In the headquarters of the Seven Star Gang, in a bright and spacious hall, dozens of generals of the Seven Star Army gathered together, sitting one by one, looking at Lu Shen, who was standing solemnly in front of him.

After nearly two months of training, this army, which is composed of green forests and reckless grasses, has begun to take shape.

Lu Shen made more detailed adjustments to the entire team through the performance of everyone during training.

A team of 125 people, of which 5 are heavy armor, 10 are archers, 10 are sword and shield men, and the rest are foot soldiers.

The five teams are an army, with two deputy commanders temporarily, and the post of commander is vacant, and the evaluation will be made after the war is over.

At this moment, there are a total of ten deputy commanders in the hall, and fifty team leaders and team deputies, which is the skeleton of the Seven Star Army.

"Today we will talk about why we are fighting this war and how we are going to fight it."

Lu Shen faced everyone in the hall and opened the conversation without hurrying.

Lin Xi sat in the corner, his bright eyes full of curiosity.

In fact, not only her demeanor, after hearing Lu Shen's opening remarks, everyone in the hall, including Li Chengen, showed puzzled looks.

Whether they had experienced war or not, these people had never heard of a meeting before a major war to resolve these two seemingly unwanted issues.

Why fight?

Naturally, it was because the officials and troops of the Yan Dynasty were about to enter the cottage, and they had no way out.

How?

This is a problem that the main general, that is, Lu Shen, needs to consider, and they only need to implement it.

Lu Shen stared at their expressions, and had expected their reactions, so he pointed to a young man named Yu Hanyuan and said, "Tell me why we are fighting this battle. ”

"Yes!"

Yu Hanyuan was 24 years old at the time and is now the leader of the 4th team of the Chinese army.

He is a native of the Seven Star Gang, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he followed Lin Xi to kill several corrupt officials of the Yan Dynasty a few years ago, and he is loyal, diligent and courageous.

After getting up, facing the gazes of others, Yu Hanyuan said honestly: "Captain, if we don't fight, the Yan army will kill all of us." ”

"It's a very direct answer, I believe everyone has similar thoughts in their hearts."

Lu Shen motioned for Yu Hanyuan to sit down, and then said: "Maybe you will think that my question is not of much significance, the Yan army is ready to attack, and the only thing in front of us is to rise up and resist this road, if you don't fight, will you surrender directly?" I ask this because the vast majority of you have not seen a real war and are not mentally prepared for the cruelty and tragedy that is coming. ”

Everyone raised their heads and looked at him with solemn expressions.

Lu Shen said: "Everyone is a good man in the green forest who licks blood from the knife edge, and many people have seen life and death with their own eyes, so they are naturally more bloody and brave than ordinary people." However, when you walk in the green forest, as long as you show the name of the Seven Star Gang, no one will usually embarrass you, even if you are in a life-and-death test, you can choose to escape or avoid. This was your usual life, but then it was different. ”

"In the past two months, you have studied the command drill queue, and you barely have the appearance of an army, but this is far from enough. What is war? It's not your fanciful ambition, it's not impassioned, it's not fame, it's not that we're able to beat the enemy to the ground with a single shot. ”

"War is not a story, it's far more tragic than you think."

Lu Shen knew that this statement might not be able to achieve sufficient results, so he raised his hand and pointed at another young man and said, "Guo Bifang." ”

Guo Bifang, the third team of the front army, got up and said, "Here!" ”

Lu Shen said: "If the war has started now and Yu Hanyuan is surrounded by the enemy, you are not far from him. If you don't save him, he'll die, but what will you do if I order you to retreat immediately with your men? ”

Guo Bifang was stunned.

He and Yu Hanyuan are of the same age, they grew up together, and the relationship between the two parents is also extremely close, and the two are almost the same as brothers.

Hearing Lu Shen's question, a scene appeared in his mind, Yu Hanyuan's blood-stained robe was besieged by the enemy, and he could obviously lead people to the rescue, but the order above was for him to retreat immediately.

Guo Bifang turned his head and glanced at Yu Hanyuan, he knew that he should answer and act according to the military order, but that sentence was difficult to say.

After a while, he said very ashamedly: "Captain, subordinates ......"

Lu Shen didn't blame him, and said warmly: "I know that you are very difficult, such a choice is difficult for anyone, but I hope everyone understands that similar difficulties will definitely arise in future wars." To live or to die, to persevere or to give up, when all kinds of hardships come, you must remember what I said today. ”

He asked Guo Bifang to sit down, looked at the people in the hall with extremely solemn expressions, and said in a deep voice: "We are fighting for our wives and children, and we are also fighting for ourselves. On the battlefield, bloodshed and sacrifice are the eternal themes, not just a dashing and wanton ride, let alone the enemy disappearing in a joke. That's the script, not the reality. ”

Yu Hanyuan raised his head and said seriously: "Captain, if I reach that situation, I will die with the Yan army, and I will definitely not embarrass Paoze." ”

"I believe you can do it, and I believe that every brother here can do it, because you are all iron-clad men, not greedy for life and afraid of death."

