Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 573
Jiang Song led the vanguard with [-] riders and drove straight in. Along the way, Guanzhai, the county seat, was overwhelmed by the soldiers and surrendered. Liu Xie led the [-] Yanzhou army, and soon came to the largest city in Yangping County—Guantao City. outside.

Different from small cities like Yin'an, Guantao is the seat of Yangping County. Although it is not as large as Chenliu, it can still be considered to be quite large in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Liu Xie and Jiang Song led dozens of light cavalry to the hill outside the city, and stood in front of the stone looking at Guantao.

As far as the eye can see, Guantao City has deep walls and high walls that are as solid as gold. If you look closely, you can vaguely see Yuan Jun densely packed on the top of the city, nervously transporting supplies for the defense of the city, busy in full swing.

What is even more noticeable is that in front of Guantao City, there is a moat about five feet wide.From a distance, it looks like a light green ribbon gently surrounding Guantao City.

Seeing the change in Liu Xie's gaze, Jiang Song stepped forward and explained, "My lord, there is a big river called the Yang River in Yangping County, which just passes through Guantao. It is formed by drainage, which can guarantee drinking water for irrigation and firefighting at ordinary times, but once the fire of war is approaching, it is an insurmountable barrier, which is quite difficult for us to attack the city this time."

After listening, Liu Xie nodded lightly, showing a thoughtful expression, smiled slightly, and said: "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, whether or not there is prosperity, this river can protect Guantao for a while, but it may not be able to protect it forever. According to me Look, our plan to break the city may come out of this river."

Without waiting for Jiang Song to react, Liu Xie continued: "By the way, Yongnian, have you ever found out who Yuan Shao sent to guard Yangping, and how many soldiers and horses did he bring?"

Jiang Song had already found out everything clearly, and he clasped his fists and said: "As expected, my lord, Yuan Shao had five troops. This time, in order to resist us, he sent two at once, namely Yuan Shang's [-] Jizhou troops and Yuan Tan's [-] Youzhou soldiers. Among them, Zhang He's [-] Euphorbia soldiers and [-] Yanyun cavalry trained by Youzhou general Tian Yu imitated the white horse Yi Cong."

"10 people? They also brought Euphorbia warriors and Yanyun iron cavalry?"

When Liu Xie heard this, he immediately felt something was wrong and asked suspiciously.

"No, no."

Liu Xie always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell, so he frowned several times and said, "Return to the camp, please come over to discuss matters with Feng Xiao, Wen He, Pharmacist and all the generals."

Liu Xie's big camp was built on the plain not far from Guantao City. The camp of 8 people spread out endlessly.

"With 10 people relying on the fortification of Guantao City, if it wasn't for the opening of the city to fight, it would be enough to stop us here. But the strange thing is that Yuan Shao knew that I personally led the army, but he only called two The incompetent son came here, as if he was not worried that we would break through Guantao."

After returning to Daying, Liu Xie waited for Guo Jia and the others to arrive one after another, and immediately expressed his doubts.

When Li Jing heard this, he cupped his hands and said loudly: "Not only that, Yuan Jun also equipped with eight thousand halberd soldiers and five thousand Yanyun iron cavalry. One of them is heavy armored infantry and the other is light cavalry. It is not difficult, but it is overkill to defend the city, I am afraid Yuan Jun has other deep meanings."

"What the pharmacist said is true. When Jiachu heard about Yuan Jun's soldiers and horses, he also felt a little wrong. Although Yuan Shao was very happy, he was by no means a mediocre person. What's more, the advisers around him were all talents in the world, and it was impossible for him to be arrogant. Let Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi lead the troops against our Yanzhou army. Therefore, it can be concluded that Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are just decoys, and the real ultimate move is Yuan Shao himself!"

As one of the two major military advisers that Liu Xie took with him on his expedition to Hebei this time, Guo Jia appeared to be frivolous and uninhibited, but in fact he had already analyzed everything clearly in his heart.

"According to what you two said, this is Yuan Jun's trick to show the enemy his weakness. Zhang He's halberd warriors and Tian Yu's Yanyun iron cavalry are all important battles that Yuan Shao intends to entangle or even kill us at the critical moment. force?"

After listening to Li Jing and Guo Jia, Liu Xie also felt that what they said was reasonable, but he still had a little doubt, which could be said to be disdainful.

Although Zhang He's euphorbia warriors and Tian Yu's Yanyun Iron Cavalry were rare elite soldiers, the Yanzhou Army under his command was also a rare elite in the world.

It's not that he is arrogant, if it is a frontal battle, he is not afraid at all even if he replenishes the same number of [-] Euphorbia warriors and Yanyun iron cavalry.

"In the art of war, everyone uses soldiers, and it has always been more expensive than expensive. Yuan Shao has a lot of soldiers and horses, but there are only a few that can be called elite. Therefore, you don't have to worry so much. We just need to pay close attention to Yuan's army. Just strengthen the army, as for other strategies and calculations, since you can't guess it, then don't guess it, there will always be times when you show your feet."

Seeing that everyone had doubts and was still wondering what Yuan Jun was planning, Jia Xu finally raised his head, revealing a pair of wise eyes, and said slowly.

He is used to hiding behind the curtain to calculate and plan, so he knows best that any strategy will be very weak in the face of absolute strength.

The current [-] Yanzhou Army is well-trained and led by brave generals such as Li Cunxiao and Jiang Song. It can be said that there is no opponent in the future. As long as they fight steadily and slowly, and do not give Yuan Shao any chance to take advantage of it, then there is no need to entangle Yuan Jun What are you plotting.

Of course, Liu Xie also understood that this was just a middle-of-the-road plan by Jia Xu to seek stability and stabilize the morale of the army. He and these military advisors and generals did not dare to relax even if they did not see through Yuan Shao's true plan.

"Wen He's words are not unreasonable. I pass on our military order. At noon tomorrow, four generals Li Cunxiao, Jiang Song, Su Lie, and Tai Shici will each lead five thousand soldiers and horses to challenge the east, south, west, and north gates of Guantao. Hold on, this battle is won but not defeated, I want you to show the momentum of the Yanzhou army! The rest of the soldiers, temporarily led by Li Jing, form an formation by the river and surround the city. I don't want to see a man and a horse break out of the encirclement from here go out!"

"Here."

After hearing this, all the generals turned solemn and bowed to accept the order.

But all the generals were a little surprised that Liu Xie would directly hand over the command of the army to Li Jing, a weak scholar who had never been on the battlefield.

Even though Li Jing was calm and stable, he was also quite frightened by Liu Xie's trust, but his eyes were very firm, and he secretly determined to live up to Liu Xie's kindness of knowledge.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu knew it well, they often heard Liu Xie praise Li Jing's ability to use troops, now it seems that Liu Xie wanted to take this opportunity to make Li Jing stand out and make military exploits to be promoted.

(End of this chapter)