Kuai Mansion is one of the largest mansions in Jiangxia.
At present, most of the courtyards in the mansion have turned off the lights, but the lights in Kuai Yue's bedroom are still on.
"Sir, General Huo Yi asked to see you. He said he had urgent business."
"Huo Yi?"
Kuai Yue, who was half-lying on the pillow and reading a book, frowned slightly. He closed his eyes. The night was quiet, and he could only hear a trace of insects.
"You let him in."
The housekeeper responded, bowed and left the room.
Kuai Yue stretched out, knelt down in front of the desk and continued to read absentmindedly.
Not long after, with the door creaking softly, Huo Yi walked into the room alone. The young man was dressed in military armor, and it didn't look like he came from home.
"Lord Prefect"
"Call 'Sir', why are you so polite to me at home? Sit down."
Huo Yi laughed and sat down in the guest seat. However, wearing military armor was quite inconvenient. He frowned and secretly said that he was so impatient that he forgot to go back and change into Confucian uniform.
"But what happened at the top of the city?"
"Sir, don't worry, there is no movement outside the city. I came here because I have figured out the general's plan, and I came here specifically to discuss it with you, sir."
"oh?"
Kuai Yue was slightly startled, put away the book that he couldn't read, and picked the wick on the table with a needle.
"Tell me about it."
Huo Yi didn't answer immediately. He took a deep breath and seemed to be sorting out his words. After a while, he spoke.
"Sir, the general believes that the general's pursuit out of the city a few days ago was to annihilate the Shu army and frighten Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, but in fact it was to fake defeat. For some reason, the general believed that Zhang Ren would never retreat."
Even if Zhang Ren's vanguard is frustrated and loses the first mover advantage, even if Zhang Ren loses 4,000 troops and horses again and loses his strength advantage, even if the arrival of the envoy from the King of Shu makes Zhang Ren's army dispirited.
Why could Taishi Ci still conclude that the Shu army's previous retreat was a ruse? Huo Yi couldn't understand, so he could only say that he understood.
"Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, the tiger and wolf armies are fighting each other in the north, and they are restraining each other. However, Jingzhou is empty, and changes will happen sooner or later. Previously, the general often said that Zhang Ren must seek a quick victory when he sends troops privately, and the most lacking thing is time. But now that I think about it, I Isn’t it the same with the military?”
"The Shu army has lost its advantage in strength and still refuses to retreat. As the two armies continue to be depleted, the possibility of Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao sending troops will only become more and more likely. So when he saw the Shu army pretending to retreat, the general made a plan to go out of the city to pursue the ambush. The purpose is to show weakness to the enemy and make Zhang Ren relax his vigilance."
"The general's purpose from the beginning was not to annihilate the Shu army, but to burn the Shu army's food and grass so that Zhang Ren had to retreat! Sir, all the Shu army is concentrated around Jiangling City. You only need to give me a thousand soldiers and horses to take advantage of the night. Leave the city. If Huo Yi dares to issue a military order, he will surely detour to Jiangjin Port to land and burn down the Yiling granary!"
Kuai Yue unknowingly put down his hand holding the lamp and looked at Huo Yi blankly.
"You actually saw it."
Previously, Kuai Yue thought that Huo Yi was a beautiful piece of jade worth carving, and never thought that he had the talent to be a general. You must know that Huo Yi was still a sixteen-year-old boy, and he was able to become a military commander only a few months ago. Kuai Yue was surprised and happy for a moment.
"Sir, could it be possible that you already knew this?"
Kuai Yue's tone was not the kind of ecstasy that cleared away the clouds, but more like surprise, which made Huo Yi stunned.
"I didn't know all his plans until Ziyi and you went out of the city to pursue him."
Huo Yi suddenly felt a little scared.
"Could it be that the general's injury was part of his plan?"
Kuai Yue pondered for a while, shook his head and sighed.
"Perhaps it was his impromptu decision, or perhaps he hesitated for a moment and hesitated to dodge. I'm afraid only he and God know the real situation."
