The snow was falling, and the vast and white ice fields stood yurts, like mushrooms emerging from the ground, densely winding for hundreds of miles.

A large flag fluttered above the tent of the main camp, and the flag was embroidered with the word "blue", which was the main camp of the vanguard of the Mongolian army.

The inside of the tent was as warm as spring, and the fire was blazing, which was very different from the ice and snow outside.

On the handsome chair paved with tiger skin, there was a woman sitting on her head, wearing a Mongolian felt hat on her head, a crystal jasper belt around her waist, and her face was delicate and chic.

This time, the 400,000 coalition troops went south, and the Mongolian army of 200,000 sent the vanguard, and Blue Moonlight was appointed as the vanguard general, leading 50,000 troops and eight leading generals, and took the lead in attacking south.

Among the eight generals, Long Xiang and Feng Wu led another 3,000 troops, and went to the left side to insert the important town of Honghuaji in the Xilan area, but unfortunately this surprise attack force was counterattacked by a mysterious ghost force, except for Feng Wu who led more than 50 sentient beings, the others were all wiped out.

"It's a trivial matter to lose 3,000 people, but it's a pity to lose one of my generals." Blue Moonlight said lightly.

Feng Wu lowered her head, she knew that it was the pioneer coach who was comforting her.

Three thousand people and horses are also tens of thousands of taels of gold, and they were wiped out in just half an hour, and it is false to say that it is not heartbroken.

Feng Wu arched his hand: "Blue girl, what kind of people are in this army?" ”

Blue Moonlight said: "You ask me, I don't know!" ”

This is true, this unit with black armor and butterfly-shaped masks has definitely not been seen in the intelligence.

"But we can know!" Blue Moonlight Road.

Feng Wu was confused: "You know? ”

Blue Moonlight said lightly: "Sometimes dead people can also speak. ”

Her gaze fell to the marching table next to her, on which was a black broken arrow, bloodstained but as if it had been burned.

"This is the enemy crossbow arrow that the surviving soldiers picked up the night before." Blue moonlight turned her head. He looked at an old man sitting in the east position.

The old man's beard was a little gray, and his face was not wrinkled but very noticeable. It's like a knife blade carved on.

He was dressed out of step with the march, but he was in a coarse blue shirt, and he drank hot tea like an old pedant.

Feng Wu has no good impression of this old scholar, although she knows that this is a person sent by the Supreme Commander, but she doesn't know the identity of this person, but seeing that the blue moonlight respects him very much, Feng Wu doesn't dare to say much.

The old man put down the teapot, took the broken arrow and put it on the palm of his hand to look at it slowly, and for a while, no one in the big tent disturbed him.

Before, he was old when he enjoyed the fragrance of the "big red robe", but at this moment, when he was appraising weapon accessories, he seemed to be a different person. It seems to be more than ten years younger all of a sudden. There was a flash of light in his eyes, but he seemed to be thoughtful.

After a long time, he slowly put down the broken arrow, and the blue moonlight said, "May I ask what is the opinion of Mr.?" ”

The old man said slowly: "This broken arrow is 65 centimeters long. ”

The people did not understand what he meant.

The old man continued: "The broken arrows are all 0.65 meters long, so it can be seen that the whole complete arrow must be more than 1 meter. ”

Everyone agrees. The old man said: "The arrows of the Central Plains Imperial Court are usually about 0.85 meters long, let's call them eighty-five arrows, eighty-five arrows are suitable for short bows, although the range is not far, but it is better to be light, and it is as dense as a rainstorm to be launched, and it is best to defend the city." ”

Blue Moonlight said: "It can be seen that the black-armored troops encountered the night before are not the official Northeast Pass garrison. ”

The old man nodded slightly. It can be regarded as a tacit approval: "This broken arrow, with a dark appearance, is actually forged with British iron, and this British iron, produced in the Fenglingdu area of Chenzhou in the six southern provinces, is forged by the famous time-honored brand 'Fengling Iron'." ”…,

The crowd was speechless. Even the blue moonlight fell silent.

The old man said: "This kind of arrow is very particular, the tail has eight wings, and it must be pasted with good crane feathers, so that when the arrow is launched, the headwind ability is stronger, the range is longer, and the strength is greater. ”

Feng Wu looked at the old scholar in surprise, the situation he said was completely consistent with the battle the night before.

The old man said: "The tail of the arrow is rich, the end is delicate, the middle section is thick, the front end is cast by the tip of the rhombus cone, about 1.45 meters long, once the crossbow is used, even the armor can pierce through, such an arrow, the effect is that even people and horses can be shot together, and sometimes even an arrow can pierce two people, so it can be seen that the battle situation the night before, when Longxiang assaulted, most of the centaurs were lost in an instant......"

