Although Baima City is still firmly guarded by Yu Jin, it is like a nail in front of Yuan Shaojun. However, as the temperature gradually rises, the ground gradually becomes more and more accessible, and Yuan Shao's army can naturally
A steady stream of supplies are being delivered to the south.
"Yuan Benchu dared to blatantly assemble troops in Liyang, and kept sending troops to cross the Yellow River. I think we all need to give up the unrealistic idea of relying on the Bingzhou Army to contain Benchu. The victory or defeat of this battle can only and must depend on us.
Decide for yourself!”
Cao Cao is very depressed now.
He was really really really depressed.
Why?
As a good friend of Yuan Shao, as Sikong of the Han Dynasty, as... Anyway, he has many titles, and his status is not as high as a few floors. Even if there are not loud gongs and drums, and firecrackers blasting everywhere he goes, at least he is...
It should be colorful flags waving and golden flags waving to clear the way.
Well, doing that kind of thing during the war is definitely not about traveling, but about preparing to start shooting on the battlefield, and the most important thing is that you have just finished playing the three-way drum with your front foot, and the soldiers are getting ready to rush up with enthusiasm.
Come on and make a sound of "dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang." It is estimated that the soldiers' blood will spit out in your face. By the way, I will let you know why the flowers are so red.
Ahem, anyway, it is clear that Cao Cao, who is a reinforcement, has arrived very close to Baima City, but neither his old colleague Chun Yuqiong nor the rich and powerful Wen Chou, as if suffering from myopia, did not put him at all.
In my eyes, I am still busy attacking the city, and I have been having a lot of fun recently.
Well, after all, when others attacked the city, the number of people became smaller and smaller, but the three brothers fought like a cheat in the Three Kingdoms. The reinforcements behind them came one after another.
To break through the sky. This kind of battle that does not need to consider the battle losses at all, let alone an ordinary general, would not be able to take the command without having a great time.
Who are you to give up the fun you deserve just for the arrival of a black-skinned dwarf like you?
So, Cao Cao was really depressed.
So, Cao Cao, who was actually quite impulsive at times, decided to teach these people an unforgettable lesson.
So of course, Cao Cao, who had such an idea, was stopped by everyone else except for the support of the two Xiahou.
This is actually not difficult to understand.
In the words of Xi Zhicai, whom Cao Cao relies on most today, although he is not in good health, he can barely support himself until now with the prescriptions prescribed by Su Xiaoluoli:
"With so few soldiers, we are no match for you now!"
To put it bluntly, we have hastily raised troops here. Even if we combine everyone's private soldiers plus some standing troops, and collect some county soldiers from along the way, the total strength is still not comparable to that of Yuan Shao's army who is constantly marching here.
The total number of troops is not as good as the opponent's, and the quality of the soldiers is not much higher even with those county soldiers with low combat effectiveness. Not to mention that Yuan Shaojun's side is not without elite soldiers, so this aspect is only a tie at best.
In terms of generals, Cao Cao certainly has the upper hand. But Wen Chou's courage and Guo Tuzhi's wisdom mean that Yuan Shao's army will not lose too badly in this aspect, especially when Yuan Shao's counselors are not gathered together in a group, but picked out individually.
When the time comes, it will be easier to perform at your best.
After all, you don’t have to focus most of your attention on internal fighting.
Based on this calculation, Cao Cao's army's winning rate is less than 40% just based on paper deductions.
Now is the early stage of the war. The important thing is to get a good start and a good sign for the next battle. At the same time, it can also disrupt the enemy's established rhythm. Otherwise, it will be like the Bingzhou Army in the north. It will fall into the hands of Yuan Shao's army.
If you set a certain pace, you will feel awkward no matter how you fight, and it will be easy to be plotted by the enemy.
Unless there is any special advantage, the attacking side will always have a slight advantage. After all, there will be more choices.
"The plan will be settled."
