"How many days is the cycle?"

"Three days."

"Today?"

"Day 1. They pulled anchor at noon to-day, and I hurried back, expecting to arrive in the evening of two days' time. Thunder Shadow replied.

Today, Lei Ying rushed back to Linhai City, Qingcheng didn't stop for a moment, and after summoning the wind, he and the two of them planned to suppress the bandits in the conference hall built in the barracks. And the matter that Qingcheng asked about the cycle seems to be the information that Lei Ying has been searching for in the past few days in his absence.

At this moment, Qingcheng listened to Lei Ying's reply, and began to think in his heart, and the latter added: "There is relatively close to us, and we can reach it in half a day if we sail with all our might, so young master, you have to give an order as soon as possible." ”

Qingcheng naturally understood what Lei Ying meant, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the wind and asked, "How are you over there?" If you start now, will you be up to the task? ”

Qingcheng asked about the training of the troops, and the wind had not slackened for a moment in the past few days, so he was naturally confident, and immediately replied: "Young master, rest assured, there is no problem with the formation, and I will explain it to you in detail with the commander, and I will never let you down." ”

"Well, that means that everything is ready and only the east wind is owed."

Qingcheng said this, and fell silent thinking about something.

The decisive battle is imminent, the stakes are very high, since the Duan family's accident, he is the first time to take command, and he is bound to become famous in a battle. Therefore, he is always worried about what he has missed and will affect the overall situation. However, the current situation was still within his expectations, so he really couldn't think of anything that was not well considered.

After being silent for a long time, Qingcheng sighed lightly and said: "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the planning before the war, no matter how cautious it is, is just talk on paper. Even if my father is a commander, I don't dare to say that I can plan all the variables properly before the big war, so why should I bother myself? Well, after planning for many days, since everything is within our calculations, then let's send troops! ”

The coach was confident, and the generals were naturally more confident, so Qingcheng's voice fell, and the wind stood up excitedly, and said with his hands on his hands: "That's right!" This is the demeanor that our Qingyu City should have. Even though the road ahead is unpredictable and surrounded by strong enemies, I am willing to fight it with a seven-foot body! ”

The words of the wind made Qingcheng and Lei Ying both shocked, and the former nodded even more, and said in response: "That's right, don't say that the plan is proper, even if the brave have no plan and the foreign enemy comes to attack, my generation can't take half a step back!" Listen to the wind! ”

"The last general!"

Since the accident of the Duan family, in the past three years, Lei Ying and Hurricane have not heard such a firm order from Qingcheng, and this time Qingcheng is in command and in charge of the army of bandits, and both of them are sincerely happy for him. And at this moment, seeing that the high-spirited young marshal of the Qingcheng Army in the past has returned, Lei Ying and Storm are really excited.

"I order you to immediately order 10,000 troops, match all kinds of troops according to the needs of the formation, re-plan the team, and name it 'Suppression of Bandits Team', define the password 'Wind and Sea', and get ready to go!"

"The last general commands!"

After arranging the task of the wind, Qingcheng turned his head to look at Thunder Shadow again, and ordered: "Thunder Shadow listens to orders!" Quickly go and order Wan Lijun and all the generals of Linhai City and above to gather here in half an hour, if there is anyone who asks, it will be said that the commander is going to issue a battle order and is ready to send troops. ”

"The last general commands."

"You two quickly go and finish your own affairs, what about me, go to King Guhong to report the strategy we have formulated, I think Prince Mu should not stop him, he has been waiting for this day for a long time. Let's meet here in half an hour, and there must be no mistake. ”

"Whoa!"

After speaking, the three of them went their own way and set off separately. Qingcheng hurried to King Guhong, and reported everything in recent days in detail, as well as his own plan, King Guhong listened to the consequences as he thought, not only fully supported, but also overjoyed, and praised Qingcheng for being brave and strategic, which was of great use.

