In Zhongmu County, Liu Bei couldn't stop Cao Cao and Bao Xin, and the two insisted on sending troops.

At this time, the disadvantages of the coalition army were revealed, originally Liu Bei was the former army commander, and Bao Xin and Cao Cao were his subordinates. But these two goods did not have the consciousness of their subordinates at all, and they did not listen to Liu Bei's orders at all.

Liu Bei sighed secretly: Although Cao Cao's military talent was blown up to the sky by some people later, it seems that Cao Cao's military ability is still in the stage of talking on paper at all, and I am afraid that the consequences of this battle will be worrying.

According to historical records, the Battle of Bianshui was carried out and commanded by Cao Cao alone, and no one else had anything to do, at most, Zhang Miao sent Wei Zi to divide his troops with him.

At that time, the Kwantung coalition army was afraid of Dong Zhuo and did not dare to enter the army, and the princes just held a wine meeting every day. Only Cao Cao attacked alone with a small number of troops, although he was outnumbered by the enemy, and finally lost the enemy, but he fought with all his strength, so that Xu Rong said that the sour jujube was not easy to attack, and finally retreated.

Now it seems that all the princes have sent troops. It was probably the princes from all walks of life who believed in Cao Cao's statement that "the world will be decided in a war", so they all sent soldiers and horses to follow the troops.

Cao Cao believes that "the world will be decided in one battle", indicating that Cao Cao wants to have a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo, and he will finish his work in one battle. As a result, the world did not decide in the first battle, but was defeated by a partial division led by Xu Rong, a general who did not count Dong Zhuo's lineage.

As for the reasons for the princes' defeat, Zheng Tai had already made it clear when he fooled Dong Zhuo in front, and defeating it was Zheng Tai's version of ten wins and ten defeats.

The defeat in this battle was not a small blow to the morale of the Kwantung princes. That's why Dong Zhuo said, "The Kwantung Army has been defeated several times, and they are all afraid of loneliness and incompetent." ”

Dong Zhuo moved west, and the world shook, this is indeed a very good fighter.

In Cao Cao's words, "Xiang made Dong Zhuo Wen Shandong troops, relying on the weight of the royal family, according to the danger of two weeks, to the east to face the world; Although they do not do the way, they are still enough. Now the palace is burned, the Son of Heaven is robbed, the sea is shaken, and I don't know where to go, and this day is also when I die. The world is determined by a war, and it cannot be lost. ”

However, the armies of the Kwantung princes were all hastily assembled, not to mention the lack of training and equipment, and they did not belong to each other, so they simply did not have the strength to seize the fighters, and naturally they could not "settle the world in one battle".

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles, but Cao Cao neither knew himself nor the other, at most it could be said that he was talking on paper, and he sent troops with a posture of taking it for granted, and it was natural that he lost the battle.

However, in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, the responsibility for Cao Cao's defeat was put on the Kwantung princes who had all sent troops, saying that they did not send troops and did not want to forge ahead.

Sure enough, history is written by the victors, and Cao Cao is the victor, so he can write history, and history says good things about Cao Cao.

From this point of view, I, Liu Bei, also have to become the winner, so that I can write history, and then let history say good things about myself.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei suddenly found that his way of thinking was very problematic. The current Cao Cao is of course an ally in the crusade against Dong Zhuo with himself, but in the future, Cao Cao will be an opponent who competes with himself for the world. Why do you think so much about him?

Like Midi, he cheated his opponent and his teammates, is this the attitude towards the league's qualifications?

And Liu Bei has already dissuaded Cao Cao several times, even if Cao Cao and Bao Xin's troops are defeated, it is impossible to blame Liu Bei, and he has to think that it was because he didn't listen to Liu Bei, which led to the defeat.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei decided not to stop Cao Cao and Bao Xin from sending them to death. However, Liu Bei knew that if the two of them were defeated, they would be alone and would not be able to last long, so he had to put away his thoughts and secretly think about how to make them lose both sides of the battle with Dong Zhuojun.

