The three-day battle of attack and defense finally came to an end, and the eighteen troops and horses finally decided that three of the victors entered the final free battle.

Xu Guangzuo's personal guard battalion defeated the Guoyong battalion with a bye on the last round, it is not an exaggeration to say that his soldiers were not bloody, the Guoyong battalion charged and attacked on the hillside, and was sent out by Xu Guangzuo's personal guard battalion with bows and arrows on the hillside, and then more than 200 people were sent out when attacking the walled wall, and there was no suspense in the subsequent battle. For this kind of tactics, everyone can only slander in their hearts, but after all, people fight well, and they can't say that there is anything greasy in it.

The Fenwu battalion faced the Xuanfu Zhongwei, and Zhang Lun drew a good sign to defend the walled fort, but Zhang Lun gave up the advantages of the high wall of the walled fort out of fairness considerations, and led his troops and horses to the bottom of the mountain to have a real battle with the Xuanfu Zhongwei. A contest of guns. In the end, the Fenwu battalion narrowly won the victory with a slight advantage. Zhang Lun's move made Zhengde and the ministers and even all the generals who participated in the competition extremely admired, and everyone praised the British public generals for their gentlemanly demeanor, unwilling to take advantage of the victory, and the promotion of the Fenwu battalion was well deserved.

For this, Song Nan scoffed, and in front of Zhang Lun, Song Nan also mercilessly ridiculed: "Uncle, you are stupid to do this in actual combat, don't you often study the Art of War?" That's how you were taught to be brave and ruthless? ”

Zhang Lun didn't refute either, and said with a smile: "I naturally know that this is inappropriate, the art of war: the soldier is treacherous, so he can't show it, he can't show it, he doesn't use it, he shows it far away, and he shows it near when it's far." Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave. Attacking it unprepared and taking it by surprise is the essence; I did this against the principles of the art of war, but I just used this to tell some people that the soldiers and horses brought out by my Zhang Lun are not waste, and I Zhang Lun is not a person who lives on the shadow of my ancestors, I just want to prove something. ”

Song Nan also has nothing to say, Zhang Lun has indeed proved himself, this big competition has been carried out until now, Zhang Lun's appearance is remarkable, Zhang Lun has been very silent since he was considered incompetent for the position of governor of the regiment and battalion, and this time he broke out in silence.

The most controversial winner is Song Nan's Shenshu Camp, if you say that the Shenshu Camp is beautiful, there seems to be nothing to talk about; If you say that the Shenshu camp is useless, it is obviously not right, people see one to destroy the other, and the battle loss ratio is extremely low, it is simply effortless. But even so, everyone always felt a little unconvinced. After all, the Divine Pivot Battalion has not yet shown truly convincing combat power, and all the previous victories are only due to the fact that this army has a scheming commander and an unguardable brain.

Moreover, for Song Nan's disgusting feeling that he likes to draw things on the face of the loser, the generals scolded everywhere, and if he wins, he will win, why should he be humiliated like this, which shows that this person is not very powerful.

Song Nan disdained these secret discussions, he knew that the free battle behind was the main event, Xu Guangzuo's regimental battalion, the Fenwu battalion and his own Shenshu battalion entered the free battle link, and the shape was quite subtle; The three parties are fighting their own battles, attacking freely, and deciding the last winner, but in fact, there are connections between Song Nan and Zhang Lun, and between Zhang Lun and Xu Guangzuo. One is a sworn friend on the same boat, and the other is fighting for the honor of the regiment and battalion, and the twists and turns make people can't help but speculate.

Three days later, the army moved from the Badaling Great Wall to the northern suburbs of Daxiaochang, which was the main venue for free battles, and the three soldiers and horses had to rest for a while before starting the final battle.

Under the advice of the ministers, the rules were revised again, first of all, it was forbidden for two soldiers and horses to form an alliance to attack and kill the other, and once such a situation was discovered, the judgment was made; It is said that this article is a modification of the rules proposed by Xu Guangzuo, it seems that Xu Guangzuo is very worried that Song Nan and Zhang Lun will join forces to do themselves, but in fact, Song Nan knows very well in his heart, with Zhang Lun's character, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen, and Zhang Lun will not release water to himself, Zhang Lun's momentum in this big competition is to win the championship to prove himself, and this is still his highest goal so far.

