He didn't sleep long before he was woken up by his own soldiers. At this time, he still warmed his hands before he had time to drink two sips of hot tea on the small case.

He straightened his armor, fastened the general's sword, and after a cursory examination, he felt that there was no negligence or mistake, and hurried to the handsome tent.

There were only Wang Yi and Wen Mu and two officers in the tent. The two officers were discussing something with Wen Mu; Wen Mu listened to them intently, twisting his brows and shaking his head constantly; Wang Yi held a stack of papers and reached out to find something on the map. Finding that Shang Cheng was not there, Guo Biao couldn't help but breathe a sigh quietly. If Yan Du came and he, the big Sima, was late, then his old face would be a little embarrassed.

He walked into the tent and asked Wen Mu, "What's the matter?" ”

Wen Mu saluted him along with the two officers. Wen Mu said: "The people below are all vying for a double-shot bed crossbow......"

Guo Biao immediately understood. The bed crossbow has always been the standard equipment of the Zhao army, and the power is not bad, but it is rarely used in the field, and it is very time-consuming and material-intensive when making this thing, so it is generally used to defend passes and cities. Even if some are brought to the battlefield by chance, the participating teams insist on not to. The reason is very simple, this thing is heavy, it requires a lot of people to operate, and it is too easy to be damaged, it is difficult to carry when marching, and there is no way to repair it if it is broken, and it will be punished if it is thrown away, so no one is willing to do this thankless job. And the twin bed crossbow that Wen Mu said was different. This is the Ministry of Industry in Yanshan workshop to innovate the crossbow, the operation is simple, and it is not like the previous big bed crossbow that often requires the use of one or twenty people; A soldier can be easily called; Crossbow bolts can be fired either single or double; The single firing range is more than 400 paces, the double firing range is also more than 250 steps, and at 350 paces, it still has great lethality, whether it is against cavalry or infantry, it is very threatening. These benefits are also secondary, the key is that the Ministry of Industry workshop adopted many new processes when manufacturing this kind of crossbow, and the structure is relatively simple, such as the accurate meaning of the new word "standardization" or the fact that he completely understood the wooden components, copper brackets, and crossbow arrows of the same length and thickness after witnessing a few bed crossbows...... With these advantages, the twin bed crossbow quickly became a sweet spot for all the departments to chase. Originally, the workshop of the Ministry of Industry also made a simple stone thrower, and the battlefield effect was also very good, and it could throw a five-pound stone bullet or a two-pound iron bullet to between one hundred and fifty steps and two hundred steps, but the stone bullet was difficult to find on the grassland, and the iron bullet was inconvenient to carry, so this time it was not brought out by the army.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "How many bed crossbows are there now?" ”

An officer said: "I came out with two hundred crossbow materials, and I ...... them when I was at Black Wolf Beach."

Guo Biao glared at this long-winded guy with dissatisfaction.

The officer reacted immediately, and immediately said simply: "The existing materials can make one hundred and forty sheets, and one hundred and thirteen sheets have been made." All bed crossbows have not been tested, but the subordinates guarantee that the defects will not exceed one or five percent......" He glanced at Guo Biao, hoping to get the approval and praise of Da Sima. The standard for battlefield ordnance defects set by the Wei government is two out of three. But Guo Biao didn't have any expression, so he had to say, "...... The rest will be delivered within an hour. ”

Guo Biao glanced at Wen Mu with a biased face: "What are you asking for below?" ”

Wen Mu nodded. The people below are not just asking, they are simply robbing. Shao Chuan was the most domineering, so he simply sent two sentries to surround the craftsmen who made bed crossbows, and carried one away when he made one, and no one wanted to give it, and he would do it if he dared to be verbose. Several teams were beaten by them, and even Zheng Qi's men were smashed with a few spear poles in the past......

Guo Biao frowned and said, "This is a bit unusual. ”

The lieutenant, who had not spoken, immediately looked at Guo Biao expectantly with a look full of gratitude. Since Da Sima has said so, it seems that the dozens of crossbows carried away by Shao Chuan cannot be saved; At least half of it has to be spit out. He said how few he could get. Maybe for the sake of him coming to report this matter, General Guo could casually share more of his share.

"Let Shao Chuan call everyone back. The war is about to start, he doesn't reorganize the team, what is he doing with all this bullshit? ”

Guo Biao's words disappointed the lieutenant too much. But he didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction in front of Da Sima, so he stood with a straight face and stood with his hands expressionless, and then scolded in his belly.

"Let the ministries bring back all the bed crossbows that have been brought back." Guo Biao glanced at Wen Mu and said, "The bed crossbow is uniformly distributed to the four armies in the front and back, the left and right, and the Chinese army should also keep a part." ”

The lieutenant immediately regretted it. I'm not a thing! How can you doubt General Guo's fairness and justice? He immediately looked at the wise and martial Guo Biao respectfully with a flattering look.

Guo Biao didn't notice the drastic changes in his subordinates' expressions and eyes at all. He didn't notice the embarrassed look on Wen Mu's face, but asked, "The commander hasn't come yet?" ”

"The Overseer is out." Wen Mu said. Shang Cheng and Guo Biao's orders were inconsistent, and he didn't know which one to execute. He hesitated for a moment and said, "The commander has instructed that the double-shot bed crossbow will not be distributed to the teams, and will be uniformly dispatched and used by the Chinese army." ”

Guo Biao paused for a moment. Shang Cheng had such an order? He wasn't impressed at all. But he doesn't think it's a big deal. Bed crossbows, of course, should be placed where they are most needed; What are the most needed locations? Of course, it is the place that can inflict the most damage on the enemy; And where else can the easiest place on the battlefield to kill and injure the enemy be other than the front line? And it's not a big deal, even if he overturns Shang Cheng's previous order, it's not a big deal. He said to Wen Mu: "You come and assign the bed crossbow down, the commander is there, and I will go and talk to him." ”

Guo Biao hangs the post of the Great Sima of the Yanshan Guard, the position in the army is second only to Shang Cheng, and it is still above Zhang Shao, of course Wen Mu cannot disobey his orders. Besides, Guo Biao also said that he would explain this matter to Shang Cheng in person, so Wen Mu had no reason to insist. He saluted, and went out with the relieved quartermaster and the elated lieutenant to arrange the arrangement.

