Yumu Village.

The smoke is still fragrant.

Looking at the royal army that had only been called twice and then retreated hastily, everyone in the village was puzzled and showed a trace of mental relaxation. After all, 8,000 battles and hundreds, even if there are natural dangers, the probability of victory is slim, and this tough battle is not easy to fight.

Panasonic breathes the atmosphere, it is the vast majority of people.

The only two are the opposite...

One person counts alone, and one person plots Xia Xun.

Seeing the retreat of the royal army, the lone man on the north mountain put down the fish soup in his hand, thought for a moment, and hurriedly got up and walked down the mountain. At the same time, Xia Xun from the North Ferry handed the long spoon in his hand to Jia Haoren behind him, and walked to the wooden stake on the side alone and sat down.

The index finger scraped the bridge of his nose and silently pondered the past.

Those who are familiar with Xia Xun know it, but when he puts on such a heavy look, he must have encountered tricky trouble.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Think about things. ”

"What do you want?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Looking at Xia Xun who was stunned and in a daze not far away, Bai Xiu looked a little puzzled. Xia Hou was not much different, although he knew that Xia Xun must be entangled in his heart, but he didn't know the reason, but he didn't plan to come forward to disturb.

"He's thinking about the pitfalls. ”

When he was bored, Luo Jue, who was standing behind Xiahou and Bai Xiu, suddenly gave a cold word.

Bai Xiu turned around and asked, "How do you know that it's a trick?"

Looking at Xia Xun, Luo Jue replied affirmatively: "Last time I asked the sky in Yueyang to tread the snow and find plums, when he discussed with me how to dig a pit and calculate Yin Tianci, this is the current expression. ”

"Oh..."Bai Xiu nodded his head as if he didn't understand.

Not long after, Lei Meng, Mo Xian, Maiten, Wulan and others walked down from the East and West Mountains one after another. From the smug looks of several northerner generals, it is not difficult to see that they fought happily in the previous battle. It's just that when they approached, when they saw Xia Xun who was frowning, their faces couldn't help but become grim.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Looks like there's trouble. ”

"What's the trouble, kill it! Can't we beat a bunch of sissies?" haha..."

"Haha..."

The generals laughed disapprerovingly.

Lei Meng walked past the stove where the soup was boiling, picked up a fried finless porpoise from the soup pot casually, ate it in his mouth, and then walked to Xia Xun's side alone, grinning flatteringly and smiling: "Xun Shao, your dish is really good." The pressure of the army is like a spring breeze, that is to retreat from the enemy thousands of miles away in a snap of your fingers, hahaha. ”

"Heh..."

Lei Meng's knowledge is obviously not much different from Xiahou, this praise person has to be anticlimactic, this mess of words, makes people speechless.

Xia Xun smiled bitterly and asked, "Is anyone hurt?"

Lei Meng and his party came to the vicinity of Xia Xun, and sat down at random to find a place. Lei Meng opened his mouth wide, bit off half of the fish's body, and said in a proud voice: "How can anyone be injured? Oh, if they run any longer, we will surely be able to collect a hundred more lives. ”

"Oh..."Xia Xun nodded, didn't say anything more, and continued to think silently.

Seeing this, Lei Meng knew that there must be something in Xia Xun's heart, so his smile gradually faded, and he asked softly: "Xun Shao, but you are thinking about a strategy to resist the enemy?"

"Yes. Xia Xun nodded again.

Lei Meng reluctantly raised a smile again: "There is a degree of relaxation, you are not too sad." Although there are many soldiers and horses of the royal family, as long as we guard the key points in the cottage, they will not be presumptuous in a short time, so you can rest assured. ”

Xia Xun raised his head slightly, looked at Lei Meng in a tangled manner, and sighed: "I'm not worried about them being presumptuous, I'm worried that they are not presumptuous." ”

“......”

Lei Meng's knowledge is not good, but he is very insightful.

