Chapter 89 Good weather

－Three hours later, the Lingbi Liu Bei army camp－

"I am worthy of being the second general. After winning consecutive victories, our army is full of morale!" With a chuckle, Jian Yong looked at the soldiers in the camp with satisfaction.

Wherever they went, Liu Bei's soldiers in the camp saluted and greeted him.

"Mr. Jane!"

"Hello Mr. Jane!"

Among them, some soldiers who had just joined the army did not know the origin of Jian Yong, and asked their companions in a low voice, "Who is this?" For example, the Danyang elite soldiers who had just been transferred into this army, but then some insiders explained to them."

Jian Yong and Jian Xianhe, a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, were famous fellows from Liu Bei. Since Liu Bei was granted the title of the Yellow Turbans two years ago, he had joined Liu Bei's command when he was appointed as the Anxi Order. In the following two years, he followed Liu Bei to fight south and north, working hard and was regarded as the right-hand man by Liu Bei together with Sun Gan. All internal affairs were handed over to this person. He can be said to be one of the few civil officials under Liu Bei's command.

Jian Yong was skilled in internal affairs and was stronger than foreign persuasion. The reason why Liu Bei was able to accept the Xuzhou, which Tao Qian gave so steadily, was that he relied on this person and another lobbyist, Sun Gan, to convince the wealthy families in Xuzhou.

Unfortunately, this famous scholar was not very proficient in marching and fighting, or in other words, under Liu Bei's command, there was actually no civil servant who could be called a counselor. Therefore, Jian Yong had to take the position of joining the army as the chief minister and acted as the military advisor to send troops this time.

After all, after all, the Confucian scholars of this era learned a lot and learned from other things. Even if they are not very proficient in military tactics, they should be more reliable than those warriors who only know how to charge and rush into battle.

"Okay," Jian Yong, dressed in a Confucian scholar, waved to the soldiers around him with a smile, and then said in a voice, "Sir, I know that the army is very hard, but Ji Ling is unable to avoid the battle at present. I must have been spying through the reality of our army day and night, waiting for an opportunity to move. Therefore, our army should not be lazy at all. When the battle is over, I should ask my lord to ask for merit and reward for the soldiers... But at present, you still need to encourage me and don't ask the enemy to take advantage of it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers in the camp raised their arms and shouted, and their morale was even higher.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

It can be seen that Jian Yong also enjoys a very high reputation in Liu Bei's army, which is inseparable from this person's approachable personality. Rather than saying that Jian Yong held the position of joining the army, he acted as a role in alleviating the tension in the pre-war atmosphere of the soldiers and maintaining the relationship between Liu Bei and his soldiers.

Maintaining the relationship between soldiers and lords is a crucial matter. You must know that the so-called elite soldiers and generals do not refer to the courage of ordinary men, but an army with strong bonds that are difficult to destroy by swords and axes. Such an army can be called an elite army that cannot be defeated!

Listening to the cheers like a tide in his ears and looking at the strong fighting spirit in the eyes of the soldiers, Jian Yong nodded with relief, and then a little respect appeared in his eyes, murmured, "I am worthy of being the second general. I have won many victories, and the morale of our soldiers has increased to such a level..."

Suddenly, a little strange color appeared in Jian Yong's eyes, because he saw several scouts from outside the wide open gate, wearing armor and blood, returning in a mess.

What's going on?

Frowning, Jian Yong strode over, walked to the scouts who were struggling to dismount, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"Mr. Jian?" The scouts turned their heads and saw that it was Jian Yong. They were shocked and hurriedly bowed. Then they heard Jian Yong's question, with a little shame on their faces and said, "We are ordered to patrol the surrounding area, and do not want to encounter enemy scouts on the way, so..." At this point, the scout lowered his head.

Jian Yong suddenly realized his heart. When he saw the scout in front of him, he looked ashamed, and then silently patted his shoulder as comfort. Then he whispered, "Thank you for your hard work and work hard outside to spy on the enemy's situation. How could our army win without you? As for those soldiers who died, the lord will definitely give full tribute to his family to comfort his bravery..."

