The book is followed last time.

"Brother Meng De, did you conquer all the more than 300,000 troops of the aristocratic family two years ago?

In theory, with your original 300,000 to 400,000, there must be 700,000 to 800,000, why are there only 500,000 left?"

"Hey! Don't mention it!" Cao Cao shook his head with an unlucky face and said with a wry smile: "I originally thought I could take a big advantage, but after subduing the army of the aristocratic family, I realized that they could not be called an army at all, and they could only be regarded as a group of mobs!

Even if Wenze continued to train them for three or five months, they were still very ineffective!

Not to mention that they are better than ordinary soldiers, even the auxiliary soldiers are not as good as those of them!

Therefore, Brother Wei could only endure the pain and eliminate all the unqualified people.

But after eliminating, Brother Wei found that only 30,000 to 40,000 people passed, which really disappointed Brother Wei!”

After saying that, Cao Cao's face was full of bitterness. He thought he had taken a big advantage at the beginning, but he didn't expect that after he ate the army in one bite, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had a bite of shit!

It’s like a person eating a very delicious dish, and when he ate it, his mouth is full of bran, which is really uncomfortable!

"..." After hearing this, Li Zhi didn't know what to say.

He knew that there were actually elites among the aristocratic families.

But the elite soldiers in the aristocratic family were either defeated and killed by him in the battle of Luoyang, or he selected them to become his own soldiers.

And of course the remaining soldiers he selected were all left with a mob.

It is not easy for Cao Cao to pick out 30,000 to 40,000 people from this group of mobs!

Since the matter was a foregone conclusion and there was nothing to regret, Li Zhi immediately skipped the matter, took out a map of the world from his cuff, and looked at it carefully.

When everyone saw Li Zhi take out the map, they knew that he was prepared, so they curiously surrounded him.

Everyone has now regarded Li Zhi as the backbone, because only Li Zhi has fought a battle of one million.

Although Cao Cao and Li Zhi fought against the Yellow Turbans, the reason why the Yellow Turbans were able to win the battle was entirely because of Li Zhi, so everyone subconsciously ignored Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't care, because he didn't care about these things at all at this time!

As long as he can win, even if he handed over all the military power to Li Zhi, Cao Cao would be willing!

"..." After looking at the map for a long time, Li Zhi pointed to the map and said, "Everyone, if the enemy really wants to attack, he will inevitably attack in all four directions, so that we can't take care of each other's head and tail!

First, there are Gongsun Zan in the northeast, followed by Zhang Yan in the east, then Dong Zhuo in the northwest, and finally the remaining southern princes."

After saying this, he pointed to Youzhou in the north and said, "First of all, we are in the northeast. Gongsun Zan has a hundred thousand army, including 50,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry.

It is difficult for me to resist them, but it is not impossible.

As long as we set up many obstacles on the border, trapped horse pits, caltrops, digging and scattering without any life, it will definitely seriously drag down his marching speed.

Then send 50,000 troops to guard the border cities and not to fight.

Gongsun Zan only had 50,000 infantry in his hands, and all the other things were cavalry. It was very difficult to attack the city, so 50,000 people were enough to keep him out of the country!”

As he said that, he pointed to Yanzhou in the east and said, "The second is Yanzhou. Zhang Yan from Yanzhou was completely surrounded by us. Although it seems dangerous, in other words, it can also be said that he can attack everywhere!

Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou are all within his attack range!

If he is willing to take a little risk, even Sizhou can attack!

If I only want to defend, I have to send more than 400,000 troops to be stationed in the four states to defend!

Therefore, when dealing with Zhang Yan, we cannot sit still and wait for death, so we can only take the initiative to attack!

In my opinion, if we want to deal with Zhang Yan, we must select a powerful general who can fight and then lead a hundred thousand troops to attack Yanzhou directly!

Yanzhou is Zhang Yan's base camp. He could not abandon Yanzhou, so he had to face the challenge!

And once the war starts, no matter who wins, we can buy enough time for us!"

After talking about Zhang Yan, he pointed to Liangzhou in the northwest and said, "Besides, Dong Zhuo wants to attack us, there is only one way to do it, that is, directly attack Chang'an!

However, Chang'an is a majestic city, and 30,000 to 40,000 troops can block the siege of tens of thousands of troops.

Moreover, most of the soldiers and horses in Dong Zhuo's hands were cavalry, and it was very difficult for him to break through Chang'an!

Therefore, Chang'an only needs to arrange 70,000 to 80,000 troops and then find a guardian general to station him to stop the enemy."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the "strategy of attacking Ziwu Valley" proposed by Wei Yan to Zhuge Liang in history, and quickly reminded: "Of course, when the general defending the city is guarding Chang'an, he must pay attention to the direction of Yizhou!

