three kings

Chapter 161
Sun Can's tent.

Sun Can looked at Zhang Fei, who was kneeling in front of him pleading guilty, with a mock smile, patted the empty wine jar for evidence before the case, and said, "Old Zhang, what kind of show are you acting! The two armies are fighting, and your old man is in Invite others to drink before the battle? Not to mention, it is astonishing as the past and the present, and there is no one in the past, and there will be no one in the future!"

Zhang Fei scratched his head in embarrassment, and smirked all the way.

Sun Can sighed helplessly. This guy pretended to be stupid whenever he misplaced it. He didn't know if he was really stupid or fake.It can only come out of sight and out of mind.

He stared and said: "Come here, Zhang Fei was drinking in the army, violated military discipline, and dragged down to walk fifty."

Fifty army sticks, hitting ordinary people, may kill more than half of their lives, but Zhang Fei is too physically fit.Although he was carried back to the tent, within two days, Zhang Fei could be seen limping for a walk in the barracks, and two days later, Zhang Fei could be seen performing martial arts in the school grounds.

The current situation is very good for Sun Can, he has re-unified the whole territory of Nanyang.

Nanyang is the county with the largest population and the largest territory of the Han Dynasty.

The effect of capturing this place is no less than capturing a state.

However, in order to maximize the results of the battle, Fancheng must be taken.

Otherwise, Liu Biao could send troops to Fancheng from time to time and attack several surrounding cities at will, putting Sun Canjun in a dilemma and causing immeasurable damage to Nanyang.

And if Sun Can occupies this city, then everything will be reversed. From Fancheng, you can overlook the momentum of Jingxiang. Using Fancheng as a springboard, you can always deter Jingzhou and invade the hinterland of Jingzhou.

The importance of Fancheng cannot be explained in a few words.

Therefore, although Fancheng has a strong army and is not weaker than Sun Can, Sun Can is bound to win this city.

Sun Can said to the soldiers beside him: "All of you follow Can to Fancheng to see if there are any flaws in the city."

Everyone said yes together.

Fancheng.

Sun Can led the civil and military generals to wait and see from a distance for about half an hour.

Sun Can sighed: "Xu Shu is smarter than I thought, and he has a deep understanding of the way of defending the city. Fancheng was originally a strong city, and now there is Xu Shu. If we want to break this city, we need to think long-term."

All the counselors also nodded one after another. Xu Shu's impregnable Fancheng had hardly left any flaws.The opponent has more than [-] soldiers, and the gap with Sun Can's army is only [-]. It is not wise to attack the city by force.

The only way to get the best of both worlds is to think long-term.

Of course, Sun Can is not doing nothing. These days, he has used almost all the ancient and modern methods of siege, insulting and provoking, digging tunnels, splitting, etc., and he has used almost everything he can think of.However, these methods were all within Xu Shu's expectation, except for the casualties of thousands of soldiers, they did not achieve any effect.

In the middle of the night, Liu Hua suddenly came to Sun Can, and said straight to the point: "Chan'er, Yafu has a plan, maybe it will work."

Sun Can had long thought that the matter in Fancheng was very worrying. Seeing that Liu Hua had a plan, he hurriedly asked, "Whether it is feasible or not, Yafu will tell you first."

Liu Hua said: "There is not much difference in the strength of the enemy and us. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that "the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the city." If the enemy is doubled, the enemy can be divided, the enemy can fight, if the enemy is small, he can escape, and if he is weak, he can avoid it. Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is the capture of a big enemy.' Now there are more than [-] soldiers in Fancheng, and our army has only With [-] people, it is absolutely impossible to forcibly attack Fancheng to win.

Therefore, when he arrived in Fancheng, Yafu sent the "secret camp" to explore the trails leading to Jingzhou. There was news not long ago.To the west of Fancheng, fifty miles away, there is a shoal downstream of the Dan River, which can be easily crossed.

In addition, our army is powerful, so-called powerful and arrogant.At this moment, if we want to lure the enemy into battle, we should show strength, so that everyone in Jingzhou will feel that we are underestimating him and not taking him seriously.In showing strength, they underestimated the enemy and acted blindly.Only in this way can Liu Biao and Liu Bei be forced to fight. "

Sun Can nodded and said, "I know this, please be more specific."

Liu Hua opened the map, pointed to the big camp on the map, and said: "Chan'er can leave 1 people to guard the camp, and the remaining 4 people will go south along Shun Fancheng. way, to force the opponent to a decisive battle with our army. But... no..."

Liu Hua changed the subject, pointed to the shoal, and said: "Chan'er left 1 people here to hide in the Wudang Mountains to monitor Fancheng, and the remaining 3 people diverted to the west, crossed the shoal in the lower reaches of the Dan River, and finally approached Xiangyang, Jingzhou. Liu Biao must have thought that Can'er acted rashly, and would join forces with Liu Bei to force our army to fight. Even if Xu Shu saw that it was a good idea, he had no choice but to fight. Because now Xiangyang is full of rumors of Liu Bei's rebellion, and Liu Bei is avoiding it. war, he will be accused of being unkind and unrighteous, and plotting rebellion. Liu Bei has nothing but his name now. If he is charged with inhumanity and unrighteousness, then Liu Bei will lose his only reputation. There was nothing left, so he had to fight."

