Between the East China Sea and Wei County, the two passes hoarded nearly 8,000 people from the Eastern Navy, the rebels and the Lizhou army, of which the rebels accounted for more than two-thirds, which can be regarded as an overwhelming surname. However, even so, there is not a trace of uneasiness and anxiety in the Dongwei Pass, and the young Dongwei Navy has a maturity beyond its years.

Led by the Dream Man, this is an undefeated army. Beginning with the bandits' two large-scale attacks on Donghai Town, followed by the capture of Weidongguan with 500 troops with three times the number of people, and then the Nancang and Wanghui Cities, they experienced victory after victory.

Except for those second-rate armies, any undefeated strong army has come step by step in this way. The growth of an ace division needs a glorious history, a victory, and a sense of honor soaked in the bones. Today's Eastern Navy is experiencing this.

The eyes of the soldiers of the Eastern Navy were full of self-confidence, and they were convinced that their quality was much higher than that of the other party, not to mention that it was impossible for the other side to capture the Dongwei Pass in their hands, and they would in turn recapture the Weidong Pass and defeat the rabble of rebels.

When the dreamer came out of the "night tent", he saw the resolute and confident eyes of the sentries outside the tent, and Zhang Wei, who was a soldier, was immediately attracted by their eyes.

Unlike other teammates, Zhang Wei used to be a real soldier, so he knew more about the importance of these things to an army than Sima Fuqiang or Huang Zhi. An army without a soul can only be a ragtag army, and only by forming its own military soul can this army really grow.

To use a more vivid analogy, there is a gap between the soul of the army, that is, the gap between the Xianbei Iron Cavalry and the Tiefu people in the battle of Tieqi Mountain last night, that is, the gap between the slaughter of 80,000 people with 6,000 people. These are things that no one who has ever been a soldier can feel.

As the leader of the Eastern Navy, Sima Fuqiang put all his thoughts on the strategic level, planning the future development direction of this army. However, he never thought that no matter how good the strategic plan was, if he did not have a strong army that could implement it, everything would be in vain. Taking Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms as an example, no one dared to say no to Zhuge Liang's strategic thinking, but he had to face the bitter consequences of none of the six Qishan successes, because of the lack of such a strong army that could implement his strategic policy.

Although Huang Zhi knows how to win people's hearts and is good at boosting morale, he also knows nothing about the soul of the army. He always thought that as long as he could raise the morale of the Eastern Navy, he would be able to go unstoppable. But if he replaces the Eastern Navy at hand with the rebel army in Weixian, I don't know if the rebel army with high morale can defeat a well-trained ace division with the same high morale.

Only Zhang Wei has been silently thinking about this problem, but he can't do anything. After all, he used to be just a special forces, not a high-ranking officer with an army in his hands. He knew that the military soul was important to the Eastern Navy, but he didn't know how to help this army form his own soul.

At this moment, he really felt a glimmer of the soul of the Eastern Navy, which was brought about by the successive victories before, and it was the confidence in the victory of the second Battle of Dongguan that was about to begin.

Before the First Battle of Weidongguan, these young men who were still the townsmen of the town guard at that time had only fear and doubt in their eyes, and if it weren't for the dream man who took the initiative to take on the most difficult knife duty, I don't know if they would have had the courage to fight an enemy three times their size.

But just a month and a half has passed this time, and the eyes of these soldiers have changed so much. They were also facing three times as many rebels, but they had no idea that they could fail.

These aboriginal boys of the East China Sea Brigade, from a farmer who farmed the fields or a woodcutter who chopped wood, spontaneously joined the town guard to become a village warrior in order to defend their homeland, baptized and grew up in the war, and now they are a high-spirited soldier and have become the backbone of the East China Navy.

Even those soldiers from Xin County and Wei County who joined later, as long as they experienced any subsequent battles, they had quickly integrated into the collective of the Eastern Navy, and were accepted by the original veterans, regardless of each other.

Now only the latest rebel soldiers have not yet joined this collective, but after feeling the pride and confidence of the veterans of the Eastern Navy, they also have a yearning in their hearts.

