Luronse, as calm as ever. The wind and the sun are beautiful, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the branches are luxuriant, the grass is green, and it is a lush scene.

In the castle guard's mansion, the generals who accompanied the expedition this time gathered together to discuss the battle in front of them.

Coach Li Ligao sat on the upper steps, his smile was as warm as the sunshine outside the door, making people feel like a spring breeze and feeling close. On both sides of the hall, Gongsun Chan sat first on the left side, and the rest were Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Yan Gang, Shi A, Ma Dai and other generals. The first place on the right side was originally the seat of the right military division Guo Jia, but at this moment, there was a newcomer to the military division to sacrifice wine Zhuge Liang, and the rest were Mi Zhu, Tian Yu and other military scribes.

Now, the Xiliang army of the Eastern Expedition to Youzhou is divided into two. One was led by Li Li to defend against the barbarian invasion, and the other was led by Guo Jia, sitting in the county town of Beiping on the right, guarding against the Xianbei iron cavalry and taking care of the state and county. It is now the spring ploughing season, once this time is missed, the people of Youzhou will have no harvest throughout the year, so Guo Jia, who is temporarily serving as the history of Youzhou, is the top priority to open a warehouse and release grain, and actively organize the people to reclaim the tuntian, and restore the people's livelihood is the most important.

As a result, military affairs such as counselors and military aircraft and advice were transferred to Zhuge Liang. So Zhuge Liang, who had just served as a sacrificial wine, changed his body, and added the word "military advisor" in front of the sacrificial wine, becoming a military priest sacrificial wine, temporarily replacing Guo Jia's position. Since then, under the deliberate cultivation of Li Li, who is lazy by nature, the fledgling Zhuge Kongming has actually taken over the affairs of the army and assumed the power of the chief general of the army.

In fact, Li Li clearly knows that Guo Jia is not good at governing states and counties and restoring people's livelihood. This time it was also to catch the ducks on the shelves, and I did my best. Compared with governing states and counties, Guo Jia is better at giving advice. Or that he is a relatively pure strategist, free and easy by nature, and does not like to be tied up by endless government affairs all day long. In this regard, Guo Jia is very similar to Li Li and belongs to the same type of people. Fortunately, Li Li knew the weight of the burden on his shoulders and was able to restrain himself, and he had been forcing himself to be patient in handling government affairs all these years. Now I have gotten rid of the bad habit of doing things casually. Guo Jia is different, he doesn't like cumbersome government affairs, but he has a soft spot for military affairs. And very skilled, so far there is not a single mistake.

In view of this, it may be more appropriate to put the fledgling Zhuge Liang in the position of the assassin of Youzhou. Don't look at Kong Ming's young age. But his ability to handle government affairs and govern states and counties was by no means inferior to anyone else in the world. His ability to do so can be equated with his military ability, and he is indeed an all-round talent who has been extremely rare for thousands of years.

However, Kong Ming has just arrived and his qualifications are too shallow, Li Li himself firmly believes that Kong Ming is fully capable of governing Youzhou, but the officials of the counties in Youzhou don't know that there is such a person as him, so naturally they will not obey him. Therefore, Guo Jia could only reluctantly make it difficult and temporarily take the post of assassin of Youzhou. After Hua Xin and Guan Ning arrived in Youzhou, he could get out. Back in the army.

In the lobby, after greetings, Li Li gently put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said with a smile: "I think you already know that another Xianbei tribe soldier and horse joined the barbarian army, and entered the barbarian army camp last night to form an alliance with the tribal leaders such as Bandun and Suli. The scouts have already found out that this light cavalry is the commander of the Xianbei Que Ji tribe, and was sent by the Xianbei leader Kebineng to rendezvous with Badun, in an attempt to capture Lu Longsai in one fell swoop and divide Youzhou with Yuan Shao of Jizhou. Speaking of this, Li Li didn't say anything more, so he set his eyes on Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang immediately understood, and after thanking him, he said loudly: "According to the scout report, the Xianbei leader Que Ji brought more than 15,000 light horsemen this time, all of whom are the most elite warriors in his tribe, which can be called a long-fought army with strong combat power. In addition, although there were not many soldiers and horses on Que Ji's trip, he brought the Xianbei leader Kebi to support the grain and grass of the barbarian army, and there were more than 100,000 cattle and sheep with the Que Ji army. So far, the barbarian army has more than 300,000 cattle and sheep, and if the overall distribution is made, it is enough to support the army of more than 100,000 for three months. Therefore, the barbarian army has sufficient food and grass, and is fully capable of holding on to our army for a long time, waiting for an opportunity to move, and even dragging down our army. ”

