Zeguo entered the war map, and the people were happy to be happy. Relying on the words of the king to seal the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither.

It is rumored that the First World War was full of sorrow, and the strong troops on both sides of the strait have not stopped. Whoever says that Cangjiang is always fine, and there has been a long blood struggle recently.

Late Tang Dynasty poet Cao Song's seven-word poem exhausted the cruelty of war, it is not a good thing for the people, soldiers and generals, at this moment Li Xiuning is riding side by side with Luo Yu, listening to him read this poem in a desolate tone, I can't help but feel a little melancholy, yes, a success will be a thousand bones, throughout the ages, how many names will be filled with human lives? How can there be immortals in war? If you don't fight, people will come to your house and bully you, take everything from your house, and then insult you and kill you.

Whether it is angry and resisting, or saying that it is helpless, in order to protect the family and defend the country, she has to fight, she has seen the power of gunpowder, and if that kind of weapon is put on the battlefield in the future, more people will die.

After the whole army counted the number of people yesterday, there were 66 people missing, except for the special combat troops sent out and the dozen or so people who died during the attack on Jiezhou, all of them came from Xue Li's raiding army, and the number of wounded reached 120, and the loss of 20 horses was killed, all of whom were killed by arrows.

Normally, this loss is not a big loss, but Xue Li blamed himself very much, he blamed himself for not sending scouts to check the situation, so he recklessly brought the soldiers and horses into the enemy position, and he was responsible for all the dead and wounded more than 100 brothers, so he came to Li Xiuning and Luo Yu with thorns on his back and blood on his back.

Looking at Xue Li, who was kneeling on his knees and pleading guilty, Li Xiuning hurriedly said, "Why are you doing this?" Luo Yu didn't speak, this is Li Xiuning's business.

Xue Li said guiltily: "My subordinates have been entrusted by the general, so I have come to ask for guilt!" ”

Luo Yu got off the horse, stretched out his hand to help Xue Li up, helped him loosen the thorns tied to his back, and wiped the blood stains on his back, Li Xiuning said: "Before you set off, what did you tell you about joining the army?" ”

Xue Li was puzzled: "The army said that his subordinates would adapt to the situation on the battlefield and break through Xia County, and his subordinates failed to complete the tasks assigned by the army......

Li Xiuning said: "Since you have accepted the military order, why don't you want to try to complete it?" Xu Shiji, who was next to her, just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Li Xiuning raising her hand, she wanted to know how Xue Li made the decision to retreat without receiving the retreat order.

Xue Li said: "The terrain of Xia County is special, not suitable as a place for grain and grass transit, even if the subordinates find that even if the city is broken, as long as a partial division is ambushed at the exit of the valley, our grain and grass may not be transported, and there is a risk of being surrounded by counter-encirclement, so the subordinates immediately decided that they did not break the city, but ordered the withdrawal of the army......

Li Xiuning admired it in his eyes, but said in his mouth: "Before returning to the military temple from Xia County, why didn't you send scouts to explore the way?" If you found out that the temple was occupied by enemy troops, would you come so carelessly? Won't there be so many brothers sacrificed? ”

After Xue Li heard this, his heart was painful, he closed his eyes, and the dozens of cavalrymen were still moving forward bravely when they were dying, protecting the brothers behind him, and he saw that they did not hesitate to block the long arrows fired at the other brothers, and his face was resolute and decisive.

Tears flowed uncontrollably, Xue Li knelt on the ground again, and then Li Xiuning said softly: "People are not sages, who can do nothing, you can adapt to the situation when we have no news, and take everyone to withdraw from the place of death, this is already a great achievement, although there are mistakes, but for us to save more strength, in the future, three thousand cavalry will be handed over to you to command, and you will be promoted to the captain of the school, known as the assault army, can you be confident?" ”

Xue Li glanced at Li Xiuning blankly, then at Luo Yu, and saw that he was nodding with a smile, came back to his senses, and hurriedly saluted: "No!" The subordinates will live up to the general's trust. ”

Luo Yu pulled Xue Li up, patted him on the shoulder, and ordered the military doctor to give him medicine, and then got on the horse and followed the team forward.

