Desert, lonely smoke. Everywhere you look, there is a vast expanse of yellow sand.

Following the direction of the north, Chen Jing did not go straight. In order to avoid the patrol horses of the Di people, they deliberately took a long detour. On the way, they encountered two or three groups of patrol horses, but they did not fight, but bypassed far away to avoid exposure.

At this time, in front of him, a large strange and rugged stone forest stretched for more than twenty miles. Faintly, there were still figures outside the stone forest.

"Boss, what are you doing here?"

"Transfer." Chen Jing's voice was calm. By now, more than a day has passed since Li Chong's agreement. In another day or two, Li Chong will lead the army out of the customs and fight with the Di people.

And he is the shadow buried by Li Chong.

"General Chen, someone is coming!"

More than 300 riders quickly drew their knives.

"Don't worry, listen to my military orders." General Chen was relieved. At this juncture, he asked himself, with his identity as a small sentry in the strong battalion, Li Chong would not go to great lengths to deceive him and kill him again. The only possibility, Li Chong pinned his hopes on him.

After all, many of the generals of the entire Northern Army were on the list of Di Guo, and if any of them suddenly disappeared, it would inevitably arouse suspicion. And there is another point, the infighting of the factions is also ready to move in the 200,000 troops to the north.

As for him, the little sentinel, no one cared, and he was almost neutral, and passed the test of the messenger. Therefore, Li Chong chose him after thinking about it.

"This is where the bandits are entrenched—"

"Da Ran Li Hou." Chen Jing interrupted the words on the other side and only spit out four words. Sure enough, more than a dozen people dressed as sand bandits in front of them suddenly looked stunned.

……

"You are Chen Jing." In the depths of the stone forest, in a hidden dark cave, in front of Chen Jing, there was a general with a calm face, who slowly walked and sat down.

"Exactly."

"Please take a charm."

Chen Jing calmly took out the wooden box, took out the tiger talisman, and the half of it that the general held on the opposite side perfectly fitted and merged into one.

Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the general holding the tiger talisman suddenly shouted angrily.

"You're so bold!"

Chen Jing raised his head, expressionless, and didn't say a word.

Scare me? When I went to my grandmother's house when I was eight years old, I dared to walk ten miles at night and go to the old woods to squat in the thatched pit.

Sure enough, as Chen Jing expected, the general was silent for a while when he saw Chen Jing's appearance, and his face calmed down again.

"Don't blame, it's an eventful time, I need to be careful."

Chen Jing didn't care. In such a situation in northern Xinjiang, the spies worked carefully, two factions joined the army, and there were even rebel generals who defected to the enemy...... Li Chong's game can be regarded as careless, and he lost all the games.

"A certain name is Li Chun, and he is a distant nephew of the Marquis of Zhongyong." The general introduced, "Your matter, Master Hou has already sent his henchmen over to make it clear. If there is no accident, the army in Fenglong Pass is ready to go out of the city and fight to the death. ”

Only in the latter sentence, Chen Jing understood that there were some things that Li Chong still did not say to his nephew.

"What does Master Hou mean, let me follow you this time and listen to your orders...... Even if General Chen Jing asks me to die, I will not say anything. ”

Looking at Li Chun in front of him, Chen Jing comforted.

"General Li Chun, there is no need for this, this time, I, Chen Jing, will also do my best to help Hou Ye win the war in Northern Xinjiang. By the way, let me ask more, how many troops are there? ”

"10,000 rides, 20,000 steps."

Chen Jing was helpless in his heart, there were really no more, no less than 30,000 people. Of course, he also understood that in order to hide such an army, Li Chong had already spent a lot of thought.

"General Chen, when are we going to go on the expedition?"

"There's no hurry, we still have to wait."

The war has not yet begun, and now is not the best opportunity. Chen Jing felt the need to explain Li Chong's layout clearly to Li Chun in front of him.

"General Li Chun thinks, if my 200,000 troops to the north, plus the original tens of thousands of northern Xinjiang troops, if they are above the desert, if they want to win against the 150,000 Di people, what are the chances of winning?"

Li Chun's voice choked, "At first glance, there are many people. But in fact, most of the 200,000 troops who went to the north were new soldiers. And the war on the desert, Di Qi is fierce and abnormal, and I Ran Qi is not an opponent. If I had to say...... Leaving the Wind Dragon Pass to start a battle, the chances of victory are slim. But you also know that the court has been urging the war, and if the marquis doesn't fight, it won't be long before he will be dismissed from the post of commander. ”

Changing generals before the war is a taboo for soldiers. But the old foxes in the court want Da Ran to be defeated, and then continue to be moths and fill their pockets.

They also understand the righteousness of the family and the country, but they will not take it to heart.

Chen Jing exhaled, "Li Chun, I'll just say it directly." This time, what you and I have to do is to become an urn lid. ”

"Urn lid?"

"The plan used by the Hou Ye is to invite you into the urn."

Li Chun was silent for a while, "What do you say?" ”

"It's almost hard to win a battle out of town. Hou Ye wants to give up the Fenglong Pass and retreat to the Changhe Pass after a hundred miles. ”

"And then...... And then what? Li Chun's face was shocked, this was not a big gamble.

"The Shenlu National Teacher of Di Country is a person who is good at seizing opportunities. What would happen to him if the army to the north was defeated? ”

"General Chen, this is a bit early, as a soldier, how can you grow the prestige of others-"

"Li Chun, this is Lord Hou's plan." Chen Jing sighed. He has slowly figured out that the Li general in front of him can be classified as a fierce general.

Li Chun's voice choked again, "If the army is defeated like a mountain, it is very likely that the people of Di Guo will take the opportunity to take the Fenglong Pass." After all, after a big defeat, morale cannot be kept. If there are more dead in battle, I am afraid that it will become a rout. ”

"The rout will not ......"

In fact, the 20,000 prisoners who add up to the people, after the issuance of armor, will become a meat army, go to the death, and be defeated, so that Haohao's army to the north will show the trend of defeat.

When he was in Manshan, Zhang Su also used defeat to lure the enemy. But to tell the truth, Li Chong's plan can get rid of Zhang Su's eighteen streets.

"The fall of Fenglong Pass is also under the consideration of Hou Ye. When the time comes, Hou Ye retreats to Changhe Pass, which is a hundred miles away. If there is no mistake, the army of Di will continue the southern expedition with a great victory. ”

"If the Wind Dragon Pass is broken, what if Di Ren does not move?"

Chen Jing said calmly, "Then I won't move." When the army of Di Guo marches south, we will send out the army when we wait. In the fastest time, take the Wind Dragon Pass. In this way, if the two levels are locked, the hundreds of thousands of Di Guojun who are blocked in the middle will be slowly encircled and annihilated. ”

Li Chun's voice trembled, "No wonder...... General Chen's meaning is to defend and fight. But I'm only 30,000 people, how can I stop ......?"

"Do you guess Master Hou's side, why did you write to Hucheng?"

"Reinforcements...... Those 20,000 reinforcements. ”

"Exactly." Chen Jing was silent, "Actually, if this time goes well, there will only be 40,000 people guarding the customs. The cavalry camp of 10,000 people was to stay in the desert for interception and killing scouts and intercepting Di reinforcements. ”

"General Chen, Master Hou this time, the layout is very large."

"But he was born from death, and there is no other way. Maybe there will be mistakes at that time, but no matter what, these tens of thousands of people you and me are the last hope for northern Xinjiang. ”

Chen Jing understands that Li Chong must still have a lot of backhands. But in the current situation, we can only judge the situation and fight a beautiful battle against suppression.