At present, the high-ranking military attaches of the Xian army are in their 40s, and a large number of them are in their 50s, all of whom are veterans who have fought against the black scarves over the years, and although some of them are only governors of the left and right, according to their qualifications, they can be rated as governors after the war, and the current governors will all be promoted to generals.

According to this calculation, in the future, there will be at least 30 or more governors and more than a dozen generals, and these people will be in their 40s and 50 in their large. Most of them are also in their forties, and middle- and high-level generals with rich combat experience are concentrated above the age of 45, accounting for a large number of establishments, which indirectly squeezes out the upward channel of young people in the future.

If in 10 years, basically all those in their 50s are in their 60s, basically either dead or old, and in addition, the average life expectancy and physiological condition of people are not ideal due to the current material and medical conditions, and a large number of middle- and high-level generals of 40 or 50 people will withdraw from the stage of history in 15 years.

At that time, the lack of a large number of experienced generals will seriously jeopardize the organizational combat effectiveness of the Xian army.

Unlike military attachés who are promoted one level at a time in peacetime, military attachés who are born in wartime are all valuable wealth accumulated in war, and commanding 300,000 troops are completely different from those who have never fought and have commanded 300,000 troops.

A lieutenant who has only led 2,000 people to fight, and after 20 years, he has been promoted to a general, and his ability cannot be completely matched with the general who led 200,000 soldiers to fight.

I'm afraid that if he can be mediocre and only worthy of serving as a lieutenant, he will climb to the position of a general, and if he loses a battle, it will be over, and the war will not give him time and opportunity to adapt. Even if he doesn't die on the battlefield, officialdom will kill him.

This is also the reason why Bailiyan swept away the two provinces of Posong and Songdia, and let Sikong Nan, Bai He, Lu Gao, Su Hong, Jiang Jie and others take turns to lead tens of thousands of troops.

Sikong Nan, Bai He, and Lu Gao are all forty-five years old now, and there are probably not many people who can still run the horse in fifteen years.

The newcomer can't stand up, and the old man dies, which is a very dangerous signal for the country.

At the same time, Bailiyan himself is not young anymore, and in another twenty years, he will be old. From now on, we have to start the personnel arrangements for twenty years from now, and at least someone has to let Yongxing City continue to follow the policy he has set.

If possible, it is the best choice to absorb the talents and cadres of the Black Turban Army as soon as possible, especially when all countries are only concerned about grabbing territory, and without exception they have seriously ignored the problem of people.

When discussing with Zhao Anling, the guards outside the tent came to report:

"Deputy Marshal Qiqi, General Gu came to spread the word, the fire in the mountain is soaring, and the rebel army is abnormally mobilized, similar to a large-scale night battle tonight."

Bailiyan glanced at the hourglass on the table, the scale showed that it was almost midnight, at this time to launch a night attack, half of the Xian army had already slept for two hours and reserved physical strength, where could such a big movement still be a night attack.

He said:

"Jiang Jie, you take people to the right camp to see what the situation is."

"No!"

After Jiang Jie left, Zhao Anling said:

"The moon is clear tonight, and a night attack by the rebels is not impossible. However, such a big movement, I am afraid that there is another plan, that General Zhou is not an idle person, I feel that this person is extremely keen, and with a hint, he can feel the pulse of our army, and he is very decisive in his sudden attack. ”

"Well, Ben Shuai is also thinking about whether it will be after Qi Da and Liu Chao defect to our army, the rebels will retaliate and demonstrate overnight to stabilize the morale of the army."

"If that's the case, tonight's offensive is likely to be very dangerous. Whether to transfer some men and horses from the Chinese army to the right camp first. ”

"No, the bow battalion and the three thousand men and horses have already moved to the right camp, Gu Zhong should have aroused them at this time, and they can withstand it for a while."

