Yuan Shu turned his gaze to Kuai Liang and asked, "What does Zirou think?"

Kuai Liang is good at political strategy but not good at strategy, frowning and pondering for a long time, he sighed: "General, Ma Yue is quite strategic, using military deceitful, unpredictable, with a district of 800 stragglers can capture Wancheng, so it can be seen. The fact that Pheasant County was defeated, that is, abandoned Wancheng and go, never delayed, can be seen this person's courage. With a mere 200-odd rogues to shake 1000 Han army's elite cavalry, even though he knew that he would not be defeated, he still fought until the whole army was wiped out, which shows that Ma Yue is a man of skill and knows how to enlist people's support. Like this kind of boldness, skill, strategy and strategy of the generation, the world's lord also, Liang really can not presume to guess his way of using the army."

Jin Shang frowned and retorted, "Ma Yue is capable, but the stragglers under his command are only more than a thousand, so what is there to fear?"

Li Yan said, "The former governor Qin Jie, Lord Qin, unified 5000 people in Nanyang and fought with them, just as Lord Jin thought today, and thought that 800 stragglers were unbeatable, but then lost five battles and five defeats, and lost three cities, Fuyang, Suixian and Wancheng, losing property and injuring people."

Jin Shang ridiculed: "Finally, even the foot and Zirou brother also fell into the hands of thieves."

Li Yan was speechless, and suddenly his face was red with shame.

Jin Shang also said to Kuai Liang: "If Ma Yue is really as brother Zirou said, is the world's lord, strategy, courage, skill, then why the defeat of Pheasant County?"

Kuai Liang said indifferently: "The defeat of Pheasant County, not the crime of war, but due to the lack of information."

Yuan Shu looked gloomy, so far, Ma Yue not only did not make him feel "disappointed", brought him a "surprise" even far beyond his expectations, so he felt that the situation has been a little out of control! The ruthlessness of Ma Yue's action was beyond Yuan Shu's expectation when he slaughtered the war horses and abandoned Wancheng, and it was also beyond his expectation when a mere 200 horsemen were able to pester 1,000 Han army's elite horsemen for several hours so that the Wancheng horsemen were able to vanish without any trouble.

Seeing Yuan Jue's gloomy look, Kuai Liang's eyebrows moved and said, "General, Liang's talent and wisdom is blunt, it is difficult to presume to say the way Ma Yue used the army, but there is a person, quite talented, can be for the general strategy."

Yuan Shu eagerly said, "Who is it?"

Kuai Liang said, "The external move does not avoid enemies, the internal move does not avoid relatives, Liang has a brother, named Yue, young read military books, quite tactics, talent is ten times better than Liang, if the general does not see abandoned, can write a letter, for the general to recruit the army."

Yuan Shu was pleased to say, "I heard in Luoyang that the Kuan family of Jingxiang has two great men, Zirou is good at politics and Yidu is good at strategy. I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I didn't dare to do it, now Zirou's words are very much to my liking, you can quickly write a letter to recruit them."

Kuai Liang calmly said, "Obey the order."

Jin Shang's eyebrows jumped, hurriedly said: "General, the next official also know a person, surnamed Ji Ling, the epithet Fuyi, a native of Shandong, due to livelihood exile in Lu Yang, he is quite Xiang, Pan's courage, good at using a three-tipped two-edged sword, weighing up to sixty-five pounds, may be for the general to charge into battle."

Yuan Shu was pleased: "Recruit him too, recruit him quickly!"

Jin Shang answered, "Yes, sir."

Yuan Shu also said, "Li Yan, quickly send orders to Yuan Yin, Zhang Xun, and troops in Wancheng, do not act rashly, and quickly summon the two generals in Yuyang Wei He and Echinoyang Huang Zhong to come to the West E deliberations, and send more scouts and spies to closely monitor the movements of the 800 stragglers, but if there is any movement immediately report."

Li Yan said in a loud voice, "Yes, sir."

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The night was like ink, and more than 50 rafts were winding northward along the white water.

On the last raft, Guan Hai had a fierce expression and said in a stern voice: "If you do what I want, defend Wancheng to the death and fight with the Han army to avenge the death of more than 200 brothers."

Ma Yue glared at Guan Hai and said, "Revenge! Can you do that? Defending Wancheng is just to die for nothing!"

Zhou Cang also said in a deep voice: "The leader is right, this group of Han soldiers are many and brave, our army is too weak, Wancheng will not be able to hold."

Guan Hai said in a buzzing voice: "But I lost Wancheng before the battle was fought, so I'm suffocating in my heart."

