So far, Lin Yi's feelings for this Cao Cao are only limited to book knowledge and hearsay before the crossing, and he can't talk about any perceptual and rational understanding, but he just thinks that this person is treacherous and changeable, otherwise how could he get such a nickname.

After the herald left, Lin Yi sat on a Taishi chair, Zhezhe and Xiaoying rubbed their shoulders one by one, pinched their necks and legs, and massaged their temples one by one, in turn.

64 Mongolian beauties, singing and dancing, like a fragrant array of flowers, gather and disperse, shuttle freely.

It's rare to be so relaxed in the barracks, these days there is a war, needless to say the fatigue of the saddle horse on the journey, and it is not a problem to charge into battle, and it is a very brain-consuming thing to strategize and win a thousand miles, the battlefield is changing rapidly, the fighter is fleeting, and it is possible to defeat the battle if you are not careful.

Tartars and thieves can't be talked about, whoever is difficult to deal with is easy to deal with, neither of them is a lamb to be slaughtered, if you want to conquer them, you must show a few hands, this is Lin Yi's experience from fighting to the present.

Lin Yi relaxes his mood and appreciates the singing and dancing, these Mongolian beauties are different from the Han singers, not to mention that they are now trained to attack and kill, and their bodies are more charming, but their movements are soft and rigid, not the kind of weak women's weak willows and wind, flowers and flowers, and strong grass, such songs and dances have a unique flavor.

After more than half an hour, Lin Yi withdrew the song and dance, and thought of this Luo Rucai again.

He ordered someone to take the military map, from Yichuan to Baishui River, they had to travel thousands of miles, this was a long journey. And most of them are mountain roads. I looked at the area of southern Shaanxi, focusing on the situation around the Baishui River, the terrain of the Baishui River is relatively complex. It is mostly hills and basins, with ravines and ravines. During the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the border area of Shangzhou and Tongzhou.

Judging from the map, it is the area south of Shanyang County and the Baishui River Basin in Yunxi in later generations.

The military order was like a mountain, and Lin Yi's brigade set off the next day.

More than 12,000 horses, Lin Yi now divides them into six battalions, one to four battalions each battalion has an average of about 2,800 people, the first battalion and the second battalion are composed of the original new training camp and the thieves who were incorporated this time, the first battalion is a conventional combat battalion, the second battalion is an artillery battalion, the main force of the third battalion is Lin Yi's standard battalion, the main component is the Guanning Iron Cavalry and Tianxiong Army, the 1st to 3rd battalions are combat battalions, each battalion is 2600 people, the fourth battalion is 3000 men and horses, responsible for grain, grass and logistics supply, and the fifth battalion is Lin Yi's guard battalion.

Lin Yi has now become the official chief officer, with the increase of other horses, of course, the guard has also expanded, no longer the previous one or two hundred people, the current guard battalion is 1,200 people, which happens to be the establishment of a thousand households in the Ming Dynasty, the arms are basically complete, and it is an independent combat unit.

The sixth battalion is a women's battalion, the smallest battalion, with a total of 66 people, only responsible for performing special tasks, and when there is nothing to do, it is to promote Lin Yi to sing and dance.

Lin Yi's establishment of more than 12,000 people, with a complete range of troops, from infantry to cavalry, to heavy artillery, is equivalent to a main ace division in later generations.

Now, Zhang Hua, Erhu, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dongsheng, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan in Lin Yi's guards have also been promoted, and now they are all thousands of generals or deputy generals in the army, and the lowest is also a general.

These elites in Lin Yi's guards have followed Lin Yi for a few years, and have been promoted on the original foundation, not only from the pawns in the army to the general manager of the small flag, but also the change of official positions has made them all experience a good skill, put on armor, sit on the war horse, and Yanran is a majestic general.

The first battalion is in charge of the second battalion and He Tao, the second battalion is in charge of Wang Qi and Dongsheng, the third battalion is in charge of Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, the fourth battalion is in charge of Wang Jian, the fifth battalion, that is, Lin Yi's guard battalion, is in charge of Zhang Hua, and the commanders of the women's battalion are still Xiaoying and Zhezhe.

Adjutant General Zu Keyong was specifically in charge of the three combat battalions, and Lin Yi, the chief military officer, was in charge of the whole army.

After more than half a month of rest and replenishment, Lin Yi's team had enough food and strong soldiers.

After everything was ready, Erhu and He Tao led a battalion of 2,600 men and horses as the vanguard to open the way in front.

It was the first time for the two of them to lead so many generals, riding on horses to show off their might, supervising the team to leave the main force for dozens of miles, opening roads in front of the mountains, and building bridges when encountering water, which was completely the role of the vanguard officer.

A few days later, Lin Yi's troops arrived on the banks of the Baishui River.

At this time, standing on the high place of the river bank, you can see the camp of thieves on the opposite bank, stretching endlessly, and it looks like it is more than ten miles.

"Damn, it was just the right time. This time, let Luo Ru know how powerful Lao Tzu is, you are Cao Cao, Lao Tzu is not Liu Bei and Sun Quan! ”

Lin Yi thought in his heart, and took Zu Keyong, Xiao Yingzhezhe, Zhang Hua and others to personally inspect the river.

There are two large rivers in this area, one is the Luo River and the second is the Baishui River. Although the Baishui River is wide, it is like a gentle girl, and the river does not flow quietly and quickly. You can wade across the river in the shallow water, but the deep water is not too deep, and the average is two or three meters.

"My lord, we should set up heavy troops on the shore of the shallow water, Cao Cao's team must have crossed the river from the shallow water." Zuke said bravely.

