The army of 800,000 marched in four columns, separated by miles from each other, with heavy wagons, rushing carts, ladders, catapults, moats, and heavy crossbows moving slowly. The sound of neat footsteps, the sound of ironclad clashes, the sound of wheels and horses' hooves, the whole earth seemed to appear a hundred miles of rivers, flying away, booming, and magnificent.

Although the desert is the emperor's edict of the 'Longxing General', but that is more of a title, although there is the right to inspect, supervise, and enforce the law, but it is a right that can only be used in ordinary times walking in various counties, such as it can be conducive to conscription, requisition of food, assembly of troops and other preparations for war; It can make many county officials cautious and flattering, but it can't let you command thousands of troops on the battlefield.

What's more, Cheng Yu, the marshal of the Southern Xinjiang Army, has always believed that the so-called 'general' is fought out of the battlefield, and the title of the emperor and the imperial court is a ball. Although he has a very good impression of Desert Lonely Yanzhi and thinks that this adventurer is an iron-clad man, but in the old marshal's heart, he is not a general in Desert Lonely Yanzhi, at least not yet.

Therefore, the middle-aged man would take hundreds of light horsemen to run at the front of the team to spy on the reality and check the enemy's situation, and divided the large number of Tai'an gangs he brought behind him into several parts, and some of them were handed over to General Wang Jinchang, who served as the right waiter, as a guard and patrol officer; part was given to the jumping battalion; Some of them went to General Cheng Dayi's front team. The players and NPCs recruited from various counties and counties, Cheng Yu, directly arranged them in the baggage team, marching and camping, and they guarded and transported military supplies.

Although they had already entered the hilly area, the land was still relatively flat in general, and the Songqian River and Caiyang Lake, which were close to the West Sea, were also five or six hundred miles away, and all that could fall into view in front of them were small hills of different sizes like tombs. Whenever they arrived at some hills, the desert would divide the team into four squads, each team of twenty-five people, each with one person leading the class; All men carried hay and yellow flags to search the hillock in four squares, leaving a team to observe from a distance. If there were no problems, the people on the hill would raise their banners and wave back to signal that the army could move on; If a small group of enemies or a potential danger is spotted, the team searching for the hillock will wave the flag crosswise, signaling that their scout team needs to annihilate the enemy; But if someone ignites hay and releases wolf smoke, it means that the first four squads have encountered a large number of enemies in ambush, and the team behind them will abandon them and immediately return to the army to inform them of their readiness for battle.

It can be said that the desert is lonely, and these hundred gamers are the eyes and ears of the entire army at the forefront, and it can also be said that the pawns must always be ready to sacrifice. Fortunately, many of the hills were raised with flags waving backwards, and the flags swaying from side to side appeared three times, once when they met the people of the enemy country; At one point, I encountered a large number of wild monsters; On one occasion he encountered a small group of enemy rangers. Except for the wild monsters, whether it is soldiers or civilians, as long as they are not stubbornly resisting and willing to surrender, the middle-aged man will detain them back into the army and not kill them one by one. The wolf smoke that lit the hay never rose once.

After two days of day and night, the army had traveled more than two hundred miles in the hills, passing through many villages and towns without the slightest resistance, and the accompanying soldiers would leave a small group of men behind, and the garrison continued to advance, and at sunset they were only sixty miles away from the first county city of the Rohan kingdom, 'Jichang'.

"Big brother is safe here!" Wearing a white robe and holding the 'Dementor Bell', the long river sunset led the team back on horseback, "It's like this all the way down, where is this like a war!" He laughed out loud.

"Yes! yes!" The players behind him laughed.

"In the army, you have to call me the captain," Da Mo Lone Yan looked at these players who were smiling and rushing back as if they were on an outing, "In private, the brothers can call me whatever they want, but this is a march and a war, our words and deeds must be in accordance with the military rules in the army, and an army must have strict military discipline, which we must learn from the NPCs." ”

"Yes! Husband! All of them replied in unison.

Seeing them put away their smiles and be solemn in an instant, the middle-aged man was very relieved. Except for the fifty people who followed An Ran in the north, these 100 people are the most elite 100 people in the entire Tai Gang, and they have joined the pillars of the rudder in various places, and they are also a leader in their respective professions, whether it is equipment, personal level, or technology, and they have made an indelible contribution to the Tai'an Gang. These people can treat the Tai'an Gang as their home, regard the lonely words of the desert as a holy decree, and be loyal to each other. So the desert lonely smoke can trust them and take them with him.

