Whoever uses soldiers does not hear anything, so it is a golden drum; Seeing each other is not seen, so it is a flag. Therefore, the day battle has its own flag, and the night battle has many golden drums.

The key to night battles lies in the magic, and it is difficult to see people, so the golden drum is fascinated, and the fire can confuse it. The night was dark and the wind was high, swept into the camp, killed people and set fires, and disturbed the morale of the army. For example, the defeat of Chibi, the coalition army attacked it with fireships, although Cao's army was numerous, but because of the darkness and chaos of the night, it was defeated without a fight.

Liu Bei has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, is well versed in military strategy, and the camp is stable, and Zhuge Liang has made suggestions, and the camp measures are appropriate. Even if they encounter a night attack, unless the battalion roars, they can still fight in groups and force back foreign enemies.

Zhou Yu didn't know about the solidity of the Jingzhou military camp, so he used the outnumbered soldiers to beat the golden drum, set up dummies, and held torches high to confuse the soldiers on both wings, and then tried to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Chinese army to attack it with elites. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang was stable and abnormal, and he was not disturbed by the outside world, so he would rather sit back and watch the second battalion on the left and right be attacked than let Liu Bei divide his troops to save him.

Zhou Yu floated up the river, could observe the movements of the Chinese army in Jingzhou, and saw that there was no sign of a large number of sergeants in the camp, so he knew that Zhuge Liang might see through his strategy.

Then, Zhou Yu immediately changed his tactics and let the boat with a dummy dive dive into the lake of the Chinese army, and then deployed hundreds of crossbowmen on the boat to shoot at the Chinese army. Under the command of some of Jiang Qin's elites, he suddenly entered Liu Pan's military camp, leaving elite troops and watching the changes in the battlefield situation.

Liu Pan's department, which was the first to encounter a night attack, was divided into two divisions after receiving orders from the Chinese army, one to intercept the Jiangdong army trying to go ashore, and the other to hold the camp. Jiang Qin led the elite of Lujiang, under the lighting of neither the sound of golden drums nor the light of fire, to recruit 200 warriors to break through, and the elite arrived in the rear, supplemented by crossbowmen.

Jiang Qin chose a tricky position, not from the direction of his previous bluff, but chose to advance in the direction of not attacking. In the face of the elite of the Jiangdong Army that suddenly came out in the dark night, although the foot soldiers under Liu Pan's tent were on alert, they were still half a step slower when they urgently deployed troops. Two hundred warriors were the first to enter the village, killing people and setting fire to the army camp along the way.

Liu Pan reacted and led the sergeants to fight in the camp, besieging and killing the dead soldiers who broke into the camp. Then, Jiang Qin led elite reinforcements, and the entire left camp was in flames, and the sergeants of the two armies engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the battalion, and the scene was chaotic.

In the Jingzhou Central Army, Zhuge Liang stopped Liu Bei's move to send troops to save the left battalion, and said: "Sun Tzu said: 'If you prepare for the front, you will be widowed later, and if you prepare for the future, you will be widowed in the front, and if you prepare for the left, you will be widowed in the right, and if you are prepared for the right, you will be widowed in everything. 'Now the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, if our army saves it everywhere, it will be taken advantage of by Zhou Yu. ”

Liu Bei pointed to the left camp and said in a deep voice: "Kong Ming, Zhou Yu's back hand has come out today, and the two wings are first used as bait, feints to hit the middle army, and actually takes the left camp." If it is not rescued today, I am afraid that the left battalion will not exist, and then it will affect the Chinese army. ”

"Lord~"

Liu Bei interrupted Zhuge Liang's words and said seriously: "Preparing for the war for half a life, the enemy army is virtual and real, how can you not know." Zhou Yu has exhausted his means this day, if he does not send troops to save national security, but sits on his camp, it will shake the hearts of the army! ”

Why did Liu Bei have to save Liu Pan so firmly, except that Liu Bei thought that Zhou Yu had exhausted all means. And there are deeper reasons, two Liu Hebing, Liu Qi is the mascot, and he Liu Bei is the main general. If he doesn't save Liu Pan today, resulting in Liu Pan's defeat, it will definitely cause Liu Qi's people to criticize him.

Supporting Liu Pan, for Liu Bei, is not only a military issue, but also a political issue. Liu Bei vaguely emphasized the words of 'military heart', trying to make Zhuge Liang understand the stakes.

With Zhuge Liang's wisdom, how could he not understand the deep meaning, but Zhuge Liang still firmed up his opinion, and corrected and said: "Lord, Zhou Yu's fundamental purpose is not to take the left battalion, but to take the Chinese army. It was only because the Chinese army of our army did not move, Zhou Yu did not dare to send troops to attack it, in order to divide the heart of our army, so he turned to attack the left battalion, if our Chinese army moved lightly, Zhou Yu would definitely send troops to attack it. ”

"How so?" Liu Bei frowned and asked.

Under the orange firelight, Zhuge Liang's handsome face flickered brightly, and he said thoughtfully: "The key to the night attack is that the sergeants are unprepared, and now the two wings are prepared, although Zhou Yu's attack is successful, but it has no effect of running." ”

"Gentlemen, listen to the movements of the left camp!"

