As the morning light gradually rose, the darkness faded away, and soon it was daylight.

The officers and soldiers and the Zhuozhou Army lived in peace all night, and the fire flag set up by the Zhuozhou Army continued to burn all night.

In the early morning, it was quiet, behind the Zhuozhou military chariots and in the army camps, the smoke was filled with birds.

The officers and soldiers thought it was another normal day.

However, the officers and soldiers did not know that before dawn, a group of Zhuozhou cavalry had secretly circled behind the officers and soldiers.

Guan Yu and Li Mengxi, who led the army before dawn, had already walked eastward along the highway for three to five miles by dawn.

Stopped at an intersection.

Li Mengxi looked back and saw no military camp.

Jumping off his horse, Li Mengxi opened a roll of maps in his arms and looked at the map a few times.

"This should be Shigang Road. Zhang Jiao noted that there are villages half a mile to the north, and there are also villages to the south. It can be a good place to occupy first."

Before he finished speaking, a while later, some cavalry came to explore the road. They said that there was a village in the north, which was slightly inhabited, and there was a village in the south, but the village was deserted.

Sure enough, it is as marked by Zhang Jiao.

Li Mengxi asked Guan Yu aside and said, "Look around, the roads are gradually shrinking, and they are less open as you go forward.

General Guan thinks that if Huangfu Songruo comes here and makes an attack, how should he arrange his troops? Where is the geographical advantage in this area, and where should our army seize it first?"

Guan Yu glanced at the surrounding wilderness, frowned slightly, and thought seriously.

As you can see, there are continuous fields to the south and north of the road, with the main road in the middle and fields on the left and right. The terrain has no advantages but some disadvantages.

Guan Yu thought maturely and said, "Huangfu Songruo escaped from the car formation and was surrounded. He walked away in a hurry. He walked three to five miles. By this point, most of the army had retreated.

Moreover, going forward, the road shrinks and the terrain is constricted. Huangfu Songruo has assembled his army and wants to fight. Here, under your feet, is the last open place."

"As for what formation Huangfu Song wants to set up, I don't know.

It is just certain that if Huangfu Song arrayed himself here, his cavalry would be in the center.

Therefore, if the cavalry is spread out on both wings, if the force is weakened, when the entire army retreats, it will retreat into barren fields and high hills in both directions, which will slow down the speed of the cavalry and make it difficult to turn around."

Hearing this, Li Mengxi looked eastward. Three hundred steps away, he glanced over and saw that the terrain was obviously higher, the avenue extended to the east, and barren fields were on both sides.

Based on Li Mengxi's current understanding of ancient warfare, no matter how bad the ancient road was, it was still a decent road. In the wasteland, soft soil, vines, and the like would all affect the speed of travel.

For example, if you walk on the beach, you will not be able to walk very fast, but if you walk on the road, you can go much faster.

Walking on a hard and relatively flat road is faster than walking in the fields.

Therefore, when it comes to disadvantageous terrain, in the absence of obvious disadvantageous terrain, compared with roads, wasteland is a disadvantageous terrain.

There is a practice of setting up a formation behind dangerous areas, such as setting up a formation behind a river bank, behind a trench, or behind a muddy shoal. But it seems that no one will let the road behind them be rivers, trenches, or mud.

A chaotic beach is a self-inflicted desperate situation.

Guan Yu said that the terrain changed suddenly as he moved forward. Assuming that after Huangfusong escaped from the encirclement of the car formation, he walked for several miles. These miles were long enough to escape, whether to fight or to flee. Huangfusong must have also responded at this time.

A decision has been made.

If Huangfu Song wanted to fight, and after running away for several miles, he would reach the place where the terrain suddenly changed. If Huangfu Song wanted to fight, then this place would probably be the place where Huangfu Song prepared for war and intended to counterattack.

The intersection at your feet and the vast open space around it are the first key points.

Li Mengxi looked north, south, east and west. When he saw the open space around him, there was not much cover, and he couldn't help but frown.

If Mr. Huangfu gathered his troops here and then counterattacked the Zhuozhou army, how should he be restrained?

Li Mengxi came up with a plan. He ordered Guan Yu to mount his horse and stand in the middle of the intersection. Then he ordered several cavalrymen to go away and stand three hundred paces away to see if they could see him.

The result is an open area, and even though you stand far away, you can still see people.

Try asking someone to squat down again.

You can still see people.

Make people lie down again and watch again.

He lay down on the ground and saw no one. Li Mengxi smiled, he could also set up an ambush on flat ground.

It would be better if there is disguise.

If that's not enough, get a shovel and dig some shallow pits on the ground. The pits don't need to be very deep. They just need to be able to cover the body lying down, which is enough to completely hide the figure.

