He was caught off guard and was surprised by the sudden change. The uneasy whispers of the soldiers around him could be heard. Knowing that the morale of the army had been greatly shaken, Huangfu Song resisted the urge to reprimand the soldiers. He remained calm and ordered to summon the soldiers in a deep voice.

The generals went to the tent to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, the officers and generals entered the tent and sat down.

After Huangfu Song sat down, he immediately asked, "The Zhuozhou Army has surrounded our army on all sides. Can you guys think of a way to defeat the enemy?"

He glanced at the people in the tent. When their eyes met, all the generals looked away and lowered their heads.

Huangfusong was immediately disappointed.

When I saw the seat at the back on the right hand side, I saw Cao Cao, the last seat, and saw that Cao Cao didn't hide his eyes, but he hesitated to speak.

Huangfu Song paused and asked with a warm smile, "Meng De, do you have a good plan?"

Cao Cao straightened up, bowed his hands to Huangfu, thought for a moment, and then said, "At the moment, our army is invincible and unable to retreat. We can only wait quietly for the opportunity to fight."

Huangfu Song frowned without any trace of Cao Cao's passive response, saying he would just wait for a chance to fight.

Cao Cao was concentrating on thinking and did not pay attention to Huangfu Song's reaction. Cao Cao thought for a while and then added, "For the current plan, we have a strategy to defend the stronghold.

Zhuozhou's army was twice as large as mine, and its loss of food and grass was several times that of mine.

If it persists for a long time, its food and grass will be exhausted first, and at that time, it will rush to attack.

When they attack me, their encirclement on all sides is useless. On the contrary, I have the advantage of encamping and can easily attack and defend.

If the Zhuozhou army attacks, our army only needs to hold on for a day or two. Then the Zhuozhou army will be in decline, and our army may have the opportunity to turn defeat into prosperity."

As soon as this strategy came out, Huangfu Song's eyes lit up, and all the generals in the tent couldn't help but look towards Cao Cao.

Cao Cao lowered his eyebrows and thought, and everyone reacted like they had never seen before.

"As for the second strategy, it's tonight!" Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and looked at Huangfu Song with sharp eyes, "I don't know how his Zhuozhou army can set up a large formation overnight, but such a large-scale deployment of troops must not be possible in one moment.

Because, it will be busy all night, and the people and horses will be tired.

During the day today, our army can repeatedly prepare to leave the camp and make raids, tiring out its soldiers. By the end of the day, until late at night, the Zhuozhou army has not rested for a day and a night, and it must be extremely tired. When it is late at night, it must

Already slacking off.

At this time, our army joined forces to rush out and charge into the car formation. The night was dark and there was no light from the sky. Zhuozhou's men and horses were slow to mobilize, and they were unaware of the attack. If we can catch him by surprise, our army should be able to break out of the formation!"

What Cao Cao said was, "should be able", rather than must be able. Perhaps, subconsciously, Cao Cao believed that the Zhuozhou Army, especially the small military advisor of the Zhuozhou Army, would not be easy to deal with.

When the enemy is strong and the army is weak, if we use weakness to gain strength, how can we win? How can we be successful?

Cao Cao has made two strategies, one is a long-term strategy and the other is a surprise attack strategy.

With these two strategies, the morale of the officers and soldiers, whose morale was shaken, became a little higher.

Some generals even looked happy and whispered to the people next to them, as if they had a plan and could defeat the Zhuozhou army immediately.

When Cao Cao came to power, there was one person, Yingchuan Han Fu. Han Fu leaned over, smiled and praised, "With these two strategies, our army's emergency can be solved!"

Cao Cao could only smile and say nothing, looking at the leader Huangfu Song, waiting for Huangfu Song to make a decision.

Huangfu Song, who was in charge, frowned. Huangfu Song was thinking about the two plans presented by Cao Cao, which one was better and which one was worse.

After a long time, Huangfu Song, who was mature in thinking, was not as good as Cao Cao and not as good as the generals thought. He did not choose any of the two strategies, but...

Huangfu Song looked at the generals and said, "Both strategies can be used.

First, the long-term strategy only lasts for one or two days. Zhuozhou's army cannot be in a hurry for food and grass, and cannot see its own chaos.

Therefore, it must be maintained for a long time.

Second, the strategy of tiring the enemy is to tire his army today and to tire his army tomorrow. For two days in a row, the Zhuozhou army is getting tired day by day. However, it still has about seven or eight combat strengths. Our army will still have difficulty in breaking the formation. If we use the method of tiring the enemy,

If you want to attack the formation at night, it will take a few days to be successful.

Therefore," Huangfu Song said in a deep voice, "the two strategies can be used together to confront the Zhuozhou army for a long time. When they are in short supply and want to attack our camp, when their morale is turbulent and their men and horses are exhausted, it is time to attack at night to break through."

Huangfu Song finalized the plan.

Cao Cao was slightly stunned, then smiled.

Cao Cao, who could think of two strategies to defeat the enemy, never thought that these two strategies could be used together.

The veteran general Huangfu Song was still scheming and used both strategies together to increase his chances of winning.

This means that the wisdom of many people will be better than the wisdom of one person. The wisdom of Cao Cao and Huangfu Song is equal to the good way for the army to break the situation.

Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers, like the Zhuozhou Army, worked together regardless of official position or superiority, and the effect was so good.

Huangfu Song wanted to maintain a long-term stalemate with the Zhuozhou Army, waiting for a change, so this was his first strategy. At the same time, when he was in a stalemate with the Zhuozhou Army, he kept sending troops and horses to counterattack and mobilize the Zhuozhou Army, which exhausted the Zhuozhou Army.