"Master, what do you say is wrong with the enemy?" A squad leader with wide lips and a slightly hunched back said, "We have walked more than 200 miles, passed several villages and towns, and met all idle wanderers and ordinary people, where did the large number of Rohan troops go?" ”

"Could it be that these NPCs of the Rohan Kingdom didn't even know that we were coming to attack them!" Another tall shooter with a strong nose asked.

They all think so, they think that war is the kind of war where you send a lot of people, and I send a lot of people and then the two sides set up to kill the dark, no wonder they have this kind of thought, because a lot of TV dramas are played like this!

"Waiting for us at the front," Da Mo Lone Squinted as he looked ahead, "I dare to pack a ticket, from the moment our army set out, the enemy knew that we were coming to attack them." It's just that they put their fists away and put them in the most dangerous and difficult places waiting to give us a blow. ”

"Turtle tactics?" Aso, who was dressed in yellow cloth, said with a smile: "The turtle shrinks so that we can't speak." ”

"We're not dogs, why do we still need bites?" A female mage named "The Lady Arrived" said, "Sister Aso, don't think that everyone is a big brother. ”

At this time, several people were already in high spirits and ready to join the joke team at any time.

"Alright!" Da Mo Lone Yan said straightly: "You jokes wait until the WeChat group opens again, and now we have to return to the army as soon as possible - drive!" ”

He clenched the reins and kicked the horse's belly first.

According to Marshal Cheng Yu's normal marching strategy, the army of 'ten miles of rest, thirty miles of dry food, and sixty miles of food and lodging' happened to rest and spend the night in the place where they began to investigate. It is more than 60 miles away from the nearest Jichang City, and the terrain is relatively open and suitable for camping, so the baggage soldiers began to prepare from the afternoon, and some of them cut down trees on the spot; Some set up antlers; Some set up tents; Some of them are buried in pots to cook, while the soldiers who are combat arms are arranged in army defensive formations, standing guards, sentry posts, and patrolling in shifts.

The sky was dark, the stars were all over the sky, and on the earth under the night sky, there were bursts of fire for hundreds of miles, like the Milky Way on earth. Boy! The entire 800,000 Southern Xinjiang Army, even if it is standing next to each other, just imagine how much space it takes to place them, not counting those baggage, chariots, cattle and horses, and weapons, that is, in this vast hilly and plain area, otherwise the entire Southern Xinjiang Army does not know how many independent teams will be divided into marching successively.

This is a spectacular picture that will make the players who participated in this march jaw-dropping, far from being comparable to the war scenes in those TV series. Let me put it this way! For example, if the two friends of the Tai'an Gang are divided into the Battle Battalion and the Reserve Battalion respectively, then the distance between these two people can reach more than 100 miles, and if this player says to that player, 'Hey! Brother come and let's talk for a while,' and the other could have said something like, 'Not tonight, I'm going to be there tomorrow morning if I run.' ’

It is hard to imagine the sight of spears in the middle of it, the sound of earth-shattering steps and armor colliding, perhaps the most magnificent battle overture in the world. Are many players thinking about war? What Jin Ge Iron Horse, mountains of corpses and bones, and rivers of blood are all exaggerated statements by the authors in history or novels, but how can any bones be piled up into mountains and blood converge into rivers? Now they see and feel that if the 800,000 southern Xinjiang troops fall, it will really be a mountain of bones and blood, so many players intercepted pictures and videos with trembling hearts, and they posted them on the game forum, causing an uproar among onlookers.

A trumpet pierced the sky, and immediately dozens of horses rushed from all directions to the blazing camp at the highest point of the land.

The marshal has an order, and the military account will be discussed tonight.

As the head of the scout, Da Mo Guyanzhi and his brothers were assigned to the Zhanfeng Battalion, which was unified under Cheng Yu's son Cheng Dayi, and the Zhanfeng Battalion was also the closest camp to the Chinese military tent.

At this moment, the desert was lonely and straight, and together with his immediate boss, General Cheng Yu, he was the first to arrive outside the tent of the Chinese army. The two turned over and dismounted, let the soldiers lead the horses away, and walked into the tent side by side.

"The last general Cheng Dayi." Cheng Dayi hugged his fists.

"The end will be lonely in the desert." The desert lonely smoke is also holding his fists.

"See the marshal!" The two shouted in unison.

Cheng Yu was propping his hands on a large long table, frowning and staring at the sheepskin map in thought, after hearing their voices, he raised his head slightly and said, "Please sit down" and then ignored the two and continued to look at his map.