Half an hour later, all the generals gathered in the conference hall, King Guhong sat on the throne, Qingcheng stood in front of everyone, Xu Lin, Zhenhaihou and others lined up on both sides, waiting for Qingcheng to give orders.

Seeing that the generals arrived, Qingcheng came out of the queue, and waited for the Guhong King to clasp his fists with both hands, the latter nodded at him, signaling that he could start, Qingcheng immediately turned around, and after glancing around, he did not rush to give an order, but thanked him first.

"Generals, colleagues, it is an honor to be trusted by Prince Mu to entrust you with the important task of suppressing bandits, to work with you to raise a major military war and seek peace among the people. Thank you very much for your support. ”

Saying that, Qingcheng clenched his fists, very humble and sincere. The generals respected him as handsome, and naturally they all hurriedly returned the salute. After the greetings, Qingcheng began to announce the payment strategy.

"This Haichuan bandit plague has lasted for four months, and our Daqi army has finally driven the enemy out to sea after several maneuvers. However, if the bandits are not eliminated for a day, the people will be restless for a day, and if the bandits are not eliminated, it may damage the prestige of the Celestial Empire. Therefore, after pondering for a few days, he decided to fight the enemy in a decisive battle two days later and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Qingcheng's words were impassioned, but the traces of the Haichuan thieves are difficult to find, how to suppress the bandits? And why was the date of the start of the war set two days later? All the generals were puzzled and couldn't help but whisper.

"General Yu, the last general, Liang Feng, the pioneer of the left army in Linhai City, has something to ask."

Just when everyone was puzzled, Liang Feng stood up and spoke. And Qingcheng had long expected this situation, and when he saw Liang Feng standing up, he said with a chuckle: "Liang Xianfeng has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Thank you, General. The last general is abrupt, very puzzled, may I ask the general whether he knows the traces of the enemy, otherwise how can he say that the decisive battle will be fought two days later? ”

Hearing Liang Feng's question, Qingcheng looked around and found that all the generals were puzzled about the matter, and immediately explained: "The thieves are good at naval warfare, they have no fixed place, and they are incompetent below, but they can't confirm their traces. However, under the military order with Mu Wangye, there will be results within ten days, and in recent days, he has been thinking hard about it, and finally the emperor has lived up to it, so that he has thought of a strategy to lure the enemy. ”

Upon hearing this, Liang Feng frowned slightly and asked, "I don't know what the good strategy is?" ”

"Open declaration of war", Qingcheng chuckled and looked at Liang Feng, and said confidently: "I have fought with the leader of the thieves, and I know that he is not a pirate, but a famous general in Haichuan. Therefore, in the next thought, as long as I send a letter to Haichuan to invite the war thieves, they will take into account Haichuan's reputation and will never avoid fighting. Instant two sides have a big battle to argue about the superiority. ”

"Huh? An open declaration of war? ”

I thought that Qingcheng had some good plan, but I didn't want him to be so naïve, not only Liang Feng, but also all the generals present were very puzzled, and they didn't understand whether he had other high opinions, or was he talking nonsense here......

"General, I am stupid below, and I don't understand something. Since the general believed that the thieves were Haichuan's army, not pirates, if they responded to the battle, wouldn't they confirm this statement? Why don't you need to make an appointment to fight, I can do my best to conquer Haichuan. If, as the general said, the other party is a famous general of Haichuan, how can he not think through this? ”

What Liang Feng asked was exactly what everyone was puzzled about, but after Qingcheng listened to what he said, he didn't mean to explain. When everyone saw it, they all felt that he couldn't answer, and they couldn't help but talk about it.

"Yes, to fight is to admit your identity, how can these Haichuan people be so stupid?"

"I think he can't help it, so he thought of a plan and rashly sent troops to deal with the prince."

"What's the idea, this is just gibberish. I think he's just talking about it and making fun of us. ”

"Let's just have fun, who let the prince value him, but isn't it a shame to send troops so mindlessly?"

