Chapter 204: It's not good to be a general

On the battlefield, it is not only the number of troops, the level of force, and the level of resourcefulness that need to be competed, but sometimes, luck is also a crucial ingredient.

There are too many famous generals who have made outstanding achievements in battle because of a trivial matter, and if they are lucky, there are dozens of arrows in their bodies and they are still jumping alive, and if they are unlucky, a small stone may kill someone.

Yu Zhou has been here for a long time, and the most unbelievable thing he can't believe is that according to a certain record, how many lifespans a person should have, and what will happen in the end.

Life is a one-way journey, and if you could do it all over again, no one would dare to say that the road you have traveled before will be the same experience and ending.

Therefore, he lives extremely seriously and dedicatedly, especially with the partners around him.

The guerrilla war is coming to an end, Fan Xu unexpectedly did not come back on time, according to Xiang Ji, he went to find the weakness of the Qin army, which is the most worrying!

A sound army is like a giant, or the kind with strong martial arts, how can it be so easy to find a cover door?! What's more, Fan Xu deliberately wiped his armor and weapons in order to attract attention, how could he quietly detect important military information with his current appearance? !

So after the military feedback came back, Yu Zhou's first reaction was that Fan Hao might have been ambushed, no wonder he didn't think about the benefits, it was really too much like a trick to lure the enemy, and it couldn't help but make people worry!

Sent Xiang Ji away, and then looked at the young sergeants around him for a moment, Yu Zhou suddenly made a decision, but he felt even more bitter in his heart, and the thought of regret rose vigorously.

Disobeying military orders and being greedy for merit are not reasons not to save them, most of the people in the army protect their shortcomings, they must act according to their logic, and if they want to kill or chop them, they must first get people back.

However, this logic applies to the commander of the army, the commander of the army, the general of 100 people, and the master of 1,000 people, but it is not suitable for the commander of an army.

Brother Paoze, the commander of the army, and the chief of the robes are still relatively small, and the military law and the cruel battlefield are forcing them to hold the regiment in order to survive, and they will be rewarded and punished for their merits, and they will not be able to do without any partner.

But the general is different, he has to think about the big picture. What is the big picture? Compared with the lives of one or two people, the safety of the whole army is the overall situation, and relative to the gains and losses of an encounter, the final success or failure is the overall situation......

For the sake of the overall situation, only individuals can be sacrificed, and for the sake of the overall situation, a battle can even be deliberately lost......

The overall situation is important, but just four words are a hurdle that generals must pass on the road to growth. It is to hone the heart and intestines cold and hard in the choice after choice, and finally reach the peak.

Yu Zhou suddenly realized that it was necessary for him to control the Beiwei camp at two or three thousand people, because then he would not have to consider those dilemmas.

Suddenly taking over the army is a kind of trust, not to mention Xiang Ji's side, and more importantly, with the heaviness of tens of thousands of soldiers entrusting their lives, how can they live up to everyone?!

Saving Fan Hao means that the situation that has been maintained for a long time is very likely to be broken, and at that time the whole army will be dragged into a decisive battle that is not well prepared, and the outcome is unpredictable; If you don't save it, it is a kind of torment like Ling Chi for your conscience and feelings, and under the dilemma, Yu Zhou even felt that it would be good if it was she who was trapped......

The sun is getting lower and lower, and there is not much time left, so he must put his choice into action as soon as possible, and after opening his mouth a few times, the military order to withdraw the army has not been able to be said for a long time, he has thought it through, it seems that he is really not a good general's material, and he has too many concerns.

"All the troops are out of camp!"

While the sun had not completely set, Yu Zhou shouted this sentence with difficulty to his longer and longer shadow, Fan Hao has not returned yet, and whether he is dead or alive can only be left to fate......

There was nothing to discuss, and the soldiers immediately packed up their belongings in an orderly manner to prepare for the withdrawal of the army, and took advantage of this gap to find another way to make efforts.

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent and have not been able to find out the whereabouts of General Fan, according to his subordinates, General Fan seems to have noticed before, and he has not been seen after leading dozens of soldiers across the river, and it is very likely that he has entered the Qin camp!"

"Already in the Qin camp? Sneak in or get caught? ”

Yu Zhou was upset, and frowned and thought after asking two rhetorical questions.

The person on the other side misunderstood his original intention, and replied with a hug: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely send more people to investigate, and it will only take two days to bring back General Fan or his head!" ”

Just like the general and the commander of the army have very different ideas, Jing Muqian's logic is also very different from that of the people in the army, and he is in the dark line intelligence first, and now this situation is in front of him, Jing Muqian's first thought is to reduce the possibility of leakage of the Chu army's military information.

For people like him, trust and emotion are secondary-level choices, and why don't Miki ask for it, just because they have seen too much betrayal after torture, so they act without some human touch.

Yu Zhou did not correct Jing Muqian's logic, but corrected his thoughts at this time: "I want to see the living General Fan, and it is best to have a hair that is not missing!"

In this way, after you go back, you will immediately send someone to investigate the news, whether the person can be rescued I don't force it first, but there must be the accurate whereabouts of General Fan within a day, do you know? ”

"Whoa! Subordinates understand! ”

Jing Muqian clenched his fists and was just about to retreat, but he listened to Yu Zhou continue to add: "Last time I heard Yan Heng mention that it is difficult to infiltrate the warring place, how many manpower can be used by the guards in Waihuang?" ”

"If the lord wants to find a less important person or news here, his subordinates can guarantee that there will be results within three days, and if the lord wants to rescue General Fan from the Qin camp, his subordinates can only dare to guarantee sixty-seven people."

Yu Zhou's mind turned, and he immediately understood what he meant, order does not exist in the land of war, and it is not too easy to attract people to find out the news, but there are few people who are really reliable in this kind of person, and it is naturally impossible to entrust some important matters.

"I see, go ahead."

came and went without a trace, and Jing Mu disappeared silently.

Yu Zhou stepped on the horse, transferred the horse head to lead the army on the way home, and turned back all the way, he pondered what method to use to exchange for Fan Xu.

Think about the Chu army's family background now, there are a lot of prisoners of war, if the Qin army is willing to exchange, you can try it, but it's a bit difficult to send someone to lobby, if it really doesn't work, you can borrow Liu Bang's people?

It's a pity that the important generals of the Qin army were not captured, otherwise the success could have been greater, and I don't know if it would be too late to rob one now.

However, no matter how much you think about it, there is a common premise, that is, Fan Xu was indeed captured alive at this time, otherwise, it is difficult to imagine how far that fat man would fight under the heavy siege of the Qin army, and whether the Qin people have the patience to take down a live anti-thief leader with all beards and shadows, no one has the bottom......

For the heart of the army, Yu Zhou sat on the horse and frowned all the way, and few of the sergeants dared to make a loud noise, but a few military dogs who couldn't see their owners come back barked twice from time to time, which sounded quite tense in the bottom of people's hearts.

Between a few thoughts, the partial army behind the palace also rushed back, and according to feedback, the Qin army did not chase after it, which is really not good news......

"Brother Ziqi, I heard that the Qin people didn't chase after me, did they get Brother Fan and have no fear, so they despise our army?"

"How could you think that? Actually, Fan Xu came back when you settled your subordinates, but then suddenly there was an emergency military situation, and I sent him out again. ”

"I don't believe it, it's okay to deceive other soldiers into stabilizing the morale of the army, you want to fool me? No way! Tell me where you sent Brother Fan again? ”

Yu Zhou was not used to him: "What is this, can important matters of military aircraft be leaked at will?" You kid still has military law that has not been enforced, is this another time to ask for another board?! ”

Xiang Ji's momentum decreased slightly, and explained: "No, the main thing is that Brother Fan usually takes care of the younger brother, and the same is true for the joint execution of military affairs this time, but now that the younger brother has come back, he is nowhere to be seen, I am a little worried......"

"Seeing that you were so bold when you circled around the Wu family's daughter, I thought your conscience was eaten by a dog.

That's fine, it's not in vain that Brother Fan has taken care of you a lot, but you don't need to bother with this matter, I already have an arrangement, I will not hide it when I should let you know, go back first. ”

"That's ......"

"Oh yes, after I go back today, hurry up and eat some food and make up for sleep, there are some things that don't hurt to tell you in advance, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"The Qin army will attack the camp?!"

"It's not."

"Let's attack and kill the Qin army at night today?!"

"Not really."

Xiang Ji's eyes widened: "Brother Ziqi, I have always regarded you as my brother, I am not the kind of person Zi Chen......

Yu Zhou listened to the bruised muscles all over his head, knocked on the door of his head hard, and roared like thunder: "What have you learned every day?" Why did you become so filthy after enlightenment?

