In the late afternoon, the temperature dropped sharply, and there was no wind during the day, although the sky was a little overcast, but there was no snow, and the wind began to pick up after dark, and the air was very dry, a little dry and cold.

Qin Dong was sitting in a tent in the camp of the Moduo army on the north bank of the Danube, the oil lamp hanging on the wooden in the middle of the tent was crackling, and he was a little restless in his heart, so he got up and walked back and forth in the tent.

Why hadn't the 1st, 4th, and 6th legions arrived in the town of Vidin? Maybe the sudden change in weather delayed a little time, right? Qin Dong could only comfort himself in this way, calm his heart, and the suspicious soldiers during the day scared away Enek, he believed that the wise men under Enek would definitely see the flaws afterwards, so he was worried that after the nine thousand cavalry on his side were tired and relaxed at night, Enek would bring his 20,000 iron cavalry to kill.

The first, fourth, and sixth regiments have a total of 36,000 people, which are three of the regiments that have numbers and regular establishments after the military system reform a few months ago, and the army under Qin Dong has been reduced from a total of more than 112,000 people to 108,000 after the military system reform, and some of the older and sick soldiers in the army have been dismissed, and the soldiers who have been laid off are mainly the former Skir soldiers.

After the reform of the military system, the army has a total of nine regiments, each with 12,000 men, and the total strength of the whole army is 108,000; each regiment has three regiments and one reinforced cavalry battalion directly under its jurisdiction, and each regiment has three battalions and one cavalry team directly under its jurisdiction, and each battalion has three brigades, and each brigade has three squadrons, and each squadron has three squads.

Qin Dong discarded the original establishment of 10,000 horses, 1,000 horses, 100 horses, and 10 horses. The three-three system was adopted for all of them, and the original establishment was very unfavorable to the commanders in commanding operations, and it was not easy to command. When you want to fight on a large scale, the forces are too scattered, and the commander-in-chief has too many things to consider.

For example, if a commander has ten commanders, and if he needs three thousand horsemen on the left flank in the course of fighting the enemy, then there are three thousand horsemen. The left and right flanks are certainly not connected to the commander's Chinese army, and there must be a certain distance between them, and the heralds have to run for a while to convey orders. Therefore, then there must be one person on the left and right wings to be in charge, and who is the main one among the three commanders? Everyone is a thousand-commander, why should one of them be the main and the other two secondary? In front of the commander-in-chief. The other two commanders will certainly not say anything. But when it comes to the battlefield, will the other two commanders scrupulously carry out the orders of the commander-in-chief? This is really not good, it is precisely because of such a problem that the Huns often have incomplete execution of orders when commanding operations, and Qin Dong is determined to abandon the original military system and adopt the three-three system.

If the three-three system is adopted, there will not be a situation where one commander does not obey the command of another commander, for example, if a regiment has 3,600 men, if it wants to use 5,000 men to fight. The commander-in-chief could have drawn a battalion from another regiment to temporarily place it under the command of this regiment to make up the number of combat troops. Wait until the battle is over and then rebuild.

The three thousand guards and iron cavalry brought by Qin Dong himself had already crossed the river through the pontoon bridge when it was just dark, and the nine thousand cavalry who had not yet recovered their combat strength had been placed on the north bank, he was really not at ease, originally he was going to wait for dark to send a large number of scouts to patrol in a radius of ten miles around, not to let Enek's scouts approach, and once they approached, they would be killed, the purpose of this was to prevent Enek from grasping the situation on his side, and then let the nine thousand cavalry sneak to the town of Vidin on the south bank of the Danube, However, after careful consideration and some weighing, he decided not to do anything, since Enek is here, then it is best to leave this guy forever, and it is really unwilling to let this guy retreat to Bucharest with an army of 20,000 unscathed, and it is too troublesome to solve Enek in the future, it is better to be ruthless this time, and would rather fight for heavy losses, but also to solve Enek, as long as Enek is solved, the other generals of this guy will be easy to do.

Feeling a little cold, Qin Dong poured a bowl of steaming mare's milk, holding the hot pottery bowl while drinking it while thinking about tonight's battle plan to see if there was anything missing.

According to Qin Dong's estimate, in the morning he set up a suspicious army in the town of Weiding to scare Enek away, and afterwards he will definitely be seen through by the wise men under Enek, after all, no one is a fool, the reason why he didn't see it at that time was because there were not many conditions for speculation, and many things were obvious afterwards to be seen, if someone saw the suspicious plan, but Enek didn't move, then it must be Enek who wanted to wait for the cold weather at night, and Moduo's nine thousand cavalry couldn't hold on and then launch a surprise attack, This is the best way to reduce his own casualties and increase the casualties of the enemy, Enek will definitely do this, it is a fool not to take advantage of it, Enek is not a fool, so he will definitely launch a surprise attack at night.