The second rule of change is that once the two sides are engaged in the battle, the other soldier is not allowed to participate in it, and after the battle, the victor side will refill the number of troops and enter the battle, and will be given half a day to recuperate. This rule is still very necessary, to put an end to the idea that one side sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight and reaps the benefits of the fisherman, even if only 499 of the 500 soldiers and horses remain, as long as it is the victorious side, it will be restored to the same strength as the other side after the battle, and can get valuable rest time.

After a qiē was ready, the free attack competition finally kicked off, under the heavy night, the horn in the camp whined, and the three soldiers and horses marched in three directions, the purpose was not to let either side know the location of the other party, and the mountains and valleys within a radius of ten miles around the school field will be the battle site, and the target of five hundred soldiers and horses is not too big, if you want to hide, it is not easy to find.

The direction of the Shenshu camp is northwest, and the distance of five or six miles after leaving the school field is a barren mountain range, and Song Nan immediately ordered someone to find a ravine and set up a tent to sleep; Jiang Bin and Xu Taijian walked further north, but Song Nan resolutely disagreed, and only ordered a dozen soldiers to turn back on horseback and inquire about the news in all directions.

In the middle of the night, all the soldiers of the Shenshu battalion were suddenly woken up, and Song Nan was already standing in the valley in the firelight, and after the soldiers got up and lined up in confusion, they couldn't believe their ears when they heard the order given by Song Nan.

"Tanma learned that there is a group of men and horses in Eagle Mountain, twenty miles to the east, who they are not yet known, but no matter who they are, we will first take them to the knife, immediately reassemble, and set out in a quarter of an hour, and must rush to Eagle Mountain before the fifth watch."

Who would have thought that this was the night of the first day, and only four hours had passed before the official start, and Lord Song was already about to start, generally speaking, the three soldiers and horses on the first night were just trying to hide and investigate. Although it seems that there is no benefit to be gained from the wait-and-see, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that it is always disadvantageous to fight first. Half a day's time to recover is a problem, and it may be necessary to transfer troops from the large battalion to replenish them, because it is easy to break legs and feet in hand-to-hand combat, and these additional soldiers are also exhausted back and forth.

"Jiang Bin Xu Tai, you two take two hundred brothers to set off first, be sure to touch the other party's sentry, if the other party finds out, immediately give up this operation. If one qiē shun lì, we will attack the camp when I arrive with people. Whoever it is, eat what they're talking about. ”

Jiang Bin and Xu Tai fought each other, and they hadn't fought at night for many years, although this was just a drill competition, but this scene brought back the memories of the two when they fought with Tartar in the border town, and the two were excited.

In a sound of reprimand, Jiang Bin and Xu Tai took two hundred people to march east, and a quarter of an hour later, Song Nan led three hundred soldiers out of the valley and disappeared into the vast night.

On the fourth watch, the flat land in front of it is mountainous, and it has entered the range of Eagle Mountain, and there has been no movement in the night ahead, neither signal nor alarm, Song Nan knows that this is a good thing, at least it shows that Jiang Bin and Xu Tai have not been discovered by the other party; Soon after, there was movement in front, and after the code, a flag officer who turned back to report the news was brought to Song Nan.

"Lord Yu, Lord Jiang and Lord Xu ordered the villain to turn around and report the news, the valley ahead found traces of enemy soldiers, and the three mountain sentries have been eliminated, Lord Jiang and Lord Xu want the adults to speed up, so as not to be detected by the enemy changing posts."

Song Nan nodded and waved his hand and ordered: "The whole army is speeding up, the backpack is in place, and it will be picked up when it is dawn." The crowd complied with the order, piling up all the food tents and other backpack supplies under a dark hillside and moving forward lightly.

Song Nan suddenly remembered something and asked the little flag officer who reported the news: "Whose soldiers and horses are in the valley?" ”

The little flag official said: "Lord Hou, it is the martial arts camp of the British Duke." ”

Song Nan was stunned and speechless.

"Master Hou, since it's a Fenwu camp, do we still want to sneak attack?" Someone asked while figuring out Song Nan's thoughts.

"Why not? Let them go now, they will still fight in the future, my eldest brother will not let me go, it is better for me to send my eldest brother back to the house for tea, he has lost weight in the past few days, my eldest sister-in-law will definitely feel distressed, I am also doing a good deed. ”

The soldiers' eyes rolled to the ground.