Guo Shao, surrounded by a crowd, stood on the top of a mountain panting, his head soaked with beads of sweat. The cold spring wind blew over the top of the mountain, but at this time it made him feel very comfortable.

Behind the side, you can see the men and horses of the brigade in the valley slowly marching eastward, which is the infantry of the Second Army Corps on Yang Biao's left flank. Carriages and horses walked through the valley, and infantry columns were trudging on the rolling hills on both sides.

At this time, the second and third corps on both flanks were moving closer to the center. After the Pingxia army set out from Wudingbao, the general direction was to march north along Wudingbao. However, in view of the fact that the terrain is not open, in order to increase the horizontal warning range and prevent being ambushed, Guo Shao marched in three parallel ways. At this time, the three armies stopped advancing and regrouped.

On the northern hillside, a group of several people were leading horses to climb up this way. That's Shi Yanchao and others.

Guo Shao stood on the hillside while resting and waiting for Shi Yanchao.

Everyone looked out of breath. Guo Shao said with a smile: "My favorite way to exercise my body and bones is to climb mountains." The exercise is not strenuous and can be done slowly, but it is very physically demanding. ”

The thin Wang Pu was almost tired and lay down, and casually echoed: "It's really laborious, this mountain is too big." ”

While talking and laughing, Shi Yanchao finally climbed the mountain, clenched his fists and said in a rough voice: "Your Majesty, the last general has withdrawn the forward men and horses by order!" ”

Shi Yanchao almost did not disobey military orders, but his happiness or displeasure was all written on his face, and he did not hide it at all, even if it was in the emperor. Guo Shao glanced at him, obviously Shi Yanchao was not very happy at this time.

Guo Shao said quietly: "It was originally a matter of wishful thinking, why did General Shi want to make it hot as a burden of shaving his head?" ”

Shi Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, please dial the maze." ”

Guo Shaodao: "In this situation, Li Yiyin has gathered too many people and can't afford to spend it, my department wants to find Li Yiyin for a decisive battle, why doesn't he want to?" If the other party has no intention of doing such a thing, then it will not be able to find it even if it is hard to pursue; If Li Yiyin is interested, we don't need to be so urgent, he will come himself.

If we make a little reluctant appearance and cautiously want to retreat, Li Yiyin will be even more convinced that the decisive battle is beneficial to him, and he will be in a hurry to send it to the door! ”

Wang Pu smiled after hearing this: "Your Majesty has insight into people's hearts. ”

Guo Shao said: "It's just human nature. He pondered for a moment and then said, "But we can't be too uncooperative, if we are in a hurry to withdraw to the Castle of Nothing." Li Yiyin will hesitate, and it is very likely that he is unwilling to attack the fortress, which will only increase the variables. That's why my movement at this time is called 'wanting to refuse and welcome'. ”

Everyone blushed when they heard this, and some people couldn't help laughing, but Guo Shao looked very serious.

Guo Shao didn't think he was clever, but a very simple logical deduction. The situation is clearly in front of us, and there are not many options for both sides.

From the standpoint of the Khitans, according to their previous understanding of the Central Plains Forbidden Army, their combat power is very strong, but there is not much difference between them and the elite soldiers of the Liao Army. Under this judgment, 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 guards defended the fortifications, and the chances of the coalition army (Dangxiang Khitan) attacking the city were extremely low; But there is an advantage in the field.

Therefore, Guo Shao's judgment is: to give the coalition forces a chance to fight a decisive battle in the field, they will be very willing to cooperate; And let them attack the city, it will be difficult for them to take the bait.

As the saying goes: the wisest choice is not to fight a battle that feels like there is no chance of winning.

If you want others to fight this battle, either the other party has no choice, or you have to give others hope!

At this time, Wang Puzan said: "Your Majesty's temple calculation, in this way, Wang Shi can not only get his wish to fight a decisive battle with the Khitan coalition army, but also take the initiative to choose the battlefield." ”

"Exactly." Guo Shaodao. He glanced at Shi Yanchao and saw that Shi Yanchao was silent, but there was a look of awe in his expression, obviously still admiring the emperor...... People will inevitably have things that they are not good at, and they will always admire those who are good at them.

Wang Pu buried his head in looking at the mountain under his feet, and asked tentatively, "Where will Your Majesty choose as the battlefield?" ”

Guo Shao has been standing on this high place for a long time.

An official of the former battalion military government looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Guo Shao said casually, "I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain?" ”

The official hurriedly said: "Wonderful! ”

Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head and pointed out from afar: "If I come to choose, I will choose the hillside in the east." ”

The crowd immediately looked in the direction he was pointing, and for a moment they were silent, wondering what was good about the place. I saw that it was a large hillside, but the slope was very gentle, and in this ravine, that place was not called a mountain, it was a relatively flat place.

Guo Shao immediately explained: "If you look at the common sense battle formation, it is more advantageous to occupy this high mountain at your feet, and the enemy soldiers have a large slope to attack on the back. But it's not so good for artillery......"

He drew a parabola in the air with a horsewhip folded in his hand, "The shells fly like this, the artillery can have a negative elevation angle, but the angle cannot be too large." The slope of the mountain is too steep and the mountain is too small, and the shells will go straight down the mountain, fly down, and hit the ground almost vertically. Our copper cannon relies on a small angle to bounce, the vertical angle is too large, what can be the effect of smashing a pit? ”

Guo Shao groaned, "So the slope should be long, and the steep and not steep fall second." In addition, the gentle slope gives the opponent more confidence to attack, and we don't need to attack first. ”

Anyway, the emperor is the supreme commander, and when he says to choose a gentle slope, he chooses a gentle slope. The three armies immediately deployed battalions and camps in that area.

