Three hundred and fortieth chapters Shaomai Liugou
It was indeed Guo Jia who suggested the plan to the pottery merchants to attack the wheat fields.
Guo Jia has been responsible for setting up the school affairs office in recent years, so he naturally knows the intelligence of each state very well, and the news that Cao Cao in Yanzhou was short-legged in food and grass cannot be hidden from him.
In this battle, it was not that Guo Jia was superior to Xun Yu, but that Xun Yu did have a weakness when it came to food and grass.
Even if he knew that Guo Jia was forcing him to leave the city, for the safety of Cao Cao on the western front, he had to go out to grab wheat from the Xuzhou army.
The safety of Cao Cao's main force on the Western Front is the safety of the entire Yanzhou. If the main force on the Western Front suffers from loss of food and grass, it will be meaningless whether Puyang is needed or not.
After arriving at the wheat field, the pottery merchant called on his men to cut the wheat and asked Guo Jia and Chen Deng, who were accompanying the army: "You two, we are here to compete with Xun Yu for wheat. Even if we lead Xun Yu out of the city, I think if Cao Cao stays there,
The soldiers guarding the city should be the elite of Cao's army. Moreover, the number of both sides is equal, and both sides are good at fighting. Once a fight breaks out, it will probably be a stalemate or a bloody battle... I'm afraid it will not be easy to defeat them."
Guo Jia nodded and said: "That's why we need to lure them out. If we fight a tough battle around Puyang City, there will be no chance of winning this battle! What's more, the opponent is Xun Yu... This man is a leader in military and political affairs.
All of them are good, and there are no short legs. Guo is not sure of defeating him."
Chen Deng said to Tao Shang: "But having said that, we do have another clever move to make, which is to detach a force and ride on Xun Yu to compete with us for wheat in Dongtun and secretly go to Puyang.
Enter the city and quickly welcome the emperor out of the city to Fan County to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."
Guo Jia said happily: "Yuanlong underestimated Xun Yu too much. Although this person usually looks like an honest man, he is actually the most thoughtful. If he leaves the city, he will definitely stay in the city."
Preparation, besides, even if we divide our forces and attack Puyang City, if we bring fewer soldiers and horses, we may not be able to take away the emperor under the eyes of the people and nobles in the city. After all, for them, the emperor has a very important relationship, which is unusual.
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Chen Deng seemed to be confident about this and said: "It doesn't matter. When I went to Dongjun to negotiate secretly with Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others, I knew that the Tian family in Puyang City was also their insider, and Xun Yu was on guard against Puyang City.
The gentry, but they can't guard against all the big merchants, right? When I go to Chen Gong, I have already obtained the Tian family's contact method, and have secretly linked up with them. As long as I can enter Puyang City,
I must have a way to take the Emperor away quickly."
Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but secretly admire Chen Deng's foresight.
But after thinking about it carefully, he frowned and said: "But our troops are limited, and we cannot assign too many troops. If we want to cooperate with you Yuan Long in doing such a big thing, we must have a wise and brave general to accompany us."
When the two of them said this, they immediately looked at the pottery merchant together.
No matter how the two wise men formulated the strategy, the final decision-making power still fell on the potter.
After listening to what the two of them said, the pottery merchant thought carefully for a while and then said: "According to the current situation, the strength of both sides is equal. If I want to seize the emperor from Xun Yu's hands, I can only do it according to what you just did."
This strategy is feasible... The most important thing is to choose the general who will accompany Yuan Long to divide the troops and seize the city... he must be a man of both wisdom and bravery."
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "Tao Ji and Gan Ning are coming with us this time. The other generals are training their troops and horses in Liang State to cooperate with Sun Qian to deceive Cao Jun's eyes and ears in Jiyin County. Gan Ning Although he is brave, his personality is too strong. He can fight, but it is useless to cooperate with Yuan Long, while Tao Ji is more than calm, but unfortunately not brave enough..."
Chen Deng sighed regretfully and said, "If I had known this, I would have brought Xu Rong."
The potter suddenly laughed.
"What you two are saying is wrong. In fact, this is not entirely true. Among the accompanying generals, there is one person who is enough to take on this important task! He can both attack the city and cooperate with Yuan Long. And I personally think he is better than Xu Rong. suitable."
"who?"
"Zhao Yun under Gongsun Zan."
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Xun Yu left Xia Houen and led a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to guard Puyang, while he led the remaining 5,000 infantrymen straight towards the wheat fields of Dongtun.
Vaguely, Xun Yu could already see the pottery merchant's Jinling Army harvesting wheat in the wheat fields of Dongtun.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at Xun Yu, you almost lose your breath and vomit blood.
Xuzhou soldiers cut wheat without sickles, but with ordinary knives!
Wheat is scattered all over the ground. If you want to spend more money, you will lose money. If you want to waste more, you will be wasteful.
Xun Yu's heart was broken. Yanzhou was already short of food, but these bastards still caused such a terrible disaster.
Turning his head, Xun Yu stared at Xia Houjie behind him and ordered: "Quickly give the order to someone. We will enter the wheat field in a while. Don't ask anything else. Kill the Xuzhou army directly. Kill one enemy and get a bunch of grain! Kill the enemy." Those with more than ten people will be exempted from the tax for one year!"
It is said that there must be brave men under heavy rewards. As soon as Xun Yu's order came to the ears of Cao Bing's soldiers, the crowd immediately became excited.
