"Naturally, that's my job." Sima Jin said, and Shi Yuan walked out with a smile.

"Strategist, it's time to make a battle plan." I said, "Exactly." Sima Jin said, and asked a few soldiers outside the battalion to inform the generals.

After everyone arrived, Sima Jin said his plan - "At present, the Han army is attacking Luo in four directions, and the situation is critical. The enemy is outnumbered, and you should not attack rashly. Since ancient times, the thief captured the king first, and this time it was the same. Liu Bang personally led an army of 200,000 to besiege the capital, we might as well come to the inside and outside to capture Liu Bang in one fell swoop, I believe that there is a lord, it is just around the corner. On the other hand, the other three-way Han armies still need to be contained, and there is no need to attack, just hold on. I have sent my junior brother Shi Yuan to the Han Kingdom, provoking a struggle between the counties and states, which will inevitably cause civil strife, and Liu Bang will definitely send troops to it, and when they are both defeated, they can take the Han Kingdom in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone applauded and asked for the battle. Sima Jin smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You don't have to be impatient, I have my own arrangements for this matter." He paused and said, "Lipu, Guan Boe take the order!" Order the two of you to lead 80,000 people to Hebi, and be sure to defend Hebi City. "Yes!" The two said in unison, took the military order, and retreated. "Jiang Huan and Meng Youliang take the order! Order the two of you to lead 60,000 people to Luoyang, and be sure to defend Luoyang City. "The two of them took the military order and retreated." Zhang Qing and Wu Qingfeng received orders! Order the two of you to lead 60,000 people to Yangzhai to meet Fan Xu's army. The two took the order and returned to their place.

Zhao Meng couldn't help but ask, "What about my old Zhao?" Sima Jin smiled, regained his seriousness, and said, "The rest of you will lead an army of 200,000 with the lord to directly Liu Bang's army. The rest of the people unanimously replied "yes", and they went to pack up their bags to encourage the three armies, and the war between the two countries finally began.

The place where the army was stationed was about 50 miles outside Hebi City, less than 100 miles away from the capital, but it needed to cross the Yellow River directly. After Sima Jin consulted with me, he ordered the collection of more than 100 wooden boats, which must be done within three days. This is a good thing, but the shipbuilders have made a difficult mistake - recently there have been frequent wars, most of the people in the vicinity have migrated to the south, and there are even fewer carpenters, and it is not easy to find more than 30 carpenters from all over the world, and most of them are reluctant to come, because this work is absolutely impossible to do. It took them three days to build more than 70 wooden boats, most of which were shoddy, and some could not even be launched. The manager was anxious and reprimanded the carpenters, saying that if they couldn't finish the construction, they would kill their heads, and the carpenters were also helpless, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't finish it. At this time, one of the carpenters proposed to collect money from the fishermen in the vicinity, but when any of the fishermen in the vicinity heard that there was going to be a war, they fled one after another, leaving only some of those who could not afford to move away, most of them old people and children.

The governor searched for a day and finally found enough to meet the predetermined amount, but these fishing boats could not withstand the waves of the Yellow River at all, and they were washed away as soon as they were launched.

As the deadline approached, the steward begged to see me overnight, and I expected that this would be the case, so I allowed him to do so. He informed me of the situation and expressed his willingness to be punished by military orders. Sima Jin listened on the sidelines, and suddenly said: "If you delay the military period, you should be beheaded according to the law." I just smiled and didn't kill him, but rewarded him with some money and told him to step back. With a surprised look on his face, he took the money tremblingly and withdrew with tears in his eyes.

After he left, Sima Jin asked me what I meant, I smiled indifferently and said, "Whether it is successful or not, he has tried his best to do it, and there is no reason to blame him." Sima Jin was displeased, but still said: "The lord is merciful!" The atmosphere fell silent, and suddenly he raised his head and said, "But what are the plans for shipbuilding?" I sighed, "I don't have an idea yet." ”

Sima Jin's eyes were a little gloomy, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "I heard that the lord has a magic weapon, called 'replicator', I don't know if I can borrow it from Weichen?" I was stunned, wondering how he knew, and then I remembered that it must have been Bingyan who said it unintentionally. I smiled bitterly and said, "There is indeed such a thing, but this object can only copy a few small objects, and it is impossible to copy the ship directly." "The lord is wrong in what he said! There is no need to duplicate the boat, just copy some parts and order the craftsman to put them together. The biggest problem at the moment is not that there is no one to find, but that there is a lack of materials. Sima Jin said.

I thought this was reasonable, so I lent him the "replicator", and he directed the carpenters to work overnight. The carpenter was very reluctant at first, but when he heard him say that he would give two taels of gold each, he was very motivated, and according to the drawings I had given, he first made a wooden sailing boat, and then copied the parts as they were, and pieced together the parts. By the early hours of the morning, more than 100 ships had been completed.

