Now, Cao Meng is not facing a vicious enemy, but a group of chattering girls, which really makes him feel extremely headache.

"Okay, since you are soldiers, what is the first of the three disciplines and eight points of attention for breaking into the army?" Cao Meng began to play scoundrels.

"The first is—" The girls of the Girl Scout immediately began to stutter.

"The first is that all actions are under command, right, then your team of women's army is under my command for the time being, and now I announce the military order, and the captain of the third squad of the women's army obeys the order." With a smug face, I finally found an excuse.

The squad leader stood in front of the team with a pale face, puffed up his chest and reported loudly: "Zhao Hua, the leader of the third squad, obeys the order." ”

"I order you to immediately take your squad and rush back to the old camp of Black Tiger Village to rest under the escort of cavalry, there must be no mistake." After Cao Meng finished speaking, he said fiercely: "Where is the cavalry brother?" If the women's army disobeyed the order, they would immediately tie up all the women's soldiers and return to the old camp to Chunlan in the name of disobedience. ”

No matter how he answered, he had to be sent back to the cottage, and the squad leader could only answer loudly. "But we don't need the protection of the cavalry squad, we will go back safely ourselves." The answer was hoarse, and the tone was full of endless grievances and reluctance. Tears were already rolling down the young faces.

Cao Meng's heart softened, but he immediately waved his hand and turned around and didn't look at it anymore, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, I don't know if I can see these lovely sisters again after this battle, especially, especially the squad leader who has been with each other for many days.

Hearing this order, all the soldiers stopped what they were doing, and stood there reluctantly watching the sisters go away.

"What? Isn't it reluctant? Is it scared? Cao Meng asked loudly.

No one answered, but everyone's face was full of determination, retracting their reluctant but relieved gaze, and the movement of work was faster.

Cao Meng called out to the ten prison sergeants who were arranged to his team, and discussed politely with the squad leader of the prison sergeant: "Brothers of the prison sergeant, I ask you not to stay in the ice castle either, there is no need for you here, I ask you to disperse your men and horses to patrol the sentry in all directions, reserve the maximum time for us to build the ice castle for the early warning of enemy attacks, and cooperate with the cavalry brothers outside to kill the enemy." Hearing Cao Meng say this, the sergeant couldn't help frowning.

The sergeant of the overseer in the army is a special existence, each time there is a small team to follow each team to go out to the troops, they will be divided into two parts, one part is to patrol and spying, and the other is to follow the main general of this team, one to maintain the discipline of the troops, the second is to supervise the implementation of the tasks assigned by the generals, and the third is to supervise the soldiers who are timid and retreat in the battle.

But they are not under the jurisdiction of the generals of this team, and are only responsible to Zhao Xing, the captain of the sergeant, Zhao Xing also obeys Lu Shiyan, and is absolutely not soft on those who violate military discipline.

Now, although he knows Cao Meng's personality and knows that Cao Meng is the brother of his top boss, Cao Meng's request is not in harmony with the rules of the army, and the squad leader frowned and muttered silently, seemingly not planning to listen to Cao Meng's orders.

When Cao Meng saw it, he smiled and said, "This brother, I won't lead the team to escape, you have a hundred hearts for this." Then he blocked the explanation that the team leader wanted, and said solemnly: "Because I will build the ice castle into a fortress without a gate." ”

The captain of the sergeant squad and all the sergeant brothers behind him immediately looked solemn, they knew Cao Meng's decision, and they wanted to put these brothers on two roads, one was to fight until reinforcements arrived, and the other was that all the people, regardless of their injuries and illnesses, died here, including their respected eldest brother in charge - Cao Meng.

The sergeant squad leader choked up with red eyes and said, "I can't agree to Brother Cao's request, it's not in harmony with military regulations." But he turned to the brothers standing behind him and said, "Now I need someone to replace me to complete Brother Cao's task, and I will be left alone to fight Brother Cao to the death." No one stood up, and everyone said in unison: "I am willing to stay alone to fight to the death with Brother Cao on behalf of Sergeant Cao." ”

The squad leader was silent for a moment, and coldly pointed to a sergeant and said, "You, on behalf of me, take the brothers outside to complete the task." The man was about to argue when the squad leader interrupted him loudly and said, "This is an order. ”

All the prison sergeants were silent, and after saluting together, they all got on their horses and scattered, and the prison sergeants were the most disciplined group of men.

The leader of the sergeant squad watched his brother go away, and stood behind Cao Meng without saying a word.

