Lin Jue nodded and continued: "Article three, the war is about to start, and I, as the commander of the Luoyan Army, have the right to overall military command. From now on, every decision I make is beyond doubt. I don't want to spend time arguing and explaining, I've explained enough. From now on, I will carry out my orders to the letter. Whoever speaks fearfully will take the blame and resign. Even if I tell you to die, you have to die. It's not a joke, I could send some of you to your death. You remember, you are soldiers, and the duty of a soldier is to obey orders and obey commands. Of course, all the consequences of this battle will be borne by me, and at a critical time, I will die to protect the soldiers and civilians of the cottage, and I will not frown. I will bear the consequences, but the credit is everyone's. All in all, in short, I hope that from now on, this army of falling geese will become a machine, pointing wherever it goes, like an arm, moving as it pleases, without hindrance. You know what I mean? ”

"Strategist, rest assured. After so many years, don't my brothers and I still know the ability of the military advisor? Who but you can fight this battle with the officers and soldiers? We are only waiting for the orders of the military advisor, and there is no ambiguity. It is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and it does not frown. Who the fuck wants to grind crookedly, I, Liang Qi, am the first to refuse. Liang Qi shouted.

"Exactly, the words of the military advisor are military orders, and whoever dares to disobey military orders will not be spared. Whoever dares to be greedy for life and afraid of death, he is the first to die. We have today in Luoyan Valley, it is all the strategy of the military division and the master of the village, who can question it? Everyone said.

Guo Kun sat on the side, sighing in his heart. Lin Jue's prestige in the Luoyan Army is unimaginably high. Think about it, who will tell his subordinates, I will let you die, you must die. If it was in other armies, wouldn't it be scolded as a bloody dog. But here, these people are still applauding, what kind of complete trust is this.

Of course, Guo Kun didn't understand all this, because he had never experienced the hard years of Luoyan Valley, he had not experienced those days and nights of fighting, and he didn't know if he could see the blood and fire of the rising sun tomorrow when he saw the sunset today. It is precisely after experiencing life and death together that these people in the Luoyan Army will be willing to hand over their backs to each other, and will be willing to give Lin Jue complete trust. This is a life-and-death battle friendship that surpasses almost all relationships in the world.

After this meeting, the whole of Luoyan Valley immediately became busy. A large number of people were mobilized to concentrate on reinforcing the fortifications in various parts of the mountain pass. Originally, the fortifications of Luoyan Valley were already very strong, and the arrow towers and fortifications on both sides of the slopes surrounding Dongshan and the hill on the left were densely packed, but for the sake of insurance, a new round of reinforcement and construction was carried out.

As Lin Jue expected, a lot of gossip broke out in the Falling Goose Valley. 160,000 officers and soldiers were already a huge number, but among these populations, it multiplied several times to 600,000 soldiers. I don't know who said it, saying that it was the imperial court that issued a decree, and all the soldiers and civilians in the Luoyan Valley will not be held accountable for their obligatory duties as long as they go out to surrender. If you do not surrender before the war begins, you will be punished as a thief and treason.

Although Luoyan Valley is just a small world in the mountains, the people are still the same people, and the truth is the same. There is no difference in the psychology of these things inside and outside the mountains. Although the mountain people can live and work in peace and contentment thanks to the protection of the Luoyan army, many people will still be shaken when danger comes. With the fermentation of these rumors, some people fled from the mountains overnight with their families and mouths, and dozens of families and hundreds of people were intercepted at the mountain pass checkpoint overnight. It can be seen that these rumors have had a great impact on the psychology of the people.

Lin Jue had long expected this, the good and bad of the cottage army and the people, even a small group of more than a dozen people may have their own thoughts, not to mention a big society of more than 100,000 people, all kinds of people have it, and all kinds of thoughts are also available. It is understandable for people to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune for themselves. Lin Jue's generals explained to these people, and if they were willing to turn back, they would turn back, and if they didn't want to turn back, they would let him go. It's just that I told them very clearly that if I leave, I will be on the blacklist of the Falling Wild Goose Army from now on, and those who can't share the danger will never want to be protected by the Falling Wild Goose Army in the future.

is mainly tolerant to the people, but for those who spread rumors, Lin Jue and Ma Bin are not merciful. In private, Lin Jue told Ma Bin that this time is actually not a bad thing, and it is the best opportunity to clear the fine work in the cottage. Some time ago, there were a lot of people recruited from the cottage, and although they have been surveyed at all levels, there must still be fish that have slipped through the net. In recent years, the cottage has also accepted a lot of people who fled to the mountains, and these people must have been planted by the government. Ma Bin is also very clear about this. When Ma Bin was in the Imperial City Division, he knew a lot of insiders. To find out who and what to investigate, it is indispensable to rebel and plant eyeliner. In the past few years, the wild goose army in Funiu Mountain has made such a big fuss, and the imperial court has repeatedly failed to exterminate it, so it is natural to think of some extraordinary means.

Lin Jue told Ma Bin that this was the opportunity to purge them. The army is pressing, how can these people be idle, they must be demagogic and spy on intelligence. Xuanyi Division must show his skills during this time, not to mention eradicating them all, at least he must catch them.

