Pang Tong entered Hebei, and the Qin army stationed in Liyang, after a few days of preparation, embarked on a journey to Liaodong.

The Qin army rushed to Liaodong, and Zhuge Jun, who led another large army, was rushing to Bashu with his team.

Luoyang to Bashu, from Chang'an line, through the Qinling Mountains, you can reach northern Sichuan.

Although the road is not very far, the road is full of mountains and mountains, and the road is very difficult.

Soldiers rode war horses, and often when they came to difficult places, they had to dismount and walk.

As a result, the speed of the procession is very slow.

After walking for more than ten days, just after Chang'an, not far from Xianyang, a scout who was exploring the road in front rode back on a war horse.

In front of Zhuge Jun, the scout grabbed the reins, clasped his fists and said to him: "General Qiyu, the former will enter northern Sichuan!" ”

Knowing that the front was about to enter northern Sichuan, Zhuge Jun raised his hand and pointed forward, and said to Gao Shun and the others beside him: "Generals, although the land of Bashu is beautiful with beautiful mountains and rivers and complex terrain, our army has been conquering the north all year round, can the generals have the confidence to defeat Liu Zhang?" ”

"The Qin army is invincible, can you still be afraid of that Liu Zhang?" Pouting and smiling, Dian Wei said nonchalantly: "Your Highness wants to tame elephant soldiers for a few years, once you meet the soldiers and horses in Sichuan, you only need to kill the elephant soldiers for a while, and the enemy army will be defeated!" ”

Glancing back at the war elephant walking in the queue, Zhuge Jun smiled slightly, and then said nothing.

The elephant soldiers who went out on the expedition were full of a thousand war elephants, and on the backs of each war elephant sat three elephant soldiers.

One of the elephants sat at the front, acting as a handmaker, and the other two elephants were armed with a longbow and a spear with three or four short spears tied to the elephant's body.

The huge body of the war elephant, every step of the foot, stepping on the ground, will make a muffled sound of "boom".

War elephants were born in the Nanban, and in general, only the Nanban would domesticate elephants.

The Qin army has domesticated an army of more than 1,000 elephants in the past few years, and Zhuge Jun also feels a little incredible.

The war elephants were followed by 5,000 feather guards with big red feathers on their helmets.

The Yulin guards rode on horseback, and the feathers on their helmets trembled with each step of the war horse under their crotch, which was even more powerful compared to the ordinary cavalry of the Qin army.

Except for the elephant soldiers and Yu Linwei, the main force of the Qin army that followed Zhuge Jun on the expedition was only 22,000 people.

This team, in terms of numbers, is really less than the Bashu soldiers and horses.

The soldiers of the Qin army are all warriors on the battlefield, and compared with the soldiers and horses of Bashu who have not been conquered for many years, their combat power is stronger.

From Dian Wei's words, Zhuge Jun heard his self-confidence.

Looking around at the generals who followed him on the expedition, he found that Gao Shun and the others were also full of confidence, as if they were close to Bashu, and there would not be much suspense at all, and they could break Liu Zhang.

Taking a deep breath, he frowned slightly, but quickly stretched out again.

Advancing with the team and walking to a slightly more open realm, Zhuge Jun looked up at the sky.

The setting sun had already set in the sky, and the sky was as bright red as blood splashing on the battlefield.

Restraining the war horse and raising his right arm, Zhuge Jun shouted: "Camp on the spot!" ”

"The general has an order, stationed on the spot!" When a personal soldier heard his order, he turned around his war horse and galloped towards the back of the team, while conveying Zhuge Jun's order to the Qin army in the team.

An army of 30,000 men dismounted their horses or elephants and set up marching tents in the open field.

On the perennial march, the soldiers were very skilled in setting up tents, and it didn't take long for a close-knit tent to appear in the field.

Watching the soldiers of the Qin army set up tents, Zhuge Jun frowned, and asked the soldiers behind him, "Who taught them to build a marching camp like this?" ”

"General Hui, it's His Royal Highness's professor!" Clenched his fists and bowed, and the soldiers responded.

Hearing that it was Professor Liu Wei who set up the marching tents like this, Zhuge didn't ask any further, but just said to the soldiers: "Pass the order, and ask the soldiers to dismantle the tents and rebuild them, and the distance between each tent should not be less than ten steps!" ”

"No!" Holding his fists in response, the soldiers quickly ran to the soldiers of the Qin army who had already set up the tent, and shouted loudly: "The general has an order, the tent is dismantled and rebuilt." The distance between each tent must not be less than ten steps! ”

As soon as the tent was set up, Zhuge Jun asked them to dismantle it, and the soldiers of the Qin army turned their heads one by one and looked at him with puzzled faces.

was looked at by the soldiers, Zhuge Jun did not give them any explanation, but just waited with a solemn face.

When the soldiers set up their tents, Gao Shun and others were also in the barracks.

A soldier who set up a tent, seeing that the camp tent had been built after a long period of work, actually said that it would be demolished, and muttered in a low voice: "The method of building a tent is taught by His Highness himself." said that it would be demolished, and it was dismantled all day long, and there was a big fight! ”

The soldier was muttering as a hand slapped him on the shoulder.

Someone tapped him on the shoulder, he slapped the hand on the shoulder a little impatiently, turned around and said, "What are you doing?" Don't mess ......"

Just as he was about to say don't shoot randomly, when he saw the person standing behind him, the soldier was stunned for a moment, hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed, and said nervously: "General Gao, the villain doesn't know ......."

"Even if you don't know that General Ben is behind you, don't talk about the chief general in private!" Staring at the soldier, Gao Shun waved his hand at him without any expression on his face and said, "Follow the military order, don't delay!" ”

"No!" Zhuge Jun just joined the Great Qin, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, in the Qin army, he did not have much prestige, it was the soldiers who were dissatisfied with him, but Gao Shun and others, but they had followed Liu Wei for many years, and the soldiers were afraid of them, and the soldiers did not dare to say more, so they hurriedly responded.

Glancing at the soldier again, Gao Shun turned around and left.

Seeing him leave, the soldier who had complained just now raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, still a little afraid in his heart.

During the march, doubting the commander is a big crime.

If Gao Shun had just taken the truth with him, even if he would not have his head cut off, he would definitely have been punished with a lot of punishment.

After Gao Shun left, another soldier on the side gently patted the arm of the soldier who had complained before, and whispered: "Don't say more, it's better to dismantle the tent and rebuild it, it won't take much trouble anyway!" ”

Without a word, the soldier honestly dismantled the tent.

reprimanded the complaining soldier twice, and Gao Shun's heart was also a little slanderous about Zhuge Jun's order.

Whenever the Qin army was stationed, the soldiers would set up camp according to the layout of the party, and no one raised any objections, nor did they suffer any loss because the tents were very close to each other.

Zhuge Jun ordered the soldiers to dismantle the tents and rebuild them, not only the soldiers were not convinced, but even Gao Shun felt that it was not necessary.

Walking in the barracks, Gao Shun inspected the soldiers setting up their tents, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu walked towards him.

"General Gao!" Before he reached Gao Shun, Dian Wei shouted in a rough voice: "What is General Zhuge doing? Why was the tent ordered to be dismantled and rebuilt? Wouldn't it have to be a little more tiring for the soldiers? ”

Chao Dianwei waved his hand, and Gao Shun did not speak.

He glanced back and found that Zhuge Jun was far away from them, so he whispered to Dian Wei and Xu Chu: "Your Highness has an order, asking us to obey General Zhuge in everything, and we just have to obey the order!" ”

Gao Shun looked like a rat thrower, which made Dian Wei and Xu Chu more and more unhappy.

The two glanced at each other, and Dian Wei said to Gao Shun: "Since General Gao said so, it is useless for the two of us to tell you, so I went to ask General Zhuge why I asked the soldiers to rebuild the camp!" ”

"Two generals!" Dian Wei dropped a sentence and went to Zhuge Jun with Xu Chu, Gao Shun hurriedly opened his mouth to call them, but where would they listen to Gao Shun's persuasion and go straight to Zhuge Jun.

With his hands behind his back, Zhuge Jun was watching the soldiers of the Qin army build a camp, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu walked towards him side by side.

"General Zhuge !" When they arrived in front of him, the two of them clasped their fists and saluted him, and Dian Wei asked, "Why do you want to order the soldiers to dismantle the camp that is still in order?" ”

"The tents are too close!" Glancing at the two of them, Zhuge Jun said indifferently: "If someone lights a fire, the soldiers of the three armies will not even go to the battlefield, and they will be buried in the flames!" ”

"Huh!" Before Zhuge Jun's words fell, Dian Wei and Xu Chu glanced at each other, Xu Chu sneered and said: "There are no Bashu soldiers and horses here, who will come to light the fire?" ”

"The confrontation between the armies, how to ignite the fire?" did not answer Xu Chu directly, Zhuge Jun asked him a rhetorical question.

Stunned by his question, Xu Chu opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Dian Wei on the side took the conversation again and said: "The confrontation between the army is really difficult to ignite. But there are no people here at all, and our army has not yet engaged the Bashu army, so he does not know the intentions of our army, and he resolutely does not dare to ......"

"Don't dare to provoke lightly!" The corners of his mouth were slightly pulled, and Zhuge Jun said: "This general also knows this truth, but if our army does not develop the habit of leaving a gap between the camp tents every time it is stationed, I am afraid that once the Bashu army comes to provoke and make preparations, it will be too late!" ”

Zhuge Jun patiently explained to the two, but Dian Wei and Xu Chu still felt that he was doing something very inappropriate, and stood in front of him, although he didn't say anything more, he didn't leave.

Looking at the soldiers of the Qin army who were dismantling the camp, Zhuge Jun said to the two: "The reason why the two generals came to question is because of a new defection to Great Qin. The two generals rest assured, this time they went to Bashu, and they will definitely take this place for His Highness, as long as the generals help each other, if the army is defeated, he will dedicate this head in front of His Highness! ”

Saying this kind of thing, Zhuge Jun also made great concessions, Dian Wei and Xu Chu didn't want to say anything more, they both clasped their fists and saluted him and retreated.