Chapter 720: On the Eve of the Great War
Chapter 720: On the Eve of the Great War
In terms of going to war, the night army is fully prepared, and the next thing is all up to heaven. If it rains before dark, then they will most likely not be able to carry out their plans tonight, and if it snows, it will still be worth trying. One way or another, the weather is not something they can decide. After the final pre-war meeting, the dispersed generals went about their duties and prepared for a big battle in the evening.
Chengguan is thirty miles away from the coalition camp, and it takes at least an hour for ordinary soldiers to get there under a rapid march, but the cavalry marches fast and can arrive in less than half an hour, so the cavalry may have to be the first to enter the battle, and what they need to do is to detour to the rear of the coalition camp and stop the coalition army at all costs.
Only by blocking the retreat of the coalition forces can the night army that came from behind have all the opportunities to participate in the battle, and the night army's beast attack plan can achieve a big victory in the true sense. There were many other factors that they had to take into account during the war, and those factors were the so-called apostasy, which were not part of the beast attack plan and needed to be dealt with on an ad hoc basis.
After returning from the main hall, Lin Xuanzhong had been pacing back and forth in his residence. After many days of preparation, the fateful moment finally ushered in, and only Lin Xuanzhong himself could understand the apprehension in his heart. A few days ago, after the arrival of 100,000 reinforcements, the situation in the barracks did not change much, only a few more people.
Until the beast attack plan is successful, all the soldiers in the night army camp will always behave normally, just to hide people's eyes. Speaking of which, in terms of keeping the beast attack plan secret, Lin Xuanzhong has always felt that it is not easy, because there are too many people to hide. Not only that, but it is also necessary to boost the morale of the army from time to time so as not to demoralize.
A few days ago, according to Zhao Xu's reminder, Lin Xuanzhong has been committed to dealing with abnormal situations, and some problems have been found during the period, but fortunately, they have been successfully solved, and the plan has been developing in the right direction, so although he has been very tired in the past few days, Lin Xuanzhong has also gained a lot.
Putting aside his own situation, he handed over Xue Yin's to Li Jian that day, and within two days, Zhao Xu appointed Xue Yin, calling him the "Great Pharmacist". The intention is to let Xue Yin serve as the head of the military pharmacists, and lead the pharmacists below in the future. The reason why it is called this is because of Xue Yin's contribution to the completion of the beast attack plan, and secondly, because it highlights Xue Yin's ability with honorific titles.
However, before the completion of the beast attack plan, Zhao Xu's appointment did not summon the three armies, and at present, they are only some people who know about the beast attack plan. When tonight's battle is over and the night army has won a great victory, Zhao Xu will commend Xue Yin's merits, and then send an order to the three armies to make Xue Yin deserved.
It is worth mentioning that three days ago, Xue Yin conducted a divination for Lin Xuanzhong, and the result was fierce, fierce, and auspicious. At present, Xue Yin's ability is limited, and he can only calculate a person's fortune in the next three days.
Also because of her limited ability, Xue Yin can only calculate the bad luck, and cannot be specific to a certain thing, so the credibility of the divination results is greatly reduced. However, out of trust in Xue Yin, Xue Yin still made Lin Xuanzhong very worried in the past two days, and now he finally waited for the third day.
Although he couldn't be sure where his luck was, Lin Xuanzhong could face today's events with a normal state of mind, so Lin Xuanzhong paced back and forth to relieve the anxiety in his heart. One person stayed in the room for nearly an hour, while everyone else was busy with other things.
An hour later, Zhang Jiutian brought Han Xuan over to find Lin Xuanzhong to go over for dinner together, and there was Xue Yin among the people who accompanied him. According to Zhao Xu, Xue Yin's rank does not belong to the military position, and he cannot compare his status with Lin Xuanzhong and others, so Xue Yin's status in the army is not even easy to describe Lin Xuanzhong.
In the case that Xue Yin's merits have not yet been publicized, the soldiers below are just curious about Xue Yin's identity, but they will not salute every time they see Xue Yin. And Han Xuan has won the hearts of the people after a few days of hard work, not only does he handle the affairs of the headquarters properly, but he also has no problems in communicating with other departments, of course, only Han Xuan himself knows how much cold eyes he has received during this period. In any case, since he had chosen to embark on this path, Han Xuan had to pay the corresponding price for it.
Dinner was the same as usual, there were no tricks to speak of, and the soldiers in the battalion still ate in batches, but everyone's rations were increased. According to the above, the enemy army may come early tomorrow to attack, so let them eat more. In fact, the move was only to give those soldiers the strength to fight at night.
Because there may be enemy infiltration in the army, the matter of the beast attack plan is still hidden from the ordinary soldiers below, and before the plan is implemented, after dinner, the soldiers below will be on guard as usual, and they should rest and rest.
After dinner, the cold wind blew even stronger, and the biting chill made many soldiers bend their necks to find a place to rest. Those in charge of the guard shook their bodies in the cold wind one by one, but even so, they could not leave their posts.