Guo Shao also ordered Shi Yanchao to move forward, widely disperse scouts to inspect the surrounding situation, and monitor the movements of the coalition forces.

……

Thirty miles south of the Wuding River, it is where nearly 30,000 guards of Cao Bin's department are located, that is, the Fourth Army of the Pingxia Army.

They left more than 3,000 people to defend the fort and continued to build the fortress with tens of thousands of people. Because the design of Wuding Fort requires barracks and warehouses for 70,000 or 80,000 troops, it still occupies a lot of land; More than 2,000 people were needed for the full defense of the fortifications, and the men and horses did not dare to leave too little.

Cao Bin's troops were originally marching twenty miles away from the Chinese army, and after receiving the military order, they retreated ten miles to make a gesture, and then stopped to find a high place to set up a camp to garrison.

On the third day, news came from the Chinese fast horses that the enemy's horse corps, numbering an unknown number, but more than 10,000 horsemen, had approached the rear from the eastern mountains.

Cao Bin immediately ordered to be on guard!

The general asked: "Gong Cao, did you give the order to prepare for war?" ”

Cao Bin said indifferently: "Don't worry." This group of enemy horsemen will not attack us casually. ”

The general wondered: "Then they are coming......

Cao Bin said: "The news said that it was more than 10,000, but it didn't say more than 30,000 or 50,000, so it was not to attack our department." Their purpose is to wait for us to reinforce the Chinese army before looking for fighters...... You all know that when the infantry marches into formation, it is best to break the formation. ”

The generals bowed down. Cao Bin ordered the scout to feel the direction and find out.

…… The battalions of the Guards did not prepare for battle, and continued to lay fortifications on the spot.

Yu Liang is also digging a ditch with more than 30 of his brothers. He couldn't tell if he had any hardships, so he walked all the way to Wuding Fort, built a fortress, worked in the ice and snow for more than a month, and then continued to trek and walk in the ravine all day long, and continued to work!

His hand was already cracked, and it hurt once he held his head. Although he wore linen gloves, he couldn't stop the lime water from pickling and cracking...... When he was repairing the fort in Wuding, the lime water made him unbearable.

The material of rammed earth is a mixture of lime water, clay, and mud, and there is no legendary glutinous rice juice, and there is not so much grain in the Central Plains. When the lime is exposed to water, it will heat up and bubble for a long time, and the mixed soil will not freeze hard before it is transported in the room where the kang is burned...... It's just that people can't afford it.

Yu Liang has done so much hard work, and his brain is muddy. When I was studying at home, my fingers didn't touch the spring water, how could I have done so much coolies? Why is this all the trouble?

At this time, I seemed to hear a voice in my mind: Zhao Hu is a hero.

Yu Liang kept looking for Xu Erniang at the beginning, but he really followed Hongying's advice a little, considering that Xu Erniang was a close person to the female imperial doctor Lu Lan, then Lu Lan was a nobleman! But later I found out that Xu Erniang was very special...... I can't say it, anyway, I'm not the same person at all with the red warbler.

Xu Erniang was almost illiterate, but she was obviously not stupid, and she also seemed to feel that Yu Liang was in contact with her, not only because she was grateful for Lingnan's care...... Yu Liang saw her before the expedition and showed her his heart; Xu Erniang refused, but also mentioned: When there is a chance, she will talk about him to Lu Niangzi.

Yu Liang was rejected, and when he heard that meaning again, he felt very humiliated and angry at that time. "Am I so ungrateful that I want to rely on women?!"

However, in the two months since he set out, Yu Liang has gradually become angry. Thinking about the memories, I feel that Xu Erniang is kind-hearted, and there is no humiliation...... If she was humiliating, why did she help him?

Yu Liang recalled the red face of Tokyo while burying his head in the ravine.

What kind of hero is Zhao Hu? He is a pawn, how much does winning or losing the battle have to do with him? What's more, Zhao Hu didn't win that time, but was killed by the Khitans!

Yu Liang had a complicated mood, gritted his teeth and endured the pain of the crack in his hand, and waved his head again, after more than a year in the army, his endurance is getting better and better.

At this moment, the shouting of a military general startled the confused Yu Liang. When Yu Liang looked up, he saw the guy riding on a horse, swaggering and sampling, and pointed at the brothers who were digging the ditch with a horsewhip: "Whoever repairs the ditch wall will squat!" Look at the back, there is also a ditch wall, you think you can't stand it here, you can stare at the rain of lead shots and arrows to turn over the ditch wall behind, so just run? ”

The military general is obviously much higher than Yu Liang, the top ten generals, and Yu Liang scolded in his heart for the comparison of you|mother|, but he couldn't keep a word, and just buried himself in work.

Anyway, Yu Liang was even looking forward to a good fight at this time, he had already had enough of tossing in this ravine. The people of the world just don't have a lot of money, and the party people are so consumed? Why don't you put yourself out and have a good time, anyway, the final score is a win!

The brothers seemed to have similar feelings to him, and someone shouted: "Dog|day|day|, come early, grandpa can't wait, kill hard!" ”