Qin Duan stood in front of the terrain model, pointed to the various locations on the model, and analyzed everyone one by one, "I have also analyzed the enemy's army strength and commanders in this eastward invasion, although the enemy's military strength is relatively large, but due to the addition of a large number of new soldiers, its strength does not have much advantage, especially the infantry. Moreover, because the garrison area has only been adjusted, and he is not familiar with the situation in the east, although the commander Ukola is known as the first fierce general of Humility, he is only brave in battle, his personal martial arts are strong, his command ability is not outstanding, and there is also the weakness of pride and conceit, which is a great advantage for us. As long as we do our work well, I believe that this war will end in our great victory! In the end, Qin Duan made a loud conclusion.

"If the secrecy of the army's march can be done well, this plan is really the best way to solve the Huns." Zhuge Fang said after Qin Duan finished speaking.

On October 20, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, the four brigades of the First Division disguised themselves as two horse thieves under the pretext of changing guards, quietly slipped out of Tokugawa County and infiltrated the East Tengger Prairie.

Soon the news came back, the clean-up operation went very smoothly, because the Huns had no regular garrison in this area at all, the "horse thieves" led by Yu Fei and Tao Yuan frantically burned and plundered in this area, and constantly sent people to create rumors, saying that the horse thieves would be active here for a long time, and would rob the herdsmen and their property, and the herdsmen, both men and women, would be sold into slavery in the Siathrow Empire, and these news soon spread among the herdsmen in this area. Many herders simply moved their families north, driving their livestock and dragging their children and daughters to flee the area.

Fei and Tao Yuan led the "horse thieves" to continuously conduct a carpet inventory of this area, but fortunately, there were not many herdsmen in this area, and this area was soon cleaned up into a vacuum area. Even passing caravans made a detour when they learned that a large number of horse thieves had appeared in this area.

On November 2, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Duan received an intelligence report that the Huns had been mobilized to conquer the east, and on October 27, the whole army set out to start the eastward invasion operation, and according to their normal marching speed, it was estimated that they would reach the area around Jiantoupo around November 18. Qin Du immediately made corresponding arrangements and ordered all the prefectures of Tokugawa County and Northwest County to be under martial law. In particular, since November 2, the Tokugawa Castle Government has only allowed entry and exit, and no one is allowed to move freely without Qin Dui's warrant, and the Security Bureau and the Police Department have also gone all out to carry out my orders and prevent enemy spies from spying on them.

Li Daring's Tokugawa Second Army also retained only a small part of its troops at the junction of Meishan County, Northwest County, and Longdong County. All the other troops were sent back to Tokugawa Prefecture, and at the same time, the fortifications of Tokugawa Prefecture were strengthened. In addition, Qin Du ordered the government officials of the grassroots villages and towns outside the city to organize the local people to move to remote areas that deviated from the main road, so as to paralyze the secret agents assigned by the Huns in Tokugawa County.

At the same time, Qin Duan also made frequent troop movements day and night, and declared martial law in Tokugawa. No ordinary resident is allowed to go out at will, or face imprisonment. These measures were mainly used because the Hun spies could not effectively grasp the movements of Qin Du's army, and Qin Du also used these real and false movements to constantly transfer troops out of the capital city and secretly assemble outside the city. On November 9, he personally led the army to set out, and on the night of November 12, he secretly infiltrated the area of Jiantoupo on the East Tengger Prairie, and hid in the ambush site that had been prepared for a long time.

Before leaving, Qin Duan ordered the army to carry ten days' worth of dry food, drinking water and forage, and the small engineering troops that had infiltrated in advance also secretly built some facilities in the ambush to facilitate the subsequent stationing of large troops.

Time passed, and I had been in this damned place for five days, but there was still no news of the main army of the Humns. In order to prevent the enemy's scouts from discovering the problem, Qin Dui strictly restricted the entry and exit of his own scouts, and except for a very small number of elite guard scouts, Qin Dui did not send other people out to reconnoitre. According to the analysis, the Huns should have reached Jiantoupo yesterday, but the scouts brought back the news that no sign of the army had been found in the vicinity for fifty miles.

Is it so hard that the enemy has really discovered us? Qin Du thought about it, but immediately denied this idea, if he found us, he only needed to make a detour to attack behind us, I am afraid that we would have been wiped out.

Therefore, Qin Du thought that it was the Huns who were delayed on the road, but if it was really delayed for a long time, I am afraid that there would be no need for the Huns to attack us, and we ourselves would have to flee back to Tokugawa with our tails between our legs, and the food and forage would only last for two days at most.

