It was Fan Sixi who asked first: "Then in the eyes of adults, how should we deal with it now?" ”

Lin Fan smiled: "There is no need to be too nervous, I just said that so that everyone should not underestimate the enemy, but it does not mean that we are not his opponents." The Gwangju soldiers in front couldn't stop them because they didn't have enough troops, but now that we're not here, there's no need to be afraid of them. ”

Lin Fan's words didn't make everyone relax much, because when everyone began to examine their opponents attentively, everyone suddenly remembered that there was another advantage on the other side that was difficult for everyone to ignore, that is, cavalry.

Deng Wentong asked: "How to deal with the cavalry in the thief army, do you have a way?" ”

Obviously, Lin Fan had been thinking about this question from the beginning, and he asked An Ning, who had the best equestrian skills among them besides him, "An Ning, if I hand over all the war horses in the army to you, can you stop their cavalry?" ”

The reason why Lin Fan asked like this had to start with the two hundred war horses.

After Wang Ziliang sent two hundred war horses to the Shenzhou camp, Lin Fan did not distribute the horses to military attachés at all levels. Instead, in the name of training his own soldiers, he gathered the war horses, hoping to train a small but capable cavalry.

For this reason, Lin Fan also took out all the dozen or so horses they brought out from Yongyang and gave them to Deng Wentong.

Lin Fan selected two hundred people from each battalion who could originally ride some horses and were agile, formed a cavalry of two hundred people, and handed them over to An Ning to lead.

He attached great importance to this small cavalry army, and the cavalry was also treated the best in the whole army.

And in order to train this cavalry, Lin Fan didn't even let them participate in the last crackdown on bandits, and kept letting them stay in the camp to practice riding skills and some basic tactics of cavalry, just to form and improve their combat strength as soon as possible.

As Fang Ping's student, Lin Fan knew too well how much of a role a cavalry could play on the battlefield. And these plans he made in advance were not in vain, and finally came in handy today.

An Ning knew that what Lin Fan meant by asking these words was that it was time for them to make a move.

An Ning thought carefully for a moment: "If the number of cavalry of the thief army is less than five hundred, I dare not say that we will win, but it should be able to be blocked." But if it's more than five hundred, I'll only be able to hold them back for a while, but I can guarantee that even if we die, my brothers and I will fight until the last moment. ”

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Okay, no one let you die, needless to say so impassioned!" ”

An Ning grinned embarrassedly, his performance just now was mainly to motivate everyone present.

Lin Fan then said to An Ning: "Judging from the situation of the battle with the thief army on the Gwangju side, the total number of troops in the thief camp is less than 10,000, and the infantry army accounts for the vast majority of them, and the number of cavalry will not be too much. What you have to do is to hold them back for a while, and our main goal is to crush their infantry. As long as the infantry is defeated, they can't do much with these cavalry alone. ”

After arranging the tranquility, Lin Fan said to everyone: "Chen Xinglong has now reached the end of the crossbow, in order to fight for this line of survival, he can't just send this way of soldiers and horses, there will definitely be thieves who break through the defense line of the Central Plains Daoist army and go south." And the Huainan Provincial officials and troops have to guard all places, and it is difficult for us to wait for reinforcements. Time drags on to our detriment, so let's defeat this enemy army in front of us as soon as possible, and then repair as soon as possible to prepare for the reinforcements of the thief army. ”

Lin Fan said: "When our army first arrived, the thief army had not yet figured out the truth of our army. I've decided to attack the thieves tomorrow, guys

Do you have any more questions? ”

Everyone had no objections, and they all bowed their hands and said, "Obey the orders of the lord!" ”

Lin Fan looked around at everyone and said in a serious tone: "Chen Fangshu and Wang Hu listen to orders!" ”

Chen Fangshu and Wang Hu went out together, and replied loudly: "The last general!" ”

Lin Fan said: "Tomorrow's attack, with your department as the forward, go straight to the enemy's front." ”

"The last general commands!" The two of them answered.

"Two, the front of tomorrow's war is the most important, I ordered your subordinates to advance and not retreat, you may do it?" Lin Fan asked solemnly.

"The last general must advance without retreating, and fight hard to kill the enemy. If you take a step back, the last general is willing to be court-martialed! Chen Fangshu was eloquent, and he said firmly on behalf of the two.

Lin Fan praised: "Okay, this is the true character of a man in my army, Fang Shu is really a hero!" ”

"Deng Wentong and Hao Pingchuan listen to orders!" Lin Fan ordered again.

The two of them lined up together and saluted Lin Fan.

"Let the two of you lead your troops as the right wing, and the vanguard army will be the backbone of each other!"

"The last general commands!"

"Zeng Liang and Fan Sixi listen to the order!"

"The last general!"

"Order your department to be the rear army and protect the Chinese army!"

"The last general commands!"

Lin Fan's orders were issued one after another, and soon it was the turn of the Gwangju soldiers.

This is the first time that the two sides have fought together, and the Gwangju army has not been outstanding in the previous battles, Lin Fan is not at ease to hand over the most difficult task of the main attack to them, so he arranged for Chen Fangshu and Wang Hu to lead people to fight the main attack.

What he was even more worried about was handing over his back to them, so he would let Zeng Liang lead people behind.

