As night fell, bonfires were lit everywhere, reaching the horizon continuously, and the people were exhausted from the tense journey for several days, and now they were able to rest because the military division was going to hold a meeting.

The main leaders of Woniu Mountain, except for those who really couldn't get out, were all summoned to the old camp for a meeting.

Lu Shi sat around a big bonfire, and his brothers also gathered around the bonfire, munching on dry food, talking in low voices, and occasionally laughing, which made the originally serious atmosphere relaxed.

Lu Shi swallowed the last piece of dry and hard steamed buns, patted the food crumbs on his hands and said, "All the brothers have arrived, now we will talk while eating." ”

So everyone stopped laughing and began to wait for Lu Shi to speak.

Lu Shi first informed everyone of the battle situation this afternoon, and also announced the transfer of personnel, for another victory, everyone was happy, and everyone had no objection to Lu Shi's personnel adjustment, anyway, everyone either did not change, or was promoted, although the Black Tiger Army has no officials, but the bigger the officials, the better.

"Next, I will talk about the problems and omissions that we found in this operation." Lu Shi waited for everyone to finish discussing, and then said.

"What is the judgment of the military advisor?" Chen Ce said, in fact, after this period of southward travel, he also felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and he was looking for an opportunity to discuss with Lu Shi.

"From today's two battles, I observed a huge problem and a huge danger." Lu Shi said with a heavy heart.

When everyone heard this, they all became serious, and they stopped eating and drinking, and waited for Lu Shi to follow.

"Brother, we won these two battles beautifully, fought happily, we captured a lot of officers and soldiers, and we also harvested prisoners to join in the front, and a rapid reorganization also strengthened our strength, isn't it good?" Zhao Dahai asked suspiciously.

"Not these, but others." Lu Shi said worriedly: "First, from Brother Zhao's battle against the official army, we can see that the speed of the official army's pursuit is faster than we imagined, I originally thought that the official army's actions were delayed, according to the algorithm of addition and subtraction, they want to catch up with us, at least a few days, but I didn't expect it to come up so quickly, although it is only the vanguard troops, but the vanguard troops have arrived, and the rear brigade is still far away?" ”

From this battle, everyone also played with confidence, originally everyone was worried about the combat effectiveness of the border army, but now it seems that the brothers who came out of the new training of the military division are much stronger than the border army, and there is really nothing to worry about.

Lu Shi looked at the resolute and confident faces that were red by the bonfire, and couldn't help but feel at ease, the belief in victory and firm confidence, which is absolutely indispensable for a team.

"The second point is what we are most worried about, that is, the blocking of the military households in front of us."

"What's there to worry about, it's not a rabble, and it will break up with one blow." After the Battle of Suide, Guo Tianxing was full of confidence, in his opinion, the enemies in front of him were not worth mentioning at all, and it should be quite easy to kill Weinan. This also shows that in everyone's hearts now, underestimate the enemy, which Lu Shi does not want to see.

While pulling the bonfire in front of him, Lu Shi shook his head lightly and said: "What the Great Commander said is only one aspect, the military households and signatories in front are not worth mentioning, but there is a problem highlighted in this matter. Looking at the nonchalant star, Lu Shi threw the branch in his hand into the bonfire, straightened up and said solemnly: "Since we went south, the places we passed along the way, although the official landlords were also prepared, but they were not enough, but the further south they went, the more fully prepared the officials and soldiers became, and when they arrived in Suide, the government was able to take out five thousand signatures at once, which was a terrible thing, what was terrible was not their combat effectiveness, what was terrible was that they had already received the order of the governor of Yan'an, and began to have enough time to collect signatures and renovate their war preparationsIn this way, the preparation time for the next stop of the government will be more sufficient. ”

Everyone couldn't help nodding in agreement with Lu Shi's statement, this is also an inevitable law, the army's actions can't catch up with the speed of the post station no matter what, as mentioned earlier, there is more time for the government to prepare, and the next battle may be a difficult bone to gnaw.

"This time, we took advantage of the government's eagerness to make meritorious service and defeated them in the field, but next time there will be no such good luck, if, no, there will be wise officials in front of the choice of favorable terrain to hold on, then it will be extremely difficult for us to rush out."

Everyone was speechless for a while, the military advisor was right, this time the enemy underestimated the enemy, but next time it may not be, not to mention the cautious and wise officers and soldiers, that is, those timid and afraid of death Qianhu completely rely on instinct to be the shrinking turtle, and the key pass is not out, then you can only use flesh and blood to attack the city.

"Don't have more, a few thousand signatories will defend the pass for three or four days with a strong city, then nearly 10,000 border troops behind us will swarm up, and they will trap us in the front and rear of the attack." Lu Shi analyzed worriedly.

