negotiated with Ding Su, and the dinner that day was really hearty and dreamy, and he actually ate meat. Eating and eating, Baili Yan suddenly felt that the situation was not good. Eating meat is basically a precursor to a big war, and everyone else has no one else to eat, so they have their own meat, is it a severed head meal? Without waiting to finish eating, Ding Su quietly appeared again:

"Boy, are you full?"

"Whatever!" Bai Liyan said vigilantly.

"Whatever!" Ding Su's tone was not good, and after glancing at Baili Yan meaningfully, he said, "General Zhao wants to entrust you with a heavy responsibility, come with me." ”

"I'll leave when I'm done."

"Get up, you and come with me. It's too late to rub your head, go! ”

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) was dragged away by Ding Su with a rice bowl, and walked about a tea time to Zhao Xun's military tent. Ding Su first entered the house and asked for instructions:

"General Zhao, the people have been brought and are waiting outside the tent."

"Let it come in and speak."

"No!"

Ding Su withdrew from the big tent, and then introduced Baili Yan.

At this time, Zhao Xun, the governor of the Xian army, was discussing with the generals about the grain robbery, and Bailiyan walked inside while eating with a rice bowl. Zhao Xun looked up at this time, and was taken aback at first sight: obediently, this young and strong tiger has a bear's waist, a beautiful and righteous face, and is so strong.

Zhao Xun couldn't help but stand up, stepped forward and asked:

"I don't know why I haven't seen the name of the strong man before."

"In Xia Wei Xian, a native of Qiguo, sixteen years old, he was just arrested by you and others today to fill the army, so the general has never seen him." Bai Liyan spoke with a Qiguo accent and signed up for her surname Wei Xian.

"It turned out to be a Qiguo person, so why did you come to the territory of my Xianguo."

"This matter is a long story, in the next book with his father in Xianguo, only because of the ignition of the war, the Jin State first caught the Qiguo, Zhiguo, Xianguo and other foreign people as hard labor, and had no choice but to come out and flee for their lives. No, I originally planned to go to my friends in Xianguo, but I never thought that I would be caught by you and others halfway. ”

"I just heard what the strong man said, he is only sixteen this year, why are you so strong, you are a child of a big family."

"Sort of, but now the family is ruined, and it is no different from the ordinary people. If it weren't for this bowl of rice, I would definitely not risk killing my head to serve Lord Ding. ”

When the words fell, Ding Su kicked Baili Yan, and then hurriedly defended:

"General Zhao, the lower official thinks that this son can read some words and can count, so the original plan was to let him fill the position of Zuoshi. Now our army is in the process of employing people, so we make it serve in front of the battle. ”

Ding Su quibbled, Zhao Xun lowered his head and smiled, twisted his chin and long beard, and said:

"It seems that a strong man is not an ordinary family. Since you are literate, the general should have promoted you and stayed under the general's account to listen to it, but now is the time to employ people, if you can make a name for yourself, when the war subsides, the general can consider removing you from the army, what do the strong men think. ”

"The general's words are true!"

Bai Liyan blurted out, and Zhao Xun nodded in affirmation:

"The military order is like a mountain! You are not from Xianguo, and it is really a last resort to arrest you for the army. ”

Zhao Xun promised to release people after the war, Baili Yanxin wanted to live until after the war, maybe he could be in the Xianguo from the old business, and then have interpersonal relationships, which was much better than wandering to a foreign country where he was unfamiliar. Thinking of this, his heart moved.

"I don't know what General Zhao has to do."

"Come and see the picture."

Zhao Xun pointed to the topographic sketch on the table, Bailiyan stepped forward, and saw Zhao Xun pointing to "Horseshoe Ridge".

Zhao Xun wanted to pretend to be a grain transport baggage team, and led his troops through Horseshoe Ridge. But Horseshoe Ridge has entered the control of the Jin cavalry a few days ago, in order to protect the grain road north of Horseshoe Ridge, Baili Yan is to lead out this cavalry, and then introduce a small forest south of Horseshoe Ridge, at that time, Zhong Heng, the governor of the right capital, led a thousand soldiers to ambush the cavalry, and then seized the horses and heads of the Jin cavalry, and then deceived the name of the Jin cavalry, went to the north of the Horseshoe Ridge, and then attacked the Jin grain transport team, and robbed the grain and grass.