Qin Du was also a little uncontrollable in his heart, but on the surface, he had to pretend to be confident and calm, as if everything was under his control, and from time to time he led other officers to various barracks to inspect the living conditions of the soldiers, cheering for the soldiers who were already a little restless. At this time, anyone can have impatience, and he can't have it as a coach, otherwise he doesn't have to fight this battle, and he has already lost.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

It was already evening, and just as Qin Duan was sitting in the big tent and worrying about the whereabouts of the Huns, Li Keyan, the captain of the reconnaissance wing of the First County Regiment, and the other personnel who went out to reconnoiter finally returned, bringing back the good news that Qin Duan had dreamed of.

"Report to your Excellency, I and a few brothers have delayed some time because the scope of reconnaissance is a little larger, and we have to verify it again, please forgive me."

Li Keyan was also a little excited. Because of the importance of this reconnaissance, he personally led a few nimble brothers out for several days in a row, and finally reaped the rewards today.

Qin Duan could see the joy in his eyes, and knew that there must be good news, so he calmed down his feelings a little and asked, "What did you find?" ”

"Your Excellency, my brothers and I discovered the enemy's scouts about 30 kilometers away from here this afternoon, and the enemy's vanguard 60 kilometers from here.

Li Keyan's chest was still rising and falling sharply, and he said excitedly, I don't know if he was overly excited or if his body was too consumed, or both.

Qin Duan tried his best to deliberately control his excitement, and at the same time motioned for Li Keyan to sit down beside him and speak slowly.

"As we departed, the enemy's vanguard had begun to camp and prepare for rest, on the flat ground by the river, about thirty kilometers from us. The enemy's vanguard is the ironclad heavy cavalry, about 100,000 people, the Chinese army is mainly infantry, the hoplites are deployed in the rear of the vanguard ironclad cavalry, the light infantry and baggage troops are close behind, and finally some light cavalry and heavy cavalry, the enemy's handsome banner can also be seen there, it is estimated that the enemy's large camp is located. The entire force dragged for several miles, with no end in sight, and the total number of troops was estimated to be no less than 500,000. ”

Qin Duan pondered for a while, and then asked, "Then according to you, is there anything unusual about the enemy?" How alert is the enemy? ”

Li Keyan thought for a while, and immediately replied, his tone was very affirmative: "I can't see anything abnormal, the enemy's alertness is also very average, their scouts are just routinely searching for a mile or two on both sides of the road, I think it's all perfunctory, after all, this is still about three hundred kilometers away from our territory, and the march will take four or five days, and one of their villages will have to be passed." ”

Qin Dui quickly calculated in his heart, if the enemy's vigilance was very high, it was possible to find the abnormality here, Qin Dui was ready to lead the cavalry to attack the camp tonight, but the cavalry that Qin Dui brought this time was only 40,000 people, and whether he could defeat the enemy's main force in one fell swoop, Qin Dui was not sure.

Since the enemy was so careless and did not notice our existence in the slightest, Qin Du decided to proceed with the original plan and ambush at the predetermined location tomorrow.

The order was quickly conveyed to the ministries, and it was another sleepless night, Qin Dui looked at the moonlit and starry night sky, and prayed silently, hoping that tomorrow's battle would give me a satisfactory ending.

After dinner, the general of the expedition to the east, Ukola, was lying on the big chair of the handsome camp with satisfaction, and the tea set on the desk was exuding a curling fragrance. "Buda, has the scout returned?"

"Already back, nothing special about the anomaly. However, according to the scouts, horse thieves were quite rampant in this area some time ago, and many local herdsmen fled to the north. I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. ”

The reply was Ukora's lieutenant Buda, who was a very cautious general, and Ukora had always been very relieved about his affairs.

"Maybe it's the horse thieves among the Motts or the Qiuer people, maybe they want to follow us, and when we defeat the people of the Great Qin Empire, they can take advantage of the fire to rob and share a spoonful of soup."

Ukora didn't think about any other unfavorable situation, after all, it was still far from the boundaries of Tokugawa Prefecture. "Forgive them for not daring to attack us, I don't know where they are hiding at this time."

Although Buda felt that something was always wrong, he couldn't think of what was wrong after thinking about it again and again, so he had to order all levels to strengthen night duty patrols to avoid any accidents.

But the night passed quietly, nothing happened, and Buda, who had not slept well all night, felt that he was a little suspicious, and the troops were assembled, and according to the normal march route, like a winding giant snake, slowly moved forward. (To be continued......)