Lin Fan still decided to put the Gwangju soldiers in front of him, in case something went wrong on the battlefield, he could also find and remedy them in time, so he arranged them on the left flank of the relatively relaxed army.

Since the Gwangju soldiers were not Lin Fan's subordinates, it could only be said that they were temporarily controlled by him.

Therefore, he was polite to Zhang Qi and them: "General Zhang, you led the Gwangju army to deploy on the left flank of the army and cooperate with the battalions in Shenzhou, what does the general think?" ”

Zhang Qi has no opinion on such an arrangement: "The last general will obey the arrangement of the adults!" ”

After making arrangements for tomorrow's battle, Lin Fan said: "In order to arrive in Gwangju in time, the battalions in Shenzhou have marched for several days, and now they are all a little tired. For the sake of tomorrow's war, after everyone goes down later, let the soldiers go to bed early tonight, have a good rest, and do not make noise in the camp if they have nothing to do. ”

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.

"General Zhang, trouble the Gwangju side tonight to worry more about it, to prevent the thieves from taking advantage of our army's unstable foothold and stealing the camp while the chaos is unstable!" Lin Fan said to Zhang Qi again.

"Yes, I am grateful that my lord and everyone in Shenju can lend a helping hand to Gwangju. Let the brothers in Shenzhou rest assured tonight, we should also do our best to be the landlord and keep vigil for everyone in Shenzhou. Zhang Qi thanked everyone around him.

Zhang Qi's words made the people in Shenzhou have a lot more favorability towards him, and Lin Fan also nodded to him to express his gratitude.

"Alright, it's not too early, let's all go down and rest! In addition, the order was sent down, and the fourth watch of tomorrow morning would make rice, and the whole army would leave the camp after dawn. After Lin Fan said this, he waved his hand and let everyone disperse.

After the crowd dispersed, the battalion

Lin Fan was left alone in the tent.

He sat there quietly, holding a book in his hand, and he didn't look at it, he just sat behind the bookcase in a daze.

He was thinking about tomorrow's war and some details that needed to be paid attention to, and he was also thinking about whether there were any omissions in his arrangement, so that he could check and fill in the gaps in time.

It wasn't until Zhou Yuanzhi gently came in with an oil lamp that Lin Fan, who came back to his senses, raised his head.

Only then did he notice that it was already dark outside, and it was pitch black inside the tent.

As the commander of the first army, Lin Fan's military tent can accommodate everyone's deliberations, so it is naturally not too small.

For the entire camp, a small oil lamp could only illuminate a small part of the surrounding area, and the rest of the camp was still surrounded by darkness.

Lin Fan hid himself in the dark, he rubbed his eyebrows, remembering that he was busy with military affairs during this time, and he didn't say a few more words to this young man who had just experienced bereavement, which was too undeserved.

This made him feel a little apologetic, so he smiled at Zhou Yuanzhi and said, "Yuanzhi, how are you feeling lately?" Are you still used to life in the army? ”

When Lin Fan said this, Zhou Yuanzhi was fiddling with the wick inside the oil lamp with an iron nail to make the light brighter. He replied softly: "It's okay, there's nothing unaccustomed." It's just the first time I've left home, and I'm kind of missing my grandfather. It's autumn, it's time to sweep grandpa's grave. ”

The lights became brighter, and Lin Fan's figure became clearer, no longer as illusory and unreal as just now.

Speaking of Uncle Zhou, Lin Fan was also a little sad: "If you are not used to it, you must tell me, and I will send someone to send you back." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi was shocked when he heard this, and the nail in his hand fell on the table.

He said in a somewhat flustered tone, "Are you trying to drive me away?" Why? Did I do something to make adults angry? ”

Lin Fan glared at Zhou Yuanzhi angrily, a little crying and laughing.

Unexpectedly, his rare concern made Yuanzhi have such a big reaction, it seems that although Yuanzhi didn't say it, he must have been frightened during this time, afraid that Lin Fan would really drive him away one day.

The young man's performance made Lin Fan feel even more guilty: "Where do you want to go, I'm just asking if you want to go back?" ”

Zhou Yuanzhi settled down at this time: "I won't go, grandpa asked me to follow the adult!" ”

Lin Fan gently knocked on his head with the book in his hand: "I'm not asking your grandfather what you want you to do, I'm asking what you think?" ”

Zhou Yuanzhi thought carefully for a while before he said, "I want to follow the adult!" ”

"Even if Grandpa doesn't say it, I want to follow the adults. I want to learn from adults, and I also want to be able to help adults like Brother An Ning and Brother Fang Shu, so that adults don't have to be so tired about many things! ”

The boy's voice was not loud, but it was sincere.

Lin Fan put down the book and gently rubbed the young man's head with the hand that had knocked him just now, a little moved.

"If you want to stay, stay!" The corners of Lin Fan's eyes were moist.

"Hey!" The boy replied crisply.

Lin Fan stopped talking and fell into deep thought again.

Zhou Yuanzhi didn't bother him, and quietly added some lamp oil to the oil lamp and then withdrew, and he was the only one left in the camp.

With the faint light, Lin Fan looked at the book, and the tent was quiet, except for the sound of turning pages from time to time.