Guan Nan stood on the general's platform and looked down on the whole army, and immediately found a problem, there were Wugang cars in the front and rear formations, but the number of Wugang vehicles in the front was far less than that in the rear. The rear formation is lined up with three Wugang cars, and there are soldiers with swords, shields, and spears on the left and right of the Wugang car to cover, and there is a stone thrower behind the Wugang car, but there is only a row of Wugang cars in the front formation, which is much more sparse, and definitely not more than a hundred.

"General, why is the front line so poorly protected? Might as well be tighter in the back? ”

"The rear is full of logistics personnel, and there is no combat effectiveness, of course, we must focus on protection. The front line is full of elite fighters who don't need so much protection. ”

"This ......" Kannan was speechless. What kind of logic is this?

"Hughes, you are too student, familiar with the classics, I am illiterate, can you help me solve a doubt?"

"The general still has a heart book?"

"Thoughtful classics are not counted, and you know, I have always had no respect for my master." Sun Ce said with a smile: "Why did the master say that there is enough food and enough faith for the soldiers, but you can go to the soldiers to eat and leave only one letter?" ”

Kannan also smiled. "Didn't the Master say that since ancient times, there has been death, and the people cannot stand without faith."

"Then tell me, if I have no soldiers and no food now, and then I say that I can protect Nanyang, will you believe me?"

Kannan was silent for a moment. "General, the master didn't mean that, he just said that faith is the most important of the three, not that soldiers and food are not important. If possible, of course, the foot food foot soldier foot letter, from the order point of view, the foot food first, the foot soldier in the middle, the foot letter last. As a last resort, go to the army, and then have to eat. The food of the soldiers is gone, and they will die, but faith must not be lost. General, have you noticed, the master said that when it comes to politics, enough food is in the front, and the foot soldiers are behind, but when it is forced to do so, the soldiers are in front and the food is behind. ”

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, and he was also a little surprised. He was nervous in his heart, and he wanted to chat with Guan Nan, relieve himself, and enlighten Guan Nan by the way, but he didn't expect to be enlightened by Guan Nan, and the subtle difference in this order has shown that the master is not unaware of the different importance of the three, and the priorities are very clear. He thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, someone suggested reading the Book of Filial Piety to retreat from the enemy, is this true? ”

"It's true, the person who initiated it, Hanoi Xiang Fuxing, he......" Kannan sighed. General, I see what you mean. There are scholars like Xiang Fuxing, but there are more people who can talk about the Tao and do more, such as Li Yuanli, so it cannot be said that Confucianism is not good. Just like the general's command, there are certainly warriors who are indomitable and do not turn their heels, and there are also cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and are afraid of the enemy like a tiger. ”

Sun Ce laughed. "Guan Xiusi, no wonder you can worship Lang after two years of entering Taixue, it is indeed different. It's a pity that there are too few people like you who read books, and among the 30,000 students, there are a few hundred who can be like you? ”

Guan Nan smiled proudly. "Although Nan is not talented, he has studied 30,000 lives, and there are less than ten people in Nan."

"Ten out of 30,000?"

"General, the imperial court Jiantaixue is a monk, not for the selection of talents, this system is becoming more and more strict year by year, even if you work hard, it is difficult to get through the scriptures, who still wants to study? With this time, it is better to call friends and sit for fame. Once it becomes famous, it is better for the government to requisition and hand it over than to study dead. My family background is average, and I am not good at socializing, so I have to study, so I study hard behind closed doors. Even so, if it weren't for the karma teacher's mercy on me, I wouldn't have been able to make amends. ”

"Who is your teacher?"

"Donghai Miaojun is elegant."

Sun Ce hadn't heard of this person, so he thought it was an old doctor from Taixue or something. As he was talking, the war drums sounded in front of him, and Xu Rong began to attack. Sun Ce immediately put away his smile and watched intently. Guan Nan also stopped talking, looking at the battle situation in front of him while observing Sun Ce's expression. In just a few words of conversation, he felt that although Sun Ce did not know the scriptures and had no respect for his master, he had his own thoughts on the way of governance and could put it into practice, unlike his father Sun Jian, who was bent on subduing him with brute force.

