Cheng Xin took the soft leather strap handed by the sentry and expertly took out a note from the pouch on the inside of the strap. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I saw that the note read: "The location of the rebels has been determined by the method of intensive exploration." ”

"Our army has laid an ambush outside the town of Wuben, and the rebels are expected to arrive there in half a day. If you do not receive any new news in two days, please be sure to send a heavy army to Zhidemen and send troops to stop it. ”

There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness and efficiency of the rampage, and Cheng Xin's main concern is the positioning of the rebels.

Because of the high water risk from Xiwei Mountain to Luoyang Mountain, there are many roads in between, how to accurately find the rebels, and be able to set up an ambush before they arrive, Cheng Xin thought for a long time but did not come up with a proper way.

Today, seeing the news sent by Hengchong that the method of intensive exploration was used, Cheng Xin suddenly became enlightened, and sighed in his heart: "The emperor uses thousands of taels of gold every year to raise these people, it is really not for nothing!" ”

The method of dense exploration is to find a high point as the center of the circle in advance, face the direction of the rebels, draw a semicircle, and divide this semicircle into sixteen areas.

Gather one hundred and sixty black eagles, ten in a group, and each area is divided into a group. Each group released one first, and it was required to fly 200 to 230 miles, and when it arrived, it found something familiar and brought it back.

Immediately after that, the second one was released, and the second one was required to fly 180 to 210 miles...... By analogy, after all ten black eagles are released, the rampage can judge the route and distance of the rebels based on what these black eagles have returned.

Black eagles were born in the barracks since they were children, and after years of cultivation, they are very sensitive to military flags, armor and horse manes, and most of them are like this.

Of the sixteen areas, if the black eagle does not reconnect with something, then the area is considered safe.

The black eagle took things back, and Rampage could immediately recognize whether the strips of cloth and iron belonged to the army.

It is best to be able to retract the horse's mane, so that you can determine the time according to whether the horse's mane is fresh or not, and you can also quickly determine whether the mane belongs to a domestic horse or a war horse. The area where the horses appear can be determined to be the path of the rebels.

This method of intensive positioning is fast and accurate, and it is possible to understand the whereabouts of the rebels even from the mountains.

After the rampage determined the route of the rebels, they set up an ambush in the town of Mumoto, through which they had to pass.

Wuben Town is a hundred miles from the southeast gate of Luoyang to Demen, so Hengchong wrote in a note that if no news comes back after a day or two, it will be defeated.

Requiring the defenders of Luoyang to defend to Demen with heavy troops was to inform the rebels in advance that if they attacked the city, then they would be the first to reach Demen.

Cheng Xin is not worried about the result of this battle at all, because with the strength of the rampage, he will definitely see the good news in two days. At this time, what he was most worried about in his heart was the Anhua Valley not far away, which was too calm, and the calm made people uneasy.

Everything went so smoothly, such a sinister situation, so peacefully resolved. Is it possible?

Just when Cheng Xin was nervous, the deputy general next to him suddenly pointed to the official road outside the city and said, "Look, my lord, a sentry is back!" ”

Cheng Xin looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw a war horse galloping towards him with smoke and dust, and the person on the horse was wearing the clothes of the Great Qi army. Cheng Xin stood in the battlements of the city wall and watched all this, his face became solemn.

The adjutant general noticed the change in his face, and he could understand his thoughts, so he hurriedly said to the soldiers guarding the city: "Go and open the city gate, the sentry will be there soon!" ”

After a while, the sentry was out of breath, ran up to the tower in three steps and two steps, knelt down and said: "Our army won a great victory in Anhua Valley last night, and wiped out 80,000 horses of the rebels with only a small loss, and the remaining 20,000 have surrendered......"

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Xin hurriedly asked: "Since you won, why hasn't a sentry come back to report since last night?" ”

The sentry replied: "The major general is afraid that the frequent entry and exit of the sentries in and out of the Anhua Valley will alarm the enemy troops, so he requires all the sentries to gather together, and they cannot leave without orders." ”

When Cheng Xin heard that it was his son Yanghao's idea, the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared: "I didn't expect this kid to be so sophisticated when he first went to the battlefield to judge the situation, and he thought about it more thoroughly than me, who was a father, and it was really a good material." ”

At this time, the sentry said: "Our army has cleaned up the battlefield and captured more than 20 truckloads of rebel supplies. Now the army was on its way back, and in half an hour it was outside the city. ”

After listening to this, Cheng Xinxin tried his best to control it, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He waved his hand and said, "You reported this trip in time, go to your superiors and ask for a reward!" ”

The sentry was stunned for a moment, then thanked him repeatedly, and went down to the city happily.

The lieutenant generals around Cheng Xin saw this scene and couldn't help but smile at each other: "I've never heard that the sentry has to receive a reward for reporting the news, it seems that Lord An is in a good mood at this time." ”

The adjutant general guessed correctly, at this time, Cheng Xin looked in the direction of Anhua Valley, but he was thinking in his heart: "This battle is carefully arranged, the troops are used properly, and the rebels will be wiped out quickly and efficiently." ”

"Looking at the world, there are not many people with such talents, and what is even more valuable is that Yang Hao's performance in battle is beyond imagination, calm and composed. His accomplishment shall not be under me. Cheng Xinxin has never felt so complacent.

But as a battle-hardened veteran, even at this time, he still has to analyze the situation again, just like a Go master will review after a game.

"This rebellion was started by the collusion between Taifu and Yiguo and the forces that have infiltrated our country. The leaders of these two forces, Taifu and Wang Chongbei, were captured alive, and the rebels' command center had collapsed. ”

"At present, Taifu's army of 100,000 people has been wiped out, and Wang Chongbei's army will soon meet Hengchong, which must also be a dead end, so the overall situation of our victory is determined and difficult to change."

"The only variable that can be counted is the Khitan people in the north, if they take the opportunity to enter the pass and go south, it will become a disaster. However, this is very unlikely. ”

"If the Khitan people want to enter the customs, they must have the cooperation of the border guards, and now the king of alcohol and the attached horses are stationed in the northern frontier, and the king of alcohol will never be with the Khitans."

"It's Fuma, because of Concubine Min's recommendation, he is good friends with Taifu, and he may act as Taifu's helper. Moreover, I heard the captives in the imperial city say that because of the relationship between the Taifu, Concubine Min was also specially protected. ”

"It is conceivable that the Taifu will not take extra care of the concubines of the current emperor, his sworn enemy, for no reason, and Concubine Min must have important use value."

"But even if Concubine Min wrote a letter asking the attached horse to let the Khitans enter the customs, the attached horse is not stupid, he will definitely make a decision after careful consideration. Now that the Luoyang rebels have been wiped out, if he insists on letting the Khitans into the pass, it will also make him fall into a situation where there is no reinforcement after no response, which is no different from throwing himself into a net, no one will do such a stupid thing. ”