There were so many enemies that it was estimated that there were at least three miles of land from the Qingliu River to the foot of the hill where Sun Yuan and the others stood, and such a vast area was completely occupied by the enemy's camp.

Looking down from the top of the mountain, it was densely packed with tents, and countless enemies only came out of the tents, like a swarm of busy bees, and the scalp of people was numb to see.

Because Sun Yuan had never been on the battlefield and didn't know the strength of the enemy, he couldn't help but ask Fei Hong beside him: "Fei Hong, how many people are there in the vanguard of the thief army?" ”

Seeing the ecstasy on Sun Yuan's face, Fei Hong's face darkened, and he didn't speak, turned his head silently, and walked towards the bottom of the mountain.

Sun Yuan and the others hurriedly followed, and when they reached the back of the mountain, Fei Hong shook his head sadly, and then sighed again.

"What's wrong?" Sun Yuan asked in a low voice.

"It's not great." Fei Hong stood in front of Sun Yuan, shook his head and said, "Depending on the situation, there are at least 20,000 thieves. Most of them were outcasts, caught in the middle of the camp, and elite soldiers stood around the camp. The main force of the thieves has at least three to five thousand, which is a hard bone, but it is not easy to gnaw. ”

He continued to sigh: "I didn't expect that the thief army really came to attack Chuzhou, and I thought that the general actually calculated this, and the last general admired it in his heart. Unfortunately, our army walked for five days in a row, tired and hungry, and there were only about 1,000 men. Now that he is on the battlefield, he may not be an opponent. 20,000 people, that's 20,000 people, even if you use people to pile them, you can drown our 1,000 people. ”

After speaking, his face was depressed.

Fei Hong is a good hand at leading and training troops. In the past six months, according to Sun Yuan's view, this old officer stayed on the training ground all day long, fighting with the soldiers, and it can be said that Ningxiang can be trained, and he has at least half of the credit. It is not an exaggeration to describe this person as the founder of the Ningxiang Army, but the biggest problem of this person is that he does not have the temperament of the brave who meets on a narrow road.

To say that it sounds good is to be old and safe, and to say that it is difficult to hear is to have no courage.

Sun Yuan smiled, ignored him, and asked several other officers: "The enemy has been grouped together for several miles, and they are crowded together, what if they attack with fire?" ”

Fei Hong interjected: "It's useless, it's useless to attack with fire on such a snowy day." ”

Hearing him talk about this, Sun Yuan was slightly disappointed in his heart.

But the troops are all pulled here, don't you do anything, although the enemy is strong, but if you don't even have the spirit of the bright sword, you are still worthy of leading soldiers, and you are still worthy of living in this troubled world?

"Fei Hong, don't worry, everything will be arranged by me!" Sun Yuan patted him on the shoulder, the smile on his face became cheerful, and his voice was full of confidence: "The victory or defeat of a battle is not directly related to the comparison of forces between the two sides, otherwise Cao Cao's 800,000 army in the Three Kingdoms would not have been defeated in the hands of the 30,000 Sun and Liu coalition forces, this story, I seem to have told you at the beginning, right?" ”、

"The victory or defeat of a war is closely related to the training and fighting spirit of the soldiers, and you have also seen the training in the past six months, and you have also seen the current situation of our army. What if the strategy of fire attack can't be used, if it can't be used, we won't use it, let's attack directly, use strong elite soldiers, and crush the past like a grinder. If we can win, we will definitely win! ”

Sun Yuan has already understood that Fei Hong has a very high status in the hearts of all officers, and everyone respects this former Fei Tou very much. However, after all, they are all men with strong blood, and they all have a competitive heart in their hearts.

Fei Hong was so depressed when he spoke, although everyone was not dissatisfied, but after so many days of hard work, would they have to retreat if they didn't fight when they got to the ground?

Unwilling!

Seeing Sun Yuan say this kind of thing with a confident face, the donkey couldn't help but snort in a low voice: "Yes, the general's words are good for my donkey's appetite, what do you want to do so much, just fight?" ”

Wen Laosan smiled sarcastically: "Don't let go of guns indiscriminately!" ”

The donkey was furious: "Lao Tzu will not be like you without firing a shot, turn around and flee?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Sun Yuan: "Okay, listen to my orders, everyone will go back and bring the troops over separately to prepare for the war." ”

Another hour passed, and it was noon, and countless lines of smoke rose from the camp on the other side of the mountain. If nothing else, at most in another hour, the enemy will set out for the city of Chuzhou, twenty miles away.

On the way here, the officers had already informed the Ningxiang army of the purpose of the arrival in Chuzhou and the upcoming confrontation with the enemy in the most brief words possible.

At this time, the recruits realized that this time they were really going to see blood on the battlefield, and this was not acting.

The team stood in the open space behind the mountain, lined up in a small phalanx one after another, and soon after the counts were reported one after another, the team fell silent.

More than 1,100 soldiers stood in the cold, not knowing whether they were scared or excited, and they couldn't stop shivering.

Sun Yuan came to the soldiers and said aloud: "First of all, I want to tell you Brother Pao Ze that today, our long-distance march is over. This is good news, which means that after this battle, everyone will no longer have to go hungry and cold. After this battle, we can enter Chuzhou, where there is hot water, hot meals, and warm quilts. ”

Hearing Sun Yuan's words, everyone was still trembling, but no one spoke.

Sun Yuan: "Secondly, don't be busy and happy. The enemy is on the other side of the mountain, and it is very strong. Yes, very powerful. Let's put it this way, our army now has 1,100 men, but the thief army is twenty times or more than ours. ”

"What......" someone whispered.

"Quiet, quiet!" The middle and lower rank officers kept scolding.

But after all, they are all recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and half a year ago, these people were still working in the fields with hoes. Now, he has to face life and death.

Even after long-term training, at this time, everyone still can't control the panic in their hearts.

Sun Yuan raised his voice and laughed with all his strength: "What's the matter, scared?" What can you do if you are afraid, and if you are afraid, you can leave. ”

"Ahh Fei Hong beside him exclaimed quietly.

"Still." Sun Yuan said in a loud voice: "Before leaving, you will take off your military uniforms and put down your weapons. These things are all saved by my Sun Yuan for you little by little, and they belong to my Ningxiang Army, not your private property. In addition, you and your family will also return to me a lot of the military salary I have paid in the past six months. ”

The soldiers were quiet, and if they took off their uniforms on such a cold day, they would freeze to death on the snow if they couldn't walk two miles.

"Are you afraid? I'm scared too. Sun Yuan said loudly: "But what's the use of being afraid, can being afraid let you live?" There are many enemies on the other side of the mountain, but what are they? It's just a group of untrained stragglers, and to put it mildly, the kind of enemy that is rotten to the bone, I, Sun Yuan, can solve five by myself. Your training in the past six months has not been useless, to tell you the truth. The current Ningxiang Army is already the strongest army in the world, you may not know it, but I know it. ”

"Fighting a war is actually very simple, and there is no difference between training on a regular day. Do as the commanders have said, keep the formation and move forward, and then the victory will be ours. ”

Sun Yuan took a sword from the guard's hand and hung it on his belt, then took a musket, and shouted: "Everyone, I, Sun Yuan, as your commander, will always be with you." My general is at the forefront, and if you believe in me and will follow me, come with me! ”

With that, he turned around and strode up the mountain.

"The useless Jiangnan soft egg is still not as good as our Shanxi border army." The donkey sneered loudly and glanced at the soldiers behind him with disdain, and also followed: "The donkey is willing to follow the general!" ”

"Lu Zhongqiu, I am willing to follow the general."

"Wen Laosan follows the general!"

"Shao Wei is willing to follow the general, but he will die!"

"Fei Hong, may he die here!"

One after another, Sun Yuan's old team strode forward.

The crowd seemed to be enraged, or someone took the lead and shouted at the same time: "I want to follow the general and die here!" ”

The team joined forces at the same time and marched to the top of the hill in a hurry.

The long-term training has made the Ningxiang Army develop the habit of obeying the orders of the officers, and the flags in the team always move, and everyone subconsciously follows. This movement can't be stopped, just keep moving forward, forward.

Later, Fei Hong said to Sun Yuan. In the past, when the Ming Dynasty army went to the battlefield, the officers would shout: "Give me up, give me it!" And Sun Yuan just said, "Follow me!" ”

Just this sentence is enough to make everyone fight hard for you, the general.

Seeing the troops behind him follow, Sun Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was so nervous that he was sweating profusely. For the Ming Dynasty army, to be honest, he didn't have confidence, for fear that his subordinates would scatter because of fear, and let himself be the commander of the light pole.

Fei Hong ran up and asked in a low voice: "General, how should this battle be fought, and what formation should be used?" ”

Sun Yuan laughed: "Between 20,000 and 30,000 enemies, our army only has 1,000, what formation can we use and how can we fight?" In a word, just push it over and make the enemy's military formation transparent. ”

"So, fight!"

Sun Yuan shook his head: "What to fight, it is estimated that there is no need to fight." ”

He looked up at the pine tree at the top of the hill, the form of the war had changed since I began.

At this time, suddenly, a figure walked up to Sun Yuan and said in a deep voice: "Sun Yuan, let me ask you, you came all the way to Chuzhou this time just to fight the thief army, how did you know that the thief would come here?" ”

As Sun Yuan walked, he turned his head to look over, and it was Zhu Xuanshui who caught up.

His face was still pale without a trace of blood, but there was a light in his eyes.

Zhu Ting held his father tightly.

"As for how do I know the thieves are coming here?" Sun Yuan smiled faintly: "You and I are both people who know the soldiers, and in the current situation, staying in Henan is the way to death." Only to the east is the only way to survive, and to develop to the east, it is necessary to capture Chuzhou. My Sun Yuan is an officer of the Ming Dynasty, who is a soldier, serving the country and guarding the homeland. If Chuzhou is lost, my Yangzhou is also in danger. Sun Yuan, as an officer of a thousand households in the imperial court, couldn't he come to fight this battle. ”

He smiled: "General Zhu, the matter between you and me is over today, please leave my army, go wherever you want, Sun Yuan will never stop you." ”

As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, a guard sent Zhu Xuanshui's package and two embroidered spring knives over.

Zhu Xuanshui was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Zhu Ting exclaimed, looked at Sun Yuan with incredible eyes, and exclaimed: "You want to let me and my father go?" ”