On August 25, the 23rd year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one thought that Luoyang, a first-class city in Henan Province, would fall in just one day.

So much so that when Li Shou slowly walked in from the south gate of Luoyang, he was still a little difficult to let go.

Although the city walls on the west and north sides of Luoyang have not completely fallen, there are still some rebels in the city who are resisting stubbornly, but in Li Shou's view, it is just in vain.

Although he sacrificed as many as 8,000 Western Expeditionary Army, he also captured and killed nearly 80,000 rebels, and captured Luoyang.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu, what a powerful woman!

Li Shou couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Suddenly, he noticed Xie An's low expression beside him.

"Still thinking about it?" Li Shou asked.

Xie An shook his head, nodded again, and then sighed slightly.

Li Shou had never seen Xie An show such a look, he wondered in his heart, and said strangely, "You don't really naively think that you can take Luoyang without bloodshed, right?" Although this king was said to be yes by you and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this king also knows that the affairs of the military family have always been extremely dangerous, and there is no reason why an immortal can win......"

"Okay, okay, don't be pretentious, I still need you to teach me this kind of thing?" Xie An rolled his eyes angrily.

Li Shou was not annoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Since that's the case." So what do you do with a calm face? ”

I saw Xie An let out a long sigh, frowned and said, "I just think that she lacks due respect for human life and the soldiers who go to the battlefield to fight!" ”

"Respect? - What do you mean by that? Li Shou's expression gradually became a little solemn.

"You also saw that the 10,000 people of General Fei Guo were used by her as bait to deal with the eastern city wall, I guess. Except for a few generals who led the army, she didn't tell all the soldiers about the rebel general Zhou Lianghui leading the army to help, otherwise, in the first wave of contact war, how could there be such huge casualties in General Fei's 10,000-strong phalanx? In other words, those soldiers who died in battle can be said to have died on the battlefield without knowing it......"

"Hmm......" Li Shou frowned slightly. He nodded slowly.

"I'm not saying she's wrong to design it, on the contrary. I think she fought this battle very beautifully, whether it is the grasp of the situation, or the accurate grasp of the timing to cut the morale of the enemy army, or the insight into the hearts of the people...... I just think that it is necessary for her to convey her true intentions to the ten thousand soldiers under the command of General Fei Guo, so that at least those soldiers can die blindly, not like now. I don't even know what I died for......"

"You're right to think so," Li Shou nodded when he heard this, and then said hesitantly, "But have you thought about it, if Miss Changsun really conveys her true intentions to that army of 10,000 people, how many people will dare to act as bait?" - You know. This decoy army needs to face the attack of Zhou Liang and the east city wall, and even before Deputy General Chen Gang and General Li Jing lead the army to help. Hold back the rebels so that the two generals can in turn surround the enemy...... The king also felt that if he told his true intentions to the soldiers below, the variables were too complicated, and it would be difficult to force his soldiers to fight such a back-to-back battle without absolute prestige...... In that case, it is better not to say anything, so that the soldiers think that they are just a group of soldiers and horses who feint......"

"You think so, too?" Xie An raised his head and glanced at Li Shou with a frown.

Perhaps noticing the strange looks in Xie An's eyes, Li Shou's tone froze, and he said hesitantly, "Xie An, you also know that ordinary soldiers can only add icing on the cake, but they can't send charcoal in the snow, and the situation is like a bamboo when they are chasing after victory, and on the other hand, once they are demoralized by the enemy, they will be defeated...... You can't compare these soldiers to the Eastern Army's Shenwu Battalion! ——General Chen Gang led 300 Eastern Army to kill tens of thousands of Beirong wolf horsemen, during which no one retreated, and all died on the battlefield. - Without the prestige of General Mai, it is not enough to do this! ”

"......" Xie An was silent when he heard this.

In fact, he also knew that the reason why the eldest grandson Xiangyu did not tell Fei Guo's corporal her true intentions was nothing more than to reduce the temporary variables on the battlefield.

Ah, the temporary variable, this is the biggest flaw in the use of troops by the eldest grandson Xiangyu!

