Therefore, he has at least one day to inspect the army, in fact, the training and preparations that should be done have already been completed, and the greater role of the inspection at this time is not to check for omissions and supplements, but to encourage the morale of the troops. www.biquge.info With Qin Jin's prestige in the Shenwu Army, as long as he appears in the army, it is equivalent to telling everyone that "I am with you".

Qin Jin arrived at the former army camp before dark as planned.

At this time, Lu Qi was not in the army, and he was in charge of another captain, who was born in the Hedong Wang clan and was also one of the best families in the world.

"The last general, the king, pay a visit to the envoy!"

Qin Jin stopped Wang Qi's big salute from paying homage, "The armor in the army is on the body, everything is simple." Let's go, go see the terrain!"

Compared with these false courtesies, he is more concerned about the surrounding terrain, and when the sky is not yet dark, he rushes to take a look, and he will have some confidence in his heart this night.

The terrain of the western foothills of the Hugao Mountains is layered and complex. The former army's barracks were halfway up the second ridge, and to the east there would be a confluence of three valleys, and in the darkening night, a large flat area loomed.

"Envoy, this will be an excellent place for ambushes!"

Qin Jin nodded, indeed, if the Yan army really entered, this flat land with mountains in all directions would become a place for them to bury their bones.

However, nine times out of ten, things on the battlefield will not go as planned, and we cannot just rely on our own good fortune and the bad luck of our enemies.

"Are there any alternative locations?"

Wang Ji replied confidently: "There are three other places, although they are not as good as here, but they also have a lot of advantages in terms of my Shenwu Army!"

"Let's take a look. ”

Qin Jin was not at ease if he didn't finish these places, and urged Wang Ji to go to several other ambush locations, but Wang Ji had a difficult face, "It's dark right now, in case, in case it is ambushed...... Let you bear a thousand heavy burdens, don't be careless!"

Although the western foot of the Hugao Mountain was still under the control of the Shenwu Army, no one dared to guarantee that there would be no surprise attack by a small group of rebels, so the safety of Qin and Jin was still the first priority.

This time, no matter how insistent Qin Jin was, Wang Ji insisted that Qin Jin return to the camp immediately.

"Please rest assured that all the arrangements are the same as in the envoy's plan, and several ambush sites have been inspected more than three times......

Unable to resist Wang Ji, Qin Jin had no choice but to return to the barracks in a huff. By the time we returned to the barracks, it was completely dark. Out of intuition, he always felt that Cai Xide might not be willing to climb the high mountains from here as blatantly as expected. In fact, this high mountain is a bit like a miniature version of Taihang Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles from north to south, and there are only a few passes connecting the east and west. And the place they chose was the only pass within a radius of 100 miles. If Cai Xide doesn't go here, the Yan army will make a detour of more than 100 miles.

Qin Jin believed that any general who planned to attack by surprise would never take a detour when he thought he was sure of victory, so that the army would lose its suddenness. If Cai Xide makes an unexpected detour, then his multi-day delay in the mountains will completely reveal his whereabouts and lose the suddenness of the attack.

After using the food in the army, Qin Jin called Wang Ji over.

"Starting tonight, the army will be in the highest state of combat readiness and ready to engage the enemy at any time. ”

Wang Qi was surprised: "According to the news sent back by the rangers, most of the rebels will not cross the Hugao Mountain until at least tomorrow evening, and the implementation of the highest combat readiness now will not cause fatigue among the soldiers?"

According to Wang Ji's plan, the army was still the same as before at night, only one-third was responsible for duty, and the remaining two-thirds were resting and recuperating, but once the highest level of combat readiness was carried out, it meant that the whole army would not rest all night, and if the battle began after a day and a night, or a day or two later, as expected, would they have to meet the battle with a tired army?

"Make the ......"

Qin Jin interrupted Wang Qi's dissuasion with a wave of his hand, "Needless to say, carry out the military order!"

He was a man of his word in the Shenwu army, and Wang Ji had to leave as promised.

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"Speed up the march, and at this time tomorrow night, the brothers will be able to sleep in the ** built barracks......"

Cai Xide constantly urged his soldiers to speed up the march, he has always admired the speed of the soldiers, and only when the speed of the march exceeds the enemy's expectations, will the chance of victory be maximized. Even if Qin Jin's erector was cunning, I am afraid that he would not have imagined that he would shorten the time to climb over the Hugao Mountain from one day and one night to one night, and when dawn came, it was the day of the destruction of the Tang army ambushed at the western foot of the Hugao Mountain.

When the rangers discovered the Tang army active in the western foothills of the mountain at the beginning of the army, Cai Xide not only did not flinch, but laughed and scoffed at this military arrangement. He was still a little wary of Qin Jin in his heart, and he also lightened a lot in an instant.

**The combat power is not as good as the Yan army, which has been confirmed as early as the Battle of Wanquan Lonely Mountain. At this time, the Tang army chose to fight in the field, how is it different from hitting a stone with an egg? Qin Jin chose the most stupid way to resist the arrival of the Yan army, and in this case, Cai Xide decided to let Qin Jin swallow the bitter fruit he brewed.

