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"Invitation to war?!" Shen Yun jumped up from the marching hospital bed, and ......, "Oh, Brother Badou, why did you stick this ointment to me!" Shen Yun shouted.

This is the baggage camp of the special preparation department, and the war is tense, and the field medical center is also arranged here. Outside the tent was a mountain of supplies, marching beds, food bags, herb packs, and even bundles of bows and swords. Fortunately, God gave face, and it didn't rain in the past few days, otherwise these materials that were too late to be placed would have to be tossed away by the rain.

Shen Yun and the others made a big circle, interspersed back from the battlefield in the southeast, and there were only forty-five people left, and only forty-four of them returned to the camp in the end. As soon as they returned, they learned that the Fifth Company, which had originally said that they were going to meet them, had been cut off after Shen Yun had encountered the enemy for the first time, and they had no time to keep up. It's a good thing they didn't keep up, otherwise they would definitely lose more than these 180 people this time...... It is not impossible that the entire first part of the special section will be destroyed.

After returning to the camp, Shen Yun and the others were "imprisoned" in the field medical center, and the Cai Badou brothers in charge of Shen Yun were sweating in a hurry, so they finally sorted out everyone's injuries, but when bandaging the wounds, the Cai brothers seemed to be in the wrong place.

"Brother Badou, why did you seal my chrysanthemum eyes on my injured thigh?" Shen Yun asked curiously.

Cai Badou blinked his eyes in a daze, and said suspiciously: "Didn't you hurt the harem bone?" ”

"Your uncle, Liu Peng in the bed next door is the injured harem bone ......" Shen Yun couldn't help but burst into foul language. This Cai Badou. also said that he was an old military doctor from Guizhou, but he had nothing else to do except give Pang Tong a good look at beriberi.

Although Lao Cai's medical skills are not good, he is also a military doctor, and he still has basic military medical qualities. For example, he did a good job of not fighting back and scolding, and an old face was always smiling, and at first glance, it made people feel like they wanted to punch him a few times to vent - not to mention, he really did it. When Zhong Lisi first came in, he gave Lao Cai a few punches, and Lao Cai was bloodied. But he's also the fastest one, and he's only been lying down for a day and can walk around. No, the news that the Yueshi people invited the Third Legion to fight was inquired about by him as a wounded man.

Among the forty-four wounded, Zhong Lisi and Pang Tong were the least injured, and Shen Yun, Zhao Xin, and Fang Cheng were the most seriously injured. Of course. Whoever it is, will be able to come back here alive. There are no major injuries such as broken tendons and fractures -- the cruel law of battlefield elimination. So that those who were extremely seriously injured did not come back.

Pang Tong, as the standard-bearer, was actually not worth mentioning, so he bruised his arm and forehead a little. But in order to eat and drink, and there were people to serve, he insisted on asking Lao Cai to mummify him, and he was lying opposite Shen Yun at the moment. He was still chewing the fried dried beans in his mouth, chewing rattling, and while chewing, he said to Zhong Lisi, who came in to spread the news: "You're not kidding, are you? How dare the people of the Yue Clan invite us to fight? Do they really think that the positive can beat us? ”

Zhong Lisi pushed Shen Yun down on the marching bed, and unscrupulously lifted the corners of his robe. took off his pants and prepared to help Shen Yun re-bandage his wounds. Lao Cai shouted to him on the side, but Zhong Lisi pushed him away, Shen Yun would rather believe in the hairy Zhong Lisi than the "quack" Lao Cai, sent him to take care of others, and lay directly on the bed, letting Zhong Lisi toss.

