"What's going on?" Standing on the city tower, Xu Zhiqing, who was watching the exercise with Xu Wei and Li Tai, saw the situation in front of her, couldn't help frowning, and asked quietly: "Didn't you say that there are thousands of people on each side, why did General Su suddenly have so many more people here?" ”

Xu Wei was also puzzled, glanced at Li Tai, the old general's weather-beaten face did not have the slightest expression, and said in a deep voice: "Everything is close to actual combat, and any accident is normal, and war will not be conditional." At this point, Su Mubai did a good job, so Lin San was afraid that he would suffer. ”

Xu Zhiqing gritted her teeth, and she told Lin San in person that there were thousands of people on each side participating in the battle, but in the blink of an eye, Su Mubai conjured five times as many people, counting, although it was unintentional, it was she who misreported the information and trapped Lin San in danger. She was in a bit of a trance in her heart, could Lin San hold on to this while?

When the emperor heard the conversation between several people, he immediately said with great interest: "Oh? Xu Aiqing, Li Aiqing, according to what you say, this change of soldiers and horses was actually done by Su Mubai temporarily? Don't you know? ”

Li Tai hugged his fists and said: "Tell the emperor, soldiers, treacherous, Su Mubai's move is in line with the criteria for using soldiers, and it is also surprising to everyone, this actual battle, I am afraid it will be very lively." ”

The emperor showed a slight smile on his face, nodded and said, "Those who achieve great things are not informal." This Su Mubai can have such a strange trick, but it is not in vain that I put him next to the old general to study, very good, very good. Xu Aiqing, do you think that between Su Mubai and the strange person you recommended, which is better or worse? ”

Xu Wei thought for a while, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Su Zhuangyuan's use of troops is magical, and he is indeed outstanding. But the person recommended by Weichen is not such an easily defeated character, and this battle is afraid that there will be a fight. ”

"To fight. Fight well. The emperor laughed, with a mysterious smile in his eyes: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is such an unexpected situation in today's military exercise, so that I can witness the battle of my Dahua Lion with real swords and guns, which is rare to see in a hundred years, so let's wait and see the changes here." When the ministers saw that the emperor was in high spirits, they all responded with a bang, and set their eyes on the school field.

Xu Wei glanced anxiously at the distance, and saw that Su Mubai's five thousand soldiers and horses in the distance were in a steady and dense formation, attacking the opposite side like a tide. Although Lin San was at a disadvantage, the army was neat and tidy, and there was no blind movement. A glimmer of hope rose in his heart: Brother Lin. Don't let me down.

Li Tai saw that Xu Zhiqing was full of worries, so he said: "Zhiqing girl, look at this battle, whether Su Mubai wins or Lin San wins." ”

Xu Zhiqing was silent, and muttered for a long time before saying: "Who wins and who loses, Zhiqing doesn't dare to make a judgment, I only know one thing, even if Su Mubai wins, it will definitely be a miserable victory." ”

Xu Wei glanced at Xu Zhiqing, nodded and smiled: "Zhi'er, you have seen this Lin San through." This man is eclectic and can surprise people at every turn. He turned to Li Tai and said, "General Li, let's gamble on the host." Today, if Lin San can win, I will invite you to my house to drink wine for three days. ”

Before Li Tai could speak, the emperor listened to it with relish, and said with a smile: "Xu Aiqing, listening to you say this, it is because you have no confidence in the strange person you recommend." Turned to be optimistic about Su Mubai? How else can you afford to pay for this wine? ”

Xu Wei shook his head and said, "No, no." The old minister was eager to sell this wine. If Lin San wins, I will lose my old capital. I am willing to invite all my colleagues to drink for ten days and ten nights. ”

The Emperor laughed, "It's really interesting. Xu Aiqing, you, the host, will also be counted as me, I also want to go to your house to taste the long-dusty daughter red. ”

Everyone laughed when she said a word, but Xu Zhiqing blushed. Xu Wei's treasured daughter red is specially used to marry her daughter, but unfortunately Xu Zhiqing is blushing, and before she has passed the door, the husband who has never met died on the battlefield, and this daughter red has never been opened.

