In mid-August, Yuan Shao's vanguard army had already arrived at the front line, and at the same time he sent several forces to attack three counties in the northwest of Qingzhou at the same time.

Liu Bei's tactical strategist Xun You suggested that we should adopt the strategy of retreating slowly to lure the enemy deeper.

Tian Feng, another tactical strategist, suggested to Zhang Fei in Ling County that he could attack Beiqiu from the side and pretend to attack Yuan Shao's rear, forcing Yuan Shao to divide his troops to rescue him, while in fact the main force would return to attack Xiajin.

Both Liu Bei and Zhang Fei adopted their opinions. Liu Bei sent Zhang Liao Taishi Ci as the vanguard and stationed at a pavilion about fifteen miles west of E County. This place is Xiban of E County. The terrain is low and there is a large area of ​​farmland under the slope.

, there is a forest to the north, and the dilapidated pavilions and houses have long been deserted.

Zhang Liao was sitting under a ditch to rest. When he saw Taishi Ci approaching, he sat down a little and made room for him. Taishi Ci took an oilcloth and a water bag in his hand, handed them over and said: "First

Eat something, we don’t know when the enemy will come."

"The Military Intelligence Department said that Yuan Shao sent the vanguard general Chunyu Qiong and the accompanying military advisor Guo Tu with 8,000 troops to Xiajin. They have arrived on the west bank of the Majia River. This Tingzhai has a branch of the Pu River and should be only more than ten miles away from the Majia River.

Alright."

"To be precise, it should be fourteen miles away. The Majia River flows from the northwest of E County to the east, dividing Xiajin and E County into two. The mouth of the crossing is called Peifukou, which is exactly half the distance from this village to E County.

"

"The military adviser asked us to ambush here, saying that he took advantage of the enemy's mentality that no one would ambush us after crossing the river, but I always feel that it is better to ambush by the river."

Zhang Liao tore the large piece of beef jerky in the oil cloth into two halves, divided half of it into Tai Shici's, and chewed it up with the water in the water bag.

Xun You asked them not to ambush by the river, but under the Xiangting slope far away from the river. The tactics used were exactly the same as Chen Mu's tactics used to defeat Zhang He in Shanyang.

He didn't set up an ambush in the right place, but he set up an ambush in a place where he shouldn't be.

This tactic was often used by General Xu, the later founding general of the People's Republic of China. The principle is very simple, that is, when the enemy passes by the terrain where an ambush is easy, he will carefully search around to prevent the enemy from ambush here.

And when they find that there is no ambush in a dangerous place, they will take it for granted that the enemy has not set up an ambush at all, and thus relax their vigilance.

If we attack at this time, we can easily defeat them.

But Zhang Liao still felt that it would be better to make a surprise attack by the river. Isn't it much better to attack the enemy halfway across the river than to fight in an encounter in the wild?

But since it was an order given by the military advisor, he would carry it out and there was nothing to object to.

Zhang Liao unconsciously touched a long and ferocious scar on his arm. Since he followed Ming Gong in the wild king in the sixth year of Zhongping, he has also been under Liu Bei for nearly ten years. He has been fighting in the north and south for many years. He has several scars on his body, especially on his arms.

This section is the most seriously injured.

Many of the brothers who followed him fell on the battlefield, but he was the only one who was still alive.

There was no one who would die during the march and battle. Zhang Liao was quite open-minded, but the hundreds of old soldiers from Bingzhou who had followed him to defect to Liu Bei had already been killed and injured, which made him quite emotional.

"Do you think Yuan Shao is a fool? Chunyu Qiong has fought with us several times and has never won. Last time we almost lost Ganling. The military advisor said that this person is mediocre and cannot lead an army at all. Yet Yuan Shao actually sent

If he becomes the vanguard general, will there be no one left in Jizhou?"

Taishi Ci did not ask Zhang Liao why he did not go to the river to ambush, but changed the subject and talked about Chunyu Qiong. Since Duke Ming had already agreed with Xun You's tactics, it was not a good thing to talk about him behind his back.

Zhang Liao thought for a while and sneered: "I heard that Chunyu Qiong is from the Yingchuan family. His father was once the prefect of Chenliu. He must be just a second-generation ancestor relying on the family to appoint his son."

"If I were that Yuan Shao, I would definitely kill this man. He has repeatedly ruined important things. Why should such a man stay in the army?"

"Won't we just send him here to die this time?"

"Haha, if that's true, I have to admire Yuan Shao's wisdom."

Taishi Ci laughed loudly, and the two of them ate their luncheon meat slowly while drinking water, while lying on the ground and chatting jokingly.

In fact, they didn't know that after the Ganling City incident, Yuan Shao almost killed Chunyu Qiong.

It's just that the Chunyu Qiong family is indeed a small and medium-sized family in Yingchuan. There have been several eunuchs in the family, and they have a very good relationship with the Guo family. Therefore, Chunyu Qiong defected to Yuan Shao with Guo Tu in his early years, and he also served in Yuan Shao's position.

Jizhou had contributed a lot when he was a herdsman.

Guo Tu has now become a favorite of Yuan Shao. The Yingchuan faction is not strong in Jizhou. Chunyu Qiong is the representative of the Yingchuan faction in the army, so Guo Tu must save his life and let him serve as a vanguard to perform meritorious deeds.

Therefore, it is not really that Yuan Shao likes Chunyu Qiong very much, but that he has no choice. This man is not capable. Who told him that he is from Yingchuan and has a good family background?