Zhong Lisi said while changing the dressing for Shen Yun's wound: "Of course it's not a joke, we are big celebrities now, and this place is close to the legion's tent, I heard those staff officers say it with my own ears at the door." The people of the Yue clan really invited us to fight, at noon the day after tomorrow, on the flat ground ten miles away. ”

Shen Yun, who was lying on the bed, couldn't help but ask, "Why is there still an invitation to fight now?" Isn't this backward mode of warfare long ago phased out? ”

Zhong Lisi said with a smile: "Bohai Hou still knows that it has been eliminated, don't you know that it has been improved?" ”

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Invitation to war is a war mode handed down from the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Also known as the "Battle of the Gentlemen". That is, the location of the battle, and then pull out the army and line up to fight it! Whether it is the battle of Zhuolu between the ancient Emperor Yan and Huang and Chiyou, or the battle of Muye between King Wu, fundamentally speaking, it is actually an invitation to fight!

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, most of the war patterns in the land of China were mainly invitational battles. However, after the era of a hundred schools of thought contending, all kinds of tricks and tricks fell out endlessly, and the mode of war gradually shifted to the form of "winning with the right and winning with the odd". By the time of the Holy Ancestor (i.e., the Three Kingdoms era), "the winner is the king, the loser is the villain" has been the consensus of all the participants in the war, and as long as the final victory can be achieved, the process is no longer important. The Invitation War has also lost its traditional decisive significance, and has instead been transformed into a kind of "Gentlemen's War" adopted for the sake of victory!

Take the Battle of Songliao during the Holy Ancestor's Northern Expedition to Yuan Shao as an example, at that time, the Holy Ancestor had already held a million troops and took the land of Youyan, and Yuan Shao's defeat was decided. However, from a long-term strategic point of view, if the Holy Ancestor wants to compete with Yuan Shao in one city and one place, he will inevitably fight until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, which will not only waste military salaries, but also may allow the Qingxu Cao clan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and gradually develop. In order to achieve a quick victory, the Holy Ancestor invited Yuan Shao to fight and decided to gather the strength of the whole army in the Songliao Plain. Yuan Shao also knew that he would definitely lose if he dragged on like this, but if he could defeat the Holy Ancestor on the Songliao Plain, he would be able to turn the tables in one fell swoop, so the Songliao War began, and the Holy Ancestor was almost "beheaded" by Yuan Shao......

The current invitation to fight is probably what it means. That is, one side wants to win quickly, and the other side also wants to turn the tables in a fight, for both sides of the enemy, when they all have their own needs, the invitation to fight can happen. In other words, the two sides of the invitation can only appear when the strength is not much different, but one side has a clear victory. If there were only a few thousand people left in the Third Legion at this moment, of course there was no need for the Yue Clan's side to invite a fight, and they would just kill it in one go.

Now, the Yueshi people are eager to get the baggage supplies of the Third Army and cut off the way back to the south of the Northern Frontier Front, but the Third Army still has more than 20,000 people. And it has been a hedgehog into a group. If the Yueshi people want to fight quickly, it will take a lot of time, and they may not be able to defeat it. The will of the soldiers of the Han Empire at this time was still very strong. It is preliminarily estimated that if the Sixth Legion of the Yue Clan wants to completely defeat the Third Legion, it will need to pay at least double, that is, about 40,000 people! Not to mention whether the Yue clan could bear the casualties of 40,000 people at this time, this time alone would not allow them to suffer here for a long time.

For the Han army, the courage and strength to fight the enemy on the frontal battlefield are still not lacking, but the Yue clan took the initiative before and had the upper hand in numbers. The Han army couldn't break through smoothly. If it is stubborn, the Han army will not say that it is aggrieved, and the Yueshi people will attack in turn, what should they do with the supplies of several other legions of the Northern Frontier Front? In fact, even if the Yueshi people don't invite to fight, in order to provide supplies to other legions. The Third Army must also fight. After all, now that the formation has been opened, it is nothing more than fighting! The key is to see how to fight!

According to the normal mode of operation. The 3rd Army Corps after shrinking its army to the western shore of Lake Chagan. Several units of cavalry will be divided, respectively, to test the Yue's camp in all directions, and then concentrate all their strength to break through a little, if it can be successful, increase the troops, defeat it one by one, if not, retreat into the camp again. Continue to entangle with the enemy.

