The Three Kingdoms

After the messenger left, the faces of the generals of the Wei army in the hall became serious.

Li Dian became more and more impatient, and he walked out of his seat.Looking at the topography of the detailed topographic map on the sand table.

"At this time, they gave up attacking Yang'an, and suddenly went north from the position of Qingshui River. What is their intention?"

Li Dian gritted his teeth.asked mutteringly.

The Qingshui River is completely different from the south of Shangcai. If they go up from the Qingshuihe River to capture Shangcai, the detour will be too large, and it is impossible to cause the effect of a surprise attack.As long as they send troops out from the north gate, they can intercept the Wu army's offensive at any time.

If it wasn't for capturing Shangcai, what was Wu Jun's intention?

Li Dian's mind was a little confused, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Lu Bu! Lu Bu! Lu Bu!!!!"

Every time he shouted, he felt more and more heavy in his heart.

His opponent is Lu Bu, and he dare not underestimate him.

"Guanyang!"

A middle-aged man in a Confucian robe stood up and said to Li Dian, "General, the Wu army is very likely to attack Guanyang!"

"Uncle Zhi, what do you mean. Lu Bu wants to take Guanyang?"

Hearing this, Li Dian quickly looked at the topographical map of the sand table, a flash of inspiration, and suddenly he had some comprehension, and his expression suddenly became ugly: "But why do you need Guanyang, Guanyang City is insignificant no matter how you look at it!"

"General, you see, as long as they cross the Qingshui River, within ten miles to the north, they will be Guanyang City. Guanyang City is not important, but after they take Guanyang, they have another choice. On the one hand, they You can wait for an opportunity to attack Shangcai. It may be difficult to go to Shangcai City by detour from Guanyang, and it is all mountain roads without official roads, so it is not easy to walk, but it is not impossible, this road is still accessible. And the most important point, To the northwest of Guanyang, that is the closest direction to Yingchuan, it can go directly to Yingchuan County, and it can approach Xudu in three days' journey!"

The middle-aged Confucian robe named Wang Xiu, courtesy name Shuzhi, was born in Yingling, Beihai, Qingzhou. He was about forty years old. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, he served the great Confucian Kong Rong successively, and then joined the Jin Dynasty. He was also the son of Yuan Shao's Yuan Tan. A counselor, after the final defeat of Jin, he joined Cao Wei.

He is half of Kong Rong's disciple, and he is well-known in Cao Wei Shilin. When the Cao Wei Twelve Guards were reorganized, he was conscripted into the army. Now he is the master of You Xiaowei, managing the affairs of You Xiaowei , can also be regarded as Li Dian's military adviser, and has a certain military strategy.

"Xu Du?"

Hearing this, Li Dian's eyes flashed coldly: "Lu Bu wants to take down Xu Du!"

"Lü Bu failed to attack Yang'an three times. He knew that he couldn't take Yang'an City for a while, so naturally he couldn't attack Shangcai City directly. But they didn't want to continue this stalemate. At this time, they found another shortcut, going north to Xudu, isn't it? Nothing is impossible!"

Wang Xiu pondered for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Besides, I suspect that they may look east and hit west!"

The east is Shangcai, and the west is Xudu.

Neither one should be lost.

"How to say?" Li Dian's heart became heavy.

"General, although the battlefield of our decisive battle is now in Runan, our army is backed by Yingchuan. Without Yingchuan's support, we can't survive for three days. Yingchuan is our back road. Once Yingchuan has Losing it is definitely a catastrophe for our 10,000+ main force!" Wang Xiu reminded in a low voice.

"You're right. Because of this, Lu Bu should also understand the importance we attach to Yingchuan. What if they are just bluffing?"

Li Dian said cautiously: "He just wants us to divide up our troops so as to attack Yang'an, so what should we do?"

"We don't rule out this possibility!"

Wang Xiu nodded, pondered for a while, and said: "But general, they only spent an hour now, and they have already broken through our defense and forcibly crossed the Qingshui River. This is enough to prove one point. Looking at it this way, it doesn't seem like a false move!"

