Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1352 layout

   In fact, in most cases, the matter of arrogance is turned a blind eye, and it is only when it is needed that it is suddenly discovered.

  For example, the regulations of Zhangtai, such as the level of the door, are they not discovered every time until the trespasser completes the construction of the Zhangtai door? Not necessarily. But many people didn't think about Du Jian's anti-meng at the beginning, but watched with cold eyes, watching other people's buildings rising, watching other people's banquets, and watching other people's buildings collapse.

  For the superiors in the feudal society, trespassing is the most suitable crime to be held accountable, just like the trumped-up charge. Anyway, as long as you "carefully" investigate, something must be trespassing.

  So when Xun Yu said that he heard that Yuan Shu was arrogating a lot in Shouchun in Yangzhou, southern Henan, Cao Cao couldn't sit still.

  Does the Yuan family do too few arrogance? Does this need to be specifically mentioned? But what Xun Yu meant was to beat Liu Xie to death with a stick in the name of Liu Xie!

  Don’t talk about Yuan Shu, just talk about Yuan Shao. During the period of anti-Dong, set up a succession system, designate yourself as a chariot general, and then arbitrarily distribute the official positions of his subordinates. Even Cao Cao got a general as a general.

   It’s just that the current Han Emperor Liu Xie’s strength is weak. In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if someone did what Yuan Shao did, it would be strange if they were not crushed into powder and ransacked their homes and wiped out thirteen clans.

   And only Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are the only ones who overstepped. Is it the Yuan family?

  Cao Cao never did it? Before Cao Cao received Liu Xie, he was beating this one and that one. Was there an edict from the emperor? Give this one an official position, and that one a prefect. Does the emperor nod?

   Leaving aside Cao Cao, Liu Biao's **** is clean?

  Who doesn't have a pile of **** stuck in their crotch?

  So what Xun Yu meant was not that Yuan Shu really overran anything, but that Cao Cao could use Yuan Shu's presumptuous name to do some actions, and then use this name to fight Yuan Shu openly!

  Cao Cao stared at Xun Yu without saying a word.

  Xun Yu, on the other hand, watched his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, and remained motionless.

   "Wen Ruo!" Cao Cao blew on his beard and stared mung bean eyes the size of soybeans, "Do you want to fall for someone?"

  Xun Yu cupped his hands and said: "There is no turning back when you open the bow. Duke Ming is now, but there is still room for maneuver?"

   "..." Cao Cao was silent, he just gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face twitched with his beard, and then turned to look at Guo Jia.

"This matter..." Guo Jia understood, and without waiting for Cao Cao to ask, he said directly, "Let someone start writing this memorial... It just so happens that someone can also give up this identity..." Guo Jia's statement is actually tantamount to agreeing Xun Yu's layout plan.

Guo Jia is still using the name of Xi Zhicai. Although Cao Cao’s brothers like Xia Houdun already know what Xi Zhicai is like, they haven’t said anything about it. After all, some things still need to be like Xi Zhicai. It was done under such a name, just like "relevant department", "relevant person", "informed person" and so on.

Cao Cao was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said, "It's not right, how can Feng Xiao be made to work again and again...We might as well let Wei Bocuo do it..." Wei Ji is the person who Yuan Shaoan put in, so let Wei Ji draft this one The memorial is tantamount to reporting to Yuan Shao, and if in the future...

   It can be regarded as leaving a hole to some extent, but it may not be effective.

  Cao Cao has been thinking about it for a long time, and it seems that this is the only plan left. The two Yuans control the north and the south, and Cao Cao is sandwiched in the middle like the word 嬲. There are people behind and people in front. If you can't beat Yuan Shao, you can only throw a piece of soap, uh, throw a charge to Yuan Shu, and first beat Yuan Shu to the ground.

  If Cao Cao didn't have the slightest ambition, then the days of messing around will be over now. When Yuan Shao unified the north of the Yellow River, Cao Cao hurried up to kneel and lick Yuan Shao comfortably, and naturally there would be no problem. But the question is, will Cao Cao be willing to do this?

   If you are not reconciled, then unite with Liu Biao and even Liu Bei to continue attacking Yuan Shu together!

After all, among the two Yuans, Yuan Shu is obviously the softer one, which is easier to pinch. If Yuan Shu is defeated and Yuzhou is captured, it will naturally have more strategic depth and more room for maneuvering, and it will also benefit his own interests. develop.

