Xiaoqi

No matter how many calculations Li Li and his servants and generals have made, Cao Cao went deep alone this time, leading an army of [-] to sneak into the south bank of the Yellow River without anyone noticing, and he is currently sneaking near Hangu Pass.

This is really nowhere to be found after stepping through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Cao Cao actually sent himself to the door to seek death?

If you don't kill at this time, when will you wait?

"My lord, give me an order! I'll go up there immediately, and I'll definitely kill Cao Cao, leaving no armor behind!" For a while, Teng Xiao, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and other generals were all excited.They all volunteered to fight.

After hearing that the enemy army at the southern end of the mountain stream was indeed the [-] army led by Cao Cao, Li Lisu's calm face showed a look of astonishment, as if he couldn't believe it was true.

The strategist, cunning and wise Cao Cao would actually do such a foolish thing that he personally risked himself. He dared to touch Hangu Pass with only [-] troops. Could it be that he is tired of life?

Or, he didn't pay attention to me, Li Li, at all. He burned down the Anyi granary before, and this time he wanted to capture Hangu Pass by surprise. Cao Aman simply treated me, Li Li, as nothing?

This guy is taking advantage and doesn't know how to accept it when he sees it. He does whatever he wants and acts recklessly. Could it be that he really treats me, Li Li, as a dead person?

At this point, Li Li showed a rare expression of anger on his face. He raised his hand to signal the generals to be silent, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, don't make any noise. I care about how to make a decision! Since Cao Cao sneaked in secretly In my Xiliang territory, there must be some conspiracy, and I can't escape for a while. Since we met tonight, how can we allow him to leave alive, even if my front teeth are broken, I will kill him!"

In a rage, Li Li changed his subject abruptly: "It has now been confirmed that the enemy army lurking in the mountain stream to the south is the [-] army led by Cao Cao. The more this is the case, the more cautious we must act, and we must not launch an attack hastily, so as not to startle the enemy and be caught by Cao Cao." This old boy slipped away. Tonight we must do nothing if we don’t move, and if we move, we will surely hit with one blow. We will trap [-] Cao’s troops in Feiyundu, kill them all, cut grass and roots, and not allow a single soldier to escape!”

Speaking of this, Li Li took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued: "To achieve this goal, we must plan properly, take precautions, and strive to be foolproof. The most important thing right now is that our army only has 3000 troops. People and horses are located at the northern end of Feiyundu, while Cao Jun has [-] soldiers and horses, and guards the valley entrance at the southern end. The south and the north each occupy one end, with a distance of more than ten miles in the middle. Once our army launches an attack, Cao Cao finds that his whereabouts are exposed. , will definitely lead the army to flee immediately.

This run was a waste of effort, and it would not be easy to catch Cao Cao again.The territory of Henan is too large, and our army has fully shrunk its troops to retreat to Hangu Pass. There are not many troops stationed in the counties and counties of Hexi and Henan, and it is impossible to stop Cao Jun from absconding.Therefore, once Cao Cao led his troops to flee Feiyundu and fled southward, it meant that we had completely lost the chance to kill him.It would be such a pity to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "

After speaking, Li Li turned his head to look at Guo Jia and the generals, and asked, "Does Feng Xiao have a good strategy for this? It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, but it doesn't matter. And you are the same, you can speak out what you think!"

Guo Jia smiled indifferently when he heard the words: "My lord, don't be angry. As the lord said, at this time we don't have the ability to pinch Cao's army back and forth. In order to avoid arousing the enemy, we should not act rashly for the time being, let alone act too hastily. Just now, the lord said that Cao Cao led an army to sneak into Hangu secretly. There must be a conspiracy near the pass, and he won't leave for a while, this point, Weichen agrees very much.

I still remember that after the granary of our army was burned down, the first princes who came to attack Anyi City were the Qingzhou soldiers under Cao Cao's command. The leading general was Cao Ren, who led only 2 troops.At that time, I was quite surprised. I couldn't understand why there were only [-] troops when the [-] Cao army joined the alliance, and it was not Cao Cao who led the army to attack the city, but Cao Ren led the army.Until this time, I was very enlightened. It turned out that Cao Cao had already led his troops to leave Dongyuan City on the day when our army’s food and grass were burned, and returned to Hanoi County all night. Hurry up and go straight to Hangu Pass.

