"This is exactly the message you want to convey. General Zhang Ren, the people you send out must warn them that even if the enemy is three times outnumbered, they must not be greedy for credit, as long as they hold on.
After defeating the other three enemy armies and my father returning to Chang'an, Jiangdong is so weak and isolated, so if our army attacks again, it will be like plowing through the courtyard and clearing holes, and deciding the outcome in one fell swoop."
"Yes." Zhang Ren accepted the order loudly.
"On the third route, Zhelanying's 100,000 troops gathered in Hetao with the intention of attacking Yongliang and Beidi in the south. Ma Chao and Wang Shuang."
"In." The two generals went out together.
"Immediately lead the Xiliang cavalry, the Dongqingyi wolf cavalry, the rest of the Qiang cavalry and the Sichuan cavalry, plus 100,000 infantry, to form an army of 200,000 and go north to resist the invasion of the Di people."
"Yes." Ma Chao and Wang Shuang accepted the order.
"The fourth route, which is also the most threatening route, is Cao's general Zhang Liao, who leads an army of 450,000, claiming to be 700,000, with Xun You as his military advisor, and invades Guanzhong. Zhang is appointed general."
"The end will be here."
"Ask Yang Huai to lead 50,000 troops into Hangu Pass and another 300,000 troops into Qingni Pass to prepare for a decisive battle with Cao's army."
"Qingni Pass?" Zhang Ren was stunned for a moment and said: "My lord, why is it Qingni Pass? The main direction of Cao's attack this time is Hangu Pass."
"That's the arrangement." Liu Xun said without any doubt, "The rest of the generals will go down to prepare. Several generals and General Guan Yinping will stay behind."
"Yes." The generals withdrew with a scraping sound of armor. Only Zhang Ren, Ma Chao, Fan Lixiang and others were left in the palace. Huang Zhong was very dissatisfied that he was not called.
"Generals, I am keeping you here because you are my father's trusted generals, so I can tell you frankly that the enemy has a fifth army, and they are traitors within us."
"Traitor? Who is it?" Huang Zhong said loudly. His name carries the word "loyalty". Huang Zhong hated traitors the most. Especially at this time, it was obvious that he rebelled because he thought Liu Zhang was dead.
"I don't know yet, but there are various signs that there must be traitors in our army. The most important proof is that the main direction of Cao's army's attack is completely at Qingni Pass."
"But how could the general hear the intelligence that Zhang Liao wanted to kill Xiang Hangu Pass?" Zhang Ren replied.
"That's just a superficial phenomenon. Zhang Liao's plan to attack the east and attack the west. You only saw that Zhang Liao arrived in Yuzhou and his marching route turned to the northwest. Moreover, they themselves said that the main direction of attack was at Hangu Pass, but when they reached the western border of Yuzhou, they could turn to Qingni Pass at any time.
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The reason why it is certain that Zhang Liao is attacking in the east and in the west is that the generals can not look at Zhang Liao's marching route, but their supply lines."
"Supply line?" Zhang Ren and other generals were shocked. They also collected intelligence, but unless they wanted to cut off the other side's supply line, who would pay attention to other people's supply lines? Liu Xun suddenly mentioned this, and all the generals were stunned.
"That's right, since the Great Immigration, Yuzhou has lost all its ten houses and nine empty roads. The roads are deserted. This time Cao's army marched westward, their supply line passed through Yingshui, not Heluo.
This is strange. If Cao Jun really wanted to attack Hangu Pass, their 450,000 troops would definitely be stationed under Hangu Pass. The supply road from Yingshui would be at least twice as long as the supply road from Heluo.
With such a long supply line and the cost of an army of 450,000, how much food would be wasted? Even if Cao Cao had the support of the family and was extremely rich, he couldn't be so wasteful, right?
Only if Cao's army is stationed at Qingni Pass, the supply line at Yingshui is the shortest and reasonable. Cao's army can march eastward and attack west, but they cannot on the supply line. Cao's main attack must be Qingni Pass."
As soon as Liu Xun finished speaking, the generals were shocked. They were not only shocked by Cao Jun's conspiracy. Although Qingni Pass was dangerous, it was far inferior to Hangu Pass. If Cao Jun attacked from the east and west, and the Sichuan army transferred a larger force from Hangu Pass to Qingni Pass, it would be inevitable.
Let Cao's army get a big advantage, and maybe even break through the Qingni Pass.
But the generals were even more shocked by Liu Xun's resourcefulness. They all said that Liu Xun's intelligence was mediocre and he could not even write a poem at first, but now his strategic deployment is rigorous and reasonable, and his troops are dispatched in an orderly manner.
He could also see into such a small part of the supply line. Even Zhang Ren and others didn't pay attention to it, but Liu Xun had already studied it in depth. This is definitely a first-rate wisdom.
"Young Master is wise." Zhang Ren and others said with cupped hands.
Liu Xun looked at the eyes of the generals and felt a little ashamed. Of course, Zhou Buji said this, and he just said it once. Liu Xun knew that if Zhou Buji hadn't torn through the letters, he wouldn't have been able to pay attention to Cao Jun's supply line.
Information.
Liu Xun coughed and continued: "Cao's army is mainly attacking Qingni Pass, and judging from the supply line, Cao's army must be very small outside Hangu Pass, so it is not only that Qingni Pass is easier to attack than Hangu Pass, there is also a big possibility
, that is, they found the insider in the Qingni Pass garrison.
I have no definite evidence, just a bold assumption. In any case, we must prevent disaster from causing failure. To this end, I will make three arrangements.
First, General Zhang Ren, commanding an army of 300,000 men, also launched an attack in the east and in the west. He only said that he was entering Hangu Pass, but after leaving Chang'an, he chose a distance to approach Qingni Pass."