Although Liang Qiuwu is Xie An's wife, Xie An has to admit that this soldier is not very clever, at least compared to the divine strategy of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, it is too much worse, often relying on her extraordinary force and the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Eastern Army's Shenwu Battalion to forcibly reverse the situation on the entire battlefield.

It's like the battlefield in northern Hebei, if it weren't for Liangqiu Wu taking the lead and killing the enemy chief Gutu Hachi, causing the collapse of the Beirong wolf cavalry, it is possible that the final victory does not belong to the four princes Li Mao and Liangqiu Wu.

In other words, Liang Qiu Wu is a fierce general who has the ability to turn the tide, but is not good at using soldiers on weekdays, this woman with extraordinary force, even in the face of the most dangerous moments, can rely on her prestige to let the soldiers who support her kill a bloody road out of thin air, and kill a bloody road to victory.

She has a personality charm that can make her subordinates willing to die for her.

But as Li Shou said, only the generals of the elite division can do this, and there are also elite divisions who will have the courage to die willingly for the general.

In terms of personality charm as the main general, the eldest grandson Xiangyu is not as good as Liangqiu Wu, she can't do this, so this woman plans everything as much as possible, avoids unnecessary dangers, and minimizes the possibility of all dangers.

With her demonic intelligence, she is able to calculate the enemy's response and set a trap for it. But everyone knows that there are often temporary changes on the battlefield, taking the battle of the east city wall as an example, if General Li Jing has no time to withdraw his soldiers and horses from the north city wall and aid the east city wall, if Vice General Chen Gang makes any mistakes and cannot defeat Zhou Liang's army from behind in a short time, then the entire battle situation will be completely reversed, not only can the east city wall not be taken. Even the good situation of the southern city wall will be buried.

Ah, people's hearts, this is the biggest flaw in the use of soldiers by Changsun Xiangyu!

Once there is a link in the middle that cannot be connected, then the whole plan will be deviated, of course, if this kind of thing really happens, the eldest grandson Xiangyu will naturally change his strategy halfway, but it is undeniable. Her previous strategy will change as a result.

In all fairness. This kind of thing is inevitable, even if the eldest grandson Xiangyu is good at grasping people's hearts, she can't accurately calculate the mind of every soldier, and the response of those soldiers she regards as pawns is precisely the most prone to mistakes in her use of soldiers.

In order to reduce the possibility of mistakes, she simply did not tell the soldiers her true intentions, and it could almost be considered that she was using coaxing to make those soldiers inexplicably become bait to lure the enemy, because this is the only way. When she calculates the whole thing, she reduces the likelihood of accidents.

In fact, Liang Qiuwu also deliberately asked his corporal to be sent to death in the northern Hebei battlefield, sometimes to delay the trip of the Beirong wolf cavalry for the needs of the war, and sometimes to lure the enemy deep into order to annihilate in one fell swoop. But no matter what, the soldiers of the Eastern Army, who served as death squads, knew exactly what they were going to face, and they knew what they were dying for. It's not that Liangqiu Dance is persecuted, but that they are voluntary, out of loyalty to Da Zhou, loyalty to Liangqiu Dance, and loyalty to the Shenwu Camp of the Eastern Army!

For the glory of the Eastern Army, for the final victory, they sacrificed as much as they hesitated!

On the other hand, the 10,000 people who were also used as bait didn't even know why they died, and they paid as many as four or five thousand lives in a daze......

This is exactly what Xie Anxin feels uncomfortable with!

Throughout history, there have been many wars, as a commander, it is inevitable that a small group of soldiers will be sent to lure the enemy, but in Xie An's opinion, when the general makes such a choice, he must at least let the soldiers who are going to die know what they are dying for.

But all the soldiers who enlist in the army, I am afraid that none of them firmly believe that they can survive in one battle after another, and there will always be a day when they die, and in Xie An's view, the soldiers will hand over their lives to the generals, and let the generals decide whether they live or die, on the other hand, let the soldiers under his command know clearly what they are dying for, isn't this the minimum respect and obligation of a general?

