Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, and soldiers travel thousands of miles to win merit!

After all the hardships to come to Yingzhou, no one wants to watch, watching the brother troops make meritorious contributions, no one wants to go back empty-handed, especially after successive victories, one by one has been stimulated by the morale of the surge, and everyone must be afraid of the battle after successive defeats, but now it is a succession of big victories.

In the big tent, one by one, they were fighting with red faces, and they almost fought with a knife, and gradually found that when Qin Huaidao smiled and did not speak, did not block or object, one by one realized something, quickly stopped arguing, and said no more.

"Stop making noise?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Don't make any noise, it's all up to the general." Everyone hurriedly said.

"If you don't make any noise, just listen to me." Qin Huaidao found a support for the map and erected it for everyone to see, pointed to the map and said: "First, set off in three days, raise your spirit within three days, and prepare the materials needed for the war, especially crossbow arrows. ”

A slash, murderous, no one dared to object, the successive victories made Qin Huaidao's prestige reach an incredible height, and no one would question any orders.

"Second, the goal of this battle, the enemy's food and grass!" Qin Huaidao continued, glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Li Yixie, and asked: "Captain Li, give you a hundred Lin Wei, set off early tomorrow morning, and find out the grain storage location of the Goguryeo army going south within three days, can you do the Tao?" ”

"No problem, I'm sure to get the job done." Li Yixie is overjoyed, this is a great achievement, he will suffocate to death during this time, but Yu Linwei bears the safety of the main general, there is no way, how can he let it go if he has the opportunity now? Inexplicably, there was more gratitude in his eyes, and he said solemnly: "General, it's not done, come and see you." ”

"You'd better keep your head on." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, not wanting to put pressure on the other party.

When Fang Yiai heard that she had nothing to do with herself, she suddenly became anxious: "General, what about me?" ”

"General Ben's safety is of paramount importance, and it must be you." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, seeing that the other party wanted to say something, he directly raised his hand to interrupt, looked at everyone and added: "The location of the grain is uncertain, the battle plan will be talked about later, it must be prepared within three days, and the training of the troops cannot be stopped. ”

"Obey!" The crowd left.

Qin Huaidao looked at Li Yixie and solemnly admonished: "The weather is cold, the grain will only be indoors, and it will not be too far from the army, and there will not be many conditions that meet the conditions. ”

Li Yixie hurriedly nodded and wrote it down.

Qin Huaidao continued: "If you can't find it, it should be in the town, you can disguise the homeless people and beg to enter, find some that are ordinary, and those who are too fierce will be exposed if you go in, be careful, Yulinwei is a holy army, and it is difficult to explain every one killed in battle, go ahead." ”

"Obey!" Li Yixie hurriedly went.

If he could, Qin Huaidao hated that he couldn't go out in person, the location of the grain was too important, but if he really left, it was estimated that there would be chaos in the ice city, and he came out of the big tent and came to the city wall, and saw that Luo Zhang was leading the team to train, and in the distance, the officials of Yingzhou were organizing the captives to burn the fire and melt the thick ice city of the river.

The vast land, covered in silver.

The cold wind skimmed over the wilderness as always, swept over the ice city, the cold made people shiver, and the distance was gray, and I don't know what the Goguryeo Kingdom would choose, is it to withdraw its troops? Or continue to increase troops and take advantage of the current cold climate that is unfavorable to Datang to take one or two cities?

Goguryeo is a dynasty that annexed the surrounding tribes and fought out, the army has good combat power, it is the strongest brigade in the northeast, and it has developed into a standing army of five or six hundred thousand or six hundred thousand, which is not easy to deal with, even if it eats the 100,000 troops in the south, once Goguryeo comes with the strength of the whole country, Yingzhou cannot hold it.

But if you don't eat this 100,000 army, the consequences will be even more serious.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao shouted, "Captain Fang." ”

Fang Yiai hurriedly stepped forward with an expectant expression: "General, but there is a task." ”

"Give you a task, you personally take fifty people to go deep into the Khitan to recruit surrender, with Xue Feng as the deputy, except for the Siwandan Department, the other ministries try to lobby and let them lead the troops to vote, this general will exempt them from capital crimes, this is a technical job, with your reckless temper, you can't do it nine times out of ten." Qin Huaidao said with a look of embarrassment.