Cao Cao and the others killed Dong Zhuo one more soldier, and Liu Bei was under less pressure.

Dong Zhuo killed Cao Cao with one more soldier, and Liu Bei would have one less opponent in the future.

If Dong Fatzi can hide Cao A, it will be a good thing for Xi Da Puben, Liu Bei can wake up laughing from his dreams, and he will definitely give Dong Zhuo a big medal, at least a ton in weight.

In the county office, Liu Bei said to the two: "Brother Meng De, military law is ruthless, I am the vanguard of the coalition army, the commander of the three armies, if you insist on sending troops, you should listen to my military orders." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he solemnly bowed his hand and said, "Cao Cao listens to the order." ”

Liu Bei was a little embarrassed when he said this, pointing to the map, Liu Bei said: "This is Xingyang, and there is water called Bianshui." If I were Dong Zhuo, I would ambush a group of soldiers and horses here, and when you crossed the river, I would attack you halfway through. ”

Cao Cao and Bao Xin both nodded yes, and they attacked halfway, which was indeed unguarded.

Liu Bei said: "If Dong Zhuo didn't send someone to attack half-crossing, then he must have other plans, I guess he will most likely ambush in front, and after defeating our army, he will use Bianshui as a basis to intercept the back road of our army, and then you can completely annihilate our army." If you are able to cross the river safely, you must fight steadily and steadily, step by step, and do not give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it. Then immediately send someone to report to me, and I will send troops to meet you and others. Will you two agree? ”

This is actually a trap, if Cao Cao crosses the river and encounters Dong Zhuo's men and horses, but fights steadily, guards according to the danger, and waits for Liu Bei to come up to support, instead of fleeing immediately after losing the battle, then as long as Liu Bei delays casually, I am afraid that Cao Cao will have to die heroically. However, this is not a bad thing for Cao Cao, if Cao Cao dies in battle, then Cao Cao is not a villain, but a loyal minister.

After Bao Xin heard this, he was impressed and said: "I have heard that the prince is good at using soldiers, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation. In the so-called strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. That's not the case. ”

Liu Bei smiled, and in the midst of strategizing, he won a decisive victory thousands of miles away. In fact, it is about strategy, which is not the most difficult, the most difficult thing is to have a team with sufficient execution ability to realize the strategic vision. No matter how clever the strategy is, no matter how clever the strategy, there must be an army that can implement it, otherwise, it can only be just talk on paper.

The princes are united in one place, and it seems that the army is huge, but in fact, they are not subordinate to each other, and they are fighting separately, so it is no problem to fight a good battle. To fight a tough battle, it is really better to let Liu Bei command the Qingzhou soldiers alone.

Cao Cao also said: "I have heard that the prince is brave in battle, and he will take the lead in every battle." I don't want the prince to be cautious in using troops, and he is consistent. ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "When you are in battle, you naturally have to take the lead, otherwise why would you order your soldiers to use their lives." However, before the war, it is better to be more cautious and detailed. ”

Cao Cao said: "I now know why the prince can win a hundred battles. ”

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao, then at Bao Xin, and said, "This time, I will take Bao Jibei as the main general, and Meng De as the deputy." ”

Bao Xin is a rare military talent among the Kwantung princes, once served as a cavalry captain, he had 20,000 recruits, 700 cavalry, and more than 5,000 baggage, outstanding strength. I didn't want Bao Xin to think that Cao Cao's talent was above him, so he was willing to give up the position of the main general and listen to his command. Bao Xin said: "Mengde's talent is ten times that of me, and I also ask the prince to take Mengde as the main one, and I am willing to be the deputy." ”

So, Liu Bei pushed the boat down the river with Cao Cao as the main general, and Bao Xin as the deputy. The men and horses supported by the princes were taught to the two commanders, with a total of more than 30,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry. Liu Bei only led 25,000 people from his headquarters to respond.