Cao Cao stared at Xi Zhicai's very pale face, and he couldn't bear it in his heart. After all, Xi Zhicai's body was getting worse day by day. Although he could use the medicine to save his life, the medicine was poisonous, and Xi Zhicai
The problem is not what disease he has, but his body
There is something fundamentally wrong with the body. Even if Su Xiaoluoli is a master of Chinese medicine, she cannot make a fundamental change in a person's constitution. This is why she was also helpless when it came to the problems of Old Man Tong and Zilong Jiang.
Same.
Now, because of Yuan Shao's unexpected straight punch, Cao Cao had to raise his troops hastily and rush forward with light troops. As a counselor, Xi Zhicai, who followed him, was protected as a first-level national treasure, but in the end he had to go through bumpy roads together, sharing meals and sleeping in the open air.
.
However, now that it is a military emergency, Cao Cao is still more willing to place his hope in this counselor who has contributed a lot to him than Man Chong who has not shown much ability and his new recruit Liu Ye. Even though his
The bones in his body look like they can't hold on much longer.
Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You... In fact, if Cao Cao knew what these names represented, he would immediately fly to Jinyang, pull Li Shushi out of bed and demand a duel.
But at the moment, he could only look at Xi Zhicai with both heartache and hope.
"Actually, my lord has already thought of it. Since the enemy's army is so large, it's better to divide their strength to gain a victory."
Although he has a sick face, Xi Zhicai's eyes are still shining with strong self-confidence, as if Yuan Shaojun opposite him is just a bidder in his eyes, like a chicken and a dog, which is unbearable.
Feel convinced about him.
Cao Cao nodded. Xi Zhicai's words were not a compliment to his lord. As a smart commander, Cao Cao naturally knew the essence of the problem at hand and what methods were needed to solve it. Only
However, because the enemy army was strong, Zhang Cheng, the governor of Jiyin, fought hard.
He was worried that everyone's morale would be affected by the bad news of his death on the battlefield, so he chose to ask everyone for their opinions. It can be said that as long as someone can put forward the same opinions as him and create the feeling that many people support this plan, then everyone
There will obviously be more confidence in implementation.
As Xi Zhicai is an extremely outstanding strategist in the army, his words obviously have higher credibility.
"But how to make the enemy divide their forces?"
Although Zhu Ling is a good general, he always seems to be lacking in ability to observe words and expressions. If he could have waited a moment to say this sentence, it might have some effect in cheering up Cao Cao, but Xi Zhicai had just finished speaking.
He asked so eagerly because he wanted to know the specific implementation method. However, he always seemed to be trying to cause trouble.
Not only was he not worried, but his sickly pale face also had a bit of an excited blush.
It seemed as if he was very satisfied with Zhu Ling's words and deeds, thinking that this was the greatest compliment to him.
This also made Cao Cao, who had originally planned to stop Zhu Ling, quickly swallowed the words on his lips and waited for Xi Zhicai's performance.
"Chou here happens to have three strategies: upper, middle and lower. I would like to ask my lord and you all to comment on them."
Good guy. He is indeed the number one adviser that Cao Cao relies on in terms of tactics. He is really extraordinary. Not only did he immediately have a solution, but he also immediately listed one, two, three, but even if he had a well-informed plan
Cao Cao also showed a surprised expression.
"The best plan is for Ming Gong to lead troops to Yanjin and make a gesture of crossing the river and joining forces with the Bingzhou army to attack Yuan's army's rear. Yuan Shao will inevitably have to respond, and Ming Gong can then quickly attack Baima with light troops and take advantage of it.
Don't be prepared to cover it up. With Yu Wenze and others
If we should cooperate with the outside world, Wen Chou and others will definitely be captured. Moreover, in this strategy, our army will make a gesture of contacting the Bingzhou Army, which will inevitably make Yuan Shao and his counselors suspicious, and then have scruples. Then our army will suffer
The stress will also be reduced a lot.
