Lord Xinling said in surprise: "The general's plan was decided the night before. There is only room for a thousand troops in the small town, so we took all the army commanders to fill them, but one of them is worth ten, so we ordered to guard the small town."

Mang Mao said: "What I said the night before was to use military soldiers alone. I ordered four thousand civilian troops to be added outside the city, but it is embarrassing."

Lord Xinling said: "What is the explanation for this statement? Why can only military soldiers be able to do the job, and thousands of civilian troops are involved in the rebellion?"

Mang Mao said: "Young master, I don't know that the civilian army is a ragtag group of people. If there are no soldiers to supervise the battle, who will come forward? Four thousand civilian troops, supervising one battalion of soldiers will not guarantee that they will fight to the death, let alone no one to supervise the battle. Now there is only one soldier to supervise the battle."

Although the school is an elite one, it cannot bear the two responsibilities. Therefore, I am worried!"

"The military flags and orders are useless? Every soldier, battalion, and school is controlled by military soldiers. I would rather not help!"

"Young master, you don't know something. The people and the army are all ignorant people in the countryside. Who is afraid of the orders of loyalty and filial piety! The enemy is strong, the elders flee first, and the fellow villagers disperse in a panic. There are only a few soldiers and camps. How can the principal do anything! He must have an axe.

Those who run behind will surely die, so they can fight forward and survive in death."

"I see, Wuji has learned the lesson! How can the general defeat the enemy with just soldiers?"

Mang Mao pointed to the wilderness to the west of the city and said: "I have heard from the past that from the enemy camp to Xiaoyi, there are dense ditches. If the ditches are used as the boundary, each camp will set up a fence, thirty or fifty steps apart, and twenty or thirty fences can be erected. Military soldiers

Four columns, just shoot with strong crossbows behind the fence, and then move to the next fence. In this way, the warriors can fire twenty or thirty arrows, and after one or two hours, the damage will be small. Then stick to the small town,

The enemy has been damaged and his courage has been shattered; our army will surely arrive and we should be able to defeat the enemy."

Lord Xinling said: "The general will succeed, Wuji will take the lead!"

"But now, the young master will drive the sheep to attack the tigers and wolves. I am afraid that things will not be harmonious."

Before he finished speaking, he saw from a distance that Mr. Cao, Mr. Jin and other guests who were looking at the terrain on the way were walking back. Lord Xinling said: "The incident started with me, and I will take responsibility for it myself. If a war breaks out,

I regard you as a frontman, and you are fortunate enough to be a small town in my town."

Mang Mao said: "Young master, I am in front of you. What do you think you have?"

Lord Xinling said: "I don't have any great ideas. I am just brave enough to fight! The food in the mansion is ready. General, please help yourself. My husband and I will inspect each camp."

Mang Mao said: "Master, don't you want to eat first?"

Lord Xinling said: "Just bring in some grains along the way."

The two walked down the city tower surrounded by the retainers. Mang Mao took the people back to the city lord's palace. Lord Xinling said to Zhong Yue: "Bring out all the gentlemen who can be brought out, leaving only a few to take charge of the general affairs in the city. After a while,

Meet in the square outside the city. Bring some grain for use on the road."

Zhong Yue then entered the mansion. Lord Xinling came out of the city, met Mr. Cao and his party, and asked, "What is Mr. Cao's plan?"

Mr. Cao's face looked a bit wrong: "I have traveled ten miles, but I can't see any trace of the Qin army! There seems to be no war today!"

Lord Xinling's face also changed. He remembered that although he could see Hao Mountain from the city, he didn't seem to see the dust raised when a large group of people marched. It was just because he was talking to Mang Mao at the time that such an obvious anomaly occurred.

I actually ignored it, but now that Mr. Cao mentioned it, I just remembered it.

At this time, Zhongyue and other retainers also followed him out of the city, bringing grains with them. Lord Xinling felt embarrassed and asked, "What do you two gentlemen have to say?"

Mr. Cao and Jin said: "If you don't know where the enemy is coming from, how can you plan an attack?"

Zhong Yue asked: "What difficulties did you two encounter?"