Subsequently, Liu Bei instructed: "Dong Zhuo's command, most of them are the Liang cavalry, and the soldiers of Qianghu, although they are brave and good at fighting, they are good at field battles, and they are clumsy in attacking cities. In my opinion, if you want to break the Dong thief, you should use the method of 'hardening the village and fighting a dumb battle'. ”

Liu Bei did not hesitate to take out the fighting style of shaving his head and teach Cao Cao, Zeng shaved his head and was defeated and defeated repeatedly, and it is said that he committed suicide several times after defeat. And, what's even more amazing is that in the end, he wasn't dead.

Although Cao Cao is indeed a bit on paper now, Cao Cao actually has military talent. Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who has been trained on the battlefield in the future, is still very capable of fighting. Now Liu Bei handed over to Cao Cao a military technique that had been repeatedly defeated and shaved his head, and he didn't know if he would teach Cao Cao badly, and he would become Cao Mengde who had been defeated and fought repeatedly in the future.

"The so-called hard village means that when the army is outside, the barracks must be very strong first. It is better to march slowly, and to be sure to set up the camp first. Whenever the army arrives in a place, no matter how windy or rainy, no matter how tired or bitter, it must first build a strong camp and ensure that it can hold on to the camp. This is called immobility as a mountain. ”

"The so-called dumb war is to use troops without surprise, without risk, but with the right fit, with force to break. We must work steadily and steadily, step by step. Be invincible first, then win. This is called Xu Rulin. ”

In this way, you can ensure that you can fight a little more Dong Zhuo's men and horses, and it can also ensure that you are trapped in the camp, and the possibility of escaping has dropped a lot.

"Harden the village, fight in a dumb battle." Cao Cao said yes on the surface, but he didn't think so in his heart.

Cao Cao was thinking, "The world will be decided in a war." "of. What is this, "stubborn, dumbfounded." It seems that there is not much difference from Liu Bei's earlier proposal to defend the city, it is nothing more than one is to defend the city and the other is to defend the village. If it is based on the wall, then it is better to defend the city. In any case, the city is stronger than the stockade.

After deciding on the strategy, Liu Bei ordered the people to feast on the soldiers. I'm about to go to war, and even if I die in battle, I'm going to be a full ghost.

The next day, Cao Cao set off with a patchwork of Dong coalition troops, along the way, tens of thousands of soldiers followed, Cao Cao was full of ambition, and waited until he came to Bianshui.

Cao Cao looked at the other side from afar, did not see a single soldier, at this time it was late, Cao Cao ordered: "Set up camp and cross the river early tomorrow morning." ”

When the day dawned, Cao Cao ordered the whole army to cross the river in turn, Cao Cao was supposed to be the first to cross the river, Bao Xin persuaded: "Jun is the commander of the army, you can't move lightly, for the sake of safety, it is better for me to cross the river first." ”

So Cao Cao first sent scouts to cross the river to find out if there were any thieves in ambush within 50 miles on the opposite bank. Seeing that no one came, he sent Bao Xin to lead his headquarters to cross the river first, and Cao Cao led the army across the river.

During this period, the scouts reported that no trace of the enemy was found. Cao Cao's heart was relieved.

Seeing Bao Xin, Cao Cao said to Bao Xin: "I think Liu Xuande is too cautious, courting Dong is the trend of the times and the desire of the people, why be so careful." Let's see us wait for the recovery of Luoyang, and return the world to a bright and prosperous world. ”

When Bao Xin heard this, he also laughed.

However, he still said: "Send someone to send a letter to Liu Qingzhou, saying that our army has crossed the Bianshui and has not encountered the enemy." ”

Someone went to deliver the letter.

Cao Cao ordered people to rest a little, and then led the army to the west, not out of ten miles, the reconnaissance cavalry came to report, Dong thief army rushed to this side, all the people who came were cavalry, and the banner was the thief general Xu Rong, it is estimated that it will arrive in half an hour.