There were many people in the big tent, but it was very quiet. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At Li Sheng's request, everyone pondered a question: "How should we deal with the enemy in front of us?" ”

How many soldiers and horses are there in the enemy? Where exactly did the enemy come from? Who is the general of their army? How much food and grass do they have? None of them knew about it. They only knew that they were coming to take over Xiyang, and these people in front of them were thieves who had occupied Xiyang, and they resisted themselves to enter Xiyang with arms, in a vain attempt to take Xiyang for themselves.

This is absolutely intolerable. If they go on like this, where is the authority of Li Sheng, the new Xiyang County Commander? Where is the authority of Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County? Where is Liu Biao, the face of Jingzhou Mu?

"The problem of Xiyang must be solved, and these people must be completely eliminated. And it is better to rely on the existing forces to solve it without the help of any external forces. This is Li Sheng's request, and it is also a helpless decision. After all, the Jiangxia Army was in a confrontation with the Jiangdong Army, and it was unlikely that they would send troops to rescue them. So, "We're on our own." ”

On your own? Doesn't that mean that you have to use a measly 2,000 troops to attack a city with at least 4,000 men? Although the walls of Xiyang are very broken, after all, it is still a defensive system that can withstand the attack, and it may not be able to face the attack of tens of thousands of troops, but it is still easy to stop the attack of a team of only 2,000 people. Originally, attacking a city with 4,000 men and horses was a joke in itself.

But Li Sheng somehow thought it was easy. He asked the question and looked at the people in the tent with his eyes intended. He didn't know if they had come up with a solution, because there was already some vague clue in his mind.

After waiting for a long time, the tent was still quiet. Li Sheng looked at their frowning appearances, and understood that they still hadn't thought of a solution to the problem after all. "It seems that these people are not the material of the so-called military advisors." He couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he thought about it, and at the same time an impulse surged up: "Do you want to call Xu Shu over to help?" Li Sheng clearly remembered that in the Three Kingdoms, Xu Shu was Liu Bei's first military advisor, and he seemed to be very famous in tactics.

However, such thoughts only passed in a flash. He didn't plan to recruit Xu Shu as a military advisor like this, because in his plan, Xu Shu had a more important position - the liaison between his own forces and Liu Beijun's forces in the future.

In Li Sheng's view, Kong Ming's analysis of the world in "Longzhong Pair" in the "legend" is very reasonable, but it is only because of a Sun Quan who constantly withdraws his hind legs and some accidents that the strategic intention depicted in "Longzhong Pair" cannot be realized. If you can avoid all this and continue to strengthen your own forces, then everything may be different.

"Compared to Sun Quan, it seems that Liu Bei is a better ally candidate." Li Sheng thought so in his heart. In three years, he has vaguely described his future in a plan. Although there are some things that are not detailed enough, he already has a rough idea in his mind about how he should take every step in the future.

Therefore, he did not spend much time thinking about the future, but focused his main energy on how to solve the specific problem at hand: "How to deal with these people in front of him?" ”

If you want to deal with the enemy, you must first understand the enemy. Although Li Sheng already had some eyebrows about this in his heart, he still opened his mouth to ask Luo Zhao: "Zhong Ming, what do you think of today's enemy?" Can you guess where they came from? ”

Luo Zhao was originally much older than Li Sheng, and he was already Zhuge Xuande's bureaucrate, and Li Sheng was originally very respectful to him. It was only later that Luo Zhaobu lived in seclusion in Zhuge 's house, and joined his own staff team and became his subordinate, which allowed Li Sheng to call him directly in the way of a friend of his peers.

"I think these enemies are probably the various large and small armed forces in the four northern counties. Because we brought troops this time, they thought that we would use force to destroy them, so they didn't stop thinking about uniting to fight us in this Xiyang. Luo Zhao thought about it and said his guess. Although this is just his speculation, because the analysis is very organized, everyone also thinks that things should be like this.

This is no different from what Li Sheng thinks in his heart, but it is slightly different in details.

