Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 142
Chen Lan had a force of [-] soldiers. Apart from the thieves gathered after arriving at Lujiang, there were about [-] soldiers who were old soldiers who had fought many battles with Yuan Shu.

This force is stronger than that of He Yan's [Plagiarized Yao Camp] and Liu Ye's current Li Shu's old army combined. Otherwise, Lu Su, Liu Fu and others would not have decided to take Lei Xu and Mei first when they made their plans. Do it, annex his parts and then go to a decisive battle with Chen Lan.

Now that Chen Lan is attacking, even He Yan and Liu Ye may not be able to block it.Now that He Yan wants to deal with Chen Lan alone, it is undoubtedly a bit of suspicion.

"In any case, Chen Lan must not be allowed to approach the rear of our army and join Lei Xu and Mei Gan!"

Riding on the fast flight, He Yan forced himself to calm down.

"Chen Lan has traveled so fast, he must have never thought that we would turn around and kill him."

"If you take advantage of Chen Lan's panic and divide his army with cavalry, it may not be impossible to win."

He Yan called his soldiers to fetch a map of Lujiang, and observed several routes on it.

"If Chen Lan wants to get out of Tianzhu Mountain, there are only two mountain passes in the east and south."

"There is Wan County in the mountain pass to the south. Chen Lan is familiar with the art of war. He must consider that the soldiers of Wan County may cut off his retreat. Therefore, Chen Lan will most likely choose the mountain pass in the east."

"When sending troops from the east, Chen Lan's army must pass through Shu County. This is our chance."

He Yan followed Cao Cao in Guandu and learned a few things. Although he might not be able to use soldiers like a god immediately, he already understood the basic strategies and tactics.

"This battle should be won in a single battle, and there must be no delay!"

After determining the route, He Yan asked all the soldiers to throw away their luggage, food and grass, and march at full speed with only armored crossbows and arrows.

Driving along Chao County to Shucheng, the scenery along the way is unique to the south of the Yangtze River, but neither He Yan nor the soldiers under his command are in the mood to pay attention to the scenery.

The leader ran wildly for more than three hours, and it was not until He Yan saw the gate of Shu County that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lu Meng, you lead the infantry and hide in the city, and wait for Chen Lan's army to pass by and charge directly!"

"understand!"

Lu Meng's work has always been the work of the first climber, and he did not resist this military order in the slightest.

"Remember! You must rush to disperse Chen Lan's army formation! Otherwise, if Chen Lan is allowed to find out the reality of our army and give him time to adjust, it is very likely that the success will fall short!"

He Yan was extremely confident in Lu Meng's ability to tackle tough situations.

If he didn't have this ability, it would be impossible for Lu Meng to rely on his humble status to reach the status of governor step by step in Jiangdong. As long as he is given a chance, Lu Meng will definitely surprise the world.

"Leave the rest to me."

He Yan boarded the city wall of Shu County to survey the surrounding terrain.

"Lujiang County is blocked by mountains and rivers in the west, and waterways are criss-crossed in the east. Only the vicinity of Shu County is a plain. It is no wonder that the ancestors established this place as the prefecture of Lujiang County."

Unlike Wan County, where Shu County was built with the help of mountains and rivers, the terrain here is almost all plains.

Plains mean more farmland, and more farmland means more food production.And when the grain output increases, this place will naturally become richer.

The plain terrain is helpful to the development of the agricultural economy, but its military performance is a mess.

Because there is a lot of open space, it means that there is no danger to defend.

Not only is there no danger to defend, but if you want to arrange an ambush, it is easy to be discovered by the enemy, thus losing the upper hand.

"In addition to letting Lu Meng lead the troops to fight out in Shu County, I must find a way to go around Chen Lan's rear."

If you want to win more with less, you must accumulate enough momentum!
"Those who are good at fighting seek out the situation, and don't blame others, so they can choose people and take advantage of the situation."

"Whoever is in power, fights people, just like turning wood and stone. The nature of wood and stone is that when it is quiet, it is still, when it is dangerous, it moves, when it is square, it stops, and when it is round, it moves."

This passage in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" means that if a person who is good at fighting wants to gather [momentum], he must be like earth and rocks rolling down a high slope, rolling bigger and bigger, and gradually accumulating their own advantages.

If Lu Meng can really break up Chen Lan's army at that time, then He Yan will lead the cavalry to roll this [moment], making Chen Lan's troops more and more flustered, and finally win.

This requires that the appearance of the cavalry must be extremely abrupt, so that they can cooperate with Lu Meng to form an effect where one plus one is far greater than two.

"It's impossible to set up an ambush near Shu County."

He Yan pointed to the south of Shu County on the city wall: "I will lead two hundred cavalry and wait there."

"After Lu Meng rushed out of the city, I will use the sound of drums as a sign. When the time is right, I will go around Chen Lan's rear and attack his troops!"

Although two hundred cavalry are not many, they are enough to deal with ordinary bandits.

In addition, there are few horses in the south, and soldiers do not often fight with cavalry, and they are likely to be frightened out of their minds under the charge of cavalry.

If not, the future Zhang Liao would not be able to give Sun Quan the nickname "Sun Shiwan" with 800 people.

After deciding on the tactics, He Yan continued to lead the cavalry to the south before staying in Shucheng for half an hour.

Human power has been exhausted, and the rest is only God's will.

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After He Yan left, Shu County closed its gates tightly.

Lu Meng ambushed in the city, not only removed most of the flags on the city wall, but also withdrew many of the defenders, giving the enemy the illusion that "Shucheng is empty and has to close the city to protect itself".

