Ling Bao bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, at present, our army has 70,000 soldiers and horses, and the Wei army only has 30,000, can our army take advantage of Cao Zhen's reinforcements to disperse the soldiers and horses to attack?" At that time, even if Cao Zhen arrives, our army has already broken through the Longshan defense line, and the overall situation has been decided! ”

"This method is not advisable, the casualties are too great, our army paid four hundred casualties to take this city pass, this is still done in the case of Zhengyang himself, without Zhengyang, the casualties can at least reach seven or eight hundred.

Scatter the troops and horses to attack, even if you can break through the Longshan defense line, at least more than half of the casualties will be killed. I can't afford tens of thousands of casualties. Liu Chan shook his head and rejected Ling Bao's proposal.

Ling Bud scratched her scalp and said, "Then what should I do?" When Cao Zhen's reinforcements arrived, it was even more difficult to fight. ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's the most taboo to be impatient when marching and fighting." As I said before I set out, this battle is a protracted battle, and it is not surprising that it will last a year or two. ”

"The end will know what is wrong." Ling Bud confessed his mistake.

Liu Chan asked Zhuge Liang: "Where is the soldier who was good at climbing that I asked Zhang Ren to train back then?" ”

Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said: "In Hanzhong, didn't Your Majesty ask Zhang Ren to send 20,000 soldiers and horses over, those soldiers and horses are among them, but they are still halfway there."

There are so many fortresses in this camp, although they are heavily guarded, there are always a few slacking off, and it is a good way to use that army of soldiers and horses to carry out a surprise attack. The strategy of exhausting the troops can be used first, so that the Wei army will be exhausted, so that they will slacken, and when the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong arrive, they will start the operation. ”

Wei Yan frowned when he heard this: "It's not a mediocre trick, if you use the strategy of exhausting the troops, he will definitely know that our army has a plan, so that the defenders everywhere will be more vigilant." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "If this method is aimed at the city, it will definitely not work, but this is a battalion defense line of hundreds of miles, and there are dozens of camps in the camp, and it is impossible to cover all aspects, and it is impossible to ensure that every defender is obedient, and the defenders in various places may not abide by the military orders of the recruitment." ”

Liu Chan pondered, nodded and said: "Just act according to Da Sima's strategy, Da Sima, since you proposed this plan, you will be fully responsible, and the soldiers and horses in the army will be dispatched by you." ”

Zhuge Liang gave up his hand and took the order: "No! ”

Immediately, Zhuge Liang unfolded the map of the temple, which was an enlarged version of the defense map.

Zhuge Liang looked at the map for a while, then picked up the red pen in his hand and made a numerical mark on each camp of the first camp defense line of the Wei State.

From north to south, the 400-mile-long defensive line consisted of a total of 78 camps.

Zhuge Liang looked at His Royal Highness's generals, and immediately ordered: "Wei Yan! ”

"The last general!"

Zhuge Liang ordered: "You lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, responsible for raiding this to 20 camps in the north, remember, you are not allowed to attack, just go to harass day and night, and shout."

At the same time, after each harassment, record the defensive attitude of its defenders, as well as the time when the wolf smoke was lit. And draw three to six drawings of each camp and the city. ”

Wei Yan listened to Zhuge Liang's words, frowned slightly, the picture book is easy to understand, just to record the enemy's defensive attitude, what is the use of lighting the wolf smoke? Wei Yan asked, "Defensive attitude?" When to light the wolf smoke? ”

Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to speak, Liu Chan explained: "The first time you attacked the Wei army camp, the Wei army thought that you were really attacking, and you must be actively defending, so they immediately lit the wolf smoke and notified the reinforcements to rescue."

Come a few more times, the Wei army knows that you are acting like you, you will not really attack, some are still actively defending, and some will be slack, slack off the defenders of the city, even if you get to the city, they will ignore you, will not fire arrows at you, will not organize manpower to defend, and will not immediately light up the wolf smoke to ask for reinforcements.

When the time comes, you will have to choose which camps to attack, and you will have to choose those who are slacking off in defense based on your records. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Your Majesty is right, this is exactly the truth." ”

Wei Yan gave up his hand and took the order: "Weichen understands!" The situation of each camp must be recorded clearly. ”

Zhuge Liang ordered again: "Zhao Yun, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, take charge of the 21st to 40th Wei army camp, and act the same as Wei Yan. ”

"The last general commands!" Zhao Yun listened to Liu Chan's previous explanation, but he didn't have any doubts.

"Lin Xiao, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and are in charge of camp 41 to 60."

"Ling Bao, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and are in charge of camp No. 61 to 78."

The two of them gave up their hands and took orders: "The last general takes orders!" ”

In this way, the four-hundred-mile defense line, seventy-eight camps, Zhuge Liang divided it into four, and each general was responsible for about a hundred miles.

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "Let's act quickly, remember to record it clearly." ”

"No!" The four of them received the military order and retreated.

North, Camp No. 38.

Zhao Yun arrived here with five hundred soldiers and horses.

Five hundred soldiers and horses shouted outside the city, but did not attack.

Zhao Yun was in the rear, with a brush on his fingers, drawing a picture book of the camp, and making a record: the first time he led the troops to harass the No. 38 camp, the enemy army was heavily guarded, and immediately lit wolf smoke to ask for help.

"Alright, retire and go to the next camp!" Zhao Yun finished recording and led the army to the next camp.

The next day, Zhao Yun arrived at Camp No. 38 again, and according to the situation of the defenders, he made a record again: the second time he harassed Camp No. 38, the enemy was heavily guarded, but he lit wolf smoke behind half a pillar of incense.

With the increase in the number of attacks by the Han army, the Wei army in many camps has become slack, and the organization of defense is slower than ever, and even some camps simply did not light the wolf smoke, and it was decided that the Han army really launched an attack and was lighting the wolf smoke.

Sometimes the Han army arrived at night, and some of the defenders even fell asleep and ignored it.

Such a large-scale action of the Han army soon reached the ears of the recruit.

Jingyang City sits here.

After listening to the scout's report, he guessed the intention of the Han army: "The Han army mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to harass our army day and night, but did not attack, but only shouted and bluffed.

Pass the order, every camp must cheer me up, not the slightest slack, if slack, the Han army will attack the camp, be careful to lose your life! ”

"No!" The scout received the order and hurriedly went down to deliver the news.

It's just that the camp is different from the city, if you are responsible for guarding a city, you will definitely be able to take care of it, but the seventy-eight camps, with a defense line of 400 miles, can you ensure that the defenders of each camp are obedient? That's certainly impossible.

Longde County, Governor's Office.

Liu Chan looked at the records from the area in charge of Zhao Yun in his hand, and said: "Originally, after three days of harassment, many of the defenders of the camps have slackened, but since yesterday, many camps have been heavily guarded again. ”

Zhang Fei was displeased when he heard this: "I'll just say it's useless, I'm busy for so many days." ”

Fa Zheng reviewed the records from Ling Bao's side, and said with a smile: "Yide, don't be impatient, although many camps have returned to a state of heavy defense, there are also some camps that have not listened to the orders of the recruit, and they are still negligent in taking precautions. That's what we're dealing with! ”

"I'll see!" Zhang Fei heard the words and walked towards Fazheng.

Liu Chan ignored Zhang Fei, looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "How long will it take for the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong to arrive?" ”

Zhuge Liang replied: "I have already entered Linwei, and there should be five days left." ”

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Five days...... Let the four armies continue to attack, record in more detail, and when the strange soldiers arrive, they can do it. ”