About two quarters of an hour later, Jiang Jie came back to report:

"Lord Qiqi, according to the observation of the last general, the rebels are cutting wood in the mountains, and it seems that they are building fortifications."

"Logging? What is the use of building fortifications now, and it is too late to build weapons at this time. Are there any other signs? ”

"There is a fire four or five miles south of the mountain, and it is not very big."

Bailiyan spread out the map he had drawn, found five miles to the south, and found that it was the cofferdam he had built before.

"Weird, what are they going to do in the cofferdam?"

At this time, Zhao Anling said:

"Will the rebels see through our army's plan for tomorrow's fire attack, they will cut down trees overnight to remove the burning materials, and at the same time divert water for fire insulation."

If so, the person should take it for his own use. Ben Shuai has just had a plan, and he can trace and distinguish it, if it is not for his quick thinking, it is outstanding. The supernatural power pressed it here, and if our army was in a hurry to go north, it would be a crushing defeat if we were careless.

Jiang Jie immediately ordered Gu Zhong to hold on to the hill until early in the morning, and after early morning, he used grenades to pull on the tripstrings to lay mine altars on the hills, and then withdrew the soldiers and horses to the right battalion. Remember, which hill to withdraw the men and horses, remember the buried mine altar, when counterattacking, each attack each and hold the hill, don't step into the unexploded thunder and kill yourself. ”

"The last will obey."

The mine altar is an improvised explosive mine made of clay pots, using a grenade as a detonation fuse, stuffed into the altar and tightly sealed with a cloth plug, wrapped in an oilcloth on rainy days, and the mouth of the altar is turned sideways to prevent rain, and finally pulled on the tripstring and buried in the dark.

The jar is either filled with gunpowder, or filled with flammable and toxic combustibles such as sulfur phosphorite, which quickly spreads and burns or explodes after exploding, which has the same effect as a landmine.

Of course, the power and effectiveness are far less powerful than the power of modern high explosives, but some are better than nothing.

In the second half of the night, the sound of killing was delayed, and Bai Liyan became more and more convinced that the rebels would not attack at night tonight.

Early the next morning, Gu Zhong laid down the mine altar as planned, led the troops to evacuate the mountain one after another, and after dawn, Bailiyan ordered the camp to be pulled.

The news was quickly picked up by the rebel scouts and sent to the camp in the mountains:

"General Zhou, just now the spies came to report that the Xian army had withdrawn from the outer mountains." Han Qi said quickly.

Zhou Kong, whose eyes were red, was furious when he heard the news:

"What, ran away."

"Exactly, not only is the army withdrawn from the outer mountains, but the Xian army camp is also pulling out the camp, as if it is going back to Lintai. Is our army chasing or not? ”

"Chase a fart, you know or I know, it's a trick of a hundred miles of dog thieves, and then send scouts to investigate."

Zhou Kong thought in a blink of an eye that it was Bailiyan who led her to attack the mountain, but she didn't think through the clues.

About an hour had passed, more than half of the Xian army had been drawn out of the camp, the front army had already gone first, and the rebel scouts had penetrated into the outer mountains without seeing a single Xian army, and the surveillance had been for an hour, and there was not much left in the Xian army's camp.

"General Zhou, the Xian army has really withdrawn, and the front army has gone out for five or six miles, and even the right army and the rear camp are about to leave." Han Qifei said quickly, Xianjun seemed to be more anxious than his wife when he ran away.

"What are you anxious about?" Zhou Kong asked.

"My more than 300 brothers are still in the hands of the Xianjun, and I don't know whether they are alive or dead, so how can I not be in a hurry."

"Wait a little longer, after noon, our army will be full of food and drink, and the Xian army will go away."

Zhou Kong is very smart, she has to see with her own eyes that the Xian army is tired of walking far, the rebels are full of food and drink, and there is no hot air balloon in the sky, so she sent troops, so as not to get into the way of Bailiyan.