Cheng Dayi found a wooden chair nearby and sat down, but the desert still stood still and waited solemnly.

Of course, the middle-aged man knows how to correct his position, it stands to reason that only the generals in charge of the Chinese military account are qualified to participate, and it is not easy for a small scout centurion to come to observe, can he still expect his seat in this tent? The desert lonely smoke never thinks about this kind of non-separation.

Then the rest of the generals arrived in the tent one after another and sat down one by one, when Cheng Yu finally raised his head, he was surprised to see the middle-aged man who was still standing in the corner of the big tent, and then the old man smiled slightly.

"General Long Xing, please take a seat!" He said with a sigh of relief.

The other ten NPC generals sat upright, not even looking at him.

"Marshal Xie!" Da Mo Guyan clenched his fists and took the order, and found the wooden chair closest to the door of the big tent and sat down.

"The purpose of summoning all the generals this time is to discuss how to divide the troops and march," Cheng Yu pressed his fists on the map to get straight to the point, "General Wang, General Tian, General Zhao, tell you what you have seen!" ”

So the three Weiwuzi sent their own tentative soldiers to 'Qinggel', 'Amur', and 'Jichang' told them all about what they had gotten and one piece of information they got was that the gates of these three cities were closed, and there was not a single soldier on the towers.

"They just gave up the whole of Korqin?" Han Chengfeng, who was wearing chain mail and had a pair of deep eyes, said, "Grandma's! This is equivalent to the size of one county and thirteen counties in our Dajin! Say it's lost, it's lost? ”

"In this relatively flat hilly area, it must be impossible to defend our 800,000 troops." Jiang Yuhe, who was slightly bloated, touched the stubble on his chin and analyzed: "The towers of these three cities are not thick - of course, the barbarians' cities are as brittle as paper paste - and they are surrounded by open areas, if we rush up, they will still lose the city, and a lot of people will die, rather than this, it is better to take the people back to the Jeddah Gorge and rely on the giant deer city to defend and we will be exhausted to the end." ”

"Yes!" The old marshal Cheng Yu said: "Today's national strength of the Rohan Kingdom is declining, and it is simply different from before, and I can't imagine that it has become like this in just a few decades. Of course, it's not our concern, it's how they want to fight us. At present, these steppe barbarians are not qualified to fight us in Horqin, and it is reasonable for them to retreat to the Jeddah Gorge and defend the pass. Please look at the map ......."

Cheng Yu drew circles on the huge sheepskin map with his rough fingers, and everyone's eyes followed his fingers.

"This is the city of Jichang, only sixty miles from us; Behind the left is Amur, these two cities are separated by more than 200 miles, there are no mountains and rivers around, we can send two large armies to take them respectively, which can be used as a temporary stop and rest place for the army, and in Qinggrad, the westernmost part of Horqin, the geographical location of this city is relatively important, it relies on Caiyang Lake from the north to the west of the Songqian River, from here through which it flows into the West Sea......" Cheng Yu said while falling into thought, and after half a salary, he said: "What do you think we use this city as a temporary base camp for this march?" ”

So everyone discussed the various pros and cons that might arise in this city, although they were all battlefield men who were born in the military and had not read much, but after all, they were high-ranking generals, so even if there was a disagreement on a certain point of view, it was a calm explanation, and there would be no quarrels.

"General Long Xing, let's talk about it," Cheng Yu looked at this adventurer who had been listening carefully after listening to the discussion of other NPC generals, "Is it feasible for us to set up camp in this city as the focus?" ”

"Marshal! The last general thought that it would be best if we could put our army's food, grass, and soldiers in this place. Da Mo Guyan straightened up and hugged his fists.

"Oh?" The old marshal motioned for him to continue, and all the generals looked at this resolute man with a national character face.

"First of all, it is close to the lake and has enough aquatic resources, so that even if we are short of food, we can solve our urgent needs by obtaining the aquatic products from the lake. In the southern part of the Rohanate, near the lakes and rivers, it is also conducive to the growth of crops, I don't know if the people of the Rohan are good at farming, and they don't have any food left behind when they migrate, even if they don't, if our army fights for too long - such as the stalemate in the offensive and defensive battles - we can also let the soldiers use local materials to farm, so that self-sufficiency can also solve the disadvantages of the shortage of food and grass that our army may have. Second: This Qinggrad city is close to the west of the Korqin hills, to the west is the West Sea, all the way to the north of the Songqian River, and to the central Arislan steppe of the Rohan Kingdom is just ......"

