"Eldest prince, I heard that you also know how to use soldiers, I wonder what you think of the military in Beiping Mansion?" In the military tent of Beiping Mansion, Su Dingfang was discussing with Jiang Song, but Su Dingfang's words made Jiang Song extremely uncomfortable to listen to. One of these two people was instructed by Hou Luoyi of Jingbian to explain the specific military details to Jiang Song, so that he could grasp the defense of Beiping Mansion faster and better. One listened to Mrs. Jingbianhou and came to Su Dingfang to do some private affairs.

Regarding Luo Yi's arrangement, Su Dingfang knew in his heart: although Beiping Mansion now seems to have strong troops, it is also facing the problem of alternating green and yellow! Ding Yanping, a veteran, is in his twilight years, and no one dares to say how many years he can support it, especially after the defeat of Wagang this time, I am afraid that it is also a lot of trauma to his mental strength. And Xue Shixiong is not unable to take on the responsibility of leadership, but also because of his advanced age, even if he can replace Ding Yanping's position, it is just an expedient measure, and it has not fundamentally solved the problem of the handover of green and yellow.

How many years can Beiping Mansion hold on? Decade? Or twenty years? When he was promoted in the past, Luo Yi confided in him this concern. So Luo Yi has been cultivating suitable candidates over the years, but fortunately, the emperor has paid off, and Luo Yi has promoted a Su Dingfang, but it is not enough! The three armies of Tianji, Longxing, and Fierce Tiger, which Su Dingfang can resist alone! Of course, Luo Cheng is also among the cultivators, but Luo Cheng's temperament always makes Luo Yi a little angry. But who hasn't been young and vigorous? Slow training will always grow. But when Luo Cheng was still being trained, Jiang Song, the eldest son who suddenly appeared, really surprised and delighted Luo Yi! As far as martial arts are concerned, Jiang Song is impeccable, and he himself does not dare to say that he can win; In terms of personality, Jiang Song is even more steady, which is obviously more reassuring than Luo Cheng's wildness. Therefore, Luo Yi believes that as long as time passes, Jiang Song will definitely be able to take on the big responsibility.

However, as far as some military things are concerned, when Jiang Song was in Nanyang, although he dabbled in some under the discipline of his mother, most of them were some paper strategies, as well as various methods of using troops, and he had no experience in the management, scheduling and training of various details of the army, especially when he experienced the first battle of Wagangzhai, which made him deeply understand.

"General Su, don't call me that, you better call me Jiang Song directly!" Although Jiang Song's identity at this time was the eldest prince of Beiping Mansion, he was still a little uncomfortable with the change of identity.

"The eldest prince, no matter what, the identity of your eldest prince is fake, this is undeniable, in the future, not only I will have to call you that, but also the soldiers of the battalion will have to call you that." Su Dingfang also understood Jiang Song's mentality, but after all, his identity was different, and he only changed his honorific title for Jiang Song.

"Okay!" Jiang Song can only accept the reality, who let him come in here, the soldiers he met really called himself like this! "General Su, you just said that the military system of Beiping Mansion, in my opinion, Beiping Mansion is taking the route of elite soldiers? There is a cloud in the art of war: the strength of the soldier is in the fine but not in the many. It is not impossible for a brave and sharp brigade, if it is used flexibly and commanded properly, to defeat an enemy several times its size. Throughout the ages, those who are known for using soldiers like gods have all shown themselves in this regard. ”

"The eldest prince is really as wise as a torch!" Su Dingfang also recognized Jiang Song's vision, "However, although the elite soldiers are strong, they are not unstoppable. The specific combat strength also depends on the ability of the enemy's commander and whether the enemy's soldiers are well-trained. Let's talk about the issue of troops, does the eldest prince know why Beiping Mansion is based on elite soldiers, instead of looking at the world with heroic soldiers? ”

"This ......" To be honest, Jiang Song really thought about this problem.

"Beiping Mansion is located in the bitter cold land of the north, and the conditions are limited! In terms of financial resources, population, and grain production, they are all dwarfed by those of the Central Plains and Jiangnan. With a small population, the supply of soldiers is limited; If the financial resources are insufficient, it will be difficult to support military expenditure. Among these uses, the most difficult is grain and grass. Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, and not fighting all year round, too many soldiers will become the reservoir of Beiping Mansion. Therefore, it's not that Hou Ye doesn't want to expand his troops, but that his strength is not enough! It can't support a huge military system. In addition, there are foreign enemies in the east, north, and south of Beiping Prefecture, and the conditions of these foreign enemies are not much better than ours, and even surpass them. Under such conditions, eldest prince, where do you say Beiping Mansion should go? ”

"I see." When Jiang Song heard this, he finally understood that the Beiping Mansion that the world thought could compete with the imperial court was actually on the verge of destruction. During the period of the first emperor, the world was in turmoil, and the imperial court had to give Beiping the privilege of autonomy, but with the stability of the Central Plains, the situation in Beiping began to become more and more difficult. Therefore, presumably this is the reason why his father will allow the imperial court to use Beiping Mansion as a place to garrison troops and then conquer Liaodong. In addition to the fact that on the one hand, he wants to cut off the threat from the east, and on the other hand, he is also forced to do so! But how long will this last?

