Late at night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, a large mansion in the center of Shu County was converted into a temporary deputy general's barracks, in which the three of Prince You, Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng were drinking and talking.

The prince's cheeks were rosy, his expression was slightly drunk, he shook the jade cup and said with a smile: "The two of you are really rare talents, and you should do your best for the country in the future." ”

Zhang Xun picked up a jade cup and toasted to the prince's friend: "Thank you His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for your appreciation, the two of us should do our best, but ...... Brother Ji Zheng has no official position, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can promote my brother, my brother's talent is far better than mine, if I don't reuse it, it is really a loss for the country! ”

The prince toasted to Ji Zheng and said: "I listened to Mr. Ji's argument just now, I know that Mr. is talented, the former emperor reused Wu Xiangguo and General Sun Wu to have the strength of Wu today, I naturally also know the importance of talents, talents like Mr., I will be reused." Please rest assured, when I return from this campaign, I should recommend Mr. to my father! ”

After hearing this, Ji Zheng raised a glass of wine and toasted to the prince's friend: "Thank Your Highness for your kindness, and you should make contributions to the government and do your best for the country." ”

The three of them raised their glasses together, saluted each other, and drank them all.

At this moment, a noisy shout of killing suddenly came from the street in the dead of night, and for a while, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the fire was soaring into the sky.

The guards rushed into the barracks in a panic, threw themselves down in front of the prince, and reported: "Something is wrong! Your Royal Highness the Prince, run! ”

"What's going on!" Prince You looked a little panicked.

"Chen Guoren! Chen Guoren suddenly came out of the ground! I don't know how many! Set fire and arrows everywhere! We've had a lot of deaths! ”

The prince suddenly panicked, and most of the wine woke up, he pulled up Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng and was about to run out, "Oops! Fast! It must be Chen Guoren who has come back! Let's run away! ”

Ji Zheng pressed down on the prince's friend, "Your Highness, don't panic!" We don't know what's going on out there yet, and it might be even more dangerous to go out rashly! However, listening to the sound outside, it didn't look like a large-scale attack, and I guessed that Chen Guoren used the tunnel to launch an attack. ”

Zhang Xun also agreed with Ji Zheng's statement, "There is a mess outside, and dark arrows are flying all over the sky, if you go out now, if Your Highness is shot by a dark arrow, it will really be a catastrophe!" ”

Hearing this, the prince calmed down a little, "That'...... So what do we do now? Is it just sitting back and waiting to be killed? ”

Ji Zheng said: "Your Highness, we should stay here now, but this is not sitting still, and the best choice at the moment." In addition, soldiers should now be ordered to guard the gates, and no one should enter or leave without permission, and if there are any circumstances, they must be reported immediately. Also, it is necessary to fetch a few more tanks of water to prevent the barracks from catching fire. ”

"Makes sense, makes sense." The prince nodded again and again, pointed to the guards and shouted, "Don't go yet!" Let's go fetch water! ”

"No!" The guards answered the order and ran out in a panic.

Ji Zheng took off the crown prince's golden armor from the shelf, and while helping the prince put on the armor, he said: "Your Highness, just in case, it is safer to wear armor, and the two of us will always be by His Highness's side tonight." ”

"Great! That's great! With two of them by my side, I'm relieved! ”

Half an hour later, the shouts of killing outside gradually died down, and the sky that had been lit by the firelight gradually returned to darkness, and the riot was quickly suppressed, and it was far from reaching the house where the prince was located.

The sky was slightly bright, the prince was wearing golden armor, lying crookedly on the ground and sleeping, Zhang Xun was also sitting on the ground, supporting his head with one hand, and he was napping. Ji Zheng held the scroll in his hand, apparently sleepless all night.

At this time, one of the guards entered the barracks and reported: "Report! The general has an order, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to the general's barracks to participate in the emergency council! ”

"Ahh Chen Guoren has come in!? The prince suddenly woke up, blinking his sleepy eyes in fear.

The guard replied, "His Royal Highness the Prince! Chen Guoren has long been repulsed! ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good, what did you just say?"

"The general has an order, all the generals should go to the general's barracks to participate in the emergency council!"

"Okay, I'll go over now, you go down."

