After the two entered the back hall, Ma Yuan saluted Zhao Zhihai in the house, and then slowly exited the room and closed the door.

This was the first time that Zhu Lihua was in the same room with this political giant who leaned towards the government and the opposition, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Zhao Zhihai, who had gray hair in front of him, didn't put up any shelf, but after seeing Ma Yuan leave, he smiled slightly at Zhu Lihua, who was looking at him respectfully, and said gently: "What are you doing standing up, sit down." ”

Then he pointed to the futon across from him and sat down first.

In a trance, knowing that he had indeed heard correctly, he slowly walked to the back of the futon and sat down honestly.

The two sat opposite each other, and Zhu Lihua joined hands and saluted Zhao Zhihai and said, "I don't know what the general has to call Zhu Lilai." ”

Zhao Zhihai waved his hand and said to Zhu Lihua: "Just above the hall, Wu Meng is not wrong, what you said is the right way to resist the war, but it does not apply to the current situation." So I didn't take your advice. ”

Zhu Lihua looked at Zhao Zhihai in some surprise, he didn't understand why Zhao Zhihai wanted to explain to himself.

It is said that as a high-ranking Zhao Zhihai, how could he put this little military marquis in his eyes.

But he still said softly: "The general's words are serious, but the military arranged by the general is more detailed than the plan of the general. ”

Zhao Zhihai had been staring at Zhu Lihua, and naturally he also saw his confusion, and he also heard that there was still some disappointment in his words.

But he didn't explain, but said slowly: "First seize the Mugao Pass, and then lock the South Fourth Pass, plus Xiao Pass Chidao is garrisoned by Wang Min's army, so that the road to the east of the Rong people can be blocked, Lu Lihua, this is your idea?" ”

Zhao Zhihai looked at Lihua and asked with a smile on his pale face.

Zhu Lihua nodded, said yes lightly, and said: "The last general thinks that the general's concern is nothing more than that if the Rong people can't take the wooden prison pass, they will go out from the south and the four passes, causing the situation to be uncontrollable.

But the last general thought that General Wang Min's army was outside Xiao Pass, so the main force of the Rong people only dared to advance east from Mugao Pass.

If the Rong army marches eastward through the Nansi Pass, the Rong soldiers will inevitably bear the risk that Xiao Pass will be attacked by General Wang Min and will not be able to return to help, and if I were a Rong person, I would not have done so.

What's more, the General Administration did not know about the fall of the Wooden Prison Pass, so they would definitely send troops from the Wooden Prison Pass, which was closest to Xiao Pass and had the easiest sneak attack.

After the troops are dispatched, it is very likely that the Rong people will attack General Wang Min's army from the back and completely break through the Xiao Pass Chi Road, and at that time, ......."

"At that time, people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, and Daqin will also be in extreme danger." Zhao Zhihai continued with Li Hua's words.

He looked at Zhu Lihua, still smiling, as if he had used up his essence after talking too much in a row, Zhao Zhihai closed his eyes, and only after a while did he open and said to Zhu Lihua: "He is worthy of being a student of Jiezi."

But you know only the affairs of the army, but you do not know the personnel. Even if there are no omissions in the military as you expect, the personnel will still make us lose a mess.

If you really follow your plan and let Zhao Zhiliang send all his troops to attack Mugao Pass, most of the Rong people will be in vain, and at that time they will force the Rong people to either fight a decisive battle with our army at Yinyangou Road, or a decisive battle with our army at Mugao Pass. Either way, our army will be defeated. ”

He looked at the thoughtful Zhu Lihua and continued: "

The main general of the Rong people leading the troops this time is a rare genius in the sky, and after these more battles, the Rong people are getting stronger and stronger. Coupled with the continuous addition of the rebels, the total number of Rong troops is now no less than 120,000, and they have no worries about defending their homeland, for them, more than 100,000 horses can be mobile forces.

