Recently, the speed of the march has been much faster, marching on time on the fifth watch every day, and will camp again to rest around the second watch.

This march was due to the fact that the physical condition of the mute slaves could not be delayed any longer, and secondly, because of the news from the front that two days earlier the enemy had launched a large-scale attack on the border army, and the Xuchao army was defeated, suffering countless casualties, and barely holding the city.

Zhi Qingxun discussed the next plan with Shao Yisong in the king's tent, and Shao Yisong planned to select 5,000 soldiers from the 30,000 soldiers as the forerunner to surprise the southern Xinjiang army, but he was still a little hesitant whether it was feasible.

Southern Xinjiang Southern Xinjiang, in fact, this is the abbreviation of the Xu Dynasty for this country, Southern Xinjiang is located in the south of the Qianyu Snow Mountain, so it has this name.

The closer it is to southern Xinjiang, the colder the weather becomes, and now that the Xu Dynasty has entered the middle of summer, these marchers still wear several layers of clothes to keep warm, and if they go forward for five or six days, they are afraid that they will have to change their cotton clothes.

If you want to raid the army in southern Xinjiang, not only must you overcome this extremely cold environment, but also choose the location is also a difficult problem.

Shao Yisong took out the topographic map and looked at it over and over again, pointed to a place on the topographic map with his finger, and wrinkled his eyebrows and said: "Guyuan Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you capture it, it can become the shield of our army, and it is easier to hit the enemy hard, but it is not easy to capture it, if you choose the location elsewhere......

Knowing Qingxun understood what he meant, he had only suffered a crushing defeat two days ago, and this battle was related to the morale of our generals, and it was extremely important, and it must be won.

Now the enemy army must be close to the frontier, and the slightest disturbance will strengthen the guard, but their army is different, they have not yet reached the southern frontier, they are outside the scope of their defense, and if they suddenly launch an attack on the southern frontier, it will be advantageous.

Since there is an advantage, it is necessary to obtain the greatest benefits, but if you choose another place, it will be difficult to conquer the original mountain.

Zhiqing thought for a moment, and pressed his palm on the place where the topographic map Guyuan Mountain is located, "To get the greatest benefit, we can't afford to look ahead and backward, although this place is difficult to attack, but if you are surprised, the chance of victory will be greater!" ”

"What do you think?"

She said: "The topography of Guyuan Mountain is extremely important to both sides, at this time, the southern Xinjiang must be heavily guarded, capture the thief and capture the king first, send ten killers as the advance team, capture the leader of the Guyuan Mountain guard force, and then select 3,000 people from the 5,000 soldiers, divide them into four ways to attack, and ...... at the same time."

Zhi Qingyun's hand moved to a certain road on the topographic map, and gently clasped it, "The wolf smoke is not easy to find at night, they can only send troops to the southern Xinjiang camp for help, we must send troops to guard the place where they must pass for help, in addition...... We still need a thousand soldiers to hold this road and delay time to ensure that we have enough time to take Guyuan Mountain, but these 1,000 soldiers will ......."

She didn't say any more, and Shao Yisong knew why she was silent.

Southern Xinjiang is an uncivilized nation, they drink blood, and even now, they still live a life of bartering, not to mention that weapons and equipment are not as good as the Xi Dynasty.

But the reason why they dared to fight with the Xi Dynasty was because of the number of people.

Despite the harsh conditions of their existence, the population of southern Xinjiang was almost twice that of the Xi Dynasty, and was even increasing, and those who survived in this harsh cold environment, both men and women, could almost be called warriors.

According to the intelligence from the front, the number of people participating in the campaign this time was nearly 500,000, which means that in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, this time the southern Xinjiang almost poured out of the nest.

And all the soldiers of the Xi Dynasty guarding the southern border together were only 200,000.

In addition, the people of southern Xinjiang are familiar with the environment and topography, and the situation is very unfavorable to the Xi Dynasty, and the 1,000 people sent out to buy time in the plan are almost certain to come and go.

I have to admit that her plan is good, but ......

Shao Yisong's clenched fists were trembling slightly, a thousand soldiers, and behind them were a thousand families......

"Of course, if we are fast enough, Guyuan Mountain can be taken earlier, and these thousand people will still have time to retreat."

Zhi Qingxun said that even she herself didn't believe it, there were tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Guyuan Mountain in southern Xinjiang, and they only sent a few thousand people, even if it was not easy to subdue ordinary people who had no combat effectiveness, let alone the tall soldiers of southern Xinjiang on the other side, it was almost impossible.

But if it is......

Shao Yisong weighed it and said: "Three thousand people will take the lead, and another three thousand people will be dispatched to be on standby, and at the same time, the border soldiers will be ready to support at any time, once the war starts, the soldiers on call will immediately join the battlefield, and the border soldiers will also be on standby, so ...... The chances of those thousand people being able to retreat will be greatly increased. ”

"There are too many people, but in this way, it is easy to arouse the vigilance of the southern Xinjiang side." Zhi Qingxun felt that this was too risky, "If it falls short, it will not only be these thousand people who have been sacrificed in vain." ”

Of course, Shao Yisong knew such a risk, he frowned tightly, gritted his teeth, and said: "But this is a thousand lives, if a monarch can throw his subordinates out as outcasts at any time, what is the difference between it and my father......

