This world is not completely reproduced from the modern maps known to Zhao Changhe, such as a few geographies such as Beibi and Gujian Lake, but most of them are still the same.

Different oceans and monsoons, different mountains and rivers, different plateaus and valleys will cause completely different climate distributions, which will have a great impact on species and cultures. Since it will form such a style similar to that of ancient China, the geography must also be very similar.

The same is true of the geography after leaving the fortress and going north, there may be small differences that are not in the world today, such as the chaotic stone mountain in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, the Xuanwu Lake in Huangshaji, etc., but the general distribution will still not change.

If you cross the Yinshan Mountain Range from Yanmen, then there is a vast grassland first, which is called the land of the north and south of the desert, and the Batu Department is where it is vertical and horizontal. In fact, it is the current Inner Mongolia, the environment is very good, there is not a lot of arable land and minerals, of course, in the hands of Batu and his predecessors, there is no cultivated land.

Further north is the Gobi Desert - this is not an adjective, the name is the Gobi Desert. The desert stretches across the west and east, becoming the dividing line between the south and the north of the desert, and after crossing it, it is the Golden Horde of the north of the desert. Most of it is the area of present-day Outer Mongolia.

If the Huangfu Yongxian Department crosses the desert and goes north, it will go straight to the royal court, which is a bit similar to the Weiqing route.

This kind of royal road line, naturally, it is impossible to only bring the original Yanmen guards, then there are only a few people. In fact, after the capital swore to go on the expedition, only half of them followed Suzaku and Zhao Changhe, and the rest left Beijing to report to Yanmen, such as Cui Yuanyong's Hebei Army, Suzaku didn't like it no matter how it looked, so he was simply assigned to his father's side. The powerhouse of the imperial realm who sat with the army over there was Sanniang.

And the desert Gobi did not divide the entire Mongolian plateau, but broke in the east. As a result, a north-south grassland belt was formed in the east, which was a connecting corridor between the south and the north of the desert.

In the east, the Emperor Fu Qing Zhao Changhe crossed the Yanshan Mountain Range to the north, and entered this grassland belt, from here to the northeast, you can drive straight in, all the way to break through countless grassland tribes, and reach a famous mountain in the east of the royal court.

It is called Wolf Juxu Mountain, where the Temple of Eternal Heaven is located in this world.

Further north, there is a famous lake, which is now called Lake Baikal, which is the Hanhai Sea.

Both routes can also be turned halfway, and it is agreed that one of the points will meet, and it may not be their own fight.

There are several of the biggest problems with marching and fighting in such places.

First of all, in this environment where there are no clear landmarks such as mountain roads, and there is no GPS navigation, it is very similar to sailing on the sea, and it is extremely easy to get lost on the march. It is said that looking at the sun, moon and stars to judge the direction, it can only be judged that it is going north, and it cannot be more specific, and a slight deviation may lead to a place that is not at all.

The second is water supply. You can also bring your own rations, but it is difficult to carry enough water with you, and if you do not find a water source for a few days, it can have disastrous consequences.

Due to the comprehensive dependence of the Batu Ministry, now the people of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty have brought a large number of old herdsmen from the Batu Ministry, how to go to the Holy Mountain, how to go to the royal court, and which route to take are all familiar with the way, especially the Holy Mountain, which has to go several times a year, and is familiar with a batch. Where there is a water source on the road, and where there are tribes living together, all the doors are clear. Even if there is no storage box, these two items are basically no longer a problem, and the current storage box is even more comprehensive, and you are not afraid of getting lost.

The third problem is that the opponent's army comes and goes like the wind, unlike the Central Plains, which is waiting for you to fight in a city, and you will often find that your army has passed, and the other party has come from behind your buttocks. There are often inexplicable encounters on the road that both sides are not prepared for, and they are confused. This is not something that can be avoided by just being a scout sentry, and the falconer sent by Sisi solves this problem perfectly.

The last question, in fact, the royal court can be changed, nomadic tribes rarely have such a clear strike point, where Timur is, where is the Golden Horde. There are often large armies rushing towards the royal court that they thought they thought would be, but they couldn't even find a single figure, wasting food and grass in vain. Including the temple, the so-called sacred mountain is also a continuous mountain range, people hide in the mountain range, what's the big deal about demolishing a temple, the location of the immortal god is more likely to be a completely secret realm, and you can't find it.

But this time Temur also wanted to fight.

At night, the Suzaku army camped, Zhao Changhe held a roasted eagle leg into the tent, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, eat some, this is Temur's eagle, the meat is fragrant." ”

A large group of generals in the camp were looking at the sand table map, and when they saw Zhao Changhe coming in with barbecue meat like this, they turned their heads one by one.

