The veteran was not at ease, and set up a tent by Lin Fan's side, it was his duty to protect the battalion, as for the others, they had the ability to protect themselves and did not need to protect, but the most important thing was that the battalion was the one who was really good to himself, and he had never been good to himself before, which is why these soldiers did not participate in the war without Lin Fan.

The bonfire was lit, the orange flames were swaying in the wind, except for Li Jing and a few lieutenant generals who were idle, the other soldiers were busy, and the soldiers on Lin Fan's side were also busy, watching some of the soldiers set up pots, some took out white rice from the package, and some ran to the vicinity to cut the dry grass and come back as firewood・・・・・・

Looking at their busy figures, Lin Fan suddenly felt that this kind of military life was actually not bad, and it was actually a pleasure for everyone to eat and sleep together.

Dinner is very simple, more than 3,000 soldiers are sitting or standing or leaning on a small bowl of relish, Li Jing and several of his lieutenants get together, Xue Rengui and Niu Zhongren and other special forces, Lin Fan, Shan Xiong and the government soldiers, other soldiers scattered all over the place, such a scenery is also a very rare beauty on the grassland, this kind of scene is often only in wartime, peacetime, who will be so aggressive to eat on the grassland?

Erdan held a piece of baked cake and gnawed it carefully, eating it very sweetly, feeling that his mouth was dry, he went to the veteran's bowl to drink a sip of rice soup, his eyes were looking around, seeing such a beautiful scene, he was suddenly so excited, I am afraid that he will not be able to sleep again tonight.

When night fell, the sky darkened, and the vast grassland was only a small piece of flat land with stars shining, and the soldiers were not yet sleepy, and many people were still gathering together in twos and threes to talk and laugh, and the laughter seemed so insignificant in this wilderness, and the cold wind blew and dispersed.

The wide grassland looks beautiful, but it is not easy to disperse the cold wind, the cold wind is raging here, the whirring wind echoes in the ears, and it is very cold outside, but these soldiers are not afraid of the cold, as if only the cold can remind them that this is a war, not their own doorstep.

Lin Fan walked out of the camp tent and strolled among the grasslands, letting the cold wind come to him, he stayed sober not to let himself know that this was a war, but because he missed his family in Chang'an even more.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Fan and others can only spend the annual Yuan Day in this wilderness, Lin Fan, who has already spent his youth, has little interest in the New Year, when people grow up and have started a family, the taste of the New Year is not as good as the original childhood.

It doesn't matter how he spends his time, it's just that he really wants to spend it with his family, not to mention that this year is a special year, because he is already a father-to-be, the first time he has been a father in this life, his heart is still excited, he wants to spend the first time as a father with his lover, and he has been by her side, and now... he and his lover and children are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

If there is always love in the mountains and rivers, he is willing to go back, but unfortunately, many things can only be imagined.

Erdan followed behind Lin Fan, looking at his calm face, Erdan knew that Yingzheng was not as calm as it appeared on the surface, he must have something on his mind, in order to prevent snakes and insects from suddenly running out of the grass, Erdan walked a few steps quickly to Lin Fan to open the way for him, although there will be no snakes and insects hiding in the grass to be frozen on this cold day, but a loyalty must at least be shown・・・・・・

The march was very difficult, but had to move forward, and after surviving five days in the middle of the Yuan day, Li Jing's more than 3,000 soldiers finally approached Dingxiang, and at this time they could see Dingxiang City at the top of the mountain.

This hill outside Dingxiang City is very ordinary, at the foot of the mountain is a plain, at this moment the three thousand soldiers are stopped on this plain, Li Jing took two deputy generals up the mountain, this hill is high enough, can dominate the world, the surrounding terrain of Dingxiang can be seen clearly.

Li Jing stood at the top with his hands in his hands, letting the cold wind blow in his face, the cold wind could not blow his deep eyes, nor could he blow the armor on his body, but only blew his white beard to the side.