In other words, the reason why Ding Su made himself "famous" is that his feelings have a "beauty difference" that has no return to his life.

This is to use me as bait to lure the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, and the entire baggage transport team, except for a few fast horses, the others are on foot, if the cavalry rushes over, they will not kill people on their backs.

Just as Bailiyan was thinking, Zhao Xun said again:

"The strong man led the baggage vehicles to engage the Jin army, and he had to fight to the death, but he had to fight to the death, and then he was defeated again, and fled south to the grove to join General Zhong Heng."

"I understand it below. If the defeat is too fast, or if they flee without a fight, the Jin army will inevitably be suspicious and suspect that General Zhao lured them into a trap. ”

"That's exactly the case, so in order to achieve suddenness, you and General Zhong Heng rushed to Horseshoe Ridge overnight to wait for the opportunity."

"No!"

Bai Liyan turned around at this time and glared fiercely at the quartermaster Ding Su, this thing didn't happen at all, and he looked left and right to take it seriously, and now that he thinks about it, it is really "the ancients are honest and don't deceive me"

This time the grain robbery is more auspicious and less auspicious, and Han He is good at robbing grain and robbing the road, Zhao Xun went to rob Han He's grain in turn, in case he was ambushed, wouldn't he go and send the head himself.

Now that Zhao Xun is determined to do this, he can only do one way hard, or slip away halfway? But if you slip away, what should you do with your own rations! You don't have to have a job.

Soon after Zhao Xun passed the order, Bai Liyan was transferred to the command of Zhong Heng, the governor of the right capital, and then set off overnight while it was dark. There were only more than 1,800 people with the army, Zhong Heng led a thousand foot soldiers to ambush in a small forest one mile south of Horseshoe Ridge, and Baili Yan led a fake baggage team of 800 people to pass through Horseshoe Ridge at the right time.

The vast majority of these 800 people were civilian men and hard laborers, and less than 100 of them belonged to the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers of the baggage battalion.

Thinking while riding on the horse, Bai Liyan felt that Zhao Xun's idea was not very reliable, so he stepped forward and said to Zhong Heng, the governor of the right capital:

"General Zhong Heng, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"Speak." Zhong Heng just said a word, and continued to ride without looking back.

"I thought it would be better to set up an ambush at night. If an ambush is set up during the day, if the Jin army escapes with one person and one horse, the Jin army will arrive, and at that time, no matter how fast we run on this plain, it will be difficult to escape. ”

"Then do you know that if it is an ambush at night, how can everyone find the right direction and lead the Jin army into the ambush place of our army, and if our army is defeated, how to gather men and horses at night."

Zhong Heng's eyes were suspicious, and he carefully looked at Baili Yan. I thought that Bailiyan had plans to take advantage of the chaos, but she was forced to have too many people to find a chance.

Of course, Bai Liyan knew the meaning of Zhong Heng's eyes, but where could he escape, he had no food to eat, and the ambush at night was purely for the sake of his own life.

There are many advantages to ambushes during the day, and ambushes at night are not possible to provide artificial light sources due to widespread night blindness and lack of directional references, and there are many uncertainties in night attacks, and ambushes in the wilderness are technically difficult, because you can't be sure that behind the patrol, there will be other Jin ambushes who have not raised fire to follow behind, and the vision is clearer during the day.

If the night attack fails, the confusion of the night, the blindness of the night and the lack of organization, make it difficult for the soldiers to regroup out of instinct and flee for their lives. Most of the defeats were caused by the scattered soldiers and the inability to gather them, and there were not many who were actually killed or injured in battle.

Thinking about defeat before fighting is a way of thinking that generals should generally master, but there are not many who can do this, and Zhong Heng is worried about this.

At this time, Bai Liyan said again:

"General Zhong Heng, there is a method under the law, which can lure the Jin army into the ambush place of our army at night."

"Oh, even though it says."

"If you know a little about the stars, you only need to determine the star position, so that everyone can identify the location of the star, and you can ambush the Jin army at night, so that the Jin army is unprepared, and it will definitely be planned."

