On the frontal battlefield where swords and soldiers are rolling and wolf smoke is everywhere, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, mixed with each other; At the least, there must be three or five hundred people, catching and killing each other. As the so-called people are hundred, all kinds of people; There are 10,000 people, boundless; Even a peerless general who loves soldiers like a son will definitely not be able to remember hundreds of thousands of different names and hundreds of thousands of familiar faces.

Therefore, the color and standard of this armor have become the easiest way to distinguish friend from foe.

In order to increase the output, the leather armor of the ordinary soldiers of the Northern Yan Army simplified the process and selected the true color of the cowhide after cooking; And the perimeter of the Qin army, in order to drag the "Ancient Qin State" to serve as a façade, is set to be the black armor that once swept the Eight Desolations and Liuhe......

At least in the current Huayu Continent, the army wearing black armor is only the Qin army.

Hearing this, Cai Ning frowned, and was secretly surprised in his heart: Could it be that this gang of chaotic soldiers and bandits could be the main force of the Qin army? It's been a long time since they're coming, but it's coming too soon!

There are two more words.

The reason why Cai Ning led 20,000 recruits and stationed in Huaiqing Mansion in the small county was because he had just received Zhou Yuanqing's reward and order. And this troublesome errand was brought back by him in person to the Purple Gold Palace! It is precisely for this reason that he completely offended Cai Youxiang, who had just fed Emperor Tianyou a soft nail to eat.

Just before Cai Ning left Beijing and returned to the camp, Cai He, the chief housekeeper of the Xiangfu, also sent him a letter with a smile, saying that Xiangye wanted to sever the father-son relationship with General Cai. If it weren't for Cai Ning's return to Zhongzhou, he would immediately send his wife and young son back to Yanjing City; I'm afraid that this resentment in Cai Youxiang's heart is still difficult to calm down until now.

In fact, Cai Xi didn't want Cai Ning to fight with Qin Jun, because of his father's painstaking efforts; At this point, whether it is Emperor Tianyou or Wang Zuocheng, they are also well aware of it.

For anyone, the basis for judging the situation is accurate and timely information. And even though Cai Xi is experienced and resourceful, he can only analyze the trend of the situation in the light and dark between Chiwu and the military department.

It is precisely because of the deviation in intelligence that in his eyes, Chen Ziling does not take the bright road of Bingzhou and Shimen, and has to go over the mountains and mountains, and the probability of taking the north bank of the Yu River is not great.

And if the other party chooses to take the risk of marching and taking the path of Zhongzhou and Jizhou; Then no matter who leads the army to stop it, it will not be able to get the slightest advantage.

First of all, the route from Sanjin to Zhongzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the road is rugged, which is inconvenient for the army to pass; And the Qin army is brave and brave, and the small people in Huaiqing Mansion City are outnumbered, so it will be difficult to hold it for a long time. Once Chen Ziling captured Huaiqing Mansion, he would gain a firm foothold on Zhongzhou Road; In a few days, he will inevitably take advantage of the situation to storm Shanyang City east of Huaiqing Mansion!

At all times, the road ahead is a smooth road, and Yanjing City is in danger.

Therefore, from Chen Ziling's point of view, he will inevitably move the whole army in a hurry, and the offensive will be fierce and abnormal; However, the Northern Yan army will also be limited by the narrow and closed terrain, and can only passively resist and cannot go out of the city to meet the enemy.

How much food can be stored in a mere Huaiqing Mansion? The Qin army, which has plenty of food and grass, even if it is just besieged but not attacked, even if Cai Ning has the ability to turn the sky upside down, he will not be able to escape death.

Then again, even if Cai Ning can repel the tiger and wolf of the Qin army, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and his military merits are all counted on the head of the coach Zhou Changan. From this point of view, why did Cai Xi let his eldest son risk ruining his reputation and dying on the battlefield to accumulate military merits for the prince's political enemies?

If the Northern Yan Dynasty has a future, there will always be someone to bear the black cauldron of the loss of Zhongzhou and Sanjin! Zhou Yuanqing killed his own son? Or kill him Cai Xi's son? The results don't need to be delved into.

Although the rise and fall of this world is the responsibility of the husband; But there is no benefit in winning, and if you lose the tough battle of losing your head, of course, it is better to hide as far away as possible.

So Cai Youxiang was furious, not only because Cai Ning was disobedient; The more important reason is that I still hate him for being a feudal official for half his life, and he still can't see the deep problems hidden behind the battle.

As the so-called care is chaos, no matter how great the child has achieved great achievements, in the eyes of his parents, he is the child who has a green nose and wants candy after all.

Cai Ning, who has been able to hold on to Nankang across the river for many years, cannot be a reckless man who only knows how to fight, let alone the kind of "tragic hero" who "vows to spill his blood on the land of Kyushu". Of course, he understood that this tough battle was a thankless task regardless of victory or defeat, but he still resolutely went to Yanjing City in person to ask His Majesty Emperor Tianyou for orders.

Putting aside Cai Ning's own noble character, he has recently received a very good staff member. also played a decisive role in this,

The new staff member told him that the main force of the Qin army would inevitably take the route on the north bank of the Yu River. And if he hadn't misjudged it, the Qin army would have neither food nor grass nor armament, let alone any follow-up reinforcements, and would be a lone army with no way out!