Although the road from Yizhou to Chang'an is rugged and difficult to travel, it is not unpassable.

Once the enemy from Yizhou suddenly attacks, Chang'an will be attacked on both sides. If one is not good, there is a possibility of a mistake, so you must pay attention to this!"

Seeing that everyone nodded solemnly on their faces and wrote down the matter, Li Zhi pointed to Sizhou where Luoyang was located, frowned and said, "This is the key point!

Because Sizhou is connected to Jingzhou, Jingzhou is bordered by Yizhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhou.

In other words, these four princes are likely to join forces to attack Luoyang!

Once Luoyang falls, Sizhou will be wiped out by the enemy soon!

If we lose Sizhou, then Yongzhou where Chang'an is located will be wrapped in the enemy and will be attacked from front and back. It won't take long to be captured!

And once we lose Sizhou and Yongzhou, the princes in the south will be able to meet with Dong Zhuo in the northwest!

At that time, we will be completely besieged by the enemy in the center, and we can be called enemy from all sides!"

After saying this, he sighed a long time, rubbed his temples and said, "If this marquis was an enemy, he would definitely let Sun Ce's troops divide into two groups, attack Xuzhou and Yuzhou.

Then Zhang Yan was divided into two groups and attacked Xuzhou and Yuzhou.

Both states are flat lands, without a strong city, it is difficult to defend them!

If I want to defend these two places, I must send a large number of troops to station.

And as such, we cannot send too many troops to garrison Luoyang!

At that time, the enemy can gather the forces of Jing, Yi and Jiao Sanzhou to attack Luoyang at the same time and break through Luoyang at the fastest speed. At that time, we will undoubtedly lose!

so……"

Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone with a serious face and said seriously: "So the battle in Luoyang is the most critical battle!

If you win, we will be able to open up the situation immediately and lose..."

When talking about "being defeated", Li Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If you lose, I'll wait until I'll be slowly trapped by the enemy."

"..." After Li Zhi finished speaking, the entire hall was silent.

Everyone stared at the map in front of Li Zhi, with a solemn face.

Judging from the staggered posture on the map, Li Zhi must have put in a lot of effort, and it is precisely because of this that everyone believes in Li Zhi's judgment very much.

Just as everyone was silent, Cao Cao supported his hands on the table, staring at the map tightly and said, "We need 50,000 troops to fight Gongsun Zan, 70,000 troops to fight Dong Zhuo, and 100,000 troops to fight Zhang Yan.

Apart from these 220,000 people, we have 280,000 left, and these 280,000 people have to be divided into 60,000 people to stop Gongsun Ce!

In other words, we only have 220,000 people stationed in Luoyang, but the enemy has 400,000 or 500,000, and the number of people is indeed very different."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao changed his words, "But we are the defensive. With a strong city as a support, we may not be unable to win!"

"Brother Meng De thought things too simple." Li Zhi smiled bitterly, pointed to Yangzhou and said: "On the surface, it seems that Sun Ce is indeed a feint, but in fact, we cannot be careless!

Because Yangzhou and Jingzhou border, that is to say, although Sun Ce only seems to have 60,000 troops, as long as I don’t wait to arrange heavy troops in Xuzhou and Xuzhou, these two states will instantly become the main attack direction!

By then, how can two states with only 60,000 troops be able to withstand hundreds of thousands of enemies?

Therefore, in the two states of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, we must arrange more than 60,000 troops respectively to prevent accidents!

In other words, there are not 220,000 people guarding Luoyang at all, only 160,000!

And there are at least 400,000 enemies, so it is too difficult to win with it!

Even if you guard it, it may be difficult to defend it..."

"Three times the enemy..." After hearing Li Zhi's analysis, Cao Cao gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, stared at the map tightly, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

After analyzing it, he found that Li Zhi was right!

If there are too few people arranged in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, then there is no need for the enemies of Yizhou and Jingzhou to continue to attack Luoyang. You can attack Yuzhou and Xuzhou directly from Yangzhou!

Once these two states are lost, the princes in the south can meet with Zhang Yan in the east!

At that time, their situation will not be much better than losing Sizhou and Yongzhou!

"..." But after thinking of this, Cao Cao was silent.

This is not the situation he wants!

So he continued to stare at the map, trying to find a way to win.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly pointed at Youzhou and asked Li Zhi: "Brother Xingzhi, why do we have to put our main battlefield in Luoyang?

Isn't it okay to put it in Youzhou?

We can set up defensive troops in other prefectures and counties that border the enemy, and then attack Youzhou and Yanzhou that do not border other princes!
Chapter completed!