On the wild plains, thousands of horses galloped like thunder, heading west in a mighty manner.
After crossing the Wei River from the south bank of Xiting, it is only about 20 kilometers to Gaoling.
From a distance, I could see Zhang Fei's camp stationed outside Zuofengyi City, with flags fluttering and cavalry cruising in the camp.
Because it was already approaching evening and it was already dark, Zhang Fei's rangers could be seen as sentry posts for miles.
Upon seeing cavalry approaching, sentries immediately stood up to intercept them.
"who?"
A small group of rangers were about a few dozen feet away from them, shouting questions.
Zhao Yundao: "The Prime Minister is here."
The sky has not yet completely darkened, the twilight is deep, the setting sun reflects the sunset, and the standard equipment of the Black Armor Heavy Cavalry can be vaguely seen in the gray world.
The captain of the Ranger team rode over alone, saw Chen Mu at close range, and quickly dismounted and knelt on one knee: "Four Generals!"
The names for Chen Mu in the Qingzhou Army are not uniform. Old people like A Da A Er, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Hu Ping, Hu Yong and others usually call him "Four Generals", and a few people call him "Shang Shu Ling".
Most people would call his current official position "Prime Minister of Qi".
Judging from the names, it can reflect the time when some people joined the Qingzhou Army. Since this ranger captain dared to call Chen Mu "Four Generals", it means that he was also the oldest person who followed Liu Bei.
Chen Mu had a good memory and recognized this man as one of the veterans recruited by Liu Bei when he was the prime minister of Jinan. He nodded and said, "Where is my third brother?"
"Third General..."
The team leader hesitated for a moment. He didn't know that Chen Mu would come to check the post. He hesitated and said: "The third general has been yelling and cursing outside the city all day today. He may be tired. Let's rest in the camp."
Who is Chen Mu?
When it comes to cunning, Jia Xu and Sima Yi can only be compared to him. At a glance, he could see that the captain's eyes were evasive and his expression was strange. He immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Are you really just resting? You can't be drinking in a bar."
"I don't know. I've been out patrolling all day today and haven't returned to the camp."
The squad leader hurriedly explained.
Seeing that he was so contradictory that he was almost speechless, Chen Mu's face turned dark immediately, he slapped his horse's butt, and walked towards Zhang Fei's camp without saying a word.
It's really outrageous that a large army is still drinking while they are fighting.
Recalling that Zhang Fei had many problems due to drinking in history, Chen Mu's face became even darker.
If his plan was ruined because of Zhang Fei, he wouldn't even know what to do.
Deal with it, that's your third brother.
If we don't deal with it, the soldiers below will definitely complain a lot.
If military law is not strict, how can we still command the three armies?
No wonder Big Brother treats his subordinates with kindness, but there is probably nothing he can do about it.
If you are lenient in disciplining yourself, how can you be strict in disciplining others?
Because he couldn't control Zhang Fei, when other generals made mistakes, they could only give advice but could not impose strict requirements.
Running all the way, Chen Mu slowed down and simply walked slowly like a step.
Even though he had already seen Zhang Fei's camp from a distance, it was a plain area after all, and the actual sight had a lot to do with the distance. If you could see it, it didn't necessarily mean you were close.
There are still several kilometers in between, so if you walk more slowly, it may take more than ten or twenty minutes.
Chen Mu knew very well that the members of the Ranger Team must have gone to report the news to Zhang Fei, so he gave Zhang Fei a certain amount of time to clean up the mess and get down the stairs, otherwise everyone would see that scene, which would be bad for everyone.
This is high emotional intelligence.
"Niu Fu has been guarding the city for the past few days and has not come out."
Along the way, Chen Mu asked the captain of the ranger team about the past few days.
Hearing his words, Chen Mu nodded: "It's expected."
Niu Fu is not necessarily afraid of Zhang Fei, but he is afraid of Gongsun Zan.
