The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

More than 10,000 troops are by no means a small number, and it is indeed a very difficult thing to prevent Yuan Shu from being alert to mobilize them to Xu County.

Xun Zhen has not thought of a good solution for this.

He turned to Gu Xizhicai, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhou Yu and others, and asked, "What do you think of yours?"

Xi Zhicai, however, already had a countermeasure and said, "Ming Gong, Zhongzhi's ignorance, this matter is not difficult to solve."

"What's your plan? I'd like to hear the details."

Xi Zhicai picked up the feather fan on his knees, shook it twice, and said with a smile, "This is a strategy..."

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On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, for three consecutive days, Duan Xun from Huayin County wrote three books to the middle.

These three letters are all fast horses galloping all the way, without any cover along the way, there is a lot of noise, and the content of the three letters is the same, they all report to the court, "The snow is cold, the thieves in Guanzhong are lacking in the valley, go to winter. So far, the borders of the pirates have been counted, and now we have found out that Han Sui and Ma Teng seem to be leading the bandits as well.

The three military reports, one hundred thousand fires are urgent.

On the day of receiving the second letter, Xun Zhen entered the palace to meet Liu Xie.

After the third letter arrived, the imperial court held a meeting, and there were dozens of people participating in the discussion, including the generals of the chariots and cavalry, Lu Shang Shushi Xun Zhen, Taiwei Yang Biao, and the generals and middle officers in Xu County. General Lang, as well as Dasinong, Shangshutai and other related officials, important assistants, etc., finally discussed a countermeasure, which is to ask Liu Xie to urgently dispatch troops to aid Hongnong County.

Liu Xie approved the petition, and on the same day, a garrison in Xu County set off westward first, heading towards Huayin County; at the same time, several orders were issued to Sun Ce of Pingyu and Yue Jin of Yanzhou. , Xu Xian of Xuzhou, ordered them to send horses and horses to Xu, and after they arrived in Xu County, they would either stay and supplement the Suwei in Xu County, or they would also go to reinforce Hongnong County.

Duan Xun's three letters, the meeting between the court, the garrison of troops in Xu County, and the imperial decree sent to Sun Ce and other generals were not concealed or covered up in the slightest, so the news quickly spread to Nanyang County. , known to Yuan Shu and his subordinates.

Yang Hong immediately asked to see Yuan Shu.

With a suspicious look on his face, he said to Yuan Shu, "Duke Ming, the imperial court suddenly dispatched Yu, Yan, and Xu soldiers to Xu. What is the intention? It seems suspicious!"

"What do you mean by long history?"

"The subordinate suspects that the dispatch of so many troops and horses to Xu County is to help Hongnong County?"

Yuan Shu asked, "Changshi is worried. In the name of helping Hongnong County, Xun Zhen is actually trying to invade Nanyang?"

"Don't worry about it, Duke Ming! In my humble opinion, the officials should immediately send troops to Luyang and other counties to be on guard!"

Yuan Shu hesitantly said, "But I'm currently deploying to the west to enter the customs. If I send troops to the north of the county at this time, I'm afraid it will disrupt my deployment."

"Ming Gong, you can enter Guanzhong from the west at any time, but if the imperial court really intends to deploy troops in Nanyang, then if you don't prepare early and wait for its attack, how can you resist?"

Yuan Shu hesitated, and ordered Li Ye to discuss.

After Li Ye arrived, he heard Yang Hong's concerns, but he was diametrically opposed to Yang Hong's.

He said to Yuan Shu, "Duke Ming, I can assure you that the imperial court's return of troops will definitely not be for Nanyang."

Yuan Shu asked, "Why?"

Li Ye's small eyes were bright, he stroked the goatee's beard calmly, and said, "How can there be a general who wants to attack the enemy, but shows that the enemy knows? Duke Ming, if the chariots and cavalry want to attack Nanyang, in order to avoid the grass and the snakes, he will send troops here. Ju definitely won't be so advocating, on the contrary, he must do everything possible to hide it; and there is another point, hasn't Cheqi already transferred the garrison part of Xu County to Hongnong first? Sentenced, he should indeed be sending troops to help Hongnong County, otherwise, if he is attacking Nanyang, why would he have transferred troops from Xu County instead?"

Yuan Shu agreed, but another concern arose, he said: "Ziwu, I am deploying according to your strategy, I am going to use troops to Chang'an and advance in Guanzhong, but the letter to the court said that Han Sui, Ma Teng will attack Huayin, if Xun Zhen, Han Sui and Ma Teng start a fierce battle in Huayin, will you and I take Guanzhong from the west, will it be affected?”

Not only was Li Ye not worried, but he was quite happy. He smiled and said, "Ming Gong, this is a good thing for Ming Gong."

Yuan Shu asked, "Why is it a good thing for me?"

Li Ye said: "Please think about it, Duke Ming, Han Sui and Ma Teng are known as strong generals, and the two of them are soldiers from Liangzhou, and their combat power is still good. They may have been the biggest obstacle to Duke Ming entering the customs. However, if the two of them are fighting a battle with Chaqi in Huayin, it will definitely be a loss for both parties, so wouldn’t it be very beneficial to Duke Ming’s subsequent entry into the stronghold?”

"But if Xun Zhen wins this battle, then after Xun Zhen wins, will he take advantage of the situation?" Yuan Shu was worried.

