Chapter 88 Virtual and Real Practice Lao Cao Zhong

"Guys, now not only Bo Tao and Sima Yi, but also Cao Mengde sent troops to knock on Guanzhong. Zhang Gongyi led the army to support, but he was afraid of a lack of strength, so he sent a letter to me. I don't know what good strategies you have to deal with the current situation? After passing the emergency documents in his hand to everyone, Liu Bei asked everyone in the hall.

"General Zhao has now entered Guanzhong and sealed off Sima Yi in a corner of Hanzhong. But now Cao Mengde is also involved. With tens of thousands of Sichuan troops alone, how can he compete with Cao Yan for Guan Long? According to Liang's opinion, the lord should send troops as soon as possible to help General Zhao seize the customs. Once the customs are captured, it is said that the army will march into Hebei, which is already a trend of course. If Cao Qian seizes Guanzhong, it will be said that the war will be postponed for a long time. I don't know when the Han Dynasty will be restored!" Zhuge Liang, the first to express his opinion, said slowly.

"I also feel that if I sit and watch Cao Yan seize Guan Long, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to seize Guan Long again!" Lu Su also expressed the same opinion. Then Xu Shu, Li Yan and others spoke one after another, basically believing that Liu Bei should send troops to seize Guan Long.

"In this case, I will personally raise a large army to seize Guanzhong with Cao Mengde!" Liu Bei looked at everyone saying so, so he quickly made a plan and prepared to send troops. But at this moment, Guan Yu also missed the opportunity to splash cold water: "Big brother, although you should send troops, the new army is not yet well-trained, and the soldiers in Yangzhou and Xuzhou are far away from each other places, and it is not easy to mobilize. Therefore, we need to have a good discussion on how to send troops today.

"In addition, Lord, this year's military grain is mostly used to recruit new troops. If you want to join the army, I'm afraid that the number of food and salary is very limited!" Chen Qun, who is in charge of logistics, is also a little unoptimistic. Liu Bei looked at the two of them and knew that they were not joking. After a moment of meditation, he asked, "In your opinion, how many military horses can be mobilized now?"

"About 100,000!" Guan Yu thought for a moment and said. In the nearest three places of Jingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, except for the garrison, there are almost so many that can be called. Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words, and then ordered, "The mediocre Zhang Shushi also sent 20,000 troops to work together to save Guanzhong."

Next, Guan Yu first led 40,000 Jingbei troops to march into Guanzhong from Wuguan Road. Subsequently, Liu Bei personally took Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and others to combine the rest of the people and also went to Guanzhong. At this time, all kinds of news were also sent like running water. When Liu Bei knew that the strength of the confrontation between the two sides of the banks of Pubanjin was actually 5,000 to 80,000, he also took a deep breath.

"Don't worry, Lord. Zhang Gongyi has led the army to support. As long as Zhang Gongyi can divide 20,000 troops to help General Zhao, then with General Zhao's ability, he can stop Cao for at least a month!" Zhuge Liang was a little shocked to see Liu Bei, and he also hurriedly comforted him. Liu Bei nodded and knew in his heart that if Pubanzu was lost, he would be forced to fight with Cao Qian in the Guanzhong Plain. At that time, even if you can seize the customs, you can only seize a dilapidated customs.

not to mention that Liu Bei was worried about gains and losses at this time. On the bank of the Yellow River, when Cao Wei led the army to the river bank again, he was surprised to find that the defenders were still shrinking in the city, and then the pontoon bridge he built yesterday had been burned down.

"What is this?" When Cao Jian saw this, he suddenly couldn't figure it out. Last night, he was almost captured. Why is the garrison in such a posture of shrinking defense today? Is it really a lack of troops?

"Lord, it seems that Zhao Botao may be short of troops!" After Jia Xu looked at the situation in the city, he was a little uncertain. As soon as the words fell, Cao Zhen beside him had already shook his head and said, "Mr. Wen He said something bad. Yesterday, the two ambush soldiers shouted and killed the sky. I'm afraid there are at least 20,000 people. Zhao Botao acted like this, and I thought it was just a mystery!"

"This man's use of soldiers is false and real, which is really unpredictable!" Jia Xu sighed. Cao Yan didn't say anything when he heard the words, but ordered the pontoon bridge to be repaired as soon as possible, and then the army crossed the river again.

"General, I'm really convinced of you. Such a little thing actually scared Cao away!" Zhang Ni held a local horn in his hand and admired the tunnel very much. Zhao Feng didn't have 20,000 ambush soldiers last night, but he asked Zhang Ni and Niu Jin to make hundreds of earth trumpets overnight, and then the two of them each brought 200 cavalry, killing from the north and south sides and shouting loudly with horns. However, hundreds of people actually created the illusion that more than 10,000 people were killed. Cao was caught off guard and did not distinguish between true and false in the dark. In addition, the number of soldiers and horses crossing the river was not too large, so he was half repulsed and half scared back.

"Yesterday, there were a series of tricks, and finally it dragged on. There are three days left. What should I do? Zhao Feng was a little uncertain, but he still tried to relax. Looking at the opposite Cao Jun building a pontoon bridge, because he basically emptied all the ships nearby, now the ships that Cao can collect in a short time are quite limited. It is too slow to cross the river, so Cao yesterday chose to build a pontoon bridge, and it is the same today. At this speed, Cao can build a pontoon bridge in half a day today. There are still more than two days left. Will you fight with him like this? Thinking of this, Zhao Feng was also a little uncertain.

