Just when everyone was looking forward to knowing Xi Zhicai's detailed plan,
Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao who was sitting on the main seat and asked with a smile:
"My lord, do you still remember the strategy used by Changsheng and Fengxiao when they defeated Yuan Shu's generals in Yingchuan?"
"Of course I remember, it seems to be a plan to encircle the point for reinforcements, right?" Thinking of the good deeds done by Lu Yan and Guo Jia, Cao Cao suddenly laughed, "Zhang Xun, I'm afraid he was deeply hurt..."
Cheng Yu looked at the two copper coins on the table and said thoughtfully:
"Zhicai, what you mean is that we pretended to attack Tan City and then ambush Tao Qian's reinforcements halfway?"
But Cheng Yu felt a little stiff no matter how he thought about it, and said:
"But we only have 60,000 people in total.
If we ignore Pengcheng and go to Tancheng, if Tao Qian doesn't rescue us, he will directly cut off our escape route...
Then if we don’t have logistical supplies, won’t we be in chaos?”
Cheng Yu's worries are very reasonable.
The main reason is that this is Xuzhou, which is Tao Qian's territory, and Tancheng's defense is no worse than Pengcheng. Even if he pretends to besiege, he may not be able to capture it.
If Tao Qian had been smarter, instead of going to the rescue, he would have taken advantage of the situation and cut off Cao's army's food route.
By then, Cao Jun himself will be like a turtle in a urn, and he will surround himself with helpers who can help him...
Regarding Cheng Yu's doubts, Xi Zhicai only answered with two words, "Divide the troops!"
"Divide the troops?" Cheng Yu became even more confused, "Tao Qian, General Zang Ba, leads 10,000 soldiers to garrison Tancheng. How many troops should we divide to threaten Tancheng?"
"And after the troops are divided, will Tao Qian sit idly by and ignore it? If he leads Pengcheng's soldiers out..."
Thinking of this, Cheng Yu suddenly seemed to catch something in his mind!
"That's right! If Tao Qian saw us dividing our troops, he might have spotted the right opportunity and left the city to fight!"
Xi Zhicai nodded and replied:
"That's right, they pretended to divide their troops, and then showed the enemy's weakness to lure Pengcheng's enemy troops out of the city.
If Tao Qian dares to come out, Pengcheng can be destroyed!"
Cao Ren was a little confused. Aren't these two strategies? So he asked aloud: "Then what does this have to do with Mr. Lu and Guo Junshi's strategy when they defeated Zhang Xun?"
"The military advisor is not copying the strategies of Changsheng and Fengxiao, but just borrowing their ideas when defeating the enemy."
Cheng Yu opened his mouth and explained to Cao Ren and other generals:
"There is a saying in the art of war: Show when you can, and show that you can't; show when you use it, and show when you don't use it; show when you are close, show you are far; show when you are far, show you how close you are.
The success of the strategies of longevity and filial piety,
The key is to fully mobilize the enemy, lead the enemy by the nose, and then set an ambush on the enemy's only path, and finally defeat the enemy!"
Xi Zhicai continued: "This time we also want to mobilize the enemy.
But Mr. Lu and the others are using enemy teammates as bait.
And we are just using ourselves as bait."
This time, after some explanations by Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai, everyone finally understood the key points of these two strategies.
"Oh~~" Dian Wei touched his head, said oh, and said: "I still don't understand..."
"..."
"That's all, Lieutenant Dian, just charge forward and leave the brain work to us." Cheng Yu said helplessly.
When Dian Wei heard this, his muscles all over his body trembled, and he grinned and said, "I love hearing this!"
Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei with interest and thought:
"According to Mr. Lu, this guy is invincible in single combat. I really want to see who is more lethal between him and Zilong on the battlefield!"
After the strategy was decided, Cao Cao asked brothers Cao Ren and Xiahou to cooperate with Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu to implement it.
When Cao Cao saw that his two counselors had determined the strategy for defeating the enemy just by asking and answering questions, he was immediately relieved: "It would be great to have counselors like Zhicai and Zhongde!
