The military order came suddenly, and it was too late to rush back to the Chinese army, so Shang Cheng immediately ordered Ji Zheng to prepare a few horses, and took Bao Kan and three or four guards to fight horses and go straight to the camp.

At this time, there was a faint sound of the bell ringing in the barracks, and from time to time you could see a group of soldiers galloping past with one or two generals in crimson robes, and the soldiers who were having dinner did not know what was wrong, or squatting or standing with a look of astonishment and astonishment, and then heard someone beckoning the soldiers to return to the tent. In an instant, the camp that had just been drinking and scolding and laughing became silent, except for a few sentries on duty, there was no leisurely figure in sight.

When Shang Cheng arrived at the camp, it was already tightly guarded, and there were hundreds of soldiers lined up with nails on both sides of the gate, all of them were bright armor and swords and spears, and they stood up without squinting like nails. There was also an arrow away, and a flag captain flashed out at the gate, standing on the road and raising his arm, shouting and ordering: "The camp is heavy, everyone will dismount!" ”

Shang Cheng had only come to the camp once four days ago, and knowing the rules here, he rolled the saddle and got off his horse, threw the reins and whip to Baokan, and ordered "Wait for me here", so he took the general officer with him to inspect the past, registered his name and position, and then asked where the meeting was held, and went straight to Xiao Jian's tent with his memory.

The oil candles in the handsome tent were brightly lit, and there were already seven or eight generals seated, because Xiao Jian and Guo Biao had not yet arrived, and several people's expressions were a little relaxed, some sat with their hands on their knees, some leaned left and right on the chair, and some sat diagonally with their arms and legs squinted. The moment he entered the tent, Shang Cheng raised his eyes and glanced at it, nodded and said hello to Chen Pu, who was sitting next to the handsome desk, and without saying a word, he sat in an inconspicuous place on the left side of the tent door.

The officers also noticed him. The scarlet robe and sword have four wings, and the end of the waist is a four-nail gold belt, obviously this is a five-grade Dingyuan general, looking at the situation, it seems that he is still an old acquaintance of Chen Changsha, but he is a strange face...... Several people were stunned for a moment, and then they muttered to each other about the origin of this person.

Shang Cheng also ignored the discussions of the "Shang Monk" and "Shang Blind Man" around him, lowered his eyes and continued to consider the details of the breakthrough and opening the way. In fact, the plan was made before noon, and after the people carefully recorded it into paperwork, it had been handed over to the camp for instructions. Where to fight, how to fight, how to expand the results of the battle after opening the gap, what countermeasures to take when the situation cannot be opened, who to send to the vanguard team that seized Luhe in front, which route to take, how much food to carry, how to respond to the contact...... At that time, he felt that Cheng Zhu was full of ambition and would definitely be able to kill a bloody road for the army in one fell swoop, but as soon as the plan was handed over, he felt that he had no bottom in his heart, and he always felt that the plan was not perfect, but things were entangled, and he couldn't figure out what went wrong for a while, so he could only reorganize all the military intelligence information one by one, and meditate on the key to it.

There were more and more people coming in the tent, and the sound of greetings and greetings gradually became noisy, and a bunch of people were pointing and talking around the map, and he couldn't continue to think. He didn't know any of these generals, and he didn't want to ask rashly, so he simply turned his face to look at the scene outside the camp tent.

Because it was about to start an emergency military meeting of a considerable level, and the discussion was about to discuss a major matter that would affect the life and death of the entire army, the entire camp was already under martial law. Looking out of the tent door, except for the two soldiers standing by the tent opposite, there was no figure to be seen, so it was extraordinarily quiet. In the twilight and twilight, the sunset paved everything outside the tent with a golden red. A cloud clad in a beautiful glow, resting quietly in a corner of the tent, seemed to be quietly peeking into the tent, and as if she were staring at him silently......

"The general is raised!"

A thud woke him from his musings.

With this news, dozens of generals left their seats with a bang, and the spurs, swords, armor, and leaves collided and rubbed against each other, and they stood up and looked at the three generals Xiao Jian, Guo Biao, and Liao Chong, who came in.

"See the General!"

Xiao Jian didn't even glance at the officer who was full of tents, waved his hand, said "sit", and sat directly behind the table.

