Pei Gong saw that Sima Yi had been defeated in Dangxian, and discussed with Mr. Zifang how to capture Fengyi. The ovary said: "If you want to seize Fengyi, you must first seize Xiayi." Pei Gong said: "The fathers and elders of Fengyi are looking forward to our rescue, just like a farmer looking forward to the rain on a drought day, I hope that Mr. will plan for me to save my father as soon as possible!" The ovary pondered for a moment, and then asked Pei Gong: "If we leave Dangjun, who will guard the city?" "Pei Gong said that Cao Shen can defend the city. The ovary thought again: "Who else can be left in the army now?" Pei Gongdao: "Zhou Bo can be alone." Zifang said: "It seems that it is up to him to seize Xiayi." Pei Gong said: "This person is completely competent." Zifang said: "I'm worried that Sima Yi will come to take revenge, so I must capture the city as soon as possible." After a while, Zhou Bo came, and I used the agitation method again. The two of them discussed properly, and Pei Gong immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

After a while, the generals had all arrived, and Pei Gong said, "A few days ago, our army defeated the Qin army, and Sima Yi fled to Shanzhiyi in Qicheng. I'm more worried about Fengyi now, and I want to rescue Fengyi's father as soon as possible. However, if you want to capture Fengyi, you must first take Xiayi City. The ovary sighed deliberately: "Yes, although the situation is good at the moment, if you capture Xiayi City, I'm afraid that Pei Gong's manpower will not be enough!" Now Ji Xin guards Pei County, Fan Xu guards Xiao County, General Cao wants to stay to guard Dang County, and if Pei Gong wants to enter the army, there is a lack of a pioneer general in the army who dares to fight and dare to rush? Hearing this, Zhou Bo stepped forward, patted his chest and said, "Isn't my Zhou Bo competent?" The ovary smiled and asked Pei Gong: "How is General Zhou's martial arts?" Before Pei Gong could speak, Zhou Bo said categorically: "What is it?" Huang Kai is also unknown, I can enter the city in one battle! As soon as he finished speaking, he saw four people standing up enthusiastically and said, "We can also be General Zhou's deputy!" "It turned out to be Wang Su, Xue Ou, Zhou Ke, and Zhou Wei. More than a dozen people also stood up, and everyone was fighting to take the city. The ovary was very happy and said to Pei Gong: "Pei Gong's subordinates are really brave!" Pei Gong let Zhou Bo serve as the vanguard general, and Wang Sue and the other four served as the deputy pioneers, and let them set off immediately. Zhou Bo and others happily obeyed.

Zhou Bo served as the main general, and led Wang Su and other four people to set off together, and when he left, the ovary said to Zhou Bo: "After General Zhou arrived in Xiayi, without finding out the truth and truth, don't rashly attack the city, be cautious in everything!" Zhou Bo said with a smile: "Fighting a war depends on courage, can't you look ahead and backward, didn't Mr. rely on courage to stop Yingzheng in Bolangsha back then?" The gentleman smiled, "You are right, but the assassination was not successful?" Reckless action will inevitably lead to failure, so please be cautious General Zhou! Zhou Bo saw that the ovary was very uneasy about him, so he angrily led the troops on the road.

After Zhou Bo and the others left Dangxian, Pei Gong instructed Xiahou Ying to gather the team as soon as possible and prepare to set off. The ovary said confidently: "Pei Gong doesn't need to worry, Zhou Bo will definitely be able to take the city if he goes this time." Pei Gong asked how the ovary knew. The ovary smiled and did not answer. Pei Gong suddenly realized: "Sir's radical method may definitely work?" Zifang smiled: "Sima Yi is a member of Zhang Han's fierce generals, he was defeated very badly this time, after going back to report to Zhang Han, Zhang Han will definitely send him to take revenge, they may attack soon, so we must take Xiayi City as soon as possible, and then we can rely on the city to deal with him." I also heard that Zhou Bo is a tiger general, he usually fights calmly, and this time he goes to attack the city, his ability will definitely be fully revealed. Pei Gong listened and agreed with Mr. Zifang's words.