"Five years." Su Dingfang seemed to know what Jiang Song was thinking, and continued: "At first, because of the war situation in the Central Plains, the imperial court would let Beiping Mansion go, but now it ......" Su Dingfang said this, turned his head to look out the window, "Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Beiping Mansion in the tenth month, isn't it to deter Hou Ye?" On the side of the couch, there is no room for others to sleep soundly! If after this battle, Hou Ye still insists on the autonomy of the territory, at most five years, there will be a war between Beiping Mansion and the imperial court. ”

After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Jiang Song felt that the mouth was suddenly opened, and he was about to ask something, but Su Dingfang took a step ahead of him and said: "Let's look back at the speed of the gathering of imperial court troops, since the Holy Order to gather troops to the present, in just a few months, hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered in Beiping Mansion alone, what is it?" Canal! Su Dingfang said, his fingers also drew twice on the map, and the inflection point where he drew twice was written the word "Luoyang". "It was this river that shortened the time for the imperial court soldiers and horses to gather by nearly ten days! The transportation of grain from the south, horses from the west, ordnance from the Central Plains, and various materials was unimpeded. Therefore, at such a time of crisis, the eldest prince should think twice before doing things! ”

Su Dingfang analyzed the overall situation, and warned him with the current situation, saying so much, in fact, he wanted to tell Jiang Song that he should not act impulsively, and he could not be like Luo Cheng. As for whether Jiang Song understood it or not, he didn't know. But then, Jiang Song's reaction was quite surprising, "General Su, as you said, isn't Beiping Mansion in danger of falling right now?" ”

"The teacher is unknown." Regarding Jiang Song's worries, Su Dingfang also answered: "Now in the world of the Great Sui, foreign countries are submitted, and the four seas are peaceful. If you do this false way to destroy the world, you will inevitably lose your trust in the world. What's more, the situation in Beiping Mansion was still allowed by the emperor when he was alive! Speaking of this, Su Dingfang suddenly changed his tone and said: "Speaking of which, what was the scene of the battle between Yang Lin and Hou Ye back then? The rumored Beidou Long Snake Formation really makes people want to see it! ”

"It's nothing awesome! Don't look at it! Jiang Song pondered his understanding of the overall situation of the imperial court and Beiping Mansion, and replied casually to Su Dingfang's sudden change. But Su Dingfang was obviously interested in this, and took advantage of the situation to ask: "The eldest prince doesn't know, I heard a friend explain this formation a few days ago, and I've been thinking hard about how to break the formation. ”

Su Dingfang said, and took the map on the table away, and what was revealed below was the formation diagram drawn when he talked to Xiao Zhuo and Luo Cheng that day, "Eldest prince, you see, this is the operation method of the Beidou Long Snake Formation of the backer king Yang Lin. "After peddling a set of grand strategies for the pattern of the world, while Jiang Song had not yet eased up, Su Dingfang finally started his own plan." This Beidou Long Snake Formation seems to be mysterious, but to put it bluntly, it is just the parallel operation of two layers of troops. Even if the most powerful killing force is interspersed, in fact, it is to quickly integrate all the forces, which aggravates the efficiency of the encirclement, and the people in the formation may not be able to see anything due to the limitations of their vision, but if the clear-eyed people look from above, they can see such two encirclements inside and outside. Su Dingfang said as he placed the formation on the table with various utensils, which made Jiang Song suddenly enlighten after seeing it, and he also had some understanding of what Luo Cheng did when he broke the formation.

"I see, General Su has been with Luo Cheng...... Has General Luo discussed this formation? Jiang Song remembered the decisiveness shown by Luo Cheng when he broke into the formation in Wagang, and today he realized that Luo Cheng had already known the mystery of the formation.

"Yes, I did." Su Dingfang's words really confirmed Jiang Song's conjecture. "But I haven't figured out how to break the formation yet, especially this last change. The speed at which its forces were assembled was so rapid that if the people who broke into the formation did not expect such a change at first, it would be a matter of moments when they were in the array. ”

After Su Dingfang finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Song again, and sure enough, although Jiang Song hadn't spoken yet, his eyes were observing the formation from left to right, and he almost spoke.

