A terrifying battle was about to break out. It was about to break out several times, and the swords were at war several times. In the end, it did not break out and was almost suppressed by Li Mengxi's own arrangements and efforts.

On the way back, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei crowded around Li Mengxi and asked what they said during the confrontation with Huangfu Song.

Even the belligerent Zhang Fei said it was a good thing that there was no fight.

Zhang Fei was not afraid of the powerful officers and soldiers, but because he was a powerful man and did not want to be an enemy of the officers and soldiers.

Even though Dong Zhuo was so hateful and repeatedly made trouble for the rebels, Zhang Fei went over to kill Dong Zhuo in anger.

On the way back, Li Mengxi was thinking about what to do next.

This time, the rebel army was so strong that they bared their fangs and Huangfu Song did not dare to act rashly.

So, Huangfu Song will give up here?

I don't know.

Hope should not be based solely on the opponent, but should be prepared for the worst.

The worst plan is that given the current strength of the rebel army and the number of officers and men, if the former Lu Zhi tribe and now Dong Zhuo tribe push it forward, Lu Zhi tribe will be the imperial army to conquer the north, with a strength of just over 20,000, and use this to push against Jizhou.

Julu Yellow Turban is the place where thieves are most serious, and Lu Zhi only has 20,000 troops.

Huangfu Song was fighting against the Yellow Turbans of Nanyang, and his military strength was estimated to be only 20,000 at most, and probably even less.

The difference between the Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song tribes may be that Jizhou has strong ties with thieves, so the local power is weak, and the government and army are weak if they can get help.

When Huangfu Song's tribe attacked the Yellow Turbans in the Central Plains, although their troops were slightly smaller, the Central Plains had vast fields and many powerful families, so Huangfu Song had many brave people from all over the country to help him.

Therefore, although Lu Zhi had slightly more troops, he was an isolated army. Although Huangfu Song had slightly fewer troops, he had the courage to help from various towns and villages. The total number of troops under his command was actually greater than that of Lu Zhi.

If the total strength of the two armies of the imperial court, the north and the south, is 40,000, not counting casualties and losses, they will only be about the same strength as the rebels.

The reality is that Dong Zhuo's troops originally numbered about 20,000, but as a result, Dong Zhuo was incompetent in his troops and failed in his crusade, and only a little over 10,000 of his men were lost.

The Huangfu Song tribe is estimated to have only 20,000 people, certainly not 30,000.

In total, the current number of officers, soldiers and horses is approximately 30,000, with a maximum of 40,000.

The upper limit of the official strength is only the current strength of the Zhuozhou Rebel Army, which does not include Zhang Jiao's troops, nor the many yellow turban refugees who are not soldiers but can fight with others even if they pick up weapons.

As Li Mengxi said to intimidate Huangfu Song, Li Mengxi's words to annihilate Huangfu Song's tribe were not out of arrogance, but the strength of the Zhuozhou rebel army was at least twice or even three times that of the official army. If they wanted to destroy Huangfu Song, they would have a great chance of winning.

Therefore, Li Mengxi believed that the biggest trouble was not the defeat of the rebel army, but whether it could annihilate the official army in one fell swoop.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly arrived at the rebel camp.

Liu Bei was waiting anxiously by the road ahead. Guan and Zhang had already come up to meet him and were talking about the war with Liu Bei. Li Mengxi was behind. Because he couldn't ride a horse, someone had to help hold the horse. He walked slowly and slowly arrived.

Liu Bei looked at him, and Li Mengxi met his gaze.

Liu Bei's expression was complicated. He opened his mouth to ask a question, but the words came out of his mouth and turned into, "Let's go, Xi'er, kill a chicken. I'll be back in time!" Liu Bei smiled.

Li Mengxi smiled back.

——

Liu Bei killed the chickens in the chicken and duck cages without permission. Li Mengxi wanted to say that there was not a single extra poultry left in the chicken and duck cages. The males, ducks and geese that could not lay eggs had already been eaten.

There are only three roosters left. In terms of the art of war, roosters crow to stabilize the morale of the army.

This is great, what is stewed in the earthen pot is a big rooster with a crest.

Fortunately, Liu Bei also knew the art of war and the role of roosters in stabilizing the morale of the army, so he only killed one rooster and kept the rest.

The armor on his body was very heavy, and Li Mengxi was very uncomfortable wearing it. He wanted to take it off, but he also thought that it was wartime, and the army might come to kill him at any time, and it would be too late to put on the armor temporarily.

As a lesson learned from the past, he was almost assassinated because he did not wear armor when he went to the army camp. This made Li Mengxi learn some valuable knowledge. Whenever you are in the army, you must have armor on you to avoid being unable to wear armor sometimes.

However, the walking armor is a bit too heavy.

Around the earthen pot, several people prepared and cooked chicken to eat.

Liu Bei asked about the confrontation with the officers and soldiers. Although Guan and Zhang said that there was no fight and only a confrontation, but when Li Mengxi said that it was just a confrontation and not a fight, Liu Bei finally let go of his worries.

Until this time, from Guan Yu's encounter with the army, to everyone's hurried discussion, to riding alone with Guan Yu to the meeting, to Li Mengxi no longer having time to explain, making hurried arrangements, to fighting the army without fighting, this series of events was over, and Li Mengxi finally

He had time to explain various arrangements to the confused Liu Bei.

"...The government troops came to investigate and investigate, and their momentum was fierce. At that time, a certain Dong Zhuo fanned the flames, and the government troops were fierce. There was only one righteous hero in my unit. It was possible that the government troops could not help but suppress me because of their strength.

