The cavalry training of the Three Swords Brigade is in full swing, and it is improving day by day.

Xue Shao had only read the essentials of cavalry tactics in the book of war, and he only summarized them in a few words, just like the elements of the art of war of "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles", which seems easy but difficult to do.

The cavalry charged into battle, and each cavalryman's position, speed, and timing of spears and arrows were very particular. If it is not well controlled, it is very likely to affect other people, and even collide with each other and kill each other, and before the battle, it will turn into a scattered rabble, and even its own people can kill their own people first.

The so-called art of war is the experience and lessons summed up by our predecessors in battle. In ancient times, paper was expensive, and those who wrote military books did not hesitate to write as much ink as gold. Every sentence in the book of war is the crystallization of the blood, tears and wisdom of the predecessors.

After a month of practicing cavalry tactics, Xue Shao felt that the wisdom of the ancients was really as profound as the sea. Only after practicing it can he deeply understand the main points in those military books.

Now Xue Shao has even more recognized Pei Xingjian's decision to send him as a pawn before, which is extremely wise. Without these hands-on practices, there would be no way to get a foothold in the army and inherit Pei Xingjian's mantle.

After staying in Shuozhou for nearly two months, Xue Shao and the recruits of the Third Brigade were once again reborn. When they first came, they were a group of ruthless men who dared to endure hardships and dare to play with their lives, and their spirit and fighting spirit were certainly appreciated by those veterans. But when it comes to cavalry tactics, they are really complete laymen.

But two months later, Xue Shao was able to take the recruits of the Three Swords Brigade to conduct a joint drill with the veterans of a hundred battles under the command of Cheng Wuting. This kind of drill is very close to actual combat, except that it does not kill its own people, and the others are almost no different from actual combat. From the array, the charging formation to the rush, sweep the formation, the attack, the sneak attack, the road cutting, and then to the high-precision test of cavalry shooting, the third brigade of 100 recruits led by Xue Shao has won a lot of praise from the veterans of Shuozhou.

Soon, the Shuozhou soldiers and horses conducted a "Battle of Capture the Flag" that was highly similar to actual combat.

The "Battle to Capture the Flag" is to temporarily divide the men and horses of the headquarters into two parts, "friend and foe", simulate a pre-battle attack or a mutual field raid, give full play to the characteristics of cavalry impact and strong mobility, and carry out tactical heavy blows and even strategic damage to the "enemy army" as much as possible.

In the battle formations against each other, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty only swept the formation on both flanks, and the main battle was a team such as Mo Dao, regimental cards and crossbowmen. Thousands of miles of rushing to attack unexpectedly, cutting off the enemy's grain and burning the enemy's grain and grass, and even going straight to capture the thief and capture the king with a single knife and directly attack and kill the enemy commander, this is what the cavalry should do on the battlefield of cold weapons.

Back then, Li Jing's Northern Expedition to pacify the Turks was such a cavalry tactic!

The drill of the Battle of the Capture the Flag is to improve oneself through self-competition and polish each other, check and fill in the gaps to prepare for actual combat, which has always been the most important thing in the Tang army, which is directly related to the honor of every soldier and soldier, and is also the actual embodiment of the army's combat effectiveness.

The recruits of this brigade led by Xue Shao were not conspicuous at all, and even they were regarded as "burdens", and several deputy generals who led the troops separately all made small reports to Cheng Wuting, and they were not very willing to take them, "outsiders", for fear of being dragged back, resulting in a loss of face in the back.

Cheng Wuzhen gave the order to die, and only then did a deputy general reluctantly bring Xue Shao's "oil bottle". But when it really came to the beginning of the Battle for the Capture of the Flag, Xue Shao, with his keen sense of smell on the battlefield cultivated by so many years of rich experience in special warfare, brought into full play the essence of the "sophistry" of the special warfare industry - his men and horses disappeared shortly after the big drill began!

Even the main generals on his side didn't know where Xue Shao and the others went. When Xue Shao asked for his life, the lieutenant general agreed nonchalantly - you can go wherever you like, it's best to hide and play by yourself!

Just when the simulated attack between the enemy and us was in full swing, encirclement and counter-encirclement, interception and counter-interception were fighting to the death, Xue Shao, Xue Chuyu, and Guo Yuanzhen personally led a team of 100 people of the Third Brigade, all of whom abandoned their horses in the form of infantry, crossed the mountains in the most unlikely place, and directly inserted themselves into the hinterland of the "enemy" like a sharp knife, and directly ended the lair of the "enemy" commander Cheng Wuting!

For the first time, Xue Shao played a "decapitation operation" that he was good at in Datang, and it was a great success.

This move shocked the entire army in Shuozhou!

The veterans of the Yue cavalry in Shuozhou were very speechless, as the Yue cavalry, they even threw their horses, and carried out sneak attacks over the mountains and mountains - this is Lai Pi!

Cheng Wuting was pleasantly surprised and praised Xue Shao in every way, and secondly, he was heartbroken by a group of recruits. Later, Cheng Wuting called several of his henchmen to the marching governor's mansion, scolded him for an hour behind closed doors, and two guys were even scolded and cried. The most scolded is, what is not bad about the war, what can be won is good tactics, who stipulates that the more you ride and cannot fight on horseback?! ——Skillfully use the art of war according to local conditions, the brain of the brigade commander is alive enough, you fools who can't eat the ancients have learned a little!!

It is gold that will eventually shine.

After winning this supreme "collective honor," every guard of the Third Brigade was full of excitement, and the sense of collective honor was unprecedentedly full.

After experiencing the tempering of iron and blood, the watering of loyalty and honor, and the shedding of many layers of green skin, the Third Brigade was built by Xue Shao into what he thought - "Iron Army"!

After a hundred calamities of suffering, it is possible to "achieve great success", and sure enough, no one can succeed casually.

After the Battle of the Capture of the Flag, Xue Shao counted all his men and horses, prepared to pull the Third Brigade back to Bingzhou, and went to the marching governor's mansion to resign and thank Cheng Wuting before leaving.

When he arrived at the governor's office, Xue Shao found that Cheng Wuting was holding an "emergency pre-war meeting". Originally, Xue Shao, as a foreign military commander, was not qualified to participate in such a meeting. But Cheng Wuting knew his true identity, coupled with the glorious achievements of that Capture the Flag battle, Xue Shao was invited in to participate in the discussion.

It turned out that the Turks suddenly attacked Yunzhou, and the attack was extremely fierce. Li Wenxuan, the governor of Yunzhou, sent people to break through the siege and ask for help from Shuozhou Cheng Wuting.

Pei Xingjian's army in the rear has not yet arrived, and the state side is still rearming for war, and the Northern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty is still actively preparing. The Turks faced the crusade of 300,000 royal divisions, but instead of retreating into the depths of the desert, they dared to wave their troops and knock on the pass, undoubtedly to give Pei Xingjian a dismount, in order to show their resolute ambition to "independence"!

Shuozhou has an evil town here, and the Turks dare not come to attack, so they picked a soft pestle Li Wenyun to pinch.

Yunzhou and Shuozhou are not far from each other, and they share the Great Wall defense line. If Yunzhou is broken, Shuozhou's lips will be cold, the entire Hebei defense line of the Tang Dynasty will be opened, and the Turks will loot countless counties and counties.

Therefore, the generals under Cheng Wuting unanimously decided to ask for help from the rear and the governor's office on the one hand, and resolutely to help Yunzhou on the other!

Xue Shao, an "outsider" with a low official position, was invited by them to participate in the discussion out of politeness, and only listened quietly on the sidelines without interjecting.

As the saying goes, the bystander is clear. Cheng Lu Shuai, what do you think? Cheng Wuting asked suddenly.

Xue Shao hugged his fist and said: "Gao Jian can't talk about it, I just think that the Turks suddenly attacked Yunzhou, and they may not really want to take Yunzhou." ”

"Oh?" Everyone screamed together.

"Tell me what you think?" Cheng Wuting asked.

Xue Shao said: "The Shuo Dynasty is one, and the two states are guarded by the tiger division under General Cheng, and the Turks dare not attack. But if I were a Turkic commander, I would definitely regard the Shuodai garrison as a real thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. The Turks are good at raiding and plundering, and they never want to occupy cities and are not good at garrisoning them. So I don't think they will have much interest in Yunzhou. What's more, they knew that if Lu Dao attacked Yunzhou, they would face General Cheng's rescue before and after, so why did they bother to make a trap for themselves to drill? ”

Cheng Wuting's eyes lit up, "So, the Turks want to divert the tiger from the mountain, and their real purpose is to break through the Shuo Dynasty?" ”

"If I were a Turkic commander, I would definitely want to take down the Shuodai the most!" Xue Shao said, "Shuo Dynasty is the strongest point on the defense line of the northern Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty, and it is the hardest bone. If the Shuo Dynasty is taken, Yunzhou and other military towns will be isolated and easily broken, the northern defense line of the Tang Dynasty will definitely collapse, and the danger of the Great Wall will be completely lifted. So, for the Turkic good! ”

"On the contrary, if you take a Yunzhou Turk, you can only plunder and flee in a hurry, otherwise you will face the encirclement of the army and fall into a dangerous situation, and you will not be able to protect yourself. Spending such a big price and risking the world's great fortune just to fight a robbery, General Cheng, generals, do you think it is worth it for the Turks to do this? ”

The generals' eyes lit up, "Look! ”

"But Yunzhou is in danger, and we can't help it!"

"Otherwise, if the city of Pozhou in Yunzhou is ransacked, I will be under the command of the head of the Shuo Fangdao Marching Mansion, and the crime will not be forgiven!"

Cheng Wuting's eyes narrowed slightly, "Listening to what the commander of the Cheng Brigade said, it is very likely that the Turks will transfer the tiger to the high mountains. But the way of using soldiers, the real and the real and the virtual, if we sit back and ignore Yunzhou, the Turks may really break Yunzhou. If we send troops to the rescue, we will thin out the forces of the Shuodai, and our reinforcements may encounter an ambush of the Turks in the middle of the road and fall into a trap. It's a bit of a dilemma! - Cheng Lushuai really knew what to see, and gave the general a big awakening! ”

Xue Shao hugged his fists and said, "General Cheng is thoughtful, and he only knows how to talk on paper. Everything is still up to General Cheng to decide. ”

Cheng Wuting nodded with a silent face, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Cheng Lushuai, if you were me now, how would you decide?" ”

Xue Shao smiled, "This military matter, I am a brigade commander, and I dare not say anything." ”

"Just say, it's up to me to decide." Cheng Wuting said, "Pre-war deliberation is to open up opinions and work together. Even if it is an ordinary pawn or even a rural villager who has true knowledge, Cheng has always been obedient! ”

"Okay, then I'll say it!" Xue Shao hugged his fist and said, "Right now, the enemy army is attacking and it is difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, so they completely take the initiative. No matter how our army moves, they can calmly deal with it and be invincible! At this time, our army must launch a surprise attack against common sense in order to seize the initiative! ”

"How?"

Xue Shao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The Turkic army is on an expedition, and the Black Sand Tooth Tent will inevitably be empty. At this time, why didn't our army send a brigade of strange soldiers to attack the black sand - dig out his heart and take his flag?! ”.

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