"Sharpening the knife is not a mistake for the woodcutter, my plan is to give up the original plan and stay still for the time being." Facing Yi Haojie's inquiry, Ling Xia thought about it, and then expressed his opinion.

"Still?" Nangong Yue shook his head in shock: "If the division commander sees us standing still, he will definitely think that we are in a cowardly battle, and if we don't know it, he will cut us down the sacrificial flag, no------- no-------- it's not okay to stand still." ”

"Nangong Yue is right, after the operation begins, all the troops have to set off, and it is absolutely impossible to stand still." After saying this, Yi Haojie raised his eyebrows, and after a pause, he added without hesitation:

"However, Ben will be very interested in the sentence you just said about sharpening the knife without cutting wood, but you can tell me, how can you sharpen the knife without cutting wood? If the plan worked, Ben would have been willing to give it a try. ”

"If the adults are willing to give it a try, then please stop the captain first." After seeing Yi Haojie nodded, Ling Xia immediately beckoned Lao Cui and Liu Piaoyi, saying that they would go to the destination to find clues and come back half an hour later to report the results.

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More than 10 minutes later, the division's battle assembly horn sounded, and the 30,000-strong squad was divided into six teams, each with its own target of encirclement and suppression.

After all the five teams set out of camp, the team led by Xiang Kunlun was spinning in place, and Xiang Kunlun, the commander of ten thousand horses, stood in front of the team with a serious face, and next to him, there were four thousand commanders.

"My lord, although Commander Yi's analysis just now is reasonable, but we can't stand still like this, it's a little unreasonable, right? If the bandits are allowed to escape, we will be responsible. ”

"General, the last general has heard for the first time that he sharpens his knife and does not cut wood, although he has analyzed it, but can Yi Haojie's plan work?"

"Yes, Yi Haojie suddenly stopped us, saying that our previous plan was too flawed, and we had to revise the combat plan on the spot, so there was no loophole in his plan."

"The last general also thinks that this matter is inappropriate, the division commander has already learned the number of bandits, why does he have to re-investigate?"

Looking at the questioning voices of the four commanders, Xiang Kunlun's brows furrowed even tighter, and just when he received the military order and was about to order someone to pull out the camp to encircle and suppress the target, his commander Yi Haojie suddenly came to find him.

As soon as they met, Yi Haojie bluntly said that there were loopholes in the encirclement and suppression plan, and then, Yi Haojie told Ling Xia what Ling Xia said to him, and after speaking, he told Xiang Kunlun to sharpen his knife and not cut wood, if he wants to win the other party, he must accurately grasp the enemy's information.

In the end, Yi Haojie told Xiang Kunlun that he had sent someone to survey the information near Shajiamen, and that he could make a plan after half an hour.

Ling Xia didn't know that Yi Haojie had all his plans and ideas for himself, at this time, he was leading Lao Cui and them to survey from the woods outside Shajiamen, because the division was stationed only more than thirty miles away from here, so they quickly came to their destination.

Looking at the densely wooded jungle in front of him, Ling Xia called out to Lao Cui and the five Luo brothers: "A few of you follow Liu Piaoyi to the west to investigate and protect his safety, I will go to the east with Lao Cui and a few people from the shopkeeper, and we will meet from the back later." ”

"Drive!"

After arranging, Ling Xia called Lao Cui and Yang Lucai to the east to survey the terrain, this forest is not big, it is not small, everyone rode the war horse for a while and turned around, after the convergence, Ling Xia beckoned a few people to rush towards the mountain pass on the side.

"Captain, we have seen the west side, there are two roads, one is relatively narrow, the entrance is very hidden, it seems to be the road for insiders to enter and exit, and the other road is very wide, almost more than ten meters wide, it should be the main road."

After the report, Liu Piaoyi stepped aside, and after listening to Liu Piaoyi's report, Ling Xia sorted out his thoughts: "There is also a very wide road in the east, about four or five meters wide, which looks like the main road. ”

"Of the three roads, the narrow one is certainly not the main road used by the bandits to get in and out of the cottage, because it is full of bushes, and at a glance you know that few people walk from there." Liu Piaoyi lowered her head and said.

"If that's the case, that narrow road is likely to be an alternate retreat, and the main road in and out of the cottage must be between two wide roads." Analyzing this, Ling Xia saw what Liu Piaoyi was still fiddling with there, and couldn't help but ask her, "What are you doing?" ”

"Don't mention it, I'm stepping on horse manure." Speaking of this, Liu Piaoyi still kept stepping her boots into the sand on the side of the road, and complained while stepping on it: "The road in Shajiamen is full of sand, and when I got off the horse to investigate, I accidentally stepped on the horse manure under the sand."

At first, I didn't pay attention, when I was going to step on the sand to get rid of the horse manure on the soles of my boots, I found that there was horse manure everywhere, it was better not to step on it, the more I stepped on the horse manure, and then there was no way, so I came back, dirty and smelly, it was really disgusting. ”

Liu Piaoyi's careless and unintentional words suddenly surprised Ling Xia, and after carefully recalling Liu Piaoyi's words, Ling Xia took out his own map, and after unfolding it, he found the location of Baihu Mountain and Shajiamen from above.