Captain Rong is a military attache from the nine grades, this is also the highest military rank that Li Xiuning can apply to the court, and it is the authentic military rank of the court of the imperial court, and now Xue Li has jumped from a white Ding to an official, don't look at Luo Yu as a member of the army, but he is still a white Ding.

Xue Li hurriedly knelt on his knees again, thanked him in his mouth, and thought about how to repay Li Xiuning's great kindness.

In order not to expose the target, at the foot of this Zhongtiao Mountain, I didn't dare to light a torch, there was no way, it was unrealistic to set up a tent here, so I had to rest in the open air, seventy or eighty thousand people lined up into a five-mile-long human wall, and the grain and grass were also full of people, in order to keep warm, three or four people leaned close together, snuggling with each other.

The team of tens of thousands of people can't even eat a mouthful of hot food in order to hide it, and the reason for this situation is Luo Yu, who takes it for granted, thinks he is thoughtful, and he learned a little from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to give advice, and he also said that the poison is better than arson, and the loss is better than starvation.

The special combat team members who monitored Wang Bodang's rebels in Shaanzhou came back, and he brought back a good news, because of the limited number of ships, they only spent 3,000 people during the day today, and together with the 1,000 people who were wiped out, there were only 4,000 people, which posed no threat to the Zuowu army, and now they were afraid that Dou Jiande would borrow troops from elsewhere to come.

The wind is very cold, it is also very fast, it is whistling to take away every trace of heat, today is the twelfth of February, there is a bright moon in the sky with a little horn missing, it seems that the weather on the other side of the earth is good, through the faint moonlight, I saw the war horse spewing out a large cloud of white gas from the mouth and nose, the sergeants unconsciously close together, from time to time there was the sound of hazing and rubbing hands.

When I came to Li Xiuning, I saw that she was looking at the map by the moonlight, under the helmet, the scattered drifting sea swayed left and right with the wind, rubbing her hands from time to time, Luo Yu was so distressed, he hurriedly called a few special combat team members, gathered in a circle, regulated her to block the cold wind, took out her mobile phone, turned on the phone, fortunately, 92% of the remaining electricity, and then turned on the flashlight to illuminate her.

I have always been afraid that the mobile phone will run out of power, although the power bank can still be used once or twice, but in this era, this is a non-renewable resource, use a little less, and it is better to keep it as a last resort. In this situation, if you want to find a way to break through, you don't have to dig your own grave.

An orange light shines on the map through Luo Yu's fingers, and the flashlight of the mobile phone is astigmatism, so Luo Yu blocks the light source with a finger and leaves a finger slit to transmit the light, and the four fingers and half of the palm are reflected in orange.

Li Xiuning glanced at Luo Yu happily, but he didn't expect this little thing to have this effect, lowered his head again, and gestured on the map with his finger through the bright light.

From the current location to Yuanxian and then to Jincheng, there are three roads to go, one is to cross Zhongtiao Mountain, cross Sijiao, Maojiawan to reach Yuanxian, and then cross the main vein of Wangwu Mountain, depending on the situation to take Yangcheng, arrive at the periphery of Jincheng, this road is about 180 miles, it is the most recent and the most dangerous, all the way to the cliffs, it is difficult to pass through the people and horses, do not consider it for the time being; The second is to go north to Xia County again, along the official road at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain through three towns and towns to reach Yuan County, on the section of the road is about 260 miles, far is far away, the victory is that the road is flat, people and horses can easily pass; The third is to take the road to the south, meet Wang Bodang's rebels, lean on the Yellow River while fighting, and then follow the Yellow River to the east, after arriving at the ancient city. It is still necessary to cross the main vein of the royal house to reach Jincheng, and this section of the road is three hundred and fifty miles.

