Chapter 94: Trick Yuan Shao, Xu You's Godly Assist

What kind of people are the most difficult to deal with?
They are people who have absolute advantages but still do not act recklessly. Such people are very strong themselves and do not give others any chance. It is almost impossible to make a comeback in front of them. Only by fighting with greater strength can you win.

If Ji Ying mobilized all his forces, he would actually be no less powerful than Yuan Shao.

With painstaking efforts in recent years, every citizen has become a soldier and can demonstrate a lot of combat power.

But some combat power cannot be moved lightly. If it really comes to the point where the entire nation participates in the war, even if we win, we will be seriously injured after the battle.

Since ancient times, there have been few head-on confrontations on the battlefield.

They all try to find the opponent's weakness and then defeat them in one fell swoop.

If Yuan Shao did not give him a chance and had no weaknesses, his million-strong army would have been unstoppable. But now it seems that he is not without weaknesses, but has committed the biggest taboo on the battlefield: arrogance!
The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

Once you believe that you will win, and that your enemies are insignificant, you will not lose no matter how you fight.

Then you will have flaws everywhere and will be close to losing!

"My lord, you can provoke Yuan Shao a little and force him to fight us, but we can only lose this fight, not win!" Guo Jia said, "It would be best if Marquis Wen sent two generals to defeat him. This will make Yuan Shao relax his vigilance further, but it will not affect the morale of our Ji camp."

Lu Bu frowned at this.

He looked at Guo Jia expressionlessly and said in a deep voice: "You want to weaken our army?"

Why should one's own people be the losers?
Couldn't Ji Hao's men be the ones to be defeated while he keeps the morale stable?
"No!" Guo Jia shook his head and said, "There are three reasons why Jia said this. First, if Wen Hou's army is defeated, our army's morale will not be affected, but if our army is defeated, Wen Hou's army will be affected, and the fake defeat will become a real defeat."

These words made Lu Bu stunned.

But after thinking about it for a while, he understood: both the Yanzhou Army and the Bingzhou Cavalry under his command had lost to the Ji Camp before.

If a stronger army were defeated, wouldn’t their morale be affected?
On the other hand, if Lu Bu was defeated, he would be defeated.

Jiying, as long as the myth of the invincibility of the Qingzhou army is not broken, they will always be in high spirits!

"Secondly, this defeat was just a feint, in order to make Yuan Shao let down his guard. It's okay for Wen Hou to be defeated, but it's not appropriate to lose soldiers and generals. Based on this premise, how can it be considered a weakening?" Guo Jia said again.

This made Lu Bu look better.

As long as he is not used as cannon fodder, then it will be fine.

But the next moment, Guo Jia's words made him confused: "Third, in order to prevent Yuan Shao from getting suspicious, the generals we send out must also fight with all their strength. In this way, only Wen Hou can lose beautifully. If the soldiers of my Ji camp attack, if they leave some strength, it will be noticed by the capable people of the enemy, and if they don't leave any strength, it will arouse the enemy's vigilance!"

He was telling the truth.

It is really difficult for Ji Ying to pretend to be defeated.

If you don't use your full strength, the other party is not a fool, and counselors like Xu You will probably be able to see through it.

And if they use all their strength... if a few thousand people struggle with the army of one million for a long time and just can't make any progress, and finally they get away, wouldn't Yuan Shao wake up instantly?

But his honest words did not sound pleasant to the ears of Lu Bu and his followers.

Dian Wei jumped out immediately and started punching.

He had no idea about the situation or the alliance. He only knew that Lu Bu, who had provided him with good food and wine, was now looked down upon and he wanted to beat him up.

However, when the fist was swung out, it was caught by a hand.

Hold on tight.

I can't strike out, nor can I pull it back, and the opponent doesn't even move.

When I looked up, I saw that it was Ji Hao who took action.

"Feng Xiao's words are indeed a bit unpleasant to hear, but whether it will work or not, we have to fight to know, right?" Ji Hao said: "How about this, Fengxian, you send General Dian and General Xu to lead the troops to attack, and there is no need to pretend to be defeated, just fight as hard as you can. If they can kill Yan Liang and Wen Chou in one fell swoop, we will count them as the first merits of this battle. After defeating Yuan Shao, Fengxian will let you choose the territory first, how do you think?"

He knew that Guo Jia was not the kind of arrogant person, and he must have had his own intentions when he spoke deliberately. It should be to provoke him.

Let Dian Wei and Xu Chu, two reckless men who may not be able to act well, go for the real desire to defeat the enemy.

Therefore, he opened his mouth to assist.

"Really?" Lu Bu said.

He felt that it might be possible for his two subordinates to kill each other.

In Qingzhou folk songs, there is a saying of "Three Dian Wei".

He is indeed not good at horse fighting, but who knows?

If you are careless, you may still get caught.

"Really!" Ji Hao said.

"Well, let Dian Wei and Xu Chu lead 2,000 men each to fight!" Lu Bu said, "But it's just a fight. You have to find a way to convince Yuan Shao to agree to fight."

In response to this, Ji Hao smiled.
Turning his head to look at Yuan Shao below, he said, "Yuan Benchu, I see you are pretending to be a hunter with a dead rat in your arms. Don't you know who you are with just a few soldiers? Even if Fengxian, Zilong and I don't take action, we can easily defeat you with our troops alone. Do you believe it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Shao immediately became furious.

When Ji Hao overturned the table during the battle against Dong Zhuo, he was so angry that he was fuming. Now he thought that with a million troops at the gates of the city, Ji Hao would be more honest, but he didn't expect him to become even more arrogant.

So he responded angrily: "The courage of a common man is not worth mentioning!"

This is the real feeling.

Because Ma Chao was also brave, Yan Liang and Wen Chou might not be his match in a one-on-one fight.

But neither of them took any action, and Ma Chao was almost killed by his troops.

Even when Guan and Zhang went to rescue, three against two, they both won - they could not beat the other side, but once the soldiers went up and harassed them a little, the other side had to retreat.

As long as the trap is set well, even without using a powerful general, you can kill the peerless general.

No matter how powerful Ma Chao was, he was knocked down by a trip rope.

He thought the same was true for other generals.

"What, Benchu, do you think others can't use troops?" Ji Hao said: "I won't use my own troops to bully you. Let Fengxian's troops go up and fight. Let's have a good show. Do you dare?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao did not respond directly.

Because he was still very afraid of Ji Hao himself.

But Xu You "saw through" Ji Hao's plan and said to Yuan Shao: "He is bluffing. I guess he intends to send Dian Wei and Xu Chu to fight and break the formation with their military strength. If so, you might as well send Generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou to fight, each leading 2,000 men to fight, so that they will understand that even if we don't rely on overwhelming force, we can easily defeat him with the same number of troops!"

When marching and fighting, there are various situations such as facing each other, charging into formations, and fighting in array.

The so-called battle formation means that each side sends a general to lead the troops and fight with military tactics.

The number of people may be as few as a hundred or as many as two groups.

One unit has 1,250 people, and two units have 2,500 people, which are just the smallest units for deployment of troops. They can maximize their combat effectiveness, and they are easy to command even though they have few troops.

It is the first choice for fighting formations.

"Okay, let's do as you say!" Yuan Shao said, "My favorite generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou have soldiers who are not afraid of anyone. As long as Ji Hao doesn't leave, even if Lu Bu and Zhao Yun come to fight, what do we have to fear?"

(End of this chapter)