As soon as Xun You said this, the meeting hall immediately became quiet.

Although there was no sound at first, it seemed particularly quiet at this moment, as if people's breathing sounds were being turned on.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Xun You, and Fa Zheng and Zheng Du also looked at him silently. Strictly speaking, this was the first time Xun You gave advice for Liu Fan.

Everyone didn't think Xun You couldn't offer any good strategies, but they just thought that such a person who made a statement could offer what kind of strategy.

Xun You also knew everyone's thoughts, and he didn't care. After a little bit of brewing, he spoke directly, "Now the forces in Guanzhong are complicated, the strongest of which are Li Jue, followed by Guo Si, Yang Ding, Yang Feng and others. Then, there are Cheng Yin and Ma Wan who are taking advantage of the situation to occupy various cities.

There are regions among these powerful troops. Chen Cang's Cheng Yi belonged to the Liangzhou people. He now occupied Chen Cang and attacked him with a general, and was destroyed in an instant. Chen Cang was a fortress that advanced westward to Guanzhong and had to take it down. The general had already sent Yan Xibo to this city, so he should be worry-free.

As for the east of Mei County, there are Hedong tyrants such as Cheng Yin, Ma Wan, and candidates, as well as Wuwei tyrants such as Zhang Heng and Liang Xing. These people are not subordinate to each other, but when they encounter enemy situations, they will definitely join forces. Among them, Zhang Heng and Liang Xing may be headed by Duan Wei, who is also a Wuwei person.

Therefore, the three candidates that can be eliminated are Cheng Yin, Ma Wan, and candidates. These three people each have troops to defend the city. If one city and one battle, it will not only take time, but also cause the Guanzhong divisions to panic. If it causes them to unite again, it will be a bit tricky. After all, our Yizhou army is not familiar with the geographical climate of Guanzhong at the moment. If the war is delayed, it will not be beneficial to our army.

Therefore, You thought that Wugong City could be used as bait to lure the other two troops to join, and then divide the troops to easily capture the two cities of Huaili and Gaoling. At that time, the army faced Chang'an directly, and the situation in Guanzhong changed drastically, and the reputation of the general would be passed on to the three auxiliary departments, and the three counties would be isolated!"

After Xun You finished speaking, everyone in the hall fell into deep thought. Liu Fan also thought for a while before looking up at Xu Huang who was beside him, then looked at Xu You again, and a smile appeared on the end, and asked Xu Huang: "So, Gong Ming has contacted martial arts?"

Smiling and nodding, Xu Huang bowed and bowed. As the Xuncong general who followed Liu Fan from Chang'an, Xu Huang knew the arrangements of Liu Fan in Guanzhong, "I have already contacted him. Master Su Wen originally wanted to refuse to guard the fort and not go out to fight. Wait until the situation in Guanzhong is stable before coming out.

However, after learning that I was coming to Guanzhong under the order of the general, the army would arrive in Guanzhong one after another. Master Su Wen took the initiative to volunteer to enter Wugong City as a powerful family of the Su family to assist in defense. The Su family had already accumulated a lot of martial arts, and now, with the righteous external response, it seems that the hearts of the people in the city have been volatile."

"I think about it now. Master Wen took my arms and asked about the scene of his return date, as if it was yesterday." Liu Fan sighed, "Since Master Wen helped me, I think Wugong City has basically been taken down." His eyes turned to Xun You, and Liu Fan continued, "I think Gongda knows the situation, so how should our army be deployed next?"

After bowing his hand to return the gift, Xun You continued to sing: "Su Wen is a martial arts master, and is supported by the Su family's century-old connections and background. The candidate is only a powerful man in Hedong. After General Gongming contacted the superior Wen, the candidate chose to surrender to our army. Later, the general entered the pass and directly besieged the city with Zhang Gongyi's army, which had already formed a siege.

But just this is not enough to attract the rest of the troops to martial arts. Now, what can attract the attention of the army in Guanzhong is food and grass!"

After Xun You finished speaking, Liu Fan's eyes flashed, as if he had some realization, "Gongda means to secretly communicate with Wen Master in the name of escorting grain and grass to Wugong to help Jingyi, so that he could intercept the grain and grass, and Jingyi pretended to be defeated and returned. Then as soon as the news of Wugong's grain was released, the rest of Guanzhong's powerful tyrants would inevitably flock to him. Then, he would be wiped out in one fell swoop?"

"That's right!" Xun You nodded, "But one of the concerns is whether Master Su Wen can suppress the candidate? If the food and grass are seized by him and the candidate turns against us, our army will suffer heavy losses."

"Is Gongda worried about the control of the candidates by his literary master?" Liu Fan asked.

