【The Way of Employing Soldiers】

In the past few days, Liu Bei has stepped up the training of the army, from hand-to-hand combat to the use of weapons, from unified orders to strict discipline, and trained a soldier who was once loosely disciplined and scattered into a heroic division that forbids orders and prohibits and dares to fight.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Liu Bei ordered the whole army to make all preparations and be ready to set off at any time. Then Liu Bei and Liu Deran went to meet Gongsun Zhan, the county commander, and reported to him about the recruitment of troops in Zhuo County, and Gongsun Zhan was very satisfied with Liu Bei. With Liu Bei's order, a cavalry of 500 people marched towards the county in an orderly manner.

"Big ...... General, this is the first time in my life that Zhang Fei has been on the battlefield, I am very excited, this time I want to let the thieves see how powerful my old Zhang is, hahaha...... "Zhang Fei's title to Liu Bei can make everyone happy, I just wanted to call it "big brother", but when I thought about it, I felt that it was wrong, so I called the general again, and when others heard it, they thought that Zhang Fei called Liu Bei "general".

Jian Yong smiled and said, "Haha...... Now that Xuande has become a general, that Yide should be the right general...... Hahaha......"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he said vigorously: "Xianhe, don't say it, I, Zhang Fei, am going for this right general." ”

"Hahaha......" Hearing Zhang Fei say this, everyone laughed, just like that, you said a word to me, and everyone felt a lot more relaxed during the trip. Since the seat of Zhuo County is in Zhuo County, the distance is close, so Liu Bei's righteous army was the first to arrive.

"Stop, who are you!" The barracks guard shouted out to Liu Bei's army.

Liu Bei stopped his mount, dismounted and approached the guard and said: "We are the Zhuoxian Righteous Army, I am Liu Bei, the general of the Righteous Army, please report it." ”

Seeing Liu Bei dismount, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong also dismounted and walked to Liu Bei's side.

Zhang Fei looked around and said, "These things that don't have eyes, my brother has to let my brother wait outside!" ”

"Hey~ Second brother, don't make times, this is the rule in the barracks, let's wait!" Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei's impatience had another attack, and hurriedly stopped.

After a while, the doorman and a middle-aged man walked out, Liu Bei looked from afar, and saw that this person was very familiar, and he felt that he had seen it somewhere. As soon as this person saw Liu Bei, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Oh, Xuande is here, please come in quickly." This sudden shout suddenly startled Liu Bei: "Hehe, I was scared twice by the same person, I really have you." ”

It turned out that this person was Zou Jing, who he had met from Gongsun Zhan before, but he didn't expect him to be the commander of the rebel army in Zhuo County this time, Liu Bei hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "General Zou, Liu Bei of Zhuo County came to report." ”

Zou Jing grabbed Liu Bei's hand with both hands and said, "Brother Xuande, you're finally here, come in with me." ”

"Yes!" Then Liu Bei turned to Guan Yu and said: "Yun Chang, you and Yide settle the army, wait for Deran's grain and grass to come later, you can help settle it together, and I will go in with General Zou first!" ”

"Yes, General, you go!" Guan Yu arched his hand and said.

Seeing that everything was arranged, Liu Bei turned around and left.

"Xuande, your insight can be described as insightful, Zou admires it, it is worthy of being a student from Lu Zhimen, and everyone is a social talent." Zou Jing took Liu Bei's hand and brought Liu Bei into the tent.

Liu Bei was confused by Zou Jing at this time, he had just arrived, he didn't say anything, he didn't do anything, he was praised by Zou Jing for no reason, and asked suspiciously at this time: "General, I don't know what you mean?" Liu Bei sat down at Zou Jing's signal.

Zou Jing saw Liu Bei's puzzled face at this time, and realized that Liu Bei had forgotten the previous incident, so he said: "Your reasoning about the Yellow Turban Thief at that time, just through a slogan, you knew that the Yellow Turban Thief was going to rebel, isn't this extraordinary insight." As he spoke, he picked up the boiling kettle from the fire and poured Liu Bei a glass of water.

"General, I'll come by myself, I should have poured water for you, why did you let me come!" Liu Bei hurriedly got up and held the teacup with both hands.

"It's nothing, I don't have tea or anything here, let's just go in the barracks!" Zou Jing poured himself a cup, and then put the kettle back on the fire.

"Thank you, General!"

"Hey~" Zou Jing waved his hand and motioned for Liu Bei to sit down and speak: "Today I have to talk to you about the Yellow Turban Thief War!" ”

"The general really tormented Liu Bei, Liu Bei was also arrogant at the time, thinking that the general was just arrogant when he heard it, it was purely a joke, and there was no 'true knowledge'." Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"It's rare to know how to be humble at a young age." Suddenly, Zou Jing's face was embarrassed, and he said: "Now the emperor has sent the imperial army, which is led by Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun. They divided their troops into two routes, Lu Zhi led the army north to conquer Zhangjiao's Laowo Jizhou, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun led the army all the way to conquer Yuzhou in the east of Sili. Just came the news that Zhu Jun fought with the Yellow Turban Thief Bocai Division, strayed into the enemy's trap, and lost the first battle. Then Huangfu Song had to retreat to Changshe, Bocai led a large army to surround the city, the city has few soldiers, the number of people is very large, the result is still unknown; And Lu Zhi's first department is fighting against Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, the main force of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and there is no news about the outcome yet. ”