Xia Xun's words were quite profound, but Lei Meng immediately understood what Xia Xun was talking about. Glancing around, he cautiously turned his face away, lowered his voice and asked, "But are you worried that they will divide their forces and fight with us?"

"Yes, exactly..."

Xia Xun nodded heavily, but he didn't learn to speak in a thunderous manner, and he said flatly: "Li Jiancheng has eight thousand elites in his palm, although he has no geographical advantage, his strength is unmatched, like a sharp sword that sharpens steel and breaks iron. Although we occupy a favorable position, the gap in strength cannot be bridged, just like a strong shield for stubborn resistance. If Li Jiancheng sends his troops to attack with all his might, the means we have arranged for days and days will be able to make the best use of them, and even if he pours all his strength into attacking the mountain, I will have no fear, which can greatly damage his vitality. On the contrary, if he can calm down and analyze the key points in Yumu Village clearly, and then entangle with me, he will attack day and night with wheel warfare, which will consume our military strength. We really can't afford to spend it with him. ”

“......”

Xia Xun said, Jia Haoren, who was immersed in cooking the food with his back to everyone, squinted his eyelids without a trace, as if there was a city government brewing, and the hand of the spoon couldn't help but pause. It's just that the amplitude of his movements continues to be subtle, and no one can detect it...

Lei Meng's smile showed a few wisps of forced laughter, and he said optimistically: "I think they should be unable to hold their breath." After all, the royal family is powerful, and the tactics of the sea of people can best reflect the power of the emperor's army. The shrunken style of play is too stingy and not a royal style. Even if you win, it's not good. Didn't you say it before, Li Jiancheng must be anxious about the power of overthrow. I don't think it will take a few days for them to storm the city. ”

Xia Xun shook his head: "This time and that time." ”

Although Li Jiancheng has the mentality of quick success, he is quite useful. If it was only Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba who led the army, even if they didn't pour troops to attack the village, I would be sure to lure them into the trap. But now, the royal family is retreating but not attacking, and there must be people who are quick and delicate in their minds. Since this man has the ability to perceive the subtleties, it will not take long for him to guess our intentions. Li Jiancheng, who has reflected on it, will not rashly raise troops to attack, while we will be more passive, and the situation is not optimistic. ”

During the conversation between Xia Xun and Lei Meng, Lone Walk had already walked down from Beishan.

When he came to the ferry, he stopped and listened quietly to Xia Xun. Halfway through Xia Xun's words, for some reason, he looked at Du Shao fixedly, and his bright eyes seemed to contain a faint hint of deep meaning.

Dushao nodded noncommittally, as if greeting.

Looking at Du Shao, Xia Xun continued to say lightly: "Yumu Village is only a few miles away, the embarrassment is that there is more than enough to defend and not enough to enter, and it is not a long-term solution to defend but not attack, this is our fatal flaw." As long as Li Jiancheng grasps this point, he will inevitably choose to divide his troops and attack in detail without hesitation, abandon all the so-called imperial military might, and entangle with us to the end. We'd better not leave anything to chance, it's an uphill battle. ”

Words, to put it quite plainly.

is so plain that the severity between the lines seems ordinary.

Perhaps he is also a scheming person, Dushao seems to understand the deep meaning he wants to express from Xia Xun's eyes. After Xia Xun finished speaking, Du Shao took this delicate abacus in his hand and slowly walked to Xia Xun and Lei Meng's side.

Pretending to be worried, he said: "It is reasonable to find a few words, if Li Jiancheng chooses to divide his troops and attack in detail, the eight thousand elites in his hands can be divided into four armies." Tiance and Tiger Ben are cavalry armies, which are suitable for daytime attack trails. Cangyun and Yulin are infantry troops, which are suitable for attacking mountains in the afternoon. The brocade clothes and the archers of each army are ranged troops to assist in covering. The Hanlin Academy, the Linyuan Pavilion and the children of the local literature department are logistics and replenish the troops at any time. The four armies coordinated with each other and took turns to attack fortified positions, and it was completely possible to follow the attack day and night without slackening. ”

Xia Xun smiled slightly for some reason.

