The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 325 Countermeasures
"My lord, there are still [-] defenders in Guangling. Even if Zhou Yu goes ahead to attack, it may not be successful. General Chen Dao is prudent and cautious, and he will not be defeated by Zhou Yu so easily." Cheng Yu has known Chen Dao for a long time, He believed in Chen Dao's ability.

Xi Zhicai also agreed: "That's right, we have to trust General Chen Dao's ability. Now that Zhou Yu is attacking Guangling County, in fact, his biggest purpose is only one."

"That is to attack Xiapi. Zhou Yu is trying to break through Xiapi as quickly as possible and capture the lord's family alive. In this way, he can threaten us to retreat and even let us separate the city. In this way, he can reverse the unfavorable situation of the battle." Ji Ling analyzed. road.

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "I think Zhou Yu's attack on Xiapi is a bluff. His biggest purpose is to disturb the morale of our army and disrupt the Lord's plan to attack Jiangdong, because Xiapi is the most important city of the Lord. If When Xiapi was attacked, he predicted that the lord would go back to rescue him in person, so his move should be to surround the spot for help."

"Waiting for help?" Everyone was stunned.

"That's right, Zhou Yu knows very well that his strength is far inferior to ours, so he wants to disperse our strength and defeat them one by one. Although we know it's a conspiracy, we have to divide our forces to deal with him. Now we need Send out several troops to deal with Zhou Yu." Xi Zhicai was very clear-headed, even though Zhou Yu attacked Guangling, he did not lose his mind.

"How should we deploy troops?" Everyone looked at Xi Zhicai curiously.

"First of all, let's guess how many troops Zhou Yu will bring. Today he used fire tactics to burn down many ships to prevent our army from attacking. Therefore, the ships he can use are not many. The number of soldiers he brought should be less than 8000. , I estimate that there are at most 1 people, not more, and the soldiers staying in Moling may only be about 3000, which means that Zhou Yu's original total force in Moling was between [-] and [-]."

"But military advisor, Zhou Yu owns no less than a thousand warships, so his military strength should be between 5000 and 2." Wang Wei still believes in his speculation.

Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "General Wang Wei's words are wrong. Although Zhou Yu has so many boats, it does not mean that Zhou Yu must have so many soldiers, because Zhou Yu does not need every boat to be full of people. , I believe this is just his suspicious strategy."

Wang Wei nodded when he heard the words, although he hadn't really understood what Xi Zhicai meant.

"The soldiers and horses led by Zhou Yu are actually not enough to attack the city. Zhou Yu still has some back-ups in Moling, so you should discuss everything with Zhong De more and listen to his suggestions." Xi Zhicai began to assign tasks, and he knew Cheng Yu was resourceful, so he asked him to assist Wenpin and Wang Wei.

"The last general has orders!" Wen Pin and Wang Wei clasped their fists at the same time.

"The second route is the flying cavalry army sent by the lord. The flying cavalry army is marching extremely fast. It is estimated that it will take less than four days to reach Guangling County. If Guangling has not been breached after the flying cavalry army arrives, then The Flying Cavalry Army is enough to deal with Zhou Yu. If Zhou Yu has already broken through Guangling County, I predict that he will not stay and defend the city. There are only two ways for him to go, one is Langya in the north, and the other is west. There are two options for going west. , one is Shouchun, and the other is Xiapi, as to where Zhou Yu will go is still unknown."

"Zhou Yu is very likely to go to Xiapi. After all, the master's headquarters of Xiapi is located. There is no reason for Zhou Yu to go to Langya or Shouchun instead of Xiapi." Zhang Xiu thinks that Zhou Yu will go to Xiapi.

"Not necessarily, Zhou Yu is very likely to do something that we didn't expect, so we must be fully prepared. My lord should immediately send someone to catch up with General Zhao, and pay more attention when General Zhao goes to Guangling, because it is very difficult. It is possible that Zhou Yu’s troops will be encountered on the way, if he finds that Zhou Yu is not there after he arrives in Guangling, and if he does not meet Zhou Yu on the way, then Zhou Yu may have gone to Langya.” Xi Zhicai did not dare to underestimate Zhou Yu, So he had to analyze every possibility to deal with Zhou Yu.

Hearing this, Li Yuan immediately asked Xu Zhu to chase after Zhao Yun who had just set off, and asked him to tell Zhao Yun what Xi Zhicai said.

"The third route is for General Hua Xiong to lead the troops back to Shouchun. If you don't find Zhou Yu's troops in Shouchun, you immediately send scouts to Xiapi and Guangling to inquire about the news. If you find Zhou Yu near Xiapi, you will Station troops and horses at Jiujiang to cut off Zhou Yu's retreat."

"The last general takes orders!" Hua Xiong acted immediately after receiving the order.

"The fourth route is led by Zhang Xiu. You lead the troops back to Xiapi. Remember that you need to be careful along the way. Although you have to march in a hurry, you must not panic. You must continue to send horses along the way to inquire about information, because Zhou Yu is likely to be on the way. Ambush halfway." Xi Zhicai told Zhang Xiu, because he was worried that Zhang Xiu would be ambushed by Zhou Yu on the way back to Xiapi.

"Order!" Zhang Xiu immediately took the order and left.

"Fifth Road, my lord, the three of you, Han Sheng and Huang Xu, led the troops back to Lujiang, while General Ji Ling stayed behind in Li Yang."

"Why should we return to Lujiang? Shouldn't we wait in Liyang for General Wenpin to attack Moling? After they successfully break through Moling, we can immediately go to Jiangdong by boat." Huang Zhong put forward his own opinion.

"If we really do this, it is very likely that we will fall into Zhou Yu's trap. Although I am not sure, if we only focus on Xiapi and Moling, Lujiang is likely to be attacked by Zhou Yu's other soldiers and horses. , Maybe Zhou Yu’s sneak attack on Guangling and Xiapi was just to attract our attention. His real goal was to attack Lujiang. Of course, this is just my personal guess and it may not be true, but we can’t neglect the defense of Lujiang. "

"Okay, Han Sheng, Huang Xu, let's return to Lujiang immediately, and we will follow the orders of the military adviser." Li Yuan said without hesitation, and he absolutely trusted Xi Zhicai's words.

So several groups of soldiers and horses started to move separately, Xi Zhicai looked up at the sky, and said to himself: "I should not have missed anything, Zhou Yu, you have successfully aroused my competitive spirit."

A few days later, Li Yuan's army had returned to Lujiang, and Pang Tong saw that Li Yuan came back so soon and knew that something terrible must have happened on the front line.

Li Yuan told Pang Tong what had happened in the past few days, and Pang Tong was a little surprised when he learned about it. He didn't expect that there was an opponent beside Sun Ce who could make Xi Zhicai feel a headache. A smile appeared on his face, Said: "It seems that Zhou Yu is not someone who is waiting for nothing, I really want to meet him for a while."

(End of this chapter)