In Guangshui County, the "Three Pools of Yuxiu", where the mountains are steep and the forests are lush, and the streams are quiet and the springs are clear, they set up an ambush and plundered the enemy's grain and grass.

This was Zhuge Ke's initiative to ask for help, and because he didn't know the truth of the information, this time, Zhuge Ke just took a small group of soldiers and horses to rob the grain.

Since he hit Anlu City, Guan Lin has been a little worried, for fear that something will happen to Zhuge Ke, and the loss of this "Lantian Meiyu" talent is secondary, and the most important thing is that it is not easy to explain to Zhuge Junshi.

Therefore, Guan Lin has been standing on the city tower, and suddenly saw Zhuge Ke's triumphant men and horses from a distance, and greeted Zhang Xingcai and Shiwu next to him in surprise to go down to the city tower to greet him.

Zhuge Ke was full of spirits, and triumphantly led a team of 1,000 people, and also escorted dozens of truckloads of grain and grass, as well as dozens of captured Cao soldiers.

Seeing Guan Lin, Zhuge Ke dismounted with a smile and arched his hand: "According to the orders of the son, 37 Cao soldiers were captured, more than 3,000 catties of grain and grass, and our army did not lose one person and one horse." ”

Listening to such a battle report, Guan Lin hurriedly helped Zhuge Ke up, "It's hard work..."

He pulled Zhuge Ke and walked to the government office.

Zhuge Ke reminded in a low voice: "So you can be sure that Zhu Ling's surrender is true, right?" ”

Guan Lin pondered slightly, and then said softly: "One robbery of grain can't mean anything, try him a few more times." ”

Luo Tong of Eastern Wu on the side saw such a high-spirited Zhuge Ke, and his heart was not good.

It's no wonder that he and Zhuge Ke are the same age, but now Zhuge Ke is already able to command the army alone, but he... But it's just...

Lu Su also boasted at the right time: "At Yuan Xun's age, it is difficult to entrust important tasks in Eastern Wu, but Jingzhou is different, Jiangxia Taishou here is also a young man of this age, doesn't it give young talents room to play?" Yuan Xun is also competitive, so he robbed Cao Jun's grain and grass, and explored his reality, it can not be said that he is not young and promising, and he has made great contributions..."

Luo Tong lowered his head and said sullenly, "If it's me, too... It can be done too..."

Because this sentence was very small, even Lu Su didn't hear it clearly, "Gongxu? What did you say? ”

Luo Tong hurriedly changed his words: "I said... Yuan Xun is worthy of being a member of the Langya Zhuge clan, who can write and martial arts, and has a family history..."

"You envy him, don't you?" Lu Su saw what Luo Tong meant.

"No," Luo Tong pursed his lips.

"Don't lie to me." Lu Su looked at Guan Lin's back, "Following this Yunqi Gongzi, Yuan Xun's road has been widened, needless to say you, even I envy him——"

…

…

In Yu Ban's military tent, Yu Banben was looking at the map.

Suddenly, the deputy general Dong Heng personally tied up a deputy general Wuhuanda and broke in, Dong Heng also knelt down with shame and pleaded guilty: "My deputy general escorted grain and grass, but was attacked at the Santan Waterfall in Guangshui County, lost a hundred carts of grain, and damaged people and horses, please punish the general together with me!" ”

Yu Ban hurriedly helped Dong Heng up and comforted: "I already know about this matter, it was a surprise attack by the thief army, and an ambush was laid under the grain road in advance, and it is not the general's crime, you should go back and rest and recuperate, and then go to transport grain!" ”

Dong Heng was stunned, "Yes, but the grain road has been discovered by the Jingzhou soldiers, I'm afraid that Guan Lin will send someone to intercept and kill it again..."

Yu Ban smiled and said to the deputy general: "The general must be careful, if you are intercepted, you must not fall in love with the war, self-protection is the best, as for the grain and grass, just give him Guan Lin!" ”

Yu Ban, who has always governed the army strictly, suddenly showed a casual attitude, which made Dong Heng and this deputy general scratch his head.

When you go out.