"Oh?!" Zhong Heng looked up at the sky, the moonlight was bright, the weather was fine, the stars and moon in the sky were unobstructed, and he gradually agreed: "You can be sure." ”

"As long as you are not stupid or stupid, this method is ninety percent certain."

"In this case, we will arrive in the grove tonight, and we will go to rob and kill the Jin army tomorrow night."

"No!"

Ambushes at night, especially those who make bait, lead a group of rabble to flee in panic, and they are often caught blindly under the black light and fire, and there must be a unified retreat direction.

Of course, it's not that Zhao Xun and Zhong Heng can't think of an ambush after dark, if it's a canyon and a road that must be passed, everyone knows that there is an ambush at night, just because it is the only way, and the goal is dead. However, if an ambush is set up on the Great Plains, the march will mostly rely on existing road facilities, but it can also be detoured.

If the blow fails, once the cavalry raises fire and deploys, the night will be a nightmare for the scattered infantry, and the battle will be extremely difficult. Therefore, it is the best choice to ambush the cavalry with the help of a grove or artemisia grass during the day.

Talking to Zhong Heng about a plan, and soon after arriving at the grove south of the Horseshoe Mountains before dawn the next day, the army entered hiding. At the same time, Bailiyan used "Qi Tengxing" as a reference to locate the orientation of the grove.

"Qi Teng Star" is named after the discovery of Saito, all of which have a total of thirteen stars, similar to a wine vat, so it is also known as a wine vat, and the thirteen stars have high brightness, which is convenient for observation and positioning.

Determined that Qi Tengxing was a reference, after dark the next day, Bailiyan and Zhong Heng divided their troops, led more than 800 people with chariots and horses, and took advantage of the night to garrison Horseshoe Ridge, and waited until the Jin cavalry came, and quickly dressed up as a baggage team to go west.

"Horseshoe Ridge" so the name means that the shape is like a horseshoe-shaped hill, the altitude is not high, the height of Bailiyan is only more than 100 meters, and the baggage team has to pass under the north slope of Horseshoe Ridge, so that once the Jin army fights and flees, either bypass Horseshoe Ridge, or turn over Horseshoe Ridge, no matter which one, it needs to consume a lot of physical strength.

Most people can't eat enough, and at this time, they have to go over the mountains and detour to escape for their lives, and I am afraid that more than half of them will die. Thinking of this, Baili Yan and the heavy centurion who held the grain said:

"I thought that you would lead fifty men to be stationed on the Horseshoe Ridge, and when the leaders of the Lower Ones were dispersed, they would retreat to the Horseshoe Ridge, and if the Jin army pursued, it would be cavalry to attack. At that time, the centurion and the crowd will attack him, and he will definitely be able to kill the enemy by surprise.

At the same time, after leading the rest of the people to rush to the Horseshoe Ridge, they stood on the other side of the Horseshoe Ridge, and then the centurion could fall and move closer to the bottom, and we retreated alternately, so that the Jin army could not get out of the battle line. ”

"Is that possible?" The centurion was skeptical.

"This is the method of luring the enemy, it is the secret of Zhao Dadu yesterday, as long as he acts according to the order, he can lure the enemy to follow."

"Then act according to the orders of the Grand Governor."

This centurion is decisive, he doesn't believe Bai Liyan's words, only Zhao Xun's. And basically no one dared to fake military orders in these years, even if Bailiyan faked military orders, no one doubted them before the battle. And the little centurion basically doesn't take the initiative to think about tactical logic.

So the plan was finalized, the centurion led the hook and sickle, archers, a total of 50 people climbed the Horseshoe Ridge to ambush, and Bailiyan led the remaining more than 10 soldiers, more than 700 people and laborers waited in the east of the Horseshoe Ridge, waiting for the Jin army patrol cavalry from the west, and sent a sentry to keep an eye on the west to warn the Jin cavalry.

In order to make a real show, the sacks stacked on the top layer of the baggage truck were all rice, and the bottom was all dirt. In case the Jin army defeats the baggage team, it is necessary to inspect it in a hurry, and the surface layer of sacks can confuse the Jin army.