Li Ye shook his head and said: "Ming Gong, don't worry about this! If the chariots wanted to occupy Guanzhong, when he welcomed the emperor and the court to Xu County last year, he would have kept more troops in Chang'an; however, he was not in Chang'an last year. If you keep more troops and horses, then if you go to war with Han Sui and Ma Teng today, even if you win, Ye dares to assert that he will definitely not advance in Guanzhong."

Guanzhong is too far from Xu County, and Xun Zhen's enemies are Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, not the ten or so separatist warlords in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, so Li Ye's judgment is not bad. Interest.

Yuan Shu accepted Li Ye's judgment and no longer had such worries. Playing with Yu Ruyi, he tilted his head to think about it, and said, "Ziwu, even if Xun Zhen and Han Sui and Ma Teng fought, it would be beneficial to me. If this battle is really fought, it will obviously still have an impact on your strategy of taking Chang'an from the west, and how to deal with this impact will still need a solution." Because he asked him, and said, "Is there any countermeasures? "

Li Ye said righteously, "Duke Ming, there are two strategies for karma. First, whether Han Sui and Ma Teng will eventually fight with Xun Zhen or not, we have to figure this out first, because what needs to be done first is karma. In my humble opinion, I hurriedly dispatched competent scouts, and then went to Hongnong and Guanzhong to inquire about the situation; secondly, the various arrangements for the westward entry into Chang'an can now be postponed, and when the situation is clear, it is not too late to make the next plan."

Hongnong County is now Xunzhen's territory. Even if Yuan Shu will use Chang'an in the future, he can enter Chang'an through Wuguan in the south of Hongnong County, but before he officially uses troops, he and Guanzhong are still separated by Hongnong County. Although he has already sent some scouts to Guanzhong to do preliminary investigations, most of these scouts have not been sent back to Nanyang County, so Yuan Shu still doesn't know much about the situation in Guanzhong and Huayin,———— And his lack of understanding is the basis for Xi Zhicai's strategy to work. In the words of later generations, Xi Zhicai used information asymmetry and made an information difference with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu then followed Li Ye's suggestion, and while sending scouts to Huayin and Guanzhong to inquire about the details, temporarily slowed down the preparations for entering Guanzhong from the west.

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Back to the night of the military meeting.

On the night of the high-flying university, everyone in the hall was silent.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's strategy for deploying troops, everyone thought about it for a while, and all applauded.

Zhou Yu admired it very much, and said: "This strategy of the public is indeed a good strategy, and it can kill two birds with one stone. Even if my troops to attack Nanyang can be gathered together, it can delay Yuan Shu's preparations for entering the pass, so that our army will be able to use it in the future. Achieving the goal of wiping out all of them is a wonderful strategy.”

One person in the seat, stroked his sparse beard, thought for a while, and said with admiration, "This strategy of the playmaster is not only killing two birds with one stone."

The person who spoke was Jia Xu.

Zhou Yuying leaned slightly towards Jia Xu, who was sitting in front of him, and asked, "I dare to ask Duke Jia, what does this mean?"

Jia Xu looked at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile, "If I didn't expect it to be bad, this strategy is really a three-pronged effort."

Xi Zhicai laughed and said, "Jia Gonghui's eyes are like torches, this strategy is indeed a three-win."

Zhou Yu didn't understand it for a while, Jianmei frowned, lost in thought, and murmured, "Sande?"

Xun Zhen had already thought of what the third goal of Xi Zhicai's strategy was.

——This is not to say that Xun Zhen is much smarter than Zhou Yu, but because the positions of Xun Zhen and Zhou Yu are different. Xun Zhen's position is human, and he has been in charge of the overall situation for a long time, so after long-term training, his vision is naturally younger than Zhou Yu, who has just joined the political and military group of Xun Zhen, who has not enough experience and knowledge. can compare.

Xun Jun smiled and said, "Zhicai, your third prize, let me guess."

Xi Zhicai put the feather fan back on his lap, sat down with his sleeves pulled, and said with a smile, "Ming Gong, please guess."

"You are the third, do you intend to send this army and horse that left Xuxian first and 'to assist Hongnong County', after reaching Yin in Henan, turn south and hold Wuguan? Just in case our army starts attacking Nanyang After the attack, Yuan Shu might break through Wuguan to Chang'an?"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Ming Gong is wise, and this is the third reason to be loyal to this policy."

Zhou Yu suddenly realized~www.wuxiaspot.com~ admired more and more, and said, "So it is! This strategy is really brilliant!"

To the north of Nanyang County is Yingchuan County, to the south is Nan County where Liu Biao is located, and to the east is Jiangxia County. West, then if you want to wipe out its troops in Nanyang County, Wuguan must first be firmly controlled.

In addition to this, the fact that the troops that had left Xu County first went down to Wuguan to guard, also has another effect, that is, it cannot be ruled out that the news that "Han Sui and Ma Teng will attack Huayin" will be seen by Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu knows that it is a Fake news, and then Yuan Shu may enter Chang'an in advance, so the troops from Xu County will go to Wuguan first to guard, and this situation can be prevented.

Xun Yu also admired Xi Zhicai's strategy, and he said, "As long as the first troops from Xu County can seize Wuguan first, then Brother A's intention to completely wipe out Yuan Shu and Guo Si in Nanyang is that It will definitely come true. But it's Brother A, who is the main general of this division, I don't know who should be chosen?"

Chen Qun said: "Although there may not be a war in Wuguan, this appointment is really important, and we must choose a reliable one!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I already have a candidate."