After a night, it was dawn, the rooster crowed, and Li Mengxi, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was still gray.

As we all know, when the rooster crows, it is not dawn, but the dark time before dawn.

Li Mengxi, who was awakened by the crow of the rooster, felt tired. He had not slept well at all. He felt as if he had been woken up shortly after falling asleep. In fact, he was indeed busy last night and did not go to bed until late at night.

Not wanting to get up immediately, Li Mengxi closed his eyes again, pulled up the quilt and covered his head, blocking out the sound, and wanted to continue sleeping. As a result, he was unable to do so.

Next to him, his younger brother, Xiao Bian, writhed and climbed up, "Brother, why don't you get up?" The younger brother yelled at Li Mengxi in a milky voice.

Little Brick opened the quilt and wanted to wake up Li Mengxi. Li Mengxi was the one who made it up to himself. He taught Little Brick that he had to get up when the rooster crows. Little Brick was obedient and stopped sleeping in. As a result, the elder brother Li Mengxi was forced to wake up.

Lead by example and don't sleep in late.

In desperation, Li Mengxi could only yawn and reluctantly groped for clothes and put on clothes.

Compared with Li Mengxi, who was seriously under-rested, Xiao Bian was extremely lively. Xiao Bian got dressed clumsily by himself and was unwilling to stay in the car. Xiao Bian climbed out of the car and wanted to get out of the car and play.

Li Mengxi didn't care.

No one was watching. After Xiao Bian got out of the car, he didn't know what happened and suddenly screamed.

He screamed like a frightened little mouse, screaming and jumping back into the car.

Li Mengxi was frightened by Xiao Zhuan's scream. Before he could react, Xiao Zhuan crawled back into bed.

"What happened? What did you do to Xiao Zhuan?" Li Mengxi shouted twice, but Xiao Zhuan didn't respond.

With great doubts, Li Mengxi wanted to go out and take a look.

When Li Mengxi got out of the car, he lowered his head and looked outside the car. Under the dim light of the torch stand and under the handlebar, a gaudy and terrifying thing was lying on the ground.

Without paying attention, Li Mengxi was also startled. Then he took a closer look and smiled. It was a tiger.

The wooden tiger I made last night was casually placed on the ground. Unexpectedly, it scared my brother.

Li Mengxi called his brother out and said that he was a fake tiger and could not bite people.

Little Brick came out cautiously, and with courage, he stuck his head out to peek at the tiger.

Sure enough, the tiger will not move.

Children are always curious about strange and weird things.

After he was no longer afraid, Xiao Bian became extremely curious about the fake tiger. He poked it with a stick, wanted to pat it with his hands, and wanted to kick it with his feet. He even asked questions.

Li Mengxi stood leaning on the handlebar, yawning from time to time. When his brother asked what he was talking about, he answered absentmindedly. Soon, it was completely bright.

When the morning sun rising in the east shone its first ray of sunlight, a group of people and horses were hurriedly marching on the official road to the southeast, ten miles away.

At the front were the infantry, a long queue of infantry running forward in four columns.

The soldiers in the queue all carried large baskets on their backs, and the ropes were tied tightly across their shoulders and across their chests. No matter how far the soldiers ran, the baskets behind them rarely swayed.

Looking more closely, the soldiers in this attack almost don't look like a fighting force, because from front to back, the soldiers only wear linen clothes and no armor. There are hundreds of people and there is not a single one wearing armor.

This is an extremely strange place.

Regarding how to save physical strength and improve the efficiency of a long-distance attack, Li Mengxi combined his own knowledge earlier to deduce and improve the carrying details during a long-distance attack.

In short, it is a matter of kinetic energy and momentum. For soldiers on the run, the less the bags they carry shake, the better. This is the key to saving effort.

To this end, Li Mengxi designed a carrying tool, unified the carrying method, and further reduced the shaking of the materials carried by stuffing wheat straw into the basket.

Later, when Guan Yu was training his troops, Guan Yu discovered alone that the armor worn by the soldiers, even if it was only a single-sided breastplate, shook violently when the breastplate was worn on the body and ran.

Li Mengxi's theory of kinetic energy and momentum obviously inspired Guan Yu.

Guan Yu realized that having armor on his body would be difficult for him to attack, so he specially improved his attack tactics so that when he attacked, the armor would also be stuffed into the basket and put away.

This single improvement directly improved the effectiveness of the attacking troops a lot.

Let’s talk about the extremely important carrying gear.

Among the eight hundred people under Guan Yu's command, the soldiers were selected one after another. What was more difficult to assemble than the soldiers was the carrying equipment. The eight hundred men who rushed to attack needed 800 sets of carrying equipment, and they needed 800 light and portable equipment.

It is sturdy and square, with no bags hanging on the outside. It is a suitable size basket, and there must be a rainproof bag inside.

Just this simple set of carrying gear, I have been making it every day, without stopping, and so far I have only made up half of it. Of the 800 warriors, half have carrying gear, and the other half only have baskets and no rainproof bags.

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In front of and behind the infantry team, there are sentry cavalry far in front, cavalry nearby leading the way, and cavalry following behind.

Guan Yu, who was behind the team, saw that it was dawn and ordered the centurions to shout the command.

Then, in the quiet morning, in the deserted wilderness, the commands "one, two, three, four," sounded one after another.

