Hearing that the young general in front of him turned out to be Guo Huai, a handsome talent in the late Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Mai was surprised and delighted.

This feeling is as exciting as a poor person accidentally picking up a piece of treasure!

Compared with Wang Ling and Tian Yulai, Guo Huai's ability is better, and he can be literate and martial.

Even compared with Hao Zhao, Guo Huai is more comprehensive, Hao Zhao is good at defending, and Guo Huai can attack and defend, and can also command a large corps to fight, he is definitely a handsome talent who can take charge alone.

What's more, Guo Huai is much younger than Hao Zhao, Tian Yu and others, and he also has a longer lifespan. In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, when the stars of talent fell, it stood out from the crowd, and being able to get the assistance of such an excellent general will make his future hegemony like a tiger!

Now that I think about it, the biggest success of pulling Wang Ling under my command was not to get Wang Ling, but to take his brother-in-law Guo Huai by the way, this is the big pie that fell from the world!

I didn't bother to put any effort into it, and I got a talent who was enough to become a mainstay, which is really a blessing for three lives!

Although he admired Guo Huai very much in his heart, and even admired him a little, Yuan Mai also knew that he couldn't show too much. Although Guo Huai has merit, it is not to the point where he makes his eyebrows flutter.

"How old is Berji?" Yuan Mai's eyes rolled, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked calmly.

Guo Huai bowed his hand and saluted: "If you stab Lord Shi, after August, you will be sixteen years old!" ”

"It's good that you can make such a great achievement at a young age, and you will have a lot to do in the future. There's a lot to be done! Yuan Mai stroked his sparse beard and praised Guo Huai.

He turned his head and reproached Wang Ling: "Wang Yanyun, you are really, the people around you have made such a great contribution, why don't you make a statement and let me know?" If it weren't for Hao Bodao coming out to give Guo Huai credit, he would almost forget Boji's credit! ”

"Huh...... Lord Assassin Shi blames me, but I am Boji's brother-in-law, and it is really inconvenient to take credit for him, and it is inevitable that I will be tongue-in-cheek. thinks that I, Wang Ling, am using power for personal gain. Therefore, the credit of Berje was concealed. ”

Wang Ling stood up and laughed at his defense, although he was blamed, the smile on his face could not be hidden.

Hao Zhao knew Guo Huai's merits well, and Wang Ling had already calculated that Hao Zhao would stand up for his brother-in-law. Therefore, Guo Huai's credit has been kept tight. The credit of his brother-in-law. From Hao Zhao's mouth. Compared with asking for credit for him, the effect will definitely not be the same!

Seeing Wang Lingle's smile, Yuan Mai guessed his thoughts. However, it is really a great joy to be able to get a good talent like Guo Huai, he Wang Ling wants to play a little smart, let him do it!

"Wang Yanyun, Wang Yanyun, from now on, you have to remember one sentence, you don't avoid relatives, you know? As long as he is a talented person, no matter what his identity is, he must be strongly recommended, so that he can live his talent right! ”

Yuan Mai glanced at everyone with a torch-like gaze, and these words were not only said to Wang Ling alone, but once again confirmed: "Do you remember?" ”

"Remember the teachings of Lord Thorn Shi!" The civil and military forces on both sides bowed their hands to the promise.

Wang Ling apologized: "Lord Assassin Shi taught very much, but Wang Ling thought too much and fell behind. From now on, I will definitely keep in mind the teachings of the history of the assassin, but if there is a good talent, I will definitely recommend it to the master of the history of the assassin! ”

Yuan Mai nodded approvingly, and said to Wang Ling with a smile: "Guo Boji is young, he is good at strategy, and it is a pity that he does not show his skills in the army!" Wang Yanyun, you are sitting in Jinyang, there are few battles, and Boji is useless under you, let him come to my command to listen to orders, I don't know if your eldest brother is willing? ”

"Willing, willing...... With the help of Lord Thorn Shi, how can the lower officials not know what to do! Wang Ling smiled on his face and pushed Guo Huai, "Hurry up and thank Lord Thorn Shi for your kindness!" ”

"Thank you for your support, I am willing to follow the adults to drive left and right, Guo Huai will swear to repay him!" Guo Huai immediately came out of the queue and bowed to Yuan Mai.

Yuan Mai said with a kind face: "Very good, follow me, there will be a place for you Guo Boji!" This time, you have made a meritorious contribution to the battle and will be promoted to general from now on, train the soldiers, and go into battle to kill the enemy, there must be no mistake! ”

Everyone is an official, everyone has a reward, and everyone is happy!

Hundreds of military cooks set up stoves in the open air, pots and pans rattle, busy and happy, not much effort, the fragrance of mutton wafted over Dingxiang; After being tired for a long time, the soldiers who have not had time to eat a delicious meal can finally relax, drink a pot of turbid wine, and feast. Laughter and laughter are endless.

The next day, Xu Shu said to Yuan Maijin: "Although the Black Mountain thieves retreated, but their vitality was not damaged, our army should continue to pursue until the foot of Taihang Mountain, even if the thieves can't be cut down to the roots, Zhang Yan's vitality will be greatly damaged, and he will not dare to commit it again for a while!" ”

"What Yuan Zhi said is very true, I should personally lead the troops to pursue!" Following Xu Shu's words, Yuan Mai decided to lead his troops to the east to continue the pursuit of Zhang Yan.