Cao Meng didn't speak again, just gave him a punch, took the cavalry commander who couldn't bear to leave, came to a clearing, squatted down to unfold a map, took a branch on the ground and pointed out the nearby terrain to him: "I know your thoughts, but don't think that defending here with me is your loyalty and bravery, in fact, this time we are here to choke the throat of the official army entering the base area, your cavalry will not play a role in the encirclement, your role is to give full play to your strengths, come and go like the wind and invade like fire." ”

Looking at the brothers who were no longer arrogant, Cao Meng pointed to the map again and said: "This time the official army is mainly attacking two pieces, one is Li Yuanhao's cavalry soldiers, now we already know that they took the path to Nanniwan, where there is King Chuang with a large team to intercept and kill, don't we worry, all the way is this Zhang Yuan's village bravery, but they are all infantry, infantry is conducive to attacking the city, not to mention that they are all angry and will fight with us to the end, so we are all trapped in this temporary small earthen fort frozen with water, which is the place of death." What's more, we are all spearmen, not equipped with bows and arrows, and there are not many rolling woods and stones, and there are not many explosives bags, so we can't give full play to its advantages, we can only condescend in hand-to-hand combat, and we are simply passively beaten, so I let you out, so that you can play to your strengths, and you will ambush them in this vicinity, and they will bully them with no or very few cavalry, and they will kill them when we are most dangerous, harass their rear team, prevent them from concentrating on attacking us, and give us a chance to breathe. ”

The cavalry captain looked at the map, looked up at the terrain around him, nodded, and said, "I understand." ”

"Okay, but remember, you must do as soon as you attract them, and don't let them get entangled, no matter how much the cavalry has an advantage over the infantry, but after all, we are outnumbered by many enemies, and the ants bite the tiger to death, you must remember that as long as you disrupt the rhythm of their attack when they attack us at its most intense, it is your success to win us a respite. Do you understand? ”

"Understood." The military chief nodded firmly and said, "However, Chief Cao, I think I should leave the bows and arrows equipped by my brothers for you to defend." The military commander said sincerely.

Cao Meng thought for a while and shook his head and said, "No, even your two hundred bows and more than four thousand arrows will not work if they are used to defend the city." ”

"It's better than nothing." The military commander still persuaded without giving up.

"Bows and arrows can play a better role in your hands, you can give full play to the power of King Chuang's pig burst array bows and arrows, and these bows and arrows can't be in my hands, we are all robbers, and we haven't practiced archery at all, that's a waste, and the gains outweigh the losses."

The military commander thought about it and did not insist. After thinking about it for a while, he asked a question: "Chief Cao, I will definitely encounter many spies from other forces in the periphery, if it is an official army, it is better to say, what if I encounter the spies of landlords and poles from all over the country?"

Cao Meng laughed and said: "The spies of the official army can intercept and kill, even if they can't be killed on the spot, it doesn't matter, let the officers and soldiers know that there is a force outside me that can attack them at any time, so that they can't concentrate on attacking the city, and you don't have to pay attention to the spies of those other forces, let them see it as much as they want, we want them to see our fighting spirit and combat strength, we just let them see that we break into the army with the determination of one enemy and ten, let them give up riding the wall, and really attach themselves to us, Lay a solid foundation for our future plans. “

"Yes, Chief Cao, I understand, I will do my job well, I will never let the official army easily capture Chief Cao's earthen fort, and I will definitely let the brothers wait until the arrival of King Cao's army."

"Well, I firmly believe in your words, and we'll see you later."

"Take care, Archmaster."

"Take care, brother."

Seeing the cavalry brothers gone, Cao Meng returned to the ice castle construction site that was being built, because it was not a fortress that had been held for a long time, so it didn't have to be built so big, in fact, if the conditions permitted, it could be built into a large mound that could accommodate five hundred people, but the soil and stone requirements were too much, so it was still repaired according to the appearance of the fortress.

Fortunately, the ice castle is small, and the length of the perimeter only needs three hundred soldiers to stand full, and it can accommodate two hundred soldiers to sit and rest and put some food, but the time is urgent, and the required height and thickness must be completed as soon as possible.

Seeing that it was slowly getting dark, the defenders of Ganquan City in the distance also lit torches, Cao Meng also put his mind at ease, according to the practice of the official army, the dark sky would not fight, and this night was estimated to be able to spend safely, and he won another night's time. But the nights are colder, and people are more likely to get tired, and if you don't recharge, then tomorrow's battle will be out of strength.

Just when Cao Meng was urgently running out of manpower, the soldiers patrolling the guard from afar suddenly shouted into the dark and dreary woods: "What person, come out." Or I'll let go of the arrows. With this shout, all the soldiers who were busy and resting immediately put down their work, nervously picked up their guns, and the captains began to hurriedly sort out their soldiers.

"What's going on?" Cao Meng was shocked, and hurriedly ran over to check, praying secretly in his heart: "But don't let the official army come to sabotage the sneak attack at this time." If that's the case, if that's the case, when the official army arrives tomorrow, he can only take these four hundred brothers to fight against ten times the number of officers and soldiers in the field, which is the last thing Cao Meng wants to see.