Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 484
After some conversation, Huang Zhong already approved Liu Ye's judgment in his heart.

Even though the Jingzhou army has not been seen yet, Liu Biao may indeed join in at this time. It is not a bad thing to be prepared, so he asked: "What do you think, sir, what should we do next?"

Hearing this "we", Liu Ye secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

In fact, when Huang Zhong and Wang Xiong just came to the north of Lujiang River, Liu received the news. The reason why he didn't show up at the first time was because he wanted to wait and see how strong the soldiers and horses were. Success, on the other hand, is to accumulate more strength, so as not to be taken seriously by the other party when you come to seek refuge.

Liu Xun died at the hands of Sun Ce. As his counselor, Liu Ye naturally wanted to avenge him, but on the other hand, life cannot be resurrected. For Liu Ye, the more important thing is to choose who to serve next. It is a matter of mastery, and compared to Yuan Shu, who is incompetent and incompetent, Wang Zheng is obviously more promising.

Of course, it is still uncertain whether the other party will be the master, but Liu Ye has already considered one point, that is, to always keep the right to choose in his own hands.

If the king's government is not enough to plan, then Liu Ye naturally still has a way out, but if the other party is really ambitious, has a destiny, and can know how to use it well, then Liu Ye will let the other party know before the two meet. Know your own ability and value to ensure that Wang Zheng is eager to recruit talents from him, and he hates to meet late.

As for how to reflect his value and ability, in Liu Ye's view, it will naturally fall to Huang Zhong. If he can help the Xuzhou army win the battle and let Huang Zhong understand his talent, he will naturally introduce him to Wang Zheng in front of.

Hearing Huang Zhong's news, Liu Ye said with a smile: "Sun Ce earned Hefei before, but he used tricks and tricks, so why don't we use it?"

Huang Zhong asked: "How do you attack the east and the west? How do you follow the plan?"

"Attacking east and west is to capture Qian County on the surface, but actually raid Wancheng. As for the plan..." Liu Ye's eyes sparkled, and he said calmly: "It is to suppress compound fertilizer."

This is an alternative.

If you want to take Wancheng, you have to go from Longshu to the northeast, but if you want to take Hefei, you have to attack northward by surprise.

Huang Zhong asked again: "In my opinion, which one should I choose?"

"The best policy is to overcome compound fertilizer first."

"Why?" Huang Zhong was a little puzzled. The journey to Hefei was farther than Wancheng, and it would take nearly ten days to travel day and night.

Liu Ye explained: "If you go to Hefei, Huang Gai in Lu'an will be attacked from the front and back. The general can take advantage of the situation and attack Lu'an with another noble army. Once the thieves in Hefei and Lu'an are all wiped out by your army, you will be able to fight against the enemy." Drive straight in, return to aid Shu County, and even recapture Linhu and even Xiang'an first, and cut off the enemy's retreat! At that time, the thieves will have no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground, but they will fall into our ambush on all sides, so turning passive into active, not only This battle must be won, and Sun Ce can be beheaded in one fell swoop!"

Huang Zhong fell into deep thought. The two strategies of Liu Ye and Guo Jia are actually the same to some extent. They both want to open the passage to the south through Lu'an, but it is obvious that Guo Jia's suggestion is more secure, and More consideration is the danger of Shucheng. After all, Wang Zheng is in the city at this time, and Liu Ye's strategy has certain risks, not to mention, and more on how to eliminate Sun Cejun.

After a long while, Huang Zhong looked at Liu Ye and said in a deep voice, "Hefei is an important town. Sun Jun must have a lot of soldiers and horses. If there is a strong attack, it may be difficult to recover."

"Naturally, you can't attack by force," Liu Ye said with a smile, "I expect that Sun Ce will know the news of the reinforcements from Xuzhou in a short time, and the subsequent movements may not be able to escape his eyes and ears. I just said it below. However, Lu'an and Wancheng are likely to be the two baits that Sun Ce intentionally showed to others. If the general goes to attack Qian County, Sun Ce must think that the target is Lu'an, and then Wancheng and Hefei must take action; General If we go to attack Wancheng, it will be replaced by Hefei and Lu'an, which will produce contingencies. This method of war is also true, and the false is real, and the real is false. I am turning the fictitious into reality, and I also intentionally show it to him.”

Huang Zhong suddenly came to his senses, and said, "What you mean, sir, is that our army's target is Hefei, but we intentionally attacked Qianxian County with the intention of Lu'an. Even if Sun Ce became suspicious, he would think that our real target is Anhui. City, so the judgment is wrong. Is this Mr.'s 'turning the fictitious into the real'?"

"good."

