"The first victory is naturally a good thing, but Nanshang has only shown one-third of his total strength, and the rumored team of cultivators has not yet appeared. And thanks to you this time, I don't think the current situation is good, what does the third young master think?"

"NCB is strong, there are more elite soldiers than us, and the team of cultivators does exist. Even if our army is well-trained soldiers, it will be difficult to resist, but the advantage established in this battle will allow us to remain undefeated for a short time. But I have a question for the general, I hope the general doesn't think Xia Xiao is stupid. ”

"The third young master is too modest, please ask directly. ”

For those who have helped the Xia family, Xia Xiao will never forget that kindness, let alone lack courtesy. Lin Tian once pulled the Xia family, whether it was out of sympathy or the intuition of a country's general, he was worthy of his respect. In Lin Tian's eyes, Xia Xiao's eyes were cunning, and he seemed to be thinking about things that he hadn't thought of or valued.

"What is the general going to do with Longgang?"

"As the first line of defense, it is natural to stabilize it, and it is not possible to open the country and let the Nanshang invading army in. ”

"There is Xiyang after Longgang, although the distance is still far away, but Xia Xiao feels that he can't stick to this first line of defense, but should focus on the second line of defense. ”

"What do you mean?"

If it was a miracle skill, Lin Tian could still listen to Xia Xiao say that he was a student of the academy, and his thinking was definitely different from ordinary people. But in the matter of the art of war and military defense, Lin Tian is not arrogant, but he still feels that he is better than Xia Xiao, Xia Xiao seems to be aware of his thoughts, and shakes his head slightly.

"General, the war between Great Xia and Nanshang will last for a long time, and the war of attrition is the last tactic we can face at the moment. You think, we are no match for numbers, and we are no match for cultivators. The reason why NCC did not send all its troops to defeat us was only to preserve our troops. Although they have sacrificed more soldiers than us today, it is difficult for us to gain the upper hand in terms of proportion. ”

"What do you think should be done?"

Lin Tian didn't express his thoughts, just raised his hand and motioned for Xia Xiao to continue. The latter is not polite, these words are all the contents of the letter written by the second sister for him, and his task is only to convey the meaning to Lin Tian. He is the leader of the army, whether it is the saint or the strong of the curved wheel, they all have to pass through him.

The victory or loss of this war is like a balance, at this time, Great Xia is upturned very much, if you want to raise Nanshang higher and be on par with Great Xia, it is estimated that you have to rely on a miracle. But even if it is a miracle, it needs people to do it, and the probability of smashing Nanshang to death by falling a meteorite from the sky will not happen in this life.

"First of all, we have to take advantage of this opportunity and launch a surprise attack on the premise of winning the next game. I propose that in the past few days, there will not be many people, Ah Candle and I can hide our breath, go straight to the deepest part, make some noise, and have the support of the strong people of the Qulun Realm outside, so as to ensure that we can come back. ”

"Just the two of you?"

Xia Xiao and Lin Tian looked at each other, the former's gaze behind the lamp and candle was extremely solemn, but the more his gaze was like this, the more afraid Lin Tian became. As a general, he naturally has his own emotions, but it is his duty not to be moved by emotions. But Xia Xiao proposed such a thing completely beyond his expectations, and even disappointed him.

The opponent is an army of millions of people, among which there are many cultivators like dogs, strong or weak, what can the two of them do? Xia Xiao has that kind of thought, is it really a clever trick, or is it a little arrogant? Lin Tian respected Xia Xiao enough to give the latter the opportunity to tell all his plans, but the more he said, the more solemn Lin Tian's face became, and the praise and criticism were undecided.

"General, the purpose of the raid is not to deal a heavy blow to Nanshang, and a head-to-head confrontation can't hit them hard, let alone the surprise attack of the two of us. But now something is needed to stir up the army's fighting spirit again, and there is nothing more exciting than breaking into the enemy camp and burning their grain and grass. No matter what arrangements NCB makes, we can go twice in a row, and such soldiers will definitely be able to block NCB's next attack. ”

"We don't know when NCB will attack, it may be half a week, it may be a whole week, but it will definitely not be tomorrow, because they need to do the same deployment of the battlefield and deal with the dead as we do, and this is a great opportunity! We have enough time to raid, and as long as we succeed, we will have a good chance of winning the second battle. With the first battle and the second meeting won, our army will be more powerful than ever. It will not be the flesh that will support them in battle, but the will!"

"After three rounds like this, although we have been killed and wounded, we have achieved our goal. With the different time intervals of war, our operational capability will obviously be weaker than that of Nanshang, so I think we should withdraw directly to Xiyang to ensure our military strength. After the first and second divisions have met each other, they will resist again. The junior is stupid, but before leaving, he asked the master of the academy for advice on the art of war, although such tactics are a little strange, and it is even more incredible to take the initiative to give up the first front, which is equivalent to opening the country. But keeping the army is the most important thing, otherwise how to resist?"

