On the night of April 27, 1003. Location, west bank of the Zabkhan River, Han army camp.

The marshal's tent was the largest of all the tents, about 200 square meters. It is not that every marshal is happy to live in such a large marching tent.

In fact, such a large tent could easily be a target for enemy raids. However, the marshal's tent according to this, in addition to showing his majesty, is more important because there are a large number of staff officers in the marshal's tent who need to be planned.

This is the garrison of the Liewu Legion, and the Flying Cavalry Guard has crossed the Zabkhan River and is stationed along the area of Dingbian Province, and the west bank is defended by the Liewu Guard, a pure infantry legion.

As the first-class legion of the Empire, the camp of the Liewuwei is definitely the first in the world. Of course, the location of the marshal's tent will not be like in modern film and television works, rushing straight to the gate of the camp, as if telling the enemy to come and attack quickly!

The 25,000-strong Liewu guard guarded almost every possible military point on the west bank of the Zabkhan River, extending westward to the Jinshan Gobi. Although it is not as exaggerated as the joint camp of 800 miles, there will always be a tight defense between the scattered tents. It is conceivable that even if the enemy has a million troops, it is impossible to crush the battalion of the Liewuwei in one fell swoop. Even if they could find out where the boss's tent was, it would be impossible for them to succeed in the sneak attack - the camp set up by the Liewuwei was definitely a nightmare for all those who wanted to charge into battle!

It was three o'clock past night, and the marshal's tent was still brightly lit. The sleeping tent separates several rooms with a variety of simple but thick screens. This is to prevent the enemy from breaking in, these screens can also have the effect of blocking the enemy - like the things that can split and smash the screen with a knife in film and television works, it is absolutely impossible to appear in the real world!

Hu Gong sat behind the Shuai case, holding four proposal documents in his hand, which were the reference for the campaign made by the General Staff today.

In front of the handsome desk was a wide sand table, in front of which four major staff officers wearing crane-shaped sword badges stood respectfully. Quietly waiting for Hu Gong's inquiry.

After reading it, Hu Gong's rather thin body straightened up, and asked in a deep voice: "Who proposed the plan of the first word?" ”

One of the majors hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Marshal, it's a subordinate squad. ”

The staff is also divided into several squads, each with one person in charge, forming a competitive mechanism.

Hu Gong glanced at him, nodded in appreciation, then got up and walked to the sand table, pointed to the northwest of Dingbian Mansion and asked, "Your idea is to let the flying cavalry guard go out to Ubusu Lake." Liewuwei advanced to Kobdo. Tell me how you think about it. ”

The major was overjoyed, and Hu Gong asked them to speak, that is to say, he preferred this battle plan - how to consider it had already been written in the proposal document, and Hu Gong asked them to explain it again. It was to listen to the staff officers of several other squads and to convince them to agree to the battle plan.

Generally speaking. The marshal's staff will have four to six staff squads. In addition to handling some trivial tasks, the task is also responsible for drawing up the battle plan. The staff team can work together to come up with a combat plan to persuade the commander, or they can each formulate one, and the commander will decide on it.

The commander-in-chief can also draw up a plan of operations, but if the commander-in-chief's plan of operations is opposed by all the officers of the General Staff, then the General Staff has "a veto". This was a kind of restriction on the power of the marshal by the Holy Ancestor Emperor. Of course, in the same battle, the staff will also have a veto, and then it will not be able to veto the decision of the commander-in-chief.

The Holy Ancestor's intentions were good. It is also borrowed from the staff system of the modern army. However, generally speaking, officers with only the rank of colonel will not veto the commander's decision. Especially if the boss is strong - unless the whole army is sent to death or surrendered.

Getting back to the point, the major staff officer took a deep breath excitedly, pointed to the sand table and talked eloquently: "Marshal, our consideration is first of all that Dingbian Phu is already unharmed, and the enemy in front of us is rapidly retreating to the northwest, in view of this, we believe that we must pursue.

