After some conversation, Huang Zhong already agreed with Liu Ye's judgment.
Even though the Jingzhou Army has not been seen yet, Liu Biao may indeed get involved at this time. Being prepared is not a bad thing after all, so he asked: "Sir, what do you think we should do next?"
Hearing this "we", Liu Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, when Huang Zhong and Wang Xiong arrived north of Lujiang River, Liu received the news. The reason why he did not show up immediately was that he naturally wanted to wait and see to see how strong the soldiers and horses were and whether they could attack them.
To succeed, on the other hand, it is also to accumulate more strength, so as not to be taken seriously by the other party when you come to seek refuge.
Liu Xun died at the hands of Sun Ce. As his counselor, Liu Ye naturally wanted to avenge him, but on the other hand, life cannot be resurrected. For Liu Ye, the more important thing is naturally who to choose next.
It is a question of the master, and compared to Yuan Shu, who is dim, incompetent, ambitious and lacking in talent, Wang Zheng is obviously more promising.
Of course, it is still uncertain whether the other party knows who he is, but Liu Ye has already considered one thing, which is to always keep the choice in his own hands.
If the king's government is insufficient and strategic, then Liu Ye will naturally have a way out, but if the other party is really ambitious, has good fortune, and can know people and make good use of them, then Liu Ye will let him go before the two of them meet.
He must be clear about his abilities and values to ensure that Wang Zheng is eager to recruit talents for him and hates the delay in meeting him.
In Liu Ye's view, how to reflect his value and ability naturally fell to Huang Zhong. If he could help the Xuzhou Army return victoriously and let Huang Zhong know his talents, he would naturally take the initiative to introduce him to Wang Zheng.
in front of.
When Huang Zhong heard the news, Liu Ye laughed and said: "Sun Ce used to make money in Hefei by using his own tactics to attack the east and attack the west. Why don't we use it again?"
Huang Zhong asked: "How to attack in the east and attack in the west? How to use the enemy's plan?"
"To attack from the east and west is to capture Qian County on the surface, but actually to raid Wancheng. As for the plan..." Liu Ye's eyes shone brightly, and he said calmly: "It is to overcome the compound fertilizer."
This is a choice between two options.
If you want to take Wancheng, you have to make a counterattack from Longshu to the northeast; if you want to take Hefei, you have to make a surprise attack and go north.
Huang Zhong asked again: "In your opinion, which one should I choose?"
"The best strategy is to use compound fertilizer first."
"Why?" Huang Zhong was a little confused. In terms of distance, Hefei was farther than Wancheng, and it would probably take nearly ten days to travel day and night.
Liu Ye explained: "Once Hefei is reached, Huang Gai in Lu'an will be attacked from both sides. The general can take advantage of the situation and attack Lu'an with another army of yours. Once Hefei is reached, all the traitors in Lu'an will be wiped out by your army."
Drive straight in, return to Shu County to aid, and even take back Linhu and even Xiang'an first, cutting off the enemy's retreat! At that time, the thieves will have no way to go to heaven and no way to the ground, but will fall into our ambush from all sides. In this way, passiveness will be turned into initiative, not only
This battle is bound to be won, and Sun Ce can be beheaded in one fell swoop!"
Huang Zhong fell into thinking. The two strategies of Liu Ye and Guo Jia were actually the same to some extent. They both wanted to open a passage south through Lu'an, but Guo Jia's suggestion was obviously more secure, and
More consideration was given to the danger of Shu City. After all, Wang Zheng was in the city at this time, and Liu Ye's strategy was not only risky, but also focused more on how to destroy Sun Ce's army.
After a long while, Huang Zhong looked at Liu Ye and said solemnly: "Hefei is an important town. Sun's army must have many soldiers and horses. If it is attacked by force, it may be difficult to defeat it."
"Of course we can't attack by force," Liu Ye said with a smile: "I expect that it won't take long for Sun Ce to know the news about the arrival of reinforcements from Xuzhou, and the subsequent movements may not escape his eyes and ears. I have already said it below.
However, it is very likely that Lu'an and Wancheng are two baits that Sun Ce deliberately sent to others. If the general goes to attack Qianxian, Sun Ce must think that the target is Lu'an, so Wancheng and Hefei will definitely take action; the general
If we go to attack Wancheng, it will be replaced by Hefei and Liu'an to create a contingency. This method of war is to use virtuality to make reality, and reality to make virtuality. The virtuality and reality are virtual and real, and our response strategy is also the same.
In turning the imaginary into reality, I also deliberately showed him..."
Huang Zhong suddenly woke up and said: "Sir, what you mean is that our army's goal is Hefei, but we deliberately attacked Qian County with the intention of attacking Lu'an. Even if Sun Ce is suspicious, he will think that our real goal is Anhui."
City, so the judgment is wrong. Is this Mr.'s way of 'turning the imaginary into reality'?"
"good."