At that time, the matter was urgent, and the key at that time was whether our army was guilty or not guilty, wrong or not wrong. He already regarded me as a piece of fish, and I must not lead my neck to be killed."

"So, the soldiers of a certain order gathered together and attacked Huangfu Song with the force of death and defeat."

"A certain person once said, "Only those who can fight can make peace." Xuande thinks that a certain person really wants to fight with the officers and soldiers? No. If you are an enemy of the officers and soldiers, if you are an enemy of the imperial court, do it as a last resort.

Unwise."

"As it is said, if you can fight, you can make peace. What our army wants is not to fight with the official army.

However, if we back down step by step in order to seek peace, and the officers and soldiers are arrogant, and see me giving in, they will press forward step by step. When the time comes, at the least, they will force our army to hand over the Yellow Turban prisoners, which will cause turmoil in our army. At worst, they will

They put the name of rebellion on my head and forcefully tried to destroy us.

So, at this time, I had to compromise and had to fight.

Therefore, if you seek peace, the key is to be able to fight. What does it mean to be able to fight? Let the officers and soldiers know that our army has a majestic army with strong military strength, and is fully willing to fight. Let the officers and soldiers know that if they fight with me, they will

Then it will fail.

So, at this time, our army asked for war, but the officers and soldiers tried their best to avoid fighting. Therefore, our army's plan was not to fight with the officers and soldiers, but it got what it wanted."

"In order to seek peace through war, a certain man led a large army and first frightened him with a majestic formation, and then argued with Huangfu Song in front of the formation.

Huangfu Song suppressed me with his military strength. At this time, I pointed out several places where Huangfu Song would definitely lose. Then I listed several places where our army must win. First, I weakened Huangfu Song's fighting spirit.

Then, Huangfu Song used the imperial court to suppress me. At this time, what should I do? If I can't argue, I will be manipulated by Huangfu Song. If I am weak, Huangfu Song will come and force me to retreat.

Knowing this, a certain person said, "What about the imperial court? In this deserted wilderness, they killed everyone and threw their bodies in the wilderness. Heaven does not know and the earth does not know. How did the imperial court know that it was our Zhuozhou Army that did it?" In one word, let him Huangfu

Song can't control me."

"This is the truth. If we really fight with the officers and soldiers, regardless of victory or defeat, our army will be at a great disadvantage. There is only one thing that will not disadvantage our army - annihilate everything the officers and soldiers have and kill everything they have.

If we kill until heaven and earth do not know what people know, then our army will have no reason to become an enemy of the imperial court."

"Huangfu Song saw that I was not soft at all, so he couldn't stand me."

"I have to say that although Huangfu Song is a veteran general with a hot temper, someone said that with the strength of the Zhuozhou Army, it would be easy to destroy the official army. However, Huangfu Song got angry and insisted on a showdown with me."

"At this point, the talks almost collapsed. Our army does not really want to fight with the officers and soldiers, but it is actually to avoid fighting."

"So, I said, "If our Zhuozhou army are thieves, why not destroy your officers and soldiers? If our Zhuozhou army is a rebel army, why should we fight with your officers and soldiers."

He asked Huangfu Song, "Are the Zhuozhou Army thieves or rebels?"

At this time, it is necessary to leave a step.

If Huangfu Song is tough and still calls our army thieves, that is unreasonable! What will happen if Huangfu Song is destroyed!

Fortunately, Huangfu Song is a veteran on the battlefield, not someone who forgets his master in anger. He knows that our army is strong, that our officers and soldiers are few and tired, and that the camp is unprepared. If he conflicts with our army, his officers, soldiers and horses will be severely defeated.

The possibility is at least 80%.

Therefore, Huangfu Song, for the sake of the government and army, endured it for a while and said that our Zhuozhou Army was a rebel army.

I asked him again, "Did our Zhuozhou Army recruit the Yellow Turbans?" Guess what Huangfu Song said, Huangfu Song said, "There is no such thing."

"Huangfu Song is worthy of being a high-ranking official in the imperial court. He speaks such duplicitous words with great proficiency."

"This is that only when you can fight can you make peace. If you don't always have the heart to break the fish or the net, you will be suppressed by the official army. Our army will have no way to retreat, and we must eventually fight against the official army."

"There is another key point in this - Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo has a grudge against our troops, and I am afraid that he deliberately provokes me to fight. Dong Zhuo does not need to do anything more. As long as a hail of arrows suddenly shoots out when the two armies are confronting each other, can our army endure it? I am determined not to tolerate it, and if I endure it, I will die.

Therefore, our army had to fight Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo is an officer, and if he fights with our army, Huangfu Song, who is also an officer, will come to help.

Therefore, whenever Dong Zhuo wanted to use Huangfu Song's help to suppress us, he would only send a few arrows, and our army would have to fall into a fight.

Therefore, he ordered General Guan and the three generals to lead five hundred cavalry each to frighten Dong Zhuo.

Our elite cavalry pressed forward in front of Dong Zhuo's formation to let Dong Zhuo know that if a battle broke out, Huangfu Song would not know, but he, Dong Zhuo, would be the first to be killed.

Therefore, in order to protect himself, Dong Zhuo was afraid of starting a conflict with our army.

Therefore, the three generals called for formation in front of the formation, but Dong Zhuo did not dare to fire an arrow from the formation.

Dong Zhuo could easily provoke our army to fight with the official army, but he did not dare to take the lead in provoking it. Therefore, a certain strategy of promoting peace through war could succeed. This is subtle and dangerous, just like the tip of a knife dancing.

Be careful, blood flows like a river.
Chapter completed!