General, the enemy army has arrived less than three hundred miles from our army camp and is now encamping. Looking at the scale, it should be the southern army led by Guishan Fang Su Gedi, with a scale of about 200,000. ”

Hearing the scout's report, a young general dressed in gorgeous armor looked surprised and couldn't help but say, "How is it possible, we have already rushed here as fast as we can." Even if they got the news as soon as possible, they couldn't have arrived so quickly! ”

Many of the young faces in the camp were just as incredulous as this man, although most of them were children of nobles, and had not experienced any war, and they were only gangsters who came this time, but there were also some talents among them, and they all knew some military knowledge.

This time, they led the army to come non-stop, and arrived as fast as possible, in order to take advantage of Guishuang's failure to react to break through the opponent's border, and first concentrate superior forces to eat tens of thousands of elites on the opponent's border. But unexpectedly, the other party arrived almost at the same time as himself, directly shattering their purpose.

"They couldn't have moved so fast, and even if they had been as desperate as we were, they should have arrived in ten days at the earliest. If you look closely, the other party must be bluffing, and those camps should be empty. Another young general said directly.

"No need." He never spoke, and with a calm face, he looked down at the map, and said indifferently: "Su Gedi must have arrived." Go down and continue to investigate. ”

"Yes."

"General." Several young generals spoke up.

Murodi slowly raised his head and glanced at them expressionlessly. Swept away by that gaze, the momentum of holding power and fighting on the battlefield for decades was terrifying, and several people were suddenly dumbfounded as if they had been struck by lightning.

Although he did not dislike these noble young masters, he did not take them to heart. If it was normal times, he still had the heart to teach these juniors, after all, although he didn't deal with it, these people would still have to take the lead in the future, but now in the face of such an important battle, he didn't dare to be distracted.

Seeing that the general didn't mean to speak, a veteran general under the muro looked at these young master soldiers who were either angry or puzzled, and stood up and explained: "Several generals don't know, the general and Su Gedi have been enemies on the border for decades, and the two sides know each other the best. Su Gedi is the president of the Kushan Southern Army, and it is not surprising that he was bold and careful, and he was fierce and fast in his use of troops, so it was not surprising that he could rush to support us in such a short period of time. ”

"Yes, this old fellow has always been impatient and lawless. I guess this time before our news reached the King of Kushan, he had already mobilized his troops privately. It seems that if you want to take advantage of him, you still can't! Murvardi shook his head slightly.

"How dare he be so bold? He led his army to the expedition without receiving an order, and he was not afraid that King Guishan would settle accounts afterwards? One of the generals said angrily. He wasn't an old subordinate of the Murmur, but someone sent by the poisoned royal family to overseer the army.

"With the support of the nobles in the south of Kushan, and he was born in the top ten nobles of Kushan, he has no fear of the king of his country, and he has always had no scruples about leading troops to fight, and there is no external force involved. Because of this, the border army of Guishan can work together and prohibit it, otherwise how could we have been at a disadvantage and overwhelmed by the border war with Guishan for so many years? A veteran under the command of the muro sneered pointedly.

Such an important war almost decided the fate and survival of the country. And then look at who are in the big tent in this army? A group of arrogant, unvirtuous and incompetent children of the nobility, as well as the overseers sent by the poisonous royal family and various parties to hinder everywhere. You have to report to them if you give any military order, how can this battle be fought? Is this afraid of rebellion or fear that the war will be too smooth, and when the time comes, he will not be able to suppress it?

"What do you mean by that?" Several representatives of the royal family and nobles glared angrily.

"Okay, let's stop, this time we are here to fight, not to fight. If you are angry, I will send a few thousand soldiers to each of you and send me into battle. Now that the enemy is facing the enemy, any unprovoked quarrel will be dealt with by military law. Mu Fadi looked at the faint smell of gunpowder below and the distinct waves of people, slapped the table heavily, and said in a deep voice.

Seeing that the bottom of the chamber was angry, the battle suddenly calmed down.

"Nearly 200,000 Guishuang elites, it seems that this time the old ghost has brought all the capital. This battle is not easy to fight! Murovardi muttered as he looked at the map.

"What's so bad about fighting? We have an army of 400,000 people, more than twice as many as them, can we still lose? ”

"Do you know what the battle loss ratio between us and Kushan in the past battles on the border is generally high?" A veteran couldn't help but sneer.

"One to three."

"How is this possible? Are you all eating dry rice at the border? ”

"Keep your mouth clean." When several veterans heard this, they immediately became angry.

"The two sides are on par in terms of strategic command, and the gap between us and Kushan is not in people, but in materials and weapons and equipment. Please open your eyes wide and take a look, how many of our 400,000 soldiers are not yellow-faced and thin-skinned? Grain and wages in the frontier were withheld year after year, and many soldiers were not killed in battle but starved to death. Looking at the weapons and equipment issued by the state, they are all some broken copper and iron, and there is not a single sharp knife in ten can't be found. If it weren't for the fact that Lord Bu Wetdi specially purchased a batch of weapons and equipment from Da Chu this time, we are afraid that we would not even be qualified to fight this battle. The deputy commander, who had been standing silently beside Muro, said coldly.

There were many things at the end of the dynasty, and this was the case with Guishan's body poison and the original late Han Dynasty. If you look at the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo, you can know that you can grab all the food and grass by yourself, and you can enlist in the army with a gun. Not only did the court not give money, Dong Zhuo had to find a way to bribe the people in the court, and the people of Xiliang enthusiastically joined the army just to eat.

Although the poisonous border army was not so miserable, it was enough to choke. After all, there is no oil and water in the northern Xinjiang, and the essence of the body poison lies in the south, and the nobles don't care about the deaths and injuries of the border soldiers, anyway, the most important thing about the body poison is the population and slaves. The casualties were heavy, and it was a big deal to transfer some more slaves over.

And Guishan's side is relatively much better. The Kushan, where internal strife was serious, was divided into the north and the south, and the large plains occupied by the southern nobles were not far from the southern border, and they were flat. It is still very necessary to have a strong and reliable southern army, especially when Su Gedi is one of the southern nobles, and there is still no shortage of army supplies.

"Hasn't Your Majesty already allocated all the money and food this time? A large number of ordnance purchased from Dachu has also been put in place, and the combat strength of our army this time should not be much worse than that of the other side. ”

"Our army has nearly 400,000 soldiers, of which 100,000 border troops have experienced a lot of battles, and they can barely be regarded as elite. Most of the other 300,000 troops were temporarily transferred from various sides, and how much combat power they could have remains to be determined. It is not clear how far we are from each other. ”