"The news provided by our division before is that there are only more than 1,000 bandits in Shajiamen, and the woods are full of trees, so there is no way to ride horses, so there is no need to worry about cavalry charging on the other side. The 5,000 men on our side can completely surround those bandits.

But this map is marked differently, according to the information marked on the map, there are about 4,000 bandits in Shajiamen, more than 300 war horses, and the bandits in the village are good at using bows and arrows, hiding in the woods, and wounding the enemy with bows and arrows.

It is precisely because these bandits know how to use the terrain and surrounding conditions to fight that the war guards who were responsible for encirclement and suppression have suffered many losses, and since the road that Liu Piaoyi surveyed was covered with horse manure, it means that it is a charge road for war horses. ”

"Captain, where did you get all this information from our division? Why is there so much water? The bandits of 4,000 people were stunned and said that there were 1,000 people, is this not clear that we should be sent to death? Yang Lucai complained.

Lao Cui smacked his lips, nodded and agreed: "The one in charge is right, even the bandits know how to use the woods as cover and cooperate with bows and arrows to shoot officers and soldiers, why don't the upper-level officers of our division know how to survey the enemy situation and arrange plans?" ”

After Liu Piaoyi cleaned up the horse manure on the soles of her boots, she also came over and interjected: "That's right, as long as you send a little detail to investigate, you can find out those clues, but I don't know how to get it?" The division and regiment have received all the false information, no wonder they have been defeated again and again. ”

"What are you afraid of after repeated defeats? Anyway, they can replenish the source of troops at any time, and they killed so many soldiers in the last battle of encircling and suppressing Bagong Mountain, but in just over half a month, the imperial court has filled the vacant establishment of various divisions and regiments, if it weren't for this, how could they dare to go out so hastily. Shangguan Hui also spoke.

Although Ling Xia didn't say a word, he listened to all the words of everyone in his ears, and seeing that the more everyone talked, the more angry they became, he thought about it for a while, and then stopped everyone's topic and beckoned everyone to get on their horses and return to the camp to report.

Hearing Ling Xia's words, everyone stopped continuing the topic, and after everyone rode their horses, they immediately followed behind Ling Xia and returned in the direction of the military camp.

"Drive!"

"Drive!"

"Phew!"

As soon as Ling Xia and the others returned to the gate of the barracks, they saw Yi Haojie and Nangong Yue waiting from the door, and as soon as they met, Yi Haojie couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" What clues have you found? ”

"Found out." After dismounting, Ling Xia drew a topographic map from the ground, pointed to three routes of different widths, and told Yi Haojie that these three were the three roads around Shajiamen.

The narrowest road is very hidden, it should be used in emergency backup, and the wider road on the east side is flat and hard, with weeds growing on both sides, which should be used by bandits to enter and exit Shajiamen.

As for the widest road, there is a layer of sand on the road, and there is a lot of horse manure under the sand, which should be a charge road for horses, and the reason why it is covered with a lot of sand is that the bandits rarely walk their horses.

In the end, Ling Xia hesitated for a moment and lied that he had obtained an important piece of information, that is, the number of bandits in Shajiamen, and the real number of bandits in Shajiamen was actually more than 4,000 people, with 300 war horses.

Those bandits are good at hiding in the trees, only as soon as an officer and soldier approach, they hide in the dark and shoot the target with bows and arrows, if the team does not change the battle plan, but attacks according to the previous carpet encirclement plan, it is estimated that less than half of the encirclement will be killed by the other side.

"Are you sure this information is accurate?" Seeing the information from Ling Xia's reconnaissance and thinking of the plan deployed before, Yi Haojie's face was a little ugly, really like Ling Xia's investigation, once the team went out to encircle and suppress, it would inevitably be killed by the bandits.

Seeing that after he finished asking, Ling Xia nodded firmly, Yi Haojie thought for a while, and then said: "You have worked hard, I will go to report to Master Wanfu and ask him to change the battle plan, if the information you provide is accurate, I will ask for credit for you." ”

After saying this, Yi Haojie instructed Nangong Yue to lead Ling Xia and them back to the team, while he went to the back to find Xiang Kunlun, when he came to the front of the point and saw Xiang Kunlun with an impatient face and the four commanders, Yi Haojie immediately reported the information that Ling Xia had investigated.

Hearing these clues investigated by Yi Haojie, Xiang Kunlun and the other four commanders were all frightened into a cold sweat, especially Xiang Kunlun, his armor was already soaked at this time, and after calming down, he looked at Yi Haojie: "Where did you get this information?" ”

"General Qiyu, this information was found from the scene by General -------- -------- personally led people to investigate, and it is precisely because the last general went to the front line just now that he came a little late, and I hope the general and you will forgive me." After Yi Haojie finished speaking, he let out a faint smile, at this moment he had already taken all the credit for Ling Xia on himself.