The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 188 Surrounding but not attacking

Guan Hai and Zhou Cang brought [-] soldiers from Langya. Although they were not many, they were all young and strong soldiers. After these years of training, they had grown a lot. He and Zhou Cang were no longer the Yellow Turban Army they used to be. Attaches great importance to military discipline.

A few years ago, Guan Hai, Zhou Cang and Chen Deng used fire tactics to design Zhang Chao's army. Guan Hai and Zhou Cang used a bluff to lure Zhang Chao to the ambush site. Guan Hai was ashamed and ashamed to be defeated by Zhang Chao. Fortunately, Li Yuan handed over the elite soldiers from Runan to Chen Deng at that time, and finally stopped the defeat.

It was also from that time that Guan Hai and Zhou Cang really realized the importance of military discipline. Li Yuan handed over Langya's military power to them, and he also wanted them to train and train a good army. Langya is not an important geographical location, so Li Yuan won't worry too much if it is handed over to Guan Hai and the others.

After several years of hard work, Guan Hai and Zhou Cang finally trained an army in Langya from knowing nothing at the beginning, and gradually getting used to it. Although the number was small, only 4000, But the combat power is much stronger than their previous Yellow Turban Army. During this period, Li Tong taught them a lot. Without Li Tong's help, they would not have been able to get started so quickly.

Li Yuan was about to send troops from Langya to attack Beihai, Guan Hai and Zhou Cang led [-] troops to follow Li Yuan, wanting to "revenge shame" and show everyone their hard work over the years.

Li Yuan knew that Guan Hai was in a hurry to show off. He and Zhou Cang had worked very hard these years. As the saying goes, there are roads in the mountains of books and diligence. He is a top military general like Huang Zhong, but he has also become a good general through his own efforts, which makes Li Yuan feel very gratified.

Li Yuan smiled, "Don't worry about Guan Hai, there will always be times for you to show up, but now storming Licheng is not the best choice, Liu Bei's army is trapped in Licheng, the best way is to besiege and not attack."

"Siege without attacking? What do you mean "siege without attacking?" Guan Hai was puzzled. He was a little disappointed to hear that Li Yuan did not attack Licheng.

"Let Gongtai explain to you, this strategy was also thought up by Gongtai." Li Yuan asked Chen Gong to make it clear to everyone that Chen Gong had a lot of schemes, but he hadn't had a chance to show it yet, so Li Yuan decided to let him show it off. Fan, as the lord, he doesn't need to steal the limelight from his subordinates, and Chen Gong is new here, so he also needs some opportunities to gain everyone's trust.

Chen Gong came out, cleared his throat, and said: "The so-called siege without attack means to besiege Liu Bei in Licheng without attacking them by force. As we all know, Licheng is a small county, and the food and grass brought by Liu Bei's army It must not be much, as long as two months, and as little as one month, his food and grass will be exhausted. At that time, there will be no food support, and the morale of Liu Bei's army will be greatly reduced. Even if I don't attack, he will be the first to mess up. Get up, our army will wait for an opportunity to attack the city in one fell swoop and capture Liu, Guan and Zhang."

After listening to it, everyone suddenly realized that what Chen Gong said was reasonable. The most important thing for the army is food and grass. Without food and grass, it is useless to have more soldiers. People will be hungry if they have nothing to eat. Whoever is hungry will still be in the mood to fight. Liu Bei's army will not be chaotic at that time No wonder, and now that Li Yuan has cut off Liu Bei's retreat, it is impossible for Liu Bei to transport food and grass from the North Sea, so once the food and grass are consumed, it will be their downfall.

"Although we decided to encircle and not attack, Liu Bei will never wait to die in vain. I believe he will break through when he is about to run out of food and grass, so our army must take precautions to prevent Liu Bei from fleeing suddenly." Chen Gong I hope that everyone will not think that Liu Bei will be able to capture Liu Bei if they encircle without attacking. If they take the enemy too lightly, they may be the ones who lose.

Zhao Yun added: "In addition to preventing them from breaking out, we must also prevent them from attacking at night. Soldiers must be arranged to patrol at night, and Liu Bei's army should not be allowed to take advantage of it."

Zhao Yun has always been cautious in doing things, no matter what kind of enemy he faces, because he knows a truth, that is, sailing carefully for ten thousand years, if Liu Bei succeeds in attacking the camp, they are likely to turn defeat into victory.

Li Yuan also nodded in agreement, "Junior brother is right, Wenda, you should arrange more patrols at night, and respond in time if you find enemy troops attacking at night."

"It's the lord!" Li Tong clasped his fists and said.

"In order to prevent Liu Bei's army from breaking out, I will make the following arrangements." Chen Gong looked at the map and began to line up his troops. "General Zhao, your flying cavalry army will build another camp, about five miles away from the main camp. Armies can form horns and support each other at any time."

"Yes!" Zhao Yun replied.

"Guanhai Zhoucang, you lead three thousand Langya troops to station on the right side of the camp, and leave ten tents in the middle to confuse the enemy."

"Yes!" Guan Hai and Zhou Cang replied at the same time.

"Liao Hua, Liang Gang, you lead three thousand Xiaopei troops to station on the left side of the camp. The arrangement is the same as that of Guan Hai." Chen Gong continued.

"The last general takes orders!" Liao Hua said.

"General Li Tong, you lead the Xiapi soldiers and horses to station at the rear of the camp, and form a character-shaped formation with Guan Hai's and Liao Hua's troops. If you find that the enemy is attacking at night, you can wait for them to go deep before using rockets to attack. General Zhao found Huoguang and immediately led the flying cavalry to cut off their retreat, and our army will definitely catch them by surprise."

Chen Gong made arrangements one by one, and explained every detail to the generals so that they would not understand. All the generals were deeply impressed by Chen Gong, and after Chen Gong finished speaking, they went down to take their own actions.

After everyone left, Li Yuan smiled at Chen Gong: "Hahahaha, Gongtai, thank you for your hard work."

"My lord, I am serious. Compared with the soldiers who charge into the battle, I am just using my brain. It is more difficult for the soldiers who go to battle to kill the enemy." Although Chen Gong said so, he has been thinking about it for the past few days. How did he get rid of Liu Bei for Li Yuan, so he slept very late almost every day. Now seeing Li Yuan's concern for him, he felt a warmth in his heart, thinking that no matter how hard he worked, it was worth it.

The next day, Li Yuan sent envoys to Cao Jun's camp to explain Chen Gong's strategy of encircling and not attacking. Cao Cao also agreed with this strategy, but his army's food and grass can only last for one month. I hope Li Yuan can generously support it again. he.

In order to capture Liu Bei, Li Yuan decided to support Cao Cao's grain and grass for another month, and asked someone to dispatch grain and grass from Xiaopei to Cao Cao with his own written documents.

In this way, ten days passed in a row. Although more than 7 troops had gathered in Licheng in these ten days, they had not attacked the city and fought, so they were very calm and looked a little strange.

(End of this chapter)