Gradually slanting westward, the spread of the front began to retreat to their respective camps with the sound of gold on both sides, leaving a large piece of messy battlefield, standing on the gate and looking out, the corpses were intertwined with blood into a tragic picture, the soldiers responsible for cleaning the battlefield on both sides began to clean up the corpses, this is a tacit understanding between Cao Cao and Chen Mo, the people responsible for collecting the corpses are all people, and they are not responsible for fighting, even if they walk on the battlefield at this time, they will not clash with the oncoming corpse collection team.

In the sky, there are black crows hovering, as if foraging, according to the records in the books, this bird represents ominous, often where they appear, there will be a large number of deaths.

Is it death that attracts them? Or do they bring death?

According to the records in the book, it should be them who brought death, but in Chen Mo's eyes, it was death that attracted them, and people always like to shirk their responsibilities, but some of the records in the book are still correct, this kind of crow haunts places, usually nothing good happens.

Chen Mo stood on the gate, looking at the dense Cao army camp in the distance, the war has begun, the Cao army is very strong, this is what Chen Mo expected, the two sides have fought several times in a row in the past few days, Chen Mo's side has some upper hand, but if you want to completely overwhelm Cao Cao, it is definitely not something that can be done for a while.

"Lord, how long will this battle last?" Ma Chao followed Chen Mo's side, he has been Chen Mo's escort with Dian Wei every day for the past few days, this feeling of not being able to fight in battle, but only standing in the Chinese army to watch, makes Ma Chao a little irritable.

"If it's fast, half a year." Chen Mo silently calculated the gains and losses in his heart, and replied casually, defeating Cao Cao within half a year is the most optimistic idea, in fact, this level of war, after a year or two, Chen Mo will not be too strange.

"So long?" Ma Chao was surprised, although it took a lot of time to fight Jizhou back then, the time spent on the battlefield was actually not long, and it was to win the entire Jizhou, not to finish a battle like now.

If Cao Cao can be defeated next, it will be to recover the Central Plains, and the time it will take will probably not be much less than in Jizhou, right?

"Meng Qi?" Chen Mo turned his head, glanced at Ma Chao and suddenly smiled: "You have been following me for the past few days, have you ever seen what is the most important thing in this war?" ”

It may seem like a simple question, but when you think about it, it's not that simple.

Ma Chao hesitated for a moment and said, "Familiar with the art of war, commanding freely?" ”

"Sort of." Chen Mo nodded, and then said: "But it's not the most fundamental, if you are a general, if you do this, you can be regarded as a famous general, and you can take charge of it and fight independently." ”

"Then ......" Ma Chao was a little confused, isn't he right?

Some didn't understand what Chen Mo wanted to say, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Dian Wei who was doing with a contemplative face, he had followed the lord for the longest time, so he should know more than himself.

"See what I'm doing? The lord asks you! Dian Wei was angry, at this time, he usually lowered his sense of existence and didn't let the lord notice him, Ma Chao looked at the rice bucket so stunned, didn't he deliberately attract the lord's eyes to look at him?

"Don't look at him, if he understood this, he would have gone to guard the side by now." Chen Mo shook his head helplessly, to Dian Wei, he felt what a failure was for the first time, but if Dian Wei was able to open up, he would not still be Chen Mo's escort leader, although Dian Wei was willing to do this, but Chen Mo was always a little angry.

Although "......" feels reasonable, what is the inexplicable sense of fear and shame in my heart? Dian Wei glanced his head to the side and continued to ponder, as for what to ponder? He didn't know either.

"Strategizing?" Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and he thought of a word, which should be very appropriate to describe the lord.

"It's about winning, not about fighting." Chen Mo shook his head.

What could be more important than strategizing?

Ma Chao looked at Chen Mo puzzled, and after hesitating for a while, he bowed down and said, "Super puzzled, please solve your doubts." ”

"Fewer mistakes." Chen Mo said lightly.

"Huh?" Ma Chao looked at Chen Mo in amazement, that's it? This is the so-called most important on the battlefield?

"Weird?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Lord, this is a must-have, right?" Ma Chao smiled bitterly, he felt that Chen Mo was joking with him again, which was the most important thing.

"Let's think about it, take today's war as an example, Shi Geng has made three omissions, Pang De's side was two breaths slower when he charged, and he was almost suppressed by the enemy, Zhang Xiu's side failed to control his subordinates twice in a row when he retreated, and the formation was loose, there are many, many mistakes."

"The army is composed of people, that is, the training is strict on weekdays, but the people's hearts are very complicated, although on the whole, these mistakes and omissions do not affect the overall situation, but scattered to the individual, people will always be afraid of death, so for the generals, first of all, we must raise the morale, command freely, at least to do this step, in order to command freely, as for the means, people are different, the means are not the same, these mistakes and omissions are inevitable, information transmission on the battlefield, the obedience of soldiers, all aspects come together, no one can do it completely right."

