"Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger; if you don't know your enemy but know yourself, you will win and lose every time." Sun Tzu's Conspiracy Chapter
Behind the makeshift deer village fence, several people were raising their ears alertly, looking at something in the pitch-black night.
At this time, the sky has darkened, and the night is like a huge curtain, covering everything. Only a layer of dark red glow is still faintly visible at the end of the road, and a full moon penetrates in and out from the clouds. It illuminates the ground and makes it bright and dark for a while.
The soldiers at the forefront were hiding behind Luzhai, huddled together involuntarily. Since the arrival of autumn, the nights have gradually become colder. They were in a hurry to go on the expedition and did not prepare enough autumn clothes, so they could only rely on single clothes to keep out the cold.
"It's been two-quarters of an hour, why haven't you come yet?" Lu Meng held the handle of the knife tightly in his hand and looked quietly at the dusk at the end of the road. He saw that the trees, birds and animals were all quiet and there was no abnormality. He felt at ease. I can’t help but feel a little regretful: “Could it be?”
"Ziming, please be more relaxed. It's just a battle. What's more, we have been prepared for it and they don't know it at all." Wu Commander Xu Gu came over. His chest was simply bandaged with a strip of cloth. Just now, he and Xu Chu briefly fought. , although he was knocked to the ground, his chest was still scratched with a long gash. Seeing Lu Meng's gloomy look, he said in relief.
"Uncle Xu" Lu Meng turned around and saw Xu Gu. He was talking to Cheng Dang and Song Ding. They both came from the same village. They had a deep friendship. They treated him just like uncles and elders treat their nephews. Now Cheng Dang and Song Ding are uncertain about their lives. , and Xu Gu also suffered trauma. He pursed his lips and had something to say, but it was temporarily choked in his throat.
"It has nothing to do with you." Xu Gu patted Lu Meng's thin shoulder and sighed: "When the three of us came out to enlist in the army, we expected that today would happen. God was so kind to me and even allowed us to kill many people. I’ve made enough money.”
"Uncle Xu." Lu Meng looked up, his eyes flashing with unknown meaning: "Why did you want to be soldiers in the first place?"
"Why? Why should I be a soldier? Isn't it just for a meal?" Xu Gu couldn't help but laugh. After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with saying these words from Lu Meng, a boy who had had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child: "Your family Although he is not a wealthy man, he is from a well-to-do family. Who knew that the world is difficult and many people become soldiers and thieves just to make a living. Of course, there are many men with lofty ideals like you who want to learn from Huo Qiaoqi."
"I don't want to be a Huo Qianqi anymore." Lu Meng shook his head, with a very lonely look on his face, and his words were almost insignificant: "I don't want to be a general anymore."
At this time, a night owl on the tree screamed, which covered Lu Meng's soliloquy. Xu Gu didn't hear clearly for a while and blurted out: "What?"
Lu Meng lowered his head and looked down at the knife handle.
Xu Gu stopped talking. Maybe everyone will have such a period of confusion when they are young. This is a necessary journey for growth. After this period, when you look back, you will find that you were the original person. What a disease-free SNN, but what was he confused about at this time? He seemed to be worried that he would have to deal with cattle in the fields in his life. It seemed that with Cheng Dang, Song Ding and the others were lying on the ridge of the field to witness. A column of knights in gorgeous uniforms passed by, and I felt a sense of loss in my heart after returning.
"The general has an order, be on strict alert, watch your left and right!"
"Have you seen clearly how many people broke through the camp?" Lu Fan looked anxiously at a soldier who escaped from the camp in the rear. The man in front of him was originally staying at the camp in the rear and was responsible for taking care of a small amount of baggage and food.
They only brought more than a thousand people with them on this trip. They didn't have much baggage or food, and they only set up temporary camps. Lu Fan thought that the other party would not leave his people alone, so there was little strategic significance in launching a surprise attack.
A campsite with little value.
But I didn't expect that the opponent's tactics were so weird. What if the opponent captured the temporary camp? Can the situation here be saved? Can Zhang Chao be rescued?
"It was too dark at night. I didn't see clearly. There were about one or two thousand people, and they were all cavalry!" the soldier said hesitantly.