Suzaku in a soft armor cloak sat behind the handsome case, glaring at his man angrily: "We are in the military, what are you doing?" ”

"I don't know how to fight, so why don't I get you something to eat?"

"That's not like you came in with an eagle leg, like what? Don't you want to eat it? ”

"Look at what you said, haven't you just eaten it, this is a snack." Zhao Changhe couldn't help but stuff the eagle's leg into Suzaku's hand, and leaned his head to look at the sand table: "What are you studying?" ”

Suzaku held a bird's leg, and really felt that the image was nondescript, but looking at the expressions of the generals as if they were smiling at their aunts, I don't know what happened to the generals now, aren't they serious?

She took a bite angrily: "What are we discussing, but Wei Yang just came to complain, do you want to hear it?" ”

Zhao Changhe was stunned and looked at Wu Weiyang, the general of the Demon Suppression Division in the tent. He was sent to be the deputy of the forward Xue Canghai before, this is his own intention, I am afraid that the Blood God Sect will go too far, it will really hurt the heavens, let the people of the Demon Suppression Division to assist, it is also to suppress the evil spirit of the Blood God Sect. As a result, this is not a little more than half of the march, and it has not fought a single hard battle, and it has run back......

Wu Weiyang bowed his hand to Zhao Changhe helplessly: "We also know that war is not a place to talk about mercy, especially in the past, after the defeat of the Hu people, they scattered in a hurry, and when they turned around, they gathered again and reincarnated. Therefore, the tribe caught this time, General Xue wants to kill adult men, and we won't say anything......"

Zhao Changhe: "He wants to kill women and children?" Didn't you tell him not to kill below the wheel? ”

"But General Xue put the wheels down."

Zhao Changhe: "......"

"He stopped him sweating profusely, but General Xue said, there are really only women and children left here, and they can't live, if we are really merciful, then it is better to send them to the Guannai, and each of them is scattered and filled to various places, but it can replenish the population." Wu Weiyang said: "It doesn't make sense to listen to it, but it is necessary to allocate a lot of troops to do this, whether it is suitable or not, and it is necessary for the marshal and King Zhao to come up with an idea." Or it is also a way to move after the war, anyway, this battle will not last long regardless of whether it is won or lost. ”

Zhao Changhe looked at Suzaku. He himself is a true woman's benevolence in this kind of matter, and he can't make the most reasonable decision, but Suzaku is a big devil who slaughters all over the house without even frowning, and he is afraid that Suzaku will say that the wheels are flattened......

But I saw Suzaku nodding: "You can really do it after the war...... This kind of war will indeed not last long, and they will be given a basic living guarantee first. ”

Zhao Changhe and Wu Weiyang sighed, and Wu Weiyang arched his hand and said, "Then I'll go and convey it to General Xue." ”

"Don't worry, Wei Yang also knows the soldiers, you might as well participate in the discussion together." Suzaku said: "We are now analyzing, and the situation of our two-way march cannot be hidden, and Temur should also know it." According to common sense, it is impossible for him to stupidly divide his troops to deal with each other, but he can only try to entangle one road and concentrate superior forces to destroy the other. Where do you think his main force will appear? ”

Zhao Changhe said: "What do you say?" ”

"Now everyone's mainstream opinion is that our side is mainly light horses, which is very mobile and not easy to be blocked, and there are three royal realms with you and me and Hongling. Therefore, it is more likely that the other party will put the main force on my father's side, and only contain us a little on this way, as long as we don't let us drive for a long time, otherwise they will not be able to bear the destruction. ”

Wu Weiyang said: "If you ask the lowly, that is also the view. Even according to the current situation that Temur and Bo E are at odds with each other, it is possible that we will really drive this way and go straight to their sacred mountain to fight Bo E to the death, and he will go back to pick peaches. ”

Many generals said, "That's not enough." If we can really drive unhindered, we may not be able to go straight to the Sacred Mountain, can't we make a detour and attack his back on Temur's back? ”

"That's hard to say, after all, the two roads are still quite far apart, and the timing of this bend is difficult to grasp."

Zhao Changhe watched the generals discuss and shrugged his shoulders. Therefore, the coach himself can't really do it, it's easy to come up with ideas, and how to make the most correct choice from various opinions is the real level. The literati who recorded it can say afterwards that General So-and-so did not listen to the correct opinion and failed, and that he really changed the position of making decisions, and who could so easily determine which sentence was correct.

The current situation is not bad, there are differences in details, and it is generally agreed that Temur's main force will appear on the road of Huangfu Yongxian, which is considered a consensus. As a coach, what you need to think about is how to take the next step according to such a consensus, whether to go around the bend to pinch Temur's back, or simply drive Shenshan for a long time? And how to support my father along the way, when, who to send, and how many people.

The distance is far away, there is no telephone, it all depends on judgment.

