Zhao Junsheng smiled and explained: "The battle between the two armies is often not a frontal confrontation, but the generals who lead the troops calculate each other, as the main general, you must be accustomed to thinking from the other party's point of view, if you are a general of Rouran, in the case of two consecutive night attacks almost succeeded, will you think like this: 'I have launched two consecutive night attacks failed, does the general of the Wei army think that I will still launch a night attack?'" I'm afraid they won't be prepared anymore, and I'll do another sneak attack.'" And you just thought that they had already attacked twice, and they should not sneak up a third time. If we don't prepare, we will suffer! Even if the Rouran people don't sneak up on them anymore, we have nothing to lose in making these preparations, and the brethren will sleep as usual, and they will be able to fight as soon as the enemy army is coming! ”

Hua Mulan learned a lot from Zhao Junsheng's words, she thought for a while and asked: "Brother Junsheng, I understand what you mean, as the leader of the army, you must learn to figure out the thoughts of the enemy general?" ”

"You can say that, but leading the troops to fight is not so simple, you have to be good at analyzing the enemy military information you have collected, which is true news, which is fake news, and some news is precisely what the enemy deliberately let you know, it may be the fake news they release to confuse you! If you only want to be a brave general who charges into battle, you naturally don't need to consider these, but if you want to be independent, you must learn to analyze the military situation and distinguish the truth from the military situation, analyze and deduce the enemy's plans and ideas from the collected military information, and make corresponding countermeasures and deployments. ”

Hua Mulan frowned and said: "If this is the case, wouldn't the victory or defeat just depend on the planning of the main general, and the combat power of the army will not play a big role?" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his hand and said: "You can't say this, the combat effectiveness of the army is the key to supporting the main general's plan, if the army's combat strength is not good, even if the main general's plan is clever, the army does not have enough combat power to execute it is in vain!" Let me give you the simplest example, an ambush battle could have been fought very well and could annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop, but before the enemy army had completely entered the ambush circle, someone in the ambush suddenly couldn't help but sneeze, which alarmed the enemy army, and the ambush turned into a strong attack. A small sneeze may seem unintentional, but if it is a well-trained army with strict military discipline, and generals at all levels act meticulously, such a thing will never happen, which is the embodiment of military quality! ”

Zhao Junsheng paused here and continued: "Besides, as long as the army is strong enough, you can ignore any conspiracy of the other party!" When marching, guard posts were sent to the left and right of the army, and scouts were sent to the front to search carefully, even if there was an ambush, they could not hide; Camp at night, send out guard posts and secret posts outside the camp, as long as the enemy army is approaching, you can immediately detect and make corresponding deployments; When the two armies face each other head-to-head, you can take any situation in stride as long as you have enough reserves! But we all know that many times the troops that can be commanded are limited, and the quality of the army is often uneven, and there is no absolute strength, so when marching and fighting, the commander has to consider many problems, and strive to do everything in detail, think of everything that can be thought of, and there is no way if it is not considered thoroughly, and it is time to test the commander's ability to make decisions on the spot! ”

Mulan listened to Zhao Junsheng's words, as if a frog jumping from the bottom of a well to the mouth of the well saw a new world, it turned out that there were so many ways to lead troops to fight, and these are absolutely not found in the war book.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Mulan.

Hua Mulan came back to her senses and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Junsheng, you said it too well, it didn't write these in the military book, if you didn't say it, I didn't know that there was so much attention to commanding the army to fight!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "Okay, you're tired for a day, go and rest, just have me on the city wall!" ”

Hua Mulan seemed very excited and in good spirits, "I'm not tired, why don't you go to sleep, brother Junsheng!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was helpless, so he had to say, "That······ Let's sit down and talk! ”

"Okay!"

The two found a clean place to sit against the women's wall, and Hua Mulan began to ask some military questions again, and Zhao Junsheng answered everything he knew for her.

Zhao Junsheng said and found that Hua Mulan was asleep, it seemed that she was too tired, he took off his cloak and gently covered her, and then sat down cross-legged against the wall and seized the time to cultivate internal strength, shock qi and blood, and strengthen himself.

I don't know how long it took, Gao Xu came to Zhao Junsheng's side and said softly: "Wake up, Rouran people have touched it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng opened his eyes, and at this time, Mulan also jumped up suddenly: "Where is it?" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his index finger to his mouth, the two stood up gently, and Zhao Junsheng whispered to Gao Xu: "Wake up the brothers, prepare the rockets, bows and arrows, and the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen perform their duties!" ”

"Go back to the capital, everything is fine, you can start fighting at any time!"

Zhao Junsheng is very satisfied that Gao Xu has made a good deployment, and with such a subordinate, it is much easier for him to be an official.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan held on to the female wall and stretched out their heads to look under the city wall and on the city wall, the light was relatively weak, and Mulan couldn't see clearly, but Zhao Junsheng's eyesight was very good, he checked it, and instructed Gao Xu: "Find a person with accurate archery skills to light a pile of firewood with a rocket, once the firewood is lit to illuminate the surroundings, everyone will release arrows at the enemy troops below, and aim for me to shoot again!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, there was a slight "snort" from behind the battlement, and a flint and steel set the grease cloth tied to the shaft of the arrow on fire, and the marksman quickly drew his bow and got up and shot out of the city.

