The wall of Tucheng in the south of Yilu County was originally very low, but during this period, after Xia Houyuan's emergency repairs and reinforcements, the height of the wall increased a lot, and a large amount of soil was piled up behind the wall.

The slope allows the soldiers of the three armies to move up and down quickly when changing defenses to achieve the best transfer efficiency.

Above the earthen wall, there was a young man standing at the moment, about seventeen or eighteen years old, squinting his eyes and looking carefully at Liu Beijun's camp in the distance.

This person is Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Yuan's nephew, and one of the most outstanding descendants among the Xiahou family's nephews. This time he went to the battlefield with Xia Houyuan to gain some experience.

Xiahou Shang's ability is very outstanding among the young talents of the Xiahou family, so he himself is quite proud. Most people really look down on Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou Shang was really excited to be able to fight against Jingzhou's army this time. In his opinion, this was a great opportunity for him to become famous after his debut. He did not seek to achieve too many feats, as long as he could fight

Winning one or two games, preferably killing a few captain-level figures from the opponent, would be enough to serve as your capital and qualifications for settling down in the army in the future.

Therefore, Xia Houshang was extremely attentive to this battle and at the same time worked extremely hard.

Even worse than Xia Houyuan and Cheng Yu.

Xia Houshang stood on the earth wall for two hours from morning to noon this morning. At the same time, he held a roll of silk in his hand, set a fire pen and ink next to it, and kept sketching and tracing pictures on it.

As noon approached, Xia Houshang stretched out, shook his sore waist, packed up his things, and ran briskly down Tucheng, heading straight for the county office in the city.

Xiahou Yuan, Cheng Yu, as well as a group of captains and other commanders who were accompanying the army were discussing defense strategies here, but Xiahou Shang hurriedly rushed in and interrupted their discussion at that time.

"Uncle, my nephew has something important to tell you!"

Xia Houyuan was arranging the city defense deployment in the city. After hearing Xia Houshang's words, his face suddenly turned dark.

"You don't understand the rules. Didn't you see that the general is holding a military meeting here? Why are you shouting here casually? Do you have any rules?!"

Xia Houshang grinned lightly: "Uncle, I really have something big..."

"Who is your uncle? There is only the general here, not your uncle! Get out yet."

Seeing that Xia Houyuan was really angry, Xia Houshang didn't dare to say more, and immediately withdrew.

When Xiahou Shangfang left, he saw Xiahou Yuan saying to all the generals present: "My lords, my nephew has been spoiled by my brother and the elders of the clan. He does not understand the priorities and is rude for a moment. Please forgive me.

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Sima Kongxiu said: "The general is too foreign to us. We are all here under the orders of the hussar general to conquer the southern bandits and protect the imperial court together. Why is it necessary?"

Qin Qi on the side said: "General, the young general is also a smart and subtle person. When I came here in the morning, I saw him standing above the Tucheng. Now I have just come here at noon. I must have discovered something. How can the general kill him directly?"

Kicked out? Maybe something is wrong."

Xia Houyuan is an upright person, or a bit stubborn.

"Ability is ability, and rules are rules. Who says that a person with ability can not follow the rules?"

Several military generals in the hall heard this and looked at each other and smiled.

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After giving instructions, Xia Houyuan asked all the school officials to return to their respective departments, and then ordered people to recruit Xia Houshang back.

After meeting Xia Houshang, Xia Houyuan criticized him severely, and then asked him: "Tell me, what is the important thing you have to report to me in such a hurry just now?"

Xia Houshang bowed, and then spread out the topographic map of Liu Bei's camp he had drawn in front of Xia Houyuan.

Xia Houyuan leaned forward to look, then squinted at Xia Houshang and said, "Did you draw this?"

"Yes! Liu Bei has stationed troops not far from the county town. The threat is serious. According to the officials' opinion, our army needs to be aware of the opponent's movements and changes at all times in order to achieve success!"

After hearing this, Xia Houyuan nodded with satisfaction: "It's not in vain that I brought you out for a while, so you will gain some knowledge!"

After saying that, he lowered his head to look at the map drawn by Xia Houshang.

It has to be said that the map drawn by Xia Houshang was quite good. Regardless of his skill with the pen, the map of Liu Jun he sketched was far more detailed than many scouts who were responsible for detecting the enemy's situation.

"This is the main camp of Liu Bei's army. I observed that most of his well-equipped infantry are stationed here."

"These are the left and right battalions of Liu Bei's army. They are separated from east to west. One on the left and one on the right guard the main camp of the Chinese army. The camp in the southwest is near the tributary of Yingshui River. It is the place where Liu Bei's army draws water. According to my observation,

There is another large camp behind them, connected to the main camp in the middle. I observed it all morning, and Liu Beijun sergeants were constantly coming out of that camp, and then went to the nearby forest to cut down trees and make canes. I think it was in

Manufacturing offensive equipment in large quantities!"

Xia Houyuan was shocked when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes, stared at Xia Houshang seriously and said, "Are you sure you got it right?"

Xia Houshang hurriedly said: "Returning to the general's words, of course I saw it correctly. Liu Bei must have seen that we were well prepared in Yilu County and wanted to make siege equipment to destroy our army's fortifications. I heard that Liu Jun's craftsmen were quite skilled.

In order to obtain it, no one in Nanyang County can have access to the equipment and tools of our Han Dynasty. If we wait for them to make enough ordnance, it will be extremely detrimental to our army."

Xia Houshang's remarks were praised by Xia Houyuan: "What you said is very good. According to your opinion, how should I act?"

Xia Houshang said: "According to the judgment of the late officials, Liu Bei saw that our army was on the defensive, so he just made a lot of equipment. He concluded that we did not dare to leave the station easily, so he did this. According to me, Liu Bei can make half of the weapons.

, we are not seeking a big victory when we launch a surprise attack, but as long as we can destroy all Liu Bei's equipment, we can greatly damage the enemy's morale, and it will not be difficult to switch from defense to offense."

As soon as he heard the words 'turn from defense to offense', Xia Houyuan's expression suddenly lit up.

But before Xia Houyuan could speak, Cheng Yu said directly: "This matter is not appropriate. Liu Bei's ability to use troops is not weak, and he can design. If this siege weapon is his method of luring the enemy, then if we

It may be extremely dangerous to go into battle at will, so it is better to stick to Yilu first... Otherwise, we may follow in the footsteps of General Zixiao."

Hearing Cheng Yu talk about Cao Ren, Xia Houshang's expression became a little unhappy.

"Uncle Zixiao died due to Liu Bei's treacherous plan. If we can't avenge him, we will be in vain as colleagues! Uncle, you and Uncle Zixiao have been very kind to each other these years!"
Chapter completed!