After Liu Xiejun and Zhao Yun rendezvous, they did not continue to advance, but ordered the whole army to rest in place and cook for the man.

The generals asked the reason, but Liu Xie smiled but did not answer.

At this moment, it was almost dusk, Liu Xie only let the army rest, did not set up camp, and did not say when to continue advancing, and at this time it was not far from Wancheng, if you speed up, it would be ten minutes after dark.

Yan Er whispered to Liu Xie: "Seeing that Wancheng is about to arrive, why doesn't Your Majesty continue to move forward?" ”

Liu Xie pointed to the surrounding terrain and said: "Look at the surrounding area, there are mountains on both sides, and the roads along the way are full of artemisia grass, although it is spring, there are still a lot of dead grass, if the enemy is ambushed on both sides and attacked by fire, our army will carry a large number of firearms, it will be easy to lose." ”

"But if you don't leave, the ambush soldiers won't retreat."

Liu Xie smiled mysteriously and said, "It's been a long march, just rest and replenish your strength." ”

Yan'er saw that he didn't answer her question directly, and knew that he must be confident and unwilling to say, so she didn't ask more.

Since it was a temporary rest, there was no intention of setting up camp, so there was no camp tent, Liu Xie dismounted and several generals got together, spread out a small table, let the soldiers hold torches for lighting, and put the map on the small table for study.

Liu Xie's maps were always so accurate and detailed, which was very advanced at the time, and it was also a top-secret information of the Han family, which was forbidden to be transmitted.

But it was said that Liu Xie pointed to the map and said: "The main general of Wancheng is Cao Ren, the main general is Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu and other famous generals, the strategists are Cheng Yu Xun You and other famous soldiers, and the defenders are about 100,000, Cao Cao has invested a lot of money." ”

Zhao Yun asked: "Then are we going to attack hard?" ”

Liu Xie said: "No, if we attack hard, we can also take Wancheng, but the casualties are also large." Cao Cao has been recuperating in recent years and has accumulated more than 200,000 elite soldiers. Our large army has gathered here, and I am worried that he still has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses coming from the direction of Xuchang to surround us. Therefore, I plan to divide my troops and set up an ambush on Xuchang Road. ”

Yan Er said, "Your Majesty, aren't you worried that Cao Cao will divide his troops to attack my Luoyang?" ”

Liu Xie said: "There is a possibility, but it is unlikely. Xiahoudun went to fight Xuzhou, and had already had a conflict with Lu Bu, and Cao Cao also robbed Liu Wei from Yuan Shao. Therefore, Cao Cao and Lu Bu and Yuan Shao both had festivals, if he attacked Luoyang, Xuchang would be empty, and Lu Bu and Yuan Shao would also take the opportunity to attack. ”

Yanyun said: "Then if Cao Cao comes to save Wancheng, Xuchang will also be exposed to Lu Bu and Yuan Shao." ”

Liu Xie said: "That's right, that's the case, but attacking Luoyang and saving Wancheng are two different things, and Wancheng has his people." So I'm still worried that Cao Cao will divide his troops. And this time Cao Cao's capture of Wancheng was a wrong move. ”

The generals didn't know why, Liu Xie ordered: "Meng Qi ......"

"The minister is here."

"This time you have worked hard, you immediately take your generals, lead 10,000 elite horsemen, and make a detour to the east of Wancheng One hundred and fifty miles, this place, there is a valley, you set up an ambush here, such as Cao Cao's army, let half of it go and attack it. It's a long way to go, so let's do it now, and dinner will be eaten on the way. Note that there may be Cao Ren ambushing army in this place in front of you, ignore him, go around from a distance, and try not to be discovered. ”

"Obey the order!" Ma Chao received the order and marched immediately, and the generals included Ma Dai, Pang De, Ma Tie, Cheng Yin and others.

"Little Luozi ......"

"The minions are here."

"Tell the quartermaster to prepare the cloak and distribute it to the generals."

"Your Majesty, it's a sunny day now, how do you want to wear a robe?"

"What nonsense? If you want to do it, you will do it! ”

"Slaves obey!"

"The generals will obey!"

"The minister is here."

"When the meal is over, we will start to act, and everyone will work hard!"

"Your Ministers obey!"

Seeing that a battle was about to begin, all the generals were enthusiastic and high-spirited. Wait a while, dinner is ready, Liu Xie and the soldiers will have dinner together, and at this time, the will of heaven will be dark.

During the meal, Yan'er and Yanyun sat together, and Yanyun whispered: "I can't see it, Your Majesty the Emperor, you are not very old, but you are doing things vigorously." ”

"You don't want to think about it, Your Majesty, he has been driving a personal expedition since he was nine years old, leading 6,000 weak soldiers to pursue Li Guoxi's Liang army, and he has a great victory, he is sixteen years old, and now he is 150,000 elites against the enemy, this is better than back then, and the conditions are not known."

"There is hope for the revitalization of my Han family."

"Wait and see, Your Majesty's ambition is not just to unify the world with knowledge."

Yanyun exclaimed: "It's not enough to unify the world? That's already the biggest ambition. ”

Yan Er smiled and said: "Kyushu in the world, do you know what is outside Kyushu?" ”

Yanyun opened his mouth in surprise, Yan'er nodded with a smile, and made a shushing gesture, saying, "Your Majesty didn't say it, I just guessed." ”

The smoke clouds already understood.

Yan Er looked back at Liu Xie, and saw that Liu Xie was holding a bowl, looking in the direction of Wancheng, eating thoughtfully. Then he turned to Yanyun and said, "All the way to the march, I didn't almost talk to Your Majesty. ”

"Speaking of what?" Yanyun asked.

"It's just about you and Your Majesty."

Yanyun remembered that when she set out for the expedition in the morning, Yan'er had mentioned to her that she wanted to introduce her to His Majesty as a concubine, and Yanyun said shyly: "Sister made fun of her." ”

Yan Er smiled and said: "Don't worry, I promised you, and I will tell Your Majesty when I have time." ”

After eating, I waited for another half an hour, and suddenly, the sky thundered and lightning, and I saw that a heavy rain was coming. Only then did the generals understand what Liu Xie meant, why did he wear a robe.

The army was ready to stop, and Liu Xie ordered that as long as it was a moment, march immediately!

Suddenly, heavy rain poured down. Liu Xie ordered to immediately pass through the valley in front of him, march in the direction of Wancheng, and when interspersed, let the archers on both sides, the crossbow cavalry, the archery infantry, and the baggage troops advance slowly in the middle.

The archers swept on both sides, constantly firing arrows into the hills.

The rain was falling incessantly, and occasionally I could hear someone calling from the mountain.

Due to the wide valley, shooting arrows from both sides is not effective and cannot cause large areas of damage, and it is even more difficult to have a damage effect in the dark and rainy days.

The Han army was different, their purpose was only to intersperse the past, so they just blindly shot arrows to the mountains to protect the army to pass smoothly.

There were indeed ambushes on the mountains on both sides, and they prepared firearms and arrows, and when the Han army came, they shot them with rockets, ignited the artemisia grass in the valley, and attacked the Han army with fire.

Who would have expected that the Han army would not come for a long time, and when they really came, it rained heavily, the firearms were damp and unusable, and there was no rain gear, and the ambush soldiers showered, which was extremely embarrassing.

The Han army swaggered so well under the ambush of Cao's army and passed smoothly.

Zhao Yun said: "What a big smell of fire oil." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "I guessed that they would pour fire oil here, and wanted fire to burn us, I really thought too much about them." ”

(End of chapter)