Lu Shen's words eased the solemn atmosphere in the hall a little, and he continued: "But we can't fight unprepared battles, this preparation not only refers to drills, ordnance, armor and food and grass, but also the most important psychological level. Only by recognizing the cruelty of war and being prepared to sacrifice for it can we win more with less and the strong with the weak! I not only hope you understand this, but also tell the brothers below. If someone is afraid, do not ridicule and humiliate him, but use reason to make him understand that those who are afraid of death will definitely die quickly, and as long as those who are not afraid of death have a chance to live to the end. ”

"To put it more bluntly, that is a person who dies and a bird that does not die for thousands of years!"

The voice landed, and the room was full of laughter.

This laughter gradually became a bit majestic.

In the corner, Lin Xi quietly glanced at Lu Shen, and he had the impression that the junior brother would never say such foul words, thinking that he had been in the mountains for a long time and had been spoiled by those guys.

After the laughter stopped, Lu Shen turned around and walked to a hanging wooden frame, and said: "Dare to fight is just the foundation, the enemy is not a cat or a dog, and they will not be so frightened that they will sit on the ground and wait for death because we are not afraid of death." Now let's talk about the information we have so far, the Privy Council of the Yan Dynasty has issued a military order to send 25,000 foot soldiers from Dongyang Road to the north, and temporarily stationed in Fengqiu City, more than 200 miles to the south. This army was led by Xu Cun, the deputy commander of the Dongyang Road Soldiers and Horses, and nearly half of them were veterans. ”

He opened the map on the wooden shelf, and everyone could see very clearly that a certain point on the south side of Baotai Mountain was marked, and the word Fengqiu was written next to it.

Lu Shen said again: "In addition, the three thousand old soldiers under the command of Qing Yugong of the Jing Dynasty have already set off from Heluo City and went to Fengqiu to join the Yan army. These 3,000 people were led by the Jing general Sansi En and belonged to the Xia Shan Army of the Jing Dynasty, and you should have heard of this army. Fourteen years ago, in the Battle of Heluo, the first to climb to the top of the city and immediately break through the city gate was the Xiashan army. To put it simply, 28,000 people are very strong. It is difficult for you to have an intuitive feeling now, and I can tell you clearly that if we face each other head-on on the battlefield, we are not the opponent of the three thousand veterans of the Jing Dynasty. ”

Everyone in the hall was naturally a little unconvinced, after all, they were all green forest heroes with their heads pinned to their trouser belts, and Lu Shen had fully mobilized before, and the blood in their hearts had already been stirred up.

Seeing this, Lu Shen said calmly: "If we choose to fight hard, there is no doubt that it is the most stupid thing to do. Before we fight, we should understand our strengths. Cheng'en, you can tell me about this. ”

Li Chengen got up and said, "Yes." In the general's view, our advantages are mainly concentrated in two aspects. First, the vast majority of us know martial arts, and compared to the Yan army, we have an advantage in individual combat power. Second, our army is familiar with the terrain, while the enemy does not know much about the situation in the mountains. Even with the presence of a guide, the enemy can only adopt a strategy of advancing step by step. ”

"That's right, the key to the art of war is to attack the enemy's weaknesses with our own strengths, and we must make reasonable use of our own advantages to attack the enemy's weaknesses in order to have a chance to win."

Lu Shen bowed slightly, and then said to everyone: "Regarding the general strategy of this battle, I hope everyone can keep it firmly in mind, and they will not have doubts about my orders in the future." ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened.

Lu Shen said in an accentuated tone: "Wait for temptation, wait for impatience with quietness, treat light with weight, treat slackness with strictness, treat chaos with governance, and wait for attack with defense." ”

"After the enemy enters the mountain, we will set multiple traps just to exhaust the enemy and demoralize the enemy as much as possible."

"In the early stage of the war, our army will inevitably have to endure for a period of time, and the peripheral subdivisions will gradually give up, and the enemy will not be given the opportunity to fight a decisive battle. Everyone has to do a good job for the brothers below, and everyone has to calm down. ”

"Treat the heavy with the light, the terrain in the mountains is complicated, the enemy will definitely divide the troops to advance, and then there will be strong and weak, what we have to do is to gather superior forces and attack the enemy's weak points."

……

Everyone was silent, listening carefully to Lu Shen's item by item, breaking it apart and crumpling it and telling it to them.

It's a novel experience.

Even Li Chengen felt that it was different, he had learned martial arts and the art of war since he was a child, but he had never seen a similar record in the military books, so that the generals would carry out such a detailed mobilization, so that all the generals present not only understood why they were fighting, but also had a clear understanding of the overall strategy of the Seven Star Army.

Although Lu Shen has not informed everyone of the specific combat strategy so far, the confusion in their hearts has been swept away.

“…… Let's retract our fists and use guerrilla warfare to deal with the enemy, not because we are afraid of the other party, but because we want to make the enemy agitated, bored and angry, and when they are exhausted in the middle of the mountains, we will strike a charged punch to kill the enemy! ”

Lu Shen said categorically, looking around at everyone: "Do you understand?" ”

The crowd stood up neatly and said loudly, "Understood!" ”

Lu Shen nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Let's go back and continue to practice, and be ready to meet the enemy." ”

"Obey!"

The crowd responded in unison.

After a while, the hall became empty, and Lu Shen came to Lin Xi's side, and was about to speak, but a person walked in.

The person who came was Ran Xuanzhi, the master of the Lin Hall.

For some reason, his face was like a bitter melon.

(End of chapter)