Hearing the news of Hu Zhen's defeat, Chen Mo was not surprised. In that case, it would be a miracle to win, but it was a pity for those troops.

The Xiliang cavalry's combat effectiveness is among the best in the world. They lost three to four thousand men in one fell swoop. Chen Mo felt sorry for Dong Zhuo.

"Since Hu Zhen is defeated, Yuan Shu will arrive soon. He will integrate the defeated remnants into Yang Ding's army and prepare to defend against the enemy." Chen Mo was thinking about the next strategy in his mind. In fact, there was no way to defend the city.

Yique Pass has sufficient troops. It will not be easy for Yuan Shu to storm Yique Pass. However, there are Dagong Pass, Luhun Pass, Xuanyuan Pass and even the Xingmen Pass further away. These passes are not strong. If Yuan Shu takes a long time

If you can't conquer it, you should make a detour and start from these four levels. Even if you conquer one level, then go around to the rear and attack the grain road, it will be a bit troublesome.

"General, how are you going to fight?" Hua Xiong's eyes lit up when he heard this, he looked at Chen Mo and said with a smile, Chen Mo would always find some unexpected ways to defeat the enemy when fighting.

"Guarding the pass is actually just those tricks. Yuan Shu has many soldiers, and our army occupies the strong pass. The advantages and disadvantages are balanced. As long as the defense is tight, Yuan Shu can't attack and we can't get out. Now I'm worried about Lu Hun, Dagu, and the revolving door.

If Yuan Shu cannot attack the four Xuanyuan passes for a long time, it will be troublesome to send people from these four passes to bypass our army's rear to attack the grain road."

Chen Mo considered the possible threats and frowned.

"But if our troops are divided into four levels, we won't have much troops left." Hua Xiong frowned. If Hu Zhen hadn't stubbornly wanted to stay behind and suffered a huge defeat, he could have deployed thousands of troops.

The horses came to strengthen the defense of the four passes, but now Hu Zhen was defeated and thousands of troops were lost. If they did not have this consideration, it would be more than enough for them to defend Yique Pass now, but with this concern, the strength of the troops would be somewhat stretched.

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Chen Mo nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, order the four passes to set up beacon towers, and also set up more beacon towers along the way. Once a pass is attacked, immediately light the beacon fire, and order a thousand cavalry to guard the rear. Once the rebel army is found to be attacking,

, rush to the rescue immediately, and everything will be safe!"

Hearing this, Hua Xiong nodded and said with a smile: "The general is still very powerful, so I will make arrangements for you now."

This move of Beacon Tower was used by Zang Hong when he was in Donglai. The Yellow Turbans of Donglai were almost extinct due to this move. Later, Chen Mo also relied on this move to force Mrs. Guo in Hedong, and Yu Fuluo had no way to avoid it.

, a very practical trick.

In order to be able to rush for timely reinforcements, troops and horses were naturally mobilized from the Xiliang cavalry. Hua Xiong selected a general who was quite good at fighting under his command and brought a thousand troops and horses out of Yique Pass to prepare for reinforcements at any time.

In the evening, Yuan Shu's army arrived and sent a group of troops to prepare for Chen Mo's surprise attack. At the same time, he also checked whether Chen Mo had laid so many traps in front of Yique Pass. The large group of troops began to set up camp. The 50,000-person military camp almost surrounded the entire Yique Pass to the south.

The roads are all blocked.

However, it was already dark, so Yuan Shu did not send troops to attack the city.

Late at night, Chen Mo was preparing to worship the system gods and rest as usual, but found that his luck began to become blurry.

Seeing his luck fluctuating, Chen Mo, who was about to go to bed, frowned and stood up. After thinking about it, he put on his clothes and came to Guancheng.

"See General!" Yang Ding, who was in charge of the night watch, was a little surprised when he saw Chen Mo coming up, and hurriedly stepped forward to pay his respects.

"General Yang, there is no need to be polite." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help Yang Ding up, frowned and looked outside the pass. It was pitch black, and when he looked down the city, he couldn't see anything.

A soldier suddenly threw the torch in his hand out of the city wall. The flickering torch brought a moment of light to the dark world, but soon fell into darkness again.

This is a way for the guards to determine whether there is a sneak attack under the city. Every once in a while, someone will throw the torch out after it is almost burnt out to determine whether there is a sneak attack.

It's just that the range that can only be seen is not large, and the frequency is too low.

"The general is going to the city late at night, but do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Yang Ding followed Chen Mo. Seeing that Chen Mo had no purpose and was just wandering around, Yang Ding asked with some expectation.

"Where do those many strategies to defeat the enemy come from?" Chen Mo was speechless. How could Yang Ding and Hua Xiong look the same? If there are so many strategies to defeat the enemy in this world, what's the point of having a large number of troops?

Yang Ding thought about it, now they don't have many troops, and Yuan Shu is about to block the entire Yique Pass, so there really is no way to defeat the enemy.

"Is there a bronze mirror in the city?" Chen Mo suddenly asked.

"Of course." Yang Ding nodded.

"Send someone to get some noodles." Chen Mo thought for a while and said.

Yang Ding didn't understand what he meant, but he nodded in agreement. Soon, several bronze mirrors were delivered to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo picked up a bronze mirror, placed a torch in front of it, and looked down into the city to shine.

The weak light brought some light into the darkness, but it was not very clear. Chen Mo thought for a while and used ropes to fix the bronze mirror together into a concave shape. Then he used a torch to shine it, and there was suddenly a lot more light.

