After some deliberate discussion, Yang Kai slept until dawn at night, and then sat in the room for a while, pacing to the window.

His house is a two-story apartment, and the bedroom is on the second floor.

The window is facing the school field, and the city gate cannot be seen, the sky is already dark, and there is no fire in the streets of the city, and it is surprisingly quiet. More than a dozen patrolling soldiers swam along the streets.

The morning breeze blew, the flags fluttered, and the coolness swept through, making Yang Kai shiver.

Whether it was the army or the messenger, they had only been out for a few hours, and they had not received any military reports for the time being, so Yang Kai could only return to the desk and think carefully.

There are more than 1,000 people who can gather in the city, or those who have no husbands, and there are too many people to arrange it all at once.

If the effect is good, it will be greatly promoted, and if it is not good, it will be counted separately. After making up my mind, I thought about it carefully and put the matter aside for the time being.

Spread out the map again, carefully look at every mountain and river recorded on the map, and calculate how much time it will take to march if you are commanding the army yourself, how to march, and what terrain to pay attention to.

They can be said to be blind to Huguang, knowing themselves and knowing each other can only do the former, and the latter relies on calculations and drills, and every detail cannot be let go.

After a few deductions, it was noon.

A rush of footsteps came near, breaking the silence in the attic, and the soldiers went straight to Yang Kai's bedroom to report: "The commander of the school field has assembled the soldiers. ”

Yang Kai withdrew his gaze from the map and said unhurriedly, "How many people are there?" ”

"The personal soldiers under the command of Yan Qianhu came to report, and the specific number of people has not had time to be counted, about 5,000 people, and the people of the old Zhangpan relatives have also gone over there."

This news made Yang Kai a little surprised, and he was quiet, he was able to convince those old oilers? He didn't put away the scroll on the table, and walked away quickly with his own soldiers.

Coming to the school field, Yan Hou and Zhao Hu had already organized an array of six hundred people, each leading three formations, and leading the training in pieces. There are too many people, and if you conduct a large-scale exercise, it will definitely be a mess and difficult to command.

In addition, only if they, the team leaders, learn and can teach the people under the command to practice the same effect, can they be regarded as having completely mastered the essence of the formation.

According to the drill method that Yang Kai had taught them before, the leaders of the generals were selected and practiced first, teaching them to learn to recognize the instructions of the golden drum and banner, beating the drum and marching, pressing the flag and retreating.

The soldiers sitting around him danced with their hands, so lively. A special group of standard-bearers, standing on the side, waved the five-color flag.

Yan Hou walked in the array, teaching them to list the key points of various formations of sharp, blunt, straight, and square, and every time they advanced and retreated, they were required to shout in unison to shock the army's might.

Because when Yang Kai was resting on the march, he was often in the camp and organized small-scale drills, which were prepared to target the generals in the camp.

The leaders of their various parts communicated with each other a lot, and passed on to each other about their understanding of the military formation, which was also of great help to them quickly master the skills.

This method was copied and copied by Yan Hou and used in this military training.

In addition, these people have escaped the shackles of the coercive camp, and are no longer as good and bad as before, except for a small number of new conscripts, most of the others have gone through long-term circulation and combat, and most of the weak and unfit have been eliminated.

Therefore, whether it is the training of generals or the imitation of soldiers dancing on the sidelines, they are all decent.

After coming to the school grounds, seeing this scene, Yang Kai did not leave immediately, but turned to the general platform and sat on the overseer.

And because of the people on the field, many people have heard the story of Yang Kaibu. In front of their great general, he has always been a meritocracy, as long as he shows enough talent, he can be reused, and after seeing him in charge of the army, the people on the field have practiced harder.

After all, in their current new battalion, they only have one commander of Su Fuan, and other official positions such as thousands of households and hundreds of households have not yet been settled, and naturally everyone wants to fight for them.

Until dusk, Yang Kai didn't go back, just in the school field, waiting for the food pushed by the logistics department in the car, and ate some with everyone.

As soon as the dishes and chopsticks were put down, the sound of rushing horses' hooves outside sounded from the street outside, straight to the school field.

Then, a personal soldier turned over and dismounted and rushed into the school field: "General Cao's military report." ”

Yang Kai's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he finally came.

"Let the messenger in."

The summoning horsemen were dusty all the way, probably because the horses were galloping for a day, and their faces were covered with a layer of yellow sand, and they came forward and knelt down to report:

"Tell the general, the march went smoothly last night, and General Cao had successfully arrived at the front of Pingjing Pass at noon."

