The camp of the Northern Army.

The news of the fall of Surabaya Pass reached here the next day, and Qin Huai heard the bad news and fell down at that time.

Such an important checkpoint actually fell into the hands of the anti-thieves, which added infinite difficulty to the pacification of the northern army in the northern frontier; What hurt Qin Huai's heart the most was that Qin Liang was captured and seriously injured.

This means that he will completely lose this relative, because Qin Huai is the imperial court master, he will not agree to any conditions to forgive Qin Liang from the thief, so Qin Liang will die!

The heirs of the Qin family were already withering, most of them died on the battlefield, Qin Liang was the last person besides him, and he was also the most promising, but now he couldn't live, how could he not be heartbroken.

Three days later, Qin Huai woke up from his sleep, and he immediately called Ling Feng to the Zhongjun tent.

If he valued Ling Feng before, then now he admires it, Ling Feng can actually see through Jiang Yiyuan's strategy, and he can't even distinguish between entry and exit, this ability is only afraid that no one in the Northern Army has it, and he can't!

What surprised Qin Huai the most was that Ling Feng did not go to the front of the battle in person, but had insight into the enemy's mind with just a few outdated battle reports, and his keenness, strategy, and understanding of the art of war were top-notch!

It was also from this moment that Qin Huai really regarded Ling Feng as a character, instead of just a subordinate like before.

Ling Feng came to the big tent of the Chinese army, glanced at Qin Huai who was lying on the bed, he walked over quickly, and saluted: "The last general, Ling Feng, meet the Taishi." ”

"General Ling is here, please take a seat."

Qin Huai opened his eyes, got up and half lay on the bed when he heard the sound.

From this voice of General Ling, as well as the word of invitation, it can be seen that his attitude towards Ling Feng has changed, and there is a trace of admiration between his words.

"Yes." Ling Feng was not polite, and went directly to the seat and sat down.

Qin Huai suddenly sighed and said, "Or you're right, I shouldn't have let Jiang Yun lead the troops forward, as soon as he arrived in front of the battle, he got carried away, and even ignored the military order he had made, led the troops to attack Pang Yi's camp, and finally ended up with no bones left, it's a pity!" What a pain! ”

"I'm afraid that the Taishi is not feeling heartache and pity for General Jiang, right?"

"Of course not!"

Qin Huai said: "He is not worthy of my heartache for him, and there is nothing to be sorry for, such a reckless man, it is a blessing for the three armies to die; I pity the 50,000 soldiers and horses, which are the most elite troops in our army, but I don't want to be buried like this; And Qin Liang, alas. ”

He didn't say any more, but Ling Feng understood everything.

Ling Feng said: "Jiang Yun's defeat was already expected by me, but I didn't expect it to be defeated so quickly, and I also lost Surabaya Pass; It can be seen that this Jiang Yiyuan has real talent and learning, and Pang Yi is really like a god helping him when he gets him. ”

Speaking of Jiang Yiyuan, Qin Huai was angry in his heart, and said angrily: "These two bastards of the Jiang family, when they sold illicit salt, they were caught by officers and soldiers and taken to the imperial capital, I should have slaughtered him, but at that time, considering that his Jiang family was famous, I let them go as soon as my heart softened, but I didn't expect it to become a big trouble today." ”

The Jiang family made a living by selling illicit salt, and was very famous in the northern Xinjiang area, which Ling Feng had heard of for a long time.

Hearing Qin Huai's words, Ling Feng said: "Taishi doesn't need to be angry, my empire has a vast territory, millions of soldiers, and thousands of generals; Even if Pang Yi and the two sages of the Jiang family have the ability, they will not be able to compete with our empire, and the anti-thief move is really a grasshopper shaking the tree, and it will never succeed! ”

"That's it!"

Qin Huai said: "From here to Surabaya Pass, it only takes ten days' journey, and when the soldiers come to the city, it is the time for the two of them to bow down and profess themselves!" ”

Ling Feng shook his head secretly in his heart, he just said it casually, he didn't expect Qin Huai to take it seriously, he really thought that Pang Yi was so easy to destroy, hehe, if that's the case, how could there be a chaotic world in the future?

