"Sir, what should Xiaotong say?" Zhao Tong felt that this was a very important task, and he was a little afraid that he would not be able to do it well.

"It's nothing, you just tell the truth, you can say whatever you know, it doesn't matter." Zhao Yingqi didn't really plan to ask Zhou Guo for ransom.

"Yes, Xiaotong is going now." Zhao Tong beat his horse and went to the front line.

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Today is the second day that Lian Yongding, that is, the second prince of Zhou Guo, came to Chunnei Road, and the second prince got up early on this day, and the chief of the guard brought horses for the second prince. The Zhou army, which had 30,000 men, was divided into two camps of 5,000 men in the front army, 15,000 camps in the middle army, and 5,000 camps in the rear army.

The rear army camp of the second prince is two miles away from the military camp of the Chinese army, and there are six or seven miles from the military tent of the second prince to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army of Li Yuanbai, the chief general of the Zhou army.

Wang Lin and Zhang Han with 15,000 elite cavalry rushed into the Chunnei Road, there has been no news for six days, this 15,000 elite cavalry is the descendant troops that he has spent a lot of effort to cultivate, Zhang Han is also he begged many times for his mother concubine finally begged from his father, I thought that after this battle against Shuo, I could try to win over Zhang Han, and I could also make great contributions, and offer a filial piety to my father's 855-year-old birthday at the beginning of the first month.

However, Wang Lin, as one of the few good generals under his disciples, would never have such a situation of not sending a message back for five or six days, and the second prince, who had already made a big bet, was very uneasy.

When the second prince reached the tent of the Chinese army, it was only three o'clock, the sky was still dark, the cold wind was howling, the Zhou army camped ten miles outside the spring road, just at the mouth of the spring road, the northwest wind was howling and rushed into the spring road, the second prince was tightly wrapped in his fashionable cloak, and the Chinese army camp only had swaying lights and patrols from time to time.

At this time, the captain on duty in the camp of the Chinese army came over, and the second prince asked for a long time, only to know that Li Yuanbai had not gotten up at this time, Li Yuanbai was the general of the Zhou State Army, and was one of the four major generals in charge of the army around the Zhou State and the British Mansion.

Li Yuanbai is already a sixty-three-year-old veteran, galloping on the battlefield for most of his life, no children under his knees, only a daughter at the age of forty-seven, is a staunch imperial general in the Zhou State, and has followed the left and right since the current Zhou State monarch was still a prince, so Li Yuanbai has a very high status in the Zhou State both in the court and in the army, and the second prince has to stand in the cold wind and wait.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Chinese army sounded the drum of the generals, which is a three-way drum, and the three-way drum will be spread throughout the whole army, and all the officers and superintendents of the front army, the Chinese army, and the rear army will gather in the big tent of the Chinese army, and they will not engage in military law at three minutes.

There is also a drum in the military system of the Zhou army, and a drum is also called a small gathering general, that is, the officers above the captain level and the governor Sima in the battalion gather to discuss matters.

The three drums were passed to two front army barracks and one rear army barracks along with the Chinese army, and the four barracks of the Zhou army were all running with the three drums, and the military Sima on duty in each part began to arrange the sentry guard shift, scout returns, make fires and make meals, feed horses, check the baggage, count the grain and straw, etc., and the captains and governors of each battalion hurriedly climbed on their horses and rushed to the Chinese army.

In less than an hour, a total of 18 captains and 21 governors of the whole army gathered outside the big tent of the Chinese army and greeted the second prince one after another.

"The general of the town army has arrived!" Just stuck at the point before Chenshi, a burly and gray-haired veteran with a Chinese character face appeared in front of the generals.

"Where is Sima the Governor of the whole army!" The veteran's voice was like thunder, very majestic.

"General of the Zhenzhen Army, the last general!" The first officer on the right, dressed in dark red scale armor, bowed his hand.

"Count the officers at all levels, collect the military and political affairs of each battalion, and arrange the inspection of the camp and the school! You are limited to three quarters of an hour to sort out the big tent of the Chinese army, there must be no mistakes! Li Yuanbai pinched his waist with his right hand and held his sword with his left hand, his chin swayed with the cold wind, and after looking around at the generals, he turned around and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Yes, the general of the town army is ordered!" The officer turned back and ordered loudly: "The two battalions of the front army, the large battalion of the middle army, and the large battalion of the rear army supervise Sima, quickly return to the superintendent Sima of all departments, check the situation of the school, report within two quarters of an hour, and the violator will be beheaded!" ”

This officer is Zhou Jing, the general of Zhou Guosi Pin Mingwei, who has been following Li Yuanbai for more than ten years, and is very clear about Li Yuanbai's habit of commanding the army.

The Chinese army quickly rushed out of five or six herald soldiers, the second prince stood in the first place on the left, behind him a row of generals and captains at all levels, and behind the right hand of the whole army governor Sima Zhou Jing is the governor of all levels Sima, starting from the second prince, one by one into the Chinese army tent, by the way at the door of the Chinese army tent to draw a charge, and the whole army governor Sima Zhou Jing stood solemnly at the door of the Chinese army tent, and watched every officer point with his own eyes.

Zhou Guo's order was required to be completed within the hour of Mao, and Li Yuanbai was accustomed to raising the account at the time of the hour, so he generally got up at four o'clock in the hour, beat the drum at the fifth o'clock to gather the generals, and at the eighth o'clock to enter the account at the time of the hour.

After all the officers were counted and drawn, Zhou Jing personally checked that it was correct and signed his name on the last line, and wrote a sentence "The inspection is correct", rolled up the paper and walked into the Chinese army's tent with both hands.

