It was already evening, it was the end of November, it would get dark very quickly, and Huangfu Song, who had been marching for a day, was preparing to set up camp.

Huangfu Song reined in the reins and glanced at the marching team behind him. After a day of walking, the team behind them was still very compact.

Looking further down the road, the Zhuozhou Military Wall is still blocking both sides of the road, motionless.

Huangfusong looked at the Zhuozhou army formation for a long time, but he saw that dozens of steps away from the road, not far nor close, in the wilderness, there were flags erected at intervals, and the Zhuozhou soldiers lined up under the flags, and the gun formations Each section is arranged one after another, and it is neat and tidy to watch.

Now that he had time to take a closer look, Huangfusong discovered details that he had not noticed during the day.

The flags of the Zhuozhou Army were erected as measured. The distance between the flags was almost the same from one end to the other, and each piece was clearly defined. Not only was the distance equal, the flags extended along the road in a long line without any abruptness. Straight forward and straight back.

Combined with the Zhuozhou Military Wall as a whole, the overly neat array is like a city built from the ground. The human wall is the city wall and the flags are the battlements.

Although they were rivals, Huangfu Song carefully looked at the Zhuozhou Army's formation. Huangfu Song lamented that he didn't know how the Zhuozhou Army trained its troops to develop such a tight formation.

Huangfusong thought the problem was complicated.

The Zhuozhou Army was formed not long ago, and the training time was not long. The reason for its tight formation was not at all based on training, nor on soldiers, nor on command, but on opportunities, engineering capabilities, and logistics capabilities.

The so-called advantage is that the Zhuozhou Army trapped Huangfusong for several days. With several days of free time, the Zhuozhou Army had enough time to calmly lay out an ambush and encirclement; the engineering capability was that the measurement could last several days. It is a ten-mile road to find out all the terrain key points along the way, which involves civil engineering work. It is necessary to use ropes to measure each step, and to plant positioning flags at a certain distance. It is no exaggeration to say that the Zhuozhou Army did everything to set up an ambush. This arduous and meticulous measurement work is so precise that it can be directly used to dig canals; as for logistics capabilities, if you want to use ropes to measure roads, you must have enough ropes, enough cars, enough hoes and shovels, and you must have Enough flags.

The Zhuozhou Army's formation was so neat that it was almost abnormal, which shocked Huangfu Song. The key was only the opportunity and logistics.

If the offensive and defensive positions were reversed, and Huangfu Song had to spend several days to lay out an encirclement network dozens of miles long, Huangfu Song could be as neat as the Zhuozhou Army and as neat as a city wall.

However, Huangfu Song really couldn't understand what was going on, so he made things complicated and went to Gaoli to see the Zhuozhou Army.

With Huangfusong's knowledge, Huangfusong saw that the Zhuozhou Army's formation was far superior to that of the official army, saw the dozens of miles long encirclement, and saw that the Zhuozhou Army's tens of thousands of troops were busy mobilizing without any confusion. Huangfusong immediately thought that the Zhuozhou Army was the strongest in the world, Zhuozhou. A military commander who can control tens of thousands of people in an orderly manner is considered a top military commander.

Huangfu Songzheng was deeply afraid of the Zhuozhou army because of his rich experience, familiarity with the art of war, and seeing the various types of the Zhuozhou army.

Fortunately it was Huangfu Song.

If a fool comes to lead the army, that fool has no experience in leading an army and does not understand the art of war.

Then, the Zhuozhou Army's formation was as quiet as a rock. The fool could not see that the Zhuozhou Army was as motionless as a mountain, calm and terrifying. The fool only saw the Zhuozhou Army's lifelessness, and thought that the morale of the Zhuozhou Army was low. Then when the Zhuozhou Army mobilized tens of thousands of troops, there was no chaos at all.

A fool can only see the Zhuozhou Army running back and forth non-stop. The fool will laugh at you. After running for a day, let's see if you still have the strength to fight.

That's how he beat the old master to death with random punches.

The law of war is that sometimes courage is more important than anything else.