Now the Yue's people are invited to fight, but they are different. The Han army did not think that this was a conspiracy of the Yueshi people - judging from the current situation, there was not much room for conspiracy and trickery, and the two sides were no longer competing for the tactics of senior generals, but the real combat strength of the army! The Yueshi people want to fight quickly. The Han army also wanted to succeed in the first battle. If the enemy can be routed head-on, all the difficulties of the Third Army will be solved - of course, it will depend on the ability of the generals of both sides to arrange their troops on the frontal battlefield!

Some people may say that since both sides have agreed to set up a decisive battle in one place, why not play a little clever at this time and take the opportunity to break through in one direction? Anyway, there is no need to talk about faith and morality in war!

Hehe, the one who can say this must be a military imbecile. The time for inviting the battle is fixed, and before that, will the Yueshi people easily let go of one direction and let the Han army go? Once the decisive battle time begins, can the Han army go if they want to? Now the advantage of the Han army is that the hedgehog is integrated into a regiment, and there is a camp to rely on, if you lose the camp, it is better to fight directly with the Yueshi people, why do you have to run? Running away in the other direction? What is that not looking for death?! Is it true that the Yueshi people will not pursue?

What's more, with a team of 20,000 people and millions of stone of grain and grass, can you be prepared to break through? Once prepared, the Yue's sentinels won't be able to find out? Do you really think of the battlefield as your home?

Therefore, it is imperative to invite a battle, and both the Yue clan and the Han army are eager for this invitation to fight. In terms of the sincerity of the invitation to fight, the generals of both sides did not discount. Of course, before and after this invited battle, the arrangement of the generals on both sides is also crucial.

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Zhong Lisi's explanation was quite successful. Shen Yun at least understood that this decisive battle was inevitable. However, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, and asked, "Gentlemen, what do you say about the palace marshal's battle array ability?" ”

This sentence can be regarded as asking everyone's hearts. Everyone knows that Hou Jian, the commander of the Third Legion, is nicknamed "General Rabbit", and running and retreating is his strong point. But fortunately, the current army of the Han Empire is somewhat similar to the modern army, and the commander is not the only commander of the battlefield, but the general staff. No matter how incompetent a general is, as long as the staff officers of the staff are strong, he can still win the war.

Are the staff officers of the Third Army good?

It's hard to say. Judging from the battle of Shenyou, the planning of these staff officers was not too smart, but fortunately, Shen Yun and others grabbed a big hand, which more or less covered up the tragic appearance of a town commander who died in the battle of Shenyou, and the rear division attacked fruitlessly, with more than 2,000 casualties.

Pang Tong thought for a while, ate the last bite of dried beans in his mouth, and said vaguely: "If you want me to say, the commanders of our Bohai Marquis are more reliable than this palace marshal, do you say yes?" ”

Shen Yun pouted his buttocks bare, threw the pillow over, and scolded: "Eat your things, less of his grandma's nonsense." Put my identity on your lips again, and be careful that Lao Tzu exposes you as a wounded soldier! ”

Pang Tong immediately became honest, grabbed the pillow and smiled, but didn't talk back.

The field clinic was a half-covered tent that could accommodate ten wounded soldiers and two military doctors. However, there were more wounded in the rear division, and most of the military doctors were transferred there, and Lao Cai was in charge of this tent alone. That's why he's messing around with the wounded - he's too busy. He was responsible for the eating, drinking, and Lazar of the ten wounded soldiers, and he had to serve and eat like Pang Tong, which was really too busy.

Since Shen Yun's identity was forced to be broken by Zhang Mo, the forty-four people who came back knew it. Before coming back, Zhang Mo also issued a gag order, never allowing Shen Yun's identity to be leaked - if the Yue people knew that there was a Han Marquis in the Third Legion, it would be a big deal, the Yue people had to pounce on them like a rogue who saw a pheasant - the Han Marquis would only become a sugar cube to attract bees here, and he would not get the slightest benefit!

