Several old soldiers stepped on the snow and headed all the way to the west, stumbling and bumping quite hard. After walking for several miles, after bypassing a few rocks, I was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of me. I saw that on the Gucci Road in front of me, there were countless dumb and silent soldiers standing densely. Looking at the snow on his body, it was more than an inch thick, and it could be seen that he had stood for a long time and had not moved for half a minute. It is an elite soldier who has never been seen in the army for decades.

There were more than 3,000 soldiers, all of whom wore white cloaks, felt hats, knives and bows on the left and a large pot of arrows on the right, and did not carry long soldiers, nor armor, nor many banners. There are only a large three, small and four-pole flag, the big flag is written with the word Taiyuan Duwei, and the word Fu is written on the small flag, the word Li and the word car.

Several old soldiers were taken aback, and hurriedly ran forward, twenty steps before the Great Banner of He Zi, then bowed to the ground and shouted: "Hu Dacheng, the guard of Jingjing Pass, pays a visit to Lord Taiyuan Commander." ”

He Bai jumped off the horse, strode forward and helped the five people up one by one, and said with a smile: "You and I are not direct subordinates, so there is no need for such a big gift." Besides, Captain Bendu is still young, so if you have to wait for the old army to kneel and worship, won't you lose your life? It's better not to be polite. ”

Hu Dacheng was moved in his heart for a while, he has been guarding the customs here for decades, and there have been countless dignitaries and nobles who have come and gone, and he has never seen such a noble person who is also amiable to the pawn, so he bowed again and again: "Lord Duwei is merciful, and the villain is grateful." ”

He Bai said with a smile: "You came to greet me, I think you are willing to let me enter the customs, come and give ten catties of silver each." Give the veterans a New Year's meal. ”

Immediately, several soldiers took five parcels and gave them to the five people. Hu Dacheng hesitated for a while, he didn't accept it, he didn't accept it, he didn't accept it, these ten catties of silver, but he had been a fortune for more than a year. But the door has been opened, and he has no credit to He Duwei in Taiyuan, how dare he accept these gifts.

Hu Dacheng didn't know what to say, He Bai smiled: "If you are not stupid, you can guess the purpose of Captain Bendu's trip." This is the three Black Mountain thieves who are going to take advantage of the snow to surprise attack the capital, Lingshou and Zhending. When the captain first arrived in Changshan, I don't know what kind of trail can be outside this well pass? Can you avoid the eyes and ears of the people, so that I can attack the three thieves smoothly? ”

Hu Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and bowed his hand and said: "Go back to Lord Duwei, if you want to go to the capital, there is a small road in the Jingjing Pass that can go directly to the capital." If you want to get to Zhending, you need to follow the trail in Jingjing Mountain. It's just that these two trails are already difficult to walk, and at this time it is snowing heavily, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult. As for the direction of Lingshou, there is no other trail, you have to bypass Jingjing City to Puwu County. However, at this time, there are not many people who are willing to wander in the wilderness, and even fewer are willing to report to the Black Mountain thieves. Lord Lieutenant need not worry. ”

He Bai nodded and said, "I don't know, are you willing to lead the way for our army?" ”

Hu Dali bowed his hand and said: "The Black Mountain thieves are often cholera, and the people are complaining about it." If Lord Du Wei can exterminate several black mountain thieves for the people of Changshan, the villain will dare not to serve the dead. After speaking, he generously accepted the silver reward.

He Bai led the soldiers into the pass with Hu Dacheng, and suddenly asked: "I discussed with the generals before, saying that the Marquis of Huaiyin in the early Han Dynasty had fought against the Zhao army in front of this pass, but I don't know where the specifics are?" I and the generals have our own opinions, and I hope that Hu Shi will give a long opinion and judgment. Fu Xing, Li Ping, Che Jing and other generals immediately gathered around to listen carefully.

In this battle, He Bai paralyzed Ding Yuan and decided to launch a surprise attack on Guo Daxian, Huanglong, and Wang Dang at the same time, so all the generals and foot soldiers under his command came, and the cavalry only followed dozens of horses.

If He Bai wanted to use these 3,000 people as seeds, and in the future, expand his formation to tens of thousands, or even tens or millions of infantry, so he had to train them in all kinds of ways. The training of the queue and the small formation of mandarin ducks at the squad level to cooperate with the enemy has ended, and the following is the training for forced marches, dangerous road marches, marches in rain and snow, mountain operations, assault operations, and so on.

The record of the last time to suppress the thieves was Li Ping as the first merit, Fu Xing second, Che Jing again, and Yu Hua, Lu Ping, and Chengping as the last. Needless to say, Li Ping's achievements can be seen in his eyes. Therefore, Cheng Zhang, who had long intended to resign, gave up Sima's position to Li Ping, and then devoted himself to the logistics support of the army.

Fu Xing's department carried out a certain amount of training on the march, siege, and joint battle, and its casualties were few, and there were many prisoners, and a member of the general Chu Hu was recruited, so the credit was secondary. Che Jing's department first showed the enemy to be weak and arrogant, and then broke through 500 thieves with 100 regular soldiers, and surrounded them on all sides, and after the light cavalry was broken, they forced the thieves to land.

The two generals Yu Hua and Lu Ping have a good plan, or they are false and real, or lure the enemy to go deeper, and they have a certain degree of independent combat ability, and the losses of their parts are small, so they have also been praised by He Bai. Only Cheng Qi was alone, although he was caught off guard by forcibly marching to attack the thief, but he did not see other combat strategies, so he did not reward or punish, and also criticized a few sentences. Cheng Qi, who was bent on winning the first battle, was quite annoyed and vowed to win the first credit in the next battle.

