Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 229 The opportunity has come, it's time for me to appear!

"Hmph..." Jia Xu was stunned, and immediately let out a muffled laugh, unable to hold back for a moment.

I didn't think about it at first, but just read the military report on a case-by-case basis, and realized that Guo Tu's tricks were really good, and he was so sophisticated that people were caught off guard.

I didn't expect Xu Zhen to draw him here with a word, and it was indeed the case when I really thought about it. Guo Tu had never won any battles on the battlefield before, so he didn't dare to think that he could come up with such a strategy now and fight back desperately.

Hitting one's own people is really powerful.

"What shall we do now?"

Zhao Yun asked sincerely, he was already a little eager to try, in his opinion, now is a good time, and he can definitely mobilize troops. Once he gets involved in the battle of Youzhou, winning Daijun is definitely just around the corner.

"Not urgent."

Xu Zhen, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang all answered at the same time. The three of them were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and smiled, and immediately burst into laughter.

Zhuge Liang immediately slapped his feather fan and said: "General Zilong, don't worry. We have to wait and see how Yuan Xi will fight back. Is Yuan's son a treasure in the pool? I will definitely find a way to take back the city."

"That's right. Let's stick to the line of defense. It's best to stay behind closed doors. The more peaceful Jizhou is, the more they can flex their muscles."

"Your Majesty, from the old man's point of view, it's best to issue another military order now to prepare for the autumn harvest, and the soldiers and horses in the territory will be mixed with the army and the people," Jia Xu said immediately.

Xu Zhen smiled, pointed at him and said, "As you please, let the word out."

Several generals secretly glanced at each other, their faces were relaxed, they were not like the civil and military personnel in Yuan's camp, and they would not influence the thoughts of literati and military advisers.

The main reason is that these military advisers, everyone's brains are very easy to use, even a talented person like Yang Xiu has to be trembling in this hall, for fear of being played into it one day.

this afternoon.

The news was released, and it just happened to be put in the ears of Yuan Shian, who was planted in Jizhou, and it was done in a very cryptic way, so that they could not believe it. The words soon reached Daijun City. At this time, Yuan Shang was still planning to attack Shanggu, as long as the soldiers and horses of Shanggu relax, the army will immediately attack the city.

At this moment, I got news from Jizhou.

"Okay, Xu Zhen has already taken the opportunity to prepare for the implementation of internal affairs and hoarded food and grass. We fought a war and gave him a chance to breathe."

"Xu Zhen is a smart person, of course he wouldn't come to this muddy water, it's a good time!"

Guo Tu sat next to him. In this battle, he gained a lot of food and grass, and fed all the soldiers and horses under his command, so his contribution is indispensable.

At this time, Yuan Shang relied heavily on him. Hearing the spies' information, he sneered and said, "Xu Zhen released this news."

"The implication is that even though the two young masters are fighting each other, Jizhou will watch and there will be no hindrance."

"So that's it," Yuan Shang nodded approvingly. He doesn't need to understand this information, because the effect is the same.

Whether Yuan Shang understands the deep meaning of it, he must try his best to fight Yuan Xi to understand it. After all, he has to attack Daijun and bring the people into it.

It's strange that Yuan Xi can bear this tone, so the current situation is very tense, but Xu Zhen has to deal with whatever they do, but at this time Xu Zhen said that Jizhou will never violate the internal affairs of the autumn harvest, so the problem will come Yes, it must be resolved as soon as possible.

"It is necessary to stabilize the situation before this year's autumn harvest. The 20 troops must be placed in Bingzhou and Youzhou respectively, with half a foot in Youzhou, so that the second son can't forcefully march and make trouble. We are betting on two Young master knows the general situation, understands the situation, and won't get carried away by anger."

Guo Tu was playing with the teacup, his face was still very gloomy. He could understand the current situation, but there were not many ways to break the situation.

Because before, if they didn't pretend to surrender to Daijun, their soldiers and horses would starve to death, but now, they knew that Xu Zhen was watching the fire from the other side, ready to reap the benefits at any time, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, it is impossible to make peace with Yuan Xi. Fortunately, the number of people is superior now, and the army is strong, so they still have the initiative.

"Does he really understand the general situation?"

An irritable look appeared in Yuan Shang's eyes, he blamed this elder brother for disrespecting his father's will, which caused the two of them to be caught in a scramble at this moment, and instead gave an opportunity for outsiders to take advantage.

There is no way, now we can only bite the bullet and continue to fight, this battle must be won.

……

In Yuyang County, Yuan Xi mobilized a large number of soldiers from the north to prevent foreign invasions and gathered in Yuyang County to reorganize the army. The situation at this time was completely beyond his expectations.

It can be said that Guo Tu was caught off guard in this battle, and after they quickly captured Dai County, they immediately began to defend to the death, throwing a large number of troops into the mountain forest pass, the mountain pass, and the main roads everywhere. The county is surrounded by water, and it is difficult to enter.

It was difficult to get any news even from the scouts, which meant that Yuan Xi would have to make a strong attack to regain the lost ground if he wanted to attack again. This was not a small problem for him.

