Gaoling Village was originally an inconspicuous small village, but on the day of March 20, it suddenly became a noisy place for a person shouting and neighing, and a group of soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army arrived here before dark, and set up a large camp outside Gaoling Village on the spot, and after nightfall, there were batches of soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army rushing here from a distance and stationed in the large camp that had been formed.

All kinds of tents were quickly unloaded by many soldiers, and then set up, and the soldiers were even more busy with their work, setting up stoves at the designated places, starting to bake cakes, boiling soups, and sending baked flatbreads and buckets of boiled porridge to all parts of the army, and distributing them to the soldiers and generals who lined up for food.

Xiao Tianjian was also among these soldiers, constantly laughing and scolding with the soldiers, chatting with some soldiers from time to time, and patting some recruits on the shoulders from time to time to say some words of encouragement, which attracted a group of soldiers to cheer him constantly.

Niu Jinxing looked at Xiao Tianjian from a distance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Xiao Tianjian seemed to be born with a leadership temperament, it was easy to mingle with his subordinates, gain their trust and support, many soldiers only said a word to him casually, and they might give him their lives because of this, this temperament is innate, outsiders can't learn if they want to, and it is precisely for this reason that as long as the Xingtianjun sees Xiao Tianjian, they feel that they have a bottom in their hearts, and their backbones feel that they can stand up straighter. So even the recruits who had just joined the army did not show too much nervousness when they knew that they were about to face a big war.

The whole camp was full of laughter and laughter during the rest, and the posture of the soldiers and horses made Niu Jinxing feel a lot more relieved, although the Xingtian Army had few defeats in previous battles with the official army, and also defeated the Guanning Iron Cavalry of Zu Kuan's department in the area of Liuquan Town, but after all, Niu Jinxing did not participate in the beginning, nor had he seen this scene of more than 10,000 people fighting, although he thought he was familiar with military books, but he had not seen the real battlefield with his own eyes, at most he had seen the scene after the small pole attacked some villages, So this time he came with the army to watch the battle, Niu Jinxing was still a little nervous.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian said that he wanted Niu Jinxing to stay in Ruyang County and wait, but Niu Jinxing still insisted on following Xiao Tianjian to come here to participate in the war, he knew that if he wanted to get Xiao Tianjian's attention to him, he would not be able to just play lip service, since Xiao Tianjian regarded him as a staff member, then he had to have the consciousness of a staff member, not to mention that he could not be reused by Xiao Tianjian if he did not come to the battle in person, and even these generals under Xiao Tianjian might not look down on him.

As a well-educated person, Niu Jinxing knows very well that in the last days, whether it is the court side or the rebel side, it will form a state of emphasizing military force and ignoring literature, and Xiao Tianjian is implementing the medal system and the chief system in the jurisdiction, in order to highlight the status of military generals, it is obvious that the status of civil servants in the Xingtian Army is not as good as these warriors, so Niu Jinxing knows that if you want to mix in the Xingtian Army, then you must follow Xiao Tianjian's pace, if you don't even dare to look at the front of the battle array, then you don't want to have a great future in the Xingtian Army.

But now it seems that the Xingtian Army is full of soldiers, which makes Niu Jinxing feel relieved, the most critical thing for a strong army may not be equipment, maybe it is not drill, the most important thing may be the morale of the soldiers, and the determination to win in their hearts, if there is no such morale and determination, even if the drill is good, no matter how complete the equipment is, it may not be able to achieve victory, and Niu Jinxing in the Xingtian Army's generals and others, it is precisely this kind of morale and determination that he sees, The generals are gearing up, waiting for the upcoming battle, and Xiao Tianjian's kind of relaxation has also given them stronger confidence, and the long-term successive victories have made the veterans in the army all firmly believe that in front of the Xingtian Army, there is no enemy they can't defeat, and their emotions have also affected the mood of the recruits in the army.

