Liu Bei asked whether it was a wise strategy to give the world tax for three years in exchange for a breathing space for all the people in the world, and to return the world to peace and tranquility for ten years. He used the incident of asking the Yellow Turbans to accept the surrender of Zhang Jiao's remaining troops as an argument.

Emperor Ling looked at Liu Bei for a long time, frowned and asked, "Huangfu Songyan, you are using your own dignity as a thief, and you have no regard for the imperial court..."

Liu Bei's expression changed and he looked a little confused.

Liu Bei knew in his heart that although he had no intention of rebelling, it was true that he wanted to recruit rebels and confront the officers and soldiers, but he was afraid that His Majesty would be suspicious. Liu Bei's mind quickly changed, thinking about how to contain the lake.

At this time, Emperor Ling asked curiously, "Ai Qing's command, are there really a hundred thousand soldiers and horses?"

Liu Bei's expression changed slightly, "Seriously."

Emperor Ling's eyes showed his thoughts, "Ai Qing is quite capable of commanding troops. The imperial court uses all the treasury, but only 30,000 troops are trained. However, you can command as many as 100,000 soldiers without the support of the imperial court. You are better than Huangfu Songduo!"

Liu Bei hurriedly said lightly, "Your Majesty, these one hundred thousand soldiers and horses are far worse than the official army's soldiers and horses!"

"Oh? How do you say that?"

Liu Bei explained, "I have one hundred thousand soldiers and horses who were recruited by the Yellow Turban rebels. Zhang Jiao was defeated, and I surrendered 150,000 of his troops. These 150,000 people were mixed with old, weak, women and children. I selected all the men among them."

, ranging from 70 old men to 12, 34, and 4 young men were selected, and they barely got the number of 100,000.

Moreover, the Yellow Turbans are weak and unprepared. The one hundred thousand men have no armor and no soldiers. They can only use wooden spears as weapons and nothing else."

Emperor Ling laughed when he heard what Liu Bei said. He smiled and said, "Haha! Such a shabby manpower is worthy of being called an army?"

Liu Bei laughed twice with Emperor Ling, and then he looked serious and changed his tone and said, "Your Majesty is wrong.

May I ask Your Majesty, if there are 100,000 people with clear organization and clear division of ownership, can this be called an army?"

Emperor Ling frowned and didn't answer.

Liu Bei asked again, "A hundred thousand people can walk and shelter, a hundred thousand people can walk, can travel dozens of miles without any chaos, a hundred thousand people can live in a camp, and can camp in an orderly manner. Can this be called an army?"

Then, Liu Bei asked, "One hundred thousand people can understand orders and know how to advance and retreat. Moreover, the orders are strict and the advance and retreat are orderly. How can this be called an army?"

After three questions, Liu Bei addressed Emperor Ling and said, "Your Majesty, I have one hundred thousand men under my command. Although they are old and weak, and their troops are not prepared, these one hundred thousand men have clear divisions, strict banners, strict military discipline, and neat formations. They are sufficient."

It’s worthy of a battle.”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei smiled proudly and said, "If this were not the case, if the one hundred thousand men and horses of the ministers had no fighting power at all, it would be difficult to force Huangfu Song to fall repeatedly."

Emperor Ling didn't understand military matters, and he didn't understand how Liu Bei's 100,000 beggar soldiers forced Huangfu Song's tens of thousands of elite soldiers to retreat.

Emperor Ling asked all his questions.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and then said to Emperor Ling, "Your Majesty, please bring a roll of white cloth and a set of pen and ink. I will explain it clearly to Your Majesty."

Emperor Ling then ordered the Yu Linshi who was guarding the palace, "Come here with some white silk pen and ink."

Soon, the white silk and pen and ink came. Liu Bei asked two Yu Linshi to pull up the white silk and hang it in the air. Then, Liu Bei began to draw the formation diagram on the white silk.

"Your Majesty, look, this is the first day that General Huangfu Song and my ministers met. General Huangfu Song came rushing forward with his horse army. Halfway through my march, I was preceded by an 800-person vanguard led by my sworn brother Guan Yu.

When the two parties met, Huangfu Song left Chen's own team, ten miles away..."

That day, under Liu Bei's explanation of the first confrontation between the official army and the Zhuozhou Army, Emperor Ling gradually understood the situation.