The adjutant general asked Dong Heng, "General... How is this grain transported? ”

Dong Heng pondered for a moment, "The next time I transport grain, I will also set up an ambush at the Santan Waterfall... If the enemy does not come, they will come, and if they do, they will not return! ”

…

Guan Lin and Lu Su were interrogating the captives captured by Zhuge Ke, only to hear one of them whisper: "My general expected a thief... No, it was expected that General Guan Ping would be stationed in the rest of the cities in Jiangxia, and Anlu Chengguan was too guarded to take the initiative to attack, so he transported grain and grass from Nanyang by several routes, and made preparations for a protracted war! I never thought that Guan Taishou would take the initiative to attack... Looting grain routes. ”

Lu Su asked faintly: "What about the other grain routes?" Did you know? ”

"I don't know!"

As soon as the words fell.

With a "snap", the whip fell to the ground, making a "crackling" sound, Zhang Xingcai held the iron whip in his hand and said with a sneer, "If you don't do it honestly, you will suffer from the flesh and skin." ”

Guan Lin glanced at Zhang Xingcai, "Don't be like this...", he pondered for a moment, and said: "Let them all go, serve the wine and food, and send the horses back..."

Yes...

Zhang Xingcai was taken aback and asked, "Are you a prisoner?" Why not kill it? ”

Guan Lin said faintly, "Then the Cao thief issued the "Widow Order", if it is a widow, she will be forcibly recruited and forced to remarry... If I kill them, what will happen to their wives and daughters? Isn't this ruining these dozens of families? ”

When the captives heard this, they hurriedly bowed their heads and thanked them, "Thank you Guan Taishou... Thank you Guan Taishou..."

After the captives were beaten down, Lu Su smiled and said, "Cloud Banner is a clever plan to attack the heart!" ”

Guan Lin sighed, "I only hope that my forgiving heart can make Cao Weijun's heart disperse a little!" ”

Speaking of this, he instructed the generals, "Whoever captures Cao's army in the future must be treated kindly..."

"Whew-"

The soldiers gave up.

However, because of this great victory, Zhuge Ke was in high spirits, and he was inevitably more eager to try, and hurriedly said: "The last general will go to rob the enemy's grain tomorrow..."

"I'm not busy..."Guan Lin waved his hand lightly, "Wait one more day... Go again! ”

Zhuge Ke heard what Guan Lin meant...

It's to wait for the new information from Zhu Ling.

There's this information in... Looting enemy food is almost foolproof!

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…

Cao Pi and a group of civil and military officials with the army finally arrived in Luoyang.

Since Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, it has become an empty city, empty houses are uninhabited, and some still have traces of burning, and on the wide streets, several ragged people and unkempt children look at this Xuanhe team in surprise.

Cao Pi got out of the carriage, and Li Lian, Liu Zhen, and Wu Zhen also got out of the carriage, and they walked to Cao Pi's side together, and a group of people looked at this once gorgeous capital with melancholy and sadness.

Of course, Li Yan was deeply stunned in his heart, and he was groaning.

- "This is a new starting point and a new battlefield!"

Cao Pi was born in Luoyang, in the fourth year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

According to his mother, Mrs. Bian, the year he was born, a blue cloud hung over his head for a whole day, shaped like the top of a chariot and horse...

The warlock with "hope" came to see the good luck, and when he saw this cloud cover, his face was immediately full of solemnity, thinking that this little baby was extraordinary.

Cao Song was very happy when he heard this, and asked the warlock what is the future of this child?

Can you catch up with his ancestors and also be a minister close to the emperor?

The warlock shook his head again and again, and replied, "This is not the cloud qi that the human retainer is equipped with, but the sign of the supreme and supreme human lord.

This sentence made the entire Cao Mansion full of awe!

At that time, Cao Cao, after the crusade against the Yellow Turban, made some military achievements, and then defeated Jinan...

Then, after experiencing the dismissal of officials at home and the loss of a beloved concubine, that is, Mrs. Liu, the biological mother of Cao Ang and Cao Shuo, he was once again recruited by He Jin as one of the eight captains of the West Garden.

It's just that the good days didn't last long, and two years later, He Jin died, and the Liangzhou warlord Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, and abolished the young emperor Liu Wei and renamed Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, as the emperor.

At that time, Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang and gathered the princes of the Eighteenth Route to discuss Dong, and the Cao Mansion was worried that he would be implicated in a chaos.

It just so happened that Yuan Shu brought the news about Cao Cao's death outside...

Cao Piyou remembered that he was only five years old at the time, and he was his mother... At that time, Mrs. Bian, who was still her father's concubine, stood up!