"It's just that it's difficult to go up the river, right?" General Tian Xiong, who has a big mouth and a big nose, said: "Everyone knows that if we want to go up the river, we need to cross the Flying Ape Gorge, where the mountains are steep and the water is turbulent, and it is almost impossible to go up from the ground or water to the Arislan grassland, so General Long Xing should not think that we can send troops north from here." ”

Although he spoke like a flat and straightforward narrative, his eyes kept staring at the map without revealing any emotion, but Desert Lonely Smoke knew that in fact, this General Tian didn't look down on him at all, not because he was personally dissatisfied with Desert Lonely Smoke, but because an NPC general didn't trust adventurers, and felt that those adventurers in the game world, they didn't understand the world at all, and they wouldn't share weal and woe with you, which is a common problem for NPCs to gamers.

"General Tian is reasonable," Desert Guyan said with a straight smile: "What I said only has such a meaning, and there is also a meaning that although it is not easy for us to go north, it is much easier for the enemy to go down the river and go south, and we will first set our base camp in Qinggrad, where we can get stuck in this chokepoint." ”

"The Throat Land?" Someone was repeating the word, and the general in the audience finally looked at the middle-aged man.

"That's right," Da Mo Guyan said straightly: "It is definitely not easy for us to attack Julu City this time, where the enemy will definitely hoard heavy troops to guard, and he is already waiting for us with his fists clenched." If we can't capture Julu City for a long time, then we will inevitably fall into a tug-of-war back and forth, and if the enemy takes advantage of our most exhaustion to quietly descend the west coastline and the Songqian River, we may fall into a situation where we are under attack, so it is very necessary to hoard military supplies and a large number of soldiers in Qinggrad. ”

The generals present also nodded yes, and the old marshal Cheng Yu showed a look of approval.

"If you have no objections, then for the time being, the army will be rooted in Qinggel," Cheng Yu pointed his finger at a small black circle on the map, "Zhao Dakai listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Zhao Dakai, who had a scar on his left forehead, immediately got up and hugged his fists.

"Tomorrow, when the rooster crows, you must lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to capture Amur City!"

"The last general commands!"

"Cheng Dayi, the desert lonely smoke listens to the order!"

"The last general!" Da Mo Guyan Zhi and Cheng Dayi immediately got up and clenched their fists.

"At sunrise tomorrow, there will be no mistake in leading 200,000 troops to capture Jichang City!"

"The last general commands!"

"Han Chengfeng listens to orders!"

"The last general!" Han Chengfeng, who had a handsome face and a pair of deep eyes, got up and hugged his fists.

"You led 100,000 people under your command to Jeddah Gorge to survey the terrain and enemy situation, if you encounter the enemy, you can only watch from a distance, not close combat, etc., and there must be no mistake in camping in the mountains and sentry points in the water!"

"The last general commands!"

"All the rest of the people are waiting to go to Qinggel with Ben Shuai to wait for the arrangement!"

"Yes!" The rest of the generals clasped their fists.

After that, they discussed and set a detailed march route and battle plan, and this kind of thing that is more professional for marching and fighting, the desert lonely smoke does not understand and has no right to speak. The middle-aged man could only sit quietly on the wooden chair and listen to the discussion of the NPC generals until the end of the discussion.

"All the generals go down and rest early," Cheng Yu propped his elbows on the rectangular table, "Cheng Dayi and Da Desert Lonely Smoke will leave you alone." ”

So the desert watched these majestic NPC generals walk out of the Chinese military tent one by one.

"This time the two of you went to Jichang City for a mission that is not strong, before the army attacked Julu City, your position was the transit point of Lianhenghe, and the news that our army appeared before and after the east and west must be transmitted by you, and you have to act as the vanguard when the army is attacking Julu City, so this commander left you alone one by one." The old handsome Cheng Yu rubbed his temples and walked to his side, "Yi'er, you have been familiar with military books since you were a child, and you have followed your father to fight on the battlefield for many years, and there is no problem with arranging troops to charge into battle, but you are a little fierce and flexible, and you are a little less flexible than the soldiers under your command, so I will arrange the desert lonely smoke directly by your side as your deputy general." The two of you can discuss the formulation of operational plans and strategies, and the adjutant general has the responsibility of implementing the operational plans and strategies, and the chief general has the right to decide. Yi'er is mainly responsible for commanding the troops to fight, and you have to manage the soldiers' food, clothing, housing and transportation, and be responsible for regulating their emotions. The two of you can complement each other and learn from each other, you have to learn the way of arranging formations and using soldiers, and you learn the art of observing and observing people in the desert lonely smoke. ”

"The last general will obey the order!" Cheng Dayi and Da Mo Guyan replied together with their fists.

"You two go down!" Cheng Yu waved his hand and stared at the map again.

"Yes!"

The two turned around and began to walk outside the tent, and when they were about to step out of the door, Cheng Dayi finally stopped and said, "The hour is not early, my father should rest early." ”

Riding on a war horse galloping in the night, looking at this tall and majestic boss, Da Desert Lonely Smoke thought, "Who said that there are no fathers and sons in the army?" It's just that there can be no difference between relatives and aliens in the management of military discipline, but who can cut off the relationship between father and son in their hearts? ”

******

Outside the yamen of the military department in Jian'an City, Shangguan Qiutong was like an idler walking around, watching a team of grain trucks come out of the military warehouse and finally stop on the street, this is a mighty convoy, 80 grain trucks can be dragged by cattle and horses from this end of the street to the other end of the street. Each grain cart is guarded by two soldiers with spears in their hands, and from today onwards, they will send this cart of military grain to the battlefield in the Northern Desert. It's just that the convoy is so pompous, but it's hard to say whether the contents of the sack are genuine.

"This is the token that the old man got from the Ministry of War," the old man handed a palm-sized yellow token to Dao Dachuan's hand, "Blade! You must take good care of it, Lord Shangshu's food supervisor is not so easy to be, let your people be cautious and conscientious, this escort military food task is very important, if something goes wrong and the soldiers in front are hungry, they will lose their heads, although you are adventurers and can be reborn, but if you are slashed by the Broken Mind Knife, this life will be over. Therefore, my father has repeatedly reminded you that in addition to preventing unrelated people from approaching the grain cart along the way, you must not let those soldiers open the sacks. ”

"This is a powerful relationship, my blade naturally knows it, and my father-in-law doesn't have to worry." Dao Dachuan replied, "It's just that the affairs of the capital can't be taken care of." ”

"It's okay," Shangguan Qiutong said slowly after putting his hands behind his back, "During your departure from the capital, someone else took over your affairs - have all the people caught last night recorded their confessions?" ”

"This is the testimony of those six people," Dao Dachuan took out a stack of paper records full of handwriting and drawings from his bosom and handed it to Shangguan Qiutong, "The people involved are too wide, and I will leave it to my father-in-law to decide now." ”

"It's not for the old man to decide," the old man in a gray cloth coat reminded, "It's going to be handed over to His Highness for a purpose, by the way, has the master of the hall agreed to set up a council office in the Tai'an Gang?" ”

"This ......." Blade paused, "The master of the Ma hall said that it is safe to do this after the Tai'an Gang has just come to the capital, and I have also asked Brother An Ran privately, and his opinion is the same as that of the master of the Ma hall, saying that he needs to think about it first." ”

A gloomy look suddenly flashed in the old man's eyes, but he had already changed into a kind face before Dao Dachuan found out.

"Hmmm! They have their plans, and there's no need to rush it. If you go to the Northern Desert this time and see An Ran, talk to him about this matter again, and tell him that we are doing things for His Highness, and His Highness will naturally not forget us if he contributes to it. Blades! Your Highness also knows about the fact that you have done a good job in the Imperial City Division recently, and this time you will come to the Northern Desert and wait for the reward! ”

"Thank you, father!"

Dao Dachuan was very happy, and then returned to his classmates to arrange the task affairs, since he met Shangguan Qiutong - this hidden NPC father-he knife someone can be said to be a smooth and prosperous person, and the task continues to benefit a lot, even the top boss of the Imperial City Division has to sell a few thin noodles. No, now that the old man has helped him get the team task of escorting military rations from the Ministry of War, can Dao Dachuan, as a gamer, not be happy?

"Humph! Awards? Don't rejoice too soon. ”

The old man looked at the busy young adventurers and snorted coldly in his heart, and then he walked to the yamen of the criminal department again like an idler basking in the sun.

Two days later, fifty horses entered through the south gate of Jian'an City in the morning light, and discussed the affairs of the gang in the branch house of the Tai'an Gang on Xiqing Street for a morning, and then in the afternoon the fifty horses drove out of the north gate.

It's just that one of the fifty players stayed in the capital, and Ma Yuan, who was covered in flesh, embarked on the uncertain road to the north with Yanluo and them.