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Ge Yuan left and left. Liu Jing paced back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back. Judging from various circumstances, Cao Cao's anomaly was indeed related to the Di people's cavalry attacking Jicheng. This should be an opportunity.

But Liu Jing was somewhat hesitant. From Chaisang to now, he had never relied on others to defeat the enemy, let alone the Di people, who didn't have much contact with each other, and now they suddenly wanted to cooperate. Liu Jing felt somewhat difficult to adapt.

At this time, Fazheng laughed and said: "The Di people want food and pig iron, and they are willing to fight when they have benefits. This shows that they are here to take advantage of the fire to loot. I don't doubt the truth of this matter. I am just worried about how much they are willing to pay. We won’t withdraw our troops if there is a slight loss, that would be bad for us. If Zhou Mu is determined to take advantage of this opportunity, I suggest that we take the initiative to launch an offensive against Cao’s army, so that the Diren cavalry will attack Cao’s army from behind, the pressure will be less and the possibility of success will be reduced. Bigger, the key is that Zhou Mu can make up his mind."

Liu Jing nodded, wealth and wealth are in danger, if he is not willing to take risks, he will let go of this opportunity for nothing, but once he seizes this opportunity and defeats Cao Cao's main force, not only Longxi, but even Guanzhong will be at his fingertips.

More importantly, he has a big problem with his food supply, which can only last for less than half a month at most. The possibility of failure in this Northern Expedition is high, and the appearance of the Diren cavalry is undoubtedly a timely help. He must seize this time Chance.

Thinking of this, he resolutely made up his mind, turned his head to Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong can lead [-] troops to guard the camp, and I will transfer Zhang Ren's [-] grain guards back, so there will be [-] troops. Don't act rashly. Just keep an eye on the west city, I will lead the main force northward to pursue Cao Jun, within three days, we must defeat Cao Jun!"

Zhao Yun stood up and saluted, "The last general obeys orders!"

Cao Jun did retreat to the north. From the middle of the night, [-] troops began to leave the camp and retreat to the north. There was a bad news circulating in the camp. It was because the cavalry of the Di people attacked Jicheng and led to the retreat. Many soldiers were worried. The Han army and the Di people's cavalry formed a north-south pincer situation, and I am afraid they will be in danger. [

The troops withdrew in a very hasty manner, retreating northward for more than [-] miles in one hour. Except for food and grass, there was no time to take away the camps and several supplies, so they had to throw them all away.

Before dawn, Liu Jing led tens of thousands of troops to the place where Cao Jun was stationed. The entire camp was left intact, but people went to the camp to empty the camp, and there was no time to take away the military uniforms, ordnance, war drums, flags, and various heavy vehicles. However, Cao Jun took away tens of thousands of shi of grain, not a single grain of rice was left behind.

Liu Jing inspected Cao Jun's camp on horseback. Cao Jun's hasty retreat left a deep impression on him and made him more confident. He immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to speed up and march north to pursue Cao Jun!"

The Han army also accelerated their marching speed and chased north. More than a dozen teams of scouts were exploring the way ahead to prevent Cao Jun from ambushing halfway.

Time gradually arrived at noon the next day, and Cao Cao's [-] troops had retreated [-] miles northward, and they were still more than [-] miles away from Ji County. Cao Cao then ordered the army to rest on the spot.

At this time, Cao Cao had received the news, and Liu Jing led the main force of the Han army all the way north to pursue them, about [-] miles away from them.

He couldn't help laughing complacently, and praised Xun You: "I have always mourned Feng Xiao's early death, but now I don't sigh anymore. With Gongda around, why should I be afraid of Jia Xu? This is a series of steps, which can be called a classic of luring the enemy." , I want my descendants to write this plan into the history books of military strategists."

Xun You said with a smile: "In fact, the fundamental reason for the success of this plan is that Liu Jing underestimated the difficulty of the Northern Expedition, especially in the south where there were ships transporting grain and grass. "I don't have a deep understanding, and the difficulty of grain transportation on Qishan Road, I think Liu Jing didn't expect it in advance, which caused his logistics problems, so he was eager to fight us, otherwise Liu Jing's shrewdness, he really can't be sure Fooled."

"But Gongda had expected it a long time ago. This is called shrewdness is not as good as cleverness." Cao Cao praised Xun You without hesitation.

At this time, a guard rushed to report, "Prime Minister, the Di people's envoy is here."

"Bring him up!"

After a while, several guards brought up the envoy of the Di people. It was Ge Yuan who had been sent to the Han army twice. He knelt down and said, "Ge Yuan pays homage to the prime minister!"

Cao Cao nodded slightly and said: "If you are willing to cooperate with me to complete this plan this time, I will reward you and let the court formally confer the title of King Di on your leader. As for the pig iron trade, I will keep my promise. Now that you have completed the task, you can Withdrew."

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for the reward. I'll go back and ask my brother to withdraw!"

Ge Yuan kowtowed, got up and retreated, Xun You hesitated for a moment, he shouldn't let the Di people withdraw, it would be a little loophole, it would be more effective to let the Di people's cavalry pretend to attack Cao Jun's back. [

But Xun You just hesitated, but did not stop the Di people's envoys from leaving. Xun You knew that the Di people were unreliable, and if they were not careful, they would make fakes come true, which was too risky.

Cao Cao watched Ge Yuan go away, and then asked Xun You with a smile, "What should we do next?"

After Cao Cao wiped out Ma Chao, he sent someone to reprimand Di Wang Yang Wanwan, accusing him of supporting Ma Chao's army, which made the people of Di deeply fearful. Yang Wanwan sent his wife and brothers to apologize to Cao Cao. Dare to send troops to attack Cao's army. As for the surprise attack on Ji County by Di people's cavalry this time, it was entirely Xun You's strategy.

Xun You knew that the Han army's northern expedition would be confused by the problem of food and grass. Liu Jing must be eager to fight Cao Jun. Before the Han army's northern expedition, Xun You counted all the possibilities. Liu Jing was lured to go north in the psychological anxiety of eager to fight.

It can be said that this is the most classic strategy in Xun You's half-life battle. From Ge Yuan's first mission to Hanzhong, to Yu Jin's defeat, to choosing Xia Houlan as the main general, he attacked Liangdao and was arrested. Until the Diren cavalry attacked Jicheng and forced Cao Jun to retreat, all the links were carefully planned by Xun You, and the ultimate goal was to lure the enemy to go north.

It was his perfect strategy that finally convinced Cao Cao and established Xun You's position in Cao Cao's heart as the chief strategist in one fell swoop. However, the Diren cavalry was only a part of his serial plan, and he still had one killer trick that he did not use. Now is the time.

Xun You smiled faintly, "Since Liu Jing has made the plan to go north, then General Xu Huang can play!"

The reason why Xicheng was able to build a county is mainly because of its important geographical location. It is the east-west bifurcation point of Qishan Road. The two official roads meet here. To the north, you can go to Jixian County, Tianshui County, and to the east is another road. The road, passing through Shangyu County, can continue eastward to Guangwei County.

However, the official road to the east is not easy, and it is extremely rugged and difficult. Therefore, business travelers going north would rather go to Ji County first, and then go east from Ji County to Guangwei County. Although the road is twice as far, it is flat and spacious. It is suitable for transporting a large amount of goods, and those who go to the host country are just in a hurry, or go to Shangyu County nearby.

On the evening of the next day when Liu Jing led his army northward to pursue Cao's army, a cao army of about 5 people was marching rapidly towards the west city along the rugged east road. Cao Jun's reinforcements came from Guanzhong.

Cao Cao deployed 20 troops in Guanlong, and initially deployed only a small number of troops in Longxi. When Cao Cao confirmed that Liu Jing would lead his army northward from Qishan Road, he personally led an army of [-] to Tianshui County. There were still [-] people, and it was completely unnecessary, so Cao Cao decided to send another [-] troops to Longxi.

However, Xun You offered a plan. The [-] troops in the second round could be used as surprise soldiers and appeared at the most critical moment. Under Xun You's plan, after secretly entering Guangwei County, this army did not go west to Tianshui County. , but turned to the southwest, passed through Shangyu County, and went straight to Xicheng.

At this time, Liu Jing had already led the main force to go north, and in the Han army camp in Xicheng, only the [-] troops commanded by Zhao Yun were confronting the Xicheng defenders. The sudden arrival of this [-] army became the key to the outcome. The human cavalry is the lure strategy in Xun You's double strategy, and the appearance of this army is the second strategy: the strange soldier strategy.

The [-] Cao army was led by general Xu Huang, with Zhang He as the deputy general, but the only shortcoming was that this army was not the elite of Cao army.

At the end of last year, Cao Cao defeated the powerful Su Yin and Tian Bo who rebelled in Hebei, and incorporated 10,000+ surrendered troops. These [-] troops were just a part of the incorporated surrendered army. They were sent to Taiwan after only two months of simple training. In Guanzhong, the combat effectiveness is relatively weak.

The army of 5 people marched rapidly on the mountain road, the momentum was huge, the soldiers kept making noises, and the birds were disturbed all the way, making it difficult to march in a concealed manner. Xu Huang knew that this army was originally a mob with a low level of training, so he could do nothing , can only speed up the march.

At this time, it was already dark, and the team was still more than [-] miles away from the west city. The road was very difficult. After a long march, the army began to be obviously tired. The soldiers kept complaining, and vicious curses kept coming and going. He said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, why don't you let the brothers rest for an hour to recover their strength so that they can attack the Han army."

Xu Huang looked back at the army and saw that the army was exhausted and disorganized, so he shook his head and said, "One hour is too long, pass on my order to rest on the spot for half an hour!"

The messenger rushed to pass the order, "The general has an order, rest on the spot for half an hour!"

The sergeants have been exhausted for a long time, and now they can finally rest. The soldiers rushed to rest. Some drank water and ate food, but more people wrapped themselves in military blankets, fell to the ground and fell asleep, and soon snored. No matter half an hour later Can I wake up.

At this time, on the mountain hundreds of steps away, several soldiers were climbing on top of a big tree, and were observing the enemy army in surprise. These soldiers were scouts sent by Zhao Yun to patrol the host road, and their leader was the chief scout general flat.

At this time, Ren Ping was also very shocked. Based on his experience, he quickly concluded that this Cao army had at least 5 to [-] people. This Cao army was obviously going to support Xicheng, but they knew nothing about the situation of the Han army in Xicheng. Danger.

A soldier of the Han army came out from the bushes and came forward to report: "The humble position is confirmed. There are 5 to [-] people in this army, but it seems that the army is not in order, and the night accommodation is chaotic. The humble position also saw soldiers gathered together gamble."

Ren Ping nodded and said: "You keep watching the enemy, I will go back and report to General Zhao immediately!"