(Thank you, Zhao Wuxiu 2014)

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On the seventh day of the seventh month, news came from Zhen that the Yuan army and the Heishan army agreed to fight together on the plain between Xiaquyang and Gengxiang on July 12th.

After discussing with Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and other generals, Ma Han went to Zhen's mansion that night and secretly discussed with the Zhen brothers until late at night.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Ma Han, Guan Hai, and Xiahou Lan led ten wolf-fanged flying cavalry and an eagle slave. Under the guidance of the Zhen family, they secretly took a boat to Xiyangting, the right army camp of Yuan army. Taishi Ci led 160 wolf-fanged flying cavalry, and led 60 righteous brave men, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao led 30 followers, hiding dormant, waiting for instructions.

When the Black Mountain Army fights with Yuan’s army, it is necessary to call the Jiumen to fight each other. In this way, the Jiumen will be empty, which is a good time for a surprise attack. But if you want to get the best interests, you must seize this opportunity, not early or late. You must take action at the most critical moment of the two armies’ battles in order to achieve miraculous results.

So, how to seize this opportunity? Is it up to Zhen's eyes and ears? It's seventy or eighty miles from Wuji to Quyang, and you have to cross two big rivers. It takes an hour to deliver the fast horses. The battlefield changes rapidly, and when the news arrives, the daylily will be cold. The most important thing is, what kind of opportunity is the critical opportunity? How can you make a decision if you don't see it with your own eyes?

So, Ma Han is here.

His plan was very simple. The main force lurked in Wuji and was at his fate. He led a small number of troops and went to the right camp of the Xiyangting of Yuan Jun as a soldier of the Zhen clan. There were Zhen's children who served in the Yuan army to respond. In other words, Ma Han and his fourteen men were going to mingle with the Yuan army and participate in this battle.

As the war approaches, we have to get into a certain camp. If there are only foreigners like Ma Han, it is impossible. But it would be extremely simple to have local prominent families like Zhen’s help.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Ma Han and his party mixed among more than 100 soldiers of the Zhen family, escorted thousands of stones of grain and rice, and came out from Zishui, pushing more than a hundred trucks of grain and grass, and appeared in the north of Xiyangting Camp that stretched for miles. The one who was the Zhen family's son who served as a warehouse in Yuan's army was Zhen Yi.

Yuan Jun welcomed this support from the local aristocratic families, of course, with the reputation of Zhen in Zhongshan. No one would doubt that it was inappropriate.

The identity of Ma Han and his party was only the leader of the grain transport team, Shi Yan, who was rescued by Ma Han on the same day, and Zhen Yi, who came to pick him up. In fact, even these two people didn’t know much, only he knew that Ma Han was a reinforcement soldier invited by the Zhen Mansion to defend against the Hu cavalry of the Nine Gate. The reason why he got involved in the Yuan army was to observe the situation on the battlefield and decide the opportunity to attack the Nine Gate.

For such a great thing, Zhen Yi immediately agreed with a sigh and patted his chest to ensure the safety of Ma Han and his party. If he knew Ma Han’s true identity, he would probably be shocked; if he knew about the grudge between Ma Han and Yuan Shao, the supreme leader of the Yuan army, he would be afraid to be paralyzed.

In fact, even the Zhen brothers did not know the grudges and entanglement between Ma Han and Yuan Shao. Otherwise, they would not dare to help such a "dangerous person" sneak into the Yuan army camp. Ma Han had been in the Youzhou army for too short, and his glorious record was only circulated among the lower-level soldiers. Grassroots figures like him who had unknown origins and disappeared like meteors could not be seen in the eyes of famous families. Except for Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Guo Tu and other parties involved, almost no one knew about him.

Zhen Yi was an officer in his early thirties and slightly yellowish skin. He wore a new blue military uniform. He wore a crown on his head and a jade pendant hung around his waist. He was quite elegant in his conduct, and he looked more like a scholar than an officer. Even if he was in the army, he was a well-educated man.

Zhen Yi admired the young and powerful Ma Han and the polite Xiahou Lan, but he didn't like Guan Hai, the wolf-fanged cavalry, and the numb-faced Eagle Nu who was carrying a black cloth cage. He originally wanted to arrange Ma Han and Xia Houlan to a comfortable military tent close to him, but Shi Yan received Ma Han's hint and asked Zhen Yi to arrange Ma Han and 14 others in three inconspicuous military tents among the Zhen clan soldiers.

