Most of the soldiers who were poisoned by the Gu family army recovered, and the Xikun army returned to normal from being slack.
Two fierce tigers who met in the forest took a nap at the same time, and were awakened by a gust of wind at the same time.
Grinding each other's teeth, a new battle is imminent.
In the big tent of the Gu family army, all the personnel were silent, and Gu Huaijiang asked Gu Shubai to use the sand table to analyze the results of their father and son's discussion last night for everyone to listen to.
He sat on the side drinking tea by himself, looking at ease with Gu Shubai.
The generals in the seat were also convinced of this major general. He had led the army independently and made military exploits. Compared with the slightly immature Gu Jiuge and the two, he was much more stable.
"...According to the report from the spies, the Gu poison on Kun Wushang's body has been cured, and the army is preparing for the next counterattack. They missed a great opportunity. In order to save his face, Kun Wushang will definitely be cautious about this counterattack. Be careful."
"What they need now is a quick victory, first to stabilize the morale of the army, and then plan to attack the city. So my father and I think that he will choose Changchuan or Weizhou to start. The guards of these two cities are not as strong as Zhuguan. Even if they attack temporarily No, at least they won’t lose much.”
Lao Jin immediately said: "Didn't the general say earlier that the enemy would use Zhuguan as the main battlefield? Why did it change again?"
Gu Shubai glanced at Gu Huaijiang, who nodded to him, Gu Shubai said: "At this time and at that time, the chief general of the Xikun Army is no longer Liu Kuang, Liu Kuang has no special feelings for Zhuguan, and Kunwu is not hurt. What's more, the morale of the enemy army is weak now, and it will not benefit them to directly attack the main battlefield."
The crowd sounded reasonable, "Yes, then Kun Wushang will definitely go to the flanking battlefield."
Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo are the guards of the two cities in this battle, but it is not known whether Gu Huaijiang will send other generals there or send additional troops to adjust the layout.
The two looked at Gu Huaijiang almost at the same time, and the latter smiled, "Don't worry. You didn't win the last battle, it's not that you are inferior in skills. It's because I didn't give you orders, and I didn't send you more troops. Well done."
"This time, you will still command the two cities separately."
The two couldn't help becoming nervous. The last time Changchuan and Weizhou were only attacked as flanks, they still couldn't handle it freely. If the whole army of Xikun invaded this time, how would they respond with the strength of these two cities
Gu Jiuge said: "Then how much more troops does father plan to send to us?"
Gu Huaijiang raised his eyelids, "I told you to continue guarding the two cities separately, when did I say that I would send more troops to you?"
No more troops
With the meager military strength of these two cities against the army of Xikun, it is like a mantis arm.
Gu Hanmo frowned, "Father, since the poison of Kunwu's injury has been cured, he must know that there is no point in blocking the road leading to the Immortal Valley with Yufu in our army. The nearby army has been transferred back?"
Gu Huaijiang took a deep look at him, with approval in his eyes.
Before he could speak, the soldiers from outside the account came in and reported: "General, Xikun's 50,000 troops guarding five miles outside the Immortal Valley are coming towards us, and they are expected to arrive at Zhuguan early tomorrow morning!"
When Cao Cao arrived, the 50,000 army plus the existing troops in Xikun should not be underestimated.
Yan Huashi cupped his hands and asked: "General, if we don't send more troops, once the 50,000 troops arrive, the northernmost Weizhou will definitely not be able to hold it!"
Weizhou's military strength is only 30,000, and the gap is too great.
Gu Huaijiang didn't speak, but still shook his head, "Although the poison of Changsheng San was cured, tens of thousands of soldiers were lost in the army. We don't have any extra troops to send to Weizhou, so we can only maintain our original plan."
As a result, the burden on Gu Jiuge's shoulders became much heavier.
Everyone was uneasy, but Gu Huaijiang's decision had already been made, so he would not change it.
Yan Huashi simply said: "The last general please go to Weizhou to defend the city! The second son is young, no matter how wise and powerful he is, he will not be able to fight such a difficult battle!"
He didn't even think that he could win the battle by leading the army by himself. With such a huge disparity in military strength, even the Immortal Da Luo would not be able to win the battle.