The three of them had discussed it and it was decided that when they came out of Cao Cao's mansion, Guo Jia remained silent and just followed Xun Yu until they had gone a long way before saying to Xun Yu, "Wen Ruo, it's a great game of chess... However, this plan... Mr. Cao may not be unaware..."

  Xun Yu heard the words, paused in his steps, stopped, looked back at Guo Jia, and said, "Since you know it, why don't you tell the master?"

  Guo Jia stopped beside Xun Yu, gave Xun Yu the look that you are still asking me about this, and then said: "Although my lord doesn't say anything at this time, it is still a pimple after all. If in the future..."

   Xun Yu was silent.

   Is Xun Yu's strategy only aimed at Yuan Shu?

  In fact, this strategy puts everyone in! Even including Cao Cao!

Although it is said that the big monkey and the second monkey don't see eye to eye and fight each other, the problem is that the two monkeys are brothers after all, and they will not hesitate to fight even if they are bloody, but if they really step forward to help one of them, they will If the other monkey is killed, will this monkey thank you for coming to help?

So when the big monkey ascends to the throne, he will definitely think of the matter of beating the two monkeys together. Whoever beats the most fiercely and contributes the most will inevitably end up the worst. Otherwise, how can the big monkey show loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and brotherhood? deep?

   If you want to avoid being held accountable by the big monkey afterwards, then there is only one way...

   Find a chance to kill the big monkey together!

  Cao Cao is very smart. Although he may not have realized it now, Xun Yu's arrangement is a hidden danger after all. The boss likes to be used as a gun by his subordinates or a monkey?

   "...do everything you can..." Xun Yu sighed slightly, "Er Yuan is the thief of the country, if we don't get rid of it, the world will be in trouble..."

   "Sheji?" Guo Jia shook his head. "Wen Ruo, you are playing with fire..." For Guo Jia, the so-called Great Han Dynasty Hall is not the most important thing, and it is not worth giving up a lot. Get closer.

"The four virtues are the result of King Wen's prosperity. The four evils are the result of the downfall of Shang Zhou..." Xun Yu looked up at the sky and said softly, "A gentleman should be used to observe the sky, and to move the celestial bodies. Every word and deed, it is better to be the same..." Xun Yu may not be unaware of the hidden dangers that doing so will bring to him, but when he made a resolution in Yingchuan back then, he had to practice it and walk unswervingly, how could he give up halfway?

  Guo Jia frowned slightly, sighed, and stopped talking. Facing such a Xun Yu, what can Guo Jia say?

  Xun Yu turned his head and said to Guo Jia solemnly: "If in the future... a certain person is not good... Fengxiao should leave a useful body and help the Han Dynasty! Do it!"

Guo Jia let out a dumb laugh and said, "This matter... such a big responsibility, I'd better leave it to you, maybe I'll be one step ahead... What's more, besides the two apes, there is still Kunpeng, who has a heavy responsibility. And Daoyuan... a certain body is thin, can't do it, can't do it..." After speaking, he laughed, shook his sleeves, and left.

   Xun Yu watched Guo Jia go away, showing a helpless smile, then gradually put it away, turned his gaze to the west, flickering, I don't know what he was thinking...

  ………………

   Liu Bei sneezed violently. After working hard for days, he didn't even have time to take off his armor last night, so he found a shelter from the wind to deal with it all night like the big soldier, but he seemed to be a little bit infected with the wind and cold.

  Liu Bei helped the dou 鍪, who had fallen down due to sneezing, and looked back. Behind him, there was a continuous army, moving forward like a long snake.

The army marched rumblingly, the main soldiers plus the auxiliary army, plus the civilian husbands who were in charge of handymen in the army, it was quite a mighty lineup, and when the army was marching, the formation was often the longest, which was also the weakest when.

  It is different from the situation in the game that no matter how you fight or walk, you can still maintain the formation. In the cold weapon war, the time it takes for the formation to change from marching to fighting is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

  A group of soldiers who may not be able to recognize numbers within ten, plus civilians who have never received training, when suddenly encountering an enemy attack, chaos is inevitable.

   Therefore, sentry scouts are extremely important. They can let the army know the opponent's situation in advance, and adjust the formation in time to avoid being in a hurry. Fortunately, the Xuzhou area is still mostly flat land. In clear weather, soldiers can see the smoke and dust formed by the enemy's actions from a long distance, so ambushes can basically be avoided.

   Being able to avoid an ambush does not mean that the situation can be avoided from deteriorating. These are completely different things...