While the two were chatting, a soldier not far away suddenly rolled over and crawled to the bottom of the ditch. He crouched and said to them: "Two generals, here they are. They have just crossed the river. There are a thousand people exploring at the front.

There are thousands of people behind us, we will soon reach Pu Township, there are still three or four miles to go."

"Ready to fight."

Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao quickly swallowed the food in their mouths into their stomachs, then quickly touched the weapons at their waists, stood up, and slowly lay down on the slope, with a head sticking out among the weeds, staring into the distance.

The road at the entrance of Chuxiangting Village.

The location they were on was just a low slope, only one foot above the ground. The surrounding basil on the slope was more than one meter high. The field had long been barren and overgrown with weeds.

Among the basil bushes, heavily armed soldiers quietly walked up the slope. They were crouching under the west bank, with only their heads exposed among the grass. They were about ten feet away from the road to the entrance of the village. They turned out to be some soldiers from the village.

The fields and vegetable plots were now deserted, with only foxtail grass still swaying in the wind.

About two-quarters of an hour later, a line of soldiers and horses appeared at the end of the road at the entrance of the village.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! First there were three or five, and then in groups, forming a long winding snake, slowly passing through the woods to the north, and following the road into the village. And behind there were more

There was a large group of men and horses, and the general at the front was riding a tall horse, and his armor was very dazzling in the army.

This general was none other than Chunyu Qiong, who had made meritorious deeds. He was demoted from general to partial general, and then from partial general to captain. Now his life was miserable, so he became very vigilant and did not dare to be as careless as before.

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When he was crossing the Majia River before, he was cautious and sent a thousand people across the river first. After searching everywhere for a long time, he battled wits and courage with the air to make sure that no one on the other side of the river dared to cross.

Now they have arrived at the ambush of Zhang Liao Taishi Ci. When they saw the village from a distance, one of Chunyu Qiong's army commanders said to him: "General, there is a village ahead. It should be Pu Township, which is already far away from Yi County."

Less than fifteen miles away, Ming Gong asked us to find a camp outside the city first, and this place is just right."

"Well, let's set up camp here today. Tomorrow we will wait for Ming Gong's army to cross the Majia River before heading to Yi County."

Chunyu Qiong looked around. There was a forest to the north, a high and low slope to the south, some dilapidated villages in the distance, and a few low hills further away. There seemed to be people living under the mountains, so he pointed there and said

: "I see that the houses over there are not in ruins and seem to be inhabited. I sent people to arrest a few people to ask about the situation."

"only!"

The army commander took the order and left.

Another Army Sima said: "General, this is very close to Yi County. Do you think there will be an ambush?"

Chunyu Qiong laughed and said: "As long as we cross the Majia River, there will definitely be no more ambushes."

"Why?"

Army Sima asked curiously, wondering why Chunyu Qiong was so sure.

Chunyu Qiong said confidently: "Think about it, if the Qingzhou Army wants to set up an ambush, it can only do so in a dangerous place. The Majia River is the only place where it can be halfway across and attack. If there is no ambush there, there will naturally be no one behind.

.Because after crossing the river, there is a flat plain. Although there are some woods, these woods are not big. How many people can be hidden? It is impossible for anyone to ambush."

"I see."

The military commander gave a thumbs up and said: "The general has a clever plan, and my subordinates admire it."

"Pass my order to enter and settle in Pu Township."

Chunyu Qiong gave an order and ordered the army behind to start entering.

He would never have thought that there were thousands of people hiding under these high and low slopes.

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici watched Yuan Jun's vanguard begin to enter the village, and they couldn't help but tighten their weapons.

"Wenyuan, what do you say?"

Taishi Ci turned his head and looked at Zhang Liao: "I'll go back to my headquarters first. Will you charge first or should I charge first?"

"I rush!"

Zhang Liao visually measured the distance. The enemy had begun to enter the village. He was looking at Chunyu Qiong's position. If he was close, he hoped to rush up and stab the general to death.

"good."

Taishi Ci didn't say anything more. He squatted down, followed the path under the ditch, ducked into the dense basil bushes, and walked towards the men and horses he led.

They did not hide in the village, because when normal people enter the village, they will first scan the houses to see if there are any enemies hiding there. The small woods to the north are also not good. These are places where others will subconsciously think that people are hiding.

To come up with something unexpected, it must be hidden in a corner that no one expected.

The field ravine outside the village is an unexpected place for ordinary people. In history, Cao Cao defeated Wen Chou by scattering the baggage on the roadside, and then sent people to hide under the south slope of the road. When Wen Chou's army went to snatch the baggage, he waved the military flag and Xu

Akira and others got on their horses and defeated the enemy.

If you still don’t understand the impact of such high and low slopes on poor vision, you should have played the later-generation chicken-fighting game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”. A small soil slope half a meter high. If you lie down on it, the enemy will not be able to see it. Shooting

No, it's the same principle.

To put it simply, the thousands of people led by Zhang Liao and Tai Shici were all Voldemort lying in the grass in the wheat field. Who would have thought that there would be thousands of people hiding in the field covered with basil, where the field of vision was poor and invisible.

Woolen cloth?

Chunyu Qiong's army slowly entered the village. As they expected, the soldiers entered various houses and searched to see if anyone was hiding.

Some soldiers went to the foot of the hill further northeast. There used to be some remaining people there, but Liu Bei later moved them to the plains to settle down, so there is no one there now. But since the enemy is willing to divide his troops, then

It could not be better.

"Ready to fight!"
To be continued...