General, please be a loyal minister!

Liu Jin refused to listen to Han Zhao's opinion and insisted on sending troops.In the beginning, he easily gained the upper hand by taking advantage of his combat strength.He was a little proud and felt that Dou Xiao was nothing more than that, so he ordered the army to continue advancing.

However, the situation suddenly reversed at Qimeng Pass.

A flood submerged Liu Jin's army camped in the valley.Dou Xiao took advantage of the momentum to pursue, and Liu Jin could only flee with his army and return to Fancheng.

The Puppet Dynasty army not only regained the city previously occupied by Liu Ji, but also greatly reduced the strength of the Jingzhou army, which boosted morale for a while.

Liu Jin's defeat was expected by Han Zhao, but Han Zhao really did not expect such a miserable defeat.Han Zhao, who was left behind by Liu Jin, who was eager to pursue Dou Xiao, could only reconstruct the defeat based on the descriptions of the surviving soldiers.

Qimeng Mountain is high in the north and low in the south, drought in winter and flood in summer. Once it rains, the valley will quickly become a depression.

When Liu Jin first arrived, he was not familiar with the terrain, so he wanted to camp near the water, but he didn't know that Dou Xiao had already ordered soldiers to build a dam upstream.

It's rainy in autumn, and it won't take long for a terrible amount of water to accumulate.

Next, Dou Xiao only needs to pretend to be invincible, lead Liu Jin to a suitable place, and then burst the embankment to release the water...

If Han Zhao was present, Liu Jin would definitely not be allowed to set up camp there. Unfortunately, Liu Jin seemed to have listened to someone and despised him, even refusing to listen to his opinion.

In this battle, Liu Jin's 30-strong army lost 13, and his morale was greatly reduced. He was temporarily unable to march, so he had to retreat to Fancheng.Liu Jin was defeated, and Dou Xiao turned around to deal with Liu Ji who was attacking the city behind him, leaving Duan Ze, his confidant who had followed him for many years, to defend Guanlan City.

This Duan Ze is also a very capable general. Liu Jin tried to retake Guanlan City several times but was repelled by him.

What annoyed Liu Jin even more was that when he was retreating steadily, Liu Ji, who followed Liu Ci, reported frequent victories and made repeated military exploits.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Liu Jin lost his temper with the counselors and generals under his command: "There are so many of you, so none of you can do anything about it? One or two, are they all idiots who only know how to eat?"

While everyone was looking at each other, the elegant man who kept his eyes fixed all the time said, "This subordinate has a suggestion, but I don't know if Second Young Master is willing to listen."

Seeing that it was Gu Chongming who spoke, Liu Jin looked a little embarrassed.

He had a very unpleasant quarrel with Gu Chongming about the expedition before, although Gu Chongming's point of view was later proved to be correct, but he was unwilling to admit that he was wrong, so he became more and more desolate about Gu Chongming.

Now that Gu Chongming offered advice, would he listen or not?Do you agree or not?

After thinking for a while, Liu Jin decided to listen first: "But it's okay to talk."

Han Zhaodao: "I would like to personally lead the troops to capture Guanlan City."

Liu Jin felt that she had recollected it: Gu Chongming was asking him for soldiers.

Although Han Zhao was General Zuo, he did not have the right to lead the army alone without Liu Jin's permission. He felt a little annoyed that Gu Chongming was "taking advantage of the fire", but now no one dared to stand up except Gu Chongming.

Liu Jin gritted her teeth: "Okay! I promise you, I hope you won't let me down."

Liu Jin gave Han Zhao 10 troops, and Han Zhao rearranged and trained these people, and formally dispatched troops half a month later.

Guanlan City is the city where Dou Xiao is stationed now. Although it is not a dangerous place, it is a well-defended city after all. Now it is not easy to use 10 people to take down a city where 20 people are stationed.

Fortunately, the defender didn't know that only 10 people came to attack the city.

Han Zhao garrisoned troops on Changzhi Slope, and climbed the nearby hills to face Dou Xiao's army from a distance.

When camping, Han Zhao ordered his soldiers to build double the pots and stoves, and ordered that no matter how many people were eating, all these stoves must be lit every time they cooked.

It was night, Han Zhao assembled a small group of soldiers, and ordered them to bring war drums to the hill opposite Guanlan City, and ordered: "Beat the drums."

The sound of beating drums easily spread to Dou Xiao's camp, and the camp was full of hustle and bustle for a while.However, after the panic-stricken reorganization, they found no sign of the enemy's attack.

Duan Ze soon realized that the enemy was deliberately disturbing him. His heart sank slightly, but he still calmly shouted to his soldiers: "It's a fake military situation, everyone go back to sleep!"

The soldiers dispersed quickly, but Duan Ze's mood was very solemn.

This is not Liu Jin's method of combat.

The opponent knew that the soldiers stationed in Guanlan City were temporarily recruited and lacked training, and were not as good as those who had been fighting for many years, so they pretended to attack at night, intending to create chaos.

But can he ignore it and let the soldiers sleep peacefully?cannot.

No one knows whether the next time the drums sound, it will be a real attack, and if they gather at that time, these old and weak soldiers who lack training will not have that kind of reaction.

He must solve it quickly, otherwise there will be problems with the morale of the army.Duan Ze tried his best to calm himself down, thinking about what Dou Xiao would do if he was here.

For three consecutive nights, drums sounded, and the soldiers in Mission Hills City were worried and exhausted every night.

This is not a conspiracy, but an overt conspiracy. It is telling them clearly: I will attack at any time, it depends on whether you dare to bet.

It is really disadvantageous to fall into such a passive position before going to war.

Duan Ze pondered for a long time: If they are exhausted when they beat the drums every night, then what are the enemy troops doing?I'm recharging my batteries!