"yes!"

Jian Yong sighed silently, and suddenly, he was stunned.

Not right...

Although Ji Ling did send scouts frequently a few days ago to compete with his scouts for the outside of the two armies, after a series of defeats, Ji Ling hurried in the camp and did not leave, so how could he get scouts?

Furthermore, our army's scouts have always been in a team of twenty cavalry, so why are there only a few four cavalry back in a mess? Could it be that the rest...

Thinking of this, Jian Yong frowned slightly and asked quickly, "By the way, how many people are there in the enemy's scouts? How many casualties are there?"

The scout hesitated for a while, clasped his fists and lowered his head and said, "Ten cavalry...one cavalry is not damaged!"

"What?" Jian Yong was shocked.

The twenty cavalry scouts on our own side were defeated against the ten cavalry of the enemy, but the scouts on our own side were defeated and returned in a mess, but the enemy was completely unscathed?

"The ten scouts... are there any marks?"

The scout thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "There is no point of attention... the young one only saw that everyone was wearing black leather armor, huh... the horse was also armed, and the riding skills were skillful, not like the scout sent by the enemy in front of the wave..."

"The horse is also wearing armor?" Jian Yong thought for a while and murmured, "It seems that it is not an ordinary scout. So Ji Ling has such a cavalry? Wait..."

Suddenly, Jian Yong recalled the news he had received before, about a cavalry unit entering Jiling Military Camp, his expression changed slightly, and he murmured, "It's only been three hours since he arrived, and he was thinking about regaining control of the outfield. It seems that the head coach of the cavalry is also a domineering guy..."

After saying that, Jian Yong turned his head and looked at the scouts and comforted him, "Thank you for your hard work. If there is no other news, you will go back to your account to heal. As for this matter, I will report to you next time!"

"No!——In this way, Mr. Jian will be fine!" The scouts retreated with fists.

Looking at their backs leading the horse away, Jian Yong sighed secretly, then looked at the direction of the enemy camp in a concentrated manner, and felt a vague premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, in the following hour, Jian Yong, who had been guarding near the gate, saw many of his scout teams returning to the base camp.

What surprised him was that the number of scouts sent by the outside world was obviously less than 300, but only 42 were returned to the camp. Although it was not ruled out that there were still many scouts on the outfield, this amount was really heartbroken.

What shocked him even more was that according to the return scouts, Jian Yong found that the enemy's scouts were only about 200 cavalry, but the ability of single-soldiers to fight was far higher than that of his own scouts.

"Sure enough, this battle was not as smooth as expected..." Jian Yong sighed slightly, and looked up at the setting sun in the sky.

Oh no, I lost control of the outfield in just half a day...

"Does the Black Wolf Riding..."

A moment later, Jian Yong came to the camp with the information he had sorted out because he thought he had to report this to Liu Bei.

"Xianhe, come and sit down!—Chang Yun, ask the soldiers to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Xianhe."

When Jian Yong stepped into the tent, Liu Bei was having a meal with his brother Guan Yu on a small table in the tent. The dishes were lighter, just a plate of pickled vegetables, a plate of salted beans, and a plate of bacon.

"No, no..." Jian Yong waved his hands repeatedly, then saw Guan Yu get up, smile bitterly, bowed and said, "That's how the second general is here!"

"Well!" Guan Yu nodded, without saying a word, and walked straight out of the tent. Although it seemed very arrogant, Jian Yong knew very well that this was Guan Yu's more polite side.

Soon after, soldiers brought the bowls and chopsticks. Seeing that the lord Liu Bei invited him to have dinner together, Jian Yong smiled bitterly and had no choice but to sit under the table next to the small table.

But after all, Jian Yong has encountered such things many times. In addition to feeling a little unfavorable to his lord, he doesn't care much. After all, when he was in Xuzhou, Liu Bei invited him to have dinner with him more than once. Sometimes, when he was chatting until late at night, Liu Bei even invited him to sleep with him.

