In the afternoon, Ma Qingshan led several personal soldiers to gallop to a corner camp of the Liao army in the northeast corner of Zhuozhou City. This place was allocated by Ma Qingshan to a team of soldiers and horses to be stationed, but this team of soldiers and horses was not Ma Qingshan's subordinate, nor did it belong to any of the generals who besieged the city.

The corner camp is not large, and can accommodate less than 1,000 soldiers and horses. The so-called corner camp, as the name suggests, is a military camp in the corner of the city. This type of camp is generally not large, and it is a permanent camp in a city that needs to be defended. This is to prevent the defense of the walls from creating dead ends, and the junction of the walls can easily be overlooked by the defenders of both walls, and the establishment of corner camps can solve this concern.

Zhuozhou, as an important border town, naturally has such a corner camp. Because of its remote location, there are often few houses and shops here, but it is a secluded place.

Ma Qingshan dismounted at the end of the street, and in front of him was a military camp surrounded by tall courtyard walls, a gate was open on the side facing south, and dozens of heavily armed soldiers were on guard at the gate.

Ma Qingshan approached quickly, and the soldiers at the door looked at him vigilantly, but a person who looked like a general recognized Ma Qingshan.

"Why is General Ma here? Are you here to see my family? The general asked.

Ma Qingshan smiled and saluted: "Exactly, please ask the general to say to Lord Lin, and say that Ma Qingshan wants to see him." ”

The general smiled and said: "No need to be polite, my Lord Lin has explained, General Ma will come in the afternoon, please go in directly." ”

Ma Qingshan was stunned, and then smiled: "Lord Lin is like a god, and even I am here." Hahaha, since that's the case, I went in. ”

The general got out of the way, stretched out his hand and said, "General Ma, please!" ”

Ma Qingshan smiled and nodded, and walked into the corner camp compound. Although the corner camp is not large, it is also a military camp that can accommodate thousands of people, and when you enter the courtyard, you will see a flat school field, with a radius of 100 steps. The school grounds are surrounded by towering trees, and although it is autumn, it is still lush. On the east side are rows of houses, hidden among the trees, where the barracks and storehouses are located. On the north side, there is a large mansion standing alone, which is where the public house of the military camp is located.

Ma Qingshan walked north through the school field, but his eyes were attracted by a group of hundreds of soldiers and horses on the school field. They were now gathering in the open space in the west head to train, and under the leadership of a dozen people who looked like professors, they were training themselves in fighting and slashing with their upper bodies with long narrow knives in hand.

Ma Qingshan was attracted by this scene, and unconsciously slowed down to look at this group of people. But seeing that they were all dark, and the tendons and flesh were bulging, under the autumn sun, the sweaty bodies seemed to be smeared with a layer of oil. It looks like a group of sturdy soldiers and horses with explosive power. The long knives in their hands are more than half a foot longer than the long knives normally used by Da Zhou, the blades are thinner and narrower, and the dancing is golden and flashing, plus their movements are neat and uniform, and their postures are vigorous and flexible, which is really pleasing to the eye.

Under the leadership of more than a dozen instructors, this group of soldiers danced with long swords and tigers, and their postures were vigorous and moving, slashing and stabbing, and they were fierce. When the dance reached the hearty point, hundreds of soldiers shouted loudly, leaping into the air in unison, and the long knives cut hundreds of golden rays of light in the air and slashed down, and even the air carried a faint sound of wind and thunder. The long knife slashed at the ground, and the smoke and dust were everywhere, and the dirt was flying, and the momentum was strong

Realistic people.

"Good!" Ma Qingshan's blood boiled when he saw it, and he couldn't help but cheer. The cheers were so loud that all the soldiers stood up, and none of them looked back, as if they hadn't heard.

Ma Qingshan sighed in his heart and thought: "This is an elite soldier, with a strong body, strong martial arts, sharp weapons, and strict discipline. If it were the soldiers and horses of the surrounding towns, the applause he had just given would have won countless returns. But the soldiers and horses of the Luoyan army will never be distracted, it's not that they didn't hear it, but the military discipline doesn't allow them to be distracted. ”

Thinking of this, admiring the ability and strength of these soldiers, Ma Qingshan walked quickly to the public mansion. Before Ma Qingshan could speak to the soldiers at the door, at the door of the public house, a burly black-armored general had already walked out and arched his hand towards Ma Qingshan: "General Ma, please come in, my family is waiting for you in the hall." ”

Of course, Ma Qingshan knew who this person was, and this person was Sun Dayong, the commander of the personal guard battalion beside Lin Jue.

"Thank you, General Sun." Ma Qingshan was busy returning the salute, Sun Dayong smiled sideways and led Ma Qingshan into the door.

Entering the house from outside the bright autumn sun, my eyes can't adjust to it for a while. Ma Qingshan squinted his eyes and looked around, but heard a hearty laugh sound. Ma Qingshan's eyes quickly adapted, and Lin Jue's smiling face slowly became clear in front of him.

