Inside the big tent.

The bonfire is roaring, and the lamb is bubbling with oil, filling with an enticing aroma.

The three captives were brought in from outside, and the cold wind also slipped in, and the startling bonfire was chaotic, and everyone was in high spirits and looked at it.

Qin Huaidao also looked at the three people who came in, glaring angrily one by one, anger dancing in his eyes, he didn't care, and asked indifferently: "Tell me, where have the young men of the tribe gone, but you will not die." ”

One person roared a few words angrily, Qin Huaidao didn't understand a word, and looked at Xue Feng.

Xue Feng hurriedly said: "It seems that why do you believe us again, and there are not many Khitan languages that you understand." ”

The language barrier is a trouble, Qin Huaidao pretended to be arrogant and nonsense: "Tell them, this king Gao Xuan, the prince of Goguryeo, can you deceive a mere grass people?" What does not know whether it is alive or dead has angered the king, and has exposed you all to the wilderness. ”

Everyone was taken aback and looked at Qin Huaidao, what kind of charter is this? But no one stupidly broke it.

The people who were escorted in didn't know that they were lying after listening to the translation, and they couldn't tell whether they were Goguryeo or not from their appearance, and one of them shouted a few words, Xue Feng hurriedly said: "My lord, it seems to mean that the tribal alliance has been recruited and gone to the west for defense, so that we have the ability to go to the west to do a job." ”

Qin Huaidao waved his hand to signal to take people down, and pondered, the tribal alliance recruited Qingzhuang to assemble secretly, but it was consistent with the information he had, and it was really concentrated in the west, and he was right at the beginning, if he went east from the west of the Khitan, he would just hit the army.

This information is very important, Qin Huaidao looked at the map and thought.

After a while, Cheng Chumo said: "General, thanks to our entry from the south of the Khitan, if we enter from the west, it will be troublesome, now it's okay, the Khitan hinterland is empty, let's just do a big one?" ”

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously, the battle plan has not been decided, and it is impossible to discuss it before the battle, and brainstorming is beneficial to the battle.

"The Siwandan Ministry is relatively close to us, how about we dig out their nest? It's really not okay to attack He Da and Hebu, it's fun to be ruthless, and it's not interesting to make a small fight. Cheng Chumo proposed.

"What does An Guogong mean?" Qin Huaidao asked.

Stubbornly shook his head and said: "It's too cold, it's not conducive to the march, in my opinion, it's better to fight steadily on the periphery, don't rush in, in case we are surrounded, it will be very troublesome, we have too few troops." ”

One radical and the other cautious, both have their own reasons.

Li Dejian suddenly said: "General, you pretended to be the prince of Goguryeo just now, did you have any big plans?" ”

"yes, why fake?" Cheng Chumo also asked.

Everyone is very curious, the dignified Tang Dynasty Commander, there is no reason to pretend to be someone else, unless there is another plan.

Qin Huaidao didn't explain immediately, looked at the map and pondered, his eyes fell on a terrain, motioned for Xue Feng to come closer, pointed to the terrain and asked, "Have you been here?" ”

"I've been." Xue Feng hurriedly said, a little curious in his heart, this location is to the east, next to Goguryeo.

"Tell me the details."

Xue Feng nodded, pointed to the map and explained: "This was originally a riverbed, I heard that the river was suddenly diverted a few decades ago, and there was only a small stream left here, and then the grass was dense and became the main pasture, the terrain is flat, the north is a mountain beam, about two or three meters high, and the south is a flat grassland, this kind of terrain is very common in Khitan." ”

Qin Huaidao asked for some details, took out a piece of paper and drew it quickly, until Xue Feng confirmed that there was no problem, and asked people to find a shelf, fix the drawing, and put it up for everyone to see.

Everyone's eyes fell on the drawings, and they were a little confused for a while, this terrain was useless.

An Guogong asked bluntly: "General, you don't want to fight here, do you?" That's not going to work. ”

"Yes, there is no danger to defend, and besides, there is nothing here, and the Khitans are not coming back, why do you choose to fight here?" Cheng Chumo also asked curiously.

Qin Huaidao smiled: "Everyone thinks it's impossible to fight here, if you choose it, can you achieve a surprise effect?" ”

"It's a surprise for sure, but there is no danger to defend, and it will be us who will die." An Guogong reminded.