"No," Xun You didn't hide it. "Although Master Su Wen has a good reputation in martial arts, his mere prestige may not be able to suppress the rebels' riots in the face of absolute military strength. After all, it is not only us who want to use the candidates."

When Xun You spoke, Liu Fan nodded thoughtfully and agreed, "Your words really need to be considered. Compared with our cooperation with candidates, if Li Jue and Guo Si win over the candidates, they may give us high officials and generous salaries that we cannot give."

Looking around the hall, Liu Fanning said, "You have heard what Gongda said just now, but what are you doing to be prepared for?"

"If you want to beware of candidate rebellion, the best way is to strengthen the military power in Su Wen's hands." Zheng Du, who had been silent, said slowly after hearing this.

"How to strengthen?" Liu Fan also became interested when he heard what he said.

"You can make Zhang Gongyi lead five hundred elite troops, disguise yourself as a civilian in transporting grain, enter the city, thinking that Su Ze's arm will help. Then the outside world can make General Gongming lead soldiers to invite candidates for battle, and finally pretend to be defeated, indicating that the powerful people in Guanzhong are weak! In this way, Cheng Yin and Ma Wan will definitely despise our army, and then when they learn that the candidates intercepted a large number of military rations, they will inevitably lead their troops to come. At that time, our army will encircle and annihilate them again, like taking objects from a bag."

Zheng Du is worthy of being a famous planner in Yizhou. After Xun You proposed a general strategic concept, he was able to quickly complete the omissions in his planning.

Listening to Zheng Du's words, Liu Fan pondered for a long time, and finally glanced at Xun You and Fa's front one by one, and nodded in recognition.

At this moment, Liu Fan no longer hesitated, "In this way, he used Zhongfa's words as a means to spread justice, and selected the soldiers from the five hundred army, disguised as civilians transporting grain, and entered the Wugong City. Xu Huang sent troops to Wugong from now on, and the momentum must be huge and he will be given a banner. This battle is only possible to be defeated but not win!"

"Abide by the order!" Xu Huang bowed his hand from the hall. As Liu Fan's Xun was a long-time general, Xu Huang knew very well what to do at this time.

In this situation, he just needs to implement Liu Fan’s decision meticulously.

After saying that, Xu Huang took the order directly and prepared. Liu Fan looked around and continued to ask: "Using the candidate as bait, the next thing is to wait for Cheng Yin, Ma Wan and others to take the bait, and they gathered and annihilated it. What good strategies do you have to reduce the losses of our army?"

"The ambush can only attack the enemy!" After the words, Fa Zheng smiled and said, "If the lord wants to defeat the rebels at the lowest price, he can only attack the enemy and behead him. After luring the enemy into the depths, he has already destroyed his army's morale. As long as he makes him frightened, he can make the chaotic army collapse without fighting!"

"How to make you scared?" Liu Fan asked again.

"When a warrior is sent to fight against the enemy chiefs, the three armies will inevitably be terrified when they are left without a leader. Then all the ambushers on all sides will be out, and the bandits will inevitably have no courage to fight."

"Xiaozhi already has a good idea in his heart?" Seeing that Fa Zheng was calm and composed, Liu Fan smiled and said.

Responding with a faint smile, Fa Zheng nodded and said, "I didn't like learning very much in my early years, and I like to travel through the mountains and rivers of Guanzhong. Wugong City is adjacent to the Wei River in the south and Meiyang in the north. There is neither the steep plateau in the northern part nor the rapid river in the southern part. If you want to ambush, it may not be easy. However, since the ambush is already in danger, why not be too dangerous?"

A curved smile on his lips, Fa Zheng swept over Xun You and Zheng Du, his eyes only staring at Liu Fan.

At this time, Huaili City

Since the news of the Yizhou army entering Guanzhong, Ma Wan suddenly became nervous.

In fact, even if Li Jue and Guo Si fought in Chang'an before, they would basically not cause trouble to the little powerful men below them, especially since this spring, after the relationship between the two broke down, they faced each other in a tit-for-tat way.

He has already left the little powerful Ma Wan and others behind. In this regard, Ma Wan, including Cheng Yin, candidates and others are happy to see it.

After all, after both sides fought and suffered losses, they would not have the strength to point fingers at them anymore.

They had already planned to take advantage of Li Jue and Guo Si's weakness to take the opportunity to seize the city, seize the city and defend it, and also taste the taste of becoming a city lord.

So, when Li Jue and Guo Si fought to the death, they secretly sneaked into the hinterland of Guanzhong.

They thought Li Jue and Guo Si did not find out, but they were just two people who were trying to make use of their own and the other too lazy to care about it.

