Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 166 Xu Shu's Three Strategies
Everyone pricked up their ears, ready to listen to Xu Shu's discourse.

But Xu Shu said slowly: "The first strategy is to procrastinate. Let's lead our troops to retreat, stick to Chang'an and other major cities, and then send a small group of elite troops to attack them. The weather is cold last month, as slow as a month, and as fast as half a month, they will definitely retreat, and when we go out of the city to pursue them, we will be able to defeat them in one fell swoop."

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Cheng Huang realized something. This was the same strategy that a certain party adopted when Japan invaded China. Although it was very insignificant, it was very useful.

"Drag," Lu Zhi said: "When I fought against the Yellow Turban, I also adopted the method of dragging, but I was framed by traitors in the court. If we retreat, the eunuchs will definitely sow discord in front of the emperor, and we will wait for one." It is a crime of ineffective combat, and other generals will be reassigned."

When the other people heard Xu Shu's words, they didn't take it seriously either.

Xu Shu continued: "This is the worst strategy. The middle strategy is still to defend. The enemy is new and powerful. Let's retreat to the counties and towns to avoid fighting them head-on, and then look for opportunities to defeat them in one fell swoop. The rebel cavalry is powerful. We can Lead it to the mountainous area to set up an ambush. As long as its spirit is weakened, conflicts will inevitably arise within the rebel army, so this is the middle strategy."

Lu Zhi nodded and asked, "Then what is the best policy?"

"The best strategy is to alienate. As far as I know, the rebel army is divided into Liangzhou aborigines and Qiang people. The internal conflicts between these two forces are extremely serious. We only need to buy one of them, and we can defeat the enemy without bloodshed. The second is the best strategy."

After hearing Xu Shu's words, Cheng Huang's heart was shocked. In history, Cao Cao separated Ma Chao and Han Sui before he pacified Xiliang.What Xu Shu said really makes sense.

After hearing Xu Shu's words, everyone looked at him in admiration.Originally, the battle situation was already at an absolute disadvantage, but according to what he said, the Xiliang Army was not that scary.

"Mr. Yuanzhi's words are very true, but how do we drive them apart?" Lu Zhi asked.

Xu Shu didn't answer Lu Zhi's words, but asked, "Master Lu, what is the reason for the rebellion?"

Lu Zhi thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Xiliang is located on the edge of the desert, with little rain and barren land. These rebellions are just for food and clothing."

"Hehe," Xu Shu laughed, "May I ask Mr. Lu, Zhang, Han Sui, and Beigong Boyu also want to make a living?"

After hearing Xu Shu's words, Cheng Huang's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something?
But Lu Zhi said: "Of course not, they are doing it for their own benefit."

"Well, as long as you understand what they want and divide them, there is no difficulty."

While discussing matters in the big tent, suddenly a guard broke in and said in a panic, "My lord, the enemy army has gone and returned, and a general shouted outside, his tone is very rampant."

Cheng Huang knew that the enemy must have retreated to the camp, and when he found out that he had been tricked, he turned around and killed him again.

"Oh," Lu Zhi heard, and glanced at the generals in the hall, "Who wants to frustrate the enemy generals?"

As soon as the words were finished, a general stood up abruptly, cupped his hands to Lu Zhi and said, "The last general, Pan Yu, is willing to meet that guy."

Cheng Huang looked at him, and saw that the general was eight feet tall, with a bearded face and a powerful face. He looked like a fierce general.

"Okay," Lu Zhi took off the token, threw it to Pan Yu and said, "May General Pan win the flag."

Pan Yu was ordered to leave, and after a while, the guard reported, "Master Lu, something is wrong, General Pan was beheaded by the enemy."

"What?" Lu Zhi suddenly got up, and said in astonishment: "General Pan is not weak in force, he was killed by one of them, do you know his name?"

Even Cheng Huang and the others were surprised. Cheng Huang's heart trembled slightly, and then he heard that Han Sui's eight generals were all outstanding in martial arts. Later generations often compared them with Lu Bu's eight generals.

But the guard said: "The man called himself Yan, with a single name and one character, and said that he wanted to snatch all our generals."

As soon as the guard had finished speaking, another general stood up: "I shot all our generals with guns, that man is so crazy, Lord Lu's last general, Liang Zhu, wants to go to that dog's head."

Cheng Huang sighed secretly, another one was sent to death.

Of course Yan Chenghuang knew that he was the number one general under Han Sui's account, and he was Han Sui's son-in-law.Yan Xing's most glorious record was the battle with Ma Chao.

At that time, Ma Chao was young and was hanged and beaten by Yan Xing. If Yan Xing hadn't looked at Ma Teng's face, there would be no Ma Chao among the five generals in the future!

Who is Ma Chao? Cao Cao said that he has the courage of Lu Bu. He fought Zhang Fei for three days, and his force value was simply out of the box.Although Ma Chao was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, it also reflected Yan Xing's extraordinaryness from the side.

This Yan Xing is at least a first-class historical famous general. On the other hand, this Liangzhu, who is not well-known, looks like a soy sauce role.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the guards to report back.General Liang Shihe was beheaded, and Yan Xingyou was cursing and fighting.

This time, not only Lu Zhi, but also all the generals under Lu Zhi changed their faces.They knew that Liang Zhu's force was the most powerful in the imperial army, otherwise Lu Zhi would not have allowed Pan Yu to fight when he was instantly killed.

However, this beam and pillar only lasted ten times under Yan Xing's men, which shows Yan Xing's force.

The general will lose two battles in a row, and one of them will be instantly killed, which will be a fatal blow to the morale of the imperial army. If they lose again, the morale of the army may collapse.

Lu Zhi also knew this, so he turned to Cheng Huang for help.

Cheng Huang didn't know what to do, after all, Yan Xing had defeated Ma Chao, and he wondered if Gan Ning could match him.

"Don't worry, brother, I am willing to fight with him." Seeing Cheng Huang's hesitation, Gan Ning immediately stood up, "Lord Lu, the last general Gan Ning is willing to fight Yan Xing."

When Cheng Huang saw Gan Ning fighting, he didn't stop him, after all, Gan Ning was already the number one under his command!
"Xingba, my brother will personally sweep the formation for you." Cheng Huang also stood up, and he also wanted to see Yan Xing's force.

At that moment, Cheng Huang and Gan Ning gathered [-] soldiers and horses, went out of the gate, and formed a formation.

Cheng Huang looked around and saw that the rebel army was densely packed. In front of the rebel army, a warrior in bright silver armor was showing off his power with an extremely arrogant attitude.Presumably this is Yan Xing!
"Hey," Yan Xing shouted loudly, "Another one who came out to die?"

Gan Ningce immediately stepped forward, pointing his long sword at Yan Xing, and cursed: "You are Yan Xing? I think you look like a dog, why did you become a rebel and a lackey of the Qiang people. Get off your horse quickly if you are sensible. Will give you a good time."

"Haha!" Yan Xing laughed loudly, "Do the generals of your court only play lip service? The two people who came just now said the same thing, but now, they have become corpses."

After hearing this, Gan Ning smiled instead of anger: "Son, you are so rampant, be careful that the wind blows your head, come here, let's see the truth."

(End of this chapter)