On May 10, the city of Huxian County.
"I never thought that in the decaying county town of Huxian, Cao Bing would directly abandon it."
Liu Qi raised his feet and sat down in the county hall, glanced around at the generals in the hall, and his eyes fell on Xu Shu.
"Lord, within one day, our army will connect the three counties of Kehong County, Hu County, and Guyang, these three counties are located in the Huaishui River, northwest and southeast, and the three cities can be horns of each other."
"The soldiers of Peiguo, guarded by Pei Xiang Chen Qi and Peiguo Shi Lian, Chen Hanyu is a difficult generation, this Shi Lian is known for his bravery, under his command of 5,000 generals, our army went north to take Peiguo, along the north bank of the Huai River garrisoned Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian Department, will take advantage of the situation to attack Hongxian, has cut off the retreat of our army from north to south."
"In addition, Liu Xuande has sent troops to Guangling, and the lord has ordered General Ji Ling to capture Xuyi, I am afraid that he will meet him."
"Yuan Zhi, how did he expect that Liu Bei would definitely withdraw his troops," Liu Qi said with a smile.
Xu Shu smiled slightly, raised his feet and came to the sand table in the hall, stretched out his hand and pointed to the boundary of Guangling, his fingertips crossed the ancient road of the valley, and drew the marching route of Liu Bei's department on the sand table, and stretched out his hand to point to the small flag where Guangling City was located, "General Ziyi's light cavalry, deterring Guangling Wei Xu is no hindrance, Wei Xu's garrison is insufficient, and he is afraid of General Ziyi's tiger might, so he naturally does not dare to go out of the city to fight. ” Liu Qi and the generals got up together and gathered in front of the sand table.
Liu Qi stretched out his hand and pointed to Yicheng, who was across the river from Hongxian, "Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan's troops have gathered, there are more than 10,000 horse infantry troops, and there are about thousands of elite cavalry. ” "If our army takes advantage of the situation to go north, it will cut off the grain route for it, my lord, I think that we should break Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan first."
Xu Shu bowed his hand to Liu Qi, and said solemnly.
"How to break it" Liu Qi's eyes narrowed, if Li Dian did not die young, he could be included in one of Cao Wei's five good generals, Xiahou Yuan is a well-known general in the world, Cao Cao left these two people on the north bank of Huaishui, it is to protect Yuzhou foolproof, his own soldiers and horses are only more than 30,000 people, want to encircle and annihilate these two people in a short time, but also take into account Peiguo Shi Lian, Chen Qi's troops and horses, it is extremely difficult.
What's more, Xu Shu's implication is that he wants to make a quick decision in a short period of time.
Xu Shu stroked his beard with one hand, "May I ask the lord, when General Dongye Xiumu reported that the warship went to sea, how many days was it?"
"Two months ago."
"Along the coast, arriving at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it will be a few days" Liu Qi realized something, and still replied casually: "It was a month ago." ” "In this way, our army can attack the entire territory of Peiguo, first, we can force Cao Mengde's soldiers and horses to come back, and second, we can order Pan Wenqi, who is stationed on the south bank of Huaishui, to collect ferries, build pontoon bridges, and make a feint attack on the north bank.
Being under siege is a taboo for soldiers.
Xu Shu could easily take away part of the troops of Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian, who were the biggest threat to Hongxian.
"The lord can order General Ziming to capture Xiaqiu, lead the army to force Juling Suiling, this city is only more than 20 miles away from Xiapi, if our army captures this city, although the siege of Xiapi can not be solved, but Cao Cao, do not dare to storm Xiapi unscrupulously."
Speaking of this, Xu Shu along the Huaishui River, pointing to the sea to the east, and finally in the sight of the generals, will point a finger on the Huaiyin City, "This is the Huaishui into the sea important place, before General Qu A led the sea ships to the south, this place is still guarded by Xuzhou's soldiers, if General Ziyi can capture this city before this, within more than ten days, General Qu A's fleet can go to Huaishui." ” Hearing this, Liu Qi's eyes lit up, "In this way, our army can be a big deal." ” Xu Shu faced the confused expressions of the generals, smiled slightly, and waited.
Xu Shu follows the Huaishui River, from Huaiyin to Huaishui at the confluence of Surabaya.
"Our warships, along Surabaya, can go up and down Pi in the north, threaten Cao Cao's camp, and rush to the aid of Picheng."
"If our army advances westward, we can go straight to the counties north of Huaishui, and take the troops stationed in Huainan to the north, first take Ping'a and Longkang, and surround the troops and horses of Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan on the north bank of Huaishui."
When Xu Shu slapped one hand on Yicheng, all the generals fell into deep thought.
"Military advisor, that Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan are not incompetent, they followed Cao Thief to fight in their early years, and they are well-known brave generals in the north, if we take Longkang, they will definitely retire."
Lu Meng led his troops outside, but the generals were only 10,000, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were under the tent of Quan Rou who spoke at this moment.
"Runan still has a full pet garrison, the soldiers are only thousands, but this person is also considered both civil and military, Long Kang is different from Peiguo City, this city is located between two rivers, if our army wants to go south to attack Yicheng is not difficult, but if you want to take peace, you have to cross the whirlpool, with the ability of Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan, you only need to send a song of soldiers and horses to be stationed on the riverbank, and our army will not be able to pass."
"In this way, our army can only take the sailor by surprise, bypass Yicheng, take Ping'a first, and cut off its back road."
Xu Shu's eyes flashed, "Cao Cao sits on the Central Plains, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Luoyang, western Qingzhou, northern Xuzhou and other places, with nearly 10 million people, and many generals under his command, which has become a general trend. ” Speaking of this, Xu Shu glanced back at Liu Qi, "Lord, I don't know that this Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan can be worthy of Cao Cao's arm."
"Naturally."
Liu Qi had a smile in his eyes, but there was bitterness at the corner of his mouth, "If this battle can be won, and these two generals are killed, I and Cao Cao will be mortal enemies." ” Xu Shu was slightly stunned, and then bowed his hand to Liu Qi, "I already know the meaning of the lord, and let me use a little trick, this battle, I will not capture the second general, and our army will go north, just to relieve the siege of Pi." ” "Those who know me, Yuan Zhizhi."
Liu Qi nodded slightly, and then stretched out his finger to draw a circle in Peiguo, which is full of more than ten counties in Peiguo and Runan, "The east of my river is vast and sparsely populated, although this battle cannot be torn with Cao Cao, but it also has to take some cheap." ” Xu Shu's eyes became more and more serious, he studied in Yingchuan and Jingzhou, and most of what he learned was the way of the soldiers, such as battle formations, fire attacks, and Zhengqi, and he never thought that his own lord did not have too many tricks in the use of troops, but he could think of a plan to eliminate the strengths of the other, and consume the heritage of other princes by winning the battle.
Of course, Xu Shu also understood why Liu Qi did this.
Jiangdong wants to chase the Central Plains, only relying on the six counties of Yangzhou, it is not enough, the first step of Jiangdong is Lujiang, Jiujiang two counties, unify Huainan, if you advance to capture Guangling, have been achieved.
The second step is Jingzhou, the place of the four wars in the world, and also the most abundant place for grain and grass in the territory of the Han Dynasty, except for Jizhou and Xuzhou.
This Huaibei is in no danger to defend, and it is also a place where Cao Cao is restricted, for the time being, it can't be wanted
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