Every moment in life is unique, you can never go back to the past, and you can't think of the future - from the day Xiao Linglong left to the present, Chu Tianya's feeling is getting deeper and deeper.

This feeling extends to every detail of his life. Whether it is treating a brother like Meng De or an ordinary cottage pawn, or even the stump of the sunset that he saw when he walked on the horse in the evening, Chu Tianya would treat it with his heart and experience it with his heart.

People often feel sad and regretful because they "can't get" or "have lost", and Chu Tianya once did the same, which is a metaphor for the time when he just traveled to the Great Song Dynasty, and almost had a nervous breakdown because of his nostalgia for his hometown and relatives. But now he feels more and more that cherishing the one in front of him is what is really worth doing.

For men, there is nothing more cherishable and really want to have than the two things of the country and the beauty. So Chu Tianya swore to himself that he would never let Xiao Linglong leave him again and would not let her be hurt again; And then - go all out and lay down the big country in your heart!

This piece of country may not really be Longdeng Baoding to become the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and Chu Tianya never fantasizes about things that are too far away. It can be to create an iron army that can compete with the Jurchen cavalry, it can be to defeat Yan Zonghan again to defend Hedong and Taiyuan, or it can be to turn the tide to prevent the "Jingkang Change" from happening, so that history can completely change its trajectory!

Suzaku's words made Chu Tianya extremely impressed, and often echoed in his mind - hard work may not be successful, and if you don't work hard, you will definitely have no chance.

The reason is very simple, everyone can understand it; Those who can always do this in life are either sages or warriors.

Chu Tianya's determination now is as firm as it was last winter. At that time, he was alone, and he still created the miracle of the "Taiyuan Defense War"; Now that he has an army of 100,000 under his command, he is even more convinced that he and these brothers can create a miracle again!

Ten days later, the Hedong military exercise began vigorously.

Chu Tianya didn't know what kind of rhetoric Zhang Xiaochun used, and persuaded the brainless monarchs and ministers in the court to agree to the soldiers and horses of the Hedong Xuanfu Division to participate in this military exercise. Chu Tianya only felt from Zhang Xiaochun's words that the imperial court's attitude towards this exercise was nonsense.

Chu Tianya smiled, I made a fuss, what's wrong with you?

It can be seen that Zhang Xiaochun withstood great pressure to promote this matter, although he, a border minister, did not dare to disobey the imperial court in the slightest, but he knew better how important this military exercise was to the border defense of Taiyuan, which was a major event directly related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and even the safety of the Great Song Dynasty. The people in the court didn't understand, but Zhang Xiaochun knew it very well in his heart. So, wanting to be scolded and blamed a little, Zhang Xiaochun still stiffened his neck and contributed to the matter. From this point of view, Zhang Xiaochun still has a little sense of responsibility and responsibility, which has always made Chu Tianya quite satisfied.

The number of rebels and the officers and soldiers actually reached 150,000. According to the prior arrangement, the centaurs were divided into two groups. One of them was led by Jiao Wentong, acting as an "imaginary enemy", and he had half of the leaders under his command, including the military adviser Bai Xu, the generals Xue Yu, Wang Xun, and Liang Xing, and half of the Xuanfu Division's official army.

Chu Tianya's intention is obvious, the imaginary enemy must be strong in order to simulate a little actual combat effect. Needless to say, Jiao Wentong's actual combat ability is needless to say, and the Xiao cavalry under his command is now the strongest combat power in Hedong, and it is perfect to simulate the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom. In addition, there is also Bai Xu, who is a ghost and a genius and knows Chu Tianya very well, as the mastermind, Xue Yu, an officer who used to be a professional student, as a general, and the Xuanfu Division, who is familiar with the terrain and customs of Hedong, is supplemented, Jiao Wentong's pair of troops are out-and-out rivals for Chu Tianya. They are even more tricky than Jin Bing, and there is only one reason - to understand.

In the art of war, it is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, not just talking. At this time last year, the powerful Wanyan Zonghan fell a big henchman here in Taiyuan, in the final analysis, it was not because he underestimated Taiyuan and unexpectedly appeared such a heavy variable as Chu Tianya?

Chu Tianya deliberately set up such a powerful enemy for himself. Now there are no generals and troops around him except for the Twelve Qingwei and Tiger Horsemen. Among the many leaders, Jiao Wentong is undoubtedly the strongest in battle, followed by Xue Yu, Ma Kuo and Wang Xun, who are military officers. Now, there is only one Ma Kuo left by Chu Tianya's side, and the others are bandit leaders like Meng De who go wild. When it comes to military deployment and strategy, Chu Tianya also thinks that he is not as good as Bai Xu. The white-haired fox never stopped in his mind, thinking about how to figure out the minds of others and how to anticipate the enemy's first move.

