The guests and guests enjoyed the banquet. The next day, the officials began to pack up and leave Xuchang under the escort of the soldiers.
They still had to rush home to worship their ancestors before New Year's Eve.
Zhang Wu specially put on a scholar's uniform and went to the Prime Minister's residence early in the morning to study.
The group of students in the study had already taken their seats. Most of them were the younger generation of the Cao and Xiahou Clans. Cao Cao's shadow was nowhere to be seen in the main seat. Instead, Jia Xu was calmly drinking tea at the head of the table.
The seat on the right had already been given to Zhang Wu, and Cao Ang sat below him.
Zhang Wu didn't refuse. He found a seat and asked Jia Xu,""Don't you have to go home to worship your ancestors?”
Jia Xu wasn't annoyed."The journey is long. I'm afraid we'll encounter a riot.”
"You're afraid of reaching new heights.”
Cao Ang, who was sitting at the lower seat, pulled Zhang Wu awkwardly.""Ziqian, Mr. Wen He was specially invited by father to talk about military strategy. Don't be too radical.”
Zhang Wu's face darkened. In ancient times, a teacher was like half a father. Cao Cao was his father-in-law, so there was nothing wrong with teaching him. However, Jia Xu was a captive that he had personally captured. Zhang Wu almost went berserk when his identity was changed.
"Where is the Prime Minister?"
"Father entered the palace early in the morning to take care of the affairs of the first day.”
Recently, Liu Xie had been restless. Zhang Wu knew this.
"Forget it, forget it. Since the Prime Minister is not here, I will come again tomorrow.”
Jia Xu stopped Zhang Wu."Don't leave, Marquis Champion. The Prime Minister left a policy statement before he left. He said that you can only leave after you answer it."”
Zhang Wu was very curious about the result of the bamboo slips."Guo Si has 200,000 troops and I have 20,000 troops. How can we attack the city?"'
Using the battle that he had won to play with himself?
Zhang Wu threw away the bamboo slips and was about to leave.
Jia Xu continued to ask,"The commander of our army is not the Marquis Champion. Does the Marquis Champion still have a plan to take the city?"”
Zhang Wu frowned and stopped in his tracks. Sure enough, things were not that simple. Fortunately, Guo Da had given him a plan, so Zhang Wu was not blind."If we sow discord between Niu Fu and the fort, it will fall without attack.”
Jia Xu smiled."The general leading the army is not the Marquis Champion. What status does he have to lure Niu Fu to rebel?"”
To sow discord, one needed capital. In ancient times, one had to give birth and rank. If it was an ordinary general, he would be a general with a miscellaneous title. He could not possibly give Niu Fu a high position and a high salary.
Guo Jia had originally given this plan according to the local conditions. Zhang Wu was now facing the old fox Jia Xu, so it was naturally impossible to apply it mechanically.
"I know." Cao Pi jumped out and said,"We only need to send a team of elite soldiers to climb up the walls of the dock overnight and open the city gates. The city will be in chaos."”After saying that, he even gave Zhang Wu a look that said,"You don't have to thank me."
Zhang Wu almost threw this brat out. He had been to the dock before. The city was more than ten feet high, and the soldiers patrolled the city wall 24 hours a day. Even if the elite soldiers really opened the city gate, what could they do? There were 200,000 Western Liang soldiers in the city. Would they be able to defeat them just by opening the city gate?
Zhang Wu carefully recalled the cases of winning with fewer people in ancient times and in the world, but he found that it was not appropriate to apply it to the Battle of Xuwu.
Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled."I can give the Marquis Champion the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to ask. No matter who you ask, as long as you answer, you pass."”
Zhang Wu rushed out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and found the drunk Guo Fengxiao in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant. He pushed away the prostitute in Guo Jia's arms.
He slapped Guo Jia's face three times."Guo idiot, Guo idiot, wake up!”
If Xun You and Xun Yu had not returned home to worship their ancestors, Zhang Wu would not have wanted to find this drunkard. He was not only greedy, but also dissolute.