About half an hour later, a few scattered teams of scouts appeared outside Shu County.

These scouts belonged to Chen Lan, and they reported to Chen Lan in the rear immediately after they inquired about Shu County's information, and their words were rather eager: "General! Shu County is empty! The size of the guards is only two thousand at most! "

Shu County is a big county in Lujiang!If Chen Lan can take down Shucheng and go in and rob it, he can definitely spend the second half of the year comfortably!

"madness!"

Seeing that the scouts were still thinking of looting at this moment, Chen Lan cursed directly.

"Looking at the movements of He Yan and Liu Ye, it is very likely that they intend to pay Lei Xu and Mei Gan first, and then attack me at last!"

"How long do you think Tianzhu Mountain can last without Lei Xu and Mei Gan to attract the attention of the government?"

Chen Lan moved forward for a further distance, and could vaguely see the city wall of Shu County.

As the scouts said, Shu County's defenses were very lax, but Chen Lan still did not choose to make trouble.

"Bypass Shu County! Go all the way to Chao County!"

With Chen Lan's military order, those soldiers under his command who were used to looting all stared at Shu County with regret.

Soon, though, their regret turned to horror.

"General! Someone came out of Shu County!"

The members of Chen Lan's tribe were eager to hurry, and all of them formed a formation of long snakes, moving towards Chao County like a big python.

Because they wanted to bypass Shu County, the long team undoubtedly exposed their "belly".

Lu Meng, who had ambushed in Shu County early, naturally would not miss this opportunity, and directly followed He Yan's tactic to open the city gate and kill Chen Lan's tribe.

"Runan Lu Meng is here! You wait for Xiaoxiao to be punished quickly!"

Shocking drums sounded from Shu County behind him. Lu Meng held a large shield in his left hand and a heavy ring-sword in his right hand. He followed the drumbeat and rushed faster and faster, leading the three thousand infantry in the city like an arrow. Cut towards the middle of Chen Lan's army formation.

There was not much distance between the two sides, and Lu Meng's speed was extremely fast, and soon he came into close contact with Chen Lan's troops, biting the belly of the python tightly, unwilling to let go.

"die!"

Lv Meng often fought against Shanyue in Jiangdong, and he had already trained himself to be fierce. With a big shield on top and a knife in his hand, he could easily cut off an enemy's head.

On the contrary, the attacked Chen Lan's tribe was frightened first, and then exported by Lu Meng's face. They had long been trembling with fear and rushed to the battle.

It's just that although the [Plagiarism Camp] led by Lu Meng has a small number of people, everyone is wearing armor, and the equipment is much stronger than these bandit soldiers.

When I go down with a knife, there is a hole. Not only can you go down with a knife, you can't break through my defense, and maybe you will be knocked out by the patch on the armor. This kind of embarrassment is not acceptable to every soldier.

In addition, although [Plagiarism Yaoying] is composed of three parts, whether it is Cao Ren's elite, Lu Meng's trilogy or Li Shu's old troops, they are all veterans who cooperate with each other tacitly.

The veterans of the three sides are skilled in forming formations, and often a small team of five people can defeat the enemy with ten or even 20 people. With the support of all aspects, the infantry led by Lu Meng actually fought well in this small battlefield. Advantage!
"Don't panic!"

Seeing Lu Meng rushing out suddenly, Chen Lan regained consciousness after the panic, and commanded the front and rear soldiers.

Now Chen Lan is at the back of the position cut off by Lu Meng, and Chen Lan made a decision in an instant——

"Don't worry about the people in front! Rearrange!"

Surviving with a severed head made the soldiers near Chen Lan gradually calm down, and began to regroup according to the instructions of the military flag.

Lü Meng's troops were small, even if he threw all the troops in front to Lv Meng to kill, Lv Meng would definitely not be able to kill them.

On the contrary, taking advantage of this time, Chen Lan can completely reorganize the formation and fight back when Lu Meng is held back by the troops in front.

In this way, the momentum of "long snakes breaking their waists" will soon turn into "snakes congregating and strangling", and the offensive and defensive momentum can be different!

Chen Lan stared at Lu Meng who was still fighting the enemy bravely, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that they only have this means."

Chen Lan could also see that Lu Meng's tent was full of elite old soldiers, but the number was not dominant, and there was no geographical fortification to rely on, so they couldn't make trouble in the face of crowd tactics.

Ever since Chen Lan was hanged and beaten by two fierce men, Cao Cao and Lu Bu, he had already given up his thoughts of winning by wisdom and tactics.

Sea of ​​people!

Only the sea of ​​people!

In the face of absolute military strength... everything is nothing but illusion!

But Chen Lan forgot that not everyone is Han Xin of "the more the better".

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has long warned - "Soldiers are not expensive and beneficial, but without military advancement, they are enough to combine forces, predict the enemy, and take people."

The meaning here is "to use troops to fight a war is not to have as many troops as possible. As long as you don't underestimate the enemy and rush forward, you can concentrate your forces, ascertain the enemy's situation, and gain the trust and support of your subordinates."

Otherwise, no matter how many troops there are, they can only end up in the situation of "the husband who is easy to be the enemy without worry will be captured by others".

Even though Chen Lan had the determination to "survive with a broken arm", she failed to "join forces" and "predict the enemy".

While Chen Lan was rectifying the army, the south gradually became dusty.

However, He Yan finally came from the secret place in the south after hearing the sound of drums in Shu County, and rushed directly behind Chen Lan.

"cavalry?"

Chen Lan's calm mood just now became tense again!
"This Lujiang, where did the cavalry come from?"

(End of this chapter)