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"If there are more, get a few more." Chen Mo hung up the bronze mirror, which can be rotated, and placed the torch in front of it, which can illuminate many places. This is much easier than throwing torches under the city, and the lighting range is also large.

Bigger.

"What a skill, General!" Yang Ding looked at him with bright eyes. With this method, even if the enemy attacked at night, he would be able to find it quickly.

Chen Mo nodded and walked around the city again. After pointing out a few omissions, he said goodbye to Yang Ding and returned to the city.

Back in his room, Chen Mo frowned slightly as he looked at the still unclear luck. This meant that for some time in the future, even the system gods would not know what his luck was. It had happened several times before, but the threats were all around him.

, solved it, and the luck returned to normal.

There are Dian Wei guards and a group of personal guards around him, and the soldiers in Guanzhong have basically returned home. I just saw that Yang Ding's luck has not fluctuated. In other words, the threat this time probably does not come from the battlefield?

No matter what, go to sleep!

Looking at the sky, it was already late at night. Chen Mo simply stopped thinking about it and went to sleep. Although his luck was uncertain, it was not a deadlock, but what the future would bring to the system was uncertain even to the gods.

Do your own thing well. Even if there is a crisis, Chen Mo believes that he has the ability to solve it. Why worry about gains and losses?

Although the warning from the system god attracted Chen Mo's attention, since the incident has not happened yet, Chen Mo will not be too worried, and will sleep when he needs to. This is a habit he has developed over the years. Unless necessary, otherwise Chen Mo will not be too worried.

It won't be messy.

There was no words all night, and early the next morning, Chen Mo appeared at the city gate as refreshed as ever. Looking at Yuan Shu's camp in the distance, the trumpets had begun to blow, and a battle was about to begin, but Chen Mo didn't feel much worried.

"Is there any arrangement on the top of the cliff?" Yang Dingdao asked while inspecting the defense.

"Don't worry, General, it's been done." Yang Ding nodded.

"General Yang hasn't slept all night. Let's go and rest first. General Hua and I are here." Seeing the tired look on Yang Ding's face, Chen Mo nodded and said with a smile.

"General, I'll leave." Yang Ding nodded, saluted Chen Mo, and turned around to retreat.

"General, it looks like the bandit army is about to attack the city." Hua Xiong reminded him as he looked at Yuan Jun's camp in the distance and began to send out troops one after another.

Chen Mo nodded and said, "I'm about to discuss defense with the general."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of silk and said: "Today, the actual number of soldiers and horses in Yique Pass is 6,703, and even if the city of Yique Pass is fully defended, only 407 people will be stationed.

A thousand cavalry are sent out to support each pass, and there are fifty people on each side of the cliff. The force we can use now is five thousand six hundred and three people. They can take turns to garrison and keep vigil. They can be divided into three squads, which is one thousand taels.

One hundred and twenty-one people, if replaced once a day, once every four days, then 4,884 people will be needed, and the remaining 719 people can make up for the losses. In this way, the soldiers can take turns to rest

, wait until the troops are insufficient, and then make adjustments. What does the general think?"

Hua Xiong was already dizzy after hearing this. Until now, he was still calculating in his mind how many people would be needed to work in three shifts with 407 people. Hearing this, he nodded subconsciously and said: "What the general said is true, and the general also means the same."

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Chen Mo: "?"

Looking at Hua Xiong's confused and empty look, Chen Mo felt helpless and nodded: "Then go and make arrangements. The number of troops and horses under your command and that of General Yang Ding is not equal, so we still need to coordinate...

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"General!" Hua Xiong quickly interrupted Chen Mo, took a deep breath and said: "The general is the one who makes the decision. There will be no problem between me and General Yang. The general can just dispatch his troops!"

"Okay, let all your generals come. You can also come later, and I will explain to you in detail." Chen Mo nodded and asked Dian Wei to follow Hua Xiong to get the people, while he asked General Bai Piao to recruit all the generals.

distribute.

"Don't forget it." Seeing Chen Mo leave and Hua Xiong still counting on his fingers, Dian Wei sneered and said, "Let me ask you, how many people are there in Guanzhong now?"

"Five thousand..." Hua Xiong was interrupted by Dian Wei and had a headache for a moment. He looked at Dian Wei and said, "How much is five thousand?"

"That's all?" Dian Wei sneered and said, "Go and do the work quickly. My lord is still waiting. You can't calculate it even if you count it for a whole day."

"It's a joke, how do you know?" Hua Xiong frowned.

"Even if I couldn't come out, I would have given up long ago." Dian Wei said proudly.

Hua Xiong: "..."

Taking a deep breath, Hua Xiong said disdainfully: "I am a general, how can I be as reckless as you?"

"Then let me ask you, how many people are needed for one round every four days?" Dian Wei grinned.

Hua Xiong: "...The general still needs to gather the generals, so let's go quickly."

Dian Wei gave a bad laugh, followed Hua Xiong and grinned: "Do you know how long it takes my lord to calculate these things?"

"..." He didn't want to pay attention to this fool, but Hua Xiong was really curious and couldn't help but ask: "How long?"

"I don't know. Anyway, when I saw my lord writing these things, I didn't stop to think about it at all. You are still far from being a general."

Both of them are known for their bravery, and they often spar with each other on weekdays. They have a good relationship, but Dian Wei always likes to bully people for some reason. This makes Hua Xiong want to beat him, but he is also worried that it will interfere with official business, so he can only shut up.

He said nothing and went to gather the troops.
Chapter completed!