The first two roads have to pass through the hinterland of the Dou army, not to mention the current situation, even if the Dou army is blind, it is possible to bump into the right military army, and then be surrounded and suppressed; The last road will not work at all, and in terms of distance, it will not be the best choice, not to mention that you have to fight against the water, it is too dangerous, and one will be driven into the Yellow River to feed Wang Ba if you are not careful.

In other words, no matter which way you go to Jincheng, it is a dead end, so what's the point of struggling now? Li Xiuning frowned, she was thinking about how to break the game.

Few people know about the appearance of black gunpowder, the gate of Jiezhou was blown up and collapsed, except for the ground shaking the mountains, no one saw the ignition of Zuoping, most of the people in the right military army thought that it was the help of the gods, and the generals who had the help of the gods were afraid that they would not be able to win the battle? And few people in the assault team knew about the existence of black gunpowder, when they retreated from Xia County, they didn't see what was going on with the loud noise behind them, and thought it was a thunderstorm on dry land.

Luo Yu doesn't think about those meaningless things now, since he can't get to Jincheng, then don't go, Zhongtiao Mountain is rich in products, the ditch is deep and the trees are lush, it is a good place to fight guerrillas, at least don't worry about food and grass. As for the military order, don't mention it, Yang Guang should now compete with Wang Bo in Xuzhou, in the territory of the Great Sui State, the beacon smoke is everywhere, and it's not that their army doesn't listen to orders, they are all fighting on their own, and some generals see that the troubled times are coming, and they are even recruiting troops and expanding their forces.

Besides, even if you want to rush to Jincheng to attack with Zhao Kuangyin, you have to have that condition, right? Knowing that there is a dead end ahead, he still led tens of thousands of people to rush forward, either his brain was kicked by a donkey or he wanted to find death, and he also pulled tens of thousands of brothers on his back, this thing is really going to be done, and he will die without seeing his goal.

No one has summed up the era of guerrilla warfare, and only the later generations of Taizu have done guerrilla warfare with tens of thousands of people, and they have also made achievements, defeating the enemy armed to the teeth, and creating a new era. Luo Yu didn't dare to compare with Taizu, but Taizu's military thinking was still understood, and it was somewhat similar to the current situation, why not follow the cat and draw the tiger, move out the guerrilla sixteen characters, and save the strength Besides, only if the enemy is afraid, can he have a chance to break through to the east or north.

Thinking of this, he turned off the flashlight of his mobile phone, then turned it off and put it away, let the few special combat members around him return to the team, pulled her out more than a dozen steps under Li Xiuning's surprised gaze, and whispered to her: "I have some ideas, and I may be able to solve the current dilemma, but I need the approval of the general." ”

Li Xiuning blinked his eyes wide, glanced at the hands of the two of them, and said, "What do you think, say it quickly!" Luo Yu found that Li Xiuning's entire palm was calloused, which should be the product of perennial gun practice, and just wanted to let go, but Li Xiuning clenched it hard, and the palms of both of them were slightly sweaty.

Luo Yu stopped struggling, and saw that there was a big square stone in front of him protruding two feet from the ground, so he pulled Li Xiuning to sit down, Luo Yu stood aside, and then let go of his hand.

Li Xiuning smiled: "Say it!" ”

Luo Yu said with a smile: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase." ”

Li Xiuning was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up: "Isn't this the sixteen-character formula for guerrilla warfare that you wrote?" Do you mean that our army will not go to Jincheng and stay here to fight guerrilla warfare? ”

Luo Yu said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, our army is in the hinterland of the Dou army, no matter which direction it goes, it is the enemy, fortunately in the remote places of the mountains, the Dou army has not been caught, and has not sent troops to stay here, which provides conditions for our army to stay here, now we don't know how the war is elsewhere, instead of rushing aimlessly, it is better to fight guerrilla attacks in Zhongtiao Mountain, and you can release news to attract the two armies of King Dou to come to encircle and reduce the pressure on Zhao Kuangyin's side......"