"Is it a false move, we still have to see if they can take down Guanyang!"

Li Dian squinted his eyes and said calmly: "Until there is no news from Guanyang, we can't act without authorization. Yang'an is the throat of Shangcai in the north, and Shangcai is the command center of our army. We can afford to lose Guanyang. We can't lose An, even if we lose Guanyang, we still have time to deploy!"

"We have one in Guanyang, with two thousand soldiers and horses, guarding the school lieutenant Lin Bo, he is a mighty general!" Wang Xiu nodded: "If he can defend Guanyang, then it will prove that Wu Jun is just a bluff, the main force Still on the outskirts of the city, waiting for an opportunity!"

"Wait!"

Li Dian said: "In this case, we are waiting for the news from Guanyang before making a decision. Also, you immediately send all the elite scouts under your command to carefully observe the camp of the Wu army on the outskirts of the city, at any cost. I want to be completely clear. Suburban forces!"

"promise!"

Wang Xiu nodded.

In the increasingly tense atmosphere in the city, time passed bit by bit, and the sun above the head rose higher and higher, and became more and more violent, around noon.Li Dian walked up the city wall, stood on the top of the city, and looked at the looming gate of the Wu army camp outside the city.

"Lu Bu, I really want to see what tricks you are playing?" Li Dian murmured coldly.

After noon, a scout came to report: "General, Guanyang has fallen!"

"When?" Li Dian suddenly turned around.

"Half an hour ago!"

The scouts cupped their hands, and under Li Dian's ferocious aura, gritted their teeth and said: "The Wu army's offensive was very fierce. After crossing the Qingshui River, within an hour, they were already approaching the city. It took less than three hours before and after, and they took Get off Guanyang!"

"From Qingshui River to Guanyang, it took only five hours before and after, and they were allowed to break through one by one?" Li Dian clenched his fists tightly when he heard this, and his eyes became cold.

At this moment, he was a little shaken.

The main force of the Wu army seems to be heading north?

He was still a little cautious, not wanting to believe this.Verification must be required.

"General, there is news that the scouts outside the city have returned!"

At this time, Wang Xiu followed closely to the city gate, bowed to Li Dian and reported, "Wu's camp. Everything remains the same. There is no shortage of troops, and there is no shortage of tents and stoves, but..."

"but what?"

"Our scouts found some traces of scarecrow cover in the barracks of their camp. So now we can be sure that they should have dispatched most of the main force to go north, and the situation outside the city is for us to confuse us. Let us think that their main force is still outside the city!"

Wang Xiudao: "I doubt that at this time Lu Bu has personally led the main force of the Wu army to go north. Whether their target is Shangcai or... Yingchuan, it is very dangerous for us!"

"It seems that we are going to divide our troops!" Li Dian couldn't believe it at this time, he said in a deep voice.

"How?" Wang Xiu asked.

"There is no room for loss in Yang'an. I will lead the army to guard it, and you, personally lead [-] elite soldiers, go north immediately, take the first step, and block them firmly before Guanyang or Shangcai. Don't let them enter Yingchuan or Go to Cai!" Since Li Dian had made up his mind, he did not procrastinate, and his movements were clean and neat.

"General, in this way, your troops here will be weak!" Wang Xiu was a little worried.

"Didn't you say that their main force is not in the outskirts of the city? Now that the matter has come to this point, we have nothing to do. We cannot let them go north. On my side, with over ten thousand troops, we can still defend the city. We should be able to defend Yang'an. I think there is no problem." Li Dian said.

"promise!"

Wang Xiu nodded and accepted the order.

They had already divided their forces that day, and in less than an hour, Wang Xiu mobilized his troops and personally led [-] elite troops to set off towards Guanyang non-stop, intending to stop Wu's northward advance in Guanyang.

evening.

On the outskirts of the city, Wu Jun camp.