"But one thing I can tell you is that before he left the city, he told me that he had even considered the situation of being ambushed and killed."
Unexpectedly, the strategy he had racked his brains to think about against the enemy had already been arranged by Tai Shici. Huo Yi didn't know what to say for a while.
Looking at the young man who seemed a little disappointed, Kuai Yue hesitated for a while and finally decided to give this young man some guidance.
"Shaoxian, although you have guessed Ziyi's future plans, what you think is still different from what the general thinks. Do you know where it is?"
Huo Yi's eyes lit up and he sat down and said.
"Sir, please enlighten me."
"You don't need to belittle yourself. Confucius said, 'If you're not in your position, you don't plan for politics.' You only know the plans of Jiangling City, but you don't know that the general is playing chess on a bigger chessboard. Do you think General Taishi is just fighting Zhang Ren?" ?”
Kuai Yue paused deliberately before continuing.
"What the general wants is to use 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou to defeat the three-party attack of Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo and Zhang Ren at the same time. What he wants is not to quickly decide the outcome with Zhang Ren so as to prevent Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao from attacking. He wants to We must calculate these three parties at the same time.”
Seeing Huo Yi's dumbfounded look, Kuai Yue smiled happily.
"Don't think this is impossible. In the Spring and Autumn Period, so many small countries were able to survive in the cracks between big countries. Today, Zhanglu, a mere Hanzhong County, can survive and become king in this chaotic world of princes. The important thing is a 'power' application."
"Aren't Jingzhou's 30,000 elite soldiers scary? Not scary. Then aren't the king's 100,000 elite soldiers scary? Who in the world dares to underestimate the word 'Sun Ce'?"
"As long as the king's 100,000 elite soldiers do not suffer serious losses, it is like having a sword hanging on the door beam to prevent Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo from making rash actions. Especially Cao Cao, whose territory is closely adjacent to Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou, If the king is angered, the stalemate between Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo will be overturned immediately regardless of whether the 100,000 troops march north. And Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo are mortal enemies, and there is no possibility of reconciliation. Therefore, the general has already communicated with the three military divisions, regardless of If the offensive against Xu Han is slowed down, it will be necessary to prevent serious losses to the army, so Cao Cao will definitely not send troops to Jingzhou first."
"As for Dong Zhuo, do you think the general burned the grain fields just to prevent the Shu army from getting food? Wrong, this is also to extinguish Dong Zhuo's greed. The most 'rich' county in Jingzhou is home to many merchants Xiangyang, one is Jiangling, which is rich in grain and grass. After burning the grain fields in Jiangling, and then releasing the news that the Shu army was coming, Xiangyang merchants were forced to move to Jiangxia and Jiangdong. Has the value of Jingzhou been reduced a lot? Zhang Ren thought that the general had given up. Xiangyang, prepare to concentrate your forces to attack him secretly, but I don’t know that the general is delaying Dong Zhuo’s attack.”
Huo Yi asked with doubts on his face.
"If the merchants and wealth are moved to Jiangxia, won't Dong Zhuo attack Jiangxia?"
Kuai Yue laughed.
"Not only would an attack on Jiangxia attract the king's 100,000-strong army, but opening such a long front wouldn't mean that he was stretching his neck to be chopped off by Cao Cao. Dong Zhuo might conquer Xinye, cross the river to attack Xiangyang, or even attack Jiangling. I won’t even touch Jiang Xia.”
"As for Zhang Ren, he has already fallen into Ziyi's trap. When General Zhang Yun lands with 5,000 elite troops from Wulin Port tomorrow, you will burn Yiling's grain and grass at night."
Huo Yi was surprised again.
"If General Zhang Yun comes to Jiangling, won't the Qin army in Xinye have to attack Xiangyang?"
Unexpectedly, Kuai Yue looked like he had a chance to win and said meaningfully.
"Xian Shao, without a well-trained naval force, even if you have an invincible cavalry, there are some places you cannot go to. There is a water inlet and a natural chasm."
