"Hmph." The horses tied to their stakes neighed, tugged at the reins that bound their necks, and their hooves stomped back and forth on the ground.

In the end, I found that I couldn't break free, so I didn't do anything anymore, lowered my head and ate the slightly yellowed horse grass in front of me.

The army led by Cao Cao was nominally Chen Liutai's headquarters of Zhang Miao, and when he marched, he also walked with Zhang Miao's army. Because Chen Liu's journey from the sour jujube was very close, the other princes' teams had not yet been seen when he arrived at the sour jujube.

After being stationed here for half a month, the troops from each place came one by one.

By the time the coalition forces gathered, it was already the depths of winter, and although the water in front of the barracks was still flowing and had not frozen, the water inside was already bitterly cold.

The soldiers and horses in the barracks gathered more and more, and every day you could see soldiers in full gear patrolling the camp carrying swords.

It seemed that the camp was all geared up for battle, but most of the princes who arrived did not do anything, and there was no arrangement for them to stand in front of them, and after arriving, they drank and laughed with each other in the camp all day, as if it were not a war, but just a banquet.

The daily deliberations in the army are also sitting and talking loudly, but there is no reality at all, and most of them are just gossip.

The call to crusade against Dong Zhuo has been out for more than a month, but so far the princes of all walks of life have not fought once, and it took more than a month just to gather with each other. Before being stationed in Bishui, no one had any plans to send troops until now.

On the other hand, the Tiger Prison Pass for more than ten miles after the water, according to the report of Xiaoqi, there are troops stationed in it every day, and the defense is becoming more and more strict.

In the barracks, on the edge of a tent, Gu Nan was sitting there thinking about it.

There was not a single sound in her body, and she sat dryly, as if she had become one with the stone on which she was sitting, and had become a stone.

A few indiscernible aircurrents swirled around her body, occasionally causing the straps of her clothes to fluctuate slightly, making it feel as if she had been blown by the wind.

"What is the gentleman doing sitting here?"

The voice from beside him made Gu Nan open his eyes, it was Cao Cao who came over wearing a suit of armor, and the black armor was draped on his body, but he really looked like a general.

Walking in front of Gu Nan, he lifted his cloak, let out a sigh of relief, and sat down.

"General."

Gu Nan said hello with a smile, listened to Cao Cao's question, looked at the Wuge in his hand, and said.

"I'm practicing my sword."

"Haha, sir's way of practicing swords is unique."

Cao Cao didn't take Gu Nan's sword practice to heart, in his opinion, although Mr. Gu was a strange person with unpredictable abilities, but from that figure, it could be seen that he should not know martial arts.

The body of the martial artists is not all as strong as an ox, but Mr. Gu looks a little too thin.

Hearing that Gu Nan was still calling himself as a general, his tone was also rusty.

Cao Cao sighed secretly in his heart, Mr. Gu was still a little alienated from him after all, and he didn't really have his heart for him yet.

After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Gu Nan's face and said.

"Mr. calls Meng De, and it is too much to call him a general."

Gu Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Meng De." ”

"That's it." Cao Cao's face smiled, and he was happy, it was a good thing that Mr. Gu did not refuse.

"Speaking of which, why doesn't the general discuss with the princes in the army?"

His gaze was taken back from Cao Cao's body, holding the Wuge in his hand, Gu Nan asked a little casually.

"Deliberations?"

The smile on Cao Cao's face showed a bit of self-deprecation.

"What is there to discuss, if all the people in the camp are not all armed with armor, I don't know whether this trip is here to fight or what to do."

The princes gathered in the military camp now are not easy to give, they are all waiting for others to stand up and send troops first, and after the battle, they can lose less, or just sit back and enjoy the results. The credit can be shared, but no one wants to sit on the person who contributed.

Cao Cao's hands were propped up on his legs, the smile on his face retracted, and he snorted lightly.

"As Mr. said, if you want to attack Dong Zhuo and use this princes to join forces, it should be useless and empty talk."

After speaking, Cao Cao looked at the vaguely visible water in the distance, and after passing the water, the place where he had to pass through to enter Luoyang in the west was the tiger prison.

"The tiger prison is the first thing, and Dong Zhuo is guarded by a heavy army, how can it be broken like this in the army now?"

"Isn't the crusade against Dong Zhuo a joke that makes the world laugh?"

Cao Cao sneered angrily, if he Cao Cao didn't only have five thousand soldiers, what if he fought this battle?

I can't catch it.

Suddenly, his heart moved, he looked at Gu Nan, and happened to see Gu Nan sitting there chuckling.

First stunned, then as if thinking of something, his eyes lit up.

"Sir, do you have a solution?"

"It's not a countermeasure." Gu Nan shook his head.

Cao Cao's eyes showed a little disappointment, but thinking about it, how could the hearts of these princes be changed by one person?

But then Gu Nan continued: "It's just to observe the situation." ”

There are many ways to do this.

Among them, there is only one of the clever strategies, and the situation is also one of them, as well as trade-offs and decisions, solid law and order, etc.

Clever tactics can be used to turn the tide.

And the view of the situation is just to go against the road, use it to follow the trend, anticipate the opportunity, grasp the situation, and not lose a hundred battles.

The trade-off decision is used to balance the wrestling forces of all parties, and the solid law and order is used to stabilize the favorable tense unchanged.

All of them are the art of seeking and obtaining, so there is a saying that those who govern the country, those who govern the army, those who govern people, and those who govern the body.

Or there is a division between those who control chaos and those who rule law. There is no order, just a different use.

is like the Qingzhou strategy that Gu Nan said to Cao Cao, which is actually a strategy to observe the situation. All you have to do is see the situation clearly and seize the moment.

The strategy of watching the situation seems simple, and it only needs to be implemented by taking advantage of the trend, and it is nothing more than that.

But if you want to see the big picture, few people can do it. Those who can see clearly will naturally not be moved by the strange plan, and they can also see the loopholes in the overall situation and break the solid situation.

"Watching the situation?" Cao Cao didn't understand for a while, and said questioningly.

Gu Nan smiled mysteriously and looked at Cao Cao.

"General, oh no, Meng De, how many of these princes do you say want to take advantage of this crusade against Dong Zhuo to stand up and stand on their own?"

"Or, general, why do you think Yuan Gong should be the leader of the alliance?"

Cao Cao was asked by Gu Nan like this, and there seemed to be some doubts in his mind that had been solved.

Among these princes, I am afraid that there are many people who are thinking of taking advantage of the situation in this crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Including him, Cao Cao also has a little bit of this thought.

Now it seems that the princes have not moved, but since they have called out the call of crusade, there is no way out of this battle, either Dong Zhuo is defeated, or the princes are dead.

Therefore, the situation of mutual temptation will not last long now, and when the time comes, someone will stand up and raise troops first, in order to gain fame and merit.

The princes have their own selfish intentions, but it is just too late.