The emperor's words were deliberately teasing the female military division, and everyone listened to it happily, but Li Tai shook his head and sighed. Mistaking Xu Zhiqing's life is really the fault of the Li family. He glanced at Xu Zhiqing and sighed: "Zhi'er, if you have someone you like, bring it up with your uncle, and your uncle will protect you as a big matchmaker." You are the daughter of the old Xu family, and you are also the daughter of my Li Tai, we must be beautiful and marry you off. ”

Xu Zhiqing's face was slightly red, and she smiled generously and said, "Emperor Xie and Uncle Li are very affectionate." Zhiqing is obsessed with all things, and she has no nostalgia for this daughter. My Xu family's wine, please drink it freely. ”

"Look-" Xu Weizheng looked intently at the battlefield in the distance, and suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, attracting everyone's attention, and everyone turned their eyes to look at the school field, only to see that the military flag in the three armies of Lin San was fluttering, the figure was shaking, and Lin San began to move.

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Hearing Lin Wanrong's words, Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan raised their heads and saw dust and sand flying on the school field, a black and oppressive piece of human heads, and in the sound of thousands of horses, countless human heads were like surging tides, rushing towards them quickly.

"***, at least five thousand." Hu Bugui grinned, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes: "This time there is a fight, that champion Lang will still play this hand, but it is not a straw bag." ”

Li Wuling is the first time to see such a big scene, although he is young, but he is from a military family, seeing the situation in front of him, he waved the long knife in his hand, the horse neighed, and shouted excitedly: "Fight, have fun." ”

These two are war maniacs, Du Xiuyuan smiled bitterly, he is good at strategy, calm and calm, seeing that the opponent in front of him is five times his own, menacing and violent, he glanced at Lin Wanrong worriedly, and said lightly: "General, what should I do?" ”

, This surnamed Su looks like Sven, but I didn't expect that he was still a master of playing dark fighting, Lin Wanrong swallowed his saliva, moistened his dry throat, and asked: "Brother Du, if we fight hard with them, what are our chances of winning?" ”

Du Xiuyuan and Hu Bugui trained with the opposite side of the army on weekdays, and knew their combat strength well, and pondered when they heard this: "With one enemy and two enemies, my brothers will win steadily." With one enemy and three, I'm afraid it's a little inferior. ”

"It's no problem to fight three with one." Hu Bugui said toughly: "General Lin, my sons and daughters are never afraid of death. ”

Like a militant like Hu Bugui, Lin Wanrong naturally didn't dare to listen to his words, but Du Xiuyuan's words were more reliable. Lin Wanrong launched the last elimination system, which has been faithfully implemented by Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan, this almost cruel and impersonal means has a great effect on improving the combat power of the sergeant. But the sergeant on the other side is also the elite of Dahua, and he must not be careless.

Taking advantage of the contemplation of a few people, Lin Wanrong looked around and saw Su Mubai's five thousand men. There were at least a thousand and a half of the odd soldiers, the horses neighed, the long knives waved, and the charge was at the forefront. The formation was condensed but not dispersed, and the aggregation was powerful, obviously it had been practiced for a long time and the formation was skillful. Behind them were countless battalions of spears, followed by the cavalry, the ranks were rigorous, and the soldiers were mighty, and it was obviously not easy to match. The distance between the cavalry battalion and the infantry battalion is a few tens of zhang, which is also a standard offensive formation for coordinated cavalry and foot operations.

Seeing that thousands of cavalry on the other side were charging forward, Lin Wanrong gritted his teeth, damn, fortunately, Lao Tzu is also the ancestor of playing tricks, and he had already asked Li Sheng to prepare things, otherwise this time he would have been trampled flat by the surnamed Su.

"Li Sheng—" Lin Wanrong shouted loudly.

"The last general—" Li Sheng came panting, and the expression on his face was excited and excited. Behind him were hundreds of men and horses, pulling dozens of carts, which were full of thick hay, which were actually food prepared for the war horses.

