Gaocheng, Hebei, Li Jing's camp.
Just six or seven days before the destruction of Xiapi City, when Wei Yan had just led his troops to leave Licheng and march towards Dong'a Yin Valley, Li Jing received Xu Sheng's urgent paperwork, and after reading it, his face couldn't help but change slightly.
The candle flame in the tent was flickering, and Wei Qing, the deputy marshal who was discussing the military, saw Li Jing's face change abruptly, and knew that something big had happened. has been partnered with Li Jing for many years, this coach has always been the demeanor of a general who has not changed his color when Taishan collapses in front of him, and the elk is on the left and does not look at it for a moment, Wei Qing This is the first time he has seen Li Jing change color.
"Pharmacist, what's going on" fought side by side against Tang Wei for many years, which made Wei Qing and Li Jing very close to each other, so they were called by the word in private.
Li Jing sighed and handed Xu Sheng's letter to Wei Qing: "This is Xu Wenxiang's letter, Zhong Qing, read it yourself." ” Wei Qing quickly unfolded the letter, scanned it as quickly as possible, and frowned instantly: "Wei Yan actually wants to take a small way to attack Yecheng, it's really nonsense."
"Alas, Wei Yan is a person, he still has some skills, but he is competitive, so happy, and he always disobeys others."
Li Jing took a sip of the teacup, calmed down his thoughts, and tried to analyze Wei Yan, "It is not absolutely impossible to take the secret path to attack Yecheng, if Wei Yan is given enough soldiers and horses, this may be a good strategy, but at present, the Qingzhou army is pressing, but Wei Yan wants to make dangerous moves, and he is really a gentleman standing under the dangerous wall."
Wei Qing nodded approvingly: "What Senior Brother Yao said is that in a war, you must first solve your worries before you can take risks using troops.
Like Wei Yan, if the sneak attack fails, it will not only put the team in a state of no return, but will likely lead to the fall of Qingzhou. ” Li Jing sighed: "I have resisted Tang Kou in Hebei for more than three years, and now it seems that I can only change my original intention of not giving up an inch of land and take the initiative to give up the land of Hebei."
"The flying pigeon sent a letter to inform Wei Yan and ordered him to withdraw and return to Licheng," Wei Qing put forward a suggestion to make amends.
Li Jing shook his head: "It's useless, Wei Yan doesn't even listen to His Majesty's letters, will he listen to us, even if you and I appear in front of Wei Yan at this moment, I'm afraid I can't change his decision." ” Wei Qing hammered his fist on the table in annoyance: "It's a pity that Your Majesty informed Wei Yan that it was a flying pigeon handbook, which cannot be regarded as a formal holy decree, otherwise Wei Yan could be killed."
Li Jing got up and walked to the large map behind him and stopped, and stood with his hands in his hands: "Although Wei Yan is at fault, but beheading is not so that after all, he is also attacking and defending, the starting point is to relieve the siege of Qingzhou, and personally lead the team deep into the enemy territory, his courage is commendable, even if he is wrong, he should not die." ” Wei Qing's face was very cold: "But Wei Yan is so risky, if he fails, not only may Qingzhou fall, but it may also lead to our army's rear road being cut off and falling into trouble." ” Li Jing nodded: "The situation is true, that's why I said that we must give up Hebei and change our strategy." ” "Senior Brother Yao plans to retreat across the Yellow River and defend Qingzhou" Wei Qing slammed his fist on the wall, "Just give up more than ten county towns in Hebei and let Tang Kou drive straight in, I am really unwilling" Li Jing shook his head: "No, no, no, I will retreat to the enemy, I will retreat one foot and the enemy will advance ten zhang, I mean to retreat as advance, giving up Hebei is not the same as retreating across the Yellow River and returning to Qingzhou."
Wei Qing suddenly had an epiphany: "What the pharmacist means is" Li Jing showed a knowing smile on his face: "That's right, it's time to fight a full-scale battle, Xu You, a two-five boy who eats inside and out, should come in handy." ” Wei Qing clenched his fists and said, "Since Senior Brother Yao has made up his mind, let's kill it."
A few days ago, Wu Qi sang all the way in Guishan and captured Yingzheng; Yue Pengju has successively descended Chen Liu and Xuchang, and this time it is our turn to raise our might."
"By the way, the granary on Pangu Ridge in Rao'an has been arranged," Li Jing's eyes were like eagle vultures, staring at a place called Pangu Ridge in Rao'an County, seventy miles away from Gaocheng.
Wei Qing nodded: "The net has been laid out, and the four tiger generals of Li Cunxiao, Ma Mengqi, Gao Gao, and Tai Shici have already been put in place, just waiting for Cao Bin to get into his pocket." ” Li Jing stroked his beard: "I originally planned to send a group of troops and horses back to Qingzhou after severely invading Cao Bin, but now it seems that I can only surround Wei to save Zhao, and I will attack the west."
If Wei Yan can succeed in sneaking up on Ye County from Yin Valley, it will be a clever move by mistake."
Wei Qing arched his hand and said: "Since Senior Brother Yao has made a decision, then the foolish brother will rush to Panguling overnight to take command, hoping that Cao Bin can take the bait."
Li Jing laughed: "Haha Zhongqing, you can rest assured, after being reminded by His Majesty to repair the book, I sent someone to carefully investigate the relationship between Xu You and Cao Cao, only to find that the two of them turned out to be young, and even prostituted together, slept in a bed, and ate a bowl."
