Zhu Ran is going to go out with Wu Hou today.

He is a general, and he has his own attendants to deliver the food to his hands, so as to avoid the pain of squeezing around. In a hurry, he thought about going to Lu Xun to say goodbye.

In the past few days, Lu Xun has repeatedly admonished him, but Wu Hou disliked; Last night, Liu Bei arbitrarily set the place of the decisive battle in his letter.

Lu Xun once again pointed out that this was a conspiracy of the Shu army, and advised Wu Hou to choose another time and place for the decisive battle.

Sun Quan had suffered from gains and losses before, and he was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Bei was willing to fight, but he still had some reason and sent people to explore the terrain of the decisive battle overnight.

The terrain of the decisive battle is flat, with the Yangtze River in the north and the mountains and dense forests in the south, which is slightly narrow, but it is barely enough for an army of 100,000 to set up a battle.

Sun Quan was worried that the Shu army would ambush troops in the dense forest, but the horses and clouds and the steep mountains were not a place for ambushes.

Sun Quan was still not at ease, so he sent scouts to search the mountains and forests located on the south side of the decisive battle overnight, and after making sure that there was no movement within a radius of ten miles, he finally made up his mind.

Probably human nature is like this - if Liu Bei immediately agreed to a decisive battle at that time, according to Sun Quan's suspicious character, he might still weigh it carefully; But Liu Bei wanted to refuse and welcome, which made him feel lost and regained.

Sun Quan's heart fluctuated, and he couldn't listen to any advice.

Lu Xun's intuition was inappropriate, and he still needed to be persuaded again, but this time he finally completely angered Sun Quan.

Sun Quan actually scolded him in front of the generals for "fearing the enemy like a tiger", "growing the ambition of others, and destroying his own prestige", and also ordered him to lead more than 10,000 men and horses in his headquarters to guard the camp.

Lu Xun's qualifications are still shallow, Gan Ning, Han Dang and other old ministers do not sell him much face, and few generals are willing to persuade Sun Quan in anger for him.

As a result, the new generation of governors missed this decisive battle between Wu and Shu.

Zhu Ran and Lu Xun have always been good friends, and they knew that he must be full of grievances at this time, so they wanted to go to him to say goodbye before leaving, and say a few words of comfort by the way.

When he walked to Lu Xun's tent, he was told that the governor was in front of the camp to dispose of the fortifications.

rushed to the camp gate, and saw that Lu Xun was commanding more than 100 soldiers to move the rejected horses and fill the trenches.

Zhu Ran saluted and said strangely: "Bo Yan, what are you doing here?" ”

Lu Xun saw that one of the few friends in the army had arrived, and after returning the salute, he said: "In today's decisive battle, if our army wins, these rejection horses and trenches will be useless." ”

Today's decisive battle will be won, this is the consensus of the Wu army, and Zhu Ran is also convinced. But he always felt that something was wrong, and asked:

"Can't even believe me? Please tell us the truth. ”

Lu Xun looked around, sighed, and said truthfully:

"To tell you the truth, everything will be fine if our army wins...... It's just that if we don't think about victory in everything, we should think about defeat first, in case our army is defeated, these roadblocks will not only block the Shu army, but also inevitably prevent our army from retreating into ......"

Zhu Ran was shocked: "Could it be that Bo Yan is not optimistic about this battle? ”

Lu Xun shook his head, patted Zhu Ran's shoulder, and diverted the topic:

"Yifeng (Zhu Ranzi) You have seen the cavalry of the Shu Kingdom, if they rush into battle, you must protect the lord's safety."

Zhu Ran did not doubt him, and hugged his fists:

"Although Liu Bei has cavalry, didn't the lord also lead three thousand tiger guards to participate in the battle this time? 60,000 to 30,000, it's impossible to lose. ”

After a pause, he said: "It's just that since it is Boyan's instructions, I should keep it in mind." ”

Lu Xun bowed his head slowly, and said with a forced smile: "I hope this time is just a worry." ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a burst of shouting and scolding coming from the direction of the camp room.

Lu Xun and Zhu Ran frowned, and they could see the nervousness in each other's eyes.

Most of the barracks are a place of slaughter, and the camp rules are strict, not to mention shouting loudly, even wandering around has nothing to do with life.