Little by little, the weather gets worse and worse as the night falls. When there was only an hour left before the plan was executed, snowflakes finally fell from the sky, and the snow was not good news for the coalition forces, but it was not too bad, as long as the snow did not fall much tonight, they could still come and attack the city tomorrow.
For the Night Army, the snow had no effect on their implementation of the beast attack plan, because the flying snow could not hide the smell of giant soul incense, and the current snow was not large, and it could even be said that it had no impact on their plans at all.
Time was running out, Lin Xuanzhong didn't paced back and forth in his residence to relax, and was staying with Zhao Xu and the others at the moment. Before the war, Zhao Xu wanted a final explanation. Since Zhao Xu wanted to hand over all the command of the operation to Lin Xuanzhong, Lin Xuanzhong would replace Yan Nantian and Li Jianran at one time to lead the infantry battalion and arrow battalion soldiers, and the cavalry soldiers would be continued to be led by Zhang Daring.
The general battle plan has already been discussed, and according to Zhao Xu's meaning, when it comes to the battlefield, what Lin Xuanzhong has to do is to give the right order at the right time. For Lin Xuanzhong, it is undoubtedly another challenge, but there are too many challenges he has accepted recently, and with full preparation and clear purpose, Lin Xuanzhong no longer minds another challenge.
Since Lin Xuanzhong was allowed to be the leader of the two battalions, what Li Jianran and Yan Nantian had to do was to assist Lin Xuanzhong as much as possible. When Lin Xuanzhong made a mistake, the two had to give a reminder, and when Lin Xuanzhong needed help, the two had to help. According to Zhao Xu's intentions, tonight they will train Lin Xuanzhong into a qualified general in one go.
After accepting Zhao Xu's appointment, Lin Xuanzhong's status in the army rose again, and his position was close to the general above 10,000 people under one person, and his power had exceeded that of several main generals, and all the responsibilities he shouldered increased accordingly.
Tonight's battle is extremely huge, Zhao Xu will be there in person, and the rear of the night army will be guarded by Lan Feng and Fang Quyin. In any case, when the night army went out in a big way, the rear camp could not afford to lose.
When he received Zhao Xu's final instructions, Lin Xuanzhong noticed that the generals present were obviously a little nervous on their faces. Although the possibility of the success of the beast attack plan is very high, when it comes to actually implementing the plan, there will still be anxiety one by one.
At the moment of the war, those generals who were far older than him were no different from himself, and when he realized that his mood was similar to theirs, and then thought about the generals who were about to take command, Lin Xuanzhong did not feel much pressure.
The time before the implementation of the plan became shorter and shorter, and after Zhao Xu gave the last instructions, he asked the generals to return to their respective areas of responsibility to prepare for battle. After many generals were ordered to leave, Lin Xuanzhong saw that the time before the execution of their plan was getting shorter and shorter, but he had a feeling that this period of time was longer than the past ten days, Lin Xuanzhong's patience quickly wore off, and he became more eager.
For Lin Xuanzhong, going into battle to kill the enemy is no longer a problem he needs to worry about, and how to control the overall situation is the key at the moment. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and if the beast attack plan fails to play its maximum effect due to poor consideration, it is Lin Xuanzhong's dereliction of duty.
"General, the ground is about to collapse by you, can't you sit down and rest?" Lin Xuanzhong, who returned to his residence, had not yet sat at the table with Zhang Jiutian, Han Xuan, and Xue Yin for a while, and paced back and forth in the room as before, in order to relieve the anxiety in his heart, but Lin Xuanzhong had some effect, but it made Zhang Jiutian upset.
As if he hadn't heard Zhang Jiutian's voice, Lin Xuanzhong was still walking back and forth in that small area. When it came to the end, Lin Xuanzhong knew how difficult it was to be fearless. When his mood calmed down, some problems that he hadn't been able to think of before were thought of one after another, and because of his uneasiness, some of these small problems that would not interfere with the overall situation gradually evolved into important factors that could affect the overall situation in Lin Xuanzhong's mind.
As one question after another came to mind, before he knew it, Lin Xuanzhong was already in a cold sweat. Even if he heard Zhang Jiutian's voice just now, he must not have heard it clearly, so Lin Xuanzhong finally chose to ignore it.
"General, do you want to lose all your ambition before you go to the battlefield?" After waiting for a long time, seeing that Lin Xuanzhong finally turned a deaf ear to his words, Zhang Jiutian had no choice but to try another way.
Immediately after, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't reply, but his body stopped. Because he heard what Zhang Jiutian said, he still felt that there was some truth, so Lin Xuanzhong wanted to find a place to sit down and rest. But because of the small space in the house, it was a little cramped, and Lin Xuanzhong didn't want to go back to Zhang Jiutian and the others, so after thinking about it, he directly said to the three of them: "I'll go outside to cool off for a while, and you guys will wait in the house." Leaving such a sentence, Lin Xuanzhong opened the door directly and went out.