Li Mengxi and Guan Yu gathered together and concluded that if Huangfu Song were to stand here, how wide could his formation be, and how far away from the center of the crossroad could the ambush soldiers be, so that the officers and soldiers could not see him.

Guan Yu thought for a while and said, "If Huangfu Song wants to fight, can he maintain a defensive position? He will definitely set up a sharp offensive formation.

I guess that when Huangfu Song set up the formation here, it must be a long formation that is good at attacking and breaking out, rather than a wide formation that is good at defending.

As for how wide the formation can be... three hundred steps, no more."

That is to say, assuming that the Huangfu Song Formation is three hundred steps wide, with the intersection as the center and one hundred and fifty steps wide from north to south, if it is three hundred steps away and no one can be seen, then the treasure keeper needs to be at least four miles away from the fourteenth intersection.

It takes a hundred and fifty steps to hide it without leaking.

Further summarizing, Guan Yu thought that if Huangfu Song was planning a decisive battle, and if the Zhuozhou army was not far behind, then Huangfu Song would probably be divided into three formations, the left and right formations, forming the horns of each other.

If the Zhuozhou Army is far away and the Zhuozhou Army formation is not visible, Huangfu Song will gather his troops in formation. The gathering of his troops will also be a concentration of troops. Huangfu Song's concentration of troops will be an advantage for the Zhuozhou Army to ambush and encircle them.

If Huangfu Song's troops were spread out over a large area, the encirclement would be extremely large.

If Huangfu Song gathers his troops, it will be easier to encircle him.

Li Mengxi said thoughtfully, "It seems that if Huangfu Song is allowed to leave, our army cannot pursue him closely.

You need to give him a break or two and let him take his time.

Then, after their troops have been strengthened, our army will move out."

Guan Yu smiled, "That's right."

Afterwards, I had a lot of discussions with Guan Yu.

If Huangfu Song were to set up his formation in the middle of the crossroads, his formation would be 150 paces wide, and the Zhuozhou Army would be ambushing 350 paces away.

Then when the ambush suddenly appeared, Huangfu Songli could see the ambush.

Afterwards, Huangfu Song would quickly mobilize his troops and horses to meet them.

The two sides faced each other four hundred and fifty steps apart, and each side probably walked one hundred and fifty steps to reach within a stone's throw.

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After the ambush troops came out of the formation, they walked one hundred and fifty steps forward and then stopped, standing at the corner of the formation.

The distance cannot be determined by visual inspection.

Fortunately, when we came out this time, we pulled all the gun ropes that had been laid out for the night operation earlier.

Then, taking the middle of the crossroad as xs., the soldiers pulled up the rope, pulled up the long rope from southeast to northwest, and measured about one hundred and fifty steps.

Li Mengxi went over and took a look at the distance measured and the marked location.

Li Mengxi originally thought that just digging out a few piles of soil and leaving them in place would be enough to mark the place, but then he thought again, what if it was exposed?

Excavation, the human traces are too heavy.

Since it's not possible to dig the soil, it's definitely not possible to put a stick there.

After scratching his head, Li Mengxi thought, it would be better if there were two trees.

There really can be two trees.

Li Mengxi ordered the cavalry to go out to look for trees and small trees, and dig them up when they found them.

Fortunately, he was well prepared. Li Mengxi knew beforehand that he had to bury flagpoles everywhere to mark the place. Excavation tools were essential, and he brought a hoe, shovel and the like with him in advance.

About two moments later, the cavalry found two small, bare trees.

I heard from the cavalry that one tree is a poplar tree and the other one is also a poplar tree.

Now that the natural and extremely secretive camouflage was available, the poplar tree found a place on the roadside that was suitable for planting trees and was as harmonious as possible to plant trees. Two poplar trees were planted shallowly.

Most people would think that this is the end of it.

But Li Mengxi felt that there were still flaws.

The pile of soil dug out of the tree pit is very conspicuous on the roadside, and the new soil at the roots of the tree is also very conspicuous.

Li Mengxi asked people to randomly find some dust, turf, etc., and covered it with soil to hide the human traces.

Then, Li Mengxi scattered the dust in his hands, looked up at the bare saplings, and then turned to look at Guan Yu, "General Guan, do you think this tree looks like it grew here?"

Guan Yu looked happy and said nothing.

Li Mengxi always does extraordinary things.

It is said that it is enough to estimate the possible width of the formation of the army and set up the boundary of the formation by placing a stone.

However, Li Mengxi did not mind the hard work, so he got two trees and planted them. It was just a matter of planting them, and he also carefully disguised them.

A very simple thing, combined with Li Mengxi's extreme seriousness, created a sense of inconsistency.

Calculate the width of Huangfu Song's camp, and then use two small saplings to extend one hundred and fifty steps from north to south. This distance will be the place where the ambush troops will arrive after setting out.
To be continued...