"Brother, if Yuan Shu dares to lead an army to attack, just give me 10,000 troops and I will go and behead him."
Zhang Fei was the first to offer advice, but his "strategy" made Liu Bei silently shake his head with a look of helplessness.
Guan Yu glanced at him and shook his head secretly.
No one else spoke or echoed.
"Why, don't you believe that I can behead Yuan Shu?" Zhang Fei asked loudly again.
"Yide, if it's so simple, is there any need to discuss today? Yuan Shu has many soldiers and we have few soldiers. Besides, Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers may not be willing to obey orders. This matter must be won with wisdom and a comprehensive strategy."
Since it was a matter of discussion, he could speak freely. Liu Bei did not blame Zhang Fei, but explained patiently.
"I'm going to kill Cao Bao. Won't the Danyang soldiers obey my brother's orders?" Zhang Fei shouted again.
"Yi De, don't act recklessly, don't ruin the big thing." Liu Bei finally couldn't help but scolded.
"It's your business to win with your wits."
Zhang Fei looked at Zhou Ping with a slightly aggrieved look and said nothing.
Among everyone, Zhou Ping believed that the only two people besides himself who could offer advice were Tian Yu and Guan Yu.
Zhou Ping wanted to know what Tian Yu thought most, so he asked: "Guorang, what are your plans?"
Tian Yu pondered for a long time but said nothing. Guan Yu, Chen Dao and others also pondered without saying a word.
Liu Bei was quite disappointed: "Don't you guys have any good ideas?"
"It is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shu and defend Xuzhou, but it is not easy to defeat him in a short time." When Liu Bei asked, Tian Yu replied.
Yuan Shu had many troops and horses, but Xuzhou's troops and horses were originally few and could not be uniformly dispatched. The difficulty can be imagined.
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu again, and saw that his eyes were half-squinted, as if he was thinking, and it seemed that the matter had nothing to do with him, so he did not say anything.
As for Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Xu Chu, Chen Dao and others, Liu Bei did not expect them to come up with any good strategies. Now his only hope could only be placed on Zhou Ping.
"Sir, you must have a good idea, right?" Liu Bei looked at Zhou Ping and asked expectantly.
Zhou Ping smiled slightly and said, "My lord, please look at the map."
Liu Bei looked down for a moment, but couldn't see any clues. He waved to Chen Dao and asked him to take the map. Then he got up and went down to stand around with everyone.
"If Yuan Shu comes to attack and we defend, the main battle power belongs to Yuan Shu and not to us. But if we lure Yuan Shu to attack, then the main battle power belongs to us and not to Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu has many soldiers, he has no good generals, and he had previously
We suffered a huge defeat at the hands of Cao Cao, fled in embarrassment, and suffered a great loss of morale. Even if we are facing each other in military formation, we have nothing to fear."
Zhou Ping did not look at the map with everyone else. He had read this map many times and already understood it well.
"If we want to win quickly, we must use our wits. There are three important aspects of an army: generals, soldiers, and food. It goes without saying that Yuan Shu has many soldiers and generals, but food is the key to our victory."
"Food? You mean we are going to rob or burn Yuan Shu's army? But Yuan Shu leads a large army to attack, and there will be many soldiers guarding the food. If we go with many soldiers, it will be easy to expose our whereabouts. If we go with few soldiers, it may be difficult to accomplish anything. So
Afraid of doing something wrong."
Tian Yu's eyes lit up at first, and then he shook his head, feeling that this strategy didn't work.
Guan Yu opened his eyes and nodded secretly as if he had some realization.
This detail was seen by Zhou Ping, who had been paying attention to him.
"Yun Chang, what do you think?" Zhou Ping asked with a smile.
Zhou Ping's question made everyone turn their attention to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu stroked his long beard and replied in a deep voice: "Sir, do you want to cut off the enemy's food route?"
Zhou Ping said happily: "Not bad."
"How to break it?" Guan Yu asked, obviously he didn't think clearly yet.
Zhou Ping walked to the map and pointed to the Xuyi City Road south of the Huaihe River on the map: "My lord will start to raise food and grass and prepare troops and horses from now on. One month later, he ordered Yun Chang to lead 10,000 troops southward, threatening to cross the river to help Liu Zhengli.
(Liu Yao), when the soldiers and horses arrived at Xuyi, they camped in this city and only told the outside world that they were waiting for the transportation of grain and grass."