Liu Ye said: "Most of the Xuzhou army's troops are now gathered under the city of Lu'an. There are not many troops along the way of the general. According to common sense, there is no reason to choose the near and seek the far, and the easy to choose the difficult. Abandon Liu'an and take Hefei. Sun Ce thought of it. The general’s path may be astonishing, and he will only consider Wancheng’s side more, this is a surprise victory.”

Huang Zhong nodded, but Liu Ye suddenly said, "However, if this plan is to succeed, there is one obstacle."

"What's in the way?"

"I'll just say it later,"

Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "Near the three routes of your army, Sun Ce has already arranged sentry cavalry, with eyeliners all over the place, and the only way to go to Hefei from Qianxian County and Lu'an is in the hands of Sun Ce's army. It’s not as good as General Wu’s army, after all, there are thousands of troops, how can we cover up our voices and hide it from the enemy’s eyes and ears?”

Liu Ye considered this point from the very beginning. Sentinel cavalry are actually the most difficult to deal with. They are small in number and strong in mobility. They may also pretend to be civilians. As long as one or two people stand guard at the key points of the road, it will be difficult to hide the passage of the army. Liu Ye is conceited and talented, and there is no good way for a while.

He didn't know that he was here in the Xuzhou army, and this was not a problem!
But after Huang Zhong heard this, he was startled for a moment, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed: "This is easy to handle."

Facing Liu Ye's surprised gaze, Huang Zhong said confidently: "Although he is an opponent, my lord and I both recognize that Sun Bofu is a hero. But in terms of real elite cavalry, they are definitely not our army's fierce opponent!"

"So sir, you can rest assured that the scouts on the other side have their own sentry cavalry to take care of them. Wherever the army marches, they will be wiped out in advance, so that Sun Cejun can't figure out where our troops have gone and where they are going. !"

"But the matter is very important..." Huang Zhong stood up, cupped his hands and said, "I still need to revise a book, first rush to the outside of Lu'an City, and inform General Wu's department of your master's plan."

After all, Guo Jia's secret letter had asked him to attack Qianxian County. Even if Liu Ye's strategy is more recognized now, Huang Zhong must first ask Guo Jia and Wu Sheng for their consent. After all, since the two armies reconnected, the real The main general is already Wu Sheng.

And this doesn't mean that Huang Zhong thinks that Liu Ye's intelligence is better than Guo Jia's, it's just that one of them is obsessed with the authorities, and if they care about it, they will be confused, while the other bystander will be clear.

Liu Ye then got up, since he intended to serve the king, he was naturally well prepared, knowing that Wu Sheng, the chief general of the Xuzhou army on Lu'anna Road, was Wang Zheng's confidant general, and his status was even higher than Huang Zhong, so he smiled back and said, "That should be the case. "

In Huang Zhong's view, even with the consent of Wu Sheng and Guo Jia, there is still one condition for going to Hefei, and that is to let the Wang Xiong tribe who are still outside Wancheng at this time come to join them.

Since he was going to fight Hefei, he had to concentrate all his strength in order to achieve a sure hit, but Long Shu had to arrange certain troops to defend Cheng Pu's army and the Jingzhou army that might appear.

In this regard, Huang Zhong and Liu Ye had reached a consensus, if it was to capture Wancheng, then Long Shu could not afford to lose, but if the strategic goal was changed to Hefei, the strategic importance would not be so great.

But it’s not important, but it’s impossible to return it to the enemy easily. According to Liu Ye’s opinion, it’s also good to let the enemy pay more casualties for this city. You only need to leave 2000 troops to defend the city. Just retreat.

Huang Zhong thinks so.

In his mind, there are about 3000 soldiers and horses in the city, plus the 4000 reinforcements brought by Liu Ye, and the [-] troops from Wang Xiong's army, the total number is about [-]. Although the Sun Ce army in Hefei City does not know the number, but Huang Gai's focus at this time is to defend Wu Sheng in Lu'an, and there will certainly not be too many troops left in Hefei. Even to guard against Yuan Shu in Jiujiang, he will keep at most [-] people, so at least in terms of pure military strength , They have already gained the upper hand, although the art of war says "ten to encircle and five to attack." But in most cases, as long as the attacking party has two to three times the strength of the defending party, it has already Certain chance.

Besides, among Long Shu's 8000 troops, there are more than [-] second- and third-tier soldiers.

The next night, Yiqi drove out of Longshu City Gate again and set foot on the road to the Xuzhou military camp outside Bo'an City.

It was the same sentry rider from before, and this was the third time he walked the same path wearing stars and moons in less than ten days. He hadn't gotten enough rest for many days in a row, and even the physique of the system soldiers was a little bit unbearable. Living.

