Li Sheng is still very honest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although Info only agreed to Cheng Yu's words at the banquet, saying that he wanted to take him to see his army, which could have been laughed at as nonsense, but after he woke up, he couldn't let go of his face.

After being reminded of this, he thought about it for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed, and decided to fulfill his promise desperately, and accompanied Cheng Yu, who was obviously responsible for Cao Cao's intelligence gathering, to inspect his troops in the barracks on the outskirts of CD.

"Won't this expose your strength? When Cao Cao is on guard, what can he do? ”

The troubled ministers, who were also drunk, hurriedly reminded Li Sheng after hearing about Li Sheng's decision.

"What do you see? Kong Ming. ”

Li Sheng stretched out his hand and pressed his head to make a headache, and then threw the problem to his military advisor.

"It's good to let Cao Cao know about our situation."

Kong Ming thought about it and said.

"This ...... How so? ”

The minister who raised the objection asked in surprise as if he was taken aback by Zhuge Liang's statement.

"It's simple, because we can't let Cao Cao see us as his number one enemy."

Kong Ming replied with a smile.

"However, if we show our strength, won't Cao Cao pay more attention to us? The combat effectiveness of our army is very strong. ”

The opposing ministers still didn't quite understand, "Once Cao Cao notices us, won't he immediately raise troops to destroy us?" ”

"Won't ......"

Zhuge Liang shook his head affirmatively, and then said the set of statements that Li Sheng said a few days ago about who was the biggest enemy in Cao Cao's heart, and continued: "The indifference shown by the previous lord at the banquet has made Cheng Yu look down on the lord, as long as the lord continues to maintain this indifference and properly show his own strength, I think the concept in Cheng Yu's heart will change to a certain extent." While he looks down on the lord, he will be wary of the lord and consider how many troops he needs to attack the lord directly. Once this force exceeds Cao Cao's capacity, that is, more than 300,000 strong, Cao Cao will not try to attack us, at least until they have settled the Sun and Liu families. ”

"That's right. That is to say, let the lord show weakness and let the army show strength? ”

The ministers who opposed it were a little abrupt at this time.

"That's right."

Zhuge Liang nodded affirmatively, "To put it simply, we must convince Cao Cao that we are not as good as him and do not pose too much threat to him, but at the same time, it is difficult for him to capture us quickly." We don't have the ability to attack him, but we're still very strong in terms of self-preservation. If he comes to attack us, he will suffer great losses. ”

"It can't be boiled, it can't be broken, and if you swallow it, it will hurt your stomach. What we give Cao Cao is what it feels like. ”

Li Sheng said with a smile.

"We get it. Then let Cheng Yu go with us to review the troops. ”

Eventually, the ministers agreed.

The promise was finally upheld and passed.

Early the next morning, Li Sheng took his general's staff and Cheng Yu and embarked on the road to the military camp in the west of the city.

The military camp in the west of the city is on the edge of the Minjiang River, in a valley in the Qingcheng Mountains, which is a desolate place where there is no village in front and no shop in the back.

After Li Sheng entered Shu, he set up the barracks of the army there, but because the camp was not established for a long time, the road to the barracks was not repaired.

Therefore, everyone always felt a bit of desolation in their hearts along the way, which was affected by the barren scenery along the way.

Riding on the horse, the group looked at the scenery along the way, and all sighed.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu, who was a guest, opened his mouth and asked, "General Che Cai, why don't you just set up the military camp in the suburbs of CD, but place it in such a remote place?" Isn't the general afraid that there will be any war, because of the remoteness of the barracks, so that the rescue will not be possible? ”

"CD still has 20,000 defenders to defend, so it is enough to deal with ordinary emergencies. If even 20,000 men are not enough, it means that most of the enemy's troops are already under the CD, and all other passes have been lost, and the general situation is no longer possible. Once such a situation occurs, what else will the CD resist? It would be nice to hurry up and surrender the city. ”

Li Sheng explained with a smile: "The task of the army is to achieve victory. If you put the soldiers in the city, it is easy to be affected by the flower world in the city, so it is easy to reduce the combat power. I believe that the strongest army is the one that is trained in a closed environment under difficult conditions, so I chose this relatively inhospitable place as their barracks. They had to start from scratch on their own. ”

"Haha...... For these things. His Excellency the General of the Che Cavalry was very open-minded. ”

I don't know Li Sheng's thoughts very well, but I vaguely understand some of them, Cheng Yu said to Li Sheng with a smile.

"Born in sorrow, die in peace. Isn't it the same with people, and not with this army? ”

Li Sheng said lightly.

