Cao Zhen has followed Cao Cao to fight south and north since he was a child, and has become familiar with various tactics.

But he learned all his skills from Cao Cao, so he naturally scoffed at Yunshan's theory.

Even when Yunshan talked about this to him, he immediately raised his face and quickly corrected it and said:

"How can General Yun say such nonsense? Liu Bei and Huo Jun use this trick to seduce people. How can I dare to hand over my brothers to you when the general says that?"

Guan Ping smiled:

"It's no point to say something, it depends on Yun's ability.

What if Yun could wipe out Huo Jun?”

"Then Cao must..." Cao Zhen said that, and remembered that Yunshan had had a relationship with Huo Jun in the past, and quickly changed his words, "If so, if he could defeat Huo Jun, even the King of Wei praised General Yun's methods, Cao Zhen admired the general from the bottom of his heart. Why would he pour wine for the general in the future?"

Yunshan laughed:

"As long as the King of Wei praises a certain method, what's the difficulty? There is no need to pour wine. I hope that there will be important things in the future, and Zidan can help me."

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Huo Jun in Funiu Mountain is indeed completely different from other bandits.

Other bandits generally do not work in production, or mainly looting, and farming is basically to improve their lives.

But before Huo Jun cut off relations with Cao Pi, he had already begun to collect large numbers of refugees and organized production in Funiu Mountain and Wancheng.

You should know that the main contradiction in this era was not the common human-land contradiction in later generations, but the extremely insufficient farming population due to wars and rampant epidemics.

As long as the food was not collected like military farming, most refugees were willing to serve Huo Jun. One spread to ten thousand people, and a large number of people began to leave the military farming of Cao's army and join Huo Jun.

Of course, the military farm officials of Cao's army could not sit idly by. They had organized militias in the township many times before to try to stop the military farmer from escaping, but Huo Jun showed a strong subjective initiative - he actually led his troops to the nearby military farmer to sweep the fields. Faced with the military farmer who tried to stop him, Huo Jun made a very amazing move.

He showed the letter Cao Pi sent to himself when he was the General of the Five-Secret General. Although the letter was not signed, the very familiar title still made everyone afraid of it.

Most people have heard of the rumors that Huo Jun was actually Cao Pi's subordinates. They would rather believe it than not. They actually watched Huo Jun come and go freely. When Cao Pi reacted, Huo Jun had gathered 100,000 refugees and selected young and strong training from them, and the base area continued to grow. After that, Cao Pi personally commanded several attacks and returned. The local army of Cao's army was beaten from all directions as soon as it entered the base area, and many soldiers even raised up and surrendered to Huo Jun.

Cao Pi had not tried to surrender Huo Jun, and promised to give him a position as prefect.

But Huo Jun could barely remain friendly with Cao Pi before, at least he could be polite to him in letters, but now he has directly tore up Cao Pi's letters and claimed that he was Liu Bei's subordinate, which has directly touched Cao Pi's fundamental interests.

Although Huo Jun does not have the ability to attack the big city at present, it is really a matter of Cao Pi's heart to insert it like a steel knife. It would be a good thing if Yunshan took the initiative to ask for battle.

Yunshan commanded Cao's army quickly arrived near Funiu Mountain. After understanding the local terrain, Yunshan adopted Sima Yi's strategy to set up camp on the spot and began to siege the base.

Seeing that Yunshan really showed an attitude of wanting to destroy the city and the village to destroy Huo Jun in one fell swoop, Cao Pi sent a military officer named Yu Yunshan to fight against Huo Jun to Shi Guo Huai, who could not help but come forward to meet and proposed a plan to attack Huo Jun to Yunshan.

"Huo Jun is hidden in the mountains and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is difficult to deal with. Our army has unclear terrain and low morale. If it is a warrant for the attack, it will inevitably lead to great defeat.

My subordinates thought that our army should be in line with each other and the entire army advanced together, so that Huo Jun could all be defeated in one place."

Guo Huai is 30 years old this year. He is from a Taiyuan clan and has a wealthy family. His grandfather is one of the nine ministers. His father has also served as the prefect and has a very good experience.

Guan Ping modestly asked him about the specific tactics, and Guo Huai said:

"Our army can build a Muzhai every five miles, and the cavalry can convey the message. Once the bandits are dispatched, the Muzhai defenders will not be able to defend. Our main force advances in unison, first charge with infantry to fight. When the bandits retreat, they will immediately use tiger and leopard cavalry to cover up the killing.

There are not many thieves and cavalrymen, and this battle can be successful in one fell swoop. As long as Huo Jun is forced into Funiu Mountain, we can move all the people here.

Without the support of the people, Huo Jun is just a group of bandits. What if he hides in Funiu Mountain?"

Guan Ping nodded gently at first, but couldn't help asking:

"Boji also thinks I can't wait for the people?"

"Ah?" Guo Huai knew he had made a mistake and quickly shook his hand wildly, defending him, "No, my subordinates have no such intention at all. It's just that the thief really... they really acted against the contrary. These foolish people didn't know the hard work of the court, so they helped rebel and did these great deviant things."