After the arrangement was made, it was already late, and the sound of night-time food was heard. The soldiers carried wooden bowls and pottery basins, bustling to get food.

Ma Han didn't need to do such a trivial matter himself. He was discussing the arrangement of the Xiyangting camp of Yuan Jun with Xiahou Lan and Guan Hai in the tent.

In addition to being an observer and seizing the fighter jets, Ma Han also has another important purpose in entering the camp this time, which is to learn.

That’s right! Learn!

Learn the standard site selection of a regular army, camping, defense outside the camp, patrol inside the camp, placement of weapons and food, arrangement of sergeant camp tents, etc.

If you don’t look at it, you will be very particular. For example, the location selection requires water sources, distant woods, clear weeds, and occupying high ground; camping is more particular. When setting up a bat, the gap between wood cannot be wider than two fingers. The width and depth of the trench outside the bat are standard. There are spears buried in the ditch, and there are deer forts outside the ditch. Some important locations in the battalion, such as granaries, stables, etc., are surrounded by chariot frames, like hedgehog-like grain trucks; other camps are divided into zones, digging ponds, and livestock blocking the distribution of stables... There are many, many, many.

After watching the flowers for less than half an hour, Ma Han realized that he had gained a lot. In fact, these things were military camp styles in ancient times, but let alone Ma Han did not have the chance to come into contact with these military books. Even if he had read them, it would be better to experience them intuitively and impressed them. Compared with the Fangzheng standard of Yuan's army camp, what he saw in the Youzhou army camp was a lot worse. It is estimated that this is related to the fact that there are more cavalry and Hu soldiers in Gongsun Zan's army camp.

Ma Han discussed with Xiahou Lan and Guan Hai, two old troops with certain experience in camping, discussed with each other and filled in the gaps, and benefited a lot. As a result, he was full of expectations for the nearly 100,000 troops in four days. Such a large-scale battle was rare throughout the Three Kingdoms period, and it was rare to catch up. We must observe carefully to see how both sides arranged troops and commanded the battle.

Ma Han was not a soldier. He used to command hundreds of his brothers to fight on the streets. After coming to the Three Kingdoms, he learned to fight in the war, and continued to practice and practice. Now he asked himself that he could command three or five thousand men, but more than ten thousand people were not sure. No one under his command could be called a commander, and he had no way to drive the ducks on the shelves and could only go on his own. Those who have never known the world that they are born to study hard, rely on his experience, and the thinking of this era. He firmly believed that one day he could control the army and fight.

The three of them were discussing and talking, and suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent and the noise was noisy. Guan Hai was about to jump up, but Ma Han held it down and shook his finger. At this time, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and the wolf-fanged cavalry of the guards outside the tent came in and reported: "It was the soldiers who caused trouble and were angry about the difference in military food distribution. Therefore, the dispute arose." Because he was in an unexpected place, Ma Han forbidden the wolf-fanged cavalry to use respectful titles to him.

In just a moment, the quarrels became closer, and it seemed to happen in the area where the Zhen clan soldiers were stationed.

Ma Han showed a little surprised expression and signaled Guan Hai and Xiahou Lan to go out to take a look.

As soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw Shi Yan's face turned pale, and behind him a group of Zhen clan soldiers were also angry. Opposite them, there were also a group of Yuan Jun in military uniforms, led by a tall and thin man with a slutty face. He was throwing a slasher up and down, staring at Shi Yan coldly.

Soldiers cannot walk around with weapons when entering the camp unless they are on duty. However, small knives such as daggers are not within the limit.

At this time, the group of soldiers were constantly clamoring at Shi Yan, and some people even threw the steamed beans in the wooden bowl to hit Shi Yan. Shi Yan's fair face turned even whiter.

Ma Han approached, raised his voice slightly and asked, "What's going on?"

Shi Yan has always been in awe of Ma Han. He is even more grateful for his saving his life. Even in anger, he still suppresses his anger. He replied: "These pickled soldiers have their own poor food, but they are jealous of our Zhen family's food and are yelling to divide it evenly. This is unreasonable!"

Oh! Ma Han understood that the food of ordinary soldiers in the military camp was really not good. They basically ate black beans, ginseng and corn. They were barely enough to wrap their stomachs. Pure corn rice can only be eaten during war. The Zhen clan soldiers are worthy of being private soldiers of the big clan. They not only take on the work of logistics and auxiliary soldiers, but also eat well: soup cakes (similar to noodles), corn, mutton, and even mutton bone soup... People are more than people!