"What?"

Cheng Yu heard some of Li Sheng's whispering, but he didn't hear it very clearly, he was inadvertently stunned, and quickly became stunned.

"Nothing ......"

Li Sheng shook his head heavily, and said to Cheng Yu with a smile: "Hey, in fact, I always think that I am not Wei Gong's opponent?" If the Duke of Wei is pressed by the whole country's troops, it seems that I can only choose to surrender. Attacking the whole country in a corner is basically a thing that has no chance of winning. ”

"Ah......?"

Cheng Yu was slightly stunned, he heard Li Sheng's words clearly this time, but in private he thought that the sentence he had just omitted was definitely not what Li Sheng said before.

So the people went west, and when they turned a mountain pass, they suddenly became bright in front of them.

Outside the valley and inside the valley are two different worlds: outside the valley is miserable, and there is always a little bleak smell in the cold wind of hunting; However, the valley is full of grass and spring, and even the wind blowing on people's faces feels that it is warm.

It's an extremely open valley.

The mouth of the valley was a little narrower, probably enough to accommodate four carriages side by side, but there was so much space in the valley that one thought it would be more than enough to build a dock fort in it—and in fact, Li Sheng did exactly that.

"About a mile west of this, there is a dock fort, which is the outpost of the barracks. Six miles west from this outpost, in the mountains, is where the military camp really is. Due to the existence of this outpost, no idle people are allowed to enter the valley. You and I must pass through this outpost fort before we can continue our journey. ”

Li Sheng compared to Cheng Yu on the side of the faintly visible fortress statue in front of him.

"I see."

Cheng Yu nodded suddenly, but then he was a little puzzled: "How did the Che Cavalry General set up the military camp in this valley." Although this valley mouth is not small, it is not very open. If an enemy leads a horse to gamble on the mouth of the valley, will not the army of the valley not be allowed to come out? ”

"Huh."

Hearing Cheng Yu admonish himself so kindly, Li Sheng laughed happily: "Mr. Zhongde is really noble!" Actually reminded me of this. ”

He smiled and waved his hand, but said to Cheng Yu, who was a little annoyed by his laughter: "Not to mention, what we are walking now is just an exit from the valley military camp." Even if there was a way out of the whole valley, I would not be afraid. For under our feet there was already a road dug in all directions, through which the soldiers of the fort could reach the places we had said we had come to at any time. If there is really an enemy who foolishly blocks this valley. I really want to see how they look when they think they have a plan, but they find that they have an enemy behind them. ”

"Hah...... It turns out that the rider has been planning for this for a long time. Indeed, this is a matter for me. ”

When Li Sheng said this, Cheng Yu was stunned, he raised his eyes and glanced at Li Sheng, who was smiling to himself, but he was a little strange in his heart: "Is such a cautious layout done by Li Sheng?" In this case, isn't the weakness he showed yesterday...... Deceptive? However, if you just want to deceive me by such means, this is too underestimating me Chen Zhongde. Hehe, I'd better read on and see what they're up to. ”

With this idea of going to the play, Cheng Yu suddenly stopped saying something on his face.

Everyone walked into the valley, and after a short time they saw a dock fort, standing there like a checkpoint, and although there were still some empty passages on both sides, everyone could see that the empty passages were completely within the range of the archers on the dock fort.

Li Sheng and his entourage stopped at the edge of the dock fort.

It's not that they don't want to go, but the people on the dock fort found them and quickly prepared for defense, with a whole sabre-rattling look.

"Stop! Ahead is a military powerhouse, and we're welcome to go any further! ”

A very young officer at the dock fort said.

Li Sheng and the others stopped, and looked at the cloak on the top officer of the Wuwu Fort and the style of the military helmet on his head, and knew that he was just a small partial lieutenant.

I can't help but admire him.

After all, he stood on the tower of the dock fort, and had a far better vision than his side, and it was impossible not to see that his group of people were rich and noble.

But he is still so strong when he knows his identity, which shows that he is not afraid of power and strictly abides by military law.

"People like this should be taken seriously."

Li Sheng thought about it, and had decided to give him a chance to take a look.

Of course, this is all for later, as for now, let's pass it first.

Li Sheng asked Huang Zhong, who was following him, to negotiate.

Huang Zhong is a military general, although he is a little old, but this voice is still majestic and ruthless, he shouted under the dock fort, the people above the dock fort can definitely hear clearly: "Under is the left general Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng, now accompany the lord here, please let Guan let ...... go"

"General Zuo is a big man, and we small soldiers don't know it very well. Can the elderly have a military badge? If I don't have a military badge, I won't dare to let it go. ”

The young general in the city still asked unrelentingly.

