However, he said that Zheng Yu returned to his camp that night, and asked Sun Hao to hand over the command of the whole army to himself.

Zheng Yu's identity as the second prince of Lingnan was placed there, although Sun Hao's qualifications were old, he was only temporarily commanding the whole army, Zheng Yu put forward a request to transfer power, Sun Hao naturally had no reason to object, and did not hesitate to hand over the flag, seal, tiger charm and other things to Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu counted the army, and saw that the army's losses were not very large, and the total strength in the camp was still more than 70,000 people, in addition to leaving 10,000 people to continue to monitor the movements of the defenders in Jinling City, there was still a slight numerical advantage in the face of Qiu Yi's headquarters - not to mention that his subordinates were all elite soldiers of Lingnan Dao, and the combat effectiveness of most of the Jiangnan Jiedu troops under Qiu Yi's subordinates was still much higher.

Therefore, Zheng Yu's confidence in defeating Qiu Yizhi is not in the following way compared to Qiu Yizhi's information that he is better than Zheng Yu. So he ordered the army to reorganize their horses that night, and after two days, they would have a decisive battle with Qiuyi.

Sun Hao was taken aback when he heard this order - the current situation is different from the siege of Shanyin County at the beginning, at that time he was cut off from the grain route, and there was not much grain and grass, so he had to find a way to solve it quickly; Now the grain and grass stored in the Jinling camp are enough for winter, and there is no need to fight the enemy in a decisive battle. Moreover, now that most of Jiangnan is under his control, as long as he gathers troops and horses from all over the country when the grain and grass are sufficient in the spring of the next year, and forms an overwhelming advantage over the enemy army, he will be able to completely defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop.

Therefore, under the current situation, as long as the Jinling defenders are monitored and surrounded, they are not allowed to go out of the city and attack the defenders outside the city; If you continue to use small forces to harass and involve your opponents, you will always be invincible.

It is precisely because of this that when Zheng Yu proposed a decisive battle between Keri and Qiu Yi, he immediately raised objections, and inappropriately said the above reasons clearly, and even explained them repeatedly, and even made them clear: "Although this Qiu Yizhi is young, he is treacherous in his use of soldiers, and he must not be taken lightly. ”

Sun Hao didn't know that Zheng Yu was provoked by Qiu Yizhi before he thought of fighting him to the death, and his words just touched Zheng Yu's heart.

Zheng Yu's fat face turned red, and he said, "What's so great about him Qiu Yizhi, isn't he just a tricky and mean thief?" If you have a temporary ambition and rely on good luck to succeed, how long can it be rampant? ”

Sun Hao was still explaining: "Qiu Yi's use of soldiers is not a fluke. Take the battle of Shanyin County as an example, he even dared to depart lightly from the ground, which shows that his courage is extraordinary; Being able to come up with the idea of plundering our army's grain route shows that he knows the essence of using troops; In the end, if you catch the second prince, you can also see that he understands the pros and cons of the importance and can take the head of the enemy......"

Zheng Yu was already furious when he heard Sun Hao constantly praising Qiu Yizhi, and when he heard the last sentence, he was especially piercing, and he ignored that Sun Hao was a veteran of the same generation as his father, and immediately got up and scolded: "Since this Qiu Yizhi is so powerful in your mouth, you might as well defect to him, what kind of battle are you fighting?" ”

When Sun Hao heard this, he suddenly burst into tears and said: "Second prince, since the last general has been sensible, he has followed the old prince to come from such a background, although he has no ability, but a loyal heart can be seen by the sun and the moon, if you say such a thing, how will the last general deal with himself?" How do you stand between heaven and earth? ”

After that, Sun Hao actually pulled out the sword in his hand and held it across his throat, ready to kill himself.

Sun Hao's leadership won the hearts of the people, and when the generals on the left and right saw this, they immediately rushed up, breaking hands and hugging their waists, and finally snatched the sword in Sun Hao's hands - the big tent of the Chinese army was already in chaos.