Guan Ping nodded at first, then said in great confusion:

"No, if so, why don't we do something that will win the hearts of the people, such as abolishing the policy of collecting widows first, reducing the taxes and labor service of military farms, and if we implement benevolent government, who is willing to become enemies with the thief and the court?"

Guo Huai quickly whispered:

"People don't want to talk nonsense! This strategy for collecting widows was decided by the former kings, so how can it be changed easily?

Now the bones of the former king are not cold. If the laws of the former kings are changed in this way, wouldn’t others say that the King of Wei is unfilial?"

Guan Ping:...

"As for reducing the grain and taxes on military farms, it is even more unavoidable.

The Central Plains are in chaos, and people's livelihood is in decline. The court needs food to raise officials and soldiers, and also requires corvee labor to build cities, ponds and weapons. If nothing is charged, then a huge chaos will occur!”

If Cao Pi did not dare to change the strategy set by Cao Cao, then Guan Ping was still free in Guanzhong. This kind of thing was obviously not unanimous. It was obvious that Guo Huai was just finding an excuse to fool Yunshan.

He was too lazy to expose Guo Huai's explanation that could not stand the speculation, and said casually:

"Since that's the case, I will give Guo Lingshi a chance to use you as the front army, the commander-in-chief, build a wooden village, and take every step forward!"

Guo Huai was overjoyed.

He came from a famous family and was familiar with military studies since childhood. What he lacked was the opportunity to experience. He believed that as long as he seized an opportunity, he could soar into the sky and let everyone in the world know his name.

Yunshan was in depression this time, and Sima Yi and Cao Zhen had already clearly suggested that Yunshan drag it down. Unexpectedly, Yunshan was willing to give himself a chance and an attack!

Their entire army is only 10,000, and Yunshan is willing to give him five thousand. What a trust this is!

"Since the general believes that his subordinates will do their best to serve the people. In this battle, I will definitely kill the thief without leaving any armor."

"No, no, Guo Lingshi misunderstood." Guan Ping sighed softly and smiled, "I thought Guo Lingshi would definitely not win, but if Guo Lingshi was not allowed to fight, Guo Lingshi would definitely be dissatisfied. Since this is the case, I might as well give Guo Lingshi a chance."

"Ah?" Guo Huai's excitement that had finally aroused suddenly disappeared, and his whole body became obviously depressed, but he immediately cheered up and said unwillingly, "Why do the general think he can't win? The thieves are all a group of refugees. Now the spring plowing has not stopped, so how can they have the intention to fight with us? As long as we go step by step and the enemy cannot attack, we will have to retreat in a mess."

Guan Ping smiled and said:

"Every step by step, every village is five miles away. The vanguard is indeed indestructible, but if the enemy uses a large army to attack Guo Lingshi's rear at night, and first repel the rear army that was not too late to set up a camp, and do not fight fiercely with Guo Lingshi, what can Guo Lingshi do?"

Guo Huai looked at Yunshan like a fool, not understanding why Yunshan asked such a question.

If this war-torn general is not stupid, he is simply arguing for himself.

But whoever made him his superior, even King Cao Pi of Wei had to take care of his emotions a little.

Guo Huai explained helplessly:

"It's so that the general knows that he can't follow the enemy's battles and fights in a back and forth. Such soldiers are probably heavenly soldiers and generals. The champion Hou rushed to the desert thousands of miles to attack the desert, so he had enough supplies and food. When he learned where the enemy was, he would use his elite troops to decide the outcome."

"The thieves lack war horses. If they run by their legs, they can advance but not retreat. Moreover, once our army sets up, even if the thieves pass, they can only cross over a hundred people. What's the role of harassing and destroying them?"

Simply put, interspersed means fighting without support.

It was not the first time Guo Huai led the army. When he was young, he did not yearn for such a great battle of large detours and large encirclements and directly annihilated all the enemies.

But it is not the case if it is really implemented. It is easy for an army to disperse, but it is a huge problem to gather together.

Since ancient times, deserters have been an unsolvable problem. Dozens and 100 people quietly crossed the enemy's formation and sneaked into the rear to destroy the enemy, but no matter how many people there were, it would be inevitable that someone would take the opportunity to become a deserter.

After finally interspersing with the enemy's commander, the generals who arrived behind the enemy counted their troops and horses. They found that most of their subordinates had been lost and fled, so they should stop fighting and surrender directly.

The tactics that Huo Jun used before were to use the terrain in the base area to first release the enemy, and then scatter the encirclement and raid.

Guo Huai believed that his troops had the advantage, and he would slowly advance without giving them the opportunity to scatter the encirclement. Huo Jun had no choice but to fight the trapped beasts and attack their camp.

These thieves lost their combat ability to come and go like the wind, and what awaits them will naturally be slowly annihilated.

Guan Ping shook his head and said seriously:

"Huo Jun is extremely difficult to deal with. You must be careful of their interweaving methods. If you are really interweaving by the enemy, Guo Lingshi must break through the siege and must not fight for loyalty."

Guo Huai's ambitions arise.

If the Xu Du Central Army under his command can be defeated by a group of bandits, then he might as well commit suicide directly!
Chapter completed!