Seeing that everyone was not optimistic, Qin Huaidao became more and more determined in his choice, and looked at Li Dejian: "Do you also think it is not advisable here?" ”

"Those who are terrainers, and those who help the soldiers, those who know this and use the battle will win, but there is no use, but the army will be in danger, and the last general is not optimistic about this place." Li Dejian said truthfully.

"Everyone is not optimistic, and presumably the enemy will not think that there is an ambush here." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, pulled out a knife as a baton, pointed to the map and continued: "Everyone, listen to the general's words. ”

It was a matter of life and death, and everyone cheered up.

Qin Huaidao knew too little about this army, so he had to explain the tactical intentions thoroughly, and let all the first-class officers come over, so as not to convey and implement it in place, and it could be regarded as controlling the command of the army in disguise, Zhengse said: "Xue joins the army, how far is this from the Siwandan Department?" ”

"Hurry up for an hour or so."

"What about the other tribes in the vicinity?"

Xue Feng thought for a while and said, "Recently, it has been more than two hours, and there are still a few small tribes with hundreds of households, and the horses can't run fast in the ice and snow weather, I'm afraid it will take three hours to arrive." ”

"What about Goguryeo to the east?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"It's at least four hours." Xue Feng affirmed.

Everyone wrote it down carefully, but they still couldn't guess what Qin Huaidao was going to do?

Qin Huaidao saw that the distance was about the same as his own estimate, and continued: "In other words, if we choose to fight in this area, we don't have to worry about someone rushing to support within three hours. ”

"Now it's different from the past, the ice and snow have sealed the grassland, let alone three hours, as long as the news is not leaked, no one will come back for a day." Xue Feng said affirmatively.

Qin Huaidao asked solemnly: "It's about half an hour away from the fast horse of the Siwan Dan Sect, right?" ”

"That's right!" Xue Feng agreed.

"Everyone, pay attention." Qin Huaidao pointed to the map and said: "The Siwan Dan Department summoned all the young and strong people to gather, garrison the west, and prevent the Tang Dynasty from going east, there must be not many troops in the tribe, but it will prevent He Da He's subordinates from blackmailing, it is expected that there will be about 10,000, 10,000 is enough to resist any sneak attack for a period of time, and it will definitely not work to attack directly, just send a cavalry of 2,000 people to sneak attack, use rockets, and run away after the fight, what will happen to the Siwan Dan Ministry?" ”

"Needless to say, troops will definitely be sent to chase and kill." Cheng Chumo said.

"That's right, it's only two thousand, if it's me, it's enough to send five thousand people to chase and kill, and the remaining five thousand stay behind, not afraid of someone sneaking up again." Yu Chi Baolin also added.

Qin Huaidao smiled without saying a word, and looked at An Guogong.

An Guogong thought for a while and said: "Siwandan Department suffered a sneak attack, I will definitely want to find out who it is, arrest some people to find out the identity, I will definitely not be willing to chase it, it may not be successful if it is less, for the insurance period, five thousand is the most likely, no matter how much I don't dare, I am worried that if the tiger leaves the mountain, someone will take the opportunity to sneak attack the headquarters." ”

Qin Huaidao smiled, pointed to the map and said: "It's easy for everyone to reach a consensus, it is impossible for those who sneak attack within half an hour to be caught up by the enemy, and they can come here, and everyone here is not optimistic, thinking that there is no danger to defend, there is no way to ambush, and the pursuers will also light the enemy." ”

Speaking of this, Qin Huaidao deliberately paused and looked at everyone.

Everyone was silent, staring at the map.

Campfires jumped, grease fell, crackled.

The cold wind howled outside, but it was constant, like a ghost roaring, whimpering, roaring.

After a while, Qin Huaidao saw that the fire was almost over, and explained: "Look, the sneak attack troops are running along the open area under the mountain beam, and the chasing soldiers will naturally follow suit, and they will gather together invisibly, at least there will be no chasing soldiers on the mountain beam, An Guogong, are you right?" ”

"From the point of view of the terrain, it is true, although the mountain beam is not steep, but the ice and snow cover, which is not conducive to the running of war horses, it is the safest and most convenient to follow, however, the terrain of the mountain beam is convenient for ambush, but the pursuers will also know that they must keep a stone's throw away, and the ambush is useless." Stubbornness said solemnly.