In Jian Yong's memory, his lord never raised his identity. He always had the same meal with his civil servants and military officials and generals, and had almost no sense of being a lord. Perhaps this is why Jian Yong was willing to serve him for his whole life.

"Please, Xianhe!"

"Huh... I'm so grateful!" Jian Yong thanked him, and he didn't hesitate. He picked up the dishes and chopped the rice. After all, he almost patrolled the camp after lunch. At this moment, he was obviously hungry.

Looking at Jian Yong's unrestrained mouthful of rice, Liu Bei smiled, picked up an edamame with chopsticks, and said with a chuckling, "After noon today, Bei has never seen Xianhe!" As he said that, he put the edamame in his mouth.

Seeing the lord asking, Jian Yong quickly chewed a few times, swallowed the food in his mouth, and then said in a calm voice, "I have something to report to the lord about this matter!" As he said that, he ate the rice in big mouthfuls. After all, even if Liu Bei didn't care, Jian Yong, as a scholar, obviously kept it in mind.

"..." Looking at Jian Yong quickly exterminated the rice in the bowl, Liu Bei's smile gradually closed, showing a solemn expression, and looked at Guan Yu, lowered his head and ate.

In the past, Liu Bei liked to talk about trivial matters with Guan Yu, who was in the same table during the meal, or others, but today he obviously did not have this interest because of what Jian Yong said before.

Only half a stick of incense was the three of them finished today's supper. When the soldiers removed the dishes on the small table, Liu Bei immediately asked, "What Xian and what he wanted to say just now are..."

Jian Yong took the tea after the meal and then put down the teacup, frowned and said, "Lord, today I am patrolling the camp. It happened that the scouts sent to the field to spy on the enemy's movements... The scouts sent to the field to spy on the enemy's movements were heavy casualties. When they left the camp, three hundred cavalry, and by the sunset, only a few forty-two cavalry returned to the camp, and the rest were killed in battle..."

"What?" Liu Bei's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and he frowned and said, "Three...three hundred cavalry? Only more than forty?"

"Ah!" Jian Yong nodded and said with a worried look on his face. "I am more worried about another thing than this casualty. Although there may still be scouts from our army at the outfield at this moment, I am worried that our army may lose control of the outfield..."

Looking at the worrying expression in Jian Yong's eyes, Liu Bei took a long breath and murmured, "Is it a reinforcement?"

"I'm afraid it's true," Jian Yong sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "If Ji Ling had such a cavalry earlier, how could he give up his control of the outer field so easily, and watch our scouts go back and forth outside his military camp? It has always been reinforcements sent by Yuan Shu..." As he said that, he stretched out his hand and stroked his beard and asked in confusion, "Black Wolf Cavalry... I have never heard of Yuan Shu's elite light cavalry. Have you ever known about the origin of it?"

Liu Bei shook his head slowly, suddenly remembered the abnormality of Guan Yu, his brother Yi Yi in the afternoon, and asked in confusion, "Chang Yun, when I heard that this army arrived, I saw that you seemed to have reacted. Could it be that you know the origin of this army?"

Seeing his brother asking, Guan Yu, who was sitting cross-legged in the table, opened his eyes and clasped his fists and said, "Brother, don't doubt it. I also heard of the name of this army for the first time, but the black wolf told me to think of someone for no reason..." As he said that, a little solemnity appeared in his eyes.

"Oh?" Looking at the solemn expression in Guan Yu's eyes, Liu Bei was slightly shocked, because he knew very well that although his brother was extremely brave, he was a little arrogant. He never had to look at ordinary enemies. Now he showed such a look. Obviously, the other party was not a good person!

Thinking of this, Liu Bei asked in surprise, "Who is that?"

Guan Yu opened his eyes and said word by word, "The former deputy general of Wen Hou Lu Bu, General Fenwei, Chen Mo!"

"..." Liu Bei opened his mouth in surprise, lost his mind for a while, murmured, "Chen Fenwei?" As he said that, he turned a right face and frowned and said, "Why do you think it is him?"

