Winter in the north is a bit urgent, and a few days ago it was still a golden scene, but suddenly after a cold wind, everything fell into a dead silence. The morning sun in early winter was not hot, and the cold wind blew the flags of the northern school yard. At this time, on the huge school field, a team of soldiers stood silently against the cold wind, and it was a vast competition platform for these soldiers, and Han Angelica on the stage read with a piece of paper in his hand:

On October 4, the 20th year of Yuanxing, because the Eagle Guard and the Tiger Column of the Electric Ox Legion submitted a battle book to our military division at the same time, at the request of both sides, this military exercise competition was carried out in the form of a team competition. According to the research and analysis of the Operational Staff Department of the Military Division, the rules of this military exercise are as follows:

1. Weapons of mass destruction shall not be used, and spiritual cultivators may carry their spiritual soldiers and conventional armaments, and martial cultivators may carry their habitual use of spiritual soldiers and conventional armaments.

2. There shall be no death or disability, and a distress signal may be sent in case of non-human danger.

3. Do not use mounts and monsters to participate in the battle, and once discovered, it will be judged defeated.

Fourth, third-party generals are not allowed to participate in this military exercise in any form, and once discovered, it is judged that the helping party has failed.

5. The venue for this military exercise is set up in Ruixiang Mountain, and the time limit is seven days.

6. Since the ratio of the number of the two sides participating in the war is about 15 to one, the mode of this military exercise is a survival battle.

7. The Tiger Column must destroy all the Eagle Guards hidden in the mountains to win. The Eagle Guards must survive in the Ruixiang Mountains for seven days, and only break out on the seventh day of the military exercise, and only one fifth of the Eagle Guards will return to the northern camp before the seventh day. If neither side completes the specified task, it will be defeated.

8. The military exercise and competition will begin at midnight tonight, after which the combatants of both sides must enter the predetermined position, and if one side delays, it will be judged defeat.

9. The two sides participating in this competition must abide by the rules of this military exercise, and if there is a violation, they will be judged to be defeated.

When Han Angelica finished talking about the rules. Jiang Chen was a little dazed, he didn't expect that the military secretary would give such a military exercise competition rules unusually, according to his original plan, he would choose a battlefield with the Tiger Column and face off in an all-round showdown. Unexpectedly, the military secretary gave such rules for military exercises and competitions, but fortunately, some time was reserved for everyone to deploy plans, and the young eagle guard had also experienced this form of survival battle, Jiang Chen was not too panicked. When Jiang Chen looked at the Tiger Column, Lu Xian'an was also looking at him, with a look of shock in his eyes, he didn't expect the military department to give such a plan, which had never appeared in the northern military exercise competition.

Han Angelica looked at the Eagle Guard in the audience, and the ban on the use of demon beast mounts had indeed made the Eagle Guard lose more than half of its advantage. And the combat staff of the military division gave such a plan is also well thought out, after all, the identity of the young eagle guard is different from the legions that participated in the competition in the past, these teenagers are all nobles, if there are demon beast mounts involved, there are too many unpredictable factors, if there are casualties, it is really difficult to explain to those dignitaries in Kyoto. And this rule is for both sides, those who are all spiritual young eagle guards will be a little afraid of the starter, and they can't be heavy on the members of the Tiger Column.

Of course, in line with the principle of fairness and justice, there are also many restrictions on the Eagle Guard, after all, the identity of these teenagers determines that the cultivation resources they can access are not comparable to these ordinary soldiers, so some restrictions have been made on them in terms of equipment. And looking at the whole plan, the Tiger Ben army has a huge advantage, which is also why those people in the military department and staff want to give these proud teenagers a dismount, so that they can understand that the army is not a place where they can act wantonly.

When Han Angelica announced his disbandment, Jiang Chen quickly returned to the camp with the Eagle Guard and discussed countermeasures with Chen Mingzhi and others. There were also dissatisfied protests in the Eagle Guard, but they were all suppressed by Jiang Chen's five people, and as soldiers, they must obey orders. Moreover, they also understand that the military department must consider the overall situation when giving such a plan, otherwise they would not have gone against the norm and formulated such a plan for military exercises and competitions.

When Yue Qianming, who was far away in Feng'an City, received the official document submitted by the Northern Military Division this morning, he smiled and thought to himself that it seemed that his students were going to establish authority in the northern territory. It's just that he didn't expect that Jiang Chen's goal in the first battle was to select the Tiger Column of the Electric Ox Legion. But it's okay to do this, you can suppress the increasingly proud Dian Niu Army, they always look like the eldest and their second child in the province. Otherwise, in the three-kingdom annexation war that is about to break out in full force, it will be a big problem if the Lidian Niu Legion still has this kind of arrogant mentality. Yue Qianming was not worried about Jiang Chen's failure at all, he still knew about this student he had taught by himself, and believed that Jiang Chen had the ability to win this military exercise.

