Zhao Guo went straight to the point and asked Ji Pan and Fu.

Pan Xianer traveled thousands of miles to meet Zhao Guo, originally to make another meritorious service. But after listening to Zhao Guo's question at this time, he refused to say it first, bowed to Fu Youde, and said very politely: "General Fu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he must have insight. Kenji is not talented, and I am willing to listen to your high opinions with the big handsome. ”

Unlike when he was in Jeju not long ago, he refused to answer Kyung Qianxing's question, this time he did not hide his secrets, but because he was self-aware. He is the identity of "demoting", and he has been treated coldly by Deng She for a long time before, and he knows that today's status is not easy to come by, and he is very worried that he will be thrown into the cold palace again if he is not careful, so he refuses to offend the real power faction in the army. Therefore, although he is essentially a self-confident and talented person, he will always pretend to be polite on the surface.

Fu Youde's talent is charging into battle, although he also has a strategy, but his strength is not in the far-sighted strategy, he glanced at Pan Xianer, and said: "With the handsome and gentleman here, where is the need for me to show ugliness?" Mr. Pan, I know that you have excellent strategies, so please tell me what you have planned. I'm listening. ”

The words are very straightforward, and the tone is not very good. At first glance, it seems that he is a little dissatisfied with Pan Xianji's "politeness". However, Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer didn't care.

Zhao Guo doesn't need to say much, he has known Fu Youde for a long time, and they are more familiar with each other. Although Pan Xianji is not too familiar with him, through contact in Jeju, he has long discovered that this person has a characteristic, he is indeed very brave in battle, he is not afraid of death, he is very admirable, but he can't speak. It's better to face your superiors, but to your peers and subordinates, it's just what you think of and what to say. To put it nicely, this is called a temper; To put it mildly, it's just a brainless.

Pan Xian'er smiled and said, "In this way, the humble position will be thrown first." ”

"First, sir, please."

"The marshal has been stationed in Juye for a long time, and has had a bloody battle with Wang Baobao, so he must know more about the terrain of Jining and the reality of the captive army than he is in his humble position. Before he said his humble opinion, he dared to ask the marshal what he was going to do? How do you plan to deal with the enemy? ”

"I, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I still haven't made up my mind."

"The husband attacks the strong with the weak, and the enemy fights lightly, and this art of destruction is also. When marching and fighting, there are two things, one is the strength of the army, and the other is the food. First of all, please analyze the strength and grain reserves of the enemy and us for the commander. ”

"Please, please."

"One, troops. Although the marshal has the victory of Juye, Wang Baobao's strength still exists, and when Linfen's reinforcements arrive, his prestige will inevitably be restored. Although our army wins, when it comes to a decisive battle, the strength may not necessarily be able to gain the upper hand. Second, grain. Our army lacks food and has difficulty in transporting; And Wang Baobao is based on Henan, Jinji, and can be fully supplemented at any time. It is that our army's food is inferior to that of the enemy. ”

"Not bad."

"When the humble duty hears, 'Those who are inferior to the soldiers, do not challenge; If you are not as good as millet, do not last with it. Today, when our army's food reserves are insufficient compared to that of the enemy, it must not be 'sustained' in the first place. Moreover, the strength of our army may not be able to gain the upper hand, and if it is 'challenged' with the enemy, it is necessary to be very cautious. In such a situation, if we want to 'win a quick victory' and 'break the enemy', we must carefully plan and plan for it. ”

"How? And what is the best way to plan? ”

"In my humble opinion, since our army does not have the upper hand in terms of strength and grain reserves, the only way to 'win a quick victory' is to work morale."

"Morale?"

"Yes, yes. Excuse me, do you know what morale is? ”

Zhao Guo, as the coach of the side, has been fighting for a long time, how can he not know what morale is? If you change to someone else, you may be furious when you hear this. In the end, it was Zhao Guo, who was mild-mannered, not only not angry, but also humble, and said: "Zheng, I want to listen to what Mr. has to say." ”

Pan Xianer said: ""Wei Xuanzi" cloud: 'The reason why the husband will fight the people is also the people, and the reason why the people are angry is the fighters. If you are angry, you will fight, and if you are angry, you will go'. The reason why the people are fighting is 'morale'. ”

"I know what morale is. So how do you work on morale? ”

""Wei Xuanzi" is also cloudy: 'All soldiers, some win with the way, some win with might, and some win with strength. Talking about the enemy, so that the enemy's spirit is lost and scattered, although the form is complete and useless, this way is victorious. Therefore it is said, 'He who makes good use of his army can take away from men and not from others.'" If you want to work on morale, the trick is in these few words. In short, it is the 'breath of seizing the enemy' and 'the spirit of defending me'. In this way, you can 'win'. ”

"'The breath of seizing the enemy', 'the spirit of defending me'?"

