"Husband, listening to the sound of people outside shouting and neighing, it seems that there is another war. There is no general by Childe's side, so you just go out to help Yuan Gongzi, right? ”

Gao Shun's mount and weapons were left behind in Xiapi, and this time he headed for Hanoi. Gao Shun didn't ask Yuan Mai for a mount, and he was crammed into a carriage with his family all the way, silent and very depressed.

Hearing the sound of someone shouting and neighing outside, Gao Shun's wife Xu gently persuaded Gao Shun to help Yuan buy some strength not only to repay the kindness of others, but more importantly, to let Gao Shun slowly recover his fighting spirit and let him rekindle the ambition of a general!

Gao Shun looked out through the gap in the curtain of the car, and saw the soldiers running in a hurry, looking like the current enemy. To be honest, the people and horses trained by Yuan Gongzi are really not very good, not to mention that they are worlds different from the most elite "trapped camp" under their command, even compared to the ordinary team they trained.

"Really? Is that really the case? As soon as he thought of this, Gao Shun suddenly sneered in his heart, "Since you Gao Shun is so capable, why can't you even keep your lord?" It's shameless to laugh at the soldiers under the command of others! Is a person like you still worthy of being the commander of the army? ”

"Husband, are you talking? Go down and help the son, if you don't want to talk about it, let the concubine go to the son. I see that Yuan Gongzi admires his husband very much, and if he knows that you are willing to help him, he will be very happy. Xu gently pushed Gao Shun's arm and persuaded softly.

Gao Shun is a good man, and he never loses his temper with his own women easily, although he rejects it in his heart for being in charge again. But he didn't look at his wife angrily.

Just leaning back on the carriage with both hands on the back of the head. muttered: "A general of a defeated army, a person who can only survive by relying on the charity of others, what qualifications does he have to help others without shame?" Which of the generals in this world is not better than me Gao Shun? Life and death are in the sky, just wait and see what happens! ”

"Alas......" Looking at her husband's depressed appearance, Xu shook his head helplessly, frowning, but helpless.

The sky had completely darkened, and the shouts of the oncoming Cao Jun and the neighing of horses were clearly audible, according to the spies. It's only about six or seven miles away.

Yuan Mai temporarily stationed his horse in an open place. Summoned Fu Hu, Zhuge Jin, Zhou Cang, and several captain-level generals to hold a military meeting to discuss ways to deal with Cao's army. At the beginning, Yuan Mai also thought of Gao Shun in the carriage, and also moved the idea of asking him to come down to help retreat from the enemy. But after weighing it up. Eventually, the idea was abandoned.

Gao Shun is now depressed. I'm not familiar with my team at all. Moreover, Cao's army was twice as numerous as his own; If this battle is lost again, Gao Shun's self-confidence will be completely destroyed, and a generation of good generals will collapse from now on. Of course. This is just a scruple of Yuan Mai, as for whether it is correct or not, Yuan Mai does not dare to say anything, but he has concerns in this regard.

In addition, since Gao Shun was unwilling to come out of the carriage to help in the battle, it means that he has not accepted himself as the lord in his heart, at least in his heart, he cannot replace Lu Bu's position. In that case, it doesn't mean much to reluctantly him, he can only take his time step by step, it is better to take this opportunity to exercise his ability to command troops.

To establish authority, one must have the ability to be convinced. He can not have the military talent of Cao Cao and Zhou Yu to command thousands of troops and horses, and he can not have the strategy of talking and laughing and destroying the sky. But if you want to achieve hegemony, as a monarch, you should at least reach the command ability of an excellent general to be considered an excellent lord.

is the so-called generation of romantic figures, the horse can use the spear, and the horse can write poems and words, that's it!

The ability to command is not innate, but is accumulated step by step through the tempering of war. And this encounter is a good time for Yuan Mai to train himself.

Although the enemy was outnumbered, Yuan's army had the advantage of geography, and three miles ahead was Liyang City. If you can't beat it, you can run, quickly retreat into Liyang, with the city to defend, Cao's army has only twice the advantage of strength, and it is not easy to break the city. After dawn, reinforcements will inevitably arrive, and it will naturally be possible to turn defeat into victory at that time.

The position of Yuan Mai's team was now at a crossroads, and the troops were advancing from east to west, and the front was about two or three miles away from Liyang. And the north-south road that crosses with this east-west post road is also an official post road, and one hundred and eighty miles to the north, you can reach Yecheng, Yuan Shao's base camp.

At this moment, Cao's army was marching on this north-south road, coming from the Yellow River crossing in the south, about six or seven miles away from the fork in the road where Yuan Mai was now.

Yuan Mai stared south, only to see that this post road was about four zhang wide and could accommodate six horses in parallel. On both sides of the post road were half-man-high ditches washed by rain, and the ditches had dried up as the weather had entered early winter.

On both sides of the post road are large forests, mostly poplars and elms that have not yet matured, because of the change of seasons, dead branches and leaves fall all over the ground, and the autumn breeze is bleak.

Looking at this scene in front of him, Yuan Mai suddenly remembered Zhuge Kongming's first achievement, and it was the burning of Xiahoudun in the mountains and forests of Xinye that he established his reputation. The terrain in front of you is a wonderful place to launch a fire attack.

"Where are Zhou Cang and Frustrated?"

"The last general!" The two of them stood up together to receive the order.

Yuan Mai looked ahead, pressed one hand on the hilt of the "Chongxiao Sword", and calmly ordered: "You two each lead 1,500 people to distribute on both sides of the post road, and before the Cao army rushes over, pile up the dead branches and leaves in the ravines on both sides of the post road, and scatter some dead leaves on the road surface; Then lay an ambush in the woods on both sides, prepare a lot of sulfur and fire, and when Cao's army comes, fire arrows on both sides at the same time, ignite the dead branches and leaves in the ravines and on the road, and burn the enemy! ”

"That's a great plan!" Although Zhuge Jin didn't know how to use soldiers, he couldn't help but applaud Yuan Mai's plan to set fire to the enemy.

"Childe's clever calculation, the last general will definitely live up to the trust."

Zhou Cang and Fu Hu also admired Yuan Mai's plan and paid tribute together. Then they each ordered 1,500 people to collect firewood and grass as quickly as possible, and prepared to burn Cao Bing.

Seeing that Zhou Cang and Fu Hu had gone, Yuan Mai patted Zhuge Jin on the shoulder again and admonished: "Mr. Ziyu took two hundred people and escorted his family members to Liyang City first, and told the defenders in the city the news of Cao's attack, so that they could prepare to respond. In case our army is unfavorable to engage Cao's army, we will retreat into the city and defend the city to the death, waiting for reinforcements! ”

"Zhuge Jin obeys the orders of his son!"

Zhuge Jin didn't shirk either, he still has self-knowledge for a few catties and taels. A scholar, although it is not said that he is powerless, but it is estimated that he can't even beat a soldier, and it doesn't have much effect to stay, he is still advanced to Liyang City, and it is imperative to be ready to respond. He took 200 soldiers and escorted his baggage and his family members straight to Liyang. (To be continued......)