But I saw Suzaku looking at the sand table and groaning for a long time, and said in a low voice: "They all think so...... Would it have occurred to Timur that we would think so? ”

Zhao Changhe was stunned, and the whole house was also stunned. This is not the time to play my prediction of yours, you need a reasonable basis, otherwise this kind of thing can be infinitely nesting dolls, and nothing can be decided.

Suzaku waved his hand: "Of course, Ben Shuai is not a matryoshka doll without any evidence, because the matter of Jinbei was personally pacified by Ben Shuai, and the situation will be more detailed than you." First of all, the tribes in northern Jin surrendered completely because they were afraid of my threat, and they were not convinced in their hearts, and they were even more resentful when they contributed so much money and grain and horses. When my father was stationed in Yanmen County, they were still honest, and now that the army has left Yanmen, what will they do? ”

Seeing that the generals were in deep thought, Suzaku said again: "At the beginning, Ben Shuai was going to go south, but the Demon God Feng Yin sat in Jinnan Ben Shuai did not make a rash move. In other words, there is actually an extremely powerful demon god as their backbone, whether it is to make the tribes of northern Jin rebel or he himself to raid Yanmen, it is completely doable. Once the Sanjin Dynasty is in turmoil, and the families of the army out of the fortress are all in Yanmen, what will be the result at that time? ”

Wu Weiyang said: "The army's heart is floating, and I just want to go back to the customs." Timur only had to send men to harass him, and he could contain this way, and maybe he could drive them back without a single soldier. On the contrary, if the main force encounters, it may lead to a broken heart. ”

All the generals said, "Not bad...... But Marshal, since you know about this situation, why don't you solve it in advance? ”

Suzaku smiled slightly: "Of course Ben Shuai has already made arrangements, but Temur doesn't know. On the contrary, he will feel that we are mobile and elite and will not face the main ......"

As she spoke, her eyes swept over the generals, taking in all their expressions.

In fact, when she was a coach for the first time, she didn't have much confidence in her heart when she said these words, but everyone's reaction gave her confidence.

During the Spring Festival, she is familiar with the generals and has an obvious feeling - everyone is obedient on the face, but in fact, they are hidden and looked down upon. You said that you are a family of generals, and you did go to the battlefield with your father when you were young, but you have never been a major general, and what you usually do is the devil's way of the rivers and lakes, you really know how to fight? Anyway, you are the Imperial Realm and the Holy Sect Venerable, whether you should say it or not, you are the Queen Mother, and no one can compete with you for the position, but the distrust in your heart can be inadvertently leaked out.

Just like when they thought they were playing with the matryoshka doll just now, the speechlessness in their eyes was about to overflow. If they catch you with any obvious mistakes, they will definitely refute it in court and will not give any face.

But no one refuted, and even the speechless expression just now disappeared, and they were all pondering.

explained that his judgment was reasonable in the eyes of these battlefield generals, and the confidence came.

Suzaku took a deep breath and made up his mind: "Ben Shuai is eighty percent sure that the main force of Temur will appear on our side...... And dare to assert that Temur and Bo Yi will have no quarrel in this battle, and the Khanate and the Temple will sincerely join hands to encircle and suppress us in the Modong steppe! ”

Yue Hongling, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner without saying a word from beginning to end, slowly opened her eyes: "My sword is trembling...... My sister's judgment may be in line with my sword heart. ”

The so-called sword heart is clear, and in terms of crisis intuition, no one can compare to Yue Hongling today.

Even if you don't have to encounter the main force, there is a high probability that the opponent's Imperial Realm will be here.

The battalion is full of masters who have fought all their lives, and not only is there no one to be intimidated by the main force in anticipation, but there is a little excitement of "military merit is coming".

Immediately, a veteran in the army said: "In this case, we simply build a more standard ...... Since we want to reflect that we think the main battlefield will be on the side of General Huangfu, let's make them look like this, and it seems that they are dividing their troops to the west, but in fact they have not left at all...... It is necessary to completely block the reconnaissance of the opponent's air. ”

Suzaku pondered for a moment: "Not enough." From now on, don't use storage boxes. We will drive straight in, eat the enemy, and chase the water. Temur will set a trap for us because of this, and we will wait. ”

That night, Wu Weiyang, the fierce general of the Demon Suppression Division, led 10,000 horsemen to the west and galloped to the western front. Soon after, it left the eastern front, and the falcons in the sky saw the movement and returned to the north.

Early the next morning, Xue Canghaibu, the forward who had slept all night, received an order from the rear army while eating breakfast, and the Blood God Cultist raised his knife and screamed and rushed straight to the next water source settlement in front of him.

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PS: It's still a little shorter. There is a sketch of a march in the Easter egg chapter, which means that there is a rough number.

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