Gao Shun was flattered by these words, and hurriedly excused himself: "My lord, I am new to the military camp, how dare I occupy such a high position." I'm afraid that the soldiers below will not be satisfied, so please make other arrangements. ”

Zhao Yi helped Gao Shun up, looked sincere and said in a trusting tone: "I have made up my mind, but General Gao has no excuses, although I only watched you fight, but I can see your talent, and it is more than enough to command these thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Gao Shun knelt down again excitedly: "Adult reinforcements, the grace of knowing the encounter, the end will be difficult to repay!" ”

As the saying goes, a man dies for his confidant, and a woman is for a person who pleases himself. Gao Shun is highly valued by Zhao Yi when he is new, can he give Zhao Yi his life without giving up in the future? Liu Bei stared at Zhao Yi's eyes flashing, and learned another trick from Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi gave Gao Shun the privilege again, and Zhao Yi didn't care about the big and small things of the 1,000 people, and all of them were under Gao Shun's jurisdiction. Zhao Yi, who was training or something, didn't care. And there is only one requirement for Gao Shun, hoping that in a few months, Gao Shun's elite soldiers will be like sharp swords, so that the enemy will be terrified.

Liu Bei first congratulated Zhao Yi on getting a good general, and after Gao Shun left, he asked Zhao Yi: "Isn't it that Xuande spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and Brother Bolai handed over all the command of the army to Gao Shun, aren't you afraid that Gao Shun will lead the soldiers to set up their own door?" "For Haoqiang, who controls the soldiers, the generals under him do not have the right to manage the army with full authority, and what they are afraid of is the general's rebellion. Zhao Yi handed over the heavy responsibility to Gao Shun, didn't he have this concern?

Regarding Liu Bei's question, Zhao Yi just said very mysteriously: "Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people." This is just a scene, Zhao Yi handed over the power to Gao Shun, in addition to not wanting to use the position of boss to bind Gao Shun's whimsical ideas, more importantly, he valued Gao Shun's character, this kind of loyal person is worthy of trust. And the more Zhao Yi puts all the power in Gao Shun's hands, the closer he and Zhao Yi's heart will be. But if Lu Bu comes to vote, it will be a different matter. That kind of person can't feed you and hates you, and when you're fed, they will leave you. To deal with the two types of people, it is natural to use two methods.

Liu Bei muttered twice, his eyes lit up, as if he had realized something: "Thank you Brother Bolai for your advice." "This Zhao Yi not only has amazing military ability, but also has a lot of city government, and he is a rare talent.

It was getting late, Liu Bei returned to the camp and didn't sleep for a long time, thinking about today's things, and sighed secretly: "Zhao Yi's vision and resourcefulness are ten times better than mine." I can't do it either. I studied under Zhao Yi and learned the art of manipulating people. "As a superior person, you don't need to have vision and resourcefulness, you just need to have the ability to control these talented people. For example, the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Han Xin, which is not a generation of talents, and is not subordinate to Liu Bang, who was born in the market.

In the early morning, the army pulled out the camp, and Gao Shun, who was dressed in black rhino armor, kowtowed three times at the grave of his parents, turned over his horse and left here with Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi praised Gao Shun very much and let Gao Shun ride with him. Seeing that there were still animal skins on the bow and crossbow on Gao Shun's body, he asked strangely: "General Gao is a hunter, how can he be so proficient in arranging troops?" ”

Gao Shun smiled embarrassedly: "The last general is a scholarly family, although the family has fallen in recent generations, but there are many books on the art of war at home. As for hunting, it's just a hobby of the general. ”

"Oh, I see." Zhao Yi nodded, "In fact, there is no fundamental boundary between fighting and hunting, both are for hunting each other's lives, the difference is that your opponents in the war are people, while hunting is some animals." There are also a variety of tactics that can be used in hunting. ”

Gao Shun admired: "The adults are full of strategy, and the last general will admire." Then he looked at Zhao Yi and asked mysteriously: "Do you know what kind of animal I like?" ”

Zhao Yi thought for a moment and spit out a word: "Wolf." ”

Gao Shun's eyes showed a look of surprise: "How could adults know?" Yes, wolves are slippery and ruthless. Especially a pack of wolves, even if they encounter a tiger, they must be afraid of three points. My lord, if the last general wants to integrate this point of view into the army, he should not only look at the generals, but also focus on the training of soldiers. ”

Zhao Yi nodded appreciatively, Gao Shun was able to say this, which showed that he did have some novel military views. As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find. But in Zhao Yi's eyes, it was different, and the sergeant's unit could not be ignored at all. But in this era when there are so many famous generals and celebrities, the sergeants have become their appendages. "I have already handed over all the rights of that team to you yesterday, if there is anything you don't have to tell me, you can handle it yourself."

These words gave Gao Shun great affirmation and made Gao Shun more free to train soldiers.

Zhao and Liu's combined army marched two days to the territory of Wei County, which was relatively stable with Guangping County, and Zhao Yi saw many people with bags on their backs marching north along the way.

After asking a few people, I found out that there were yellow turban thieves near Wei County, plundering people's property and destroying lives. The people were miserable and had to leave their homes in order to save their lives.

Gao Shun and the Yellow Turban Army had a common enmity, and when they heard that the Yellow Turban Army had once again brutalized the people, their faces showed indignation: "At the beginning, the Yellow Turban Uprising was a righteous banner for the country and the people. How did their style differ from that of bandits at this time? ”

"General Gao, don't start a fire, we will pass through Wei County on this trip, and by the way, we will annihilate those Yellow Turban thieves." Zhang Fei echoed.

