The rain in the sky had not stopped, and the cold wind had been pouring down all night, and by noon there was no sign of stopping, and the sky was still gray.

The dragoons entered the mountain less than ten miles yesterday and set up camp in the rain.

The rain has been falling, and I don't know when the dragon lord will put away his magical powers, so the troops are advancing or retreating, and the whole army can't make up their minds.

If they withdrew from the mountain, and the selected troops did not, they would not be considered to have given up on the challenge, but if the rain in the sky did not stop, there was no point in them staying here.

It wasn't until the two generals of the judging group were a mile behind him that the dragoon commander ran away himself, and he wanted to ask the two generals what they meant, whether to retreat to the camp or wait until the rain stopped.

General Li and General Shao did not meet him and did not give him any advice.

Unable to guess what the two judges meant, the dragoons froze in place, not daring to retreat, let alone continue to advance.

In the rain, another few hours passed, and the sky was still not clear.

At the end of the Shen period, the sky was getting dark, and it had rained for a day, and the few guards arranged by the dragoons on the periphery had already quietly slipped back into the camp, and there was almost no one outside the camp at this time.

The officers and men of the selected generals, who had crossed the mountains and walked more than 20 miles of mountain roads, looked at the wisps of smoke rising from the woods one or two miles away, tried to resist the impulse in their hearts, and waited in the same place for a long time.

Having gone so far in the rain, this one must be won beautifully, and the face of being beaten to the camp gate in the previous one must be saved.

Waiting and waiting, the sky is darker again, and it is no longer clear from ten feet away.

Yao Chang raised his eyes to look at the woods in front of him and realized that the time had come to attack.

"According to the established plan, let's go!"

The order was issued, and the troops were selected to command the entire force, and under the leadership of the officers of each team, they quietly moved towards the dragoon camp.

The sound of wind and rain in the mountains, the noisy campfires in the camp, the darkness of the sky, and the dragoon soldiers hiding in the camp to keep warm, no one could hear the slightest movement outside the camp until they heard a voice.

"Come out! You are surrounded! ”

"Come out! You are surrounded! ”

............

These words suddenly sounded among the dragoons, one after another, covering the mountain wind, covering the bonfire, and covering the noise of the soldiers.

The dragoons were defeated, without resistance, and the whole army was annihilated.

They were still thinking that they would be able to sleep peacefully tonight, but in the blink of an eye, they lost to an opponent who seemed to have fallen from the sky.

Looking at the opponent on the other side who was soaked and couldn't find an inch of dry cloth on his body, the main general of the dragoon had nothing to say, and he was convinced of this defeat.

A few quarters of an hour later, General Li and General Shao, who had rushed to the camp of the Dragoons upon hearing the news, announced the results of the battle on the spot, and the troops of the selected generals won a complete victory, and the Dragoons were powerless to fight back.

At the end of the battle, everyone was happy, the selected troops won beautifully, saved face, the dragoon soldiers could leave the mountain, and the judging team did not need to be in the rain in the mountains.

It was already dark, and it was impossible for the selected troops to march overnight on slippery mountain roads, so they camped not far from the dragoons that night.

This one started suddenly and ended abruptly, except for the main general of the Dragoon, no matter who it was, they were all relieved.

In the dark night, piles of bonfires.

Yang Congyi entered Yao Chang's tent.

"How's it going, how does this one feel?"

"My lord, why are you here?"

Yao Chang heard Yang Congyi's voice, looked up, and quickly got up.

"You have the audacity to have casualties on the march?"

"Lord Hui, there were no casualties, only three soldiers fell and bruised, broke their flesh and skin, and did not hurt their bones."

"That's good, it's a good thing to dare to fight, but the army's heart is also very important, if the main general wants to win the war, and ignores the feelings of his soldiers, once the army's heart is scattered, let alone winning the war, whether the army can still be retracted is a problem."

"Yes, thank you for your teachings, and I will definitely reflect on it at the end!"

"It's not that serious, just take into account the ability of the soldiers to bear it. The soldiers have been drenched in rain for a day today, and there will be people who are cold and cold, Lang Zhong did not follow, you should pay more attention to yourself, let the soldiers burn the fire bigger, don't sleep in wet clothes, if you are sick, how do you deal with the challenges behind. ”

"Yes, sir. This will be arranged. ”

Yao Chang clenched his fists and greeted him, and hurriedly went out to order the heralds.

Yang Congyi stayed in the tent, reached out and picked up two dead branches and threw them into the small fire in front of him.

There are already three teams to challenge the mountain, except for the Divine Cavalry, the other two are defeated neatly, if the various forbidden troops in the camp who are waiting to enter the mountain to challenge discuss together, they will definitely know that the chance of winning from the north after entering the mountain is greater, if the subsequent challenge teams are like the Divine Cavalry from the north, then each of the later battles is likely to be fought in front of the temporary camp.

The battle in front of the camp hardly used any strategy, the two sides lined up their troops, and fought hard power, there was no possibility of tricks, if so, the possibility of failure in the selection of troops would be greatly increased, after all, there were still more than 30 forbidden troops.

