Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 158 The time has come, start tomorrow

It was already October [-]th in Liu Bei's Shenchen military camp more than ten kilometers away from Kunyang.

Shen Chen has been rectifying his troops recently, reorganizing his own, Gan Ning's, and Liu Bei's troops, and arranging them according to their combat effectiveness.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Huangmenting's soldiers are the strongest, followed by about [-] elite Yuan troops brought by Liu Bei, and then Gan Ning's soldiers and horses.

The total strength of this part is about 3000, the number of Huangmenting soldiers is [-], the Gan Ning army is less than [-], and Liu Bei's [-] troops constitute the current Liu Bei Shenchen coalition forces. fighting power.

of course.

There are also some soldiers and horses.

For example, the three or four thousand soldiers of the old Yuan family that Liu Bei gathered later, and the troops of Zhou Cang Pei Yuanshao brought by Guan Yu.

However, these people's combat effectiveness is extremely low, and they are called mobs. They can only be used to garrison the city or escort food and grass. If they go to the battlefield, there is a high probability that they will be delayed.

So for now, these are probably the soldiers available.

However, the generals are very sufficient. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Shen Chen, Gan Ning, Lou Fa, Shen Mi, Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen and others can lead troops to fight, and some soldiers are few and have many generals. the meaning of.

After reorganizing the soldiers and horses, Shen Chen ordered daily drills and sufficient supplies of food, grass and food. The troops were stationed on the plain between Xiangcheng and Kunyang, adjacent to Ziyun Mountain, about 20 kilometers away from Xiangcheng.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici led the disbanded soldiers of Yuan's old department and more than 1000 yellow-turban young soldiers from Zhoucang Pei Yuanshao, stationed in Kunyang and Wuyang respectively, and Jian Yong, Sun Qianmi Zhu and others were responsible for continuing to gather the people who fled from Henan. They were resettled in Duyang and other places in Ye County.

Liu Bei, Shen Chen and others lived in the camp. Apart from supervising food, soldiers' drills, and all kinds of military supplies every day, they were always waiting for news from the north to see whether the stalemate between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in Guandu had achieved results.

"Report!"

Xu Du flew his horse to report, and the scouts entered the tent, cupped their hands and said, "General, Cao Cao burned Wuchao four days ago, and Yuan's army ran out of food and grass."

"Well?"

Shen Chen kept his face calm, nodded slightly, and said, "I know, you can check again if you reply."

"only."

The scouts left immediately.

Shen Chen stepped out of the tent with a worried expression on his face.

In fact, he knew about it a long time ago, but he didn't want to stop it, because Yuan Shao's power is too great. If he does everything possible to remind Yuan Shao, Cao Cao is bound to be wiped out, then Yuan Shao will get the whole north, and his strength is even more terrifying than Cao Cao in Jian'an 13 years .

Therefore, Yuan Shao's defeat is in his interest.

It's just that we can't let Yuan Shao lose too badly. We have to find a way to save him and reduce his losses, so as to maintain the [-]-[-] situation in Henan and Hebei.

Soon he came to Liu Bei's camp. At this time, Liu Bei was training soldiers on the school field outside the camp. When he heard that Shen Chen was looking for him, he immediately returned to the camp and asked in the tent, "Little Sir, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Xuande, Yuan Shao hoarded grain and grass in Guandu and was burned by Cao Cao. Now that Yuan's army is short of food, it is bound to be defeated."

Shen Chen immediately told him the news.

"what?"

Liu Bei was extremely surprised, and said, "Sure enough, as Mr. Xiao expected, so now we attack Xu Du immediately?"

Shen Chen quickly said: "No, Yuan Shao has not been defeated at this time, and Xudu will be on guard. We should enter Xiangcheng first, pretending to attack Xudu, but in reality we are going every step of the way, so that Cao Cao can't take care of both ends, so send reinforcements to rescue."

"Why is this?"