Guo Jia spat out a mouthful of wine."Cuihong, Cuihong, don't go. Wait for me to tell you. The Prime Minister will redeem you with a reward."”
Zhang Wu grabbed Guo Jia and pressed him against the table."Redeem your head. The Prime Minister will only agree to you marrying a prostitute if he eats too much. Now, I'll ask you a question. If you can answer it, then forget it. If you can't answer it, I'll block your door every day in the future.”
Guo Jia quivered and sobered up a little. After seeing that the person who came was not Dian Wei, who was supervising his drinking, but Zhang Wu, he heaved a sigh of relief."Go ahead and ask. After you're done, get lost. What an unromantic barbarian.”
"Let me ask you, in front of the dock, Guo Si has 200,000 soldiers and we have 20,000. How are we going to take the city? I am not the commander, so I can't directly smash open the city gate.”
"That's it?" Guo Jia pursed his lips. As long as they shouted in front of the formation to lure out Guo Si, the major general of the Western Liang army, there would be chaos once Guo Si died.”
"What if Guo Si insists on not coming out?”
"Please, do you only have muscles in your brain? Dong Zhuo has just died, and the generals of Xiliang have been scattered. Guo Si's prestige is lacking, and he needs a victory to boost his momentum. You're not the commander, so how could Guo Si not show up?”
Zhang Wu didn't bother with Guo Jia's teasing and asked again,""What if the commander is no match for Guo Si?”
"Do you only rely on martial arts to fight in front of the battlefield?" Guo Jia snorted coldly. With just one arrow, Guo Si would be beheaded. Even if you feel that a sneak attack is not safe, you can feign defeat to lure the enemy and ambush them. As long as Guo Si is dead, the city will be in chaos.”
"There are still Niu Fu and 200,000 Liang soldiers left in the city. Consider Guo Si beheaded…"
"The Liang army has been arrogant since ancient times. If Niu Fu was able to convince the masses, why would he offer the fort to Guo Si? Are you done asking? If you're done, hurry up and leave. Don't disturb my drinking.”
Zhang Wu thought about it and felt that it made sense. With the answer, he went to find Jia Xu happily.
"Guo Si has been beheaded," Jia Xu asked."Once the Liang soldiers are in chaos, they will surely plunder the wealth of the fort. What should we do?"”
In line with the principle of not bothering two masters, Zhang Wu looked for Guo Jia again.
Guo Jia replied: Dig the water of Jinghe River to drive away the rebels.
For the entire morning, Zhang Wu was like a messenger, constantly running between Jia Xu and Guo Jia.
The progress bar for his third martial soul had advanced by 10%.
Zhang Wu returned.
This time, Jia Xu did not ask him about the policy discussion. Instead, he smiled and said,""Kong Shengyan: Three people walking together will have my teacher. Champion Hou Ning is willing to go to the trouble of finding Guo Fengxiao, why not ask this old man directly?”
Zhang Wu was stunned. He had been running around for the whole morning and still could not figure it out. There was no difference between asking Guo Jia and asking Jia Xu directly. It was both a process of humbly asking for advice.
On the contrary, he himself, because of a little bit of pitiful vanity, was unwilling to consult Jia Xu in front of him and almost ran his legs off.
Was Jia Xu worse than Guo Jia?
To put it bluntly, the two of them might have different ways of thinking about the problem and different directions of planning. Since Guo Jia could answer the question while drinking, Jia Xu could naturally answer it.
Zhang Wu secretly cursed himself for being an idiot, but at the same time, he was filled with emotions. In ancient times, it was really not easy to be a general. At the very least, you had to know the most basic geographical knowledge. Where was the mountain, where was the hill, and where was the water.
He did not know how to formulate a combat plan.
Secondly, you had to know the weather, when the flood season was, and when the drought was. Only by adapting to the local conditions could you set up a formation to defeat the enemy.
In the end, he would be able to see through people's hearts and naturally win the battle.
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