When Feng Poyu and his generals discussed tactics, Chu Huan was only a day's journey away from Qiufeng Plain.

He did not let the whole army march in a hurry, after all, the big war was imminent, and both men and horses had to keep their bodies in shape, and during the march, they would stop and rest.

In the improvised simple tent, Pei Ji was standing in front of a map at this time, in front of the map, Chu Huan was standing with his hands behind him, and behind him were a group of fierce generals.

Chu Huan set out on this expedition, leaving Xu Shao to guard Tongzhou and ensure the safety of Tongzhou.

Now Tongzhou has become the material base of the Northwest Army in Guannei, and most of the grain and grass materials are stored in the warehouse of Tongzhou, and there is no room for any mistakes.

"These two highlands, Feng Poyu will definitely take advantage of them." Pei Ji's expression was solemn, and he pointed to the high ground on both sides of the Qiufeng Plains on the map, "If nothing else, what he put out is a crane wing array, and the Qiufeng Yuan arranges heavy troops to confront us head-on, and the highlands on both wings must have cavalry to find opportunities to fight." ”

Gu Liangchen's expression was grim, and he said: "The barbarian cavalry is brave and good at fighting, the Qiufeng Plain is the place we must pass through, and now they control the area of the Qiufeng Plain, they have taken the lead, if we fight, the barbarian cavalry on both wings will definitely become a threat to our flanks." ”

Pei Ji said: "So to deal with this formation, our best choice is to use a cone formation to fight against it." He walked over, there were some small pebbles on the ground, and quickly put on the appearance of a conical formation, raised his head and said: "The cone formation is the best formation to crack the enemy formation, but once the cone formation is deployed, it can strengthen the defense of the two wings, and the arrow in front is to make a quick breakthrough with the most elite soldiers and horses, which can pierce the enemy formation and disrupt the opponent's formation. After a pause, he said solemnly: "But the biggest weakness of the cone formation is the emptiness of the rear defense, once there is an enemy army in the rear, it is easy to disrupt our formation, and even lead our army to collapse." ”

"General, Feng Polu only has more than 10,000 people on hand, and almost all of them are deployed in the Qiufeng Plain, it is impossible for him to have extra troops to return to our rear." Gu Liangchen stared at the cone formation on the ground, "We can send more scouts to patrol in the rear!" ”

Pei Ji said with a smile: "I'm not worried that other soldiers and horses will appear behind us, it's just that the barbarian cavalry stationed on the high ground on both flanks is extremely fast, I'm worried that when the time comes, some of them will see the flaws in the cone formation, and they will abandon attacking from the flank, and take advantage of the cavalry's speed to quickly go around our rear!" ”

Chu Huan stared at the formation, groaned slightly, and then said: "Once we enter the Autumn Wind Plain, we must send people to keep an eye on the two wings, it's okay if they don't move, once they have a move, they must immediately change the formation." ”

Pei Ji said solemnly: "Fighting on the battlefield, any situation can happen, but it is not easy to suddenly change the formation during the fight, one is not careful, but it will make the soldiers fall into chaos." Staring at the ground, then picked up the pebble, made some changes, and everyone was silent, after a while, Pei Jicai said: "If you want to defeat Feng Poyu in one fell swoop, the most important thing is the arrow of the conical formation, you must pierce the enemy formation at the fastest speed, cut them apart, as long as you can cut it quickly, our cavalry can pass through the enemy formation, you can quickly spread out to the two wings, and turn around to counter-encircle the enemy soldiers, at that time, even if the two wings of the barbarian cavalry are killed, it is likely to fall into our counter-encirclement." ”

Pei Ji once gave Chu Huan a book of military formations, Chu Huan has also studied it, what Pei Ji said, but he also understood it, frowned and said: "If you want to implement counter-encirclement, the strength must not be less, and it must be cavalry, otherwise the speed can't keep up, and they can easily adjust it, so according to this tactic, we must arrange the main cavalry on the blade, they not only have to cut the enemy formation with the fastest speed, but also implement counter-encirclement, the success or failure of the entire battle situation depends on whether they can quickly cut the counter-encirclement." ”

Gu Liangchen couldn't help but say: "King, the barbarians have nearly 10,000 cavalry, even if they divide the two wings, they must have strong troops in the middle, if they want to break through them, they naturally have to use all the cavalry on hand, but in this way, without the protection of cavalry on the two wings, they will look very weak, after all, Feng Poyu is also a battle-hardened general, at that time, he will definitely see our flaws and order the cavalry on both wings to rush over." ”

Pei Ji nodded and said: "What General Gu said is extremely true, Feng Poyu will never let go of such an opportunity, so once such a tactic is implemented, not only does our cavalry need to be able to quickly complete the task, but also the soldiers and horses on both wings of the conical formation must also withstand the impact of the opponent's cavalry, before our cavalry achieves the anti-encirclement task, the two wings must resist their cavalry at any cost, otherwise their cavalry will break through the two wings, and the whole situation will fall into chaos, and it is really not known who will die." ”

Chu Huan's expression was solemn, and he said: "This vicious battle is already in our plan, and the other party has a geographical advantage, so we have no other choice but to fight." Looking at Pei Ji, he said: "Use our cavalry on the blade, and arrange foot soldiers on both wings, although they are cavalry, but after all, the strength cannot withstand us, we arrange heavy troops on both wings, support them with all our might, and respond to the cavalry." ”

Pei Ji thought for a moment before he said: "But there is one more thing that has a great impact on the battle situation. ”

"The general is talking about the Xishan Army?" Chu Huan reacted immediately.