Although it is not a real knife and a real gun, but when you fight face-to-face to the red, some people will still be ruthless, although it will not break your arms and legs, and make a lot of life, but someone will still be injured in every fight, and the number of fights will be more, and the attrition will naturally not be less, and the quality of the challenge will inevitably be reduced.

If the judging criteria remain the same, it will be very unfair to the teams participating in the battle in front, and if the criteria are adjusted, it may be even more unfair, and even cause disputes that are difficult to manage, so if you want to solve the problem, you have to choose the generals to find their own way.

In the past few days, Yang Congyi has been thinking about how to plug the hole in the north to avoid the challenge troops from encountering any resistance, so he appeared directly in front of the camp of the selected general troops, and wanted to increase the difficulty of the challenge to the challenge troops walking from the north, so that the selected generals could cause them more trouble, only the more difficulties they experienced, the better the generals and colonels finally selected, so that they could be worthy of the money spent by the imperial court.

Perhaps it is possible to cut off a few roads to the north, to give the challenging troops as few marching route choices as possible, and to artificially create some advantages for the selected troops, after all, the selection of generals is mainly to assess the challenge troops, not the selection of generals themselves.

The topographic map of the entire mountainous area, including some roads that could barely march the army, Yang Congyi had basically written it down, and it was time to think about which roads in the north should be set up with obstacles.

"My lord, someone is looking for you."

Yang Congyi, who was pondering, was interrupted, and when he looked up, he saw that it was his guard.

"Who?"

"He said that he was sent by Shen Senjun, and he had something to hand over to the adult in person."

"Let him in."

A moment later, a soaking wet lieutenant appeared in front of Yang Congyi.

"My lord, this is what Shen Shenjun asked the last general to bring to your lord."

As he spoke, Wang Quan took out a sealed letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands.

Yang Congyi took it and looked at it, but it was not opened, the envelope was oiled paper, and the letter inside should not be wet.

"What else did Shen Senjun say?"

When Shen Shenjun gave the letter to the last general, he told the last general to hand over the letter to the adult, and if he couldn't see the adult, he would bring the letter back. That's it. ”

"Okay, let's go back."

Yang Congyi was slightly shocked in his heart, could there be a problem in the selection camp, Shen Jin sent someone to send a letter and was so cautious.

When Wang Quan left and there was no one in the tent, he quickly tore open the envelope and took out the letter.

After reading the letter in the dark night by the light of the fire, my heart was half cold.

What Shen Jin wrote in the letter was the news that Lu You revealed to him that night, as well as the conjecture of the two of them about Lin'an.

I thought that the imperial court had spent such a big price and agreed to mobilize more than 40 forbidden armies to participate in the selection of generals, it was really to reshape the Great Song army and revitalize the military prestige, but in the end it was just a dream, and the fate of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers was still firmly controlled in the hands of civilian officials, and they were still allowed to trample and ravage wantonly, without the slightest intention of giving the army a sigh of relief.

And this time killing two birds with one stone, the army has become a noose, a plaything and a foil, and under the struggle between the two parties, even the protagonist is not counted, and he has become a pure victim.

Perhaps from the moment the charter was handed over to the imperial court, some things were already doomed, and the fate of some people had already been arranged, and pits and traps had been dug for them, and they were still full of hope and ignorant.

Yang Congyi, who was busy for a few months, was one of them, he thought that as long as he could stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, select excellent generals, and plant a seed in the hearts of all the soldiers who came to select the generals' camp, the Great Song army would soon be able to regain its military prestige, but he couldn't imagine that all his efforts were nothing in the eyes of others, and even helped them.

In this bureau, there are almost no winners in the army, except for those who have defected to civilian officials, as well as those generals who have already retired from the army for many years.

I don't know if the king of Pu'an County has made the camp of the selected generals and the division in front of the palace, or whether the camp of the generals has pitted the king of Pu'an County, and now they are in the same pit, and no one can climb up.

Yang Congyi threw the letter in his hand into the fire, and a puff of green smoke turned into ashes.

Before, he was thinking about how to select excellent generals and how to train excellent generals for the future, but now he is not in the mood at all, because all their efforts to improve the combat strength of the army are unwilling to be seen by those in power in the imperial court.

They are so weak that the army is full of old, weak, sick and disabled, and so weak that there is a serious shortage of personnel in the forbidden armies of all walks of life, and they are still unwilling to let go of the army, and they are bound to trample all the troops under their feet, and they are bound to raze the unsatisfactory army, maybe they don't want to see any army exist outside of Lin'an.

Yang Congyi was very disappointed, but what could he do, even the palace commander made the adults fall into the situation, and it was difficult to say whether he could protect himself.

There is also the emperor's adopted son, the king of Pu'an County, who is empty in the name of the commander of the general camp, attracting a body of right and wrong, dragging countless people into the water, and now in Lin'an, I am afraid it is also like sitting on pins and needles!

How should this catastrophe be crossed?

Yang Congyi walked out of the tent and looked at the dark night sky in the rain.