Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 550 Zhang He's Battle Report

When Xun You finally received Zhang He's battle report, his face was complicated with a wry smile.Even after reading the content of the battle report, he didn't understand why he was so eagerly looking forward to such a battle report.

Compared with the news of Lu Bu's successive battles and victories in Fufeng County, the performance of Zhang He, a surrendered general, was a bit too frustrated.Yes, he did complete the most important task entrusted to him by the emperor, and successfully assembled and rescued Ma Chao, the old soldier Zhonglang.But the series of battles that followed made Xun You almost unbearable to witness.

At the beginning of September, Zhang He, who had been missing all the time, suddenly appeared and rushed into the Qianghu army besieging Ma Chao.However, this opportunity that Xun You thought should have caught the Qianghu army by surprise, made Zhang Xi fight so hard that apart from rescuing Ma Chao, the Qianghu army reacted and chased him all the way.

On September [-]th, Zhang He's army fought the first battle with the Iron Qiang Alliance army. Zhang He personally led the army to take command, and the fight seemed to go smoothly at first.However, Zhang Yun seemed to have ignored the fact that the army of the Iron Qiang Alliance was gathering, and was defeated by the reinforcements of the Iron Qiang Alliance who came to reinforce them later.

On September [-]th, Zhang He boosted morale and made a sneak attack on the Iron Qiang League camp that was gradually gathering.It's a pity that the night battle was expected by Han Sui. Instead of successfully stealing the camp in the dark night, Han Sui beat him to the point that he lost his own barracks.

On September [-], Zhang He was defeated and retreated to Shicheng, and began to fight a protracted battle with the Qiang and Hu troops.Unexpectedly, Han Sui had already arranged a spy in Shicheng, and when the Iron Qiang League attacked the city, the spy opened the city gate from the inside, and Shicheng fell.

On September 21, Zhang He once again retreated to Anding, and the army of the Iron Qiang Alliance drove straight in, and the two armies began to enter another round of offensive and defensive battles.However, the successive defeats caused the morale of the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty to plummet. Facing the [-] to [-] Qianghu army outside the city, Zhang Yun seemed to have no power to fight back...

The entire battle report looks like a copy of Lu Bu Po Zhang Wei.The only difference is that this time the loser was replaced by Zhang Yun, who was repeatedly beaten by Han Sui's ingenious tricks and beat the shit out of him.

However, Xun You is Xun You after all.He quickly ruled out these objective facts, and simulated Zhang Xi's series of actions after leaving Chang'an on the sand table map according to the description in the battle report.And when the marching route represented by the red silk thread was overlapped at Shicheng, Xun You's brows that were like a flying knife piercing his forehead couldn't help but raised high.

"Mr. Jia, this Junyi's behavior is really abnormal." Xun You stared at the map on the sand table carefully, and couldn't help but said: "Since leaving Chang'an, Zhang Junyi has been calm and alert, and the reinforcements from the Han Dynasty have almost completed the task." The move to contain the Qianghu army. Even, after rushing to Shicheng without revealing his whereabouts, he could choose to go around and launch a good counterattack against the Qianghu army. But here in Shicheng, his subsequent actions were very serious. Abnormal, its clumsiness compared with before, it is like two different people..."

"General, Shicheng is also the place where General Ma was trapped. What General Zhang did this time was probably restricted by His Majesty's military order before he left, so he had to give up the strategy of a full-scale counterattack and turn to rescue General Ma..." Li Yan seems to be a little leisurely these days, but leisure is undoubtedly a kind of torture for a very motivated person like him.Therefore, this time he appeared here and expressed his views.

But no matter how advanced Li Yan is, he still dares not directly underestimate the brilliance of Xun You and Jia Xu, the two absolute heavyweights in the Han Dynasty. All his expressions and tone just now show that he, a junior, can't help but express his own opinion. .Afterwards, he stood aside respectfully, and looked at Jia Xu who was sitting beside him as if he was about to fall asleep with eyes asking for advice.

Jia Xu has his own cunning wisdom and unique vision, but he still uttered vague words without any surprise: "Zhang Junyi has only been in trouble for more than half a year, and he is not deaf and blind like the old man. Smart people are usually smart When he got home, he suddenly became very confused, it is only possible that we did not see his cleverness."

Li Yan frowned, but Xun You nodded slightly at this moment.Both of them can see that Zhang He must not be the kind of person who is confused before the battle, otherwise he would not let His Majesty visit him in person - if this inference is correct, it will prove that Jia Xu is right, they have indeed ignored what.