The big war is imminent, who dares to make a noise without incident? Didn't there be a camp roar?

Lu Xun was in a hurry, and quickly summoned his own soldiers to rush to the scene to mediate the pressure.

With his strong intervention, the commotion immediately subsided, and he investigated carefully, and soon found out the reason.

The reason is today's decisive battle, Wu Hou in order to boost morale, people cooked a large amount of meat and rice grain, the entire Wu military camp exuded a rich smell of meat.

There were two arrogant soldiers who fought for a good bite of food.

The two perpetrators, one belongs to Han Dang, and the other belongs to Xian Yu Dan, who are not subordinate to each other, are not convinced by each other, and no one comes out to mediate in time.

Even the soldiers on the side didn't think it was a big deal, and they shouted to help the war.

As a result, this brawl escalated from a single heads-up to a scuffle between the two parts.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Ran, who came with him, could only cry out in vain.

In order to protect their privileges, Soochow has always implemented a hereditary military system, referred to as the hereditary military system.

This time, when Wu Hou came to the east, the generals summoned along the way were not subordinate to each other, so the generals and soldiers did not know each other, and there was a lack of love and order between them.

As a battalion general, Lu Xun has always paid attention to maintaining order, ignoring the pleas of Han Dang and Xian Yudan, who came after hearing the news, and insisted on severely punishing the perpetrators.

Han Dang and Xian Yudan saw that they couldn't persuade him, so they deceived him for his shallow qualifications, and sent the lawsuit to Sun Quan's account and asked him to uphold justice.

After Sun Quan figured out what was going on, he laughed and said:

"The soldiers are still able to fight for a bite to eat, and today's decisive battle will be able to fight bravely and break Liu Bei! Thinking that not only does it not need to be punished, but it must also be rewarded! ”

As a result, several of the leaders who caused the accident were not only safe and sound, but were given food and drink to be strong.

Seeing this, Lu Xun had to shake his head helplessly.

In fact, he also knew that Wu Hou's disposition might be more able to stimulate the fighting spirit of the wait-and-see soldiers, which was an excellent means of showing gratitude.

It's just a brawl before the war, which is an ominous omen; The officers and men of the three armies, who have the courage to fight privately, only recognize their own generals, and do not obey the discipline and constraints of uniform rules, how can they share the same hatred for the enemy and help each other?

Unconsciously, he suddenly felt extremely pessimistic about the outcome of this battle.

The two men who caused the accident drank the wine and threw the bowl on the ground, which smashed to pieces. At the same time, he shouted:

"May I serve the dead!"

"May I serve the dead!"

It took a lot of time to deal with this situation, and the generals who planned to go out had already packed up all the soldiers and horses in their headquarters one after another, and rushed to the big tent to resume their lives.

Sun Quan held his sword in his hand, stared left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, follow me to fight Liu Bei!" ”

******

At midnight, the sky was still cloudy, the morning mist was condensed, and the air was filled with a damp cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

The armies of Han and Wu exhausted their efforts and, according to yesterday's agreement, arrived at the designated decisive battle site one after another.

The place of this decisive battle was determined by Jiang Wei after careful investigation and after Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Fa Zheng's argumentation.

There are two advantages to choosing here.

First, the canyon is dozens of miles in circumference, and only this place is relatively flat, which can be used by nearly 100,000 troops from both Han and Wu sides to barely open the formation.

At the same time, this place is long and narrow, which avoids the possibility of the Wu army being pressed by the whole army from the beginning, and then relatively neutralizes the strength advantage of the Wu army.

The two are located in the remaining veins of Bashan, the terrain is slightly higher in the west and slightly lower in the east, and the position of the Han army is slightly condescending compared to the Wu army;

At this time, the northwest wind was blowing, and the Han army stood against the wind, and every step of the action could be slightly less labor-saving than the Wu army.

Fa Zheng dug out his mind, did everything possible to ** Sun Quan, and finally taught him to successfully strive for this subtle astronomical and geographical advantage.

Although at the beginning of the war, these advantages were not significant; But people's physical strength is numerous, and as the battle tends to heat up, the advantage of the Han army in this aspect will be infinitely magnified.