Li Xiuning thought for a while: "But our army is the king's division, although the general is outside, the king's order is not granted, but we can't always disobey the military order, the will of the saint is to let our army pacify the Dou Jiande rebels, if it really fights guerrillas, won't it become a grass?" ”

Luo Yu said: "The situation is different, now our army is facing the Dou Wang coalition army, although for the time being, I don't know how many people and horses Wang Bodang came, just say that our army's grain and grass are not so easy to raise, Zhongtiao Mountain is rich in products, and there are towns around it, when the time comes, it is convenient to send people to make up and go down the mountain to buy supplies, the most important thing is that it is not suitable for the action of the army, our army can take the method of breaking the whole into zero, such a large Zhongtiao Mountain, I am afraid that I can't hide only 80,000 horses? ”

Li Xiuning just wanted to speak, Luo Yu continued: "Only by preserving your strength can you do other things, everyone is dead, how can you complete the military order?" Besides, now that the holy decree can't be delivered, maybe the holy side has pacified Wang Bo's rebels, and maybe it's possible to send soldiers and horses to meet our army. ”

Li Xiuning was finally persuaded that she had been educated by the Heavenly Monarch, and she grew up in a military family, so her thinking was inevitably military, so she was thinking about how to complete the military order, and her personality was straightforward, without a trace of princess disease.

I called a dozen army leaders, told them their thoughts on the current situation, and then brainstormed and asked them to also talk about how to fight guerrilla warfare in Zhongtiao Mountain.

Everyone couldn't turn a corner for a while, but they were all attracted by the sixteen-character formula, they felt that it was very reasonable, it was not bad to stay in Zhongtiao Mountain, to the north can control Yuan County, to the south can threaten Shaanzhou, join the army is good, the most important thing is to preserve the strength, and the addition of officials to the knight must also have a life to enjoy.

The time has passed, and a resolution was formed in the whispers of everyone, so he stayed in Zhongtiao Mountain to fight guerrillas, and what he said about joining the army was reduced to zero, so that each army leader led the army alone, developed independently, and was self-sufficient, that is to say, the army leader can also live the addiction of the general, why not?

When everyone dispersed, Luo Yu suddenly thought of a question, he had never been to Zhongtiao Mountain in later generations, but he had only read the introduction in books or film and television dramas, as for whether he could feed the 80,000 soldiers and horses, he really didn't know the bottom of his heart, according to the calculation of one pound of grain per person a day, he would get 80,000 catties a day, more than 30,000 horses, and there was a lot of demand for forage.

Everything is back to square one, if the food and grass are not enough, we still have to break through, just wait until tomorrow to send special combat personnel to Zhongtiao Mountain to have a look. No one in the party had ever been here, let alone maps.

After squinting for a while, Luo Yu called five special combat team members and asked them to take two people to explore the way, marking the terrain, landforms and caves, especially the beasts on the mountain, which is also food, which can not only solve the problem of food and clothing, but also provide various nutrients.

The five of them took the order and left, seeing their vigorous backs disappear into the morning light, Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and the next thing was to complete the last thing before entering the mountain.

There are hundreds of catties of raw materials for making black gunpowder in the logistics camp, Luo Yu sent someone to receive it, and he is in a hurry, this time he can't use egg whites and grains, and the power will be much smaller, but in this era, there is no doubt that nuclear weapons generally exist.

invited Li Xiuning over, set up a thick wooden board in the leeward, and then weighed the raw materials in front of her, demonstrated the configuration method, and then mixed a dozen small iron nails into the gunpowder to increase the power of the bomb. Care must be taken not to spark the gunpowder, which will cause the gunpowder to burn, and although it will not explode, it will be acceptable.