"Although the left camp is full of fireworks, the shouts of killing are endless. But listening to the sound of its golden drums, neat and orderly, it can be seen that the sergeants of the left battalion are not confused. If Zhou Yu attacked with a large army, the movement of the left camp should not stop there. Therefore, Liang thought that Zhou Yu's purpose was still the Chinese army, not the left battalion. ”

"If the left army is lost, the army can still survive; If the Chinese army is lost, where is the army? Zhuge Liang asked.

"What about the left battalion?" Liu Qi asked with concern: "Guoan is still in it, can you send a few soldiers and horses to rescue it and temporarily relieve its siege." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile: "Yangzhou, looking at the war today, the sky is dark, the left camp is chaotic, I don't know the specific situation, if there are few people, it is useless, and if there are many soldiers, the army is outnumbered." Not knowing the enemy's situation now, hasty rescue is not a good thing for the army. ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "In Liang's opinion, it is better to abandon the left battalion and baggage, and collect the soldiers and horses of the left battalion to the Chinese army." Although it is a broken tail to survive, it can stabilize the camp of the army, making Zhou Yu's strategy difficult to achieve. ”

In Zhuge Liang's eyes, it was inconvenient to let Zuo Ying be attacked. It is better to let Liu Pan withdraw his troops to the Chinese army, which can not only strengthen the garrison strength of the camp, but also make Zhou Yu's idea of trying to make a fuss from the left camp fail.

After all, he had seen through Zhou Yu's methods, using the dark night as a cover, playing the strategy of attacking the east and the west, so that his own army could disperse his troops, so as to lift heavy troops and break the camp. Then he might as well do the opposite, if you want me to divide the troops, I will gather the troops. Gathering troops to defend the middle army and the right battalion, Zhou Yu couldn't play the strategy of attacking the east and the west.

If you want to start a fire, I'll take your salary!

"The fire burned to the Chinese army, what should I do?" Jian Yong asked.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "Between the Chinese army and the left battalion, the grass and trees have long been removed, and the fire will not reach the Chinese army. and move the antlers on the left flank, collect the soldiers and horses of the left battalion, and lay bows and crossbows to block the enemy. ”

Zhuge Liang is a military advisor, his authority is only to advise Liu Bei, and he has the qualifications to guide the Chinese military camp. Zhuge Liang, who has always been based on stability, although he has not yet developed the skill points of commanding troops for the time being, he already has some ideas for the future in military affairs.

He is different from full-level bigwigs like Han Xin and Bai Qi, he understands military affairs from the military book. Therefore, he basically arranged the camp according to the military book, and strived to fight steadily, grasp the details, and be a perfect scholar. Like this kind of firebreak between the battalions, Liu Bei didn't get it, he had already ordered someone to arrange it. In the Chinese military camp, Zhuge Liang ordered people to prepare water tanks in case there was no water to extinguish when the water was gone.

"Uncle?" Liu Qi asked.

"From Kong Ming's words, Zhou Yu came by boat at night, and he will leave tomorrow." Liu Bei glanced at Zhuge Liang approvingly, and ordered: "Order Wei Yan to lead five hundred people out of the middle camp, gather the rebels in the left camp, and help Guoan withdraw to our army." ”

"No!"

Wei Yan performed well in the Battle of Danyang, and Liu Bei appointed him as the Sima of the other divisions. Under these circumstances, Liu Bei believed that Wei Yan could successfully help Liu Pan withdraw to the Chinese army.

After the order was finished, Zhuge Liang was worried and said: "The Jiangdong army has not been sent out for several months, and now it will send troops, I am afraid that its intention is not only this." Liang is deeply worried about the two cities of Wucheng and Qiantang, if these two cities are lost, I am afraid that our army's back road will be broken. ”

Liu Bei's face couldn't help but be solemn, and he seemed to be vaguely aware of Zhou Yu's strategic intentions. Lure the enemy deeper, attack the army at night, intercept the back road, and try to destroy them in Wuhui.

After slowing down, Liu Bei opened his mouth and said: "I expect that Zhou Yu does not have such a resource, even if he has this strategy, Zilong guards Wucheng and Zhongye guards Qiantang, and he can also protect the two cities." ”

"Huh!"

On the river, Zhou Yu saw that the Chinese army of the Jingzhou army was still stable, and his brows became more and more furrowed. As Zhuge Liang said, his goal from beginning to end was the Chinese army, not the left battalion. Including the Erliu Alliance, due to political factors, Liu Bei is likely to send troops to rescue Liu Pan, which is all in his calculations.

But such a painstaking plan was actually discovered by the Jingzhou army, and he was quite annoyed. There is both dissatisfaction with the state of the battle and resentment against the enemy.

The left battalion was taken, and the army could not be shaken; Only when the Chinese army takes it can it cause chaos in the army.

"Boom!"

Zhou Yu slammed his fist against the wall of the ship, scolded secretly, and said, "Bastard! ”

"Governor?"

"I want to hunt tigers, but I get pheasants."

Zhou Yu ignored the blood on his fist and ordered: "Liu Bei is treacherous, and it is difficult for the Chinese army to obtain it. Ordered the sergeant to attack the left camp with all his strength and set fire to the camp to see if he could burn the fire to the middle army. ”

"No!"

Cleaning up his mood, Zhou Yu calmed down and said to the left and right: "Although Liu Bei's camp cannot be broken tonight, if the commanders and all the lieutenants can divide Qiantang and Wucheng, Liu Bei will also be defeated." ”

(End of chapter)