"Who said Ben was going to set up an ambush on the mountain beam?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, pointed to the open area in front of the mountain beam and explained: "This is a stream, of course, the stream has frozen, and the war horse can relax, but what if the ice melts?" The war horse rushed over, and it would slow down when it came here. ”

"Of course, it depends on how wide the stream is, if it's one or two meters wide, jump straight over." An Guogong said.

"It's only a meter or two wide." Xue Feng added beside him.

"All I want is for them to jump over." Qin Huaidao said and drew a small circle along the side of the stream, densely packed, and then explained: "Ice can be burned, if it is spread along the line of the stream, dig the horse pit position, about five hundred meters wide, the chasing formation cannot be pulled five hundred meters wide, running in the snow, naturally take the road that others have walked is the safest, rash running will break the horse's legs, it is impossible for the Khitan people not to know, as for the thickness, about twenty meters is almost enough, the war horse jumps the stream, just rushed into the horse pit formation." ”

Everyone's faces changed greatly, as if they saw countless cavalry rushing over, habitually driving their horses high across the stream, and plunging headlong into the position of the horse trap, the horses fell heavily, and the people flew out.

An Guogong reminded: "But what about our people? ”

"There will be a passage in the middle to make it easy to pass."

"But what if the pursuers also follow the passage?" An Guogong asked.

Qin Huaidao drew a passage on the map, then drew a box, and explained: "Ben will lead the Yulin army to meet at this position, block the enemy, and after the sneak attack troops pass through the passage, they will split in two, run to both sides, and then turn around, join the battle with a crossbow, and shoot the fallen man." ”

"No, it's too dangerous, how can the general personally stop the enemy?" An Guogong was taken aback.

"I'll have enough people with me." When Fang Yiai heard that there was a tough fight, her eyes lit up with excitement.

"Yu Linwei is all crucified here, and you are no exception." Qin Huaidao glanced at Fang Yiai, and continued to An Guogong, who still wanted to say something: "Don't worry, it's not one person, there are two thousand forbidden troops, after digging the trap position, two thousand men and horses are ambushed in the open area in front of the stream, and the chasing soldiers must pass through, attack with crossbows." Qin Huaidao said and marked the general direction on the map.

An Guogong reminded: "The two sides are flat, which is not conducive to ambush. ”

"Dig up the snow, put the bedding underneath, turn around and look for it from the tribe to prevent frostbite, people lie down, and then cover their bodies with bedding, and then help each other to cover it with snow, and drag it with bedding or felt cloth, smooth it out, and people only need to crawl and move, and it is impossible to be exposed."

When everyone heard this, they were all moved, they actually hid under the ice and snow, this idea was whimsical and ruthless enough, and they were not afraid of freezing the soldiers to death, even if they were covered with bedding.

However, once it works, the reward is too great.

When Yu Chi Baoqi saw Qin Huaidao looking over, he immediately said: "This tribe has cold protection materials, which are enough, and the forbidden army guarantees to complete the task." ”

"I'll hand it over to the two of you, have enough things, pad one, cover one, cover it with snow, level it well, you can't see the abnormality as much as possible, it's okay to be farther away, just wait for the pursuers to jump into the trap position, don't care about the general, just flank the two sides, the harder you fight, the safer the general." Qin Huaidao solemnly admonished.

The two brothers exchanged glances and nodded solemnly.

Everyone can see whether this battle can be won or not, it all depends on whether the forbidden army can hide, once exposed, the pursuers will not step into the trap, everything is in vain, and there is a possibility of danger.

Qin Huaidao definitely gambled, but even if it was exposed, it was not a big problem, it was a big deal to concentrate his troops and pursue the troops to be tough and rigid, and there was a trap in the horse pit formation to delay the speed of the enemy's war horse, and it was not that he did not have the strength to fight.

His mind flashed, Qin Huaidao looked at An Guogong and said: "Two thousand to lead the enemy, two thousand to ambush, and one thousand men and horses will be handed over to An Guogong to personally lead, hide behind the hillside three miles behind the mountain beam, once the battle starts, attack the enemy's tail, do not rush hard, follow the two-handed strangulation tactics, keep a distance, chop the past like a knife, and then chop over, keep rushing and killing, bloodletting, create chaos, drive the enemy forward, and facilitate the shooting of the forbidden troops on both sides." ”

"Obey!" An Guogong had no objection and agreed.