"Well, this one!"

Huang Zhong lowered his head and touched his nose in shame, but shook his head.

Today he left in a hurry, but he forgot the military badge and did not take it with him.

At this moment, when he heard the little soldier on the city tower ask, he was immediately a little embarrassed and annoyed: "Could it be that I myself am not worth a small token?" ”

Huang Zhong roared, this is not only against the person on the upper floor of Wubao City, but also against Li Sheng and others under the city.

On the one hand, Huang Zhong was a little annoyed and angry, and on the other hand, he felt that there were more rules now, and things didn't seem to be as easy to handle as before.

"General, that's the ...... prescribed by the lord"

The young general in the city seemed to be frightened by Huang Zhong's loud voice, and shrank his head slightly, as if he was a little scared, but he still insisted on his truth.

"You ......"

Huang Zhong felt more and more embarrassed, and he was about to continue to be angry, but he was stopped by Li Sheng behind him.

"Master, give this to him."

Li Sheng said as he took out a gold-inlaid jade token from his bosom and handed it to Huang Zhong, "Master, the rules are set by us, and we must follow them on our own. It's better to have rules than to have no rules. If we don't follow the rules we set ourselves, then the rules will not be followed by others in the end. ”

“……”

Huang Zhong was ashamed, lowered his head introspectively, was silent for a while, took a few steps forward and raised his head again, but it was the people above the dock fort who shouted: "The lord's token is here, why don't you come down to check?" ”

"Wait ......"

The young general on the city tower said.

He ran down the city, opened the gate of the dock fort, brought a group of soldiers out, and came to Li Sheng and them with knives and guns, and Huang Zhong took the token in his hand and looked at it for a while, and the expression on his face became solemn.

"Salute!"

The young general handed the token back to Huang Zhong, shouted loudly, stretched his arm flat in front of his forehead, and gave Li Sheng a military salute that Li Sheng had prescribed at the beginning.

"Hmm!"

Li Sheng snorted, and also returned a military salute to the young general, not only him, but also Huang Zhong, Xing Daorong and other people with military positions also saluted the young general.

"They...... What's going on? ”

Cheng Yu didn't know that this was a salute and a return salute, so he was very strange to Li Sheng and their behavior towards each other.

"Marching salute."

Kong Ming on the side explained to Cheng Yu, "The lord thinks that the bow in the army is too cumbersome, so he uses this hand raising ceremony instead. ”

"I see?"

Cheng Yu suddenly couldn't help but recognize this etiquette in his heart.

At the end of the salute, the young general led Li Sheng and the others to the valley for a while, and then confessed again, and returned to Wubao to continue to perform his duties.

As promised, and so abiding by military regulations, everyone nodded approvingly.

"The general of the cavalry has the style of Zhou Yafu."

Cheng Yu appreciated.

This appreciation made Li Sheng's face a little smug.

As Li Sheng said, after another six or seven miles, a huge military camp appeared in front of Li Sheng and the others.

Although Li Sheng had already informed Zhao Yun, the guard of the barracks, that he would come back here today, when Li Sheng and the others came, the barracks was still silent, and not only did no one come out to greet them, but even the flags and voices in the barracks were not much more.

The barracks were quiet, as if it were an empty camp.

As when he was in Wubao earlier, Li Sheng was also able to enter the camp after showing his token, and one of the officers who stayed behind led them to Zhao Yun's tent.

The situation in the Great Tent at this moment was similar to everything they had seen since they entered the camp, it was still an empty and empty scene.

This made Cheng Yu feel strange, he saw that Li Sheng and the others did not have many doubtful expressions, and understood that Sheng and the others already knew the situation here, so he asked: "I don't know where did General Zhao Yun who stayed here go?" Why can't we see them? ”

"Zilong, they went to the mountains to train. This is a very important matter in our army. I've always stressed that training can't be stopped. Right now, I think we've gone up the mountain, and we haven't come back from training yet. Even if we visit, the training they should have done today will be completed. ”

Li Sheng explained with a smile.

"I see. Even if there is a visitor, the training must be completed first. General Che Cai, the army you have trained like this can be regarded as an iron army. ”

Cheng Yu looked at Li Sheng and said meaningfully: "This kind of training, I'm afraid that my family's Wei Gong's army is also rare." ”

"Impossible, right? I heard that Duke Wei's army is unparalleled in the world. In the past, Duke Wei's navy seemed to be a little worse, but now it should be much better, didn't it defeat Sun Quan's navy? ”

Li Sheng pretended to be surprised and said.