This is the atmosphere that they could not feel in the rebels at the beginning, once there was only hesitation and hesitation, only anxiety in the end, if it were not for the sake of no longer being oppressed, if it were not for the sake of having something to eat, many people would not have thought of joining the rebels at all.

What's more, a considerable number of rebel soldiers became part of the group after being captured. When encountering such people, if they are willing to retire from the army and work in agriculture, the East China Sea Team will in principle classify them into the Mei County refugees for unified resettlement, and will not force them to join the East China Navy.

At this moment, one-third of the 1,500 soldiers of the three battalions in Dongweiguan were rebel soldiers who wanted to start anew in the Eastern Navy. In terms of the quality of their soldiers, they are far inferior to the veterans of the Eastern Navy, and their minds have not yet settled down.

However, Zhang Wei was not worried about this, because they would not lose the next battle, but they would win cleanly and show the strength of the Eastern Navy to these soldiers. I believe that after experiencing the battle of taking Dongguan again, seeing the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Navy far surpassing the rebels, and seeing the miraculous methods of the people in your dreams, these people will truly integrate into this army.

Zhang Wei walked up to the sentry guarding the "night tent", patted him on the shoulder, and said softly, "The Eastern Navy will win!" ”

Who would have thought that this sentry couldn't help but shout excitedly, "The Eastern Navy will win!" ”

This young man is a veteran of the Chen Chuang Department of the 2nd Battalion, although he was not selected into the "trapping camp" because of his slightly weaker physical fitness, but he was fortunate to participate in every battle from the town guard to the Eastern Navy. Because of this, as a trusted veteran of the Eastern Navy, he is qualified to be sent to guard the "night tent" where the dreamer travels to and from this world.

Following the East China Sea team to fight one battle after another, he has seen the magic of defeating the strong with the weak again and again, and he has admired the person in his dreams beyond measure. Zhang Wei's sentence "The Eastern Navy will win" is more appealing to him than the holy decree of the Dongzhou Imperial Court, so he couldn't help but shout such a sentence.

His roar was heard far away, and a passing patrol team heard the sound and looked in this direction, and when they saw the people standing outside the "night tent" in their dreams, they immediately subconsciously followed and shouted, "The Eastern Navy will win!" ”

"The Eastern Navy will win!" This slogan centered on the "tent of the night" spread out in an instant. A moment later, this slogan resounded over the entire Dongwei Pass over and over again, resounding through the valley and making people's blood gush.

Even Zhang Wei, the initiator, was so emotional in this atmosphere that he ran to the city tower, showed his six claws in both hands, held them high to the sky, and followed the soldiers of the Eastern Navy to chant over and over again, "The Eastern Navy will win!" ”

The rebel soldiers who had just become a member of the Eastern Navy were afraid to shout at first, but under the encouragement of the veterans around them, they quickly opened their hearts, opened their voices and chanted, and at the same time found that their relationship with the veterans suddenly pulled in a lot.

Sima Fuqiang and Huang Zhi, the two "pseudo-soldiers", were startled by this sudden madness at first, and then realized that the Eastern Navy in front of them had suddenly become different from the past, although they had not yet figured out what was going on, they could feel that this change was beneficial to the Eastern Navy.

The distance between Dongwei Pass and Weidong Pass was only 400 meters, and when thousands of people shouted this slogan at the same time, it was impossible for the rebels in Weixian County not to hear it. The generals of the rebel army thought that this was a sign that the Eastern Navy was about to launch a sneak attack, and hurriedly gathered the soldiers who were having breakfast, and pulled out the Weidong Pass one after another, and lined up in front of the pass, in case the Eastern Navy came to destroy their soon-to-be-completed siege equipment.

The rebels waited for a long time, but they did not see the gate of Dongwei Pass open, and the slogan of "the Eastern Navy will win" gradually became smaller after a while, and then only bursts of laughter came from the wall of Dongwei Pass, which was that the soldiers of the Eastern Navy were laughing at the rebels' overreaction.

In comparison, the two armies have not yet fought, and the Eastern Navy has already occupied the commanding heights in mentality, looking down on the rebels of Weixian County on the high wall of Dongwei Pass.