If he was not sure whether Gongsun Zan would arrive in time to support him, he would never choose to go out of the city to face Zhang Fei.
"Zuofeng Yicheng has a high wall and is difficult to attack. How can the Prime Minister defeat Niu Fu?"
Zhao Yun next to him asked curiously.
Chen Mu chuckled lightly and said: "It's quite simple. Since Niu Fu won't leave the city during this period, then tomorrow I will ask the third brother to directly break up the camp and go to Chang'an. As long as we pretend to attack Chang'an, Niu Fu will definitely send out, so we will cooperate
Gongsun Bogui's army will attack from both front and rear, and Niu Fu will be defeated."
This is hitting seven inches.
The city of Chang'an is too wide and is easier to fight than Zuo Fengyi. Dong Zhuo is still in the city. If I go to fight, will Niu Fu come and save me?
If you don't save him, your father-in-law will be gone.
Save, then you are gone.
Dilemma, let's see what you can do.
However, from Chen Mu's point of view, Niu Fu probably wouldn't have thought that far ahead.
When he saw Zhang Fei going to Chang'an, he most likely just thought about preparing to sneak attack on Zhang Fei's ass, but he never thought that he would also be robbed from his hometown.
Hearing Chen Mu's words, Zhao Yun suddenly seemed to see the sun through the clouds, and said with admiration: "The plan of the Prime Minister is really far-sighted."
"hehe."
Chen Mu smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need to say flattery. When encountering problems in the future, you must use your brain more. Don't think about the problem one-sidedly. You must observe the overall situation from another perspective. For example, Niu Fu may not leave the city, but he must not
If we don't save Chang'an, we will force him to leave the city for a decisive battle."
"I understand, Yun will keep it in mind."
Zhao Yun nodded seriously. These words were still very important to him, because learning some ways of thinking about problems and logical thinking would help him to respond favorably to various emergencies when he leads an army in the future.
After about twenty minutes, a ranger team leader provided the pass code along the way, and the group finally arrived outside Zhang Fei's military camp. The camp was quiet, and except for the soldiers on patrol, everyone seemed to be asleep.
The time now is almost three quarters of dusk, that is, around eight o'clock in the evening. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. At eight o'clock in the evening, it is completely dark, and only the torches in the camp are shining.
If it were in later generations, eight o'clock in the evening would be very early, and the nightlife had just begun, and young people would not go to bed until two or three o'clock until two or three o'clock.
But in ancient times, people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. This time was just the time to prepare for bed.
Therefore, Chen Mu was not surprised to see that the camp was quiet.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After entering the camp gate, the gatekeeper immediately came over and said: "Four Generals."
"Well, where is my third brother?"
"over there."
General Pi pointed to the distance.
Chen Mu looked over and saw that it was a low rammed earth wall in the front village.
The ancient camp structure was made up of wooden fences and earth walls. It is not surprising that there are low walls in the camp.
It's just that Zhang Fei didn't stay in his tent, so what was he doing under the low wall outside?
Are you peeing after drinking too much?
Chen Mu was confused and drew his horse to prepare to go over.
General Pi said, "Four generals, please dismount and be quiet and don't make any noise."
"Why is this?"
Chen Mu didn't understand.
General Pi smiled and said, "You will know when the fourth general arrives."
Chen Mu thought for a while and concluded that since he was already at Zhang Fei's place, there was no danger, so he ordered Xuan Jia's heavy horse to wait outside the camp while he and Zhao Yun dismounted and went over.
The direction they came from was the east, which meant that they entered from the back gate of the camp and walked all the way to the front camp in the west.
The defensive structure in front of the village consists of earthen walls and fences, like a small city, facing the Zuofengyi Middle Gate.
Although the defense capability is obviously not as good as that of a regular city, it is still decent.
In fact, of course all this was not Zhang Fei's handiwork.
Zhang Fei didn't have the ability to make a camp so watertight and orderly. In addition to Zang Ba, he also had Tian Feng in the camp this time.