If he wants to take it back, he will have to pay a lot of casualties, and he may not even be able to fight well. However, the Su Tie armament he captured from Xu Zhen has little effect when used to attack the city. Various defensive traps, such as boiling water and rolling stones, can cause heavy casualties to soldiers.

Since Yuan Shang captured the city, he must have been prepared and was waiting for Yuan Xi to attack, so he fell into hesitation.

In the past few days alone, most of Yuan Xi's head had white hair, his complexion was not good, and there were many wrinkles.

I don’t know how much I saw on the map. The simple map of the eleven cities of Daijun is densely filled with labels. There are two cities among them. The walls are not easy to increase. If you want to take back Daijun, you have to start from here. And it is best to wait for Yuan Shang to come out.

Closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Yuan Xi muttered to himself, "Yuan Shang has solved the problem of food and grass in the past few days and looted wantonly in Dai County, but it is not a long-term solution. All the food in Dai County is robbed from the homes of the people. enough to feed them for fifteen days."

"After fifteen days, the princes outside the customs will definitely send food to help. He just wants to pass this time."

"Soldiers have to cut off the food, cut off his food road! Come out than Yuan Shang!"

Yuan Xi pointed his sword, and the tip of the sword pointed at a key main road outside Daijun, which was closer to Youzhou and deeper than the place where Xu Zhen stopped the grain at that time.

After Yuan Shang's experience last time, he must be worried about Xu Zhen's sneak attack again. After all, he is unpredictable. Jizhou seems to be calm, and he might come out suddenly and stab you.

Therefore, he must choose the food road that goes deeper into Jizhou. Now that he has sent troops from Yuyang to Gujun, there are two ways to bypass Daijun.

It is to travel the mountain road, not to use horses for the whole journey.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi immediately said in a deep voice: "Take Yangling Slope, enter the valley, go out of Shanggu County to cross Dai County, and then enter Yuyi Mountain to camp. I will slowly transport the grain. There is a river here. If there is not enough food and grass, you can catch fish first and eat, bring rice millet and pot helmets to fill your stomach, search day and night and wait for the food to be delivered, as soon as you see a grain truck, burn it immediately, there is no need to snatch it!"

"I want to force Yuan Shang to fight from Dai Commandery!"

Qianzhao glanced at the route on the map, probably knowing that it might take seven days to march through the mountains and forests, and immediately said: "Young master, we will arrive within a few days. If we arrive, the food has already been delivered to Daijun, and our efforts will be in vain."

"It's okay, take a gamble!" Yuan Xi gritted his teeth, and calmly analyzed: "In a few days, the food they exchanged from the princes outside the pass will definitely not arrive, otherwise Guo Tu will not take the risk and enter our Dai County. It is estimated that it will take more than ten days for the food to be delivered to the big army camp."

"Yuan Shang has too many soldiers and horses. A small amount of food is not enough to eat and a lot of wine. Once there are grain trucks coming, there must be hundreds of trucks in a steady stream. It is easy to investigate. If you take 7000 people through the mountains and forests, you will definitely be able to make meritorious deeds."

Yuan Xi has worked hard in Youzhou these years, just like Yuan Tan who was in Qingzhou back then. Although he is not a famous general, he has gone through various battles and is already a veteran.

Naturally, he knows how to march and fight. This is a matter of experience. Not to mention how many strategies he can think of, but he knows how to use the terrain. He is familiar with the terrain of Youzhou, and how many trails can immediately emerge in his mind.

At this time, he ordered again decisively, so that Qianzhao also calmed down, and immediately clasped his fists and took the order and left.

……

Seven days later, Yuan Shang received a military intelligence report and discussed with Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping and others in the main hall of the government office in Dai County.

"The grain exchanged by Ma Teng's army has already departed from Bingzhou, and the delivery schedule will arrive within six days. The current army grain is just enough to support it. Now Yuan Xi has gathered troops and horses in Yuyang, and is ready to enter Shanggu at any time. At the same time, he is still in Ji County Thirty thousand soldiers and horses are stationed, gentlemen, what should the current situation be?"

Guo Tu stroked his beard lightly, and immediately bowed and said, "Send [-] soldiers and horses to meet the [-] li, and pick up the grain and grass. Don't make any mistakes, so as not to be robbed by Xu Zhen again."

These people were also afraid of being robbed by Xu Zhen. He was not a gentleman, and his use of soldiers was unpredictable, so he couldn't figure out what he could do next.

"Second, it is justified."

"Food is the foundation. This time, the grain transportation is the foundation of our foothold in Youzhou. There must be no mistakes or omissions. We have to travel dozens of miles to meet the grain trucks."

Several military advisers said this, Yuan Shang thoughtfully, nodded and said: "Then, according to what gentlemen said, send troops and horses to meet and ensure that the food is delivered to Daijun."

This can be regarded as learned from Xu Zhen's lesson in robbing grain. Xu Zhen was able to dispatch an army of [-] to [-] shi to rob a mere [-] shi of grain, just like bandits. Why can't he greet him like this now? Be meticulous and make sure you get it right.

In order not to be deceived by Xu Zhen, he is a restless person and appointed not to stay in Jizhou honestly.

