Can I get to the other side?

Yizhou, Jiandi.

Cao Hong had led his troops to attack Jiandi for quite some time, but he still could not conquer this dangerous pass where one man could block the pass and ten thousand men could not break through.

This made him extremely anxious.

"My lord only gave me two months to take Yizhou, but now the two months have passed, let alone Yizhou, I have not even been able to conquer Jiandi."

"What can I do?"

In the military tent, Cao Hong was frowning.

He had led troops to fight for many years, but this time, facing this 30-li Jiandi, he felt helpless for the first time.

Not to mention that he only had 20,000 men and horses, even if the number doubled, it would take a lot of effort to attack.

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

The danger of Jiandi is so dangerous that even birds cannot cross it!

Cao Xiu, who was standing by, heard this and said, "The reinforcements sent by the lord will arrive today. Let's try to attack again in a few days."

"Yesterday, the news came that the army of the false emperor has already moved south, so we must hurry to capture Yizhou, so as to relieve the pressure on the lord."

Cao Hong sighed, and then wondered, "Jiandi is so dangerous, how did Liu Bei capture it?"

After seeing that Jiandi was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he became more and more puzzled about Liu Bei's capture of Jiandi. How did Liu Zhang lose the entire Yizhou in just a few months while defending such a dangerous place?

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out.

Cao Xiu was actually curious about this question, but when he learned about it, he realized that Liu Bei's success was something they could not replicate.

Liu Bei was able to break through Jiandi because Liu Zhang was stupid, and Liu Bei would not make the same mistake.

As the two were talking, a young general walked into the tent and reported to Cao Hong: "General, the reinforcements have arrived at the camp. How should we settle them?"

Not long ago, Cao Cao sent 20,000 reinforcements to help.

They have just arrived.

Cao Hong was thinking about conquering Jiandi. Hearing this, he said without raising his head: "Let's camp in the mountains and forests, and move the army's camp in."

"It's the hottest time of the year now, so it's better to go into the mountains to avoid the heat."

It's already the end of June, and the weather during the day is very hot, like a furnace. It's hard to bear such heat without finding a cooler place to escape the heat.

The young general was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a moment, he bowed his hands and said: "General, this is not appropriate, right?"

Cao Hong frowned, looked up at the young general, and said coldly: "What's wrong? Didn't you hear what the general said?"

"Just do it, why are you talking so much nonsense!"

He was already in a bad mood because he couldn't conquer Jiandi, and as a result, this mere general dared to question his decision, which made him very angry.

"General, please calm down."

The young general bowed slightly and continued: "General, it's dry today. If we move the camp into the mountains, once the enemy launches an attack and uses fire attack, our army will suffer heavy losses."

"So I think it's better not to camp in the mountains, so as not to..."

Before he finished speaking, a wine bottle flew over and hit him directly on the head, and the wine in it splashed on his face.

Cao Hong was furious, pointing at him and yelling, "Shut up! Who do you think you are? How dare you tell me what to do?"

"Come here! Drag this guy who disobeyed military orders out and give him eighty strokes of the cane!"

If it was Cao Xiu who spoke, he would still listen.

After all, this was what Cao Cao had told him before he left, asking him to follow Cao Xiu's lead in all matters.

But who is this deputy general?

How dare he question his decision? !

As Cao Hong gave an order, two soldiers immediately walked into the tent, holding the young general on the left and right, and were about to drag him away.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Cao Xiu suddenly stopped the two soldiers' actions, and then said to Cao Hong: "General, what he said makes sense. Placing a large army in the mountains and forests is indeed prone to sneak attacks by the enemy, so you have to be careful."

Cao Hong was still angry, and he cursed: "I want those defenders who are hiding in the sword land to come out and fight me head-on! But have they come out since the war started?"

"It's better for them to stay in the sword land for the rest of their lives, otherwise I will lead my troops to kill them all!"

After leaving this sentence, Cao Hong left the tent angrily.

Looking at Cao Hong's back, Cao Xiu sighed helplessly, then waved his hand and said: "Let him go."

"Yes!"

The two soldiers took the order and let go of the young general.

The young general looked quite embarrassed at this time. His forehead was broken by the wine bottle, and blood mixed with wine flowed all over his face, but he didn't even blink, and his expression didn't change.