Everyone was gearing up, just waiting to rush into the wheat field and beat these bandits hard who couldn't even cut their own grain.
It’s so infuriating!
But it is obvious that Tao Shang's Jinling army did not intend to stay with Cao's army for a long time.
Just as Xia Houjie and Xia Houlian commanded their troops to rush into the wheat field, they saw the Jinling soldiers who were harvesting, quickly retreating to the rear under Tao Ji's command.
Xun Yu's soldiers and horses rushed into the wheat field intent on killing people, but the enemy retreated without even catching a single figure.
Xun Yu was afraid of being deceived, so he did not let Xia Houjie pursue him, but sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Jinling army.
When I was young, my scouts came back with information. After retreating for a certain distance, the potter's soldiers and horses unexpectedly turned around and ran to the other side of the settlement to grab wheat.
When Xia Houjie heard this, he immediately became furious.
"The Xuzhou thief An dares to do this, he is bullying us too much!"
Just as Xia Houjie was about to command his troops to pursue again, Xun Yu suddenly stretched out his hand to block him and said, "Let me think twice."
Xun Yu half-squinted his eyes and thought carefully for a while before showing a smile.
"Guo Fengxiao, Guo Fengxiao, you want to hold my troops here, and then divide your troops to capture Puyang City? Hey, it's a pity that Xun Mou has already arranged soldiers to garrison in the city. I'm afraid your hard work will be in vain. .”
Xia Houjie was a little anxious on the side: "Your Majesty, the Xuzhou Army has gone to the other side to cut wheat. Let's go after it quickly!"
Xun Yu waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, this is Guo Fengxiao's plan to tire out the troops. Cutting wheat is a fake, causing our army to chase in panic, but killing morale is the real thing. Xiahou Sima doesn't need to pay attention to him. You just need to do it later." You and your brother will divide your troops into two groups, join from the east and west, and slowly advance to suppress the Xuzhou Army. The Xuzhou Army does not want to confront us head-on. If they see you, they will retreat, and you two don't have to chase each other. Drive them out of the wheat field one on the left and the other on the right, and then arrange troops at the edge of the field to prevent the Xuzhou army from entering the field."
After hearing this, Xia Houjie immediately accepted the order, and then he and Xia Houlian took action separately.
According to Xun Yu's strategy, not long after, Xia Houjie and Xia Houlian drove Jinling City's soldiers and horses out of the wheat field, and then used soldiers and horses to guard the ridge, resolutely preventing the Jinling army from entering and harming the crops.
A stalemate has emerged.
Tao Ji, who was in charge of commanding the troops, brought the news to the potters and Guo Jia in the rear.
When Guo Jia heard Xun Yu's tactics, he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This Xun Wenruo is still the same as before. He is very consistent and does not leave any gaps. No one can find any clues or flaws in him. The biggest headache for Guo in his life is his kind."
It’s really hard to fool your opponent.”
The potter held an ear of wheat in his mouth. When he heard this, he spat the ear of wheat on the ground and said: "What's the big deal? If we can't fight with him, we will fight with him or with force!"
Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this. He thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't understand what the meaning of the words "Gou" or "Gou" came from.
"What are you going to do?"
The potter showed his always sunny smile: "Where is Gan Ning?"
After the call was over, there was a "crackling" sound of bells, and a man with his own background music appeared.
"Hey! The general is here, what are your orders?"
The potter pointed to the wheat field in the distance and said: "You lead a team of crossbowmen and hold rockets to shoot down a wheat field to open Gou's eyes."
Guo Jia was shocked when he heard this.
He hurriedly waved his hands at the pottery merchant and said: "Master, stop making trouble! We are here to restrain Xun Yu. If you really dare to burn the fields, Xun Yu will definitely kill you. When the time comes, we will be entangled by him and it will be difficult to escape."
, if you are deeply trapped in the enemy's territory and cannot retreat, then it will be dangerous to turn back."
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this and said: "That's right. It's really easy to jump over the wall...
The best way to burn a fire is to burn it softly and gently so that Xun Yu’s troops can put out the fire.”
Gan Ning was stunned when he heard this.
Just burn it, but you have to control it just right and make it easy for the other party to put it out at any time?
Do you really want me to set fire to it?
When I was a thief, I didn't think I had ever been so sophisticated.
Although he had doubts in his heart, Gan Ning still lazily agreed:
"promise……"
The potter nodded with satisfaction, then raised his hand and pointed in another direction: "After burning one place with a small fire, use a small fire to burn another place. Remember, the fire should not be too big. It must only be burned enough that Xun Yu can reach it in time.
The kind that puts it out, so that we won’t completely piss him off, but the number of firepower points must be enough... As the saying goes, a single spark can start a prairie fire, so we are just walking away."
Gan Ning grinned when he heard this: "Master Fu, you are too difficult! Setting fires is a big deal. If you ask me to put out a big fire, I will do it. If you set a small fire, I will have to do it."
It can be extinguished at any time... This is too difficult for a human being. Apart from anything else, if a strong wind blows later and the fire takes advantage of the wind, then it will not be under my control, so what should I do?"
The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said unreasonably: "Look at your unblessed mouth, don't you hope that God will rain? It has to be windy. If it is really windy, then you will go with Xun Yu
Go put out the fire, and maybe he will be grateful to you, turn your enemies into friends, and talk to you over drinks. Being friends is sometimes that simple."