I used to rack my brains to come up with strategies to defeat the enemy, but they killed the enemy in just a few words. It's great...
When Fengxiao comes back to me, then I can really sit back and relax and dominate the world!"
Chenliu County, in Lu Yan’s house,
"Sneeze!" Guo Jia sneezed suddenly, startling Lu Yan who was giving him acupuncture.
"I said Fengxiao, could you please stop sneezing at the critical moment?
You are so frightened by your movements, what should I do if I pierce it in the wrong place?"
Lu Yan held a long silver needle and reproached with lingering fear.
"Maybe I wore too little and caught a cold..."
Guo Jia rubbed his nose, then adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable, and then said:
"Go on, I feel that your medical skills have improved greatly recently. After you gave me the acupuncture, my body became much more relaxed."
When Lu Yan heard this, he was surprised and said, "Really? Can I change my routine today?"
"..." When will the fate of the little white mouse come to an end?
Tao Qian held on to Pengcheng and refused to come out because he was afraid that Cao's army was in full swing.
Besides, Cao Cao has more soldiers and good generals than Tao Qian, so it would be hard for him to go out and find pleasure.
Since Wu Anguo was injured, Tao Qian could no longer produce the kind of strong generals who could kill enemies in front of the battle array, so Tao Qian had no interest in activities such as fighting generals in front of the battle array.
Regarding what Xi Zhicai said, if he pretended to divide his troops to attack Tancheng in the East China Sea, and then showed that the enemy was weak, would Tao Qian be fooled?
Cao Cao felt that Tao Qian was likely to be fooled!
Tao Qian had no good counselors under his command.
Although there are father and son Chen Gui and Chen Deng, one resigned and went home, while the other has not yet returned and is acting as a lobbyist for Tian Kai in Qingzhou.
With Tao Qian's ability, the chance of being fooled is actually quite high...
Speaking of Chen Deng, he is probably the most capable strategist under Tao Qian.
Chen Dengzi Yuanlong, what are his talents?
Liu Bei's comment may be enough to explain: "If Yuan Long is brave in civil and military affairs, he should be sought after by Gu Er. It is hard to compare with him."
Liu Bei's evaluation of Chen Deng means: "A hero like Yuan Long who is well equipped in both civil and military affairs and has extraordinary courage can only be found in ancient times. Among all living beings today, it is probably very difficult for anyone to be able to match him."
When it comes to knowing people, Liu Bei should be at the top level.
Although his evaluation of Chen Deng may be exaggerated, the person who can be evaluated in this way by Liu Bei must have his own uniqueness.
After Chen Deng was promoted to be filial and honest at the age of 25, he successively served as the magistrate of Dongyang County.
Although he is young, he is able to understand the sentiments of the people, care for the weak and raise orphans, and is deeply respected by the people.
Later, Tao Qian promoted him to the rank of Dian Nong Xiaowei (Lu Yan: I'm glad to meet you), who was in charge of the agricultural production of the state, developed water conservancy, and developed irrigation, so that the people of Xuzhou could live and work in peace and contentment and have abundant rice crops.
In peaceful times, Chen Deng was a capable minister, which was his political ability.
But Tao Qian didn't know that Chen Deng actually had good views on military affairs.
Regarding Chen Deng's military abilities, Sun Shiwan in history is probably the most influential person in history (dog head protects his life.jpg).
That's a bit far to say,
Tao Qian is a man who relies on his talent and pride, and has few advisers around him.
And even if he does, will he listen to the counselor's strategies? If he does, how much can he listen to? I'm afraid these are still questions.
Cao Jun has already decided on the strategy of dividing his troops and showing weakness to the enemy.
So in the next two days,
Cao Jun began to organize several decent sieges.
However, Cao's army's siege was always loud with heavy thunder and light rain.
Each time, they just dropped hundreds of corpses and returned in disgrace, without achieving anything.