ALL NOVEL Chapter 7
Seeing that the doubts of the generals were temporarily gone and they all listened attentively,
Guo Jia couldn't help but smile faintly and winked at Cao Jian secretly.
That half-smile looked as if he was saying:
"Second Young Master, please start your performance!"
Cao Jian nodded secretly.
He looked around the whole audience, picked up three wine glasses and laid them out in order.
Then, pointing at the layout of the wine glasses, he said:
"Look!
The locations of these three wine glasses are like the three cities of Xuzhou, Xiapi and Xiaopei, which are also the places where Lü Bu's main forces are located.
Among them, Xiapi and Xiaopei are mutually supportive, while Xuzhou is far away.
Xiaopei is now where Liu Bei lives, and he has already reached a tacit agreement with us through letters, willing to be an insider and attack Lü Bu together.……"
Before he finished speaking, Xiahou Dun, who was impatient, could not help but mutter:
"Although Xia Pi is not as good as Xuzhou, it is also a high city with sufficient food. Lu Bu has a large number of troops in Xuzhou to support it. Even if they join forces with Liu Bei to attack the city, it will be extremely difficult to capture it in a short period of time. It doesn't seem to be a good plan.……"
Xiahou Yuan also expressed doubts about this:
"That's right! Our vanguard troops are only 30,000 people. Even if Liu Bei unites his forces in just one county, he can only have one or two thousand people at most. It would be too much of a stretch to attack by force!"
Cao Jian smiled calmly:
"Uncle Xiahou, don't worry! Just listen to me!
It's not easy to attack Xiapi by force.
With our current military strength, it's impossible to attack the city!
Even if we can take it, we will suffer heavy losses.
So, we need to outsmart it!
I have carefully deduced this matter with the military advisor. It's better to make a feint to the east and attack the west.
We must first lead Lu Bu's main force out of Xuzhou City, and then we can plan it.……"
Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan looked confused after hearing this.
Deputy General Xu Huang frowned and thought about it carefully, then vaguely caught some of Cao Jian's intentions:
"Second Master, do you want to pretend to attack Xiapi as bait to lure Lü Bu to send troops from Xuzhou for support, and then take the opportunity to attack Xuzhou?"
Cao Jian smiled and nodded, expressing his approval:
From Xu Huang's current performance, it can be seen that he has the potential to become a famous general in the future.
After hearing this, Xiahou Dun was puzzled:
"If this is really the case, then we must split our forces into two groups!
Our forces are not superior to begin with, and after splitting, each group will have even fewer troops. If we act this way, if we are not careful, we will be more likely to be defeated by Lu Bu one by one.……"
Cao Jian smiled calmly and shook his head:
"Not two routes, but three routes!"
After hearing this,
Xiahou Dun was completely stunned:???
Xiahou Yuan was even more anxious and wanted to jump on the spot:
"What? Just as my elder brother said, it is dangerous to split the troops into two groups!
Why split them into three groups? Isn't this a way to self-destruction? ?"
At this time, not only the two brothers, but also Xu Huang and Li Dian, two future famous generals, were a little confused.
Everyone present was instantly full of question marks: ???
Seeing this, Cao Jian smiled mysteriously:
"Generals, please be patient and listen to me as I explain in detail!"
"The Art of War says, 'The way to use troops is to surround them when there are ten of them, and to attack them when there are five of them'!
As we all know, in the case of a frontal attack, the attacking party must have several times more troops than the defending party in order to be able to take the city.
So, what if the attacking party is not us, but Lu Bu?" As soon as the voice fell!
Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan looked at each other, confused again!
After hearing this, Xu Huang couldn't help but flash a glimmer of enlightenment in his eyes.
Li Dian thought about it carefully, and quickly caught up with the rhythm, and couldn't help but say:
"According to what you mean, you want to use Liu Bei's Xiaopei to lure Lu Bu to attack?
As far as I know, Liu Bei is a very talented person!
He has been operating in Xiaopei for a long time, and he has Guan and Zhang Zhiyong under him. Although he is in a small county, he can at least contain Lu Bu's 10,000 or 20,000 troops!
In this way, it can indeed reduce a lot of our pressure.……"
Cao Jian nodded and smiled, silently praising this future famous general.
Xiahou Dun was still feeling overwhelmed, so he quickly stopped and said:
"Wait! Let’s not talk about how to trick Lü Bu into attacking Xiaopei…
From the perspective of location, Xiaopei and Xiapi are mutually supportive. If Lü Bu really wants to send troops, he should start from Xiapi first!"