In the morning, the soldiers left the barracks and saw more than 100 wooden boats outside the camp, and they were all dumbfounded, paused for a while, and opened their mouths in unison. Sima Jin was a little sullen, and when I asked him why, he shook his head and said, "My lord, this place is about eighty miles away from the Yellow River, how should these boats be transported over?" A ship that still needs 100 people to push, so many ships, doesn't the whole army have to do coolies? ”

I just laughed and clapped my hands, and a dozen people came with two big wheels and put them down in front of me, and then I said, "Put on the wheels, and the boat will 'run', where do you need a hundred people to push?" Sima Jin suddenly became enlightened, and immediately ordered someone to copy the wheels and load them on more than 100 ships.

At noon that day, the whole army set out. Although this kind of wooden sailing ship is a kind of simple sailing ship in modern times, it is much more advanced than the wooden boat in ancient times, equipped with two-masted sails, it is in the monsoon season, there is wind to push, and the ship has wheels, so it "runs" very fast, although it is a little more than the horse, but the volume is very large, and it is not as tired as the horse, and there is no problem in traveling overnight. A ship could carry as many as 100 people, and an army of 200,000 could travel on land by boat, which was unique at that time. Another advantageous advantage is that the Central Plains is located in a plain area, without high mountains and hills, although the road has some shrubs and grasses, but there is no major problem, it only takes half a day to reach the bank of the Yellow River. In comparison, it takes at least two days to walk.

It was dusk, and I ordered to rest in place. When I asked him what he meant, he explained: "A fire will produce smoke, which will easily expose our target, so what if they attack overnight?" Zhao Meng was a little unhappy and said, "I'm afraid of what they are doing!" Come on, I'll kill one Lao Zhao! I smiled and said, "The military advisor is right, it is taboo to start a fire rashly. This matter needs to be considered in the long term. But this fire still has to be born. After all, you can't always eat cold food. ”

Sima Jin was stunned for a moment, and asked me what I calculated, I laughed, picked up a shovel, found a place with better soil quality and less sand and gravel, dug a pit, pasted a few tiles around the pit, put some dead branches and leaves in it, lit it with a match, made a fire, put the pot on the fire, and boiled some hot water. Sima Jin had a sad face and said, "My lord, although this move reduces the amount of smoke, there will still be a little smoke coming out. ”

I shook my finger and said with a smile: "The military advisor is wrong with this, you look at the direction of the wind." Sima Jin suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it is the southeast wind at this time, and the smoke cannot blow on the other side." I nodded, and then said, "The military advisor will turn on the smoke again, but the wisps of green smoke will blow away when they rise into the sky." The Yellow River is so wide that even if a person with good eyesight can only see things more than a hundred meters away, but if you want to see clearly, you will never be able to do it. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let's make a fire and cook." Zhao Meng shouted on the side, I smiled helplessly, and ordered the whole army to make fire. All of a sudden, there were more than a hundred and so pits on the ground.

"Young master, what are you doing here?" Sima Jin said, I looked back and saw that Chong'er was hiding behind a tree, only half of his head was showing to look at me. I coughed and said, "Don't hide, come out." Chong'er was a little lost, but she still came out, bowing her head and being silent. What are you doing here instead of staying with your mother? I asked, "Yes, the Queen Mother called me." Chong'er stammered a little, her eyes obviously flustered.

"You're lying, aren't you?" I looked at his glasses, his head lowered, "It's not right for my father to teach you to lie, do you remember?" Chong'er nodded and said, "Okay." Actually, I wanted to come here myself, and I often heard the story of my father and emperor fighting on the battlefield and pacifying the Quartet, so Chong'er wanted to see it with her own eyes. ”

I sighed, stroked his head, and said, "Listen, kid." Swords and guns have no eyes, and fighting a war is not as easy as you think. One will become famous. My father didn't want to live a peaceful life for a few days, but at present, the situation was precarious, and if the invaders were not driven out of the Central Plains, the Central Plains would not be stable. Chong'er grabbed my hand, put her little hand in my palm, and said, "Chong'er also wants to share his father's worries." I shook my head and said, "You're still young, if I'm not mistaken, you're only six and a half years old, and the other kids are still having fun." But you want to go to the battlefield, after all, it is my son Guan Hanquan! But you have to be obedient and let Uncle Zhao take you back! ”

Zhao Meng was drinking soup on the side, and when he heard the last sentence I said, he suddenly squirted out and shouted loudly: "Wait, why me!" Chong'er also shook my hand and begged not to drive him back. Sima Jin watched from the sidelines, walked over and said, "Lord, it's okay for the young master to stay here, with General Zhao protecting him and taking care of you, no one will hurt a single hair of his hair." Zhao Meng was about to say something, but when he saw Sima Jin glaring at him, he changed his words and said: "My subordinates will definitely protect the safety of the young master, and if you are not careful, you will come to see you." I was amused and finally agreed.