Among the opposing camps, the one who knows Chu Tianya the most and is also the most dangerous is Bai Xu.

At the meeting in advance, Chu Tianya repeatedly stressed that this military exercise must be serious, no one is allowed to neglect their duties or "deliberately release water", and everyone must strictly abide by the rules of the exercise, and must not violate or cheat. The table xiàn is excellent, and the meritorious deeds are rewarded; Otherwise, punishment shall be made according to the law.

In short, this is a real war. At the beginning of the exercise, the brothers who had just been talking and laughing together were already enemies.

As for the detailed rules for the battles in some exercises, since there is no high-tech equipment now, Chu Tianya has set up many artificial rules. For example, everyone has a ribbon tied around their shoulders, which is red and black, and the one in Jiao Wentong's camp is black. The arrows shot were without arrowheads, but they were stained with lime powder, and if they were stained on their bodies, they were killed, and they tore off the ribbons and withdrew from the exercises; The knife and gun must not be cut at people casually, the gun is a lime powder gun, which is the kind used by Chu Tianya and Wang Xun when they practiced guns before, and they died with a white spot on their bodies.

As a matter of fact, there will be relatively few real head-to-head encounters between the opposing sides, and what this exercise really is about the deployment of troops and the coordination between various units during a major war. More than eighty percent of the battles will take place in the jungle, which means that there will be a lot of infiltration and counter-infiltration, ambush and anti-ambush. Battles like forcible assault and confrontation between two armies are certainly rare and not easy to simulate, and they are not the point. The ability to fight alone and charge into battle depends more on ordinary training to improve.

In the final analysis, this large-scale military exercise is to train the command ability of the generals and the execution ability of various units.

Then, the core of success or failure lies in Chu Tianya, Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu.

Chu Tianya's handsome camp is located in Xiaocang Mountain, and Jiao Wentong's handsome camp is at the foot of Taihang Mountain north of Xiaocang Mountain.

It took two or three days for 150,000 men and horses to be mobilized, after all, there are no big trucks and planes to transport troops, and everyone relies on two legs.

On Chu Tianya's side, more than 70,000 men and horses led by the leaders were divided into eight battalions with Xiaocangshan as the core, and a defensive formation was discharged behind the wind.

This military formation was arranged by Chu Tianya according to the model in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and of course borrowed a lot of Ma Kuo's opinions. Before he really led the troops, Chu Tianya didn't understand the "array" in the art of war of the ancients, did he have to lay down men and horses step by step to fight on the march, and he couldn't do it in the wrong direction?

Now that he has a personal experience, Chu Tianya truly understands the role and significance of the "array". To put it bluntly, if a unit of tens of thousands of people does not have a scientific and rational camp, it will be chaotic to command, and it is common for one's own people to collide with one's own people and to beat one's own people. Now there are no high-tech communication tools, and every military order is issued by flags and scouts. If even the formation is not well placed, the position of the headquarters of the battalion is not located correctly, the troops below cannot see the flag and cannot even understand the order, or the scout is dizzy on horseback and cannot find the place where the order was given, then how can the war be fought?

Therefore, many things that seem to be conformist and pedantic and ridiculous are actually wise and foolish, which contain the wisdom and hard work of dozens of generations of ancestors.

So these days, Chu Tianya has been completely in the posture of a student, constantly asking Ma Kuo and several leaders who had served in the army to ask these military questions. No matter how rich the theoretical knowledge is, it cannot outweigh the insights gained in practice. Although Chu Tianya participated in the Taiyuan Garrison Battle, he did not really lead troops to participate in field battles. Now every moment, he is learning, he is as humble as possible, let himself be like a sponge as much as possible to absorb and learn the knowledge to be used in the actual battle.

After discussing with Ma Kuo and others, Chu Tianya will come back to read the books, make a final combination of theory and practice, and write down his own mental notes. The death of an old man takes away not only the grief of relatives, but also the crystallization of wisdom. And books like "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" are the crystallization of the wisdom of countless generations of "old men" who have specialized in the military industry.

Can it be worthless?

The more seriously he studied, the more Chu Tianya felt his ignorance, and the more he was in awe of the "soldier".

The first article of Sun Tzu's Art of War said that soldiers, the major affairs of the country, and the way of survival in the land of death and life, must not be ignored!

Chu Tianya's understanding is that soldiers are used to kill people!