Cao Jian laughed:
"That's right! That's why I just said that we need to divide our troops into three groups!"
After saying that, he didn't wait for the Xiahou Dun brothers to ask questions, and continued to explain:
"I have carefully deduced this matter with the military advisor.
The first step is to send a soldier with a letter to inform Liu Bei, pretending that our army of 100,000 soldiers is less than 200 miles away from Xiaopei and will arrive in a few days.
At that time, both sides will join forces to attack Lu Bu together!
In addition, it is necessary to keep the whereabouts of the soldier secret so that Lu Bu's side can"accidentally discover" that we are in collusion with Liu Bei!
In this way, with Lu Bu's temper, he will definitely send troops to attack Xiaopei in anger: either from Xiapi; or in a hurry, he will personally lead troops from Xuzhou to fight!
In either case, Liu Bei's side is besieged by the army and unable to resist, so he will definitely defend Xiaopei.
At this time, start the second step!
Our first route of troops, led by Uncle Yuan Rang, the great marshal, will personally lead 15,000 troops to Xiaopei for support.
In this way, we can attack Liu Bei's side from both inside and outside: if Lu Bu retreats in a hurry, we will pursue him and kill him without leaving a single piece of armor; if he does not retreat, we do not have to rush to attack, but just want to delay his army!"
"At the same time, the second group of troops, led by the deputy commander Uncle Miaocai, will lead 10,000 troops to attack Xiapi!
If the troops that Lv Bu uses to attack Xiaopei are mainly drawn from Xiapi, then the defense of Xiapi must be empty at this time, and perhaps we can take it down in one fell swoop; on the contrary, if he directly transferred troops from Xuzhou, or Xiapi cannot be attacked for the time being, it doesn't matter. We just bluff, and when the city is in a panic, they will definitely send people to Xuzhou for help.……"
"As long as the enemy doesn't know our strength, in order to repel the enemy as quickly as possible, they will certainly mobilize all the soldiers in Xuzhou to support us!
At this time, our third group of troops will take advantage of the emptiness of Xuzhou. General Wen Qian and I will lead a total of 5,000 troops as a surprise attack on Xuzhou! In this way
, we can at least quickly capture one city, Xia Pi and Xuzhou!
At that time, we can use the city to hold on and wait for an opportunity to act.
When my father leads the follow-up troops, we will unite the troops together, and the rest of the cities in Xuzhou may be conquered by issuing an order!"As soon as the voice fell, Li Dian couldn't help but cheer inwardly:
"Young Master is very talented, and this is indeed a brilliant plan!"
Xu Huang nodded again and again, and after being amazed, he quickly thought of a loophole:
"Your wisdom is unparalleled, and I am ashamed of myself!
However, sending only 5,000 troops to attack Xuzhou is too risky?
Xuzhou is high, and it is where Lu Bu and his family live. Even if he goes out in full force, I am afraid he will still leave one or two confidants to defend the city.
At that time, only one or two thousand troops in the city, and they will be able to stop us at the gates.……"
After hearing this, Cao Jian nodded approvingly, then smiled calmly:
"General Gongming's words are very reasonable.
However, what if there is someone else in Xuzhou who can help us?"
Xu Huang was stunned when he heard this! Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan widened their eyes again.��
"What? In addition to Liu Bei, we actually have another insider? ?"
Everyone was shocked.
Guo Jia, who had been silent all this time and was willing to be Cao Jian's supporting role, smiled and said:
"When Guangling Governor Chen Yuanlong entered Xuchang to present a petition on behalf of Lu Bu, he had already secretly expressed his intention to surrender to the lord!
This man is both daring and strategic, and can be said to be the strongest insider in Xuzhou City!"
When the generals heard this, they were stunned instantly!
At this moment, not only Xu Huang, Li Dian, and Le Jin, several future famous generals were completely convinced.
Xiahou Yuan, a relative of the Cao family who"stepped forward to the right of the pass", looked at Cao Jian with increasingly fiery eyes, and couldn't help but think in his heart:
"This nephew is really promising!
With his current performance, it is no problem for him to inherit the Cao family's foundation in the future.
It seems that after a few years, when Juan'er is a few years older, I have to find an opportunity to match them up.……"
Xiahou Dun, the relative whom Boss Cao valued the most, was even more delighted when he saw his nephew Cao Jian.
This rough man was filled with emotion and for the first time ever, he thought of a very elegant word of praise:
"The Cao family has a unicorn baby!!!"
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