Yang Yi chuckled and said, "Haha, did General Wen Chang think things too simple? No matter how tired Cao Zhen's army was, it was not as late as possible.

Moreover, Cao Zhen, Zhang He and others are not easy to deal with. Once we force them too much, they will definitely fight the trapped beasts. Even if our army can win, there will be heavy casualties, and there will be even the risk of defeat."

After pausing, he turned around and bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "Prime Minister, this plan is too dangerous. It is better to siege more. Wait until the Wei army has no food before launching an attack. This is a perfect solution."

"Hmph, what do you know? Although our army has the advantage, the Wei army in Guandong will come soon. They have enough money and food, and many soldiers and generals. Once they come to help with all their strength, even if our army has Tongguan in hand, they may not be able to resist it.

Therefore, this Northern Expedition is a quick battle. If it continues, it will be taken advantage of by the enemy." Wei Yan looked at Yang Yidao with a contemptuous expression.

Yang Yi was dissatisfied and continued to retort: ​​"Hmph, General Wen Chang's words are a bit alarmist. Cao Zhen's army was trapped in Ziwu Valley and could not move forward or retreat. At most, half a month would be in a situation where food and grass were cut off. Can't we even wait for this half month?"

"Haha, you're so light. The 30,000 army led by Cao Hong is less than 200 miles away from Tongguan. The light cavalry can arrive in one day as soon as possible. Half a month is enough for Cao Rui and others to do a lot of things." Wei Yan said with a sneer.

Yang Yi still responded to the tit-for-tat: "Hmph, what if Cao Hong's army is about to kill the city of Tongguan? Will General Yuanxiong lose the pass immediately? Hehe, General Wen Chang's words seem to be worried about General Yuanxiong?"

"Yang Yi, you..."

Seeing that Yang Yi's words were like provoking his relationship with Wu Ban, Wei Yan was furious and was about to curse, but he heard Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of the position of command, interrupted in a deep voice: "Okay, what you both said makes sense, but both are biased. Do others have other ideas?"

"Prime Minister, the Qing Dynasty thought that the annihilation of Cao Zhen's army should be a quick battle, but the opponent's troops were indeed too strong, so we should not rashly push forward. At present, Cao Zhen's army is dozens of miles away from Zikou Pass. Although it is equipped with defenses everywhere, it is full of flaws everywhere. Our army should defeat it from the flanks.

It is early winter, with dry weather and sparse grass and trees, which is most suitable for fire attacks. Qing thought that he could send Wudang Feijun to the flank of Cao Zhen's army from a small path to the flank of Cao Zhen's army, and make an appointment to launch a fire attack. He would go to the village by the mountain and forest, or burn the camps and defeat the bandits." Yang Qing said.

After hearing this plan, Zhuge Liang felt mixed feelings, raised his eyebrows, and said inexplicably: "Mingzhi means to follow Lu Xun's plan to defeat the late emperor in Yiling?"

"Uh...that's right." Yang Qing replied hesitantly.

His fire attack strategy was indeed inspired by the Han army being defeated by the Wu army in the Battle of Yiling. The mountains in Ziwu Valley were undulating and the army was difficult to unfold. Cao Zhen's army set up camp from north to south, just like the helpless move that the Han army had to make in Yiling and the Qianting Mountains.

At this time, the Han army, like the Wu army at that time, not only occupied favorable terrain, but also had a rapid response force that could divide the battlefield.

However, the rapid response troops of the Eastern Wu were the unparalleled navy in the world, and now Ji Han relies on the Wudang Flying Army who is good at crossing mountains and ridges.

The situations of the two are so similar that Yang Qing quickly thought of the plan to burn the camps. However, the defeat of Yiling was Ji Han's side, which was the stain on the late emperor Liu Bei. Yang Qing naturally couldn't make it clear in public, so as not to be caught by those who were interested in slandering him for being sarcastic and accusing the late emperor.

Of course, Zhuge Liang had no such concern and pointed out generously that this was imitating Lu Xun's strategy. After all, Cao Zhen's army was indeed in a similar situation to the Han army at that time. As long as it could defeat the enemy, it would be fine to use the opponent's wisdom and strategy.

