Chapter 100 Determining the Strategy to Defeat the Thief
Cao Cao had long been friends with Liu Ye, and now he heard that the person in front of him was actually Liu Yuqing, so he couldn't help but look carefully. I can only see Liu Ye wearing a helmet and armor, with a resolute expression, broad shoulders and a thick waist, as if he has a dignified demeanor, which seems to be his own school, but it is different from the world's classics.
Liu Ye is a master of martial arts, and his martial arts has reached the level of a master. Although he has different ways of writing and martial arts, his air of a master cannot be faked. Therefore, when Lu Zhi saw him, he was very happy, and Cao Cao also appreciated it.
Cao Cao looked at the fifty or so riders behind him again, and couldn't help being slightly surprised. The expressions of these fifty or so riders were stern, but their faces were fierce. One could tell at a glance that they were veterans who crawled out of the mountain of corpses and blood.
"Hahaha! Cao Cao has heard of Yuqing for a long time, and seeing her today is a well-deserved reputation, no wonder he broke the yellow scarf repeatedly." Cao Cao laughed loudly, with a familiar tone and an affectionate demeanor, which made Liu Ye very uncomfortable.
"This is not a place to talk, please brother Meng De's troops follow behind a certain cavalry pawn."
Liu Ye ordered Guan Hai to lead the way with fifty cavalry, while Cao Cao walked side by side with him, and the two Xiahou brothers accompanied him.
Cao Cao laughed and said, "I don't know when Yuqing was born?"
"Seven years of Yanxi." Yanxi is the year of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, which is 164 years when converted into AD. Liu Ye's body just came of age, because men in the Han Dynasty only held the crown ceremony after they were 20 years old. table word.
"Haha, Cao was born in the first year of Yongshou, so he is a few years older than Yu Qingxu."
Liu Ye smiled and said, "You should treat me as a brother."
Cao Cao's face was full of joy, and he lowered his head and smiled: "It's ashamed to say that Yuqing led his army to fight at the age of twenty. He led more than a thousand tigers and tigers from Qingzhou to Yuzhou, and repeatedly defeated the yellow scarf bandits. When Brother Yu was twenty years old, he was still working in Luoyang. Northern Captain, he only has a group of guards under his command, and his greatest achievement was to beat Jian Shuo, the eunuch's uncle."
"Brother Meng De is not afraid of the rich and powerful, and he is the uncle of the ten permanent attendants. I have always admired him." Liu Ye complimented him sincerely.
Cao Cao and Liu Ye talked about their backgrounds, their life stories and their aspirations. The more they talked, the more speculative they became.
Xiahoudun said nothing, but Xiahouyuan touched him with his shoulder.
"Why hit me?"
"Hey, look at Eldest Brother and this Liu Yuqing, if people don't know, they think they are brothers, and we are followers."
Xiahou Dun couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard the words, it seems that Meng De and this Liu Yuqing are indeed speculating.
Cao Cao and Liu Ye chatted and laughed all the way, and finally arrived in front of Liu Ye's camp. Cao Cao arranged for his soldiers to cut down trees and set up camp, while Liu Ye directly invited him to his camp. Cao Cao and Xiahou brothers walked into the camp, and saw the soldiers coming and going, all of them looked aggressive, and Cao Cao couldn't help but Envious, although the 2,000 people under his command are also elite, they are not as bloody as Liu Ye's subordinates.
Walking and watching, Cao Cao followed Liu Ye into the camp, and Cao Cao's eyes were immediately attracted by the sand table on the table.
"Yuqing, what is this?"
Cao Cao was quite happy, and walked forward quickly, while Liu Ye smiled slightly.
"Yesterday, while watching the formation of the Yellow Turban Thieves, a certain person thought hard and couldn't figure it out. Therefore, he occasionally felt that he took the sand from the ground and gathered it into a plate, which was named the sand table."
Brother Xiahou also came up and looked at each other with bright eyes. The two brothers didn't wait too long, and saw the unusualness of this sand table at a glance.
On the sand table, a square stone was polished into the shape of a city standing in the center, with the word Changshe painted on it with paint. On the four sides, a row of small yellow flags were planted, exactly ten of them, and there was a red flag on Changshe City, and another red flag was planted around the yellow flag.
In addition to Changshe City and the twelve red and yellow flags, the terrain of the mountains and rivers around Changshe City, the high and low undulations have also been squeezed out by the sand, and the terrain around Changshe City is clear at a glance.
"A small flag is worth 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Bocai has 100,000 soldiers. However, he has been besieged by a certain leader in the past few days, and the loss is not small. Let's remove one side." Liu Ye stretched out his hand and gently pulled it out from the sand table. One yellow flag, nine left.
Xiahoudun frowned and said, "I'm only about 6,000 soldiers in one place. After the bloody battle in the city, I'm afraid there are less than 10,000 soldiers."
Liu Ye nodded: "That's right, but if one thousand people have one banner, one hundred thousand troops would need one hundred banners, which is too much."
Cao Cao nodded with piercing eyes: "Well, Cao was not very sure about being ordered to destroy the thieves, but after seeing Yuqing's sand table, he has some ideas."
Liu Ye smiled slightly: "Then let's see if XX's thoughts are consistent with Brother Meng De's."
After saying this, Liu Ye reached out and picked up a grain from the table, gently placed it on the east side of Changshe City, and pressed it into several small yellow flags.
"Yesterday, the wave bandits besieged the Changsha. A certain man attacked from behind and discovered that the Yellow Turban Bandit's food and grass were in the East Camp. If we led the army to fight against the war, a surprise soldier broke into the East Camp and burned the Yellow Turban Bandit. Grain"
The more Cao Cao listened, the more excited he became, and couldn't help laughing.
"Yuqing's words coincide with someone. Since ancient times, the three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. However, Bocai seems to have hundreds of thousands of troops, and his momentum is huge. In fact, he has a hidden weakness, which is the food and grass."
Xia Houdun smiled slightly: "The bandits are powerful in Yuzhou, but in the eyes of Meng De and Yu Qing, they seem to be catching a turtle in a jar."
"Yuqing's contribution to coming up with this method is really immeasurable." Cao Cao praised Liu Ye. He thought Liu Ye was a brave and invincible fighter, but he didn't expect him to have such a wonderful idea. It can be said that he is a general in his own right. .
But Liu Ye shook his head: "No, this sand table was not created by a certain company. Ma Fubo used to gather rice for grain when he was suppressing bandits. Emperor Guangwu saw it and said: "The captive is in my eyes. In fact, this sand table was first created by the predecessors." , I just improved it, how dare I pretend to take credit for it?"
Cao Cao laughed when he heard the words: "Yuqing doesn't need to be modest. I don't think it's Ma Fubo, or Huo Huqi. Yuqing may not be incomparable. The future is limitless."
After all, he straightened his face and said proudly: "Since Yuqing has made a strategy, I think it is very feasible. Tomorrow, I will urge the troops of Yuzhou to make a feint attack outside. Yuqing can lead his troops to take advantage of the situation. Food and grass, destroying one hundred thousand yellow scarf thieves, I'm waiting for that is an unrivaled feat!"
Liu Ye lowered his head and clasped his fists: "Do you dare not obey orders?" Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan also clasped their fists. After all, the military discipline is strict. In the barracks, they are Cao Cao's generals first, and Cao Cao's brothers second.