The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

That night, Xun Zhen returned to the camp and summoned Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Cheng Jia, and Guo Jia to discuss military affairs. ∽↗,

Compared to before the battle, Xi Zhicai seemed quite relaxed.

As soon as he arrived in the tent, he smiled and said to Xun Zhen, "In a few days, Taigu will descend."

Cheng Jia and the others arrived before him and had already discussed military affairs with Xun Zhen for a while. Hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Cheng Jia asked, "What do you mean by Zhicai?" He twisted his fingers and said while calculating. "Even though Hu Zhen was defeated, he was still able to gather thousands of remnants. Lu Bu and Xu Rong were both powerful generals. In today's battle, neither of them suffered great losses. Roughly speaking, there should be at least nearly 10,000 cavalry. ,... Thousands plus nearly ten thousand, this is more than ten thousand cavalry, and most of these ten thousand cavalry are elite, if you want to completely defeat them, I am afraid it will not be easy."

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "When the two armies confront each other, it's not about the number of troops. Those with few soldiers will not necessarily lose; those with many soldiers may not necessarily win."

"Oh?" Cheng Jia asked with a smile when he saw Xi Zhicai's confidence in his chest, "So, Zhicai has a chance of winning?"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Of course."

"Appreciate further details."

"Although Dong Bing still has more than 10,000 cavalry and Taigu to guard, their biggest problem is not the number of troops, but the discord among them."

It was no secret that Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Xu Rong were at odds with each other. As Xun Zhen and Sun Jian who were in front of Hu Zhen and the others, they had already known about it. Cheng Jia nodded and said: "Hu, Lu, and Xu are not in harmony, this is indeed their biggest weakness, but now that there are powerful enemies like Junhou and Sunhou on the side, even if they are not in harmony, they will not be here. Infighting, right?"

"If they are still divided into two camps, or there is no infighting, but now they are united in one camp, there will be infighting."

"Oh?"

"Hu Zhen is a veteran under Dong Zhuo's account, and he is also the 'Great Protector' of Dong's army this time. He is above Lv Bu and Xu Rong, but he was defeated in today's battle and fled. In turn, Lv Bu and Xu Rong The loss is not big, if only Xu Rong is the only thing, I think that Lu Bu is well used by Dong Zhuo, and he is brave and good at fighting, and his nature is arrogant..."

Xun You said with a smile, "One is the defeated 'Dadu Hu', and the other is the arrogant 'charioteer' who prides himself on his bravery. The two have long been at odds, but now living together in the same camp, it is sure to cause internal troubles!"

Guo Jia clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Besides the two of them, there is also a 'jun-hou old friend' in Dong's barracks who has 'frequent letters' with the lord. Such three people are in the same battalion, although they still have troops and horses. More than ten thousand, it is true that the failure has been exposed, and it is not enough to worry about!"

"The old friend of the lord and the marquis" said of Xu Rong. Xu Rong may not have the idea of ​​​​going to Xunzhen now, but it is only that he "doesn't have this idea", which does not mean that Hu Zhen and Lu Bu will not doubt him. When the battle is won, the idea of ​​"doubt" may not come out. The more the battle is defeated, the more suspicious people will become. Once they are suspicious, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu may doubt Xu Rong.

Hu Zhen and Lu Bu were already at odds, and together with the fact that they, or one of them, would most likely doubt Xu Rong's loyalty, such three people living together in one camp was indeed enough.

Xun Zhen agreed with Xi Zhicai's analysis, he pondered for a moment, and said, "What Zhicai said is very true. Since this is the case, let's put the offensive aside and wait for changes. If Dong Ying really changes, It's not too late for you and me to attack!"

Why not take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack at this time, but instead "put the offensive aside"?

Everyone present here is a smart person, and without Xun Zhen explaining it, they all know exactly what Xun Zhen meant.

As Cheng Jia said just now, although Hu Zhen and the others are at odds, if Xun Zhen and Sun Jian push too hard, in order to protect themselves, they may temporarily put away the discord and agree to the outside world. Therefore, Xun Zhen Say "put the offensive aside", so that the external pressure will not be so great, and the internal "discord" will probably be exposed.

Early the next morning, Xunzhen went to Sun Jian and told Sun Jian what she thought. Sun Jian agreed very much.

