Mu Liancheng asked, "General Jiang, how sure are you of winning?" ”

Jiang Tianba used the word "as much as possible", obviously he showed confidence again, but in fact, he was not 100% sure in his heart, he thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "Fifty percent." ”

Quite a few people sneered.

"Only fifty percent sure, aren't you joking with the lives of our soldiers?"

"Yes, once there is an ambush, five thousand elite soldiers will die in the mountains and wilderness of Dongshan, it is too dangerous."

"It's better not to take this risk, and think of another strategy that is a little safer."

Jiang Tianba ignored them, and just looked at Mu Liancheng fixedly, because he knew that no matter how much these people said, it was useless, and the final decision was still in the hands of the emperor.

The emperor has taken many risks in battles before, but he can win every time, he has never suffered defeat, and the accuracy of his eyes is not beyond the reach of ordinary generals, and he believes that he will have a different opinion.

After a while, Mu Liancheng looked around the military tent and fell on another person who had not said a word.

"Song joins the army, what do you think?"

Song Yifeng has not been on the battlefield since he was seriously injured last time, Mu Liancheng remembered that he was the only son of Song Taifu, and did not let him fight, but only temporarily gave him a member of the army to do it, planning to wait for him to really recover from the shadow of the last time, and then let him go.

But Song Yifeng has always been unhappy because of this, and he has a lot of resentment in his heart, but fortunately, he is still very clear in business, he uses his brain when he should use his brain, and he does his hand when he does his duty.

"Weichen thinks that even though General Jiang's proposal is risky, but this risk is worth taking, the reinforcements have been standing still after arriving at Xicui Pass, and almost never achieved decent results, which makes the Xiyi army more and more rampant, and now it's time to give them some color to see, how can we let a small Xiyi look down on a big country?"

When everyone heard this, they all felt their blood boiling, and they all nodded yes.

Jiang Tianba's face was full of black lines, just now he said a lot of words, this group of people either ridiculed or ridiculed, why did Song Yifeng say a few words, and these people's attitudes immediately changed? Because he's not as handsome as he is? Sure enough, do you still have to look at your face?

Mu Liancheng immediately stood up and said loudly: "Okay, then act according to General Jiang's strategy!" ”

When the barracks were in a hurry to prepare for the battle, Feng Qingyan in Cuixian County was idle, and could only pass the time in the yard to prune the branches and leaves of the flowers and plants.

Listening to Qin Luo, the emperor is already preparing to counterattack Xiyi, and the army is busy with affairs, and he can't get out for the time being, I'm afraid he will have to wait until after the war to find time.

Feng Qingfang felt that he came to Yunzhou just to be closer to Mu Liancheng, and he didn't come to pester him, as long as he knew that he was safe and sound, there was no need to come to visit her, after all, it was still important to get down to business, so he was quite satisfied with the current state.

It's just that the big war is imminent, and she can't help but worry about the progress of the war, there is no battle in the world that can be won absolutely, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the result is often determined in the end, although Mu Liancheng has rich combat experience, this battle may not necessarily be won.

"Niangniang, don't sigh, with the emperor in charge, the Yan army will definitely win." Qin Luo said firmly.

"I hope it's as you say."

After formulating the battle plan, late that night, before Mu Liancheng went to bed, he called Jiang Tianba over.

Jiang Tianba thought that he was going to temporarily change someone else to raid the enemy camp, and as soon as he came in, he shouted: "Your Majesty, there is no more suitable person in the military camp to be the vanguard than the last general, if you change someone else, I am afraid you will not succeed!" ”

Mu Liancheng raised his eyebrows and looked at him, but did not speak.

"It's not that I look down on the other generals, it's just that I've been in the Yunzhou area since I was a child, and I'm more familiar with the terrain here than anyone else, and the others don't even know where the entrance to that mountain road is, and they will definitely get lost after entering, I'm different, even if I close my eyes, I can find the right direction." Jiang Tianba continued to boast, "If the emperor is not at ease, I can make a military order, and if this operation is not successful, I will apologize for my guilt!" ”

"Is that enough?"

"Almost."

"The military order must be made, but I didn't call you here to replace you." Mu Liancheng said as he closed the official document on the bookcase, "Just now you said that you can find the right direction with your eyes closed, aren't you bragging?" ”

Jiang Tianba felt despised and immediately stared at him, patted his chest and said, "Naturally, it's not bragging, the last general has always been a truth-telling person!" ”

"Well, you immediately received my military order, and in an hour you will lead five thousand elite soldiers to set off." Mu Liancheng took out the arrow and threw it.

"Tonight?" Jiang Tianba thought he was joking, but the arrows were all in his hands, and it didn't look like a joke, so he was at a loss.

The original plan was to leave the morning after tomorrow, which was pinched by the itinerary.

Mu Liancheng nodded and said, "It's tonight, don't reveal it to anyone, go and prepare, and leave after leading the troops." ”

"Yes." Jiang Tianba hesitated, "However, the last general doesn't understand......"