"Grandma, it seems that we still have to find a way!" Zhao Feng thought about it for a long time, but he could only find another way. However, since ancient times, winning more with less is nothing more than fire attack and flooding. Now there is a white land in front of Pujin Pass, and half of the vegetation is owed. Even if I want to attack, there is nothing I can do. As for the flooding, it sounds beautiful. But the Yellow River is too wide. It's really whimsical to block the Yellow River from storing water.

"Damn it, can't you do anything about it?" Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also slapped hatefully, which was just on a big car beside him. With this beat, he immediately had an idea and came up with another plan.

After thinking about his own strategy carefully, Zhao Feng felt that there should be no problem, and even the risk was not too big. If you do this, you may be able to delay some time, which will make Lao Cao suffer a small loss.

At that moment, Zhao Feng called Zhang Ni and told him carefully to act according to his plan. When Zhang Ni heard the words, he called up 500 sergeants and didn't mention it. By the time it was close to the evening in the afternoon, Cao Yan's army had rebuilt the pontoon bridge and crossed the river slowly. It seemed that they were afraid that they would have any ambush.

Seeing this, Zhao Feng was also secretly funny. Picking up a horn in the corner of the wall, Zhao Feng shouted, "Mr. Cao, I don't know if you slept peacefully last night?" With the help of this earth trumpet, Cao Wei on the other side of the Yellow River can also hear it clearly. Then, under Zhao Feng's sign, dozens of soldiers guarding the city also picked up the earth trumpet and shouted loudly. The sound was so loud that Cao's eardrums were a little swollen.

"Is this?" Cao Shen suddenly understood that the huge ambush last night probably relied on this thing to bluff, right? With this thing, hundreds of people can make thousands of people move. Seeing this scene, Cao Qian also said with hatred, "Quickly cross the Yellow River with me, capture the Pujin Pass, and smash Zhao Botao and me into ten thousand pieces!"

"The Lord is angry. Do you think Zhao Botao is deliberately provoking us?" Cheng Yu, who was beside him, looked at Cao Yan's furiousness and asked the question carefully. When Cao Yan heard the words, more than half of the anger in his mind suddenly went away, and a lot of suspicion surged into his heart.

Yes, Zhao's behavior now is a little abnormal, more like deliberately provoking himself. Cao Shen thought about it, and this suspicious old problem was committed again. Looking at the counselors around him, Cao Jian asked, "In the opinion of you, what should you do?"

"The Prime Minister, the real is false, and the false is false. Zhao Botao has always been full of tricks. So far, we don't even know how he came to this Pujin Pass. In my opinion, it's better to be careful. It's getting late today. If you cross the river to attack the city, I'm afraid you'll be tricked by the other party! It's better to send a detailed work, find out a message from multiple parties, and then do it!" After a short pause, Liu Ye, the counselor, was the first to propose. This is Lao Cheng's advice, and most of the counselors nodded in agreement.

Cao Jian didn't say anything when he heard the words. Among the counselors, only Jia Xu didn't say a word. Now he took the initiative to ask, "Wen He, what do you think?"

Since the death of Guo Jia and Xun Yu, Jia Xu has become Cao Qian's most trusted advisor. Hearing Cao Qian's question, Jia Xu pondered a little, but finally said uncertainly, "What Mr. Ziyang said is not unreasonable, but if the city is attacked again tomorrow morning, won't it delay the time? What if Zhao Botao has any reinforcements to arrive at that time?"

"What do you mean by you?" Cao Hen seemed to understand something and continued to ask.

"Zhao Botao is just procrastinating time! This person must be short of troops and is waiting for help. I'm just afraid that the lord's army will directly attack the city. Only now, you only need to attack the city directly, and you can break it in one fell swoop!" Jia Xu hit the nail on the head. After listening to Jia Xu's words, Cao Wei hesitated again. His suspicious surname determines that he is not very determined now.

"Mr. Wenhe, yesterday we also thought that Zhao Botao was not strong enough, but we were put together by this man. This man has a lot of tricks. Does he know that he didn't arrange any tricks? Liu Ye countered with some dissatisfaction. Before Jia Xu could speak, Cao Zhen, who was beside him, said curiously, "Mr. Ziyang, now that he is short of troops, what other tricks can he do?"

"It's hard to say about this matter at the moment, but Mr. Wenhe, can you guarantee that Zhao Botao is really short of troops and has no backhand?" Liu Ye continued to ask. Jia Xu was stunned, and finally he was silent. Seeing that the counselors were much more supportive of cautious behavior, Cao Yan also restrained and ordered to camp on the east bank of the Yellow River, and then attack Guancheng after dawn. At the same time, he sent a horse to listen to the specific news. How did Zhao Botao come here and how many troops he had?

"Wow!" Seeing Cao Qian resting for the time being, Zhao Feng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just like this, another day was sent away, and there were still two days left. It all depends on how fast Zhang Ren and Hao Zhao came. I can't help it. Now I don't have enough troops, so I have to cheat. Just then, someone came to report that Zhang Ni had come back.

"Boki, how's it going?" After going down the customs, Zhao Feng quickly asked when he saw Zhang Ni.

"General, don't worry, I went to General Tongguan and collected it with the nearby villages and towns. There were more than 400 heads in total, plus dozens of the original, which should be enough!" After saying this, Zhang Ni also picked up the kettle beside him and poured a pot of water.

(to be continued)