Under Guan Yu's command, there was a group of warriors who were rushing to attack. The so-called warriors who were rushing to attack were just a long time ago. Guan Yu realized that a group of Xiangyong soldiers could not attack ten miles away. If they attacked ten miles away, they would inevitably be scattered and shapeless.

For this reason, Guan Yu began to recruit elite troops early and practiced as he marched. The Zhuozhou rebels only marched thirty miles a day, but in order to practice their attacks, Guan Yu's men had to run an additional twenty miles a day, except when there was a war.

During the rest of the time, Guan Yu's elite troops practiced non-stop every day.

In all this time, I have never encountered a situation that required an emergency attack, and the training results have never been used.

Now, it's finally the turn of the Assault Warrior to make a big difference.

Li Mengxi asked if the attacking soldiers could attack seventy miles in one day and then conquer the city. Guan Yu frowned and hesitated slightly.

It is not difficult to attack seventy miles in one day, but it is difficult to defeat the city.

So Guan Yu looked at Li Mengxi and said, "The attackers have been practicing for more than two months and are waiting for the big use. It is not difficult to reach Julu City in one day. However, if we want to attack the city, there are only hundreds of attackers. We are afraid that we will not be able to catch them."

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What Guan Yu was worried about was exactly what Li Mengxi was unsure about.

When Huangfu Song came fiercely, we can be sure that Huangfu Song must have passed by Julu. Is it possible that Huangfu Song left some old, weak, sick and disabled troops to stay behind in Julu? I am not sure, but it is possible.

If Julu is guarded by an army, how to capture the city will be a big problem.

Only if there are elite soldiers to attack can we still have fighting strength after a day's attack. However, there are only a few hundred soldiers in the army.

If we use cavalry, including all the cavalry, the number of troops that can be mobilized to attack Julu City is less than two thousand.

Moreover, if all the cavalry are pulled away, the ambush formation that surrounds the official army will soon be surrounded, and there will be no cavalry available, and the Zhuozhou army will be disabled.

From this, everyone discussed together and concluded that Julu City could only be conquered by intelligence, not by force.

After thinking for a long time, Li Mengxi frowned and said to Guan Yu, "General Guan needs to be careful when he goes here and cannot advance at the same time.

Otherwise, if the officers and soldiers guarding the city see my large army approaching, and if the officers and soldiers guarding the city are cautious and guard against me, they will never go down to the city."

After a pause, Li Mengxi said again, "You can use the light cavalry to investigate first. If you see that the city's defenders are well prepared, then the large group of troops will postpone their advance and sneak to the city gates at night.

In this way, you can attack the unprepared ones."

Guan Yu thought Li Mengxi's method was very good.

Guan Yu then asked a question, "What if our light cavalry encounters an officer's sentinel cavalry? How should we deal with it? Were they Huangfu Song's tribe?"

"...That's not appropriate," Li Mengxi frowned, "The officers and soldiers guarding the city are probably members of Huangfu Song's tribe. If we pretend to be Huangfu Song's deployment again, they will inevitably see through it.

You can pretend to be Dong Zhuo's subordinate.

Presumably, the imperial army is divided into two groups, the north and the south, and the two armies are not familiar with each other. Huangfu Song's subordinates are not familiar with Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and Dong Zhuo's subordinates are not familiar with Huangfu Song's subordinates. This is a good thing for our army to fish in troubled waters."

On the side, Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi and Guan Yu and suggested, "If we pretend to be Dong Zhuo's tribe, do we need Dong Zhuo's banner?"

Li Mengxi and Guan Yu immediately raised their heads and looked at each other.

"Yes! (I need it!)" Guan Yu and Li Mengxi said at once in unison.

Liu Bei immediately sent people to prepare camouflage flags.

The wisdom of one person is not as good as the wisdom of many.

Just like now, when everyone discusses the battle arrangements together and pools their wisdom, they must think more rigorously than one person. Li Mengxi and Guan Yu did not realize the problem of the flag, and Liu Bei checked for the omissions and filled the gaps.

Now that the flag is available, just a large flag with the word "Dong" embroidered on it is enough to make the Zhuozhou Army's camouflage more realistic.

After getting the flag, if you attack Julu City directly, the first thing you will encounter may be the military sentry cavalry patrolling nearby the city.

How to deal with a sentry rider? Li Mengxi felt that something might go wrong here.

Li Mengxi then said, "If our light cavalry encounters an officer's sentry cavalry, please remember that the light cavalry is strictly ordered to respond calmly and must not turn around as soon as it sees the officer's cavalry."

If this is the case, if the officers and soldiers are alert, they will immediately notice something is wrong and immediately report back to the superior. If the officers and soldiers are cautious, they will issue an order to strictly guard the city. Therefore, due to a small negligence, it will cause great difficulty for our army to seize the city.

Therefore, as a light cavalry scout, you must choose smart people, explain things strictly, and unify your words to avoid making mistakes.”

Everyone believed what Li Mengxi said.

Then, Li Mengxi took the lead and simulated with Guan Yu, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei the possible situation of the light cavalry encountering the official sentry cavalry.

It's nothing more than that when the officer sentry cavalry saw a strange cavalry, he immediately stopped him and asked, "Stop! Where are you from?"

Or you won’t even ask.

However, Li Mengxi felt that regardless of whether the officers and cavalry asked questions or not, in order to dispel the other party's suspicion as much as possible, the Zhuozhou army cavalry should step forward and chat casually.