The central strategy is for Duke Ming to lead his troops west to Juancheng and make a gesture of attacking the enemy in Juancheng. If he attacks the enemy of Baima, he must detach a part of his troops to lead the troops eastward. In this case Duke Ming will also move quickly with light troops.
Return to White Horse. There may still be a chance to make a comeback in one go.
The land of Juancheng will be expelled. And because of this defeat, there will inevitably be disputes within Yuan Shao's army. This will lead to factional fighting within Yuan Shao's army. There may be some undue mistakes and loopholes during the battle, which may cause other problems for our army in the future.
Available opportunities.
The next best strategy is for Ming Gong to spread suspicions everywhere, so that the soldiers on the white horse don't know our army's intentions, so they can only attack separately to investigate, so that our army can slowly figure it out. Let them expose their flaws in their anxiety, and then attack them in one go.
Drive away.”
Well, although there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower, in fact, the last strategy looks like a make-up, and is completely incomparable with the other two strategies. Probably its only function is to remind Cao Cao, "I only have two good strategies."
We’ve got a plan, it’s up to you to choose.”
"Why in the middle strategy, once we attack Juancheng, the enemy of Baima will inevitably divide their troops to rescue us?"
Zhu Ling was probably afraid that his attempt to commit suicide was not thorough enough, so he jumped out again before everyone could react.
"The people leading the troops in Juancheng are Jiang Qi and Jiang Yiqu. It is said that this person was a close friend of Chunyu Qiong." That's it, but it's probably useless to say more for a stupid person. As for Zhu Ling, although he is good at committing suicide in front of Cao Cao, his brain is not good enough.
But he is not stupid when it comes to military matters.
Now, it depends on how Cao Cao makes his decision.
What needs to be mentioned here is that there is still a considerable distance between Yanjin Ferry at this time and Yanjin County in modern times. Its ferry location is at the lower reaches of Qishui River (another source of Qishui River upstream is called Zhanshui).
The vicinity of the Yellow River, although it is due north of Suanzao County, is in the northwest direction within the jurisdiction of Yan County, Dongjun County.
Cao Cao was not pretentious about the expectations of his subordinates. After thinking about it for a moment, he made up his mind:
"The lower policy is too slow. Although the upper policy seems to be desirable, it falls into the trap of defeating the enemy when compared with the middle policy. The upper policy is not more desirable than the middle policy."
No matter what kind of mentality Cao Cao had when he said these words, in the end he decided to implement the middle strategy, so the generals stopped talking and everyone began to discuss how to better implement this plan.
Of course, Yuan Shao's army didn't know what Cao Cao's army was planning. They were still gnawing at the city in front of them that seemed unable to fall no matter how they attacked.
"It's really difficult to deal with. We have already attacked the city, but we can't take it down. I'm really pissed off!"
He slammed the helmet in his hand to the ground, causing the helmet that was already full of gunpowder smoke to be even more stained by mud. However, the owner of the helmet obviously didn't care about such a small thing, or his mood at the moment made him forget about his surroundings.
of everything.
"General Chunyu, are you feeling tired? If you feel tired, my troops will be able to take over at any time."
"Wen Chou, are you planning to attack!"
"Hmph, I don't know whether we, Wen Chou, should be attacked or not, but it has been so long and this mere Baima City has not yet been captured. If it delays the lord's great cause, even if you, Chun Yuqiong, were once in the same palace as the lord,
It’s not a reason to evade punishment.”
"Okay, okay, both generals look a little tired. Why don't we take a rest. Anyway, before the lord gives any further orders, we just need to hold on to Baima Jin. Whether Baima City will be captured or not is not yet known.
It will hinder the lord’s great cause.”
"Hmph!" x2.
As the saying goes, "There is no sect, no faction, only a thousand strange things." This faction problem can be said to be something that will inevitably exist for any force at any time and place, as long as the number of people is large.
