Three days later, Wang Yucai received news from Tai Shi Ci's side, at this time Tai Shi Ci had already conquered the entire territory of Beihai, and at the same time Zhu Hao had also conquered Donglai County.

On Wang Yu's side, the troops were divided into three routes, with Huang Zhong, Guan Yu and Wang Yu each leading an army, and attacked Lu County, Dongping County and Jiyin County respectively. Xu Shu and Pang Tong have been in place one after another, Xu Shu joined Huang Zhong as a captain, Pang Tong served as the military advisor of Guan Yu's department, and Wang Yu only had Shi Jian and the two young generals named Chen Zhi and Lu Meng who had just been promoted.

"Be careful, after we defeat Jiyin, we will enter the range of Chenliu County!" In a few days, Jiyin County was obviously caught off guard by Wang Yu's raid, several county towns were directly captured, seeing that the whole territory was about to be recovered and was about to enter Chenliu County, Wang Yu summoned the whole army over, "Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's favorite child, and it is said that he plans to pass on his position to him." For this spoiled young son, he will inevitably put the best in his hands, so when we enter Chenliu County this time, we may encounter the enemy's soldiers, everyone be mentally prepared, don't be caught off guard, so that there will be mass casualties! ”

"Whoa!" Shi Lian, Lu Meng and Chen Zhi responded one after another.

Wang Yu is very satisfied with these three people, Shi Lian is from a poor family, but he can insist on practicing martial arts. In addition, Li Ming's conditions are good, and his strength has improved rapidly, not as good as Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, but he is gradually on par with Xu Huang Pang De.

Chen Zhi was born in the Chen clan of Runan, is a side line of the Chen Fan family, has condensed the innate Qi, the key is to be good at training, after getting the method of forging the body in the army, a series of modifications, the new method of forging the body has been used as the exclusive forging method of the guards, and at the same time, as a reward, he is allowed to train a thousand such soldiers as the direct subordinates.

Lu Meng was born in a poor family, at the age of 16, he defected to his brother-in-law Deng Dang to join Li Ming's command, and then studied at the Military Academy for three years. It's just that if he continues to do this, I'm afraid he will be a fierce general in the future.

Officially entered Chenliu County, but was not subjected to large-scale resistance, which made Wang Yu very strange. After defeating Waihuang County, I received the news that Lu Bu's army had already defeated Weishi County, which was more than ten days ago, when Wang Yu and they had not yet hit Chen Liu, Yuan Shang had already mobilized troops to deal with Lu Bu with all his might, and it was the emptiness in the rear, but it gave Wang Yu an advantage.

"It should be the lord's order, otherwise Lu Bu would not have been able to move." Bai Xin analyzed according to the intelligence.

"Since that's the case...... If we don't want this gift, wouldn't it be a waste? Wang Yu immediately laughed.

The army suddenly swept towards Chenliujun, seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder day by day, but the large army still continued to advance at a speed of sixty miles a day, and you must know that the other troops could only walk twenty miles a day, and most of the time was spent resting and warming.

Fighting a war in winter is definitely a waste of logistics, and it requires the consumption of not only a lot of food, but also a lot of coal and other cold materials. Coupled with the fact that the winter itself is not sufficient, no one is able to fight in the winter in this era.

Not to mention winter, the same is true in summer, and fighting a war when there is no green and yellow is also an act of death.

"Rest in place!" In the evening, Wang Yu motioned for everyone to rest. The soldiers were also exhausted and rested one after another. However, they did not dare to lie down directly, but walked slowly until the fire rose, and then leaned against the fire to keep warm.

The three of Lu Meng also rested, and the fire gradually warmed their bodies, and their limbs began to regain consciousness.

Only feeling that his body had returned to its full state, Lu Meng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time sighed: "Everyone else is marching twenty miles, but we can actually march sixty miles, how did the adults do it?" ”

"You just came here and didn't know......" Shi Jian had a lot of contact with Wang Yu, and he knew very well, "The martial arts of the general of the expedition to the north are not very good, but he still became the general of the expedition to the north, and the lord even handed over all the things of the expedition to the north, including us, and even General Xu Huang in Youzhou, we have to listen to his orders, what do you think is the reason?" ”

Lu Meng used to serve as a partial general under Guan Yu, and he was only transferred to Wang Yu in the second half of this year, so he really didn't know much about Wang Yu. He also wondered why this man with little force could be so trusted by the lord. In his opinion, no matter what, it takes Guan Yu or Huang Zhong, or even a fierce person like Lu Bu, to become the general of the expedition to the north and lead a legion.

"Here!" Shi Jian pointed to his heart, without anatomy, many people think that the brain is just a place for memory reserves, but the place for thinking comes from the heart, "He can become a general of the expedition to the Great North, relying on the art of war strategy that you look down on...... Strictly speaking, it should be the understanding of the soldiers. ”

"I don't understand!" Lu Meng hates others telling him the art of war the most, he knows how to lead troops to fight, how to change formations and how to cooperate in battle, he is smart by nature, and he can understand many things after reading them once. But most of them don't see it in books, in the final analysis, it's the nature of teenagers, and they don't like to read.

