The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 185 What Do You Think?
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Zheng Yi sighed helplessly in his heart.

Knowing that Huangfusong is their common enemy and Liu Yi is a force that can be united, Zhang Yan rejects Liu Yi from the bottom of her heart.

If Zhang Yan had listened to his advice that day and exchanged five hundred horses and a thousand catties of iron for Liu Yi to send troops, they would not have suffered such a great defeat!
Compared with the soldiers and horses who died in battle and were swept away by the flood.

What is a mere five hundred war horses and a thousand catties of iron?
In Zheng Yi's view, the strategy of teaming up with Liu Yi has always been the best choice.

But he can't be the master of this matter.

Zhang Yan rejected Liu Yi, and it was not good for him to offend Zhang Yan again.

To repeat the old saying:
"Although our army's newly defeated troops are small, there are still [-], and there is enough food and grass to defend the city.

Huangfu Song had come all the way so far that food and grass could not be sustained. Before that, in order to lure us into Shengyuan Valley, the food and grass were washed away by the flood.

Right now their military strength is slightly higher than ours, but food and grass has become their main problem.

If Yiyi's prediction is correct, Huangfusong will join hands with Zhang Kuang's troops and lead a large army to attack us, intending to defeat us before the supply runs out.

Huangfusong and Zhang Kuang combined forces with less than [-] troops, so we may not be unable to defend the city with an army of [-].

Huangfu Song was unable to attack for a long time, and the tens of thousands of troops consumed a huge amount of food and grass every day. If the food and grass were difficult to sustain, the army's morale would be chaotic, and the army would be destroyed if it failed to attack.

This plan is passive and defensive, but the victory is safe, and it can be a middle strategy. "

Zheng Yi glanced at Zhang Yan, and continued to add:
"If you can get reinforcements from other rebel forces.

When Huangfusong's army is retreating, we will join forces with reinforcements to attack and win a victory!
Make this strategy both offensive and defensive more perfect. "

Listening to Zheng Yi's eloquent strategy, Zhang Yan nodded secretly.

This strategy satisfied him more than the first.

But when he thought of linking up with other rebel forces, he was a little worried.

He has already lobbied all the rebel forces in this area who can lobby, and those who are willing to follow him have already followed him.

The rest either defected to Liu Yi, or were located far away from them, even if they could be persuaded to come for reinforcements.

Regardless of whether the strength is enough, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth.

Therefore, for Zhang Yan, joining other rebel forces is not considered for the time being.

In this way, they can only stick to the city and wait for Huangfu Song to retreat when his food is exhausted.

Avoiding and not fighting, it may be bad for their reputation to spread the word, and their morale will be even lower.

However, the morale of the defeated army is not stable at the moment, and it would be unwise to fight Huangfusong head-on without defending a city.

If you choose this strategy, you should stick to the city, drill your troops, and wait for Huangfusong to retreat before waiting for an opportunity to move.

Zhang Yan was more approving of this strategy in her heart, but with a trace of curiosity, she continued to ask:
"What is Yunfei's final strategy? Let's try it out!"

Zheng Yi smiled lightly:
"There is nothing wrong with counting poison and cutting off food.

Although it is safe to stick to the city, it is too passive. If you can take the initiative to attack and cut off its food and grass, the enemy will be defeated just around the corner!
In the past, this plan should be the middle policy.

However, the morale of our army is low and the main force has suffered heavy losses. It is not appropriate to act rashly, so it is the worst policy! "

Zheng Yi's three strategies are eloquent.

As he said, there are advantages and disadvantages in the three strategies, up, middle and down, and the choice is entirely up to Zhang Yan himself.

As a subordinate strategist, what Zheng Yi most admired was naturally the best policy.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan denied it without listening to him.

Zhang Yan weighed the pros and cons and fell into deep thought.

Asking Liu Yi for help is never considered unless it is absolutely necessary.

Sticking to the city and avoiding fighting, waiting for the enemy's food supply to run out without fighting, is in line with their actual situation and easy to implement.

The plan of cutting off food can speed up the arrival of victory.

If it is the former and the latter, he can completely implement it at the same time.

But now...

Seeing that Zhang Yan didn't speak for a long time, Zheng Yi couldn't help but say:

"General..."