Zhuge Liang said: "This plan coincides with me. I am just worried that Lu Xun's fire attack was effective, not only because our army was surrounded by mountains and forests and camped in a row, but also because of the weather. Although the grass and trees were bleak and the climate was dry, continuous fires might not be ignited."

"Yun remembers that the late emperor was defeated by Lu Xun's fire attack, which happened in the hot summer." Zhao Yun interrupted with regret.

Zhuge Liang's eyes also showed a little regret, and he nodded slightly: "Yes, it's already cold at this time, and the fire is probably not easy to get up."

"What the Prime Minister said is very true, so the Qing Dynasty said that it may be able to defeat the enemy. Since there is such a good opportunity now, we might as well give it a try. Even if we cannot defeat the Wei army, it can at least play a role in harassing and exhausting the enemy."

Zhuge Liang looked at the others and asked, "Do you think the fire attack plan of Mingzhi's saying is feasible?"

"Prime Minister, why not give it a try." Everyone had no other good plans, so naturally there was nothing to object to.

Zhuge Liang said: "Okay, then we will use this plan. Let's understand that Wudang Flying Army is under your control, and the specific details of the fire attack will be deployed to Wang Ping. I will also order Yuan Zishan, who is already in the valley, to cooperate with Wudang Flying Army."

After pausing, he said to Liu Yan: "Weishuo, the Jiangzhou army under your command is also good at walking on mountain roads, so he ordered you to lead 10,000 troops from the headquarters to leave Zikou Pass and prepare for reinforcements at any time."

"Abide by the Prime Minister's order." Yang Qing and Liu Yan agreed in unison.

Zhuge Liang asked again: "Are anyone else asking for advice?" Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but no one responded.

"Well, since you have nothing to say, I'll offer another plan."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said to Zong Zhi: "Deyan, you will go to Jianye immediately and meet with the Lord of Wu Sun Quan to lead his troops to attack Wei to divide the Wei thieves' army, so that the Wei army in Guandong dare not go west with all their strength."

"Yes, I'm not going to take the order."

Zhuge Liang said: "Okay, today's military discussion will end here. The generals will go back and prepare and follow the plan."

Everyone stood up and agreed, bowed and said to their leave. Zhuge Liang left Yang Qing, Wei Yan and Zong Yu, and gave him face-to-face instructions one by one, and gave detailed instructions.

Leaving the Xizhai where Zhuge Liang was stationed himself, Yang Qing and Guan Xing returned to Nanzhai together, and immediately called Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Liu Yin and others to deploy military aircraft.

"Boqi, the Prime Minister has ordered General Wei Zhang's troops to withdraw from Zikou Pass. All defenses in this gate will be handed over to us and all our powers. You immediately lead three thousand Tianshui County soldiers under your command to Zikou Pass to exchange defense with General Wei Zhang, and the remaining county soldiers will be handed over to Commander Xiu Ran."

Zhang Yi clasped his fists and replied, "No."

"General Zijun."

"The last one will be there."

Yang Qing said: "The Prime Minister decided to send Wudang Flying Army from the small path into Ziwu Valley to carry out a fire attack plan. You immediately led 5,000 troops from the headquarters to carry thatch, sulfur, flames and other items that trigger fire. They entered the valley from the small path outside Zikou Pass and cooperated with General Yuan Qian of Zhennan to burn the Wei army's camp."

"Get orders."

Wang Ping agreed and asked with a little confusion: "Encourt, the military newspaper said that Cao Zhen has also sent people to the mountain road near Zikou Pass in the past few days to find a path to break through the pass. Will our troops enter the valley from the mountain road near Zikou Pass and be discovered by the Wei army?"

"Soldiers are very fast, and they can't care about these things. If you can avoid them, you can avoid them. If you can't, you can destroy them. Try to be silent."

Wang Ping nodded: "Yes, I understand."

"An Guo, General Wen Chang is about to lead his troops north. The Prime Minister just said that you will take over him to attack Nanmen. You can prepare and lead the troops of our troops to move to Nanzhai as soon as possible."

Guan Xing clasped his fists and said, "No problem, after I disperse the account, I will go over and change defenses with General Wen Chang."

"Well, that's great."
Chapter completed!