Put the lead in, fill the gunpowder can, compact it with this hammer, cover the top of the gunpowder with a layer of linen, fill the linen with a layer of loess, and finally cover the lid with the edge of the cow tendon hoop, wrap the lead around the mouth of the can, lift it to try, good, very firm.

Li Xiuning was surprised that these common things could be mixed together to produce such great power, and he didn't know where Luo Yu learned it? She silently watched Luo Yu's operation, and carefully recorded his every action, perhaps, she will be able to use it in the future.

The ten jars were quickly filled, and Li Xiuning also tried to pack one, and she did it herself throughout the whole process, Luo Yu did not give guidance, she learned well and could become a teacher.

The less people know about this thing, the better, the reason why Luo Yu did it himself was to keep it secret, as for Li Xiuning, there was no need to hide it, she knew the role of this thing, the Li family needed it very much, and would not disclose it to outsiders.

The sky is bright, today's morning sun is red and gorgeous, the sky is cloudless, it is a good weather for bombs, the special combat team members who monitored Wang Bodang's soldiers and horses came back, I don't know what happened last night, Wang Bodang's rebels hurriedly accelerated the strength of the Yellow River, and converged with the Dou army in Yuncheng, led by Xin Wenli, pursued, at least fifty or sixty thousand people.

80,000 fights 60,000, you don't suffer, but if you can't win quickly, you will be bitten, and then you will be surrounded, and this battle cannot be fought. And at this time, the special combat team members in the direction of Xia County also came back, it turned out that after Xia County withdrew the siege, the people were released, the four special combat team members chased after seeing the message, they brought back a bad news, ten days ago Changzhi was occupied by Li Mi's rebels, he joined forces with Dou Jiande, and Qin Qiong led 50,000 coalition troops south to besiege the Youwu Army, and at this time it has arrived at Yuwang Town in the north of Xia County.

The special combat team members in the direction of Jincheng rushed back in the starry night, and they also brought bad news, because the battle on Yang Guang's side was unfavorable, and Zhao Kuangyin was transferred to support, Jincheng could not be attacked for a long time, so they had no choice but to withdraw the siege, so the direction of Jincheng also drew out 20,000 soldiers and horses to the west to encircle, and the forward had arrived in Yuan County, and led the general Ding Yanping.

Luo Yu's head is big, Dou Jiande and Wang Bodang have a marriage relationship, and the coalition can still understand, what is the relationship between Li Mi and Dou Jiande? Why did the two of them also join forces to encircle and suppress the Right Armed Army? More than 100,000 soldiers and horses plus four famous generals of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this is a frame that must kill the Right Martial Army.

Glancing at the map, he immediately understood why this was the case, the Right Martial Army is now at the intersection of the two forces, and it is in the center of Dou Jiande's forces, although he and Li Mi may be opponents, but it does not affect his cooperation with Li Mi to kill the lone army of the Right Martial Army, and then the two will fight to the death to compete for the fertile land of Jinzhong.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore? The Right Martial Army is like a big hand stretched into Dou Jiande's abdomen, if it is allowed to develop, it is a great threat, so he does not hesitate to unite with Li Mi to kill the Right Martial Army.

The situation changed too quickly, I wanted to fight Wang Bodang here as an ambush for the rebels, but now it seems impossible, these 80,000 lone troops had to withdraw to Zhongtiao Mountain, but the special combat team members sent out to understand the situation have not yet returned, and they don't know what the situation is in Zhongtiao Mountain, and it is unwise to venture into the mountain.

After Li Xiuning learned about the situation, he immediately ordered that, as previously discussed, the whole army should be divided into parts, led by the army leader, and enter the Wangwu Mountains in batches, and each team would exchange information with two special combat team members, and if they encountered enemy troops, they would avoid fighting and retreat quickly......

Before the military order was issued, there was the sound of marching drums at the foot of the mountain, followed by the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing from the direction of Yuncheng, and it seemed that the soldiers and horses of Xinwenli had arrived.