Xuchang, Sikong Mansion
"How is that possible?! Are you saying that all the Meiwu defenders disappeared overnight? Only an empty city was left?" Cao Cao asked with a frown.
The soldier below replied tremblingly: "Yes, Lord Sikong, after we have repeatedly confirmed, it is indeed the case."
"It is said that Guo Jia, Xun Yu and Liu Ye are here to see me!" After saying this, Cao Cao closed his eyes to rest, his expression neither happy nor sad.
After a while, everyone arrived, and Cao Cao ordered the messenger to repeat what had just happened before letting him retreat. After a long silence, Cao Cao was the first to speak: "What do you think of this matter?" After speaking, he looked at the three people below.
Liu Ye was the first to speak: "Dong Yue's troops should have gone to support Lu Bu, but... they moved so quickly. They should have been prepared in advance. This move is really unexpected."
"Yes, once Dong Yue moves, the entire Xiliang will be undefended. This is considered a counter-attack. If we send troops at this time, it is very likely that Li Jue will be frightened away, and he may even point the finger at us. But if we don't send troops, And for fear of delaying the opportunity to fight...this is an upright conspiracy!" Xun Yu added with a frown.
"Wen Ruo and Zi Yang are right, but what Jia cares about more is who our opponent is!"
Hearing this, both Xun Yu, Liu Ye and Cao Cao, who was in charge, all looked at Guo Jia. The latter looked solemn and continued: "According to the intelligence, the person King Hongnong relies on the most is Jia Xu. Jia Wenhe, this person was under Dong Zhuo's account before and had little reputation, but Jia believed that King Hongnong's development over the years was inseparable from this person's advice! However, it is said that this time King Hongnong went to Yizhou, and Jia Xu accompanied him , if it is said that this person planned the layout in Liangzhou before leaving, Najia will never believe it! And the one who can make this decision is Li Ru of Lu Bujun, not to mention whether Li Ru can order the troops of King Hongnong. Speaking of Li Ru's usual tactics, although he is vicious and cunning, the overall situation lacks a sense of fairness and justice, and the decisiveness of this action should not come from Li Ru's style!"
"Fengxiao means..."
Guo Jia nodded and said: "It should be Xu Fu... No, now we should call him Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi! According to the data, this person came from a poor family and studied under Pang De Gong. He has outstanding resourcefulness and is also good at mechanism skills. This is somewhat similar to Zi Yang."
Hearing this, Liu Ye smiled bitterly and shook his head: "When it comes to organizational skills, Ye is confident, but when it comes to planning, Ye is also self-aware."
Xun Yu, who was on the side, interrupted the two of them and said to Guo Jia: "Since Feng Xiao has deduced this, he must have a well-thought-out plan for the next steps."
Guo Jia nodded, his expression gradually became serious, and he said slowly: "Although my lord's layout for Xiliang is clever, there is no impermeable wall in the world. Xu Shu must have noticed our actions at some time before. This That’s why he gave up Mei Wu so decisively and tried his best to help Lu Bu!
And if I were Li Ru, with Dong Yue's strength comparable to mine, I would be surprised. It would be unrealistic to completely wipe out Li Jue's army. The biggest target should be Li Jue's vanguard! It is very possible to lure the enemy deep and eat it in one go!
Based on Li Jue's usual military style, the vanguard army must be entirely composed of cavalry. If it is defeated, Li Jue's army will lose most of its horses! Then he would defend the fortified city and send multiple groups of cavalry to attack, which would make Li Jue tired of dealing with it. This would bring the strength of both sides back to a state of near parity! But there is a question here. Why didn't Xu Shu choose to send Xu Rongjun, who was closer, but Dong Yue, whose location and distance were not suitable, to go to support? Wouldn't this be a warning to others? If I were Xu Shu... soldiers and horses..."
Guo Jia's original analysis was clear and logical, but his voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was mumbling to himself. The others did not interrupt when they saw this. They were very familiar with Guo Jia and knew that whenever he encountered a problem, he would Will think like this.
