Chapter 3

"What, is Cai Maozhen here?"

Huang Zhao's face changed greatly when he heard it.

When the other three heard the speech, they all looked frightened. Zhang jizhongjian died of illness. Now they are being chased by Jingzhou army. They are scared of Jingzhou army. What's more, this time it's Jingzhou general Cai Mao. They were even more frightened. They wanted to fly back immediately.

When Zhang Xiu heard that it was Cai Mao, she was not at all flustered. She asked, "how many soldiers are Cai Mao chasing all night?"

Sentinel report: "report back to general, roughly estimated that there are two thousand soldiers under Cai Mao's command."

"Ha ha ha..."

Hearing the speech, Zhang Xiu burst out laughing.

His laughter came into Huang Zhao's ears, as well as other people's ears.

Huang Zhao asked, "Why are you laughing, my lord?"

Zhang Xiu replied: "what I'm going to laugh at is that Cai Mao, with only two thousand soldiers, dares to chase him all night. It's really audacious. This time, Cai Mao was caught in the trap. What's more, it's an opportunity that God has given us. "

Huang Zhao worried: "my Lord, our soldiers are scared out of their wits. They are unstable and lack of combat effectiveness. Even though there are more people than Cai Mao, it is difficult to fight. "

The other three agreed.

Huang Zhao and the rest of the generals were afraid of fighting with the Jingzhou army.

Cai Mao led two thousand elite soldiers to kill them. They were all in a panic and had no mind to resist. It can be imagined that if such an army fought with the Jingzhou army, it would surely break up.

Zhang Xiu asked, "Huang Zhao, how many soldiers are there under your command?"

"A thousand soldiers!"

Huang Zhao answered without thinking.

Zhang Xiu looked at the other three and said, "Huang Zhao has a thousand excellent soldiers, and each of you has more than a thousand. All in all, we have nearly 5000 soldiers. With 5000 troops, we can win against Cai Mao's 2000 men! "

Huang Zhao shook his head and said, "my Lord, although we have a large number of people, our morale is turbulent. Our soldiers are afraid of being beaten and can't fight. Even if they go to war, they will be defeated. "

Fighting in the battlefield is crucial.

If all the soldiers are afraid, they will run away as soon as they arrive at the battlefield. No matter how many people there are, it will not help.

Zhang Xiu big sleeve a brush, confident way: "the soldier's problem, this will solve.". Now, go to the camp and gather the soldiers. I'm going to lecture the soldiers and let them have the courage to fight Cai Mao. "

"Here!"

Huang Zhao is helpless to respond.

Although he is not optimistic about Zhang Xiu, since he is loyal to her, he can only obey her orders. Seeing that there was no room to turn around, the other three responded one by one and went out of the barracks to gather the soldiers.

Half a quarter of an hour later, all the soldiers assembled.

Zhang Xiu came to the front of the army and stood upright. He was leaning on the ground with his sword, pressing the hilt with both hands. His eyes were sharp, and he slowly swept the 5000 soldiers under his command.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of food in the army, and most of the soldiers are yellow, thin and in poor spirits. In particular, during the first World War of attacking Zao County, the army suffered heavy losses when it retreated, and many soldiers were still injured. Many weapons were lost and their combat effectiveness had fallen to the bottom.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu didn't lose heart at all.

Even if Cai Mao is here, he is confident of winning.

Zhang Xiu took a breath and said in a loud voice: "Ben has just received the news from the sentinel. In our rear, general Cai Mao of Jingzhou personally led 2000 soldiers to chase us all night to take us."

WOW!!

In a word, it causes a shock.

Countless soldiers were talking and whispering. Without exception, the faces of the soldiers showed a look of panic. They were afraid of the Jingzhou army and were afraid of being overtaken by Cai Mao.

The soldiers were talking about the retreat.

Zhang Xiu is not far away from the soldiers. She clearly hears the words of all the soldiers and says in a loud voice: "silence!"