However, Yuan Shaojun's factional dispute can probably be regarded as the most serious among all the forces.
Originally, the civil servants were mainly divided into the Jizhou local faction and the outside faction. As Yuan Shao's sons gradually grew up and matured, and began to assume more and more important positions, the question of which one should be the heir became a very important issue in Yuan Shao's army.
A hot topic, so the originally relatively clear factions have been divided into new ways - the relative power of the eldest son faction and the third son faction.
Not small. Although the Neutral Faction seems to be the most powerful, it is indeed the most unstable internally. As for the Erzi Faction, although it is a bit weak, with the joining of some people from Youzhou, it has become impossible to look down upon. Even those who seem to be the least likely to aspire to become the most powerful faction can no longer be ignored.
Yuan Fang, a possible concubine, also relied on his own ability to establish a force. Although his influence was limited, his members were all very powerful.
Naturally, the generals were not exempt from customs. Among them, the ones who were more fiercely targeting each other were the Jizhou local faction headed by Yan Liang Wenchou. Chun Yuqiong, an outsider who once served as a minister in the same palace as Yuan Shao and later followed Yuan Shao closely.
Representatives of these two forces. As for the other two members of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei, Gao Lan prefers Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Jiang Qi, needless to say.
Although under Yuan Shao's mediation and suppression, this kind of competition is still within the range that Yuan Shao thinks can be controlled, in fact, such internal strife has caused Yuan Shao's army to start to have some big and small problems. However, under Yuan Shao's powerful political
Under the offensive, even if outsiders know Yuan Shaojun's internal problems, it will be difficult for them to make effective use of them.
"General, this is the latest information coming from Liyang."
"Show it to me!"
Chunyu Qiong took the information into her own hands without hesitation, without any concern for the angry look in Wen Chou's eyes next to her, and then silently handed the information that she had glanced at to Guo Tu next to her.
It was a tit-for-tat confrontation, but apart from being a little arrogant, his attitude toward Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong was also quite polite.
Firstly, Guo Tu is a human being after all. As long as he wants to seriously build a good relationship with someone, it is easy to achieve it. The other reason is that compared to someone like Wen Chou, Guo Tu is obviously more in line with Chunyu Qiong's aesthetics as a scholar.
point of view.
After all, unlike Wen Chou, who started his career purely through military exploits, Chunyu Qiong went through the serious process of promoting filial piety and integrity from the local government, and then became a Langguan in Luoyang, and then steadily improved step by step, which was completely the growth experience of a scholar.
Even if he eventually became a general, he would still have to follow the example of Zhang Huan and Zhang Ranming, one of the three great ministers of Liangzhou.
"General Chunyu, I'm afraid there's some deceit here..."
After seeing the content of the intelligence, Guo Tu's brows knitted together. Although he had no actual experience in leading troops, as long as he saw the content of the intelligence, Guo Tu instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he could not find the right words to say it.
analyze.
"General Wen also came to take a look. Although the Lord did not say it clearly, it seems that he has handed over the decision-making power to us."
After waiting for so long, Wen Chou finally saw what was written on the application form that was sent to him.
This is really not a pleasant experience.
However, although I dislike Chun Yuqiong, a guy who can't command a war, and only got the opportunity to control the military power by virtue of his seniority and relationship with Yuan Shao, compared with those complicated guys who are always calculating this and that, Wen Chou finally
return
He is more like a relatively simple soldier, so even if he is not on good terms with Chun Yuqiong, he just writes everything on his face, but when it comes to issues related to military operations, he still takes the information very seriously and uses his little
Regularly use your brain to think.
Although the way he was thinking really made people want to laugh.
But at this time, even Chun Yuqiong would not act too presumptuously.
Even if his relationship with Yuan Shao is quite special, if something goes wrong, such a relationship will definitely not be able to save his life. Although Chun Yuqiong is greedy for drinking and has a bad personality, he still thinks a lot about this kind of thing.
clear.
