The next morning, after Zhao Ben woke up from his sleep, he immediately called his guard to ask if anything abnormal happened last night.

To be honest, this kind of inquiry is actually just a routine matter. After all, if something really happened last night, such as Meng Zhong leading the rebels to harass or attack again, the guards would have long woken him up, which was something Zhao Ben repeatedly reminded.

After all, after being attacked by Meng Zhong once, he really didn't dare to take it lightly anymore. Whether Meng Zhong was harassing or attacking, Zhao Ben asked himself to remain sober during that period.

But since these guards did not wake up Zhao Ben last night, this means that after Meng Zhong ambushed Lian Po last night, he did not lead his army to the camp to harass him again.

Sure enough, the guard reported respectfully: "Report to Zusima, there was no abnormality inside the camp yesterday, but... Lian Sima came outside your tent to see you very early. When he learned that you were still in peace, Lian Sima waited outside the tent."

『Lian Po?』

Zhao Ben was stunned for a moment and quickly ordered: "Hurry and invite me."

"Here!"

After a while, Lian Po walked into the tent with big strodes and bowed to Zhao Ben.

Perhaps because the armor pressed the wound and was not conducive to the wound healing, Lian Po did not wear armor today, but just wore a thin cloth dress. The cloth dress was stained with some blood, but it was not conspicuous.

"When did Lian Sima rest last night?"

Zhao Ben asked after taking a look at Lian Po, because he saw Lian Po's expression a little tired.

Hearing this, Lian Po smiled bitterly and explained: "After being grateful to Sima, I originally wanted to rest well, but last night... Lian tossed and turned last night, and he was really unintentional to sleep. It was not until he was so tired that he closed his eyes and took a break for a moment, but he woke up after a while..."

Speaking of this, the scene of the dozen or so sheep kicking the snare drum flashed in his mind, and a feeling of discomfort called humiliation surged in his heart again.

I think that Lian Po, who was born in the Lian clan of Jinyang, joined the army as a teenager. He has been in the army for more than ten years so far. During this period, he either conquered the bandits around Jinyang or faced foreign tribes that invaded the county. It was a battle of many battles, but he had never suffered as humiliation as last night.

Of course, Lian Po also understood that Meng Zhong on the other side actually had no intention of insulting him. The dozen or so sheep were just baits to lure him into the ambush, but in the final analysis, being deceived by someone with more than a dozen sheep was insulting, which made Lian Po’s face dizzy.

Therefore, he tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep. Whenever he thought of the dozen or so sheep, he felt his liver fire surge, his face burned, and he had no intention of sleeping.

"It makes you laugh." Lian Po said ashamed.

"Sima Yan is so serious."

Zhao Ben greeted Lian Po and sat down in the tent, and said with a wry smile: "In fact, I had to sleep for two or three hours until very late last night... Did Lian Sima Ke have used breakfast?"

"Uh, not yet."

"That's better to use some in my account."

As he said that, Zhao Ben ordered his guards to prepare breakfast. Then, he asked Lian Po again: "Have you counted the losses of your army last night?"

Lian Po nodded slightly and said inexplicably: "About 1,300 people fled or died, and there were about 1,000 injured..."

"One thousand three hundred..."

Zhao Ben muttered this number and breathed a long sigh.

According to his own estimate, the number of deaths in Lian Po's army last night was about 1,000, and the remaining two or three hundred soldiers may have been hiding where they had not yet returned to the camp. This is a very normal thing.

The loss of more than a thousand soldiers was actually not heavy, and it was within a range that could be withstood.

In comparison, they were ambushed by Meng Zhong last night, which was the most morale-damaging thing. This incident not only caused serious damage to the morale of the soldiers under his command, but even Zhao Ben, including Lian Po in front of him, was affected to varying degrees.

"That Meng Zhong is indeed alert... Last night, you and I ambush him, but he designed it. It may be even more difficult to use the same trick again in the future..." After saying that, he frowned and said, "Is it the only way to attack his camp in the hills?"

Hearing this, Lian Po shook his head and said, "It is useless to attack... The rebels in the hills occupy the risk of geographical advantage, and at least 5,000 soldiers can be eliminated or expelled overnight. Once they are dragged to night, there will be danger of being attacked by Meng Zhong."

"Then... what if a soldier was stationed in the area of ​​the hills?" Zhao Ben asked in contemplation.

"This..." Lian Po frowned and thought.

In his mind, the appearance of his general Yu Ren flashed through his mind, so he instinctively resisted Zhao Ben's proposal.

However, Lian Po actually understood that both him, Zhao Ben, and Meng Zhong on the other side were all involved in this civil strife in Zhao State. As far as he knew, Meng Zhong had been committed to ease the conflict between Gongzi Zhang and King He of Zhao before the rebellion of Gongzi Zhang.

Therefore, from the perspective of reason, Lian Po would not blame Meng Zhong for his death in battle. If he blamed him, he would also blame Gongzi Zhang.

But the problem is Zhao Ben's suggestion, that is, to send troops to restrain Meng Zhong, which is not an easy task.

You can see some clues from what happened last night: Who can restrain Meng Zhong?

Let others not talk about it, even Lian Po himself was not sure of restraining Meng Zhong, otherwise he would not have been tricked by Meng Zhong last night.

