"With Uncle Guo's comment, the three of us will be relieved."

"I'll give you another reassurance, no matter what the final result of tomorrow's martial arts exercise is, there will be a certain reward for the three of you and the soldiers of the three brigades. In addition, after tomorrow, the three of you will be responsible for each other, and you will gradually carry out new-style training in other brigades within your own army, and there is no need for you to do everything yourself. ”

The three of them immediately stood up again and bowed and saluted, "Obey the order of the Grand Governor!" ”

When the three of them sat down, Qi Boyuan next to him was puzzled, "Boss, do you really want the three brigades participating in the training to practice martial arts tomorrow?" ”

After listening to Qi Boyuan's words, not only Liu Fan, Wang Kai, and Li Min were confused, but even Guo Huaide, Li Shouyi, and several brigade commanders were puzzled.

In the silence, Guo Huaide turned his head to Qi Boyuan and said, "Old Qi, what's wrong with you, how can the order of the three of us signing the ban on military exercises be fake?" ”

"I'm sorry, Dashuai, that's the case, when Fanzi submitted the action strategy to exterminate Qiu Mazi to the camp, I also thought about the plan carefully, and I feel that the most critical part of the plan is to transfer the forbidden army in the name of martial arts, so as to lead Qiu Mazi out of the hole, I just came to Liangzhou not long ago, and there are a lot of things in the baggage camp recently, although I know that Fanzi is engaged in new training, and I haven't bothered to go up to see, but I heard that it will be less than a month after practice, and it is estimated that it is still a little difficult to practice in such a short period of time. Therefore, he thought that letting the forbidden army watch the martial arts exercise was just one part of the action of the Shence Army to suppress bandits. ”

"Oh, what Lao Qi said is right, in fact, this time it is mainly to cooperate with the Shence Army to exterminate Qiu Mazi. But at that time, I asked Lieutenant Liu Du that the Jun order issued by the Xingying to exercise martial arts was just to let the Xingying cooperate with the Shence Army to reconcile Mazi and leave the lair, or whether it was really necessary to let all the forbidden troops and guards go to the Daxiao Field to watch the martial arts, and whether it was a bit hasty to let all the troops watch the martial arts in such a short time. ”

"Lieutenant Liu said at the time, 'It is estimated that by the second day of the first day of November, the first phase of training designed at the beginning will basically be completed, and allowing the forbidden army and the guards to go to the colonel field to observe the military will not only increase the interest of all troops in the new type of training, but also encourage the three brigades that are receiving the new type of training.'" Therefore, this matter was settled at that time, so it was said that the main purpose was to transfer the forbidden army out of Changsong County, but the military exercise should also be carried out as planned, and you have been busy every day these days, and I forgot to tell you more about this matter. ”

After Guo Huaide finished telling the ins and outs of arranging the martial arts, Wang Kai and Li Min who were in the dark and a few half-understood brigade commanders suddenly realized, Wang Kai, who was sitting next to him, glared at Liu Fan fiercely, damn it, he was busy working here, it turned out to be to cooperate with you, Liu Fan sent a beam of apologetic glances to Wang Kai and Li Min, and whispered, "I will go east to Yihong Courtyard in two days."

At this time, Li Shouyi interjected, "Captain Liu, the plan was made by you, so it's up to you to estimate again, when will the battle under Changsong City to destroy Qiu Mazi's main force start?" ”

Liu Fan immediately replied, "Deputy Commander, I have already analyzed with several brigade commanders before, and it is estimated that the time for Qiu Mazi's sneak attack on Changsong County should be from midnight today to the beginning of tomorrow, and the possibility of arriving and attacking in the first half of the night is relatively small, and the most likely time point is around Yinzheng to the beginning of Mao, because this is the darkest time before dawn, and it is also the deepest time for people to sleep." ”

"Oh, according to what you say, when the fight starts over there, the scout will send the information to Liangzhou, at least until noon tomorrow, which means that I, Guo Dashuai, and Shouyi are waiting here tonight - the blind man lights the lamp in vain?" Qi Boyuan continued.

"Probably, estimated, maybe ......"

"What a mess, Dashuai, it seems that this kid doesn't have the intention of staying guests, let's go back to bed early, and when we wake up, it is estimated that the news may still be on the way."

Guo Huaide also said with a smile, "Okay, originally we just came to see it, and I didn't stay up late with a group of young people, Shouyi and Xiao Liu remembered, if the news came early, remember to send the news to me and Lao Qi in time." ”

Waiting for Li Shouyi, Liu Fan and others to send the two out of the door respectfully, Li Shouyi turned around and said to the people around him, "It's not early, Min'er hurry up and go home, General Wang also go back to sleep, if you are willing to go home, you can go back now, and if you don't want to go back, stay with me and General Liu Duwei in the north and south wings for the night, after all, the news will be the first to be sent here." ”

As a result, the five brigade commanders all expressed their willingness to stay and make peace, especially Ma Youlai, who is still alone in Liangzhou now, and it makes no difference where he sleeps. ”

It is almost exactly the same as Liu Fan's estimate, among the six route troops sent out, the most difficult way is the two battalions of the A Brigade led by Geng Dawei, hidden in the high mountains and mountains where the ice and snow and the wind are raging, for the soldiers who have persisted for seven or eight hours, it is nothing less than a contest with the severe cold, but also a deep-seated test of the soldiers' perseverance and endurance, although the soldiers put on thick winter clothes when they left Liangzhou, but after staying on this mountain range for a few hours, many soldiers' hands and feet were frozen, Even the beard was connected with a thick layer of ice slag, and did not dare to move around at will, so they could only lie in the snow and move their hands and feet slowly, some soldiers could not move their hands and feet, so they had to be rubbed by other soldiers next to them, the soldiers felt that this fight against the cold was even more difficult than the real sword and gun duel with the Khitans, Geng Dawei and several captains and lieutenants could only walk quietly, while checking the condition of the soldiers, while constantly encouraging the soldiers to hold on a little longer.

After dark, although the cold wind in the mountains is more unbearable like a knife cut, but due to the cover of the darkness, the soldiers can finally stand up and move their hands and feet slightly, and it is even more gratifying that the base camp of Qiu Mazi finally moved around the right time, and a group of bandits in the dark quickly left the base camp under the leadership of a few torches and went down the mountain, and it didn't take long to hide behind the mountain, Geng Dawei and others estimated that the departing bandits were about 1,500 people according to experience, and less than 500 people were left behind. It shouldn't be any trouble for the bandits to be surrounded and suppressed by their own 2,000 people, as long as they insist on waiting for the fire in the direction of Changsong County.

It seems that Qiu Mazi's bandit team is really treacherous and cunning, and it must have been a detailed investigation near Changsong County, fortunately, the three brigades responsible for encircling and suppressing Qiu Mazi's main force were also cautious enough, so they were not discovered by the bandits in advance, and its attacking force was also divided into two groups, a team of 300 people first launched a tentative attack on Changsong County, and a quarter of an hour later, its main force saw that there was no ambush force of officers and soldiers, Otherwise, if the officers and soldiers in ambush do not pay attention to showing up in advance, the main force of the bandits will immediately abandon the car and flee.

Liu Fan and the others slept until dawn and did not receive the news from the scouts of Changsong, Li Shouyi and the brigade commanders had a faint layer of melancholy on their faces, but when they saw that Liu Fan still looked heartless and smiling, they suppressed the worries in their hearts, cheered up and went to the university outside the city to watch the martial arts.

According to Liu Fan's idea, if it can start on time at 10 o'clock in the morning, it will end at 11 o'clock at the latest, and you must know that the National Day military parade that will attract the attention of the world in later generations will only take about two hours, and according to the current method of keeping time, there will only be one hour, not to mention that the military parade in later generations will be the greatest display of the military scientific and technological strength brought together by the army, navy, air force, tanks, second artillery, logistics, and even retired soldiers and floats pushed by various provinces, and it is a major event that the whole country celebrates.

And today's exercise is only an infantry team, and the people watching are limited to the forbidden army and guard troops near Liangzhou, Liu Fan originally wanted to suggest that the people should also be allowed to go outside the city to watch, but in the end, because it might attract unanimous opposition from everyone, he did not bring it up again.