This time, Xun You couldn't help picking up the memorial again, which clearly recorded all of Zhang Xi's consecutive defeats.He studied it carefully, and suddenly saw something from it, and said with a smile: "This Zhang Junyi is really good at tricks, and he almost deceived me."

Li Yan seemed a little unwilling when he heard the words, he asked for instructions, took the memorial, and re-read almost every word.But after reading the whole article, he still didn't see where the mystery lies: "Two generals, forgive me for being stupid. This battle report clearly stated that General Zhang was defeated all the way. Why do you two seem to not care?"

Sima Yi, who had been impatient for a long time, couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty has long said that everything should be seen through the appearance to see the essence. Look at this memorial, although everything seems logical, but after the whole article, Haven't you noticed that there is always something missing in this battle report?" After all, he was still a teenager, and after Sima Yi said this, he reminded him like a good boy: "Or, there is always one person missing?"

Only then did Li Yan face up to this memorial, and this time he deliberately paid attention to it, and he found that there was indeed one person missing in all the battles.

It is easy to explain why Ma Chao broke through the encirclement within two months, was seriously injured and could not play, but Zhang He, Wen Pin, and Han Hao all appeared in the battle report, but Zhang Xiu's name never appeared.Not to mention, Li Yan also remembered at this time that the Xiliang cavalry under Zhang Xiu's command should be the first choice for dealing with Qiang and Hu cavalry.

The Iron Qiang League, perhaps because of Zhang He's surreptitious whereabouts after leaving Chang'an, did not notice this army.But Li Yan personally participated in the city gate send-off. Zhang Xiu in white robe and white robe had flashes of complex expressions in his eyes and could see Ma Chao's complex look at that time. Li Yan had a deep memory.

At this time, Xun You had already taken out a gray line from the case table—everyone knew that it was the color of the march representing the ambush—Xun You pulled it out from the stone city on the sand table simulation map, and hesitated for a long time before letting it go. The gray line crossed a not-so-short depth area, and was tied at the Xiaoguan position that the Qiang and Hu armies must pass through when returning to the west.

"Should, that's it." Xun You clapped his hands in satisfaction, and once again looked down at the entire sand table simulation map, everyone's thinking became much clearer.

The complicated red line, advancing from defeat step by step, locked the attention of Han Sui's army firmly on them, causing the army of the Iron Qiang Alliance to seem to be drawn by an invisible hand into the Northland. Prepared for the burial.But that seemingly weak gray line has been heading west secretly, preparing to complete the strategic encirclement of the Iron Qiang Alliance army.

It is conceivable that when Zhang Yun was defeated and retreated to the Northland, he would join forces with Liu Bao's Hun army to offer a generous gift to the Iron Qiang League in the Northland.When the Iron Qiang League was defeated by the sudden blow and fled, they were shocked to find that the road back to the west had already been blocked by an elite Xiliang iron cavalry, waiting there.

"Zhang Junyi's plan this time is to wipe out Han Sui's rebel army!" Li Yan, who came to his senses, couldn't help but be impressed by Zhang Yun's subtlety and boldness.But at the same time, the arrogance of being a wise general was aroused, and he also saw many flaws in this bold strategy, and the most important one was: "Two generals, although Zhang Junyi advances through defeat, his subordinates The soldiers will not know the secrets. If the soldiers lose their courage in front of the battle during the implementation of this strategy, then Zhang Junyi may make the fake show come true, and he will be completely defeated!"

"Naturally." Xun You's gentle face, which was relieved at the beginning, was also drawn by Li Yan's worry, and he smiled wryly: "Zhang Junyi really saw His Majesty's intentions, and even set up such an extreme battle, just to test it Whether your majesty's military system can withstand the test of the harsh battlefield..."

Just before Xun You finished speaking, another Jin Yiwei came in from outside the door. After saluting everyone, he handed a secret letter to Xun You and said, "General, General Lu's battle report."

"Oh, did General Lu defeat the enemy again?" Xun You's expression brightened before he opened the scroll.But after reading the content above, his face became very strange. Before everyone asked, he sent the battle report to Jia Xu and said: "General Lu will be trapped in Xiegu Pass for more than a month, and it will be difficult to achieve an inch...Could it be, Zhang It’s bad luck for Junyi to open up the Han Dynasty, so why are there all such troublesome battle reports all at once?”

Jia Xu also leisurely read the battle report at this time, but his expression was slightly helpless: "It seems that the days of us people listening to the victory report are over..."

(End of this chapter)