Liu Bei was at a loss, now that Yuan Shao's food and grass had been burned, Cao Cao would definitely take the opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao, wouldn't they take the opportunity to attack Xu Du?
Shen Chen explained: "Even if Yuan Shao's food and grass are burned out, there must still be some food in the camp, and he will storm Cao's camp. If we attack Xudu now, Cao Cao is worried that Xudu will be defeated, and I am afraid that he will send reinforcements to rescue him. With few soldiers, if Yuan Shao defeats them, then the world will return to Yuan, which is really not a good thing."

This is to grasp a degree.

Cao Cao can neither win nor lose.

Cao Cao lost, and Yuan Shao went south, winning all of Henan and Hebei, so the world belonged to Yuan.

If Cao Cao wins, it is still the same as in history, so what is he still doing here?
Therefore, it is necessary to let the two sides fight to a draw. Even if Yuan Shao loses, he can't lose too badly.

The key point is Xu Du.

Xu is Cao Cao's lair, and all his population, including Tianzi Gongqing and the Yingchuan family, are in Xuchang.

Now Xuchang's troops are very empty, Ren Jun is still transporting food and grass on the front line, and only Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian are left in the rear, with less than [-] people, and there is a shortage of supplies and weapons.

Once they advance too fast and cause Cao Cao to worry, they may send someone to rescue them. When Guandu has not yet fully decided the victory, if Yuan Shao is really allowed to break through Cao Ying, the situation will be very different. .

So they have to plan well.

Liu Bei asked, "Then between Mr. Yixiao, what should we do?"

Shen Chen came to the desk of the chief general, took out a piece of silk cloth, which was a map of the surrounding area of ​​Yingchuan that he had drawn these days, pointed to it and said, "Mr. Xuande, please take a look."

As a design dog, drawing is a basic skill. Although Shen Chen used to draw pictures on the computer, he did not fall behind in manual work.

Liu Bei walked over and saw that the map had marked the locations of several cities in Yingchuan in detail, as well as his own positions.

The locations, distances, and surrounding terrain of these cities are clearly visible. Even Ziyun Mountain and the forests, fields, and mountains around the cities are all marked one by one, which has great strategic significance.

"According to the report from Tanmalai, the Yingchuan Cao army has gathered troops and horses, and is entrenched around Xudu. These are the two counties of Yingyin and Linying, which are the most important."

Shen Chen pointed to the two cities closest to Xudu and said: "Besides, outside Xudu city, there are also two Cao camps, and there are about [-] soldiers and horses around. In fact, there is Ren Jun's army in the north. Deliver food and grass, I expect he will come to help."

"Looking at it this way, it seems that the enemy army is quite large and our army is small."

Liu Bei frowned.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "It is not Cao Jun's elite who are staying in Xudu, and I have already frightened Cao Jun out of the Xudu city twice. , I am not afraid of him."

I have fought with Cao Cao many times. Although I have never won the battle with Cao Cao personally commanded, the soldiers and horses led by Cao Cao are all elite soldiers under his command.

Now Xu Du stayed behind only the second-line troops, and there were not many elites. He was confident that he could defeat them in a fierce battle in the wild.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Then what is the little gentleman planning to do?"

Shen Chen said: "I expect that Yuan Shao will not be defeated in a short time. I plan to set up camp tomorrow and march into Xiangcheng. Then I will pretend to be the main force and enter Fenqiu to confront Cao Jun in Fenqiu."

"and then?"

Liu Bei asked.

"Then the rest of the troops went south to Suiqiang, bypassed the main force of Cao's army, and went north to attack Xudu."

Shen Chen drew a circle on the map.

Liu Bei thought about it: "This is another trick of Mr. Xiao, but Cao Jun has already been fooled twice, will he still be fooled now?"

Shen Chen grinned: "This isn't just a slap in the face, it's a round-up call for help."

"Around the point to help?"

Liu Bei was very surprised and asked, "What kind of plan is this?"

