With ninety-seven recruits in the Funing Army, plus Mu Guiying and Chen Ergou, a total of ninety-nine people, he secretly left Funing County late at night to go on an expedition.

Da Yan personally led the team, just one hundred people.

However, the big bird is not considered a "soldier", so theoretically it does not reach the upper limit of 100 people. This is a place to use for lawsuits in the event of an accident in the future.

Ninety-nine is the norm. As for the standard of martial law for soldiers and horses across the country, theoretically "one soldier and one soldier" cannot be moved. But this is only theoretical, because in fact it is impossible to stand still, and there is still a need for inter-regional communication.

So there is a distinction between "operational state" and non-"operational state". Then, according to the standards of the Great Song Dynasty, holding crossbow arrows and armor counts as combat status. Holding a sword and a normal bow counts as alert. Hold nothing, even if it's a regular state.

So Wang Yan ordered the troops to take off their leather armor, put down their crossbows, and carry flintlock pistols in the posture of infantry.

Now the musket is not small, and the range has greatly surpassed the divine arm crossbow, but it is not considered a controlled weapon in the Great Song Dynasty, Khan, based on this, so the number of Wang Yan's troops exceeds the Privy Council's martial law regulations, but it is a "non-combat state". Then after the accident, you have to fight off, and you can reluctantly apply the normal rules of ninety-nine people.

No one cares about playing this kind of word game if you change someone else's words. But Wang Yan is a civil official, a favorite minister of the emperor, and the son of the prime minister, so there is something to be done. That's why Wang Yan is needed to accompany the team.

Chen Ergou, who didn't freeze him to death several times in severe cold and heavy snow, was a demon, in addition to making trouble in Funing County, he also stole chickens, touched dogs, picked up garbage, and was poked in the backbone by people in the area of Linxia City.

So this guy is very familiar with the Linxia area.

Now the so-called Linxia City is basically empty, leaving only countless abandoned mine caves.

The place where some people gather is called "city", and there was a mine in Linxia that year, which could provide Suide fortress ore, so miners gathered. If there are miners, there will be tents to live in, and there will be small traders to trade, which is the reason for the formation of Linxia City.

Later, after the mine was dug up, there was a shortage of people and land in the border area, and it was chaotic, so people left Linxia again, leaving only a lot of holes.

There was no exact information on this expedition, so it was necessary to adopt the tactics of waiting for the rabbit to fight a "tunnel war" in the Linxia area.

Chen Ergou chose a cave in a dense mining area, and in the middle of the night, the infantry of Wang Yan's department hid in the mine without knowing it, and began to wait for the rabbit.

This is indeed a battle that must be fought against bandits, but Wang Yan is not in a hurry to achieve results, and if he is in a hurry to do anything, it will definitely be a moth. If the target is easily exposed, there is a Dali River to block it, and in the defense area of others, it is a big enemy, and his own side is in a state of infantry.

These combined factors determined that once the horse thief could not be annihilated with a fatal blow and the Suide area was quickly and effectively withdrawn, it would become a lost dog, and it was only a matter of time before it was pursued to death by the cavalry of the people on this great plain.

Based on this thinking of protracted warfare, not attacking easily, and not rushing to win, Wang Yan set the tone in the mine that this battle did not seek merit but sought no fault. Don't show your mark and wait for the best tactical moment.

In this way, everyone was depressed, and during the two days of the ambush, there were three times when the horse team galloped with great movement, and the vibration could be clearly felt in the depths of the mine, like a war drum stimulating the hooligans' desire to "test the gun", but they could not attack.

Linxia City is basically no one, not a must-pass road, the rhythm of the horse team galloping is brisk, by no means a caravan of goods, based on these conditions, the fledgling new commander Chen Ergou immediately suggested: It can be basically determined that the distance is not too far, it is very likely that it is the horse thief we are looking for, judging the distance by the intensity of the sound, enough for our deployment, there is a certain tactical depth, and the general will recommend sniping.

However, Wang Yan finally gave up this third chance to attack and ordered to wait.

Because Wang Yan could not confirm the number of horse thieves, he could not make a safe tactical deployment.

If you are also a very skilled light cavalry, then you will have a great ability to correct mistakes, and if you don't know the situation, you can also make trial and error, and if you keep moving, you won't see the sky fall.

It's a pity that the tactical purpose of Funing County this time is not to harass, but to annihilate the whole group, and the cavalry of the Funing army is not necessarily the opponent of these old fritters, so Wang Yan simply changed to infantry to go out of battle.

Under the political pressure of cross-border combat, the infantry has almost no ability to correct mistakes, so they really can't just try and make mistakes, they must hide cunningly, and would rather return without success than cause trouble.

