——One hundred thousand troops from Soochow marched north to Hefei!
The emergence of this news did not cause further tension in the atmosphere here.
Sun Quan gathered his troops and planned to march north. This was no longer a matter of a day or two.
Whether it was Zhang Liao, Le Jin, or Li Dian, they were all prepared in advance.
However, even if they were prepared, hearing such a number of soldiers and horses and so many famous Soochow generals still made Le Jin and Li Dian tremble.
call…
A heavy breath came out.
Le Jin raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Liao, "How does Wenyuan plan to fight this battle?"
Li Dian suggested: "The enemy is numerous and we are few. The enemy is strong and we are weak. We can only stand firm and wait for help!"
"Stand and wait for reinforcements?" Zhang Liao stood up slowly and looked directly at Li Dian, "My lord is far away in Hanzhong. When reinforcements arrive, the whole of Hefei will be wiped out by Soochow!"
"Then..." Li Dian frowned and was about to speak.
Zhang Liao's words came out first, "My lord has already made it clear in a secret note - 'When thieves arrive, they will be dispatched'!"
this…
Li Dian quickly shook his head: "My lord is in Hanzhong, how do you know the situation on the battlefield in Hefei? The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. We give up the defense and go out of the city to raid. If one of them fails, the city is gone and the people are gone!"
What Li Dian said makes sense.
only…
Zhang Liao's tall and straight figure seems to show every joint in his body showing his confidence and persistence in "surprise" the enemy.
——"Mancheng (Li Dian) has probably never seen Guan Yunchang's feat when he killed Yan Liang on the Guandu battlefield that year, right?"
——"In that battle, the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered, and the enemy was strong and we were weak. But in that battle, Guan Yunchang taught me that the battle can still be fought like this!"
Speaking of which.
Zhang Liaohu's eyes were bright. He pointed to Cao Cao's letter and said: "My lord's intention is very clear. Let us hit Sun Quan's army head-on before he has a firm foothold to weaken his authority. Then our city of Hefei can be easily defended."
Got it!"
The relationship between Li Dian, Le Jin and Zhang Liao was not good to begin with, but now Zhang Liao is the one to say nice things.
The two of them were already a little unhappy.
But Zhang Liao was furious and said: "Success or failure depends on this battle. Whether you are afraid or have a personal grudge against me, Zhang Liao, if you are not willing to follow me in the raid, then when the thieves arrive, I will go out and fight on my own!"
Speaking of which…
With a "bang", Li Dian also jumped up and said, "The enemy has defeated the city, so why talk about past grudges? This is a national matter. I just want to consider whether your proposal is reliable? I will never let anything happen between us because of you.
They forget justice and ignore the overall situation!"
“Don’t mention the past again. Only by working together can we solve the crisis in our army!
As soon as this statement came out...
Zhang Liao bowed his hand to Li Dian and said, "Forgetting personal differences and maintaining such an elegant style, Liao is deeply impressed!"
Here, Zhang Liao and Li Dian, you say something and I say something.
But Le Jin's eyes were fixed, and he suddenly thought of something, "Wenyuan, Mancheng..."
"Have you noticed that in the intelligence provided by the scouts just now, who are the two vanguard generals that Sun Quan ordered?"
Hmm…
Zhang Liao and Li Dian were both stunned.
After thinking about it for a moment, the eyes of the two of them suddenly condensed.
Immediately afterwards, Le Jin also joined in, and the three of them looked at each other.
Open your mouth at the same time.
——"Gan Ning, Ling Tong!"
Soon...
"Hahahaha", the three of them laughed out loud at the same time.
Le Jin pondered: "Last year, a certain man in Nanjun led more than 10,000 people to attack Guan Yu's grain road. He was severely wounded by Guan Yu. After that, he was in panic and doubted the power of my commander!"
"However, when it comes to governing, when I look at it today, Sun Zhongmou is completely different from Guan Yunchang. I'm afraid this blue-eyed boy is not even a bit worse than Guan Yunchang!"
Speaking of this, Le Jin said with emotion: "With Sun Zhongmou leading the army, Hefei can win!"
Suddenly, Zhang Liao, Li Dian and Le Jin were filled with confidence.
