The one hundred and thirty-fourth round: The strategy of the soldiers
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When all the strategists listened to the lord's advice, they all bowed their heads and muttered for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Indeed, the army of the Three Kingdoms era did not have a roster, and it was easy to manage when the number of soldiers was small, but once there were 100,000 people, it was not easy to count the specific number. It is indeed a difficult problem for the lord to raise this question.
Cheng Yu was never willing to be left behind, thought for a moment, and said first: "You can let all the sergeants fight in a square formation, twenty people per row, count how many rows there are, and finally you can calculate the number of troops." In this way, there is no need to count them one by one, which is a good idea. ”
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "100,000 horses are fighting in a square formation, how much space does it need?" I don't know how long it takes to line up in order. It's not good, it's not ......."
Xun Yuyu said: "The minister has a strategy, he can divide 100,000 horses into more than ten teams, and each team counts the number of people. Finally, adding them together and turning the pieces into whole should be a relatively quick method. ”
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Although this method is on the right path, it is a little clumsy. Our army now has only more than 100,000 troops, but it is difficult to guarantee that it will grow to hundreds of thousands or millions in the future. Count and count, add and go, and your head is dizzy! It's not good, it's not ......"
Everyone was not satisfied with these two methods, so they frowned and pondered together, and no one made a sound. Cao Cao turned his head and saw Sun Lang standing there with his head bowed and pursed his lips and smiled, so he asked, "Could it be that you have a clever idea?" ”
Sun Lang saw that Cao Cao really asked himself, so he stepped forward and said: "Back to Cao Gong, there is indeed a plan below, there is no need to count the number of people, and there is no need to arrange the team, you can calculate the specific number of millions of soldiers and horses. ”
"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up and said, "What a clever plan, come quickly!" ”
Sun Lang drew a circle in the air with his hand and said, "Cao Gong can find a vacant land of more than 100 acres and order someone to dig a flat pit to come out." Order a group of soldiers to jump into the pit and fill it with no place to stay. Then let the group of soldiers come up and count the number of people and record it. All the rest of the soldiers jumped into the pit one by one in batches, and then came up again. The cycle repeats itself, and in the end, the total number of soldiers can be calculated by recording how many batches of soldiers have entered the pit. Just like using a stone bucket of rice, a pit of soldiers is like a bucket of rice, and ten pit soldiers are ten buckets of rice, so that there is no need to count the number of people in a line, nor do you need to count them one by one, and this big pit can also be used repeatedly, which can be described as the best strategy. ”
Cao Cao had never heard of this "Hu soldiers" strategy, and only needed to let the soldiers line up to enter the pit separately and weigh them in batches like rice. I just think that although this idea is novel, it is indeed a good idea. He actually admired Sun Lang a little at this time, so he nodded and said, "Hmm...... Sure enough, it's a good idea! He also ordered left and right: "Pass the order, and dig a big pit in the test of the deer platform from now on, which is specially used for the soldiers!" ”
The generals on the side ordered to go down. Xun Yu also felt that this strategy was good, and nodded again and again. And Cheng Yu felt very shameless, his idea was ruthlessly rejected by the lord, and Sun Lang's idea was just said, and Cao Gong actually accepted it.
Cao Cao saw that this Sun Lang had both insight and clever strategies, so he wanted to test his courage again. Then he turned his head to his subordinates and said, "Someone! Bring my horses here, I'm going to ride down and check out the troops! ”
As he spoke, his subordinates led a tall horse from the corner of the platform, with a black body, a shiny mane, a long tail like a waterfall, four strong hooves, and a strong torso.
Cao Cao didn't say a word, straddled the horse, and asked Sun Lang with a smile: "Do you know this horse?" ”
Sun Lang didn't think about it at all, and replied proudly: "This is a great horse, and it can't even catch up with the shadow when it gallops, so it is called 'Absolute Shadow'." Originally, the world-famous "Red Rabbit Horse" should also belong to Cao Cao, but at this time Lu Bu was not destroyed, and the Red Rabbit Horse was still Lu Bu's mount. This horse is all black, and the appearance is so magical, Sun Lang must be the "absolute shadow".
Cao Cao was slightly startled, he couldn't guess how such a teenager could see so much, and he said the name of his BMW correctly, so he took the reins of the horse and asked, "Did you ever ride a horse when you came?" ”
Sun Langyu said: "If you go back to Cao Gong, of course you will come on horseback. Then he walked to the side of the hall and led his horse with him.
Cao Cao looked at the robber horse's charcoal black hair, which was mixed with a little silver-white miscellaneous hair, his legs were not long, and he was extremely thin, so he smiled slightly, pointed at the audience with the tip of the whip and said: "In my spare time, I often gallop down the steps on a prancing horse to exercise my courage and equestrian skills. Do you dare to come with me? ”
Sun Lang looked down at the stage and saw that there were all slippery bluestone steps, and there was faint pale green moss on them, each step was less than a foot wide, and the slope of the entire step was extremely steep. Even if a person steps down the stairs, you have to be careful, let alone a horse rushing down? If the horse's hooves slipped on the moss, not to mention the horse's legs were broken, the whole person would fly out and roll down the more than 100-step steps.
However, he knew that his thief was also a divine horse, trekking through mountains and rivers, as if walking on the ground. Although he is not completely sure, this Cao Cao choked on fire with himself, and it was clear that he was thinking of humiliating himself, so arrogant and arrogant, how could he retreat? He smiled lightly and replied, "What's so hard about that?" Rush down with Cao Gong below! ”
Cao Ren saw that his little son-in-law had forgotten all the instructions he had when he came, and he was dying in front of Cao Gong today, so he couldn't help but feel anxious, and couldn't help but dissuade: "Stinky boy! Are you crazy? It's not fun to fall down this step! Do you want my daughter to be widowed? ”
Sun Lang said loudly: "Lord Yue, I'm too worried. Cao Gong is so interested, how can the son-in-law not give up his life to accompany the gentleman? Even if it costs a life, what's the pity? After saying that, his legs were clamped on the horse's belly, and the reins of the horse loosened slightly, and the thief horse screamed twice, pulled up his four hooves, and rushed down the steps.
Cao Cao shouted: "Okay! Courage, courage! He whipped his whip at Jere's buttocks, and rushed out like a meteor.
(To be continued.) )