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Chapter 1142 More Cao Cao than Cao Cao

In the Chinese army's tent southwest of Zhuxian Town, Military Advisor Ji Gui saw that Luo Rucai seemed to have listened to what he said, and then continued like striking while the iron was hot: "Now we'll see how far we want it to be defeated. In my opinion, we can make it lose and get into trouble, but we don't have to make it a total failure.

It should be noted... Only with the strength of the official army can our Cao Ying exist. If the official army is completely wiped out today, it will be difficult for our Cao Ying to join forces with King Chuang tomorrow. "

Afraid that Luo Rucai would not understand the stakes involved, Ji Gui emphasized one sentence at the end: "This matter is so clear, can it be that General you still can't see clearly?"

"The words you said are exactly what I am thinking. But now I don't want you to talk nonsense here. I want you to come up with an idea for me to consider."

Ji Gui's face became even more gloomy, and a strange light shone out of his eyes. He took a step forward, pulled Luo Rucai and took a few steps back into the tent, clearly not wanting to let the soldiers guarding the felt door go. The generals heard the slightest sound.

"General, the survival of the 170,000 officers and soldiers in Zhuxian Town now completely depends on the hands of our Cao Ying..."

When Ji Gui said this, he glanced at the felt curtain of the tent door again, and then lowered his voice and continued: "If we sincerely fight hard with Chuangying at this moment, the 170,000 officers and soldiers brought by Ding Qirui will inevitably Defeat is certain.

But...if we use less force now, it can not only show that we are loyal to protect the king of Chuang and conquer the world, but also prevent the 170,000 officers and soldiers in Zhuxian Town from being annihilated. Such an outcome...is the best outcome for me. La! "

"Then...then...then what should we do next?"

Although Luo Rucai was a little tempted by Ji Gui's words, he was still a little confused. Ji Gui also fell silent when faced with his question and did not answer directly.

Although Ji Gui had already planned this in his mind, he was also worried that Luo Ru would be angry if he told everything he thought. After thinking about it again and again, he decided to tell it all directly.

However, this matter is of great importance. When he spoke, his voice trembled unconsciously: "General, although we have only been together for more than a year, you have to believe that I am loyal to you and absolutely wholeheartedly To protect you, even if I am shattered to pieces, I have no selfish motives at all.

It’s okay if you don’t listen to what I’m about to say. I just hope you can take it to heart and think about it carefully. Maybe one day, you will feel that what I said today is indeed useful. "

Luo Rucai urged him a little impatiently: "Don't be hesitant. There are some secrets between the two of us that we can't talk about, so why be so sneaky."

Seeing that the preparations had been made, Ji Gui took a step closer to Luo Rucai, lowered his voice and said, "According to your wishes, we can help King Chuang fight this battle with the army, but we must not let the army go to Zhuxian Town." The entire army was defeated.

When victory or defeat depended on our breath, we, Cao Ying, suddenly switched sides, surrendered to the court, and joined us in attacking King Chuang. In this way, with the officers and soldiers in front and us behind, under attack from both sides, we would surely win a complete victory.

If this is true, then since King Chuang is defeated, the imperial court will definitely be able to reuse the general. In the future, it will not be difficult for the general to be granted the title of marquis or uncle, the title of his wife, or even a name in the annals of history. "

Luo Rucai was shocked after hearing Ji Gui's words. He lowered his voice and asked him softly: "Is it too early to commit such a murderous act?"

Ji Gui didn't care about this. He said categorically to Luo Rucai: "If you don't make this move today, I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it in the future!"

Luo Rucai still couldn't make up his mind, he said hesitantly: "In the future... there will be a chance, right?"

"Otherwise, otherwise. The general should understand the principle of 'Don't miss the opportunity before it comes again'. After passing this village, there will be no more shops like this."

"If King Chuang is done with this, I won't be able to bear it in my heart. You have to have some sense of loyalty, not to mention that Zicheng treats me well."

"When fighting for the world, the one who strikes first is the strongest."

Ji Gui saw that Luo Rucai had been hesitating, and she was always a woman's benevolence. She was already a little anxious, but she had to endure and persuade him patiently: "Since ancient times, when heroes get along, they all act according to the opportunity, and women's benevolence cannot be said. . General, you must know that if you continue to stop, you will regret it later!”

