After setting up camp, Ao Lie discussed the military situation with everyone in the Chinese military tent.

Tian Chou was the first to speak: "My lord, the day before yesterday, Chou watched the Huns' military formation from a distance on the mountain, and found that the Huns were as cruel as tigers and leopards, and the war horses were as swift as the wind, coming and going freely. However, they were loosely formed, which was the most beneficial point for our army. Tian Chou quickly entered his role, analyzed things, and was also organized.

Lu Bu on the side glanced at Tian Chou with a slight surprise in his eyes. For Zhang Liao, who is also a martial artist, Lu Bu can feel his momentum, and he can also observe Zhang Liao's martial arts through his body shape and posture, and recognize Ao Lie's behavior of accepting Zhang Liao as a deputy general. But for Tian Chou, a person who is not powerless, but in the eyes of Lu Bu, he is quite weak, he never understands why Ao Lie will be entrusted with a heavy task as soon as he meets him.

But through Tian Chou's analysis just now, Lu Bu somewhat understood Ao Lie's intentions, although this person was born in Orion and had a low status, but he had a bit of vision. In one sentence, the combat characteristics of the Huns are revealed.

So, Lu Bu opened his mouth and said: "I have been on the border for a long time, and I know very well the combat style of the Huns who come and go like the wind, which is a typical wolf pack tactic. ”

Zhang Liao lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said: "In my opinion, the Huns have plundered and captured their hands repeatedly, and their arrogance is flourishing, and the men and horses are ten times that of our army. First try to hold back the Hun army, and wait until the Taishou army comes, and our army is attacking from the side. ”

Ao Lie stretched out two fingers and knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "What everyone said makes sense, but I think that the Huns have plundered and captured the hands several times, and they must think that my Han can be bullied and have become proud soldiers, and the so-called proud soldiers will be defeated." I mean, in this battle, you can stand by and set up an ambush to catch the Huns off guard. ”

When Lu Bu and the others heard Ao Lie's strategy, their eyes lit up. That's right, the Huns are already arrogant soldiers at the moment, and if our army sets up an ambush, the Huns will definitely crash into the ambush circle with arrogance.

Tian Chou thought carefully for a moment and said: "My lord, twenty miles away in the northwest, there is a mountain, called Bahrain Mountain, surrounded by a river under the mountain, the Huns call it the Ulgilun River, and the Han people call it the Wu River, the Wu River flows around and flows under the Bahrain Mountain, and the water is turbulent. Otherwise, find a way to lure the Huns to the mountains of Bahrain, as long as the only land passage is guarded, the Huns will not be able to escape. ”

When Ao Lie heard this, he thought about it carefully and thought that this plan was feasible. Then he said, "That's it." Wen Yuan, you pick up fifty sergeants, go with a certain person to survey the terrain, and Zitai will lead the way. Big brother, I'm tired of you leading the army to defend the camp. Lu Bu and the other three agreed in unison.

Leaving the camp, Ao Lie and dozens of other horsemen rushed to the Bahrain Mountains in the northwest. When he was about to run to the foot of the Bahrain Mountain, Tian Chou came to Ao Lie's side on a horse, pointed not far away and said, "Lord, please see, there is Bahrain Mountain." Now we are walking on a path without the circulation of the Wu River, and this path can only accommodate seven or eight horses at most. The other three sides are in the circulation of the Wu River. ”

Ao Lie nodded in understanding, and then galloped into the mountains of Bahrain first. After running around the Bahrain Mountains, Ao Lie had a general impression of the mountains and rivers in his heart, and felt that this place was indeed suitable for ambush. So he took out charcoal and white silk and began to draw a map in earnest. Zhang Liao and Tian Chou approached Ao Lie, looked at the map drawn by Ao Lie, and couldn't help but praise each other. Although Ao Lie was limited to the technology of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was impossible to make a 3D three-dimensional map or anything, but it was not difficult to draw an accurate and detailed map using the method of scale. This is not worth mentioning at all in Ao Lie's opinion, but in the eyes of Zhang Liao and Tian Chou, it is different, in the future, as long as the scouts in front can draw such a picture back, it is not only convenient for the main general to formulate a combat policy, but also allows the soldiers in the rear to have a general understanding of the terrain of the battle, so that their eyes will not be blackened when the war starts.

