There is a big taboo in the army, because the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. If the soldiers do not know the generals, the military law is not comprehensible; If the soldiers are not known, the dispatch will not be effective.

When the two armies were facing each other, there were similar taboos, because the situation was unclear and the enemy's situation was unclear.

Shen Gui, who has won more with less and stronger with the weak several times, is not relying on any secret magic method because he can accurately predict the trend of the battle situation. His usual practice is to collect and analyze a large amount of intelligence, plus some speculation on the character and habits of the enemy's commander-in-chief. To put it bluntly, it is also "manual work" in another sense.

In a small way, if you grasp the living habits and travel rules of the enemy commander, you can send the dead to make friends, poison the food and water, or wait for the opportunity to assassinate.

Speaking of the battle, you can grasp the deployment of the enemy's defense forces before the battle, and test whether the soldiers responsible for guarding the city gates, as well as the wealthy gentry in the city, have the possibility of rebellion or discord.

To sum it up in an arbitrary way, whenever the two armies are at war, the quality of the intelligence systems of the two sides can directly determine the final outcome of the victory.

But for Qin Jun, intelligence, the most important link, is still blank at the moment.

Since Guan Beidou and Black Dog listened to the strong reinforcements and hurried back to Nankang; The entire intelligence system of the Qin army has entered a state of paralysis. So until this moment, Chen Ziling still couldn't figure out who the guards of Huaiqing Mansion were sacred; It is even more unclear about the deployment of troops and tactical intentions of the other side.

In fact, this major mistake cannot be blamed on Chen Ziling's head; Because there are major flaws in the intelligence system of the Qin army, it is a problem left over from history.

The business environment of Chang'an City is extremely superior, and the throughput of goods is comparable to that of Guangling and Shencheng in Nankang. As the saying goes, if a person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven; The economy of Chang'an City is developed, so the living conditions of the people of Sanqin are generally more superior.

If you eat well, your physical development will be fully guaranteed; Coupled with the dual influence of natural environment and genetic factors, the physique of Qindi boys is generally taller and stronger.

However, no matter how brave and good the soldiers of the Qin army were, their predecessors were only the southwest border army of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and they were classified in the sequence of the second-class army. According to the regulations set by the Ministry of War, they can have a sentry formation, but they cannot train spies. As for all the information needed in the army, it must be handed over to Chiwu for unified management.

Of course, this is also the most common practice of the imperial court to curb the feudal officials with heavy troops, and it is the basic common sense of the monarch. Even the most enlightened emperor would not grant absolute military freedom to a frontier general.

And for the generals with heavy troops, there are a group of "detectives" of His Majesty the Emperor sitting around them at all times, which is indeed a bit constrained; can be a "small report professional" Chiwu, even if it is disgusting, it can come in handy at a critical moment; It's better than the eunuchs sent by Dayan in the past, right?

However, for the unscrupulous feudal officials, the spies of Chiwu are like a sharp sword hanging over their heads at all times, which is enough to make them sleep. So many years ago, Chen Ziling discussed this issue with Zhou Changfeng.

At that time, he wanted to establish an intelligence agency that only belonged to the Marquis of Xin'an, and casually found a reason to completely drive Chiwu out of the land of Sanqin. And it doesn't matter if this excuse is perfect or not; Because as long as there is such a move, it will inevitably be regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by Emperor Tianyou.

However, being held by Emperor Tianyou has a grudge, and for Zhou Changfeng, it doesn't matter at all; Could it be that because of more than a dozen Chiwu spies who can't be put on the table, Zhou Yuanqing can still force Xin'an Hou to rebel?

I have to say that Chen Ziling in that period looked at Zhou Yuanqing very accurately. Whether Zhou Changfeng has any objections in his heart is simply a well-known "secret"; And the reason why Zhou Yuanqing has been holding on to it is because of the blood relationship of the same sect and the bad reputation of being afraid of fratricide. So if Zhou Changfeng could make up his mind back then, then Zhou Yuanqing could only suffer this dumb loss.

However, Chen Ziling looked at Emperor Tianyou right, but he saw his master wrong.

It is true that the Marquis of Xin'an has the ambition of the emperor, but the mind and pattern of the person are a little narrow; And he also has the common problems of the Zhou family, and he is very easily burdened by fame. So although he knew that Chen Ziling's advice was a correct way forward; But in any case, he just couldn't muster up the determination and courage to "play the cards" with Emperor Tianyou.

Therefore, this lame leg of the Qin army's intelligence system was delayed until the civil strife in Mobei was resolved.

Di Ting secretly sent people to form an alliance with Zhou Changfeng, and provided a large number of grain, grass and ordnance "free of charge" to help him return to Yanjing City and regain the "imperial throne" in one fell swoop. And Zhou Changfeng had such a strong backup, coupled with the fact that he knew that his days were numbered, and the ordnance and grain and grass were already in his pocket, so he was "forced" to make the decision of a showdown.

