"This battle can't go on like this!" Huang Zhong looked at the battle damage that had just been delivered, his face darkened and he almost slapped the table.
"I think so too." Fazheng pressed his temples. He now had an unusual headache.
Although Fazheng can be regarded as a man full of tricks, but against Yuan Tanbing, who had Xu You as his military advisor and Jiang Yiqu as his commander, apart from having an advantage in the bravery of the general, they were inferior in other aspects, whether it was military strategy or military strength.
Not dominant.
The most important thing is that Huang Zhong only has a legion of 5,000 men, and the auxiliary troops are not more than 10,000, while Xu You on the opposite side defends the city with clear fields and no less than 40,000 soldiers, distributed at the junction of Youzhou and Bohai County.
several cities.
Xu You didn't care about any strategies used by Fazheng, and only focused on Huang Zhong's soldiers. Every time he attacked, he only wanted to get double-digit gains. He didn't engage in large-scale battles at all. After a period of discussion, Fazheng and Shangju faced each other.
Xu You, who was guarding the city, did not take advantage at all.
On the contrary, because Xu You stole a chicken from Huang Zhong today, fished from Fazheng tomorrow, and attacked a camp the day after tomorrow, Huang Zhong and Fazheng had no less than a thousand soldiers including injured soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness.
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Although Xu You's side may suffer two to three hundred more losses than Fazheng's side, Xu You clearly has the upper hand in this situation. The other side is clearly trying to demoralize Liu Bei's side. As long as Liu Bei's attack on Youzhou fails, Yuan Tan will free up his troops.
, without Liu Bei holding him back, Xianbei is definitely no match.
And if Yuan Tan's forced troops are not stretched thin, then Chen Xi's plan of attacking from both sides will be in vain.
"Xu You obviously wants to force us back." Huang Zhong also understood Xu You's thoughts. He originally thought that Yuan Shao was dead and Yuan Shao's army was defeated in the first battle of Yanzhou. Yuan Shao's army's overall morale should have declined. However, he did not expect that Yuan Shao's army actually
Still has such fighting power.
"We can't continue to waste, but we have to hold Yuan Tan's army here..." Fazheng said solemnly. Originally, their mission was to force Yuan Tan to focus his strategy on the south and leave the north empty, but Yuan Tan didn't expect
The army actually did the opposite.
On the other side, Xu Shu also looked depressed. What he was best at was breaking moves. He might not be as good at arranging strategies and battle situations as a first-class civil servant, but even if a first-class civil servant played these tricks in front of him, he might easily break them.
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It's a pity that Xun Chen opposite him is basically the same character as him. Xun Chen is also a master of breaking moves, and Xun Chen can catch a person and kill him with breaking moves. In the end, Xun Chen can even synchronize with the opponent's way of thinking.
tune.
After the two people faced each other, there was a battle at first. Xun Chen lost a small game, and then Xun Chen started to harass him in various ways.
As time went by, Xu Shu became more and more aggrieved as he fought.
There was no way that Xun Chen had a clearer grasp of Xu Shu's thinking pattern as time went on, forcing Xu Shu to lift the chessboard in the end, no longer thinking that the plan would not be exposed by Xun Chen. Since all the plans would be seen through by Xun Chen, then
I just thought about how to make a comeback if this scheme was exposed!
In the end, Xu Shu directly used his most powerful weapon, changed his military uniform and went to the battlefield in person. Fortunately, Wei Yan knew Xu Shu's abilities and did not lose peace with him.
However, even so, Wei Yan's face didn't look good. It wasn't that Xu Shu's losses were too great, which made Wei Yan feel distressed, but that Xu Shu was able to command and mobilize better than him!
That time Xu Shu's plan was indeed seen through by Xun Chen. Similarly, Xu Shu also knew that he could not hide it from Xun Chen, so he informed his soldiers early not to panic if they encountered an ambush.
Speaking of this, we need to talk about Wei Yan. Most of Wei Yan's soldiers were veterans over thirty-two years old who were re-employed. After the special recruitment order, these retired veterans were recruited back. After that, Liu Bei
There is no strong demand for this group of people to retire.
In the end, these old soldiers who were supposed to go home and farm returned to the army. Of course, one of the reasons for this is that they now have good food and good medical care. Soldiers in their early thirties are not as good as before.
old.
Therefore, when Liu Bei turned a blind eye, Wei Yan did not clear out these old soldiers at all, and these old soldiers were happy to go to the battlefield. Being a soldier was a good career for the people under Liu Bei's rule.
Salaries are guaranteed, posthumous affairs are also guaranteed, and even those who die in battle will receive incense every year!
However, because they are all veterans who have seen blood, some of the lower-level officers have even served as soldiers since the first expedition to Yuzhou. They know very well when to fight and when to be safe. In addition, Xu Shu is so powerful that he led the army before.
They saw it when they attacked Qinghe.
Naturally, all the soldiers were prepared after Xu Shu's instructions and were very cautious. Xun Chen did ambush Xu Shu, but it was basically useless. Xu Shu's soldiers all looked at Yuan Tanjun indifferently.
Of course, this scene was also expected by Xun Chen, just as he has basically understood Xu Shu's thinking mode completely. He can think of everything Xu Shu can think of, so he planned the ambush to fail this time.
With this idea, he brought five times the troops of Xu Shu.
In fact, it does not rule out that Xun Chen led too many soldiers, so the ambush failed, but these are not important. The important thing is that Xu Shu really believed Liu Ye's intelligence this time. Xun Chen can completely simulate the situation by fighting with his opponent.
The other person’s way of thinking.
However, Xu Shu then proved to Xun Chen that even if you have completely simulated my thinking circuit, it is still of no use as long as you cannot defeat me head-on.
Xun Chen brought almost five times as many troops as Xu Shu. That time Xu Shu only led 3,000 troops, while Xun Chen led almost 15,000. However, Xu Shu had the advantage of General Wei Yan, who could support 2,000 troops.
Later, Xu Shu personally commanded the army and pushed away Xun Chen's fifteen thousand men. The Xuanxiang formation was just a mere formation. Don't say you haven't deduced it to the extreme. Even if you let Ju Shou come back to life to arrange it, believe it or not, I will still push you to death.
Pushing Xun Chen's army away in one breath, Xu Shu commanded the army to capture prisoners and Xun Chen at the same time. Unfortunately, after the situation turned bad, Xun Chen formed a formation to protect himself and retreated. Although the formation retreat was also broken by Xu Shu
However, Xun Chen was not caught.
Of course, that one scene made Xu Shu happy. After that, Xun Chen did not defeat Xu Shu. Except for that kind of flash of inspiration, Xu Shu himself did not think through the plan. Everything else was broken by Xun Chen.
, that feeling of suffocation made Xu Shu feel gloomy.
However, Xun Chen did not go out of the city to fight Xu Shu head-on since that time, mainly because Xu Shu's performance that time before was too shocking. Xun Chen thought about it and continued his duties, disgusting Xu Shu away, and then dealing with Xianbei.