In this way, as the stalemate continues for a long time, Zhuozhou's army will lose more and more food and grass. Although the encirclement is in place, Zhuozhou's men and horses will become more and more tired day by day.

Finally, one day came when the Zhuozhou Army ran out of food and its men and horses were extremely exhausted. Two declines followed one after another. By then, the Zhuozhou Army was greatly weakened, but the desperate soldiers fought bravely and took advantage of the night to launch a killing spree.

, not only can break through the car formation, but also more likely to defeat the Zhuozhou Army in one fell swoop, changing the situation from superior to inferior.

Huangfusong already had a way to break the situation. The generals in the tent, who were frightened by the Zhuozhou army's encirclement formation, also regained their fighting spirit.

Huangfu Song ordered all ministries to restrain their manpower and strictly ordered them to fire a crossbow at the Zhuozhou army.

However, those who violate the rules will be subject to military law.

Huangfu Song knew very well that when the enemy was strong and the army was weak, it would be unfavorable for the army to clash with the Zhuozhou army. If they wanted to fight, it would be when the Zhuozhou army ran out of food and grass and the Zhuozhou army and horses were exhausted.

Huangfu Song gave another order, asking the generals to calm down their troops and not to destabilize their morale.

The generals took the order and left.

At this moment, Huangfu Song thought of a way to break the situation. When he saw the generals leaving the tent, Huangfu Song felt relieved and let out a long sigh of relief. Another place——

The Zhuozhou Army encircled the vehicle formation. After the northbound vehicle formation, Liu, Guan, Zhang, and Li Mengxi were sitting on the ground, drinking warm and delicious gruel, nibbling pancakes, and talking while eating.

During the conversation, an attack and defense drill was being simulated.

"If someone is Huangfu Song," Li Mengxi said with a smile, his mouth stuffed with food, like a hamster, "Or, I will stick to the stronghold and drag it to you

Wait until Zhuozhou's military supplies are exhausted.

I don’t believe it. We only have tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and you have more than 100,000 troops in Zhuozhou. We can fight for food and grass for a long time. I have tens of thousands of people, but I can’t fight with more than 100,000 of you?

When your food and supplies are exhausted and your army's morale is unstable, I will decide whether you are going to attack or defend.

If you attack, you will have to move out of the chariot formation, which will be useless and have a lot of flaws. But I have a camp as a stronghold, but I have a favorable geographical position, so I can easily attack and defend.

If you don't attack, then your Zhuozhou army will not retreat? If you don't retreat, it will be in vain. If you retreat, our officers and troops will break the siege."

While munching on the pancake, Li Mengxi simulated one of the possible countermeasures of the army.

"Long-term persistence is a strategy.

Furthermore, someone can also break the situation tactically.

First, a certain person can lead his troops to charge into the chariot formation and break out of the formation.

It is expected that although the car formation is tight and the encirclement is leak-proof, no matter how tight and seamless it is, how can the car formation be like a fortified city standing across it and blocking my way?"

Picking up the bowl, Li Mengxi took a sip of gruel and said, "If I want to break through the formation, I will do it..."

Having said this, Li Mengxi frowned, picked up half of his rice bowl, and put it down again.

"I should rush south." Li Mengxi thought thoughtfully and frowned, "Because the Zhuozhou Army is camped in the north. If we rush north, after breaking the vehicle formation, it will be even more difficult to hit the Zhuozhou Army camp.

But when you charge south, there is no obstacle to the south, and after you charge into the formation, it will be smooth sailing."

Having said this, Li Mengxi first looked at Guan Yu, then at Zhang Fei, and then finally returned to Guan Yu. Li Mengxi said, "General Guan, if the army breaks through the siege by force, they will rush to the south gate. General Guan can lead heavy troops to strengthen it."

Be prepared for the south."

Guan Yu nodded after hearing this.

In offensive and defensive deductions, Guan Yu and Liu Bei often cooperated with Li Mengxi.

Guan Yu held the bowl with one hand, brought it to his mouth, and took a sip of the porridge.

Then, Guan Yu glanced at the scrawled formation diagram drawn by Li Mengxi on the ground, with the inner square inside the outer square, and said, "If a certain person is an officer, there is another way besides breaking through the formation to keep the entire army alive.

You can send strong soldiers on good horses, gallop and leap, pass through the formation with one leap, and then fly away."

Seeing Li Mengxi's doubts, Guan Yu explained, "Although our army's chariot formation is tight and leak-free, it is still weak. If you have a good person, you can jump several feet in a row and jump over the chariot formation. It is not difficult."

Hearing this, Li Mengxi frowned.

Thinking about it again, the encirclement was really big, so the manpower was spread very thin. The rebel car formation was just a single car formation. The defenders behind the car formation were one car long and only a dozen or so soldiers.

The soldiers should line up in a queue, with a maximum of three lines, which can only be regarded as a single formation.

If there are really brave generals in the army, the kind of strong generals who can kill seven in and seven out, although they are brave enough to imprison Zhang and Zhang, their energy is limited and they cannot guard them all the time. Moreover, they can only look in two directions at most.

, if the officers and soldiers really have strong generals, and if they really want to rush out to report a message and ask for help, etc., if someone is not guarded, it is really possible for them to escape.

Li Mengxi thought about it for a long time, and what he came up with was to use riding to control riding.

If the army wants to send one person out of the siege to ask for help, they must send a cavalry general. If it is a foot general, even a heavy-armored foot general like Dian Wei, before he can slowly run closer, he will be shot into a hedgehog by a strong crossbow.

Dian Wei was so brave that he was able to fight all the way to the chariot formation despite the rain of arrows, but when he reached it, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who saw something was wrong, had already ridden over to support him.

Then, Dian Wei was definitely dead under the combined attack of Guan and Zhang.
To be continued...