"The marshal reads the book of soldiers, and he should know "Tang Li asks right". Among them, Li Weigong said: 'The husband is full of blood and drums to fight, although he dies unconscious, he is angry. Therefore, the method of using soldiers must be to observe our soldiers, stimulate our victory, and can strike at the enemy. Wu Qi four machines, with the gas machine as the top, there is no other way, can make everyone fight themselves, then its sharpness'. - What is 'the spirit of guarding me'? This is the 'Shougo Qi'.

"'Those who attack their hearts know the so-called others; Those who guard my spirit, the so-called confidant'. And the so-called 'qi of seizing the enemy' is 'the one who attacks his heart'. Sun Tzu said: 'The three armies can win the spirit'. How to take it? Avoid its morning sharpness and attack its twilight fatigue. In general, this is the way of kingship; In a nutshell, this is for the sake of the law.

"If you can do it according to this method, find a way to blow down the enemy's morale, and at the same time inspire the morale of our army, even if the grain reserves are not as good as the enemy, even if the men and horses are not as good as the enemy, I only have ten people, and the enemy has thousands, but I can be a hundred, a thousand, to a husband, ten thousand, then although the enemy is numerous, although there is a lot of food, what is there to fear?"

Zhao Guo was moved and said, "First, Mr. is true. However, how can we strike at the enemy's morale and at the same time boost the morale of our army, sir? ”

"It is easy to motivate the morale of our army, but it is difficult to strike at the morale of the enemy. I don't know if the handsome man wants to listen to the difficult first, or if he wants to listen to the easy first? ”

"It's hard to listen first."

"There is only one way to demoralize the enemy. It's 'preemptive'. ”

"Take the lead?"

"Wang Baobao is a tiger in the door, Zhao Hengjin is Ji Junjie, so I don't dare to fight with me now, not because I was afraid of being beaten by you, but not because of Juye's defeat, but because of his defeat, his morale is depressed. However, if the two armies cooperate when their Linfen reinforcements arrive, the two of them will definitely have a plan to boost their morale again. At that time, after receiving reinforcements, he encouraged his people with shame, and coerced tens of millions of vengeful pawns to win a decisive victory with the commander. Excuse me, what are your odds of winning? ”

Zhao Guo pondered for a moment and replied: "For example, if the captives who came to help were as elite as Wang Baobao's subordinates in the field battle the day before yesterday, the odds of victory would be five or five. ”

"And if: Baobaotun Shanzhou and Chengwu don't come out, while sharpening morale, while using the tour master to disturb my flanks, and at the same time using light horses to cut off my grain road, and hold on to the big handsome. Serve me with no food, and his food is abundant; Wait for our army to be tired, and the soldiers are strong. So he gathered up his army and hunted the city with me. May I ask you again, what are the odds? ”

The second scenario mentioned by Pan Xianji is unlikely to occur, but it is also possible. Zhao Guo replied matter-of-factly: "I, our army, will be defeated." ”

"So, to avoid both. We'll have to give them another blow before their reinforcements arrive! As long as they can be defeated twice in a row, the minister dares to assert that even if Chahan is there in person, it will be difficult to revive their momentum in a short period of time, let alone sharpen their morale! And as long as their momentum cannot be restored, their qi cannot be restored. As I said before my humble position, even if there are thousands of enemies, I am alone, so what is there to fear? This is what the lowly office calls 'taking the lead'. ”

"For example, how to take the lead in the first place? What's the difficulty? ”

"On that day, the marshal led 10,000 horsemen across the river and went deep into Jining, when there was no help from the enemy everywhere, he knew the difficulty of attacking the enemy camp! This 'preemptive voice' is similar to the surprise attack on the giant field at that time. It seems easy, just send an army and attack its battalion. However, the difficulty lies in the selection of generals, and it must be a person with courage and insight. However, how many people can be as brave and courageous as a handsome man in the whole army of Haidong? ”

silently slapped Zhao Guo with a little fart.