At that time, after Huangfu Song led the cavalry army and encountered the vanguard of the Zhuozhou Army, the Zhuozhou Army hurriedly sent scouts to report back. The Zhuozhou Army was afraid that the incoming attackers were evil, so they stopped the march on the spot. Then, they hurriedly mobilized their troops and mobilized more than 10,000 horses.

On call.

Liu Bei said that in order to frighten Huangfu Song, after the queue was prepared, it was not very neat. He specially asked people to use a long rope to measure it, and then the queue was neat.

After a while, Huangfu Song came with more than a thousand horse troops to investigate, and Zhuozhou's army of 10,000 people had been prepared, so they slowly pressed forward.

When the two sides confronted each other, Huangfu Song came with light troops. Huangfu Song had few troops and horses, and his troops were not neatly organized when he came in a hurry, and his men and horses were tired from running for a long distance. However, the Zhuozhou army had a huge force and came in slow formation, and the troops were as neat as a mountain.

In this first formation, Huangfu Song was in a state of decline.

Under Liu Bei's extremely detailed explanation while he was painting, Emperor Ling listened with great interest. He felt as if he was immersed in the scene. Even though Emperor Ling didn't know how to fight, he understood clearly that this first formation was clearly a battle.

Huangfu Song underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, only to be defeated.

When Emperor Ling thought about it again, Emperor Ling snorted coldly in his heart. No wonder Huangfu Song opened his mouth and told Zhuozhou to disobey his ministers, but shut his mouth and Zhuozhou army disobeyed his ministers.

But he didn't explain the cause of the conflict, which turned out to be to cover up his own mistakes.

Later, Liu Bei went on to say, "Since Huangfu Song retreated, my military advisors have said that I am afraid that Huangfu Song will lead his troops back and reorganize them, and then he will come back with a large army.

After all, I have recruited many people under my command to subjugate rebellions, and I am also a white man. Huangfu Songgui is the royal general of the imperial court, and he has tens of thousands of elite men under his command. If he wants to wipe out my subordinates if he disagrees with me, should I just surrender and die? Or will I rise?

And resist?

The return of the Yellow Turbans is short, and the subordinates are restrained. The Yellow Turbans' surrendering troops will fight to the death for survival. As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will suffer eight hundred losses. No matter how powerful Huangfu Song's soldiers and horses are, they will suffer a lot of damage.

I was afraid that the imperial army would be destroyed in a useless battle, so I urgently thought of countermeasures."

"The military advisor under his command weighed the pros and cons and said to me, our troops do not want to fight, but Huangfu Song has strong soldiers and horses, eager enemies and thieves, and his will to fight is strong. Therefore, if we avoid the war between the two families, we can only force Huangfu Song to not dare to fight.

, Huangfu Song, who could only be forced, had to seek peace.

Only in this way can we avoid war."

Later, under the great curiosity of Emperor Ling, Liu Xuande drew a formation diagram on white silk and explained how to force peace through war.

Liu Bei said that overnight, he sent his soldiers to sneak around the Huangfu Song camp barefoot with coins in their mouths, and also sent cavalry to run outside the Huangfu Song camp to cover up the disturbance. Overnight, 100,000 people were divided into hundreds and thousands of teams and marched one after another.

After a whole night's work, one hundred thousand soldiers formed a tight circle around Huangfu Song's camp in the dark.

Emperor Ling was greatly enlightened when he heard this.

This is the second formation. Huangfusong underestimated the Zhuozhou Army and was surrounded by the Zhuozhou Army overnight. Huangfusong lost again.

At this point, Emperor Ling thought that Huangfu Song had been defeated due to being heavily surrounded and surrounded by chariot formations.

No, the war is far more complicated than that.

Liu Bei said, "Your Majesty, although I besieged Huangfu Zhonglang, it was not enough to force peace.

Why?

Therefore, although Huangfu Zhonglang is besieged, he may have the intention to rush out, and when he leads his troops to charge, the two families will also start fighting."

Emperor Ling thought about it and asked, "Then, why didn't Huangfu Song rush to kill him? Is he courageless?"

"No." Liu Bei said, "General Huangfu is so brave and brave, how can he be a man without courage? Huangfu Song never charged and killed him, only because of the lobbying efforts of his military advisers.

The military advisor entered Huangfu Song's camp and discussed his interests with Huangfu Song, temporarily dispelling Huangfu Song's desire to fight."

Emperor Ling nodded in understanding.