"Cao Cao's army plans to attack Juancheng? That should be the area Jiang Qi is responsible for, right?"
"General Wen is right. There was a newspaper from Di a while ago, which said that General Jiang not only captured Juancheng, but also killed the enemy's Jiyin Prefect, which was greatly appreciated by the lord."
"I heard that Cao Cao is a very cunning person. Even the lord has suffered some losses."
"Those are just things my lord did when you were young, and there are countless things you did. However, Cao Cao's mind is indeed unpredictable. So although it seems that he is heading west to attack General Jiang, there is no guarantee that he will not ambush him in the middle.
We sent reinforcements there."
Guo Tu's words made Wen Chou fall into deep thought. After all, even someone as impulsive as him knew the dangers involved. After all, after fighting for so many years, he still understood common sense things, although many times
Will all be forgotten.
However, Wen Chou's meditation caused dissatisfaction from someone next to him.
"Could it be that General Wen is timid? If you are timid, just say it. Even if you don't say it, we all know it."
"Chun Yuqiong. It's okay for me to do other people's duties, but you are the only one who doesn't have this qualification. Huh, it's been so long and Baima City still hasn't been captured. I don't know who is the real coward!"
"Humph! If you can, come here. Guo Gongze, follow me to rescue General Yiqu, leave this place to some arrogant guy, and see if he can capture this city before we defeat Cao Cao and come back. Or should we?
He said he was just an idiot who boasted nonsense!"
Looking at the two people who were at war with each other in the blink of an eye, even if Guo Tu had a delicate heart, he couldn't stand up to these two powder barrels that would explode at the first touch. In desperation, he could only give Wen Chou a slightly apologetic look.
After all, they are all outsiders who followed Yuan Shao to Jizhou. In terms of their close relationship, Guo Tu will eventually be closer to Chunyu Qiong.
He didn’t say much about Wen Chou.
In other words, this result is not bad for him. If he can contribute to Baima City before Chun Yuqiong returns, then even with Chun Yuqiong's arrogance, such a slap in the face is really painful.
And even if the troops are divided, the troops on hand are enough to cope with the war at hand.
After all, Chunyu Qiong's previous attack had caused a great deal of damage to the city. Now that Wen Chou was the one to attack, there was a slight suspicion of taking advantage, and different generals also had different attack rhythms.
So many advantages add up. He must make Chunyu Qiong look good with his ugly style!
Although he did it too fiercely because he took Yuan Shao's face into consideration, he was not a good man or woman!
Moreover, in the territory of Jizhou, he Wen Chou has never been afraid of anyone...except for a certain group of bad guys who came uninvited.
Well, it’s hard to look back on the past. In the bright moonlight, the dark history of my youth should be gone with the wind, forget it, forget it.
"However, I am a little happy that I didn't directly confront the Bingzhou Army like Gong Ji did. Haha, when did I, Wen Boxing, start to become so timid? Or is it the memory left behind?
It’s so profound that even just thinking about it will make you lose your fighting spirit.”
However, if the opponent were the defenders of Baima City on the opposite side, or even Cao Cao, Wen Chou would not be afraid.
Although it's really not something worth bragging about.
But if he has the support from the entire Yuan Shaojun behind him, maybe he can get rid of the inner demons hidden in his heart?
However, at least Wen Chou here is still in a mood to have random thoughts, while Jiang Qi over there feels like he wants to scold his mother.
Because the sudden arrival of Cao Cao's army really embarrassed this Hebei "famous general" who was also one of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei. If he hadn't been trained, he might have been able to compete with the famous Liu Paopao from another dimension.
With this magical power, maybe his head will be hung on the city wall of Puyang at this time, instead of staying in Juancheng and temporarily stored on his neck.
"Nah, for the time being, Nah, keep it! It's obviously my own thing, okay? And I'm not a senior. It's already past the third episode. Why do you have to turn around? I want to protest! ... Hey, why should I?