As everyone knows, Surabaya Pass is the gateway to northern Xinjiang and the gateway to the imperial capital, and its strategic importance cannot be described in words; This city is now in the hands of Jiang Yiyuan, what a person Jiang Yiyuan is, as long as he has this strong city in his hands, it is impossible for anyone to cross over.

"General Ling."

"Taishi, you still call me by my name directly, how dare you call me like this."

"That's good."

Qin Huai said: "I have been studying Jiang Yiyuan for a while, since the outbreak of the war, he has captured more than 80 counties one after another, of which more than 20 counties were burned by him with his grain and grass, and then besieged the city to the death and surrendered; It can be seen that this person's favorite thing to do is to cut off the enemy's food and grass, you. ”

Ling Feng arched his hand and said, "Master Taishi, please rest assured, the last general is fully prepared, if he dares to come, the last general will definitely face a head-on attack!" ”

"I'm not worried about your ability, but you have too few soldiers, I'm afraid you can't match the enemy."

Qin Huai said: "Therefore, I am ready to give you additional troops, which is why I called you here today, and I will give Huang Daoyi an order later, let him allocate 10,000 soldiers with you, you must guard those grain and grass, that is the lifeblood of my northern army, and it must not be lost." ”

Ling Feng nodded, Qin Huai's concern was very reasonable, it coincided with Han Ziyu's thoughts, as early as a few days ago, Han Ziyu had said that Jiang Yiyuan would definitely attack the camp, and the target of the attack was very likely to be the grain and grass of the rear army, that is, Ling Feng's department.

Later, Ling Feng himself thought about it, this is indeed the case, the most important thing in the expedition of the Northern Army is the grain and grass, once the grain and grass are robbed or burned, then the Northern Expedition will be interrupted, and the grain and grass need to be replenished from all over the Kaiyuan before they can continue to advance.

Jiang Yiyuan wants to earn more time to grow stronger, but this move can achieve his goal.

Therefore, when Qin Huai said that he would give him more troops, Ling Feng was overjoyed, and in this way, he had a greater grasp of holding those grains and grasses.

"Thank you, Master!"

Ling Feng got up and said, "The last general has retired for the time being, so I will go to General Huang to collect the soldiers and horses." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Qin Huai waved his hand

After noon, Ling Feng came to the Huang Daoyi military camp.

At this time, Qin Huai had already given him an order, so when Ling Feng explained his intentions, Huang Daoyi immediately beat drums and gathered generals, preparing to increase Ling Feng's troops.

In the big tent, Huang Daoyi told the matter again and asked, "Which of you is willing to lead troops to cooperate with Ling Feng to jointly escort grain and grass?" ”

What Ling Feng didn't expect was that none of the more than a dozen generals in the tent were willing to help, and they were unwilling to lead troops to guard the food, which was really unexpected, even Huang Daoyi didn't expect that this was a God-given opportunity to make meritorious contributions, weren't the generals willing to make meritorious contributions?

How did he know that Ling Feng had already become the target of everyone, and he was jealous and hated by all the generals, so it would be good if he didn't fall into the ground, how could he help him?

Moreover, nominally it is a coordinated operation, but in fact, the generals all know that the relationship between Ling Feng and Huang Daoyi and even the Taishi is good, once they are under Ling Feng's account, then the tens of thousands of people under their command will be transferred by Ling Feng at will, which is equivalent to losing the power of the army, such a stupid thing, only a fool would do it!

Maybe when the war is over, their rights will be restored, but will they be able to survive until then?

Therefore, when the tent was full of generals, none of them answered, and all of them bowed their heads.

There was no way, Huang Daoyi had no choice but to order, but at this moment, Liu Hai took the initiative to stand up, claiming that he was willing to assist Ling Feng and guard the grain together.

Huang Daoyi was overjoyed and asked, "Is General Liu really willing?" ”

Liu Hai looked at Ling Feng who was standing aside, and said with a sudden smile: "Of course I am willing, how can I not be willing to do such a good thing, I still count on making contributions with General Ling." ”

"But there will be a request." At this point, he paused.

Huang Daoyi said: "It's okay for you to say it. ”

Liu Hai said: "Our soldiers are all weak brigades, and they can't be compared with General Ling's elite battalion, plus General Ling is not familiar with it, and a big battle is about to be fought at this moment, the last general thinks that it is more appropriate to be commanded by the last general, the general, please rest assured, but if General Ling has an order, the last general will do everything!" ”