It is said that since the Great Han Holy Ancestor. There are not a few Han princes who died in battle, but there are really no ones who have been caught! And even those princes who died in battle, the enemy absolutely did not know their identities before they died in battle, and the corpses were transported back to the imperial capital by the Han army after they died in battle, and there was absolutely no situation where they fell into the hands of the enemy! Shen Yun didn't want to be this first. I can't afford to lose that man!

All the surviving people understood the importance of the incident and kept their mouths shut. However, there will still be some changes to Shen Yun in terms of words. Honorifics in ordinary expressions occasionally pop up. But in a private space. Zhong Lisi and Pang Tong, the two big mouths, still couldn't help but tease Shen Yun's identity. Shen Yun couldn't be angry about this, after all, they were all brothers in the same batch of battle robes, and they were willing to joke about their identity, at least they didn't regard Shen Yun as a high-ranking nobleman, but really regarded themselves as brothers, which was enough.

If you are picked up by your brother here. It's really uncomfortable to be isolated, just like the status of the Fifth Company in the Special Editing Department, embarrassed to death. For example, Shen Yun has made such a great contribution this time, and the fifth company should also be regarded as a military merit as a Qu commander. But his popularity is too poor, except for Zheng Ying, the other Qu Commander battalion commanders refused to report his military merits, and even Wen Cui hated him for not being able to get off the stage at the beginning, and refused to sign the military merit report. In the end, it was the commander Xu Dong who spoke, and the commander of the entire special compilation department added a military merit record, which can be regarded as appeasing everyone and repaying the credit! Shen Yun never wanted to be the second fifth company, such a person, even if he could fight again, he would never want to get ahead in his life.

What's more, now that it is a battlefield, his identity cannot be disclosed according to military law, except for his direct superiors, that is, the Fifth Company and Zhang Mo, Xu Dong, the commander of the special editorial department, has no right to know - after all, this is only a special editorial department, and it is not an official establishment!

Although it is a special department, the status of this department in the Third Army is not the same today. Before, it was the heart and soul of His Royal Highness Hu Gong, and any officer above the commander knew that anyone who saw the special department would get out of the way, but the reason was not respect, but the fear of bumping them into them and being punished by their superiors, more of which was the meaning of hiding from the plague god.

But now it is different, in the battle of Shenyou, the second town that attacked head-on suffered heavy casualties, the town commander was killed, and the second town was almost completely annihilated, only the left wing sent by the special department achieved combat success: not only forced back the right flank of the Yueshi Sixth Army, avoided the large-scale advance of the enemy, but also captured a military flag. This military merit will not be small anywhere. Major Xu Dong of the Special Editorial Department officially entered the sight of Hou Jian, the commander of the Third Army Corps. No, at tonight's meeting on the decisive battle against the Yue's people, there was Xu Dong's figure.

The meeting was held in the big tent of the regiment, and all the fourth-level generals of the division, town, and brigade headquarters were present. In previous meetings, even if Xu Dong arrived, the other generals regarded him as if he had not arrived, and would not ask him for his opinion, let alone greet him. But this time it was different, everyone who saw Xu Dong clasped their fists and saluted, and the lower ones even saluted. This made Xu Dong, who was a little lost after being sent to be a "nanny", quite excited, his face was full of red light, and he was also talking and laughing with the generals, giving full play to the heroic posture of the marshal in the marshal's tent!

The theme of the meeting is, of course, the decisive battle with the Yueshi people the day after tomorrow. The palace marshal Hou Jian has not yet arrived, and the staff officers in the palace marshal's tent have not yet come, so he must be making further deliberations later. This kind of deliberation is not like the previous issuance of military orders, generals and commanders at all levels are qualified and powerful to speak and make suggestions, and the resolutions made by Hou Jian's general staff have the right to raise objections, of course, whether or not they are finally implemented depends on Hou Jian's attitude. For such a decisive battle, all the generals attach great importance to it, and the tone of the discussion is solemn, but on the whole it is optimistic.

In the five hundred years since the Holy Ancestor, the Great Han has never lost a head-to-head confrontation - there have been occasional minor setbacks, and they have only been successfully attacked by the enemy's tricks! In the past five hundred years, in a head-to-head duel with the same number of people, the Han army has never been defeated once! That's all. It was enough to make the generals and commanders of the Han army present in high spirits and full of morale!

