Chapter 304 Cao Mengde's strategy

After Yuan Shao's vanguard army won a significant victory, Cao Cao's military arrangements were also completed as desired. The specific arrangements are as follows: southwest of Xudu, Cao Hong led the second battalion of Qingzhou gunmen to station in Wancheng to replace Zhang Liao, who had excellent martial arts skills, to prevent Liu Biao from taking advantage of the fire in Jingzhou; the veteran Cai Yang led the troops to guard Luyang to form a pre- The second line of defense against Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and at the same time, they are ready for the crisis that may be encountered on the side. In the northwest of Xudu, Xia Houchun, who recovered rapidly, led four battalions of troops to occupy Mengjin City on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent Yuan Shao's strange soldiers from attacking Xudu from now on. The second line of defense in this direction is led by Cao Ren to occupy the defense of the secret city. Cao Ren's army also has another task, which is to respond to the crisis of Guandu and Xudu at any time. The west of Xudu is a natural barrier of mountains and swamps. In such an area, Yuan Shao's army can't pass through from now on, and Cao Cao's side can's side can't arrange defenses. This area has become a blind spot where there may be war between the two sides.

In the due south of Xudu, Li Tong and Man Chong led the army to guard Runan City to prevent the invasion of Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Quan in Jiangdong. In the east of Xudu, even if there are two rivers flowing from north to south, the cautious Cao Cao still ordered Zhang Xiu, who had just returned, to stay in Chenliu County to prevent the malicious invasion of Sun Quan in Jiangdong. At the same time, Zhang Xiu There is also a task to respond to the crisis of Guandu...

It goes without saying that the north and northeast of Xudu are the main battlefields to fight against the strong enemy. In order to stop the further invasion of Yuan Shao's army in the intermediate stage of the war, Cao Cao's side put the main force of the army in these two directions: Xia Houyuan, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Lejin and other fierce generals led the army to stationed in Yuanwu, Ao Cang, Guandu three cities.

The three cities are triangular and rely on each other: the original Wucheng is located between Guandu and Yanjin, and Aocang and Guandu are located on the south bank of the Guandu River. The triangular defense system can ensure that Cao Cao's limited strength can be maximized.

At this time, Cao Cao's side has begun to vigorously build a defense project along the Guandu River. The materials and tools required are sent to Li Dian, who is responsible for military supplies, in time: shovels, wood, ironware, grain, and everything.

Taishi Ci and Lin Fan, who have been secretly observing the deployment of troops from the two sides. They believe that so far, there have been no major flaws in the military arrangements of the two sides at war. It is reasonable: Yuan Shao strives to defeat Cao Cao with absolute advantage and the fastest time, while Cao Cao relies on defense to fight back, slowly consuming Yuan Shao's strength and Patience.

However, Cao Cao's other arrangement puzzled Tai Shici: Cao finally ordered Cheng Yu and Zang Ba to lead the army to Yuncheng in Qingzhou secretly. This move is meaningless, whether from the perspective of attack or from the perspective of defense.

Lin Fan, who has hundreds of years of experience and is well-informed, told Taishi Ci: Cao Cao's hand is like a Go master's game. It seems to be careless, but in fact it has a profound meaning. According to Lin Fan's analysis, the battlefield covered by the military power of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Cao is like a huge chessboard. Since it is a chessboard, there is a rule of "golden horns and silver-edged grass belly". So far, Cao Cao has occupied the golden horns and silver sides on both sides. Cao Cao almost gave up the empty grass belly to Yuan Shao.

What will happen in the area of the broad grass belly? Facts have proved that something has happened that is not conducive to Yuan Shao and is beneficial to Cao Cao: due to the indulgence of the forward commander Yan Liang, the incompetence of Wen Chou and the incompetence of Gao Lan, the soldiers under Yuan Shao's command have committed heinous crimes against the people of Yanjin and Baima.

In such a bad situation, even if Yuan Shao defeated Cao Cao as he wished and won a military victory, Yuan Shao's side can be said to have lost forever for the hearts of the people...

Besides, why did Cao Cao send Cheng Yu and Zang Bayuan to Qingzhou? It is still the result of occupying the idea of "golden horns and silver edges": once Cao Cao finally fails, Cao Cao's side can lead the remnants and retreat to Qingzhou. After all, Qingzhou is the lair of Cao Cao's fortune, leaving Qingshan and looking forward to a comeback.

This measure also shows the psychological preparation of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao for a long-term battle...

After listening to Lin Fan's explanation, Tai Shici looked like he suddenly realized. He nod with approval and said, "Ha ha, on the surface of Yuan Shao's army, the striker, the central army and the defender are closely connected, and there are roots everywhere, but Yuan Shao presided over the battle according to the thinking of chess, and Cao Cao's side dealt with the danger according to the thinking of Go. Crisis, specific actions are pragmatic, simple, and the motivation and purpose are clear at a glance. What a pattern of "golden horned silver-edged grass belly"...

Lin Fan smiled and looked at Tai Shici, who had made progress, and continued, "Go seems to occupy the corners of the corners without any momentum and no interests, but in fact, Cao Cao intends to put himself in the disadvantage and the Jedi. This situation is immeasurable to the extent of stimulation of the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Therefore, from the surface of the war, Yuan Shao's side has won victories, and the arrogance of the generals under his command is getting heavier and heavier. From the essence of the war, Cao Cao's side not only did not hurt his vitality, but their soldiers were high-spirited, and all Cao Cao's instructions were the first... Taishi, the war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao Cao It is destined to be a long war of attrition, a tug-of-war! The way of war is like Go, not chess..."