If this group of lone troops is put into the territory of Zhongzhou and Shanyang City is the last line of defense; Then this group of rebels not only failed to bring "significant" losses to the people along the way; You can even leave an elite ambush near the Temple of Heaven Mountain in advance, and clear the wall in advance, so that the enemy army can not find half a grain of grain. At all times, the situation of closing the door and beating the dog has become a success, and Chen Ziling will either wait to run out of food and die; Or take your last breath and carry out an ant-attached siege to Shanyang City, which has a solid city defense!

If the battle situation can be as expected by this person, then General Cai, who is known as the "Northern Yan and Southern Tianzhu Stone", is completely enough to hold Shanyang City with 20,000 new recruits who have never been on the battlefield.

In all fairness, when Cai Ning heard the other party's remarks for the first time, he just regarded it as a beautiful story and didn't take it to heart. Although Chen Ziling, the commander of the Qin army, is indeed not from an old army; But judging from his record of fighting with Zhou Changan in Hedong City for more than 30 days, at least he is not a stupid pig.

As for luring the enemy into depth, the tactic of encircling and annihilating the enemy is certainly feasible, but it also has to bear the extreme danger.

Not to mention that the people of Zhongzhou Road are homesick, and the road of clearing the wilderness and evacuating the people is completely impassable, and they will definitely be slaughtered and looted by the Qin army. Moreover, if Chen Ziling led the army to break through the last line of defense of Shanyang City, then the softest belly of Yanjing City would be completely exposed to the minions of the Tiger and Wolf Division!

Even so, the unconventional march route on the north bank of the Yu River is indeed impossible to guard against. Therefore, after careful consideration, Cai Ning decided to adopt the general framework of the other party's strategy.

He brought the last line of defense in the original plan, Shanyang City, to Huaiqing Mansion.

Shanyang Castle is a medium-sized city, and the completeness of the city walls and city defense facilities is only slightly inferior to that of Hedong Castle; However, Huaiqing is a small county with no moat or moat drawbridge. In this way, the intensity of the defense of the city was greatly increased, and the strategic depth of luring the enemy into depth was also shortened.

In this way, the originally beautiful encirclement and annihilation battle can easily be boiled into a pot of "raw rice"; And the slight loss of troops and grain and grass may not constitute a decisive injury to the Qin army, which has the full support of Di Ting.

Cai Ning does not understand the truth that if you fight a tiger and do not die, you will suffer from it; The reason why he put himself and his 20,000 recruits in danger was to improve the safety of Zhongzhou Road and even Yanjing City.

The lives of the soldiers under his command and the people of Zhongzhou, and the immortal feats of pacifying the battle of Qin Yan, which is more important, Cai Ning has his own way of making trade-offs in his heart. As everyone knows, "Feng Tang is easy to be old, Li Guang is difficult to seal", this battle of Qin Yan must not end in the hands of the Cai family.

It's just that when Cai Ning entered Beijing and returned from Zhou Yuanqing for orders, Qin Yan's battle situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. Although there are some minor problems in the details, there is a slight deviation from what the staff predicted; But the next move of the main force of the Qin army is already very obvious.

Cai Ning, who was dressed in a middle coat, made a quick decision, selected 200 strong soldiers in the army, all of whom were good at crossing mountains and mountains, and took the thin, dark-skinned half-grown child and immediately rushed to Yaojiadian at the southern foot of the Five Elements Mountains.

Although it is the height of summer, the temperature difference between day and night in the mountains is very large; Coupled with the cold and damp earth, the momentum is at its peak in the early hours of the morning; Therefore, Chen Ziling, who was sleeping on his arms and ears, was finally woken up by a sudden cold wind blowing not long after the bonfire went out.

Chen Ziling stood up, only to feel that his nose was stuffy and his eyes were hot, and he had a splitting headache; Zhou was also covered by the sweat of hunger, sticky, damp, and extremely uncomfortable. He reached out and rubbed his numb cheek vigorously, and staggered onto the hill behind him; In the field of vision, I saw my comrades lying on the ground, embarrassed like a group of disaster victims......

"Kill......"

Just when Chen Ziling, who was feeling self-blame, almost wanted to cry; A hysterical shout of killing sounded from all directions at the same time! Chen Ziling, who was still having a splitting headache, instantly disappeared from all his illnesses, jumped off the mountain beam with a healthy step, casually lifted a Yanling knife and looked around, and shouted loudly at the same time:

"The whole army is on alert, there is an enemy attack!"

Qindi boys, heroic and straightforward by nature, plain and informal; But the Qin army, which has been trained for a long time, is very different from the rabble such as bandits and grass bandits. Despite the double siege of exhaustion and hunger, they remained alert and disciplined.

Now that Chen Ziling shouted violently, everyone subconsciously quickly got up and groped around for their weapons!

It's a pity that this burst of fighting is not a tired tactic! As soon as Chen Ziling's voice fell, two groups of mountain people with blades and farm tools in their hands were killed from the depths of the dense forest! Everyone gritted their teeth and spewed fire towards the Qin army!

After less than two hours, a bloody battle has started again! The Qin army is still those Qin army; But this group of mountain people is not the group of mountain people of yesterday......