Secondly, from the overall situation of counterinsurgency, the flying cavalry and the fierce force cannot be delayed here for a long time by the Yue-Hun coalition army, but should immediately give full play to the cavalry advantage and defeat the Yue-Hun alliance army in the area south of Jiankun, at least annihilation of most of it, so that our army can march south in July, enter Dayuezhou from Jinshan, and join Yigong's northwest front army to exterminate the Yueshi rebels together.

Moreover, the Flying Cavalry Guards have proved that more than 40,000 of the Yue-Hun coalition troops are foot soldiers, and the retreat speed is slow, they are divided into four groups, put on a posture of resistance, and slowly retreat to Tangnu Ula Mountain, and our army can completely resist the attack. The Flying Cavalry Guard quickly interspersed with Ubusu Lake, took Jiankun City in advance, and drove a nail in the back of the enemy. At the same time, occupy Kobdo to lock up the possibility of the enemy's army fleeing south into the Great Moon State, and then gradually squeeze it, it can be defeated. ”

After the major staff officer finished speaking, someone immediately retorted: "It's not appropriate. Marshal, the consideration of the A-shaped squad is to target the enemy in front of them, but since our army has crossed Chagan Lake, the task of the flying cavalry guard is to keep advancing, and the sentinel rangers are only patrolling the surrounding area of twenty or thirty miles, if the enemy strikes around the rear, our army will be attacked on the back. ”

The major who spoke before sneered and said: "You are too worried, the flying cavalry guard has found out that there are 40,000 enemies in front of you, and the previous military report also said that 40,000 troops of the Yue-Hun coalition army conquered Jiankun City and besieged Dingbian Mansion." Now that the Northwest Front Army of the Han Dynasty has marched out of Moshan to Dihua, where did the Yueshi people send troops from at this moment? ”

"Marshals, soldiers, the land of life and death, must not be overlooked. The subordinates have been in detail for a long time, and they always feel that something is wrong. First of all, the enemies in front of the flying cavalry guards are all foot soldiers, but the Yue-Hun coalition army attacked Kun in July last year and captured Bienfu in November, did they all rely on foot soldiers? Don't they have cavalry?

Moreover, our army received the siege of Dingbian Province in November last year, and now half a year has passed, is the combat strength of the Yue-Hungarian coalition army really so weak that it can't take Dingbianfu for half a year? With such a weak brigade, how can they take Jiankun City, which can be defended according to Tangnu Ula Mountain?

In the end, the Northwest Front Army should have advanced to Moshan at this moment, but from Moshan to the vicinity of Dihua, there are ravines everywhere, and mountains of sand and rocks are all natural dangers that can be relied on. Not to mention that Dihua Fort in the south of Dihua City is the largest fort in Dayue Prefecture, and it is not easy for Yigong to overcome it in one fell swoop. The Yueshi people do not need to send more, and only 20,000 horses can delay the speed of Yigong's 100,000-strong army to march into Dihua. ”

Having said this, Hu Gonggan's thin body suddenly shook, and his eagle-like eyes immediately shot at this staff officer, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you want to say?" ”

The staff officer was also taken by Hu Gong's momentum. Hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The subordinates are worried that the Yue's people are playing with our army, and they will make a posture of defending Dihua and wanting to fight a decisive battle with our army in Dayuezhou, but in fact, they put the decisive battle here in Dingbian Mansion. ”

Hu Gong's eyes became more and more stern, and his voice gradually became cold, obviously he also thought of this: "What is the basis for your inference?" ”

The staff officer gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "The basis of the subordinates is only two words. ”

"Those two words?"

"Rome!"

……

There was a sudden silence in front of the big tent.

yes, Rome! As a big empire that is on a par with the Han Dynasty, can you not get involved in such a large-scale rebellion as the Yue Clan? It doesn't need to do anything more, just give the Yueshi people a little hint and assurance. It is guaranteed that even if Dihua is captured by the Han Dynasty, the Yueshi people will be able to withdraw to Xihai Prefecture and even Rome, which is enough for the Yueshi people to let go of their hands and feet to fight to the death with the Han Dynasty!

Moreover, the situation in Xihai Prefecture is no longer good, and the Yueshi people have conquered most of Xihai Prefecture. Theoretically, the road to Rome has been opened, and they have more room for depth. There is no need to fight to the death with the Han for a mere Dihua City......