"Well, the seventh master's judgment is reasonable!" Taishi Ci humbly accepted Lin Fan's point of view, and then he smiled and said, "I thought that my old friend was fighting on the battlefield, but he didn't give up everything he had, showed off, chose an open land, and fought to the death. How refreshing is that?! Ha ha, now the confrontation between the two is like drinking. The two old friends are not like the previous two to add five - flat, but instead of punching and drinking..."

"Refresh your head! "..." Lin Fan knew that there was a layer of meaning of men and women behind Tai Shici's words. The two have been together for several months. She knows that sometimes Tai Shici's words are really "three sentences are inseparable from her own industry", and she almost hangs the male and women's biological organs every day... Lin Fan doesn't understand that Tai Shici, who looks quite stable in appearance, is actually this kind of thing, but when she thinks that Guo Jia, the god of no waves, is Tai Shi Ci. The brother-in-law, and the two of them have been together for a period of time. She knows that Taishici was affected by Guo Jia, and it was seriously affected...

Tai Shici and Lin Fan, who secretly observed Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's movements, lived a leisurely life. Yuan Shao, the initiator of the war, is more and more confident about victory: because some civilian generals under Cao Cao's side have begun to send superstitions to him and express their positions to him... However, Cao Cao, the bearer of the war, is like walking on thin ice and facing the abyss. With the generals alone, Cao Cao has an absolute advantage, but the final victory of a battle does not depend on the generals alone. Otherwise, Lv Bu, the first fierce general, will not unify the world?

Cao Cao led second-rate generals and super advisers in Xudu. Every day, he personally dealt with express and secret reports from all over the world. During the special period, every important place has to send messages to Cao Cao twice a day.

Since Dian Wei sacrificed his life to protect his master and died on the battlefield, Xu Zhu, the tiger general who gradually recovered from his injury, replaced Dian Wei and was fully responsible for Cao Cao's safety protection.

Cao Cao's mansion. Xu Zhu pressed his sword and stood behind Cao Cao. Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu and other counselors and staff knelt down on Cao Cao's left and right. Guan Yu, who was in Cao Ying, was also mercifully invited to attend the meeting.

Chen Qun, who was honest and upright, did not attend military affairs meetings. During this period, Chen Qun had been busy compiling laws and creating nine-grade official systems, and had no spare time to participate in various military affairs meetings. Chen Qun is not good at strategy. He is only good at how to enforce the law fairly and implement the beautiful concept of equality before the law.

The people present here are relaxed except for Guo Jia's heartless look. The rest of the people, including Cao Cao himself, have solemn expressions, as if others owe him a lot of money and repudiate the debt.

"Cao Gong, at the beginning, we should have forcibly relocated the people of the second city of Yanjin in the White Horse River to a safe area in the rear..." The counselor Liu Ye inspected the crowd and finally bowed his hand and said loudly to Cao Cao.

Liu Ye is the descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling, the son of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, and a famous strategist in the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Ye is young and well-known, and he is known to be talented. Authentic royal clan. Because Cao Cao dedicated himself to the emperor, he and his cousin Baima Taishou Liu Yan have assisted Cao Cao since a year ago. They are also the uncles of today's son.

For the questions raised by Liu Ye, Cao Cao himself had long discussed with Guo Jiaxun Yu and other confidants. At that time, Cao Cao and Xun Yu also wanted to forcibly migrate to the residents of White Horse and Yanjin. However, due to Guo Jia's strong opposition, Guo Jia said with a bad smile at that time, "Mr. Cao, Lord Xun, colleagues, according to the predetermined plan, we abandoned the white horse and Yanjin to save the two cities from the disaster of war, and the local residents will never leave their hometown. If we forcibly migrate, we will offend the people. Feng Xiao's attitude is strongly opposed to such a thankless contribution... Cao Gong, you colleagues can rest assured that as long as the people of the two cities of Baima and Yanjin will voluntarily propose to migrate at the stage of our counterattack. Ha ha, there is no other reason, from time to time. Some people don't let him experience pain, so he doesn't cherish ordinary things..."

Of course, Guo Jia didn't say the local slang: If you don't fuck him, he won't call your father! Because the atmosphere at that time was a little solemn, the unruly Guo Jia had a taboo.

At this time, Liu Ye, who did not attend the core personnel meeting, raised this question. Cao Cao took the initiative and said with a ashamed face, "What Uncle Liu said is extremely true. This is Meng De's negligence. Next, Meng De must find a way to save the people of the two cities of White Horse and Yanjin from the deep heat.

Sometimes in order to achieve the goal, it is necessary to take some detours and need some people to act... In fact, everyone, including Liu Ye himself, knows that the residents of Baima and Yanjin are interested in Yuan Shao, not Cao Cao.

At this time, Guan Yu, who was present, bowed his hand and asked Cao Cao, "Mr. Cao, Mr. Guan is willing to listen to Cao Gong's dispatch!" As soon as he heard that there were people in deep trouble, Guan Yu's blood boiled. He really couldn't stand the burning in his heart. This is Guan Yu. At this time, Guan Yu is really the embodiment of justice, the messenger of light. Otherwise, he can cut off the head of the God of War with a knife?!

Cao Cao was naturally overjoyed when he heard Guan Yu's statement. He did not immediately answer Guan Yu's request, but pretended to be thinking and glanced at Guo Jia.

According to Cao Cao's observation, Guo Jia's expression was still the same at this time, and the action in his hand - Guo Jia opened the folding fan with a "pop", which showed that Guo Jia took the initiative to ask Guan Yu at this time. He was also very surprised.

Guo Jia nodded slightly to Cao Cao to show his attitude: Guan Yu can bear the important task, and there is no need to worry about other people's bad thoughts and opinions about Guan Yu. They are just jealous of Guan Yu...