Forty-three years of Emperor Yuanlie.

Winter December.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and in three days, it will be the "great cold" in the 24 solar terms.

The 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers stationed at the top of the Falling Dragon Cliff have eaten flea food, and after counting the days, there are about four or five days left, and it is the New Year.

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, it should have been a day of family reunion, but 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers stayed in a foreign land, conquered the Western Regions, destroyed Loulan, and lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge.

Think of it.

Many soldiers were full of food, and they couldn't help but feel a little homesick, they were outside, their parents, wives and children were in Kyushu.

"Huh?"

Jiang Chen suddenly felt a whim, and hurriedly glanced at the two thousand Qingzhou soldiers in the camp, and guessed their thoughts at the moment - homesickness has always been the most common phenomenon in the military.

Moreover.

A certain father-in-law surnamed Cao once said a wise saying:

"When people are hungry, they usually have only one trouble, but once they are full, there will be countless troubles, so many troubles are supported by being full!"

After pondering for a while, Jiang Chen came up with a way to solve the homesickness of the soldiers, but whether this method can be implemented or not must be approved by the general, and there is no need to worry.

"The top priority now is to probe the tone of the squad captain, when will the Qingzhou army attack the national capital?"

"After all, once the two thousand Qingzhou soldiers are far away, it is very likely that the Falling Dragon Village will be retaliated against, and I can't leave......"

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, raised his head, stared at the squad captain's eyes, and said with a smile:

"Master Ban, you should have come here more than just to congratulate me, right?"

Hear the words.

Only then did the squad lieutenant come back to his senses and sneered:

"I'm sorry, I patronized and talked about Zhang Ying and Zhang Longxiang, but I left the business behind."

"I came this time mainly for two things, which are related to you."

said.

The squad lieutenant took out a letter from the general from his bosom and said solemnly:

"The general plans to fly to attack the national capital within three days, this is the military order he issued to you, and it will be burned immediately after reading."

As soon as I heard this.

Jiang Chen's heart was hot, he took the handwritten letter and read it carefully.

The general meaning of the letter is:

From tomorrow,

The Qingzhou Army will adopt the strategy of encircling three and missing one,

From the east, west, and south sides of the capital of Loulan respectively,

The three Wuhou Hongwu, Liu Chuanzhi and Wei Anguo led thousands of Qingzhou troops to launch a surprise attack on three city walls at the same time!

This is one of the eight principles of using troops to fight a war listed in "The Art of War: Military Struggle" - the siege of the army must be que.

It means that when you encircle the enemy, you should leave a gap.

If the enemy is surrounded on all sides, it may cause the enemy commander to lose the idea of escape, and finally decide to fight to the death.

Opposite.

If a gap is deliberately left, it can make the enemy army vacillate between flight and death fighting, and at the same time, it will also demoralize the enemy soldiers.

Once the enemy abandons the city and flees, he can avoid the pain of siege and completely destroy the enemy army on the field battlefield.

In contrast, it is obviously much less difficult and costly to fight a fleeing enemy than to fight an enemy to the death.

What's more.

Leaving a gap is not to leave it alone, but to set up an ambush in the place where the enemy must flee, so that the enemy will fall into an ambush circle in the process of hasty escape.

The task of Jiang Chen and the 18th Battalion of Qingzhou is to establish a temporary defense line in Gujiao Mountain, the mountain range where the Falling Dragon Cliff is located, to block all invading enemies!

Although he lost a great opportunity to plunder the treasury of Loulan, the general also gave a promise:

The Loulan nobles who fled north, no matter how much family wealth they carried with them, could take seventy percent of their own wealth!

Other words.

How much money can be made, whether it is to drink wine and eat meat, or eat bran and drink thin, it all depends on Jiang Chen and the eighteenth battalion's own efforts!

"I see......"

"General, you have taken a fancy to my eyes......"

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly and immediately guessed the thoughts of the great general Wei Xuan.

Once the Qingzhou army launched an offensive from the east, south, and west, and there was a shortage of one of the three encirclements, there were bound to be Loulan nobles, large families and royal children, with a large amount of gold and silver, fleeing from the north.

If an ordinary battalion is dispatched, but only 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers, sprinkled on the vast Beijiao Mountain, it is like chili noodles sprinkled in the pond water, and it can't be boiled into fish soup at all;

It would be too much of a waste of troops to send a partial division.

Therefore.

Jiang Chen, who has "Guancang Sea + Greedy Wolf Star Power + Clairmark Decoction Blessing", has become the best solution.

Jiang Chen's vision is terrifying, standing on a high place and looking into the distance, he can even see the mosquitoes and flies flying in mid-air thirty miles away, is it male or female?

It can be called:

Keep an eye on it!

With such a terrifying eyesight, no matter how clever and good at escaping, if they escape from the country, they will fly separately when they are in trouble, and they will never be able to hide Jiang Chen's pair of thousand miles.

