Chapter 688

However, the Liangzhou army did not attack the walls of Xue county. Instead, they circled around the walls of Xue County for several times and killed some Cao soldiers who had not yet been able to escape. Then they retreated like the tide.

The Marquis of Cao Jun breathed a sigh of relief: "it's OK."

However, Xia Houdun was shot on the shoulder by the Liangzhou army in the process of escape, so he was not allowed to fight in person for the time being, but he still went to the front line to supervise the battle. Therefore, although the Liangzhou army attacked fiercely, Cao's army could still persist.

After the failure of the night attack, Xia Houdun changed his character and became a famous general under Cao Cao.

It was not only Xia Houdun who led his army to fight with Yuban's Yanzhou army, but Cao Hong also led his army to unite with Youzhou army led by Yan Liang to attack Jizhou.

However, Xu Huang is a famous general with both wisdom and courage, and Liu Ye specially left Liu Ziyang as Xu Huang's mastermind.

After analysis, Xu Huang thought that although the Youzhou army was defeated, it was because of the new defeat that he was cautious. Moreover, Yuan Shao probably learned from Ju's advice in the past and assisted Yan Liang with his counsellor when he met the discipline, which was not easy to deal with.

"In this way, our army must attack Cao's army first?"

Xu Huang said to Liu Ye.

Although Liu Ye left Xu Huang to guard Jizhou, he left him only 20000 troops. If he fought Yan Liang and Cao Hong at the same time, it would be impossible to form a crushing advantage for either side. The best strategy is to first defeat the enemy who came all the way, and then send troops to attack the other way.

Moreover, Cao's army and Yuan Shao's army have joined forces to attack. Maybe as long as one of them can be broken, the other will automatically withdraw.

In fact, Liu Ye said to Xu Huang that if necessary, he could ask Lvbu of Bingzhou for help with his handwriting. Although Lu Bu lost a lot in the battle of Jinyang before, it was not a big problem to get together a cavalry of thousands.

However, Xu Huang was confident that with the 20000 troops in his hand, he would repel the enemies from both sides.

"Not bad." Liu Ye nodded his head and said, "it is said that Cao Hong, Cao Cao's younger brother, was the commander-in-chief of the Cao army who came from Qingzhou. If he is brave, he will be brave, but he will be brave without any plan."

"Mr. Ziyang means that our army can use the plan?" Xu Huang looks into Liu Ye's eyes.

Liu Ye nodded with a smile: "general Gongming is really clear. No wonder he can be regarded as an independent party by the General Military Commission."

At present, there are only four generals in Liu Ye's Army: Yu Jin, Zhang jaw, Ma Teng and Xu Huang.

Among the four generals, Yu Jin and Zhang jaw need not say much. They were the senior generals who followed Liu Ye during the Yellow turban rebellion. They followed Liu Ye for more than ten years. Therefore, one of them guarded Yanzhou and the other took charge of Nanyang.

Ma Teng is well-known among the Qiang people. Moreover, Ma Chao, the eldest son, and Ma Dai, the nephew, are both important generals in the army, so they guard Liangzhou.

Xu Huang is the youngest of the four generals, but he can be entrusted with an important task by Liu Ye. Originally Liu Ye did not understand, but today it seems that Xu Huang is really extraordinary.

"Yes, general Gongming. Please have a look."

Before Xu Huang and Liu Ye stood on the sand table representing the whole of Jizhou, Liu Ye had already ordered the central military to change the military map into a sand table, and specially trained a group of scouts. In addition to investigating the enemy's situation, he also had to investigate the terrain and collect them to be responsible for sand table production.

The ancient maps of marching are very different from modern maps. They are from the south to the north, and they are very abstract. Therefore, sand tables have been popularized in the army and are very popular.

Liu Ye pointed his hand to a field in the lower right corner of the sand table, which was Qinghe County in the southeast of Jizhou. There were several gaps around Qinghe County. Among them, the black gap represented the county boundary, the red gap in the East represented the state boundary, and in the east of Qinghe County was the plain county of Qingzhou.

"Cao's army occupied half of Qinghe County, which is to the east of Bian's river."

Liu Ye pointed to Qinghe County. There are two small rivers in the undulating land above, which are one of the tributaries of the Yellow River. The Bian river is in the East, and the Zhangjia river is in the West.

"When Cao Hongbing attacked Jizhou, he had to cross the Zhangjiahe River, and then he could command his troops to the West. And our army can be stationed in the city of Mao County on the west side of Zhangjiahe River, waiting for work with ease. " Liu Ye's face showed a mysterious smile,

speaking of this, Xu Huang had already understood it and firmly clenched his fist and said: "when Cao Hong crosses the river, our army will fight him half way across the river and hit him with a falling flower and flowing water!"

"Our army can order Zhongshan state, Zhending South and other counties not to go out of the city to fight with the enemy. We just need to guard the city and delay Yan Liang's advance speed. After defeating Cao Hong, the general will lead his troops northward."

"The Youzhou army has been defeated and its morale is low. If you know the news of Cao Hong's defeat, if you only fear that the army has no intention of fighting, it is possible to retreat in the face of difficulties."

Liu Ye stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Xu Huang nodded, and suddenly said in a gloomy way: "it's better to order a dike to block the river, or simply to flood the Cao army!"

Liu Ye was stunned and nodded: "general Gongming's plan is good. You can have a try."

"This battle is the first battle since the general defended Jizhou. We must fight well to make the general feel at ease."Liu Ye frowned slightly. In fact, Xu Huang's plan of flooding Cao's army would not have been unthinkable by his wisdom? I just thought about it but didn't say it, because this strategy is too spicy. The ancient strategy of using water attack generally affected the fish in the pond and caused great harm.

For example, Guan Yu flooded the seventh army, and the whole Fancheng city was almost submerged, and a large area of fertile land around it was submerged. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and injured.

In modern times, in order to prevent the Japanese troops from going south, President Jiang ordered to bomb huahuayuankou with explosives. As a result, although the Japanese army's march to the South was stopped, millions of soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City were immersed in water, and many of them died..

if he ordered the Cao army to be flooded, the people and the fields around Zhang Jiahe would suffer.

So Liu Ye thought about it and said, "how about the relocation of the residents around Zhangjiahe?"

"No way!" Xu Huang flatly refused.

"Although Cao Hong is brave and resourceless, he is not a fool. If he saw that there were no families around him, wouldn't he feel something wrong? What if there is any loss to our army's plan

Seeing Xu Huang's resolute look, Liu Ye couldn't help frowning, and his favor for Xu Huang declined a lot. It is a good thing to be competitive, but if we want to kill the people.

"The army can be organized for relief after the war." Xu Huang added: "after the event, we can provide supplies to the people affected by the disaster, but this time we must not delay the military aircraft. The fighter plane is fleeting, and we must not let it go!"