As early as the Qin army's military scouts flew to report to Xiayi City, the county commander Huang Kai immediately gathered the crowd and said: "Liu Bang is just a small pavilion chief, how can he fight?" If he leads the army, I will send a great army to defeat him in one fell swoop!" "The tone is very loud, and I don't take Pei Gong as a matter at all. Zuo Cao Peng Bairui said: "Adults can't be underestimated? At the moment, I think the only way to do this is to stick to it! Huang Kai was shocked and asked why. Bai Rui said: "Liu Bang is kind and helpful, kind and kind, and has the style of an elder, so the people in Sishang say that he is a 'dragon among people'!" He was originally an outstanding figure, plus Cao Shen, Fan Hao and others were also the generals of the three armies, and Xiao He was good at appeasing the people, and recently I heard that he got another person. The prefectural magistrate asked who it was. Bai Rui said: "It is the assassin Zhang Liang who dared to assassinate the first emperor in Bolangsha, so Liu Bang is really like a tiger now, and their master and servant will definitely work together and want to do something big." I heard that Sima Yi was defeated by them, let alone us! Huang Kai said unconvinced: "In your opinion, should we surrender?" Bai Rui said: "That's not it! As far as I can see, we might as well report the situation to General Zhang Han first, and ask him to send troops to attack Liu Bang with us. Huang Kai pondered for a while, and then said, "Okay, it's up to your strategy." ”

The day after Zhou Bo left, Pei Gong left Cao Shen to guard Dangjun, and then led a large army to Xiayi. The army had only been gone for a while, and the sergeant flew to report that General Zhou Bo had led Xue Ou, Wang Su, Zhou Ke, and Zhou Wei to attack the city early this morning. Pei Gong was very happy. After a while, the sergeant came to report again, saying that Huang Kai was scolding in the city, and ordered the Qin army to resist stubbornly, and the battle was extremely fierce. After a while, the sergeant came again to report, saying that General Zhou Bo personally braved the rain of arrows and took the lead in the soldiers, and was the first to attack the city. Pei Gong was overjoyed, so he said to the ovary: "Sir's agitation method is really effective!" So he urged the army to advance quickly, and when he came to the city, Zhou Bo had already finished pacifying the people, and he came to see Pei Gong with the county order. Duke Pei gave Zhou Bo the title of five doctors. He also abolished all the laws of Qin. There was jubilation in the city of Xiayi.

After Zhang Han went north, he captured Suiyang, Xiayi, Yuxian, Mengxian, and Xiangyi all the way, and was stationed in Xiangyi at this time. On this day, Sima Yi came to Xiangyi to plead guilty. Zhang Han saw that Sima Yi lost his troops and lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so angry that he almost turned his back on him, and he was about to cut off his head immediately. Changshi Sima Xin hurriedly pleaded and said: "Now is the time to employ people, if you kill your own people, you will make Chu Kou happy to death." Do you hope the general will think twice? Sima Yi was even more ashamed of himself, so he cried bitterly and said: "Please General Zhang to take a break from the anger of the thunder, if you give me another chance to make meritorious contributions, I will definitely cut off the heads of Liu Bang and Zhang Liang!" ”

Zhang Han asked Sima Yi who Zhang Liang was. Sima Yi replied, "He is the same assassin who assassinated the Emperor in Bolangsha before. Zhang Han was shocked: "He is a key criminal of the country, he dared to assassinate the first emperor ten years ago, and now he is making trouble in Surabaya, you must arrest him, his sin is even greater than Jingju!" Sima Yi said angrily: "It was he who gave advice to Liu Bang and defeated me!" Sima Xin listened to his nephew's words, and said uneasily: "Liu Bang is not worried, but Zhang Liang must not be despised ah!" Sima Yi asked why. Sima Xin said: "He dared to assassinate the first emperor, he must be a martial artist, right?" Sima Yi listened to his uncle's words and laughed and said: "Uncle, you are wrong, that Zhang Liang is just a white-faced scholar, he has no power to tie the chicken, and he often holds a whisk of dust, he is a waste, don't worry!" ”