Zhang Liao admired Ao Lie even more at this moment: "Lord, this picture you drew is really ingenious and breathtaking. If our army trains scouts at half the level of the main man's mapping in the future, then it will be able to sit back and relax. Perhaps under the influence of Tian Chou, Zhang Liao also changed his words to call Ao Lie the main father, not the second son.

Ao Lie didn't care about Zhang Liao's title, but he was stunned by Zhang Liao's words, and thought: A famous general is a famous general, this ability to draw inferences from one another is really not covered. smiled and said, "After this battle, how about handing over the formation of scouts to Wen Yuan?" ”

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and saluted, and replied: "The lord orders, even if Liao is full of liver and brain, he will definitely live up to the lord's trust." Ao Lie waved his hand and said seriously: "You don't need to be smeared with your liver and brain, and Zitai is the same." Now that the Han is dying, I need you to live well, and in the future, I will fight on the battlefield with a certain person, and re-establish the power of my Han Tianwei. When Zhang Liao and Tian Chou heard this, they were inexplicably grateful, they both knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "A certain two people swear to follow the lord to the death!" ”

In the evening, Ao Lie and the others returned to the camp, and as soon as they entered the big tent of the Chinese army, they saw Lu Bu coming forward with a happy face, took Ao Lie's hand, looked carefully around Ao Lie, and said: "If you come back later, I will go to look for you, why have you been surveying the terrain for so long?" I thought you had been discovered by the Huns. ”

Ao Lie was very moved in his heart, and felt that the eldest brother Lu Bu in front of him was becoming more and more inconsistent with the Lu Bu described in history, no matter what, having such a righteous eldest brother was still something that made Ao Lie very happy. So he said: "Brother Lao is worried, isn't the younger brother back?" It's just that there was some time delayed during the survey. ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he asked, "How is it?" Is it possible to set up an ambush in the Bahrain Mountains? Ao Lie patted the map in his hand and said, "Let's discuss it carefully." ”

Everyone sat down, Ao Lie was still sitting on the main seat, Lu Bu was sitting a little to the left next to Ao Lie, and Zhang Liao and Tian Chou were sitting on the lower right hand side of Ao Lie. Ao Lie spread out the map, pointed to the path into the Bahrain Mountain, and said: "This is the key to this ambush, and our army must firmly control this place in order to trap the Huns lured into the Bahrain Mountain." Big brother, the task of guarding this choke point will be handed over to you. Lu Bu nodded without thinking about it and replied, "Okay!" A certain must stick to this place, and not let even a horse out of the Huns. ”

Ao Lie nodded and continued: "Another key factor in this ambush is how to lure the Huns into entering Mount Balin lightly. Wen Yuan, with you leading two hundred soldiers, overnight with sacks of dry firewood, nitrate and other fire-starting things, covered with grain and grass, tomorrow to make a grain convoy, luring the Huns into the Bahrain Mountains. Zhang Liao replied loudly: "No! ”

Glancing at Tian Chou, Ao Lie continued: "Zitai, you have lived here for a long time, you must be very familiar with the neighboring villages, right? Tian Chou replied, "Yes." Ao Lie nodded and said: "Then, you lead fifty sergeants to disguise themselves as ordinary people, go out of the camp overnight, and spread the news to the nearby villages, saying that our army is responsible for escorting a horse of grain and grass to Youzhou, and will pass near Mount Balin around noon tomorrow." Tian Chou replied, "No! ”

With a long sigh of relief, Ao Lie straightened up, glanced around at the people in the tent, and said slowly: "The success or failure of our army is up here." ”

The next day, Zhang Liao and 200 sergeants escorted 30 carts and slowly marched on the official road near Mount Balin. A sergeant smiled and said to Zhang Liao: "General Zhang, you say, the second son, uh, the strategy of the young general, can it work?" Zhang Liao smiled, looked at the sergeant who asked the question, and said in a low voice: "Okay, I don't know, but I am willing to gamble on this." A certain believer that the lord is the proud dragon among people, and he will soar into the sky one day. The sergeant who asked the question replied yes and said: "By the way, I heard that when the major general was born, Taishou was still the commander of Wuyuan County, and at that time, with the birth of the major general, the fiery clouds in the sky actually condensed into the appearance of a dragon, a red dragon!" Zhang Liaoqi said: "Is this serious? The sergeant patted his chest and replied in the affirmative, "You can't be wrong." At that time, this matter spread, and the people of the entire Wuyuan County saw it, can there be a fake? A distant cousin of mine was a county magistrate in Wuyuan at the time, and he told me this himself. ”

At this time, another sergeant also stepped forward and said in a low voice: "That's right, I am from Wuyuan County, and I have been following Taishou's side, but I witnessed that spectacular scene with my own eyes, not only me, General Zhang can ask the brothers in the army at will, all the brothers of the five origins know about it." ”

Zhang Liao turned his head and glanced in the direction where Ao Lie was behind him, and thought to himself: It turns out that the lord had a vision when he was born, and he will definitely achieve something great in the future! As a result, the belief in following Ao Lie's conquest became even stronger.