A screen separated, Yu Fu sat behind the screen and boiled away the poisonous weeds, the fragrance of the medicine spread throughout the tent.
This medicine is not for drinking, but for smelling.
When Yufu was in Immortal Valley, Xunchi often let her smell the smell of boiled anti-poison grass, which can reduce the body's reaction to the poison after a long time.
The poison-avoiding weeds are too rare and precious, and there are only five Yufu plants, which is almost nothing for an army of hundreds of thousands, so they had to be boiled in the big tent, trying their best to keep the main commanders of the troops.
Kun Wushang's poisonous tricks were one and the other. She used all the methods she could think of, and only hoped that this battle could be won safely.
Hearing the sound of arguing in the tent, Yufu suddenly stopped fanning the fire, and listened to the movement outside the screen.
There are many people in the big tent, and it is normal for people to have different understandings of the situation to have disputes. What is abnormal is that it was Yan Huashi who spoke this time. He has always been gentle and silent, and rarely expresses his opinions strongly.
Yu Fu looked towards the tent door, and saw a black shadow in the shape of a human being pressing on it, Yan Zheng must have heard his father's words.
Lao Jin pulled Yan Huashi hard, and motioned him to look at Gu Huaijiang's face, but Gu Huaijiang didn't say anything, just said: "Jiu Ge, Han Mo, you two go first, go back to Weizhou and Changchuan respectively .The enemy's attack may happen at any time, and the two cities cannot live without a leader."
Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo didn't intend to let people take risks for them. There must be a reason for their father's refusal to send them more troops.
In this army, he is not only the father but also the chief general. As generals, they have no other choice but to obey orders.
When Yu Fu heard that the two were about to leave, she immediately ran out from behind the screen, "Second brother and third brother, I'll help you pack your luggage."
Yao Lan didn't know where she went, she fanned the stove herself behind the screen, and she didn't even know she rubbed a cloud of dust on the tip of her nose.
Gu Jiuge subconsciously wiped off the dust with his fingers, and Gu Shubai, who was standing in front of the sand table explaining, raised his eyebrows when he saw this scene, but he didn't say anything.
The three of them stepped out of the big tent, Yufu handed the fan to Yan Zheng outside the door, "Don't turn off the medicine stove behind the screen, go and fan the fire for me, I'll be back soon!"
Yan Zheng was eager to go in and listen to their conversation. He lay outside the tent until his neck was sore, "Okay, leave it to me!"
He got into the big tent like a big rabbit, before everyone could react, he waved the fan in his hand, swaggered and sat behind the screen.
It seemed that what he held in his hand was not a fan for the stove fire, but a Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor.
It's really hard for Yan Hua to drive him out, everyone got back to business, Gu Huaijiang said: "I haven't finished what Shu Bai just said, you can continue."
Gu Shubai nodded, and said to Yan Huashi: "Everyone, please rest assured that Weizhou and Changchuan will be fine, and the main battlefield of Kunwu's injury will still be in Zhuguan."
Why is it that you are not at Zhuguan for a while, and you are in Zhuguan again for a while
Even though all the generals followed Gu Huaijiang for a long time, they couldn't understand what Gu Shubai meant for a while.
He slowly explained: "Kunwu needs a quick victory, and attacking the weakly defended cities on the two wings is his best choice. He would think so, and we can naturally think of it, so we should send troops to reinforce Changchuan and Weizhou .So-"
"Kun Wushang didn't expect that we would increase troops in Changchuan and Weizhou?"
Hearing this, everyone already understood, "Understood, do the opposite! Kunwu thought that we would increase troops in Changchuan and Weizhou, and the strength of Zhuguan would naturally decrease. Why would he go to attack after the increase in troops?" The two wings of the army? We should directly attack Zhuguan, where the troops have been reduced!"
"No wonder the general said that there is no need to send troops to the two wings, and let the second and third sons take risks. It turns out..."
Yan Hua really couldn't go on.
He could imagine that Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo must now rush to the two wings as if they were dead, and then spend sleepless nights thinking about strategies against the enemy.
In the end, they will find that their efforts are of no use at all, and the enemy will not go to them at all...
For the first time this time, what a miserable word!