Of course, before coming, these generals had also discussed with their respective staff teams, and the results were quite optimistic, so now they all have a relaxed attitude in it. It's nothing more than to see what kind of combat position each gets, and then fight bravely.

Just as all the generals were talking with great interest, a major staff officer came out of the back tent and shouted: "The palace marshal has arrived!" ”

All the generals immediately stood up in turn according to their establishment and rank, and saluted with their chests crossed. Suddenly said: "Welcome to the palace marshal!" ”

Hou Jian, who is 1.80 meters tall and looks quite strong, walked out from behind the tent, walked directly behind the handsome case, raised his eyebrows to everyone, and then said, "Sit down." Today's gathering. I think everyone already knows why. What do you think about the decisive battle the day after tomorrow? ”

The generals spoke one after another. It's all a fight. Speaking of impassionedness, there are a few brigade commanders who are eager to pull out the army and fight the Yueshi people right now - of course, these brigade commanders know at a glance that they are lieutenant divisions. In the past few days of fighting, the middle division has not yet made contact with the Yueshi people, and the morale and strength of the entire army have been maintained well.

When everyone spoke, Xu Dong sat at the back. is quietly looking at Hou Jian behind the handsome case, and the Baili Shu who is said to be Hou Jian's most relied on arm.

As the former assistant of Hu Gong, Xu Dong is certainly not a stupid person. Before that, he had no intention of taking care of the special editing department, but he was suddenly "delegated" by Hu Gong. I couldn't accept it in my heart, and I seemed a little self-defeating with a little emotion, but since I got military merits and regained my self-esteem and self-confidence in the big tent, Xu Dong's shrewd thinking as a staff officer has returned. He knows very well that any decision in the army does not come from these generals under his command, but the will of the commander! The staff can guide the will of the manager, but it cannot make decisions for the manager! Observing words and expressions is also an indispensable lesson for staff officers.

After Hou Jian sat down, Xu Dong keenly noticed a trace of uneasiness and worry in the corner of his eyes. Especially Baili Shu next to Hou Jian, when he looked at those generals who were talking eloquently, he actually showed disdain!

Is it actually disdainful?

Xu Dong thought deeply for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand to speak: "Palace Shuai, my subordinates have something to say." ”

For Xu Dong, Hou Jian naturally knew him, and the Yue Clan's military flag was sent by Xu Dong himself, and Hou Jian really encouraged him a few words at that time. Hou Jian still has a good impression of one of the chief staff officers of the former marshal's big tent, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to chill Bailishu's heart and was afraid of inadvertently provoking Hu Gong, Hou Jian would have the heart to transfer him to his own staff. Seeing him raise his hand, Hou Jian nodded and said, "Major Xu, but it's okay to say it." ”

Xu Dong sorted out his thoughts and said with a gentle smile: "Palace Marshal, my subordinates think that today's discussion is not how to fight with the Yue Clan, but whether to fight or not!" ”

"Wow" The whole big tent boiled.

What does that mean? What war or not to fight? Does this still need to be discussed? This invitation battle of the Yue people is the only chance for the Third Legion to get out of the predicament, of course, it is a battle! All the generals looked at Xu Dong with strange eyes, and whispered to the people around them from time to time.

And Hou Jian and Baili Shu, the former showed a look of surprise, but the latter was surprised.

Xu Dong glanced at the expressions of the two, his heart was more determined, and he raised his voice: "Yes, all the gentlemen may think that this battle is the only chance for our army, and there is no need to discuss whether to fight or not. But in my opinion, war or not war is the key! ”

Hou Jian pressed the surprise in his heart, and pretended to be calm and said, "Oh? Can Major Xu explain why? ”

Xu Dong said: "In fact, the reason is simple, if we fight, our army may not win, if we do not fight, our army may not be defeated." On this point alone, it is believed that war or non-war still needs to be discussed. ”

As soon as these words came out, it aroused everyone's discussion even more, and the generals who had a good face for Xu Dong before showed angry faces, watching Xu Dong continue to make nonsense.