When the army walked out of about ten miles, Bailiyan suddenly ordered:

"Jiang Jie, order all the armies to stop marching and forcibly march towards Zhaocheng."

"No!"

At this time, Gu Zhong was puzzled:

"Deputy marshal, this time I will pull out the camp and hurry for a while, and now I am going to Zhaocheng again, and there are many baggage with me, where can I go fast."

"General Gu will find out later."

"But we don't have siege equipment, and it won't help when we get to Zhaocheng."

"Execute the order."

"No!"

The army turned around and rushed straight to Zhaocheng, and the speed made Qi Da and Liu Chao very unbearable:

"I said Brother Liu Chao, the Xianjun army is still running so fast in armor, I think General Guo Ping and they will definitely lose the battle."

"Look at what people eat every day, what we eat, where can we not lose the battle, hurry up, don't run slowly, let people suspect that we have two hearts."

After running out of five miles, the two of them were already out of breath, and the people and horses of the Xianjun Brigade were still walking like the wind, and they didn't even take a breath of air.

At this time, Zhou Kong was leading water from the Qinghe River into the mountain, and when the soldiers searched, they found that the tomb that had been filled by the Xian army was covered with soil, and found the epitaph erected on the top of the mountain from the mountain.

"General Zhou, this tombstone is weird, I don't recognize any of the words written, I don't seem to have seen a grave here before I patrolled the mountain last year."

Han Qi said, Zhou Kong immediately thought of the rumors of gold, and immediately dug up the tomb:

"It must have been the Xian army who found gold here. Come on, dig it up for General Ben. ”

"General Zhou, this tomb robbery is a big taboo, so don't dig it."

"The Xian army can dig it, why can't our army dig it, even if it is a tomb robbery, it is the Xian army that robs the tomb in front, dig it for me!"

"But the Xianjun army has already dug up, how can they still leave the gold and silver treasures in the tomb."

"The battle between the two armies is very urgent, and you don't look at how big this mountain is, and the gold and silver in it can be walked by the Xian army. They must have left the treasure in the tomb until they had taken the city and then came back to get it. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Lianzi hurriedly reported:

"General Qiyu Zhou, the Xian army suddenly turned around, the speed was fast, and went straight to Zhaocheng, before the subordinates came down, the Xian army had already passed the outer mountains, and now I am afraid that it is less than five miles away from Zhaocheng."

"What, less than five miles!" Zhou Kong was shocked when he heard the news: "Didn't they go ten miles to the east, or they used to run, how could they be so fast." ”

"Back to the general, the speed of the Xian army is unprecedented, and it only takes a blink of an eye for ten miles, but I am afraid that it will soon arrive in Zhaocheng."

"Damn, ordered Wang Cheng, Zhang Ergou, and Guo Ping to immediately capture the outer mountains. Liu Damao and Zhang Yao hurried back to the city. Han Qi. ”

"The end will be."

"Leave half of your men here to watch the Qinghe earthen dam, and the rest of the people will follow me."

"No!"

When Zhou Kong returned to the camp in the mountains, the Baili Yan front army and the Chinese army had arrived outside the east gate of Zhaocheng.

"What the hell, the Xianjun army ran for more than 20 miles in more than half an hour, could it be flying!"

At this time, Xiaolianzi said:

"General Zhou, the Xian army is running fast, and it takes several miles to pass in the blink of an eye, if we chase it, we won't be able to catch up at all."

"It is said that the soles of the Zhijun are made of iron, and the Xianjun is not inferior, if our army can have such speed, it will not be restrained everywhere, it is really hateful!"

As the two spoke, several explosions were heard in front of them:

"What's the situation, where did the explosion come from!"

"I don't know, Xu is a black fire fan!" Little Lotus guessed.

But as soon as the words fell, the explosions continued to rise and fall, and thick smoke billowed from the direction of the outer mountains, black smoke mixed with yellow smoke, and the fire quickly spread and burned all the mountains.

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