In just four days, Xiao Jian's complexion quickly withered. Now his face was uncomfortably pale, and his cheeks were flushed with two unusually bright reds; His gaze seemed to be covered with a layer of gray and became dim, and he no longer had the sharpness and sharpness that Shang Cheng had when he came last time. Although he tried to maintain his majesty as a general and head of the camp in his chair, his weakness was revealed by the arms he had to support himself on the armrests, and the position in which he seemed to be overwhelmed by the weight of his body and had to sit and lean half-back. Under the flickering candle red light, many people saw the large and small old age spots that appeared on General Xiao's forehead and temples. It seemed to be the first time they had seen these glaring black patches, as if they had all come out overnight. This shocking discovery made everyone's hearts suddenly heavy.

Xiao Jian didn't speak immediately, just squinted his eyes, looked out of the tent with a depressed look, and said in a low tone for a long time: "The situation has changed. One by one, the battalion decided that the army, at dawn three days later, would break through to the south. A simple military order came out of his mouth, and it turned out to be four or five intermittently, obviously he tried his best to hold it out of his throat. Although all the officers present sat solemnly and silently, they could hear the old general's words say so difficult and difficult, and everyone was worried about it.

Xiao Jian gave a military order, paused for a moment, seemed to be calming his emotions, and said after a short pause: "The camp is resolved, and the Yanshan Weizhong Army is the leader of the army." His gaze slowly turned to Shang Cheng, who stood up. Shang Sima, the way out for the 50,000 soldiers and 20,000 heavy soldiers of the Middle Route Army is to please. ”

The more he spoke, the more frightened the crowd became. When Xiao Shangzhu's national fame shook the northwest, he was about to be seventeen years old; After that, he retreated to Tibet, fought Jiajiang, and quelled Xinzhou...... Decades of great military achievements, has been the mainstay of the Great Zhao figures, three generations of the Son of Heaven have relied on the pillar of the country, who knew that at this time to say such a plea in the words of despair, actually put the lives of tens of thousands of people in the hands of a rising junior, it can be seen that the situation of the army has been embattled and difficult to reverse, ups and downs, the old general thinks that he has no skills, neither can he be fully famous in the old twilight, nor can he keep the name behind him, so his ambition is all gone......

Shang Cheng bowed down and saluted, and just as he opened his mouth, "...... under his post", Xiao Jian had already changed the topic: "When breaking through, the sequence of the front and rear of the army, arrangement, and arrangement will be announced by General Guo Biao." ”

Guo unfolded the paperwork in his hand expressionlessly, coughed, and began to recite the various arrangements of the camp for breaking through.

“…… Breakthrough time, August 23 o'clock. Pioneer, Yanshan Weizhong Army; Answering ......"

The decision of the camp is very short, and at the end of the moment, Guo Biao explained the date and year of the issuance, and handed it to Liao Zhong beside him, and asked him to hand it over to the generals in turn to circulate, and then said: "What do you think of this resolution that the camp took out after repeated consideration?" ”

No one spoke, everyone looked solemn and carefully pondered the key points of the plan, and the tent was so quiet that they could hear each other's heartbeats.

Guo Biao waited for a long time, saw that no one had any objections, turned his face to look at Chen Pu who was sitting quietly with his eyes down, and then glanced at Xiao Jian, saw Xiao Jian bowing slightly towards him, stood up and said calmly: "Since there is no objection, then the generals will hurry up and implement the strategy when they go back." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone say:

"I have a point."

Guo Biao, Xiao Jian, Chen Pu, and the tent general's eyes fell on Shang Cheng in unison.

Shang Cheng didn't pay attention to these eyes with different meanings, and then bowed down and said, "I have some ideas under my position." ”

Xiao Jian was also a little surprised. From the few reports sent back by the outposts in the last two days, they judged that the forces of the Turpents in the east were strengthening; Especially at night, the enemy to the south and east was moving frequently. In this they made a judgment: one by one, the Tsangs were drawing troops from the south to strengthen the east. They decided to take advantage of the emptiness of the enemy's forces in the south to break out the enemy's encirclement as soon as possible! Therefore, after receiving the breakthrough pilot plan reported by Shang Cheng at noon, the camp did not delay for half a moment, based on the earlier plan and Shang Cheng's plan as a reference, repeatedly designed the entire breakthrough strategy, and immediately implemented it with the greatest military determination. Who knew that this plan had just been announced, and the first person to jump out against it turned out to be this blind businessman who helped them make up their minds!

