Limited by the sky and the continuous retreat of the Eastern Xia army, Jingkang finally withdrew his troops.

At night, the moon hangs high in the sky, the autumn breeze is crisp, and the mountains and grasslands have different scenery. The emperor set up a banquet to celebrate the good start of the day, and the generals were neither forced to analyze the war nor go down to the camp to comfort the sergeants, but participated in the feast. A few of the generals expressed a slight concern that they had suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and how to account for their casualties once they were reported later...... There are even dead or wounded generals, they can no longer come to the banquet, but the vast majority of the generals are happy, there is no pressure in the whole process of the war, there is no persecution from the officials, but a feast one by one, can be happy in time, and they should have fun.

Not in harmony with this piece of harmony is the Eastern Xia military camp.

In front of them is a large frame supported by four ash rods, hanging a square cowhide cloth curtain, several Qianniu and counselors take turns to explain and analyze today's battle situation with command rods, and their commanders are not idle, they often sit in the oblique places, interjecting from time to time, but they are also constantly recording.

After eating, some of the soldiers were arranging their weapons, scrubbing their horses, registering casualties, and sending representatives to look at their wounded comrades who were sent to the field medical shed, and sometimes wrestling.

Some of these things were done, sitting on the ground, lined up in neat squares and singing together, they were waiting for the generals to finish their summaries and explain the next day's battle.

Since its creation, the Eastern Xia army has been like this.

At that time, how could there be such a condition for one person and one small stool. The soldiers sat in a squatting position, summarized and analyzed the war during the war, and studied the tactics and memorized military laws in their spare time.

And the base camp is even more intertwined with busy civil and military.

They didn't even have time to eat the cooked meat, so some orderlies gathered around the barbecue rack to remove the bones of the fat sheep and the fat cow, put them on plates, and then put them in front of them...... They count casualties, arrange supplies, sort out the positions of the various armies, what positions the incoming armies have reached, send and receive information, translate the military information, make the next day, the third day's deployment, and even revise the current deployment.

On a huge map sewn of cowhide were a number of counselors, who were carrying gas death lamps, drawing as they moved, and the red arrows on the map became more and more, more and more, which represented the armies of their respective formations, coming up from all directions, like sharp swords around the area of Baishan Mountain.

This area is not limited to Baishan Mountain, including Yuyang, Shanggu, Longcheng, Jinyang, and various checkpoints. After they were basically finished, Dia Bird took the general to stand in front, and began to stand on top and point some positions with his toes to verify the place he thought a certain army could reach, and said with satisfaction from time to time: "It seems that their movements are faster than expected, and the report position is very timely, which is the credit of Li Yisheng." Li Sheng, the achievements are outstanding. ”

Li Yisheng was flattered and said: "It is the concerted efforts of all the soldiers and the swiftness of action, not only the rapid intelligence. ”

Diao suddenly found the location of the high slave.

He nodded there a little and said, "Why did Qilian's army hang above Gao Nu and not move?" He Huan Advisor: "Who knows what's going on?" ”

A counselor hurriedly stepped forward and told: "I haven't received the news yet, the military newspaper has only received the news that he has arrived in the Gaonu generation, has he already entered Baolan, and has not reported it in time?" ”

Another counselor immediately corrected and said: "The armies of Baolan and Dingxia Prefecture converged, intending to gather in Longcheng, and the time reported should be after General Qilian arrived in Baolan. ”

Dia Bird immediately turned around and shouted, "Li Sheng." Immediately go for information about the Qilian military office. ”

Before Li Yisheng could give orders, a counselor strode over with a record book and said: "I have just received a military report, it was delivered by General Qilian in the north of Gaonu, and he made a request to His Majesty, requesting that Gaonu be captured, and asking the king for instructions. ”

Diao came down from the map and went over to get the news from the counselor, but he asked, "Why did he ask for the capture of the slaves?" ”

Soon, he returned to the map, leaned over to look at it for a moment, threw the command stick, and said categorically: "Agreed." The order is as follows: If there is a certainty of quickly capturing Gaonu, then go down to Gaonu, feint to attack the fortification, take a light path to Dingbian, take a light path to Dingbian, meet the Ding, Xia, and Baolan armies, and point to Longcheng and Taiyuan. ”

Immediately, a general put forward a targeted point: "The king. General Qilian did not receive the king's instructions, but voluntarily stopped the marching army, and should be punished. ”

Dia Bird smiled.

As soon as he turned around, he found Chang Zilong and asked him, "Zilong." What do you think? ”

Chang Zilong hesitated for a moment, and said: "The general is outside, the king's order is not subject to it, Qi Lian is not a mediocre general, there must be a reason to stay, maybe this original is that he found out at once, the high slave garrison is empty, or the defense is lax." If he does not take measures and attack immediately, but instead goes back and forth hundreds of miles away to ask for instructions, he will be delayed, and the general will think that he should be praised. For the general, how can he defeat the enemy if he doesn't know how to be flexible? ”

Dia Bird smiled: "Let's see if he can successfully take down the high slave." ”

It's true.

You have to change the route of the march according to the facts, if the high slave can't take it, it means that you have no reason to change, only punishment, if the high slave falls in one fell swoop, and the follow-up plan is successful again and again, it means that your decision on the spot is correct.

He asked that these discussions be copied and sent to Qi Lian, which was equivalent to giving Qi Lian a reply.

Because the content was relatively long, Li Yisheng hurriedly arranged for someone to translate.

When the translation was finished, he showed it to Diao, and reminded in a low voice, "Great King." Is the content given to General Qilian too long? It doesn't matter what happened. ”

Dia Bird smiled, "It's not insignificant. Qi Lian changed the arrangement of the base camp without permission, he had to give an explanation to the base camp, didn't you hear the controversy just now. I want him to know this, and I want more generals to know this, and this is an example of me having to be responsible for the arrangement. ”

Li Yisheng nodded, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "If it is wrong to attack Gao Nu, how should the king punish General Qilian?" ”

Dia Bird smiled: "It must be right to attack the high slaves. ”

Li Yisheng was stunned.

Dia Bird whispered, "Take a good look at the map. The emperor fought with my Dongxia, he went to Baishan Mountain, and the military forces were all in Baishan Mountain, so the war was small, the eyes were small, the area was small, and what about my Dongxia? In comparison, we took into account Shanggu, and we took into account Dingbian and Longcheng...... This is to focus on the overall situation, on the larger battlefield, even on the frontal battlefield, we can't beat it...... Behind the Dragon City, it was copied by us too far, can the emperor win? And now, once Qilian attacks Gaonu, this war will point to Guanzhong through Diaoyin. ”

Li Yisheng nodded again and again.

Diao asked him: "If there is a war in Guanzhong, and Gao Nu loses the city, he will pass through Diaoyin, and then report to Changyue, and then Changyue will pass through Dengzhou and reach Baishan Mountain." How long will it take for Qin Li to receive the news? ”

Li Yisheng thought for a while and said, "I estimate that it will take more than ten days." ”

He immediately laughed and corrected, "At least ten days, I'm afraid it will be more than twenty days." ”

Diao said: "This kind of war that spans thousands of miles, Jingkang can't command it. Scheduling must not be scheduled. And at home, they need the emperor's authorization for war...... Attacking Gao Nu is by no means something that Jingkang can hold. ”

He muttered: "Sun Tzu's art of war, you must have a deeper understanding. Walking a word is the guarantee of being invincible. Thinking of the word "go" in Sun Tzu's Art of War, he was worried and said: "You said that the emperor is at war with us, and we don't take the initiative to fight him, and he can't go away from us, will he leave Baishan Mountain to pursue?" Camp on the steppe, march to the steppe, he wouldn't do that at all. What's his next step with us? ”

yes.

Li Yisheng also wondered, this emperor was quite willing to attack, and he withdrew his troops after dark, according to the situation of Jingkang's officers and soldiers, there was no way to pursue at all, why did he fight?

You can't chase him, in the next few days, the Dongxia army has not all arrived, so you can't take the initiative to go up to him, how can he find the Dongxia army to fight?

Li Yisheng can understand, when you meet a stupid person, you have to find ways to think about him and help him arrange how to fight the next war.