The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 553
After a wave of defeating Yan Liang's army, Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and chased him northward for dozens of miles, until he drove the remnants of Cao Hong and other defeated generals out of the border of Julu County.

But this wave of operations inevitably delayed some time, so it was near the end of June that Guan Yu led his army to Pingyang City.

When Guan Yu came to Lin Chao with the pickled heads of Gao Lan and Chun Yuqiong, and Yan Liang's body that had been cut in half, Lin Chao was stunned.

There are unexpected gains along the way?

Second Master, you are so fierce!
Especially when Lin Chao saw Yan Liang's body, he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling after all.

Yan Liang, a specialty of Hebei, still couldn't escape the second brother Guan's knife after all!
On the other hand, Guan Yu, although he had traveled a long distance, did not show any signs of fatigue on his face.In order to gain the opportunity to attack Yecheng, the army was directly stationed outside the city.

He brought his adoptive son Wei Yan into the city, and after seeing Lin Chao, he exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then asked Lin Chao when he would attack Ye City.

On the surface, they asked about the time of the attack, but in fact they asked who Lin Chao planned to send as the main attack.

A certain person came from afar and stationed his troops outside the city, Zichu, you can figure it out!

At this time, a group of civil servants and military generals who came to meet Guan Yu with Lin Chao gathered in the hall, and even Zhang Yan and the examiner who had just arrived not long ago. After hearing this key question, they immediately turned their attention to Lin Chao.

Supervisor, we also want to play C position!
Under the eyes of everyone, Lin Chao shook his head and said with a smile: "Yun Changchang has come a long way, so there is no need to worry, and let the soldiers under his command rest for a few days before we talk about it."

Hearing this, Guan Yu couldn't help frowning, and said in a deep voice: "Zi Chu, the military situation is urgent now, and my brother is still facing Yuan Shao in Linyi, with less than [-] soldiers under his command. The sooner you take Yecheng, the sooner you will One day rush to meet up with my brother!"

Hurry up and order, I can't wait!
"Second brother is right, Zichu, you should give the order to attack the city. The soldiers have not seen blood for more than ten days, and they are already hungry and thirsty!"

Zhang Fei immediately stood up and echoed, his naturally loud voice shook Zhang Liao who was next to him and quickly covered his ears.

Lin Chao couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Fei...

Are the soldiers hungry and thirsty?
You, Zhang Yide, are so hungry and thirsty!
"Yun Chang, have you ever observed the city walls of Ye City?"

Regarding Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's invitation to fight, Lin Chao was noncommittal, and instead asked such a question.

Hearing this, Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Before entering the city just now, a certain one just watched from a distance, and he didn't know the inside story."

"The defense of Yecheng is even stronger than that of Ganling. There are still more than ten thousand soldiers in it, and the guard Qu Yi is a man who is good at fighting. You should not be underestimated. If you really want to take this city, I am afraid it will not take a few months. Time doesn't work."

"It actually took several months... Big brother may not be able to last for such a long time."

Guan Yu was a little surprised, but this was the conclusion that Lin Chao himself said, so he would not doubt it.

"Therefore, it is not advisable to attack Yecheng by force." Lin Chao spread his hands and smiled, "Just send a large army to surround the city and restrict its delivery of food to Yuan Shao. Naturally, we may continue to go south to Yanzhou to have a fight with Yuan Shao decisive battle."

"Go south to Yanzhou to fight Yuan Shao?"

Hearing this, except for Guo Jia, who had known about it for a long time, everyone else showed shock.

Lin Chao nodded and said, "That's right. Yuan Shao has already cut off the source of food and grass after Yecheng was besieged. Now he only relies on Yanzhou to transport food, so it will not last long. But if we invade Yanzhou, Yuan Shao will have no food and grass anymore. The source, then there will be a group of mobs, and the victory will be as easy as pie!"

After thinking about it for a while, Guan Yu realized that Lin Chao's strategy was the safer one, so he immediately said, "Dare to ask Zichu, since he wants to go south to Yanzhou, where should he march from? On Yecheng, who should stay behind and besiege the city? "

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fei immediately shrank his neck, for fear that Lin Chao would focus on him.

Naturally, he wanted to go to battle to kill the enemy and poke a few transparent holes in Yuan Shao's old man, so he didn't want to stay and besiege Yecheng!

Zhang Fei's small movements were naturally seen by Lin Chao. Lin Chao smiled and stood up, and at the same time hung the marching map on the screen behind him.Right now, there is no special bluestone slab here, so we had to use this one instead.

