Under the pitch black night sky, a young man was standing in the darkness of the night, which was so thick that it could barely be dissolved.

It was the middle of winter, and even though it was located in the south, the weather in the mountains was very cold.

Because of standing for a long time, a lot of frost beads formed on the young man's shoulders.

But no matter how cold it was, the young man stood still as if he would not leave tonight without seeing the man he was going to see.

This young man is Deng Ai, and the person he wants to see is Zhuge Liang.

Why did Deng Ai keep thinking about seeing Zhuge Liang, because he saw something strange from Zhuge Liang's recent actions.

Perhaps before the Southern Expedition, no matter how much Mi Yang respected Zhuge Liang, Deng Ai still felt that Zhuge Liang did not have the ability to strategize like ordinary people in the world.

But in this year's southern expedition, Deng Ai discovered Zhuge Liang's military strategy through his own observations, and he was by no means under the world's famous generals, or even under Mi Yang.

Will such Zhuge Liang sit back and watch the Han army fall into a dead state in vain?

Of course not.

Deng Ai deduced that Zhuge Liang was probably planning an overall situation, an overall situation that was enough to change the current situation in South China.

It is precisely because of this realization that Deng Ai will insist on guarding Zhuge Liang's account.

He knew that if Zhuge Liang was a chess player in the next situation, then if Zhuge Liang wanted to play this big game well, he would need a chess piece that was not afraid of hardships.

For the sake of ambition in his heart, Deng Ai doesn't mind being used as a pawn, and he doesn't mind taking risks.

And just when Deng Ai waited for a long time, thinking that Zhuge Liang would not see him, Yang Yi came to Deng Ai with a faint candle flame.

Without too many words, Yang Yi nodded slightly at Deng Ai, and Deng Ai understood the meaning of this Zhuge Liang henchman.

When Yang Yi turned around, Deng Ai immediately followed Yang Yi towards Zhuge Liang's big tent.

Soon after, Deng Ai came to Zhuge Liang's big tent and met Zhuge Liang.

The moment he saw Zhuge Liang, Deng Ai subconsciously saluted Zhuge Liang, and after Deng Ai saluted, Zhuge Liang waved his hand to drive Yang Yi away and let Deng Ai come to him and sit down.

Zhuge Liang's attention made Deng Ai's heart secretly happy.

In fact, Zhuge Liang can see him tonight, which means that everything he guessed in his heart before is true.

It's just that after Deng Ai sat down, Zhuge Liang didn't speak immediately.

With a pair of wise eyes, he kept looking at Deng Ai sitting in front of him, and after a long time, a soft sigh came out of his mouth:

"You're smart."

This was originally a sentence of appreciation, but under Zhuge Liang's sigh, it gave this sentence of appreciation a little more meaning.

How could Zhuge Liang not understand Deng Ai's thoughts?

But Zhuge Liang did not debunk Deng Ai's thoughts, and after sighing lightly, he continued to say to Deng Ai:

"At the moment, our army is surrounded by enemy troops on three sides, do you have a strategy to help me break the enemy?"

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Deng Ai's eyes lit up suddenly.

If not, why is he here today?

Deng Ai raised his head to look at Zhuge Liang, and then said to Zhuge Liang in an excited tone: "Although the enemy army is numerous, it has a fatal weakness. ”

"In order to completely besiege our army, the enemy army divided into three routes to occupy the three passages leading to the outside of Yelang County.

On the surface, this is a good situation for our army to form an encirclement, but if you think about it carefully, this move of the enemy army has instead divided their forces into three parts.

It is difficult to break one, and it is easy to break the crowd.

On the whole, our army is not superior in strength, but if our army concentrates its forces and only storms one part, and first completely defeats one of the enemy troops in the three directions, then the enemy's encirclement will be suddenly resolved! ”

Seeing Deng Ai's gushing appearance in front of him, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhuge Liang's mouth.

For months, Deng Ai was the only one among the many Han generals who could see why he did not withdraw from the army.

Zhuge Liang's initial thought was to let the enemy gather and surround him.

As long as the enemy army has this idea, then most of the rebels in Nanzhong will be lured in, so that the Han army can find a chance to complete the battle.

Zhuge Liang never worried that he would not be able to defeat the rebels in Nanzhong.

All he was worried about was that, as before, after defeating a rebel army, another rebel army would emerge, so that he could not completely pacify Nanzhong and return to Liangzhou.

In addition to embracing the strategy of "gathering and annihilating", luring the rebels into encirclement is also a tactic to disperse the enemy's forces.

After all, there are three main roads leading to the outside world in Yelang County, and if you want to completely trap the Han army, you must place heavy troops on all three main roads.

And this will certainly disperse the forces of the rebels.

It can be said that in terms of the current battle situation in Yelang County, everything is developing according to Zhuge Liang's vision.

But even if Deng Ai guessed the plan in Zhuge Liang's heart, this is also thinking at the strategic level, and how to implement it at the tactical level?

"Shi Zai thinks that our army should attack which enemy army should be prioritized next?"

Zhuge Liang's gentle questioning voice floated in the quiet sound of the big tent, encouraging Deng Ai to continue.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Deng Ai said without thinking: "Naturally, it is Yonghong's army. ”

The reason why Deng Ai so decisively regarded Yonghong's army as the priority target of the attack was very simple - Yonghong's army was the weakest.

Just like the story of Tian Ji's horse race, if you attack the enemy's weakest aspect with your own strongest strength, the result is of course obvious.

After Deng Ai finished answering Zhuge Liang, his face showed a confident look.

But to Deng Ai's surprise, Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly after listening to his choice.

"Our army should attack the Shihui Division!"

Zhuge Liang's choice surprised Deng Ai.

Among the three enemy armies, the military strength of the Shihui is the strongest, and according to common sense, this enemy army should not take the initiative to provoke.

Why would the prime minister think of giving up the easy and the difficult?

Looking at the look of surprise on Deng Ai's face, Zhuge Liang patiently explained:

"Among the three enemy armies, Shihui's department is the strongest and good, but because it is the strongest, his army is where the enemy's courage lies.

I lured the enemy into encirclement, not simply to achieve one or two victories.

According to Shizai's thoughts, it is not difficult for our army to defeat Yonghong's department by surprise, but what about after defeating?

Zhu Bao and Shihui saw that Yonghong was defeated, and the two of them were afraid of our army's strength and retreated to Qiqi County.

At that time, our army will only recover Yizhou County at most.

And Yonghong has long been greatly damaged in the previous defeat, and it is not difficult to recover in Yizhou.

However, the terrain of Qiqi County is complicated, and if these two people lead the sergeants to defend it layer by layer, our army will not be able to pacify Qiqi County for at least half a year.

And if the county can not be pacified, our army will not be able to return to Liangzhou, Liangzhou lack of troops and food can not hold, if Liangzhou is broken through by the anti-Wei in this half a year, then the Han foundation is in danger. ”

"On the contrary, if our army can defeat Shihui's troops in one go, then Yonghong will flee back to Yizhou County in fear to survive.

As for Zhu Bao, after learning of Shihui's defeat, his army will definitely be in chaos, and at that time, our army will be able to take advantage of the victory to defeat the rebels led by Zhu Bao in one fell swoop.

Even though Zhu Bao reacted in time and led the army to abscond in Qiqi County, but with the help of tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Shihui, it would not take long for Zhu Bao to be awarded the head! ”

When Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Deng Ai pondered Zhuge Liang's words, and bowed to Zhuge Liang as if he was waking up from a dream.

He thought that his plan was excellent, but after listening to Zhuge Liang's specific plan, he realized that he was not the slightest bit worse than Zhuge Liang.

Perhaps in terms of understanding the art of war alone, Deng Ai is no less than Zhuge Liang, but when it comes to the insight and control of the overall situation, Deng Ai is much worse than Zhuge Liang.

After Deng Ai bowed to Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but take the initiative to say to Zhuge Liang: "Ai is willing to be driven by the prime minister and follow the work of dogs and horses." ”

If he planned to attack the rebels of Yonghong's army, then Deng Ai had a specific tactic in mind.

But now, under Zhuge Liang's analysis, Deng Ai understands that attacking Shihui's department is the best choice for the Han army, so the tactics in his original mind can no longer be used.

And Deng Ai knew that Zhuge Liang was by no means a person who could only talk on paper, and he must have tactics in his heart to deal with Shihui.

Deng Ai didn't guess wrong.

Under Deng Ai's initiative, Zhuge Liang stood up and came to the map of Yelang County hanging in the tent.

Seeing Zhuge Liang get up, Deng Ai didn't dare to sit alone, he also stood up and came behind Zhuge Liang, looking at the map of Yelang County.

There are three locations on the map, all of which were emphatically marked by Zhuge Liang with the red pen in his hand.

Those three locations are the same places where the enemy forces are entrenched.

And in the place where Shihui is located, Zhu Bi presents the most strokes, which is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang wants to lead the army to break through Shihui.

Zhuge Liang knew that Deng Ai was behind him, so he pointed to the place where Shihui was stationed and said:

"In recent days, I have sent people to carefully investigate the movements of the Shihui army.

Just last month, Shi Hui led a large army from the flat land to camp on the mountain.

