According to Gao Shun's reconnaissance, the north bank has now gathered 48,000 troops, the main general is the famous general Zhang Ji of Xiliang, in order to prevent Liu Zhang from crossing the Weishui and threatening the Guanzhong Plain, Dong Zhuo transferred 200 trebuchets and 500 bed crossbows to Zhang Ji to strengthen the river defense. Zhang Jinai is a general in the army, experienced, he ordered people to dig a wide, one zhang of the ditch along the north bank of Weishui, because the trench is on the bank of the river, the trench dug soon after the half of the ditch river water, after the trench and build a large number of guard towers, a large number of archers are arranged on it, once Liu Zhang's army is blocked by the trench, it will be suppressed by the fire of the archers on the guard tower. However, because the construction time is still short, both the trench and the guard tower are still just beginning to take shape.

"It seems that this Zhang Ji is not in vain, it is not difficult to break through the Weishui defense line, but my army is afraid that it will pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties!" Liu Zhang sighed.

Gao Shun said: "According to the current situation, this is true, but the last general thinks that even if he knows that attacking our army will cost a lot, he can't wait any longer, and every day we waste, the defense line on the north bank will be strengthened, and the casualties that our army will need to pay in the offensive in the future will be even heavier." And once the main forces of Li Dao and Guo Yan return, our army's strength advantage will be lost, but on the other hand, the enemy has Weishui natural danger to rely on, and our army may be in danger of working hard but not succeeding in the northern generation this time! ”

Gong Du, the commander of the Fourth Division, was one of the first people to follow Liu Zhang, and his seniority was older than Gao Shun, seeing that Gao Shun had the momentum of a long-term enemy and the majesty of weakness, he immediately patted the case and said: "Why is General Gao so pessimistic, my Yizhou Army's combat strength is strong in the world, and the Xiliang Army is just a person who sells his head, as long as the lord gives an order, Gong Du is willing to lead all the brothers of the fourth division as pawns and break through the Weishui defense line in one fell swoop......"

Gao Shun was not angry, and said: "Shun is just according to the truth, although the military discipline of the Xiliang Army is sloppy, but most of the soldiers in the army have been in the army for several years, and they have experienced a hundred battles in the Battle of the Yellow Turban and the Battle of Kwantung, and the soldiers have rich combat experience, and these soldiers are stained with the blood of our innocent people, and after massacring a large number of our Han people, these soldiers have reached the level of indifference to death......"

The raid unceremoniously interrupted Gao Shun's words: "Nonsense, I only know that the army that slaughters the unarmed people, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, is extremely limited, and there is no real sword and real gun, and when you go to the battlefield, you will understand that fighting and slaughtering are completely two conceptual things!" ”

Liu Zhang scolded at the raider: "Bastard, who gave you the right to confront your boss?" ”

Seeing that Liu Zhang was angry, he didn't dare to argue, so he bowed his head and bowed: "The lord forgives ...... sins."

"If there is no commander, what should I do according to military law?" Liu Zhang ignored the attack and said.

Xun You bowed down and said: "Back to the lord, according to the law, he will be beaten with forty sticks, and depending on the severity of the situation, he will be transferred to the room to help the cook for a certain period of time!" If there is a repeat offense, he will be demoted, removed from service, and punished with hard labor! ”

The cane blame is almost universal to all armies, and the transfer to the gang kitchen is deliberately set up by Liu Zhang, the dream of a hot-blooded soldier is to fight on the battlefield, if he is punished to help the chef in the gang room, missing the war will make a soldier hold it for life, and once this kind of thing spreads in the army, it will be difficult for the punished person to raise his head and be a man.

Sure enough, when Gong Du heard that he was going to be punished to help the cook, he was immediately shocked, knelt on the ground, and pleaded with a sad face: "The lord spares his life...... The last general knows that he is wrong, please open the main public network, the last general would rather take forty more sticks, just ask the lord not to let the last general go to the room......"

"Military law is ruthless, how can it be changed!" Liu Zhang said coldly: "Come on, pull down the attack......

Gao Shun hurriedly said: "My lord, now that the big war is imminent, it is the time to employ people, General Gong leads a division of heavy troops, if he is severely punished at this time, he will not be able to continue to command the battle, and at this time, the heavy punishment of the general will inevitably affect the morale of the fourth division, please for the sake of Dong Daye, temporarily spare the general once!" ”

Man Chong had lived with Xi and others in Shishou Mountain for more than half a year, and had a deep friendship, so he also persuaded at this time: "My lord, what General Gao said is reasonable, if you punish the general at this time, you will undoubtedly cut off your own arm, it is better to remember this punishment first, allow him to make meritorious service on behalf of the crime, and wait for the success of the Northern Expedition, and then punish it is not too late!" ”

Everyone also begged for mercy for the attack, Liu Zhang looked relieved, agreed to everyone's request, and said: "Raid the capital, remember this fight first, now I will remove you from the position of commander of the fourth division, but there is no one available for Gu now, and the commander of the fourth division will be temporarily replaced, and he will be appointed after Gu finds a suitable candidate." If you make any trouble with the Northern Expedition this time, you will stay in the room for the rest of your life! ”

Raid Du hurriedly kowtowed, and said: "Thank you for the extrajudicial kindness of the lord, please rest assured, if the last general violates military discipline again, or cowers and sits back and watches the fighter, there is no need for the lord to punish him, and the last general will come to see him!" ”

"Okay, get up, remember one thing, comrades-in-arms are brothers who are closer than brothers, your back is all covered by your comrades-in-arms, you must be sincerely united, friendly and mutually helpful!"