Lin Chao pointed to the location of Ye City on the map, and said, "Ye City is thousands of miles away from Linyi, and even if we march tomorrow, we won't be able to arrive in one month.

And now Yuan Shao should have received the news that Yecheng was besieged. If he was wiser, he would naturally know how to lead the army back to defend Yanzhou.

After all, Jizhou is no longer in his hands. If Yanzhou is captured by our army again, he will have no room to turn around!

Therefore, Yuan Shao should withdraw to defend Yanzhou after the meeting.Wherever he withdraws, there will be the final decisive battle! "

Once the news of the siege of Yecheng was spread, even if Yuan Shao was willing to continue to attack the city, those princes would not be willing.After all, after defeating Yecheng, Lin Chao's next target is obviously Yanzhou, which is their lair!

Even if Yuan Shao deliberately concealed the news, most of the princes should have their own sources of information, so it is impossible to hide it.

What needs to be considered now is, where will Yuan Shao withdraw to?

In other words, is there one or several cities in Yanzhou that are strategically important places that can be attacked and defended, so that they will not trap themselves to death and have a chance to fight back.

Before he figured out where Yuan Shao was going to retreat, even if he marched, he would be like a headless chicken, not knowing where he was going.

If you can't take the lead, how can you win the war?
This is the real reason why Lin Chao comforted Guan Yu not to worry.

After listening to Lin Chao's words, everyone except Zhang Yan gathered together and carefully observed the marching map behind Lin Chao.Among them, Guo Jia was the most impolite. He simply pushed Lin Chao aside, and then climbed up to have a closer look.

After watching it for a long time, everyone started to discuss it intensely. Among them, Guo Jia and Jianpei's views were the most representative but diametrically opposed.Under the circumstances that no one can convince the other, and each has the support of younger brothers, it gradually turned into a debate.

However, Lin Chao, who was originally the focus of the field, has now become a marginalized person. After being pushed out by Guo Jia, he can only find a place to sit down, drink tea and fan...

Just when the dispute between Guo Jia and the judge was about to escalate, Guan Yu, who had been watching from a distance, suddenly had a bright light in his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know where Yuan Shao will retreat, there is one place where Yuan Shao will definitely advance." Send troops to guard."

Hearing this, Lin Chao became interested and asked, "What's Yun Chang's opinion?"

Guan Yu smiled slightly, stroked his beard, walked to the map, pointed to a place and said in a deep voice, "This is it!"

Everyone saw that the place Guan Yu was pointing at turned out to be Baima County in the East County of Yanzhou!

After Lin Chao heard the words, he immediately stood up, walked quickly to the marching map, and after looking carefully for a while, a bright smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Guan Yu is worthy of being a first-class general in the world, but he was so keenly aware of the opportunity that he hadn't even noticed!

Speaking of Baima City, not many people may know about it.But the feat of Guan Yu's beheading Yan Liang in history took place here.

At the time of the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to cross the Yellow River and attack Baima City to ensure that his main force could cross the Yellow River smoothly, and Cao Cao was hung up and beaten severely.

Yuan Shao had an absolute advantage at that time, so he acted in a steady manner, and there was nothing to blame from a strategic point of view.

It's a pity that the follow-up tactics were a mess. It's not that Yan Liang failed to complete the task, but because Cao Cao had Xun You, a black-bellied and paralyzed man under his command.

Seeing that Yan Liang led the army to besiege the white horse, Xun You suggested that Cao Cao pretend to cross the river from Yanjin and make a surprise attack on Yuan Shao's rear.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao sent the main force to Yanjin to stop Cao Cao on the spot.

However, Cao Cao himself led Guan Yu and Zhang Liao to attack Baima in a surprise attack, and finally beheaded Yan Liang outside Baima City, which relieved the threat of Dongjun and at the same time curbed Yuan Shao's plan to cross the Yellow River.

Xun You was absolutely fascinated by this slap in the face!

In ancient wars, sometimes a river was the key to victory or defeat, let alone the Yellow River.

The current situation is very similar to the Battle of Guandu in the original history.There is also the Yellow River between Yecheng and Yanzhou, but the one who wants to cross the Yellow River is no longer Yuan Shao, but Lin Dynasty.

Right now, the nearest ferry to Ye City is Baima Ferry outside Baima City!
If Yuan Shao wanted to guard Yanzhou, he must send someone to guard Baimadu. Only in this way can he prevent himself from being trapped by two sides.

After he figured this out, Lin Chao turned his head and smiled at Guan Yu: "Yun Chang really has the talent of a general. This Baima County is indeed an important place that both the enemy and us must contend for."