Lin Tian, who had a lot of questions, was silent as soon as he heard the four words of the academy master. Ah Candle looked at Xia Xiao, her eyes were full of doubts, isn't this a letter written to him by Xia Xiao's sister, how can she say that she is a master of the academy? She subconsciously wanted to ask, although her voice was very small, Lin Tian didn't care, but Xia Xiao had already grabbed the topic.

"General, it's not early, should we prepare dinner?"

Lin Tian ordered, and after thinking for a long time, he asked:

"Is it really what the Academy Master said?"

"I have no reason to lie to the general, because before the retreat of the first troops, my father and eldest brother will also come. I'm not a saint, but I don't joke with the lives of my father and my eldest brother, and besides, I did my best to return from this war just to win. ”

When dinner came, Lin Tian was still silent, Ah Candle took a bite of the bun mixed with miscellaneous grains, a few bites of egg drop soup, it was already the best reward for a hard day, plus a plate of rare minced garlic and diced meat, it was enough to show that Lin Tian attached importance to them. Xia Xiao was not as happy as Ah Candle, he knew that this girl would not eat much when she saw it, so he handed her two buns, and then looked at Lin Tian, waiting for the latter to make a decision.

Lin Tian's yearning for the master of the academy was like Boya looking forward to the Zhongzi period, and that existence was more intelligent than the strategists in the dynasty. But he felt that it was probably a little inappropriate to open this door and let the southern merchant in.

In the face of Nanshang, it is difficult to hold a piece of land, and it is even more difficult to recapture it, the troops in the rear can rush forward to support them in the battle, but if they retreat, they may lose a large piece of land. Lin Tian couldn't make a decision about such a risky behavior, but whether or not to report it to the Holy Lord had to be thought about by him repeatedly.

Perhaps this kind of behavior can confuse NCB, make them let their guard down, and then achieve good results. But as Xia Xiao said, the premise of everything is that they win Nanshang, and they must hurry up to launch an attack tomorrow, but that kind of behavior is too crazy no matter how you think about it. Walking on the edge of the abyss, are you really not afraid of falling into it?

After chewing two mouthfuls of coarse grain cakes and drinking a mouthful of egg drop soup, Lin Tian had some mellow taste of food in his mouth, but he didn't give Xia Xiao an answer for a long time. The latter didn't make Lin Tian believe in himself over and over again, the previous words were long enough, and the rest depended on what Lin Tian decided.

After eating, Xia Xiao took Ah Zhu to rest, he needed time to recover his state, and he would go to the raid tomorrow.

Great Xia's Qulun powerhouse is also recovering its own state, and the moment after the battle ends, they begin to recover themselves, Xia Xiao will go to them tomorrow, even if Lin Tian doesn't report it, he will push Great Xia to the winning side. He is never afraid of being spit on or chewed on by others, and if he fails, he will suffer the consequences, but even if there is only a 1 in 10 chance, he will try. If he hadn't worked hard, he would have died on the way to the mountain.

There was no moon tonight, and it was extremely dark, Xia Xiao muttered that it was really a good opportunity for a surprise attack, and walked into the spacious camp tent, sat on his bed and sealed his hands, absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth. Being able to enjoy a big bed of his own on the battlefield is enough to show his and Ah Candle's identity.

Ah Candle didn't know what Xia Xiao was muttering, but he felt very tired and had no idea of cultivating, so he lay on the bed and fell asleep.

While many soldiers were asleep, Lin Tian was still thinking. On the edge of the battlefield during the day, many soldiers slept with dead bodies. However, those southern merchants who had no one to collect the corpses were only enough to cushion the butts of these soldiers. At this time, the purpose of the soldiers who remained here was obvious, they didn't want the Southern Merchants to collect the corpses, and the Great Xia army called this kind of behavior the Demon Guard, which was the second time it was used against the Southern Merchants, and it was only used on them.

These furry children with a keen sense of smell can detect the Nanshang soldiers at night who cannot be heard or seen, and they touch them from a distance to test the situation. In the process of attacking these soldiers, many military dogs died. However, even if these loyal military dogs died, they blessed the territory of Great Xia, just like at this time, the soldiers and military dogs were too tired to fall asleep, and some even snored.

The military dogs lay at the soldiers' feet, their heads on the ground, and their snoring was no less loud than that of the soldiers. But a bark came to their minds, causing them to jerk to their feet and open a pair of dark green eyes like hellish demons.

"Wang!"

A dog bark made dozens of military dogs sit up, they got up and barked wildly, and when the soldiers sat up, they saw the horses fleeing in a hurry in the night, and touched the heads of the military dogs around them.

"Well done. ”

Tomorrow morning, they estimated that they would be able to find a few corpses in the trap they had set up, but it would not prevent them from sleeping at this time. Those who can sleep in such places are weathered veterans, they sleep soundly, and the military dogs are also asleep, fantasizing about fighting the enemy on the battlefield with their masters, their sharp teeth have never been able to hurt the Great Xia soldiers, and may bite the bones of the Southern merchants.

There were only a few grasses on the ice fields of the high mountains, and the horses galloped over them, panicking all the way, staggering and almost falling.

Fujikawa is the closest city to Longgang, and the vanguard of Nanshang is stationed outside the city. That's right, the army that almost competed with the Great Xia Alliance was only the vanguard of the Southern Merchants. However, the results of this vanguard were not ideal, so General Iron Mask is still in the camp tent and the generals to find out the reason.

Regarding Xia Xiao, the generals had no way to find the news, although Wang Ling sat on the upper seat no less than the iron face. But what he said was gradually ignored by everyone, and it seemed that he couldn't win everyone's trust.

"Newspaper—"

After a sound, the soldiers, who looked embarrassed, covered in mustard, and whose helmets were still crooked, rushed into the camp. Before, at the gate of the city, the horse under his seat suddenly fell, otherwise it would not have been like this. But compared to these, the news he brought back was the most infuriating.

"General Yu, there are still people guarding there in Great Xia!"

The iron-masked general waved his hand and ordered him to go down, and then smashed the wooden table in front of him with one palm, quieting the noisy camp again, and the sound of needles falling could be heard. The big and small generals shook their bodies, and the strategists sighed secretly and looked at each other. The strategist did not choose to express his opinion again, but some reckless generals had already said in a rough voice:

"These fearful ghosts are really too deceitful, but the general can rest assured, when I capture Longgang, I will not leave them with all the corpses, so that they have no corpses to collect!"

"Shut up and say less. ”

Some strategists persuaded him, but although it was light, he was misunderstood by the generals, and immediately shouted angrily:

"Lao Tzu fought a day's battle, and he didn't work harder than you? In the end, if you tell Lao Tzu to shut up, I won't be able to prosper in Nanshang! You have denied my opinions in various ways before, so shouldn't you put your army and horses in order and use our 4 million troops to level Longgang? What kind of preservation of troops, isn't it just cowardice and fear? You are a strategist, hiding in the rear and still so cowardly, what are you talking about governing the country and leveling the world, you are a fart?"

"Presumptuous! What do you think of the army? This is the combat strength that the country has painstakingly cultivated, and if you can sacrifice ten people, you will never sacrifice eleven people, and with your tactics, even if you have more troops, they will be exhausted. A reckless man who doesn't understand the art of war thinks that he can preside over the overall situation by rushing to the front? No matter how fast you rush, you can't see everyone in the eyes!"

"! You powerless dog, how dare you fight me? How dare you compete with me to lead soldiers? You go into the barracks and see, who will listen to you?"

"Shut up. ”

This time, it was said by Tie Mian that the generals would no longer shout.

"It's been a night of arguing, it's too risky to attack, and it's too conservative to fight steadily, but how can there be the best of both worlds?

The military general lost on the battlefield today, and he was angry, and when he was refuted by the strategist, he snorted and walked away. The advisor shook his head and sighed, not bothering with the reckless man, but grieving that he would not be able to help. Most of them took three steps and turned their heads once, and finally saluted the iron-masked general with his arm wrapped in bandages, and walked away quickly.

Soon only Iron Mask and Wang Ling were left here, and the latter looked at the candles that no longer flickered with the departure, and said lightly:

"After arguing all night and not coming to a conclusion, what does the general think?"

"Xia Xiao has disrupted our plan, and we will have to reformulate it in the future, but the last general feels that there is no need to completely change the plan because of a Xia Xiao, just hand him over to the predecessor of the Qulun, our task is not much different from before. ”

"Why didn't the general change his plan because of Xia Xiao, is he not that strong, or does he have another opinion?"

Wang Ling hoped that the general would not take Xia Xiao too seriously, even if he despised him than to value him. Nanshang has paid enough attention to Xia Xiao, if it goes on like this, what face does he have to stay here? Compared to Xia Xiao, Wang Ling didn't attract the attention of Daxia at all, they were originally disciples of their classmates on the mountainside, even if there was a gap in strength, but this kind of treatment, as well as the attention of the previous strategists and generals to Xia Xiao, made him a little uncomfortable. And Lin Tian's answer made Wang Ling feel even more uncomfortable.