Pei Ji bowed slightly, and said: "Feng Poyu has incorporated the Xishan Army in Yunshan Mansion City and used it as a vanguard, if Wei Tianqing can convince them, then it is easy to say, but if those people will not defect to the battle, the first thing we have to break through is them, in this way, the impact momentum of our cavalry will have a weakening effect, after all, it is also thousands of soldiers and horses, and most of them are Xishan Praetorian Guards, Qiao Mingtang was defeated before, and we also played an ambush, which does not show that the Xishan Praetorian Guards are vulnerable." This time they came prepared, and it was bound to be much more difficult to deal with than the last time. ”

Chu Huan's expression also became solemn, and at this moment, he heard a voice from outside the tent: "Report to the king, there is an urgent military situation!" ”

Chu Huan turned around and let people in, and after the person entered the account, he arched his hand and said: "Great King, Deputy General Wang Dongwang of the Forward Battalion sent a small one to report secretly, Wei Tianqing's Wei Commander suddenly disappeared from the Forward Battalion, and his whereabouts are unknown!" ”

Chu Huan changed color slightly, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "Wei Tianqing is gone?" ”

"Yes, Vice General Wang has military affairs to look for Wei Tong, but Wei Tong is not in the camp, Vice General Wang sent people to look for it, and there is no trace of Wei Tong in the entire camp." The person who came gasped and said: "Vice General Wang did not publicize it to the outside world, but only sent a small one to report it quickly." ”

Chu Huan turned his head and saw that everyone else was also frowning.

Although the commander of the forward battalion this time is Wei Tianqing, there are really not many people who know about it, even the soldiers of the forward battalion, and when they go out again, they don't know that Wei Tianqing is the general of the unified army.

In order to confuse Feng Poyu, Pei Ji deliberately announced in the army that the general of the forward battalion was Wang Dong, Wang Dong was a new talent promoted by Chu Huan from the army, and he was quite prestigious in the Northwest Army.

Therefore, this time, the forward battalion not only played the banner of Chu Huan, but also played the banner of the "king" character of the general.

According to the plan, when the forward battalion and the Xishan Army confronted, the banner was immediately changed, and Wei Tianqing led the forward battalion.

Gu Liangchen took two steps forward and couldn't help but say, "King, Wei Tianqing disappeared in battle, isn't it!" He didn't continue, but his expression showed suspicion of Wei Tianqing.

Chu Huan knew Gu Liangchen's worries, groaned slightly, shook his head, and said, "Wei Tianqing is a bright and upright person, and he will never betray this king at such a time!" After thinking for a while, his face changed slightly, and he said softly: "Could it be!" ”

Pei Ji had already walked to Chu Huan's side at this time, and said in a low voice: "The king thinks that Wei Tianqing left alone and went to the enemy camp?" ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly, and said, "Feng Poyu has already deployed the Xishan Army on the front line of Qiufeng Yuan, and it is very likely that Wei Tianqing will go to the Xishan Military Camp alone!" ”

"Is the king saying that he wants to go and persuade the Xishan army to defect?" Pei Ji asked.

Chu Huan walked out of the big tent slowly, at this time the sky was dark, the sparks were lit, he looked up at the night sky, frowned, and said: "He is alone in the tiger's den, and the good luck is uncertain!" ”

The three thousand soldiers and horses in the West Mountain were all reorganized by Feng Poyu, and this time the formation was used as a vanguard, and the formation was arranged at the mouth of the Autumn Wind Plain.

Three thousand soldiers and horses, hundreds of camp tents, under the night, the sparks are lit.

After the Xishan Army was reorganized by Feng Poyu, in order not to anger this army too much, the leading general was served by Qiao Yin, a general who was originally subordinate to the Xishan Praetorian Guard.

However, Feng Poyu was obviously not very at ease with this army, and sent one of his cronies to serve as Qiao Yin's deputy general, responsible for monitoring Qiao Yin nearby.

The three thousand Xishan Army took the lead, lined up at the forefront, and the Xishan Army knew Feng Poyu's thoughts from top to bottom, which was obviously to send the Xishan Army to the front as cannon fodder.

The officers and men of the Xishan Army still have some fire in their hearts.

These 3,000 soldiers and horses, the main force is still the original Xishan Praetorian Guard, directly belonging to Qiao Mingtang, led by Wei Tianqing, who has been trained for many years, and often sends troops to suppress bandits, the equipment is not bad, and he has always been full of confidence.

However, the previous defeat at the hands of the Northwest Army greatly reduced the morale of this group of soldiers, and they were even a little unwilling, only feeling that they had fallen into the trap of the Northwest Army, not a head-on duel.

However, the change of Yunshan, Qiao Mingtang's whereabouts are unknown, Wei Tianqing is nowhere to be seen, the Xishan army has no leader, after Feng Poyu was absorbed, he immediately transferred this army out of Yunshan City, and soon deployed to the front line, in the eyes of this group of soldiers, Feng Poyu would rather trust the foreign barbarians than believe in himself, which made the soldiers angry and a little frustrated.

Qiao Yin knew the feelings in the hearts of the soldiers, but now that it happened, there was no way to improve morale.

The Northwest Army is coming, and there will be a decisive battle in the near future, this army will also be the first team to take the lead in fighting with the Northwest Army, Qiao Yin has fought with the Northwest Army, and already knows the strength of the Northwest Army, for this battle, he can't be sure who will win in the end, but one thing he is very sure of is that this army under his command is likely to suffer a catastrophe.

These soldiers have followed him for many years, and many of them even come out of the same place, with a sense of hometown, but after a while, they don't know how many people will survive.