After a pause, Pan Xianer continued: "What's more, this 'preemptive capture' is a little different from the handsome's surprise attack on the giant field. The purpose of the marshal's surprise attack on Juye is to attack the city, and the purpose of 'taking the lead' is to undermine the enemy's morale. Therefore, after the commander wins the city, he can enter the city and defend it; After demoralizing the enemy, he must immediately flee. If we use a metaphor, we must 'be as swift as an arrow' when we attack a surprise attack, 'fight like thunder and lightning' when we meet the enemy, and 'solve like a storm and rain' after victory. This general needs to be able to march, fight, and retreat. Difficult. I thought about it for a long time, but there was no suitable candidate. ”

"Ahh

Zhao Guo turned his head to look and saw that it was Fu Youde who sneezed.

"Fu, General Fu have something to say?"

"Mr. Pan said, 'Take the lead in the first place', what does the handsome think?"

"Sincerity, honesty is a good plan."

"Is the marshal ready to act according to this plan?"

Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer glanced at each other, pretended to hesitate, and said: "If, as Mr. Pan said, I can't find a suitable brave general to lead the army for a while. ”

Fu Youde got up, held his head high, and asked with his crossed hands, "See what will happen at the end?" ”

"The generals and generals fought Jeju and came from afar, but they didn't have time to rest. How dare you bother? ”

"In the first battle of Jeju, the city of Kecheng in three days, the last general will go in and out of the arrows, unscathed. From Jeju to Juye, it is only more than 100 miles, it is difficult to travel far, and because of the grain and straw escorted, the road is very slow, and it takes two days to arrive. Since there are no injuries, and it is not a long way, and since the last general joined the army, conquest is regarded as a common thing, so why do you need to rest? ”

Zhao Guo said with a smile: "This, so the general deliberately took the initiative to ask for help?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Ambitious! In this case, the battle was handed over to the general. ”

Fu Youde was overjoyed, knelt on the ground, and said, "Then I asked the marshal to give an order, where do you want to send the last general to attack?" Single-state? Chengwu? No matter where it is, all you need is a hundred soldiers from the headquarters! Within three days, there will be good news. ”

Although he brought foot soldiers, his own soldiers were all cavalry. Generally speaking, according to Haidong's military law, ten thousand households like him can have less than 100 followers. Because Deng She values him, he has more personal followers, just one hundred people, and they are all selected by Deng She and allocated to him, which is far more elite than ordinary generals' personal soldiers.

"Shan, Shanzhou is Wang Baobaotun's military office, which is heavily defended, and it is far away from my giant field. It is reported that the captive troops stationed in Chengwu lived in separate camps, and most of them lived outside the city, so they asked the general to attack Chengwu. ”

"Order!"

"100 horses are too few, Ben and Ben Shuai will allocate you elite 100 horses, is it enough?"

"More than enough."

"Good!"

Zhao Guo looked up at the sky outside the hall, and when he saw that it was almost noon, he said: "Ben, Ben Shuai will pass down the military order and select the elite horse for you." I know that the general has acquaintances in the Han cavalry and the Jurchen army, and if you want to take whoever you want, you can choose it. He immediately wrote a military order and handed it to Fu Youde. He also summoned two pro-soldiers, ordered them to accompany them, went out of the hall first, and went straight to the barracks to select these hundred horsemen.

Fu Youde didn't go far out of the hall, turned back again, and said: "I only care about joy, but I forgot to ask the commander, when will you fight when you have enough elite horses?" ”

"It doesn't have to be too early, just get out of the camp before nightfall."

"Whoa!"

Watching Fu Youde walk away, Zhao Guo and Pan Xian smiled at each other.

The two of them knew that the harmony of the right talent was clearly a scheming. After laughing, Zhao Guo knew Pan Xianer a little more, and thought: "But I don't know when he started calculating, but it's not a temporary idea today." From Jeju to Juye, the two of them walked together for two days, and they were able to strictly guard their scheming so far. Really! But then again, he has a good eye to choose the old man. ”

Fu Youde is brave and aggressive, and he will definitely win this battle. Zhao Guo is gentle and benevolent, but it doesn't mean that he won't use tricks. There is a saying: please be better than excited. There is still a time to use stratagem. Taking a sip of tea, he then asked, "I already know how to demoralize the enemy." Excuse me, sir, how can we boost the morale of our army? ”

"It is easier to boost the morale of our army than to demoralize the enemy. As long as you can do a good job in both aspects, morale will definitely be high. ”

"Where, which two?"

"One is a reward, and the other is a punishment."

"There are clear rewards and punishments."

"Exactly. If the husband does not love his heart, he will not use it; Those who are not afraid of their hearts will not be lifted by me.'" And between rewards and punishments, lowly duties are considered to be important, especially in 'punishment'. ”

"Heavy, heavy, especially in 'punishment'?"

"Reward, everyone will know it. Those who have no merit will be rewarded even if they are far away, and those who have no merit will not be able to kiss them. As long as you are selfless, you can do it. However, 'punishment' is not easy to achieve. Reward subordinates, you can get a good reputation, get the love of subordinates, and be happy to see it; Punishing subordinates, but it will summon the fear of subordinates, and even sometimes the people who need to be punished are relatives and friends, if they are not ruthless enough, even if they are afraid of the general, it is difficult to do. ”

Zhao Guo thought so.

"The people are fearful, they are afraid of me and insult the enemy, and they are afraid of the enemy and insult me. Those who insult are defeated, and those who stand up for authority win. Whoever will be able to do his way, the officials will fear their generals; The officials fear their generals, and the people fear their officials; The people fear their officials, and the enemy fears their people. Therefore, those who know the way to victory and defeat must have the right to fear insults. This is 'I would rather teach my pawns to fear me than to teach my pawns to fear the enemy.'" If so, the world is not enough to gallop! May the great handsome think about it. ”

Pan Xianer uses good strategies to take risks, and if he is dangerous, he will endure it, and if he endures it, he will be cruel, so his way of governing the army is also ruthless.

Zhao Guo sighed: "A conversation with you is better than reading a book for ten years." ”

Pan Xianer made a summary of "morale" and said: "'Reward is like the sun and the moon, faith is like the four hours, orders are like axes, systems are like cadres, and those who don't need to die are unheard'." As long as the soldiers use their lives and their morale is high, it is the struggle of a hundred people, and the fight of ten thousand people is stronger; The battle of 10,000 people is stronger than the death of millions of people! ”

"I already know what the gentleman means!" Zhao Guo got up, saluted, and said, "Thank you, Mr. for teaching me." ”

He knew that Pan Xianer didn't know something, so he hurriedly got up and returned the salute, hesitated for a moment, and still asked: "I am presumptuous, I want to ask the marshal." ”

"What?"

"The handsome man has been in the army for a long time, and he has been cautious. But why did Shi Cai just listen to the plan of the humble position, and before he had time to think about it, he immediately adopted it without hesitation? ”

Zhao Guo smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Mo, Mr. Mo Fei is not sure about your strategy?" ”

"Well,......, of course not. It's just that....... ”

"Haha. Sir, I don't need to say more. I have a military document for you to watch. Zhao Guo took out a document from the desk and handed it to Pan Xianer.

Pan Xian'er opened it and saw that it was Deng She's handwriting, which roughly wrote: "The Tartars retreated to Shanzhou and Chengwu, and they were waiting for reinforcements, and when their two armies met, the momentum would inevitably recover." It will take two or three days to complete the sweeping of the remnants of the enemy on the front line of our army, and it is no longer possible to rush the decisive battle in advance and destroy it first, let alone sit back and watch its prestige recover. During this period, you can choose hundreds of elite horsemen, rush into the army, and then destroy their courage. Long-distance raid, to choose a general. There are two people available under the general's command, one is Gao Yanshi, and the other is Tong Shengyang. It's just that Yonsei Town Yuncheng is still needed; And the birth and raising of generals is related to the Jurchens, and it is not appropriate to move lightly. Adjustable Fu Youde. ”

Zhao Guo said slowly: "This lord of the army wen, I arrived last night. ”