And in such contradictory moments, luck often prevails in the end. It's like officials inevitably socialize, and then drinking a little wine is normal. If it is logical to say that you can't drive, but you think it's okay to drive, but the result is...
If something happens and you can't settle it within the specially set time, then it's natural to get beaten.
The same is true for Xiahou Dun. It's normal to encounter things. The key is whether you can make things smooth. If you can make things smooth, you will still be a good comrade. If you can't make things smooth...
One day passed.
On the first day, the hussars and horses seemed not to be affected at all. When it was time to eat and sleep, the horses were walked and brushed. Although the distance was quite far, Xiahou Dun seemed to be able to hear the hussars and horses.
The sound of laughter and laughter beside the bonfire made Xiahoudun suffocate, these barbaric Xiliang warriors!
The next day, these Xiliang warriors seemed to be tired from the quarrel, and their voices were much quieter...
Time moves forward slowly but resolutely. Even if someone is pinching and staring at him, he still unswervingly pulls the sun to move westward little by little, then picks up the sun across his waist and rolls it down the mountain.
Another day has passed...
Of course, from Xiahou Dun's point of view, nothing happened, but similarly, nothing happened means that Xiahou Dun did nothing on this day!
Xiahou Dun rubbed his sore legs and was about to get off the city gate tower when he suddenly froze, then turned around and looked, and immediately he almost fell down on the railing of the city gate tower, eyes wide open.
Staring at the Hussars General's cavalry camp in the distance.
"General...General?" the guard asked in a low voice without knowing what was going on.
Xiahou Dun pointed his hand at the hussar camp in the dim sky, "There! What is there?!"
"What?" the guard replied subconsciously and blankly.
"Flying birds are circling!" Xiahou Dun muttered, and the further back he went, the more he gritted his teeth, and his brows almost stood up, "There are flying birds circling over there! Damn it, damn it! Damn it!!"
……┻━┻︵╰(‵□′)╯︵┻━┻……
Ling Jie threw out the last handful of corn, looked at the birds eating happily in the open space not far in front of him, then glanced sideways at Yangcheng in the distance, and curled his lips slightly. Damn it.
, there are so many here, could it be that you still haven’t seen them?
Do you want to ask a few more people to work on it tomorrow?
But would that be too obvious?
Damn guy, so slow...
or……
Ling Jie was still worried about gains and losses, and when he was planning what to do tomorrow, he suddenly saw the firelight on Chengtou Mountain in Yangcheng, and then he became obviously confused.
The scout career made Ling Jie hold back. After slowly exiting the hiding place, he looked at Yangcheng intently. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Then he imitated a few bird songs and signaled his men to follow him and evacuate...