At the command of Huang Zhao and other generals, the discussion gradually stopped. Everyone's eyes fall on Zhang Xiu, waiting for her to speak.

Zhang Xiu continued: "Cai Mao killed all night. The general's first reaction is the same as you. They all want to retreat and avoid Cai Mao's pursuit. But Ben would have thought about the consequences of our retreat. "

"What we came to do in Zao county is because the army is short of food, so we came to Zao county to plunder food."

"Without food in the army, where can we retreat? Back to Chang'an? Li didn't welcome us. He even wanted to swallow us and kill us soon. Back to Yanzhou? Cao Cao hated the Xiliang army and wanted to annihilate all the Xiliang army, proving that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. "

"We have no way back now."

"Even if we retreat, there will be no food or money in the army. Before we return to Chang'an, we will starve to death on the road."

Zhang Xiu said in a loud voice: "brothers, we have no way back now."

"We have only one war!"

"If we want food, a foothold, money and women, we can only fight Cai Mao to death. Cai Mao led the army to chase after him all night. He had only 2000 people, while we had 5000 people. ""As long as we fight to the death and capture Cai Mao alive, we can bargain with Liu Biao and get food and territory from Liu Biao's hands, so we don't have to be displaced any more."

"Cai Mao made a surprise attack all night long, which was a big military taboo."

"Our unexpected counterattack, this battle will win."

Zhang Xiu's words were full of iron and blood, and she said forcefully: "I will not retreat because there is no way out. Those who want to retreat will not be stopped. But Ben will fight to the end. Are you willing to fight to the death with us? "

"Fight to the death!"

Huang Zhao heard Zhang Xiu's words, but he didn't even think about it. He answered directly. As Zhang Xiu's lineage, he must support Zhang Xiu.

"Fight to the end!"

In the crowd, there were generals and soldiers.

"Fight to the end!"

"Fight to the end!"

……

One voice after another, from sporadic gradually become neat, the voice is more rebellious and ferocious. In the first World War in Shaxian County, 5000 soldiers lost heart and were terrified. They were a group of sad soldiers. The only way to stimulate the morale of these soldiers is to start with money and food.

This is the entry point of Zhang Xiu.

Through Zhang Xiu's analysis, soldiers understand that there is no way back, in order to breed the courage to fight to death. Moreover, after Zhang Xiu's analysis, only when they have the chance to win can the soldiers be willing to fight to the death.

Zhang Xiu see morale recovery, the bottom of my heart was relieved.

This group of mourners can still fight.

Zhang Xiu raised her hand and pressed down, motioned for the soldiers to be quiet, and when all the shouting subsided, Zhang Xiu continued: "Cai Mao chased all night, it's a lonely army. Since it is a lonely army, it is easy to calculate. The strategy of this war will have been considered

"Huang Zhao, listen to the order!"

Zhang Xiu drank loudly.

"The end will be here!"

Huang Zhao stood up and saluted.

Zhang Xiu ordered: "Ben will order you to lead your soldiers, prepare the rocket immediately, and then ambush outside the camp. Wait for the general's order, and fire the arrow. "

"Here it is

Huang Zhao responded with a clasping fist and returned to the army.

Zhang Xiu continued: "Ling Feng listen to the order!"

"The end will be here!"

Ling Feng stepped out and replied solemnly. Together with other Zhang Shi and Li Miao, he was the master who had seen Zhang Xiu's means in the camp.

Zhang Xiu ordered: "you lead your soldiers, gather hay, and spread all the hay in the camp."

"Here it is

Ling Feng should hold his fist.

Zhang Xiu said again: "Zhang Shi, Li Miao!"

"The end will be here!"

Zhang Shi and Li Miao stood up immediately.

Zhang Xiu ordered: "the soldiers under your command lie in ambush in the forest outside the camp."

"Here it is

Zhang Shi and Li Miao responded immediately.

"Act!"

Zhang Xiu gave the order.

All the people have to make, the flustered heart is also calm down, quickly to carry out the order.