The soldiers who followed the fragrance of bone soup were angry and, under the leadership of a team leader, demanded a share of the pie. Shi Yan was not willing to agree, and while urgently sent someone to find their temporary Shangguan Zhenyi, he confronted the Yuan army soldiers.

After clarifying the whole story, Ma Han waited to turn around and leave. Just leave it to Zhen Yi to handle it. It was nothing he had. But at this moment, he noticed that Yuan Jungusu, who was making trouble opposite, stared at him directly, forgot to throw the ruler and knife in his hand, kept pointing it with his fingers, raised his eyebrows high, and frowned, as if he was recalling his memories.

Ma Han, it's not good. This guy seems to recognize him, but he has no impression of him...

At this moment, the crowd was separated, Zhen Yi looked angry and shouted at the Yuan army: "Xu Cheng! It's you again! Why do you always have to get a spoonful of soldiers from aristocratic families? Don't think that you were the entourage of the former Lu Junhou, and you didn't dare to touch you!"

Xu Cheng's confused gaze was withdrawn from Ma Han's face. Obviously, he couldn't remember where he had seen Ma Han. When his eyes swept towards Zhen Yi, he immediately became angry: "Zhen Cangcao, the battle is imminent. We will eat better and kill the enemy more vigorously. What's wrong with cutting off the heads of a few black bandits?"

The soldiers following behind were also clamoring loudly, and the crowd was infuriated.

Ma Han whispered to Shi Yan: "Who is Lu Junhou?"

Shi Yan shook his head and didn't know, Ma Han said, "Go and ask." There was a majesty of a general who had been killed for a long time. Shi Yan didn't dare to disobey and went straight. After a while, he reported back: "It was Lu Xiang, a marquis of the army in the army who was hunting down the enemy last year..."

It turned out to be him!

Ma Han remembered that by the leap horse stream, it was Lu Xiang. At that time, there were about 30 cavalry chasing him, and one-third of them were killed by him. The remaining people had once looked across the river and must have been deeply impressed. But the other party couldn't believe that a savage from a hostile camp would appear in his camp tent...

At this time, the anger of both sides became increasingly high and there was a tendency to take action. In the military camp, there were small-scale fights, and as long as there was no swords and weapons, Shangguan would probably not care. From ancient times to the present, there were no soldiers who did not cause trouble? There were no gentle, respectful and humble military camps? On the contrary, maintaining the courage and ruthlessness of the soldiers is exactly what any general hopes.

Ma Han hooked his fingers at Guan Hai, and after Guan Hai came over, he whispered: "Beat that Xu Cheng to achieve two effects. First, make him speechless; second, make him confused for a few days."

Guan Hai nodded, patted his chest with confidence, and then shouted: "I dare to grab food from Zhongshan Zhen's mouth. He is so impatient! Everyone rushed with me and beat his grandma!"

After Guan Hai roared, he was like a wild boar coming out of the forest, rushing around and rushing towards Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng and others were all military soldiers, and they could also be said to be fierce soldiers. They have always been accustomed to arrogant. Ordinary family private soldiers always lack courage when they face these fierce soldiers who are used to killing and are mostly suppressed. Unexpectedly, the Zhen clan soldiers would actually fight as soon as they say they were.

Xu Cheng was stunned and said with a grim smile: "Looking for death..."

He stabbed it out, but was held horizontally by Guan Hai's thick arm. Xu Cheng felt like he was hitting hard wood, and his arm hurt. The slash knife could not be stabbed at all, and he suddenly realized something was wrong. He was about to retreat, but it was too late. Bang! He punched his chin. Because he was opening his mouth to speak, his teeth bit his tongue and almost bit off.

Xu Cheng exhaled in pain, lowered his head and vomited blood. Bang! The second punch hit him, hitting the back of his head. Xu Cheng felt like he was hit hard by a wooden stick, and immediately lost consciousness and fell straight down.

Ma Han nodded secretly. Guan Hai is worthy of being a good player in the fight and implements his intentions well. He breaks his tongue and the other party can't speak for a while. Hitting the back of the brain will cause a certain degree of concussion and his thinking will be confused for at least several days.

Starting with Guan Hai's actions, the Zhen clan soldiers and Yuan army soldiers instantly formed a group.
Chapter completed!