Hu Gong fell into deep contemplation. After a while, Huo Ran raised his head, looked at the staff officer, and asked, "What's your name?" I don't seem to have seen you before, do you mention this on the paperwork? ”

The staff officer had a happy face and saluted: "Subordinate Zhuge Yun, the word Nanshan." Former staff officer of the 1st Class B Army in Shuozhou. In October last year, Fang was transferred to Liewuwei. It is really an honor for my subordinates to have the honor to go out with the marshal this year. As for the proposal paperwork, the subordinates did not write it, because these views were also thought of by the subordinates just now. "Speaking of which. Zhuge Yun looked ashamed.

Hu Gong smiled faintly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are a staff officer, you usually always boast of strategizing, it seems that everything in the world is in your calculations, hehe, you dare to admit that it was a whim, it's not bad." Okay, you go down and write these ideas down and present them. In addition, "

Hu Gong said to another staff officer, "You are not bad, the plan is very bold and novel, but this commander still needs to make some adjustments." Ben Shuai ordered. ”

All the staff officers immediately stood up and saluted, and at the same time, the clerk had already taken out a pen and paper to prepare to record Marshal Hu's military orders.

"Order, the Flying Cavalry Guard Division will set off tonight, but the destination is not Ubusu Lake, but to the upper reaches of the Kobdo River to occupy the Achite Valley, and at the same time the Liewuwei will send a brigade to follow up and build a defensive line in the Achit Valley. Remember, it's not a single line of defense, it's about three sides at the same time, northwest, east and west.

The Fourth Army Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Front Army was ordered to take over the baggage and materials of the Third Army Corps, and the Third Army Corps accelerated from the day of receiving the order, and must rush to garrison here within three days.

The Fifth Army Corps and the Sixth Army Corps were stationed in Jinshan Gobi and Altai Feiyun Fort respectively to guard the flanks of the army. This order. ”

"Whoa." A group of officers received the order awe-inspiringly.

At this moment, a guard hurriedly entered the tent and saluted: "Marshal, Major General Hou of the Third Army Corps has sent blood banner soldiers!" ”

"What?!" Hu Gong was shocked.

The staff officers were also stunned.

The next moment, a soldier with no less than four arrows stuck in his body and a blood flag on his back came to the tent with the support of the guards. The Third Legion is on the verge of annihilation! ”

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Hu Gong didn't expect the matter to be so serious.

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Rewind the clock two days, to the early morning of April 25, the darkest period before dawn.

After discovering that the lights had been extinguished on Shen Yun's side, the two rangers led by Fang Cheng also extinguished the lanterns as soon as possible, and then slowly moved closer to Shen Yun's direction. But at this moment, five arrows suddenly shot out from Shen Yun's direction!

The sound arrow is a warning arrow made of a hollow bamboo whistle at the arrow, and it will enter the state of alert of the whole army as soon as it sounds, and five rings represent that there is an enemy army attacking!

The piercing sound of arrows caused Fang Cheng to fall into a short blank period of thinking in an instant. Looking at the surrounding knights, they were all stunned on the spot.

"Five rings, five rings! How can it be a five-ring arrow? One of the horsemen couldn't help but shiver a little, and muttered in a trembling voice.

This trilling voice made Fang Cheng suddenly wake up, and he realized what the situation was now, the beginning of the night. It was the most sleepy time for the whole army, and at this time, as a patrol ranger, what should he do?

After just one moment, Fang Cheng gritted his teeth and ordered: "The first army immediately returns to the battalion to report to the commander of Qu, and the arrows are constantly sounding on the way, so that the whole army must prepare for battle as quickly as possible." The second Wu will follow me to support the company commander, quickly. ”

These cadets are also elites who have been training hard for four years, and what they lack is only experience in facing the enemy, and Fang Cheng's series of orders made them quickly wake up from their panic. Without much to say, the first Wu immediately turned the horse's head. Galloping in the direction of the camp, this time not caring whether he would hurt the horse's hooves, he galloped as he drew arrows from the quiver, and shot them into the sky from time to time. Of course, there are also cases where someone draws the wrong arrow when they are nervous. But apparently no one would blame him at this time.