"General Ma, what's the situation?" Lin Jue was also fully armed all over his body, and he was also wearing black Da Zhou standard armor. But this armor was worn on him, not like a battle suit, but like a singing outfit. More than good-looking, not enough mighty. This is all the fault of being too handsome in appearance.

"I've seen Lord Lin below. I've seen the generals. Ma Qingshan hurriedly bowed and saluted, and after adapting to it, his eyes also saw the figures of five or six generals sitting or standing in the public house. They were all generals of the Luoyan Army under Lin Jue, and Ma Qingshan was already familiar with them.

Everyone returned the salute in unison, and Lin Jue asked again after they were busy with their work: "General Ma, how is the situation?" Are they gone? ”

Ma Qingshan said with a smile: "I really admire Lord Lin, just as Lord Lin said, after I told them what Lord Lin taught me, none of them refused to leave." I thought they would leave with their men right away. I underestimated the bloody nature of my Great Zhou generals, they are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death. However, Lord Lin knows them better than me, and the matter is completely under Lord Lin's control. It's really a clever calculation. Admire, admire, admire. ”

Ma Qingshan's face was full of sincerity, and he said in admiration.

Lin Jue laughed and said, "In other words, if you ask them to leave, they won't leave, right?" ”

"Exactly, they are all willing to fight to the death with the Liao, regardless of the cost, even if they die in battle." Ma Aoyama Road.

Lin Jue nodded and smiled. Ma Qingshan said: "Thanks to Lord Lin's planning, everything is as Lord Lin said, when I sent the troops, I really doubted that the soldiers and horses that had been forcibly pulled in this way could do anything, Lord Lin said that he would definitely be able to capture Zhuozhou, but he was very skeptical." Facts have proved that Lord Lin is far-sighted, and he is a hundred times better than me in leading the army and strategizing. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "That's not what it is."

It's just that I've already reconnoitred and found out that there are only 20,000 infantry stationed in Zhuozhou, and they are busy building the city wall every day, at best they are only 20,000 sappers. The main force of the Liao army has been mobilized to Zhongjing Road, and the Liao people think that they can sit back and relax after making peace with the Great Zhou, how could they expect that there will be soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou who will send troops privately? The success of this siege is actually to fight more and less. In this case, if we can't take Zhuozhou City, where will we put our people's faces? ”

A group of generals of the Falling Goose Army around them burst into laughter. They were all generals who followed Lin Jue out of the mountain this time.

Ma Qingshan laughed and said loudly: "If you have a lot of troops, you may not be able to win, otherwise how could the 300,000 army of the Northern Expedition be defeated." The key lies in the means of warfare. If it weren't for the Luo Yan Army and the brothers who took the lead in breaking through the eastern city wall, opening the gap, and snatching the north city gate, how could there be this great victory. I still know this. Lord Lin doesn't have to be too humble. It's just that I don't understand a little, why did Lord Lin ask me to make this suggestion to allow the generals to leave, aren't you afraid that these people will really lead their troops to leave? If they're all gone, what will the rest of the troops do? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Brother Ma, don't you understand? The strength of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses has always been not only the equipment and numbers, but also the morale and cohesion. A soldier with a scattered goal and a disconcerted heart will not go far. When you pulled out this soldier and horse from Bazhou, you used deception and coercion, so in fact, the generals were forced to fight, and they were not angry or even angry in their hearts. But fortunately, the defense of Zhuozhou City is damaged, and the Liao people defending the city are also some soldiers and horses who have little combat ability, so I acquiesced to you pulling out this soldier and horse in that way. Because I know that as long as there are no big mistakes in this battle, I should be able to get nine out of ten. Once you win a big victory, morale will immediately rise, and as you can see, the soldiers and horses after the victory will be like two armies. ”

Ma Qingshan nodded and said, "Isn't it?" The morale of the soldiers is very high, and I have never seen them so proud. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "That's it." However, as I told you in the morning, the high morale is short-lived, the fundamental cohesion cannot be resolved, the knots in the hearts of the generals are not unraveled, and the morale of the army is still sluggish, and they will not be able to go far. So in order to solve this problem, I asked you to have an open and honest showdown with them and allow them to choose freely. The purpose of this is to give them respect and to repair the gap between you. are both generals in the Great Zhou Army, in fact, your thoughts and feelings are the same, what is lacking is this kind of respect and communication. You and General Han are both people who regard death as their home and dignity as their life, and so do those generals. So you will relate to it easily. The reason why I am sure that they will not leave is precisely because I know that these people are actually thinking the same as you and General Han. It's just that they are not as decisive as you and General Han. Of course, you and General Han were also forced by the imperial court to do it, and there was one less way to retreat. Those people have a way out, and that's why they twist. However, after the capture of Zhuozhou, the situation has changed, and they have already taken this step, so it is unlikely that they will go back. Moreover, they have tasted revenge, how can they be shrunken turtles. That's why I assert that they will not leave, but those who are bloody, but who still have righteousness in their hearts, will not quit at this time. ”