In the middle of the night, I ordered the whole army to camp in the same place, and extinguish all but a few fires. By midnight, the camp was silent. An hour ago, Chong'er was noisy and refused to sleep, but now she is very asleep. I asked him to sleep with Zhao Meng, but he cried and made up a bunch of reasons, that is, he didn't want to be with Zhao Meng. I bluffed him and said that he, Uncle Zhao, has peerless martial arts, and he may be able to teach him one and a half moves, and he will be able to use it for life. He was so happy that he insisted on sleeping with Zhao Meng. Zhao Meng just smiled, thinking that there was any martial arts to teach him, but he still coped with telling him some of his own experiences, and there was no shortage of exaggerated language, Chong'er listened in disbelief, and fell asleep after a while.

When I thought about this, I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't help laughing. I went back to the tent and lay down on the mat, thinking about tomorrow's scene, thinking that there were many capable people under Liu Bang's account, even if three of the four heroes were not around, it would be difficult to deal with, and I couldn't help but feel a little sad, and I couldn't sleep for a long time.

On the second day, before dawn, Sima Jin commanded everyone to make a fire and cook. I came out of the tent to inspect the flow of the Yellow River, which was quite gentle, which was very rare compared to normal days. I felt that there was no further ado, so I consulted with Sima Jin. Sima Jin praised that after the whole army had eaten, he ordered to pack up and quickly cross the river before dawn. Only one stick of incense was allowed to pack the luggage, and each person only brought five days' dry rations, and the rest of the food and heavy luggage were buried in the earth. This move has only one purpose - "if it is not successful, it will become benevolent", either to defeat the main force of the Han army within five days, or to starve to death, there is no other choice. Escaping is never allowed, military orders are like mountains, and those who violate them will be immediately decided. And after crossing the river, all the boats were destroyed, so as to cut off the way back.

As soon as Sima Jin's words came out, the four were shocked, and turned to high morale, vowing to defeat the Han army in one fell swoop. Immediately, everyone packed up and crossed the river by boat. The journey was fairly smooth, with all but a few boats capsizing, and the rest of the ships reached the shore.

"Strategist, do you really have to scuttle all of these ships?" I asked, "The husband has made a word, but it is difficult to chase after the horse." Sima Jin said, his eyes were very determined. Seeing that he said this, I couldn't say anything, but I acquiesced at that time.

Everyone chiseled their own boats at first, but then they hardened their hearts, picked up their axes and smashed them down. Half an hour later, there was no more complete ship, and I couldn't help but feel a little sad when I thought of the hardships of shipbuilding.

Sima Jin sighed lightly and ordered the whole army to move forward, pointing directly at the capital Kaifeng. The people raised their spears one after another, and the standard-bearers raised the general's flag high, and the whole army marched.

When I was walking on the fourth or fifth mile of the moon, a soldier suddenly reported that there were several military camps 200 meters ahead, and judging from the flag next to them, it should be a Han army camp. Zhao Meng suddenly came to the momentum, and asked Ying to take the lead. I agreed to his request, gave him 20,000 troops, and told him to withdraw quickly if the enemy was outnumbered, and not to fight.

Zhao Meng responded, took the military order, took 20,000 people as the vanguard, and quickly attacked the Han army camp. At that moment, the shouts of killing were everywhere, and the sound of knives and guns was endless. I ordered the whole army to stand still and wait quietly for news from Zhao Meng.

In just one stick of incense, the Han army's position erected the military flag of Luo, and he ordered the whole army to advance and join the vanguard army. After marching about 100 paces, we have reached the position of the Han army. I saw that the position lost its armor and fell a group of people, most of whom were Han troops, and the number was about 100 people. Zhao Meng waved at me, and escorted a person, who seemed to be a leader of the Han army, and I don't know if it was a centurion or something. Zhao Meng kicked him to the ground and forced him to tell him what he knew. But the man was so hard-hearted that he would not say a word. Zhao Meng was not happy, and put a knife on his neck, "You say it or not." The man just sneered and said, "Kill me." I'm not going to say that. ”

I glanced at Sima Jin and knew that threats would not work against this person. Sima Jin coughed lightly and motioned for Zhao Meng to put the knife down. He lifted the man up, untied him himself, and said, "Little brother, at your age, there should still be an old mother in the family, right?" We, the monarch of Luo country, have always ruled the country with benevolence, respect you as a man, and do not want to take your life. You have taken these coils, go home quickly! He said, shoving a string of money into his hand. The man was astonished, took the money, and refused to leave.