So these are all Tian Feng's ideas.
After all, Zhang Fei is a person who respects the scholar-bureaucrats. Tian Feng promoted talents in his early years and was once a censor. He is a standard scholar-official class. Zhang Fei naturally respects him very much and listens to his opinions.
Chen Mu tiptoed over and saw a dark figure squatting under a low wall from a distance. Behind him were rows of fully armed soldiers.
"Fourth brother, this way!"
Zhang Fei waved to him gently, indicating for him to come over.
Chen Mu came all the way and had already noticed the scene in the camp. The soldiers were patrolling and on duty normally, but there were countless ambushes lurking in the dark. They couldn't be seen from the outside. They could only be noticed from inside.
This shows that Zhang Fei seems to be setting up an ambush.
Chen Mu was confused for a moment, so he walked over and whispered: "Third brother, a few days ago you said you ambushed Niu Fu, and now you are ambushing him again?"
"Yes, the military advisor said that Niu Fu will definitely be fooled."
Zhang Fei said confidently.
"oh?"
Chen Mu became interested and asked: "Why do you see it?"
It is said that people will never step into the same river twice. Niu Fu has suffered a loss once. No matter how stupid a person is, he should know that he will not be fooled a second time.
Zhang Fei said proudly: "After ambushing him that day, I provoked and cursed him outside the city every day. I also drank in front of Niu Fu and the others. I returned to the camp drunk every day. The military advisor said that Niu Fu and the others must have thought that I was dead.
If you relax your vigilance, you won’t set up another ambush, but you don’t know that this is another trap.”
Good guy, Tian Yuanhao is pretty good, and he can also use his personal characteristics to make plans.
When Chen Mu heard this routine, he thought it was quite good.
It is not a secret that Zhang Fei loves drinking. During the six months when the Kwantung Army was at Hulao Pass, Gongsun Zan bought Youzhou high-quality wine and the princes drank it every day and had banquets every day. It was very unpleasant.
It's just that distilled liquor is, after all, ordinary liquor that has been purified and then added with water to reduce the alcohol content. Even if the alcohol content has been lowered, it is still a liquor that starts at at least 30 or 40 degrees.
Therefore, no matter how much the princes like it, they can only taste it briefly and dare not be greedy. Only Zhang Fei is famous for his drinking. Occasionally, when he drinks too much and becomes drunk, he goes to provoke and abuse outside Hulao Pass. Even Dong Jun
Everyone knows he is a drunkard.
After setting up the ambush that day, in the eyes of Niu Fu and Dong Jun in the city, Zhang Fei was proud of his victory. He provoked and cursed outside the city every day, drank heavily in front of them, and remained drunk every day.
In this way, Niu Fu must have felt that Zhang Fei had underestimated the defenders in the city when he won the battle. The defense in the camp was lax. After maintaining this situation for many days, it was indeed very possible for him to leave the city and attack again.
In fact, Zhang Fei has been lurking like this for two days. Starting yesterday, he set up an ambush in the camp, but Niu Fu did not come yesterday.
Today he went out to scold him again as usual, and then drank in front of Dong Jun.
But it was real wine a few days ago, and fake wine these two days, so Zhang Fei pretended to be drunk and came back just to see if Niu Fu had the guts to make a sneak attack today.
So what is Ushisuke doing now?
He is opening the city gate.
Lines of soldiers quietly went out from the west gate, then gathered together and headed towards Zhang Fei's camp.
Night blindness was indeed serious in the ancients, but Zhang Fei's camp lit torches at night, and the lights in the camp were brightly lit, shining like fireflies in the dark. Anyone who was not a fool could see the direction, so it was not a problem at all.
"Hurry up!"
Under the urging of officers at all levels, Dong Jun slowly moved closer to the camp.
When they were close, about a few hundred meters away, a fire was suddenly raised as a signal. Immediately, there were shouts of killing outside the camp. Niu Fu had really come to attack.