"The general of the town army, all the officers above the captain level of the army are here, and none of them are absent, please check the general of the town army!" Put the dotted paper on the handsome case and return to the first place in your right hand to stand.

After Li Yuanbai sat on the handsome case, the long sword on his waist just now had been placed on the shelf on the right hand of the handsome case, this is the imperial handsome sword, and on the left hand side is the imperial gift "Zhenjun General Seal", next to the imperial handsome sword is Li Yuanbai's saber Bai Hong, and next to the "Zhenjun General Seal" is the commander of the army tiger talisman.

Li Yuanbai didn't look at the dots and drawings on the handsome case, but stood up and directly began to assign tasks: "The two battalions of the front army each left 500 troops behind, the 4,000 troops of the Chinese army stayed behind, and the rear army 5,000 troops guarded the camp to prepare for battle, and the rest of the departments assembled in formation, the front army's 4,000 cavalry for the left flank, the Chinese army's 4,000 cavalry for the right flank, the Chinese army's 8,000 infantry for the front formation, the Chinese army's 4,000 cavalry for the rear formation, and the front pressure for six miles after the formation. The general demanded that the assembly be completed before four o'clock, and those who delay the military aircraft should be beheaded and sacrificed! ”

It was another dozen heralds that ordered the pro-soldiers to rush out of the Chinese army at least.

The second prince is in charge of the rear army, because of his status as the prince, he did not hold a military position, the second prince heard that the rear army of 5,000 troops was just guarding the camp to prepare for war, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "General Yu, is the 5,000 army of my rear army just guarding the camp?" ”

Li Yuanbai glanced at the second prince and replied, "Can't you hear the military war after you are ordered?" Just be ready to fight! ”

The second prince was very helpless, obviously because he didn't want him to participate in the war because of his status as a prince, and then the military war? There are three large battalions of the front army and the middle army in front, almost five or six miles away, so how unfavorable is the battle situation before it is their turn to participate in the war.

"General, the last general is willing to be a small soldier before and after the general." The second prince said that he would have to go to the front line, otherwise what would be the point of this battle.

"The second prince pays attention to the number of courtesies, the second prince is a prince, and he does not hold military positions, and the 'last general' is arrogant!" Li Yuanbai had already seen that the officers at all levels in the tent had already gone out of the account one after another to arrange military affairs, and he stood up and hung the sword Bai Hong on his waist to prepare for the battle.

"Yes, what the general taught is that the emperor ordered the emperor to go out with the general, learn the way of commanding the army, and ask the general to bring the lowly post with him, and the lowly duty but ask for the general's order to fall." The posture of the second prince was lower, he was too anxious about Wang Lin's 15,000 troops, and he had to go to the front line to watch the battle.

Li Yuanbai looked at the second prince and said helplessly: "Your Majesty does have a will, then follow the general and ask the second prince to supervise the battle with the army." ”

After Li Yuanbai finished speaking, he left the big tent of the Chinese army.

The second prince followed closely behind, got on the horse brought by the guards, and followed Li Yuanbai to Chun Nei Dao.

At six o'clock in the morning, the Zhou army had already prepared a battle formation, confronting the Shuo army and outside the Chun Inner Dao.

Li Yuanbai was in the rear, riding on a tall horse, and looked at the Shuo army's position four miles away from the front, and suddenly frowned.

The general flag on the Shuo army's position has been changed from the Guanzi flag to the Li Ziqi, and there are obviously a lot more soldiers than when they came to check yesterday, but I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 people.

Li Yuanbai stared at the Li Zi General Flag with red characters and blue background on the Shuo Army position, and then looked at the Li Zi Shuai Flag on the red background and yellow side of his black spot, and asked: "Who was the scout on duty last night?" ”

Sima Zhoujing, the governor on the side, hurriedly took out a painting booklet, checked it, and returned to Li Yuanbai.

Li Yuanbai ordered: "The Shuo army sent additional reinforcements last night and changed the commander-in-chief, but the scouts of our army did not know at all, and their crimes were not forgiven. ”

Beside him, Li Yuanbai's personal soldiers quickly took the horse and gave the order.

To say that Li Ping still has two brushes, he actually took over the position in the middle of the night without telling the Zhou army, which caught the Zhou army a little off guard.

The exit of Chunuchi Road is narrow, and the 20,000 troops ordered by Li Yuanbai may not be able to take Li Ping's 15,000 troops.

Li Yuanbai ordered two formations of 1,000 cavalry on the left and right to attack, and used a grappling hook to destroy the first earthen wall of the Shuo army.

Next is the scene of the tentative attack of the Zhou army that Zhao Yingqi saw on the lookout, the 2,000 cavalry of the Zhou army tried in vain to hook off the sandbags on the earthen wall with a grappling hook and then drag down the earthen wall, but with little success, and paid seven or eight hundred casualties.

The second prince looked at this earthen wall as if it had taken root, and two thousand cavalry could not drag it down, which was completely different from the earthen wall in his impression, and was very surprised, when did this Shuo army have this kind of fortification, it was really a great weakening for the Zhou army, which was almost full of cavalry.

"General, this earthen wall?" The second prince couldn't help but ask Li Yuanbai.

"The second prince don't panic, don't shake the heart of the army!" Li Yuanbai still looked calm.

"Yes, it's a gaffe." The second prince had to admit his mistake in a whisper, "But, what should I do with this earthen wall?" ”

"What to do? What can I do, if I can't fight, I'll attack the city! ”