novelden Chapter 355 The Best Time to Send Troops
Chapter 355 The Best Time to Send Troops
After Chen Deng met Liu Yu, Liu Yu did not send troops immediately, but sent scouts to gather information. When he learned that Lu Bu shot Yuan Shu's arm with one arrow from a distance of 200 steps, Liu Yu was a little surprised.
The wind was already strong on the river bank, and at a distance of two hundred steps, Lu Bu was too powerful.
With this kind of accuracy and psychological quality, he would definitely be an elite sniper in the future.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Although Lu Bu is brave, he can still hit the target accurately at a distance of 200 steps. This is not a distance that ordinary people can reach. Someone must have exaggerated the distance of the arrow." Zhang Fei raised his doubts. He didn't believe that anyone could do this. Especially when the protagonist of this story is Lu Bu, Zhang Fei found it even more difficult to accept.
"Yide, many people have seen the incident of defeating Da Tao with one arrow. How could it be false? Afterwards, the scouts went to the riverside to take a look. The answer they brought back was that the distance between the two rivers was a full two hundred steps."
"A slave of three surnames is so terrifying." During this period of time, Zhang Fei has been training soldiers and practicing hard. He feels that he has made great progress. He thought that when he meets Lu Bu, he will be able to narrow the gap with Lu Bu and maybe even have a chance to defeat him. Who knew that Lu Bu did not relax at all and was also evolving.
If this trend continues, I still won't be able to defeat him.
Liu Yu was not anxious about not being able to defeat Lu Bu. His plan to deal with Lu Bu was simple, which was to fight him in a one-on-one duel. Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Xu Chu were all good at martial arts and were able to suppress Lu Bu on the battlefield.
However, this incident also reminded Liu Yu that next time he fought against Lu Bu, he should never stand too close to the front. He should be at least three hundred steps away from Lu Bu, no, at least five hundred steps.
Who knows if Lu Bu has any hidden strength? If the distance is too close and he kills me with one arrow, it would be too unfair for me.
"Fengxiao, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are fighting fiercely in Xuzhou. Where should we attack next?"
The plan they had made before was to attack Jiujiang. If the situation changed and Lu Bu got involved in the war, Yuan Shu would raise 70,000 elite troops to attack Xuzhou. This would give them more options.
"My lord, Yuan Shu led his elite troops to attack Xuzhou. It's obvious that he wanted to make a quick decision, but he didn't expect Lu Bu to be so brave. If we attack Jiujiang, the defenders will definitely fight to the death and wait for Yuan Shu to come back for help.
But if we send troops to Xuzhou and attack Yuan Shu's rear, as long as we kill Yuan Shu's 70,000 troops, the defenders of Jiujiang will be terrified. Then when you lead your troops south, Jiujiang will be yours."
"Feng Xiao has a good plan. I will send troops immediately to attack Yuan Shu."
"My lord, according to the latest news, Lü Bu is defending the mountain and will not be defeated in a short time. My lord, it won't be too late to wait for some time before sending out troops."
"Feng Xiao wants to wait until both of them are defeated before sending out troops?"
"Both sides will suffer losses. Yuan Shu's army has just surrounded Lu Bu and their morale is high. If we send out troops like this, if we can't win the battle in one go, the two armies will be in a standoff and the battle will be difficult to fight. It is better to let Lu Bu wear down Yuan Shu's morale first. When Yuan Shu's morale is low, it won't be too late for us to suddenly attack."
Guo Jia talked leisurely while drinking. His expression was relaxed and calm. All the major events in the world and the fighting on the battlefield went into his mind along with the glass of strong liquor.
Looking at Guo Jia's imposing demeanor, Liu Yu secretly admired that Guo Jia was indeed the top strategist of this era, who could see the essence of things through phenomena.
Liu Yu remembered that a great man in later generations once said that if the land is preserved but the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost; if the people are preserved but the land is lost, both the people and the land will be preserved.
Guo Jia's thinking is similar to that of great men more than a thousand years later.
Mediocrity is different, but genius is common.
"When do you think it would be best for us to send out our troops?"
"Three days later."
"Why three days later?" Zhang Fei was a little confused. "Does Fengxiao think that Lu Bu can deplete Yuan Shu's morale in just three days?"
"It's not easy to exhaust Yuan Shu's morale. It will be difficult to do it without two months."
"Then why can't we wait two months before sending troops?" Zhang Fei continued to ask this question.
"It's simple. Lu Bu can only hold out for five or six days at most. If we delay too long, Lu Bu will be defeated by Yuan Shu, and the loss will outweigh the gain."
"Although Lu Bu is abominable, his fighting ability is quite good. He can't be so useless, right?"
"If he were to defend the city, Lu Bu might be able to hold out longer, but now he is guarding an isolated mountain. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very dangerous. Once Yuan Shu cuts off his water supply, Lu's army will be in chaos within three days."
"If according to Feng Xiao, Lu Bu can only hold out for three days at most, why did Feng Xiao just say that Lu Bu can hold out for five or six days?"
"Yide, if you were leading an army of 70,000 and attacking Lü Bu's army of several thousand, surrounding him on Lonely Mountain, what would you do first?"
"Of course, organize troops to attack from all directions at the same time, and try to reach the top of the mountain in one fell swoop and kill Lu Bu."
“Yide was a famous general at the time, and he acted in this way. I think Yuan Shu would be no exception. He would also send people to attack, but after three days of attacking, he found that he could not attack at all, so he would think of the strategy of cutting off the water supply. That’s why I said that Lu Bu could only hold out for five or six days at most.
"It will take two or three days to reach Gushan from here. It will be appropriate for you to dispatch troops in three days."
At this point, Zhang Fei also fully understood what Guo Jia meant.
Liu Yu was thinking about another thing, defending Gushan to resist the enemy. In history, Ma Su had made such a mistake. Although he could maximize the advantages of the terrain, he had a fatal flaw, that is, once the water supply was cut off, he would become a mortal enemy.
When Sima Yi led his troops to the battle, he saw the key at a glance. Now Guo Fengxiao can also see it from afar in Yuzhou. This also shows that in front of a real master, this kind of garrison defense is just giving away lives.
"Yide, quickly organize the army and prepare to march to Xuzhou in three days."
"Uncle, I wonder if we can defeat Yuan Shu and then use some of our troops to take Xuzhou directly."
Ever since Xuzhou was lost to Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei has always wanted to take Xuzhou back from Lu Bu.
Now that his troops have left Xuzhou, he naturally doesn't want to miss this opportunity.
"The main enemy this time is Yuan Shu. The matter of Xuzhou will be discussed later." Liu Yu's attitude was very clear. Yuan Shu had already proclaimed himself emperor, and he had to concentrate all his strength to eliminate Yuan Shu in one battle. Only in this way could he make those princes who were ready to make trouble settle down.
"Uncle, if you only need to allocate 10,000 men to me, I can recapture Xuzhou. If that doesn't work, 5,000 will also be fine. These manpower should not disrupt your plan to attack Jiujiang."