One of them held Sun Hao's sword in his hand, lest he be snatched by Sun Hao and wanted to commit suicide, so he respectfully picked it up and sent it to Zheng Yu's table.

Zheng Yu sneered, stroked the sword and said, "Speaking of which, you would rather commit suicide than fight side by side with me?" Well, I'll replace someone who is willing to obey my military orders for you. ”

I heard Zheng Yu shout again: "Which general is willing to serve the prince of Lingnan?" I will make him the commander of the three armies! ”

The generals in the Lingnan army are now concentrated in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the generals couldn't help but gasp when they heard Zheng Yu speak so coldly just now, and they felt a chill in their hearts, but they didn't dare to agree.

When Zheng Yu saw it, he felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly raised his voice again, and said: "Which general dares to appoint, regardless of victory or defeat, I will first appoint him as the commander of the three armies, and after winning the battle, I will naturally make a guarantee in front of my father, and I will be added to the rank and knighted, and there will be a generous reward!" ”

Battlefield combat is the most dangerous. Whether it is a marshal of the unified army or an ordinary pawn, the most important thing is an auspicious color head. Now listening to Zheng Yu's words, there is a faint meaning of being invincible, and they all look at each other, and they are even more reluctant to accept the order to be the commander who may be unlucky.

The atmosphere in the tent was dull for a while, as if it had frozen.

In the dead air, someone suddenly said loudly: "The last general is willing to be the commander of the three armies." ”

Everyone followed the prestige, but it was the veteran Sun Hao who spoke with tears in his eyes.

Although Zheng Yu is not a very smart person, he is not completely unsympathetic, knowing that this veteran will inevitably shake the morale of the army when he sees that no one is willing to take over as the main general, so he stepped forward and wanted to take over this errand again.

This couldn't help but move Zheng Yu, I saw him pick up the sword that was resting on the cases in front of him, get up and walk slowly to Sun Hao, tie the sword around Sun Hao's waist with his own hands, and help Sun Hao to sit down with his own hands, and said: "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the hero." In the end, the old general is the model of the generals! My words were too hasty and too heavy, so let's salute and apologize to the old general first! Don't hold a grudge against the old general. ”

After saying that, Zheng Yu gave Sun Hao a deep bow.

Sun Hao hurriedly wiped away his tears, trembled and held Zheng Yu, and said: "The last general will be brought out by the king of Lingnan, and there will be no me without the prince." At this time, the end will not come out, and who else can come out. ”

Zheng Yu was more and more moved when he heard this, and was about to thank him, but saw Sun Hao raise his right hand and said: "Second prince, the last general still has to persuade you, if you can not fight this battle, it is better not to fight." These are the words of the last general......"

Zheng Yu sighed and said, "Old general, this battle really has to be fought. It's not for my own grudge with that thief of Qiu Yizhi. You might as well think about it, my father took Jiangnan Province as a base for great achievements, but now that half a year has passed, Jiangnan Province has not had a day of peace, not only has it not been able to deliver a grain to Lingnan, but it has to be supported from elsewhere. Seeing that winter is coming to an end and spring is coming, if it is still such an erosive appearance, and the spring plowing and spring harvest are missed, how can this be good? ”

Zheng Yu paused, and then said: "Then how can we pacify Jiangnan?" I think the key lies in this kid Qiu Yizhi. As long as he is captured or killed, then the current rabble in Jiangnan Province will become a plate of scattered sand, and there is no need to worry. Old general, you say, isn't that the truth? ”

These few words, although Zheng Yu came up with them temporarily, but they were the words that he said in a hurry, but they were said very thoughtfully and appropriately, not only did he say the veteran Sun Hao with sincerity, but even he himself didn't know that he was touched by the words, and there were a few tears in his eyes.

