After a series of outwitting and rival battles, just as Ao Lie expected, Zhuge Liang had obvious and rapid growth. Visiting the front line in person and intuitively contemplating the battle is the best way to accumulate experience and experience, which is far more effective than sitting in a room and reading a military book. In just over a month, the changes in Zhuge Liang's body are obvious, in his body, there is less bookish air, but more calm, generosity and calmness.

Hearing Ao Lie's inquiry, Zhuge Liang said the countermeasures that had already been in his chest: "My lord, Xianbei in the west is still in the midst of civil strife, which is a God-given opportunity for our army to send troops to recruit. However, due to the limitations of time and the comparison of soldiers, our army can still only outwit and not attack. ”

Zhuge Liang's words first set the tone that this battle must be fought, and then analyzed the current predicament of Xianbei in the west, and finally pointed out that the Youhe army did not occupy an obvious advantage, and suggested that Ao Lie use outwitting to win. This analysis can be described as reasonable, not only Ao Lie, but even Cui Yan and Gao Shun, the two chief officials responsible for resisting Xianbei in the central part of the country, nodded more than once.

"Where did the plan come from?" Ao Lie asked.

Zhuge Liang did not rush to answer Ao Lie's words, but turned his head to look at Cui Yan and Gao Shun, and Lang Lang asked: "Cui Changshi, General Gao, you have been fighting against Budugen for more than a month, according to your observation, what does Budugen want most now?" ”

Cui Yan and Gao Shun thought carefully for a moment, and then said in unison: "Stability." Zhuge Liang said: "Yes, it is stability." As the leader of one side, Budugen definitely didn't want to see his subordinates in chaos. The art of war, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, will not be defeated in a hundred battles. What Budugen wants most is the best entry point for our army. ”

Gao Shun asked suspiciously: "But the chaos in Xianbei in the west is their own contradiction, how can we intervene?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "How can the side of the so-called couch allow others to snore?" With our army heavily stationed here, Budugen will definitely not be able to rectify internal contradictions with peace of mind. Why don't our army loosen up on the outside and tighten on the inside, pretend to withdraw for the time being, and take steps to create a stable environment? When our army retreats, Budugen is afraid that he will attack those wavering tribal leaders, and when they turn from secret fighting to open contention among themselves, our army is waving troops to the north to reap the benefits of fishermen, isn't it beautiful? ”

Ao Lieha said with a smile: "Kong Ming is treating Budugen as a sandpiper and other leaders as mussels." Sandpiper and clam compete with each other for the fisherman's profit, and we are the fisherman. ”

The next day. The 60,000 Han troops stationed in Guyang were divided into four teams, each team was divided into 15,000 men, and Ao Lie led a group of men and horses to embark on the road back to Yanjing; Lu Bu led a team to pretend to return to Taiyuan; Ma Chao led a team to the east, with great fanfare along the way, as if he wanted to leave the western Xianbei and use troops against the central Xianbei that had collapsed; Gao Shun and Cui Yan are the last team of people who are still stationed in Guyang.

The movements of the Han army. It was soon known to the probe sent by Budugen, and quickly reported back to Budugen. Budugen is not as shrewd as Kebineng, and when he heard that the Han army was divided into four routes, he smiled happily: "The Han army has no food." Forced to retreat, the king's chance has come. ”

He waited patiently for three days, during which he sent out a large number of scouts every day. went to spy on the movements of the Han army, and the reward was the news that the Han army was gone. As a result, the pace of infighting in recent times. He temporarily lowered his vigilance against the Han army and devoted all his energy to rectifying the internal strife.

That night, with the help of two henchmen, Budugen drew up a blacklist of the most vicious tribal leaders in recent times and the most prestigious among the Xianbei in the West. They have a large number of people and armies in their hands, after getting rid of these people, the largest tribes in the western Xianbei will fall into a situation of no leader in the west, and when the time comes, the Budugen will send troops to forcibly merge these tribes into their own tribes, so that the entire western Xianbei, no one will make a different voice from Budugen.

Next, Bu Dugen reversed the tyrannical image of the past, and apologized to several leaders in a reluctant voice, saying that he humbly accepted the criticism and correction of the big guys, as long as he did not abolish his position as the big leader, everything else was negotiable. Several leaders saw that Budugen was soft, and their hearts were proud. In fact, they don't really have to rebel, they just want to get more rights. Now that Budugen relented, he made the condition that as long as the position of the big leader was not abolished, everything else was negotiable, so that these leaders thought that the time had come to make demands on Budugen.