"Brother Li, I won't say anything more. The honor of thousands of my brethren is in your hands. Lin Wanrong said with a deep groan. Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan looked at each other, what does General Lin mean by this? Could it be that this time the Shenji Battalion is going to rush to kill?

Li Sheng bowed down and said: "The general has no last resort, take precautions, and the general will be convinced." ”

Lin Wanrong smiled, didn't explain, her face turned pale, and she shouted: "Where is the Shenji Battalion? ”

Hundreds of archers lined up in battle formation, armed with strong bows, in front of the formation, their eyes blazing, facing the thousands of charging cavalry of the opponent.

Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan's faces changed greatly, how could these hundreds of shooters resist the charge of more than 1,000 cavalry of the enemy? General Lin is crazy.

"General Lin-" The anxious Hu Bu Fang was about to speak, but Lin Wanrong waved his hand and said: "The order is forbidden, obey the command, and the archers are ready." ”

More than 100 archers opened their bows and arrows, and saw the cavalry speeding like the wind, and in a blink of an eye, they entered the shooting range of the arrows, and Lin Wanrong shouted: "Release the arrows." ”

Hundreds of arrows rained down on the charging cavalry. The arrows used in this real battle are prefixed with non-polished blunt heads, not sharp edges, and their lethality is extremely limited. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in Li Sheng's army were all sharpshooters from one in a hundred, and this rain of arrows was extremely high, and half of them were in the eyebrows of the horses riding. Hundreds of horses neighed, and under the pain, their front hooves went limp, and they fell to the ground, and dozens of knights fell from their horses, and the wailing sound was endless.

"Well played." Li Wuling shouted loudly and shouted excitedly. It was the first time he had seen this actual combat scene, and it was a child's habit, so he was naturally very happy. Du Xiuyuan, Hu Bugui and the others were still worried, this method of shooting the eyes of the war horse was learned by Hu Bugui from the hands of the Hu people, plus the sharpshooters of the Shenji Battalion, although the effect was good, but the other party had at least 1,500 cavalry, and hundreds of losses could not hurt the muscles and bones, but could stimulate their murderous spirit even more.

Sure enough, the opposing cavalry folded for a while, as if it was ferocious, and the momentum of the rush was more urgent, but the formation changed during the run, from horizontal to vertical, so that the shooter lost the target, and the arrows of the Shenji battalion suddenly lost their power. When a round of arrows was fired, the opponent's cavalry suffered limited damage.

"Rush—" The oncoming cavalry shouted majestically, and the horses flew like a fly, turning from vertical to horizontal, surging in like a rising tide.

"The Shenji Battalion retreats, Li Sheng-" Lin Wanrong yelled and ordered.

"Order." Li Sheng, who was ready to go, had already led his soldiers to get ready, and when he heard General Lin's order, hundreds of cavalry soldiers urged their horses and pulled the carriages that sent grain and grass up quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a haystack barrier had been set up in front of the opponent's cavalry.

The grain and grass had just been placed, and the opponent's cavalry had already rushed over, and Li Sheng shouted in panic: "Withdraw, quickly withdraw!" ”

The hundreds of cavalry in the Lin Third Army really forbade it. As soon as he heard the general's order to retreat, he jumped on his horse and fled wildly.

The emperor and the ministers above the city tower saw the situation in front of them clearly, this Lin San was too unbearable, after a round of arrow rain, he hurriedly retreated, just with these grains, grass, carts and horses in front of the road, can they stop Su Mubai's iron horse? It's naïve.

Everyone's eyes fell on Xu Wei, Xu Daxue has extraordinary knowledge and unique vision, but today he looked away and tried his best to recommend such an unsuccessful character to the emperor, which is really disappointing.

"Li Aiqing, how is Su Mubai using troops this time? Could there be any omissions? The emperor's eyes fell on the two warring sides in the distance, but he asked Li Taidao beside him.

