I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 190 Indecision
The purpose is to slow down the whereabouts of Cao Ren's army, so that they don't dare to take it lightly, always like a stick in the throat, like an armpit in the back.

At the same time, in order to deceive Yuan Shao, let him mistakenly think that Zhao Yun's main force is chasing Cao Ren, and he can sit back and relax, and only need to besiege Huai County.

Now it seems that the tactical deception has been achieved, successfully making both Cao Jun and Yuan Jun mistakenly believe that what they are pursuing is a main force. Although it was later discovered that it was false, but the done thing is done, and it is too late to send a message to Yuan Shao.

Before Cao Ren's news came, Yuan Shao's army had already realized that he had been fooled.

At this time, almost all of Yuan Shao's army was in Huai County, and he had lost more than 1 soldiers and thousands of wounded soldiers in the previous storm.

In addition to thousands of wounded soldiers staying in the camp, there were also [-] soldiers who had just fought fiercely for several days before, so the siege team only had more than [-] people.

There are only more than [-] cavalry.

In order to deal with Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicong in Youzhou and Guan Yu's Longxiang cavalry in Bingzhou, Yuan Shao left almost most of the cavalry in Jizhou, and his army to attack Hanoi had less than [-] cavalry.

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Seeing that the city of Huai County was about to be destroyed, Yuan Shao also began to feel at ease, communicating with all the sycophants cordially with a smile on his face.

When everyone was chatting happily, a sergeant suddenly shouted: "Look, the direction of the camp is on fire."

Everyone looked in the direction of their fingers, and saw black smoke billowing up from the big camp a few miles away, turning into a giant black dragon, winding and flying for nine days, before it turned into giant black dragons, rushing towards the sky. rise from the sky.

From this point of view, the grain and grass hoarded in the big camp were burned.

At this time, Qu Yi was the first to react and shouted: "My lord, it is an enemy attack. The enemy has attacked our camp. Hurry up and gather the army and rush to help the camp. It will be too late."

After Qu Yi yelled, Yuan Shao realized that his lair had been stolen. At this moment, Yuan Shao was terrified and nearly fell off his horse.

Most of the food and grass for the Southern Expedition had been stockpiled in the big camp. Once it was burned, it would not be able to raise food and grass in a short time.

With Huai County at your fingertips on one side and the burning camp on the other, Yuan Shao began to hesitate.

"My lord, don't hesitate any longer. Immediately lead the army to help the camp and destroy the invading enemy, otherwise our army will be in danger." Qu Yi insisted on admonishing there.

At this time, Xu You said nonchalantly: "My lord, I think we should take Huai County as soon as possible. There are still [-] troops in the camp. I think we can deal with it. If we miss this opportunity and come to capture Huai County another day, we will definitely lose our troops again." , it’s really not worth it.”

"My lord, Xu You is a scholar's opinion. What's the use of taking down the empty Huai County? If our army loses food and grass, we won't be able to go west, so we won't be able to hold on to Huai County for long." Qu Yi said excitedly. : "This group of enemy troops is probably the main force of Zhao Yun who has disappeared. If the weak soldiers in the battalion lose to Zhao Yun, then Zhao Yun will definitely launch a surprise attack from behind our army. Our army will be attacked by the enemy's front and back, and the army will be defeated soon."

"Hmph, General Qu Yi, if the enemy attacks east and west to lure our army to rescue the camp, but instead allows the enemy to take advantage of the momentum and rush into Huai County, then our army will be empty-handed. Why not take the opportunity to take down Huai County, and when the time comes in Congye It’s good to have the grain from the city and other places, and in the short term, we can first ask for grain and grass from Tiaohuai County.” Xu You still said in a confrontational manner.

"You, pedantic scholar's words, my lord, don't listen to slander." Qu Yi pleaded hoarsely.

Yuan Shao really hesitated at this time, or he was told by the two of them that he didn't know how to make a decision.

Historically, Yuan Shao was evaluated as resourceful and less decisive, which actually means that he was not good at making decisions and was indecisive in everything.

In the last life, Cao Cao led his army to attack Yuan Shao's Wuchao where he hoarded grain and grass. Everyone advised him to rescue Wuchao quickly, otherwise the army would be in danger.

Yuan Shao was very entangled at the time and didn't know what to do, so that he missed the opportunity of the battle, and finally took the risk of attacking Cao Jun, but was defeated by Cao Jun who was waiting in full force. The Battle of Guandu finally ended in failure.

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In a situation like today, Yuan Shao didn't know what to do.

After much deliberation, Yuan Shao couldn't come up with a clue, and Qu Yi and others were also very disappointed. They must not hesitate to fight with a large army, and often making a decision later will result in the death of tens of thousands of people.

In fact, frankly speaking, there are advantages and disadvantages to continuing to attack Huai County or to rescue the camp. Delay for a moment, the consequences are very unpredictable.

Yuan Shao saw that more and more soldiers were attacking the city of Huai County, and expected that Huai County would be captured soon, so he struggled for a long time, and it was really hard to decide.

The people under his command were also very anxious, and kept admonishing him, but Yuan Shao was still thinking calmly.

In the end, he ordered: "Morale can be boosted, but don't be discouraged. The army attacking Yecheng must not stop, and Huai County must be taken quickly, otherwise the camp will be lost, and Huai County has not yet been taken, and our army is in danger."

Glancing at the somewhat slumped Qu Yi, he said again: "General Qu Yi, I will leave all the remaining [-] elite soldiers of the Chinese army to you. Be sure to work with the defenders of the camp to block the incoming enemies and defeat them."

In the end, Yuan Shao still adopted a compromise method, neither giving up Huai County nor Daying.

It should be said that Yuan Shao's decision is also very feasible, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is a pity that the [-] cavalry behind them let them dismount and attack the city, which is why Yuan Shao asked Qu Yi to lead the army to help.

"Promise, the last general will take orders!" Everyone followed the order one after another, and Qu Yi also led an army of [-] to help the camp, muttering in his heart, "I hope everything is in time, I hope everything is in time."

Naturally, Zhao Yun's main army came to attack the camp at this time. Back then, Zhao Yun gave Yuan Shao's army a golden cicada to escape.

In the middle of the night, under the surveillance of Yuan Shao's scout army, five thousand soldiers each had three or four torches, pretending to watch the main force, but in fact the main force had already died down and rushed from the other side to Dashanna in Jiaozuo area, preparing to take the lead in the area of ​​Yuntai Mountain. Hidden, waiting for the opportunity to surprise Yuan Shao's army from behind.

The army was not lurking secretly in the mountains, and was not noticed by Yuan Shao's army. Moreover, when Yuan Shao's army attacked the city, they always kept quiet and did not raid the enemy camp. Coupled with the information from Cao Ren's side, Yuan Shao completely believed that Zhao Yun's main force was gone. Go after Cao Ren.

(End of this chapter)