Then.

Seeing that Jiang Chen had finished reading, the squad lieutenant took out a fire fold from his arms and said, "Lord Jiang, since you have finished reading it, please burn it as soon as possible to avoid leakage." ”

Hear this.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to hold the general's handwritten letter, and instantly ignited the letter paper in his hand with majestic blood, and in the blink of an eye, it was burned out.

"Hiss~"

The squad lieutenant gasped and said with some surprise:

"Master Jiang, when did you have such a strong qi and blood?"

"Qi and blood are heating up like fire, is that a means that only a strong person can have?"

He had long known that Jiang Chen's progress was rapid, and he had even heard that Jiang Chen had killed fierce beasts many times when he was in Xili City, but with some rituals and treasures, there was also the possibility of overstepping the level of battle.

But now, just the qi and blood itself, Jiang Chen has actually reached the level of a true general?

"Is this a real genius?"

The squad lieutenant thought slightly frustrated.

He originally thought that he had obtained the inheritance of the Marquis of Dingyuan, and he should be able to catch up with Jiang Chen, who was still a scholar, in a short period of time, but now it seems that he ......

The gap is even bigger!

Jiang Chen smiled indifferently, patted the squad lieutenant on the shoulder, and seemed to comfort:

"People are different from human physiques, and they can't be generalized!"

“……”

The squad lieutenant was speechless.

Glancing at the battered squad lieutenant, Jiang Chen took the initiative to change the topic:

"You just said that there are two main things for you to come today?"

"Oh yes, yes, yes!"

The squad lieutenant woke up suddenly, and hurriedly took out a brand new set of military attache robes, bronze seals, longbows, documents, and land deeds from the pocket of the sweaty BMW beside him.

He chuckled and said:

"It stands to reason that the commander should be personally rewarded and appointed by the general."

"But now, the battle of the New Year Pass is imminent, and the three martial marquis can't pull out, so I can only do it for me, Lord Jiang won't mind, right?"

Jiang Chen suddenly understood why he sent the squad lieutenant to serve as the herald cavalry?

Just because of the word "status".

There are 1,000 people under the command of the commander, which is equivalent to one-thirtieth of the total number of Qingzhou soldiers, and he is the real backbone force.

It would be disrespectful to send a herald cavalry at will.

But on the contrary!

The three martial marquis-level figures couldn't get out of their ways, so they could only choose another person with a higher status to come and confer the position of commander of the thousand.

Han Cheng Qin system.

Wei Cheng Han system.

The David-Wu Dynasty also recognized the virtuous ministers and famous generals of the Han and Qin dynasties.

As the inheritor of the Marquis of Dingyuan, although his strength is relatively limited, he also has a high status.

The general specially sent squad lieutenants to confer the rank of commander of the thousand,

It also means:

With Jiang Chen's growth along the way, he became the "thirtieth" of the Qingzhou Army and was valued and respected by the Qingzhou Army.

This moment.

The two thousand Qingzhou soldiers in the camp couldn't help but try their best to stretch their necks, looking lively.

"Pay attention, it's a military attache robe with crimson and blue, white and blue with iron is a hundred generals, a big red with green is five hundred masters, and a deep red with green is a thousand commanders!"

"Oh, Master Jiang Five Hundred, no, I will change my name to Commander Jiang in the future!"

"Look, Lord Ban Lieutenant took out a stack of field deeds from the entrainment, dozens of them!"

"Envy~"

"If you go up another level, you'll be a captain, right?"

Listen to the whispers of many soldiers.

The squad lieutenant raised his head with his chest straight, stared at Jiang Chen's face, and said loudly:

"Master Jiang Five Hundred, after receiving this robe, longbow, seal and paperwork, you are the commander of the 18th battalion in Qingzhou."

Soldiers have always hated red tape.

So.

Wearing new clothes, hanging new knives, and handing over military seals and documents are the etiquette of the commander level, simple and simple.

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"Shouldn't it be a knife?"

The squad lieutenant smiled slightly:

"Lord Jiang, you originally said, 'The big husband has no other ambitions, and he should still follow Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian to make meritorious contributions to foreign lands, so as to win the title of marquis, and An can write for a long time?" , Ban still remembers it vividly. ”

"So."

"When I heard that you lacked a good bow, I took it upon myself to find some connections and helped you change to a medium-grade Red Soul Bow, how about it?"

Hear this.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked at the eyes of the squad captain, and was a little eager, and laughed:

"I've always disliked Rausch's resignation, pushing back and forth, it's really boring."

"This bow is exactly what I urgently need, so I won't be polite to you and accept it."

said.

Jiang Chen stretched out his hand and took the slightly heated Red Soul Bow from the squad captain's hand.

This bow has a maximum pulling force of 65 stones, and has the life number of "wood makes fire", which can greatly increase the power of arrows through spontaneous combustion.