Regardless of this, this made them the little Hedong tyrants grow courage. Even under the instigation of everyone, Li Kan, one of the Hedong tyrants, took the lead in launching an attack on Mei County, the farthest from Chang'an.

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate of Mei County abandoned the city and fled. In the end, Li Kan hesitated outside the city for several days before he decided to go into the city to plunder. Later, as soon as he retreated, a wealthy family in the city came to report to him that a group of people might want to occupy Mei County.

So the night before Xu Huang led his troops to Mei County, Li Kan led his troops to occupy Mei County.

Originally, he wanted to seize the city and wait for a price. At this time, no matter which team of people he had, the one who dared to attack the county town would either have the powerful Allied troops in Hedong like him, or had a large force with a large reserve of elite soldiers.

Li Kan originally thought it was Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang who had killed two big bosses, and was about to pretend to be a favor and sell himself for a good price. But what he didn't expect was that it was Liu Fan from Yizhou.

Finally, under the military pressure of the elite soldiers behind Xu Huang and the anxiety of his heart, Li Kan surrendered without any discussions. Later, at Xu Huang's request, the news of the Yizhou army entering Guanzhong was passed on to candidates, Cheng Yin, Ma Wan and others.

The first person to get the news was naturally the candidate. He immediately decided to attack Wugong, but encountered resistance from the defenders in Wugong City. He did not win it. Later, with the help of the local Wugong family, the candidate was stationed outside Wugong City as the Wugong County Army.

The candidate no longer attacked the city, and the Wugong tribe also provided him with food supplies. The two sides worked together to garrison, and the Yizhou army invaded.

However, the good times did not last long. The assisted defense lasted for only about half a month. The Yizhou army sent troops to siege Wugong City. Seeing that the army was approaching, the candidates were panicked, and the wealthy families in Wugong City were also panicked. In the end, everyone unanimously recommended Su Ze, who had been serving as a medium in the middle, was the commander.

Lead the candidates and the Wugong tribe to resist the Yizhou army. This allowed the candidates to enter Wugong City to take refuge.

But the candidate never expected that this Wugong City was not a safe place, but was also a tiger's den. On the night he entered Wugong City, the candidate was told about his relationship with Liu Fan by Su Ze. In other words, Su Ze directly gave him two choices, either cooperate or kill him, and continue fighting with Liu Fan.

The last candidate could only admit defeat and chose to cooperate with Su Ze. So after a few days, as Su Ze said, the Yizhou army had no intention of attacking Wugong City.

However, the news that the Yizhou army besieged Wugong City had long been conveyed to Huaili and Gaoling.

Ma Wan never thought that she had just occupied Huaili City and had not yet enjoyed the life of the city lord, she had to shoulder the fate of being destroyed by powerful warlords.

He had no food, so he could only defend the city and plunder and exploit the big families. If he was in the wilderness, they would definitely die, but staying in the city for ten days and half a month was OK. Once it took a long time, the rich people in the city would not be able to withstand oppression and resistance.

Nowadays, more than ten candidates for martial arts have been besieged by the Yizhou army. Ma Wan can guess the current tragic situation of the candidate's army without thinking.

Youyou sighed. He often wrote letters with Cheng Yintong these days. The two of them discussed whether to join forces to go to Wugong to rescue candidates. Instead of defending the city like this, they would be better to join forces and join forces to negotiate conditions with the Yizhou army after they were in a big way.

But Cheng Yin and him both faced a problem. Even if they had no military rations, even if they went to the candidates for martial arts support, if they could not defeat Xu Huang in a surprise attack, they would probably be doomed together.

So, in this way, he was afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back. Ma Wan and Cheng Yin were hesitant and dared not send troops to Wu Gong.

He supported his forehead with one hand, and the horse play was really confused. In fact, he was very scared. After all, after winning the martial arts, he would be the next one. He also understood the principle that the lips were dead and the teeth were cold. If he did not rescue the candidate now, he would watch him be swallowed by Xu Huang, and he would not be able to escape such a fate.

With a long sigh, the horse was helpless and helpless.

However, just when he felt powerless, a entourage suddenly ran in outside the door, "General, news came from Wugong. General Hou won a great victory. Please go to Wugong to fight the enemy together!"

He suddenly looked up and Ma Wan stared at the entourage, unbelievable, "The news is serious? Since the candidate has defeated Xu Huang?"

"It's true that it's the news that General Hou's confidant came to convey in person." As he said that, the entourage immediately walked out and soon came in with a soldier.

As soon as he saw him, Ma Wan's eyes lit up. This person was the candidate's confidant. He had seen him beside the candidate before when Zuo Fengyi met.
Chapter completed!