"It would be too unwise for their general to leave the oriole here alone and go attack that useless camp?" Sun Ce smiled disdainfully, his handsome face adding a bit of elegance, and his tone was a bit regretful.
: "Thousands of cavalry were wasted, if they were in my hands"
"Not necessarily." Lu Fan suddenly interrupted in a low voice: "Maybe they took a detour on purpose."
"A detour?" Sun Ce asked in confusion: "The fighter plane is fleeting, but they deliberately detour?"
"Otherwise, how can we explain it?" At this time, Lu Fan had long lost his original calmness. His expression was a little frightened and a little excited under the moonlight: "Runan is so important. The former general will definitely not send a few mediocre troops to support him.
, they must have calculated that we would let Zhang Chao escape, and perhaps also expected that we would not have time to retreat to the city, so we would choose to ambush at the intersection. Therefore, they took their time and chose to leave the main road and take a detour first.
Camp. And since we have been waiting here for a long time and have not seen them arriving, our military morale will definitely slacken. Then they will ride up again and surprise us and attack from the side."
"They can't be so accurate." One of Sun Jian's former generals, Sima Han, said angrily: "How does he know what we will do? What if we choose to return to the city? Then wouldn't they?
All in vain, just breaking through a small camp?"
Lu Fan sighed heavily, closed his eyes slightly, and said: "I deliberately chose to launch troops at dusk because I calculated the timing correctly. Otherwise, I could have waited until Zhang Chao attacked the city in the daytime and then attacked from the side.
It is entirely possible that those generals will know my military habits from this analysis, and will never rush into the city knowing that there is not enough time to give people an opportunity. Therefore, they will calculate our actions and determine this person's intelligence accordingly.
Far better than me."
"What should we do now?" Cheng Pu, who was already planning too much, now convinced Lu Fan and asked.
"It's too late to retreat into the city at this time. Only by continuing to hold on can we have a chance of being invincible." Lu Fan's tone was a little weak. This was the first time that he was not confident in his plan. The other party had already understood him through a few details.
The style of using troops, but he knew nothing about the opponent, which made him feel very powerless: "If they are just on the way to attack the camp, then we should try our best to adjust the fence of Luzhai and concentrate the troops and horses from the northwest to the north.
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"The troops and horses under my command are already in their respective positions, and the formations are set up. Once they are mobilized," Cheng Pu said cautiously, "on the one hand, the formation will be disordered, and on the other hand, there will be no time to set up new deployments."
"There is no time." Lu Fan said helplessly. At this moment, he vaguely regretted why the combat time was so stuck. Otherwise, there would not be any room for change now: "The first priority now is the flanks. As long as we hold our flanks and prevent them from succeeding in their surprise attack, we still have a chance to fight."
Sun Ce nodded. At this time, he could only trust Lu Fan's judgment. So he immediately ordered to try to build a simple Luzhai in the north, and mobilized more than 200 soldiers from his own and Sun Ben's subordinates, with infantry They were armed with swords, shields, spears and spears, arrows on strings, and swords out of sheaths, ready to fight at any time. They also sent scouts with good eyesight at night to visit the front. While waiting, they were not allowed to make any noise or move around. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed immediately.
It seemed that a war was going to happen here. The moon rarely peeked out from between the clouds. The bright moonlight illuminated the earth for a while. Even people who couldn't see clearly at night could distinguish the surrounding environment. .
This was a good time for both parties, but Lu Fan was riding on the horse, his expression a little unclear. He cast an inquiring gaze into the woods to the west, as if there was some kind of ghost hidden in the quiet woods, maybe it was He was overthinking, how could the opponent divide his forces and outflank his own camp after defeating it? The time spent in the process was simply not enough. He shook his head, secretly thinking that he must have been overthinking.
Maybe even if it was true, he couldn't spare the extra troops to cover both ends. He couldn't take this risk and could only put all his chips in the north. He was sure that the opponent would definitely attack from the north with all his strength.
Lu Fan quietly thought about the plan and suddenly sighed, thinking that if he could go back safely this time, he should find a qualified counselor for Bo Fu.