He was not afraid of hardship, his eyes were firmly looking at a map held by the two lieutenant generals, sometimes looking at the map, sometimes looking at the surrounding terrain, after staring for a long time, he set his eyes on a place in the west of the front, pointed to that place and said to the lieutenant general next to him: "We will be stationed there." ”

One of the young lieutenants did not speak, and the other older lieutenant general, who was about forty years old, frowned slightly, looked in the direction pointed by Li Jing, and then looked at the corresponding position on the map, and said, "Evil Yang Ridge? Is there anything special about this place, I look at it relatively ordinary. ”

Li Jing stroked his beard and said: "Dingfang, you can't just look at the surface of the situation, you take a closer look around Dingxiang, and there is a place that is more conducive to fighting than Evil Yang Ridge." ”

Su Dingfang frowned again and looked at the map and the terrain, but in the end he shook his head and said with a smile: "I can only fight, I don't understand this kind of strategy and positioning, I definitely can't compare to the general in this regard." ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Then you mean that Lao Tzu is not as good as you in war?" ”

Su Dingfang waved his hand again and again: "Where does the general say, the general's battle and strategy are much stronger than me, I'm just a reckless man." ”

The other lieutenant looked at the two with a smile or didn't say anything, and when Li Jing's gaze fell on the direction of Evil Yang Ridge again, the smile on his face disappeared, and the traces of time were revealed.

"The terrain of the Evil Yang Ridge is higher, and the bottom is flat, and it is spacious enough, which is conducive to the tun army, it is not very close to Dingxiang, which is conducive to concealment, if our army is stationed behind the tun, there are high mountains in front of it, Jieli will not find the traces of our army, even if it is standing here, it may not be able to see the traces of our army, there are small hills around it, and it is completely a safe place for the garrison."

Su Dingfang nodded and said: "After the general's analysis, it seems that it is quite suitable for the tun army, so it's decided?" ”

Li Jing glanced at Su Dingfang and said, "Can you choose a better place?" ”

Su Dingfang smiled: "That's it." ”

"The whole army enters the Evil Yang Ridge!"

Li Jing's order was issued, and the three thousand soldiers under the mountain began to prepare to continue advancing, since they had chosen the Evil Yang Ridge, the original road could not continue to walk, and they could only choose another barren road to advance.

The trailer loaded with the eight-ox crossbow opened the road in front, the road was not wide, the two trailers could not pass, they had to pass one by one, and the team could not walk sideways as it did when they first set out, and the four of them marched in a row along the road driven by the trailer.

Lin Fan's carriage was destroyed two days ago because it was about to enter a valley bottom, where only a narrow trailer could enter, so now he can only ride a horse, and the cart is no longer riding, and it has all been destroyed before entering the valley bottom.

Lin Fan can ride a horse, more than 100 people in his government barracks can only walk, their treatment can naturally not be compared with the cavalry, Erdan is a positive child, leading Lin Fan's horse in front, following the cavalry does not feel that his small body is much smaller in the herd of horses.

It is not far from the top of the mountain to see the Evil Yang Ridge, but it is a long way to walk past, and Li Jing's three thousand soldiers walked to the flat land of the Evil Yang Ridge from the beginning of the sunset to the dark day.

When night fell again, many soldiers gathered in Li Jing's tent, and Lin Fan, Xue Rengui, and Niu Zhongren were also invited to enter this time to discuss strategies together.

There were six people in the tent, and several of them sat around a field battle map composed of sand piles, quietly listening to Li Jing's analysis of the terrain.

"Here is less than 20 miles away from Dingxiang, we are stationed here is just a delaying tactic, can not be stationed for a long time, so we need to capture Dingxiang as soon as possible is the best policy, once this station is discovered, Jieli troops attack, we 3,000 soldiers may be difficult to resist, Zhang Gongjin estimates that it will take three days to get here, these three days we must capture Dingxiang, we must give Jieli a hard blow, so as to be able to boost the momentum of our army, even if we can't capture Dingxiang, but at least we have to fight a big victory, shock our army's prestige.

Let's talk about it, let's see if there is any way to easily conquer Dingxiang? ”

After Li Jing finished speaking, he looked up at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Su Dingfang: "Dingfang, what method do you say?" ”

Su Dingfang was silent for a while, and said while pointing: "There is only this one avenue to Dingxiang from here, and we can only choose this road, we walk out of the small road and gather on the avenue, and three thousand soldiers gather under the city gate to attack it, and we will be able to take the city gate, as long as we take the city gate, we will enter the city much more smoothly." ”

"Still not to the point."