This is exactly what Chen Ce was worried about, and now that he was enlightened by the military advisor, he was even more worried in his heart, so he asked in a low voice: "The matter is as analyzed by the military advisor, our southward journey must give the government more and more time to prepare, this is a difficult dead button,"

Lu Shi nodded silently, and subconsciously picked up a branch again to stir the bonfire, and a burning wooden stick suddenly burst open, scattering countless sparks, which fluttered with the north wind, making everyone embarrassed to dodge.

Waiting for everyone to settle down, Chen Ce continued to worry and said: "There is another thing, that is, we will go south, along the way to pass through Yan'an, Yan'an is the place where the imperial court governor Yamen is stationed, and it is also the place where the capital of the guard is stationed, compared to the military strength in other places, it is much stronger, and the governor Yue Hesheng will definitely do his best to send troops to stop us in order to keep the management hat, once the government makes up its mind, in the coming time, it will definitely mobilize the military households of the guards from all over the country, and then carry out the policy of signing Ding, and then the one who is in front of us is not a little bit. It may be 10,000, or even tens of thousands, but a fatal thing is that the right side of our brigade is Yan'an, and the left side is the Yellow River. ”

Being analyzed by Chen Ce like this, the whole meeting fell into a dull state again, which was a fact in front of everyone, and it could not be avoided at all.

Originally, Lu Shi didn't think of this, but as a traverser, his understanding of this period of Daming made him make a mistake of taking it for granted.

First, he pinned his hopes on the Guyuan mutiny of the border army, so that the border army could be contained by the Guyuan mutiny, after all, for the border army, for the governor of Yansui, and for Yang He, the governor of the three sides, it was much more urgent to suppress the mutiny of the Ming border army than to exterminate his Woniu Mountain Liukou.

Second, Gao Yingxiang will also launch an uprising at this time, gathering nearly 10,000 minions to attack Ansai, Ansai is close to the border town, and the border army can't sit back and watch the backyard catch fire.

The reason why Lu Shi made a mistake that he knows history well is that according to the original plan, as long as he set off in December, then any good thing will be caught up by himself, but the change is faster than planned, and he set out on November 18, which just avoided these good things and became the target of public criticism, not only failed to take advantage of those things, but shared the pressure on the protagonist of those things, Lu Shi is a bodhisattva, and he is not willing to do this stupid thing at this time.

Zhao Dahai broke the silence and asked, "Brother, what is the plan to deal with it?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their hopeful eyes to Lu Shi.

Lu Shi knew that at this time, the morale could not be relieved, so he said confidently: "There is a way to solve the problem, but we still need everyone's support." ”

"Everything is decided by the words of the military advisor." The mantra of the stars was said by everyone, neatly and loudly, and when everyone felt this funny, they couldn't help but laugh loudly when you look at me and I saw you, and for a while, the silent atmosphere was thrown out of the nine heavens.

Lu Shi also smiled and said: "Things still have to be discussed by everyone, how can I decide with one word." ”

"Strategist, if you have something to say, just say it, and everyone will obey it together." The third uncle said with a smile.

"The way is that we have to kill the past before the officials and troops in front of us are completely prepared, and we will kill until we have a firm foothold in Weinan, and no one will be afraid in the future, but the only way not to give the government enough time to prepare is speed."

"yes, that's the problem." Chen Ce conformed to the Tao.

"The only way to increase your speed is to throw away all your baggage, travel lightly, and then give up walking along the river valley and go straight into the mountains to avoid places where the government may be heavily blocked, and get out by surprise."

"Nope." When the third uncle heard this, he was the first to stand up and object, and the third uncle objected loudly: "Throw away all the baggage, what will you do in the future?" We have been marching for a long time, and we don't know when we will be able to reach Weinan. Now the baggage carried on the body has been streamlined and streamlined, and it is necessary for combat life. ”

This is indeed a fact, and even Cao Meng and Zhao Dahai are opposed to this decision. Zhao Dahai objected because once his cavalry entered the mountain, it would be difficult to use it.

Cao Meng's objection was not that he felt sorry for those guys, but that once there was a shortage of supplies during the march, it would be difficult to replenish and could not be replenished.

Several captains objected because they believed that they had the strength to fight the officers and soldiers, and once they entered the mountains, it would be difficult to use the power of the gun.

The four village elders are opposing because once the army enters the mountains, with these old and weak women and children, the speed of action will be even slower, and the purpose of getting rid of the officers and troops will not be achieved at all.

Seeing that in addition to Guo Tianxing's unconditional support, so many people opposed his proposal, Lu Shi was in a dilemma, but in the end he agreed with everyone, did not abandon his baggage for the time being, and continued to march forcibly along the river valley.

Lu Shi didn't know that it was precisely because of this compromise that Woniu Mountain was brought into a dangerous place from which it could never be recovered, and it almost wiped out the Black Tiger Army.