While he was talking, a sergeant from Xiayi suddenly came to report that Liu Bang had sent troops to capture Yicheng, and asked the general to send troops to recruit as soon as possible. Zhang Han was shocked when he heard this: "I can't imagine that a small pavilion chief, plus a white-faced scholar, can make waves like this!" Sima Yi said again: "If I don't capture the two alive in a battle this time, I am willing to sacrifice my head to my command!" Zhang Han said: "You are young, you still need to be cautious in war." Now that your uncle and the generals are speaking for you, then you will work hard to make meritorious contributions, and you must catch Liu Bang and Zhang Liang. I'll give you 30,000 ironclad elite soldiers now, I hope you will clear up the trouble as soon as possible and stabilize the southeast half of the wall! Sima Yi accepted the task impassionedly, and then led the troops on the road with great vigour.

Pei Gong was in Xiayi, always inquiring about Sima Yi's movements, and he and Mr. Zifang kept inspecting the terrain nearby, and they found a magical place, this place is called 'Jutie Mountain' by the local people. One day, Pei Gong and Zifang were inspecting the terrain in Jutie Mountain, and suddenly probed the Malay newspaper, saying that Sima Yi had obtained 30,000 ironclad elite soldiers from Zhang Han, and he also praised Haikou, saying that he would set foot in Pingpei County and stay in the city. The Qin army had already arrived in Mengxian. The generals were shocked. Zifang thought for a while and said to Pei Gong: "This time, we must let Sima Yi lose all his blood, kill him and give Zhang Han a heavy blow!" So he advised Pei Gong to let Zhou Bo lead a thousand soldiers out of the city to the west, meet the enemy at thirty miles, and if Sima's army was killed, do not start a war with him, and retreat ten miles back to camp. If the Qin army catches up, it will retreat and camp for another ten miles. In this way, he withdrew three times in a row, and withdrew all the soldiers and horses to the city. Zhou Bo asked what the purpose was. Zifang said: "Sima Yi came to take revenge this time, and the momentum must be fierce, so he must show weakness, and then use a plan to kill Sima Yi." Zhou Bo accepted the order and left happily. He also asked Xue Ou and Wang to return to Dangxian as soon as possible, instead of Cao Shen to guard Dangjun, and asked Cao Shen to lead a group of soldiers and horses to attack Yu County and cut off Sima Yi's way back. After the defeat of Sima's army in Xiayi, he will definitely flee to Yu County. If you arrive in Yu County, let General Cao Shen take advantage of his unpreparedness and shoot Sima Yi with an ambush. Xue Ou and Wang Suo accepted the order and set off. and let Zhou Ke and Zhou Wei lead a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city in advance to ambush behind Jutie Mountain, and then it can be like this. The two of them were very pleased to hear this, and they accepted the order and set out at once. After Pei Gong made the arrangements, he invited Mr. Zifang to inspect the city, and then waited for the arrival of the Qin army.