Although Luo Rucai was a little moved, she was quite dissatisfied with what Ji Gui just said.

Although he was very wary of Li Zicheng in his heart, if he were to join forces with the government and the army to eliminate Li Zicheng now, he would surely be reviled by everyone in the world. The officers and soldiers did not have the slightest favorable impression, and they also did not trust the imperial court.

After he pondered for a moment, he asked Ji Gui again: "If Zicheng is completely destroyed, how can the court tolerate me?"

Ji Gui sneered again and said, "Why did the general say this?"

I only heard him continue to say confidently: "Whether the imperial court can tolerate the general is not a matter of the imperial court at all, but on us. If we are defeated and weak, then even if we kowtow to the imperial court and beg for mercy, The imperial court is definitely incompatible.

Just like Li Qingshan of Shandong Province, who revolted last year and was deceived by the imperial court this spring, so he surrendered to the imperial court. He originally thought that after the imperial examination, he would be rewarded and given an official position. Unexpectedly, he was taken to the capital and offered as a prisoner. Lingchi was executed. If we are alone and weak, even if we help the court eliminate King Chuang, we will still end up with the same fate as Li Qingshan.

However, if we take the opportunity to expand our own troops after destroying King Chuang, as long as we have more than ten or two hundred thousand soldiers in hand, we will no longer be afraid of the imperial court or any official troops.

In every dynasty, after great chaos, there will inevitably be a situation where the heroes are divided. The Tang Dynasty is a living mirror. Looking at today's situation, it is almost impossible for Chongzhen to revive the Ming Dynasty. However, in the 270 years of the Ming Dynasty, it was almost impossible , and it will certainly not perish immediately.

According to my opinion, after this great chaos, the great world can still survive for decades, or even hundreds of years. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, this was not the case. The whole world was divided and each one dominated. Don't listen to the announcement. The imperial court gave titles to each of them as a restraint strategy. As long as we have hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers in hand, even if the imperial court is jealous, it will have nothing to do with me. At that time, why not worry about not making marquis or uncle, just like a country within a country? , children and grandchildren will all enjoy wealth forever? "

At the end of his words, Ji Gui even more firmly asserted: "This is the best policy. Please make a decision quickly, general, and don't miss the opportunity!"

Luo Rucai was always deep in thought and silent, but his expression kept changing, as if he was struggling and weighing things up internally. He walked back to his big case and sat down on the handsome tiger-skin chair.

Ji Gui suddenly remembered that when they went out to inspect together in the morning, they had talked about strategies to defeat the enemy, and then said again: "General, we are going to go to King Chuang to discuss matters soon. Please give the general a few perfunctory words when he arrives, Qian Don’t leave all the strategies we discussed this morning to defeat the enemy to King Chuang.”

Luo Rucai remained silent. He leaned on his handsome tiger-skin chair, as if he was thinking about whether he should betray King Chuang in order to maximize his own interests, and what he had discussed with Ji Gui this morning to break the enemy. He is still undecided on whether he should tell King Chuang about this good strategy or not.

However, he did not reject Ji Gui's advice face to face. He just nodded slightly and said to him: "Let's go!"

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In front of the gate of the east side courtyard of the Yuewang Temple in Zhuxian Town, Li Shuangxi led six old soldiers to stand guard and not allow anyone else to enter. However, in a Taoist room in the east side courtyard, King Li Zicheng and the chief sentry officer Liu Zongmin , military advisor Song Xiance and others are waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao, Luo Rucai and Ji Gui.

Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and Song Xiance have been discussing secretly for a long time. They have already reached a preliminary consensus on how the battle of Zhuxian Town should be fought. However, after all, Luo Rucai is still the nominal second-in-command of the Chuang Cao coalition. In order to show respect for the general Luo Rucai, they specially invited him and Ji Gui to come and discuss strategies against the enemy.

It was past noon, and Luo Rucai and Ji Gui arrived belatedly. After they sat down, Li Zicheng said in a calm voice: "Now our army has seized the advantageous location. And in the battle last night, we also captured After seeing many prisoners and asking about the situation of some officers and soldiers, it can be concluded that the total number of officers and soldiers is about 170,000.