Before the two of them could speak, Lord Xinling asked Zhongyue: "Mr. Shicai, when you were on the city, did you ever see dust and smoke rising anywhere?" Zhongyue shook his head blankly. Lord Xinling turned to the other guests: "Gentlemen, can you?

Have you ever seen dust and smoke?" Those who followed the city's retainers all replied: "Never!"

Lord Xinling said hurriedly: "Please invite General Mang!" while leading the retainers up to the city.

Soon Mangmao also came to the city and asked Lord Xinling: "Why do you want me to call you?"

Lord Xinling said: "I accidentally remembered that there seems to be no trace of the Qin army in the city. Why is this?"

Mang Mao also looked around and said to Lord Xinling: "My lord, I have a clear conscience. Now only the Beimang Pass in the northwest is blocked by the smoke and dust of our army. It is difficult to see. There is indeed no whereabouts of the Qin army in other directions. I think

, Firstly, the Qin army may have come from Xingbei to follow our army, which is exactly what they want; secondly, Qin is still in Beimang, so the Qin army is only sending out money and food this time, and they are bargaining with the Luoyang people."

"What about the third one?" Lord Xinling asked seemingly casually.

"Third? I am stupid and difficult to fathom. I hope you can give me some advice!"

Lord Xinling said to himself: "There must be three, there must be... No matter what, the Qin army will not appear in the small town today, will the general do it?"

Mang Mao looked around, calculated with his fingers, and said: "If the Qin army marches out of Yingbeiwei, our army will confront the rear army today. The small town is far away from the battlefield and may avoid the front. If we are still in Luoyang,

Needless to say, there is no war for the time being."

Lord Xinling said: "This is very good. Our army has one more day to reorganize its ranks and fight the next day, which increases the chance of victory by 10%. General, please come back to your residence temporarily after your hard work. If you have any doubts, come back for advice."

Mang Mao bowed and retreated, thinking secretly: "What is this!"

Lord Xinling led his retainers down to the city again. He left the city and stood beside the haystack, saying, "Gentlemen, you have seen that there is no Qin army outside the city. There will be no fighting today. Gentlemen assigned to each camp, please go back first."

After that, I will patrol the camps everywhere. It is necessary to stabilize the morale of the troops and boost their morale."

The guests who came back from the camp all bowed and left. Lord Xinling asked Cao, Jin and others, "Gentlemen, you are inspecting the terrain. Can you teach me?"

Mr. Cao said: "Mr. Jin thinks that the terrain here is quite favorable and can withstand ten thousand armies."

Lord Xinling said: "Please teach me, Mr. Jin."

Mr. Jin said: "Although this place is called a wilderness, it is actually crisscrossed by ditches, making it difficult for vehicles and horses to pass through. It is difficult for large groups to form formations, so they have to move in small groups. Most of the rivers flow north and are blocked from east to west. It is difficult for the enemy to attack from west to east, but our army is like this

If you cross the river from the lower reaches, you can point directly at the enemy's flank."

Lord Xinling said: "The Qin army comes from the west and is blocked by ditches. If it turns to the south, what strategy will be used to respond?"

Mr. Jin said: "The Qin army will not dare to turn south."

Lord Xinling said: "But why?"

Mr. Jin said: "Xiaoyi is thirty miles to the south and is close to the Great Wall. Qin Duan cannot provoke me by being surrounded by enemies."

Lord Xinling said: "Sir's words suddenly make you stupid!"

Mr. Jin said: "I dare to honor you. Not only that, Mr. Cao has a strategy to defeat the enemy."

Lord Xinling said, "I really hope that Mr. Xinling can teach me."

Mr. Cao said: "I briefly reported my foolish opinion to the emperor last night, and now I have received Mr. Jin's golden words to make up for the shortcomings of the minister. I have a hundred elite soldiers, and I will be able to hold off the Qin army for half a day."

Lord Xinling praised: "How magnificent! I have ordered each battalion to select the best soldiers. Only one or two out of a hundred will be selected soon. Mr. Cao can supervise and lead them to prepare for war."

Mr. Cao said: "How dare you disobey your orders! Your Majesty, you can sit in the city and watch Cao defeat the enemy!"
Chapter completed!