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An excellent commander division must not only understand the operational elements such as marching and fighting, arranging troops, and boosting morale, but also have a comprehension of things other than war.

For example, how to make good use of the time and place, and how to use all favorable conditions for their own use; for example, how to take them by surprise, attack them unprepared, and catch the opponent off guard, and so on.

War is an all-round science, and many seemingly inconspicuous things can often determine the outcome of a war at a critical moment.

War is also a lesson in life where victory is the only goal, death is only the price that must be paid, and those who are soft-hearted are not qualified to reap the fruits of victory.

War is more important than strength, psychological quality, and command ability of generals.

It is the ability to control the rhythm of war.

Lin Ji was not an outstanding general, although he inherited the title of Marquis Wu, but his exposure to the art of war was only limited to a few lessons in the art of war at Yingtian Academy next to Lin Jinrong.

But when he joined up with the expeditionary force, he decisively issued a battle order that both Bi Tianqing and Zhou Ziqian tried their best to stop.

"Bypassing it is more in line with our purpose than laying it down. We only have 10,000 people and can't afford too many losses. Zhou Ziqian looked at Lin Ji who was bent on going his own way with pleading eyes.

The 10,000-strong contingent behind him slowed down their march as a result.

Lin Ji shook his head, squinted at Xiongguan in front of him, and the hand holding the reins tightened again.

"Our whereabouts can't be hidden for long, take this city before the Da Mang army reacts, and deter the Da Mang army, General Zhou, you must know that when we enter the hinterland of Da Mang, we are alone all the way, and there is no place to supply us, so attacking the city is our only choice. ”

"But......" Zhou Ziqian wanted to say something, but Lin Ji stretched out his hand to stop him.

In Lin Ji's eyes, this pass, which was getting closer and closer, and the closest pass near Canghai City, was waiting for his arrival like a behemoth.

Shiling Pass, as the closest Damang Pass to the Han Dynasty in the past ten years, was also the only pass that did not resist the Lin Jiajun's iron cavalry when the Lin Jiajun went south, and it once firmly blocked the footsteps of the Han people outside the pass, defending the dignity and glory of Damang. This huge military fortress lies on the line of Shiling Mountain, and at the same time, it is also on the only way for the Han to enter Damang.

Di Yun was called Damang Tianguan by Da Mangtian.

As the giant city that the Damang people rely on the most, Shiling Pass is resident with 30,000 soldiers. Since its establishment as a defensive pass, it has never stopped expanding and strengthening it.

The outer city wall is built with large stones one meter square and poured with mud, which is 15 meters high, 2 meters thick, and 3,000 meters wide. Its buildings are majestic and majestic, tall and magnificent.

Shiling Mountain appeared in vain on the grassland, like a floodgate, blocking the entire road to Damang, and there were undoubtedly only two options to enter the hinterland of Damang, one was to attack him, and the other was to bypass it.

And Lin Ji undoubtedly chose the former.

In order to resist the attack of the Han people, the stones in front of the city wall have long been emptied or used as stone foundations to strengthen the pass.

The huge walls were preceded by special low walls, sprinkled with thistles, and traps were created to protect the foundations of the city in case the enemy could attack the walls with siege equipment such as rams.

This is not a preparation for the expeditionary force, but they are preparing all the time to guard against the sudden attack of the Lin family's army.

As for the gate of Shiling Pass, it is made of fine iron, weighing dozens of tons, and it takes ten soldiers to push it open. The gate is nearly half a meter thick, even if it is smashed with a battering ram, if it is not smashed thousands of times, I am afraid that it will be difficult to destroy.

After the outer wall of Shiling Pass, a higher inner city wall and an urn city were built, as well as a female wall for the protection of archers, a tall command tower and a shooting tower.

All defenses look impregnable. Even against the hundreds of thousands of Lin family troops, the defenders can proudly say that they have the strength to fight.

But Lin Ji only has 10,000 people.

The morning sun is always warm, even at the end of winter, it doesn't seem to be so cold, this Zhonglang named Chen Sheng will lean on the arrow stack and look into the distance. The distant feeling is as far as the eye can see, and there seems to be smoke and dust flying up.

Shiling Pass, which has not been in a big battle for ten years, even if the defense is tight, it is still a lot lax after all, so when he saw the first war horse to walk out of the end of his sight, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

He read that right.

On the far horizon, a thick, long black line slowly appeared after the horse stepped out.

With the rumbling sound, breaking through this quiet sky, echoing outside the nine night clouds, the black line gradually appeared in front of the world, so that people saw a grand and shocking scene.

Although the number of the army was only 10,000, it was a huge phalanx of cavalry, forming a raging wave on the land.

The other defenders standing at the head of the city were surprised that nearly 10,000 cavalry seemed to advance like a machine, and even the sound of the horses stepping down was so neat, under the control of the cavalry on horseback, they marched forward in a neat and rhythmic rhythm. With each step, the ground shook slightly, as if an earthquake was coming.

Then they stopped in the area covered by the longbowmen on the ramparts.

The endless sea of people, the sea of steel armor, the black wave swept in, and even the air was a little heavy and depressed.

At this time, they saw that those black-armored soldiers had a white cloth tied around their waists and arms, and a huge white forest flag was flying fiercely in the air, and a sense of surprise and depression instantly spread from the ranks of ten thousand people to the city.

The reckless veteran who knew the inside story of the whole thing couldn't help but shed a cold sweat when he saw this picture, and even more was frightened by this momentum and was stunned on the spot.

The lingering resentment and anger came from the body of the expeditionary force, like a thick fog shrouded in the air, infecting the hearts of all the soldiers defending the city.

In this siege procession, composed of black and white, a young man on a white horse came out.

The reason why he is called a young man instead of a young general is because he himself is not wearing any armor, but a very simple robe, but even so, the murderous aura that emanates from him swept over him at the moment before he left the camp.

"Hello General. ”

Lin Ji politely sent his most sincere question to the Hongying General who was hiding behind the female wall.

Chen Pingsheng subconsciously tightened the bow in his hand and straightened his body behind the female wall.

The huge Linzi flag behind Lin Ji flew fiercely in the air, like a long knife moving in front of him, making him shudder. But after all, he is a general of the first army, and he still made the most correct move at this time.

"Ten years after the signing of the peace agreement, why don't you want to live a good life?" Chen Sheng stood up, looked at Lin Ji behind him, and finally had the confidence to say that there were only more than 10,000 cavalry members.

Lin Ji slapped his horse and went into the range of the archers.

Chen Ping's eyebrows raised, and dozens of bows and arrows behind him were aimed at the young man who didn't know whether he was alive or dead almost at the same time.

Lin Ji did not stop the pace of the white horse, but continued to take fifty steps forward, walking into the range of the crossbow arrows.

The defenders at the head of the city looked at each other, hardly believing their eyes, and they looked at the young man who had almost reached the bottom of the city, and was stunned at the head of the city.

It's as if he doesn't care if he lives or dies.

Lin Ji finally stopped his white horse under the thistle, it was not that he didn't want to move forward, but he was afraid of hurting his white horse.

Lin Ji did not answer his nonsense, but calmly said the first sentence about this war: "Surrender, or die." ”

Chen Sheng could even see the frequency of Lin Ji's lips trembling and his extremely delicate eyes.

"You...... Are you Lin Ji?" Chen Sheng's voice, which suddenly reacted, finally trembled.

Lin Ji lightly clasped his feet, and the white horse turned his head, "If you don't surrender before I walk back to the camp, I will attack the city." ”

The pressure, the huge pressure pressed on Chen Sheng's shoulders like a mountain, making him a little breathless.