Now that it is dark, I am afraid that it will not be long before Enek launches a surprise attack, and at this time Qin Dong has not received the news of the arrival of the first, fourth and sixth legions, the first legion is the old foundation of Qin Dong, all Hun cavalry warriors, and the fourth and sixth legions are adapted from the original Skill army, of which the fourth legion is all cavalry, the sixth legion is infantry, one-third of the heavy infantry in the infantry, the other half are light infantry and siege troops, and a small part are archers and mountain soldiers.

Once the Danube freezes in the second half of the night, Enek's 20,000 iron horsemen can cross the Danube from the ice and drive straight in, and it is even possible to kill all the way to Saidika, burning and looting along the way, causing great destruction, and the economic development results that have just improved will be ruined, which is something that Qin Dong absolutely cannot tolerate.

At this time, a guard came in from outside and saluted: "Your lord, I have just received news that the First Legion has arrived in Granada, the Fourth Legion has arrived in Bregovo, and the Sixth Legion has arrived in Kula!" ”

Qin Dong was overjoyed, the army he was looking forward to had finally arrived, and now his worries disappeared in an instant, and he immediately said: "Call General Modo and General Batu to come to me, quickly!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Modo and Batu rushed over quickly after receiving the notice, "King, is there any news?" ”

Qin Dong immediately said: "The first, fourth, and sixth legions of this king have arrived, and now they can implement the battle plan we have formulated, you immediately take your men and horses to cross the river as fast as possible, and tell the soldiers to pay attention to safety, maintain order, and not fight when crossing the river, let whoever crosses the river cross first." After everyone enters the town of Vidin, you will take over the defense of the town, close all the passages into the town, check the surrounding houses and walls, and repair the collapsed or damaged ones immediately, and the town has prepared food, and you will immediately let the soldiers eat after you pass, if Enek finds that there is no one here, and finds that the river is frozen, he will definitely kill the town of Vidin without doing anything, and then you will have to take on the defense of the town of Vidin, and defend it to the death, Until the other three armies have outflanked them from the periphery, and you have heard the king's trumpet and command, and then you will come out of the town."

"Understand, the last general will lead the army across the river!" Modo bowed and said yes, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

After Moduo left, Qin Dong said to Batu: "Batu, your responsibility is not light, after Modo's men and horses evacuate, your three thousand guards and iron cavalry should withdraw as quickly as possible, leaving an empty camp, Enek may lead a large army to this empty camp, and when he arrives, he finds that it is an empty camp, and then kills the town of Vidin after finding that the river is frozen, or it is possible that he will wait until the middle of the night after the river freezes and pounces on the town of Vidin from the upper reaches of the river, no matter what kind of action Enek takes, as long as there is a big battle in the town of Vidin on the opposite side, If there is a lot of shouting or seeing a fire rushing into the sky, it means that Enek is going to the town of Vidin, and you must immediately return here with your three thousand iron horsemen to pound through the ice by the river, and then stay by the river, and as soon as anyone climbs up from the river, immediately arrest them, and catch one by one, understand? ”

Batu saluted and said loudly, "Yes, king! ”

After Batu left, the cavalry in the camp began to cross the river from the pontoon bridge as fast as possible under the command of Modo, and because there was no order to speak, no one spoke during the whole process, and occasionally a few neighing sounds of war horses were heard, but this did not have much effect.

When Batu and Modo's armies began to withdraw, Qin Dong had already taken a hundred escorts to cross the river on the pontoon bridge to Gramada to join the First Army.

At this time, on the plain between Calafate and Enek's camp, the scouts on both sides are fighting to the death, Enek's scouts want to investigate the situation of Modo's camp, and Modo has already issued a death order, so that the scouts sent by their own side must not let Enek's scouts get close to the situation of the camp, one wants to come, the other does not let them, so both sides can only rely on their own abilities to see who is more powerful, the big war has not yet started, the duel between the peripheral reconnaissance cavalry has already begun, and the losses on both sides are quite severe. But Enek's scout cavalry did not bargain for anything, nor did they come close enough to agree to spy on the army.

The battle between the scouts on both sides, of course, could not be hidden from Enek, he had continuously heard the news of the heavy losses of the scouts sent out in the big tent, he looked at the ministers walking on both sides of the hand and asked, "What does this Qin Dong want to do?" According to his method, it seems that he wants to let the nine thousand cavalry cross the river, isn't he afraid that I will suddenly kill them at this time? (To be continued......)