"Hehe, of course."

Cheng Yu nodded affirmatively, but said again: "However, your cavalry general's troops are not bad." Just look at how hard you train. By the way......" Cheng Yu seemed to remember something, and asked: "I didn't see how many acres of land there are on the side of General Checai's barracks, don't General Checai's troops need Tuntian?" "Tuntian? That's what it takes. But it's not the team here in Tuntian. Li Sheng smiled, but briefly introduced the composition of his army to Cheng Yu: "In fact, I divided the army into three levels: the first level is the kind of troops that you are currently stationed in the wilderness, they are full-time training and full-time combat troops, and their combat power is also the highest among all the troops under my command, I call him the main force; The second level is the troops you see in the CD city, that is, the troops stationed in the city to be responsible for the security of the city and suppress the rebellion, these troops are full-time training and full-time defense troops, and their combat power ranks second in our army, I call them defensive forces; The third level is similar to the men and horses of the Tuntian Army under Wei Gong, recruited in the local township, participating in the local war in the local township, half farming and half training in peacetime, and the soldiers are the people. "So that's the case, then I understand ......" Cheng Yu said and nodded, ostensibly agreeing with Li Sheng's words, but in his heart he was a little suspicious of Li Sheng's words: "This is where the main force with the strongest combat power under your command is?" No way. Now that everyone is covering their combat power, how can you show your strength so generously? Li Sheng, Li Sheng, what are you going to do again? He felt that this was a little strange, and his face couldn't help but show some doubts. Li Sheng naturally looked at Cheng Yu's doubts one by one, and seeing that Cheng Yu still had doubts, Li Sheng said: "I heard that Duke Wei is a person who represents the imperial court, and it is the right way to be obedient and rebellious. Although my Yizhou is a little remote, let the heart of China be scattered. Since Duke Wei intends to understand the situation of our army, and says it in the name of the Son of Heaven, how dare I look against the will? My ancestor is Li Yingye, the former lieutenant of Sili. My ancestor is a Hanchen, and I am also a Hanchen, so my family is favored by the Han Emperor, so how can I betray my kindness? If you want to know about my army, I naturally have to let you know what my strongest army is. But that's about it. "I see, the general of the chariot is really a loyal martyr. Lingzu Li Yinggong is a person admired by the world, and the current behavior of the general is quite like an ancestor. In this way, I was relieved. Cheng Yu said according to Li Sheng's words, and made a sigh of relief. In fact, in his heart, he still has a high vigilance against Li Sheng. "Watch his words and listen to his deeds." That's what he always thought. The conversation went on in this military tent for a while, and after a while, a personal soldier from outside came to report: "Lord, General Zhao Yun has led the troops back to the camp." "Then let them stand in line on the school grounds and be inspected by us." Li Sheng thought about it, considering that his soldiers had just experienced the hardships of training and their physical strength had also decreased, and it seemed that it was no longer suitable to show the strength of his army in front of Cheng Yu in other ways, so he chose to stand in line for such a project. In Li Sheng's opinion, although the soldiers are very tired at the moment, for them who have been trained for a period of time, just letting them stand does not seem to make them more tired, and it is also just a good way to show Cheng Yu the momentum of this army. "Hehe, let this antique Cheng Zhongde see the queue I moved from the afterlife. Quack, I hope he won't be frightened by the momentum and appearance of these people at that time. Li Sheng thought with a smile, but stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation like Cheng Yu: "Mr. Zhongde, since they are back, then let's go over." Li Sheng so invited. It's good. Cheng Yu thought that he could see the appearance of the most mysterious army in the world now, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited, he promised in his mouth, but he took a step sideways, and said to Li Sheng: "Please also ask the general to lead the way." "He is a guest, and it is the first time to come to such a place, so he is naturally embarrassed to walk in the head of everyone on his own. Although a person like him, who has been in the army for a long time, can see the location of the school field at a quiet glance. "Huh." Li Sheng smiled and didn't say anything anymore, but he was the first to walk in front of everyone. He walked first, and the others followed, and only after a few bends in the camp group, they saw the high platform, and the soldiers in dark red military uniforms standing silently and solemnly under the high platform. At this moment, they were all sweating and straightened up, standing without saying a word, and in this silence, there was a faint earth-shattering majesty rising, which made Li Sheng and them all feel a little emotional: "It's really an iron army." They all thought so without exception. I saw the 50,000 soldiers on the field standing there with their brushes, and