After talking for a long time, Wang Yi didn't look back, holding the document and concentrating on comparing it on the map, and still talking to himself with words. Guo Biao looked at his distracted appearance, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart. This Wang Yi, no matter how hard he learns, he can't pick it at this time! Now that the war is imminent, the military affairs and military situation are all over the place, and there is chaos and confusion, he doesn't follow Shang Cheng to see how people command and dispatch, and he can understand the tricks of other people's use of troops when he stands in front of the map? But he couldn't scold him yet. Wang Yi is the best face, and his ancestors have accumulated great favors in the army, and everyone will let him ...... in terms of the affection of his ancestors

He sighed silently in his heart, walked over, changed his expression, and asked with a pleasant face: "Xiande, "The prince of Yiguo and his father-in-law's family, the Marquis of Poyang, are old friends, and they were also in-laws two generations ago, so he and Wang Yi are equals; And now there are no outsiders in the tent, so he calls Wang Yi's cousin to show his closeness. “…… Xiande, I see your eyebrows fluttering, it seems that you have something in your heart?

It was only at this time that Wang Yi woke up from his imagination. He smiled and said, "When did you come?" I was thinking about things just now, and I was so distracted ......" explained two sentences, and followed Guo Biao's words and said, "Since Brother Fengyi asked, dare not answer?" I do have something. Although he had already seen that there was no one in the tent, he still patrolled left and right again, and then whispered, "I just compared the records of several meetings in the army, and I thought that Zi Dagan took the risk and drove straight into the hinterland of Tuqici, and it seems that the plan is not the king of Donglu Valley alone, nor does it seem that he is trying to annihilate the enemy's army......"

Guo Biao nodded approvingly. It is no wonder that many veterans in the DPRK and China have promised Wang Yi the reputation of "rising star in the army".

He encouraged Wang Yi with great interest: "Then what does he want? ”

"Look," Wang Yi said, pointing to Yutu, "as long as we stop the king of Donglu Valley on the line from Mogan to the White Wolf Pass, with the Chinese army in front and Li Shen behind, the two armies will be flanked, regardless of whether the enemy chief is given the head or not, the Tuqi people will not be able to escape a great defeat no matter what." The enemy is newly defeated, and even if the king of Donglu Valley is spared, the people of Tulu will inevitably be shaken. At that time, we and Li Shen will take advantage of the situation to join forces, and then go north along the river, and we will definitely be able to go down to Blackwater City with one drum! No matter how many great achievements we can have on the basis of Blackwater City, just pulling out Blackwater City is a great achievement......"

He gushed endlessly about the huge strategic ideas that he had only carefully considered, but the more Guo Biao listened to it, the more he didn't like it. If Shang Cheng painstakingly set up such a big trap for the king of Donglu Valley to drill, and the final goal was a Blackwater City, then he would look down on Shang Cheng a little. What Shang Cheng is plotting must never be Blackwater City! At least this time, he won't want Blackwater! He felt that behind the grassland strategy proposed by Yan Shanwei last winter and submitted to the three provinces and six ministries for consultation, there must be another more detailed and powerful strategic concept. He estimated that many people who attended the closed-door meeting of the three provinces and six ministries at that time did not know that there was another strategy. Many of them, he suspected, didn't even think of such a strategy. But he firmly believes that this second strategy must exist. It is precisely because of this second strategy that the deputy ministers of the court tacitly put the southward expansion plan that was in a lot of noise at that time on the shelf, and instead tacitly allowed Shang Cheng to act independently in Yanshan.

Of course, he had no way of knowing what the specific content of the second strategy was. He couldn't even ask. However, from the first strategy, as well as the contact with Shang Cheng after coming to Yanshan, he still noticed some clues. This time to send troops to the grassland, the first target is of course the four left parts of the mountain in the Bailan River Valley, and the second target is the king of Donglu Valley. However, marching into Blackwater City can only be a bluff, just to make a noise and attack the west, after attracting the enemy's main force to the area around Blackwater City, Shang Cheng will inevitably use one part as a containment, and then the main force will suddenly go west, sweeping away the five divisions of Alegu who are empty of troops and slack in defense......

Advancing westward by surprise was the most likely military move for Shang Cheng after blocking the king of Donglu Valley. He was seventy percent sure that Shang Cheng would do this.

He glanced at Wang Yi with a little disappointment, and sighed with emotion in his heart. The blind man of Shang has a simple temperament, a strong mind, and a variety of tactics and tricks, and Wang Yihe himself is far from being an opponent......

Wang Yi sensed Guo Biao's loss, so he asked, "Feng ...... General Guo, did your subordinates say and think wrongly? ”

Guo Biao didn't want to hit Wang Yi, and it was not easy to echo his wrong thoughts, so he shook his head lightly and smiled reluctantly: "There is nothing wrong with the general direction, but there is a slight flaw in the small place." But the flaws are not hidden. I'll talk to you again when I have time. Now, you and I will go in search of the Merchant Governor. At this time, you can best see the calm spirit of a coach, and it is easiest to gain from watching and learning from the sidelines......"