"Your Highness, please hurry up, General Huang asks all the generals to arrive immediately."

Prince You yawned and said unhurriedly: "I know, I'll wash my face and go over, it's not appropriate to go to the meeting with this kind of alcohol." ”

"No!" Although the guards were anxious, they didn't dare to urge anymore, so they had to leave as ordered.

Zhang Xun also woke up and saw Ji Zheng reading on the side, so he asked, "Xiao Ji, haven't you slept all the time?" ”

Ji Zheng said: "Yes, last night's riot was quickly suppressed, and it was later found out that it was indeed a sneak attack and harassment by a small group of troops of Chen Guo. ”

"Oh, I see." The prince was completely relieved, turned his head to look out the window, and saw that the sky had just turned white, and suddenly felt depressed, and muttered: "It's not dawn before the council, I really don't know what can happen." Hey, since it's a military order, let's hurry up and go to the meeting. ”

Ji Zheng arched his hand and said, "Then I'll go back to the camp to rest first." ”

The prince grabbed Ji Zheng and said with sincerity: "Sir, come with us." ”

Ji Zheng was a little embarrassed, "This is a military aircraft meeting, I don't have an official position, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to participate in this kind of council?" ”

"What's out of place! Although you do not have an official position, from now on you are also my advisor! I will take you to the military aircraft council in the future! ”

Ji Zheng hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie." ”

After a while, the three of them came to the county government not far away, which had been transformed into a temporary general barracks, and all the generals were gathered, just waiting for the prince and Zhang Xun.

Huang Yun strained his face, unhappy in his heart, he wanted to reprimand Zhang Xun for being late, but when he saw Zhang Xun and the prince coming together, he couldn't have a seizure, so he couldn't reprimand him together with His Royal Highness the Prince. Huang Yun secretly scolded, but he could only swallow his anger, and at this moment, he saw a person he had never seen before following behind the two.

Huang Yun suddenly became angry, pointed at Ji Zheng and scolded: "Who is that?" How dare you break into a military aircraft area? Someone! Take it for me! ”

The guards were just about to step forward to arrest Ji Zheng, but the prince hurriedly stepped forward to protect Ji Zheng, scolded the guards to retreat, and said: "This person's name is Ji Zheng, and he has many high opinions, I have accepted him as a strategist, and I brought him to participate in the military aircraft discussion today, is there any problem?!" ”

Huang Yun was angry, but after all, he had no choice but to snort and said, "Since he is His Royal Highness the Prince's favorite strategist, let's stay at the back and listen." ”

After everyone made up their minds, Huang Yun said: "Last night, Chen Guoren attacked Shu County at night, and our army lightly injured more than 30 people, and killed and seriously injured more than 10 people. It has now been ascertained that the Chen people used hidden tunnels to carry out night attacks on our side, and they have always fired arrows and fires in the shadows, and have never confronted us head-on. We patrolled all night and failed to catch a single one. As for the location of the tunnel, I don't know anything. Therefore, today all the generals must personally lead people to search all corners of Shu County, and find out the tunnels for me no matter what! ”

"No!" The generals responded in unison.

"In addition, the army must finish resting tomorrow, leaving a thousand people to defend Shu County, and the day after tomorrow the whole army will march towards Hong County!"

Hearing this order, Zhang Xun was anxious, and although he tried his best to press it, he still couldn't hold back after all, and said: "General Huang! There are some observations below. ”

Huang Yun saw that it was Zhang Xun again, and he was furious, and said viciously: "Why are you again!" How do you have an opinion! It's all about you! ”

Zhang Xun arched his hand and said: "My subordinates feel that it is too much to leave a thousand people, and it is enough to leave a hundred people." ”

Hearing this suggestion, Huang Yun was angry and funny, pointed at Zhang Xun and said: "Hehe, last time you said that you would test first, and then attack the city, I thought you were a cautious person at that time, why are you so rash this time, you actually think that there are too many people left?" ”

"General Huang, we are going to attack Hongxian next, so after capturing Hongxian, will the general still have to leave troops to defend the city?"

"Nonsense! What inch of the city was not exchanged for the lives of the soldiers? Is there any reason to be unreasonable? ”

"In this way, the general will also leave a thousand men?"