"General Su, what if you attack here from the beginning?" Jiang Song pointed to a place on the table, Su Dingfang looked over, it was where the array eye was, and the thing that was originally used to mark the array eye was being held behind him at this moment.

"What's the difference here?" Su Dingfang asked.

"What if this is where the eye is? If a team of men and horses attacked the eye of the formation at the beginning, and when the strength of the Long Snake Formation was completed, and another team of men and horses came out, should the forces of the outer encirclement break away from the original formation and block it? But no matter how the formation changes, the formation cannot change again. At that time, the soldiers and horses in the outer circle have turned to defend against the enemy, and what is the difference between the soldiers and horses in the inner circle and the ordinary formation? The first team has every chance to destroy the Eye of the Formation! ”

Jiang Song is now in his thirties, and he also read some art of war strategies when he was in Nanyang, and today he came to Su Dingfang on the order of Mrs. Luo, but he didn't want to be talked about by Su Dingfang at length, which overshadowed the kind of military knowledge he had learned, which made him slowly give birth to a feeling that it was difficult to release. But before Su Dingfang spoke endlessly, even if he said a word, he was often pulled away by Su Dingfang, and now he finally found an opportunity to teach Su Dingfang a lesson, not to mention how comfortable this feeling of not vomiting and unpleasantness is.

"Is it here?" Su Dingfang inserted the thing in his hand into the place where Jiang Song was pointing, and then said in surprise: "I see! However, such a breakthrough will inevitably require the skillful cooperation of the two forces, and if one side misses the opportunity, or the other team does not understand the mystery of this formation, it will not be broken. Su Dingfang pointed to the two circles connected together on the table, and he was also puzzled in his heart. If the people in the other circle are besieged in Wagangzhai, it means that there are people in Wagangzhai who understand this formation, since there are people who understand the formation, why bother to find Luo Cheng?

"And what if this group violently assaults the junction?" Jiang Song gradually forgot the purpose of coming here.

"If it is a direct impact on the junction, the long snake formation has completed the convergence of the end and the end, even if the two forces of men and horses converge smoothly, I am afraid that they will have to face a larger encirclement again. In this way, he began to face the regular long snake formation again, and it can even be said that his own side was all trapped in the formation! Su Dingfang immediately raised another objection.

"This?" Jiang Song looked at Su Dingfang, and his heart was gradually filled with questions and shock. Because the situation Su Dingfang said was exactly the scene they faced when they broke the formation, if it weren't for Luo Shixin who suppressed Yang Lin by himself, the result would probably be ...... But then again, how could Su Dingfang be so clear about the situation at that time? Is it really just a guess based on the evolution of the military formation?

As soon as Jiang Song had other thoughts in his heart, he also remembered the purpose of coming here: What are you doing? Didn't you come to protect the media?

"Eh, General Su! Dare to ask how old is this year? Jiang Song asked.

Su Dingfang's brows furrowed, looking as if he was stunned by Jiang Song's question, but he still replied truthfully: "Two out of thirty." ”

"That's the case, General Su, my family has a cousin in Nanyang, named Jiang Ning, who is now forty-four out of twenty and has not yet married......" Jiang Songgang said here, Su Dingfang had already opened his mouth and interrupted: "Eldest son! The ambition of the party in this life is not in the love of the children, and the party cannot be accepted. ”

"Then dare to ask General Su what his ambitions are?" Since Su Ding said so, Jiang Song also wanted to ask, after all, Jiang Ning's conditions for choosing a son-in-law were also quite harsh, otherwise why would he still be in the boudoir at the age of twenty-four.

"Dingfang's life's desire, only in the wolf house!"

"That's great!" Jiang Song heard this, not to mention how happy he was, "General Su doesn't know, the reason why my cousin is not married at the age of twenty-four is not because she has lost her appearance, nor is it that no one wants to marry, but she said: The person she wants to marry must be a good man who stands up to the sky and the earth, and a husband worthy of heaven and earth." General Su has such ambitions and is definitely worthy of her. ”

"The eldest son, it is Dingfang who has not thought about marriage yet." Su Dingfang hurriedly explained.

"It doesn't matter. General Su, tomorrow I will go to Nanyang to pick up my mother at my father's order, and then I will talk to my cousin about this matter, and if she is interested, I will bring her with me, and I will talk about it when it succeeds or not. Leave! After Jiang Song finished speaking, he didn't wait for Su Dingfang to refute, and was about to leave immediately.

"Hey! Big Prince! Big Prince! "Although helpless, it was still a step too late in the end.