The others no longer have any objections, leading the enemy, blocking, ambushing, and breaking off, all of them are properly arranged, this is the rhythm of eating all the enemy's 5,000 people, and there are countermeasures in every link, so what else is there to fear?

The Turks, in particular, were a little embarrassed at this moment when they thought that they had fought in the past with all their blood and rushed and slashed.

Li Dejian couldn't help but sigh and said: "General, this battle will be the enemy's psychology to death, and he will also use the cover of ice and snow to hide troops under the nine places, plus the trapping of the horse pit formation to block, this battle will be won." As he spoke, he continued to write down the process of the military meeting.

Qin Huaidao knew that it was the rule, so he didn't stop it, and continued to An Guogong: "An Guogong, please also assign two thousand cavalry to lead the enemy, make rockets in advance, and in addition, the three brothers of Cheng Chumo will pass with the army, how about it?" ”

"With three brave and warlike young generals with you, you don't have to worry about being stuck when you meet an enemy who is good at fighting, and the minister has no worries." An Guogong agreed.

Qin Huaidao glanced at Cheng Chumo and the three of them, and the three brothers nodded in tacit understanding.

"Pass the order, sleep in armor tonight, do not relax your vigilance, in case of enemy attack, do not run out of the tent indiscriminately, so as not to bomb the camp, and then prepare the corresponding materials for the battle after dawn, remember, you must inform everyone of the battle plan, there must be no mistakes." Qin Huaidao said solemnly.

"Obey!"

Everyone took the order and left one after another.

Qin Huaidao sat in the big tent and reviewed the entire plan to ensure that nothing went wrong, as the main general, one order was for countless people to die, and he was careless.

In the middle of the night, the tribe was silent.

The soldiers also slept, there were tents, yurts, and bonfires, and they slept soundly one by one, only the Yulin guards were patrolling, guarding the prisoners, just in case.

Fang Yiai couldn't sleep, feeling that everything was very fresh, he pulled Li Yixie to inspect a circle, returned to a felt room, the two sat down around the bonfire, Fang Yiai said: "Yixie, you said that tomorrow's battle can really work?" ”

"The tactics are unique, and they can't be prevented, so there should be no problem." Li Yixie said in a low voice, stretching out his hand to bake the fire, his mind was full of Qin Huaidao's battle plan, and he was a little admired in his heart.

Fang Yiai thought for a while and said: "No, I'm not afraid, with me, I can kill as many as I want, but how do you say his brain grows?" Calculate every step of the enemy to death, and make corresponding deployments, our Tang Dynasty God Uncle Li is nothing more than that, right? You've been in the army, tell me, who else is so novel in the use of soldiers? ”

"Your novelty is appropriate, since ancient times, the use of soldiers is inseparable from the word Zheng, Qi, it is a frontal battle, more use of formation to fight, Qi is cavalry, but also calculate the enemy's mind, but I haven't heard of anyone who can calculate as accurately as the general, hiding soldiers under the ice and snow, incredible." Li Yixie exclaimed.

"What I admire is that he dares to use his body as a bait and is tough on the front."

Li Yixie glanced at him and explained, "You think it's so simple? ”

"Is there anything else?"

"Of course, there is also a deep meaning, to be the bait, as for the dangerous place, one can boost morale, the second is to reassure the cavalry responsible for the sneak attack, the third is icy and snowy, it is impossible to judge the direction, there is a general, the cavalry knows where to run, the fourth is to attract the attention of the pursuers, cover the ambush on both sides, and the most important thing is the fifth, once the general puts up the flag, the pursuers will inevitably chase and kill wildly, desperately accelerate, and it will be more dangerous to fall into the horse pit formation, and die faster."

"Shhhh

Fang Yiai reacted and said in a deep voice: "Then tomorrow's battle will be more auspicious than our Yulin Guard." ”

"What, scared?"

"When has Lao Tzu ever been afraid?" Fang Yiai is not happy.

"I'm in the first half of the night, and you're in the second half of the night, pay attention to the dots." Li Yixie was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he fell asleep.

Fang Yiai had nothing to do, came to patrol the camp outside, and saw that there was still a sound in the main tent, so he walked in, lifted the curtain and saw that Qin Huaidao had not slept yet, and asked curiously: "General, are you still sleeping?" ”

"Think about something, what, you have something?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously.

