"Humph. The fastest update of the apex novel." The horse tied to the stake neighed, pulled the rein that bound its neck, and stomped the horse's hooves back and forth on the ground a few times.
In the end, he found that he couldn't break free, so he didn't do anything else, and lowered his head to eat the slightly withered horse grass in front of him.
Nominally speaking, the army led by Cao Cao was under the command of Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and they marched with Zhang Miao's army. Because Chen Liu was very close to Suanzao, the other princes' teams had not seen him when they arrived at Suanzao.
After being stationed here for half a month, the troops from various places arrived one by one.
By the time the allied forces gathered, it was already deep winter. Although the water in front of the barracks was still flowing and not frozen, the water inside was already bitingly cold.
More and more soldiers and horses gathered in the barracks, and soldiers patrolling the camp in full outfit could be seen passing by with swords in hand every day.
It seems that the camp is full of preparations for battle, but most of the princes who arrived did not do anything, and did not have any arrangements in front of the station. After arriving, they drank and laughed with each other in the camp all day long, as if this was not the case. A battle, but just a banquet.
The daily discussions in the army are all about sitting and talking, but there is no reality at all, and it is mostly gossip.
The call to crusade against Dong Zhuo has been called out for more than a month, but so far the princes from all walks of life have not had a single battle, and it took more than a month just to gather with each other. Before being stationed in Sishui, no one has any plans to send troops up to now.
On the other hand, Hulaoguan, which is more than ten miles away from Sishui, according to Xiaoqi's report, has troops stationed there every day, and the defenses are getting tighter.
In the barracks, beside a tent, Gu Nan was sitting there cross-legged, thinking about nothing.
There was no sound in her body, and she sat there dryly, as if it had merged with the stone she was sitting on and turned into a stone.
A few unseen strands of air flow hovered around her body, occasionally causing the belt of her clothes hanging beside her to undulate slightly, making people feel as if they were being blown by the wind.
"Sir, what are you doing sitting here?"
Gu Nan opened his eyes because of the voice from beside him. It was Cao Cao walking over in a suit of armor. The black armor draped over his body really looked like a general.
Walking in front of Gu Nan, he lifted his cloak, let out a sigh of relief, and sat down.
"General."
Gu Nan greeted with a smile, listened to Cao Cao's question, looked at Wuge in his hand, and said.
"I'm practicing sword."
"Haha, sir's way of practicing swords is unique."
Cao Cao didn't take what Gu Nan said about practicing swords to heart. In his opinion, although Mr. Gu is a strange person with unpredictable abilities, it can be seen from his figure that he should not know martial arts.
Not all warriors are as strong as a bull, but Mr. Gu looks a little too thin.
Hearing that Gu Nan was still calling himself a general, his tone was unfamiliar.
Cao Cao secretly sighed in his heart, after all, Mr. Gu was still a little alienated from him, and he hadn't really turned his heart to him yet.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Gu Nan's face and said.
"Sir, it's just calling Meng De, but calling him a general is too natural."
Gu Nan froze for a moment, then nodded: "Meng De."
"That's right." Cao Cao smiled and was overjoyed. It's a good thing that Mr. Gu didn't refuse.
"Speaking of which, why doesn't the general discuss matters with the princes in the army?"
Looking away from Cao Cao, Gu Nan asked casually while holding Wuge in his hand.
"Proceedings?"
There was a bit of self-deprecating look in the smile on Cao Cao's face.
"What is there to discuss? If everyone in the camp hadn't been armed with armor, I don't know whether this trip is for fighting or for something."
The princes gathered in the barracks today are not of the easy-going generation, they are all waiting for others to stand up and send troops first, and after fighting the first battle, they can save less damage, or just sit back and enjoy the benefits. Credit can be divided, but no one wants to sit on the person who contributes.
Cao Cao propped his hands on his legs, the smile on his face subsided, and he let out a soft snort.
"It's just like what you said, if you want to defeat Dong Zhuo, it's useless to talk about allied forces with the princes."
After finishing speaking, Cao Cao looked at the Sishui, which was faintly visible in the distance. After crossing the Sishui, the only place to go west to Luoyang was the Hulao Pass.
"The Hulao pass is the first to be guarded by Dong Zhuo with a heavy army. How can it be broken with the current army?"
"Wouldn't the crusade against Dong Zhuo be a joke that makes the world laugh?"
Cao Cao sneered angrily, if he Cao Cao had only five thousand soldiers, what if he fought this first battle
But I can't catch it.
Suddenly, his heart moved, and he looked at Gu Nan, just in time to see Gu Nan sitting there chuckling.
First he was stunned, then his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something.
"Sir, do you have a countermeasure?"
"It's not a countermeasure." Gu Nan shook his head.
There was a little disappointment in Cao Cao's eyes, but he thought about it, how could the hearts of princes be changed by one person
But then Gu Nan went on to say: "It's just watching the situation."
There are many ways to conspire.
Among them, clever tricks are only one of them, and observation of the situation is also one of them. There are also trade-offs and decisions, and consolidation of law and order.
Ingenious tricks can be used to reverse the situation.
And observing the situation is just going against the trend, using it to follow the trend, anticipating the opportunity, grasping the situation, and winning a hundred battles.
Weighing and deciding are used to balance the struggles of all parties, and strengthening the law and order is used to stabilize and stabilize the favorable tense.
They are all methods of seeking, so there are those who rule the country, those who rule the army, those who rule the people, and those who rule the body.
There may be those who rule chaos and those who maintain law and order. There is no precedence, it's just that they are used differently.
Just like what Gu Nan said to Cao Cao about the strategy of Qingzhou, it is actually a strategy of observing the situation. All you have to do is to see the situation clearly and seize the opportunity.
The strategy of observing the situation seems simple, but to implement it, you only need to follow the trend, and it is nothing more than that.
But few people can see the overall situation clearly. Those who can see clearly will naturally not be moved by that strange plan, and they can also see the loopholes in the overall situation and break the strategy that strengthened the situation.
"According to the situation?" Cao Cao didn't understand for a while, and asked doubtfully.
Gu Nan smiled mysteriously and looked at Cao Cao.
"General, oh no, Meng De, how many of these vassals do you think want to take advantage of the crusade against Dong Zhuo to stand on their own feet?"
"Or, General, why do you think Yuan Gong wants to be the leader of the alliance?"
When Cao Cao was asked such a question by Gu Nan, it seemed that some doubts in his mind had been resolved.
Among these lords, I am afraid that there are many people who are thinking about taking advantage of the crusade against Dong Zhuo.
Including him, Cao Cao, also has some such thoughts.
Now it seems that the princes have not moved, but since the call for crusade has been called out, there is no way out in this battle. Either Dong Zhuo will lose, or the princes will perish.
Therefore, the current situation of mutual testing will not last for a long time. When the time comes, someone will stand up and raise troops first to gain fame and merit.
The princes have their own selfishness, but it's just that the time is not enough.