Pei Gong and the ovary finished inspecting the city, and then sat on the head of the city and drank. Pei Gong was puzzled and asked the ovary: "What method is Mr. going to use to deal with Qin Jun?" Zifang said: "Please Pei Gong don't need to ask what to do, let's talk about the way to use soldiers first, how about it?" Pei Gong was overjoyed and said, "I just wanted to hear Mr. explain the art of war." The ovary talked eloquently: "All ancient military strategists fought wars, and they had to predict the success or failure of the war, so Sun Wuzi put forward five key points for predicting success or failure: first, know under what circumstances you can fight and what you can't fight; Second, those who know how to adopt different tactics according to the number of people can win; Third, if you work together, you can win; Fourth, those who are well prepared and can prevent accidents can win; Fifth, generals who have the ability to command and are not constrained by the outside world will be able to win. The most important thing in this is to correctly adopt different tactics according to the relative strength of the enemy and us, so as to recognize the outnumbered, to be able to exchange the greatest gain at the smallest cost, and to achieve twice the result with half the effort, that is, the essence of using troops. Whether it is fighting a war or doing other things, people must be united and united, otherwise they will not be able to do anything, so Sun Wuzi emphasized that the monarch does not interfere with the generals, and the generals can give full play to their abilities. This means that generals and commanders must proceed from reality in everything and correctly choose strategies and tactics, so that they will win battles and lose otherwise. Of course, the soldiers say that the premise of the monarch's non-intervention is that the generals are capable, otherwise they will not be able to defeat the enemy without intervening. As the saying goes, 'knowing the other and knowing oneself, and not being defeated in a hundred battles' requires the commanders to look at the overall situation, plan deeply, and understand both the enemy and themselves, so that they can accurately predict the success or failure of the war. These are the basic rules of using soldiers! ”

When Pei Gong heard this, he affirmed: "What Mr. said is indeed the essence of using soldiers. However, now the Qin State is still very strong, even if we win the battle, but to deal with this powerful Qin State, is our strength still too disparity? The ovary smiled: "Big is small, small is big." The big and the small are transformed into each other, as the so-called cathode turns to yang, and the anode turns to yin. This is like a person, when he is strong and tyrannical to the extreme, his heart may be vulnerable; And a person who has been trampled and trampled to the point of being humble to weak and soft, and on the verge of death, may be very strong in his heart. Another point that is particularly important is that from a historical point of view: the rise of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties was because the monarch complied with the wishes of the people, and later lost the world, it was the monarch who went against the wishes of the people. Now the Qin State has also lost the hearts of the people, that is, the world, but we must do the opposite, we must pay attention to winning the hearts of the people, and everything we do should work in the opposite direction of the Qin State's policy, and we will definitely succeed. It can be seen that the rise of a country depends on whether their king has won the hearts of the people? Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this is a truth that is not easy to see! After the unification of the Qin State, they did not pay attention to the people's will, and the first emperor implemented a series of wrong policies according to his own preferences, especially the big mistake and the wrong thing to seek immortals. In the second emperor, he implemented the art of supervision, which pushed the Qin State to the brink of collapse, which led to the loss of popular support and the chaos of the world. Therefore, it is impossible for the king of any country to govern the country well without considering what the people of the lower classes want, which is like a person who is afraid of getting drunk, but he still has to reluctantly drink! Pei Gong listened to Mr. Zifang's big truth, saying that 'if the monarch does not interfere with the generals, the generals can give full play to their talents', so it is not good for him to get to the bottom of it, but he has a premonition that Mr. Zifang is a very great character, and his thorough study of military development also shows that he has a grand pattern and profound wisdom, so he smiled and said: "I got Mr., just like Shang Tang has Yi Yin, King Wu has Lu Wang, and the elimination of Qin is just around the corner!" Hahaha. ”

When the ovary heard this, he was secretly surprised: Pei Gong actually compared himself to the King of Shang Tang and the King of Zhou Wu, which shows that he must have the ambition of a king, and he can understand what he just said, which shows that his cleverness is given by God, and he is indeed a great man. The mysterious old man he met in Xiapi said: "Ten years later, the situation will definitely change, and he also said that the king of abundance and abundance will rise." 'Could it be that this Pei Gong is the wise lord I want to assist?' Is he really going to make a career in the future? However, it is still too early to make a decision, and I have to slowly observe that choosing a master is not such a simple matter. Thinking of this, the ovary felt a little excited in his heart, so he had to be impressed by this Liu Peigong, who looked a little wooden, but was actually wise and foolish.