"You don't need to understand, just do what I tell you to do." Mu Liancheng's eyes became sharp, and then he took the topographic map of Dongshan and pointed to a certain place: "After you lead the troops to this place, don't move forward for the time being, hide on both sides of the mountain road, and if there is a Xiyi army passing by, they will be wiped out." ”

Jiang Tianba frowned and asked, "The emperor thinks that the Xiyi army will definitely set up an ambush on the road?" ”

"Very likely," Mu Liancheng said, his expression was still so indifferent, and he pointed two points with a slender finger, "This area is easy to hide, if Xiyi sets up an ambush, it must be here for a while, if the Xiyi army does not appear, it doesn't matter, you ambush in this area for a day, and if there is no movement, continue to hurry, and bring enough dry food for three days." ”

This was done to minimize the possibility of the Yan army being ambushed.

"Remember, after ambushing the Xiyi army, return the same way, because the enemy already knows the plan of our army, and there must be precautions, and a large force will not leave the camp, and you will rush over with thousands of men and horses, undoubtedly hitting stones with eggs, understand?"

"Understood." Jiang Tianba nodded, and arched his hand: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Then he took the arrow and went out of the tent.

Mu Liancheng sat back in place, his deep black eyes released a slight chill, the reason why he suddenly asked Jiang Tianba to lead the troops to set off in advance was because he was worried that there would be another spy in the army, the battle plan would be leaked, and the enemy army would notice it and set up an ambush in advance.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, Jiang Tianba did not return, and Mu Liancheng decided to act as originally planned.

That night, he stood on the tower of Xicui Pass, facing the hunting west wind, looking into the distance, seeing the fire in the direction of the west, knowing that Jiang Tianba had succeeded, and the main force of Dayan was rushing towards the main camp of Xiyi, and the hanging heart was slowly put down.

It's not the first time he's led his troops to fight, and it's the first time he's seen a war scene like this countless times, but almost every time he used to personally lead the team to charge in front of the formation, he rarely stood behind the scenes to watch the battle, and the feeling was naturally different.

Moreover, this is the first battle he led after he ascended the throne, and there is no room for loss, and once he loses, it will inevitably lead to low morale and unstable morale in the army.

Therefore, in this battle, Mu Liancheng was more tense than any previous battle.

Thankfully, everything went very well.

In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers returned one after another, bringing back good news, and in the end, the Xiyi army was defeated and fled westward, and was pursued by the Yan army for hundreds of miles until it withdrew from Xilin Pass for hundreds of miles.

The Xiyi army suffered heavy casualties, after a battle, there were only about 70,000 left of the 150,000 army, the king of Xiyi was furious, and after retreating to the outside of the pass, he was furious and attacked the heart with a mouthful of blood and fainted.

By the time I woke up, it was two days later.

The first thing he did after he came to his senses was not to drink medicine and eat, but to have people call Mu Beituo over.

Mu Beituo knew that he was going to ask the teacher for guilt, and it was inevitable that he would be afraid in his heart, but the more he was afraid, the more he couldn't show it, the more he had to be calm and calm, so that the other party could understand that he had not been defeated yet, and there was still hope for a new life.

"See the King."

"Humph! Even if you adopt your strategy, I will bury 80,000 soldiers in the wilderness, and you dare to come to see this king! King Xiyi's eyes widened wider than the copper bell, and he scolded angrily.

Didn't you call me? Mu Beituo secretly slandered his belly.

"I didn't expect Mu Liancheng to be so treacherous and cunning, he didn't take the bait, he made a mistake, please ask the king to surrender!"

His original plan was to deliberately say the wrong route of the Xiyi army's sneak attack, and lure Muliancheng to send troops to ambush in the middle of the road, but he was not fooled, and still divided the troops into two roads, taking the west road and the south road, just when the main camp was in chaos and the Xiyi army retreated in a panic, it was killed halfway, and the Xiyi army was caught off guard, completely chaotic, and fled, and was completely defeated.

He was once defeated by Mu Liancheng.

"This king really wants to take off your head directly to pay tribute to those dead soldiers!" King Xiyi grabbed the armrest of the seat hard, his fingers were about to be inserted, and the beard on his face stood up, murderous and awe-inspiring.

However, no matter how angry he is, he always has reason left, he knows very well that it is useless to kill Mu Beituo now, it is just an additional life, if you want to take revenge, you should reorganize the army as soon as possible, recuperate, and then find a way to fight back.

Mu Beituo saw that he didn't give an order, so he knew that he didn't really want to kill himself, so he became more and more relieved, took out the original confident momentum, and said slowly: "If the next head can be exchanged for the lives of many soldiers in Xiyi, then he should take the initiative to sacrifice his head, but the king also knows that this is pure stupidity, Emperor Dayan will personally take a trip, and will never withdraw his troops and leave like this, and will inevitably send troops to attack again before our army is wounded and has not recovered. Prepare for the next battle. ”