The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 420

"Prime Minister, the current situation is like this. Wei Tao's rear is in trouble. With Wei Tao's temperament, he must be more concerned with dealing with foreign affairs than our army. After all, even if he loses the battle with the Prime Minister, It is nothing more than a peaceful coexistence with my big man and non-aggression, and his strength will naturally come back in the future."

Yang Xiu was talking in the tent at this time.

"Nowadays, most of the land owned by my big man is plains and rivers, which are not easy to defend and difficult to attack. I think the reason why Wei Tao is willing to make an agreement with the prime minister is because he does not want to hurt the strength of the Central Plains too much. Since Wei Tao is so soft-hearted, the prime minister Why not break it in one fell swoop, so as to secure ten years of peace?"

From the perspective of Cao Cao's subordinates, the reason why Cao Cao proposed such a battle with Wei Tao was that his territory was really difficult to defend.

At this time, Cao Cao frowned slightly. He naturally understood Yang Xiu's meaning, but Cao Cao obviously thought deeper.

"Dezu, how do you know that Wei Tao can't deal with it? As far as I know, the strength of the Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Qiang has been weakened a lot. Generals such as Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, and counselors such as Zhuge Jin and Jia Xu are all staying behind, so why not respond?"

"That's what the prime minister said."

Although Yang Xiu is conceited and arrogant, he naturally has to admit it when faced with the facts, but with Yang Xiu being so arrogant and conceited, it is naturally impossible to just admit it like this, and he still speaks out his strategy at the moment.

"However, please think about it, Prime Minister, the guards and our army fought for more than a month, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals on both sides, and the fact that they failed to make plans several times. If he wants to attack the army, he will immediately send troops to disrupt the formation. When he wants to do it but hesitates, he can attack the camp. Up to now, the victory over there has not yet been decided. Even if he is prepared, how can he feel at ease? This battle does not require a big victory, as long as our army has an advantage. As long as the advantage is established, and then our army sticks to the camp, the victory of this battle has been divided, and if the prime minister is willing, he can retreat when he wants to Attack at the right time, and then protect the Dahan for ten years of peace."

Speaking eloquently, I have to say that what Yang Xiu said is indeed reasonable. If the war in the north is unknown, he can really succeed.

The most important thing about this strategy is not the subtlety of the strategy. In fact, this strategy is quite simple. The real important thing is whether Wei Tao pays attention to the war in the north.

This is naturally beyond doubt, after so many years, Wei Tao has paid the most attention to such matters of foreigners.

In addition, the turmoil in the north was only half a month ago. Even if Wei Tao reacted quickly, it was impossible to say that those foreigners could be suppressed immediately.

Yang Xiu thought and acted based on this.

"What does Zhong Da think?"

After Cao Cao was silent for a while, he turned his head and asked.

"Prime Minister, there is no need to say much about Wei Tao's ingenuity. Except for the rumors that may cause some commotion among his subordinates, the others are not worth mentioning at all."

What Sima Yi was thinking was naturally hard to see, but this time he spoke calmly, even pointing directly at Yang Xiu who was beside him.

"The strategy Dezu said is so simple, it is impossible for Wei Tao's counselors to be ignorant, and they pinned their hopes on whether Wei Tao would lose his mind and be unaware of it. It is better to say that Wei Tao may be blind at any time Acting so that we can take advantage of the opportunity."

Although Sima Yi's words were very calm, they were ridiculed in Yang Xiu's ears.

This made Yang Xiu very angry.

Although this strategy itself is very simple, but the real calculation is to calculate Wei Tao's thoughts, so Yang Xiuke thinks that he is very clever and well-founded, how can he accept Sima Yi's words.

However, although Cao Cao appreciated Yang Xiu's idea, he agreed with what Sima Yi said, so he was only implementing rumors and had no real plan to use troops.

Naturally, Yang Xiu could only retreat helplessly.

However, although Yang Xiu himself is not the kind of person who complains about his schemes, he is also a person who can't hide his words. When talking to others, he will naturally speak out his schemes.

And the one who could hear this, besides some of Cao Cao's confidants, was naturally that Cao Zhi.

As Zhou Yu and others said, Cao Zhi's situation is good and bad. Although Cao Cao made him his heir, it was really difficult for him to obey. This time he accompanied Cao Cao to send troops, but in fact he had no military power. , let alone a military exploit.

In this way, Cao Zhi naturally hoped to make meritorious service, so he was very interested in what Yang Xiu said.

In the same way, Yang Xiu was also willing to tell Cao Zhi his thoughts and at the same time show his talent.

"...The plan is not complicated, but the result. If there is something wrong with my plan, I can stop it at any time, and as I think, it is absolutely impossible for Wei Tao not to fall into the trap. Unless he changes his temper and will fight with our army The fighting is more important than expulsion of aliens, but in my opinion, it is almost impossible."