Liu Ye said: "Most of the Xuzhou Army's troops are now gathered at the gate of Lu'an. There are not many troops on the general's route. According to common sense, never give up the near for the far, give up the easy to take the difficult, abandon Lu'an and take Hefei. This is what Sun Ce thought of.
The general may make attacks in the east and attack in the west, but most of them will only consider the Wancheng side, which is a surprise victory."
Huang Zhong nodded, but Liu Ye suddenly said: "But if this plan is to succeed, there is an obstacle."
"What's in the way?"
"I'll tell you below,"
Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "Sun Ce has already arranged sentry cavalry near the three groups of your army. They are all over the place and are hiding in the county. The only way from Lu'an to Hefei is in the hands of Sun Ce's army. Although the general's troops
It's not as good as General Wu's army. After all, it's an army of thousands, so how can we cover up the noise and hide it from the enemy's eyes and ears?"
Liu Ye had considered this from the beginning. Sentries and probing horses are actually the most difficult to deal with. They are small in number and have high mobility. They may also disguise themselves as civilians. As long as one or two people guard the key points of the road, it will be difficult to hide the crossing of the army. That is
Liu Ye was conceited about his superior intelligence, and he didn't have any good ideas for a while.
Little did he know that this was not a problem here in Xuzhou Army!
But after Huang Zhong heard this, he was startled for a moment, then looked up to the sky and laughed: "This matter is easy to handle."
Facing Liu Ye's surprised look, Huang Zhong said confidently: "Although we are enemies, my lord and I both admit that Sun Bofu is a hero. His soldiers and horses are capable of fighting and are not inferior to Jizhou's strong crossbows.
But when it comes to truly elite cavalry, they are by no means a match for our army!"
"So sir, please feel free to relax. The other party's scouts will be prepared by my sentries and riders. Wherever the army moves, they will be able to sweep them all in advance so that Sun Cejun can't figure out where our group of people has gone and where they are going."
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"But it's very important..." Huang Zhong stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I still need to write a letter. First, I need to rush outside Lu'an City and inform General Wu of your plan."
After all, Guo Jia's secret message asked him to attack Qian County. Even if he now agrees more with Liu Ye's strategy, Huang Zhong still has to seek the consent of Guo Jia and Wu Sheng first. After all, starting from the time when the two armies reconnected, the real
The leader is already Wu Sheng.
And this doesn't actually mean that Huang Zhong thinks Liu Ye is more intelligent than Guo Jia, it's just that one of the two is obsessed with authority and confused if he cares about it, while the other is clear to bystanders.
Liu Ye then stood up. Since he wanted to surrender to Wang Zheng, he was naturally fully prepared. He knew that Wu Sheng, the commander of the Xuzhou Army on the Liu'an Road, was Wang Zheng's confidant general, and his status was even higher than Huang Zhong's. He smiled and returned the greeting: "As you should.
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In Huang Zhong's view, even if Wu Sheng and Guo Jia agreed, there was still one condition for going to Hefei, which was to have Wang Xiong's tribe who were still outside Wancheng come to join them.
Since he was going to attack Hefei, he had to concentrate all his strength to ensure that he was sure to hit with one blow. However, Long Shu also had to arrange a certain number of troops to defend Cheng Pu's army and the possible Jingzhou army.
Huang Zhong and Liu Ye have reached a consensus in this regard. If it is to capture Wancheng, then Long Shu cannot afford to lose. However, if the strategic target is changed to Hefei, the strategic importance will not be so great.
But it is not important, but it cannot be easily returned to the enemy. According to Liu Ye's wishes, it would be good for the enemy to pay more casualties for the city. He only needs to leave one or two thousand men and horses to defend the city, and nothing can be done.
Just retreat.
Huang Rong deeply agreed.
When he thought about it, there were currently about 4,000 troops and horses in the city, plus the 1,000 reinforcements brought by Liu Ye and the 3,000 troops from Wang Xiong's tribe, the total was about 8,000. Although the number of Sun Ce's troops in Hefei City was unknown,
But Huang Gai's focus at this time is to defend Wu Sheng in Lu'an. There will definitely not be too many soldiers and horses left in Hefei. Even to guard against Yuan Shu in Jiujiang, he will leave at most three to four thousand men, so at least in a simple situation
In terms of military strength, they already have the upper hand. Although the Art of War says "encircle a city ten times and attack it five times." But in most cases, as long as the siege side has two to three times the strength of the defenders, it has actually already been achieved.
There is a certain chance.
Moreover, among Long Shu's 8,000 troops, there are still more than 2,000 second- and third-level soldiers.
The next night, Yiqi drove out of Longshu City Gate again and embarked on the road to the Xuzhou Military Camp outside Bo'an City.
It's still the same Sentinel Rider from before. This is the third time in less than ten days that he has walked the same path under the stars and the moon. He hasn't gotten enough rest for many days in a row, and even the physique of a system soldier is somewhat unbearable.
Living.