"However, according to our previous intelligence. The large and small forces in the four northern counties don't have so many troops. They will never have more than 3,000 men, and the enemy we face today is far above 4,000. I don't know what's going on. At this time, Wei Yan pointed out the unreasonable problem in this speculation.

"Actually, these things are easy to understand. For I found that many of the enemies who attacked us were men with yellow turbans on their heads. I don't think anyone knows who they are. Huang Zhong, who has profound experience and keen vision, calmly said what he saw: "Undoubtedly, these rebels entrenched in the four northern counties have colluded with the Yellow Turban Bandits in the northern mountains, so they will be supported by the Yellow Turbans." ”

However, such an explanation still does not make sense to the people in the tent. For example, Shi Tao found one of these problems: "Why did the Yellow Turban Army support the separatist forces in the four northern counties?" You must know that each of these Yellow Turban forces has at least more than 1,000 people. Although it is very difficult to use them to attack the county seat, it is still relatively easy to deal with these small miscellaneous fish. If there is no agreement between the separatist forces and the Yellow Turbans, then this act of support will not be possible at all. If there is an agreement between them, who is it that makes them come to an agreement? And who was the person who made them happen to start the incident at this critical time in Jiangxia? If it was in normal times, then it would be impossible for them to be hostile to us at all, because they have only a few troops, and we still have the existence of 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou behind us. I think some of them should be able to see which is more important. ”

This is indeed very important. Because from this point, it can be seen that the current situation in Xiyang is not a separate armed rebellion, but a larger conspiracy. The hand hidden in the darkness seemed to want to take advantage of the chaos in the four northern counties of Jiangxia and the armed forces in the hands of the people who caused these chaos, plus the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from Yuzhou to bring Jiangxia into chaos. The target of this hand is Jiangxia, that is, Jingzhou, not the Xiyang county seat that is displayed in front of everyone.

Who is behind this turmoil in the northern part of Jiangxia County, as long as you think about the tense situation in Jiangxia County in front of you, you will understand.

"All of this is most likely the masterpiece of the Sun family." Li Sheng said softly.

With Li Sheng's words, everyone couldn't help but feel upset in their hearts, and then they came to their senses: "It turns out that the county magistrate also thought about this." Looking at Li Sheng's young and handsome face, a trace of curiosity suddenly appeared in everyone's hearts: "How did he think of this when he was so young?" With such a question, they stared at Li Sheng in a daze, quietly waiting for him to speak next.

Perhaps seeing that the people under his command wanted to teach themselves, Li Sheng felt a little helpless and touched his nose. He didn't want to say this, but in the face of everyone's expectant eyes, he continued: "Actually, this issue should be well understood, after all, there are only a few forces in the world that can make such a move. Among these forces, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north confronted each other at Guandu. In this confrontation, whether it was Yuan Shao or Cao Cao in the north, he did not want to see Jiangnan develop at this time. For them, it is best to maintain the situation that Liu Biao in Jiangnan and Sun Ce in Jiangdong are evenly matched. So none of them is likely to do this kind of thing that changes the balance of power between the two. ”

Speaking of this in one breath, Li Sheng couldn't help but pause, breathed a sigh of relief, and readjusted the thoughts in his mind before continuing: "Since the two powerhouses in the north have no reason to meddle in the affairs of our Jiangnan region, the only one who has the ability to meddle in our Jiangxia is Sun Ce in our east. Since Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, died in an ambush by Huang Zu Taishou, Sun Ce regarded Huang Zu Taishou as an enemy. 'Break through Jiangxia, zhan has Jingzhou, capture and kill Huang Zu' This is the goal they have always put in their hearts. They want to occupy Jiangxia, it can be said that they want to go crazy. In order to achieve a goal, they will inevitably provoke Jiangxia's instability. For them, the means of war are necessary, and so is the strategy outside of war. The chaotic situation in the four northern counties of Jiangxia suddenly came into their sight. They naturally understood that the armed forces of the four northern counties could not compete with the men and horses we brought. So, in order to change this, they hooked up with the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou. The two sides reached a number of agreements, one of which is very likely: 'After taking full control of Jiangxia, the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou joined the forces of the Sun family in Jiangdong and became the regular soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. It's like what Cao Cao did in Qingzhou a few years ago. ”