Zhang Yan's thoughts were pulled back to reality, and she was a little tangled and said:
"Everything Yunfei said has merit, let's step back first, let Ben think twice before making a decision."

"Do you need to complete the best strategy?"

"No need for now! Let's step back first, I will want to be quiet."

"Here!"

Zheng Yi had no choice but to resign.

He knew that Zhang Yan was against Liu Yi, so he still regarded the plan of joining forces with Liu Yi as the best policy.

It can be seen that he sincerely hopes that Zhang Yan can adopt it.

He has said everything that needs to be said, and it is up to Zhang Yan how to choose...

While Zheng Yi was talking with Zhang Yan.

Huangfusong led more than 1 remnants of soldiers and joined Zhang Kuang and Liu Bei's troops.

Relying on Liu Bei and others to vigorously recruit troops, the current strength has reached more than [-].

A total of nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

Among them, the main force has more than 5000 people, and the combat effectiveness of the remaining recruits, old and weak is not too strong.

These soldiers and horses were Huangfusong's last bargaining chips.

If there is any further loss, this hunt for thieves will only end in failure.

Almost half of the [-] soldiers and horses were in the hands of Liu Yi indirectly or indirectly.

This made Huangfu Song hate and sigh.

If this son is not removed, it will be the disaster of their big men in the future.

Huangfusong wanted to eliminate thieves for the country, but right now it was impossible.

It has been more than a month since the troops came to hunt for the thieves, and the court's patience is limited. If they can't make achievements earlier, Liu Hong will definitely blame him.

Fortunately, they occupied a strong position in Shengyuan Valley and fled to both banks in time. The soldiers and horses swept away by the flood were far less than Zhang Yan.

The number of soldiers and horses lost before and after was much less than that of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan suffered heavy losses.

Their food and grass problem has not been effectively resolved.

If time drags on, not only will Zhang Yan be relieved, but their food and grass will be exhausted, and it will be even more difficult to suppress Zhang Yan.

Take advantage of Zhang Yan's breath.

For the current plan, we should quickly disrupt Zhang Yan and fight to the death. After suppressing Zhang Yan, he immediately returned to Luoyang to do business and consolidate the results of the battle.

In the future, I will lead the army to conquer Liu Yi.

This was the initial plan in Huangfusong's mind.

With a calculation in mind, he called all the generals to discuss the matter of attacking Zhang Yan.

Looking at Zhang Kuang, Hong Bo, Liu Bei and others under the tent.

Huangfu Song cut to the chase and said:

"After the previous battle, Zhang Yan's vitality was severely injured, the main force in his hand was no more than [-] people, and the rest were old and weak, not worth mentioning.

Our military strength is above it, but food and grass cannot sustain us for a long time.

If you don't hunt down the thieves as soon as possible, you will definitely not occupy yourself.

The general wanted to take advantage of Zhang Yan's unsteady army and send out troops to attack, wipe out Zhang Yan in one fell swoop, complete the task assigned by the court, and return to the court.

What do you think? "

Zhang Kuang pondered for a moment, and said worriedly:

"The general is right.

However, Zhang Yan still has [-] soldiers and horses to guard the city. If he is too urgent, he will fight to the death or defect to Ma Yuanyi.

What if the two of them join forces? "

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

A dog in a hurry will jump over the wall, and a rabbit in a hurry will bite people.

Although Zhang Yan and Liu Yi did not get along very well, it did not rule out that Zhang Yan would choose to seek refuge with Liu Yi when he was desperate.

When the two join forces, Liu Yi's power will grow, and it will be even more difficult to conquer.

"Zi Chu's concerns are not unreasonable."

Huangfusong also realized the problem, and he continued following Zhang Kuang's words:

"Zhang Yan is jealous of the virtuous, capable, and scheming.

If he wanted to join forces with Liu Yi, he definitely wouldn't wait until today.

However, we waited too fast, and the situation forced him to ask for help or take refuge. "

Zhang Kuang agreed:
"Ma Yuanyi is cunning and cunning, so we must guard against him.

The general can send a general to guard the only way that Yixing City must pass to come to the rescue, so as to prevent them from taking advantage of the fire and stabbing them in the back. "

Huangfusong nodded, and ordered:

"Ji Tao!"

"The end is here!"

Hong Bo responded.

(End of this chapter)