To tell you the truth, the whole army won't want to sleep tonight, understand?! If you dare to leak a word in advance, I'll strip you naked and hang you on a tree to beat!! ”

Speaking of these, Xiang Ji no longer thought about his Wu family daughter, and instantly changed his face to a flattering face, and asked with a smile: "What is that, tell me first, I promise not to tell anyone!" ”

This is a good opportunity to get hold of this kid, but Yu Zhou is too lazy to sell it to him, and bluntly said: "After going back, make food and rest as soon as possible, and when it gets completely dark, let's change the flag again, and there is an ambush to fight." ”

"Ambush in the middle of the night?! Ambush who?! And why do you want to change the flag, and which flag is it going to be replaced? ”

Yu Zhou sped up the drive of the war horse, choked the wind and replied: "Replace it with the general Da Xu, no one will ambush, ambush people's hearts!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think of the current strength of our army?!"

"There is more than self-preservation and lack of progress, if my brother is still here, we will not be as stretched as we are now."

Yu Zhou pursed his lips: "It's just self-preservation, how can it be more than enough?"

Even if you win the battle with a large number of people, you will lose a lot of losses, and then you will not be able to fight back at all, and you will still lose the battle strategy.

So I decided to bluff, and let's take the banner of the general and quietly ambush outside the Outer Yellow City at night.

Wait until the early morning of tomorrow, and then withdraw the ambush from under the noses of the Qin people with great fanfare.

In this way, they must have thought that the general was still here and had not left, and the addition of troops in pairs could make the Qin people have some scruples, and the battle would come later. ”

"Huh? Can it be like this? It seems that he can deceive Qin Jun......"

Yu Zhou once again drove the war horse to speed up the pace: "Don't talk nonsense, act according to the plan!" ”

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The essence of the 36 tactics is just 36 ways to deceive people, deceiving the enemy not knowing our true purpose, and deceiving the enemy to destroy the Great Wall.

Those who lack food take bags of sand as grain and grass to deceive others and deceive themselves, and deceive the enemy from the subtleties such as pots and stoves that they do not know their true strength, and as for pulling the soldiers back to the camp during the day and secretly walking again at night to bluff, it is simply the template for Yu Zhou to act this time.

However, such a thing is not easy to do, and thinking about how to make tens of thousands of people cover up their tracks will cost people countless minds.

Just when the sun buried half of his face in the West Mountain, the Chu army finally stepped back to the camp in the afterglow, and after Xiang Ji led the troops away, it seemed a little empty here, and when he saw Liu Bang again, it made people instantly feel that their hearts were full.

Bury the pot to cook and fall asleep, a bastard like Xiang Ji can still replenish his mental and physical strength regardless of it, Yu Zhou doesn't dare to be so big-hearted.

Quietly spread out scouts to investigate the movements of the Qin army, arrange the men and horses guarding the camp tonight to be prepared, and then change the banners of each department, and find Han Xin to put on the armor of the Xiang Ji to dress up a little......

After all these things were done, the night had already soaked the whole world like ink, and the Chu army was as quiet as a returning bird and beast, only the darkness outside the camp was extremely viscous.

"What's going on, has the Qin people made any changes?!"

"Returning to the lord, since we withdrew the army, there is nothing abnormal in them burying the pot and cooking, and the subordinates have checked the surroundings, and the suspected Qin army scouts have long been cleared, but ......"

"But what?!"

"However, the guards on the other side of Waihuang sent back a secret report that there seems to be no trace of General Fan in the Qin camp, and it is very likely that he was not captured."

"Like? It's possible? When will the military situation be described in such words?! ”

"Forgive your sins! After receiving the order, his subordinates quickly sent people to investigate, but judging from the reaction of the Qin army, it didn't look like they had made a gain.

One of the guards contacted the Qin army commander Shi Sima Xin's entourage, and this matter should be true! ”

"Sima Xin? Let's talk about it carefully. ”

"The lord often says that if there is something good at the top, it must be very bad, and his subordinates always keep this in mind, the generals of the Qin army, Zhang Ping, are not very angry, and Dong Fei is rigid, but this Sima Xin is greedy for some gold and silver property.

The subordinates thought that this person should belong to a similar person, so they sent people to do what they liked, and finally it was done.

According to the man, the Qin army did not capture an important general of our army today, and his subordinates were not at ease, and after careful questioning, they found that the fat man with a similar body shape was not captured by Qin, so it is very likely that General Fan did not fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

"Okay, I've written down this matter, you also have a heart, the time has come, let's go!"

"Whoa!"