'Snapped! Guo Jia slammed the table, stood up on the spot, and looked at Cao Cao in the chair with wide eyes: "Lord Sikong, I understand!!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he covered his heart and said reproachfully: "Fengxiao, shouldn't you change this sudden problem of yours?"
Guo Jia didn't seem to hear Cao Cao's reproachful words, and said solemnly: "Meiwu sent troops because Xu Shu was sure that we did not dare to send troops at this time. Hanzhong did not move because they needed to leave heavy troops to deter Liu Yizhou at any time. Yan. Wudu has not sent troops to rescue Lu Bu, not because he is afraid of being noticed by us, but because Wudu has no troops at all now!!"
"How is that possible!?" Several people said in unison.
Guo Jia waved his hand and continued: "As expected by Ruo Jia, Wudu does indeed have no soldiers now, because Xu Rong is here at the moment..."
The Qiang people are located on the west side of Liangzhou. Due to the barren land, the Qiang people have the advantage of being able to endure hardships and stand hard work. They are also brave and good at fighting and dare to resist. However, the shortcomings are also obvious. They are scattered and cannot be condensed into a strong political collective.
"As Mr. Li said, Li Jue has already assembled an army, and his target is Tianshui Lu Bu! But..."
"Just what? General, it doesn't matter!"
"It's just that Ma Chao was originally obedient to my orders, but for some reason, he couldn't contact him in the past two days, and there was no news from the messengers he sent..."
"It doesn't matter. Even if the previous incident is exposed, Ma Chao has no definite evidence. What's more, Ma Chao is not a person who values family affection. Otherwise, how could his father's body be still cold and he plans to worship the general as his adoptive father? The general trend is that as long as Tianshui and Wu are captured, Ma Chao will definitely follow the general trend and surrender to the general!"
The people talking to them were Han Sui and Xi Zhicai. At this moment, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent, and then there were shouts of killing!
Han Sui hurriedly went out of the tent to check, and he bumped into someone. Han Sui was about to get angry, but he heard the other person say before him: "Sir, the enemy is attacking, please take your husband and leave quickly, I will stop them!" The person who spoke was Han Sui! His general Yan Xing.
Although it was midnight at this time, the camp where Han Sui's army was stationed suddenly burst into flames, and countless soldiers poured in from all sides of the camp with fierce looks. The leaders were none other than Xu Rong and Marquis Li Wen.
It turned out that when Li Wenhou led the clan back to Xiaoyue clan, Xu Shu ordered him to find out Han Sui's location.
Looking for Han Suijun hiding outside the pass was like finding a needle in a haystack for everyone in Wudu, but for the Xiaoyue clan who had lived outside the pass for a long time, it was not difficult. As Xu Shu expected, when he woke up, Li Wenhou came Someone was sent to send news that Han Suijun was hiding and found about 120 miles away from Wudu.
That night, Xu Shu issued an order in the council hall, ordering Xu Rong to lead all the Wudu troops to join Li Wenhou to defeat Han Sui's army in one fell swoop. Tian Yu then went to inform Dong Yue to support Lu Bu.
When Lu Bu learned of the news, he consulted with Zhang Liao as soon as possible. The latter also knew the importance of the 20,000 people, so the news would not be leaked, so he did not tell the matter at the meeting, but instead asked Zhang Liao to station him at the vanguard where Li Jue was ambushed. Camp place! It was Zhang Liao's caution that allowed this 20,000-strong army to exert its greatest effect, defeating and capturing more than 15,000 horses and nearly 10,000 soldiers in one fell swoop.
Of course, Xu Shu was also betting on whether Lu Bu could hold out until Xu Rong returned, whether Li Jue would give up and attack Wudu, and whether Cao Cao would take the opportunity to march into Liangzhou. These were all variables, but none of them were worth the importance of seeking Yizhou. Xu Shu We must cut through the mess quickly and resolve all unstable factors before Cao Cao's advance, so that we can have a glimmer of hope.