Following the command, the team that had been running a bit scattered gradually began to regain its rhythm and started running together.

The key to an attack is to be fast and to be united. If the troops are united but not fast, it is of no use. If they are fast but not united, if a thousand soldiers are set out, two hundred will be unable to fight.

Only by being fast and in unison can we take on the important task of attacking.

Now, after a long period of training, the scattered soldiers who were unable to attack ten miles at the beginning are now of great use.

The footsteps of hundreds of soldiers running past rumbled by, followed by the clatter of horse hooves, and the cavalry passed by again.

After the hustle and bustle, the dust on the road started to rise slightly, and soon it became calm, and the Zhuozhou Army's attacking soldiers were far away in a moment.

In the Zhuozhou Military Camp, the Zhuozhou Army had already finished cooking at dawn.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! While the whole army was having dinner, beside a campfire, Liu Bei and Li Mengxi were eating breakfast and discussing.

Li Mengxi turned his head and glanced to the side. A few steps away, a slope as high as a person's height was blocked by the earth dug out of the ditch. Through the earth slope, the ditch could not be seen at all.

"Just for today, the vehicle formation will retreat and retreat behind the trench.

It took two days to dig the trench, but the pile of soil was so tall that it was impossible to hide even if we wanted to.

It won't be long before the officers and soldiers will be in chaos."

As he said that, Li Mengxi picked up the bowl, took a sip of the porridge, chewed the wheat grains in the porridge twice, swallowed the porridge, licked his lips, looked at Liu Bei in front of him, and said calmly, "The ambush ahead has not yet been completed, I will have another one in the morning."

Go out and arrange.

The officers and soldiers are in a desperate situation. They may die and the net will be broken, or they may send people to sue for peace.

If it is the former, we must not give in. If the officers and soldiers cross the border, they will be struck with thunder.

If it is the latter, if the official and military envoys come, Duke Xuande can take care of himself, or he can send someone to find me."

In the last sentence, Li Mengxi said it very well. What he said was that Liu Bei could take care of himself or send someone to call him back.

As he spoke, he gave Liu Bei enough respect.

Instead of directly arranging his subordinates, he just said, "If the officers and soldiers come to ask for peace, you send someone to call me back."

Why, Liu Bei is the commander-in-chief of the army. Liu Bei is not qualified to negotiate with the army. So why do you have to let you take charge?

Liu Bei was magnanimous and would not be guilty of this. However, if he was in the hands of other princes and his etiquette was wrong, he would definitely be killed.

After listening to Li Mengxi's arrangement, Liu Bei put down his bowl and smiled, "... When negotiating peace with the army, it will be a battle of words, or you will have to come, Xi'er. How about you stay here while someone arranges an ambush?"

Li Mengxi paused for a moment, frowned slightly and thought for a moment, hesitated, shook his head and said, "That's not appropriate. It's too troublesome to set up an ambush."

The implication is that Liu Bei's ability is not enough to arrange an ambush formation.

Liu Bei also had self-awareness, and when it came to arranging troops, he was not as good as his second brother and Xi'er, so he stopped fighting.

If the officers and soldiers and Huangfu Song lowered their posture and came to seek peace, it would actually be a big deal.

A major event was coming, and Li Mengxi should have stayed behind. He did not attach much importance to whether the officers and soldiers sought peace. It was not that he did not value peace, but that he did not value the officers and soldiers themselves.

According to Li Mengxi's thoughts, a day ago, he was worried about the officers and soldiers, fearing that if a battle broke out, three or two of the officers and soldiers' cavalry would escape and the matter would be defeated. Now, tens of thousands of civilians are working day and night one after another.

, the trench was dug for two days and nights, and the natural chasm was completed. Li Mengxi was eager for Huangfu Song to come to the decisive battle because of his enthusiasm.

It just so happened that tens of thousands of his officers and troops were killed. Once these tens of thousands of people were wiped out, the troops and horses in the imperial court's hands would immediately be empty.

Then, wouldn't it be convenient to directly raise a banner and take advantage of the situation to change the dynasty?

Impatient with the officers and soldiers, Li Mengxi walked away casually because a big event was about to happen.

It is not important at all whether the government and the army want to make peace or not. Similarly, whether Liu Bei can make peace with the government and the army is also not important.

This is the reason why Li Mengxi left everything to Liu Bei, not that his emotional intelligence suddenly became extremely high, so high that he would subtly take care of Liu Bei to save face.

Soon, after dinner, Li Mengxi took his younger brother and sent him back to school.

In the Houjun Zichong Brigade and the Women's and Children's Camp, the teachers set up small wooden boards on the carts, pasted the written papers on the wooden boards with glue, counted the children in their classes, and prepared to start a new day of teaching.

While the war was going on, the women's and children's camp was the same as before the war, and even more peaceful.

Let’s talk about it in two parts.

Li Mengxi led the cavalry and pulled a cart with many newly made flags, and continued to the front to lay out the formation flags.

At the same time, in the army camp, morning had just begun, and the officers and soldiers had not yet noticed anything unusual.

While the officers and soldiers were opening fire to eat, the Zhuozhou Army had already finished their breakfast, and the mobilization order was issued. The Zhuozhou Army's vehicle array, which had been surrounded for several days without moving, suddenly dispersed like a tide.

When the officers and soldiers on alert saw the Zhuozhou Army's changes, they immediately reported it.
To be continued...