"Cao Jun in Xudu is not an idiot either. I have used their mentality of wanting to defend Xudu several times and have been attacking them. They must have guessed that we may repeat the old tricks, so this time I will definitely not fall into the trap again and want to attack by force. Xu Du, it's hard to add."

Shen Chen pointed to the surroundings of Xudu and said, "So this time we have to change our strategy. Some of our troops will confront Cao Jun in Yingyin and Linying in Fenqiu, and the other part will go to Li to restrain Cao Jun's troops stationed in Xudu. Then order the elite to go north in the starry night and ambush Cao's army!"

This is the plan to gather around and fight for aid.

In the battle of Guandu between the two in history, Cao Cao burned Wuchao in October, and then Yuan Shao ordered to continue to storm Cao Ying, until Zhang He Gaolan surrendered in November, with a time difference of nearly a month.

This means that there is actually a small amount of food and grass in Yuan Shao's camp, but it may only be enough for half a month, so Yuan Jun fought hungry in the later period and finally chose to surrender.

It's just that Shen Chen doesn't read "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty". What he watches is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series, and he hasn't even read the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he only knows a general history, and even many places are because of the TV dramas. The reality is different, and a big deviation has occurred.

Therefore, he always thought that after Cao Cao burned Wuchao in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Jun surrendered the next day, and then Cao Cao immediately ordered the killing of [-] soldiers. Yuan Shao fled north in panic and died of illness within two years. Cao Cao.

However, after coming to ancient times and personally participating in the war, Shen Chen understood many truths.

For example, Yuan Jun has a high probability that he will not surrender the next day, because he really can't bring too much food and supplies every time he marches, but the army will also carry food and grass for ten and a half days, and carry it with him. More.

And how can there be any reason to surrender immediately today after the grain and grass were burned yesterday?
Then Yuan Shao failed too much in life.

So after Shen Chen's analysis, he believed that Yuan Shao made a wrong judgment when there was not much food and grass, and continued to let Zhang He Gao Lan storm Cao Ying for several days, and the food stored in his camp was exhausted, so he was defeated.

Then if he went north immediately to fight Cao Jun in Xudu, with the current strength of Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian, it would be difficult to stop him.

It's not that they look down on them, it's just that their soldiers are not elite, and supplies such as bows and arrows are also in short supply. It is indeed unlikely that they will be opponents of Liu Bei and Shen Chen's army with sufficient supplies.

Once he defeated Cao Hong and the others head-on, Xu Du would be in danger, and Cao Cao would definitely come to rescue him.

Then he is on the front line of Guandu, and it is really possible that he will be breached before Yuan Shao's food and grass are completely exhausted. At that time, Yuan Shao can eat the little food left in his camp and wait for the follow-up food to arrive.

Therefore, Shen Chen believes that it must be neither too fast nor too slow, neither to make Cao Cao feel that Xu Du is in danger, nor to let Yuan Shao break Cao Ying.

The best option is to encircle and not attack. The two sides will stalemate for a period of time and wait for the follow-up development.

Hearing Shen Chen's strategy, Liu Bei couldn't help but praised: "Mr. Xiao is really unpredictable in using troops. You are planning to surround Xudu first, and then attack suddenly after Cao Cao's reinforcements are eliminated, forcing Cao Cao to come back to defend. , so that he cannot pursue Yuan Shao?"

"Exactly."

Shen Chen nodded: "I attacked Xudu twice before to consume Cao's troops. Now his rear is seriously empty, and there are no more than [-] troops. This is a good time for us to take advantage of the gap."

"good."

Liu Bei was kind and kind, nodded and said: "I will obey the arrangement of the master."

"Okay, the time has come, start fighting tomorrow!"

Shen Chen immediately went to prepare.

With the previous two lessons, Xudu's Cao Jun must be as immovable as a mountain. No matter who you want to mobilize, he will sit firmly around Xudu and will not move easily.

So if you want to threaten Cao Cao again, you must use this method.

(End of this chapter)