Weishui is the largest barrier in the north of Chang'an, and it is also the only barrier.

The turbulent river, hundreds of steps wide, makes people feel an inexplicable sense of security.

The black-brown wooden stakes, the mud-stained bridge deck, the creaking sound of walking on it, everything is a foreshadowing of the history of this bridge.

No one can say exactly when the construction of this bridge began, but most of the people have a saying that it began with Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, that is, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian ordered the construction of this thing.

Anyway, the bridge existed here since the later people were born, and the later imperial court only sent people to repair it to ensure the safety of the bridge.

The Wei Bridge is garrisoned by troops on both sides, and tolls are required to cross the bridge, which cannot be avoided by pedestrians or caravans.

Therefore, the traffic volume of Weiqiao is actually not large, and more people still tend to choose ferries in the nearby area, and only some large-scale caravans, and the ferry cannot meet the demand in a short time, will detour to Weiqiao.

Although the previous itinerary was blind, the next itinerary was even more distressing, Li Yuanji ordered every group of five people, led by a soldier, to lead the horses across the river on foot.

It was impossible to light the torches during the night march, otherwise the entire procession would be exposed, although that was only a possibility.

"There are too few bridges to make it easy for the army to go north, so a large number of bridges should be built." Li Yuanji yawned and muttered.

At the end of August, the weather has gradually cooled, especially at night, and the temperature is much cooler than during the day.

The temperature by the river was even more frighteningly low, and Ma Zhou quickly rubbed his hands to warm himself as much as possible.

"Your Highness, our trip is to go to war, what's the use of remembering these things?" I can't bear it, I don't need to endure it anymore, Ma Zhou feels that his life shouldn't be like this, even if he wants to go out with the army, he can't always record it at night when the lights are blind and the lights are black, and it's so cold.

"Is there a war now?" Li Yuanji glared at Ma Zhou fiercely, but unfortunately it was too dark for Ma Zhou to see Li Yuanji's expression.

"But now it's on the march." Ma Zhou wants to cry without tears, isn't the march a part of the war?

"You, you've been holding on to this old idea, which is why your work efficiency is surprisingly slow, and you have to take a long-term view, these records seem useless, but in fact they are very useful." Li Yuanji snorted twice, and secretly said that a group of uninformed guys really don't know how to become prime ministers in the future, but Ma Zhou can only be regarded as a blank sheet of paper now, and the key depends on how he portrays it.

"Now you only have the record of the section from Chang'an to Weishui in your hand, but what if you have a whole copy in your hand? And with this record, no matter where you go in the country, you can know where this is? What's ahead? If it's a march to war, it's like pulling the enemy into your house to fight with you, where is there? It's clear how to deploy. In addition to military use, it can also be used in people's livelihood. ”

"The Atlas is ......"

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves interrupted Ma Zhou's rebuttal, and the whole team slowly stopped, marching at night, the speed could never be too fast, and the sound of the war horses galloping was familiar to them, and when they heard this sound, it could not be anyone else except for the scouts sent out before.

Feeling the dark, the scout finally found Wei Chi Jingde and Li Yuanji's side.

He didn't have time to dismount, he didn't have the heart to dismount, the scout was covered in blood, his breath was a little weak, and even the war horse let out a heavy wheezing sound, and everywhere he passed, there was a strong smell of blood.

"General, my subordinates have strayed into the Turkic camp in front!"

"Turkic camps?" Wei Chi Jingde frowned, this has just passed Weishui, and the Turks have already arrived at the edge of Weishui? That's too fast, isn't it? Surprised, Wei Chi Jingde hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"This ...... It was too dark, and his subordinates didn't see it clearly, but it felt like there should be hundreds of people. Several subordinates fought, but in the end, only one of them escaped. ”

"Grandma is a bear, hundreds of people dare to be so rampant in my Datang!" Wei Chi Jingde's anger is not light, this is the hinterland of Chang'an, the Turks should be careful, right? Hundreds of people dare to come here, who are you disgusting? "Sons, line up and kill him with General Ben without leaving a piece of armor."

Wei Chi Jingde was angry, this time he was really angry.

There was the impact of Duan Zhixuan's death, but more of it was angered by the arrogance of the Turks.

With Wei Chi Jingde's roar, the marching team of thirty people began to slowly switch towards the battle formation, but because it was dark, most people couldn't see anything, so the speed of conversion was a little slow.

"Wait!" Li Yuanji stretched out his hand to stop Wei Chi Jingde.

He always felt that this matter was not so simple, of course, he was not doubting the intelligence of the scouts, in fact, under such environmental conditions, the detection of the scouts may not be accurate.

"Although the Turks are arrogant, they should not be so arrogant that they dare to raid the hinterland of Chang'an with only a few hundred people, and if this king is not mistaken, there are at least a thousand Turks in that camp."

Although Wei Chi Jingde didn't think about the problem clearly for a while, after Li Yuanji's reminder, he also instantly thought of this possibility.

After all, the person who can become the first general under Li Shimin's command, even if his intelligence is not as good as those old monsters, at least he will not be an idiot-like character, Yu Chi Jingde is just angry with anger, in fact, after calming down, Yu Chi Jingde immediately changed his previous order.

"Deploy troops in formation, Mo swordsmen are lined up in the formation, and the cavalry is divided into two parts, wrapping around left and right, and when the fire is ignited, attack with all your might!"

Although the combat power of the Mo Dao soldiers is strong, it is also time-split, and the combat effectiveness of the army is weakened at night, and when it is inconsequential, it is impossible for the Mo Dao soldiers to be at the forefront to explore the way.

And the Mo knife soldiers are the key to a battle, and Wei Chi Jingde also has more experience in using the Mo knife soldiers.

After encountering the enemy, the ordinary infantry quickly retreated to the formation and ceded the front to the Mo knife soldiers, while the original infantry was responsible for protecting the left and right rear sides of the Mo knife soldiers, and the battle formation composed of 1,500 infantry and Mo knife soldiers was responsible for the frontal attack.

At this time, the cavalry will surprise from both sides, even if the enemy army has 3,000, and the battle will definitely be lost.

Of course, almost all generals know what to do, but the crux of the problem is that judging whether a general is excellent is not to see whether he will be able to, but whether he can make the right decision in the right time.

But in Li Yuanji's view, there are still some problems with this set of practices.

"Wait!"

Wei Chi Jingde looked at Li Yuanji with some hesitation, secretly thinking about his order, it seemed that there was no problem.

"Thirty sharp brethren quietly sneaked into the vicinity of the Turkic camp with torches, threw the torches into the Turkic camp, and then quickly withdrew on horseback, and the infantry charged, and when the infantry came into contact with the enemy, the cavalry began to charge. In addition, 500 cavalry were drawn to cruise the rear of the enemy's army, and this battle must completely annihilate the invading enemy. "I don't even know the location of the enemy, so I just rely on the darkness of the night?

It's okay to say that it has no impact on the entire battle situation, but once you touch it wrong, or if you are facing the enemy's water chestnut head-on, doesn't it give the enemy a chance to raid the flank?

Night battles are very difficult, so difficult that many generals don't want to hear the word night battles at all.

The main reason for this was that it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, not even the basic location, and the Turks did not light torches in the camp, otherwise the scouts would not have been able to break into the Turkic camp by mistake.

At this time, the advantage of sending people to throw torches into the enemy camp is that you can determine the position of the enemy army as quickly as possible, so as to adjust the direction of your own battle formation, and you can maximize your combat effectiveness.

Wei Chi Jingde was stunned, he didn't expect King Qi to know so much about night battles, and he was a little surprised, but he didn't ask too much, and directly instructed the deputy general beside him: "Do what Your Highness says, everyone is ready for battle." ”