At the same time, Yuan Shao sat in Dongyuan City, commanding the armies of the princes to attack the city in turn, dispatching 2 horses each time, turning around and withdrawing after a feigned attack.In fact, these princes had no intention of attacking Anyi City at all. They just wanted to drag our army in Hedong County and delay the time for crossing the river to withdraw troops.At that time, our army will either withdraw its troops and cross the river to retreat to Hangu, or mobilize the defenders of Hangu Pass to the east of the river for reinforcements; and no matter what method our army chooses, Cao Cao's army lurking near Hangu Pass will be able to take advantage of the loose defense of Hangu Pass Send troops to attack the pass, and then take Hangu Pass in one fell swoop. "

After a short pause, Guo Jia narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "If Hangu Pass falls, even if our army has hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be of no avail. We will definitely be defeated and die without a place to die. If I didn't expect If it is wrong, the plan for the two-pronged attack must have been made long before the start of the Hedong offensive and defensive battle, or even earlier, as early as the beginning of the alliance. The two-pronged attack, one light and one dark, The army of the princes attacked Hedong openly, and when our army was in a critical situation in Hedong, another group of surprise soldiers lurking in the dark attacked Hangu Pass by surprise.

In this way, the armies of the princes can do their best in one battle.Seize Hangu Pass and divide our army into two halves. The Lord and Anyi's 10,000+ troops are outside Hangu Pass, the remaining 10,000+ troops are in Hongnong County inside the pass, and the rest are distributed in Yongliang and Liangzhou. , so that our army can not look at each other from head to tail.The most important thing is that if Cao Jun occupies Hangu Pass, it will be able to cut off the supply of food and grass for our army. With the [-] soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's hands, even if they lose some when they attack the pass, they can at least hold Hangu Pass for more than a month.If this is the case, our army will be doomed and will die sooner or later! "

Guo Jia's answer was irrelevant, the generals shrank their necks, their foreheads were covered with cold sweat, their backs felt chilly, their hearts were jumping with fear, and they were terrified.

"It turns out to be like this!" The generals suddenly realized, and Guo Meng shouted loudly with lingering fear: "The last general thought that Cao Cao had a brain problem and was impatient to live, so he stretched his head over to die. conspiracy!

Not to mention, once Cao Cao takes advantage of the loopholes, it is indeed possible to attack Hangu Pass.Although our army has gathered 10,000+ troops in the pass, these soldiers and horses are all camped more than ten miles away from the pass.After all, Hangu Pass is just a dangerous pass guarded by natural dangers. Normally, there are at most [-] to [-] defenders, and in wartime, it will not exceed [-] soldiers and horses, otherwise it will be overcrowded. "

Speaking of this, Guo Meng wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and said happily: "If the lord hadn't led me here to wait for General Teng Xiao tonight, and I was delayed for an hour, I would have missed Cao Cao; Yundu mountain stream, Cao Cao's army lurked at the mouth of the mountain stream valley.

If Cao Cao's army followed us to Hangu Pass, and then attacked it by surprise and rushed into the pass by surprise, there would be chaos.At this moment, there are still tens of thousands of people in the pass and 2 soldiers from Hedong County, plus our more than 10,000 soldiers and horses and [-] soldiers guarding the city, and another [-] to [-] Cao Jun took advantage of the chaos to enter the pass.Terrible, [-]+ people are crowded in Hangu Pass, there is no need to fight, just people stepping on horses will cause heavy casualties!

It's so dangerous, it's only an hour before and after! "

Chapter 651 It's Not Friends Who Don't Get Together ([-])

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"What General Guo said is absolutely true." Guo Jia nodded in agreement.

Then he said thoughtfully: "Not only that. There is also a mountain of defense materials in Hangu Pass, as well as tens of thousands of young men carrying luggage and hundreds of carriages. It is also late at night. Once a sudden fight starts, The pass will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, no matter how many troops our army has in the pass, it will be in vain. Even if we can keep the pass, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and even everything we have done in recent months will be destroyed. One torch, all efforts forfeited."

"This..." Before Guo Jia finished speaking, Ma Chao said eagerly: "Military Master, what you said scared us into fear. Fortunately, everything is still too late, and it is not too late to save it. You should hurry up and talk about countermeasures." , time waits for no one, the most urgent task right now is to come up with a perfect strategy to wipe out Cao Jun in one fell swoop!"

"A countermeasure?" Guo Jia murmured, and smiled unhurriedly: "Actually, my lord has already done everything that should be done, and the arrangements are very detailed, almost impeccable. As General Meng Qi said, time does not wait for us, we are now It is to spend time with Cao Cao. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. Keep an eye on them. The longer the time is spent, the better for us. It is best to stay until dawn.