"Incorporate the Yellow Turban Army?" When everyone heard this, their faces couldn't help but show a look of surprise. Although there was already a precedent for Cao Cao to incorporate the Yellow Turban Army and thus have great combat power, it was still a surprising thing for most people in the world to incorporate the Yellow Turban Army. After all, in the hearts of most people, the Yellow Turban Army is still a synonym for traitors and the source of trouble. When encountering the Yellow Turban Army, it must be exterminated, which has almost become a common thing for most of the lords of separatist forces in the world. Now they suddenly heard that Jiangdong actually wanted to absorb the Yellow Turban forces in Yuzhou, which naturally caused their surprise.

"Is it really possible for Koto to do this?" They still asked Li Sheng in disbelief.

"It's a very good possibility. The Yellow Turban Army can fight, and is good at fighting in difficult environments, which is already known to the world. Jiangdong is mountainous, the environment on the mountain is treacherous, and there is also the existence of the Shanyue tribe. This has directly threatened Sun Ce's rule, and I think Sun Ce's main plan is to release these Yellow Turban troops in the Dabie Mountains and let them deal with the Shanyue tribe. Dabie Mountain is also the kind of mountain that stretches for nearly a thousand miles, and the Yellow Turban Army living on Dabie Mountain must also be good at mountain warfare, which is exactly what Sun Ce needs. Li Sheng nodded, and his words gradually became firm: "As for those subordinates of the Yellow Turban Army, they also feel that instead of being regarded as 'thieves' and running around in the 'border' counties in the mountains, it is better to join the camp of a certain hero and live a stable life in the military camp." So when people from Jiangdong contact them, they are likely to readily agree. In anticipation of this, if Jiangdong offered to control the entire four northern counties with the Yellow Turban Army defeating us, they would definitely agree. Because compared with the little overlord in Jiangdong, our stable Jingzhou has no frightening generals at all. ”

Everyone was speechless.

This is a fact, a fact that all the generals and soldiers in Jingzhou are unwilling to admit. Whenever Sun Ce's forces are raised, people can name first-class generals such as Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, and Tai Shici, and when it comes to Jingzhou, it seems that only Wenpin is considered a first-class general. Even the Yellow Turban Army understood which of the two sides was superior and inferior, so they were easily moved by Jiangdong's words and turned to attack Jingzhou. Because in the contrast between the two sides, they think that there is no need to be afraid of being an enemy of Jingzhou.

After explaining this, we basically understand the situation of the enemy on the opposite side: the enemy on the opposite side is a rabble dominated by the local armed forces in the four northern counties and a large number of Yellow Turban Army, and they are the basic destination of defeating themselves and occupying the four northern counties. Under the secret promotion of Jiangdong, it is best to be able to contain Jiangxia's defensive force and cause the fall of Jiangxia. If then let the Yellow Turban Army withdraw directly to Jiangdong, there is no loss. Because that would not have required Jiangdong to send a single soldier and a general.

"I see!" Everybody understands.

What is the enemy? It's just a chaotic rabble. Nothing remarkable.

To deal with the rabble, you only need to use your brain a little to understand what you should do.

"I have such an idea, you can help me see if it will work out or not." Li Sheng walked to the side of the screen with a map on it, and stretched out his hand to summon all the strategists and generals in the tent: "I plan to take advantage of the opportunity of all the enemies gathering together this time to destroy them all, and solve the problem of chaos in the four northern counties in one go." ”

"How to solve it? Isn't the more concentrated the enemy, the stronger it becomes? The crowd was still a little puzzled.

"You can't say that. There is nothing wrong with the concentration of troops, the stronger they become, but for the current rabble, it is a burden. Because their military orders are not uniform, there are still contradictions between various forces. They are only temporarily united because we may threaten them, and once we are no longer a threat to them, then they will have their own internal slaughter. In such a situation, it seems that we can use the inverse. Li Sheng said with a smile: "But even if it's the other way around, it's just a means to deal with them." Their power is rooted locally, and this is also a place to exploit. If we follow the usual way of fighting to destroy them, then we will encounter many enemies hidden in the shadows. And now they are floating to the surface of their own accord. If we used to have to use many means to eliminate them one by one, now we can undoubtedly only fight them. ”

That's true. But how can we deal with an enemy of more than 4,000 when we only have 2,000 troops at the moment? Everyone asked puzzledly: "If you use separation, it will take a certain amount of time." ”

"So I'm going to separate our forces." Li Sheng spoke his mind.