Li Tai shook his head and said: "Su Mubai's use of soldiers this time is a typical military book of warfare, riding and rushing to follow, and the application is good." The cavalry formation changes quickly, the impact is powerful, and the speed of the infantry camp is good, but-"

On this wall, there are few people who know the art of war. Li Tai is the first general in Dahua, he has experienced thousands of battles, and he has a lot of experience, he can't be wrong with what he said.

The emperor listened to him praise Su Mubai, nodded slightly, and then listened to his change of tone, and said with a smile: "Old general, what are you doing with such politeness when you point out a junior?" Although, as it is. ”

Li Tai stared for a while and said, "The only deficiency is that the distance between this cavalry and the infantry battalion is kept a little too far. Judging from the book of soldiers, this distance is not wrong. However, according to the experience of Lao Chen's actual combat, this move is very inappropriate. In such plain operations, the infantry battalion and the cavalry battalion should be more closely linked, so as to prevent the cavalry from being blocked by the enemy and completely annihilated. Xu girl, what do you think? ”

The emperor smiled and glanced at Xu Zhiqing, and Miss Xu bowed down and said, "Uncle Li's opinion, Zhiqing deeply agrees, today's battle, I'm afraid there will be twists and turns." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "After talking about Su Mubai, let's talk about the strange person recommended by Xu Aiqing." Li Aiqing, what do you think of his performance? ”

Li Tai glanced at the haystack that was blocking the cavalry in front of him from a distance, shook his head and said, "Lin San is acting like this, and the old minister can't understand it. This haystack is not the art of war in any military book, but judging from the situation on the field, one thing is certain——"

"What are you sure of?" The emperor listened to the old general's analysis of the battle situation, but he listened to it with taste and said urgently.

Li Tai smiled: "Girl Xu, come on." The eyes of all the ministers and the emperor all fell on Xu Zhiqing, and even King Cheng, who had always been silent, listened to Xu Zhiqing's words.

Miss Xu smiled slightly and said: "In the midst of frequent wars, there are only two possibilities for this forest and three haystacks to block the soldiers, and leave without a fight." ”

The emperor smiled bitterly and said, "Girl of the Xu family, you don't have to worry about my appetite anymore." Your daughter is red, I still keep it for you. ”

Everyone laughed, Xu Zhiqing's face turned red, and she said lightly: "If it weren't for the incompetence of this Lin San, then it would be a show of weakness to the enemy and a plot to make a comeback." ”

Plotting to do the trick? Everyone was shocked for a while, what could be so powerful about these grains and grasses, not to mention that Lin San had already retreated with the whole army, could it be that there would be living people hidden in the grains and grass.

"Boom-" "Boom-" In the two earth-shattering loud noises, the earth shook and the mountains shook, the earth under the city wall trembled, and the emperor's luan tent also shook slightly.

"Who fired the cannon? Escort, escort quickly—" The ministers were startled and shouted loudly. Several of the guards hurriedly rushed to the emperor's side and protected him in it.

Xu Wei, Li Tai and other people who had led the troops were still immovable, and the emperor smiled: "What are you protecting?" This is a real battle, isn't it normal to shoot two shots? He looked into the distance, but saw a fire on the opposite side, and he couldn't see where Lin San's soldiers and horses were.

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Su Mubai's cavalry came very fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived in front of the grain and grass cart, seeing Lin San's sergeant abandon the cart, a trace of contempt flashed in the eyes of the soldiers in the cavalry camp, the horse momentum did not stop, and directly rushed away from the grain and grass that was blocked, thousands of people and horses rushed by, and the hay full of carts was washed away, forming a long grass line, which was very spectacular. In the blink of an eye, the cavalry had broken through the hay defense line and rushed straight towards the three armies of Lin.

"Boom-" A terrible scream suddenly sounded, and the huge cannonball, as if it had eyes, fell on the haystack behind the cavalry, and the haystack burned instantly.

Su Mubai's cavalry camp suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, this is a military exercise, not a real battle, Lin San dared to open fire like this, could he be crazy?