Sima Jin turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly heard him say, "Wait." The man hesitated, but told us what he knew—the main force of the Han army, under the leadership of Liu Bang and Zhang Liang, had besieged the city for half a month, during which time the city was besieged more than ten times, and both sides suffered losses. Guan Yunyong defended the city and refused to go out of the city to face the battle, so he was able to hold these days. But now the food and grass are less than ten days' needs, the soldiers' spirits are weak, and the capital is in a desperate situation.

Zhang Liang was quite scheming and ordered a wheel battle to wear down the physical strength and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Luo Kingdom. They set up camp 500 meters outside the city and formed a "one" company camp, and the battalion was linked to each other. The Han army made a big move today, leaving only more than 300 people to guard the camp with 200,000 people, aiming to break through the city of Kaifeng.

"This Zhang Liang has a lot of calculations, but I never thought that our army would suddenly appear. It's called 'Praying Mantis catches cicadas, yellow finches behind'! Zhao Meng smiled proudly. No. The man shook his head, "Zhang Junshi has already expected it, so he wants to break through Kaifeng as soon as possible, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly and so suddenly." At this, his expression was a little gloomy. Zhao Meng looked embarrassed, and muttered in his mouth: "This puppet, there is really him." ”

When he had finished speaking, I ordered the people to make way for him to leave. He sighed, turned and walked out silently. The moment he left, he said a few words that I still remember vividly: "Where can I go?" Ever since I came here, I haven't thought about going back. Besides, I don't have any family anymore...... "I felt a little sour in my heart, and sent him away, and I never saw him again."

"Report to the military division, the camp found a large amount of grain and grass for the Han army!" A soldier ran over and said. Sima Jin nodded and told him to step down. I hurriedly asked, "Strategist, what should I do with this grain and grass?" Sima Jin hesitated for a moment and said: "Grain and grass naturally have to stay, there is a shortage of food in the city, and it is best to use it for emergency relief." ”

Sima Jin immediately ordered all the grain and grass to be loaded into trucks and transported to the vicinity of Shishan. The Han military tent and the corpses were set on fire. The crowd said "yes," and left 500 men to carry away the grain and grass, and ordered 500 men to set fire to the camp tents.

Sima Jin ordered the remaining more than 190,000 people to rush to Kaifeng, and the soldiers were in high spirits, all of them were gearing up, and the pace of the march was also extremely fast. In less than half an hour, the Han army could be seen from afar. At this time, the Han army had begun to attack the city, the ladder had been erected, and people were constantly climbing up, and it seemed that the situation was not optimistic.

Suddenly, a soldier noticed our army and hurriedly reported to Liu Bang, who was very flustered after hearing this, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, but how could he take it back for a while. I shouted "yes" and ordered the barbarian king to lead the way with 300 soldiers and 40,000 troops. The barbarian king immediately shouted "up", and led his troops into the formation of the Han army.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang suddenly stabilized the morale of the army, and ordered about 100,000 troops who had not yet participated in the siege to form a formation, like a giant python to surround the barbarian king and others. The barbarian king didn't know the formation, and he couldn't get out for a while.

Sima Jin frowned slightly, and said, "What a 'one-word long snake array'." When you hit a snake, you should hit seven inches, and this formation is easy to break! He paused and said to everyone, "Old General Qin, please lead 30,000 people to break through from the northeast." General Wang, please lead 30,000 men to break through from the southeast. Lu Jianjun, please lead 30,000 men to break through from the northwest. General Xu, please lead 30,000 men to break through from the southwest. Qin Wen, Wang Dali, Lu Liang, and Xu Fang immediately received the order and led 30,000 people to break into the enemy formation from four directions, intending to disrupt their formation.

This time the Han army was caught off guard, and the formation was chaotic all of a sudden. Zhang Liangji wanted to maintain it, but where would anyone listen to him. At the moment, the "python" was torn apart, and the Han army fled in all directions like a frightened bird. At this time, Zhang Liang drew his sword and slashed several soldiers who were about to escape, and finally got better. In addition, with a loud "boom", the city gate was attacked by siege engines, and the Han army drove straight into the city, killing into the city, and mixing with the defenders.

I secretly shouted "no" and shouted, "Don't let them into the city." Zhao Meng roared, and immediately led more than 100 horsemen to rush towards the city gate. At the same moment, a man jumped down from the city, and when the broadsword landed, a wave of sand splashed up, knocking all the dozens of soldiers who approached to the ground. He stands upright with a sword, as if he is the head of the "Five Tiger Generals" - Guan Yunyong!