Seeing that both children were so excited, Lantian pointed to the maps on the surrounding walls and said solemnly: "Boyang and Zhongling will be pillars of the country in the future. We must learn to look at the problem from the overall situation. Just like this time the three places started wars, only by understanding the relationship between the three battlefields can we predict the future direction of the war and make decisions that benefit ourselves.

For example, now you are in the battlefield in Nanyang and lead a unit to attack Cao's army. You must use all your strength to make the Cao army feel threatened, but you cannot really fight recklessly with Cao's army, because General Guan's mission is to restrain rather than kill the generals and kill the enemy.

Generals should flexibly grasp every attack and retreat. If the general leads the army has a strong overall awareness, will General Guan be much more relaxed? He will focus on ordinary generals..."

Lan Tian gave an example in an easy-to-understand manner, which made both brothers nodded frequently. Lan Ji patted his chest and promised: "It turns out that being able to make the main general feel completely relieved is to be alone. I must study hard in the Huben Martial Arts Hall and try my best to become such a person in the future."

"I don't feel enough experience in leading troops. I have to ask Uncle Gao for advice in the future." Lan Yuan nodded and agreed.

"You can take your time and be able to be a military general who is like this. There are only a handful of military generals in the world, even me..." Gao Shunxin said that such a perfect general was not many famous generals in ancient times. Although his mentality was high, his martial arts skills were too poor, which was a flaw. Although he could lead troops, his prestige was slightly insufficient.

Lantian sighed: "The overall view is not only reflected in military affairs, but also in politics and economy. You see, I have not been strong in Jiaozhou for many years, right? Why can I easily resolve Sun Quan's two sneak attacks? Cultivating farms, building weapons, raising war horses, collecting intelligence, and even running schools and developing commerce. These are invisible battles. Doing these things does not necessarily make a name for themselves, but they can definitely influence the direction of the war."

"Sun Tzu said, 'The superior troops attacked the plan, and then attacked the diplomatic forces, and then attacked the troops, and then attacked the cities.'. My father did these things and the children seemed to have a little more insight."

Lan Yuan seemed to have some understanding, but Lan Ji felt lonely when he heard this. He scratched his head and looked at his brother, thinking how to understand it?

"Learn slowly, you're still a long way..." Lan Tian sighed and joked at Gao Shun: "It's late now, let's go home, Boping has to walk on the night road again."

"Yi." The two brothers agreed in unison.

"Sir, joking, how afraid of a few steps at night, I will say goodbye first." Gao Shun clasped his fists and turned around and pushed the door.

The father and son followed closely behind and walked towards the house in the moonlight.

On the eighth day of November, Deng Ai's "family letter" was sent to Guangzhou. After Lantian read the letter, he quickly made arrangements. Jiaozhi matters must be put on the agenda. The decisive battle between Yongliang will begin soon. He must pacify the rear and focus all his attention on Dongwu.

If the Yongliang war deteriorates extremely, Lantian is worried that Cao Pi will reconcile with Sun Quan, and even Sun Quan will provoke on the grounds that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. At that time, Sun Cao's more than 200,000 soldiers on the Huainan battlefield will all turn to the Jingzhou battlefield, and Guan Yu will be under great pressure.

Lantian will never let passive situations happen. Even if Sun Quan just pretends to provoke, Lantian will take the initiative to choose to eliminate the danger. This is the overall view he emphasized to his two sons.

It’s like two chess players playing games. The vulgar player looks at three steps, the original player looks at ten steps, and the wonderful player sees through the chess game.

Lantian thought of a famous anchor quote at this moment: What you see is the second floor, and you think of me as the first floor, but I am actually on the fifth floor.

Deng Ai mentioned in the letter that a few months ago, soldiers in southern Yizhou were scattered into hundreds of people, and they stopped and carried compressed dry food. Every day, teams walked on the Jinniu Road. By mid-October, tens of thousands of people had gathered in Yangping Pass. Deng Ai also sorted out the grain and grass he had reserved for military farms and loaded them with the trucks. He is waiting for Liu Bei to arrive and issue an order. He speculated that Liu Bei arrived in Hanzhong in late October.