"General Huangfu is an experienced and prudent man. He knows that there is a camp to defend, and the officers and soldiers have a lot of food and fodder, but the number of hundreds of thousands of ministers is large and the food and fodder are not available. So General Huangfu came up with a plan. He wanted to defend the camp and hold it for a long time.

After a few days, our army ran out of food and fodder and was destroyed without an attack."

"At this point, our army is in trouble. Our army's purpose is to force peace, and we do not want to start a war. However, if we make peace with General Huangfu, General Huangfu hates the Yellow Turbans deeply, and I will also be hated by the Yellow Turbans when I surrender. In addition, I am white.

, Huangfu Zhonglang didn't regard his ministers as important, how could he negotiate peace easily?

And if we want to besiege for a long time, until Huangfu Song has to make peace, our army will not have enough food and grass, but it will be difficult to be trapped for a long time, and we will be faced with a dilemma!"

The huge trouble Zhuozhou Army encountered at that time was told by Liu Bei, which made Emperor Ling frown.

Liu Bei spoke carefully enough and analyzed the situation on both sides clearly enough.

The situation is that Huangfu Song hates thieves to the core and is determined to kill Liu Bei. However, Liu Bei does not want to fight with the officers and soldiers, so he can only force Huangfu Song to dare not fight. However, Huangfu Song has a camp to defend and food and grass.

Huangfu Song was experienced in using troops. He saw that Liu Bei was short of food and grass, so Huangfu Song directly retreated and defended, hoping to drag Liu Bei to death.

At the level of Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling thought this was an insurmountable problem and could not break the situation.

In this dead end, either Liu Bei stormed Huangfu's camp before the food and grass were exhausted, and the wounded soldiers killed by Huangfu Song fled in embarrassment, or he withdrew his troops. However, Liu Bei's troops were unprepared and stormed the stronghold, and the casualties would be huge. If this was the case,

Withdrew, and finally took advantage of Huangfu Song's unpreparedness. Once the car formation that had been surrounded overnight withdrew, Huangfu Song came to kill them one after another, and a fight broke out.

Looking back in hindsight, the two sides did not fight. Why?

Emperor Ling was puzzled and asked Liu Bei what happened.

Liu Bei personally revealed the answer, "I am short of food and grass and cannot hold on for long. In order to avoid war, I can only retreat away from Huangfu Song."

The combination of these two means that within a few days, I will force Huangfu Song to the point where he does not dare to defend and can only flee in embarrassment."

Emperor Ling was even more puzzled. He asked how he could force Huangfu Song to abandon the stronghold and not retreat in embarrassment.

"There is only one method." Liu Bei drew a large circle on the white silk where Huangfu Song's camp was located. "I have 100,000 people under my command. Although they are old and weak, they have a lot of manpower. Although they are unprepared for their troops,

, but there are many farm tools.

The minister mobilized 100,000 people, covered them with car formations, dug trenches and built forts secretly.

Your Majesty may not know that above the battle formation, a trench of half a foot is difficult for infantry to cross, a trench of one foot can stop cavalry, and a trench of two feet is like a natural chasm."

"Huangfu Zhonglang thought that he could hold the stronghold and defend himself until the minister's food and grass were exhausted. He could not retreat, so he dug a deep trench for two days. In two days, the trench was dug for more than ten feet, and the earth was piled into a fortress.

There are chariot formations running across it, so the location is advantageous, making it easy to attack and defend."

"Huangfu Song is well versed in military affairs. He should know that if the stalemate lasts for a day longer, the trenches will be deeper and the earth forts will be higher. The terrain will become stronger and stronger, and the situation of the officers and soldiers will become desperate..."

"I know!" Emperor Ling raised his palm and praised, with an excited look on his face, "Huangfu Song must have been afraid that he would be completely surrounded if he shrank down again, so he lowered his head to negotiate peace and ran away!"

Liu Bei smiled and bowed his hands to Emperor Ling, "Your Majesty's eyes are as bright as a torch, that's true."

Emperor Ling asked, "Have you made peace with Huangfu Song? Are you letting him go?"

"Yes." Liu Bei replied.

"Hey!" Emperor Ling showed regret on his face, and couldn't help but punch the dragon chair with his fist, "Why let him go? It was so hard to surround him to death, it would be better to kill him without leaving any trace of his armor!"

"Cough..." Liu Bei couldn't help coughing. He looked at the Ling Emperor with strange eyes and whispered, "After all, he is a soldier of the imperial court. If he is not an opponent, how can he be like this..."
To be continued...