When Huang Zhong selected people to send letters to Wu Sheng and Guo Jia, he originally considered changing to other sentry cavalry, but the military situation was urgent, and changing to a newcomer might delay the journey too much.Therefore, we have to use knowledge to take on this important task.

At least after going through the two sessions on this road, it is clear where there are shortcuts, where the rain is deep, and where there may be Sun Cejun's sentry cavalry.

Also because of this, last time there were three people with two horses, but this time it was replaced by one person and three horses. They rushed to the outside of Lu'an City without stopping around the clock, and two horses were exhausted. The journey took only two days and nights to arrive in a hurry.

After the sentry cavalry stepped into the barracks again, he walked out of the barracks not long after, and returned to Longshu after another two days. He presented Guo Jia's reply letter to Huang Zhong, and agreed to Liu Ye's plan.

Hefei.

Not long after, Wang Xiong's troops also arrived at Longshu. After a short rest, Huang Zhong dispatched another thousand veterans from among them, and asked Wang Xiong to lead 2000 troops to stay in Longshu. Attack Hefei.

At this time, the other Xuzhou army is also ready for everything, and it has reached the last moment before the siege.

Outside Bo'an City, Xuzhou Military Camp.

After sending the messenger away, he discussed with Wu Sheng and others about the siege of the city tomorrow, and it was nightfall.

Guo Jia, who returned to his tent, did not go to bed. Instead, he ordered people to hang up the map, light a candle, and take a close look at it, while pacing around the camp.

While he was thinking, there was another sound of footsteps outside the tent, and then a square-faced leopard-eyed face poked in and asked with a smile, "Why haven't you slept well, sir?" It was Wu Sheng.

His thoughts were interrupted, Guo Jia glanced at Wu Sheng angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Then Liu Ye's strategy is not bad, maybe he can hide it from Sun Ce, but Hefei is an important town after all, and there is no reinforcements outside. It is still unknown whether a thousand men and horses can capture this city."

Wu Sheng was not worried at all, he waved his hand casually and said: "Sir, you are worrying too much. Brother Huang has the courage of ten thousand men. He is only second to a general in our army. How can he not take down such a small town?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia was speechless, even more amused, Huang Zhong's martial prowess is indeed one of the best, but in wars, especially tough battles, no matter how strong a person is, the usefulness he can play is limited after all.

Although he was thinking this way, he didn't bother to talk to Wu Sheng, he just walked out of the tent, looked at the starry sky, and was in a daze.

Although the battle was imminent on their side, Guo Jia's mind could not help but drifted to Hefei, which was hundreds of miles away.

People are not as good as the sky.

When Guo Jia, Liu Ye, and Huang Zhong were all focusing on Hefei, no one thought that the planned "feigned attack on the city" in Qianxian County would have an accident.

Although Qian County is a county town, there are food reserves inside, and the city is also very strong. Even if it is guarded by strong soldiers, it will take a lot of time and loss of troops. It is absolutely impossible to win a quick battle, so Huang Zhonghe originally Liu Ye just planned to feign a shot, and launched an offensive a little more seriously on the first day. The defenders dared not go out of the city, and some troops were left behind, leading the elite main force to Hefei quietly.

However, the development of the matter was quite unexpected. The first army of Qianxian County did not even survive a wave of offensive from the Heavenly Army.
The flames of war just started, Huang Zhong didn't even dispatch the elite, the Xuzhou army had already climbed to the top of the city, the defenders put up a little resistance, and then fled.

The top of the city was taken, and the outcome was almost clear, but within two hours, the Xuzhou army seized the city gate and opened the door wide.

The fruits of victory came so easily, and the morale of all three armies was boosted. Even Liu Ye was dumbfounded, his face no longer had the confidence and calmness of the past, and he was confident. He looked at Huang Zhong blankly for a long time, and then he sighed sincerely:
"Wangzhou Muzhen is a man of gods. He was able to train such a strong army in just a few years as Xuzhou Mu. No wonder even Jizhou Qiangnu was defeated by your army!"

Huang Zhong didn't answer, he just reined in the horse outside the city, looking at the dark city gate, suspicious in his heart.

His family knew his family affairs, and Huang Zhong had already discovered that there was indeed a group of soldiers in the Xuzhou Army who were very good at fighting. The Xuzhou army is not so exaggerated.
And since it was a feint attack, it was naturally impossible for Huang Zhong to send systematic soldiers in the first wave of offensive just now, so how could the ordinary Xuzhou army win so easily?
Even if the people in the city were not Sun Ce's elite, but ordinary defenders, they wouldn't be so vulnerable, would they?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was unreasonable, Huang Zhong muttered to himself: "This matter is a bit strange."

(End of this chapter)