After the battle on this day, the two armies collected their troops and returned to their camps, and for the next few days there was no more fighting.

Five days later, Dong Zhuo led the army to arrive, but in the big tent, Zhang Xiu reported the battle to Dong Zhuo, only to hear Zhang Xiu say: "Lord, five days ago, our army defeated the Xiliang rebels in a small battle. The enemy suffered about 12,000 casualties, and our troops suffered about 2,000 casualties. It's just that judging by the clothing and banner, most of the enemy's casualties belong to the kingdom, but the casualties of Han Sui and Ma Teng's elite soldiers are not many. ”

Dong Zhuo heard this, smiled and nodded: "Bo Yuan and Wentai have won a big victory, this merit will be written down, and it will be rewarded after the battle." ”

Zhang Xiu and Sun Jian responded in unison: "Thank you Lord Gong (Master Dong)." ”

After a pause, Dong Zhuo asked Li Rudao: "What is the strategy of the military advisor?" ”

Li Ru pondered for a moment, but he first made a gesture to Dong Zhuo, but did not immediately answer Dong Zhuo's question, but asked: "General Wentai personally experienced the Yellow Turban War back then, and Confucianism wants to know how the kingdom's subordinates compare to the Kwantung Yellow Turbans?" ”

Sun Jian carefully compared it in his heart, and then replied: "Due to the fierce style of the people of Xiliang, the kingdom department is stronger than the Kwantung Yellow Turban soldiers, but the kingdom department is also like the Kwantung Yellow Turban, chaotic, if it is victorious, it is unstoppable, and if it is defeated, it will be a thousand miles away." Sun Jian stood back after answering.

After listening to what Sun Jian said, Li Ru said: "In this way, Confucianism has a strategy to break the enemy. ”

Dong Zhuo heard this, and asked with a smile: "What is the strategy of the military advisor?" ”

Li Rushi replied gently: "The strategy to break the enemy lies in the kingdom. ”

The generals heard this, and at the same time wondered: "Kingdom? ”

Li Ru nodded and said, "That's right." Han Sui's department has 50,000 people, and Ma Teng's department has 30,000 people, but the two sides together are still less than the kingdom's department. And our army after a year of training, compared to the two men and horses combat strength is also stronger, now the lord led 100,000 troops to come, plus Bo Yuan and Wentai Department of about 150,000, our army fought a battle, only hit the kingdom department, defeated its army, and to defeat it, as long as the kingdom is defeated, so many men and horses are defeated, the morale of the enemy army will inevitably fall to the bottom, and then the army's heart will fluctuate and be surrounded by the kingdom, even if Ma Teng and Han Sui's department is no matter how elite it is, it will not be able to stabilize its position, and the enemy army will inevitably be defeated. In this case, no matter how capable Han Sui and Ma Teng are, they will not be able to turn the tide, and Ma Teng and Han Sui may not be in unison. ”

Everyone in the tent nodded at the same time, after all, the land of Guanzhong is a plain, and the cavalry fights in the plain, there is no strategy at all, and the only way to defeat the enemy is to defeat it head-on, and the kingdom can be said to be the weakness of the Xiliang rebels.

Dong Zhuo nodded after listening, but Dong Zhuo asked a key question, only to hear Dong Zhuo ask: "Military Division, although the combat power of the kingdom is not strong, if you want to be defeated, you can't say that you can do it, I don't know what the military division has to do?" ”

Li Ru nodded and said, "My lord, don't worry, just a team of men and horses leading the army around the back of the enemy army and killing it when the two armies are in a decisive battle, it will naturally cause the kingdom to be defeated." ”

When Xu Rong heard this, he immediately asked: "Military Division, this place is a plain, but the movement of the army will be known to the enemy, let alone go behind the enemy's back." ”

Li Ru smiled slightly and said, "General Xu, don't be anxious, and listen to Confucianism. General Xu is familiar with military books and is familiar with battle formations, but what the military books say is that when the two armies are fighting, they are killed in the back, and most of them are ambushed in the mountains or lead the enemy into the ambush circle, yes or no? ”

Xu Rong nodded when he heard this, and Li Ru continued: "It's better to have no books than to believe in books." In the past, Emperor Wu attacked the Xiongnu, how could there be high mountains in the northern steppe for my Han army to ambush, but why was our Han army able to surround and annihilate the Xiongnu army several times......"

Before Li Ru finished speaking, Zhang Xiu immediately reacted, and opened his mouth to say without thinking about it: "Roundabout." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers in the tent suddenly suddenly, Li Ru nodded with a smile, and said, "That's right, it's a roundabout." On the same day, the Meiyang Battle broke through Beigong Boyu and captured tens of thousands of good horses, resulting in most of our army's cavalry, so that our army only needed to take ten days to go around Sanyuan to the back of Chiyang, and then our army was already in a stalemate with the Xiliang rebels.

The generals nodded at the same time after hearing this, but Zhang Xiu said: "Although the plan of the military division is wonderful, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to communicate after the detour of the army. And if the roundabout army is discovered by the enemy, our army will suffer heavy losses if it gathers and annihilates. ”

After listening to this, Li Ru nodded and said, "What Bo Yuan said is also reasonable, but I have calculated the time, so there should be no problem." ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he immediately said: "Military advisor, what we say is related to the life and death of thousands of soldiers, don't act hastily." ”

Li Ru heard this, hesitated for a moment, and finally made a gesture to Dong Zhuo, and said: "Please decide on this matter, and the Confucian policy has been fully explained, but the things mentioned by General Zhang Xiu are also reasonable. ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, then lowered his head and pondered, Dong Zhuo pondered, and the generals below naturally didn't dare to say much, so they all shut up. After a long time, about a quarter of an hour, Dong Zhuo cleared his throat and said: "How can I, Dong Zhuo, not be able to do what the predecessors can do, since my Han army made this move against the Huns several times that day, I, Dong Zhuo, should not be left behind." Li Dao. ”

"The end will be." Li Dao came out of the column and replied loudly.

Dong Zhuo ordered: "Order you to lead 30,000 flying bear troops, and after two days, they will detour to the back of the enemy, and at noon they must be killed behind the enemy, if they can't arrive, they should be killed." ”

"No."

After Dong Zhuo finished the order, he asked Li Dao: "Can you be a fierce general?" ”

Li Wei replied: "No, only the last general and the two generals under Li Meng and Wang Fang." ”

Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this: "Okay, if you can break the enemy army, you should be credited." ”

After receiving the order, Li Wei immediately withdrew from the tent and prepared to go. After Li Dao left, Dong Zhuo asked again: "Strategist, what about my army tomorrow?" ”

Li Ru said: "Tomorrow, the lord should lead the army to invite the army to fight, in order to demoralize the enemy, and then kill more Han Sui and Ma Teng's soldiers, and less of the kingdom's soldiers, so that the decisive battle in the future can be more urgent." Previously, General Zhang and General Sun had already suffered a heavy defeat to the enemy's spirit, and the Lord Justice took advantage of this opportunity. ”

After listening to this, Dong Zhuo asked, "How to act?" ”

Li Ru smiled: "Fighting generals and fighting formations are fine." ”

Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard this: "Okay, today my army is far away, tired, and rest for one night, and I will personally lead the army to invite the battle early tomorrow morning." ”

"No......"