In fact, from this small matter alone, we can also see the major defects of Zhou Changfeng's resourcefulness and indecisiveness; Zhou Changfeng is not a man without talent; It's just that his character is not the material in the ninth five at all!

Therefore, the original intelligence system of the Qin army has always been "outsourced" to Chiwu under the command of Zhou Chang'an in accordance with the regulations of the Northern Yan Imperial Court; When Zhou Changfeng ascended to the top and shouted, it was also the black dog who listened to him to take action to eradicate the red crow in Chang'an City in one fell swoop and replace it.

To put it bluntly, it's just a change of contractor.

Although the ability to listen to things is more than several times higher than that of Chiwu; But their organizational structure has always been extremely secretive, and it is difficult for outsiders to get a glimpse of the whole leopard. Now the two leaders have rushed back to Nankang to "do business"; Therefore, in today's Qin army, no one knows how to contact the spies of Diting!

And the Qin army's own sentry cavalry level can only look at the enemy's castle tower from a distance, whether there are defenders; As for the technical work such as disguised disguise to infiltrate the city, find out the news, and plot against the inside, it is beyond their capabilities.

Therefore, Chen Ziling originally planned to fight with the enemy general, but when he heard the other party shouting, he stopped again.

He turned around, dragged a fat man who was quietly stepping back, and said:

"Know me, right? Now you should take a few clever brothers and go to the mountains and forests to our left and right. Remember, don't get too close to each other, so as not to be served by others; If you find an enemy ambush, you don't need to go forward to fight, just quietly retreat to your own formation, do you understand? ”

In fact, the figure of this soldier is only slightly fat, but the flesh on his face is unusually thick, so he can't help but suffer a little. This person heard that Chen Ziling had assigned him a relatively safe errand, and immediately nodded again and again, and threw the fat on his face up and down:

"Don't worry, Chen Shuai, this matter is on me!"

Chen Ziling frowned and patted him lightly on the shoulder, giving him a little encouragement; Immediately, he pulled out a heroic face, picked up the Yanling knife and shouted:

"The enemy general is gone, Chen Ziling is here!"

Chen Ziling's shout was originally to boost his own declining morale; Unexpectedly, the crowded crowd in front of him separated left and right with a hula under his shout! Through this alley, the commanders of the two armies actually looked at each other!

It turned out that the two sides were only less than fifty steps apart!

Seeing that the soldiers of the Qin army put away their blades and brushed together, they dodged a human alley, revealing Chen Ziling, who looked stunned and held a big knife in his hand; The soldiers of the Northern Yan Army were also as good as a stream, and they stopped fighting one after another, hugging their shoulders and waiting mockingly for the classic scene of fighting generals......

At this moment, everyone's eyes are focused on Cai Ning and Chen Ziling!

From the point of view of physical condition, although Chen Ziling is not in his heyday, he is definitely much stronger than Cai Ning, who has just taken the lead in the battle; Moreover, the situation has developed to this point, even if it is hard-headed, Chen Ziling can only go up.

"The enemy general is a common name, and under the knife of someone Chen, I am an immortal nameless ghost!"

Chen Ziling puffed out his chest and said an opening sentence that was very in line with the matter.

However, when Cai Ning heard this very classical line, he pouted and turned his head, looked at several old brothers behind him, and laughed at each other!

As the greatest bitter master of the Nankang Dynasty, General Cai, who was already famous all over the world when he was a teenager, has not heard such beautiful words for many years!

"It's not too difficult to know the name of General Ben. After you have seen the judge with your own eyes, ask his old man for clarification! Look at the guns"

Cai Ning had already made up his mind to let Chen Ziling fight a confused battle. Now that the word "look at the gun" has just come out of his lips, he quickly ran forward with both feet, and turned the iron gun with his back hand at the same time, and actually danced out four gun heads!

The wooden barrel with excellent toughness like the ash rod, even if it falls off the ground, it can at least pop out more than four phantoms, which is not a new thing; But the coiled dragon gun in Cai Ning's hand, even the barrel of the gun is made of fine iron, and it is a real heavy guy!

With such a blade, he can turn out four phantoms, which shows the depth of his skills and the fierceness of his strength!

Chen Ziling, who was born as the head of the guard, saw four gun shadows rushing straight to his door, and knew that the enemy general must be an expert in using guns! In the face of such a master, he immediately became engrossed; The right foot gently knocked the blade of the Yanling long knife, and the wrist was lightly pulled out of a brilliant brilliance, and the blade was forward, the back of the knife was back, and it went straight to the tip of the dragon at an oblique angle.

This big knife flower, which won a round of applause, was not Chen Ziling's intention to show off; It's that Cai Ning's marksmanship is too fast, and he has no time to change his hand.

Airplanes!

A sharp and piercing loud sound announced that the duel between the commanders of the two armies officially kicked off!