Cui Zishu was stunned at first when he heard Yuchi Dun's question, then came to his senses and quickly replied: "Prime Minister, of course, retreated to Shaoling, and supported Yecheng with each other, and attacked and defended."

"Each horn..."

"Yes, Prime Minister, this is a strategy to retreat as an advance..."

Cui Zishu began to tell him and several major generals' plans. Yuchi Dun lay on the couch, listening quietly with his eyes closed. He still had a high fever, but it was of great importance. He forced himself to listen to Cui Zishu's explanation.

What Cui Zishu said at this time was a response strategy adopted based on changes in the war situation. The emperor led the army in person, but the prime minister was actually the one who was in charge. However, more than 100,000 troops besieged Xuanhu for several months. At this time, there was another defeat in Guangling and Chaicun, which had a great impact on morale.

The sudden troops under the strong city had an impact on morale. Now the enemy reinforcements defeated their superior cavalry again. Even though the generals were optimistic, ordinary soldiers would definitely murmur in their hearts, and the main force of the official army besieging Xuanhu was a little embarrassed now.

To siege the city, a large amount of troops required to be invested. Now the official army is like a big snake, swallowing the prey in the mouth but unable to swallow it. Two more dogs came next to it. If you are not careful, you will be attacked by the opponent inside and outside, resulting in a great defeat.

The field capabilities of the enemy (Hulin Army) were reflected through the Battle of Chai Village and must not be taken lightly. Therefore, Cui Zishu and others decided to retreat as advance and retreat the official army to Shaoling north of Xuanhu to attract the enemy to fight to the decisive battle.

"You... just said that the Hulin Army has good field combat capabilities, and said that it would lead the opponent to attack. Isn't this a contradiction in the decisive battle in Shaoling?"

"Prime Minister, the two armies are fighting and set up a dignified formation to confront each other. The brave cannot advance, and the coward cannot retreat. No matter how hard the Hulin Army can fight, they must attack with other friendly forces. At that time, the army of both sides will face each other. As long as our army defeats the enemy's flanks, the defeat will be like a mountain of defeat. No matter how hard the Hulin Army can fight, it will be powerless to turn the world."

Speaking of this, Cui Zishu was solemnly concerned: "The Xuanhu defender relied on the city to destroy the morale of the official army, making the military strength advantage of the official army impossible to reflect. Therefore, the officials and several generals believed that it was better to retreat to advance."

"Do you say that the decisive battle is the decisive battle? Yuwen Wen is not a fool."

"Prime Minister, Yu Wenwen may have fled to Guangcheng, or he may still be in Xuanhu, but no matter what, as long as the main force of the official army is near Yuzhou, Yu Wenwen will not be able to use troops elsewhere."

"If he joins forces with Chen Jun, how should he deal with it?"

"Prime Minister, the official is brave enough to ask the Prime Minister to order the Huainan official army to withdraw all the Huainan official troops back to Huainbei."

When Yuchi Dun opened his eyes and stared at Cui Zishu. Cui Zishu was waiting for the other party to speak calmly.

Yuchi Dun could figure out what Cui Zishu meant. This is indeed a strategy of retreating to advance, which is used on the Yuwen family and on the Chen country.

The official army withdrew from Huainan and reduced its troops to defend Huainan. They could withdraw their hands to quell the rebellion initiated by the demon monk Liu Yuan in Qingzhou, or they could also fight Yuwen Wen with superior troops on the battlefield chosen by Shaoling, which was chosen by his own side.

Yuwen Wen himself may not be willing to do this, but the situation will continue to develop, but the other party cannot help but "Xu Tuzhi".

The Yuwen family occupied the Ba, Xiang, Jiangzhou and Lingbei prefectures and counties of Chen State. Regardless of whether it is Jiangzhou located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, seriously threatening the safety of Jiankang downstream. Chen State obtained Huainan and established a northern barrier for Jiankang. Then, next, he would turn his attention to the west, that is, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The State of Chen will inevitably ask Yuwen to return to Jiangzhou. Will Yuwen return it honestly?

No, the two sides will definitely break up because of this, and the temporary alliance will collapse instantly.

Cui Zishu talked about the situation in the late Later Han Dynasty. Prime Minister Cao Cao led a large army south to pacify Jingzhou. The emperor's uncle Liu Bei and Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu joined forces to fight against Cao. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's threat was reduced sharply, and the Sun and Liu families immediately became quarrels.

The result was that the Eastern Wu general Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes and took advantage of the Northern Expedition of Liu Bei's general Guan Yu, sneak attacking Jiangling in Jingzhou, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat and captured, and Liu Bei's rise was interrupted.

