"If you can't tear through the defense, I'll tear you!" Xiao Jian said coldly.

Shang Cheng tried his best to suppress his excitement and stood up straight. He had just heard that he had jumped over the brigade commander and had been promoted to Sima of any army, and his heart was so stirred that he had forgotten that this position meant greater responsibility. Now, he has just understood that what he will command will no longer be the two or three thousand men of the first brigade, but the more than ten thousand soldiers of the first army. He's responsible for these people! Be responsible for the entire Middle Route Army! But he didn't know if he had the ability to be responsible for so many people...... The sudden increase in the burden on his shoulders made him feel helpless and flustered, and he even had some difficulty breathing.

Xiao Jian's gloomy gaze kept looking at Shang Cheng. He was watching the young man's reaction. To tell the truth, he was very appreciative of Shang Cheng's suggestion about the breakout of the army, although the young officer's judgment in the direction of the breakthrough was a little unrealistic, but just with this unique vision and extraordinary cleverness, it made him love talent, if there is a chance, he will definitely take this young man with him, give him a good guidance, and find an opportunity to release him to do a few real positions in the local area, and in time, he will definitely become a good general who is in charge alone!

But Shang Cheng didn't say a word of "obey the order" until now, which inevitably made him feel unhappy in his heart, and asked in a flat tone: "Why, you don't dare to make this military order with the old man?" ”

Under the pressure of his gaze, Shang Cheng couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and then as if he had made up his mind, he stubbornly raised his head and said: "It's not that I don't dare, but there are still a few problems!" ”

"You say."

"The subordinate is just a captain of the seventh grade, and he can't command the soldiers of the first army."

Xiao Jian snorted and said, "Let you go and lead an army, of course it is impossible not to enter your honor," he took a document from the table and shook it away. "This is the entry document issued by the camp, and it has been prepared for a long time, but I and Chen Zhuguo are waiting for you to come out of this camp tent one by one, that is, General Dingyuan on the fifth grade, and it is more than enough to be a military horse."

Shang Cheng took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and continued: "There are still problems under the job! One by one, the personnel, equipment, training status, will to fight, logistical supplies, and other matters of the Yanshan Central Army, as well as the defensive arrangements of the Tuqi in the south, the deployment of troops, and the in-depth strongholds...... I don't know anything about my job. The route of the army to the south, the target, the condition of the road, the terrain along the way ......"

Xiao Jian interrupted him impatiently: "You should know, I will always tell you!" ”

"There will be no problem with that position." Shang Cheng said as he clenched his fists to his chest and then gave a military salute, "Obey the order!" ”

Xiao Jian nodded, took his general's seal letter, checked the seal on the two official documents, handed the paper to Chen Pu, and said to the round-faced general: "Fengyi, the next thing will be handed over to you." After speaking, he did not explain much, but got up and turned to the back of the tent, and then went out of the camp tent, and commanded, "Come, go and prepare food for the generals." ”

The three generals, along with Chen Pu, stood up and watched Xiao Jian leave, and then they sat down again. The round-faced general known as "Fengyi" smiled at Shang Cheng and said, "General Shang should also sit down." ”

Shang Cheng already knew from this person's words that this person was Guo Biao Guo Fengyi, the military counselor of the Yanshan camp and the deputy marshal of the Central Route Army, who was his current boss.

Guo Biao pointed to three other people to introduce him one by one: "You know General Zhuguo." This is General Liao Chong, deputy marshal of the Middle Route Army, and this is General He Yuanhe, the commander of the old camp of Mogan. Originally, General Fang Dao, the head of the Camp Zhibing Division, was also there, and he should tell you about the situation, but he had something to do temporarily, and he just left before you came, so I had to talk about it. ”

As soon as the old general Xiao Jian left, the expressions of the two generals Liao Chong and He Yuan were also a little more lively. He Yuan has thin eyebrows and a long face, and a pair of dark eyes, looking around and looking very flexibly, you can see at a glance that this is not a stable person. He twisted his arms and kicked his legs in the chair and couldn't sit still, sometimes he asked for water to drink, and then he shouted for someone to urge him to have dinner, stood in front of the map and glanced at it a few times, muttered a few words and whispered a few words to Xiao Jian's Chinese officer, and both of them were cooing and laughing. As soon as he turned his head and saw Chen Pu at the table, he hurriedly came back and sat upright. Liao Chong is obviously much older than the two colleagues, looking like an old man and a dignified person, listening to Guo Biao with his eyelids lowered, and interjecting two sentences from time to time, pointing out the key places that need attention to Shang Cheng one by one.

Although Guo was kind on the surface, his speech was concise and to the point, how the three brigades of the Yanshan Middle Route Army were, how the brigade commanders of each brigade were, and how the training equipment of the soldiers was, Ding is Ding Mao and Mao are very clear. As for the defense of the Raiders in the south, the deployment of troops that have been ascertained, and the echoing reinforcements in the vicinity, including the various preparations made by the army for the breakthrough, the time of the breakthrough, the roads chosen, the terrain along the way, and the logistical supplies...... and so on, all of which were explained in detail in an orderly manner.

Shang Cheng listened to it while silently remembering it in his heart, following the map printed in his mind and comparing them with each other, he already had a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the entire Moganzhai, and he was even more aware of the predicament that the army in the middle road was facing now.