Especially Zhang Liao, he has bright eyes.
As the young man who stood in the nearest position and witnessed Guan Gong's bravery with his own eyes.
After so many years, he was so eager to replicate the feat of "Guan Gong's white horse beheading Yan Liang" again!
…
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A clean pair of black boots with white soles and embroidery stepped lightly on the bluestone floor.
Ma Liang took a few steps, then immediately turned around and asked, "Master Yunqi means that because he witnessed with his own eyes the feat of 'Guan Gong's white horse beheaded Yan Liang', Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan had a profound enlightenment."
"He has understood the method of 'surprise attack and quick attack'. He will take advantage of Sun Quan's army's unstable foothold to rush in and catch him off guard. He may even kill Sun Quan, the leader of Soochow, in a formation?"
When Ma Liang chanted these words, he himself felt that these words were too bold.
Guan Lin's deduction was simply "extremely" bold, and he simply put "bravery" and "courage" above the complex situation on the battlefield.
You know, whether it is a surprise attack or a surprise attack, the requirements for generals are extremely high.
——Bravery, timing, courage, the leadership ability of both parties, and even luck can influence success or failure.
On the Baima battlefield, when Guan Gong beheaded Yan Liang, he made a sudden advance while the enemy troops were still in formation.
Will Sun Quan also be careless?
Will his rule be so unbearable?
Guan Yu said nothing, but stared at his son closely.
Different from Ma Liang, he felt that Guan Lin's words made sense. If it were his "disciple" Zhang Liao who was "taught" by Guan Yu, he might really be able to do it!
"Actually, this is easy to understand." Guan Lin continued, "My father and Uncle Baimei might as well recall that Sun Quan and Cao Cao have been fighting for so many years, from Chibi to Nanjun, to Ruxukou, and now they are fighting again
When they arrived at Hefei, when they attacked Xiaoyaojin, or when Cao's army attacked Jiangdong's army, this was a routine operation."
"That is to rush out and scare him first. Jiangdong's army will quickly fall into self-collapse. When the 'Celestial General' Cao Ren defeated Zhou Yu, wasn't that the way he fought? The effect was excellent."
"On the other hand, Jiangdong is a master who doesn't have a long memory after being beaten. He is always defeated like this, and he never takes precautions in advance. This has not happened once or twice. I imagine that this problem can be corrected in the first battle in Hefei. Naturally, I will not
possible!"
Speaking of this, Guan Lin paused for a moment and continued: "On one side is Jiangdong's old tradition of being raided, surprised, and even defeated, and on the other side is the 'closed disciple' Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan taught by his father himself... By the way... in Bei
Father and Uncle Baimei have heard of the battle at Bailang Mountain that has been rumored a lot among merchants in the border area, right?"
Hmm…White Wolf Mountain!
Ma Liang immediately recalled that it was a war fought by Cao Cao in the thirteenth year of Jian'an to eliminate the remnants of the Wuhuan and Yuan clans in the north.
At that time, Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's suggestion that "the troops must be quick and the troops are valuable". He abandoned his baggage, packed lightly and marched quickly to the vicinity of Bailang Mountain, which was less than "two hundred miles" away from Wuhuan Wangtingliucheng.
But in the end he was discovered by the enemy.
This has changed from a surprise attack to an encounter.
Guan Lin was talking about the details here. "It is rumored that at that time, many of Cao Cao's generals suggested "slowing the attack and waiting for reinforcements", but Zhang Liao was the only one who urged Cao Cao to take advantage of the enemy's irregular formation and quickly go to war. Isn't this the same as the former
Is the situation in the 'White Horse' battle exactly the same as the current 'Hefei battle'?"
"Cao Cao adopted Zhang Liao's suggestion, and it was Zhang Liao who took the lead. In the melee, he went straight to the leader of the thieves and beheaded Wuhuan King Tadun under his horse. Wuhuan was leaderless, and in the end they could only be killed in pieces..."
"Hey... the more the child gets better, the more he feels that his father taught him a good apprentice on the White Horse Battlefield. Zhang Wenyuan also learned the essence. Even after the battle at Bailang Mountain, Zhang Wenyuan's method of 'surprise victory' was even worse.