Those rumors and gossips are clear to Sun Can, and they are all caused by Jia Xu's "poison camp". Jia Xu will let his subordinates spread anything that can be used and beneficial to Sun Can's army.

The problem is mainly a word of danger.

Sun Can thought for a while, and said: "But if we do this, our army will be brought to death. If we can't win, the whole army will be wiped out."

Liu Huadao: "Sun Tzu's Art of War said: 'If you throw yourself into death, you will survive. If you fall into death, you will live. You can complete the task; you don’t need to be restrained, you can work together; you don’t wait for orders, you will abide by military discipline. Cutting the way back is like climbing a ladder. Everyone can go forward bravely and defeat the enemy.”

"Yes... yes... You are too right. This is the No. 36 strategy of 'Going up the house and pulling the ladder' out of the 20. It is similar to the Chu Bawang's 'Break the boat', but it is even more brilliant. .” Sun Can was overjoyed and shouted excitedly.

"Break the cauldron and sink the boat" is the courage of a common man. With brute force and bravery, he broke it in nine battles, which is not as good as "going up the house and pulling out the ladder".

Liu Hua looked at Sun Can and said with a smile: "As soon as Liu Bei leaves Fancheng, he will immediately dispatch [-] troops from the barracks..."

"Combine with the [-] troops left on Wudang Mountain in the west to cut off the return of Liu Bei's army. Encircle Liu Bei's army to the south of the Xiangjiang River and trap them in the undefended mountains and fields." Liu Hua has not yet said. death, Sun Can continued confidently.

"Yes!" Liu Hua said again: "At that time, Liu Bei's army must be panic-stricken. How can we be invincible when our army goes forward bravely to fight the enemy's panic-stricken journey?

As for Fancheng?Let him fend for himself, as long as Liu Bei's army is defeated, why worry about Fancheng not surrendering. "

"Miao... Miao... Miao... It's so wonderful!!!" Sun Can nodded, approving, and then said: "Come on, invite me all the gentlemen."

The guard was a little hesitant, looked at the sky, and said: "But...it's already early morning...will it..."

"Hang..." Unknowingly, it was early morning, Sun Can thought for a while, and let the guards go down. He didn't want to disturb the sweet dreams of his subjects, so he returned to the tent and said, "Father Ya, it's getting late, you always still Go rest first, come tomorrow to discuss the details, don't get exhausted."

Liu Hua walked out of the handsome tent with a smile.

That night, Sun Can stayed up all night, and rehearsed all the strategic deployments in his mind one by one in front of the topographic map, and modified and supplemented them.

The next day, early in the morning, Sun Can summoned Liu Hua, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu, three confidant advisers, to discuss the method of "extracting the ladder from the house" that Liu Hua came up with yesterday.

Although this plan is bold, it is really ingenious. Guo Jia and Jia Xu both nodded in agreement and did not object.

The crowd got together again, and Guo Jia and Jia Xu told the crowd the battle plan they had come up with overnight, and the three of them deleted and supplemented the plan together, reaching the point where everyone was satisfied.

Sun Can heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Wen He, you can do whatever you want. Don't worry about it, gossip is your strong point."

Jia Xu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Jia Xu must force Liu Bei to fight."

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Xudu Sikong's official residence, the meeting hall.

At this moment, in order to appease Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had already given up the position of General to him, and he himself took the position of Sikong and General of Chariots and Cavalry.He looked enviously at the battle reports from Jingzhou and Huainan, and said to Xi Zhicai, his confidant adviser: "Zhicai, look at Brother Ziyu's continuous success in battle, it seems that Jingzhou will soon fall into Ziyu's hands Haha... Fuck, I'm so envious! My brother is really like a tiger in the cold mountain, and he can't fight for the wind.

And here, Lu Bu's kid was incompetent enough, and such a large army was plotted by Xun Yu, and they couldn't stand in a stalemate.Now Lü Bu's army has run out of food and grass, within ten days, Lv Bu's army will surely retreat.

Presumably, Xun Yu had already figured this out.Therefore, on the one hand, let Zhou Yu take advantage of the convenience of the water to entangle Chen Gong's army and not fight with it, consuming Lu Bu's army's food in vain. "

Xi Zhicai sighed softly, this Xun Yu is the talent of Wang Zuo, he is as talented as a counselor, he is better than a wise minister in governing the territory, and his strategic foresight is even superior to others. Looking at the big man, only Zhang Zifang, who sought the saint 400 years ago, can compare. Once this person is reused, the future of the person who reuses him will be limitless.

"Sun Ziyu, you are the biggest problem on the road to dominance, and we must not let you continue to develop." Xi Zhicai thought secretly, and suddenly had an idea, and whispered a few words to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's expression was agitated, and he hesitated, but his hesitation was quickly eaten up by ambition, and he nodded decisively.

(End of this chapter)