Pei Shiju is not a person who likes to fight for power and profit, and the contradiction between him and Da Xi Changru is a contradiction between management and philosophy.

Da Xi Chang Confucian warriors, all he thinks is to break the enemy, and Pei Shiju, as a rare talented strategist in the Great Qi court, has to think far-reaching, in his opinion, it is most in the interests of Daqi to tie Datou and Daluo to the chariot and use the Turks to fight a war to subvert the Turks. Although Da Xi Changru approved, he felt that Pei Shiju was too lenient and was suspected of overstepping his authority and provoking the authority of the coach, so he naturally would not have a good face for him.

When Pei Shiju formed an alliance with the Western Turkic khans, Da Xi Changru was pursuing Luo Hou, and after the dust settled on Pei Shiju's alliance, Da Xi Changru accidentally said to the generals:

"To win a war, we must not only have far-reaching planning and extraordinary courage, but also have strict military discipline and distinguish between the superior and the inferior. An army without discipline is not strong in any way. Only with strict restraint and clear priorities, can the entire army advance like a landslide, retreat like a tide, and ten thousand people are united in one heart, which is the way to win the battle! ”

Although he did not name him, Pei Shiju knew that Da Xi Changru was talking about himself.

Pei Shiju didn't hear this, after all, he was really at a loss, just by mobilizing troops and horses out of the camp without authorization, Da Xi Changru could punish him properly, but Da Xi Changru only warned about it. This fell in Pei Shiju's eyes, at least it shows one thing: Da Xi Changru didn't want to tear his face with Pei Shiju, and Pei Shiju could probably guess the reason.

Pei Shiju is a celebrity in front of the emperor, even if he seems to have a status that is not as good as before, he still has a lot of influence. Da Xi Changru was originally a minister of the Zhou State, but he was quite favored by the emperor and his status was embarrassing, and he urgently needed to win a battle to prove himself to the emperor. At this juncture, no matter how dissatisfied Da Xi Changru is, he can only hold it in his stomach.

This itself does not conflict with Pei Shiju's thoughts, the reason why Pei Shiju chose to go to Daxi Changru instead of Yang Yan's side is that he urgently needs a splash of merit to prove his Pei Hongda's ability to the Manchu Dynasty? Going to Yang Yan's side, although the credit is iron, in the end it is not as good as following this strange army into the enemy territory to chase and kill for thousands of miles, which sounds legendary.

Two frustrated people should have supported each other.

Moreover, the tactics that Pei Shiju had advocated before, contacting Yang Yu to take the initiative, also suddenly came to naught with this one......

Maybe Da Xi Changru is really right, or not?

Pei Shiju suddenly had this thought. He is a person who is never willing to admit defeat, before Da Xi Changru refused to march on the grounds that the weather would change greatly, Pei Shiju also thought that Da Xi Changru was old and timid, but now he jumped out of his prejudice and carefully examined the current situation, and listened to Luo Yi roughly explain Da Xi Changru's views, and the little paranoia in his heart gradually became like warm wind melting snow, and disappeared invisibly.

Pei Shiju thought about it again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Da Xi Changru's disposal was the best plan at the moment, his previous proposition was indeed a little too radical, and his actions and demeanor were indeed too bad for Da Xi Changru, the main general...... How can this make Pei Shiju embarrassed? Pei Shiju pinched the horsewhip and was silent for a while among the flying snow, and suddenly said:

"If it weren't for your kid's reminder, I would have almost missed a major event because of the battle of will, and when General Daxi comes back, I will personally go to accompany him."

Compared with Pei Shiju, Da Xi Changru, who was patrolling twenty miles east of the camp, was much busier, the cold wind from the north was blowing, and the catkins-like snow was blowing in his face, and it was bitterly cold.

Wrapped in felt armor and draped in heavy fur clothes, Da Xi Changru came from the direction of the camp surrounded by a group of brave cavalry. Entering a mountain pass, the whistling wind became more and more raging, as if a heavy whip was drawn on the horse's buttocks, and the stimulated horse raised its head and whistled a few times, and froze in place, refusing to step forward again.

Da Xi Changru looked up at the dim sky above his head, looked around the terrain left and right, and said to the left and right: "Mark it here, and in two days, we will arrange a group of men and horses to guard the valley mouth here, and the radius of more than ten miles, together with the stream flowing through the valley mouth, must also be monitored, if the enemy wants to attack where our army is, this is the only way." ”

The generals and guards around him also looked around, and they really didn't know what there was to defend this bare dirt slope with few grasses, but since it was the general's order, these people under them had to do it. They took a few herders who were familiar with the nearby terrain and scattered to different places to show the way for several different groups of people. This is also the death order of Da Xi Changru, within five days, he will see every grass and tree within a radius of fifty miles on the newly drawn map. A man who specializes in drawing gets off his horse and writes and draws on the map with coke.

