Wen Shilan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you have military merits or not. His hand pressed on his knee, flicked slightly, and thought, "The important thing is not to let Shuo Fang fall into the hands of Dingxi, which will affect the Khan's use of troops against Daibei this autumn." ”

Last year, Murong Wei and Tuoba Beijin joined forces to invade Rouran, and Rouran suffered a big defeat, or if it was not transferred in time, even their royal court was almost served by the iron cavalry of the Xianbei people, although Pi Tan and others escaped quickly and did not become prisoners of the Xianbei people, but there were many other Hu tribes under the rule of Rouran, and the nobles were killed in this defeat, or died in battle, or were captured by Murong Hui and Tuoba Beijin's troops, take Wen Shilan's belonging to the Ele peopleThere are six large tribes in Ele, and two of them have surrendered to Tuoba Beijin and Murong Hui, which is really a heavy loss, and it also makes the prestige of Pi Tan, the new khan, currently fall into an unprecedented trough on the Mobei grassland.

Rouran is a country cobbled together by many Hu races, although under the efforts of the successive generations of Rouran Khan, a group of "national people" has now been formed in the country, as the basis of their rule, but the cohesion is still not strong, coupled with the difficult natural environment of Mobei, in order to survive, almost all the Hu chieftains, in the eyes of only the word "benefit", when this situation, whether to stabilize the regime, whether to stabilize the position of power, it can be said, it all depends on the battle of Daibei this autumn, whether it can go smoothly. Even if Daibei cannot be completely captured, at least enough sheep, horses, and prisoners must be captured to distribute them to the various departments in the country.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the next civil strife in Rouran will be in the near future.

In this sense, Wen Shilan led his troops to aid Shuofang, which can also be said to be a heavy responsibility. In fact, it was precisely because Shuo Fang was too critical that Pi Tan sent Wen Shilan, the number one general under his account, after making an alliance with Meng Lang.

——Last year's defeat, Rouran lost his troops, and Wen Shilan brought a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses to help Shuofang, which does not seem to be a lot, but in fact, it is already the most troops that Pi Tan can give to Wen Shilan without squeezing and recruiting troops from various departments.

Thinking of the dilemma that Pi Tan was in, Wen Shilan looked calm in front of Gong Fengjing and Long Wuju, but her heart was full of worries.

Gong Fengjing asked, "My lord, is there any information about the changes in Dingxi over there in Shuofang?" ”

Since the strategy of resisting the enemy has been agreed by the Qin generals of Shuofang, then this plan is even decided, but whether it can be put into practice, in the final analysis, depends on whether Dingxi will come to fight Shuofang.

Wen Shilan said: "The Shuofang Qin army has scattered a lot of scouts, and several passages from Longzhou to Shuofang have been under their monitoring, and the farthest scouts have even been sent to Helan Mountain, but as of now, no soldiers and horses from Dingxi have been found to enter the country. ”

Gong Fengjing muttered: "Then will this Dingxi soldier come?" ”

Wen Shilan hoped that the soldiers from Dingxi would come, but she didn't want the soldiers from Dingxi to come.

It is hoped that Dingxi's troops will come, because his strategy to resist the enemy has been decided, and he is sure to defeat the army that is coming from Dingxi.

He brought these 5,000 horsemen on the north bank of the Yellow River, some of them were the elites directly under the royal court, and some of them were the warriors of his own clan who had followed him for many years, and everyone was precious in the current situation in the country of Rouran, and he did not want to see any of them die in battle or be disabled by injuries.

Long Wuju said: "Will it come, do you need to say?" ”

Gong Fengjing asked, "General Long, what do you mean by this?" ”

Long Wuju said: "Meng Lang has the name of a wise man, he expects that the West will take the opportunity to invade Shuofang, not to mention, just say that our Khan, wise and martial, has always been a last resort!" If the soldiers of Dingxi would not come, how could the Khan order your lord to march hundreds of miles with us and lead his troops here to aid Shuofang? The soldiers of Dingxi are definitely coming, but I don't know when they will arrive. ”

Wen Shilan looks burly and treats her own people, but she is always amiable.

He said to Long Wuju in a gentle tone: "General Long, what you said is not bad, before I left the royal court, the Khan said to me that Xin Youzhu of Dingxi is ambitious, and has coveted Shuofang several times before, and in order to compete for Shuofang, he also sent an envoy to Shengle to make an alliance with Tuoba Beijin, and it is expected that he will not let go of the opportunity for the Qin army to attack Wei and the army outside this time, and he will definitely send troops to fight Shuofang."

"According to the strategy we have set, the task of lurking in the desert and cutting off its way back will be handed over to you!"

"Lurking in the desert and cutting off its way back" is part of the "enemy strategy" set by Wen Shilan, Gong Fengjing and others.

From Dingxi to Shuofang, there is actually only one main road, that is, the road that the Dingxi soldiers entered Shuofang twice, crossed the original time and space, and was later named the Tengger Desert for thousands of miles of desert sea, arrived outside Helan Mountain, and then bypassed Helan Mountain, went north and then crossed a desert area, and then crossed the Yellow River to the east, that is, into the territory of Shuofang.

The overall strategic plan set by Wen Shilan and others is:

First of all, divide the army and lurk in the desert area north of Helan Mountain and west of the Yellow River; Secondly, after the Dingxi soldiers crossed the river and entered Shuofang, the Qin defenders of Shuofang feinted and lured them deeper, and in the process, the Rouran cavalry continued to harass the Dingxi soldiers; In the end, Wen Shilan personally led the main force of Rouran, joined forces with the Shuofang Qin army, and cooperated with the ambush soldiers who cut off the retreat route of the Dingxi soldiers on the battlefield selected by him, flanked the front and back, and launched a decisive battle with the Dingxi soldiers and horses.

This strategy was very simple, but it gave full play to the advantages of the Wenshilan Department compared to the Dingxi troops.

One is that Dingxi came to fight Shuofang, it was to attack the city, it must not be all cavalry, it must be mainly foot soldiers, on the other hand, Wen Shilan Department, it is mostly light cavalry, and because of the harsh environment of their daily life, all of them bear hardships and stand hard work, and are good at mobile combat, he can take advantage of this, in the process of the Qin army's feint defeat, advance to attack and harass, retreat into the desert in Shuofang, and repeatedly harass the Dingxi soldiers to consume their morale.

One is that Shuofang faces the Yellow River on three sides, and the arrangement of the ambush army also makes use of this terrain.

Imagine that after the Qin army's feint defeat, the morale of the Dingxi army was like a rainbow, but when it took advantage of the victory to enter the battle, it was disturbed by the soft light cavalry from time to time, and the morale was slowly consumed, and then, after finally seizing the main force of the Qin army and the Rouran cavalry, waiting for the decisive battle, suddenly the road behind it was blocked by an enemy army that emerged, which must have been worse for morale.

If this strategy can be implemented in accordance with the formulation, the possibility of Wen Shilan winning is indeed very high.

As for the task lurking in the desert, why not give it to Qin Jun, but to Long Wuju.

There are two reasons for this.

First, Long Wuju is a native of the Western Regions, and in his early years, he followed the caravan to and fro in Dingxi, Shuofang, and Guanzhong many times, and was familiar with the geographical situation between Shuofang and Dingxi. Second, the significance of this battle was too great, and Wen Shilan couldn't trust the Qin army.