The old master with rich experience and resume can understand everything and know all the vital points, but he knows everything. He sees the danger here and the vital point there, but he is afraid because of it; while the stupid young man leads the troops.

, I don’t know the heights of the sky, and I am fearless. It is precisely this fearlessness that allows me to run rampant and sometimes defeat the enemy.

Huangfu Song didn't know that Li Mengxi had defeated the officers and soldiers with his initiative and logistics.

Li Mengxi didn't know either. Fortunately, his opponent was Huangfu Song. Fortunately, Huangfu Song was a veteran on the battlefield, with unique vision and proficient military skills. Fortunately, this was the case.

If one day he had to fight against an unintelligent person, then Li Mengxi would know that sometimes any method of frightening the enemy or a step-by-step approach would be completely useless.

Although he used the method of frightening the enemy, the enemy general did not know that his own army's morale was in confusion, and he did not know that his own army's morale was frightened, but he still raised his troops to attack. He was fighting step by step, gaining the upper hand at every step, and making the enemy extremely uncomfortable at every step. If the enemy

The military commander is a wise man, he will not want to start a war, he will make some concessions to regain the advantage, and he will seek safety.

But for a non-smart person, if he is beaten step by step, he does not know that he is at a huge disadvantage, or he feels very good and the whole army is coming.

When fighting against wise men, you can intimidate them, overwhelm them, intimidate them to avoid fighting, and overwhelm them to force them to retreat, so as to achieve the goal of not starting a fight.

However, if the enemy is stunned, he will kill you regardless of intimidation. How annoying and helpless!

Fortunately, the Zhuozhou Army encountered Huangfu Song this time. If they had encountered Xu Chu leading the army, the Zhuozhou Army's plan to force peace with war would have failed.

If Xu Chu had been leading the army, there would have been no future from the day when Zhuozhou’s military chariot formation was encircled. Xu Chu was called a tiger fool, but why is he a tiger fool? Because there was no such thing as a tiger in ancient times. If there is a term for a tiger, Xu Chu would

It's called a tiger.

Xu Chu was a tiger and a tiger, he was stunned, he didn't know how to be afraid, he couldn't turn his head two turns, and he didn't think about the future at all.

The Zhuozhou army surrounded the chariot formation, and Xu Chu was so angry that he led his army to fight out.

Then, the conflict between the Zhuozhou Army and the official army was inevitable.

Assuming that the Zhuozhou Army is bound to become a nuisance to the Han's henchmen.

Then, it is the most important thing to drive out the Zhuozhou Army's wild ambitions as early as possible and let the imperial court take precautions early.

From this, we can draw a strange conclusion.

In the past few days of competition between the official army and the Zhuozhou Army, Xu Chulai would be better than Huangfu Song as the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Huangfu Song was cautious in holding his army, but was restrained and retreated step by step.

Xu Chu was confused and stunned, and was not cautious at all. He fought with the Zhuozhou Army. Instead, he was able to defeat the Zhuozhou Army in the first wave and both sides suffered losses. How could he be restrained step by step later.

Courage is an elusive thing, but it turns out to be the most important thing in war.

The word "courage" is so important that when it is put on the scale, Xu Chu, who has no ability to lead troops at all, and a little bravery, have a much greater weight than Huangfu Song, who is mature and prudent in using troops.

In addition to logistics, military technology, military strength, geographical location and other material factors, the factors that determine the outcome of a war are not less important than logistics, military technology, military strength, geographical location and other factors.

Half of the decisive factors in war are the material basis, and the other half are non-material other things.

But Li Mengxi is still far from understanding this.

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The company had been marching for a whole day, and the soldiers were exhausted, so they decided to set up camp anyway.

In the wilderness, we can only camp along the road.

Huangfu Song ordered the troops to stop, and he went forward, a hundred steps away. In the middle of the road, there were three Zhuozhou Army cavalry formations, with more than ten or twenty cavalry in each formation.

The second formation was waiting, with the head of the cone formation facing the marching ranks of the army.

Huangfu Song walked towards the Zhuozhou Army's cavalry formation, and the Zhuozhou Army's cavalry watched Huangfu Song approaching without any reaction.