At that moment, Guo Huai and Wang Shuang were ordered to lead 3,000 cavalry as the front drive, and went to the east of Mengxian to find the main force of the Montenegrin Army and fight a decisive battle with it; He and Xu Shu, Zhou Cang, Wang Ling, and Zhang Xundu led 15,000 men and horses to march later. Leaving Tian Yu in Dingxiang to repair the houses and resettle the people.

As for Hao Zhao, he has a heavy responsibility and can no longer continue to fight with the army. Since he led his troops out of Yanmen, the Xianbei, Wuhuan, Northern Xiongnu and other alien races in the north were ready to move, waiting for an opportunity to enter Yanmen to plunder, so Hao Zhao led his headquarters and returned overnight.

The battle of Dingxiang lasted more than 20 days, and the Montenegrin army suffered heavy losses. Zhang Yan initially brought 70,000 soldiers and horses, and later summoned various troops to come to support, and 40,000 horses came to listen to the order, plus 7,000 regular troops under the command of Gongsun Xu; The total force of the attack on Dingxiang was close to 120,000.

But from beginning to end, he did not step into Dingxiang City, and lost his troops and generals, under the resistance of reinforcements and defenders from all walks of life, the Montenegrin army suffered countless casualties, and the loss of troops reached more than 45,000 people, which made Zhang Yan like a fish in his throat, and he really couldn't swallow this bad breath!

Although the main force of the Montenegrin army is composed of ignorant ordinary people, there are also smart people in the army. After retreating to Mengxian, Zhang Yan summoned the think tanks in the army to discuss how to deal with the big stone bought by Yuan?

After some discussion, it was concluded that Yuan Jun's boulder was launched by a catapult, which was powerful and had a very long range. Some thinkers suggested that sewing countless huge cowhides and soaking them in water to increase the toughness of the cowhides on the battlefield can block the stones shot by the catapult and reduce the casualties of their own soldiers.

Zhang Yan ordered his subordinates to slaughter more than 100 plundered oxen, sewed countless huge cowhides, soaked them in water, and prepared to resist the boulders fired by the catapult when they were ready to fight.

With the method of dealing with the "thunderbolt", Zhang Yan had the confidence, coupled with the difficulty of swallowing the humiliation of losing the army, after retreating to Mengxian, he did not continue to retreat, and the arson plundered in the territory, intending to attract Yuan Mai's main force to the decisive battle.

Yuan Mai learned that Zhang Yan was plundering in Meng County, urged the troops to advance, and met the thieves in the vast territory of Meng County within a day. The two armies lined up and fought in the wilderness.

"Thunderbolt, launch!"

With Yuan Mai's order, the thunderbolt in the Yuan army's array made a "squeak, squeak" sound and began to throw stones into the thief array!

"Hold up the cowhide to block it!"

Watching Yuan Bing launch the boulder again, Zhang Yan hurriedly ordered to use cowhide to block.

The thieves shouted, and the soldiers in front grabbed the huge cowhide sewn together and propped it on top of their heads to block the stones thrown by the stone-throwing truck.

Sure enough, with the sound of "poof", the stones thrown by the catapult fell on the cowhide, like a fist hitting cotton, and the force was completely removed, although it could also smash and kill several thieves, but the power was not as good as before.

"Haha...... This cowhide really works, I see what your stone-throwing truck can do to me? ”

Zhang Yan was triumphant and laughed out loud on the horse. With a wave of the broadsword in his hand, he ordered the whole army to move forward, advancing against the cowhide, until it made contact with the officers and soldiers, and then won by relying on the advantage of the number of people.

With the shouting and killing sound that shook the heavens and the earth, the two armies were entangled together, the bayonets were red, and the flesh and blood were flying!

Although the officers and men were elite and the weapons were well prepared, the strength of the troops was far behind the Montenegrin army, which was several times its size. After a fierce battle, both sides suffered casualties. Although more than 5,000 thieves were killed, more than 1,500 officers and soldiers were injured in hand-to-hand combat.

Back in the barracks, Yuan Mai was not depressed. I didn't expect the advantage of the thunderbolt to be resolved so quickly, there were still sixty or seventy thousand people in the Montenegrin army in Meng County, and the total number of horse infantry troops in his hands was only fifteen or six thousand......

Just when Yuan Maimen was sullen, Xu Shu came to offer advice again: "Don't worry, son, I have a strategy to break the enemy!" ”

"Oh, Yuan Zhi, tell me quickly, do you have any way to defeat the Black Mountain Thief?" Yuan Mai asked overjoyed.

Xu Shu said softly: "The Black Mountain thieves are complicated, and many of them are from various states, and they can't work together to twist into a rope. We have captured a lot of thieves in our army, but we can find people who can speak the good way, so that they can sneak back to the various departments of Montenegro, promise an official position, and lure some of them to defect with heavy money, and raid Zhang Yan in front of the battle, maybe we can defeat Zhang Yan! ”

"Okay, this plan works!"

Yuan Mai stroked his palms in favor, since he was able to lure down Zhenggu at the beginning, maybe he can also lure other Qu Shuai today, why did he forget this method? What a fan of the authorities!

Yuan Mai immediately sent people to carefully select dozens of smart people who could speak well from the more than 2,000 Black Mountain captives, and promised that if anyone could persuade some of the thieves to defect, they would be rewarded heavily, and they would be canonized. Sure enough, someone volunteered and was willing to sneak back to the Montenegrin army to persuade Qu Shuai to surrender and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. (To be continued......)