The horn sounded, and a soldier with a large shield in front of him, the two wings of the spear covered, and the archer in the center, cautiously came out of the formation, and slowly pressed over. After nearly a hundred paces, they began to stretch their speed, shouting loudly to cheer themselves up, forming a charging formation, crashing into the gap between the two Wugang cars.

The strong crossbow captain of the front army gave an order, and the Wugang car that was facing them began to shoot, and a rain of arrows shot out, and the big shield blocking the front was immediately hit by dozens of arrows, and the soldiers holding the shield were shaken by the impact, revealing the gap, and the two archers behind them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. But the big shield quickly adjusted his position, defended more tightly, and continued to press forward.

Wu Gang's car continued to shoot, arrows rained, the big shield was densely nailed with arrows, and several people fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, but the Xiliang soldiers still managed to rush to the front of the formation, scattering in all directions, intending to squeeze between Wu Gang's cars.

The sword and shield hand stepped forward to intercept, the spearman raised the spear above the handle of his head, and stabbed through his companions, and Wu Gang also stood on the car, condescendingly blocking the Xiliang soldiers. Wu Gangche shot at close range, and arrows rained down. That is, after a meal, more than 30 Xiliang soldiers who attacked fell down, and the remaining more than 10 people quickly retreated, and several more people were shot down in the process of retreating.

Repelled an enemy attack, the officers and men of the front army raised their arms and cheered, looking excited.

"What do you think of my subordinates?" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows.

Guan Nan shook his head, worried. "It's not good, although I won, but the consumption is too great, I'm afraid it won't last. In order to shoot down these dozens of people, it took no less than 500 arrows, right? ”

Sun Ce was slightly stunned and laughed. "I hope General Xiliang is as smart as you."

Guan Nan was stunned and turned his head to look at Sun Ce. Sun Ce smiled but said nothing.

Fan Chou stood in the front, and after listening to the report of the commander who had just withdrawn about the battle, he couldn't help but chuckle: "Loser, you know how to get some flashy things." I'm going to see how many arrows you have. Then he called the herald, gave a few words, and the herald took the order and galloped away.

A moment later, the horn sounded, and the soldiers of Shitun Xiliang walked out of the battle formation, lined up in turn, and forced over. At first, they were no different from the soldiers who tried to attack for the first time, and when they reached about a hundred paces, Wu Gangche began to shoot, but they slowed down, just holding large shields, moving slowly like turtles.

Wu Gangche shot continuously, and the crossbow arrows rained down, frequently shooting through the big shield, but he couldn't shoot the Xiliang soldiers behind the big shield. Although they were slow, they kept moving forward, slowly pushing to about fifty paces. Some soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and there was some loosening in the formation, so the Xiliang soldiers simply stopped, stacked the big shields, and covered themselves tightly.

Kannan was in a hurry when he saw this. "General, the people of Xiliang are a trick to lure the enemy, they are trying to consume the arrows of Wugang's car."

Sun Ce blinked. "Really?"

"Of course, no matter how many arrows you prepare, how long can you last? There will always be a time when it will be consumed, and then the Xiliang people will rush up. ”

Before the words fell, a Wugang car ran out of arrows and stopped shooting, and another Wugang car stopped, and the Xiliang soldiers who were facing it suddenly roared, threw a big shield, and the formation spread out, rushing over like a swarm of wasps.

Seeing this, the crossbowman who was loading arrows behind Wu Gang's car turned around and ran, and the sword and shield hands and spearmen stepped forward to block them. However, without the help of Wu Gangche's bow and crossbow, the Xiliang soldiers could attack unscrupulously, and soon overturned a Wugang car and burst into the formation.

The horn sounded again, and more Xiliang soldiers pressed up.