Because this is our territory, and now Hangu Pass, dozens of miles away, has gathered more than 20 troops of our army, counting the county government soldiers and heavy soldiers, nearly 30 soldiers and horses.If we wait until dawn to launch an attack, Taniguchi will have been blocked by our army long ago, and we will kill the generals from behind the enemy. At that time, [-] Cao troops will be unable to escape.Even if they get out of the siege by chance, our army of more than [-] cavalry chased and killed them deserters, just like picking something out of a bag! "

While Guo Jia was speaking.Li Li kept silent. In fact, he was very impatient, but it was inconvenient for him to ask questions in public due to sympathy.Until Guo Jia said these words now, Li Li suddenly woke up.

It turned out that Guo Jia's elaboration in such detail was not simply to explain the reason why Cao Jun appeared here, but to let Li Li calm down completely, to wait patiently, not to be impatient, and not to rush for success.It's just that Guo Jia is inconvenient to persuade Li Li to calm down because of the courtesy of the master.Not to mention directly saying that he was too impatient, he could only delay the time in different ways, and then indirectly advised Li Li to be patient by persuading other generals not to be impatient.Spending time is actually the best way to defeat the enemy.

As far as the Xiliang army is concerned, Cao Cao's army lurking at the southern end of Feiyundu itself does not pose a threat to the Xiliang army.Because the Xiliang Army in Hangu Pass has a large number of soldiers and horses.Why be afraid of a mere [-] Cao Jun.Cao Jun's biggest threat to the Xiliang Army is that he lurks in the dark, and the Xiliang Army is in the open, so he can pose a threat to the Xiliang Army.

But the current situation is that Li Li and his party discovered Cao Jun's whereabouts in time by mistake, and they were right behind Cao Jun.Since then.What threat is there to the [-] Cao Jun lurking in the mountain stream?

In other words, the person in the most dangerous situation is not the Xiliang army at all, but Cao Cao and his [-] army who are waiting for an opportunity to attack the Xiliang army.Cao Jun, who originally planned to hide in the dark, was now completely exposed to Li Li's eyes, and the two sides switched positions.The Xiliang army is both in the open and in the dark, and Cao Cao's army, which thinks it has a plan, is exposed in the open, but Cao Cao himself and his army are still kept in the dark and don't know it.

At this time, time is very important for both parties.Li Li needed time, because he wanted to wipe out Cao Cao and his [-] troops; and Cao Cao needed more time, because the longer the time was, the more chances he would find the enemy behind him, so he could escape early.

At the same time, time seemed extremely urgent for Cao Cao and his army, and there was no need to delay.The longer the delay, the more unfavorable it is for him. If it is delayed until dawn, then most of his 10,000 troops will enter the gate of hell and die.Once they lose the cover of night, it is simply wishful thinking and nonsense to escape from the sight of [-]+ Xiliang iron cavalry with the limited nearly ten thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry in their hands.

During the empathy, the angry look on Li Li's face gradually dissipated, replaced by a calm expression, calm and deep eyes, and strong confidence in his brows.

Until this time, Li Li really realized that Guo Jia was really extraordinary, wise and quick-witted, and the most important thing was that he was able to keep a calm mind at critical moments, lifting weights as lightly as possible, which was very rare.

Maybe Guo Jia didn't have Zhou Yu's strong physique, so he didn't have the talent to command thousands of troops and gallop on the battlefield, but in terms of resourcefulness and strategy alone, he was definitely not inferior to Zhou Yu, and even surpassed it.The only shortcoming is that he is good at planning, but not good at conquest on the battlefield, and his ability to make decisions before the battle cannot be compared with Zhou Yu.

And this is the fundamental difference between scribes and generals.Scribes are good at using their brains and mouths, but they are not good at using their hands, while generals are short at speaking, but they are good at executing them with their hands.It's hard to say which of the two is better, it can only be that each has its own strengths, but in troubled times, military commanders undoubtedly have a slight advantage, while in governing times, scribes are better.

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Li Li asked with a smile on his face: "Is there really no good strategy for Fengxiao? I don't think so?"

"Master Mingjian." Guo Jia cupped his hands at the sound, and said respectfully: "It is true as what the lord said, I do have some thoughts. In fact, when the lord ordered General Li Zhi to return to Hangu Pass to transfer troops, I wanted to say it. , it’s just that this method has advantages and disadvantages, which cannot be weighed at the moment.”

"Oh?" Li Li was surprised when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Feng Xiao may as well speak bluntly, I make my own decision."

