When Yuan Xi came to the general's platform, he looked at the soldiers below who were not well disciplined, and said loudly: "Soldiers, I am the commander of the Western Front personally appointed by the general, do you have the confidence to win this battle?" Yes, the soldiers shouted in unison. Yuan Xi was still not satisfied, and said loudly: "Don't the soldiers in Bingzhou have any strength?" Yes, yes, yes, three earth-shattering shouts, Yuan Xi nodded with satisfaction, and began his very infectious pre-war speech.

Soldiers, we sent troops this time to crusade against the traitor Cao Cao, not the common people of Luoyang. Since I am the commander, I will naturally lead you to victory, but there is a premise, you must obey my orders, whether it is you or under my command, so I will now make three chapters of the law with you in advance.

First: Hearing the drums of offensive warfare, we must move forward; Hearing the order to collect the troops, they must retreat; No matter what the Lord commands, there must be no complaints, but unconditional obedience; Violators will be dealt with by military law

Second: Do not use gossip to confuse the public, fabricate things about ghosts and gods, and bewitch your companions; Do not sow discord, distort facts, cause discord with others, or even fight, and violators of military law will be dealt with.

Third: Do not steal property and take it for yourself; It is not allowed to take merit from others or falsely admit merit; You shall not oppress the people, or plunder the people's goods; Women shall not be bullied, and offenders will be dealt with by military law.

Yuan Xi announced the above three decrees, especially emphasizing that the last one is the most serious, and those who oppress the people and bully women will not be pardoned. Seeing Yuan Xi's majestic demeanor, all the soldiers below naturally did not dare to slack off, and shouted in unison to obey the order. For the army that has always been loosely disciplined, the lesson of not paying blood cannot be repented of, and it will only be understood through experience. Yuan Xi said earnestly: "I hope that all the soldiers will listen to my words, otherwise they will pay the price of death!" In order to emphasize the great price, Yuan Xi's last few words were said one by one through gritted teeth, and suddenly all the soldiers were nervous in their hearts, and there was no longer the previous whispering.

Yuan Xi looked at the silent soldiers, nodded with satisfaction, and continued to speak: "General Ben is very satisfied with your performance, but not only at this moment, but in the future, we must remember that as long as it is my soldiers, we must abide by it!" The general below reacted quickly and took the lead in shouting: "Follow the general's orders." Immediately afterwards, the rest of the sergeants also shouted in unison, obeying the general's orders. Yuan Xi particularly admired this clever general, pointed at him and said, "This soldier is doing well, I don't know who his surname is, where does he live now?" ”

Guo Huai stepped forward after hearing the order and said: "The last general, Guo Huai, temporarily resides as a military captain." Guo Huai, this is an important general in the late Three Kingdoms, but in order to determine whether it is the same name, Yuan Xi asked: "Captain Guo is the cousin Boji?" Guo Huai was surprised, how did this Yuan Gongzi know about himself, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It is down here that General Yuan can remember the villain, which is really a blessing for three lives." This time the barracks really came in vain, picked up the treasure, hurriedly stepped forward to help him up in public, and praised: "Captain Guo is modest, you have outstanding ability, I have also heard about it, and I am relieved that you will be the captain of the supervising army, and I believe that you can restrain the military discipline of the soldiers and soldiers." Guo Huai thanked Yuan Xi for his trust, and was praised by the coach, so he was naturally full of confidence.

At the end of the parade, Yuan Xi convened the generals to discuss when to set off and how to use the troops. Xu Shu took the battle map and analyzed: "From Shangdang County, you can take Hedong County or Hanoi County, of which Hedong is far away and the road is difficult, but I believe that Hedong County will have a lot fewer guards than Hanoi County, and it is very easy to be cut off by Cao Jun." Landing at the Mengjin ferry in Hanoi is the closest route to Luoyang, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army has no naval army, so it is difficult to succeed. There is also a way to detour to Chaoge, cross Wenxian County, Hanoi, all the way to Pingchuan, and you can directly come to Luoyang City. Xu Shu's introduction was very detailed, and Yuan Xi also decided to go to Chaoge to move forward, first go to Wen County to tie Sima Yi over, needless to say, what he hesitates now is whether to send a partial division across the Hedong to attack Hangu Pass to prevent Ma Teng's support, without Ma Teng's support, Luoyang should be in his bag. Yuan Xi asked: "Yuan Zhi's analysis is very good, now that the relationship between the Western Liang Army is uncertain, should an army be sent from Hedong to attack Hangu Pass?" ”

Everyone listened to Yuan Xi's opinion, and it made sense, but there were only 50,000 troops on their side, and the senior cadre stepped forward and said: "Hangu Pass is a famous and dangerous place in the world, I'm afraid it's not so easy to break, there are more soldiers and horses, and there are few soldiers here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed." When he was in a dilemma, Zhang Yan proposed: "It's better to take advantage of the fact that the Cao army is not prepared now, I will first send my subordinates to infiltrate Hangu Pass to inquire about the news, thinking that it should be internal, and when the two armies face each other in Luoyang, I will secretly attack Hangu Pass." Xu Shu nodded and added: "Now is not the best time to divide the troops, only by scaring the enemy army and shrinking in Luoyang City, can our army be taken by surprise." It was too early for the Xiliang army to feel threatened, and it was determined to attack our army, so it was easy to deal with it by exploring the road first. ”

Yuan Xi also nodded when he heard Xu Shu and Zhang Yan's thoughts, it seemed that he was still too sensitive to Ma Chao, and what he wanted was to take advantage of the danger to block the Xiliang cavalry. Why don't you defeat him directly, the archers under the command of Zhao Yun don't have to be afraid of Ma Chao at all, thinking about this, Yuan Xi ordered: "Zhang Yan listens to the order and selects a small number of field army soldiers to infiltrate Hangu Pass to inquire about the news." Zhao Yun listened to the order and led the vanguard troops to station Chaoge, and I then led the army to arrive. "The war is finally about to start, and the soldiers are also excited to receive the order.