Outside the city of Homnitz, a series of military tents lay out over a vast meadow plain, with no stretch in sight.

The joint exercise of the Zhenjiang Army is in full swing here, and it is almost coming to an end today.

As a large town newly occupied by the Zhenjiang Army, Homnitz has become an important gateway to the northwest of Metasequoia City, and has extremely high strategic value.

In order to consolidate the defense system here, and also to familiarize himself with the terrain and topography of the surrounding area, so as to prepare for the needs of future operations, Li Jiangyao specially arranged this exercise, and let the troops carry out a month-long training outside the city of Homnitz.

A total of more than 12,000 soldiers and horses took part in the joint exercise, and they came from the four main forces of "Wind," "Blazing," "Thunder," and the "Shenhua," which had just been reorganized.

Among them, the Second Army of Agni was the mainstay, with about 5,000 troops.

Therefore, Du Jian, the chief officer of the Second Army, served as the commander-in-chief of the exercise, and Lin Feng partnered with him as a supervisor to assist in supervising the training.

Although the time of the exercise is not too long, the content is very rich.

From pre-war reconnaissance to the placement of barracks, to battle array drills, coordination of various services, as well as special martial arts competitions and point inspection parades, it can be said that everything can be said.

All the officers and men of the Zhenjiang Army who participated in the drill have been in a state of high-intensity tension, and after returning to the camp after training every day, everyone is often so tired that they fall asleep.

As the commanders of the entire exercise, Du Jian and Lin Feng were even more difficult.

Although they have been on the battlefield for a long time and have experienced a hundred battles, they are still young after all, and when they were in the capital protection mansion before, they were only low-level military ranks such as "junior colonel", if it were not for the rebellion in Western Xinjiang, which was rare in a century, and followed Li Jiangyao to fight a huge army by mistake, it would be impossible to command thousands of troops and horses at this age.

The lack of the normal stage of gradual promotion and steady maturity has caused these two young generals to lose a lot of necessary experience accumulation, especially the experience of leading troops and training troops. This point may not be very obvious when fighting on the battlefield, but once faced with such a regular military exercise, the lack of personal ability and quality will be exposed at once.

In the first few days, regardless of the effect of the drill training, there were as many as 30 people injured in accidents alone, and one of them died.

Although the army operates on a large scale, even if it is not a battle, occasional casualties are sometimes inevitable, but Du Jian and Lin Feng are still sullen about this, feeling that all the problems that arise in the drill are actually caused by their negligence and lack of ability.

Therefore, the two also put forward higher requirements for themselves, every day when the whole army returned to the camp, Du Jian and Lin Feng did not dare to slack off and rest, either sitting together to study the next drill plan, or patrolling around the camp and condolences to the soldiers.

On this day, as usual, the two of them hurriedly took a few bites of dinner, and then began to summarize and discuss the problems that arose during the day's drills.

Du Jian scratched his head and said in a muffled voice: "Oh, Xiaolin, why do you think I can't understand the rhythm of this 'curved array' and 'vertical array' when it is converted?" There was a problem this morning, when the four phalanxes of infantry were moving towards the two wings, the cavalry could not be deployed in time, and almost collided with the shield array of the infantry. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon training, the cavalry was deployed first, but it moved early, and the flanks of the infantry were completely exposed, and the protection was lost at once! ”

Lin Feng pointed to the book in his hand and said, "Come, take a look, this Li Weigong asked the right record." Wei Guogong is the founding father of my Shengtang Dynasty and a peerless general. The Six Flower Formations were arranged by him, including: Circle Formation, Square Formation, Curved Formation, Vertical Formation, Late Formation and Sharp Formation, each of the six formations has its own variations, a total of 36 forms, and the command is extremely complicated. The problems you mentioned are all mentioned in this book. ”

Du Jian stuck out his tongue: "My God, it's so powerful!" No wonder the generals and colonels of the elite legion of the Holy Tang Dynasty must first go to the Imperial Capital Yanwutang to gnaw on the scrolls, dare to feel that we have been tossing and turning hard these days, and we have only slightly touched the skin. ”

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Of course!" Look at our lord and General Xu, they are all special martial arts officers in the martial arts hall, and commanding the war is to be calm, how can we be half-like us, as long as there are more soldiers under our command, they immediately panic and don't know what to do. However, as I observed today, your problem is not how complicated the formation change is, but the problem of command habits. We are all from the Pegasus Scout Battalion, and we are the best at reconnaissance and running, but now the Second Army under your command is all hoplites, winning steadily, but moving slowly. Therefore, your way of thinking must be changed. ”

Du Jian thought silently for a while, and then grinned: "Hey, what you said really makes sense." Now that I think about it, during the day, I was indeed always predicting the timing of the formation change according to the speed of the light cavalry's advance, and I didn't consider the situation of the infantry battalions at all. ”

