Eight hundred and thirtieth chapters plan to break the enemy
If anyone else were here, they would definitely say that Guo Jia has nothing to do now and is looking for trouble.
In fact, Guo Jia also knew that his current behavior was a bit redundant, but for some reason, he just felt uneasy.
Tao Shang and other counselors had already deduced that the other party was taking advantage of this battle to send troops to attack the surrounding camps, but Guo Jia felt that there was something wrong here.
But what exactly is the problem? Guo Jia can’t figure it out for the time being.
At this time, the pottery merchant stepped into the city gate building.
Guo Jia raised his head, looked at him and said, "Why did the Prime Minister come here in person if he is not on the tower to order troops and generals and supervise the battle formation?"
Tao Shang smiled slightly: "There is nothing worth seeing over there now. The generals of both sides are coming and going, and the battle formations set up by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are equally divided. I can't tell the winner for a while, even if it is divided.
No matter whether you win or lose, you will injure the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, so there is no need to worry about it. On the contrary, if you don’t join me on the city to take a closer look at the enemy’s situation, why are you doing this here?”
Guo Jia was silent for a while and said: "Guo always feels that something is not right here."
"What's wrong?"
Guo Jia was silent for a long time, and then he said after a while: "In recent years, through the information collected by the school affairs office, Guo learned bit by bit that there are people like Jia Xu under Cao Cao's command.
He is a very sophisticated person and has great strategies for doing things, which is nothing compared to ordinary people. Once he takes action, it will never be a small move."
Tao Shang nodded and said: "We have all expected this. Just now, Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Ji Ling and other generals stationed abroad sent reports, saying that their side had been attacked by the princes of Guanzhong.
Regarding the cavalry attack, fortunately, all the camps had already received our warning and had prepared for the battle. Now each camp has started fighting with the enemy, and Jia Xu's plan almost succeeded."
Hearing this, Guo Jia shook his head and said, "That's not right."
"What's wrong?"
Guo Jia raised his hand, scratched his forehead vigorously, and said: "The camp we set up outside the city has been attacked not once or twice by Cao Cao and the three Liu coalition forces. Wen Chou and Tai Shi Ci fought alone.
Several times, although this strategy seems reasonable on the surface, if you think about it deeply, how can several camps that have been competed for countless times by both sides be designated as the center of the strategy by Jia Xu? If this is really the case, or that
The old thing is not that powerful, or there is something we haven’t thought of yet.”
"What have we not thought of?" The pottery dealer frowned, tapped the table gently with his fingers, and said: "The key to reasoning about something is to look at some things that we have ignored but objectively exist.
Thing, if the facts are true as you said, then what exactly did we ignore in this fight?"
"Ignore?" Guo Jia whispered: "What will we ignore?"
Tao Shang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly said slowly: "Cao's army, Jingzhou army, Guanzhong army... Where did the Yizhou army go?"
The potter's words were like thunder on the ground, which suddenly woke Guo Jia up, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
"It's broken! That old guy really has a good plan!"
Seeing that Guo Jia seemed to have understood something, Tao Shang's heart couldn't help but beat. He stood up quickly and said, "What's going on?"
Guo Jia quickly walked to the table, pointed at Pi Tu and said: "Not far away from the back of Qufu City, thirty miles southeast, is Jinqi City. This place is guarded between the three mountains on the border of our army. It is behind our army.
A connecting point with Xuzhou can be said to be the lifeblood of our army's rear. Once this place is captured, Han Hao, Zhang Zhao and others will not be able to send it to the front line even if they have raised food and grass, and the area southwest of Xuzhou
The land is basically out of our control, and the consequences are endless."
The potter looked at Jin Qicheng on the map and said: "Even if you are right about him, Jin Qicheng is behind us and in the mountains. How can the Cao and Liu coalition cross us to capture it?"
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When he said this, Tao Shang suddenly remembered something. He and Guo Jia, who looked surprised, exchanged glances with each other and suddenly broke into cold sweat.
"Xichuan Army is good at mountain trekking!"
"Bang!" The pottery merchant punched the table with a heavy fist and gritted his teeth and said, "What a risk, what a risk! It's really a risk! Old man Jia Xu, I'll never finish this with him again!"
Guo Jia hurriedly said: "Without delay, the Prime Minister must make a decision quickly and send troops to support the rear. Otherwise, if the Yizhou Army succeeds in crossing the mountain and captures Jin Qi, we will be completely passive in this battle."
Tao Shang nodded and said: "That's right, but it doesn't matter. Since we know what Jia Xu's plan is, we don't have to be afraid. It doesn't matter that the Yizhou Army is good at mountain warfare, but the elite Danyang soldiers under my command are good at this.
This time I want to have a good encounter with Cao Cao. It happened that Zang Ba returned to the city yesterday because of something, and Tao took him and Tao Ji to personally meet those Yizhou soldiers who are good at fighting."
Hearing this, Guo Jia was surprised and said: "The Prime Minister personally went to the battle, but who should be in charge here?"
"You!" Tao Shang pointed at Guo Jia: "I will leave everything here to you. I will let Lu Su and Chen Deng assist you. Besides, this is not the enemy's center of gravity. They are just using this place to delay time.
...If that's the case, let's retaliate in kind and use this place to contain the enemy."
"Repay the other person with his own way..." Guo Jia muttered word by word for a long time, and then said: "I never thought that such a golden sentence would come out of your mouth. It seems that Guo is very fond of you.
The understanding is still not deep enough.”
Tao Shang smiled slightly: "No one in this world who truly understands me has been born yet... But if the enemy makes up his mind to attack Jin Qicheng in a sneak attack, then I am afraid that one day will not be enough.
No surprise, after today, Cao Cao will definitely ask Pang Tong to continue fighting with us tomorrow. If he really does this, you know how to answer, right?"
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, Guo can handle such a small matter."
"Don't let them see the flaw."
"It's natural."
After telling Guo Jia to do business, Tao Ji and Zang Ba came to the pottery merchant and said, "I have seen the prime minister."
"Tao Ji, immediately prepare your elite Danyang soldiers and horses. Let's return to Jinqi City first, and then enter the mountains from Jinqi to fight a mountain battle. This time, it's time for your Danyang soldiers to show their strength.
...Zang Ba, you turn around and call Sun Guan, and come with me. You used to be a companion of the mountains, but this time you need to make meritorious deeds."
Tao Ji never questioned the potter's orders and went to prepare them without saying a word.
Zang Ba looked a little confused: "Prime Minister, what happened?"
Tao Shangyan explained to him briefly and comprehensively.
After hearing this, Zang Ba stuck out his tongue in surprise: "I didn't expect that the Cao and Liu coalition could be so insidious and even use such despicable tricks. It's a shame they figured it out."
Guo Jia said from the side: "General Zang, Cao Cao may not have so much trust in the Xichuan soldiers. If the Sichuan army really attacks Jin Qicheng from the mountain road, with Cao Cao's character, he will definitely send a guide to accompany the army to monitor this mountain battle.
Among them, who do you think Cao Cao will send?"
Zang Ba thought carefully for a while, then suddenly an angry look appeared on his face: "You mean Chang Xi?"