Looking at Ma Chao's expression, Chen Mo said with a smile: "In the army, the implementation of the marching route, where the military camp is stationed, the layout of the military camp, and the attacks that may be encountered, if there are omissions in these places, one or two, it may not be fatal, but the more mistakes and omissions, it will gradually converge." ”

Ma Chao didn't seem to understand, but just listened quietly.

"In terms of simply taking the thatched toilet as an example, the arrangement of the thatched toilet in the army should take into account that the soldiers can gather in time, so the toilet time is arranged in batches, if there is a sudden war, many soldiers have not had time to go to the toilet or have not come out, the military camp will be chaotic, even if it is barely assembled, the formation will be very chaotic, such an army, do you think it can win the battle?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"I can't." Ma Chao shook his head, in the past, there were people in these armies who arranged it, and he didn't think there was anything, but now that Chen Mo said this, Ma Chao realized that there was a lot of knowledge in it.

"There is also the setting of the stable, you have to let the cavalry find their horses in time, otherwise they can't find their horses in time, and the assembly speed will take at least twice as much time, and besides, the stables can't be placed in a place where loud noises are easy to make, so it's easy to startle the horses, once the horses are shocked, they don't hurt the enemy, they hurt themselves first, and it is likely to directly lead to an abnormal rout."

"There are many big and small things in the army, if they are all arranged by the Lord in the future, it will tire people to death, so there are generals in the army who are specifically responsible for these things, and as the main general, it is necessary to coordinate all of these, whether it is to command the army freely, or to strategize, it must be carried out on top of this, not to be proficient, but at least you have to know how to adjust these things, otherwise, even if you have a good plan, the army is full of mistakes and omissions, and you will not be able to win the battle." After speaking, Chen Mo looked at Ma Chao and smiled.

Ma Chao nodded: "Thank you for the teachings of the lord." ”

"Actually, these things are taught in the academy, and the generals who have joined the army from the academy in recent years, not to mention anything else, can do very well in this regard, but you are different." Chen Mo turned his head to look at Ma Chao and said: "You are very talented, and there is also the art of war in your family, when General Fubo shocked the Western Regions, I also admired it, but these things I said, there is no detailed record in the war book, but in recent years, the generals of the army have recorded what they have learned into a book, and sent it to the academy for the disciples to consult, what you should read now is not the book of war, but these basic things, in the past, in the war, it was Ling Ming who helped you deal with these things, right?" ”

Ma Chao nodded silently, suddenly feeling that he had missed a lot, Pang De had also told him this before, but in Ma Chao's opinion, it was enough to be able to fight, so why bother with these details.

"With the ability of Lingming, it is impossible to be your deputy general all the time, these things, you have to understand yourself, fighting, especially this kind of big battle, don't think about winning with one blow, what you can do is to minimize your own mistakes, whether it is on the battlefield, logistics and supplies, the fewer mistakes you make, it will invisibly increase your chances of winning, and the rest is to stabilize, so that the war of hundreds of thousands of people, unless there is a big change, it is difficult to end in a short time, and the desire to win is the most fatal mistake at this time, if you are against me, take advantage of this, In less than a month, I will be able to defeat you, if you are Cao Cao, how good it would be. In the end, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh.

Before hearing the previous words, Ma Chao nodded frequently in agreement, but this last sentence was ...... Ma Chao didn't know how to express his feelings.

Angry? I can't get angry, with what Chen Mo said now, if you really let yourself stand in the perspective of commanding, whether the opponent is Cao Cao or Chen Mo, you really don't have much chance of winning.

But although the truth is this truth, Ma Chao still couldn't help but retort: "Lord, that Cao Cao was chased by me before and abandoned his robe!" ”

"That's because he overestimated you, thinking that you wouldn't be reckless and go straight to the Chinese army, if his Chinese army is all elite, I will probably have to collect your body now." Chen Mo glanced at Ma Chao speechlessly, he naturally knew about the matter, and he could probably think of how Cao Cao arranged it at that time, who knew that as soon as Ma Chao became reckless, he immediately had a fighting style that ended up in the same end, and went straight to Cao Cao's army, Chen Mo felt that he himself would have to be messed up by this sudden desperate style of play.

But don't say, sometimes the key to victory or defeat is to rely on this kind of unreasonable 'reckless man' to lead out, looking at Ma Chao who was speechless, Chen Mo smiled: "Of course, your step can also be said to be a death and then life, if you can think of Cao Cao from the beginning of the bluff, then it is enough to call the world's famous general." ”

Ma Chao nodded helplessly, the question was...... He really felt aggrieved at the time, and had the idea of dying with Cao Cao, but he hit Cao Cao by mistake, caught Cao Cao off guard, and also killed himself a way out, but this is just this...... He wouldn't tell anyone, even if Chen Mo guessed, he wouldn't admit it.