Let's give him a little more lenient, let's count it as 180,000. It's the first time for the Zhu family's court to gather so many people on a battlefield at one time! "

Judging from the way he spoke, he seemed not to be worried about the war in front of him. He clearly looked confident. He smiled slightly and glanced at everyone present. He saw that everyone had no objection to his estimate of the number of officers and soldiers.

Then he spoke again and continued: "Zuo Kunshan is an experienced general. Now he is a general of tyrants. He has several generals and deputy generals who actually lead troops in war. He alone has almost 120,000 troops. number.

And the two governors, Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue, together have fifty to sixty thousand troops. Although Yang Wenyue is our defeated general, he has a chief soldier named Tiger..."

"Bear..."

A contemptuous taunt interrupted King Chuang's words. He followed the call and saw the commander-in-chief Liu Zongmin raising the corners of his mouth and letting out a sneer. Li Zicheng did not blame him, he just smiled and then continued: " Not to mention whether he is a bear or a tiger, let's just say he is a powerful tiger, but he is also a commander-in-chief with great war experience.

Judging from last night's battle alone, the morale of the officers and soldiers is obviously much higher than before. It can be said that we are facing a formidable enemy now, and we must not suffer the disadvantage of "underestimating the enemy". You must not underestimate the enemy!

We talk about hundreds of thousands of troops, but we know our own affairs best. After all, there are not many real soldiers among these hundreds of thousands of people. "

At the end of his words, Li Zicheng looked at Luo Rucai and Ji Gui with burning eyes, and asked: "Now, how should we fight this battle in Zhuxian Town? I would like to hear the opinions of the general and Mr. Ji."

Upon seeing this, Ji Gui hurriedly glanced at Cao Cao, hinting that he should not tell everything about his clever plan to defeat the enemy. However, Cao Cao had already calculated it clearly on the way here. The strategy that he and Ji Gui could see to defeat the enemy, Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng Liu Zongmin, Song Xiance and others could also see that there was no need to hide it.

He completely ignored Ji Gui's glance, showed a confident smile, and said to King Chuang: "According to my opinion, it is not difficult to defeat the army. As long as we are good at using tricks, it won't take much effort." , can cause its entire army to be defeated."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng asked him again with a smile on his face: "Rucai, you are the Cao Cao of the world, and you are famous for your resourcefulness. Since you have such a clever plan in mind, please tell me quickly and let us all listen. Once you hear it, how can you achieve complete victory without losing troops or generals?"

Luo Rucai smiled and said: "It is difficult to achieve this without losing any soldiers at all. In war... there must be some casualties. What I mean is... we can achieve complete victory with very few casualties."

He stared at King Chuang and Liu Zongmin, and added: "Winning a complete victory without any effort is the best strategy. As for the next best strategy...the only option is to fight hard and defeat the generals, but...the loss will be Much bigger.”

Li Zicheng nodded and asked with a smile: "Okay, okay. Rucai, you are really more Cao Cao than Cao Cao. Let's talk about it. What is the best strategy that can enable our army to win a complete victory with very few casualties!" "

Because Ji Gui had some small thoughts secretly, he kept sending glances to Luo Rucai at this moment, but he didn't expect that Luo Rucai would ignore him at all. He smiled and continued: "Although there are many officers and soldiers today, they are more able to fight than before. , but it has certain failings and can easily be exploited by me."

When Luo Rucai said this, he deliberately stopped again, as if to whet the appetite of Wang Chuang and others. He took a sip of herbal tea slowly, and then continued under the attention of everyone: "Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue , Zuo Liangyu, these three groups are really barely together.

I remember that when Zuo Liangyu was just a general military officer, he was still arrogant and domineering, did not listen to orders, and even tricked our old friend Yang Sichang to death. Now that he is a thief general with a high status, how can he be willing to treat Ding and Yang Do you take it seriously?

Although Ding is the governor and Yang is also the governor, what can they do to Zuo Liangyu? Can they be more powerful than Yang Sichang back then?

The three groups of men and horses in Zhuxian Town are three strands of rope that cannot be tied together. They are not one rope. Damn it, if we seize this shortcoming, we will definitely defeat them in our hands. "

Luo Rucai deserves to be called Cao Cao. His ability to intrigue people is really impressive. Whenever he talks about the key points, he can stop very accurately...

(End of this chapter)