Wu Qiang came to the man in his dream with an excited face, "Enlighten your lords, after the adults left last night, the rebels of Weixian County stepped up the production of siege equipment. At their current pace, if they insist on working overnight, they will be able to complete all the equipment by the morning after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"The day after tomorrow?" Sima Fuqiang pondered for a moment, then turned his head to ask Huang Zhi's opinion, "Is it better for us to do it tonight, or tomorrow night?" ”

This is no longer a tactical issue, but a psychological warfare level, so it would be better for Huang Zhi to make this decision.

Huang Zhi turned his head to look at the Weidong Pass opposite, the rebels who were arrayed outside the wall were in a dilemma at the moment. If they don't retreat, the Eastern Navy obviously has no intention of going out to attack their siege equipment, so they can only continue to stand there stupidly and be laughed at by the other party; But if they retreat, they are afraid that the Eastern Navy will take the opportunity to attack them with light cavalry and beat them in a hurry. The mentality of the rebels has been unconsciously unbalanced, and the reason for this is that it is suppressed by the high morale of the Eastern Navy.

Looking at the other party's panicked appearance, Huang Zhi already had a plan, "Hehe! Since the other party reacted so violently, we might as well play with them again tonight. Wu Qiang, you inform me to stop normal training today and tomorrow, so that everyone can rest during the day, and we will have action today and tomorrow. ”

Sima Fuqiang stared at Huang Zhi for a long time, and finally understood what he wanted to do.

Bluffing is also a psychological warfare technique commonly used in ancient warfare, through feints again and again, psychological hints and pressure are applied to the enemy army, so that the enemy army is exhausted and cannot get enough rest. By the time the official attack was launched, the enemy army had become ineffective due to lack of energy.

Huang Zhi wanted to do exactly this, because he found that the rebels were overreacting, and it was obvious that the psychological impact of the last fall of Weidongguan on them was still quite huge. So he wants to take advantage of the nervousness of the rebels and consume as much energy as possible before launching a formal attack and reduce their combat effectiveness.

After nightfall, the Eastern Navy, which had rested all day, was in good spirits and began Huang Zhi's plan to torture the rebels.

"Knock knock!" As soon as the wild war drums sounded, it was obvious that the drummers of the Eastern Navy were still excited about the phrase "the Eastern Navy will win" in the morning.

The rebels at Weidongguan had just fallen asleep at this time, when they heard the sound of war drums in the distance, and after a burst of chickens and dogs, the whole army got up and assembled in line to prepare for battle. After the war drums sounded, the opposite Dongwei Pass fell into silence again, as if the alarm clock set by the neighbor sounded in the middle of the night, pinched off and then continued to sleep.

After waiting for more than half an hour in the night wind to confirm that it was a false alarm, the rebel generals disbanded the soldiers and let everyone go back to sleep.

Looking at Weidongguan, which was gradually calming down, Sima Fuqiang withdrew his gaze of "ascending high and looking into the distance", and nodded to Wu Qiang behind him.

A moment later, there was a burst of gongs and drums from the bell tower of Dongweiguan. According to the practice of the army, "listen to the sound of drums and retreat when you hear the sound of gold", this should be a signal for the withdrawal of troops. However, the generals of the rebel army in Weixian County did not dare to think so, they only thought that the Eastern Navy was deliberately doing the opposite, and wanted to catch them off guard, so they had to gather troops and horses again to prepare for the battle.

In the same way, they are still facing Dongwei Pass as if nothing has happened, and even they have to suspect that it is not the enemy army who "Mingjin", but the people on their own side who are confused.

After tossing it twice, the time has come to the fourth watch. After a brief discussion, the rebel generals at Weidongguan decided not to believe in the feints of the Eastern Navy. They informed the night officer on duty in the castle tower that if the gate of Dongwei Pass was not opened, no matter what movement the other party made, they would not have to pay attention. On the contrary, the bells and drums immediately rang in unison, telling the soldiers who had gone to sleep to get up and fight.

After another half hour, most of the rebel soldiers fell asleep again, and of course a few people lost sleep due to the disturbance of the Eastern Navy.