Xu Dong was unmoved, and continued: "The rebels of the Yue clan were originally from our Han army, and they are familiar with our army's combat style and tactics, how to fight and how to fight, there is no suspense for them at all. You may think that this battle is the blood and bravery of the soldiers! Naturally, there is no need to say much about the bravery of my Han sergeant, but is this decisive battle really solved by the bravery of our army? Do you still remember the battle of Shenyou two days ago, when the enemy in front of the second town of the former division put up a Roman fish scale formation, instead of the fish scale formation commonly used by our Han Dynasty, what does this mean? This shows that there may be a Roman master in command among the Yueshi people! ”

"So what? The Romans dared to privately help the rebels of the Yue clan, and when our army pacified Dayue, they would definitely ask them for advice! A brigade commander immediately stood up and said, and the momentum was not bad.

Xu Dong was not in a hurry, and smiled gently: "Yes, Brigade Marshal, you also said that it was after pacifying Dayue, but we are now fighting with him here." Let me ask, since I sent troops to Shiguo when I was Emperor Han Le, and had a small-scale confrontation with Rome outside the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, in the past two hundred years, has our Han army ever clashed with Rome? Since there was no confrontation, how do we understand how the Romans fought now? Sun Tzu once said: Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. But now, the enemy knows all the ways of our army, but our army does not understand the enemy, how can we survive a hundred battles? If it is a decisive battle, our army may lose nothing, but if we don't fight, then we may still hold out until His Royal Highness Duke Hu arrives in person...... Gentlemen, isn't it obvious which is more important? ”

"Bang bang bang!" Hou Jian couldn't help but be the first to applaud, and the smile on his face was undisguised. In fact, what Xu Dong said was also one of the things that Fang had just discussed with the staff and others in Hou Houjian. Indeed, everyone felt that this invitation to battle was the only chance to get out of the predicament, and even the commander of the Yue clan could not think of a reason why the Han army should not fight. If it were to be another Han general, this invitation would definitely be the battle, but the commander of the Third Army was Hou Jian, the famous "rabbit general" of the Han Empire, a general who did not think about victory and defeat!

"Then, then our army will stop fighting, continue to stick to the camp and wait for Hu Gong to come to the rescue?" The brigade commander who had spoken to refute before sat in his position with some anger and said to Xu Dong.

Xu Dong was speechless for a while, and saluted Hou Jian: "There is no countermeasure for the next time, just put forward ideas, the palace marshal is far-sighted, far-sighted, and decisive!" ”

Hou Jian smiled and said, "Guoliang is humble." Yes, Ben Shuai was also thinking about whether he should fight. What Guoliang said is also true, our army is indeed not sure of victory! But ......" Hou Jian's originally smiling expression suddenly closed, and there was a fierceness in his eyes: "Everyone says that Ben Shuai is a 'rabbit general', and he only knows how to retreat and run, but this time Ben Shuai wants the Yue people to see, the 'rabbit' will bite people when they are in a hurry, and they will bite very hard!" In this battle, I decided to fight! ”

As soon as the words fell, the generals present applauded one after another, and even got up to salute Hou Jian solemnly, which was so excited that it was simply exciting.

But Xu Dong was stunned, and thought blankly: Am I wrong? Hou Jian actually didn't want to retreat?

However, after seeing the excitement of all the generals, as well as the gleam that flashed in Hou Jian's eyes after saying this, Xu Dong was also stunned!

It seems that it is not that the palace marshal wants to fight, but that he has to fight. After all, if you don't fight at this time, it will definitely make the generals feel uncomfortable, and their morale will also be hit. The response is to be combated, but the scale of the response is controllable...... If Hou Jian, the "rabbit general", lives up to his name, this decisive battle may not be able to evolve into a "retreat battle", and the Third Army may have hope of retreating safely!

Xu Dong suddenly looked forward to it. (To be continued......)