Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 697

At that moment, Cao Cao mobilized 40 troops from the state of Wei, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead [-] cavalry as the vanguard.

After Zhang Liao led his army to the official residence, Liu Weizheng led his army across the river, went down the river from the Yanjin Ferry, and landed at the official residence.

As soon as Zhang Liao saw the big Liu character flag of the Hebei army, his anger was ignited. He tried to attack the Hebei army who was setting up camp several times, but was stopped by Xun You.

"Xun Gongda, what do you mean? Liu Ziyan's army is crossing the river. If I hit them halfway across the river, I can kill the Hebei army by surprise. Why do you stop me!"

Zhang Liao repeatedly tried to lead his troops out of the camp, but was stopped by Xun You. Zhang Liao angrily came to Xun You's camp at night, and after entering the camp, Zhang Liao yelled.

Xun You was not angry either, and said calmly, "Wen Yuan forgot what the lord said to you before you came?"

"You don't want to use the lord to suppress me. You are wasting the opportunity to fight. If I don't let me send troops again, I will lose a good opportunity to attack the Hebei army. I must go to the lord to give you a book!"

"If it is possible to send troops, I will naturally let the general lead the troops out of the camp, but although I am not as good as you in marching and fighting, I can see through tricks and tricks. Then Liu Wei has fought all his life, how can he not understand the truth of attacking halfway, you If you send troops, can you come back?"

Xun You looked up at Zhang Liao and asked.

"I……!"

Zhang Liao was at a loss for words, and he knew what Xun You said, but he couldn't send troops so close to his enemy, how could he not be annoyed!

"Humph!"

Zhang Liao snorted coldly, tossed his clothes, turned around and left Xun You's tent angrily.

……

"My lord, the Cao army sent Zhang Liao as the vanguard to camp on the south bank of Guandu. I guess Cao Cao will put the army rations in Zhongmou!"

Liu Wei discussed the war with the civil and military under his command in the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River.

As the saying goes, the food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved. Although Liu Wei knows that Yuan Shao put the soldiers and food in Wuchao in the historical battle of Guandu, Cao Cao set fire to Wuchao, which led to a big defeat, but the combination In reality, Liu Wei understood Yuan Shao very well, because if he wanted to start a war at Guandu, he would have to store food and grass in Wuchao. Except for this place, other places are either too far away or easy to be found. Only Wuchao , is the safest place.However, in order to prevent history from repeating itself, Liu Wei ordered Wuchao not to store much grain, but only two months of grain and grass, and to transport grain from Hebei to Wuchao once a month. Let him take a warship to patrol along the Yellow River in Wuchao to prevent Cao's army from attacking grain and grass.

On the one hand, Liu Wei arranged his grain and grass properly, and on the other hand, he began to calculate the location of Cao Cao's grain, preparing to send troops to attack Cao Cao's grain and grass.

Juhu thought that Cao Cao would put the grain and grass in Zhongmu, and Guo Jia and Xu Shu also thought that Cao Cao would put the grain and grass in Zhongmu.

But Liu Wei has a different opinion: "Although Zhongmu is close to Guandu, the city of Zhongmu is not strong, so it may not be a good place to store grain. If I were Cao Cao, I would put the grain and grass in Chenliu!"

Liu Wei drew a circle on the map with his hand, pointed at Chen Liu and said, "Chen Liu is a tall city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the distance from Guandu is not too far. This is a good place to store grain!"

"not necessarily!"

Pang Tong also put forward a different opinion: "Cao Cao is different from us. We have come from a long distance and have to cross the Yellow River. We must prepare more food and grass to prevent the army from running out of food. But this Yanzhou is Cao Cao's base camp. Why did he put the food and grass away?" In one place, Cao Cao can bring enough food and grass, while fighting with our army, and at the same time collect food and grass from Yuzhou and Yanzhou to transport to Guandu, why waste his troops to guard the food and grass!"

"Hiss! Shi Yuan's words are reasonable, but guarding food and grass requires troops, and transporting food and grass also requires soldiers and horses!"

Liu Wei asked back.

"My lord's words are wrong. You need elite soldiers to see the food, and you only need civilian husbands to transport the food. If you give some money to the civilian husbands, the civilian husbands can transport the food and grass to the front line!"

Liu Wei fell into deep thought immediately. What Pang Tong said was true. Cao Cao didn't need to hoard food and grass at all. Cao Cao's battle line was not long. He wanted to attack Cao Cao's grain road as if he had reached the sky. Cao Cao would definitely tell Pang Tong what he said In that way, use civilian husbands to transport food.

"If you can't attack Cao Jun's grain road, it will not be so easy to win this battle!"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Wei raised his head and said.

Pang Tong asked, "Master, how does our army compare with Cao's army?"

"Cao's army is inferior to our elite army!"

"Since Cao's army is not as good as our army's elite, we only need to attack step by step, step by step, to take Yanzhou! After taking Yanzhou, Yuzhou will be flat, how can Cao Cao resist our army? Therefore, as long as Yanzhou is taken, taking Yuzhou is easy! "

Liu Wei asked again: "What about Xuzhou?"

Pang Tong replied: "Master, you don't have to think about Xuzhou, unless you want to turn against Sun Ce!"

"Why?"

"My lord conquers Cao Cao. If he wins, Sun Ce will definitely send troops to beat the dog in the water and make a profit from it. If Sun Ce wants to make a profit, he can only attack Xuzhou. After we take Yuzhou, Xuzhou will naturally fall into Sun Ce's hands!"

After Pang Tong finished speaking, Guo Jia said again: "Xuzhou can be taken!"

Everyone turned their attention to Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia explained: "The lord already has the four prefectures of Hebei and Liangzhou. Once Cao Cao defeats Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, they will all fall into the lord's hands. The lord will have the land of eight states, and the family is the only one. After Sun Ce takes Xuzhou Even if we don't attack Xuzhou, the alliance between the lord and Sun Ce will come to an end. Sun Ce will inevitably form an alliance with Liu Bei and Liu Zhang to defend against the lord. When they form an alliance to deal with the lord, it is better for us to attack Xuzhou first, and the lord will have conquered the land of Kyushu, unification of the world is just around the corner!"

"Feng Xiao's words are justified. If you want to fight, you must fight all of them. Take all of Cao Cao's territory, then conquer Liu Bei, take Jingzhou, and then Sun Ce. If Sun Ce surrenders, I will make him king, and finally Liu Zhang will be left. , Liu Zhang is weak and will definitely come to surrender, and the world will be peaceful just around the corner!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, all the civil and military personnel in the tent nodded in agreement.

Liu Wei made a bold statement: "One year later, I can pacify the four states in the Central Plains, take Jingzhou in half a year, take Jingzhou in half a year, take Jiangdong in another year, and then push the army to Yizhou. Liu Zhang will definitely surrender. After three years, the world will be peaceful and the people can live in peace, and in another five years we will rectify the officials, build water conservancy projects, and the great man will flourish!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, all the civil servants and military personnel knelt down: "My lord is wise!"

"Huang Xu!"

"The end is here!"

"I heard that last time you were shot by Zhang Liao, you will be the first to cross the river tomorrow and attack Zhang Liao's camp!"

"The end will be ordered!"

(End of this chapter)