With a "whoosh", the rocket struck a ray of light in the night sky and shot at a pile of firewood drenched with fire oil.

With a "boom", the firewood pile was ignited instantly, and a ball of fire erupted and then burned brightly.

Under the city wall, on the hillside, the figure of the dense Rouran soldiers was revealed, and in the midst of these Rouran soldiers who were still stunned, Gao Xu's shout suddenly came from the city wall: "Release the arrow!" ”

The soldiers hiding under the female wall quickly got up and pulled their bowstrings and shot at the Rouran soldiers below.

"Whoosh ······" One arrow after another shot towards the dense Rouran soldiers under the city wall.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"My eyes—"

Countless screams rang out one after another, and Rouran soldiers continued to fall with arrows.

After suffering heavy casualties, the Rouran soldiers finally came to their senses, and they raised the siege ladder and set up the city wall and began to climb under the orders of the Commander of the Ten Masters and the Little Marshal.

"Spearmen come forward!" Gao Xu shouted loudly.

The spearmen who were originally standing behind the archers stepped forward and squeezed into the archers and used their spears to push down a wooden ladder on the wall of the city wall.

At the foot of the hill, the Rouran army saw this scene on horseback, and whipped it in the palm of his hand, extremely annoyed: "Hey, it's failed again, the Wei army has already prepared!" Forget it, it doesn't seem to be possible tonight! Come on, send a herald for them to withdraw! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

After a trumpet sounded, the Rouran soldiers receded like a tide.

The defenders on the city wall stopped firing arrows, and Zhao Junsheng instructed Gao Xu: "Xue Andu should arrive with the follow-up men, you send someone to get some blankets for the brothers, so that everyone can sleep at ease, and the Rouran people will not attack again tonight!" ”

"Yes!"

There is a small room on the city tower, which is a place for the guards to rest when they are on duty at night, Mulan took Zhao Junsheng here, there is only a single marching bed in the room, Zhao Junsheng let Mulan sleep in the bed, and he sat on a chair to sleep.

At some point, Mulan sat on his lap and squeezed into his arms, so he had to hug her, put the cloak on her, and the two hugged each other and slept together.

Before dawn, the two woke up, Hua Mulan went to the camp behind the mountain to arrange a room to prepare meals for the soldiers, and Zhao Junsheng patrolled the city wall with the handle of the knife in his hand.

The sky was just getting bright, and many soldiers woke up one after another.

Zhao Junsheng inspected it and summoned Gao Xu to order: "Before the sky is completely bright, you send someone to clean up the corpses under the city wall." There are more and more corpses, and sooner or later they will be piled up as high as the city wall, and when the time comes, the Rouran people can climb the city wall by stepping on the corpses, and then it will be troublesome! Also, recycle all the arrows that can be used, and I don't know when this battle will be fought, so I can save a little bit! ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Hua Hai was commanding some soldiers to carry the corpses of his fallen comrades on the city wall to the city, and Zhao Junsheng stopped him: "Hua Hai, come here!" ”

Hua Hai walked over quickly and hugged his fists and asked, "What do you command?" ”

"You go and take back the banner of your lord and hang it on the flagpole at the head of the city, the Rouran people have been fighting for a few days, we have to let them know which general is guarding them when they attack the pass, right? Otherwise, people will laugh at us for not knowing the rules! ”

Huahai immediately agreed: "Understand, I'll ask someone to hang up the flag!" ”

Before the meal was served, Zhao Junsheng called another tooth master and ordered: "You take your people to find buckets and wooden basins to draw water, pour all the iron pots on the city wall with water, and find some dry firewood to prepare to boil water!" ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Zhao Junsheng then arranged a lot of manpower to carry the equipment for defending the city, such as arrows, wood, and stones, and made preparations before the battle, so that he would not panic when the enemy came to attack.

Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Pei Jin and instructed: "Pei Jin, you don't have to do anything else, I'll give you a team of people, you take them to transport arrows, water, fire oil, wood and stones to the city wall at any time, don't transport too much each time, too much will occupy a place, and then transport it up when it is almost consumed." Also, it is necessary to organize people to deliver water and food to the soldiers defending the city in time! ”

Pei Jin agreed: "My subordinates understand!" Please rest assured that your subordinates will be properly arranged! ”

The camp of the Rouran army.

Dana sat on a tiger skin chair with a knife and cut the mutton and put it in his mouth to eat, and after eating, he poured a sip of mare's milk wine.

A Rouran soldier walked in quickly and bowed down: "Commander Qiqi, the banner of the flower character is hung on the head of the city of Nantianbao, and they have also sent people to clean up the corpses in front of the gate and on the hillside!" ”

"Oh?" Dana was surprised when he heard this: "The Jinling battalion sent reinforcements and generals to guard it?" A few days ago, they didn't hang the general's flag, he even thought of cleaning up the corpse, this general surnamed Hua is only afraid that it will be difficult to deal with, could it be that last night's deployment for our night attack was the handiwork of this Wei general surnamed Hua? ”