Da Xi Changru groaned and said: "Look at this day, this snow will not stop for a month and a half, originally it was to take the initiative to attack with Yang Yan to attack the Turks, the Turks are the most resistant to hard fighting, and it is a stupid act to take the initiative to search for the Turks in such weather." We can't take the initiative to attack, we must put the battlefield in the territory that we can control, and wait for work to have a chance of winning. ”

"Is the general really sure that he can get the Turkic army to come over?"

"Forty percent certainty, forty percent certainty is enough." Da Xi Changru got off the horse, brushed off the ice ballast knotted on his beard, and said with a white breath: "I have also heard a little about this person, I heard that he is extremely vigilant and cunning, last time we chased and killed his younger brother Luo Hou did not catch up, presumably he already knew that we appeared on his back at this time, plus this heavy snow, we have lost the best opportunity to fight him with Yang Dudu."

"Taking the initiative will make our logistics line much farther away, and it will be easy to be harassed by the Turkic cavalry. Although the Jinyang army is mostly elite and good at horse warfare, everyone's riding and archery level is definitely not comparable to the Turks who grew up on horseback...... Our forces are already stretched.

"Being outnumbered, taking the initiative, and not being as mobile as the enemy, this battle is too risky. If I only have a thousand people under my command, maybe I will take a risk to see if I can make a great contribution, but I am now at the helm of a 10,000-strong Jinyang elite, if it is buried in Monan, the old man said that he must die to apologize. ”

"How can it be outnumbered?" The general smiled and said, "We still have the forty or fifty thousand allied troops of the Turkic Great Khan. ”

"Don't count on them, the Yidi bandits are unreliable, when the situation is trending, they will follow you behind to pick up some meat to eat, once we show our decline, whether we can command them or not, before the old man is sure that he can win, he will never let them have the slightest chance to intervene in the battle." Da Xi Changru unceremoniously refuted:

"Otherwise, once the picture is attacked, these people's butts don't know where to sit. The safest thing is to keep them far away, and use them when they can use them...... Only by allowing the Turks to take the initiative to attack us can we take advantage of the favorable geographical position, shorten the logistical route, and reduce the impact of insufficient mobility on the war. ”

"The general is thoughtful."

"Alright, we've got it here, let's go to the next realm! Keep moving! ”

A group of people looked at each other and said, "I'm afraid that the wind and snow will get bigger again later, and the weather is cold, please go back to the camp first, and let us find the rest of the place by ourselves." Da Xi Changru furrowed his brows and asked angrily: "What, do you think I'm old?" Let me tell you, you are not enough for me to fight, the terrain is related to my next layout, you can't be sloppy, you must personally check to rest assured. Just go out and loosen your muscles. And constantly urging the guide, "Lead the way!" ”

The crowd could not resist the general, so they could only obey.

After another journey, they came to a low wood, and the snow above them stopped for a moment.

There was a hare in the woods, one of the sergeants who was good at shooting caught a glimpse, and immediately opened his bow to shoot the rabbit in the snow, several people rushed up to pick up the rabbit, saying that it was roasted rabbit meat tonight, and behind him was a cheering and shouting voice, everyone looked at each other, and their eyes were a little eager to try, and they also untied their bows, and their eyes looked around at the suspicious prey.

Sure enough, a few more wild sheep rushed to the side.

Everyone rushed to prepare for hunting, and then Da Xi Changru shouted softly: "That's not right." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Nene put down his bow and found that the general was looking solemnly ahead.

Not only the generals, but also the Turkic guides had changed their appearances, and when they had encountered their prey, they had already rushed to the front, shouting louder than anyone else, but now, they all had solemn expressions, as if they were facing a great enemy.

“… There can be danger ahead. ”

The younger Turkic youth, speaking not fluent Chinese, pointed ahead and stammered:

"These wild sheep appear so strangely, they used to be so frightened that they turned around and ran away when they saw people, but now they are running towards us hunters one by one, which is not logical."

"Do you know what it is?"

The Turkic guide shook his head, and was about to speak, when in the woods, more than a dozen feathered arrows tore through the white-haired wind and snow, and shot straight at him like lightning!