The way the eldest grandson Xiangyu used his troops was too ruthless......

This aside, the art of war pursued by this woman is perfectly staggering!

Shaking their heads, Xie An and Li Shou walked towards the most conspicuous mansion in Luoyang City, where there was no doubt that it would become the commander of the eldest grandson Xiangyu to command the next battle.

And when the two of them came to the antechamber of the mansion, most of the generals had already come here to report to the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

Compared with yesterday when he was in Yanshi, the eyes of those generals were full of admiration and amazement for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, after all, this woman, without relying on giant siege equipment, captured Luoyang in just one day.

In a word, the winning land is so beautiful!

"Speaking of which, the military advisor's use of troops this time has actually already included Zhou Liang's factor of supporting the army? - Did the military advisor deliberately wait for Zhou Liang to come? ”

When Li Shou and Xie An stepped into the hall, Zhuo Zhizheng, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, put on a respectful low posture, like the eldest grandson Xiangyu asking about the battle.

From the side, except for Fei Guo, Liu Yi, and Li Jing, the three main generals of their respective military camps, who were still fighting with the rebels in the city, the rest of the generals were respectfully listed on both sides of the table, sometimes looking at the marching map on the table, and sometimes looking at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with breathtaking eyes.

"Not bad......" Glancing at Xie An who stepped into the hall, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said lightly, "The reason why I am not in a hurry to order Liu Yi to attack the city is to wait for that Zhou Liang, if this Luoyang is irretrievable before Zhou Liang arrives, then this Zhou Liang will inevitably lead the army back and defend the Bishan military camp!" ——The terrain of the mountain is complicated, and letting him go back is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain...... Moreover, this army needs him to complete the siege of the eastern city wall! ”

As for what the eldest grandson Xiangyu was referring to, the generals had already known it. It is nothing more than to let the defenders of the eastern city wall watch the defeat of the friendly forces outside the city, kill the chickens and monkeys, and hit the morale of the defenders in the city.

"It is worthy of being a military advisor, and he actually used Zhou Liang's reinforcements to design the morale of the defenders in the city......"

"The military advisor is far-sighted, and the last general is not as good as waiting!"

"According to the plan of the military division, at present, most of the deputy generals Yan have taken advantage of the opportunity of Zhou Liang to lead the army to aid Luoyang, and have taken advantage of the weakness to enter and capture the Bishan military camp......"

"Needless to say? Earlier, I saw a fire raging in the direction of Bishan in the northeast corner, and it must have been Vice General Yan who captured the rebel camp. Set fire to the camp ......"

"Worthy of ......"

The generals on the side spoke of compliments, compared to yesterday in Yanshi, it was like two people.

After all, with a loss of only 8 or 9,000 people, they not only took Luoyang, but also annihilated and captured as many as 60,000 or 70,000 rebels.

And all of this comes from the handwriting of this incredible woman in front of her.

Then. Su Xin, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, licked his lips and said with some embarrassment. "Speaking of which, how did the military advisor expect that Qiu Min, the defender of Guocheng, would not lead the army to attack General Liu Yi's back to aid Luoyang, but instead attacked my Yanshi?"

"Is he here?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu asked lightly.

Su Xin nodded, clenched his fists and said, "As expected, the last general led the army to ambush on the path, and sure enough, I saw that Qiu Min sneaking around the path to the south side of my Yan Division. The last general will kill halfway, and kill the rebels in the middle of the way......"

As soon as the words fell, the generals laughed, laughing at Su Xin's vulgar words, and then turned their heads invariably and looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, waiting for her explanation.

See here. The eldest grandson Xiangyu smiled slightly and said lightly, "It's very simple!" Qiu Min is also a martial arts candidate in Hongwu for 17 years. And he is also a candidate who has read the Art of War, I remember that in a treatise on the Art of War, he mentioned Sun Bin and praised Sun Bin a lot, how could such a person not know the allusion of Wei Wei to save Zhao? ——In his opinion, instead of supporting Luoyang, which was attacked by the army, it was not to attack the Yan Division in our rear, but because of this, the division of this army was expected to attack the Yan Division in the rear of our army! ”

The faces of the generals in the room were moved when they heard this, especially Su Xin, who scratched his head and said with a little shame, "I didn't expect the military advisor to calculate this battle to such a point...... It's a pity that the last general's command is full of foot soldiers, and after Qiu Min left an army broken, he fled in a hurry, and the last general couldn't catch up and couldn't bring his head to ......"