The corners of his mouth curled, staring at the young officer who had just been promoted by him, and suddenly laughed for a while, and said, "You say." ”

"I still feel that it is safer to go east. As long as we can seize the White Wolf Pass, the army will have relatively ample time to retreat, if we can sweep the left four parts of the mountain by the way......"

Xiao Jian interrupted him coldly: "It takes an extra 500 miles to walk from the east, what about the grain?" What about the grain? ”

Shang Cheng was speechless for a while. It's not that he hasn't thought about the problem of food, but there is really nothing good to think about in this matter, unless Yangdu's right army is still there, not only protecting the grain road, but also actively moving closer to the White Wolf Pass. But this idea could only be wishful thinking on his part, and there was not the slightest sign of the Right Army moving in the east. He swallowed his saliva and said dryly: "One is to reduce the rations of the soldiers, and the other is to kill the horses." ”

His method immediately caused a lot of discussion among the people. Some people say that Shang Cheng's idea is good, as long as the White Wolf Pass can be blocked for four or five days, the army can basically get out of danger, ten days of food can support the fifteen-day journey, and then kill some horses, it can almost be done. Some people also say that Shang Cheng is a man of letters. Not to mention the absurd thing of deducting rations and killing horses to satisfy hunger, just the arrogant idea of seizing the White Wolf Pass shows that this man has already lost his mind and gone crazy, if the mountain pass is so easy to defeat, it will never be possible to block the people of Tuqi for four or five days!

Guo Biao also looked at Shang Cheng with complicated eyes. From the bottom of his heart, he still admires this young general. This person has the ability and courage, and he does not negotiate with his boss about conditions and requirements, although the way of doing things is a little surprising, but it seems that the effect is not bad, and he is not reckless One by one For a Sima general, this is very important. He still remembered what Shang Cheng said when he was in charge of the Yanshan Chinese Army. However, a few ordinary words not only left enough dignity for the camp, but also encouraged most officers to strive for good merit, for a person who was suddenly promoted to general and immediately transferred to a strange team as the chief general, it is not easy to do one of them, not to mention that he has done both at once, and it seems that he is still very comfortable......

There were irrelevant thoughts in his mind, and he suddenly caught a glimpse of Chen Pu handing him colors with a panicked expression, and when he looked at it calmly, Xiao Jian's face was still dark, and he clenched the armrest of the chair with one hand, and pressed the other hand on the table, as if he was about to attack on the spot.

He hurriedly stood up, coughed heavily, suppressed all the chatter in the tent, stared at Shang Cheng and said, "Shang Sima, breaking through to the south is the decision of the camp, you just need to follow it!" ”

Shang Cheng glanced at him, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty will obey the battalion military order!" He then looked up again and said, "But I reserve my opinion. ”

Guo Biao didn't understand what it meant to "reserve personal opinions", and he didn't want to carefully ponder what this meant, and was about to speak and order everyone to return to the camp to prepare, Shang Cheng said again: "I still have something to say!" ”

"You say!"

"The soldiers are fast, we can't wait until the twenty-third to act, we must advance as much as possible!"

Recently, the army has been preparing for retreat, and it will not be difficult to act a day or two in advance, Guo Biao and Xiao Jian's eyes met, and seeing that Xiao Jian did not object, he nodded and said: "Okay, then we will act on the 22nd!" ”

Shang Cheng still felt that it was still too late, and he said: "What the enemy is most afraid of now is that we break through, so they will definitely strengthen their vigilance during the period after dark until dawn, so I suggest that we start at another time, we are not much different from the time when the Breakthrough people have dinner, can we launch it at this time?" In this way, we can catch the enemy by surprise, and secondly, the launch will be closer to the night, and the enemy's banner will be unknown and the assembly and rectification will be slow at night, which will be more conducive to the success of our breakthrough. ”

This suggestion is not only feasible for Xiao Jian and Liao Chong, but even the generals nodded in agreement, Guo Biao quickly thought about it in his heart, and no longer asked Xiao Jian for instructions and consultation, and said bluntly: "It's up to you!" The army immediately began to prepare, and at two o'clock on August 21, the army took the Yanshan Central Army as the lead and broke through to the south! ”