The terrible sound of arrows breaking through the air was very harsh in the quiet barracks. Not only did the Fifth Company hear this song, but the entire special compilation department stationed on the south bank of Chagan Lake heard this terrible sound of arrows one after another!

But many people didn't realize what the arrow meant. There is no way, the special department stationed on the south bank of Chagan Lake is all cadet soldiers, although they train hard enough and are elite enough in peacetime, but in the face of sudden changes in the face of war. They still lack the quickest reactions. Especially after more than a month of marching without incident, they were a little lax from the bottom of their hearts, and some even had the absurd concept that war was nothing more than that.

Therefore, in the first quarter of an hour when the arrow broke through the air, the entire special department was not fully mobilized. Only the song of the fifth company and the song of Zheng Ying had the fastest reaction possible, but that was only as fast as possible.

According to the Empire's contingency system, all soldiers had to get dressed and rush to the camp gate at the sound of the arrows for a quarter of an hour.

But the reality is that it wasn't until the Sentinel Rangers rushed back to the camp and let the hesitant sentries beat the piercing golden drums that the whole camp was completely awakened.

At this time, Shen Yun, under the response of Fang Xuan, had already rushed through the trench in front of the camp and the rejection of horses, and quickly entered the camp. Less than two hundred paces outside the camp, rows of black shadows gradually converged......

"Quick, press the arrow, open the crossbow, open the crossbow!" As soon as Shen Yun entered the camp gate, he jumped off his horse, then reached out and grabbed the hand crossbow of a soldier at the camp gate, opened it, filled it with five arrows and stuffed it into his hand, and scolded in his mouth: "Don't be damn stunned, the Yue Clan traitors are here, and if you are stupid again, do you want to die here?" ”

More and more soldiers rushed out of their tents, lined up according to their instincts, and loaded their crossbows and bows as fast as they could, but their hands and feet were always shaking, and what could have been done in training only took two breaths, but often took five breaths or more.

At this time, the dark shadow in front of the camp gate began to move, and the speed was very fast, but there was no shouting, let alone shouting. In just about ten breaths, the lights on the watchtower completely reflected the enemy's figure.

It's Yue's people without a doubt! They wore the same armor as the Han army, and their attire was the same, but the only difference was their helmets, which were brimmed with foxtail-like decorations, and some armor was decorated with strips of cloth of different colors to distinguish friend from foe.

"Rush the camp, the enemy rush the camp! Steady, steady! Shen Yun hissed and shouted with all his might.

Now there were only seventy or eighty soldiers gathered around him, and in the front row were the nineteen patrol rangers who had just run back with him, but now they were all holding winding hand crossbows, and the dozens of people behind them were still desperately trying to load their crossbows, but they were so frightened by Shen Yun's shout that the crossbow arrows fell to the ground, and they trembled and picked them up to load—perhaps the only thing that is commendable is that they still want to fight, and they are not scattered in a hurry like a fourth-rate army.

Seventy or eighty people belonged to Shen Yun's company, and all the hedgehogs gathered around Shen Yun. The enemy rushed forward, and the lights of the watchtower showed that they were all cavalry, but only about fifty horsemen were dispatched, as if to be a temptation. At the moment when the enemy skillfully crossed the rejection of horses and the trench, Shen Yun was eager to hack to death the person in charge of the baggage logistics of the camp - the trench they dug was less than two steps, and the rejection of the horse was even more indiscriminate, with a height of less than fifty centimeters, the Yue's rebels were originally from the Han army before, and they knew everything about the layout in front of the Han military camp, and they easily broke through these obstacles!

In fact, Shen Yun also knew that it was no wonder that he had been like this for so long, who would have thought that death would come tonight?

There was no time, and the enemy's fifty horsemen easily crossed the horses and trenches, and were already within range of the crossbows.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shen Yun hissed and roared, and pulled the trigger of the crossbow with his dead force.

"Whew". A row of crossbows shot out in an instant. But the situation that made Shen Yun stunned appeared - the other party's knight would actually kick and hide in such a difficult action, even if there were a few crossbow arrows shot at the horse, they were easily blocked by the rider, and the first wave of crossbow arrows actually didn't shoot a single enemy off the horse!