Therefore, whether it is Wang Min's 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses or Zhao Zhiliang's 30,000 soldiers and horses, either side has no chance of winning against it.

I know you also thought of this, but you counted Fang Yuanheng in, knowing that he would definitely lead troops to help in the near future, so you still have the idea of a decisive battle, and it's not a thing? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhihai smiled at Lu Lihua and continued:

"But what you think is a little simple, if the Rong people fight a decisive battle with our army, are you sure that Fang Yuanheng will come in time?"

Zhao Zhihai ignored the look of shock on Lihua's face, and said as if he was a little tired: "But Fang Yuanheng will not be as unbearable as you think, how can I say that he is also a hero of my Great Qin, and he will not sit back and watch our army annihilate, I have dealt with him for more than 20 years, and I am still familiar with him as a person."

Let me ask you, if there is really a decisive battle, do you guess it would be more advantageous for Fang Yuanheng to come to the aid before the decisive battle between the two armies of Rong and our army or to come to the rescue when the decisive battle is in full swing? ”

As cold sweat seeped out from his back, Zhu Lihua naturally understood what Zhao Zhihai meant by "personnel".

He always thought that as the commander of the Qin army, as long as he was not a rebel, he could work together to resist the enemy, but after listening to what Zhao Zhihai said, he suddenly realized that everything was not as simple as he thought.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhihai seemed to be teaching his own students, and without waiting for Lihua to answer, he said patiently: "I also know that Fang Yuanheng is a person, and he will definitely wait until the two armies of Rong and our army are defeated before he comes forward to clean up the mess."

Of course, this is also a common thing for those who lead the troops, and it will be the same for me. Do you think it's cruel to sit back and watch your comrades die in battle and stand by and watch from the sidelines, but that's what war is, everything is only for the purpose of winning. You've done this before, and you've done it well, so you know what I mean. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Lihua smiled a little embarrassedly, and said to Zhao Zhihai: "General, that day, I just felt that if I attacked the Rong people in advance, it would not be easy to defeat the Rong people with my 3,000 recruits and General Wu Meng's 3,000 tired troops, so I wanted to wait until the Rong soldiers and the general's soldiers and horses fought to the death before making a surprise attack, so that the chances of victory would be greater." ”

Zhao Zhihai waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to explain, and said to him: "It's just that different paths lead to the same end, and I just said that this is a common thing for people who lead the troops." ”

Zhu Lihua sighed lightly, and said to Zhao Zhihai again: "Doesn't the person on the left understand the reason of cold lips and teeth? What if it happened suddenly and he didn't have time to reap the profits? Could General Zuo be trying to use this battle to weaken the general's strength? ”

After hearing this, Zhao Zhihai looked at Yu Lihua up and down, shook his head lightly and said: "Even if you are very good, but you are too young, Fang Yuanheng is not sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, it is not entirely because of the court fight, he wants to kill people with a knife to eliminate dissidents." In terms of the art of war alone, he did nothing wrong. And he has a crazy personality, and he has never been defeated in so many years.

How can such a confident person believe that he will lose the game if he makes a mistake in judgment? ”

"Therefore, the general dispersed his troops, and tried to hold the road of the Rong people to the east at each pass, so that the people on the left would not have the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." Lihua asked softly.

Zhao Zhihai turned his head to look at the dark night scene, and after a while, he muttered: "My chess is really dangerous, it seems that there are people guarding everywhere, but they can't defend anywhere, I think you can see it."

Fang Yuanheng can definitely see that I am indeed forcing him to come to his rescue early.

If he comes to the rescue, then I am confident that I will completely drive the Rong people out of Daqin.

But ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhihai sighed softly and stopped talking.

The two sat opposite each other, one looked at the bright moon outside the window and sighed, and the other lowered his head and pondered and understood.

