Chapter 002: Offering tortoise shells

Fei Minghe entered the Wei Mansion in white when he was established, and became a staff member under Wei Jinglin, and he is over fifty years old and still alone. Obviously he is a down-and-out scribe who has no fame for the third time, but he was born with an uninhibited style, and he often has an excellent view in the art of power and war, which is deeply valued by Wei's father and son, and Wei Jinglin even let the sons salute Fei Minghe's nephew and pay respect.

"For today's plan, there is only a quick solution!" Wei Jinglin slapped his palm on the case and cut the railway.

Fei Minghe and Wei Chengxuan both knew it. Whether it is the right-wing army resisting alone, the powerful and powerful Chinese army watching from the wall, or the whole army going into battle to fight, it is necessary to ensure that this battle will be won. Only by ensuring combat effectiveness in this battle and being prepared to resist the enemy army alone can we fall into the grip to the smallest extent.

The three of them at the same time looked back at the marching map laid out on the square table in the center of the tentβ€”

Dachen and Tulun are bounded by the Suonian River, the north is the barren snow field of Tulun, the south bank of the river is the Tianqian Suo Mountain in the territory of Dachen, and the vast Dachen fertile soil is crossed to the south.

The narrowest part of the Suonian River is Guyundu, which has always been a battleground for the two countries. Since the founding of Dachen, it is in the southwest of Guyundu to build a five-stone fort according to the Suo Mountain, the city wall is embedded in the cliff wall of the Suo Mountain on three sides, only one city wall is used to defend the city with a boulder high base, and build a lookout, there are sentry posts stationed all the year round, observe the movement of Guyundu.

Now, the tent of the powerful Chinese army is set up in Wushi Fort, and the left and right wings are camped on the east and west sides, and the right wing led by Wei Jinglin is only a shot away from Guyundu.

"Hmph", Wei Chengxuan sneered suddenly, "Today's powerful ministers really know very little about marching and fighting, and our army seems to be on a very strong defensive posture to deal with the Turk cavalry who are very good at attacking field battles, but it is really a fool who can do such a stupid thing on paper. Now in the depths of winter, the mountains and fields are full of dry grass and dry branches, once the Tulun cavalry breaks through the lonely cloud crossing, takes the north wind to attack the fire, and curbs the cliff behind, the Tulun cavalry and the fire are current, even if the five stone forts are impregnable, what can they do? ”

The grief and indignation on Wei Jinglin's face flashed, but he reversed the topic and said quickly: "This battle is a place to defend Guyundu, and you can't retreat a step. But this is far from enough, and the initiative in this battle must be held in the hands of our army. Fei Lao, please-"

After speaking, I saw Fei Minghe arch his hand to the Wei family and his son one by one, cleared his throat and said: "When the young marshal went to see the king, the old man and the marshal had already discussed the strategy against the enemy. "Then he shouted to the guards outside the camp to bring something into the account.

Under the light, there was a huge scavenger more than five feet long on the ground. Wei Chengxuan was taken aback, and after a closer look, it was a wooden shell spliced by imitation of a wooden boat, with only a round hoop in the middle on one side, and there was barely enough room for one person to hide in the shell. Fei Minghe's white beard moved slightly: "The old man asked the guards to make this thing according to the method of making ships in the south, and it is called tortoise shell."

"The soldier hides in the armor, drives it to flip with his body, and marches north on the ice surface of the lonely cloud, what can the Tulun defenders do with their arrow formation?" This tortoiseshell is actually shaped like a miniature boat, not like a prop for the battle between the two armies, but more like a child's toy. But Wei's father and son have been accustomed to seeing Fei Minghe's various whimsical tricks to break the enemy all year round, Wei Chengxuan's eyes lit up when he saw this thing, and he immediately thought of the wonderful use of tortoise shells against the enemy. Then he smiled again, and his face was full of gloom: "It's a sudden iron horse, whether it can be carried on the ice lake or not, not to mention, the horse walking on the ice is not as smart as this tortoise shell!" Father, son invited himself to lead 100 guards to attack the Tulun camp at night. ”

