The next day, early in the morning.

He was awakened in his sleep and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

He replied: "General Yu, Wen Xiguang, the left capital of the Yan Army, has returned, and there are more than a dozen captured generals. ”

He sat up from the bed and frowned, "Coming back?" ”

He nodded and said, "Yes, Chief Manager Xu sent someone to report that Wen Dujian and others were released by the bandits, and none of them were injured." ”

He sat in silence for a moment, his face cloudy.

The left army of the Yan army was dispersed, and he didn't really pay much attention to this matter, so he behaved calmly and calmly in front of Xu Cun and others last night.

As for the life and death of Wen Xiguang and other generals, he will not linger in his arms, no matter how cruel torture these people will suffer at the hands of bandits, it will have no impact on his overall situation.

However, these people were released by the bandits.

It's a strange thing.

When he arrived in the council chamber, the atmosphere here was also dreary beyond words.

Servant Sansien raised his hand to stop Xu Cun and the others from saluting, his eyes stayed on the face of Wen Xiguang, who was standing aside, and asked expressionlessly: "Eunuch Wen, what is going on?" ”

Wen Xiguang looked ashamed and said heavily: "General Hui, at the end of yesterday, the general was ordered to meet the front army, and was ambushed by the Seven Star Army on the way. The opposing army's strength was around three thousand, and there were hundreds of quite elite cavalry. The last general was ashamed and failed to block the onslaught of the enemy, and at that time the last general could only make some of his soldiers retreat, and then was captured by the opponent's masters. ”

Du Min, the former military capital supervisor not far away, lowered his head.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly: "I already know about this, where were you taken later?" ”

Wen Xiguang replied: "General Hui, after the last general and others were captured, they were immediately blindfolded by the bandits, and then walked for about two hours, and were locked up in a wooden house when it was dark. The last general secretly identified the direction, which should be from the place where he was ambushed and walked all the way to the east, but the exact location was not clear. In the second half of the night, the other party sent dozens of masters to send us back in the same way, and when we were more than ten miles away from this cottage, they asked us to return on our own. ”

Servant Sansien walked to the main seat and sat down, glanced at Xu Cun next to him, and then asked Wen Xiguang: "Eunuch Wen, the leader of the bandits is Lu Shen?" ”

Wen Xiguang responded: "It's him, and Lin Xi, the daughter of Lin Jie, these two people are the leaders of the Seven Star Army yesterday." ”

He was silent for a moment, and then said quietly, "Why did he let you back?" ”

Wen Xiguang remembered Lu Shen's advice before leaving, so he said calmly: "I don't know the end." Lu Shen did persuade him to surrender, but the last general was tired of the emperor's favor, how could he be in the same stream with the bandits? Seeing that he could not persuade him to surrender, he asked the last general for information about our army. ”

Xu Cun interjected: "You said it? ”

At this moment, his eyes were slightly cold, if Wen Xiguang didn't pay some price, how could the thieves let him back?

Wen Xiguang replied without the slightest hesitation: "Yes." ”

The rest of the generals looked a little ugly, and at the same time looked at Wen Xiguang in disbelief, secretly thinking that even if Ling was really forced to confide the news, how could he tell him bluntly at this time?

Can't you lie?

Wen Xiguang continued: "Please rest assured that the general and the general did not tell the truth, and he could not distinguish between the truth and the false information for Lu Shen. However, the reason why the last general was able to come back should have nothing to do with this matter, just because Lu Shen asked the last general to convey one thing. ”

His expression became solemn, and he bowed his head and said, "You say." ”

Wen Xiguang said: "He said that he would continue to attack the camp at night in the future, so that our army would be ready to deal with it." ”

When he heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, which was not much different from his prediction, but then he felt a headache again, that is, how to deal with the left army in front of him.

He turned his head to look at Xu Cun and said, "Chief Xu, Wen Dujian is a general under your command, how to deal with this matter, I would have thought that it should still be cut by you." ”

Xu Cun was quite embarrassed.

Yesterday's defeat of the left army was not a crime of war, Wen Xiguang was ordered to meet and then met an ambush, the root cause was that the vanguard front army lightly advanced against the enemy, otherwise it would not have caused such a fiasco.

However, Wen Xiguang was defeated too simply, nearly half of the left army was killed in name only, the ordnance and armor were stripped of themselves, and all the generals were captured.

Normally, even if Xu Cun directly ordered Wen Xiguang to be cut down, he did not violate military regulations.

But......

Xu Cun glanced at Du Min, who was embarrassed on the other side, he didn't even deal with this culprit, how could he shout and kill Wen Xiguang who was implicated?

Seeing this, Wen Xiguang understood in his heart, and took the initiative to speak: "Chief Xu, the last general was defeated and captured, so it is really not appropriate to continue to stay in the army. Although the last general did not betray the military intelligence and had a clear conscience about it, he ...... It is not good to embarrass the chief and generals, and it is not good to affect the morale of the army. ”

Seeing him say this, Du Min stood up and said: "Chief, yesterday's defeat was the responsibility of the last general, and Wen Dujian and his comrades in the left army were only affected by the recklessness of the last general, so so——"

"Alright."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Cun raising his hand, and then said to Wen Xiguang: "Eunuch Wen, what do you think of this?" The matter will be left to the general to decide, and I will have you and the other captured generals escorted back to Ruyin City. ”

Wen Xiguang sighed lightly, lowered his head and said, "Thank you for the grace of the chief steward not to kill!" ”

When the words fell, he retreated and turned to leave, his back was quite lonely and lonely, which made the mood of the generals in the hall very complicated, especially Du Min's face was blue and his eyes were gloomy.