After a long time, Zhu Lihua gave Zhao Zhihai another salute and asked sincerely: "The general taught me personnel, and Zhu Li is very grateful, but I don't know how to be able to get the favor of the general." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Zhihai turned his gaze to Lu Lihua, and said to him with a smile: "I am not teaching you when I talk to you. You saved my army from the outside world, and I admire your talents, so I want to hear some of your thoughts.

In the past, there were Gu Daoyuan and Zhang Ziyu in the center to solve my worries, and Wang Min, Zhong Xu and I in the military debated and deduced, but unfortunately no one is by my side now. ”

After speaking, Zhao Zhihai's eyes were a little dim, obviously remembering Zhong Xu, who had been missing for many days, and must be a fierce and auspicious person.

And when he heard this, he felt surging in his heart.

The general actually compared himself to the four high-ranking figures, which was obviously cultivated by him as a confidant.

Although it is not explicitly stated, how can a wise person make things clear.

Zhu Lihua stood up without hesitation, knelt on one knee, and bowed to Zhao Zhihai: "The last general, Zhu Lihua, thanks to the general's weight, dares to die for the general and for the thousands of people of Great Qin." ”

Zhao Zhihai seemed to have expected Lihua to look like this, looked at Lihua with a smile, stroked the beard on his chest with his hand, nodded and said:

"Get up. Just now you said that you are willing to die for me, and you are also willing to die for the thousands of people of Great Qin. This is enough to show that you are not willing to be loyal to me alone.

I know that you are a disciple of Jieyuan, and after coming into contact with you in the past two days, I also know a little bit of your character, so I don't blame you, but you must know that not everyone is the same as me, and there is no taboo about these so-called power tricks.

So in the future, even if it is against your will, you have to be more tactful in order to protect yourself. ”

After listening to what Zhao Zhihai said, Zhu Lihua's heart was also warm.

He felt that the general, who had only known him for two days, was indeed sincere to him, so he lowered his head and saluted again: "Remember the general's teachings. ”

Zhao Zhihai nodded and said to him: "Jie Zi is kind to me, you don't have to guess my intentions to collect you, in short, you should do your best under my command." Not only for me, but also for the thousands of people of Great Qin in your mouth. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Lihua hurriedly praised it, and had a new understanding of this rumored middle-aged man who was decisive but unkind. People who can sit in such a high position have their own charm and demeanor.

The two have been talking for nearly an hour, and Zhao Zhihai at this moment has shown fatigue, so he said to Zhu Lihua: "I'm tired, you go back to rest first, pay attention to the battle reports of all parties in the past few days, and come to me every day to participate in the military, go." ”

Zhu Lihua lowered his head and said "Woo", looked at Zhao Zhihai and closed his eyes, and slowly walked out of the house.

As soon as he went out, he saw Ma Yuan standing beside the guard at the door of the house.

Seeing Lihua coming out of the house, he made a grimace at him, entered the house with two guards, and went to wait for Zhao Zhihai to sleep.

After saying goodbye to Ma Yuan, Zhu Lihua went out of the city.

With his status as a military marquis at the moment, how could the soldiers guarding Longde City dare to embarrass him.

And Gao Yunce, who was walking beside him, couldn't help but feel a little dazed, remembering the past scenes of himself hurrying to Longde City half a year ago outside the city, on such a quiet night, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

Back in the camp, Zhu Lihua lay on the military couch tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, he thought about every word and every sentence that Zhao Zhihai said to him.

Fang Yuanheng, the god of war that he once worshipped, the army of Qin that he had imagined that he was united and like a brother, and he once looked forward to a military career, all of them turned into colorful bubbles in the eyes of Lu Chang when he was treason and Zhao Zhihai's eloquent teachings that suddenly appeared in Lu Lihua's mind, and they were shattered one after another.

However, Zhu Lihua was still a little uneasy. He vaguely felt that the Rong people seemed to have other plans, but this was just his own feeling and had no real evidence.

Thinking back to the scribe who turned around and smiled at himself under the Yuxiao Pass, he couldn't help but shed a cold sweat.

"Where do you want to go east?"