The strongest of the many fierce beasts in Xili City, the winged tiger wing general, and the parasitic of the Colorful Snake Monarch's divine soul, Captain Feng Wu, are all dead souls under the Red Soul bow and arrow!

Of course.

The damage of three consecutive treasure bows also made the Qingzhou army secretly give Jiang Chen a new nickname - "Killing Bow Captain"!

Jiang Chen secretly swore that:

"This time, definitely!"

"I'll cherish it this time!"

After swearing, Jiang Chen stroked the familiar bow body, his heart was itching, he raised his hand and took out an arrow from the storage bag, and his eyes scanned the huge Beijiao Mountain back and forth, looking for prey.

Soon.

In the southwest direction, halfway up the mountain three thousand zhang away, he found a bison from the Western Regions, whose skin was blood-red, obviously favored by the Seven Killing Stars, and had been a spirit for a long time.

At this time.

The bison of the Western Regions were nibbling on wildflowers, unaware that they had been targeted by some extremely terrifying creature.

The next moment!

Jiang Chen's bow pulls the full moon, and the arrow is like a thunderbolt!

An arrow with terrifying power shot at the bison of the Western Regions thousands of feet away.

Rumble!

The moment the arrow broke through the air, there were bursts of ripples in mid-air, and every time it swept a distance, a wave of white air exploded!

The tremor was as loud as thunder!

And when the arrow was like a meteor and flew to the side of the bison in the Western Regions, the sound of the arrow breaking through the air still did not reach the ears of the ox.

This means one thing:

The speed of this arrow seems to have surpassed the speed of sound!

Connection.

In the Qingzhou army, most of the Qingzhou soldiers who were good at using bows and crossbows widened their eyes and shouted, "Commander Jiang is terrifying!" ”

The squad lieutenant also exclaimed:

"Good archery, in the Qingzhou Army, those who can break through the qi miasma are probably less than two palms."

With a "poof" sound, the arrow passed through the cow's brain.

Blood Splash!

Without even making a single movement, the bison of the Western Regions lost his life in an instant and died on the ground.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen said with a little satisfaction:

"Well, that's good."

"The craft has improved."

"Xiao Wu, Gongsun Hu, go to the southwest, halfway up the mountain, bring the prey back, today at noon, we will eat roast whole beef!"

"Yes, sir!"

The two of them responded in unison, and quickly ran in the direction Jiang Chen pointed.

Jiang Chen was in a rather happy mood, casually put away the Red Soul Bow, and turned to look at the squad captain:

"You can go on."

The squad lieutenant nodded, stretched out his hand to put on a brand-new military attache robe for the "current Jiang Five Hundred Lords, the upcoming Jiang Thousand Commanders", and replaced the original copper seal with a bronze seal.

The essence of the military seal is the control of the soldiers.

The highest-level military seal is undoubtedly a tiger talisman, which is a token of the emperor's granting of military power to his subordinates and the transfer of troops.

Although the bronze military seal distributed by the Qingzhou Army is made of ordinary bronze, in terms of meaning alone, it is a hundred times better than the military attache robe!

Then.

The squad lieutenant held the investiture document in both hands, solemnly placed it on Jiang Chen's palm, and said loudly:

"Five hundred lord Jiang Chen, you have repeatedly made military exploits, fought in the east and west, and helped the Qingzhou army to capture two cities in a row, so you were officially promoted to the commander of Qingzhou.

The rank ratio is from the six grades, official robes, waist cards, sabers, seals, and swords, all of which are supplied, and the quota of Qingzhou soldiers is 1,000, and the pro-soldiers are 50, and the military field is rewarded with 3,000 acres, all of which are readily available.

I hope you will make persistent efforts and make great contributions to my Qingzhou Army! ”

Jiang Chen's heart was excited, and he took two deep breaths before suppressing his emotions.

From today on, he will be a thousand-commander, and he is only one step away from the real power core of the Qingzhou Army, the captain of the first battalion, no matter how hard he works and becomes a general, it is very possible!

Then.

The 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers present also cheered in unison, and they all changed their titles.

From "Jiang Five Hundred Masters" to "Jiang Thousand Masters", the tone has become more and more respectful, which is the natural respect of ordinary soldiers for their superiors.

At last.

The squad lieutenant held a thick stack of field deeds in his hand and laughed softly:

"The general is quite concerned about you, and I have heard from your distant relative Chen Buyu that Chen Sheng Township, Pingshou County, the Sheng clan, once plotted to seize the land left by your parents, so the 3,000 acres of land deed, he made the decision for you, and all the fields of the Sheng family were annexed."

The corners of Jiang Chen's mouth rose slightly.

In a month at most, the news of his promotion to commander will be transmitted back to Qingzhou.

By that time,

That damned tax collector Sheng Zhongxian,

I'm afraid that I will be connected by my own blood...... Peeling cramps!

(End of chapter)