"How is a thousand people enough? When I arrived in Hongxian, I entered the hinterland of Chen State, and Hongxian was bigger, 1,000 people were not enough, and it was almost the same to have 2,000 people to defend the city. ”

"So what about the next Beiyang County, Baji County? If we all leave two or three thousand people to defend, by the time we reach Wanqiu City, I am afraid that the number of troops will be less than 10,000. ”

Huang Yun suddenly laughed, "Haha, haha, what do I think of you, it's really stupid!" ”

Zhang Xun was unconvinced, and held his temper and said: "It's really stupid to go down, and I ask the general for advice." ”

"When we hit Wanqiu City, this Chen State will be almost beaten, a lonely city, not to mention 10,000 people, 3,000 people can easily take it! Besides, when the time comes, it's almost time for this Chen State to surrender, right? Ha ha! Surrendering without a fight is the best policy! Ha ha! ”

Huang Yun laughed, and the other generals also laughed.

Who would have thought, after the laughter, Zhang Xun stiffened his neck and asked, "General, what if Chen Guo doesn't surrender?" What if a bitter battle awaits us? ”

Huang Yun was furious, his eyes widened and he said: "What is there to worry about, at that time, I only need to transfer the garrison from Shu County, Hong County, Beiyang, and Baji to Wanqiu City, wouldn't it be good?" ”

Zhang Xun saw that Huang Yun's attitude was resolute, and he knew that the advice was useless, so he had to sigh secretly, regretting that he had contradicted Huang Yun, so he saluted and said: "The last general is not thoughtful, and the general is still high." ”

"Humph! Young people, learn more. ”

After the end of the military aircraft council, Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng walked back to the barracks, and Ji Zheng smiled: "What's wrong with you?" I've never seen you like this, you used to be a three-inch tongue, you can make people stunned in a few words, and then turn others along with your thoughts, today is good, why are you stupid? Did you return all the argumentating skills you had learned to Master? ”

Zhang Xun was depressed in his heart and lamented: "I don't know, maybe it's because now as a courtier, I have to consider the interests of my family and country in my words and deeds, so I have to know everything and say everything." ”

"This is not good, General Huang is obviously starting to get tired of you, and you still have to use some skills when making suggestions to the general in the future."

"yes, I'll have to pay attention to it later. But...... Xiao Ji, do you think the suggestion I just made is correct? ”

"I think your advice is basically correct."

"Well, the division of troops is not good, and we need to concentrate on attacking."

Ji Zheng shook his head, "Not necessarily, whether the division of troops is beneficial or not depends on the overall strategic rhythm." If the plan is to fight quickly, then the army should not be divided, and only a small number of troops and wounded soldiers should be left to defend the city; If a protracted war is planned, then it is necessary to divide the troops, consolidate the city defense and liaison lines, and steadily advance the strategic depth. ”

"You're right, but from the perspective of General Huang's strategy, it should be the pursuit of a quick victory, and it is according to his strategy that I propose to leave a small number of troops to defend the city."

"Yes, the mismatch between strategy and tactics is a big taboo, in the end, I think General Huang is still too underestimated."

Zhang Xun nodded in agreement, "That's right, I also think that General Huang underestimated the enemy." ”

The two continued to walk for a while, and Ji Zheng suddenly stopped in front of an earthen wall, he pulled out an arrow from the wall, handed it to Zhang Xun and said, "This is the arrow used by Chen Guoren during the night attack last night. You see, this arrow is not shorter than a regular arrow. ”

Zhang Xun fiddled with the arrows and nodded: "That's right, it's really a lot shorter." ”

"This kind of short arrow is generally used in conjunction with hand crossbows, so the purpose of the Chen Guoren's night attack is not to capture the city, but to harass, and in the future they may make this kind of night attack commonplace, which in turn urges us to leave more defensive forces."

"In this case, it is very likely that Chen Guoren is deliberately weakening our main offensive force, and when it comes to the battle of Wanqiu, it is really likely to turn into a bitter battle."

"That's right."

Zhang Xun was worried and asked, "Then should we go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to make a suggestion to the general?" ”

Ji Zheng was noncommittal, "I don't know if it's appropriate or not, it would be nice if Brother Gonghui was here." ”

"yes, I don't know what they're doing now......"