"Know each other and know yourself, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, you will know yourself without knowing each other, you will win and lose, you will die in every battle."

This passage is from the article "The Art of War: Strategy".

Roughly speaking, if you can understand yourself deeply and at the same time have a comprehensive understanding of the enemy, you will win every battle. Otherwise, every battle will be lost.

So, you can imagine it.

What kind of mood would a commander feel in his heart when he lost the trace of his enemies in a situation like the present.

But the more this happens, the more you need to find out the traces of this enemy army.

Wen Jiming asked Jiang Yan to inform the Ming Military Department and use all existing resources to inquire about all the movements of this army.

Although Wen Jiming's main force stagnated for a while because it could not detect the traces of the enemy on the opposite side, the other six legions of the Ming Empire continued to advance towards the territory of Great Xia in several other directions according to the established phalanx.

On June 3rd, the Fourth Army of the Ming Empire crossed the border and attacked Fuping County of the Great Xia Dynasty at about one o'clock at noon.

The princes of Fuping County have already led his army to flee in advance!

The same thing happened to the Sixth and Seventh Legions and the Ninth Legion, when their armies entered Gaotang County, Danyang County and Ancheng County, they also found that the princes here had disappeared with their own armies.

This strange situation affected the offensive of the entire Ming Empire, and the military headquarters immediately ordered all the legions to stop continuing the attack, set up fortifications on the spot, and wait for the order of the military headquarters.

Obviously, until now, there are still quite a few princes of Great Xia who still have illusions about the Great Xia court!

Obviously, these princes gave up the defense of their own territory, and chose to gather a large army somewhere to prepare for a fatal blow to the Ming army.

In this way, the military deployment of the Ming Empire immediately appeared to be passive, and the enemy was dark and clear. And the battle line of the Ming Empire is very long, and it is possible that Daxia will concentrate superior forces at any time and break a little.

It is absolutely impossible to retreat, and the only way now is to use all intelligence personnel as much as possible to find out the enemy's clues, so as to find out the direction of the main force of Great Xia in advance.

For the whole day of the following June 3rd, the Ming military, including Wen Jiming, had been spending time in a certain anxious mood.

What made them a little fortunate was that there were no accidents all day, but at night, all the military dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty fell asleep with a sigh of relief. Hopefully there will be good news tomorrow.

June 4th, Changshan County.

Wen Jiming's whole family was temporarily placed in the former county lord's mansion in Changshan City at this time.

Since everyone was doing nothing, after waking up in the morning, the family sat in the yard and began to play cards, passing the time boredly.

A four-way battle!

Wen Jiming himself is on the side, Jiang Yan and Jiang Rong are on the side, Karina and the witch girls are on the side, and the rest is the signatory led by Xiao Lola.

It hasn't been around for long.

Boss Wen was already quite embarrassed.

Now, with notes all over his face, and not even a single Allies or anyone to help him shout 666, it's pathetic.

Jiang Yan, who has won the most times, is in high spirits at this time!

I saw that she didn't hesitate and played a deck of cards directly.

"Four tens, seven and eight, who wants?"

As soon as the words fell, little Lola shouted.

"I, I, I! Four J's with five and six, does anyone want it? ”

Karina's side.

"Four queens with sixes and sevens."

Holding a bad deck of cards in his hand, the face of life at this time is not very good, actually dizzy and shouted the highest score, and then get a bad card!

I can't live this day!

Boss Wen made a weak voice.

"Nope."

Jiang Yan played a deck of cards with a smile, and then said in a milky voice.

"Four Kings with nine and ten, who wants it?"

Wen Jiming doesn't care anymore, there is no way these people are too arrogant.

Especially Jiang Yan, who has at least four Zhang Er and two big cats in his hands, and then he is so embarrassed!

And the cards in his hand are not even an ace except for a kitten!

Who's going to save me!

As soon as he thought of this, he saw Jiang Yan running up from the outside in a hurry, and before he could run to Wen Jiming, he shouted loudly.

"Husband, I found a clue!"

Wen Jiming was overjoyed!

"Great! You wait for me! ”

After that, he threw the cards in his hand on the table and said to a few girls who were about to pout.

"What, military affairs matter! You guys play by yourself, I'll come when I go! ”

After speaking, he hurriedly pulled Jiang Yan and ran outside the gate.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, Master Wen, who finally escaped, put his mind at ease, turned his head and said to Jian Yan.

"Fortunately, baby, you came in time, otherwise this one would have died miserably!"

Jiang Yan smiled while eating, and at the same time reached out to help Wen Jiming and removed the note on his face.

After Lord Wen cleaned up his dignity, he asked Jiang Yan.

"What clues have you found?"

Jiang Yan took all the notes in Wen Jiming's hand into her hand, and then said to Wen Jiming.

"Our spies in the capital city of Daxia Diqiu got the news that in the second half of the night of June 1st, an army of hundreds of thousands set off from the military camp in Diqiu and came in our direction, and it is said that someone saw a professional flying in the sky at that time."

"Later, after many inquiries, they found out that the number of soldiers in the camp in the capital of Great Xia should be less than 100,000, plus the guards in the Great Xia Palace, the garrison of Emperor Qiu should be about 150,000."

After Wen Jiming heard this, he immediately came to his own judgment!

According to previous information, there were at least 800,000 troops living in the camp in the capital of Great Xia, and now there are less than 100,000 left, indicating that the Great Xia court sent an army of at least 700,000 people.

Obviously, the thousands of professionals also set off with this army at the same time.

Since this army is coming in its own direction, and it does not appear in Changshan County now, it is very likely that it met the soldiers who fled before, and got the news of the Ming army from their mouths.

So the reason why this army was not discovered by the Ming spies is that they thought that the Ming army would continue to advance and then ambush there in a hidden area, wanting to give the main army of the Ming Dynasty a surprise attack.

The more Wen Jiming analyzed, the more he felt that his thinking was very likely to be in the right direction, and he immediately asked Jiang Yan.

"Any other news?"

"Yes, the secret agent heard some rumors from Xiping County in front, saying that a large number of vehicles transporting grain came to Xiping County yesterday, and directly entered the logistics barracks of Xiping County, which should be the grain and grass transported there by the Great Xia Imperial Court."

That's right! This means that this army is very likely to be lurking somewhere in Xiping County, so what they are waiting for is very questionable.

He has stopped all military operations on his side, and even if the Ming side can't wait for news today, then he will inquire about it tomorrow.

Since they are standing still now, they are either waiting for themselves or waiting for more reinforcements.

Wait a minute! Reinforcements!

Thinking of this, Wen Jiming suddenly remembered the armies of the missing princes, and he suddenly felt that he had finally found the cause and effect of the whole thing!

It should be reinforcements!

Great Xia lost an army of more than 500,000 people, so it felt that the current strength was not sure of victory, so it secretly dispatched troops and prepared to assemble to deal a heavy blow to Wen Jiming's main army.

If you analyze it according to this line of thought, then all the reasons can be explained.

Wen Jiming roughly said his thoughts to Jiang Yan, and then continued.

"That's just my guess, not for sure. It's better to let the three army commanders send out the special forces as well, and even take our spies to Xiping County to reconnoitre, and try to go to the woods and hilly areas where ambushes are easy to set up, and see if we can find something. ”

"Be sure to tell them that they can't reveal their whereabouts, and when they find an enemy, they try to reconnoiter as stealthily as possible, and don't surprise the snake!"