As he spoke, the look on Zhuge Liang's face couldn't help but become stern, and he said in a deep voice: "Compared with the abundant grain and grass of the barbarian army, our army is quite inferior. At present, our army's food and grass are insufficient, and it will be supported for another month at most, and then we will run out of food. In short, it means that our army's existing grain and grass baggage cannot supply the army for a long-term battle, and the barbarian army can hold out for three months to avoid fighting, but our army does not have so much grain and grass to confront the barbarian army. This requires us to fight quickly, and there is no other way to continue to hold on to the barbarian army by defeating it or robbing it of its cattle and sheep. ”

At the end of the day, Zhuge Liang paused and added: "You all know that it is the time of spring ploughing, and half a month ago, the Thorn Shifu has opened a warehouse to release grain, part of which is given to the displaced people, and part of it is distributed to the people as seeds. Therefore, the counties of Youzhou currently have no grain to collect, and even if the grain and grass are escorted from the rear of Xiliang, it will be delivered here in at least a month. Therefore, our army could not get any food and grass support for the time being, and could only fight a decisive battle with the barbarian army as much as possible. The head-on decisive battle is not only a last resort, but also a superior strategy to deter barbarians and dare not invade the border. Otherwise, it is not enough to deter the surrounding barbarians; Otherwise, the barbarian tribes will continue to attack endlessly; Otherwise, it will not be enough to demonstrate the powerful combat power of our army, and the sword will be invincible! ”

"Battle!" Without waiting for Zhuge Liang's words to land, all the generals in the hall clenched their fists and responded in unison.

"Hahaha!" Seeing that the generals were so united, Li Li laughed loudly: "The military spirit is available, the morale is commendable, the unity is unified, and it is invincible!" ”

After a slight pause in his tone, Li Li restrained his laughter slightly, and said: "Every time there is a war, our Xiliang Army takes the initiative to attack, even if it is the battle of Sili in the past, it is also the opportunity for our army to fight again after defeating the morale of the allies." Therefore, for many years, our army has never had a precedent for passive defense, and this time is no exception. What's more, at the moment, we occupy the geographical advantage of the Xiongguan fortress and occupy an absolutely advantageous situation, why not go out of the customs and fight with the barbarian army? Therefore, yesterday evening I sent a messenger to the war letter, and this morning I received a reply from Badun, agreeing that the two armies would have a decisive battle this afternoon! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the hall showed a sudden realization. Immediately, all the generals had no objections, waiting for Li Li to give orders and dispatch troops.

I saw the general sitting upright. Li Li bowed his head happily and waved his hand to signal Zhuge Liang, who was temporarily acting as a military advisor, to issue a military order. Zhuge Liang got up and stepped out of the ranks, holding the sword and talisman of the Son of Heaven given by Li Li in both hands, and ordered in a loud voice: "All the generals will listen to the order, and the order of the lord will ??????."

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The midday sun is full of enthusiasm and warmth on the body, and after a long time, people can't bear this hot enthusiasm.

Luronse is still towering. The soldiers of the garrison stood proudly, undisturbed by the scorching sun, meticulously guarding this majestic pass between the Han army and the barbarian army.

The sound of the falling suspension bridge accompanied by "quack". The closed gates of the city were suddenly opened, and tens of thousands of horsemen galloped out of the pass with a whip of their horses, and then stopped in the wilderness a few miles before the pass. According to the previous military order, they marched into battle on their own.

The first to go out of the customs was the 20,000 Youzhou battalion iron cavalry led by Gongsun Zhan. Zhao Yun's Wushuang Iron Cavalry followed, followed by the 10,000 Jinqiwei Iron Cavalry and 30,000 Wurui Battalion Infantry led by Li Li himself, a total of 80,000 cavalry. The remaining 20,000 infantry troops stayed on the pass to continue to guard the pass, and Mi Zhu and Shi A stayed behind to guard the pass in order to make sure it was perfect.