With what Yang Xiu said so confidently, Cao Zhi believed it.

"Even if it doesn't work, this strategy is beneficial and harmless to our army. It is indeed a clever strategy!"

Cao Zhi did have a little understanding of the war, but he believed what Yang Xiu said, and then he found Cao Cao.

Maybe other people said that Cao Cao still wouldn't agree, but when facing Cao Zhi, after careful consideration, Cao Cao finally agreed to the matter.

The instability in the north is equivalent to the instability in the rear. Ordinary soldiers may not know so many strategies, but they understand that their homeland is likely to be invaded by foreigners.

If it wasn't for Wei Tao's presence, the commotion in the camp would not have calmed down so easily.

But even so, it is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate.

Then, according to what Zhou Yu and others said, Wei Tao immediately ordered his subordinates to launch several strong attacks. Although many soldiers were damaged, this made Yang Xiu sure that he was doing the right thing.

And since Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi had a good relationship, naturally Cao Zhi also confirmed this matter.

But they didn't know that Zhou Yu was talking to Wei Tao at this moment.

"Your Majesty, if Cao Zhi wants to attack the camp, it must be in the near future."

"Gongjin, can this plan work? Even if Cao Zhi doesn't understand, why doesn't Cao Cao understand? If he already knew, how could Cao Cao fall for this plan?"

Speaking of it, Wei Tao always felt that Cao Jun's plot was too simple. If he only talked about Yang Xiu's plot, that's fine. If he underestimated himself, then the other party might also do the same.But when it comes to the transfer of soldiers, if it is said that there is no acquiescence of Cao Cao, Wei Tao will not believe it.

But because of this, the more he thought about it, the more Wei Tao felt something was wrong, and he even had an idea that maybe Zhou Yu and others were too confident, but underestimated the other party's ideas.

Now that things are coming to an end, even Wei Tao has to be a little worried.

"I don't believe that Cao Cao is reckless."

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

Zhou Yu also nodded slightly. Obviously, Zhou Yu and the others were not too arrogant, thinking that their plan was unbreakable. Seeing this, Wei Tao finally let go of his thoughts.

"However, Your Majesty should also know that one should not just copy and stick to the plan. In fact, when this is the case, whether it is our army or Cao's army, they have to take several risks if they want to win. Our army deliberately let its design be For the sake of taking risks, Cao Jun's deliberate design is also taking risks. Just as His Majesty is worried, maybe what Yang Xiu is planning now is actually just Cao Cao taking advantage of the situation."

"How about that?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, and then asked directly.

"If the sneak attack fails, there are only a few methods, such as continuous attack, or attacking east and west, or using it as a bait to go straight to the central army, in short, there are many. If you just want to defend one by one Naturally, it is not impossible, but if you want to win, you must have a counterattack, how can you have a chance to counterattack? It is not that simple to be prepared for the unexpected."

Hearing Wei Tao's words, Zhou Yu nodded silently. He was obviously aware of the difficulties involved, but he quickly smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, this is the last battle after all. It's a fight. What I'm thinking of is not other things, but desperate. I don't know how Cao Cao will attack our army, but our army can take the opportunity to attack Cao's army. "

"Attack Cao's army? Attack each other with Cao Cao, and take advantage of Cao's army's strength to scatter in one fell swoop?"

Wei Tao frowned slightly, quite inconceivably, Zhou Yu's answer was actually not beyond Wei Tao's expectation, but it still made Wei Tao feel a little hesitant.

"Gongjin also knows that Cao Cao is cautious, and he will definitely not be unprepared. Is it possible to attack like this?"

Wei Tao asked very abruptly, but Zhou Yu naturally understood what Wei Tao meant, and smiled again at that moment.

"Your Majesty, it is impossible to do an ordinary surprise attack, but what if the entire army of 20 troops moves together? This is not a sneak attack, but a direct fight. The 20 troops rushed straight, even if Cao Cao was It is impossible to be prepared, and more importantly, as long as this is the case, our army will charge with one force, but Cao Cao will divide his troops to take care of two. In this case, although there is no room for a sneak attack, he has an advantage in strength. "

"In this case, the camps of the two armies will definitely not exist, and the rest will be fine. How to solve the food? Not to mention whether the agreement with Cao Cao should continue to be abided by, even if I do not abide by the agreement, at this time I want to transfer from the rear. It may not be enough for the food and grass to come."

The food and grass to supply 30 people was prepared from various places under Wei Tao's command for a month, and Cao Cao was almost the same.

Once this batch of food and grass is lost, it means failure, and the only way is to retreat.

This made Wei Tao a bit puzzled, what exactly do Zhou Yu and the others want?
"Hehe... To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, our idea is exactly the same."

Hearing Wei Tao's words, Zhou Yu replied with a slight smile.

(End of this chapter)