Approaching, about three or five steps away, Huangfu Song looked at the indifferent Zhuozhou Army cavalry. Huangfu Song said angrily and funny, "Don't look at it! Our army is about to set up camp!"

Huangfu Song's words meant that the army was about to camp on the road, and the Zhuozhou Army cavalry should be told to move away and not block the road.

The Zhuozhou army cavalry looked at each other and did not move.

The centurion of the leading cavalry called a messenger cavalry and said, "Go and ask the military advisor whether we should also go to camp or watch them."

The cavalry was sent to take orders.

As soon as the march of the officers and soldiers stopped, Li Mengxi and Zhang Fei, who were always monitoring the situation of the officers and soldiers, knew immediately. They even knew that they were about to set up camp before the officers and soldiers.

Huangfu Song had just stopped, but Huangfu Song was still observing the situation around the road, and had not yet started to issue orders to set up camp. As soon as Li Mengxi and Zhang Fei saw the army's marching queue stopping, they immediately guessed Huangfu Song's intention.

This is why Li Mengxi knew the news of the army's encampment earlier than the army.

Precisely because they knew that the enemy had the upper hand, Li Mengxi and Zhang Fei had already moved to the front.

The advance arrangements take into account the details of the arrangements in the evening every day. Unlike the concentration of manpower in the camp, if there is military information, it can be simple and fast to find people according to the flag.

When marching outside, the queue is long, and it takes a long time to run from beginning to end to find someone.

Therefore, in order to specifically facilitate communication in the evening or even after nightfall, Li Mengxi had discussed with Zhang Fei and Liu Bei before, and everyone agreed that in the evening and after nightfall, if all ministries have military information, they should move forward together to find people.

Why is it forward and not backward?

Considering the priorities, because the officers and soldiers are nearby, the probability of military situations happening in the front is much greater than in the rear, so the command system must be placed in the front.

Because the liaison regulations had been arranged in advance, the cavalry was able to find Li Mengxi quickly.

Here, Huangfu Song had just returned and was beginning to direct the camp.

Zhuozhou Army sent an order for the cavalry to follow.

The Zhuozhou Army's messenger cavalry came from Li Mengxi. When they met Huangfu Song, the messenger cavalry said directly, "If we set up camp, we can go 613 steps forward? The 613 steps ahead is a crossroads."

Huangfu Song was surprised. He stared at the Zhuozhou Army cavalry and was surprised twice.

The first thing that surprised me was that the Zhuozhou Army cavalry came out with the exact number of 613 steps. The Zhuozhou Army couldn't measure it step by step. How did they know that it was exactly 613 steps to reach the crossroads?

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The second time he was surprised, Huangfu Song was surprised as to what the Zhuozhou army was planning.

Huangfusong couldn't help but think about it.

If we do not move our troops forward and camp on the same spot, it will take a long time to set up the camp and we will not be able to take care of both the beginning and the end. If the enemy attacks tonight, it may be difficult to defeat them.

If we move our army forward...

Huangfu Song couldn't help but frown.

If we move the army forward and camp on the cross road, we can set up a big tent in the middle, and the soldiers spread out to the four-way road at the crossroads to camp. The length of the camp can be shortened by four times and the strength of the camp can be four times compact. If the enemy attacks tonight,

The troops are compact and the defense is naturally strong.

After thinking carefully, Huangfu Song felt that it would be better to move his army forward than to camp where he was.

Huangfu Song immediately changed his military order and ordered to temporarily stop setting up camp and move forward a little before setting up camp.

After that, Huangfu Song led the army forward. Huangfu Song carefully calculated and estimated the distance. Finally, when he reached the crossroads, Huangfu Song snorted in his heart, "What are six hundred and thirteen steps? It must be seven hundred and fifty steps!"

The number of the Zhuozhou Army was wrong, so Huangfu Song mocked the Zhuozhou Army in his heart.

In fact, the Zhuozhou Army's number was 613 steps, and Huangfu Song's estimate was 750 steps. This does not mean that the Zhuozhou Army's data is inaccurate. On the contrary, the accuracy is about a hundred steps, which is very accurate.
To be continued...