Liu Bei heard that the Han army lost the first battle, and the teacher's battle was inseparable, it was really poor, but he couldn't say anything frustrated, so he said at this time: "The teacher and Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun They are all excellent generals who have experienced a hundred battles, this difficulty is just a little setback for them, the soldiers are impermanent, the water is impermanent, I believe the teacher can do it...... So how about our side? ”

Zou Jing saw Liu Bei asking, so he also said: "A few days ago, the spies came to report that Zhang Bao set off from Julu Quyang and captured Zhongshan, and is now in Zhongshan on standby, preparing to go north to advance Youzhou. ”

"Zhongshan Kingdom has been captured?" As soon as Liu Bei heard the word Zhongshan, he couldn't help shouting loudly, which made Zou Jing startled at this time.

"What's wrong with you, now that the Yellow Turban Army is in full swing, it's normal to capture a county." Zou Jing said suspiciously.

Liu Bei knew that he had lost his temper just now, and hurriedly said: "General, Liu Bei was rude just now, now there is a big chaos today, the people are living in the water and fire, as a seven-foot man, Liu Bei is worried about the country all the time, just now I heard that the Yellow Turban thieves have captured another county, and the resentment in my heart will arise spontaneously, so I am out of shape, and I hope the general will forgive him." Of course, in fact, Liu Bei was worried about Su Shuang's personal safety, and he didn't know if Su Shuang was out of danger.

When Zou Jing heard this, he admired Liu Bei even more, and said: "Xuande, the opportunity to make contributions to the country has come." ”

"Yes, follow the general's orders!"

"Now the troops from the counties have not yet come, it is estimated that around noon tomorrow, all the troops will be assembled, and we will have a meeting at that time to discuss how to march and fight." Zou Jing got up and said.

Liu Bei also stood up at this time and said, "Okay, if there is nothing to do with the general, I will go back first to see how the army is arranged?" ”

"Aren't you worried about this?" Zou Jing leaned close to Liu Bei's ear and said, "I see that the two big men standing behind you just now are rare talents, where did you recruit them?" ”

"They are all my sworn brothers, and thanks to their love, we have sworn together, blessed and suffering!" Liu Bei said with a smile.

"Haha...... Yours is yours! Zou Jing pointed at Liu Bei and said, "That's okay, you can go, it's better to go back and have a look, but pay attention, discipline and catch it!" ”

"Yes, please rest assured General Zou!" After Liu Bei finished speaking, he turned around and left.

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After the rebel army of the counties of Youzhou was assembled, Zou Jing learned that Zhang Baozheng, the "general of the land prince", was leading an army of 20,000 to kill Youzhou, so he immediately summoned the generals of the rebel army from all walks of life to discuss military countermeasures.

"Zhang Bao, the second leader of the enemy army, is leading an army of 20,000 to our side, and our army is only 4,000 people, and the number gap is huge, let's talk about countermeasures." After Zou Jing finished speaking, he twisted his nose that was frozen red.

At this time, when most of the rebel generals heard the number of the thief army, and thought that the morale of the thief army was high, they were so frightened that they couldn't even speak, and now they thought about whether they could survive this battle, not whether they could win it. After a long time, Liu Ziping, the general of the rebel army in Fanyang County, was the first to open his mouth and said: "The enemy army has won successive battles, and at this time it is the time when the enemy's morale is at its peak, and the number of officers and men of our army is small, the last general thinks that he should avoid his edge and not meet the enemy head-on. ”

Zou Jing saw that someone opened his mouth, and he was very relieved: "Ziping is right, this battle can only be outwitted, not hard, I don't know if you have a strategy to outwit." After speaking, he looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei saw Zou Jing looking at him, so he couldn't help but speak, pondered for a long time, and then said word by word: "Between Zhongshan and Zhuo County, there is a valley, Zhang Jiao's trip to attack Zhuo County, only through this road can you enter Zhuo County, and there are many dead trees and dead grass on both sides of the valley, which is easy to ambush. The last general thought that he would send an army to meet Zhang Bao in this canyon road, Zhang Bao was like a bamboo, and this battle was also determined to win, and then our army was defeated and fled, Zhang Bao had become a proud soldier at this time, and he would definitely come to catch up. When the enemy army is halfway through, let the troops that were originally ambushed on both sides of the canyon attack, so that Zhang Bao can not care, and once the enemy army is in turmoil, he can repel the enemy in one go. Liu Bei made a one-size-fits-all gesture after speaking.

At this time, Liu Ziping listened to Liu Bei's words and exclaimed: "Wonderful, Xuande skillfully took advantage of the geographical advantages of Zhuo County, and was well versed in the art of war. ”

"Ziping is serious, it's just an immature proposal, I'm just throwing bricks and stones!" Liu Bei said as he put his hand on the brazier to warm up.

"What do you think of Xuande's proposal?" Zou Jing looked around, and saw that everyone nodded in unison, so he made a decision on the spot, and assigned the task to the generals with Liu Bei's tactics, and then, everyone was ordered to go to the headquarters and gave instructions to the soldiers, and the battle was about to break out.