When Huang Zhong selected someone to deliver the message to Wu Sheng and Guo Jia, he originally considered changing to another sentry horse. However, the military situation was urgent, and replacing someone with a new person might delay too much time on the journey. Therefore, he had to use the one that knows the purpose.
shoulder this important responsibility.
At least after this road passed the Two Sessions, it was clear where there were shortcuts, where the rain was deep, and where Sun Cejun's sentries might be.
Because of this, last time there were three people and two horses with them, this time it was changed to one person and three horses. After working around the clock, when they arrived outside Liu'an City, two horses were already exhausted, but it was supposed to be three or four days.
The journey took only two days and nights to reach.
After the sentry knight stepped into the military camp again, it didn't take long for him to walk out of the military camp again. He spent another two days returning to Longshu, and presented Guo Jia's reply to Huang Zhong, agreeing to Liu Ye's strategy and that he could fight first.
Hefei.
Soon after, Wang Xiong's troops also arrived at Longshu. After taking a short rest, Huang Zhong mobilized another thousand old soldiers and asked Wang Xiong to lead 2,000 troops to stay in Longshu. The rest of the tribes all left the city to attack Qian County.
In fact, they rushed to Hefei.
At this time, the other Xuzhou army was also ready and was at the last moment before attacking the city.
Outside Bo'an City, Xuzhou Military Camp.
After seeing off the messenger, he discussed with Wu Sheng and others about attacking the city tomorrow. It was already nightfall.
When Guo Jia returned to his tent, he did not go to bed. Instead, he ordered his people to hang up the map, light candles, and walked around the camp to take a closer look.
While he was thinking about it, another set of footsteps sounded outside the tent, and then a face with a square forehead and leopard eyes came in and asked with a smile: "Why haven't you slept peacefully yet, sir?" It was Wu Sheng.
His thoughts were interrupted. Guo Jia glanced at Wu Sheng angrily and said in a deep voice: "Then Liu Ye's strategy is good, and he may be able to hide it from Sun Ce. However, Hefei is an important town after all, and there are no reinforcements from outside. General Huang has several
Whether we can capture this city with thousands of troops is still unknown."
Wu Sheng, however, was not worried. He waved his hand casually and said, "Sir, you are overly worried. Brother Huang has the courage of a million men. He is second only to the general in our army. How can he not win over this small town?"
Hearing this, Guo Jia was speechless and even more amused. Huang Zhong was indeed one of the best in martial arts, but in battles, especially in critical battles, no matter how powerful an individual is, his usefulness is limited after all.
Although he was thinking this way, he was too lazy to talk to Wu Sheng. He just walked out of the tent and looked at the stars in the distance, wondering about his background.
Although a war was also imminent on their side, Guo Jia's mind could not help but drift to Hefei hundreds of miles away.
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God's calculation is not as good as man's calculation.
Just when Guo Jia, Liu Ye and Huang Zhong were all focusing on Hefei, no one thought that the planned "feint attack on the city" in Qian County would go wrong.
Although Qianxian County is a county town, it has grain reserves and the city is very strong. Even if it is defended by strong troops, even if it can be captured, it will take a lot of time and loss of troops. It is absolutely impossible to win it quickly, so Huang Zhonghe originally
Liu Ye just planned to make a feint and launch an offensive a little more seriously on the first day, so that the defenders did not dare to leave the city. He left some troops behind and quietly rushed to Hefei with the elite main force.
However, the development of things was completely unexpected. The leading army of Qianxian County could not even withstand a wave of offensive from the Heavenly Army...
The war had just started, and Huang Zhong hadn't even sent out his elite troops. The Xuzhou army had already boarded the city. The defenders made a brief resistance and then fled.
The city walls were all captured, and the outcome was almost clear. Within two hours, Xuzhou's army captured the city gates and opened the door wide.
The fruits of victory were obtained so easily. The morale of all the three armies was boosted. Even Liu Ye was dumbfounded. His face no longer had the confidence and calmness of the past. He was confident and looked at Huang Zhong blankly for a while before sighing sincerely:
"Wangzhou Mu is really a god. He has only served as Xuzhou Mu for a few years, but he has been able to train such a powerful army. No wonder even Jizhou Qiangnu was defeated by your army!"
Huang Zhong didn't answer, he just stepped outside the city and looked at the dark city gate, filled with doubts in his heart.
Huang Zhong knew his own affairs, and Huang Zhong had already discovered that the Xuzhou Army did have a group of soldiers who were very good at fighting. Most of them were direct descendants of the original Tianjun who were loyal to the royal government, and their combat power was even comparable to that of the direct descendants of the princes, while others
The Xuzhou Army was not so exaggerated...
And since it was a feint attack, it was naturally impossible for Huang Zhong to send system troops in the first wave of offensive. So how could the ordinary Xuzhou Army win so easily?
Even if the people in the city are not Sun Ce's elite, but just ordinary defenders, they won't collapse at the first touch, right?
The more he thought about it, the more unreasonable he felt. Huang Zhong murmured to himself: "There is something strange about this matter."