Cui Zishu's so-called "retreat as advance" strategy is to use his own temporary concessions to intensify the conflict between the Chen State and the Yuwen family, and at the same time, he can draw troops to quell the Qingzhou Rebellion, stabilize Pengcheng, and stabilize Huaibei.

Huaibei is in hand, and when he takes Huainan again in the future, it is not difficult for the official army to drink horses and the Yangtze River with the combat power of the Chen army.

If the Yuwen family does not return to Jiangzhou and Lingbiao, Chen State will not be able to be truly at ease, and sooner or later war will break out on both sides.

Therefore, if the Yuwen family did not want to withdraw from Yuzhou, they must repel the main force of the official army besieging Xuanhu before breaking with Chen State, gain a foothold in Yuzhou, and threaten the Huai River downstream from Huainan to threaten Chen State.

Therefore, if Yu Wen Wen had already fled Xuanhu, he would inevitably tend to attack when he heard the retreat of the army besieging Xuanhu.

Isn’t this a matter of course to carry the power of Chai Village’s great victory, and to gather the main force of the Shannan Army and the Xuanhu Guardian Army that came out of their nests, and pursue and retreat to Shaoling. The main force of the enemy with low morale?

"I see..."

Yuchi Dun closed his eyes and pondered. Although his headache was split, his thinking was still clear. He had no initial anger at the initiative of Cui Zishu and others to arrange for withdrawal.

After a moment he opened his eyes and said, "However, the other party may not be caught."

"Prime Minister, as long as Ye Cheng is in hand and block Ye Wandao, the soldiers and horses in the south of Yuwen's mountain can only go to Tongbai Mountain and the Dabie Mountain Road out of Yuzhou. In this way, Luozhou only needs to send a few soldiers to guard the Three Crow Road of Funiu Mountain to ensure that the southern border is worry-free, and then the main force can be placed on the west side to resist the invading enemy in Guanzhong in the west."

"The court first stabilizes Huaibei, defeats the invading enemy, and takes the opportunity to attack again in the future."

Cui Zishu's strategy is to seek stability first, which sounds good, but Yuchi Dun doesn't think so, because any strategy that looks perfect is not effective for all enemies, it varies from person to person.

Yuchi Dun will never tolerate Yuwen Wen, the mad dog.

He carefully made arrangements and took the initiative at the most favorable opportunity to quickly destroy the Yuwen family. As a result, the good situation was shattered by Yuwen Wen. Who would have thought that the five armies that attacked the five passes of Dabie Mountains would be wiped out in a short time, giving Yuwen Wen an opportunity to take advantage of it?

Yuwen Wen guarded Xuanhu and defended for several months under the siege of more than 100,000 troops. Yuchi Dun dared not take such a strong enemy with both offense and defense. No matter whether the opponent is in Xuanhu or not, he must take Xuanhu down.

Seeing that Yuchi Dun insisted on surrounding Xuanhu, Cui Zishu was a little anxious. The government army wanted to trap Xuanhu's defenders and defeat the invading enemy. This was no different from eating a bowl of rice.

If it were before, he would not feel that he could not eat rice, but after Chaicun's defeat, he would not dare to be optimistic. Once the main force of the government army had an accident in Xuanhu, the situation would take a sharp turn and would be irreversible.

"Prime Minister, if our army wants to conquer Xuanhu while conquering troops to fight the invading enemy, its military strength cannot be reflected. The enemy's victory in Chaicun and its morale is high. I am afraid that this time will not be a good opportunity to siege the city and attack aid."

Yuchi Dun did not think so: "Our army built a long encirclement and dug a long trench, and trapped the Xuanhu guards to death. It was not that easy for them to attack inside and outside. If the world is a game of chess, Xuanhu will be a life-and-death disaster, and I will never give up!"

"Prime Minister!"

"Okay, my decision will not change. I will retreat to advance. I can consider it in Huainan, but not in Xuanhu, so there is no need to say much."

"Prime Minister! The Prime Minister's safety is also a life-and-death disaster that is bound to success or failure. The official dares to ask the Prime Minister to move to Shaoling and take good care of his illness in the city..."

Cui Zishu was afraid that Yuchi Dun would not be able to recover from his illness in this camp. At that time, the cold condition worsened and caused tuberculosis, so everything would be over. Yuchi Dun understood the other party's kindness, but this was not the reason for him to change his established goal.

Instead of retreating to Shaoling to wait for the rabbit, it would be better to continue to siege the city and fight for help in Xuanhu.

At this time, there were only him and Cui Zishu in the tent, so it doesn’t matter if you say something in front of your confidant.
Chapter completed!