As a result, the two of them assigned subordinates to each other, and did not leave the camp for two consecutive days to challenge.

In Dong's barracks, Hu Zhen, Lv Bu, and Xu Rong did not see Xun Zhen and Sun Jian to fight for two days in a row, and they heard rumors that in the battle the day before yesterday, Xun and Sun Buqu suffered heavy casualties. Yingchuan's troops came to the rescue immediately.

Regardless of whether the rumors of Xun and Sun Diao’s Yingchuan trilogy are true or false, according to common sense, after a big victory, Xun and Sun Ying will continue to make persistent efforts, but the two of them are now unable to fight, so it seems that, At least the saying that "Xun and Sun Buqu suffered heavy casualties" should be true.

As Xun Zhen and others expected, the external pressure was small, and the internal contradictions among Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Xu Rong were exposed.

Counting from the first day that Xun and Sun pressed the troops, it was only three days later, and in the evening of the third day, there was news that the scouts found out.

But it was: Lu Bu was arrogant, and Hu Zhen, in order to maintain his authority, insulted him several times in front of the soldiers, and once again promised to behead a green ribbon. When Xu Rong came out to persuade him, Hu Zhen publicly accused Xu Rong and Xun Zhenan. That's why he refused to come to help when he was attacked.

When the news came, Xun Zhen and Sun Jian were playing chess together, and they smiled at each other.

Sun Jian said: "Dong Zhuo's husband, you are useless! If I were Dong Zhuo, I would not send Lü Bu in this battle."

Xun Zhen understood Dong Zhuo.

He smiled and said, "As far as Shandong is concerned, there are enemies everywhere, and Dong Zhuo is also stretched thin, so he has to send Lu Bu'er."

Although Dong Zhuo had a lot of soldiers and horses, they were all pieced together. How Jin and He Miao's old divisions, such as the eight commander divisions in Xiyuan, and the Northern Army in Luoyang, were not very capable of fighting. There are only two soldiers who can fight, one is the Liangzhou soldiers of his headquarters, and the other is the Bingzhou soldiers who originally belonged to Ding Yuan. Xun Zhen and Sun Jian are both known for being good at fighting. Dong Zhuo will definitely not be able to resist their offensive. If those troops who cannot fight and whose loyalty is not particularly guaranteed come to help Taigu, then he has only two choices, either to send his headquarters or to send troops from the state.

His headquarters is limited. Although the coalition army to seek Dong has dissipated, Yuan Shao is still in Jizhou, constantly recruiting troops and eyeing tigers, so he must not dare to send too many headquarters to meet Xun Zhen and Sun Jian, because after all, Yuan Shao is him the number one enemy.

In this way, Dong Zhuo could only choose to send part of the Liangzhou soldiers from his headquarters, plus some Bingzhou soldiers.

Even though Lu Bu and Hu Zhen "are at odds~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but Lu Bu's loyalty to Dong Zhuo is not at all a problem, Dong Zhuo thinks there is no problem at all. In addition, Lu Bu dares to fight, and his subordinates are strong, only from such a superficial view. , he is indeed a good candidate.

This game of chess between Xun Zhen and Sun Jian had already been played in the middle game, and Sun Jian was at a disadvantage. He glanced at the chessboard and felt that there was no hope of turning the game over, so he made a generous and heroic gesture, stretched out his hand to scramble the chessboard, stood up, and pressed the button. Jian said, "Hu Zhenshu humiliated Lv Bu in public, and then scolded Xu Rong in public. Dong Bing's mind is now in chaos! Zhenzhi, it's time for you and me to attack. How about sending troops tomorrow?"

Xun Zhen was caught off guard and watched Sun Jian mess up the chessboard. He lowered his head to look at the messed up chessboard, and then raised his eyes to look at Sun Jian, who was pretending to be sullen, holding his head high, and never falling on the chessboard. , laughed and said: "It's just a game of chess! Wentai, why is this!"

Seeing that Xun Zhen had pierced through his careful thoughts, Sun Jian blushed, put away his sigh, scratched his head, and smiled awkwardly: "It's more than one game of chess, I've lost two games to you in a row!"

"The way of chess is just a small way. Fighting for the best in the battlefield is the right way. To attack tomorrow, I will give you the first strike position."

Sun Jian was overjoyed and said, "Good!"