At this moment, Cao Pi looked at the ruined Luoyang City, and recalled the story to the "henchmen" beside him.

"My mother is not from a high background, she has been performing in the rivers and lakes since she was a child, and she has encountered something worse than Dong Zhuo being in power and my father fleeing... On the contrary, at this time, she was more assertive than Mrs. Ding, who was born in the famous Ding family, and when the whole family was panicked and had no backbone, she stepped forward and said to all the family members and subordinates in the house, "Cao Jun's life and death cannot be determined by just a few rumors." If the rumors are a lie made up by others, and you resign and return to your hometown today, and Cao Jun returns safely tomorrow, will you have any face to see your master? Is it worth it to give up your life's reputation in order to avoid the unknown? ’”

Even after 25 years, when Cao Pi mentioned his mother's powerful words, he sighed with emotion, and he admired his mother's courage at that time.

"And then?" Liu Zhen hurriedly asked.

Cao Pi continued, "Everyone admires my mother and is willing to obey her arrangement, plus Mrs. Ding's relationship with her father has never been good, and her mind is on her eldest brother Cao Ang, who is an indisputable character, so... Since then, although my mother is still a concubine, everything in the Cao family's mansion has been completely decided by my mother! ”

Hearing this, Li Cong sighed with emotion: "What Gongzi Zihuan said reminds me of a rumor, saying that over the years, Prime Minister Cao has never forgotten Mrs. Ding, and has repeatedly invited Mrs. Ding to return to the palace for banquets in the name of Mrs. Bian!" ”

"Mrs. Bian knew Prime Minister Cao's thoughts, and always left the seat of his wife next to Prime Minister Cao Cheng to Mrs. Ding, and retired to the concubine position herself... But back then, it seemed that when Mrs. Ding was his wife, she never took Mrs. Bian in her eyes... Listening to Zihuan's words today, I know the reason... Mrs. Bian is really awe-inspiring! ”

Li Cong's words...

For Cao Pi, it is tantamount to doing what he likes.

Because of Luoyang, Cao Pi thinks of his childhood;

Because when he was a child, Cao Pi thought of his great mother...

Now that I hear that such a madman as Li Cong can praise his mother like this, I can't help but be happy.

"Mr. Li is really extraordinary, okay... Don't talk about that. Cao Pi sighed with emotion: "Go to the former palace for a walk... Since my father asked me to rebuild Luoyang City, we must first see how dilapidated this city is now, and where we want to build it! ”

Li despised his head, and he raised his eyes to look at the ruins in front of him again.

This Luoyang's current situation is just like his situation...

He wants to reshape Luoyang step by step, and during this period, he must also realize his plan step by step, his ideal...

Realize the balance of the You that he admires the most... Unfinished, and unattainable ideals!

The day Luoyang was rebuilt, it was the time of the fall of Cao Wei -

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…

Jiangxia, in the government office of Anlu City.

"Taishou, the last general, please go and rob the grain-"

"Taishou, the last general also asks to rob the grain-"

"Brother Yunqi, such a meritorious thing should always be given to me once, right?"

Lu Lu, Shiwu, and Zhang Xingcai respectively asked Ying to rob Cao's army of grain and grass.

Luo Tong also wanted to ask for meritorious service, but suddenly realized that this was in Jingzhou... He... I'm afraid I don't have this opportunity!

Guan Lin motioned for these generals to go out first... He had to discuss with Lu Su and Zhuge Ke alone.

Elk Lu and Shiwu looked at each other...

Zhang Xingcai puffed out his mouth, looking unconvinced.

Wait until they're gone.

Lu Su sighed, "Six times in a row, six places, each time successfully looted grain and grass... Only once failed to avoid the enemy's ambush, which is already incredible, and now the forbidden army must be in turmoil! If you continue like this, one day... Cao Jun is about to collapse and disintegrate! ”

Lu Su said this, but Guan Lin squinted his eyes and pondered...