"I'm afraid it's not easy."

After thinking for a while, Lian Po shook his head and said, "If the troops are divided and Meng Zhong is restrained, the troops on Qu Liang will inevitably be weakened. Qu Liang's side is already difficult to resist Gongzi Zhang's rebels. If they divide the troops again in order to restrain Meng Zhong, they may..."

"What should I do?" Zhao Ben frowned and asked, "If it was not bad as I expected, Meng Zhong would probably lead his army to harass him tonight. What should we do then? Should we set up an ambush and ambush him again?"

Hearing this, Lian Po shook his head slightly.

In his opinion, Meng Zhong could guess his ambush last night. Could it be that Meng Zhong would not be vigilant about this tonight? How is that possible!

No matter what, Meng Zhong has to send some detailed works to investigate the situation before scouting, and then harass him again?

What's more, it is not easy to ambush the other party in the vast wasteland at night. With Meng Zhong's prudence, he retreated immediately when the opportunity was wrong. Even if he and Zhao Ben led the army to surround him, at best they would only capture and kill some of the rebels under Meng Zhong's command, or the truth was not very meaningful.

After all, Meng Zhong's plan to threaten the army is at least 50%, and the remaining 50% are the Xinwei Army and the general Dai County rebels under his command.

Therefore, if you want to eliminate this threat, you must ensure that you can surround and kill Meng Zhong. Just like last night, Lian Po and Zhao Ben used 8,000 soldiers to ensure that you can surround and kill Meng Zhong. Unfortunately, this strategy failed. If they used the same trick again, Meng Zhong would not be fooled again.

In other words, they have to think of another strategy.

After pondering for a while, Lian Po said hesitantly: "So Sima, I have a plan here, I don't know if it is feasible."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ben was excited: "Sima Lian, please tell me."

Seeing this, Lian Po lowered his voice and said, "Since Meng Zhong was prepared for the 'ambassin', he might as well set up an ambush in the camp."

"Amnes are set up in the camp?" Zhao Ben was stunned and asked in confusion: "Take the initiative to seduce Meng Zhong to come for the night attack? Isn't this easy?"

"No, it can be done."

Lian Po said seriously: "Zu Sima still remembers why the first attack by Meng Zhongjun of Guiying was attacked?"

Zhao Ben stroked his beard and recalled for a moment, squinted his eyes and said, "That was when he saw the soldiers in my camp ignored his harassment and thought our army was neglecting to prevent..." Speaking of this, a strange color flashed in his eyes and said in surprise: "Liang Sima said..."

"good!"

Lian Po nodded and said seriously: "Then Meng Zhong, it is actually a very dangerous thing to sneak attack Guiying before dawn, but why did Meng Zhong take risks with him? Because he knew that if he did not attack Guiying and did not intimidate the army, the soldiers of the army would not pay attention to his harassment at all. In this way, the harassment that he called his soldiers outside the camp would be meaningless... In other words, he had to sneak attack Guiying at that time! It was not a whim."

"Um."

Zhao Ben nodded after hearing this and said in contemplation: "What Sima Lian said is very... If this is true, when Meng Zhong comes to harass him tonight, you and I will deliberately ask the soldiers in the army to calm down and ambush them in the camp, ignoring his harassment, and he might attack the camp again..."

"Not maybe, but inevitable!" Lian Po said seriously.

The more Zhao Ben thought about it, the more he felt that this strategy could be tried. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and asked: "Wait, how can I make sure that Meng Zhongye attacked my camp? What if he attacked Fengyang Jun..."

Lian Po lowered his voice and said, "I will send someone to report to Fengyang Jun, so that his soldiers deliberately made some noise in the camp when Meng Zhong brought people to harass him. In this way, Meng Zhong was satisfied and would not think about attacking Fengyang Jun's military camp, but would only try to sneak attack the Gui camp!"

"well!"

Zhao Ben nodded repeatedly and said with joy: "Tonight, we will act according to Sima Lian's plan!"

After nightfall that night, Meng Zhong indeed brought another team of soldiers to harass him.

As Lian Po guessed, because he almost fell into the ambush between Lian Po and Zhao Ben last night, Meng Zhong was particularly cautious tonight because he was not sure whether Zhao Ben would use the same trick again. If it were him, he would do this, even if he failed the first day.

However, the facts proved that Zhao Ben and Lian Po did not set up ambush outside the camp. At least Meng Zhong sent more than a dozen teams to gather 500 soldiers to search the surrounding area carefully, but no signs of ambush were found.

『Did Zhao Ben and Lian Po give up?』

Meng Zhong was also a little surprised by this.

“Breaking and playing”

"Kill"

In the distance, there was no way to shout and kill the soldiers under Meng Hu's command, because the snare drums in Meng Zhong's army had been destroyed by the forest fire in the ambush last night.

A moment later, soldiers reported to him that they had successfully disturbed the Li Dui army's barracks.

“…”

After hearing the report, Meng Zhong's face was not as happy as harassment, because he was peeking at Zhao Bao's military camp from afar, and the military camp in the distance was silent at this moment, as if the soldiers in the camp ignored his harassment at all.

"Oh!"

After watching for a while, Meng Zhong's mouth raised a few smiles slightly.

"I said why there was no movement tonight? It turned out that I was waiting for me there..."
Chapter completed!