At this time, a team of people hurriedly came to the east of Dongwei Pass and knocked on the gate of the back wall of Chengguan. A moment later, Chen Chuang took Li Wei and several of his personal soldiers to the wall.

"Oh, General Li, why did you visit late at night?" The person who approached him was naturally Huang Zhi.

Li Wei's face was still haggard, obviously he hadn't thought about how to go back and face the Lizhou Assassin History. This trip out, 5,000 soldiers and horses lost eighty percent in his hands, and was driven back to the East China Sea by the rebels.

Sighing, he asked, "I heard drumming and singing gold on the side of Dongwei Pass in the pass, and I thought you were fighting with the rebels, so I came over to see if there was any place where we needed support from the state army." ”

"Hehe, it's just a feint, I don't want them to sleep peacefully, I didn't expect even you, the general, to be disturbed." Huang Zhi snorted.

"Oh, I see. It seems that we don't need our help anymore. Li Wei looked at the Weidong Pass not far away, the heavy soldiers under the wall were thrown overnight to rush to work, and the siege equipment was almost to the point of completion, and it seemed that it would be put into use in another day or two. They're coming! ”

Huang Zhi followed his gaze and nodded, "Yes, it's almost." ”

"If you need anything when the time comes, just come to me. We are now allies in the same trenches, so you don't have to be polite to me. Li Wei patted Huang Zhi's shoulder and turned around to leave.

It's not that Li Wei is really so generous, and he is willing to fight for the Eastern Navy for free, but he really needs a victory to save face for himself, so that he can go back and face Lord Assassin.

Huang Zhi suddenly thought that the Eight Bull Crossbow was a secret that could not be leaked by the Eastern Navy, and hurriedly caught up with Li Wei, "General, remind you, our feint attack will continue tonight, and it will continue tomorrow night." Therefore, no matter what the brothers who left the state capital army heard in the past two nights, they could sleep peacefully without worrying about the safety of Dongwei Pass. ”

"Oh, I see, thank you guys!" Li Wei nodded, and then turned to leave.

Seeing Li Wei leaving, and the time was almost the time for the third feint, Sima Fuqiang nodded like Wu Qiang again.

On the opposite side of Weidongguan, the night captain on duty saw that the generals of the rebels had already fallen asleep, thinking that no one would check the post tonight, and was thinking about whether to secretly find a place to squint for a while. At this moment, a soldier stumbled onto the command platform, pointed to the opposite Dongwei Pass, and shouted, "Look, sir!" Look! ”

Following the direction of the soldier's finger, the lieutenant saw that the gate of Dongwei Pass was slowly rising, like a big mouth that was opening. "Drumming gold! Fast! ”

The third restlessness of the night also followed, but when the generals of the rebels gathered in the city tower, they saw that the direction of Dongwei Pass was as quiet as ever.

"Smack!" With a crisp slap, the rebel commander finally couldn't bear to vent his anger on the captain on duty at night, "Lie about the military situation, you don't want to live anymore!" The Eastern Navy did not beat the drum and did not sound the gold, where is there any sign of attack? ”

The captain pointed to the gate of Dongwei Pass aggrievedly, "General Qiyu, the last general followed your orders and saw the gate of the East Navy open the gate before giving a warning." ”

"!" The rebel commander pointed to the closed gate of Dongwei Pass, "Are you blind?" You tell me, is that door open or closed? ”

When the captain heard this, he realized that the Eastern Navy had quietly lowered the raised door again, as if nothing had happened. He quickly knelt on the ground, "General, the last general has been wronged!" Dongwei Pass really opened just now, and the soldiers on duty at night are witnesses! The end will be true! ”

Hearing him say this, the rebel commander was slightly angry, and after calming down, he also understood that this was a conspiracy of the Eastern Navy. No matter how confused this night lieutenant was, he would never dare to make such a bad joke, and it was obvious that they had been teased by those guys on the other side again.

At this time, behind Dongwei Pass, a touch of fish belly white had risen in the far east, and the rebels were tossed all night, and no one could sleep peacefully.

(To be continued)