"At the same time, we continued to transport grain and grass to Xuyi, but Xuyi's soldiers and horses did not move. At the same time, we sent scouts to explore in the direction of Shouchun. If Yuan Shu knew about it, he would definitely think that we were plotting to capture Jiujiang. As a man, Yuan Shu must rely on his soldiers.
The crowd despises my Xuzhou soldiers and horses, so they lead the troops to attack in order to get a chance to fight first."
Zhou Ping then moved his finger to a mountainous area southwest of Xuyi City: "This place is more than fifty miles away from Xuyi City. It is a high mountainous area. We can ambush in this mountain. After Yuan Shu's army arrives at Xuyi City,
The ambush troops in the mountains were all out, and they burned the grain and grass transported by Yuan Shu and cut off the grain routes. At the same time, Chen Yuanlong was ordered to send troops from Guangling to help and stationed in Dongyang to contain some of Yuan Shu's troops. Once Yuan Shu's grain routes were cut off, the morale of his army would be in chaos. In this way, we will be able to
Quick victory."
This is a question that Zhou Ping has been thinking about for a long time. After much deliberation, he felt that if he wanted to defeat Yuan Shu quickly, he could only use Cao Cao's method of defeating Yuan Shao and make a fuss about the opponent's food and grass.
After all, in terms of military strength, we are outnumbered. If we fight hard, even if we win, we will suffer heavy losses.
To cut off the enemy's food route, the enemy's army is short of food and grass, and must want to fight quickly. At this time, your side can not fight. If you fight again when the opponent wants to retreat or the morale of the army is chaotic, you will definitely win.
Of course, this is only his own strategy, and it is unknown how the enemy will defend or respond. However, the opponent is Yuan Shu and not Cao Cao, so Zhou Ping is still very confident in this.
Tian Yu thought for a moment and then asked: "How many soldiers do you want to ambush here, sir?"
"Three thousand." Zhou Ping replied.
"The action of three thousand soldiers and horses will probably attract Yuan Shu's attention. If we are prepared, it will be difficult to attack his grain team."
Guan Yu also said: "Yes, with so many people moving, Yuan Shu will definitely find out."
Liu Bei seemed to have guessed Zhou Ping's plan and asked with a smile: "Sir, do you want the ambush troops to hide in the mountains at this time and wait for the opportunity to fight?"
"Exactly, my lord has recently arrived in Xiapi. Yuan Shu must not have expected it when the ambush soldiers turn into civilians and go into the mountains in batches to hide. Moreover, my lord can now recruit troops and cultivate farmland at the same time, so as to confuse Yuan Shu and make him
I thought that the lord was only on the defensive, so he paid little attention to the developments in Xuzhou."
"This plan is feasible." Tian Yu also understood Zhou Ping's intention at this time, "We have prepared for a rainy day, deployed ambushes in advance, and set up a trap for Yuan Shu to step in. I am prepared but the enemy is unprepared. It will be easy to win!"
Guan Yu, Jian Yong and others also understood and agreed at the same time.
At this moment, Chen Dao suddenly said to Liu Bei: "My lord, Chen Dao is willing to ambush troops and swear to cut off Yuan Shu's food route."
Liu Bei already knew about his hatred for Yuan Shu.
Liu Bei said nothing and looked at Zhou Ping, letting Zhou Ping make the decision.
The strategy was devised by him, and he should have already made up his mind on how to use the soldiers and horses.
"Uncle, you must stay with my lord." Zhou Ping said and looked at Tian Yu and Xu Chu, "My lord, you can select three thousand elite soldiers from the army, commanded by Guorang, and lie down together with Zhongkang's Hushi camp.
In the mountains.”
The knights who followed Xu Chu were all as brave as tigers, so Liu Bei called the knights under Xu Chu the Tiger Camp.
Zhou Ping chose Tian Yu and Xu Chu, firstly because of the bravery of Xu Chu and other knights, and secondly because of Tian Yu’s wisdom. The two were considered a better partner.
Liu Bei was a little worried: "Is there less than three thousand people?"
When Tian Yu heard that there were knights led by Xu Chu, he hurriedly said: "There are quite a few. With Zhong Kang's Hu Shi camp here, it is enough. If there are more, Yuan Shu may be suspicious."
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu again and saw that he nodded slightly in agreement, and the others had no objections, so he said: "Yun Chang, you select three thousand brave men from the army, and order Guorang and Zhong Kang to go to the mountains to hide."
"No." Guan Yu responded with his hands raised.
"It's just this Danyang soldier..." Liu Bei had a look of worry on his face again.