However, as soon as Zheng Yu thought that now that the war was imminent, his weak appearance might not be able to make the three armies surrender, so he immediately got up and returned to his seat, pretending to tidy up his clothes but secretly wiped away his tears with his sleeves, raised his voice and said: "In this battle, our army has the advantage in numbers and combat power, no matter what kind of tricks the thief on the opposite side of Qiu Yizhi uses, as long as our army fights steadily and steadily, with me as the main leader, we will definitely be able to win." ”

Zheng Yu is rough about military strategy, and often knows little about the use of troops or talks about troops on paper, but this strategy is very correct, so that the veteran Sun Hao also stood up "stubbornly" and said to the generals: "These words of the second prince are the way to win." The generals must carefully restrain their soldiers and follow them, and if there are underestimating the enemy, greedy for attack, love for war, and rash people, they will not be spared! ”

When Sun Hao said these words, he actually had other plans in his heart - it is true that the strength of his own army is superior, but Qiu Yizhi has defeated himself several times, which time has he not won more with less, and defeated the strong with the weak? At most, the superiority of troops against the opponent is not enough to guarantee a complete victory.

Therefore, the meaning of these words is that the generals must leave room when fighting, and even if the other side uses any tricks, they must be able to identify them in time; Even if you don't fall into the trick, you must be able to correct it in time and don't fall deeper and deeper.

The generals in the account also fought for half their lives with the Lingnan Wang's southern expedition to the north, and many of them also fought with Qiu Yizhi, knowing that this person's use of troops was unexpected and not to be underestimated. Therefore, when some of them heard the sound outside the strings, they immediately felt that Sun Hao was worthy of being a trusted general even by the King of Lingnan, and immediately arched his hands and said in unison: "Obey the order!" ”

When Zheng Yu agreed to Sun Hao's order, there was a hint of joy in his tone, and a trace of jealousy suddenly appeared in his heart, and he quickly coughed twice to cover up the past, and said loudly: "That's good! Now that the plan has been decided, what other clever plans do the generals have, it can be said that there is no end, and our army will definitely succeed in this battle! ”

The two-day preparation time passed in a flash, and just after the third day, Zheng Yu couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly urged his soldiers to go out of the camp and line up.

It was really unnecessary to line up overnight like this, Sun Hao wanted to dissuade him, but he thought that it would be good to prepare in advance to prevent the opponent from launching a surprise attack and being at a loss, so he also helped Zheng Yu pick up the lights and count the people, assign tasks, and line up to meet the enemy in the open space in front of the Jinling camp.

In front of the camp was a large paddy field. But now the soldiers are in chaos, and it is just after the middle of winter, the paddy fields have long dried up, not to mention, even the Qianmo path in the field has been trampled on horses and almost razed to the ground, which happens to become an excellent battlefield for the army to fight.

However, although the terrain is flat, it is not very wide, and there is only a queue of 3,000 people in front of it.

However, this was exactly what Sun Hao wanted, so he sent his 70,000 troops, except for more than 10,000 people left in the camp to monitor the movements of the defenders in Jinling City, the remaining 60,000 horses all went out of the city, and lined up a huge formation of only 3,000 people in front and 20 people in depth. Although this formation was a little clumsy and slow to attack, it could not be more stable and sturdy, and even if the enemy's more than 30,000 men and horses rushed left and right to break through for a while, they would be swallowed up by their huge numerical superiority.

The Lingnan Army was well-trained, the orders were strict, and when the formation was neat, it was just after the ugly incident, and all the soldiers were eager to try, but they saw that it was pitch black in the camp of Qiuyi's headquarters on the opposite side, and there was no intention of fighting the whole army.

Zheng Yu was in command of the Chinese army, and seeing that the opponent seemed defenseless, he thought about whether he could send 10,000 or 20,000 troops to rob the camp while the enemy was unprepared, but now he didn't know the reality of the camp opposite, and his formation had become difficult to act, so he had to give up.