That's right, the army is, to put it bluntly, a violent institution, and it is used to kill people. Whether it is aggression or resisting aggression, it is all by killing people!

Whether it is "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts", or the word of mouth of Ma Kuo and others, they are all telling Chu Tianya about the techniques and experience of killing. A small soldier learns how to use knives, guns, fists and feet to kill; And what Chu Tianya is learning now is how to kill a group of people!

Can you not be in awe?

……

The exercises began.

There is no radar, no video, and no bugging. Chu Tianya on Xiaocang Mountain didn't know what Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu were thinking about now, he only knew that the eight battalions under his command had been deployed. The first line of defense was guarded by the veteran Youzi Ma Kuo, with Chu Tianya's guard Huben in the center, and behind him was Meng De's Yu Hou to receive and supply grain and grass. Zhang Xiaochun led the Taiyuan official army to defend the city to ensure the smooth logistics supply and retreat of the Red Army in Chutianya.

Jiao Wentong has not yet launched an attack.

However, the atmosphere of saber rattling has come out. This can be seen from the eyes and faces of Chu Tianya and every pawn, and it is completely an atmosphere of imminent formation. Some first-time pawns are nervous, and they have nightmares and screams in the middle of the night, which is normal.

For example, the truly scary horror movie is not the ghosts or monsters that appear in the film, but the oppressive atmosphere and potential unknowable dangers.

Chu Tianya was very nervous now. Because he didn't know where Jiao Wentong would start the attack, and what tricks Bai Xu would come up with to strike at the Red Army.

The soldier is treacherous, whoever can deceive the other party more by surprise will have a better chance of winning.

The black army is the attacking side and occupies the initiative; The Red Army where Chu Tianya was located took a defensive position, and the defense was always passive. Although the eight camps are interlocking and echoing each other, and on the surface they seem to be impregnable, it is still unknown whether it can really withstand the impact of Jiao Wentong, a fierce tiger on the battlefield.

There is also Bai Xu.

Now, Chu Tianya always has a feeling of sitting on pins and needles. He even regretted that he shouldn't have given Bai Xu, the hateful white-haired fox, to Jiao Wentong. Because Bai Xu knows Chu Tianya too well, his tricks are too endless, especially because he loves soldiers, and he has read more military books than all the books Chu Tianya has read in his two lives combined.

This tiger and fox are really a perfect match.

Chu Tianya felt unprecedented pressure. Now that he finally realized Yan Zonghan's mood, why did he take such a big risk to send his mastermind Shi Liai south to Taiyuan, in order to see Chu Tianya with his own eyes.

Because it's a terrible feeling to face an opponent you can't figure out, and to keep guessing what he's going to do next.

The most recent part outside the Shuai camp is the Tiger Horse led by Tang Ang and Anu. He Bo led the Qingwei to directly defend the Shuai camp. In the handsome tent, Xiao Fei and Liuhe were waiting for Chu Tianya, and Xiao Linglong was also there.

Chu Tianya stood in front of the mountains and rivers in the east of the river and meditated for a long time, not moving or speaking, as quiet as a sculpture.

At this time, Xiao Linglong would not bother her, although she really wanted to persuade Chu Tianya to take a break and relax her mind.

"Liuhe." Chu Tianya suddenly called.

"Yes." The handsome and upright "encyclopedia" Liuhe stepped forward and listened to the promise.

"If you were the commander of the Black Army, which camp would you start attacking?" Chu Tianya asked.

"Lord, my subordinates have never been generals, and they don't know how to use soldiers." Liuhe replied truthfully.

Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "But you used to be the guard of Emperor Tianzuo, you must have heard those marshals and generals in front of the palace talk about this matter." And you used to be a fierce general of the three armies, although you have not directly participated in the formulation of tactics, but you must be no stranger to destroying cities. ”

"Straight to Taiyuan." Liuhe said four words.

Chu Tianya couldn't help but be stunned, "Jiao Wentong killed directly to Taiyuan?" How can he break through the layers of periphery here in Xiaocang Mountain? ”

"The subordinates don't know. The first instinct of his subordinates is to go straight to Taiyuan. Liuhe said, "Although the lord's army is stationed in Xiaocang Mountain, the city of Taiyuan is the real core of this battle. Isn't the purpose of defeating the lord and breaking through Xiaocang Mountain to finally take Taiyuan? The subordinates don't know how to use soldiers, and the first reaction of the subordinates as a charging general is - taking Taiyuan is victory! ”

In Chu Tianya's mind, a bright light flashed through Mu Ran.

What is meant by "sudden enlightenment", this is.

