Xu Zhiqing was silent for a long time before she spoke: "This place is called Kizil, located eight hundred miles northwest of Xingqing, close to Jianshui and Sayanling, where the Turkic tent and the royal court are located, simply put, Kizil is the capital of the Turks. ”

Chief Gao gasped, and his eyes didn't dare to blink: "Brother Lin, you're not joking, are you?" Traveling thousands of miles to attack the Turkic royal court? That's the Hu people's lair, are you talking in your dreams, I don't even dare to think about it. ”

Lin Wanrong smiled and nodded: "Soldiers, treacherous, surprise can win with one blow." Brother Gao, just think about it, what even a wise and martial figure like you wouldn't dare to think of, would the Hu people think of it?! ”

"That's right," Gao Chieftain nodded to himself, and said hehe: "Okay, hit Kizil, rob their BMWs, rob their women!" ”

This old boy never forgets to rob women! Lin Wanrong laughed a few times.

Send troops to attack the Turkic royal court!! Lin Wanrong's idea is extremely bold, it can also be said to be extremely arrogant, with some heroic adventurism, and a little bit of romanticism, which also reflects his superior strategic vision and courage. Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan didn't dare to say a word when they heard it, but there was some wild brilliance in their eyes, Dahua also bullied the Hu people enough, why couldn't they let the Hu people be thrilled.

The two glanced at each other, trembling with a strong expectation, obviously Lin Wanrong's shocking remarks had deeply moved them.

"This is not advisable." Xu Junshi shook his head lightly, and directly vetoed everyone's expectations: "A large number of soldiers and horses have been running for a long time, and I am afraid that they will be completely wiped out by the Turks before they enter the grassland, so what are you talking about attacking the Hu people's royal court?" ”

Xu Junshi's opinion can be said to be to the point, Du Xiuyuan and Gao Chief were suddenly a little depressed, until they saw General Lin's calm eyes, and then gathered some hope.

"Don't look at it that way." Lin Wanrong said unhurriedly: "What is a sneak attack?!" That is to complete the fatal blow to the Turks without the gods knowing. Sneak attack on Hu people's tooth tent, not many soldiers, but in the fine. Eight thousand or ten thousand elite cavalry is enough to make things happen! ”

10,000 horses dare to attack the Hu people's tooth tent? Chief Gao was stunned and muttered: "Brother, isn't the number too small, at least 100,000 elites!" ”

His question is also what Hu Du and the others want to know, Lin Wanrong laughed loudly: "If there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that they will be discovered by the Turks before they leave Xingqing City." As I said earlier, what the Hu people can't think of is what we have to do, and the soldiers must be fine, but the number of people must not be large, otherwise it will only backfire. ”

"What are you afraid of him," was provoked by Lin Wanrong's words, Hu Bugui roared, and his eyes shone excitedly: "Give me 10,000 elite cavalry to Lao Hu, and I will dare to go deep into the grassland, pick up the Turkic tooth tent, capture that bullshit Viga Khan alive, and let these Hu cubs know that I am a big Hua Erlang and I am also a hot-blooded man!" ”

Hu Bugui has fought for many years, and has fought with the Hu people countless times, but this time is the most surging, and there is a heroic feeling of burning blood.

Xu Zhiqing, as a military advisor of the three armed forces, couldn't act so rashly, she shook her head and said, "General Hu, don't be impulsive when you encounter something. General Fang Cai Du has already said that it is still difficult to sneak attack a single Turkic tribe, let alone the Hu people's tooth tent——,

"It's the Hu people's tooth tent," Lin Wanrong smiled and cut off Xu Zhiqing's words: "As I said just now, if the pay is not proportional to the gain, then it is not worth fighting." And when the gain far exceeds the effort, even if you break your head, you have to hit. Such a major event as the raid on the Turkic royal court should not be treated simply as an ordinary battle, on the contrary, it should be elevated to the level of the overall battle. ”

The overall picture of the campaign? Xu Zhiqing was stunned, her white jade teeth bit her bright red lips, her eyes were focused, and she pondered.

Lin Wanrong said loudly: "There is also a strategy for attacking the Hu people's tooth tent, but it can be both virtual and real. Silently approaching Kizil, taking him by surprise and extinguishing the tooth tent in one fell swoop, this is the best result, and this is true. ”

"So what's the point?!" Xu Zhiqing asked unconsciously.

"Even if we didn't reach Kizil, every step we took closer to the Turkic court was a great victory. Miss Xu can think about it, on the boundless steppe, a mysterious Dahua cavalry suddenly fell from the sky, only a few steps away from the royal court, what kind of psychological blow would this cause to the Turks? What kind of encouragement is it for my Dahua soldiers? ”

Lin Wanrong waved her hand vigorously, and her heart was also boiling. He let out a long breath, glanced at Hu Bugui and said, "Brother Hu, you have been fighting with the Turks for so many years, how would you feel if there was such a day as I said?" ”

Hu Bugui's eyes were red and he said: "***, our Dahua has been pressed and beaten by the Turks for more than 100 years, if we can really do it happily in the Hu people's nest, I will be willing to die a hundred times." My thousands of old brothers who died in battle, who have fought Hu people all their lives, have never even seen anything like the Turkic tooth tent, they died unjustly! Lao Du, if you touch it, my blood is hot! ”

Words are the voice of the heart, and what Hu Bugui said represents the wish of thousands of anti-Hu soldiers. Dahua has been bullied by the Hu people for a long time, if there is really a Dahua cavalry thousands of miles deep, even if it is just a roar to the Turkic tent, it is enough to make countless soldiers raise their eyebrows and enthusiasm, and sweep away the momentum of Dahua's victory and weakness accumulated for many years, and the inspiring power of this must not be underestimated. This is what Lin Wanrong called "virtual".