Fang Yiai's character is brave and reckless, but not stupid, listening to Fang Xuanling's ears to listen to the face, but also edified some political thinking, immediately realized that behind this is a great achievement, persuade the Khitan to vote, this credit is comparable to catching the Khitan Khan, immediately excited, quickly patted his chest and said: "General rest assured, a certain wish to make a military order." ”

"Forget the military order, if it can't be completed, turn around and ask the minister-in-law, General Ben also has an explanation, don't blame me for not giving you a chance when the time comes." Qin Huaidao directly singled out.

"Save it, and ensure that it is completed." Fang Yiai hurriedly said, his heart full of gratitude.

If it weren't for Fang Xuanling's face, Qin Huaidao would not have handed over such an important task to Fang Yiai at all, and said uneasily: "Remember, don't fight and kill at every turn, you have to have an attitude of appeasement, the Siwan Dan tribe once attacked the Baiqi Division, and this blood debt must be repaid, so the army of the Siwan Dan tribe must die, but the people of the Siwan Dan tribe, especially women, children, and children, are useful to keep." ”

"Remembered." Fang Yiai really wrote it down this time, if the great work is ruined, Fang Xuanling will have to implement the family law and expel him from the house when he goes back, and he will have no face in the future.

"One more point, go to the Khitan Khan, ask him to take out the token, repair the book and bring it, it is easy to surrender, when the time is ripe, lead the Khitan tribes to kill the army of the Siwandan tribe, and leave the tribesmen, just lead the army over, don't move the grain and grass of the various departments, I will let the governor build another ice city, go."

"Obey!" Fang Yiai went happily.

Qin Huaidao looked at the back of Fang Yiai leaving, and secretly thought to himself, the opportunity has been given, whether he can grasp it depends on himself, if he can succeed, he can speed up the solution of the hidden danger of Khitan, and explained to Li Dejian: "Go and hand over to Fang Yiai, and the other fifty people left behind will be under your command in the next few days, responsible for safety, and in addition, let the governor come over." ”

"Obey!" Li Dejian hurriedly went.

Recruiting and testing people's emotional intelligence, Li Dejian is more suitable than Fang Yiai, but Li Dejian's force is not as good as Fang Yiai, Khitan people are not good at stubble, they don't like to be reasonable, and most of the time they look at their fists.

Li Yixie and Fang Yiai have given a chance, what chance should Li Dejian give?

After waiting for a while, the governor hurried over and asked from afar, "What is General Qin looking for the old man?" ”

Qin Huaidao said politely: "Dudu, I should have gone down to find you, but I asked you to run in person, I really shouldn't, it's just that what I want to say next is more appropriate here." ”

"See you outside, you and I don't need to be polite, the old man said that the command of this battalion will be fully responsible for General Qin in the future, and the old man will just do it." Xue Wanshu didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly said.

Qin Huaidao didn't like to be polite, and said bluntly: "Two things, first, I will send someone to the Khitan to recruit and surrender, and let Xue join the army as a deputy, okay?" ”

"That's his blessing." Xue Wanshu's eyes lit up, and she smiled with satisfaction, the Khitan is like this, the success rate of recruitment is very high, once it is done, it will be a great achievement, although Xue Feng is a deputy, but he also has a lot of credit, which shows that he has given credit and is his own person.

Although there is a certain risk, it is rich and dangerous.

Thinking of this, Xue Wanshu said gratefully: "General Qin's favor, the old man will write it down, and he will return it one day." ”

"The governor has seen the outside, we are now a man in the trenches, and we should advance and retreat together." Qin Huaidao said politely, and changed his words: "Another thing, if the surrender is successful, there will be one or twenty thousand troops coming, Yingzhou and Bingcheng are not suitable, and another city must be built." ”

Xue Wanshu was thorough at one point, and promised: "That's true, otherwise it's really not safe, I don't know where General Qin plans to build it?" Leave it to the old man. ”

"That's good, let's build it there." Qin Huaidao pointed to an open space in the east and said: "Built there, you can face the domestic reinforcement of Goguryeo, open the door to our side, and do not open the door on the other three sides, build a rectangular ice city with a length of 300 meters, a width of 100 meters, and a height of about 5 zhang, expand the defense area, and Yingzhou and the ice city are 100 meters away, and the finished shape is conducive to defense." ”

Xue Wanshu, a veteran on the battlefield, naturally understood that this was to let the Khitan be in front, and he agreed.

The amount of work is not small, the captives want to build a city wall connected to the ice city, and the manpower is a little insufficient, Qin Huaidao advised: "You need the help of the people of Yingzhou, there are a lot of loot, you can give them meat, you can also give wages, this governor decided, go back to Li Dejian." ”

"It's a trifle!"

"There is one more thing, please ask the governor to build another 5,000 crossbows, just ten consecutive shots, 100,000 matching crossbow arrows, and the required materials and wages are also found by Li Dejian."

"No problem, it's all cooked when it's opened, and it won't take a few days." Xue Wanshu agreed, and seeing that Qin Huaidao had nothing else to explain, he hurriedly went.

"It's a lot to be the master." Qin Huaidao sighed with emotion, looked at the gray sky in the distance, and once again thought about the next war.

……

Two days later, it was dark.

Qin Huaidao was having dinner in the big tent, and Yu Linwei came to report that he was overjoyed when he heard that Li Yixie was back.

After waiting for a while, seeing Li Yixie, who was covered in frost and snow, come in, Qin Huaidao happily got up to greet him: "Quick, sit down and roast the fire, eat something and talk slowly, didn't you hurt anything?" Is there a sacrifice? ”

Li Yixie saw that Qin Huaidao cared about himself when he came up, instead of asking about the task, his heart was full of emotion, he took off his coat after sitting down, stretched out his hand to bake the fire, and said: "Go back to the general, it's all right, the brothers are only observing from a distance, the snow is thick, the enemy doesn't come out, they are all back, and they have already returned to the tent to rest." ”

"That's good, come on, eat first." Qin Huaidao handed over the knife to cut meat.

Li Yixie hurriedly caught it, and did not rush to make a move, but reported: "General, I have found an important piece of information, the enemy army of 50,000 people on horseback gathered in Liujiabao. ”

"Liu Jiabao? Where is it? Qin Huaidao asked, spreading out the map.

Li Yixie pointed to a location on the map and said, "Here...... About ten kilometers away from Pingzhou, it is a large valley, there is a fortress here, rammed earth, the city wall is about two zhang high, it looks like a place where a big clan gathers to live, the big clan has the habit of building a fortress to protect itself, to prevent bandits, rogues, the houses inside can accommodate about 10,000 people, see a lot of tents in the open place, observed, from the smoke and the number of tents, at least 40,000 to 50,000 people gathered, all of them are Goguryeo soldiers wearing armor, do not see the people, it is estimated that they were slaughtered. ”

"So more than 10,000 people were killed?" Qin Huaidao's face turned cold.

"I'm not sure, but since Goguryeo is short of food, there is no reason to keep it and waste food, and besides, keeping it means that housing needs to be resettled, and the Goguryeo army is not enough to live in, and tents need to be set up, nine times out of ten."

"These brutes." Qin Huaidao scolded, a wave of anger surged up, the two armies were fighting, each relying on their ability, but killing the people indiscriminately, heaven would not tolerate it.

As a soldier, Qin Huaidao hated killing people indiscriminately.

"Tell me about the terrain." Qin Huaidao took out charcoal and paper.

Li Yixie had seen Qin Huaidao's drawing skills, and hurriedly said: "The fortress covers an area of five hundred meters long and about one thousand meters wide, just blocking the entrance of the valley, and the valley is flat outside, it is estimated that the fertile fields are covered by snow, and the other three sides are mountains, the mountains are more than 100 zhang high, and they are all woods......

"What about the slope?" Qin Huaidao interrupted.

"It's about that steep." Li Yixie didn't know how to describe it, so he made a gesture.

Qin Huaidao estimated it, about seventy degrees or more, a little steep, and quickly drew it, while continuing to ask: "How far is the fortress from the bottom of the mountain, and what terrain?" ”

"It's all flat land, and the distance varies......

"The nearest place." Qin Huaidao reminded.

"Recently, ......" Li Yixie thought for a while and said, "about twenty zhang." ”

Twenty zhang is sixty meters, Qin Huaidao thought of this distance, and his eyes lit up, and motioned to Li Yixie to wait a while, and quickly draw, while asking about the details of this area, gradually, a hand-drawn topographic map jumped on the paper, and asked: "Look, what's the big problem?" ”

"No problem, that's pretty much it." Li Yixie looked at the map and affirmed.

Qin Huaidao was immediately overjoyed and asked, "How long is this area?" How tall? ”

"It is more than 200 zhang long, and then it turns to the back, and it is more than 50 zhang high." Li Yixie's face was determined.

Two hundred zhang long is more than six hundred meters, this is not small, more than fifty zhang high, that is, more than one hundred and fifty meters, it is already considered a high mountain, Qin Huaidao asked some details carefully, supplemented the hand-drawn topographic map, and immediately looked at it and pondered, deducing tactics.

Li Yixie didn't know whether to continue talking, and seeing that Qin Huaidao was thinking, he simply stopped eating and started eating.

It didn't take long for Qin Huaidao to breathe a sigh of relief, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"General, do you want to continue?" Li Yixie quickly stopped eating and put down the knife.

"No need, you've done a great job this time." Qin Huaidao smiled.

"It's not necessarily the location of the grain storage, the last general just thinks that there are so many people, it should be a grain storage point, and he has also investigated more than a dozen places, and no abnormalities have been found, only here is the most suspicious."

"Heavy snow closed the road, 50,000 people gathered, no food can not survive, even if it is not a grain storage point, it is a great achievement, let's eat these 50,000 people, the remaining 50,000 is not to worry." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, his eyes flashing, revealing a fierce battle intent.

"Eat them?" Li Yixie's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "General, the general said frustrating words to shake the morale of the army, this is a fortress, not those Khitan tribes, there are tall courtyard walls to block it, there are houses, there is a lot of space inside, the snow has been cleared, and it can move freely, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight." ”

"With the right way, there is no city that can't be taken, Ben will have his own ideas, use sleigh boards to hurry, how long will it take to arrive?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"Morning and sunset!"

"Are there any other enemy troops within ten miles?"

"There shouldn't be, the brothers have scouted, there are some small villages within a radius of twenty miles, but the people in them have been killed, the grain has been robbed, and there is no garrison." Li Yixie said firmly.

"This group of brutes, the blood debt of the people must be paid in blood, hurry up and eat it, and finish the military discussion." Qin Huaidao got up murderously and said to Li Dejian, who was guarding the door: "Order, all the officers above the rank of lieutenant colonel and above come over, urgently discuss the military meeting, notify the governor to participate, go quickly." ”

"Obey!" Li Dejian hurriedly agreed.

Qin Huaidao returned to the big tent and sat down, and when he saw that Li Yixie was not eating, he persuaded: "Eat some more, it will take some time for them to come over, and it will not be short for a while." "I'm worried that Li Yixie will be embarrassed, so I can eat it myself.

Li Yixie's heart was moved, and he hurriedly swallowed it, he was indeed hungry all the way.

After waiting for a while, the generals came over, the big tent couldn't sit down, the captains stood behind, everyone besieged the city, Qin Huaidao glanced at Xue Wanshu and Zhi Zhi's lost thinking, set up the drawn topographic map, and said: "Everyone, this is called Liujiabao, a day's journey from Yingzhou, four to fifty thousand enemy troops are stationed, and there are no other enemy troops within a radius of twenty miles, and the general has decided to take it." ”

Everyone was already accustomed to Qin Huaidao's command style, no one interjected, and listened attentively, while thinking about how to attack if it was themselves.

Xue Wanshu saw Qin Huaidao looking over, so he said: "General Qin, this place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the mountains are steep, only the south is the entrance, and the city wall has been built to block it, and the valley is also a castle, I am afraid it will not be easy for the forty or fifty thousand army to rely on us, since General Qin has decided, he must have a high opinion, and the border army of Yingzhou is below itself and absolutely obeys." ”

"Governor, I can just take my soldiers and horses, and the safety of the ice city will be handed over to the governor."

"No problem." Xue Wanshu agreed, although she didn't have her own business and missed the opportunity, she didn't care, she was in a high position as the governor, how easy it was to climb up, Qin Huaidao handed over the opportunity to Xue Feng, and he was satisfied.

"Thank you Dudu, there is one more thing, collect straw, saltpeter and other flammable things in Yingzhou City, and grind saltpeter into powder, the more the better, or exchange it for cattle, sheep or silver." Qin Huaidao said with a straight face.

As soon as everyone heard that this was going to be attacked with fire, it was a bit fierce, so the high fortress was not to mention that it couldn't be approached, and even if it was close, it was difficult to throw it in, how to burn?

However, recently, Qin Huaidao used strange tricks, and everyone thought that there must be something behind this that they didn't know, so they didn't ask on the spot, and they all listened patiently.

Xue Wanshu was also curious, but she didn't bother to ask, and promised: "No problem, it will be done within an hour." ”

"This thing is about victory and defeat, and there is Laudu." Qin Huaidao said gratefully, he trusted Xue Wanshu's ability very much, and all the things handed over to Xue Wanshu during this time were done, his heart was settled, his eyes fell on the generals, and he continued: "Everyone, set off early tomorrow morning, and each person will bring enough dry food for three days, a bundle of straw, and more crossbow arrows. ”

"Obey!" The crowd roared into orders.

Qin Huaidao did not explain the tactical arrangements on the spot as in the past, and answered everyone's doubts, just because the tactics were too peculiar, everyone might not be able to understand, and the tactics were only preliminary, and they needed to be determined after arriving at the scene, there was no need to say, and they signaled everyone to continue to deduce the details after leaving.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the team quietly set off with equipment, leaving Luo Zhang to continue training the mercenaries, the team was divided into five roads, scattered and walked, one person with a rope, made of bark, one end tied to the waist, the other end tied with straw and weapons, dragged away, the snow is honest, the resistance is very small, and it is not difficult to drag.

Qin Huaidao and the soldiers walked in front, while Li Yixie took the remaining fifty Yulin troops to reconnoiter and explore the way.

Everyone hurried away, and the army of 5,000 men was silent, leaving only traces all over the ground.

There was no hostile situation along the way, and the walk went smoothly.

At dusk, the army came to the top of a hill, below which was a huge fortress complex, composed of countless round houses, the houses were two stories high, each one was not small, built of rammed earth, with arrow holes left on it to defend against the enemy, and the houses were not far from each other, and it was easy to get lost if you were not familiar with it.

Qin Huaidao was not interested in the fortress group, carefully looked at the terrain, and at his feet was the mountain peak closest to the fortress group, as described by Li Yixie, the interval was only sixty meters, the mountain height was close to one hundred and sixty meters, and the steep slope was between seventy or eighty degrees, and this slope was not easy for people to go down.

The slopes of the mountain were covered with thick snow, Qin Huaidao paid close attention to observation, and found that the snow was not solid, and there were signs of slipping in some places, everything was better than he guessed, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"General, this terrain is not good, people can't rush down, the distance is a little too far, and the straw can't be thrown into the fortress, how can this be fought?" Obsessiveness speaks out everyone's worries.

Everyone looked over and waited for the order.

Qin Huaidao pointed to the steep hillside below and said with a smile: "It's okay, throw half of the straw halfway up the mountainside, half at the foot, about fifty zhang wide, you don't need to throw it too far." ”

We don't know why, but the following will be ordered, and the implementation is.

Soon, bales of straw were thrown down and landed halfway down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the enemy troops in the fortress group heard the movement and came out to watch, a little confused, what kind of way to throw straw? Even if it is a fire attack, it should be lit and thrown into the fortress, what is it to lose half of the mountainside?

Soon, a large number of soldiers rushed out of the fortress to defend the commanding heights and key roads, and some even climbed onto the rooftops, stretched out their bows and arrows, and aimed in the direction of the hillside, waiting solemnly.

Someone even shouted: "Who is coming? ”

Qin Huaidao saw that it was almost there, and the width was appropriate, the enemy did not rush out to clean up the straw, it was estimated that he was afraid of arrows, and he was too lazy to answer, and said to the people around him: "Pass the order to go down and prepare rockets!" ”

"Obey!" The crowd roared into orders.