Because this battle was a surprise operation, and because of the difficulty of marching, there was no logistical baggage, so the soldiers carried little equipment, except for a knife, a bow and a pot of arrows, there were no other weapons. There were only 20 catties of dry food per person, and a roll of sheepskin felt blankets, and the total weight of individual soldiers was more than 50 catties, nearly 60 catties.

The reason why everyone was equipped with bows in this battle was also Li Ping's suggestion, saying that the firepower of his army's arrows was too weak, and only one-fifth of the archers were difficult to suppress the enemy army that was twice as large as his own army. He Baisi and the army of the Tang Dynasty basically had a bow in hand, and the archers had a bow and a crossbow, and the firepower was strong, although there were 3,000 people, they could defeat the army of tens of thousands of people in other countries.

Therefore, with this merit of suppressing thieves, he asked Ding Yuan for 2,000 strong bows and 200,000 sharp arrows. Combined with what he had obtained in the arsenal before, it would be good for the army of 5,000 under his command to equip everyone with a good bow. Bows and arrows have always been easy to practice but difficult to master, but with more training, practice makes perfect.

He Bai did not pursue that all the soldiers were precision marksmen, nor did he pursue continuous strikes against the enemy, but only short-term rapid shooting strikes within the range, which had great lethality for the dense combat phalanx commonly used at this time, so after half a month of training, three thousand strong archers appeared.

As for the angle and tension, He Bai deliberately ordered people to make some small scales in the upper corner of each bow, as long as they are based on these small scales, they can well grasp the archer's calculation of the shooting distance. Even beginners will be able to shoot arrows on a scale to the area as large as the commander requires, and thus strike at the enemy.

While waiting for the light cavalry sentinel to knock on the pass, He Bai discussed with the generals at the location of the battle against the water, and saw how far away from Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, was from the eyes of the generals and himself? Everyone has their own opinions, and no one can convince anyone, but everyone has their own unique opinions, telling the benefits of their own formation. This can be regarded as a method for He Bai to cultivate generals, who said that He Bai has no famous generals?

Hu Dacheng said: "When the Marquis of Huaiyin was deployed on his back, 30 miles away from here, there was a grand canyon where hundreds of thousands of troops could fight. The specific location of the formation should be the lowest low. ”

"Huh?" Cheng Qi exclaimed and asked, "You're not wrong, right?" ”

Hu Dacheng shook his head and said: "So what is passed down from generation to generation, it should be right." ”

The generals were dumbfounded, and when they led the troops before, they had carefully observed the terrain along the way, some said more than 10 miles, some said more than 20 miles, and more than 30 miles were only selected by He Bai and Fu Xing. The reason is that Zhao Bing has 200,000 people, and if there is not enough depth, it is impossible to fit all Zhao soldiers.

As for the formation place, Fu Xing chose a highland hill to set up the formation, and He Bai thought that if Han Xin wanted to lure the enemy, he couldn't occupy too good a place, at most he would set up a formation on the flat ground with the water behind. But I never thought that it would be in the lowest place, it was a Jedi in real strength.

If you want to survive in the Jedi, this is almost impossible to complete, but Han Xin has done it, and defeated the Zhao army of 200,000 people, which makes He Bai, who is reminiscent of the old place, have to sigh at Han Xin's command ability. Thinking about it from another perspective, no matter who led the troops to fight back then, I am afraid that there is no guarantee that the army under his command will not collapse because of it, and Han Xin alone has done it, which cannot but admire Han Xin, a soldier immortal.

After a long time, He Bai sighed: "The Marquis of Huaiyin is really a genius in the world, and he can't do it." Gentlemen, no matter what time in the future, you need to take the Marquis of Huaiyin as an example. If it does not reach the point of the Marquis of Huaiyin, no one can be proud and complacent. Otherwise, it will be Chen Yu's second. ”

The generals nodded their heads again and again, and He Bai turned his head to look at Fu Xing, feeling that his art of war and vision were getting better and better. He still has knowledge of the history of later generations, but Fu Xing is self-taught and self-taught. In just one year, from a military general with developed limbs to a meticulous mind and vision like a famous general, it seems that his potential is not weak. He Bai decided to find more military books for him in the future to see what kind of ability he could develop.

After a while, He Bai found that two large mountain mausoleums of more than ten zhang suddenly rose in front of him. The front of the hill looks as if it had been carved by a knife and axe, and it stands flat and steep on both sides of Gucci Road.

In the middle of these two hills, the foundation is built with long stone blocks to reach the halfway point of the mountain. Only an arch hole more than two meters high and four meters wide is left in the middle for people to pass through. At the same time, the high doorway is topped by a brick pavilion.

At this time, on top of this pavilion, a huge "Han" character flag, under the blowing of the cold wind, unfurls in the wind. closed, but there was no team of soldiers who kept patrolling back and forth, which was extremely disappointing. I heard that the soldiers in the counties of the Central Plains were negligent in training, and the soldiers did not know the battle, and the generals did not know the soldiers. I don't want this Changshan country, which has experienced a lot of chaos, to be so careless. It seems that if you don't change the leader, you can't make a big change.

He Bailema stopped and looked at this Xiongguan carefully. The eight trails of Taihang, the fifth trail of Yiguan Trail, Taihang Trail, White Trail, Fu Caliber, Well Trail, Flying Fox Trail, Puyin Trail, and Jundu Trail. At the same time, it is also the following: What is the Nine Stops? Dafen, Yingyi, Jingruan, Fangcheng, Cai, Jingcheng, Lingfang, Sentence Note, and the Jingjing Pass of the Sixth Plug in Juyong.

Maybe one day in the future, I will be deeply blocked by it and will not be able to enter an inch.