Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

South of Yecheng, the Yan army camp.

A grand celebration banquet was being held in the king's tent.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong are naturally the protagonists of this banquet.

Ten thousand enemies were killed, 150,000 dendrobiums of grain and grass were successfully transported back, and Hebei general Wen Chou was killed.

This great achievement of the two naturally deserves a big congratulation from Liu Bei.

"Zilong, Han Sheng!"

"If this king conquers Yecheng and seizes Hebei, you two will be the first to succeed."

"Come, I would like to offer you this glass of wine!"

Liu Bei's face was full of joy, he smiled and raised his glass.

The second general raised his glass in a hurry, but he looked ashamed.

"If it weren't for the horse-trapping nail made by Prime Minister Deng, how could I have achieved such a great victory?"

"Your Majesty, I will never accept this merit. Huang

Zhong did not dare to be dissatisfied and gave all the credit to Deng Mu.

Liu Bei nodded heavily and praised:

"I really didn’t expect that a small horse tripping nail could have such power."

"The Prime Minister is truly the most amazing person in ancient and modern times!"

Liu Bei praised, and all the officials were impressed.

But Deng Mu just smiled.

The banquet was hearty.

"We defeated Cao Cao's ten thousand cavalry in this battle. What do you think Cao Cao will do next?"30

Liu Bei put down his wine glass and glanced at the ministers

"These ten thousand cavalry were destroyed, and Cao Wei no longer had the advantage of cavalry. Cao Cao's plan to rob our grain road was in vain."

"Based on the current comparison of military and national strength, I believe that Cao Cao's wisest choice is to abandon Yecheng and even Youzhou in Jizhou, and withdraw the entire army to the west."

"Only in this way can he use his existing troops, rely on the steepness of the Taihang Mountains and Tongguan, and use the geographical advantages to offset his lack of military strength and national strength."

Pang Tong was the first to speak, prompting Cao Cao's next move.

"Shi Yuan's words were wrong. I thought that Cao Cao would never abandon Yecheng!"

Guo Jia was categorical, unsure of Pang Tong's speculation.

Pang Tong turned to Guo Jia

"For Cao Wei, the wisest choice was, as Shi Yuan said, to abandon the defense of Youji and withdraw to the west."

"But the gains and losses in Yecheng are related to Cao Cao's reputation and the support of people."

"Based on my understanding of Cao Cao, he would never give up on Yecheng."

Guo Jia also gave his reasons.

If Pang Tong understood something, he nodded and said:

"The words of filial piety are reasonable, but this is not considered enough."

The conversation changed and Pang Tong said again:

"In this case, Cao Cao should choose to defend Yecheng regardless of the unfavorable situation."

"If you want to defend Yecheng, you must first gather enough food and grass in Yecheng."

"Therefore, I ask your Majesty to order us to divide our troops and move around to the north of Yecheng, and use the enemy's road to retaliate. We also raided Cao Cao's food road, leaving him with no food to defend!"

Pang Tong's suggestion made Liu Bei's eyes light up. He had previously worried that Cao Cao had 20,000 elite cavalry. If his army divided his troops and went north to rob the grain, it would be extremely easy for him to be intercepted by Cao Wei's cavalry.

By then, if the food plunder was not achieved, he would have to lose a lot of infantry..

But now the situation has reversed.

Cao Cao has less than 10,000 cavalry left, and it is not enough to rob food, and it is not enough to stop him from robbing food.

Under such a situation, Pang Tong's strategy of robbing food can naturally be implemented smoothly.

"Ziyu, what do you think of Shiyuan's plan?"

Liu Bei had confidence in his heart, but he still had to ask Deng Mu for advice before he could make a decision.

Deng Mu, who had been silent, said:

"Based on Xun Yu's wisdom, he will definitely prevent us from robbing his food supply, and he will probably take some measures."

"But no matter what, we still have to implement this strategy of robbing food first, see how Cao Cao responds, and then make redeployments."

Liu Bei then ordered more than 40,000 troops to be detached, bypassing Ye City and heading north, and began to plunder the Wei army's food road.

More than 40,000 Yan troops were divided into separate groups and went straight to Zhao, Anping, Julu and other Ye counties. Beizhujun

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Ten days later.

The king's tent in Yanying.

Liu Bei looked at the military report in his hand, but his brows were furrowed and his eyes were full of confusion.

That was the military report sent back by the Yan troops from all walks of life.

For ten consecutive days, they lurked and cruised on various roads, but did not find even a single Wei grain transport team.

The Wei army's grain transport team was not found, so naturally not even a handful of grain and grass was robbed.

"Strange, strange!"

"Didn't Cao Cao intend to defend Yecheng? Why didn't he transport grain and grass into Yecheng?"

"Even if there is no large-scale transportation, not even a handful of grain and grass will be transported."(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Liu Bei looked at the military newspaper in his hand and murmured to himself, his eyes full of confusion.

Whether it was Guo Jia or Liu Ye, all the counselors were confused. Solution.

At this time, the scouts entered the account and sent the latest information to Pang Tong.

"So that's it, that's it..."

Pang Tong smiled coldly and presented the information in his hand to Liu Bei:

"Your Majesty, it’s not that Cao Cao didn’t transport grain. Instead, he ordered the counties in northern Hebei and Youzhou to gather all the grain and grass to Handan."

"There are nearly 400,000 dendrobiums of grain and grass gathered in Handan now!"

After these words, there was a shock in the tent.

Four hundred thousand dendrobium grain!

Good guy, this may be all Cao Cao's property.

If this is transported to Yecheng for Cao Cao, these four hundred thousand dendrobium grain and grass will be enough to support his seventy thousand troops. The first half of the year!

"Why did Thief Cao concentrate so much food and grass in Handan? What was his plan?"

Huang Zhong asked in confusion.

Liu Bei looked at the counselors. This was also where his doubts lay.[]593 Pang Tong sneered:

"Cao Cao's move was simply due to the lack of troops and the inability to allocate enough troops to protect the majority of the grain teams."

"That's why he gathered the grain and grass together, then sent out heavy troops to transport all the grain and grass to Yecheng in one go!"

Pang Tongyi revealed Cao Cao's intention.

Liu Bei suddenly understood, nodded and said:

"Shi Yuan's words are right, but the lack of troops is Cao Cao's biggest weakness."

"It's just right that we can concentrate our forces to rob Cao Cao's thief of more than 400,000 bushels of grain and grass in one fell swoop between Handan and Yecheng!"

At that moment, Liu Bei issued an order, ordering all the soldiers and horses to rob grain and shrink to the south.

At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements from Handan to Yecheng.

A few days later, the scouts sent back the news.

Cao Cao sent his eldest son, Cao Ang, to command the troops for nearly two years. Ten thousand soldiers marched north from Yecheng to Handan.

This move just confirmed Pang Tong's speculation.

Cao Cao would use heavy troops to escort his 400,000 dendrobium of grain and grass southward.

Immediately afterwards, another eight hundred miles of urgent information came.

Including 7,000 cavalry, nearly 15,000 Wei troops marched south from Handan toward Liangqi City.

Immediately afterwards, another 5,000 Wei troops left the city and headed south toward Wu Shi.

Two troops and horses, One more and one less, they went to Yecheng in two directions.