"Yes, exactly. Our army is short of manpower, if Li Jiancheng divides his troops to attack day and night, no matter what the intensity of the attack, our army must send all the troops to defend the mountain, otherwise any delay will be enough to defeat our army into a desperate situation. But all the staff are guarding the mountain day and night, and the huge consumption of manpower is simply not something we can bear. Li Jiancheng only needs to consume us for a few days, and we will be exhausted and our combat strength will be greatly damaged for a few days. At that time, if they attack and kill again, we will be defeated like a mountain, and there will be no chance of victory. ”

Xia Xun's words became more and more severe.

Lei Meng frowned slightly, and seemed to smell something else, so he didn't answer. However, Bai Xiu, Xiahou and the surrounding listeners were relatively simple, and they couldn't hear the deep meaning, and they were even more flustered when they heard it.

"What..."

Xia Hou took off the dog's tail grass in his mouth with one hand, and asked in a panic: "Ah Xun, you said so much, what is the final conclusion?"

Xia Xun turned his eyes to look at Xia Hou, and smiled meaningfully: "Recuperate." ”

Xia Hou didn't understand, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xia Xun's smile was three points deeper, and he said word by word: "It's just eating and sleeping." ”

"Uh..."

Eat and sleep?

The audience around was dumbfounded.

Xia Xun just told the story of the severity of the situation, and in the blink of an eye, he talked about it. At this moment, Mo said that Xiahou, Bai Xiu, Luo Jue and others didn't understand the meaning of Xia Xun's words, that is, Lei Meng and Mo Xian also didn't know what kind of medicine Xia Xun was selling in this gourd.

Only Shao couldn't help but smile sullenly.

But before others could speak, Xia Xun called out to Lei Meng: "Brother Meng." ”

"Huh?" Lei Meng still hadn't recovered from his thoughts.

Xia Xun said: "Tonight as usual, let the brothers eat and drink enough and rest early." There are not many people who keep vigil, dozens of them can be instantaneous. In addition, he immediately arranged for people to make scarecrows out of all the wild grass harvested the day before yesterday and use tree bark to make as many as they could. Dressed in animal skins, tied with sticks, and placed under the canopy of the east and west mountains. Living people patrol in front, straw men stationed in the back, and light a campfire outside the pass at night, and the fire must be kept alive all night, and no fire is allowed on the top of the mountain. ”

"Cover your ears and steal the bell?"

His brows furrowed, and Lei Meng was quite puzzled.

What Xia Xun wanted to do, he could probably guess.

It's just that fighting is not child's play, the two armies have already clashed, and at the moment of urgency and crisis, Xia Xun actually wanted to use the scarecrow as a cover to cover people's eyes and ears in exchange for time for everyone to rest. Such a trick, Lei Meng did not dare to guarantee that it was completely useless, but it was absolutely dangerous. If the enemy sees through the false pretense and raises a large army to steal the village at night, it will be all over.

"Looking for less, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to arrange it like this, right?"

Xia Xun stretched out a hand and patted Lei Meng's shoulder gently: "Very moment, very means, if we can exchange the grass man for Li Jiancheng for a trace of arrogance, we will also make money." ”

The words are still flat, but they have more depth of three points.

Glancing at the palm pressed on his shoulder, Lei Meng seemed to realize something again.

Xia Xun's action was a little impolite, but with Xia Xun's temperament, he would never do this on weekdays. If he did, it would mean that he had made up his mind that no one would have to say anything...

Lei Meng nodded silently and responded, "Okay, I understand." ”

"Then hurry up. ”

“......”

(Today's two chapters are foreshadowing, and starting tomorrow, it will be singing all the way to enter the chapter of seeking the way and strategy.) ）