"What?" Everyone was shocked: "Doesn't separating the forces make us weaker?" ”

"Huh!" Li Sheng looked at the shocked expressions of the ministers on the left, shook his head slightly, and raised his eyes to look at the general on the right, only to find that both Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were smiling at what Li Sheng had just said.

"Could it be that they have already figured out the plan for this division of troops?" Li Sheng's thought turned in his heart, and he said: "For this problem, I think it is better to let the two generals explain it." They are in charge of the army, and they are relatively proficient in military operations. I think they must have just thought of something. ”

As soon as Li Sheng said this, the bureaucrats quickly set their eyes on Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. This made the two people who were just watching from the sidelines suddenly feel a little uncomfortable. They really didn't have the heart to prepare, because they didn't expect that Li Sheng would cause trouble and ask them to explain the problem by name. They wanted to postpone it, so they frequently signaled to Li Sheng, but Li Sheng pretended not to see it and ignored their gaze. They had no choice but to try to say what was in their hearts.

"Actually, Lord Zixu has already made the solution to the enemy very clear. The enemy's roots are local, and that's what we're aiming for. Wei Yan was silent for a moment and straightened out the thoughts in his mind and said, "The enemy is a thief, a thief rooted in the local area, this is almost a very certain thing. So why did they become thieves, and what did they get when they became thieves? That's another question we should figure out. In fact, the problem is very simple, the so-called 'people die for money, birds for food', the reason why they become thieves is just for more gold and silver money. They must have relied on their own force to obtain a great deal of gold and silver over the years. Judging from the fact that they directly bought the property locally, they did not mean to transport the gold and silver outside. Then their family business, their relatives must be in the local area. At present, they are all concentrating all their forces on Xiyang County to fight with us, so their old nest will definitely weaken their defense because of this. If we divide our men and horses on both sides, and attack their lair all the way, cutting off their back roads and financial resources, we will stick to this here and consider using counter-tactics to further disperse their forces and prepare for their final annihilation. ”

"That's right." Everyone came to their senses and immediately thought of the benefits of this method: "Don't these thieves love money? We will let them lose their wealth. First, it can be regarded as the most thorough punishment for them, and secondly, it is to prepare for our future development. If you want to build Xiyang well, you need a lot of money. "Although they were all born to read the books of the sages, they did not appear pedantic.

"However, the most important thing in carrying out this plan is how to ensure that the remaining 1,000 people in the main camp can successfully contain each other. After all, we must send all the money we get here to preserve, and if the main camp is breached, then everything we have done in the first place will become a beautiful illusion. Huang Zhong spoke calmly, and explained the weakness of this plan in one word.

"That's right." Li Sheng nodded approvingly, he looked intently at the two masters in front of him, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, with a hint of brilliance, he couldn't help but sweep over their faces, and after looking at them for a long time, he asked them: "Who do you think should take over the village and who should attack?" ”

"Well, this one!" The two groaned and looked at each other. Only then did Huang Zhong speak first: "I want me to attack, it should be better to let Wen Chang defend?" ”

"Why?" Li Sheng thought it was strange. In his heart, it should be normal for Wei Yan to propose to attack, and Huang Zhong to propose to defend. Because he can see that Huang Zhong likes to be quiet but not moving, and he seems calm in everything he does, while Wei Yan likes to move but does not like to be quiet, and is good at adapting to changes on the spot. It stands to reason that this should not be the case.