The reason why Gaoling Village is called this name is because it is located on a mountain range, which is called Gaoling, but in fact, this soil ridge is just a hill that stretches for less than ten miles and is no more than ten zhang high, which is likely to cause a misunderstanding in words, but this does not mean that this place cannot become a battlefield that is very beneficial to the Xingtian Army.

Lingbei is a tributary of the Yi River called the Baichuan River, which few people know or even unknown, and Lingnan is an official road from Ruzhou to Yichuan, and not far from here is a mountain, which happens to be sandwiched between Ruyang County and Yichuan County.

If Xiao Tianjian and Niu Jinxing expected it well this time, then this place is the only way for the official army to attack Yichuan County, because Yichuan is too close to Luoyang, once the Xingtian Army has any plans for Luoyang, it can be directly hit under Luoyang City by going out for dozens of miles, and the official army has to prevent the Xingtian Army from giving them a siege of Wei to save Zhao, so Yichuan has become a battleground for the two armies at the moment.

After the Xingtian army arrived at Gaoling Village, on the one hand, they camped on the spot, and on the other hand, Xiao Tianjian sent nearly 100 scouts to sprinkle the warning curtain nearly 20 miles away in the direction of Ruzhou, and at the same time ordered more than a dozen squads to go out to the east of Gaoling Village, forming a blockade line and forming an intelligence blockade in the direction of Ruzhou.

At the same time, the newly expanded engineer battalion that arrived here with the army was led by Fan Tietou, a gopher driller, and immediately began to get busy, and the current engineer battalion has expanded a lot more than when Xiao Tianjian led his troops to the south years ago, and after the year and the year, through the collection of local craftsmen in Henan and some miners from coal kilns, the current engineer battalion has swelled to nearly 700 people, and these 700 people have been divided into three brigades, with the company's organizational structure, and the work efficiency is much more powerful.

The engineer battalion first went down the Baijiang River, demolished a stone bridge from Ruzhou to Yichuan on the Baijiang River overnight, and then returned to the north of Gaoling Village, and began to build a temporary wooden bridge on the Baijiang River, the process took about two days, after the wooden bridge was built on the third day, Xiao Tianjian gave an order, and the three war battalions headed by Luo Li crossed the Baijiang River, and only a war battalion under the command of Xiao Tianjian and Li Xuanzhu and two guard companies under the command of Tietou were left in the area of Gaoling Village, and the strength was roughly only about 2,000 people.

Xiao Tianjian ordered Niu Jinxing to cross the river with Luo Li to the north bank, but was vetoed by Niu Jinxing, no matter how Xiao Tianjian persuaded him, he would bite to follow Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, why is it so difficult, staying here to know that it is a dangerous place, is it difficult to do this?" ”

Niu Jinxing shook his head and smiled: "The big handsome dare to risk his life, how can he abandon the big handsome to go to the north shore as a senator who is a big handsome?" Needless to say, although Niu is a scholar, he is not powerless, Niu has been practicing the art of swordsmanship since he was a teenager, although he dare not say that it is very powerful, but the power of self-protection is still there! ”

Xiao Tianjian saw that Niu Jinxing was so resolute, so he didn't say anything more, from this time Niu Jinxing made a plan to he insisted on staying, Niu Jinxing has completely attributed to him, the reason why he did this, what is it for, Xiao Tianjian actually knows it, since Niu Jinxing is willing to do this, then how can he Xiao Tianjian brush his mind?

Niu Jinxing behaved like this, even these generals who followed Xiao Tianjian secretly claimed to be good, originally these guys looked down on people like them in general, and felt that they played tricks a lot, but it didn't help when they were really used, but now Niu Jinxing insisted on staying by Xiao Tianjian's side, so that these guys also somewhat reversed their attitude towards him, and they nodded secretly, and their attitude towards Niu Jinxing became much better.

(Although this Christmas is not a holiday for us Chinese, but it is better to find an excuse for yourself to be lazy and carnival, isn't it?) So I wish you all a Merry Christmas today! Singles all find a flattering paper to celebrate the holiday together! Hehe! ）