Before and after Lantian received the letter from home, Liu Bei had led his team to Yangping Pass and summoned all front-line generals to deploy a counterattack against Yongliang.

At this time, Liu Bei, who was sixty-one years old, was sitting upright on the stage. Although his hair and beard were gray and mixed, and the hero was old, he still felt energetic when he thought about getting closer to his ideals.

In addition to arranging Zhuge Liang, Lai Gong, Li Yan, Yang Hong and others to stay, Liu Bei transferred all the generals who could fight to the front line of Hanzhong to listen to them, intending to complete the battle.

On the right side of the lower head in the tent are Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Feng Xi, Chen Shi, Gao Xiang, Fu Zui, Zhang Nan, and Deng Ai. On the left side of the lower head are Fazheng, Ma Chao, Wu Yi, Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Deng Xian, Ma Dai, Wang Ping, Pang Rou, and Zhang Yi.

The position in the military tent is very particular. On the right side is the Jingzhou faction, with a small number of Yuan Cong faction as the auxiliary, and on the left is the Dongzhou faction as the auxiliary, with a small number of surrendered general faction as the auxiliary. Everyone sits in order according to the size of the official position.

Liu Bei's lineup gathered at Yangping Pass was very strong, and the Qishan Grand Village Zhang Fei, Lei Tong, Jiang Wei and other generals were more luxurious than when Hanzhong fought against Cao Cao, so he was very interested in this battle.

"We have been preparing for a few years and after several months of secret deployment, what we are waiting for is that today the generals gathered together to bet on all the Yizhou people. In addition to 100,000 troops, 300,000 corvee labor, and only wins and not defeats in this battle." Liu Bei began to mobilize pre-war seriously.

"It must win."

"Must win..."

......

Huang Zhong cooperated and shouted first, and the generals in the tent shouted in unison, as if they were about to close Yangping on the roof and overturn it.

Liu Bei looked at Huang Zhong with relief and nodded with a little affirmation: "I see that the old general is full of energy. Can I still be like three years ago? I will kill another general of Cao's army for Gu?"

Huang Zhong pulled open his white beard and patted his chest and said, "Cao Pi's guardian in Yongliang, except for Zhang He, who could barely fight, the rest of the rats were not enough to cut everyone."

"Hahaha, Cao Zhen beheaded more than 50,000 rebels in Hexi last year, captured more than 100,000 people, 80,000 cattle and one million sheep. The old general should not underestimate the enemy." Liu Bei told Huang Zhong about the relevant information.

"It's not that the last general underestimates the enemy, and Xiahou Yuan still died under my sword. What's the fear of Cao Zhen? Now the past minister follows the king's army to Yongliang, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard of the front." Huang Zhong glanced at Fa Zheng in his words, thinking that this time the military advisor continued to help me, and I, Lao Huang, still want to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

Zhao Yun quickly interrupted and talked about the old story: "Last time, Yun had already given the old general a chance. Even if he returned favors, he should be me? I will come to the vanguard this time."

"Uh... this favor is favor, but I am the general of the Western Expedition after all, so it is natural for the king to conquer the Western Expedition to open Xinjiang. How can I shirk responsibility..."

"Don't cheat on me, this time I will go, it's good for you next time..."

"I'll go this time, I will definitely let Zilong next time."

.....

Huang Zhong was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. Zhao Yun knew that the opportunity was really rare and was unwilling to give up the pioneering opportunity.

Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, and waved his hand with a smile and said, "Han Sheng, Zilong doesn't have to argue. It's not too late to complete the deployment and dispatch when Gu completes the deployment and dispatch before speaking."

"Vei." Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun clasped their fists and closed their voices.

Liu Bei looked around the generals, picked up a token on the table, and began to issue orders: "Shi Yuan, Meng Qi, Xianda obeyed the orders."
Chapter completed!