"Yes, the last general will remember the teachings of the Lord!" Raid the capital to worship, and then came to Gao Shun's side, in front of everyone to the end, said: "The last general just didn't know the severity of the incident, and collided with General Gao, please punish General Gao!" ”

Gao Shun helped up the raid capital and said with a smile: "You and I are ministers in the same palace, since we should be as the lord said, sincere unity, friendship and mutual assistance, you and I were just discussing the military situation just now, and it is normal to have different opinions." ”

Liu Zhang said to the raid capital: "Raid the capital, I ask you, a soldier who has never even killed a chicken, no matter how good the training is, does he still have the courage to kill the enemy on the battlefield?" ”

Xidu stammered: "This ...... This one...... There should be, when General Tiangong rose up, those homeless people did not flinch when they killed people......"

"Were those homeless people murderous people in the first place?"

"It's not, when they first joined, they were just spectators, and after seeing too many killings, they became murderers one by one......"

"That's right, the Xiliang Army oppressed innocent people, and the people who died tragically in their hands numbered hundreds of thousands, these soldiers who are used to seeing life and death are far more courageous than soldiers who have never even slaughtered chickens, unfortunately, there are many few people in our army who belong to the latter, so we must not despise the Xiliang Army!"

"The last general understands, thank you for the teachings of the lord!" Raid the capital and worship the Tao.

Liu Zhang looked at everyone and said: "Although the Weishui defense line is tight, it is not unbreakable. ”

Gao Shun said: "May I ask what the lord will do to break it?" ”

Liu Zhang said: "Lone wants to make the Weishui defense line self-defeating!" ”

"Self-defeating?" Gao Shundao.

"Yes, it's self-defeating, Fengxiao, you come to tell everyone about the strategy of our army! Let everyone see if it is appropriate, and if not, make changes. ”

"Yes!" Guo Qin gave a salute, came to the map, and said: "Everyone, this time in the Northern Dynasty, the lord's strategy is to attack the east and the west, and the truth is uncertain!" Our army openly repaired Fu Luo Road, and put on the appearance of secretly crossing Chencang, attracting the enemy army to the Chencang Road crossing. Our army took advantage of this opportunity to break through the Luoyu Pass in one fell swoop. Dong Zhuo saw that our army had broken through the Luoyu Pass, and he would inevitably mobilize heavy troops to strengthen the Weishui defense line to prevent our army from setting foot in the Guanzhong Plain and shaking its foundation. Therefore, our army will do what it likes, arrange heavy troops on the south bank of Weishui, put on a posture of crossing the river and attacking, and attract all the enemy's main forces, and then, the commander of the Wei army will personally lead the army to surprisingly cross the Chencang Road, and attack the empty Sanguan, once the Sanguan is broken, that is, the eastward martial arts, and our army north and south to attack the enemy's Weishui defense line troops! ”

After listening to Liu Zhang's deployment, everyone applauded.

Gao Shun said: "It's a good voice, the truth is uncertain, so the truth is so false, Dong Zhuo is afraid that he won't expect the true purpose of our army if he wants to break his head!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "Dong Zhuo is nothing, it's just that Li Ru is thoughtful, and it is still unknown whether he can hide from him, and although Zhang Ji is not afraid, there is a person under his command, who is like a god and full of tricks, but it is difficult to deceive him!" ”

"I don't know who makes the lord so jealous?" Xun You asked.

"This person's surname is Jia Mingxu, the character is harmonious, and he is Wuwei Gu Zangren's clan!"

"Jia Xu?" Xun You pondered for a long time and said, "You don't seem to have heard of this person's name!" ”

"This Jia Wenhe is low-key, usually inconspicuous, it's not strange that Wenda hasn't heard his name, but what I want to say is that you must not despise this person, otherwise you will pay a heavy price!"

Hearing Liu Zhang's words so solemn, everyone secretly recited the name several times and kept him in mind.

After that, Liu Zhang camped for hundreds of miles on the south bank of Weishui, set up a false flag, and at the same time sent a large number of soldiers to cut down trees and bamboos to make boats and rafts, posing as if he was about to storm Weishui.

Zhang Ji secretly calculated Liu Zhangjun's camp tent and came to the conclusion that there were 200,000 Liu Zhangjun's troops on the south bank. Basically, the numbers of Liu Zhang's troops participating in the Northern Expedition appeared on the south bank (in order to confuse the enemy, Liu Zhang ordered people to make the battle flags of the 7th, 9th, and 12th Divisions of the Infantry, and transferred some troops from the first division and other departments to dress up the seventh division and other divisions), and saw that Liu Zhangjun looked like he wanted to make a big move, he couldn't help but be anxious and afraid, and hurriedly reported to Dong Zhuo.

Liu Zhang placed the army on the bank of the Weishui River and practiced the method of forced crossing every day, and the scene was huge and murderous. During each exercise, Liu Zhang also asked the soldiers to chant slogans such as beating Weishui and capturing Dong Zhuo alive, so straightforward, it can be said that the naked threat passed through Weishui and entered the ears of every defender on the north bank. Zhang Ji didn't dare to hide it, and reported these facts to Dong Zhuo.