"How many soldiers do we have?" Shi Jian asked.

"10,000 soldiers of our army!" Lu Meng replied directly without thinking about it.

"No, it's not!" Wang Yu didn't know when he had come to them, followed by Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu had already bowed to Wang Yu's door, and generally followed Wang Yu's side, "201 soldiers were killed along the way, and 275 soldiers were injured and retired. At the same time, we still have 9,872 logistics personnel, and now only 4,752 are with the army, and the rest are transporting supplies in the rear. Among the casualties, 28 of them were frostbitten and froze to death, so after this situation occurred, I adjusted the mode of rotation, and since that time there have been no frostbite and frozen to death......"

"General......" Lu Meng and the three of them first subconsciously got up and saluted, and after listening to Wang Yu's words, Lu Meng couldn't help but scratch his head and asked curiously, "General, how do you know these things so thoroughly?" ”

"Hahaha, otherwise how can I serve as the general of the expedition to the north?" Wang Yu laughed, "Not only on your side, but also on Huang Zhong and Guan Yu's side, I also want to know more after I come back, only in this way can I continue to adjust, so that our troops can exert their maximum combat effectiveness and ensure the maximum speed of marching." In the final analysis, the key to determining the outcome of a war is simply put, combat effectiveness and mobility! ”

"It's simple, but it's not easy to get down to every detail!" Shi Jian arched his hand, "Even subordinates can't do it to the level of a general, subordinates admire!" ”

"But you don't have to be precise with each soldier, right?" Lu Meng muttered, in his opinion, generals do big things, and they must understand everything they can do, so how to fight.

"For you generals, how to fight, how to fight well, how to fight well. At my point, then I have to think about it more. The lord has handed over the northern legion to me, so that I will avoid great sacrifices and obtain the highest results. Wang Yu smiled and sat down as well.

"For you, every soldier is the same, but in fact, it varies according to the region." Wang Yu said with a smile.

Lu Meng didn't know why Wang Yu said this, but just listened obediently.

"You've also learned some of the art of war, and I know you're smart by nature, and most of you are already familiar with it. But do you know that it has really come to my point, but the art of war is not enough, and you still need to continue reading. Wang Yu said slowly, "In fact, the soldiers in various places are different, such as the soldiers in Jiangdong, and the soldiers in Huiji County are slightly good at mountain warfare; The soldiers of Danyang County are more robust and aggressive; The soldiers of Yuzhang County have the best water quality...... However, none of this knowledge is available in books, and you need to observe it carefully.

Why observe and understand this knowledge, because only when all this fragmented knowledge is gathered, you can adjust it according to the weather, the environment, and the characteristics of the team. Yes, it's tedious to do, but with you, can you walk sixty miles in one day without non-combat attrition?

Is it possible to capture several county towns with little to no need for a tough battle? You know, there were thousands of soldiers in some of the counties we met, and in the end they surrendered without even fighting us, do you think all this is accidental? ”

Lu Meng hadn't thought about this before, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt embarrassed, he hadn't paid attention to this aspect before, and after listening to Wang Yu's words, he found that it turned out that all this, including marching and attacking, was in Wang Yu's calculations.

Whether it was the route of the march, the guarantee of the combat strength of the soldiers, or even the choice of the timing of the siege, the king chose the best policy. Even if it is a contact battle in the field, Wang Yu also ranks the most advantageous troops, and the other soldiers cooperate with each other, he didn't understand why there was such a cumbersome command at first, but now it seems that there are some kinds of rules, these rules are based on the understanding of the combat effectiveness and state of the soldiers, and he will only arrange the best method to attack at most, and will not do such a subtle command.

"Remember, your soldiers are also human beings, and they also have parents and families! Their family has put him in our hands, and we have to make sure that they get back alive to the greatest extent possible. Soldiers are not consumables, nor are they a bunch of numbers, in fact, each soldier is different, not to mention the battle at the corps level, only to say that this local war is the most test of the command ability of the generals, just according to the art of war, or their own courage to win, then you will be just a deputy general or a fierce general for a lifetime. Wang Yu said patiently, Lu Meng is very talented, and he can become the commander of the legion on the defending side.

It's just that if he continues to do this and doesn't calm down to study, it is estimated that he can only be a general in this life.

"To be a legion commander, do you need so much knowledge?" Lu Mengye realized this problem for the first time, originally thought that after reading a few books on the art of war, he had already understood everything about the strategy of army management and military training, and after listening carefully, he found that the higher he went, the more difficult it became.

"If it's a captain, you only need to protect the five people under your command. If you become the commander of the legion, the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers under your command are in your hands, how can you be careless? And not thanks to the general, this knowledge cannot be learned in a military school! Shi Jian pushed Lu Meng with his elbow, and the latter suddenly realized.

"Thank you for your guidance!" Lu Meng immediately bowed and gave the king a big salute. He knew very well that this kind of knowledge was invaluable to anyone, after all, it was the key to advancing from a general to a legion commander.

Wang Yuken told him that he naturally valued him very much. Lu Meng had already had an epiphany, and found that the knowledge he had learned before was indeed far from enough, and he only thought that after he went back, he had to calm down and study.