  The current situation in Xuzhou is very unsatisfactory.

   Ji Ling attacked and marched, conquered all the way, and pointed directly at Xiapi. In order to consolidate the defense of Xiapi, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to occupy Lu County in Pengcheng, and the other to occupy Xiaxiang in the southeast.

   Strategically speaking, Liu Bei's arrangement is not wrong, but he misjudged the situation.

  Xiapi is the south gate of Xuzhou. Once Xiapi is lost, Xuzhou will be in danger. For Ji Ling, Xiapi is located in the Huaisi water area, with Shandong to the north and Jianghuai to the south. From a strategic point of view, from Xiapi to the northwest along the Surabaya River to Pengcheng, and then to the west, you can touch the Central Plains. From Xiapi to the northeast, aiming at the Yishui River Valley, you can go directly to Shandong. Therefore, for Yuan Shu, opening up this channel means that he can directly threaten Yuan Shao's flanks. How can he give up so easily?

The land of Xuzhou runs through the north and the south. The north can be used as a bridgehead to manage the south, and the south can be used as a support point for the Yinma Yellow River. The strategic significance is very important, and it is a battleground for military strategists. Slowly develop, slowly plan?

  Who would be willing to give Liu Bei this time?

  Throughout the history, during the confrontation between the North and the South, there are three lines of defense that the two sides repeatedly contend for. The first line of defense is the line of the Yellow River; the second line is the line of the Huaihe River; the third is the line of the Yangtze River.

  When the northern power is strong, it can reach the front line of the Yangtze River, and even cross the river to break through Jiankang. Basically, the great cause of unification can be completed; when the southern power is strong, it can often approach the Yellow River and threaten the base camp of the Northern Dynasty.

  Only when the strengths of the two sides are equal can they stabilize on the Huaihe River, and Xuzhou is located in the north of the middle of the Huaihe River and the Yellow River, and is an important fulcrum of Huaibei. If the South wants to defend the natural moat of the Yangtze River, it must go forward and lay out the defense along the Huaihe River.

   Therefore, for Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, who controls Xuzhou, must be strangled to death if he shows the slightest sign of rebellion!

   Otherwise, wouldn't Yuan Shao just get to a bridgehead to attack Jianghuai in vain?

Therefore, even if Liu Biao and Cao Cao plundered the northern part of Yuzhou, and even captured some areas such as Yingchuan, Yuan Shu would bear it, because in Yuan Shu's view, it only needed him and Yuan Shao to decide the outcome, and the world would basically be determined. At that time, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and others were just clowns, and they couldn't last long, not to mention that Yuan Shu didn't have follow-up arrangements...

   Therefore, Yuan Shu's attitude of attacking Xuzhou was very firm, and Liu Bei couldn't bear it.

Although the posture of the horns is indeed good, it also violates the big taboo of dividing troops. The problem is that Liu Bei has to guard without dividing troops, otherwise he may not be able to defend only one Xiapi, so in the end he became the prime minister in the southeast of Xiapi. Zhang Fei from the county seat was beaten by Ji Ling and was the first to be unable to hold on...

  Liu Bei was forced to come to the rescue.

  Of course, rescue is not necessarily the right choice, but Liu Bei also has no other way to go.

Although Qingqi scouts have been dispatched to try to find out the situation along the way from Xiapi to Xiaxiang as soon as possible, and even Zhang Fei's life and death before Xiapi, it is best to contact Zhang Fei directly, but after all, there is a long way to go, and There is no cavalry unit in Liu Bei's hands. Even if he wants to go fast, he can't get up fast. He still has to rely on two legs and go south a little bit...

  Liu Bei didn't have many war horses, but Yuan Shu, who was rich and powerful, had a lot of them. Of course, at this point in time, if we only talk about cavalry military expenses, the nickname of Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, is not just casually.

   Liu Bei's army was dispatched to rescue the prime minister. The smoke and dust raised by the infantry could not be concealed at all, and Ji Ling's scouts quickly spotted it and quickly reported Ji Ling's place.

  Ji Ling immediately started to set up the siege mode. The siege ants are the least efficient and the most damaging siege mode. If it wasn't for the purpose of attracting Liu Bei, how could Ji Ling choose such a tragic mode?

   Really thought that if Ji Ling hadn't released the water, those Zhang Fei's rescue soldiers could have passed through the blockade and successfully broken through?

  Ji Ling was overjoyed, and immediately arranged it...

  (end of this chapter)