"Damn, raise your bow and shoot him/her mother in the face!" Shen Yun threw away the crossbow, reached out and took the four-stone power bow on his back, and mounted the arrow, the first person in front of the enemy had already reached the camp gate thirty steps in front of it, and he could reach the camp gate - Shen Yun didn't think that the camp gate made of a few simple nails of wood could stop these obviously elite Yue Clan rebels - this arrow had to be shot. Must shoot!

Shen Yun screamed in his heart, took a deep breath, and as soon as his fingers loosened, the arrow shot straight into the opponent's chest with a burst of breaking sound!

Four-stone power bow. Within thirty paces, even if the enemy wears two layers of iron armor, it will still shoot through!

"Poof", an arrow through the heart! Accurate!

The enemy who was in the lead didn't have time to react. The arrow pierced his chest. Just fifty paces away, there might be a chance to block, but this distance is too close, and the power of the four-stone force bow is also too great.

Everyone saw that Shen Yun killed the enemy with one arrow, although he was not a leader, at most he was a pawn. But that morale was boosted all at once. But before everyone cheered, the runaway war horse, although no one controlled it, still crashed headlong into the camp gate.

With a "bang", the fragile camp gate was suddenly torn apart. The horse, too, staggered and whined, rushed forward a few paces, and fell at the camp gate.

"Kill, kill the fuck!" Shen Yun didn't have time to care about the horse, the camp gate was broken, and the remaining dozens of horsemen were about to rush over. Hurry up and shoot the bow again.

With the power of Shen Yun's arrow just now, everyone had tried their best to calm down and shoot their bows in an orderly manner. They are all elites who have been training for four years, and they were just a little flustered just now, but now that they have calmed down, they are standing on the ground and shooting a straight target with almost no displacement, which is not too easy!

"Whoosh"

"Bang Bang Bang"

For a time, the people at the gate of the camp shouted that the horses were neighing, and more than 20 people were shot down in an instant. The rest of the enemy saw that they were almost completely free of arrows, and that they were in good order, so they shouted and turned their horses and retreated.

Rushing the camp, the emphasis is on a fast, once the other party has a stop and defense, unless it is filled with human lives, it is difficult to conquer again.

Taking advantage of the enemy's turning of the horse's head, Shen Yun rushed to the gate of the camp with his people, shooting continuously, and finally left four more enemies behind!

In the end, the enemies all withdrew from the range of the lights and disappeared into the darkness again, and Shen Yun felt that his hands and feet were a little sore—mostly frightened.

Turning his head to look around, he saw that Fang Cheng, Zhao Xin, Zhong Lisi, and the dead fat man Pang Tong were all there, everyone's faces were covered with sweat, but their eyes were bright, and the joy of victory almost broke through their hearts!

From the beginning of the enemy's rush to retreat, it was only three or four minutes, but Shen Yun felt that his life was so long. The hands and feet are weak, but there is an inexplicable happiness in my heart.

The moaning enemies on the ground, the whining of the horses that were unwilling to die, and the smell of blood also spread, which made some of the cadets vomit, but Shen Yun closed his eyes with great enjoyment and took a deep breath.

"Battlefield, I'm coming!"

……

Before Shen Yun finished getting drunk, he heard a huge sound coming from the east.

"Oh no, the enemy has broken through the second camp!" Zhong Lisi jumped to his feet and looked at it, and exclaimed.

Fang Cheng saw that the enemy hidden in the darkness at the entrance of his camp had no intention of rushing to the camp again, but showed signs of moving slowly to the east, and immediately understood. Hurriedly said: "This is a surprise attack, and every place will send people to try to storm the camp, and once they break through, they will gather troops to break the camp with all their might!" Hurry up and find the song leader and support the second song! ”

At this moment, a louder sound sounded from all directions of Chagan Lake, and the entire garrison of the Third Army of Chagan Lake was awakened!

It was only then that Shen Yun and Fang Cheng realized that the enemy was not just a surprise attack, but an all-out attack! This is a planned offensive against the 3rd Army Corps!

The Third Legion, in danger! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )