When Ma Han quickly reported this urgent information to Jin Jue, Jin Jue's face immediately sank after hearing it, and he ordered: "If the order goes down, the whole army will stop in place immediately." Zhang Long, next, you will be the vanguard of our army. Zhao Hu, you are responsible for defending the right flank of our army. ”

After giving the order, Jin Jue stared at the face of Ma Han, who had been kneeling in front of him just now, and was silent for ten seconds, before he said: "I won't say anything superfluous, after this battle, you go to the military judge yourself and get 10 military sticks." Now thou shalt lead thy men and dig out several trenches one mile before the great army, three miles long, six feet wide, and three feet deep. Before the enemy arrives, each additional trench dug will reduce the penalty of one bate.

Go ahead! ”

"Thank you for not killing!" After listening to Jin Jue's words, Ma Han breathed a heavy sigh of relief, kowtowed three heads fiercely, and after speaking, he immediately turned around and led the troops to carry out the mission.

Why did Jin Jue punish him so heavily, not only relieved him of his position as the general of Mahan's forward army, but also enforced military law.

The reason is very simple, Jin Jue had already explained in advance that when he marched, he must do a good job of reconnaissance.

And the generals and troops in charge of the reconnaissance mission of the former army were none other than Mahan himself and his recruited Shu soldiers.

There are more than 10,000 people and horses, and they are stationed outside Xindu County, even if they send a group of pigs to investigate, they can also detect something wrong. But a not-so-famous general in Liu Zhang's army played a big change for Jin Jue. He was able to hide from Ma Han and bring 10,000 Shu soldiers to a place five miles away from the army before he was discovered.

No matter what caused such a result, in Jin Jue's view, this is a very serious dereliction of duty.

This means that Ling Bao led the Shu soldiers, so that Jin Jue had time to arrange defenses.

If the enemy army is replaced by cavalry from the north, barbarian mountain soldiers, or infantry trained by Jin Jue himself, the distance of five miles is enough to crush Jin Jue's new army that has been temporarily recruited and formed.

After listening to the order, the generals all left, and at this time, Lu Bu asked curiously: "Boy, is it so serious?" I think among these generals, that Mahan is the strongest. What's more, they are all Shu soldiers, you have tens of thousands of people here, and the other party only has 10,000 people, with your ability, will you be afraid of that bag? ”

"Hehehe!" Jin Jue smiled, and then replied with a serious face: "Wenhou, as for Mahan's ability to lead troops, it is indeed the best in the army at present. However, such an omission was enough to inflict heavy losses on our army, or even to its annihilation. See for yourself, there are indeed tens of thousands of people here, but these are all newly recruited Shu people, and they have no combat effectiveness at all. And the 10,000 people in Lingbao, even if they are also Shu people, they are also soldiers who have been trained for a long time.

If we had fought them in the wilderness, even if we had won in the end, our army would have suffered very heavy casualties. In that case, the boy is willing to stop his march and fight them here. The little time wasted was used as my army to train the troops. The longer it takes, the more beneficial it will be to our army. The kid never hits

A battle of insecurity. ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu nodded, and didn't say anything more. But he secretly sighed in his heart: This son is really born to fight!

In the past, Lu Bu heard from various sources that Jin Jue fought every battle, except for the battle to defend against Zhang Lu's army to attack Luoyang County, and finally won unsurprisingly.

However, Lu Bu didn't expect that now, when the army led by Jin Jue is superior in overall strength on the surface, he can still behave so calmly, which really surprised Lu Bu.

This calmness, the battle-hardened Lu Bu himself can't do it, and among the opponents he has experienced, only Cao Cao has the same characteristics.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu turned his head and made a color at Cheng Lian, and when Jin Jue was not paying attention, he turned his horse's head and ran out of the camp from behind the camp. After all, Cheng Lian used to be a close general by Lu Bu's side, so he immediately understood, and followed Lu Bu on a war horse and quietly left the camp.

An hour later, with the efforts of Mahan's whole army, Jin Jue's army dug a full three trenches in front of the army, which was still when he was in Luo County, Jin Jue asked the craftsmen in the city to prepare a lot of sapper shovels specially used to dig trenches for their side in advance. After all, these newly recruited Shu soldiers were just ordinary farmers before, not tomb robbers or miners, and had not undergone corresponding training.

To be able to dig these trenches in an hour is already their own efficiency.

At the same time, Jin Jue himself could already see the army marching here not far away.

The Shu soldiers are here!

Jin Jue immediately ordered: "Mahan, take your men to the left flank to defend, a little farther away from the Chinese army." ”

The reason why Jin Jue has always ignored the left flank of the army is because he knows that if all the Shu soldiers besieging Xindu County leave Xindu County and instead target his own support army, the Shu soldiers on the left flank, that is, the Shu soldiers who besieged the city at the east gate of Xindu County before, will be the weakest. And the Chinese army is the strongest, Jin Jue already knows that the reinforcements of Liu Zhang's army to attack Xindu County are the most elite Dongzhou soldiers in Yizhou.

After giving the order, Jin Jue subconsciously glanced at his side, and found that Lu Bu and Cheng Lian were gone, and he hurriedly asked, "Brother Bao, what about Wen Hou and Cheng Lian?" ”

"Rode out of the camp." Bao Chu replied truthfully.

Jin Jue covered his face when he heard this, no need to ask, these two peerless fierce generals would definitely not dare to stay where they were and participate in the battle, and they would definitely find a way to directly attack the Shu army in front of them from other places.

As for why Bao Chu didn't tell himself, it's also very simple,

First of all, Bao Chu's task has always been to protect himself, and he will not care about other things at all.

Secondly, even if Bao Chu told Jin Jue about Lu Bu and Cheng Lian's actions, Jin Jue knew that he might not be able to persuade Wen Hou.

As for Cheng Lian, this fierce general who has always liked to bully others with his superior force in Jin Jue's army, when he came to Lu Bu, he was like a chicken facing an eagle, and he didn't dare to stick his wings at all.

In the end, Bao Chu didn't think that the two of them could do anything when they left the camp.

Lu Bu and Cheng Lian are veterans of the battlefield, and they have never seen any strong winds and waves, so they naturally will not be planted in such a small battle.

As a result, Bao Chu and Jin Jue guessed wrong at the last point.

Soon after the start of the war, Lü Bu and Cheng Lian quickly changed the situation of Jin Jue's army and quickly ended the battle of Xindu County with the ability of only the two of them.

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