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei had no opinion, their army was sent to Yingchuan to help exterminate the Yellow Turban Thieves, and the Yellow Turban Thieves in Wei County were naturally within the scope of the Yellow Turban Thieves.

The closer it is to Wei County, the more seriously the village is destroyed, and there are many uninhabited villages. The surrounding fields were barren, Zhao Yi sighed, wars are so frequent, how can the people still have the courage to farm.

At dusk, Zhao Yi and the others finally arrived in Wei County, and saw that there were many fresh traces of swords on the city wall, Zhao Yi's expression changed slightly, and the Yellow Turban Army even attacked the county town.

Zhao Yixin said, it seems that this is not a small group of yellow turban thieves, a small group of yellow turban thieves harassing some villages is okay, and there is absolutely no courage to attack heavy troops to defend the county seat.

The county guard led the army to greet Zhao Yi and others at the city gate in person, and after some kind words, the county guard said a little embarrassed: "Bolai and Xuande are here at the right time, I need the help of the two generals for one thing, I don't know if the two generals are willing?" ”

Liu Bei cautiously asked, "What's the matter?" But it doesn't hurt to say it, Brother Bolai and I will do our best. ”

Zhao Yi guessed the county guard's thoughts: "The county guard wants us to help deal with the yellow turban thief?" ”

The county guard glanced at Zhao Yi in surprise: "I haven't opened my mouth yet, how can Bolai know?" Since the matter had been said by Zhao Yi, the county guard asked again: "That's it, I don't know if the two of you are willing to help?" ”

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei were both willing to send troops to help, and Zhao Yi asked: "How many people are there in the Yellow Turban Thieves?" "There are 4,000 soldiers in the hands of the county guard, and Zhao Yi estimates that the number should be 8,000 or 10,000. If it is less than 8,000. The county guard will not cower in the city, and will have already gone out of the city to fight the Yellow Turban Army to the death.

"Not less than twelve thousand. This group of Yellow Turban soldiers arrived here a few days ago, entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, often plundering the villages around the county town, many people were displaced, and even lost their lives. The county guard sighed, in fact, he also wanted to fight to the death with the Yellow Turban Army, but he had too few soldiers and horses, and if he was destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army, Wei County would not be able to keep it. So the county guard had to hold out.

"There are 11,000 people on both sides, and we are almost equal to the Yellow Turban Thieves in terms of numbers, as long as we fight a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army." Zhang Feiwen said angrily. The two sides opened up and a decisive battle came up in the wilderness, and the matter was settled.

But Zhang Fei thought too simply, this Yellow Turban Army escaped from Song Liu, fought with the official army, knew the strength of the official army, and the number of the Yellow Turban Army was about the same as that of the official army, two to one could not defeat the official army, let alone one to one, it was absolutely impossible to confront the official army head-on like last time.

"Yide thinks too simply, the Yellow Turban Army is extremely cunning, and will never fight a decisive battle with the official army without an advantage in numbers." Zhao Yi groped his chin.

The county guard also agreed with Zhao Yi's opinion, and added: "The generals of the Yellow Turban Army are extremely cunning, and they actually sat in the camp in Taihang Mountain. My Wei County is less than forty miles away from Taihang Mountain, so they can sneak attack the border villages at a very fast speed, and it is too late for us to arrive after we get the news, and there are so many villages under the jurisdiction of Wei County, we can't take care of them all. ”

Hearing that the Yellow Turban Army set up a camp tent in Taihang Mountain, Zhao Yi's face was not good-looking. Not to mention that his men and horses are on par with the Yellow Turban Army, even if they are one or two times more, it will not help. Compared with the vast mountains and forests, 20,000 or 30,000 people are really insignificant.

"The military strength of the Yellow Turban Army is not to be feared, and what deserves our attention is the flexibility of the Yellow Turban Army. They can freely choose the direction of attack and the time of attack, even if they are surrounded by a large army, as long as they escape into the official army of Taihang Mountain, they will not be able to help them. Gao Shun analyzed the current situation.

Gao Shun grasped the key point, the 12,000 Yellow Turban Army, even if it didn't use the people of Wei County, Zhao Yi had the ability to annihilate it. But as long as the other party escapes into the mountains, it is like a bird flying into the forest, making it difficult to find.

"General Gao is reasonable, the general's headquarters has just arrived in Wei County, and the news has not yet spread, so it is better to hide the sergeant for the time being. After that, it was a surprise victory. The county guard's eyes flashed and he said a plan.

Zhao Yi shook his head and denied this strategy: "Today, our army has entered the city with great momentum, and it will definitely not be able to escape the eyes and ears of the other party. ”

Liu Bei and the others nodded in agreement, and the seven thousand men and horses entered the city with great momentum, and the news could not be covered up at all.

It is convenient for them to hide in the mountains and forests, but it is not conducive to the annihilation of the enemy by the officers and soldiers. "If we can come up with a way to trick the Yellow Turban Army down the mountain, and then cut off its rear road with ambush soldiers, the Yellow Turban Army will be destroyed." Zhao Yi groped his chin and thought of this solution.

Liu Bei and others agreed, but: "The Yellow Turban Army will not easily come out." What are we going to do? ”

In Zhao Yi's opinion, if he doesn't come out of the nest, he is not tempted much.