If there is an equestrian expert like Heiyun, there is no need for three times, maybe after two times, she can roughly judge the distance of the other party, the number of people, and even the mental state of the horse.

Unfortunately, there had been three times when the horse team had galloped, and Wang Yan and his subordinates were still blinded, unable to judge the number of people, the specific distance, and the mental state of the horses. That's the technology gap.

However, the location of the horse thief is basically known......

On the fifth day of the ambush in the cave, there was another large horse team galloping, and after the sound of the horses running slowly faded away, everyone thought it was over, but followed by a smaller group of horses running, still appearing in the same direction.

Hearing such a movement, Chen Ergou was not stupid, and said with a change of color: "My lord is wise, their stronghold is really nearby, and every time they attack, they leave reserve personnel to stay at the station. In the past, if we had rushed to attack, we would inevitably have suffered from the enemy, and it all depended on the decisions of adults. ”

Wang Yan wore a hat crookedly, and said in the dark light and sweaty environment: "I'm just a little obscene, and I may not be wise." ”

Chen Ergou said: "This time it's stable, according to the calculation of their attacks in the past and the time difference between their returns, we have enough time to deploy, we can wait in their lair, and when they return, they will be all in one go?" ”

Wang Yan hesitated again for a moment, but still shook his head and said: "Theoretically, what you said this time is right, we have enough time, they have two waves of people to attack this time, and they may have encountered a big deal that requires manpower." It's an opportunity, and you're a normal tactic. ”

Chen Ergou was depressed again, and the implication was that "it's still not obscene enough", and he had to wait for the best time.

So Ergou said: "Then ask the adults, when is the time to be ripe, now that five days have passed, I am waiting to travel lightly, there is not much dry food and water left, and I am stuck here for a long time, resulting in low morale." ”

Wang Yan said: "My request is to be completely annihilated, so I can choose whether or not to have this opportunity, why?" Because they will most likely come back together when they come back, and I still can't judge how many of them there are, so it becomes a back-to-back fight. We must rely on the strength of less than half of our battalion to eat all the horse thieves in one go. Just because Han Xin won such a battle doesn't mean that I can too, I'm much more afraid of death than him. Therefore, the original decision should be maintained, the number of opponents should be preliminarily determined, and it should be determined that our side has superior forces before attacking. It's not about being injured, it's about killing these turtle grandchildren at once. ”

After a pause, he continued: "But the good thing about this time is that it gives me an idea of how they act: they are usually divided into two forces, one staying behind and the other attacking. According to this habit, Spicy Mo is infinitely close to the moment of the decisive battle. Let me give you an example, what if a stone is too heavy to lift? ”

Chen Ergou said: "Grit your teeth and lift it up......"

Wang Yan couldn't help but be angry with a black line: "Stupid, you won't take a hammer to knock it in half and take it away twice?" What should I do if I grit my teeth and crush my teeth? ”

Chen Ergou scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "But this is how Commander Ma and Instructor Di Yong taught us. ”

Wang Yan said: "What they teach is spirit and thought, which does not conflict with my current specific tactics, and my thinking must be flexible and cannot be fixed." Then, according to the principle of separate breakdowns, give up this opportunity to fight against the water, wait for the next time their main force attacks, we eat the remaining horse thieves, and then wait for the return of the main horse thieves, this process is equivalent to knocking the stone open and carrying. ”

"Oh." Chen Ergou nodded.

Wang Yan immediately ordered: "Now Chen Ergou's task is: to reconnoiter according to the direction I judged earlier, and to use this opportunity to figure out the horse thief stronghold, the surrounding terrain and other elements for our tactical decision-making." ”

Chen Ergou said: "They are already empty, and the general can go deep into them to observe the daily utensils, and it is not better to directly judge the number of people?" ”

Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Don't rush in." Empty ground doesn't mean that there is really no one, it's normal to keep one or two, even if you kill me and two of them, because if there is movement, it will destroy my next decisive opportunity. Even if there is no one left, it is difficult to say that there are organs, not to mention the organs that hurt people, it is not difficult to deploy some inconspicuous organs to prove that someone has invaded. So it is the principle not to enter the hole, and you must be careful and careful. ”

"Yes." Chen Ergou took the order.

Wang Yan ordered again: "General Mu Guiying leads the rest of the people to prepare for maneuvering. ”

Mu Guiying was stunned and said, "Since there is no decisive battle this time, what are you going to prepare?" ”

Wang Yan said: "Prepare to run away like a lost dog, because once Chen Ergou's reconnaissance mission fails and is exposed, even if I can control it, I will not plan the next battle, only rolling up and running away is the king." ”

It's too much, but he doesn't even think it's obscene enough?

Mu Guiying thought so dejectedly......