Chief Gao thought about it carefully, and said in shock: "Brother Lin, if you want to fight according to your routine, these more than 10,000 soldiers will go deep alone, whether it is real or false, they will fall into the siege of the Turks, and I am afraid that they will die for a lifetime." ”

"Wrong," Lin Wanrong shook her head, gritted her teeth, and said word by word: "It's ten deaths and no life!" This is a point of no return! But there are some things that someone has to do, it's either you or me- hey, why are you all looking at me like that?! Where did you think—"

Seeing Hu Bugui and the others looking at themselves with wide eyes and miserable eyes, the expression on their faces was admiration and regret, Lord Lin suddenly thought of something, his face turned white with fright, cold sweat poured down his body, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I declare in advance, I just make suggestions, and other things have nothing to do with me." Don't count on me, I won't do it if I am killed, I still have a bunch of wives at home waiting for me to go back and earn money to support - what do you see?! Look at me digging out your eyeballs again, don't look at them all! Hu doesn't return, open the meal, everyone just eats! ”

He is like a rabbit with his tail stepped on, patting ** and running fast, his legs are really good. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back sneakily, afraid that Miss Xu would be moved, and appointing Master Lin to be the commander-in-chief of the lone army would be to move a stone to his own feet. He shook his head in annoyance, his heart full of remorse.

Coward! Seeing his back running away, Miss Xu couldn't help but scold, angry and funny. She took out the pencil left by Lin Wanrong, drew a few times on the map, and snorted: "General Du, General Hu, please tell the two of you to inform Lin Xianxian, and ask him to study the map more in the future, the method he said of sneaking up on the Turkic royal court, whether it is 100,000 troops or 10,000 elite horsemen, will not work at all." ”

"Please also ask the military advisor to speak up." Du Xiuyuan said cautiously.

Miss Xu sighed faintly, and pointed to the simple map: "Look, this is Xingqing Mansion, which is now two or three hundred miles away from us. And in order to capture Kizil, it is necessary to go deep into the steppe. But where did we get into the steppe?! Ladies and gentlemen, please see, from the east of Xingqing to Dingbao, Yanmen Pass, stretching for 800 miles, the Hu people are all heavy troops, once we rush deeper, it will be right in their wolf claws, here is not feasible. Looking at the other side, the Qilian Mountains west of Xingqing are the gathering place of the Hu cavalry, and we can't cross it. Further west from Qilian Mountain is the Dunhuang Caves and the Death Desert Lop Nur. If you really want to capture Kizil, this is the only way. However, this vast desert is inaccessible, and the traces of birds and beasts have been extinct, and no one has been able to go out since ancient times. Don't say it's 10,000, even if a million army walks in, it's the same trapped in the desert, leaving only a pile of white bones. ”

She shook her head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "What if you pass through Lop Nur?" In front, you have to cross the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains to get close to Wubu Sunnuoer Lake and look at Jianshui and Kizil in the distance. This route, since ancient times, has been a ghost gate pass that only goes to and does not return, through the desert, through the snow-capped mountains, how many passes are there in the middle? ! It is not unreasonable for the Hu people to dare to place the tooth tent in Kizil, such a natural barrier, except for the immortals, who can cross it?! ”

Xu Zhiqing is really knowledgeable, not only knows the Dahua border well, but also knows the place names in the Turkic territory at her fingertips.

After her explanation, Du Xiuyuan's faces couldn't stop turning pale, indeed what Miss Xu said, if you want to sneak attack the Hu people unknowingly, this is almost an impossible task. In the end, General Lin still has too little actual combat experience, and although he has a far-sighted vision and the ideas he puts forward are extremely great, the feasibility is basically zero.

"The last general understands, so I'll go and tell General Lin." Hu Bugui's expression couldn't hide his disappointment, and the moment of raising his eyebrows in his dream finally came to naught.

"Wait," Xu Zhiqing hesitated, her face was slightly red, she took out a vial from her sleeve and handed it to Hu Bugui: "You handed this to General Lin, although the injury on his leg has been healed, the medicine powder still can't be stopped." ”

She paused, and then whispered: "Don't misunderstand him, this is given to him by the general, and it has nothing to do with me." The general was worried that he would act recklessly, and when the time came, the old wounds would recur, which would be a great loss for our army. ”

Chief Gao sighed a few times and nodded with a smile. General Lin didn't know where he had gone, and he couldn't be found among the sergeants all over the mountains.