"That is, if it is really as he said, we will have to lose all the faces of the Wanli Army."

The generals whispered, and they all thought that Qingcheng was mediocre and incompetent, and casually thought of a trick to fool King Guhong. And King Guhong looked at the reaction of the generals, and after a moment of silence, he coughed lightly, and the scene instantly quieted down, and the power of the king was self-evident.

"If you have something to say, say it loudly, and talk about others behind your back, is it what a general of my Wanli Army should be?"

Hearing King Guhong's reprimand, Lin Zheng, the left vanguard of the Wanli Army, stepped out and said: "Lord Wang's forgiveness, it's not that everyone has no intention of fighting, it's just that what General Duan said is really ...... Unbelievable, everyone is really puzzled, and I hope that the general will not hesitate to give advice. ”

After Lin Zheng finished speaking, all the generals responded, but Qingcheng listened to his words, only chuckled, and said: "You can understand everyone's meaning, the thieves may not be able to fight, but dare to ask, the matter of suppressing the bandits is imperative, right now, do you colleagues still have a good plan?" ”

As soon as Qingcheng said this, all the generals felt a little unreasonable. If there is really a way, do you still need Qingcheng to ask? I didn't say it a long time ago. There's just no way to do it right now, so I don't know where to start.

And looking at the expressions of the generals, Qingcheng naturally understood their thoughts, so he sighed lightly and said, "So, there is no other way left and right, it is better to give it a try." In the next thought, after the war book was sent to Haichuan, it was nothing more than two situations. One of them avoided without fighting, and we waited for the bandits to be fruitless, but there would be no casualties, at least after going to sea, coming back can be regarded as suppressing the bandits and driving the enemy. In the immediate future, you can buy more time with the imperial court and then plan for war. ”

After speaking, Qingcheng smiled bitterly as if to hide his embarrassment, and then changed his words, and said seriously: "The two thieves should fight, but they will never fight head-on, they will inevitably set up ambushes along the way, and then disguise themselves as pirates to attack us and others." Although it will be dangerous at that time, the enemy will finally appear, and we will try our best to destroy them. ”

What Qingcheng said was true, and the generals really had no good moves, so they were powerless to refute, so they had to give up. Seeing that they were all silent, Qingcheng raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Do you still have objections?" If it's gone, you'll have to call the shots. ”

Although Qingcheng's plan is a bit absurd, but at the moment he is handsome, and the generals have no high opinions, as long as they compromise. Under the leadership of Lin Zheng, all the generals reluctantly responded: "Please give the general an order!" ”

"Okay", seeing that all the generals had no objections, Qingcheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "Liang Xianxian, the matter of the letter will be handed over to you, please send it to Haichuan immediately after you finish writing, and specify that the person who invites the battle is Shangquan Xinxuan." ”

Qingcheng handed over the matter to himself, and Liang Feng couldn't understand it, but now that everyone was watching, he didn't want to ask anything, so he had to answer: "The last general will take the order." ”

"The vanguard of the Wanli Army on the left and right, please order 10,000 troops each, plus the 5,000 garrison troops of the Marquis of Zhenhai, to form a water army to suppress bandits, and be sure to order all the soldiers and horses before tomorrow evening, and go to sea early the day after tomorrow, there must be no mistakes."

"This", listening to Qingcheng's general's order, Zhenhai Hou frowned, and said: "With such troops, I am afraid that I will not be able to gather in a hurry, and I am afraid that the soldiers will not be in good shape." ”

Zhenhaihou's concerns, Lin Zheng and Yang You both deeply agreed, but Qingcheng didn't seem to care, and said casually: "It's okay, let's go to sea first." I remember that there would be a lot of islands along the way, so I just had to find a place to rest and recuperate. By the way, the island where the thieves set up an ambush last time was good, and they wouldn't have expected us to go there again, just to rest. ”

Qingcheng's strategy seems to be very casual, and the generals are worried, and they all feel that there is no hope. Is that really the case?