So, several leaders joined forces and sent envoys to the camp of Budugen, demanding that Budugen reduce the amount of supplies they surrendered each year, and offered to allow them to annex the various small tribes nearby. In northern Xinjiang, the more people and troops you have, the more power you have to speak. They are taking the opportunity to blackmail Budugen and want to expand their strength on a large scale.

Budugen received the messenger, and after listening to the messenger's relay, his heart was furious. Budugen is not brain-dead, he understands the central idea of these leaders to seize power, and when they grow up enough to compete with Budugen, they will definitely stand up and fight against him without hesitation. Through this condition, Rangbu Dugen clearly saw the ambitions of several leaders, and also strengthened his determination to eradicate these leaders.

Bu Dugen suppressed the anger in his heart, and pretended to be helpless and said to the envoy: "The new governor of the Han army, Ao Lie, is both wise and brave, the central and western clans are about to perish, and our clan may be destroyed by Ao Lie at any time, at this time, what is there to fight, you go back and tell the leaders that their conditions, this king agreed, and allowed each of them to plunder three tribes at will." ”

Under Budugen's pretended gentle policy, several leaders were satisfied. According to the custom of the Xianbei people, when the great chief has issued the grace, the favored tribal leader will come to the place where the great chief is and give thanks to the great chief. These tribal leaders are not good at openly violating the conventions of Xianbei, plus they rely on the soldiers and horses in their hands, thinking that since Budugen has been softened, they must not dare to do anything to themselves and others, so, a few days later, these leaders came to Budugen's camp together, and thanked Budugen in person.

Budugen put on a harmonious smile and invited several leaders into the tent to drink. During the banquet, Bu Dugen did not say a word about the unhappiness between each other in the past, but asked these leaders with great interest which small tribes they were going to annex. Several of the leaders were defenseless, and unscrupulously and loudly stated their goals, and the more they talked, the more proud they became, and they were eager to send troops immediately.

Listening to the ambition of several leaders, Budugen could no longer bear it, and immediately threw away the wine glass, and a hundred sergeants who had been ambushed outside the tent in advance poured into the big tent and hacked several tribal leaders to death. After killing these leaders, Budugen still didn't get rid of his hatred, and immediately reorganized his military horses, preparing to take down the tribe of these people in one fell swoop.

After sending three more men and horses to attack the three most powerful tribes, Bu Dugen regained his good mood and sat down with a wine glass, fantasizing about how he would enjoy this unique honor after unifying the entire western Xianbei.

However, Budugen's good dreams didn't last long. When he was still immersed in the beautiful ambition of unifying Xianbei, the news of the defeat of the sergeants from all walks of life came one after another, which dealt a heavy blow to his beautiful fantasy.

It turned out that Ao Lie and the others had not retreated at all, but after walking in the direction of retreat for a few days, they avoided Budugen's ears and eyes, and then rushed to the territory of Xianbei in the west day and night. After that, the contradiction between Budugen and several big tribal leaders was the same as Zhuge Liang guessed, and it erupted ferociously, causing Budugen to design a random knife to hack several tribal leaders to death. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ao Lie, Lü Bu, and Ma Chao each led fifteen thousand men to attack three of the largest tribes and occupy their tribes.

After taking down the three tribes, the three of Ao Lie died down and quietly waited for the Budu Root to be obtained. didn't let them wait long, Budugen really sent troops to crusade, Ao Lie and the three opened their pockets, and after the Budugen subordinates entered the encirclement, they came to close the door and beat the dogs, and the three-way army of Budugen was defeated, and only a few remnants of the defeated soldiers fled back, and reported the ambush defeat to Budugen.

It wasn't until this moment that Bu Dugen realized that he had fallen into the Han people's divisive scheme, and he lost the individual. After this incident, the three Xianbei tribes, which were originally the most powerful, were attacked by the Han army under Ao Lie, disarmed, and captured a large number of young people. Without the help of these three big tribes, the western Xianbei is equivalent to losing one-third of its combat power and population.

That's not all, the three-way army sent by Budugen was also perfectly ambushed by Ao Lie's Han army, and the first battle caused the main force under Budugen to lose most of it, so that Budugen no longer had the capital to fight a decisive battle with the Han army. In just one battle, the Han army successively broke the main army of the three major tribes and Budugen, even if Budugen wanted to regroup, for a while, he couldn't find so many weapons and young men to reorganize the army.

Suddenly, Budugen remembered a famous saying of the Han people, that the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. It's just that the fisherman who laughed the most was Ao Lie. And he himself is just the pathetic one of the sandpipes. The boundless bitterness flooded Budugen's heart, making him discouraged. (To be continued......)