Yue Qianming put down the paperwork in his hand, walked out of the study, and went directly out of the mansion gate, and looked around casually for a while before walking towards the imperial city. still came to Zhao Lingyun's study through a secret path, only to see that Zhao Lingyun was the only one in the study. At this time, Zhao Lingyun was also holding a document in his hand and looked at it again, and saw that Yue Qianming was taken into the study, and casually pointed to a place in front of the desk and asked Yue Qianming to sit down. Shaking the document in his hand, he said, "Chen'er, this is going to be powerful in the north!" Yue Qianming nodded with a smile.

Since the envoys of Jin and Xia left Feng'an City, Zhao Lingyun has rarely appeared in front of people, and even the daily court meeting is held every day, but Zhao Lingwu often enters the palace, but he rarely sees Zhao Lingyun, just to confuse the spies of Jin and Xia, so that they really think that Zhao Lingyun has been controlled by Zhao Lingwu. The important government affairs of the Zhao Xin clan will still be transmitted to Zhao Lingyun's case through secret channels, which will not affect Zhao Lingyun's control of the Zhao Xin clan at all, and the layout of the Jin and Xia countries has also entered the final stage. Today, Zhao Lingyun recruited Yue Qianming into the palace to discuss how to deal with the alliance that had been formed between Jin and Xia. Moreover, Li Chengji and Princess Yulan of the Jinhai clan are about to get married, and the Zhao Xin clan also needs to send envoys to congratulate them, and these superficial efforts still have to be done.

I saw Zhao Lingyun pick up a secret report on the desk and hand it to Yue Qianming and asked, "Now that the two countries of Jin and Xia have just formed an alliance, and their relationship is not very stable, how can we disrupt the alliance between these two countries?"

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"I thought that the thousand-year-old feud between these two countries would not be resolved so easily, and now it is also due to the rise of our country's strength that these two countries have to be an alliance, and after all, the Xia Geng clan is an empire that once dominated a state, and it has not been worn out after 10,000 years. And over the years, there have been many frictions between the border garrisons of the two countries, although there has been some easing in the past one or two years, it is also due to the fact that the upper echelons of the two countries are about to form an alliance, those border soldiers do not think like this, after all, since the rise of the Jinhai clan, how many siblings have died at the hands of the Xia Geng clan, and the grievances between the two countries will not be eliminated like this. ”

After Yue Qianming finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Lingyun, who was thinking, and continued: "If Princess Yulan dies in the Xia Geng clan, and it is an unnatural death, and then let the secret spies lurking in the Jinhai clan spread the rumor that Princess Yulan died under the power struggle within the Xia Geng clan, I think the alliance between Jin and Xia will be broken, and a big war may break out between the two countries." Yue Qianming's eyes had a hint of murderous aura in his eyes, and he finished talking about the plan he was thinking.

"If it fails or leaks, the spearhead of these two countries will be directly aimed at my Zhao Xin clan, which will make the alliance between Jin and Xia even closer. It is even more detrimental to my Zhao Xin clan. ”

"I heard that the Zang clan of the Xia Geng clan was recently assassinated by a number of clansmen, and because of this incident, the relationship between the Zang clan and the Cui clan has further deteriorated. And because the Zang clan has become more and more powerful in the Xia Geng clan in recent years, the Yuanyou king Li Chengji obviously has a tendency to fall to the Cui clan to suppress the development of the Zang clan, we can borrow the hand of the Zang clan to get rid of Yulan, and it can also make the situation within the Xia Geng clan more tense. ”

"I've also considered borrowing a knife to kill someone, but how to borrow it is also a problem. It is too clumsy to blame the blame, and as long as you think about it, people will find out the problem. ”

"That Zang clan is not monolithic, if we lure an inconspicuous clansman of the Zang clan, especially the Zang family who was assassinated this time. Do you think it's feasible?"

"You can think about it. By the way, then Lu Xian'an is also a wise general, do you think it is possible for Chen'er to defeat him? Otherwise, Chen'er will not be able to establish his authority, and it will make the rest of the army in the north laugh, if the news is transmitted back to Kyoto, then there will be a few arguments in the court, and then I can only let Chen'er resign and return to Beijing. Immediately after that, Zhao Lingyun changed the topic, but he returned to the military exercises and competitions that will be held in the north.

"This ...... It shouldn't be a big problem, Chen'er is indeed very talented in the way of military exercises, and the rules formulated by the Northern Military Division this time are indeed a little difficult for the Eagle Guard, but I have confidence in Chen'er. And when the Eagle Guard was training in Feng'an City, he had experience in this area, although there were not so many soldiers who participated in the encirclement and suppression that time, but it was not a big problem. ”

Zhao Lingyun nodded, remembering the secret military exercise conducted by the Eagle Guard in Feng'an City, although the rules were not as strict as this military exercise, it still gave Zhao Lingyun a lot of surprises, which also affirmed that his decision to set up the Eagle Guard was right. The two chatted for a while, and Yue Qianming was secretly sent away.