The 80,000 cavalry out of the pass were based on the 40,000 cavalry of Jin Yiwei and Wurui Battalion led by Li Li as the central army, the Youzhou Battalion under Gongsun Zhan's tent as the left wing, and the Wushuang Iron Cavalry under Zhao Yun's tent as the right wing. The military advisor sacrificed wine Zhuge Liang followed Li Li and sat in the Chinese army. The reason why Zhuge Liang is in charge of the Chinese army. Because this is a decisive battle in which the troops are not dominant at all, the coach Li Li may personally go into battle to kill the enemy at any time, so the heavy responsibility of sitting in the Chinese army naturally falls on Kong Ming's shoulders. Who else is it?

Perhaps this is the biggest difference between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. is also the commander of the three armies who is famous in history, Zhou Yu can lead the army to charge into battle, while Zhuge Liang is a pure Confucian general, giving advice, dispatching troops and adapting to the battle, but he can't go into battle in person, and he always stands in the rear to command the battle. (This is the usual method used by leading generals after the appearance of hot weapons, and generals of a slight level are commanding in the rear, and there are few generals who charge into battle and take the lead.) Therefore, Zhuge Liang can be called the originator of "Confucian generals" and a model for all generations. ）

"Boom -- sigh!"

Just as Li Li led the army out of the customs and lined up, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, and then a group of barbarian iron horsemen galloping on horses appeared in front of the Xiliang army. As time passed, more and more barbarian iron horsemen jumped their horses and whipped their whips, while shouting and breaking into the sight of the Xiliang soldiers, and then they stopped and lined up one after another.

Unlike the Xiliang Army, this time the barbarian army can be said to have poured out, with 130,000 people controlling the strings all going into battle, leaving less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the rear to guard the cattle and sheep. Li Li, who was in front of the Ilema formation, relied on his extraordinary eyesight and vaguely saw tens of thousands of cattle and sheep on the hillside a few miles away, thinking that it was the rear baggage of the barbarian army. Perhaps the barbarian army did not have a baggage, all the weapons were carried on their bodies, arrows and the veils for setting up tents were carried on horseback, and the only baggage was the cattle and sheep on which they depended.

The barbarian army fought in front, and the cattle and sheep were grazing not far behind. This peculiar way of conquest is absolutely uncommon in the history of the Han army, but for the barbarian tribes such as Wuhuan and Xianbei, it is a habit that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and it has long formed an inherent mode of conquest.

So they didn't need to leave their troops and horses in the rear at all. Or, when they rode out on their horses, they did not think that they might be defeated, because they were a proud people, and they were so conceited that they did not think that anyone could defeat them. This kind of arrogance to the bone may be the source that prompted them to repeatedly plunder the border counties of the Han Realm, always thinking that they were the bravest warriors in the world, and no one could defeat him. Since he is so strong, what do you need in the rear, do you want to make excuses for your timidity?

They are ruthless in their treatment of the enemy, and they are also extremely cruel in their treatment of themselves, and this is the way the barbarian tribes fight -- leaving no room for error. In other words, every battle is a battle for them, so they tend to be extremely combative, screaming and fighting bravely, and have a fearless and desperate spirit. It is precisely because of this that they have been able to succeed in plundering repeatedly, and over time it has fueled their arrogance, prompting them to become more and more fierce and unscrupulous.

At this moment, when Li Li noticed the herds of cattle and sheep on the hillside behind the barbarian army, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and an unprecedented murderous intent appeared in his eyes, and Zhou's body was murderous. At the same time, he secretly thought in his heart: "It seems that today's battle is destined to be a vicious and bloody battle. ”

This may be the first time that Li Li has been worried about his soldiers and horses for many years, 80,000 cavalry against 130,000 barbarian iron cavalry, and it is a head-on battle in the wilderness, and its dangerous journey can be imagined. The most important thing is that at this moment, more than half of the 80,000 troops around him are Youzhou Army, and Li Li is really a little uncertain about its combat strength. Usually the training is quite brave, but when it comes to the real fight on the battlefield, I don't know how many more they can play?

However, at this point, a fierce battle is inevitable??????

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