Yuan Shang always felt that Xu Zhen was going to come out and do something, as if a shadow was in his heart.

Rumors among the common people have even turned Xu Zhen into metaphysics. He was born to fight the Yuan family. of.

I haven't seen him so powerful in fighting other princes. Where is Xu Zhen in the battle of Xuzhou?

The dispatch of troops was discussed that day, and the details were properly arranged, but in the afternoon, news came that made Yuan Shang worry.

Yuan Xi's army came to attack suddenly, and directly stormed the two cities. Within half a day, they all broke through, and all the passes along the way were broken. Yuan Shang was so frightened that he hurriedly increased his troops.

When he arrived at the main camp, all the generals under his command were in a panic, and the Bingzhou soldiers didn't have the slightest support from the people after they arrived in Daijun. Now that Yuan Xi came back from the attack, the people wanted to finish the fight right away, so that they would have a chance to disperse and leave Youzhou with their families.

"Let's postpone the matter of supplying food and grass. Immediately increase the number of troops on the front line and defend Ziye City! If the city is gone, it will be useless to wait for the food!"

Guo Tu persuaded him for a while, but it was useless. Yuan Shang's mind was already in a state of confusion, and he just wanted to defeat Yuan Xi's army, so he sent troops to garrison to delay Yuan Xi's marching route.

The two sides fought for three days in the territory of Daijun, resulting in countless casualties, and the people fled.

Tens of thousands of people did not dare to stay in their hometown any longer, so they could only flee south, begging to enter Jizhou, but although Xu Zhen was benevolent and loved the people, he was not a kind and weak person, so he ordered the border guards to resettle these refugees first. Prevent spy workers from entering the country, distribute some food to keep them alive, and live together at the Jizhou border first.

At the same time, a large number of spies and spies were sent to inquire about the news of the front-line war, thousands of cavalry were sent out, and the daily military situation was like a snowflake to Zhongshan County.

Xu Zhen was in charge of the government in the government office in Zhongshan County, and he had to watch the military situation for an hour every day. The more he watched it, the more energetic he was now.

Zhuge Liang was still in the main hall, Xu Zhen discussed with him after reading it, "Why did Yuan Xi attack Daijun by force?"

Zhuge Liang laughed, and said: "It's definitely not in a hurry. Yuan Xi's ability to stabilize the situation in Youzhou shows that he can only be under those elite prefects who have been around for many years. Although he has no famous generals under his tent, he has many veterans who have followed him for many years. Having been stationed in Youzhou for many years and familiar with the terrain, it is certain that they will attack Dai Commandery by force, so that Yuan Shang cannot divide his troops, and send out surprise troops to cut off his supply routes."

"Ryoko sees clearly."

"Master taught well!" Zhuge Liang smiled flatly. He has been thinking for many years, and his talent is unparalleled. Xu Zhen often asked, although it is only on paper, it develops intelligence. I thought of the most important root in the fight between the two brothers.

food.

"I estimate that there will be a result within five days. I'm afraid Yuan Xi can really win back." Xu Zhen stroked his chin and nodded, saying: "Yuan Shang does not have the ability of Yuan Shao, but he has the disease of Yuan's noble family. illness, he is afraid that Yuan Xi will force him into a decisive battle."

"Five days," Zhuge Liang took a deep breath, "The opportunity has come."

Xu Zhen smiled immediately, put down all the military newspapers, and said with a loud smile: "The opportunity has come!"

"We have stationed troops in Zhongshan for many days. We have waited so long for this opportunity. I predict that Yuan Xi will definitely win and drive Yuan Shang out of Dai Commandery!"

"Mingzilong led 3 white robes, Zhongkang led the school with [-] swordsmen, Dianwei Qinghu battalion, Jiaqi battalion, crossbow cavalry battalion, plus [-] soldiers from Montenegro, chase and kill along the way!"

"Kong Ming, you will lay out the ambush route."

"Here!!" Zhuge Liang raised his eyes, and his heart was immediately full of enthusiasm. This was the first time he personally arranged an ambush to kill, and he could definitely predict all the escape routes, so that Yuan Shang's army could be ambushed as much as possible.

……

Four days later.

The fierce battle continued, and the sad news of the Bingzhou Army suddenly came from Dai County, where the outcome was close.

The grain and grass transported later were suddenly attacked when passing through Yuyi Mountain. They set fire to the grain and grass carts and horses, beheaded more than a thousand grain soldiers and horses, looted dozens of grain and grass carts, and the rest were all caught in the forest fire. Burn it up.

When Yuan Shang heard the news, he was in great chaos, the morale of the army was ruined, and the army had no food. Yuan Xi successively broke the city and surrendered 3 to [-] people to Youzhou.

Yuan Shang lost his mind when he retreated to the city of Daijunzhu. He just wanted to send troops to fight Yuan Xi to the death. As a result, he was ambushed as soon as he left the city.

Guo Tu could only take the army, Yuan Shang, and Wen Wu to flee together. At the same time, he sent sentry cavalry back to Bingzhou first, and asked Gao Lan to lead troops to rescue.

(End of this chapter)