"It's okay!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu waved the folding fan in his hand and said lightly, "I have called the two generals Xiang Qing and Luo Chao in advance, and after the end of the battle on the southern city wall, they will turn around and go to Guocheng, calculate the time, and should be able to intercept Qiu Min." Guo Cheng is no better than the vicinity of the Bishan military camp, there are few hills and mountains around, and the terrain is flat, once it is bitten by the cavalry of Xiang Qing and Luo Chao, the two deputy generals, even if Qiu Min has great ability, he will not be able to escape back to Guo Cheng! ”

"Huh?" Su Xin's face was shocked when he heard this, and he looked at his colleagues, but found that the faces of his colleagues in the room were also full of shock.

This woman ......

How can it be counted to this extent?

Thinking of this, the generals' foreheads couldn't help but ooze layers of sweat.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier hurriedly ran in and knocked on the ground and said, "Commander Qiqi, military advisors, generals, outside the southern city wall, there are several people who claim to be soldiers from the southern army's fallen camp, and they ask to see the commander, they are one person, and they call themselves Wei Yun......"

"Wei Yun?" Shi Jin, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, was stunned when he heard this.

Seeing that he seemed to know the details of the visitor, Li Shou asked curiously, "Does General Shi recognize this person?" ”

"Huh? Yes! Seeing Li Shou's question, Shi Jin hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "His Royal Highness Qiqi Jiu, ah no, it's General Anping, this person is Wei Yun, one of the three generals of the Southern Army's trapped camp?" Previously, when I was in Yanshi, I had a conflict with the last general and others, so the last general remembered......"

"Conflict? What conflict? Li Shou asked suspiciously.

As soon as the words fell, he noticed that the expressions of the generals in the room were a little embarrassed.

"This, that's the ......" Bu Bai, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, hesitated, clenched his fists and said, "The Duke of Nanguo is eager to avenge his son, and wants to reorganize the soldiers and horses that we are stationed in the Yan Division, but he has no holy order in his hands, and he does not have any documents of the military department, so that the last general and others refused to obey the order, so that the angry Southern Army almost had a ...... with us."

"Oh......" Li Shou nodded suddenly in understanding, thinking secretly in his heart.

No wonder Nanguo Gong Lu Song took his lone southern army to Hangu Pass, and it turned out that he was angry and left......

However, what is Wei Yun doing here now?

Don't......

I don't know if I saw through what Li Shou was thinking, the eldest grandson Xiangyu snapped the folding fan in his hand, and said lightly, "What do you say that the mourning soldiers will win, it's not defeated, and you can't believe all the things in the war book...... " As she spoke, she glanced at Xie An intentionally or unintentionally.

The generals in the room didn't seem to hear the original meaning of the eldest grandson Xiangyu when he said this, and they were greatly surprised when they heard this, and said in surprise, "The military advisor won't even count this, right?" ”

"Isn't that strange?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu glanced around at the generals in the room expressionlessly, and said lightly, "With a mere 8,000 Southern Army, I went to find trouble with the rebels angrily, but there are as many as 100,000 troops in Hangu Pass, and there are only 8,000 Southern Army, isn't this going to die?" - Anyway, he is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, so irrational and not to mention, he was defeated so quickly......" Speaking of this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Luoyang has been taken, otherwise, it will really be disrupted The whole plan......"

"......" The generals in the room looked at each other, among them, Su Xin, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, said cautiously, "The military advisor means ......"

I saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu open the folding fan in his hand with a snap, and said with a chuckle, "It seems that Nanguo Gong has created an excellent opportunity for us to enter the army......

Looking at the familiar smile on her face, Xie Anxin was shocked.

Is this woman ......