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "There is nothing to hold back, today lost Wancheng, tomorrow can still take back, as long as the brothers are still alive, everything has hope! The defeat of Pheasant County, although the loss of more than 200 brothers, but also let me discover a fatal weakness of the 800 stragglers, may not be a good thing."

"What ...... what weakness?"

"We lack intelligence sources." Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "To be exact, there is no source of intelligence, except for relying on horse scouting rangers to spy on us, we know nothing about the movement of the Han army. We were lucky this time, but if we fall into the trap of the Han army next time, we are afraid that it will not be so easy to get out of the siege."

"Information?" Guan Hai said in astonishment, "Where can we get information about the Han army?"

Ma Yue's gaze was cold, and he said to the few stragglers who were holding the raft, "Step up, brothers, catch up to the front."

Ma Yue ordered the two rafts to merge and then jumped onto Liu Yan's raft with one foot. By the dull starlight, Ma Yue saw Liu Yan was standing in the middle of the raft with a sorrowful expression, her left was the unhappy Zou Yu Niang, the woman on the right had a slender figure, slender body, graceful posture and quite attractive, but it was a pity that the glittering white jade-like dimple had a large black birthmark, which greatly spoiled the overall beauty, otherwise, it would have been the most enchanting no doubt.

Ma Yue stared at the woman like a wolf and asked in a deep voice: "Are you the official lady?"

The woman bowed down on the raft and said in a brittle voice: "I am Mink Cicada, meet the chief."

"Uh~~" Ma Yue was suddenly shocked by the words and lost his voice, "Miao~Miao Cicada!

Mink cicada! That is one of the four most beautiful women in ancient times, how could she look like this? If this woman is a sable cicada, that's too damn funny! Ma Yue's heart was stunned, although this woman's style is sufficient, but the birthmark on her face is really too appalling, could it be that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu both have special fetishes?

The woman who called herself Sable said in disbelief: "Why is the chief so?"

"Cough~" Ma Yue coughed dryly and hurriedly said, "I heard that there is a sable officer in the palace, could it be that you are a court lady?"

Mink Cicada said, "The chief is worthy of being a famous general, he knows the etiquette of the palace, although I am not a palace maid, but I am very much related to one."

Ma Yue waved his hand and said coldly, "That's all, I'm not interested in knowing your life, let alone your connection with the palace maid, I just want to know how you know that the court sent 5000 Han troops to Nanyang to deal with the 800 stragglers, and why you came to help?"

Miao Cicada said, "Not only did I know that the court had sent 5,000 Han troops to Nanyang, but I also knew that the commander of the Han troops was Yuan Shu, the second son of the current Secretary General, Yuan Er Gong."

"What!?" Ma Yue almost vomited blood on the spot, lost his voice and said, "It's Yuan Shu that straw man?"

In the playbook, Yuan Shu was a total straw man, the battle of Pheasant County was lost under this person, that is really no face.

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you want to do.

Ma Yue was shocked to hear that, think about it, can create a foundation in the chaotic times, and even ascend to the throne as the emperor, from ancient times to the present and how many people? The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.

Ma Yue said in a gruff voice: "This is a court secret, how do you know about it?"

Miao Cicada smiled and said, "I can know not only the affairs of the imperial court, but also the affairs of the Han army camp, and the affairs of the county and state governments."

Ma Yue said coldly, "If you are so knowledgeable, it is suspicious to help you for nothing!"

Miao Cicada sighed and said in a low voice: "What I said is true, but who knows the sorrows that come with seemingly great powers? Does the chief know why I know this?"

"Why?"

Sable said, "There are courtesans in Luoyang, the state and county governments, and there are battalion prostitutes in the battalion with the army, and most of the sisters are official women, but their families have collapsed and become prostitutes (once again, this prostitute is different from the modern prostitutes, it is equivalent to the current actresses in the show business), and they are slaves for life and can never get rid of their status. Although she was disgraced, the people she contacted were mostly dignitaries and military generals, so she could know what people didn't know."

Ma Yue said, "In that case, you are the leader of these courtesans, official prostitutes, and camp prostitutes, and you have come to help the 800 stragglers with the intention of freeing your sisters?"

Mink Cicada said, "The chief is really wise and wise, that's exactly the case."

Ma Yue said coldly, "But I only have 800 people, I can't reach them."

Mink Cicada said, "No matter how the chief will achieve in the future, and whether the eight hundred bandits can sweep the world, as long as you promise to release the sisters from the registry after you win the world, you will serve, and tell us all the news of the dynasty and the military in the camp, then the chief will not have the defeat of Pheasant County and the loss of army and horses."