After a day of fermentation, when the rumors were flourishing, Ma Bin made a move. Xuanyi Si made a big move to capture those who were hiding in the shadows one by one. At the same time, Lin Jue's personal guard battalion led by Sun Dayong captured more than a dozen spies on military intelligence and secretly drew topographic maps and detailed works on the location of fortifications in various important defensive strongholds in mountain passes. More than 130 people were arrested at one time.

Most of them are meticulous work, and there are more than 20 people who are not determined, but when it comes to this kind of thing, how can Lin Jue have the kindness of a woman. At present, he took more than 100 people to tour all over the villages and towns in the upper and lower villages and towns of the cottage, and collectively beheaded them at the Jiming Pass.

Overnight, it seemed that all the rumors had disappeared without a trace, and everything was calm again. Gao Muqing and Qin Chuncao led the female guards to follow up in time in various villages and towns, exposing these meticulous features and appeasing the people.

On the fifth day of October, news came from the survey that the imperial court soldiers and horses had arrived at the Fangcheng Pass. After passing Fangcheng Mountain, it will be close to the range of Funiu Mountain. The Great War is already imminent.

In the dimly lit Juyi Hall, which had been renamed the Luoyan County Ya Hall, on the side of the long table, Lin Jue was frowning and looking at the newly made sand table map on the table. Next to him are six or seven backbones such as Guo Kun, Ma Bin, Shen Tan, Sun Dayong, and Liang Qi. Everyone looked at the sand table and thought about how to meet the enemy, and everyone was thinking about how to deal with this overwhelming army of 160,000.

The green bamboo pole in Lin Jue's hand moved on the sand table, and his mind was spinning rapidly. Everyone didn't bother him, they all knew that Lin Jue was caught in positive thinking and couldn't disturb his thinking.

After a long time, Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Brothers, I have a question for you. ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "What a problem." ”

Lin Jue said: "Outside my Dongshan Pass, there are 100 large and small fortifications on the slopes at both ends of the canyon. There are countless rolling logs and stones. In the past, officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed several times, and they all suffered great losses in the canyon, do you think they will go directly into the canyon this time to find hardships? ”

Liang Qi thought for a while and said, "Military advisors, in the past, they all tried to directly attack my cottage from the Dongshan Gorge. My Luoyan Valley is actually not far from the mountain pass, and this is their most direct way to attack. As long as you break through the canyon, you can reach the bottom of the main peak of my Dazhai. In the past, the officers and soldiers suffered losses, but this time their 160,000-strong army should not be afraid. The subordinates thought that they would definitely use the method of direct attack. ”

Shen Tan said in a deep voice: "I don't see it that way. I have seen the topography of this canyon. Although the canyon was wide, the 160,000-strong army entered the canyon, and it was so chaotic and crowded. If it were me, I would never attack directly. Isn't it crazy to attack from here knowing that you are at a loss? ”

Ma Bin also nodded: "Indeed, the fortifications here are so dense that a fool would do this." Guo Xu doesn't have this common sense, right? However, Guo Xu has no ability, and he may not be stupid. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "It is not advisable to pin victory on the stupidity of the enemy, Guo Xu is not a madman and a fool, he is very shrewd." ”

Sun Dayong frowned beside him and said nothing, Lin Jue smiled: "What do you think of Brother Sun?" ”

Sun Dayong came to his senses and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I think we should keep a hand." Although there are several mountain passes here to the south, there are no avenues to enter the mountains, but I think that if I weigh the pros and cons, if I am Guo Xu, I will make a feint at the East Mountain Pass, and at the same time send troops and horses to enter from these mountain passes. Although it is more difficult, once you enter the mountain, you can go around the left side of Jiming Mountain and enter the hinterland of my Luoyan Valley, which poses a threat to the southern peak. The advantage of this is that it can force us to be attacked on both sides and divide our forces. In the front, you can use a greatly superior force to carry out a fierce attack. ”

Sun Dayong's fingers moved on the sand table, pointing to the terrain of several mountain passes in Jiming Mountain and Shiren Mountain on the south side.

Liang Qi said: "You can't enter the mountain there, the canyon is deep and horizontal, and there are trees and thorns everywhere, how to enter the mountain?" ”

Sun Dayong said with a smile: "Brother Liang is afraid that he doesn't know the methods of officers and soldiers. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court have the ability to build bridges and roads. How can the forests and thorns, the mountain streams and cliffs be stopped? They want to come in, and there's always a way. And don't forget, there are natural imports in Shiren Mountain, and there are not many soldiers and horses in Shiren Mountain, so they may not be able to hold on. The opponent's troops and horses are enough to attack several mountain passes at the same time. It would be foolish for me to hold so many soldiers and horses on a mountain pass. ”

Liang Qi stared at the sand table for a long time, and had to nod and say, "What you said makes sense." ”

Shen Tan, Ma Bin and the others also nodded slightly, Sun Dayong's words were not nonsense, it was indeed very reasonable.

Lin Jue nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his big finger to Sun Dayong and praised: "Brother Sun is really talented, and the heroes see the same." That's the question I've been thinking about for a long time. Brother Sun also thinks so, which shows that I am not unfounded. In fact, I already had a plan in mind. Now that the war has begun, we must win the first battle. How to win? If our guess is correct, we have already anticipated the enemy's opportunity. Since we think that they will divide their forces and attack the mountain pass on the south side, why don't we do it and take his vote before they officially attack. Beat them up. ”