Gu Shubai looked at the expressions of the crowd, they dared not speak out against Gu Huaijiang's behavior of cheating his son, and secretly felt sorry for Gu Jiuge and the two of them.
He coughed lightly, "You don't have to worry about the second and third brothers. In fact, the first year I joined my father on the battlefield, my father also honed me in this way."
The advantage of this kind of training is that he learned to analyze and think by himself, instead of following his father's orders everywhere, but he didn't know why he did so.
The latter trains generals who can command troops to defend against the enemy, while the former trains generals who can command thousands of troops.
Now Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo may not understand what their father did, but they will soon notice the benefits of this kind of training on the battlefield in the future.
Gu Shubai's words reminded everyone, and Lao Jin chuckled, "I remembered! The major general was only seventeen years old when he first came to the battlefield, and he—"
Gu Shubai smiled and looked at him lightly.
Who is willing to reveal the dark history of being a kid and make it a joke for everyone
Lao Jin's smiling face immediately calmed down, and he lowered his head to pretend that he didn't say anything.
He secretly slandered in his heart that the children taught by the general were all like the general, they looked as gentle as scholars, and as long as they smiled and looked at people, they could overwhelm them in aura.
Gu Shubai is like this, even the little Yufu is like this.
He heard from Yan Huashi that this is the difference between a Confucian general and a murderous general. The former conquers people with virtue, while the latter conquers people with force.
Gu Shubai withdrew his gaze in satisfaction. As a major general of the Gu family army, he still has this kind of imposing manner, "Then let's continue to talk about how to arrange the troops in Zhuguan as the main battlefield again."
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Yu Fu followed Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo back to their tent, saying that she was helping them pack their luggage, but in fact she was not needed at all.
The luggage of the two of them has hardly been moved. It was what it was when they came from the imperial capital, and it is still what it is now, so that it is convenient to change positions at any time.
Yu Fu saw that there was only one box for each person, and she waved her hand awkwardly, asking the soldiers behind her to take out the items she had prepared for them.
one two three…
There are a total of four packages, each of which is bulging, and it looks like there are a lot of things.
Yufu picked them up one by one and gave them to them, "There are medicinal herbs in this, I can't say it's a panacea for detoxification. In times of crisis, taking it with boiled water can at least delay the onset of the poison, and it will last until I come."
She stuffed a package containing medicinal herbs into each of her arms, and Gu Jiuge accepted it with a smile, while Gu Hanmo, who had never talked much, frowned.
"Yu Fu, can't you boil the herbs into a small pill like in the play? If we are hunted down by the enemy and left in the wilderness, there is no way to make a fire to boil the medicine."
Yu Fu was stunned.
That's right, why didn't she think of it earlier
It must be that after rushing to Zhuguan day and night, I have been so busy that I forgot this easier method.
Now it was too late to concoct the elixir, Yu Fu gave him an annoyed look, "When there is really no way to decoct the medicine, I just chew it up and swallow it. And..."
She showed a teasing smile, "Doesn't the third brother hate listening to opera the most?"
Now it's Gu Hanmo's turn to be embarrassed, he was indeed the one who did something wrong with Yuguan, and Yufu often used it to make fun of him.
She picked up two more bundles, still one for each person, "Here are snacks and dried meat, which were brought by people who brought food from the imperial capital."
Gu Jiuge opened it a little and found that the dim sum inside were all in the style of the imperial dining room, and it was not for the lieutenant generals.
"Your Majesty sent this to you, right? I heard from the soldiers in the army that His Majesty sent you many things that should belong to a princess, in case you will be wronged at the border. You should keep these for yourself, we will not picky eater."
"No matter what, I will give it to you!"
It was rare for Yu Fu to be self-willed, and he distributed all the things she prepared for the two of them, so he felt a little comforted in his heart.
The two suddenly understood that Yu Fu heard them analyze the situation of the two armies in the tent just now, she was worried that the two of them would be in danger, and she knew that Gu Huaijiang's military order could not be changed, so she expressed her worry in this way.
After all, she is still a little girl who hasn't reached her age, so it's really difficult for her, Gu Jiuge looked at the top of her head, and couldn't help but smile lightly.