The blood-red sunset shone on the forest and fields, Xu Zhiqing's cheeks were like jade, she stood silently for a long time, the delicate shadow dragged into a long straight line, her expression was quiet, a faint tear flashed in her eyes, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

A young soldier patted him on the back, but Lin Wanrong was startled.

General Lin turned his head sharply and yelled at the kid, "Okay, you Li Wuling, you dare to attack the chief from behind." Tie a 100-pound sandbag and run ten miles yourself, and General Ben will spare you. ”

Li Wuling glanced in the direction he was looking at, and when he saw Xu Zhiqing jumping on the horse, the figure of the horse galloping, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and laughed: "I said, why do you want to punish me, it turns out that you are hiding here to peek at my Aunt Xu and tell me to catch it." I'll run ten miles with a sandbag on my back, and then tell Aunt Xu that someone is peeking at her—"

"You know what a fart, how can I peek at her," Lord Lin said with annoyance, "I'm afraid that she followed the advice of others and sent me to do something stupid." ”

Li Wuling smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry, how can I send someone to do something stupid when my Aunt Xu is such a smart person?" But the person who made the suggestion was too stupid. ”

Fortunately, this kid didn't know that I was the one who made the suggestion, Lin Wanrong said twice, didn't speak, and Hu Bugui came over and said, "General Lin, it turns out that you are here, tell me to find it." ”

"It's not easy to find me, where there are many people, there is me." Lin Wanrong said with a smile.

Hu Bugui smiled: "General Lin, the suggestion you just made, Xu Junshi said that it won't work at all." ”

Li Wuling's eyes widened, and he was about to laugh, Lin Wanrong's old face turned red, and he hurriedly hit him with his hand: "Go, go to training soon after eating, our senior officers talk, low-level minions quickly avoid." ”

"Understood," Li Wuling grinned, "When you talk to Aunt Xu, even a high-ranking officer like my grandfather will avoid it, haha-"

When this kid ran away, Lin Wanrong came back to his senses and said, "This kid is also interesting-Brother Hu, what did you just say?" ”

Hu Bugui took out the map and told Lin Wanrong what Xu Zhiqing had just said, and the chagrin on his face was unobstructed.

This Miss Xu's geographical knowledge is also rich, Lin Wanrong smiled slightly, and patted Lao Hu on the shoulder: "Brother Hu, there is no absolute thing in this world." As long as you are willing to work hard, there are always more solutions than problems. When I have time in a few days, I will tell you the story of the Silk Road. ”

Silk Road? What Silk Road? Hu is also confused. Lord Lin closed his mouth in time and refused to reveal a word, lest he was accidentally caught by Miss Xu and sent to do the death.

——————

From the salt river to the north, looking at Shuofang, the army marched day and night, and hurriedly drove to Xingqing.

The further north you go, the more arid the climate becomes, the more wind and sand there are, and sometimes you have to encounter four or five times of strong wind and sand for a day. When he got up, his hair, eyes, nose, and ears were covered with wind and sand, and he was all gray.

The hardships of the border fortress are really extraordinary, this is spring, and before I get out of the fortress, I have already experienced the power of the desert wind and sand, and the 300,000 border soldiers do not know what kind of life they live.

The most unbearable thing is the erratic temperature difference between day and night. During the day, walking profusely, it is like being blistered, and at night, the temperature is low, but it can freeze people into popsicles.

Lin Wanrong seems to be a naturally strong species, along the way, the climate has changed, and even Chief Gao can't help but sneeze a few times, but he is the only one who seems to be fine, wrapping a few robes every day to blow the wind and sand, and not forgetting to hum a few Xintianyou.

Xingqing Mansion is the first important town in the northwest of Dahua, adjacent to Helan Mountain, known as "Shuofang Guarantee, the throat of the desert". Its land is fertile, the ditch is vertical and horizontal, the irrigation is convenient, it once had the reputation of "plugging the south of the Yangtze River", the city is high and the wall is thick, majestic and mighty, and the prosperity of the past can be seen. It's just that in these years of Huahu Campaign, Xingqing Mansion has been washed away by the war, the population has decreased sharply, the people have been lost, and thousands of hectares of fertile land have gradually become barren and covered by the long yellow sand, which makes Lin Wanrong feel very emotional.

"Such a big river, such a high mountain, Xingqing Mansion, Helan Mountain, endless barren grass beach at a glance.

Such a big river, such a high mountain, Xingqing Mansion, Helan Mountain, the people don't have food and clothing every year! ”

I don't know where the woodcutter's song came from, and it was long and melancholy, slowly drifting into the eardrums, mixed with the dust and sand that could not be seen at a glance, and it was indescribably miserable and desolate.

Seeing that this is about to enter Xingqing Mansion, in the end it is the northwest fortress, and the crowds on both sides of the official road have gradually increased.

Lord Lin looked east and west, and was walking leisurely, but he heard the sound of hooves in the distance, and suddenly there was a terrible noise: "Run, Hu people, Hu people are coming!! ”