Perhaps seeing the doubts in Li Sheng's heart, Huang Zhong explained: "It is precisely because Wen Chang is good at change that he is the best defender." Because the camp side has to coax the other side with 1,000 people, and it needs to deal with it with all kinds of intelligence. Although I consider myself undoubtedly superior to Wen Chang, I am not superior to him in intelligence. Attacking the enemy's place of refuge may seem like an arrogant and refreshing thing on the surface, but in reality it is not so beautiful. The enemy has concentrated most of his forces in Xiyang, and even if there are people defending the nest, the strength is not much. I'm afraid that the 1,000 of us used to be more just porters. ”

"Since General Huang has seen this, why don't you stay here with General Wei to deal with the enemy's attack? As General Huang said, the enemy will not change much on the side of Laowo, the force is very weak, and it is not our opponent at all. Then I only need to go with the two generals, Peng Ling and Xu Ding, why do you need the generals to go out again? After listening to Huang Zhongde's explanation, most of the doubts in Li Sheng's heart were revealed, in addition to the above points, he could understand Huang Zhong and Wei Yan's choice very well: "After all, the current situation is that defense is much more dangerous than offense. ”

"Because I can't let you go. Peng Ling and Xu Ding are both rare brave generals, but Yong Zeyong doesn't know much about battlefield strategy. Although it is easy to attack the enemy's lair, it is also necessary to prevent being secretly slandered by the enemy. Although I am a little older and not able to do the kind of work that requires change, it is precisely because I am older that I have seen a lot of things, and I am still relatively sure of these things to prevent the enemy from acting secretly. I've seen a lot of the tactics that those people use in the market. Hehe! Huang Zhong laughed out loud as he spoke. But Li Sheng felt his sincere concern and love for him from his seemingly hearty laughter.

"Master...... Thank you. He couldn't say this in this solemn military tent, he could only think secretly in his heart. Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xu Ding, and Peng Ling are all masters of his martial arts, but because he is already the commander of Xiyang County at the moment, and Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xu Ding, and Peng Ling are all inferior to him in official positions for various reasons, and they are also ordered to serve under him and become his subordinates. When talking about business in the military tent, in order to maintain his authority as a commander, they can only call each other "general" and "lord".

This was a sacrifice made by the four masters to Li Sheng, and although it was necessary, it made Li Sheng feel very uncomfortable. He has always been worried that his master will be angry because of this, after all, he is both a respected teacher and a subordinate, which is really uncomfortable. But at the moment, it seems that there is no such situation in the four masters, and they still care about themselves as always, love themselves, and do their best to help themselves. This made Li Sheng couldn't help but be very moved.

"Alright. Now let's assign a task. Li Sheng collected his mood and ordered. The voice wasn't very majestic, but it was time to get down to business. One by one, they went back to their original places.

They all helped for the sake of Li Sheng. Except for Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, most of them understood Li Sheng's ideals and ambitions. They believe that Li Sheng can achieve all this. Although Li Sheng is not yet self-reliant, they all think that it will be sooner or later. They didn't say it, but in their hearts, they had already regarded Li Sheng as their lord. This point is even more obvious in the young people of Song De, Luo Zhao, Zhou Li, Zhou Rui, and Shi Tao. It is precisely because of this that they consciously or unconsciously maintain Li Sheng's dignity and authority as a monarch in their usual actions.

"Because of Xiyang County, it is still in the hands of the enemy. So our main task now is to retake Xiyang County. All actions must be carried out in accordance with this goal. Li Sheng, who returned to his position, looked whole and said with a serious face: "In order to defeat the enemy as soon as possible, I decided to divide the troops into two routes: one route with Wei Yan, the captain of Xiyang County, as the commander, commanding 1,000 troops, with Luo Zhao, Song De, Zhou Rui, and Xu Ding as deputy generals, the purpose is to stick to the main camp for more than ten days, drag the enemy here as much as possible, and stir up discord within the enemy army; On the other hand, led by myself, I commanded a thousand troops, with Huang Zhong, Shi Tao, Zhou Li, and Peng Ling as deputy generals, with the aim of eliminating the thieves in Xiyang and the surrounding counties of Xiyang, and completing the fundamental blow to the rebellion. All armies and units had to complete the diversion of the troops overnight to ensure the normal departure of the attacking troops before dawn. ”

"Yes!" When everyone heard this, they all stood up in unison and bowed down to receive the order.