Blue Moonlight said: "Can we understand that what we met last night was not an ordinary opponent, but a very well-equipped army?" ”

The old man said: "This arrow is also coated with a layer of black oil, which is a very easy to ignite fuel, and it is easy to cause a fire after ignition. ”

Blue Moonlight said: "So, where does this black oil come from?" ”

The old man seemed to know everything, and he knew everything: "This kind of black oil is produced on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan, which is extremely precious, not very masterful, and it is difficult to extract." ”

Blue Moonlight said: "That's the place where Qimen players live in groups!" ”

The old man stopped talking, but put the broken arrow back, and then sat down and closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Thank you, sir, for your advice!" Blue Moonlight said respectfully, but the expression on her face was very solemn.

Now Feng Wu also understands why Long Xiang had to flee for his life the night before, at that time, Long Xiang felt that something was wrong with experience, even though the great man of Mongolia was brave and good at fighting and not afraid of death, but he was facing a well-equipped and more powerful opponent in the Central Plains Continent.

Who organized such a force?

When the war broke out, all kinds of armed forces on both sides were mixed in the northern zone, and no one has yet been able to figure out all the armed forces, both official and civilian, in fact, this is also the scruple of the two countries at war.

Why the Mongol army sent the vanguard of Blue Moonlight to arrive is very strategic.

First, to feel the depth and reality of the opponent, second, to see the opponent's arrangement, third, to sweep away all kinds of unexpected factors, of course, the most subtle thing is the number of this force -- 50,000 people.

If these 50,000 people eat the 80,000 Northeast Pass garrisons of the Dongping County Lord in one go, the Central Plains Imperial Court will not be able to fight any more in this war, and other illegal armed forces will also disappear, because if they are resisting, it will undoubtedly be a mantis arm as a car.

However, the surprise attack the night before was supposed to be a blow to the other party, knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, but instead the other party suddenly used a cold arrow and hit a rake.

It's good now, it's not good to go out and lose a general.

Feng Wu finally understood why the blue boss's face was so solemn, this is not as simple as losing troops, only 3,000 people are not even a drop in the bucket for an army of 400,000, but this attack disrupted the rhythm of the army as a whole and disrupted the strategic deployment of the coalition army.

Alas, the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes are a pool of deep water, which makes people unable to see, understand, and guess.

But what about the battlefield, the battlefield is even worse than the rivers and lakes, and the slightest mistake is the loss of thousands of lives.

Maybe it should be said that the mistake of the night before lost an immeasurable loss of money, but Blue Moonlight did not reprimand Feng Wu, she has always understood the principle of using soldiers and people, the drum does not need to be beaten with a hammer, just a face and a look are enough to make Feng Wu understand a lot of truths. …,

"Blue girl, please allow me to lead another three thousand troops, I promise to be ashamed!" Feng Wu's fists were already clenched.

Blue Moonlight waved her hand and did not answer her question directly: "I heard that the general who led the other party the night before was also a female general!" ”

"Yes!" Feng Wu only felt that answering this word in front of everyone was simply a shame for herself and her eldest brother.

Blue Moonlight said lightly: "I also heard that the Zhenwu general of the Central Plains Imperial Court is called Zhong Shuman, who is also a female general, and recently led 50,000 troops from the Hexi region to support the Northeast Pass, and this person is said to be a person from Jinghua Tower, Jingshi." ”

All the generals looked at her in surprise, she knew such secret news, it seemed that it made sense for the Supreme Commander to send her to be the vanguard commander.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Geographically speaking, it is most likely and the fastest to appear in this area, and Zhong Shuman's troops are the most likely. ”

"Absolutely not!" Blue Moonlight denied.

This time, even the old man was a little surprised: "Oh? ”

Blue Moonlight's gaze fell on the broken arrow on the case again: "I heard that Jinghualou has a high level of wisdom and has repeatedly solved big cases, and there is no game that they can't solve, judging from the battle last night, this is not like Jinghualou's handiwork." ”

There is some truth to this, but it is still not entirely convincing.

Blue Moonlight said slowly: "This broken arrow can explain a lot of problems, the material is produced in Chenzhou, the black oil is produced in Sichuan and Yunnan, and it is transported to the outside of the customs for thousands of miles, and it is also a surprise attack, what can this mean?" ”

Feng Wu hesitated: "It means that the person who was the night before may have opened the front line with a certain team from the six southern provinces." ”

Blue Moonlight glanced at her, Feng Wu couldn't wait to give herself a big mouth, and only a mentally handicapped child would answer such a stupid thing.

How wide is that in the six southern provinces? A team from the six southern provinces? Which one? What is the size of the team? What is the class configuration? Who is the commander? Who is the Pioneer General? What was the route of the march?

There are so many questions, none of them can come up with accurate answers, what is needed on the battlefield is not questions, but information and intelligence, and sometimes the word question is equivalent to the word strong enemy.

So, her answer just now was.

However, Blue Moonlight did not deny her: "What you said also has some truth, but it is far from enough, so many factors, we should be able to draw the following conclusions!" ”

Feng Wu said respectfully: "I hope to ask Miss Lan to advise her subordinates!" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )