The next day, Chu Xuan was dressed in the most ordinary military uniform, wrapped his chest in a white cloth, painted his facial features very heroically, and then blackened his face with paint that was not easy to fall off when he did not encounter water, and restrained his momentum a little, and he was completely a young soldier in the team, inconspicuous.

Coupled with his wrist that is good at dancing sleeves, he quickly became familiar with the soldiers in his platoon.

In the early morning, in the cheers and blessings of the people, the 5,000 army led by Jian Kuo set off towards Pingtai City.

Instead of passing through towns and villages along the way, so as not to cause unrest among the people, their marchers hurried to the side of the trails, which took two days longer.

After four days of travel, the soldiers were tired.

They also have to cross two mountains, they arrived at Pingtai City, now they are still at the junction of Pingyuan City and Pingtai City, their position is somewhat high but flat and spacious, it is at the edge of the forest, look down and see that the village where they sit has been smoked, a scene of living and working in peace and contentment.

Jian Kuo tightened the horse rope and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, "Commander Xiao, you take two soldiers to the front to explore the way." ”

After he finished giving the order, he saw a soldier also wearing armor standing up wearing a sword, and he clenched his fists and said respectfully: "The last general will take the order." ”

He then led two soldiers to the front to find out if there was any danger of trapping.

Jian Kuo sat on his war horse and looked back at the 5,000 army, some of them looked very energetic, and their eyes were full of excitement and anticipation to defend their families and the country; Some were calm, with only a dead silence in their eyes, as if they had become numb to the war; Some people are very scared, facing the unknown life and death; Others have their eyes blinking, their eyes rolling, and they appear absent-mindedly nervous. Everyone had different thoughts.

He retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "Everyone straighten out, rest tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and some of the soldiers were really relieved.

For four days, they didn't sleep for four days, except for the occasional stop to eat some dry food and drink some water, or feed grass to the war horses, the rest of the time they were on the road, such a huge consumption of physical strength, they were also a little unbearable.

Commander Xiao Mingxiao, who went to the front to investigate, soon returned, and he knelt down on one knee to resume his life, "Report!" The last general found a river not far ahead, and the nearby land was flat, so that the garrison could rest. ”

Jian Kuo nodded: "Lead the way." ”

Advancing in a neat and orderly manner, thinking that they could rest, everyone's mental state improved.

The garrison and sentry have their own arrangements for the rest of the commanders, and there are also entourage men in the army, and a few soldiers are sent to catch some pheasants and hares, and they also find some wild vegetables and come back to boil into a few large pots, this is tonight's dinner.

It's simple, but it's unique.

When the army is on the march, it is already rare to have these foods, and sometimes in order to complete the task, they will even starve to death. If you don't starve to death, you have to save your life at the critical moment, and even live rats can be eaten directly.

Fighting a war is never just a matter of talking, and the hardships can only be experienced by those who are in it.

The camp work outside was carried out in an orderly manner, and in the general's tent, Jian Kuo and the deputy general Hong Zhihe, as well as Xiao Ming and Rong Bang, were looking at the sand table diagram to study the strategy.

Xiao Mingshuang pointed to the small mountain range in front of Pingtai City, which was planted by a small banner, "General, why don't we go directly to the back of Baihang Mountain from here and go straight to Huanglong, and take the Beili army by surprise." ”

Baixing Mountain is also the junction mountain of Qi and Beili, but the two sides of the mountain are two different environments, one side is rich and the other is barren, and it is no wonder that Beili is impatient to occupy it.

"By all means, if we fail to cooperate with the army of Pingtai City in time, we will most likely be wiped out." Hong Hezhi glanced up at him and objected.

"Now that villages and towns are overrun by enemy troops, if we cut in from behind, we will not attack the camp, but into the trap they have laid."

He pointed his finger on the sand table map and counted two addresses, which were the villages and small towns under the Baihang Mountains on the border with the northern country.

The soil here is excellent, and a large amount of grain is paid for the imperial court every year. Such an important position is also the easiest place for Beili to attack, so they can naturally take it in one fell swoop.

But now trying to bypass Baihang Mountain and cut in from the back, it means that they have walked to the territory of the North Departure Country and cast themselves into the net, which is too dangerous.