Across the Erdao River, a hundred-man squad of the Sidewa tribe was stationed here. Citri is the centurion of this centurion.

Although he was only twenty-nine years old, he was the youngest brother of the leader of the Sidewa tribe, Simari, so he was sent to camp here.

Nominally, this is the first line of defense against Bukui, and the position is particularly important.

In fact, anyone who is a little more knowledgeable understands that this is nothing more than an excuse.

Although it was the first line of defense, there was hardly any fighting here because the Tatars were in a truce with Bukui, and the envoys were negotiating with the imperial court.

Even if there is a war, the spies hidden in Bukui will send the news back as soon as possible. As soon as they got the news, they immediately retreated to the Aoishi River.

Aoishikawa has two thousand-man teams to defend, and that is the real first line of defense.

The real purpose of Citri is actually for money.

Because it is the closest to Bukui and the most convenient passage from South Windula to Bukui, almost all merchants who come and go from the entire Windula grassland have to pass through here.

Setting up checkpoints here to collect money and goods has become an extremely lucrative business. That's why Simari sent his most trusted little brother here.

The snow had not stopped for a day, it was already dark, and the lanterns were lit in the yurt.

Sitrey sat on the carpet and was drinking with a slave girl in her arms.

This slave girl, sent by his brother Simari the day before yesterday, is a khaki. Slaves who were taken captive after the Hidewa tribe occupied South Windura.

Captain Meda came in, rubbed his hands together, sat down in front of the desk, and drank a glass of wine.

Minda is a cousin of Citri, so she is qualified to sit here.

"I don't think this snow will stop for a while, have the brothers withdrawn?"

"It's all withdrawn, I just sent them some wine and told them all to drink some. Call them out later. ”

"You don't have to go out, who will come with such a heavy snow?"

"Centurion, it's better to be careful, the Bukui people are on the other side, just come over and come."

"It's snowing so hard, what are they doing here? Besides, call them over, will they dare to come? Now they are negotiating with the imperial court, and they will not come. ”

Bang, bang, bang, there was a sound outside.

"What sound?"

Siteri's hearing is still good.

"It seems to have come from the yurt of the brethren, and I will go and see."

Minda stood up and walked out.

As soon as he reached the door, the door was kicked open and four people broke in.

Minda instinctively drew the knife, but the cold light flashed, and a knife was plunged into his heart. Before he could say a word, Minda fell to his death.

As soon as Sitri tried to stand up and grab his knife, a long hammer was pressed against his head.

"Sitri, you're having a good time."

A man in his twenties sat down in front of the desk, took the wine, cut the mutton with a knife, and ate it slowly.

The slave girl hid in the yurt in fright, trembling all over.

"Who are you? Dare to come here to go wild and don't want to live? ”

Citri was forced back to sit down, forced to compose.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Wei Ruoshui......."

"You are Wei Ruoshui?"

Citri shuddered.

In this name, it can be described as thunderous to him.

Among the leaders and clan elders of the entire North Wendula, the mention of Wei Ruoshui's name makes people chill.

In the previous months, this was the same person who killed several leaders, seven or eight clan elders, and a dozen thousand commanders. Inside North Ventura, great chaos has been caused.

Today, almost everyone in the three major tribes of North Vendura hates him to the core.

Some time ago, they were still studying together to get rid of him.

"Yes, I'm Wei Ruoshui. What's the matter, I'm so famous now? Even you know me? ”

"How did you get here?"

"Look at what you asked, how else can you come, isn't it just from the river?"

"Now that negotiations are underway, you are violating the agreement by coming here."

"They talk about theirs, we beat ours. Our government corps doesn't care about that. If you want to talk about violating the agreement, you didn't say that when you came to South Vandu. And who called you? ”

"What do you want to do?"

"Your people have been killed, so please come with us and go to the Qingshi River."

"What the hell are you going to do?"

"Retake South Windura."

"Recovering South Windura? It's up to you? You are looking for your own death. The 150,000 troops, all of whom told us to lose their armor, just a few of you, still want to recover South Windura? Let me go as soon as possible and return to Jiangdong, I can stop pursuing you. ”

"They are them, we are us, to beat you, a few thousand people is enough. Let's go, my subordinates have a bad temper, so they are impatient to wait, and I can't stop you from taking your life. ”

Sitri knew that it was useless to say more, so he got up and went out, was escorted, and gradually disappeared into the night snow.

On the east bank of the Erdao River, Feng Zijing's yurt room.

There was a large brazier in the corner of the house, which was full of charcoal fire, emitting a red light, and the room was warm.

Jia Min, Princess Chang'an, Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Chen Yeqing, Zhao Dahai and others were sitting scattered in the room.

It was seven o'clock in the evening, and they had just had dinner.

"Have the brethren eaten?"

Jia Min asked.

"I just went out to see it, I've eaten it all, and now I'm waiting, just waiting for an order."

Feng Ziying walked to the corner of the house and flicked the already prosperous charcoal fire a few more times.

"Sir Min, this time we operated, the Tatars probably would never have dreamed of it."

Wei Ruolan said, showing a smug look.

"This is called a surprise, such a big snow, who knew that we would attack at this time?"

Chang An said, brushing his hair, moving his body a little away from the charcoal fire.

Jia Min stood up, took a sip of tea, and said in a deep voice.

"Surprise is only one of our purposes, and it is not the main purpose, I have already emphasized to you before, the reason why we chose such a snowy day to fight the Sidwa people is to break their cavalry advantage."

"In such snowy weather, the speed of the cavalry's impact will be greatly reduced, which provides the greatest advantage to our tactics of using infantry as the mainstay."

"Of course, the army is not afraid of Tatar cavalry now, but there is no need for us to fight a cavalry war of attrition with them if there are other tactics to choose from."

"Every one of our fighters has spent a lot of time and money on training, and every time one is lost, it is a huge loss."

"So, you have to keep in mind the following tactical points. The first is to act as covertly as possible, increase the suddenness of the attack, and launch an attack when the other side has no warning. ”

"Second, while attacking, give full play to the role of the flamethrower, scatter their horses, and try not to find them after the Tatars come out. Although the Tatar iron cavalry was more powerful, they could hardly fight without their horses. In infantry tactics, they are not at all our opponents. This is to attack the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths. ”

"Third, we should give full play to our superiority in firearms, kill and wound a large number of enemies in the shortest possible time, destroy their will to resist, and make them surrender as soon as possible."

"Fourth, the individual combat capability of our army has now surpassed that of the Tatars. They lost their horses again, and the disadvantage was even more obvious. Therefore, it is necessary to resolutely practice the tactics of encirclement, encircle the majority with a small number, go the opposite way, and fight a war of annihilation in which fewer win more. ”

"That's the main reason why we put so much effort into carrying a large amount of baggage even if the snow clears the road in such a snowy day."

"The Tatars thought that such a heavy snow, even if we attacked them, it would be a light attack. Therefore, they will not run away easily, which creates an opportunity for us to annihilate them completely. ”

"Fifth, after the encirclement, it is necessary to resolutely cut off the enemy's rear route, prevent them from having a chance to escape, and report the situation to the defending enemy elsewhere, so that the next target can be prepared or escape. In that case, we will have to exert more strength. Combat efficiency will drop a lot. ”

"The four thousand Tatars of the three-eyed well were handed over to General He Shen. Now he has 7,500 people, and after such a long period of training, there should be no problem in winning this goal. This is to give him a chance to train. ”

"The remaining 14,000 people are the business of our government corps. Although they have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, they are scattered in terms of garrison, and we adopt individual breakthrough tactics, so there is not much disadvantage in numbers in a single battle. We must establish the determination to dare to win and believe in the results of our usual training. ”

"We have been waiting for this heavy snowfall for a long time. For this purpose, we specially conducted special training in snow marching, snow warfare and night fighting. This time, it's time to put the results of the training to the test. Ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to your victory. Next, please give a lecture to His Royal Highness Chang'an"

Chang'an stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't say much. If you talk too much, I'm afraid that you will laugh at it, because when it comes to war, I am not as good as you. Suffice it to say that this time I am sharing in your glory. Because I have a wish, I don't want to go back to the imperial capital as a general of the defeated army. I would be very proud to go back as the victor in the reconquest of South Vendura. Ladies and gentlemen, please. ”

As he spoke, Chang'an bowed his hand to everyone.

Feng Ziying took the lead and knelt down on one knee.

"If you are willing to serve Your Highness, you will definitely achieve Your Highness's wishes."

Everyone also followed Feng Ziying's example and knelt down.

"If you are willing to serve Your Highness, you will definitely achieve Your Highness's wishes."

A burst of cool air hit, the yurts opened, and Feng Zijing came in.

"Report to Chief Min, Wei Ruoshui has taken the stronghold on the other side, and the head of the first regiment Jia has marched towards Qingshichuan. General He has already crossed the Erdao River and is advancing towards Sanyanjing. ”

Jia Min smiled and put on his fur hat.

"Let's go, it's time for us to follow suit. Each of you seeks your prey, and plunges your mighty swords into the heart of your enemies. See you at noon the day after tomorrow at Horseshoe Mountain. ”

With that, the first one walked out.

Everyone rushed out and disappeared into the vast wind and snow.