"Retreat thirty miles." Xu Shu suggested to Wei Yan with a wry smile. When the strategy is at a disadvantage and the opponent has not yet engaged in a head-on confrontation, not to mention that the force itself is inferior to the opponent, even if the force is superior,
It's hanging now.
"That's the only way." Wei Yan looked helpless. Xu Shu had already told him that Bi Zhilue was no match for him, and Bi Zhilue was no match for Xu Shu. The problem was that the opponent's goal was to hold the northern line of Zhongshan and face Xu Shu head-on.
What's the point?
"Alas, our original goal was to rely on the weak force to attract the superior force in Jizhou, making it unable to look north." Xu Shu said with a wry smile on his face.
"Unexpectedly, Jizhou would actually use this to counter us. It would directly invest far more troops than we expected, fight us as quickly as possible, and force us to give up this opportunity." Fazheng on the other side also pressed his temples with a look on his face.
Depressedly, he explained to Huang Zhong.
Ever since Fazheng emerged from the mountain, there has never been a smooth sailing. Even when he forced his troops to force Yuzhou and subdued Zhou Yu, he almost followed his pace. However, this time, before he could launch it, the strategic goal had not been achieved, let alone achieved.
He was forced to retreat.
Yecheng has entered the beautiful spring season at this time. Although there are occasional late spring colds, it has begun to warm up on the whole, and spring plowing can begin soon.
"Well, Xiao Zhi and Yuan Zhi were both repelled. Yuan Tan is quite capable." Chen Xi was slightly surprised after reading the information Jia Xu gave him. Although Huang Zhong and Wei Yan only had one legion of troops, they were able to do so so quickly.
The retreat was indeed beyond Chen Xi’s expectation.
"It's normal. If it were me, I would definitely choose to inflict huge losses to make us breathless for a while, and then fight Xianbei to the death. At least there is a chance to catch our breath." Jia Xu said cautiously.
However, Jia Xu did not say a word. Now all the princes in the world are probably aware of Liu Bei's strategy. Not to mention anything else, just Liu Bei's desire to retain the vitality of the Central Plains is enough for many princes to plot. Yuan Tan is obviously fighting for population.
Consumption.
"Our original goal was not to capture those two places now." Chen Xi held his head and said half-thinkingly.
"If we look at the previous strategy, Xiaozhi and Yuanzhi did a very good job, successfully dragging Yuan Shaojun's superior strength to Zhongshan and Youzhou." Jia Xu nodded and said.
"Yuan Tan has stationed more than 100,000 troops on the front line in Youzhou, but this is not enough. Yuan Tan's troops have not been squeezed to the limit. What do you think, Wen He?" Chen Xi thought for a while and said, Jia Xu had already said
Very thorough.
"General Xiaoguan and General Sun each led 3,000 men to the aid of Wenchang and Hansheng, and Zang Xuangao led another army to go north." Jia Xu said with a cold expression, "We do not require a large-scale attack, we only require that the opponent's main force be attracted to
Youzhou line."
"It's similar to what I think." Chen Xi smiled, "Anyway, our goal is to leave Yuan Tan with no troops, so we can just drag him away. I don't believe that our army is on the border of Youzhou, and he can still mobilize troops to defend the north."
"Wen Ru has already submitted this piece of information to the lord. Not surprisingly, Wen Ru will agree with my suggestion. Duke Xuande will send you a copy of the official document soon." Jia Xu did his job flawlessly and came over to Chen Xi himself.
Li You went to submit it to Liu Bei.
Just like what Jia Xu said, it didn't take long for Liu Bei to send an official document to Chen Xi, asking Chen Xi if he wanted to make adjustments. Then after taking a look, in addition to replacing Sun Kang with Yin Li, the troops and horses were raised from 3,000 to 4,000.
Five hundred people, there won't be much difference.
Naturally, Chen Xi didn't make any adjustments. He just calculated the money and food, and then asked Jia Xu to send it to Lu Su so that he could use the food and grass.
Not long after that, Zang Ba and others led the army in three groups and rushed to the front line of Youzhou. In an instant, the dark clouds of war once again filled the entire Central Plains.
After Yuan Shao died in Yanzhou and Liu Bei's steps towards unification had stalled, this time it seemed like Liu Bei had once again taken steps toward unification. The few princes left in the world were all frightened.
"Ha, we probably shocked others!" Chen Xi and Liu Bei stood on the top of the city and watched Zang Ba and others go to the front line of Youzhou. The people who went there this time were not mainly engaged in a brutal war, but to maintain their loyalty to Yuan Tan.
threaten.
"Scared?" Liu Bei smiled and said, "But soon they will know that we did nothing and were just threatening Yuan Tan with our troops."
"It's not like we didn't do it. It can only be said that we used the minimum force to get the maximum benefit. After this battle, the Yuan family in Hebei has completely come to an end." Chen Xi sighed, "After that, we can beat the drum of unity.
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"Yes, I didn't expect it to be so fast." Liu Bei said with emotion, "But the world is so vast, and construction is more complicated than unification. Don't be lazy when the time comes."
"I'm not lazy." Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and firmly denied what Liu Bei said.
"Hahaha, that's probably because nine-tailed foxes are so lazy, so lazy that they don't even want to open their eyes while squatting on the spot." Liu Bei laughed.
In the past, Liu Bei would worry about whether Chen Xi had done too much, was overworked, and looked tired. Now, Liu Bei can say with certainty that Chen Xi is lazy...
Glancing sideways at Liu Bei, it seemed that Liu Bei's face was almost full of "Although I don't know how you work, I can guarantee that you are indeed lazy." Chen Xi really didn't know what to say.
"Maybe the nine-tailed fox prefers to rest." Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, firmly refusing to admit that he was being lazy. I must be working hard and wandering around because I was doing research.
"Wenru has been working very hard recently. I didn't know that one person could handle so many things so quickly." Liu Bei consciously changed the topic to Li You.
"Actually, Wen He has also been working hard recently, processing intelligence, promoting Ma Zheng, improving the Central Plains intelligence system, and promoting intensive farming. He has done a good job." Chen Xi thought of the recent misfortune of Li You. Recently, Li You and Jia Xu were fishing.
There aren't too many touches, so Chen Xi attracts more firepower.
However, Liu Bei's transformation plan for Chen Xi is ineffective, because Chen Xi is in charge of Chen Xi's government affairs. If it doesn't work, Li You and Lu Su will have to suffer. By the way, Yi Ji and Chen Zhen are very useful, and they can fill in the gaps with Zha Lu.
Not bad either.
"Hey, Zichuan, you should work a little harder. You see, Wenru and Wenhe have both been working overtime recently..." Liu Bei said and suddenly raised his head. It seems that Li You and Jia Xu have worked overtime twice.
I couldn't help but curse in my heart, these two guys are quite capable of fooling me.