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"Second, the cavalry army commanded by Ma Chao and Wang Shuang secretly moved into Hanoi. After Zhang Liao's army arrived at Qingni Pass, they fought out from Heluo, cut off Cao's army's retreat, and attacked from both front and rear. We must let these aristocratic organizations
The miscellaneous army that rose up suffered heavy losses under the iron heel of the Sichuan army."
"But if this happens, what will happen to Zhe Lanying from the north?" Ma Chao asked in confusion. Wang Shuangpangde and others also looked at Liu Xun.
"This is what Zhang Liao and Xunyou didn't expect. They thought we would send a large army to resist Zhe Lanying, so they never expected that your army would enter Hanoi and appear behind them.
You don't have to worry about Zhe Lanying, Zhang Liao is both civil and military, and Xun You is extremely resourceful. If not, we can't deceive them. This is our only chance to severely damage Cao's army."
Not many people know about the relationship between Zhe Lanying and Liu Zhang. Everyone knows that Zhe Lanying escaped from marriage and was brought back by Liu Zhang, but she escaped again the next day. There is no doubt that Zhe Lanying's surrender on the first day was nothing more than
The purpose of making excuses was to make the Sichuan army relax their vigilance and escape the next day.
Cao Jun thought so, and the Sichuan Army soldiers thought so too. During Zhou Buyi's battle at the Great Wall, the Sichuan Army hated the Di army even more.
If Zhe Lanying's army really marched south, a hundred thousand iron hoofs would sweep across Yongliang and directly march on Chang'an. Ma Chao and Wang Shuang wondered why Liu Xun didn't resist, but they could only accept the order at this time.
"Third." Liu Xun looked at Fan Lixiang and Huang Zhong: "The traitor in Qingni Pass must be eliminated. Before getting rid of it, we must first investigate. The investigation will be left to General Fan Lixiang. Fan Lixiang led the Shenwei Army to secretly enter Qingni Pass.
Yaikou, you are solely responsible for investigating the spies, and you also have full authority to deal with the findings, General Fan, can you do it?"
"No problem." Fan Lixiang cupped her hand. All the generals admired Fan Lixiang's confidence. For example, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, if you want them to go to war, it would be no problem, but when investigating any spies, they would not cry to death. But when they saw
Fan Lixiang agreed so readily and had to admire her. At the same time, she was glad that this nonsense was not arranged for her.
"After the investigation comes out, we must eradicate it. Internal eradication is easy, but since there is a traitor, there will be external support. I believe that Cao Jun must have sent troops to raid our Qingni Pass now, preparing to cooperate with the internal traitor and external support.
General Huang Zhong, General Guan Yinping, General Lei Tong."
"The end will be here." The three generals went out together.
"General Guan Yinping led his subordinate Xiaoshou and the remaining 10,000 Tengjia troops out of Wuguan and sneaked into Shaoxi Mountain south of Qingni Pass. The entire army was on standby to pay close attention to whether there was a surprise attack by Cao's army.
As soon as the enemy is discovered, he should immediately send a message back to the Qingni Pass camp. At the same time, he should form a formation behind Cao's surprise attack force and be sure to block Cao's retreat.
During this period, General Huang Zhong leads the heavy cavalry, and General Lei Tong leads the elite cavalry. Can they defeat the enemy before Guan Yinping's troops suffer heavy casualties?"
"No problem." Huang Zhong and Lei Tong said loudly.
"Where is General Guan?"
Guan Yinping cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, young lord, Guan Yinping will die to complete the mission."
"Okay, in this case, even if Cao Jun has a fifth army, it should be fine. Do you have anything to add?" Liu Xun asked the generals.
The generals were silent, unable to think of any loopholes. Zhang Ren suddenly said: "Young Master, we will reduce our own troops by 100,000, Guanzhong will have 600,000 troops, 300,000 troops will leave Qingni Pass, 200,000 troops will enter Hanoi, and five
Tens of thousands of troops are at Tongguan, plus there are troops stationed in various places in Guanzhong, wouldn’t Chang’an be empty?”
Liu Xundao: "There are still 20,000 people guarding Chang'an, and with Hangu Pass and Qingni Pass as the gateway, it is invincible. 20,000 people are redundant. But just in case, I will allocate another 10,000 people to guard Chang'an.
General Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Ren thought for a while, as long as Qingni Pass and Hangu Pass were secured, Chang'an would be able to sit back and relax, there would be nothing to worry about, and he said loudly: "Then the general will go down and organize the army."
Zhang Ren and the generals retreated together, leaving Liu Xun and Zhou Buyi in the palace. Liu Xundao said: "Brother Buyi, I'm sorry. I know you are right not to announce the news of my father's resurrection for the time being, but I didn't say anything, and asked
You took the blame."
Zhou Buyi waved his hands with a sad look on his face. The generals didn't think there was anything wrong with his strategy. However, did Cao Jun really have no sixth army?
Before Fan Lixiang reached the Qingni Pass, she turned all three thousand Shenwei troops under her command into farmers and dispersed outside the Qingni Pass with the refugees who wanted to escape into the pass.
After the Shenwei Army sneaked out, they immediately ordered the closure of the dangerous strongholds in Qingni Pass to prevent anyone, including the refugees, from entering. The peasant soldiers of the Shenwei Army mixed with the refugees.
Originally, Cao Jun had not yet arrived, so the Qingni Pass allowed people from Nanyang to escape the war to enter Guanzhong. After all, Guanzhong immigration is a long-term policy. Now, although the population of Guanzhong has increased dramatically due to the great migration, it is still too small for the vast Guanzhong. (