"Ahem—"

He cleared his throat and attracted everyone's attention, and then said, "Everyone, what do you think of the provocation that Lu Shen asked Wen Dujian to convey? ”

"This is a strategy to attack the heart, and it is nothing more than to make our army chaotic." Shang Zhirong, the capital supervisor of the right army, had a grim face, and then said: "Even if he really has the courage, as long as all the units of our army keep a relatively close distance and advance steadily to the north, he will not take advantage of it." ”

Xu Cun muttered, "Having said that, judging from yesterday's battle, we have been underestimating the true combat power of the Seven Star Army before. After receiving Lu Shen's training, this group of green forests and grass recklessness has already shown the prototype of an elite and strong army. In addition, night attacks have always been difficult to guard against, and the other party is extremely familiar with the terrain in the mountains, and may come out of a corner at any time. ”

Shang Zhirong frowned and said, "Then do our troops want to tie up and advance north?" If this is the case, I am afraid that the situation will be even more unfavorable. ”

"The division of troops is inevitable."

Fusan Sien took over the conversation, and said: "There are still three cottages in the north, and only after they are captured can they enter the main village of the Seven Star Gang." If we don't divide our troops, we will waste too much time, and it will be more difficult to supply food and grass in the future. ”

Xiao Tongyuan, the capital supervisor of the rear army, said: "In fact, it can be seen from yesterday's ambush battle that the real battleable soldiers of the Seven Star Army are those 3,000 people. If the enemy wants to attack at night, there are only two ways, one is to send a small number of troops to bluff to exhaust our army, and the other is to attack our army's weak points. ”

Servant Sanji En glanced at him approvingly, and then said, "Supervisor Xiao Du is right. The reason why Lu Shen asked Wen Dujian to spread the word must be to confuse us and keep our army in tension all the time. In this case, our army must take the initiative and not follow the rhythm of the other side. According to the general's point of view, the Chinese army under the command of General Manager Xu can be divided into three, and the front and right armies can advance to the north for a total of five divisions, and the general personally leads the Xiashan army in the center. ”

He looked around at everyone and said awe-inspiringly: "Once the main force of the enemy army attacks, you must lead your subordinates to drag the other party, and then the Xia Shan Army is responsible for the pursuit, and then the various units will be encircled." As long as these more than 3,000 people can be annihilated, the headquarters of the Seven Star Gang will be in the pocket of our army. ”

Xu Cun asked: "What does the general mean, we want to change the established strategy?" ”

Fu San'en nodded and said: "At the beginning, I would have agreed with the idea of General Manager Xu taking the camp step by step, and the army would attack all the way to the north. However, judging from the attack and defense of this cottage yesterday, the Seven Star Gang obviously doesn't care about these cottages, they can completely consume us in the mountains. In addition, there is nothing in this cottage except for the wood and stone houses, which shows that those green forests and grasses have already moved their materials to the depths of the mountains. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same in the three cottages to the north. ”

Shang Zhirong sighed with emotion: "That's true, the bandits are already ready to wander in the mountains and harass them. At present, it seems that in addition to the general village, they can give up other cottages. If our army continues with its previous strategy, I am afraid that it will always face harassment from them. ”

"Therefore, we must reverse our minds in time, lure the other party to sneak attack, and then bite their tails and use the advantage of troops to encircle and annihilate the opponent's living forces!"

The final word is on the servants.

Xu Cun pondered for a moment, and then asked: "General, the terrain in the mountains is complex and communication is inconvenient, and if we want to hook and weave a large net to encircle the enemy, it may be a little difficult in actual operation. ”

"I thought about that before I went into the mountains."

He smiled calmly and glanced at the soldiers standing at the door, and after a while, more than a dozen fierce men with eyes like falcons walked in.

He explained to the generals: "My subordinates are good at the method of boiling eagles, and the trained golden eagles can deliver messages. Each army took two people away, and they were responsible for communicating with each other in a timely manner. No matter which of you is attacked by the Seven Star Army, I can know as soon as possible, and then I will take the Summer Mountain Army to support. As long as you bite the enemy's whereabouts, the rest is to chase and intercept them. ”

The crowd was overjoyed.

Fu Sansi En said to Xiao Tongyuan again: "Xiao Dujian, you led the soldiers of the rear army to be stationed in this cottage. When the Xia Shan army escorts the grain and grass here, you only need to guard the stockade to protect the grain and grass, and no matter what happens in the north, your people are not allowed to leave the stockade. ”

Xiao Tongyuan got up and said, "Obey!" ”

Although the strength of the 4,000 people in the rear army is not as good as that of the Xia Mountain Army, with the protection of this cottage, even if the Seven Star Army can touch it out of nowhere, it will not be able to step into the village.

After the arrangements were made, the servant Sanji En secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone: "That's it, you can just do what you want." ”

The generals said in unison: "Yes! ”

(End of chapter)