Chapter 399 Sincere Unity
Guan Yu's opponent has always been Gao Lan.
Although he was quite disdainful of Gao Lan's ability to lead troops, Guan Yu always felt quite aggrieved because Gao Lan's talent restrained him.
They were clearly a bunch of vain rabble, but because of their numbers, they relied on their talent to suppress him.
Guan Yu longed for a fair fight with Gao Lan.
However, Tian Ze's elite troop strategy and Yuan Shao's explosive troop strategy meant that he would hardly have such an opportunity.
"Gao Lan, I hope you are the one leading the troops this time. I want you to see how sharp Guan's sword is!"
If Gao Lan could hear Guan Yu's inner voice, he would probably also secretly groan.
Are you kidding? He was the one who got beaten up every time, okay? He just slightly restricted Guan Yu's talent, making the opponent's beating less comfortable, but he has been hated for so long.
……
The large-scale gathering of troops in Jizhou naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the princes in the Central Plains.
When he learned that hundreds of thousands of troops were heading south, even someone as determined as Cao Cao could not help but feel deeply powerless.
This is Tian Chengze!
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers can be mobilized easily.
If these soldiers were used for attacking, their quality might not be up to par, but if they were used for defending, there would be absolutely no problem at all.
Just this one piece of news destroyed most of their confidence in the Northern Expedition.
But Cao Cao is Cao Cao after all.
"Hahaha! Tian Chengshou, how stupid!"
Hearing Cao Cao's loud laughter, everyone was puzzled.
"Meng De, why do you say that?" As Cao Cao's childhood friend, Yuan Shao immediately understood Cao Cao's thoughts and said.
"Tian Chengze has mobilized hundreds of thousands of young and strong men in Jizhou. It seems to be a big show, but in fact it is cutting off one's own arm." Cao Cao looked at the people in the big bag with confidence and said firmly.
"These young and strong men have never experienced war. They are good at defense, but in a war they are just a mob. They can only fight a favorable battle at best, but they are not capable of fighting a tough battle at all."
"With the abilities of Tian Ze's generals, it's hard for them to control these hundreds of thousands of young and strong men. If the soldiers don't know their generals and the generals don't know their soldiers, their fighting power will only decrease rather than increase."
"Our army is composed of elite generals. How can this mob be our enemy?"
After hearing what Cao Cao said, the civil and military officials present nodded slightly unconsciously.
There are only a handful of people in the world who can lead 500,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, most of them are just a mob, and they don't believe Guan Yu can do it.
The more troops, the better. Sometimes too many troops may cause chaos, and logistics and scheduling may all become problems.
Even the current coalition forces are united externally but dispersed internally.
The reason is simple. No one can be the commander of the entire army. They can only dispatch and command the troops in sections.
After all, soldiers are not NPCs and cannot be commanded with just a few words, let alone outsiders.
Moreover, different troops have different habits and combat capabilities. If you are not familiar with them, it will be difficult to control them.
Even in the simplest case of a full army charge, if some people charge too fast and some charge too slowly, there will be problems with the formation, and there is even the possibility of collision and impact between them.
The most important thing is that what they will face next is probably not the siege battles of the past, but field battles.
Zhou Yu is here...
You have to adapt too.
But unfortunately, except Zhou Yu, no one else could control Gan Ning.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Cao Cao continued: "Moreover, Tian Ze has withdrawn so many young and strong men, Jizhou must be empty. As long as our army can win this battle, it will be easy to take it down." "By then, we can cut off the connection between Youzhou and Bingzhou, and Tian Ze will probably retreat to Youzhou. This great thing will surely succeed!"
After hearing what Cao Cao said, everyone felt suddenly enlightened, as if the destruction of Tianze was just around the corner.
However, some wise people were aware of the many Spring and Autumn style of writing in this, but they understood Cao Cao's intention and did not speak out to stop it.
Seeing that Cao Cao had performed brilliantly, Yuan Shao nodded slightly and stood up as well.
"Everyone, Tian Ze defeated himself! God will not give us a second chance like this, so we must seize it! Everyone, you must quickly organize your troops and send them north tomorrow to fight a decisive battle with Tian Ze's troops in Gaotang!"
"promise!"
After many civil and military officials left with high morale, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Sun Ce left behind a few people and started to hold some small meetings.
What Cao Cao said just now was just to boost morale. After all, the situation is already like this. If there is no morale, I am afraid the chances of winning will be even slimmer.
At this point, there was no turning back.
"Benchu, you should be the one who knows best about the talents and combat styles of Guan Yu, Xu Huang's troops and their generals, right?" Cao Cao was still the first to speak.
"Tian Ze has sent hundreds of thousands of reinforcements this time. If nothing unexpected happens, at least most of them should be under Guan Yu's command."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao fell silent and looked at Gao Lan on the side.
Gao Lan stood up with a serious look on his face: "Guan Yu, very strong!"
"Where is its strength?" asked Cao Cao.
"His strength lies in the fact that few people can withstand his first wave of attacks." Gao Lan said.
"Moreover, the more troops he has under his command and the greater his power, the more terrifying this first wave of attack will be."
Although he has always been used as a countermeasure to resist Guan Yu and has suppressed Guan Yu's talent many times, Gao Lan still believes that Guan Yu's talent is one of the strongest in the world.
In war, it is nothing more than a burst of strength, followed by decline, and finally exhaustion.
When encountering a strong enemy, if you cannot break the situation with one move, it will be difficult to make a comeback.
When encountering a weak team, you can defeat them in one go.
Guan Yu's talent seems to only enhance the first wave of offensive, but once the balance starts to tilt towards one side, it will take more strength to reverse it.
“If Guan Yu had hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, his power would be unimaginable,” Gao Lan said in a deep voice.
He and Guan Yu may seem like a spear and a shield, but both are of the same type, and the more troops they have, the stronger they are.
Even if it was a mob, as long as there were enough of them, they could bring enough power to Guan Yu, not to mention that they were a group of "militia" who, except for having never experienced war, were not lacking in physique, quality, discipline, and will.
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao and Sun Ce both frowned.
Ju Su looked at everyone solemnly and said: "This battle is different from the past. We must unite as one!"
Ju Su had a clear understanding of the situation of this battle.
Although he tried not to think the worst.
But the opponent is not a fool. Such an increase in troops is definitely tailor-made for Guan Yu's talent.
In the past, they were all acting independently, which was fine for attacking cities or dealing with ordinary armies, but when facing Guan Yu, who was at the peak of his power...
Ju Su could already imagine the scene of his scattered army being pushed back step by step by Guan Yu.
"But the key is, how can we unite?" Xi Zhicai frowned.
(End of this chapter)