Jiang Chen and the others returned to the camp and carefully studied the rules of the military exercise, which did not clearly stipulate that the Eagle Guard could not take the initiative to launch an attack on the Tiger Column. Jiang Chen's five people analyzed that the Tiger Column must have contempt for the Eagle Health in the early stage, and finally decided that when the two armies first made contact, Chen Mingzhi led his team to find fighters to ambush the Tiger Column, first consume their encirclement and suppression forces, and Zhao Xinchen was responsible for responding, and then Jiang Chen personally led the remaining two teams to block the enemy who was chasing them.

Although this method is more risky, everyone feels that it can be tried, and such a deployment may also bring some losses to the Eagle Guard, but from the overall situation, it is beneficial to the Eagle Guard. Jiang Chen had heard Yue Qianming say a long time ago that Ci was not in charge of the army, but Jiang Chen hesitated for a long time when he made such a decision, according to his original plan, he planned to bring all the members of the Eagle Guard back to the camp, but the situation was not up to him, he had to make a choice.

After several people decided to set up an ambush for the Tiger Column, they immediately gathered the whole team and set off for Ruixiang Mountain. When Lu Xian'an heard that the Eagle Guard had set off, he didn't think deeply, he just thought that these teenagers were rushing to get familiar with the terrain and avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Tiger Column, and he Lu Xian'an had been in the north for more than ten years, and he had long been familiar with the mountains and rivers in the north.

On the way to Ruixiang Mountain, Jiang Chen and others conveyed the combat order to the whole team members, and then took the military geographical map of Ruixiang Mountain to do some research. When rushed to Ruixiang Mountain, combined with the actual terrain, finally decided to set up an ambush on the road that Ruixiang Mountain must pass into the mountain, here is called Drinking Water Stream, is one of the three forks of the road into the mountain.

The radius of this Ruixiang Mountain is only 100 miles, but the high mountains and dense forests are a good hiding place for the Eagle Guard, and in this regard, the military department has indeed achieved the principle of fairness and justice, and did not deliberately choose a terrain that is not suitable for hiding in order to embarrass the Eagle Guard. The ambush was chosen because the two slopes are not very steep, and there is a slightly open flat area in the valley.

Jiang Chen and others had analyzed that it was impossible for the Tiger Column to scatter all its soldiers into the mountains to encircle and suppress them, and they would definitely deploy a part of their troops on the periphery. Due to the topography of this mountain, when the Tiger Column reaches the three-way intersection, it will inevitably divide its troops, which gives the Eagle Guard an opportunity. Moreover, Jiang Chen and the others made some camouflage on the other two roads, deliberately making camouflage traces that the Eagle Guard had already divided their troops to hide, ensuring that the Tiger Column would also divide their troops to the other two roads.

Moreover, Jiang Chen and the others chose to set up an ambush here for another reason, because after taking the road of drinking water stream into the mountain, there are very few hiding places to choose from, and Lu Xian'an will definitely not send a large army to search for them on this road on the first day, and will definitely concentrate superior forces to take the middle road, because entering the mountain from the middle road can be used as many as dozens of hiding places.

The members of the Eagle Guard began to work in the drinking stream five miles from the three-way intersection, setting up ambush traps. When setting up the ambush trap, some team members also raised doubts, if the Tiger Column only needs to hold the necessary road to the outside world on the seventh day, and finally concentrate their forces to destroy the Eagle Guard, why waste time and effort to go into the mountains to find them.

Jiang Chen and the others have naturally taken this factor into account, but several of them think that the probability of this kind of thing happening is very small, but they have also made a plan, if the Tiger Column thinks of such a good thing as waiting for work, then the Eagle Guard will definitely give them a bigger surprise.

When Jiang Chen arranged everything and looked at the sky, it was already gradually descending. Looking at the young eagle guard, all the teenagers were excited, and their morale was very high. Jiang Chen couldn't help but worry a little in his heart about whether these teenagers would be able to hide in this deep mountain for seven days after their enthusiasm had waned.

In the assumption of the Operational Staff of the Military Division, the Eagle Guard was a remnant of the army, so he was only given dry food for tonight's meal, and as for the problem of eating in the future, the Eagle Guard boy had to solve it himself, which was also one of the reasons why Jiang Chen was worried. Although these are basically teenagers in the Enlightenment Realm who don't eat for a day or two, there will be no major problems, but not eating for seven days is really not something that the Enlightenment Realm spiritual cultivator can resist, not to mention that Jiang Chen is still a martial cultivator, and the energy replenished with food is very important to him.

After the teenagers had dinner together, Jiang Chen explained to Chen Mingzhi that if Lu Xian'an led the team to pass by the ambush point, he would give up the ambush mission. After understanding that night, Jiang Chen knew that Lu Xian'an would not despise the Eagle Guard and would not relax his vigilance. If someone else leads the team, they will seize the opportunity and give the tiger column a head-on attack depending on the situation. Only then did he take the rest of the people to leave the ambush site where Chen Mingzhi led the team, and rushed to another ambush place according to the plan made by several people, preparing to block the work of the tiger column pursuing Chen Mingzhi and others.