Lin Yi said: "Normal people's thinking is like this, but Luo Rucai may not be like this, because this person's nickname is Cao Cao, cunning and resourceful, capricious, and dealing with him, we have to be more mindful."

"Do you mean how we are armed, on the shore of deep water?"

Lin Yi smiled, "Why do you want to deploy defenses on the shore?" Let them come over and lure the enemy deeper, this time letting them know that the pot is iron. ”

Zu Keyong was worried: "But my lord, Cao Cao has an army of 100,000 under his command, and we only have more than 10,000 people, do we want to fight them head-on on the shore?"

Lin Yi said disdainfully: "Of course." 100,000 troops, this is their bluffing, as far as this general soldier knows, Luo Rucai only has 60,000 horses under his command, and he is known as 100,000 to the outside world. From this point of view, he is really worthy of Cao Cao's title, do you know that Cao Cao only had 200,000 troops during the Battle of Chibi, but he claimed to be 800,000. scared Liu Bei and Sun Quan a lot! The general soldier also knows that when Zhang Xianzhong, known as the Eight Kings, accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment a year ago, he only had 40,000 horses under his command, and now there are only 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and he is known as 80,000 to the outside world. No matter how many people he has, they must let them come and go this time, let them cross the river first, and then clean them up! ”

Xiao Yingzhezhe, Zhang Hua and others all laughed when they heard this, but Zu Keyong couldn't laugh.

Zheng Chongjian's order was for Lin Yi's army to block Luo Rucai's men and horses in the Baishui River, and they must not be allowed to penetrate deep into the territory of Shaanxi, this river is undoubtedly a natural barrier, how easy is it to cross the river and then encircle and suppress them?

Although the combat effectiveness of our army is very strong, but these thieves are not as good as shooting the stars and sweeping the sky, even if the exact number of thieves is only 60,000, and our more than 10,000 people except the 3,000 people who escort the grain and grass, so that the maximum number of people who can be put into battle is 9,000 people, the number of outnumberers is quite large, and we have no Shaanxi soldiers to help, only we have people all the way, and we imagine that they have destroyed the stars and shot the same as the sky, how is it possible?

It is said that Luo Rucai's men and horses are very strong, and Luo Rucai is cunning and fickle, they will eat a small number of officers and soldiers, and they will run away when they encounter a large number of officers and soldiers who cannot win, and in summer they lurk in the mountains to recuperate and find fighters, and in the autumn, they raise strong soldiers and horses, and surprise soldiers attack, and many officers and soldiers have suffered defeats.

This will allow all the thieves to cross the river, and the consequences will be unimaginable. By fighting their ambush, even if this battle can be won, the thieves will inevitably scatter and flee, run into the mountains and forests, run into Shaanxi, and then run to Shanxi. Don't look at the thieves in front of you, the merits are outstanding, Governor Zheng's order makes it clear that the credit for losing the battle will be written off, and you have to continue to lose your head.

Therefore, Zu Keyong thought that Lin Yi's plan this time was quite risky. Who would use troops like that? What a good fighter to block the enemy on the other side of the river, so that they cannot cross the river, or wait for them to cross the river before launching a fierce attack and annihilating them in the river in one fell swoop? But Lord Lin wants to let them cross the river, and after they all cross the river, isn't this a missed opportunity, showing the courage of a horseman?

Zu Keyong felt that Lin Yi had made some mistakes this time, and it was estimated that he would fight this battle like this, but he didn't dare to say anything.

After inspecting the terrain of the river, Lin Yi returned to the army and began to divide his troops and send generals.

Lin Yi handed over the task of guarding the river to the first battalion, and Erhu and He Tao stood straight and saluted Lin Yi categorically: "Please rest assured, as long as the two of us are here, Luo Rucai's men and horses will not want to pass from here."

"Wrong, you can only lose this battle, but you can't win."

"Can only defeat but not win? The adult ...... "The two of them looked at Lin Yi as if they couldn't understand the words, and then looked at each other, they both wanted to win the battle, who wanted to defeat the battle?"

"Yes, you two heard clearly, it's not that you don't let the thieves pass by, but let them all cross the river, but you will be defeated decently, if you can't resist escaping, will you act?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the second general promised repeatedly, "just run away in a random fight, you can lose anything, as long as you don't lose your life." ”

After the second tiger finished speaking quietly, he laughed stupidly twice.

Lin Yi pointed to the military map and told the two of them, "That's right, this area is a shallow water area, and this area is a deep water area." You will deploy heavy troops on the shore of the shallow water, and neglect the defense on the shore of the deep water, and Cao Cao will attack from the deep water nine times out of ten. Then you will be fooled, after the defeat of the army, you will run in this direction, here is called Jiapigou, there is our ambush there, and when the ambush soldiers come out, you will kill back, and then it will not be acting, understand? ”

"My lord, we get it." Erhu and He Tao are two people, so they are happy. Defeat first and then win, act in a scene, and then turn back and kill it, it sounds enjoyable enough.

Lin Yi warned them: "The audience of your acting is Cao Cao's people, if you want to lure him into being fooled, you can't make the slightest mistake, ugly words are ahead, if you smash this scene, military law will do it!"

"Yes." The two of them bowed and went down to prepare.

Erhu and He Tao distributed the 2,600 men and horses under their command in this way, and the 2,000 people were distributed in the shallow shore area, muskets and bows and arrows, strict defense, day and night patrols, soldiers did not take off their armor, and horses did not leave the saddle.

The remaining 600 people were in the deep water shore area more than ten miles away, so that these 600 people were negligent in defense, muskets and bows and arrows were not distributed to them, so that they could sleep when they were full, and they could not sleep, they could play cards and punches, and if there were thieves crossing the river, they would fight a few times indiscriminately, and run away with shouting.