Seeing that he was so serious, Lin Feng also smiled happily: "Don't just talk about you, I have any shortcomings, you can also help mention it." Although I am serving as a supervisor this time, my lord's intention is very clear, and I hope that I can also take this opportunity to correct my mistakes. ”

"The day before yesterday, the cavalry echelon cover you commanded, I think it's very good!" Du Jian said sincerely: "I learned a lot of experience from the side. To tell you the truth, you are six or seven years younger than me, but you are more steady, and I am not as good as you. ”

Lin Feng shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Lao Du, I asked you to find fault, why did you praise me instead?" ”

Du Jian smiled: "Hey, you haven't finished speaking, what are you anxious about?" I mean, in terms of command, you learn quickly and practice well, if you really want to find faults, then you can only let us adults or General Xu pick them, I can't, don't go back and let me fool me wrong. However, there are other areas that you do need to improve. ”

"Oh? What aspects? Lin Feng asked with interest.

"The main thing is to lead the troops." Du Jian put on the appearance of a veteran, and said with a big grin: "You guy, sometimes you are too serious!" We are all rude men, with less ink in our stomachs and more alcohol, and we like the word pleasure in everything. Occasionally do something out of the ordinary, scold your mother, fight, steal chickens and dogs and make a mess, it's normal. As the head of the army, we really have to have a bit of gangsterism, and only in this way can we blend in with the soldiers and be loved by them. Look at us, my lords, we are serious when we should be serious, and we are scoundrels when we should be scoundrels, which brother doesn't like it? ”

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "What you said, I really can't do it." I've been like this since I was a child, and I can't change it. ”

"If you can't change it, you have to change it!" Du Jian glared: "You are always sven and serious, why do the people below have a heart-to-heart relationship with you?" Listen to me, you have to change! ”

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly and asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

Du Jian stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, and smiled sheepishly: "Easy!" Let's start with drinking, gambling, and finding girls. ”

Lin Feng glanced at him and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, when the curtain suddenly opened, and a guard rushed in in a panic.

Du Jian was startled, and Lin Feng shouted, "What's the matter?!" Why don't you go outside first?! ”

The guards hurriedly stood up and saluted, and at the same time hurriedly said: "The general forgives his sins!" There is an enemy! ”

The two were slightly stunned, first looked at each other, and then asked in unison, "What kind of enemy?" ”

"General Qiyu, the scout has just sent an urgent report, ten miles north of the camp, a large number of cavalry have been discovered, and they are coming towards our army, moving extremely fast!" The guard kept saying in one breath: "Although I can't see clearly at night, the scouts can be sure that it is the Turks who are coming. ”

"Turks?" Lin Feng was slightly stunned, the first thing he thought of, and the only thing he could think of, was Duolun's Iron Dove Garrison.

After the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang was controlled by the rebels and the Turks, Duolun was appointed as the deputy governor by Ashina Zhijin, and the 40,000 iron pigeon army under his command was reorganized into a garrison patrol army, and the troops were divided to guard 36 countries.

Compared with the Turkic northern and southern battalions that blocked the two passes, the forces of the Iron Pigeon Army were obviously too scattered, and because they were responsible for the task of suppressing the place, they did not intervene too much in the previous crusade.

However, when the 10,000 elite iron cavalry of Mohadi were wiped out in the hands of Li Jiangyao, could this huge military force still maintain its original restraint?

Lin Feng had fought against this Turkic army when he was defending Metasequoia City, so he was also very aware of the characteristics of the other party's ability to run. According to the scouts, judging by the direction, timing and style of the enemy's attack, it is most likely an iron dove.

He quickly exchanged opinions with Du Jian, and Du Jian also agreed: "Well, you're right, I also think it's Duolun." When I was guarding Metasequoia, I was afraid that I didn't beat him, but now I came to the door again. ”

"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Lin Feng said in a deep voice: "Since the Turks are prepared, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with. If Duolun arrives in person, then the other party should be the main force of the Iron Pigeon Army, and the number will not be less than 20,000. ”

Du Jian nodded solemnly: "I know, I won't underestimate the enemy." In this all-army exercise, the camp did not deliberately strengthen the defense, so there was no way to defend the village. However, fortunately, the Iron Pigeon Army is all light cavalry, and the impact is not strong, even if there are really 20,000 or 30,000, they may not be able to rush the heavy infantry. I think it's better to line up to meet the enemy, what do you say? ”

Lin Feng picked up the battle helmet and put it on his head: "You are the main general, listen to you!" I'll take the scout battalion forward first, feel the situation of the other party, and you can arrange the troops! ”

"Be careful, don't get too close!" Looking at Lin Feng's back as he rushed out of the handsome tent, Du Jian shouted.