their thin military uniforms were wet and deep everywhere. It wasn't water trails, it was sweat on them. Those who came up to the stage could not see the situation of the people behind them, but they could see the sweat on the foreheads and the tired faces of the soldiers in the rows of soldiers in front of them. "They've really been through a lot of hard work, and they seem to be tired right now." Cheng Yu watched as such thoughts passed through their hearts. Of course, he could also see that although these people were a little tired, their mental outlook was very good. From their breathing, which was only a little hurried, but not very messy, Cheng Yu could feel that there was still a lot of combat power in their bodies, that is, they could still fight right now. "It's tough, I wonder how much training they've gone through before?" Under the pressure of tens of thousands of people, Cheng Yu, who is a literati, can still bear it because he has experienced such a scene before, he looked at the soldiers standing neatly and motionlessly below, and asked Li Shengdao with a smile. "What's this?" Li Sheng smiled and looked at Zhao Yun, who looked extremely heroic with silver armor on his side: "Zilong, you can answer this question." "Yes, my lord!" Zhao Yun arched his hand towards Li Sheng, and then replied to Cheng Yu: "Actually, we don't train much, but it's just a long run of 100 miles with a weight of 100 catties in armor, and an hour of training weapons in actual combat." Zhao Yun said indifferently. But whether it was Li Sheng, Zhuge Liang, or Cheng Yu, who listened to his words, they all clearly felt the pride hidden in his heart from the tone of his speech: running a hundred miles with weights gave them extraordinary endurance and mobility; The training of weapons in actual combat combat has allowed these people to master a lot of actual combat experience in peacetime, and the cooperation of the two has undoubtedly made this army tired and good at chaotic warfare. "And that's not even the most important thing." Cheng Yu thought so. Although Zhao Yun gave himself only two answers just now, Cheng Yu clearly saw the third point in addition to these two answers in combination with his immediate observations: "These soldiers of Li Shengjun have undoubtedly received very good formation training, which makes them not only have strict military discipline, but also have the ability to quickly form a team. This kind of ability may not be special at ordinary times. However, in actual combat, strict military discipline enables them to most resolutely implement the plan laid out by the general, and the ability to quickly form a team allows them to form a formation to deal with changes in the shortest possible time to deal with sudden changes on the battlefield. "Such an army is like an arm, and there is no need for other drills to see the kind of powerful combat power they have." Cheng Yu thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh heavily: "I didn't expect to see such a powerful army in a remote place like Yizhou. My lord, you have another potential enemy. Although on the surface, Li Sheng does not seem to have the intention of dominating the world, but even so, it is impossible for him to directly choose to surrender when our troops are pressing. It seems that it is impossible to use majesty to subdue them, and it seems that we should choose softer means. At least for now, we want to be good friends with Li Sheng. Cheng Yu, who felt that Li Sheng's strength seemed to be a little impossible to underestimate, finally had a plan in his heart. But he still felt a little unsafe, so he asked Li Sheng again on this stage: "The tiger and wolf soldiers that the general of the Che Cavalry really raised, it can't be that they are good-looking, I don't know where this soldier will be placed in the end." "Huh." Li Sheng laughed, but asked Cheng Yu rhetorically: "How does Mr. Zhongde know that my soldier must be used?" "If you don't use it, just to protect your family and the country, can the general of the cavalry need such a desperate training?" Cheng Yu smiled and pointed to the generals below and said, "They give me the feeling that they are like tigers coming out of the mountains." I've never heard of anyone using a tiger out of the mountains for defense. "Mr. Zhongde is really talented, I admire." Li Sheng saw that Cheng Yu could see some of the details of his army, so he no longer pretended to be deaf and dumb and denied it, he pointed to the army below him and said: "They are indeed preparing to fight. Mr. Zhongde should know that although I have achieved Yizhou, it is not without enemies. The south and west sides of Yizhou are not very friendly to me. As the saying goes, 'those who are not of my race will have different hearts,' and I have to conquer these people. "......I see," Cheng Yu nodded understandingly, but he was relieved, and he could see that what Li Sheng was saying now was his sincere words: "In that case, I wish the general of the chariot a victory?" Hehe, if the general can really send troops to sweep away these alien races, the court and the Duke of Wei will treat the general differently. Cheng Yu said this, and there was already a faint implication in his words that the imperial court and Cao Cao were compared - in fact, this is also known to the world. In this way, thank you Mr. Zhongde for your kind words. Li Sheng smiled and said to Cheng Yu with a little humility, and a knowing smile quietly appeared on his face.