Li Mengxi even thought of his words and even simulated more than ten possible exchanges, including what the official cavalry might say and what our cavalry should say.

Li Mengxi was there, chattering endlessly about the script, and gradually getting into the mood. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei looked at each other with surprise on their faces.

"...If the official cavalry asks where they are from, they have to go over and say that they are under Dong Zhuo's command.

Well, the man asked where he was going, and a lone cavalryman approached the city, which was very strange.

They say they have military affairs? Maybe they can get away with it.

However, if the officers, soldiers and cavalry ask again, what kind of military affairs are they and how should they be handled? It is said that it is not convenient to inform outsiders about military affairs?

It’s okay if we can get over it, but if someone happens to insist on it and won’t ask about military affairs, how should we deal with it?”

"...Furthermore, if the official sentry cavalry really thinks that our light cavalry is also an official army, and warmly invites our cavalry to enter the city to rest, wouldn't it be embarrassing? If you enter the city, you may be exposed. If you don't enter the city, you will be exposed.

Make the other party suspicious."

"Also, someone remembered that when our army's traveling caravan went shopping, we ordered them to carry a certain amount of money with them. They met villagers on the road, bribed them with money, and then asked them to find the way, thinking it was convenient.

Imitate this method and ask the knights to carry money. If they meet the officers and soldiers, bribe them with money to win them over, which can reduce their suspicion."

"So what if we use disguise?

Our army no longer needs to pretend to be under Dong Zhuo's command, but only to pretend to be a passerby. In this way, if it encounters an official sentry, there is no need to use military affairs to prevaricate it as Dong Zhuo's command, so there will be fewer loopholes..."

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Li Mengxi kept talking there.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei haven't spoken for a long time. I really didn't expect it. The city is not close yet. It's only possible to encounter officers and soldiers. It's just a possibility. It's not certain whether we will encounter it or not. Li Mengxi can do it.

So many questions.

I really didn’t expect that I would meet the officers and cavalry, face to face, exchange no more than a few words, and pass each other for a moment. In just a moment, there could be so much chaos...

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and the others could no longer get in the conversation and couldn't keep up with Li Mengxi's rhythm.

For a while, the more Li Mengxi talked, the more confusing he said it. He didn't think it was a problem at first. Li Mengxi was spitting out words. While talking, he tried his best to think about possible situations, possible flaws, and possible consequences. The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it.

The scarier it felt, the more I frightened myself.

At the end, Li Mengxi finally said he was tired and stopped. He suddenly noticed that Liu, Guan, and Zhang were quiet and had subtle expressions.

"Um," Li Mengxi scratched his head in astonishment. He glanced at Liu Bei and the other three, "What do you three think?"

There was a moment of silence.

I didn't even understand what was said.

After a long silence, Liu Bei suddenly laughed and said, "Xi'er said it very well!"

Liu Bei praised hypocritically.

"It's just," Liu Bei changed his voice and looked at Li Mengxi with a half-smile, "don't you hear the proverb "There is no silver here"? When encountering an officer or an army sentry, he might turn a blind eye and leave directly, or he might say a few words indifferently before leaving.

, both are fine. If you use money to bribe, pretend to be military affairs, and find excuses to excuse yourself, on the contrary, you will expose your flaws and make the officers, soldiers and sentries suspicious.

What does Xi'er think?"

Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi with a smile.

Li Mengxi was stunned for a while.

"Oh!" He was surprised.

But no, there is no allusion to silver. It is safe to bury the silver in the ground and do nothing. If you want to make things more complicated, consider inserting a wooden board on the ground where the silver is buried, and think about it carefully.

What kind of board should be used to win people's trust more easily, what kind of font should be written, outsiders should be convinced, how high the board should be, how big the board should be... and so on, it is useless, no matter how much you do, no matter how careful and detailed the layout is, it is useless

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When you meet an officer or an army sentry or cavalry, you meet them when you meet them, it’s no big deal.

If an officer's sentry rider takes one look at it, he can analyze the sudden arrival of a lone cavalry, and he can analyze that there may be a large group of people behind him, and there may be enemy troops approaching the city. If an ordinary sentry rider has such scheming and caution, how can he still just

An ordinary sentry knight has already become a general above the rank of captain of thousands.

Moreover, it is not enough for the officers and soldiers to have extraordinary alertness. The officers and soldiers also need to have an efficient and reliable upper and lower feedback system.

If not, on weekdays, the vigilant sentries will report to their superiors if they encounter any abnormal situation. The officers and generals have no ability to recognize people, and the sentry riders under their subordinates frequently bother them. The generals are extremely annoyed and scold their subordinates for being troublesome.

In this way, the originally alert Sentinel Rider will inevitably become silent and passive.

Therefore, it is not enough for the officers and soldiers to detect abnormalities. The officers and soldiers must have an efficient upper and lower feedback system so that the abnormalities discovered by the officers and soldiers can be fed back upward.

Moreover, it is not enough for the officers and soldiers to have a feedback system. It is also necessary that the officers and officers guarding the city are not mediocre, but are conscientious and conscientious people. Upon hearing the abnormal feedback from the sentries, the officers and soldiers can immediately become vigilant and order the sergeants in the city to be strict.

Defense, only in this way can the Zhuozhou Army's plan to seize the city fail.

From sentries, to feedback, to officers and generals receiving feedback, and then making the right decision, in each of these three links, there is a small probability that the officers and soldiers will do the right thing. Three extremely small probabilities multiply cumulatively.
To be continued...