"But as a monarch is too indecisive, especially on the ever-changing battlefield, does he really have the ability to rule the entire country?"

Zhi Qingxun's merciless response made Shao Yisong a little suspicious of her control, and saw her pointing to the border where the two armies faced each other on the topographic map and said: "Our people can be ready to attack at any time, but they are not going to support Guyuan Mountain, but at the same time as the battle in Guyuan Mountain, we have to start a war with the soldiers on the border of southern Xinjiang, so that at least we can contain the soldiers here and let them have no time to take care of Guyuan Mountain." ”

If this is arranged, there will still not be enough support for the 1,000 men......

Zhiqingxun didn't know that no one should be a living pawn in the war, and their families were still waiting for them to go back, but the war was not a family.

"Has the king ever thought about why Southern Xinjiang poured out this time?"

"Lonely Nature Thought ......"

Shao Yisong knew what she meant, the southern Xinjiang is vast, but the climate is cold, can not farm, can only rely on hunting for food, with the population increasing in recent years, the prey gradually decreased.

If he is the emperor of Southern Xinjiang, he will definitely fight to the death in order for the people to obtain the resources to survive.

"The enemy came with a heart that would become benevolent if he did not succeed, but the king still wanted to treat this war with mercy, and the result of not being willing to give up was to give the enemy the opportunity to invade our country, so what is the meaning of the king's personal conquest?"

Shao Yisong knew that she had a point, and he hadn't done anything like blood on his hands, otherwise he wouldn't have won the civil war.

But......

"Huanrou, do you know what I was thinking when I lost you two years ago?"

"What does this have to do with this?"

"Of course it matters......"

He held Zhiqing in his arms, which was a treasure he had lost and regained, but not everyone had the same chance as him.

"When I lost you, I knew that the departure of the person I cared about would make people so life worse than death, and I was like this, and the same was true for the families of those soldiers who died because of my ambitions."

He used to be unscrupulous, he couldn't remember how many innocent people he had sent as so-called bait to sacrifice his life for his plan, and he could deceive himself by saying that he was fighting for the people, so death and injury were inevitable.

But he also clearly knew that if it was really for the people to no longer suffer from the war, he could also submit to the Thirteen Emperor Uncles and support him as the new king, so that the civil war might not happen.

But he didn't, he just used excuses such as national righteousness to make countless people sacrifice their lives as a matter of course, until Huan Rou "passed away", he reflected, was his idea really right?

Is human life so worthless?

The answer is obvious......

The least valuable thing in war is human life, but war is inevitable, sacrifice is the same, and as the supreme ruler, all he can do is to avoid needless death as much as possible.

In this way, they are worthy of these soldiers who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths.

He made sense, and Zhi Qingxun also felt the same way, she had also lost the most important person, she could understand Shao Yisong's feelings, but she had no way to agree with Shao Yisong's approach.

Zhi Qingxun raised his head from his arms, looked at him fixedly, and said: "Benjun is still the same sentence, the battlefield is the most ruthless, the enemy will not be merciful, if the king insists on going his own way, Benjun only hopes that you will not regret it." ”

After she had left these words, she left the king's tent.

Since the dispute between the two that night, Shao Yisong has tried his best to make this raid, rushing all the time during the day, and summoning the leaders of each team to make a surprise plan at night.

Four days later, the selected 7,000 elite soldiers and the killers sent by the ghost market took a small road to Guyuan Mountain, and at the same time, Shao Yisong gave an order to order the border to start a war with the southern Xinjiang army in the next few days to attract the enemy's attention.

Everything developed according to Shao Yisong's plan, and eight days later, the battle situation came from the front, and the good news was that although there were some bumps in the middle, Guyuan Mountain was captured!

The bad news is that even with such a careful plan, the 1,000 soldiers still couldn't get timely support......

Being able to conquer Guyuan Mountain is extremely important for the future campaign, and Shao Yisong should be happy, but he frowned tightly and was silent for a long time before he said: "Copy the names of all the soldiers who died in this war to King Lone." ”

These are other people's sons, other people's husbands, flesh and blood, living people, who can be shrouded in horse leather, and heaven and earth as tombs, but they must not be forgotten.

Snow fell outside the tent, the closer to the southern Xinjiang, the colder the weather became, most of the areas of the Xuchao Dynasty are like spring all year round, there are still people excited when they see the snow, but now they only feel cold.

The soldiers were still unable to withstand the cold in their heaviest armor, and the pace of the march slowed down significantly, but at the current pace, they were still two days away from reaching the front.

This war must end in the shortest possible time.

Zhi Qingxun also thought of him, and the two began to make the first battle plan after the army arrived at the border, they thought about many scenes of confrontation with the enemy army, but they did not think that the scene before the battle between the two armies was like this......