Cao Xiu glanced at him, nodded secretly in his heart, and asked: "What's your name? Where are you from? What position do you hold now?"

This young general is knowledgeable and has a good demeanor. He looks like a talent and can be trained well.

The young general said: "General, my last name is Lu Xun, my courtesy name is Boyan, I am from Wu County, Jiangdong, and I am currently a deputy general."

"A descendant of the Wu County Lu family?"

Cao Xiu raised his eyebrows. The major families in Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Jiangnan all have children who have entered the army as generals. It seems that Lu Xun is one of them.

After noting down the name, he said: "Your suggestion just now is not wrong, but the army is different from other places. You have a low military position, and asking for help beyond your level will only cause trouble."

"Work under my command in the future."

He said this because he intended to recruit Lu Xun, and at the same time brought him under his command to observe carefully to see if he could be used for his own purposes.

"promise!"

Lu Xun agreed with neither humility nor arrogance, and asked at the same time: "Does the camp still need to be stationed in the mountains and forests according to General Cao Hong's instructions?"

Cao Xiu thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Just do as he said. Liu Bei is guarding the sword area and will not easily risk his life to attack. Just strengthen patrols at night."

"The weather is really too hot."

Although he also knew that there were certain risks in stationing in the mountains and forests, what Cao Hong said made sense. Liu Bei was guarding the sword land and it was unlikely that he would come out to fight them head-on.

In addition, the weather is really hot now, so it is necessary to station in the mountains and forests to escape the heat for the soldiers.

"The last general takes orders."

When Lu Xun heard this, he stopped trying to persuade him and stepped back with fists in his hands.

After watching him leave, Cao Xiu turned around and looked at the Kan map hanging on the tent, which landed on the sword ground marked with a red pen. He didn't look away for a long time.

What should we do to capture this place?

…

Shortly after Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived at Jiandi, on the other side, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Sima Yi and others also led reinforcements to Deyang County.

At this time, countless people were evacuating outside Deyang County.

The evacuated people were like a long dragon, stretching into the distance; families with oxen and horses loaded their belongings on oxcarts and carts and pulled them away.

As for those who don’t have livestock, they can only carry them by shoulder to shoulder.

Although they were deserters, the children did not feel any nervousness at all. They were laughing, chasing and playing in the crowd, attracting curses from time to time.

"Hahaha! Come after me!"

"I can't catch up with you slightly!"

A group of children chased each other. One of the children ran very fast with nimble legs and feet. He was running in front and did not forget to taunt his playmate who was chasing behind him.

Suddenly, he bumped into a Han soldier who was responsible for maintaining order on the side of the road.

The latter stood there motionless, but the child was knocked down in the dust by the shock, and his head hurt from the impact on his armor.

The child looked up and saw a majestic soldier with a sword at his waist and armor looking down at him, and he was stunned to the ground.

At this time, the Han soldier in front of him stretched out his hand towards him, which frightened him greatly. He quickly held his head and cried: "I, I was wrong! Don't kill me!"

However, the expected pain did not come.

The soldier pulled him up from the ground, then squatted down and patted the dust on his body, and said: "There are so many people and chaos now. Stop running around outside and go back to find your master."

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As he spoke, he turned his attention to the group of children behind him.

"You too, do you hear me?"

"Hey, I heard it!"

The group of children suddenly became excited, and then answered loudly.

The Han soldier smiled, waved for them to leave, and then continued to maintain order.

On the city wall, Liu Bei watched this scene.

Then he withdrew his gaze and admired Zhang Liao beside him: "General Zhang is strict in running the army, and none of the officers and men under his command are arrogant at all. It is really admirable."

Liu Bei's tone was full of regret.

Most of the soldiers in the army are arrogant and brutal. It is rare for the army under Zhang Liao to be so friendly to ordinary people.

He saw many Han soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order taking the initiative to help the common people move their things, and they did not yell or scold when maintaining order. His attitude was very good.

Zhang Liao shook his head when he heard this and said: "It's not that I, the commander, run the army strictly, but that this is the military discipline of my great Han."

"His Majesty has personally set military disciplines that do not allow people to be oppressed. This must be implemented. No one dares to violate it."

"But this is just one of the military disciplines. Your Majesty has also established multiple military disciplines, which will be implemented throughout the army in the future."

Liu Xie personally participated in formulating the current military discipline of the Han army.