As a guard, Liuhe is actually an excellent killer, and his ideas are of course simple and straightforward. That's right, Taiyuan is the real core of this battle, and in the future, when Yan Zonghan goes south, his ultimate goal is also Taiyuan, not a field battle.

Then Bai Xu and Jiao Wentong must think the same way.

Chu Tianya was suddenly a little afraid. Only then did he realize that these days his mind had been all about how to transfer troops and how to deploy defensive formations. The inertia of people's thinking is really terrible, just like a person who is accustomed to mechanized work and study, often forgets the purpose of work and study, and forgets the meaning of life.

"Bai Xu will definitely surprise his troops and take Taiyuan directly!" Chu Tianya twisted his eyebrows, and pointed to the location of Taiyuan on the map with one hand.

Xiao Linglong stepped forward and said: "But the path to Taiyuan has been completely blocked by our army, how can Bai Xu fight Taiyuan?" ”

Chu Tianya shook his head again and again, "The more impossible things seem, the more dangerous they are." Wanyan Zonghan definitely didn't think that he would be defeated in Taiyuan, but he was defeated. Why? ”

"Because, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if." Xiao Linglong nodded, "That's right, Bai Xu has such a ghost talent, and Xiao Qi under the command of the second brother has such an ability." ”

In Chu Tianya's mind, the scene when Jiao Wentong first appeared in Qingyun Castle immediately appeared. One man and one horse galloped over the mountains, as if walking on the ground, and then suppressed the army of 20,000!

Although he didn't hear it with his own eyes, he didn't doubt the truth of the legend at all.

If Jiao Wentong alone has such power, then what kind of power will it be if he has followed him for many years with the three thousand howling horses?

What's more, now is a drill, and there will be no real fights. Jiao Wentong only needs to rush into Taiyuan City with Xiao Cai, or sneak into Taiyuan City with a few people, and use a means to control Zhang Xiaochun, the head of the Red Army in the rear of Taiyuan, and the black army will already be victorious!

Chu Tianya took a few breaths of cool air!

It's terrible to feel like you don't have a think tank and staff around you. After all, Qingwei is just a guard, and he can't replace Bai Xu's role.

"Tianya, since we thought that the second brother and Bai Xu might go straight to Taiyuan, what should we do?" Xiao Linglong asked.

Chu Tianya fell into deep thought.

Long.

The people around him didn't dare to make a noise to disturb.

Chu Tianya suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Linglong. There was a light in those eyes, and Xiao Linglong looked a little uncomfortable.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"How could I have forgotten that I have the best assassin in the world by my side?" Chu Tianya's face showed surprise.

Xiao Linglong was taken aback, "You are ......"

"You guessed it!" Chu Tianya punched his fist and shouted, "Old man! …… Green Dragon! ”

There was a gust of wind, and He Bo appeared in the tent.

"What does the lord command?"

"I'm going to give Qingwei the first task." Chu Tianya's face was very stern.

"Ask the lord to give the order." He Bo replied with a straight face. That look was like going back to the scene a few years ago, when he was a military advisor and marshal under Fang La.

"I don't care what method you use, in twelve hours, assassinate the commander and military advisor of the Black Army!" Chu Tianya said, "If you succeed, bring their handkerchiefs back to see me; Failed......"

"Qingwei did not fail, only died." He Bo answered, dodged and went out. Outside the tent, there was a humming sound similar to the long chant of an immortal crane, which was the characteristic whistle of the Qingwei assembly.

Xiao Linglong glanced at Chu Tianya deeply, and went out with Xiaofei and Liuhe.

Only Chu Tianya was left alone in the tent.

He suddenly sat down on the handsome chair, gasping for air, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead.

Although it is only a drill, the feeling that a victory or defeat is a matter of life and death is the same.

How high the honor is, how much pressure you have to bear, Chu Tianya knows it deeply at this moment.

"I was so contemplating how powerful my opponent was, and I forgot that I had the most powerful killer weapon in my hand! …… Ordinary people only make such a mistake when they are so nervous when they fight, and a well-trained martial arts master will definitely not do this! I'm really inexperienced! Chu Tianya was muttering to himself, "If you can kill Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu before the war breaks out, the other party's seventy or eighty thousand people will have no leader, and there will be no suspense about the outcome of the battle." Unexpectedly, the victory or defeat of the war of 150,000 people would eventually be dominated by twelve people; At this moment, are Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu also thinking about how to assassinate me, or sneak into Taiyuan to kill Zhang Xiaochun? …… In the future, the battle between Qingwei and Wolf Fang will be exciting and cruel! ”