And after reading the letters exchanged between Xu You and Cao Bin, it can be seen that Cao Bin still trusts him very much. ” Wei Qing was taken aback: "Ah Xu You actually has such a relationship with Cao Cao, Senior Brother Yao, you are really calm, why didn't you arrest him earlier, and even let him participate in the military, wouldn't you leak all our information to Cao Bin?"
"Hehe, Brother Zhongqing, don't be angry, you still need to fatten up to kill pigs" After Li Jing made up his mind, his mood suddenly relaxed, turned around and walked to the handsome case, poured two bowls of tea, handed Wei Qing a bowl and picked up a bowl himself, and took a sip: "I once found an excuse to transfer Xu You out of the way, sent someone to search his residence, almost dug three feet into the ground, and sure enough, I found Xu You's letter secretly communicating with Cao Wei, and after reading it, I put it back untouched."
This guy is an old fox, cunning and tight, and has the idea of stepping on two boats."
Put down the tea bowl and continued: "At present, the correspondence between Xu You, Cao Cao and Cao Bin is only limited to contact feelings, and does not substantially reveal the military situation of our army.
Of course, I have been prepared for a long time, and Xu Yu does not have much important military information, even if he has the intention to reveal it, it is irrelevant. ” Wei Qing stroked his chin and said angrily: "It seems that this guy knows that my Han army is powerful, and he doesn't dare to completely surrender to Cao Cao, but just keep in touch with Cao Cao and leave a way back for himself."
In this way, Han and Wei will compete, no matter who wins or loses, he can mix up a good way out."
Li Jing bowed slightly: "This is one of them, in addition, Xu You's son Xu Mu is greedy for money, and by serving as a household cao in Qingzhou, he is in charge of money and grain, and he has done a lot of corruption and embezzlement, and he has filled his own pockets."
I guess Xu You must have known about this matter, so he secretly contacted Cao Cao to pave the way back, in case of the East Window incident, their father and son would defect to Cao Wei. ” Wei Qing, who has always had a generous personality, suddenly became angry, and his eyes erupted with fire: "Senior Brother Yao, I really don't know, this guy is really bold, not only dare to fornicate with Cao Wei, but also dare to cooperate with his family to covet the country's food, it is really an unforgivable sin, if it weren't for Senior Brother Yao preparing to use him to lure the enemy, I would have taken it out and cut it down now." ” Li Jing smiled: "So this Xu You is a despicable villain, he pondered that he was just a small member of the army, and he only hung a title in the military department, and there was no chance to pay homage to the prime minister.
Therefore, he teamed up with his son to be greedy for food and wages, and fornicated with Cao Wei, and was ready to flee for his life after the East Window incident. ” "Just let Xu You leave, it's really cheap for him" Wei Qing stroked the hilt of the sword, and couldn't wait to cut off Xu You's dog head with a sword.
Li Jing patted Wei Qing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's easy to kill Xu You, and it's not of much value, it's empty."
If according to His Majesty's letter, Xu You can lure Cao Bin's men and horses to Panguling to rob grain and inflict heavy damage, then the northern gateway of Yecheng will be opened, and my 180,000 troops will be able to enter Yecheng unimpeded.
When the time comes, Wei Yan will attack from the Yin Valley, and our army will attack from Julu, and Yecheng will be at your fingertips. ” Wei Qing arched his hand and said: "That foolish brother rushed to the Panguling granary overnight to sit in the town, I hope that this guy can lure Cao Bin into the encirclement according to Senior Brother Yao's plan."
As for whether Wei Yan can succeed in the sneak attack, the younger brother is really not optimistic."
Li Jing nodded: "Whether Wei Yan succeeds or not, we have to act according to the plan Zhong Qing, you go, I will invite Xu You to ask for the guilt now, if everything goes well, it is expected that Cao Bin will definitely go to Panguling to rob grain within three days, and then it will depend on you, Cunxiao, and Meng Qi's performance." ” Wei Qing said goodbye to Li Jing, took 100 entourage, and quickly left the camp overnight, and went to the granary of Panguling in Rao'an County, 70 miles to the southwest.
Xu You heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the door in his barracks, and hurriedly got up and peeked out from the window lattice: "This black light is blinding, what is Li Jing doing Recently, it was rumored that Li Jing planned to lead his troops back to Qingzhou, preparing to transport the 300,000 stone grain hidden in Panguling back to Qingzhou in advance, I have to quickly repair the book to my son, so that he can ask the new assassin Xiao He to send my son to the Yellow River to assist in transporting grain." ” Just when Xu You was secretly thinking about how to make a fortune, a rapid knock suddenly sounded outside the door, and a heart suddenly rose to his throat: "In the middle of the night, who knocked on the door" "Back to Lord Xu's words, the villain came from Qingzhou and just arrived at the camp this evening.
When I left, Master Xu Mu ordered me to bring you a letter from home, and I came to present it. ” "Oh, it turned out to be my son's letter."
Xu You, who was nearly fifty years old, was relieved, jumped off the bed and pulled the clogs to open the door, "Where is my letter?"
Outside the door, there were more than a dozen fully armored soldiers, and when they saw the door open, they each unsheathed their swords: "On the order of the marshal, I came to invite Xu to join the army to go to the commander's tent to talk."
Xu You was so frightened that he fell to the ground: "Ah, what are you going to do, I am honest and law-abiding, how can you be rude to a person who joins the army, I will sue the royal court to impeach you" These thugs didn't care what Xu You said, they set up Xu You, who was almost paralyzed into a ball of mud, and dragged him to Li Jing's handsome tent like a dead dog: "Marshal Qiyu, Xu You bring" t1706231537: