"Well, if anyone can lead the team that serves as bait and successfully complete the task, it is really a well-deserved first achievement, your kid's calculation is good, this time you can be considered to be both public and private, right?" After listening to Zhao Ning, Zhou Jing glanced at him and said. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ning's so-called best policy is actually not feasible at all. If the world is peaceful now and there is nothing to do in all directions, then Zhao Ning's best strategy of taking steps into action is naturally the safest way.

But just in time for the imperial court to use troops in the north, the two most capable generals today are also the two innate masters in the Great Xia army - Huangfuduan and Luo Qingquan are all pressed there, the imperial court for this battle, mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, millions of people's baggage team, vowed to sweep away Mobei, completely defeat or even eliminate the northern grassland empire Mengyuan. If this battle can be won, then the martial arts of the current emperor will be truly comparable to Emperor Xiaowu and become a great emperor who has been recited through the ages.

Therefore, at this juncture, it is impossible for the imperial court to allow the counterinsurgency war on the Xuzhou side to be prolonged for a long time.

And Zhao Ning's strategy, although once successful, may be able to completely wipe out the Guangling anti-thieves within half a month. But this way of playing, but it is too risky, once you can't find Guo Chun's main force within three days, once you can't eliminate Guo Chun's main force in one battle, or lose the battle with Guo Chun, and the army is encircled again, the consequences are unimaginable. Such a risk, he Zhou Jing did not dare and could not take it.

Therefore, in fact, the real available strategy is still Zhao Ning's middle strategy. With this use of troops, this counterinsurgency will not be delayed for too long, and it will not be too risky, but this is more demanding for the bait soldiers who broke through into the enemy's territory and their commanders. And at present, Zhao Ning is the only one who has the ability to lead the bait army and successfully complete the combat goal under Zhou Jing.

"My subordinates are only shallow in learning, so I can only think of these three methods." Zhao Ning naturally hoped that he would be able to lead the bait army, so he did not deny that he was taking care of public and private interests this time.

"Alas, now there is only one way to win in a short time with inferior forces. It's just one thing to talk about it, but it's probably not as easy to do as you think. If you lead a lone army of 35,000 or 5,000 elite soldiers, you may soon be besieged by 40,000 or 50,000 anti-thieves, and it is not so easy for you to hold on for ten days and a half and drag the enemy to exhaustion. Looking at the hairy boy in front of him, Zhou Jing didn't know whether to admire his courage or laugh at his arrogance, maybe he had such an idea because he was old, as if he was not afraid of the sky and the earth like the kid in front of him when he was young.

"If your subordinates can take on this responsibility, they will swear to die to serve and accomplish this." Zhao Ning gave another military salute neatly.

"Good! This officer then ordered that you be the captain of the rebellion, and command 3,000 soldiers and horses. The hundred-man team you brought by yourself doesn't count, you can choose another 3,000 people in the army, I can't give you too many people, but these 3,000 people, you can choose the elite. You can have one commander and two commanders, or you can choose any of the eighteen people. Within two days, get ready and go now. Once your troops enter Guangling, be sure to attract the main force of the anti-thieves to besiege you, and give me ten days to hold on, and after ten days, my army will arrive. When the time comes, we should work together inside and outside to break the thief in one fell swoop. ”

"Thank you for your cultivation! Since the army can be selected by the lower officials, the three thousand people are enough. As for the candidates for the two commanders, the subordinates want Zhou Shu of Z County and Zheng Gu of Suiling, who is a little stumbling. Zhao Ning thought about it for a moment and said.

"Oh? Those two? You just refuted Zhou Shu in front of people, and that Zheng Gu ......"

"Zhou Shu was a businessman, and he was quite a profitable businessman, and the villain had heard his name. Such a person is not easily affected by emotions," Zhao Ning originally wanted to say that this kind of person must be a goal-oriented personality, but considering that he couldn't bully the ancients too much, he changed his words. "This kind of person does everything for profit, and everything he does depends on whether it is conducive to achieving the goal, so I believe that he will not hold a grudge against me, on the contrary, since he actively expresses himself, then I choose him to complete this important task with me, and he will be grateful to the lower officials. As for that Zheng Guma, although he is a little more straightforward, he seems to have good skills and can still be used. ”

"Okay, since you have a plan, I won't interfere with you, go down and prepare." Zhou Jing felt more and more that Zhao Ning was a piece of material, and when he thought of his life experience, he was also embarrassed in his heart.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Ning led people to start selecting his 3,000 elite soldiers. His standards are not complicated, there are only two, first, he can shoot a 120-pound bow and hit an arrow target a hundred paces away; Second, carry a weight of seventy pounds, and march thirty miles in an hour.

Now, although this army has not yet gone through the battle formation, let alone fought a hard battle, but under Zhou Jing's thunderous means, after all, there is basic military discipline, and the assessment will soon begin in an orderly manner.

The soldiers who participated in the assessment worked very hard, because Zhao Ning said that as long as they can pass the first round of assessment today, they will have a full meal at night; If you can pass the second round of assessment tomorrow, then each person will have a reward of 5,000 yuan.

For those small families who only have 100 acres of thin fields, the whole family can only harvest 100 stones of grain after a year of hard work, and according to the market of ordinary years, it is worth a total of 10,000 yuan, so the reward of 5,000 yuan is still quite tempting for these soldiers.

"See Lord Lieutenant, Lord Xie. Thanks to the promotion of adults, in the future, only adults will look forward, liver and brain, and do not give up! Zhao Ning was watching Zhao Hu and Wang Long assess the soldiers, and suddenly saw Zhou Shu trotting to the front, making a military salute and saying.

"Commander Zhou, please hurry up, this battle still needs our concerted efforts to defeat the enemy. It's just ......" Zhao Ning said halfway, but he didn't continue.

"If the adults have something, just give orders, and the little ones will not disappoint the adults." Zhou Shu saluted again.

"Brother Zhou, brother is in the wrong love of Lord Assassin Shi and served as this rebellious captain, but you also know that this errand is not so easy to do, as the saying goes, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, you and I suddenly ascended to a high position as grass people, and now we have to take these people to act as pioneers......"

Zhou Shu has been rolling in the mall for many years, and he knows how to observe words and emotions best, seeing Zhao Ning say this, how can there be anything he doesn't understand. "The difficulties of the adults, the small ones understand, this reward of 5,000 yuan per person, the humble duty is willing to bear it."

"Commander Zhou is really loyal and generous, but if we want these people to die on the battlefield, I'm afraid we have to hang a heavy reward, this ......"

Fifteen hundred taels of gold? If you want to make a contribution this time, there are more places to spend money, and it is obviously impossible for the imperial court to allocate so much money, and he Zhao Ning doesn't want to make up for it alone, so he deliberately asked Zhou Shu, a son of a wealthy businessman, to come and catch this toad, so don't you get out of the? What's more, at this time, he himself ran over and let Zhao Ning just take orders.

"I wonder how you want to give a reward?" Zhou Shu heard the meaning, but he didn't know what Zhao Ning was going to do, so he was no longer reckless this time, but asked tentatively.

"If you want the soldiers to be brave and give their own strength, you can't help but give a heavy reward. What I mean is that if a soldier can kill the enemy in battle, he will be beheaded by one level and rewarded with ten thousand dollars. It's just this money......" Zhao Ning said this, looking at Zhou Shu again.

"The adults are loyal to the community, and the lowly duty is inexplicable, and the lowly duty is also willing to bear thirty percent of this reward." Zhou Shu frowned slightly and said.

"Sancheng?" Zhao Ning's face was cold.

"Ah, no, it's forty percent."

Zhao Ning still didn't speak.

"Humble duty, humble duty is willing to bear half of it." Zhou Shu gritted his teeth and said.

Although the Zhou family is much richer than Zhao Ning, although Zhou Shu is a key cultivator in the Zhou family's lineage, but after giving 1,500 taels of gold, he is asked to promise a huge sum of money without an accurate amount, and he has to bear fifty percent, he does feel a lot of pressure.

"Good! With Brother Zhou's support, why should we not succeed this time? Zhao Ning patted Zhou Shu's shoulder twice vigorously and said.

Seeing that the young master of the Zhao family finally nodded, Zhou Shu also secretly let out a sigh of relief. He knew that as the son of a businessman who was not qualified to be filial and honest, whether he could gain a reputation in this life and sit on an equal footing with those high-ranking scholars and officials depended on this time.

Even if he gave a few thousand taels of gold, he would admit it, and I believe that the family would support his decision.

"It is the honor of the villain to follow the adult's achievements, if the adult has no other instructions, the little one will go down and prepare first." Seeing that Zhao Ning didn't say anything more, Zhou Shu hurriedly retired, he didn't want to wait for Zhao Ning to come up with some way to spend money.

It's almost dusk.

"Young master, it's over there, these guys are not bad, a total of more than 3,700 people have passed today's assessment." Lian Zhan came and said to Zhao Ning.

There are only more than 3,700 people, which is less than Zhao Ning imagined, and it seems that it is really difficult to choose enough of these 3,000 people according to his own standards.

"It seems that we can only lower the assessment standard for the second round tomorrow a little, change the weight of 70 catties to the weight of 50 catties, the distance and time cannot be changed, and the number of people who can be selected is as much as possible. For those who are in poor health and can't run, the more people there are, the more burdensome they are. Now that the people have been chosen, let us eat! ”

No matter how many people can pass tomorrow's assessment, Zhao Ning will have to take care of today's meat.

"These cubs, it's like they've never seen meat in their lives, a hundred big pigs!" Zhao Hu, who was holding a piece of pork leg, laughed and scolded while chewing and eating as his name suggests.

"It's just that those guys freaked out the people we brought out of the village. Don't say it, that is, our young master is kind-hearted, and he can often let the tenants and craftsmen in the village have meat, those guys, you can't see a meat star all year round, this kind of large meat tube is enough to eat, just don't hold a few to death! Wang Lung also joked.

"The meat of a hundred big pigs will be eaten in one meal, and they will be pointed to go into battle to help, so it's not okay to die like this!" Lian Zhan frowned and said painfully. The crowd laughed.

Everyone talked and laughed, and it seemed that the pressure of the imminent war had not affected everyone's emotions.