Zhuge Ke was a little uncontrollable, "But as Zhu Ling sends information again and again, his situation will be more dangerous, is... In the past, Gongzi Yunqi didn't trust him, but this is the sixth time... Of these six times, only one was ambushed by Cao's army, and I withdrew in time to avoid falling into it. ”

Guan Lin said suspiciously: "If all of them loot the grain and grass easily, it will seem a little fake, and if I lay out it, I will also set up a mistake next time, which is more realistic." Don't hide that the Governor of Lu and Yuan Xun are cowardly... If it weren't foolproof, I wouldn't be gullible, not to mention that the battle situation is unpredictable, the soldiers are impermanent, and the water is impermanent! ”

"The danger is that we never see through him... Will this Zhu Ling be giving us sweetness, a little bit at a time, and then a little more... We can take advantage a hundred times, but never know, when this sword will fall ... In case it falls... It's all about catastrophe. ”

After hearing Guan Lin's words, Lu Su was slightly silent...

But after pondering for a long time, he still said: "Fighting is gambling, and the chance of victory often appears between the first line. If Huang Gai really surrendered to Cao Cao, deceived Zhou Yu by this, and really defected to the north, what should he do? Will there be Dongwu now, and will there be Uncle Liu Huang? Many times, the outnumbered side... What if you win? ”

Zhuge Ke also persuaded: "Governor Lu said yes and yes, if he always hesitates, it will be a good opportunity, and he will let it go in vain, at least for now, this Zhu Ling has all the reasons to surrender, I really can't believe that in this case, he will surrender by fraud!" ”

Lu Su and Zhuge Ke's words made Guan Lin bow.

But in the end, he spread his hands and smiled, "Let's do it, let's give that Zhu Ling a real chance, the enemy army dispatched 50,000 soldiers and horses, we only know that Bishan, a hundred miles outside Anlu City, is the place where 30,000 soldiers are forbidden, and at the foot of Hengshan, there are 20,000 Nanyang soldiers. Is it in Hengshan? Or in Bishan? Drawings of the granary may bring? ”

Guan Lin squinted, and his tone became more and more solemn. "The battle of Guandu back then, at first... Cao Cao and Yuan Shao robbed each other of the grain, but it was just a small fight, and it was only when the black nest was burned in the end that it won a big victory, and now we... If we can accurately know the enemy's grain storage place, know the layout of its granary, and the layout of soldiers and horses, then we can reproduce the victory of the battle of Guandu? Zhu Ling is the chief of logistics, and found out this... It shouldn't be difficult, right? ”

Guan Lin's tone became resolute, "Tell him that when he comes to Anlu City, we are welcome at any time, but he must bring the location of the enemy's food station!" If so, I, Guan Lin, would like to ask my father and uncle for the title of 'general' on behalf of him Zhu Ling! ”

This...

Lu Su and Zhuge Ke looked at each other.

In the end, Zhuge Ke gave up his hand and decided to do what Guan Lin said, "Xiaguan will do it, and let that Zhu Ling come to surrender with the location and drawings of the enemy's grain store..."

Zhuge Ke was about to leave, but Guan Lin hurriedly shouted: "Yuan Xun, the more than 4,000 armor sent by Jiangling can be sent down!" ”

"It's already been sent." Zhuge Ke said truthfully.

After getting an accurate answer, Guan Lin smacked his mouth... It's like I'm in some kind of deep thought again.

"What are you thinking?" Lu Su asked curiously.

"I'm thinking...," Guan Lin pondered, "What if we take the initiative to fight against Na Yu Forbidden once now, and fight it once in the open?" ”

Yes...

Lu Su was stunned, "10,000 people fighting 50,000? ”

Guan Lin smiled, "Everyone is an infantryman, why not find an empty plain?" ”

This...

Lu Su couldn't understand Guan Lin's leap idea, and he didn't know whether to say that he was a layman? Still is... What other calculations are there.

"The difference in strength is five times—"

Lu Su said with deep emotion.

Guan Lin looked fearless, "Although there are many poor troops, we are well equipped, but our morale is high, and our fighting spirit is also high... Besides, this gang of subordinates under me, that Cao Cao has a hatred for taking his wife, and I will press them not to fight... If you are afraid, you will mutiny, and you will rebel against me! ”

Now...

Lu Su didn't know what to say again.

- "How do you feel that this battle is fought so recklessly and so nonsense?"

- "This Guan Lin is not Zhao Kuo, not just on paper, right?"

…

…

In less than five days, Yu Ban's generals, Dong Heng and Dong Chao, could no longer bear it.

They said with shame and indignation.

"General Yu, shoot back... In just five days, six grain routes were robbed, and if this continues, even if our army is not short of food, the soldiers are all suffocated to death..."

"Yes, instead of being so aggrieved, it is better to finish the battle and attack the city directly! "The Art of War" doesn't also say, so the law of war is used, ten are to surround it, and five are to attack it... We have 50,000 people, and they have 10,000 people, exactly five times their soldiers and horses, let's attack the city! ”

As Dong Chao said...

In "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Attacking Chapters", it is indeed written that the method of using soldiers, ten will encircle it, five will attack it, and the enemy will be able to fight.

This means that with the method of warfare, ten times the strength of the army can surround the enemy, five times the strength of the army will attack the enemy, twice the strength of the army will divide and destroy the enemy, and there will be a force equal to the enemy to resist.

Merely... Theory is one thing, reality is another.

"The enemy army is not 10,000 people!" Yu Ban said with emotion: "Guan Ping still has 5,000 Guan family troops, these Guan family troops are one as ten, if our army can't conquer the city for a while, Guan Ping will bring 5,000 Guan family troops to support it, what then?" ”

This...

Yu Ban's rhetorical question directly made Dong Heng and Dong Chao dumbfounded.

There is a reason why Yu Ban can be the head of the five good generals, he is more comprehensive and thoughtful... It also has the characteristics of "reliable at critical moments", "good at defensive warfare", and "able to govern the army".

That's why...

What Dong Heng and Dong Chao saw was that the grain was looted, but what Yu Ban saw was that the time was about to appear.

He's waiting...

Wait for Zhu Ling's bait, and Guan Lin, who has tasted enough of the sweetness, will take the bait!

also waited, waiting for Shouchun Cao Cheng's secret transfer of Lejin and 30,000 soldiers and horses.

When this secret came, the galloping troops and horses arrived, 80,000 soldiers... It is exactly five times the enemy's 15,000 defenders in Jiangxia, which is in line with the strategy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" - ten to encircle it and five to attack it.

What's more, the extra 30,000 soldiers are amazing soldiers!

Now, he has to endure.

It's just that he can endure it, but his generals can't bear it.

Six times to rob grain, five times were plundered by Dong Heng's lieutenants... Dong Heng felt that his face was about to be swollen.

"Then you can't let this Guan Lin file the spirit of our army, please ask the general to give me 5,000 soldiers and horses, and I will personally go to charge the grain, see who can rob it?"

Yu Ban smiled unhurriedly and said, "No, let him rob, hehe... Our army captured Jiangxia, and General Dong and his lieutenant generals were the first merit! ”

Dong Heng looked up puzzled and asked, "What?" The last general..."

Dong Chao also felt that something was wrong and looked at Yu Ban.

Yu Ban waved his hand, signaling them not to ask more questions and to retreat.

After everyone withdrew from the Chinese army's tent, Yu Ban's squinted eyes opened, and he smiled lightly: "Hundreds of carts of grain, tens of thousands of catties of grain and rice, it's time to feed this young man, right?" ”

At the thought of this, his thoughts raced quickly.

- "How many days will it take for the 30,000 soldiers secretly supported by General Lejin to 'fall from the sky'?"

Prepare with both hands...

Yu Ban made two hands to prepare!

As long as there is a smooth hand, then the northern border of Jiangxia will be taken back.

This is a sure game to win -

At least, from now on, he hasn't felt any pressure from Guan Lin, everything is under control.

That's when it happened.

"—Newspaper."

A scout quickly broke into the tent of the Chinese army, and he reported loudly: "General Yu, An Lucheng shot countless arrows, and there were words on them, which were Jiang Xia Taishou Guan Lin... About... Ask the general to set up a field battle under the city! Say yes... said that he was going to compete with General Yu! ”

This...

Yu Ban's original "everything is under control" eyes converged in an instant.

This sudden letterhead of Guan Lin's "appointment to fight"... Inexplicably, suddenly, it actually brought him a little - pressure!

That's right, that feeling is stress!

A pressure from the sky.

Suddenly, the pressure was on his side.

- "Does he know that General Ben has 30,000 reinforcements?"

- "No, no, he's just floating, he's repeatedly robbed the grain, thinking that General Ben can't hold the knife anymore!"

- "Ten thousand dozen fifty thousand? This kid is so brave!'

A few thoughts...

So here's the problem.

This "covenant war", is he forbidden? Or don't pick up?

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(End of chapter)