After saying that, he handed over the letter and came up, Yang Kaikai saw that "Pingjing Guanzhong, I have already learned that our army occupies Xinyang, and the three rangers came out to investigate, and in the morning, the three groups of probe horses were all wiped out by our army, and Guanzhong did not receive the news, and there was no movement before the troops.

The rangers explored, and above the city, there were few flags. Mr. Yin wanted to divide the troops into two routes, and he was attacking fiercely, and the flanks were moving through the mountains and detours, saying that within three days, the pass would be captured. ”

The letter was followed by a brief map of the topography of the pass, which Yang Kai had confessed before they sent their troops.

Pingjing Pass, known as the choke in ancient times. It is known as one of the nine stops in the world. The terrain is dangerous, the mountains on both sides are facing each other, and the roads are narrow and dangerous.

In the past dynasties, it was a strategic place in the Central Plains, a north-south traffic artery, and a post station or inspection department was set up here, which was a typical terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

They didn't dare to come to save Xinyang for many days, which shows that they are short of soldiers and horses, and they only want to protect themselves. It is expected that there are few flags on the city. Only the terrain is dangerous, and they occupy a disadvantage.

When Gao Yingxiang led the army to take the meridian road, they suffered a lot when they attacked Sanhe Pass. It was precisely because it took too long to tackle the key problems that the report of the official army was able to penetrate into the hands of Sun Chuanting, which laid the groundwork for the original battle of Heishuiyu.

It's the same now, if the guards in the pass are desperately defending each other, it will not be easy to attack.

And three days, Yang Kai is too long. I am afraid that the time will drag on for a long time, and the guards of Guanzhong will send messengers to inform the officers and soldiers in the direction of Yingshan that if they walk slowly, they will be restrained step by step in the future.

In this way, within ten days, it will be more and more difficult to get down De'an, and there will be a lot of casualties.

Thinking of this, Yang Kai's thoughts were slightly deep, but in front of everyone in the field, he couldn't put any sadness on his face.

Looking at the sketch on the letter, I thought for a while.

There was another sound of horses' hooves, and the military report from the direction of Xicheng also returned. A pro-soldier rushed in with a happy face: "General Liang has good news." ”

Yang Kai turned to look elsewhere and asked him to read it. The direction of Xicheng is surrounded by mountains, the foot distance on both sides is almost the same, it is difficult to cross the mountains and mountains, you can only take the mountain stream trail, the advantage is at the exit of the trail, the small checkpoint, the defenders are not much, Liang Guang is inspired, just want to hurry, and go down in a battle.

The last general and General Han discussed together, marched until dawn to rest the army, marched to the pass at noon, did not rest, lined up to fill the pass, the officers and soldiers were caught off guard, and went down in a battle.

Our army suffered less than 100 casualties, and not a single thief was spared. Tentatively repaired at the pass at night, sitting and looking at Suizhou. ”

"Good! The soldiers are fast, and this general wants such good soldiers. ”

After breaking through the pass in the direction of Xicheng, this road is two more days away from De'an than in the south, and now it is only waiting for the military report to capture Suizhou.

Yang Kai comforted the messenger with a few words, remembered the merits, and asked the soldiers to take him down to rest.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to reply to Cao Mang, "The general must pay attention to the disease of ringworm and scabies at the critical pass."

Originally, the general thought that the two-way attack was too little, and the three-day pass was too long, and after a day of side-shifting troops, the front should be divided into two roads, the frontal attack was strong, the side line was contained, or the mountains and forests were burned, or the flag was raised, and the morale of the army was disturbed.

If you don't go down to the pass for two days, you can't let go of a person after the pass, and you can't let go of the mountain first. ”

Ordered the soldiers to change horses for the messenger and deliver them overnight. In the end, I care about whether the soldiers and horses of the two roads can reach the city of De'an at the same time, so that the officers and soldiers will not have any chance to react.

One merit and one pass, the sergeants and soldiers in the school field were even more encouraged, and it was their brothers who returned to the camp who were the first to take credit, and naturally everyone was excited.

What Yang Kai cared about, they couldn't think of such a long-term situation, they only heard the two parties return, everything went well, and their morale was suddenly shocked.

The lanterns in the field were slowly hung up, reflecting the school field brightly.

There was no need for Yang Kai to give orders, everyone volunteered to practice for a while, Yan Hou trained a kind of chief for a long time, and seeing that the effect was good, after nightfall, he arranged for them to return to their own parts and lead the army to practice.

According to the results of the drills in each part, let them face each other in pairs, and set the commanders of the two formations that won in the end as the general of their battalion.

Yang Kai wanted to see Deng Fang off, so he said a few words to the army and turned away.