Before the thought was finished, there was a shocking loud noise, but it was the haystack that exploded sharply, one after another, a violent explosion, like a series of cannons, the rolling heat wave came to the surface, and in an instant, the haystack exploded violently and burned, forming a long sea of fire, separating the cavalry camp and the infantry camp in an instant.

Dynamite! In order to show the enemy's weakness, Lin San deliberately abandoned this hay, just to make himself and others give up their vigilance, and then ignited the explosives with artillery fire. Damn, is this still a drill? Lin San, this is killing people!

The scorching heat wave came, and the war horse that charged in front felt the rolling fire behind the **, and suddenly let go of the four hooves, and ran forward desperately. These were originally trained and skilled war horses, and they could be retracted freely with a pull of the reins on weekdays, but now in the face of the raging sea of fire behind them, even if the knights broke the reins, they couldn't restrain the horses. Thousands of horses rushed forward like crazy.

Dozens of war horses rushed to the front, jumped a few steps forward, suddenly stumbled under the hooves, bent their front legs, and the horse's head fell, and they were planted straight forward, and dozens of cavalry threw them out and fell heavily to the ground.

"Tripping Horses!!" Qianhu was shocked, he was really afraid that whichever one would come, he raised his long knife, desperately grabbed the reins of the horse, and shouted: "Stop advancing, stop advancing, stumbling ahead!" ”

Thousands of knights naturally knew the power of the stumbling horse, but in the face of the fire that intensified the burning behind, the usually tame war horses had already gone berserk, hundreds of war horses rushed forward together, planted in front of the rope, but the horses behind could not contain the horse's momentum, jumped high, stepped on the companion in front of them, and fell to the ground one after another. The horses, which barely held on to the reins, were violent, neighing in unison, and their front legs were erected high, almost perpendicular to the ground, and the cavalrymen who were usually dependent on each other were thrown out heavily. For a while, people turned on their backs, wailing all over the field, and the scene was extremely tragic.

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Du Xiuyuan looked at the situation in front of him, and felt unbearable for a while, after all, these are all his brothers, although they will not die, but this kind of injury that hurts the muscles and bones, without a month's worth of support, I am afraid that it will not be able to recover.

Lin Wanrong also understands his feelings, how can he bear to do it like this? But this is the actual battle, today I have been merciful, if not, at this time, the cavalry in this battle, with ropes in front and fire in the back, has become a live target for the archers, and it is easy to destroy them.

He patted Du Xiuyuan on the shoulder and said with a wry smile: "Brother Du, you should treat us as Hu people, so that you feel better." These brothers are injured now, but they have learned their lessons, and if they really meet the fierce Hu people in the future, they will be able to shed less blood, don't you say? ”

Du Xiuyuan smiled heartily and said, "General Lin is right, let's teach them some lessons when we are evildoers." Du thinks he is familiar with military books, but when it comes to strategy, he is not your opponent. There is explosives hidden in this hay, and only General Lin dares to make it. It's just that we lit a cannon in front of the emperor today, because it was a big disrespect, will it cause any trouble? ”

Lin Wanrong shook his head and said: "I can't say for sure, anyway, I fought like this, is it possible to see that I was wiped out by the opponent's dumplings?" ”

Du Xiuyuan was thoughtful, and some of his questions were really out of concern, he nodded helplessly, and said: "The cannon will be lit, but the last general is still worried." ”

Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "Do you have to ask, if I lit the cannon, will Su Mubai also give us a few shots?" ”

"Exactly." Du Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Since we are in the front, he will not be soft." ”

Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "I'm gambling, betting that he won't dare to shoot." We lit the cannon, but it only burned the straw, and so far, I haven't really done it with them. He is a scholar, and he wants to be an official, unlike us who has no scruples at all, and if he dares to open fire, then we will be finished with his fifteen hundred cavalry. Although he won the victory, but he killed innocents indiscriminately and regarded soldiers as mustards, and this reputation spread, how to lead the troops, how to be an officer? If you were him, would you dare? ”

This is human nature, Du Xiuyuan sighed helplessly, General Lin looked at people, but he was holding it on seven inches, just by virtue of this, who can compare to him?