Fang Yiai hesitated for a moment, but still said, "It's okay, I'll go to patrol the camp." ”

Qin Huaidao could see that this guy had something hidden in his heart, thought about it, didn't ask questions, wrote down the matter, continued to study the map, tomorrow in a battle, where should the troops go if they win? What to do if you lose, you must think clearly.

……

Fang Yiai walked around, wandered to the door of a yurt, lifted the curtain and entered.

In the yurt, Li Dejian was writing something hard, and when he saw that it was Fang Yiai, he asked, "Something?" ”

"It's okay to come around and go around." Fang Yiai sat down next to him, glanced at what was written, and asked curiously, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Write down some of the experiences and feelings of the general's discussion, the homework that my father explained before leaving, I want to check it when I go back, I'm busy, I have something to say, I'm busy going." Li Dejian said calmly.

"What do you think about the prince?" Fang Yiai asked bluntly.

Li Dejian put down his pen and looked at the door.

"Don't worry, I've seen it when I came, no one." Fang Yiai said in a low voice.

"What didn't Xianggong tell you?" Li Dejian asked rhetorically.

Fang Yiai wanted to speak and stopped, and finally stuffed his head and didn't speak.

Li Dejian saw this scene and said in a low voice: "It is said that you and I are both people around the prince, and we were also acquiesced by the saint back then, but now you are coming to Khitan, don't you really think that you are letting us mix military achievements?" ”

"Or else?" Fang Yiai asked rhetorically.

"Okay, if you don't want to talk, go out." Li Dejian drove people directly.

Fang Yiai didn't get up, thought about it, and said, "You have to mean that the Holy One has decided?" ”

"Thou shalt not lie." Li Dejian hurriedly interrupted, looked at the door, listened for a while, and after making sure that there was no one, he whispered: "Why did the Holy Lord suddenly agree to let us come to the army?" I'm afraid there is a deep meaning behind this, I don't care how you choose in the future, and I don't want to know, but from tonight, I plan to go another way. ”

"Another way, whose way, you want to betray the prince?" Fang Yiai's face changed.

"Don't pretend to be confused, don't talk well and get out, Lao Tzu wants to change a way of living, who sits in that position in the future doesn't want to care, before leaving, my father said that he would bring the mantle into the loess, as a child, this is a shame, I decided to cherish this will, study hard, and inherit the mantle of my father in the future, regardless of others."

Fang Yiai was stunned, pondered, and thought of the secret conversation with his father the night before leaving, and his mind became complicated.

Perhaps, he should also change his path, and it is really good to be from the dragon's work, but the premise is to live.

Everyone is changing, what do you still insist on?

As long as you have the ability, who will not have to use people in the future?

"Gone!" Fang Yiai got up with mixed feelings.

Li Dejian stopped his pen, looked at Fang Yiai and said solemnly: "Remember, the prince's affairs have nothing to do with me from now on, no matter what you plan to do or how to do it, don't come to me, you have made up your mind, for the sake of your friends, you should also make a decision as soon as possible, don't make mistakes." ”

Fang Yiai didn't look back and got out of the yurt, looking at the deep night sky, his eyes were responsible.

Not far away, Qin Huaidao came out to patrol the camp, looking at this scene, he was inexplicably a little uneasy, he felt wrong, thought about it, didn't go up to ask, asked someone to inquire, came to the yurt where Luo Zhang lived, and whispered after signaling outside: "Fang Yiai is a little weird, pay attention to the staring point, but don't alarm him." ”

"Ah...... He's not going to mess around, is he? Why don't I go to him? Luo Zhang's face changed.

"No, just look at it, it's already a child, I can't see the road, there shouldn't be a sneak attack, go to bed early." Qin Huaidao said and left.

After walking around, I came to the place where the prisoners were held, some people were crying in some yurts, the voice was very low, and the crying was a little depressing, but no one dared to escape, and at night, there was no food or drink, and they fled and died faster.

A Yulin guard was coming up to salute, and Qin Huaidao asked, "Is there anything abnormal?" ”

The team hurriedly said, "It's safe." ”

Qin Huaidao nodded indifferently and decided to leave, so as not to be soft-hearted.

In war, innocent people have always suffered the most.

Tomorrow is another big war, and I don't know how many people will die.

But as the chief general of the Tang Army, his position is different, and it is already the limit to be able to restrain everyone from killing prisoners.

Ci is not in charge of the army!