Don't look at Cai Xide's attitude of extreme contempt for Qin Jinhe**, but he is more rigorous than anyone else when formulating the battle plan, since he knows that there is an ambush and insists on entering the army, then he has to take the surprise to the extreme. Urging the army to climb over the high mountains at an unreasonable speed must have made Qin Jin's shaft stunned!

Cai Xide's troops are all elite soldiers who have fought hundreds of battles with the Khitans in the mountains and forests outside the Guan, and it is not difficult to break through the limit of marching speed, but it just consumes some more physical strength. But exchanging physical strength for time, in Cai Xide's opinion, this account is worth it.

When the belly of the fish in the distance turned white and the sky gradually brightened, Cai Xide was already walking on the way down the mountain. At the same time, the deployment of the Rangers became more frequent, as from this moment on, the encounter could begin at any time.

"General, the valley in front is narrowing, and I am afraid that there will be an ambush. ”

With the fingers of the deputy general Min Guangjie, Cai Xide looked from afar, and saw that the sides of the valley narrowed, but this did not bother him.

"Send a group up the north slope and march side by side with the army. ”

In this way, if there is an ambush on the north slope, the people will find out in advance, and if there is no ambush, they should be happy.

The Yan army was nervous, and the crossbowmen had already wound their crossbows, and they just waited for the traces of ** to shoot over. It's just that when they got out of the valley, there was still no trace of **, Cai Xide was secretly strange, and Min Guangjie, who was following him, sighed repeatedly.

"This place is an excellent ambush location, could it be that they don't ambush in a critical place, and they will wait until we get to the ground before ambushing?"

Before his words landed, he suddenly heard the rumbling of drums, and in just the blink of an eye, he found that countless ** gushed out on three sides.

Seeing this scene, Cai Xide couldn't help laughing.

"Qin Jin, Qin Jin, you really chose the stupidest ambush method. All brothers ready to fight!"

This kind of lame ambush, Cai Xide has fought for more than ten years and is the first time he has seen it, Huangkou Xiaoer is Huangkou Xiaoer, Qin Jin will immediately pay the price for his stupidity and self-righteousness.

"Kill!"

The morale of the Yan army is also not weaker than that of the Tang army, although after a whole night of rapid marching, the physical exertion is terrible, but everyone is high-spirited, and they don't take these stupid ** in their eyes at all. The sound of the war drums also followed the rumbling of the war drums.

Out of the narrow valley is a large flat land, enough for 10,000 troops to spread out here. It is no wonder that Cai Xide laughed at Qin Jin's stupidity, launching an army and a field battle against the Yan army on such flat land was a stupid decision to the extreme, no matter how you look at it.

"General, the Tang Army is rushing over!"

Min Guangjie shouted as if he had discovered something new, since Fan Yang raised his troops, few Tang soldiers dared to attack them head-on, did they have the confidence to win, or did the ignorant people be fearless? The corners of Cai Xide's mouth flashed with a disdainful sneer, and two words lightly spat out from his mouth.

"Impact!"

With the change of the flag of the audience, the Yan army suddenly increased its speed and rushed forward against the Tang army. At this moment, in Cai Xide's eyes, the Tang army had already been defeated, and it was hard to imagine what a tragic end those who dared to rush to the Yan army head-on in the field battle.

A sound similar to firecrackers suddenly rang out one after another, and the ** spearmen who rushed to the front were shrouded in a cloud of white smoke, and before Cai Xide could figure out what was happening, the changes in the battlefield were suddenly beyond his control, only the nasal cavity was filled with the stench of burning sulfur.

The white smoke above the battlefield quickly spread, and the white smoke became more and more intense as the sound of firecrackers rose again and again. Cai Xide's heart also beat violently, and the uncontrollable feeling made him feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Sure enough, before the white smoke cleared, the Yan soldiers who rushed up in the first wave actually fled back in embarrassment. Many people even shouted hysterically, monsters and devils and other incredible things.

Cai Xide was furious, and even in front of the Khitans, the soldiers under his command rarely appeared in such a scene of rout and escape.

"Order, no one is allowed to retreat, violators will be killed immediately, and those cowards will be blocked back on the team!"

The Yan soldiers in charge of supervising the battle each had a Mo knife, and as long as a deserter entered their attack range, the Mo knife would immediately fly up and down to take his life. As soon as such ruthless methods were used, the rout was gradually controlled. But in any case, this sudden change caused the morale of the originally high Yan army to suffer a heavy setback.

The casualties of the Yan army were not large, but what made Cai Xide angry was the wavering morale and low morale of the army caused by the sudden retreat.

Perhaps because they were self-aware, or they lacked experience in active impact operations, they did not take advantage of the chaos to continue to attack the Yan army, but withdrew from the battlefield after taking advantage.