At this time, Ze received news from scouts: In fact, most of the daily stoves in the enemy camp did not have cooking rice, and the number of camps was not as large as 17 people.

This is great news.

Duan Ze thought for a moment, and decided to take the initiative to repel the 10 horses before they were exhausted.

So that night, after the drums sounded and it was confirmed that the enemy was not attacking, Duan Ze led the army and set off in the dark.Their goal tonight was the enemy's camp. He planned to sneak attack while the enemy was recharging their energy before launching an attack, so that they could steal chickens and lose money.

In the silence of the night, Duan Ze led his soldiers and walked quickly through the mountains and forests, quietly approaching the camp of the Jingzhou Army.

A little bit of flames came out of the camp not far away, and the patrolling soldiers came and went in an orderly manner.

Duan Ze slowly raised his hand.However, just as he shouted "Attack", there was an overwhelming, deafening drumbeat, more shocking than what they heard every night.

Immediately afterwards, there was the killing cry of mountains and tsunamis.Numerous soldiers rushed out from the camp and the forest to kill them.They originally wanted to sneak attack, but were ambushed instead.

The lack of training of the Puppet Korean army was in chaos, completely unable to organize a powerful counterattack, and could only be beaten passively for a while, and then scattered and fled in all directions.

Han Zhao knew that his 10 people would not be able to feed the more than [-] people brought by Duan Ze. If they were forced into a desperate situation, they might be backlashed, so he deliberately left a hole for these soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit to escape.

Once a deserter appears and escapes smoothly, the battle situation will collapse quickly, and the remaining people will have no way to fight back, and the puppet army's defeat is set.

Duan Ze was captured alive, and those who remained were quickly captured or beheaded.

Duan Ze, who was tied up, met the person who defeated him.

The man walking against the flames was younger than he had expected. He was wearing light armor and no helmet. His handsome eyebrows and eyes were indescribably calm and chilling.

This man's temperament is very similar to that of Dou Xiao. He is absolutely calm honed from blood and fire, and has the acumen to find or create the best fighter in any situation. This is a veteran general.

But Duan Ze has never heard of such a person besides Dou Xiao, Liu Ci, and Tong Rong.

This battle completely overwhelmed Duan Ze. The opponent indeed only had 10 people, but they were able to beat him to no avail with 10 people.

There is no asymmetrical information in this battle, no conspiracy, every step of his falls into the opponent's calculations, this man has extraordinary control over the battlefield, defeating him is as easy as brushing away Dust on clothes.

Duan Ze was full of depression: "Who are you?"

"Gu Chongming."

In this battle, Han Zhao captured Guanlan City with fewer victories and captured more than [-] enemy troops.

However, what greeted Han Zhao after returning to Fancheng was not a celebration banquet, but Liu Ci asked them to turn west and join Liu Ji, and all obey Liu Ji's command.

Liu Ci was dissatisfied with the previous defeat on the Eastern Front, and he decided to remove Liu Jin from the post of commander-in-chief and hand it over to Liu Ji.

Han Zhao lowered his eyes: So Liu Ji didn't bump into Dou Xiao?Then his act of asking Ying to attack Guanlan City was superfluous?

Su Xin grabbed Han Zhao: "Sir, now that the whole army is preparing to leave camp, you should not touch the second son's bad luck."

Liu Jin's temper has been very bad these days, he has to go around Liu Jin, Han Zhao better not to get angry in front of Liu Jin.

Having said that, Han Zhao still wants to report the result of this battle to Liu Jin.As expected, he saw Liu Jin whose face was frighteningly dark.

It's no wonder that Liu Jin was furious.

This time, Liu Ci did not transfer him back, but let him stay on the eastern front to obey Liu Ji's command. This arrangement was telling Liu Jin: Follow Liu Ji to learn how to fight.

How could Liu Jin bear it.

However, just as Han Zhao made his military exploits, Liu Jin had no reason to reprimand him, so he listened to Han Zhao's report with restraint and dismissed him.

Three days later, Liu Jin's army and Liu Ji's army met in Luochuan. The orderly army on the opposite side, the flying flags, and the leading young general with extraordinary equipment all deeply hurt Liu Jin's eyes.

Liu Jin flicked his sleeves and turned back to the Chinese army camp - he was not in the mood to welcome Liu Ji.

Geng Yi, who was walking in front, saw Han Zhao from afar and waved his hand: "Mr. Gu!"

Everyone knew that Geng Yi was Liu Ji's confidant. Seeing him greet Han Zhao so warmly, the expressions of Liu Jin's subordinates present were a little strange.

Han Zhao had a headache, but still nodded slightly in return.

Liu Ji soon arrived at the gate of the camp, and Liu Jin's confidant military adviser stepped forward to greet him: "This subordinate has met the third son! The third son is exhausted from traveling and traveling, so let's go to the camp to rest."

Liu Ji nodded casually, turned his head to look at Han Zhao, and smiled very brightly and flamboyantly: "Mr. Gu, I miss Nandu very much."

If Geng Yi's greeting can also be explained as a lack of intention, then Liu Ji is obviously cheating Han Zhao by saying so.

Liu Jin was already suspicious of him, but now that Liu Ji and his cronies are so affectionate to "Gu Chongming" in public, it's not hard to imagine what Liu Jin would think if he found out.

Han Zhao replied indifferently: "The third son is showing love."

Liu Ji didn't continue pestering Han Zhao, he turned his head and asked Liu Jin's military advisor, "Where is the Chinese army tent?"

The military adviser pointed in a direction and wanted to explain something, but Liu Ji didn't listen to him, and ordered Geng Yi to arrange for the soldiers to set up camp, and then rode his horse towards the camp of the Chinese army.