Suddenly, a whistle came from a distance. Here it comes! Zhang Liao thought in his heart that it was the unique battle cry of the Huns. So he raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, set up!" Two hundred elite warriors immediately flapped their horses and spread them out in the shape of goose wings. After a while, everyone felt the earth tremble, which was caused by the Huns' war horses trampling on the earth. Inferred from the frequency of the shocks, the Huns' war horses were at least about a thousand.

Finally, the figure of the Huns appeared in the eyes of Zhang Liao and others. Thousands of Hun cavalry rode their horses while brandishing sabers. The first one has a pheasant tail on his head and a wolf's hair on his shoulders. A sergeant who was familiar with the customs of the Huns shouted: "That's the Huns' Zuoxian King!" ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, hmph, is this King Zuo Xian who robbed the master mother? If it weren't for someone's life, he would have slapped his horse and slashed you under the sword. However, Zhang Liao is a famous general after all, and he knows where his responsibilities lie, and he also knows that hatred often covers people's eyes, thus making people lose their minds. Obviously, Zhang Liao would not do that kind of irrational thing.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhang Liao raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "Release the arrow!" When the two hundred sergeants in the shape of a goose's wings heard Zhang Liao's order, they immediately released their bowstrings, and two hundred sharp arrows came out of the strings and shot towards the Huns. Regardless of the results of the battle, Zhang Liao then gave another order: "Take the carriage and horses and retreat to the mountains of Bahrain." Two hundred sergeants quickly put away their bows and arrows, drove the carriage, and followed Zhang Liao to withdraw his troops to Balin Mountain.

The losses caused by 200 sharp arrows to the thousands of Hun cavalry were negligible, but they succeeded in provoking the brutality of the Huns' nature. This time to invade the Han Dynasty in the south, which time was not a random life and death? When didn't the Han people flee from the wind? But this time, someone dared to fight back, and seeing that this team of sergeants was very concerned about the appearance of the carriages, it is estimated that the rumors are true, those carriages must be loaded with military salaries destined for Youzhou!

The leader of Zuo Xianwang whistled, turned the saber in his hand in the air, and then pointed in the direction of Zhang Liao's retreat. This was the usual command of the Huns when they were fighting, and King Zuo Xian was commanding the thousands of cavalry under his command to outflank and follow up.

Soon, Zhang Liao led his troops to retreat into the Bahrain Mountains, and the Hun cavalry, under the leadership of King Zuoxian, chased into the Bahrain Mountains without thinking. Zhang Liao led his troops to resist slightly, but they collapsed and fled out of the mountains. Some of the Hun cavalry wanted to go forward to chase and kill, but they were stopped by King Zuoxian, in the words of King Zuoxian: compared with the deserters of the Han people, the military salary of the Han people is attractive.

But the next moment, King Zuo Xian was furious! Where is the military salary? The carts full of thirty were loaded, except for dry firewood, that is, nitrate, and not a single grain of grain! In order to be realistic, Ao Lie ordered Zhang Liao to pretend to be a little bit of food to tempt the Huns, but Tian Chou, who deeply understood the greedy and brutal nature of the Huns, found Zhang Liao in private, and asked Zhang Liao to only load dry firewood and nitrate, and patted his chest to ensure that those brainless Huns would definitely catch up without distinguishing between the true and the fake.

Then, Zhang Liao did as Tian Chou said. Then, King Zuo Xian was furious. Then, there is no then. Thinking with his back heels, King Zuo Xian also knew that he had been tricked, and King Zuo Xian, who was very familiar with the terrain, suddenly woke up, this is Mount Baling! There is a river in Ulgiren at the foot of the mountains of Bahrain! As long as the Han army had 200 dead soldiers, holding bows and arrows to guard the not wide exit, it would be impossible for more than 1,000 people to get out! What's more, there are thirty carts of dry firewood and nitrate by his side! As long as the Han army shoots a round of rockets, more than 1,000 people will be finished!