According to the locals, the mountain is called Axe Mountain, and as the name suggests, the mountain is like a giant axe lying on the side of the official road.

I have also personally gone to the bottom of the Axe Mountain to explore the terrain, the Axe Mountain is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, dozens of zhang high, the mountain road is dangerous and narrow, only one person is accommodated, and it is difficult for ordinary armies to attack on the back.

In addition, there are many springs on the Axe Mountain, and there is no shortage of water, and our army cannot besiege and cut off its water source to defeat it. ”

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Deng Ai's face showed a solemn look.

Shihui led the army to the mountains to station, on the one hand, he wanted to defend with high danger and protect his army from the sneak attack of the Han army.

On the other hand, Shihui also has sinister intentions.

Although Shihui's army was stationed on the mountain, Axe Mountain was next to the official road, and it was impossible for the Han army to pass through that official road without solving the Shihui army.

Otherwise, once the Han army passed through the official road, Shihui led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to rush down from a high place, and the Han army could easily be cut into two sections.

At that time, the defeat of the Han army was inevitable.

These inferences are not difficult for Deng Ai to come to true.

But since the Shihui army is so properly arranged, where should the Han army break through?

Deng Ai looked at Zhuge Liang with a puzzled look.

Could it be that the prime minister has some clever plan to lure the enemy army down the mountain for a decisive battle?

But even if the enemy army is lured down, if the military strength of the two sides is not much different, it is difficult for the Han army to defeat the Shihui army with a favorable location at one time.

Under the dim candlelight, Zhuge Liang saw the puzzled look on Deng Ai's face.

Compared with Deng Ai's doubts, Zhuge Liang is still confident.

Zhuge Liang pointed his finger to a place behind Axe Mountain on the map, and he said to Deng Aiyan: "Some time ago, under my investigation, I found that there was a hidden path leading to the mountain behind Axe Mountain.

I decided to send a general to take advantage of the darkness of the night to lead an elite army to climb from this mountain road to the mountain.

As long as this elite army can climb to the top of the axe mountain, and then launch a surprise attack on the enemy army when the enemy army is unprepared at night, then the enemy army will be panicked.

At that time, I will lead the troops to storm the front of the Axe Mountain, the Axe Mountain will be broken, and the thief army will die! ”

After listening to Zhuge Liang's plan, Deng Ai was a little surprised for a while.

This plan is not like Zhuge Liang can plan.

It's not that Deng Ai feels that Zhuge Liang doesn't have the wisdom to come up with this strategy, it's just that after nearly a year of getting along, Deng Ai feels that Zhuge Liang's military style is quite cautious and calm.

With such a character, he suddenly came up with a tactic to attack at night, which really made Deng Ai feel a little abnormal.

What Deng Ai didn't know was that Zhuge Liang was indeed a cautious and calm person, but that didn't mean he wouldn't use tricks.

Let's not talk about it, let's just say that the tactic of "surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain", which was called a stroke by countless people in the world, was initiated by Fa Zheng.

But in the end, what made Liu Bei really decide to use this strategy was inseparable from Zhuge Liang's letter of persuasion.

If Zhuge Liang would only be stubborn in using troops, then he would not have strongly supported Fa Zhengqi's tactics of attacking Dingjun Mountain, let alone worked hard for this tactic and constantly raised food and grass.

As for why Zhuge Liang rejected the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" in history, it was because there was an essential difference between using Qi and dying in vain.

If it weren't for the detailed investigation and the possibility of success, Zhuge Liang would never have come up with a plan to surprise attack Axe Mountain at night.

However, Deng Ai also thought that even he would think that the prime minister would not use strange soldiers, and the Shihui and others who gathered on the mountain would definitely feel the same.

Then in this case, the probability of Zhuge Liang's trick succeeding will rise in a straight line.

Thinking of this, Deng Ai's heart perked.

Of course, Deng Ai knew why Zhuge Liang wanted to tell him his plan tonight, because he was the general in Zhuge Liang's words.

And the elite in Zhuge Liang's mouth, who else is there besides the Sheliang Prefecture Army?

You must know that under Miyang's good food supply, the night blindness of the Liangzhou army has been greatly improved, and it can be said that the Liangzhou army naturally has the characteristics of night surprise attacks.

Deng Ai immediately bowed solemnly to Zhuge Liang:

"Ai, I will live up to the trust of the prime minister."

Deng Ai's words made the corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth smile.

Deng Ai is really smart and not afraid of taking risks, and he is indeed the most suitable general in the Han army to lead a night attack.

If it's suitable, let's go.

Zhuge Liang picked up Deng Ai and said to him:

"Tomorrow night, you can do it."

"Yui!"

There is also a chapter in the early hours of the morning.

(End of chapter)