Hearing this, Guan Yu also laughed.

Naturally, he doesn't care about other people's compliments, but Lin Chao's own praises are very useful to him.

At this time, the people around also reacted, and Xun You immediately cupped his hands and said: "Uncle, I just don't know when Yuan Shao received the news that Yecheng was besieged. Although our army has the advantage in terms of distance, I'm afraid Yuan Shao will find out. After the news, immediately send a large army to defend Baimadu. If so, it will be difficult for our army to cross the river."

Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought again.

It has to be said that Xun You's concerns are justified.

Yecheng is only two hundred miles away from Baimadu, while Linyi is thousands of miles away from Baimadu. However, it has been more than half a month since Lin Dynasty's army arrived in Pingyang City, and Yuan Shao must have got the news a long time ago. He acted decisively enough that the soldiers and horses he sent might already be on the way.

Do you really want to fight for time with Yuan Shao?

However, it is Lin Chao's side who needs to cross the river. If they fail to catch up, they will naturally be attacked by Yuan Jun halfway across the river, and the damage will inevitably be heavy.

Just when everyone was hesitating, Lin Chao laughed.

With Guan Yu's reminder, Lin Chao was still undecided in his heart, but now he has thought of a way.

"It's okay, I have my own way."

Lin Chao waved his sleeves to signal everyone to return to their positions, then picked up the ax bestowed by Liu Bei and held it in his hand, saying loudly: "All generals listen to the order!"

Hearing this, everyone looked solemn, cupped their fists and said:
"exist!"

"Zhang Wenyuan, you will lead ten thousand soldiers to set off tomorrow and go straight to Liyang County on the other side of the Baima River. After arriving, don't act rashly. When the military order arrives, you will start crossing the river!"

"As ordered!"

Zhang Liao clasped his fists in response.

Lin Chao looked at Zhang Yan and said, "General Zhang."

Zhang Yan rushed out of the line and clasped her fists, "The end is here!"

"I ordered you to lead the troops of the headquarters, and send troops to besiege Ye City tomorrow. There is no need to attack the city, just surround it. Remember to surround it, even a fly cannot fly out of the city!"

Zhang Yan replied loudly: "Obey!"

"Yunchang."

Guan Yu also stood up, cupped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

Lin Chao said with a smile: "Yun Chang, let your soldiers rest for three days. After three days, I order you to lead all our soldiers to go south, cross the river from Yanjin, and capture Yan County!"

"Yanjin?" Guan Yu asked in surprise, "Isn't it to compete for Baima County? Why did you cross the river from Yanjin?"

This is not only the question of Guan Yu alone, but also the question of everyone present.

Lin Chao explained with a smile: "Now that our army has the upper hand, why bother to fight Yuan Shao for time. There are not many benefits in winning the fight, but the lives of soldiers will be lost in vain if you lose. Anyway, if Yuan Shao retreats, sooner or later he will send a large army to Baimadu Guard our army.

And when Wen Yuan leads his army across the river, the enemy will inevitably attack.At that time, it will be the best fighter, what does Yun Chang think? "

Lin Chao's meaning is very simple, instead of racing against time, it is better to do it once and for all.

First let Guan Yu lead the main force to cross the Yellow River quietly, and then let Zhang Liao lead the army across the river in full view.

Seeing this, Yuan Shaojun must have prepared to attack him halfway across the Yellow River.

As everyone knows, Guan Yu has led an army behind to block their way back, and they can be driven into the river like ducks in one wave!
In the past, there were Xun You's smacking of the east and the west, but now Lin Chao has played a trick of the west and the east, which can be regarded as a different kind of tribute.

Thinking about it, Lin Chao couldn't help but glance at Xun You.

Gongda my nephew, uncle is not polite this time.

After listening to Lin Chao's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, and then looked at Lin Chao with incredulous eyes.

This plan is not bad, it is even a terrific plan, a terrific plan to cut off children and grandchildren!
The first time Lin Zichu made a move, he was able to carry the person away.

It's this familiar trick again!

Being an enemy of him, just thinking about it makes people feel terrified.

On the side, Zhang Yan once again rejoiced in her heart that she chose to return to Xuzhou

Zichu deliberately let someone take the lead!
Guan Yu also understood Lin Chao's intention at this time, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Obey!"

Having figured out how to fight this battle, Lin Chao was naturally in a good mood, and immediately announced: "Today, let's take out the wine and meat from the army, and I want to feast the whole army, so I will fight bravely for this!"

Hearing that there was a table to eat, everyone immediately burst into joy, and responded with a louder voice than before:
"only!"

(End of this chapter)