Guo Jia nodded happily, and said, "My lord, Feiyundu is dangerous, and the mountain stream is narrow and rugged. Only 3000 men and horses are needed to guard the valley entrance in the north. If this is the case, why should my lord wait for reinforcements from Hangu Pass to go to the southern end to block it?" As for Taniguchi, can't we do it ourselves?

In my humble opinion, if the lord wants to attack quickly to win, you can leave [-] infantry here to defend the north Taniguchi, and the remaining [-] infantry retreat from the mountain stream, surround Feiyundu, and then cover your ears with lightning speed. The trend is to seize the valley entrance in the south, so that Cao Cao's [-] troops can be trapped in Feiyundu.At that time, we can attack if we can, and defend if we can't. As long as Cao Jun is not allowed to break out, we will win when it is dawn. "

Speaking of this, Guo Jia changed the subject and said solemnly: "It's just that this strategy has advantages and disadvantages, and there are certain risks. It is said to be beneficial because our army can take the initiative in this strategy. After all, it only takes The time of about half an hour greatly shortened the opportunity and time for Cao Jun to flee after hearing the news.

The disadvantage is that our army is divided into two, attacking at both ends, the strength of the troops appears to be a little weak, and it is very likely that Cao Jun will be given the opportunity to concentrate his forces to attack one side.No matter which side of the north and south ends falls, it will leave Cao Jun with a chance to breathe, and then flee in a hurry, thus losing the excellent opportunity to wipe them out.In addition, there is another point that has to be mentioned, that is, once our army intercepts Cao Jun at the north and south ends, it will inevitably cause Cao Jun to fight back desperately.Moreover, once the enemy finds out that our strength is limited and far inferior to theirs, the fighting spirit of the enemy's dying counterattack will be unprecedentedly high, and the offensive will become more violent.Conversely, if we wait until the Hangu Pass reinforcements arrive and our army surrounds it with superior forces, then the enemy's resistance will be relatively weakened, and our casualties will naturally decrease accordingly.

It is precisely because this strategy has advantages and disadvantages that I have hesitated until now and have not spoken out for a long time.How to make a decision, please let the lord decide! "

"Well, Fengxiao is too worried." Li Li nodded slightly, then looked up at the night sky solemnly, but his mind was turning rapidly, weighing the pros and cons.

It is true that Guo Jia's words awakened Li Li, who did not necessarily have to wait for reinforcements to arrive before launching an attack.In case Cao Cao sensed something abnormal and led the crowd to escape with foresight, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity?

However, the pros and cons mentioned by Guo Jia cannot be ignored.Li Li now has a total of more than 2 infantry and cavalry, while Cao Cao has a full [-] soldiers and horses; if Li Li divides the soldiers and horses into two, the force will become thinner, and it is difficult to guarantee that Cao Jun will not break out from one end.Once Cao Jun escapes at night, the excellent opportunity to kill Cao Cao will be missed, and I am afraid that such a good opportunity will never be found again.

The wait was really hard, time passed very slowly, from the time Li Zhi was ordered to leave to the present, it was only a matter of two cups of tea.But Li Li and the generals under his command felt that it was taking a very long time, as if time was stuck at this moment and stopped flowing, and they felt extremely tormented.

Suddenly, Li Li turned his head to look at the generals around him, and asked solemnly, "Which one of you can lead an [-]-step army to stay here for six hours? Don't try to be brave, and don't force yourself. Say it if you are sure. Don’t open your mouth if you’re not sure, I don’t blame you. As long as you can complete the task of holding on for six hours, I have a big reward, and I will definitely entrust you with a heavy responsibility, reward a thousand gold, and seal ten thousand households!”

At this moment, the generals were not in a hurry to ask Ying to take over the important task, but contemplated, turning their heads from time to time to look at the infantry behind them.

To be honest, if they were asked to choose [-] soldiers from the Golden Guards to stand here at this time, they would definitely fight to be the defenders without hesitation.However, let them choose [-] soldiers from more than [-] infantry, and they need to think carefully.Because these infantry are not the infantry of the main battalion at all, not even the county soldiers, but the most common county soldiers gathered from the counties retreating to Anyi City. Their combat power is extremely limited, and some soldiers' weapons are rusted , the armor is also half-armored, and the equipment is really poor.Therefore, all the generals who have always been fighting for the opportunity to fight hesitated at this time. They all knew that the richer the reward promised by the lord, the more difficult the battle would be.

Rewarding a thousand gold and sealing ten thousand households are the most important rewards Li Li has promised so far. From this we can see that the responsibility is so great, how can it be regarded as a trifling matter?

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