Li Jing looked at Xue Rengui and said, "Tell me about it." ”

"Me?" Xue Rengui looked at Li Jing with some surprise, as if he didn't believe that Li Jing would let him find a way.

Seeing Li Jing nodding seriously, Xue Rengui frowned and thought for a while: "Now we don't know how many enemy troops there are, three thousand soldiers are attacking rashly, the odds of victory are difficult to say, it is difficult to succeed..." ”

Li Jing said: "I also know that it is difficult, so I asked you to find a way." ”

"Don't be sleepy, you can talk about it too."

Li Jing patted the back of Lin Fan's head, Lin Fan seemed to have just woken up, rubbed his eyes and yawned, and said weakly: "Jieli doesn't know that we are here now, take advantage of it・・・・・・ unprepared"

"Sneak attack!"

Li Jing had a light in his eyes, and said happily: "Just a sneak attack, he didn't expect that we would attack during the Yuan Ri, he definitely has no guard, taking advantage of his unpreparedness to sneak attack is the best way, only a sneak attack, our three thousand soldiers have the possibility of success." ”

With a confident smile on his wrinkled face, he looked outside, he slapped the table hard and said in a deep voice: "Night is the most relaxed time for them, especially during the Yuan Day, everyone is in a festive atmosphere, and the vigilance is more relaxed... ”

"It's only been a day's rest." Lin Fan regretted what he said just now, he wanted to set up camp and rest for a few days, but he didn't expect that Li Jing, an old man, would be so anxious and have to act tomorrow, isn't this exhausting.

"Then how long do you think you're going to rest?"

Li Jing glanced at Lin Fan and said: "I was just about to praise you, I didn't expect you to be so lazy, so comfortable, hum, Lao Tzu is already generous and benevolent if he doesn't decide to act tonight, and he wants to rest for a few more days, do you think that the war is at home, do you still need war so easily, go back and prepare well, keep up with the army tomorrow night, if there are wounded people who die, Lao Tzu is the only one who asks!" ”

Lin Fan said with a smile: "General, you don't like what you say, if someone is too seriously injured and dies, it is normal, with the current level of medical care, where can you want to be cured, those tools of the kid are only suitable for minor surgery, and you can't use major surgery, such as excessive internal injuries, involving important parts such as the heart, brain, or something, the kid can't do it, and if he doesn't do it, he will be treated to death, I can't afford this responsibility." ”

"What nonsense."

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "Lao Tzu doesn't care, don't fool Lao Tzu with those things that Lao Tzu doesn't understand, how can there be such a big injury in a battle, and the heart and brain, if the arrow has injured those places, there is still a chance to live?" That's already a dead person and a fart, Lao Tzu asked you to treat the wounded not a dead person, do you think you have the art of resurrecting the dead? Don't talk nonsense, go back, prepare well, you'll be busy tomorrow night. ”

"Go back too, recharge your batteries, and get ready for battle."

Several people left Li Jing's tent one after another, and when Su Dingfang walked to the door, he turned around and asked Li Jing: "General, are we really going to attack at night?" ”

"Any questions?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "There is no problem, it's just... ”

Li Jing said in a deep voice: "What's this, the so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, not to mention that I am not cheating, but the time I chose to attack was at night." ”

"It's a definite formula."

Li Jing said earnestly: "You can't talk about righteousness in war, you can't talk about fairness, soldiers don't get tired of deception, this is the most basic art of war inherited since ancient times, any method can be used for soldiers, who will care how you fight, no one pays attention to the process, people only pay attention to your results, as long as you can win the battle, then the method is a good method, who will consider whether your method is in line with morality."

You can't be moral to the enemy, you can see Jieli that after the emperor signed the Weishui Alliance with him in Weishui, did Jieli keep his promise that day, he still violated our northern border, and the tragic scene in Mayi has just passed less than two years, have you forgotten this? ”

He patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder and continued: "Morality is not something to eat, and it cannot be merciful to the enemy, as long as the enemy can be defeated, what method can't be used?" Since ancient times, which general has considered morality when using troops? None of them could think of how to defeat the enemy, and they would think of anything other than moral? As long as there is a feasible solution, they will use it, and who cares if it is morally correct. (To be continued.) )