It was unanimously recognized by Zhang Liao and many other generals.

The reason why the Han army has strong combat effectiveness is inseparable from strict military discipline. It is only because Liu Bei has lived in Yizhou for a long time and has infrequent contact with the court, so he does not know it.

But when the world is unified in the future, these military disciplines will be implemented in all armies.

Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others were a little surprised after hearing this.

They had all heard about the strict discipline of the imperial army, but they did not expect that the emperor personally participated in formulating it. It was really amazing.

"But why did Duke Xuande evacuate the people?"

Zhang Liao turned to ask. Not long after they arrived in Deyang County, they encountered a large number of people evacuating. When they asked, they found out that it was Liu Bei's order.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "The reinforcements from the Cao thieves arrived at Jiandi the day before yesterday. For the sake of safety, I ordered the people to evacuate."

"But I didn't expect General Zhang to come with his troops to help."

He saw the number of Cao's troops increasing, so he was worried that if Jiandi was breached, all life in Deyang County would be ruined.

After all, a soldier is a very dangerous weapon.

War has been cruel and merciless since ancient times. The people who suffer the most after a city is destroyed will not only suffer the disaster of military attack, but even lose their lives.

The strict military discipline of the Han soldiers comes from excellent treatment, including food, pensions, and military pay, which created the Han army's style of never disturbing the people.

But the Cao army did not receive as good treatment as the Han soldiers.

Once the city is broken, they will inevitably choose to burn, kill and loot.

That's why Liu Bei ordered all the people in the city to evacuate, just in case he couldn't hold the sword and the people suffered disaster.

Just two days after evacuating the people, Zhang Liao led a large number of reinforcements to Deyang County.

"I see."

Zhang Liao suddenly understood after hearing this. No wonder he had repeatedly heard about Liu Bei's benevolence after coming to Yizhou. It was indeed extraordinary.

It can only be said that he is indeed a royal nobleman with a good family background, and he loves the people as much as his Majesty.

Liu Bei continued: "Now that General Zhang is coming with reinforcements, it would be unnecessary for me to evacuate the people."

"General Zhang and Champion Hou are famous. With these two generals here, it will be easy to defeat Cao's army."

Liu Bei's words were not just a compliment.

Zhang He and Zhang Liao are both well-known fierce generals. One defeated the Qiang Wang Ting, and the other turned an army of 800 against 30,000 into victory and captured the enemy leader alive.

And this time, they brought a total of 40,000 troops!

In addition to the defenders of Jiandi, there are so many soldiers and horses, why worry about not being able to repel Cao's army outside?

"Mr. Xuande is so complimentary."

Zhang Liao said modestly, but it was quite useful in his heart.

Sima Yi, who was on the side, became a little impatient after listening to the conversation between the two, and said, "Mr. Xuande, let's discuss the strategy first."

"Until now, Xuande Gong has been clinging to Jiandi. Now it's time to switch from defense to offense. Only by quickly recapturing the lost land in Yizhou can we go to Jingzhou to assist His Majesty."

Naturally, Liu Bei would not object to Sima Yi's proposal and said with a smile, "I was just about to say this."

"Just last night, I discussed a strategy with the military advisor, and I thought we could use this strategy to seriously injure Cao's army outside."

"But now that General Zhang has come with his troops, maybe we can use this strategy to completely destroy Cao's army!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked curiously: "What's Mr. Xuande's plan? But it doesn't matter."

Liu Bei smiled slightly and nodded to Guan Yu, the attendant beside him.

Guan Yu stepped forward, hugged Zhang Liao and others, took out a piece of silk from his arms, opened it and saw a simple Kan map.

"Everyone, please take a look."

Liu Bei took the Kantu map, spread it on the wall, then pointed to a place on it, and said to Zhang Liao and others: "Yesterday, the scouts sent news that Cao Jun had moved all his troops and horses into the mountains and forests to escape the summer heat. "

"The weather is hot now, there are a lot of vegetation in the mountains and forests, and Cao Jun's camp is stationed in the mountains and forests. If we can send a team to set fire to Cao Jun's camp, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack Cao Jun's camp, they will definitely suffer heavy losses!"

Liu Bei's eyes were intense, he slapped the Kanyu map with his palm, and said loudly and forcefully: "This is a plan to burn the entire camp!"