At the end, Guo Biao said: "...... The camp negotiated repeatedly, and the final resolution was like this, the army took the Yanshan Central Army as the lead, and the seven battalions of the Hussar Army plus the Bohaiwei Left Army as the rearguard, broke through to the south, and strived to rush to the Luhe River within five days, forming the first consolidated defense line on the Heishui River and the Luhe River, and establishing the second line of defense at Baie Lake, so as to ensure the smooth withdrawal of the army to Yanshan! He saw that Shang Cheng's eyes were squinted and seemed thoughtful, so he asked, "Does General Shang feel that something is wrong?" ”

Shang Cheng didn't seem to hear his inquiry, frowning and just contemplating. There were dozens of candles lit in this tent, wisps of black smoke rose with the flames of the candles, and the front and back tent doors were covered with leather curtains, and the wind was not permeable at all, so the room was full of the smell of mutton fat burning. He has an eye disease, the most unbearable thing is hot and dry, when Xiao Jian was in front of him, he had to keep his secret, and he couldn't help but answer carefully, now his heart disease is gone, and his heart is relieved, and then the calculation plan full of brains is trying to come and go, and he can't figure out his thoughts for a while, so he involuntarily took off the blindfold in his hand, picked up the corner of the short coat, and gently wiped the tears overflowing from his eyes. After more than 20 days of desperate fighting and fleeing, his face was so thin that it was almost covered with bones, and at this moment he took off the blindfold, only to see the red flesh on the downward-ripped eyelids dripping bloodshots, and the big white eyeballs were sandwiched between the obscured eyebrow bones and the bulging cheekbones, and it seemed that every time he turned, he trembled and could roll out of his eye sockets at any time...... Coupled with the huge scar that spanned half of his face, the description suddenly became as hideous and terrifying as a ghost.

The three generals were all people who crawled over in the pile of dead people, and they were used to seeing life and death, and scars were even more trivial in their eyes, so they didn't think there was anything unusual about him. But as soon as he took off the blindfold, the three of them were stunned, their eyes were the same as his, and in an instant it seemed that even their breathing was a little heavier, and they hurriedly turned around to avoid it.

Shang Cheng himself was unconscious, put down the corner of his clothes, held the blindfold in one hand, and slowly pulled the rope in the other, and said in a deep voice: "I still think it's better to go east." In spite of the three attempts, the enemy's defense on the east side was very well defined, and the resistance was tenacious, and according to military reports, there had been signs of a large increase in the enemy's forces in the east in recent days, and it seemed that the enemy was also deliberately guarding against us moving eastward. All this shows that it will not be less difficult to break through from the east than from the south. But why can't we think about it the other way around? First of all, why is the enemy afraid of us going east? It stands to reason that there is the White Wolf Pass to the east, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they do not need to deploy heavy troops in this direction at all. The enemy can even station only a small number of troops, and it will be enough to prevent us from going out from the east and making a detour to attack the south. But why did they send an obviously redundant team over one by one? ”

Several generals looked at each other, but none of them spoke. Shang Cheng's question has also been repeatedly discussed in several previous military meetings, and some people have judged that this is mostly because Yang Du's Right Route Army has threatened the rear of the Turpent Ci, at this time, the army should be encircled as soon as possible, and the Right Route Army should join forces together, while holding the White Wolf Pass, while quickly attacking the left four divisions of the Turbulence Ci Mountain, and opening up the passage back to Zhaodi. But in doing so, there will undoubtedly be a great difficulty: retreating eastward one by one, the distance will be more than doubled, and the march will be dragged on longer. If there is no food on the way, will the army collapse? If the battle with the four divisions of the left side of the mountain is unfavorable, will it affect the morale of the army that has already floated?

Although Shang Cheng felt that going south was definitely not the best plan, he also felt that the generals' considerations were not wrong—he looked at this breakthrough from the perspective of a captain, rather than considering the actions of the entire army as a whole. However, he also knew that in a short period of time, before he adapted to his status as a military commander, it would be impossible for him to stand in the position of a few generals and consider these large-scale issues involving more people.

He turned his mind to the upcoming breakout.

He asked Guo Biao: "Before the operation, can I organize two or three more attacks to the south with the brigade as a unit?" I need to know my soldiers through actual combat, and I hope to test the enemy's weaknesses through these attacks. ”

Guo Biao agreed with Shang Cheng's idea. However, he also told Shang Cheng that such harassing and tentative attacks could neither be too frequent nor too resolute, and that all action must cease in the last three days before the breakout began, because under no circumstances could the enemy be alerted. Guo Biao also said that if Shang Cheng encountered any difficulties in the past few days, whether it was difficulties in the scheduling of personnel command teams or difficulties in logistics and supply, he could raise them at any time, and the camp would try its best to solve them for him.

That's great! He was still worried about himself as a bare-bones commander just now!

Shang Cheng immediately proposed that he want the twenty or thirty people he brought out of West Malaysia, including the dozen or so Hachagan.

Guo Biao immediately ordered people to do this trivial matter, and these people were all assigned to the Yanshan Weizhong Army.

Guo Biao pointed to a few pots of cold broth and wheat cakes, and said to Shang Cheng: "Don't worry, let's talk while eating." If you have any requirements and ideas, you can say them. ”……