Guan Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's just intuition!"

Looking deep at Guan Yu, Liu Bei took a long breath and said with a wry smile, "There were rumors earlier that this person had committed suicide by Yuan Shu and ruined Sun's life. I still said that it was spreading rumors, and I don't want to..."

Seeing Liu Bei and Guan Yu talking to each other, they seemed to have some understanding of the reinforcement commander. Jian Yong was a little puzzled and said curiously, "I heard that this person once relied on Dong's thief and helped the evildoer to abuse him, so he had a fight with the third general at Sishui Pass... Could it be that this is the truth? It's not a rumor?"

Looking at the horror in Jian Yong's eyes, Guan Yu seemed to see through his thoughts and nodded, "When the fight was fought, this man saved Dong Zhuo's general Hu Zhen in Yide, and fought with Yide for more than ten rounds, without a chance to win or lose. Although I saw that Yide did not use all his strength at that time, even so, Yide's courage is not something that ordinary people can resist. What's more, this man actually saw through the foundation of Yide [Zhu Yan] in those few more rounds. By the way, he had never seen such a person with his brother for many years..."

"Hehe," Liu Bei chuckled and said, "No wonder Yide talked about Chen Fenwei's name every day afterwards, and he thought he was worried about this matter."

"What brother said is extremely true!" Guan Yu smiled slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes. After all, for warriors, the mystery of the soul of life is the basis for survival. Once the opponent sees through it, you can imagine what kind of change will be.

Jian Yong obviously saw the aura of fighting spirit ignited by Guan Yu's slightly opened eyes, and smiled and said, "It's not really that Chen Fenwei, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu snorted and said lightly, "Is this person a try? - Chen Fenwei, whom he knows, is definitely not a hidden rat like Ji Ling. The next day, he went to fight in person!"

"Second brother, wait!" After hearing this, Liu Bei raised his hand to stop Guan Yu, who was full of fighting spirit, turned to look at Jian Yong, and asked, "What's the matter with Xianhe?"

Under Guan Yu's staring gaze, Jian Yong thought for a moment with shame, finally nodded and said, "The Black Wolf Cavalry's single soldier is extraordinary, and our scouts are hard to match. In this way, our army will sooner or later lose control of the outer field... Instead of letting the Black Wolf Cavalry spy outside our camp and damage the morale of our soldiers, it would be better to follow what the second general said...but, I think the Yuan army may not fight our army easily!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu snorted and said lightly, "Don't worry too much when joining the army. If he was really this person, he would definitely fight with our army!"

Looking at Guan Yu's conceited expression, Liu Bei nodded slowly, suddenly his face turned right, and said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, Yun Chang will send someone to fight to Yuanying and invite him to fight at noon tomorrow...a battle!"

"promise!"

－ At the same time, Ji Ling’s army camp, in Chen Mo’s tent

Because I learned earlier that Chen Mo would lead 3,000 cavalry to help him, Ji Ling was prepared when he established the village, and expanded the camp a little and left the northern camp so that the cavalry led by Chen Mo would settle in.

Of course, before Chen Mo arrived, Ji Ling also sent some soldiers to guard the Beiying to prevent Liu Bei's army from discovering the emptiness of the Beiying and coming to attack at night. It has to be said that although Ji Ling was defeated after Guan Yu for the first time, he was worthy of being a warlike general under Yuan Shu, and he was not aware of the defense.

"...This is our army camp, this is Liu Bei's army camp. There is a lake here, about 30 meters in radius. Here is a steep slope and a dike below it. It is only a river channel. You need to guard against Liu Bei's ambush here. In addition, there is a forest here, four miles across and three miles on the side, and hundreds of soldiers can be buried..."

In the Black Wolf Army General's tent where Chen Mo lived, Ji Ling was telling Chen Mo the environment here one by one in front of the marching pictures placed on the table. Beside the two, Wang Si, Zhang Yan, Pei Yuanshao, Gong Du and other Black Wolf Army generals all surrounded the table and listened to it in a daze.
To be continued...