Fei Minghe turned to Wei Jinglin, who was sitting at the top with a solemn face, "In this battle, the marshal doesn't have to be allowed to report first, this person is stubborn and self-serving, and has always been at odds with the king, because he hesitated or sought his own military merits and delayed the fighter, our army suffered a lot of losses." ”

Wei Jinglin nodded, "This time, I lied that Tulun attacked Guyundu at night, and our army took advantage of the situation to counterattack." After Xuan'er burned the grain, grass and camp tents of Tulun, our army reported with great might and marched north to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. Explaining that meritorious deeds are rewarded, and the great authority is the first part, and he has nothing to say. "Immersed in officialdom for half a life, Wei Jinglin, as a general of Dachen to protect the country, not only has great achievements in governing the army, but also has a lot of experience in the way of being an official. Many of the vassals of the Dachen Dynasty secretly jokingly called Wei Jinglin the Duke of Dachen Guo Linggong, praising his prudence and resourcefulness, comparable to Guo Ziyi in the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Chengxuan lowered his head, said something in his mouth, and suddenly raised his head and said: "The forest in the mountains can be made of local materials, starting tonight, and by tomorrow, you should be able to prepare a hundred pairs of tortoise shells." You can set off in full gear at night. It's just ......" He wanted to say that the wooden tortoise shell was grinding on the ice, and it was inevitably rolling and easy to be spotted by the enemy. The so-called night attack, of course, is that the more hidden and later it is discovered, the better.

Fei Minghe had expected this, so he chuckled and said, "Come with me, the young marshal's doubts can be solved immediately." "Just outside the tent door, the night is like splashing ink dyeing, patrolling, sentry line orderly, but the ears are filled with the cold wind of Shuobei, the wind seems to come from the vast wilderness to destroy the withering and decaying, wrapped in dust and sand and cold air until the front of the mountain cliff to whirl, the sound of the place like thunder faintly from afar, in the whirlwind such as the night ghost crying, make people shudder.

Cheng Xuan couldn't help but shudder, instinctively tightened his clothes, suddenly remembered something, and looked embarrassed, "I don't know if the cold in the north is too heavy, today I saw that King Lin seemed to feel the wind cold, and coughed from time to time." He said that he did not need to inform his father about his illness, and that it would be useless to worry about it before the war. ”

Fei Minghe stopped suddenly, looked directly at Cheng Xuan and said: "His Royal Highness has always been diligent and martial, and when he was in Huaiyuan, he also swam in the Hushui River full of ice floe on a cold day. Cheng Xuan smiled and said: "Yes, this point is not even comparable to the father who has been fighting on horseback all the year round." How can I get a cold now......"

Fei Minghe said: "Young marshal, what the old man is referring to is this Shuobei gale, under the sound of the wind, in the night, the tortoise shell rolls silently. ”

"By the way, you went to King Lin today, and you can see Feng Sidao? King Fenghan, what is this thief doing? On the way back, Fei Minghe suddenly turned around and asked. Fei Minghe had long been disgusted with Feng Sidao, who was a staff member of the king, and once asserted in front of the Wei father and son that this person would do something rebellious and disobedient to betray the king. After a long time, Feng Sidao was as humble as ever and the corporal was loyal, and everyone just regarded it as a staff member and smiled at Fei Minghe's words. Today, when he mentioned King Feng Han, seeing that Fei Lao did this again, Cheng Xuan also smiled silently, and said in his heart that this stubborn old man really had a deep prejudice against Feng Sidao, so he opened his mouth and replied: "I have never seen Mr. Feng in the tent of King Feng today", and there were no other words. Fei Minghe also had no solid evidence, and seeing that Chengxuan was reluctant to mention more, he pressed down on his doubts and did not mention it.