November 3rd.

Lu Yonggang sent scouts to explore the perimeter of Fallen Horse City and estimate how many people and horses were in the city.

In the estimation of manpower and horses, each army has its own method of calculation.

The most mainstream is to look at the camp, which is the so-called camp calculation method, and judge how many soldiers and horses there are according to the number of tents in the opponent's military camp.

The second is to look at the logistics, cooking smoke calculation method, soldiers in the army use a cauldron to eat, and a military camp cooks several people's meals in one pot, and there are also counts, so that the scouts sent only need to count the amount of cooking smoke when the other party is cooking, and they can roughly calculate how many people and horses the other party has.

In the end, it is to judge how many people and horses there are by looking at the amount of grain and grass transported by the other party.

However, the last one has to go deep into the rear, and I don't know the specific time when the other party will transport grain, and it will take time to wait.

The scouts of the Heavenly Master Army used the first two methods, climbing the mountains around Falling Horse City, and looking far away.

It's not just a matter of looking at it, but it's about keeping an eye on it and comparing it through multiple data, because things like military camps and cooking smoke are easy to fake.

There was no way for the Heavenly Master Army to go around to the back of the Falling Horse City, because there were mountains on both sides of the city, and only through the Falling Horse City could they go deep from this route.

Night falls.

Chen Mo took the pro-military camp into several teams, responsible for exploring the perimeter of the battlefield and cleaning up the enemy scouts who were probing his own men and horses on the periphery of the barracks.

It was almost winter, the moonlight was not very bright, and they carried torches and patrolled the mountains and forests, of course, doing so was likely to frighten the enemy scouts.

But it doesn't matter, the main thing is not to catch them, but to drive them away.

However, Chen Mo's team did not hold torches.

said that it was a team, but in fact, Chen Mo and Xia Zhining, with the strength of the two of them, with the help of this thin moonlight, they could still see the road clearly.

Chen Mo held a strong bow in his hand, his eyes scanned the surroundings, like the scouts of the Yuzhou army, there was a high probability that they were all martial artists, so there would be nothing to hide in front of his eyes, staring at a string of red numbers on his head, even if he was lying in the bushes, Chen Mo could find it out for him.

"It's so dark, you can't see far at all, how can you check? If we don't know if we will be attacked, we will also light the torches. Xia Zhining said.

Chen Mo naturally wouldn't say that he could see the strength of the martial artist, and chuckled: "Relax, I have to protect you, and there are really scouts around, I have a way to find out." ”

If he wasn't a martial artist, even if he attacked him, he wouldn't be able to hurt him.

If it was a warrior, he was discovered before the sneak attack.

The weak ones were killed or caught.

When he encountered someone with a higher strength than himself, Chen Mo ran away in advance, and he was still very confident in this.

"Who wants you to protect." Xia Zhining pursed her lips and snorted lightly, but her heart was sweet, and said, "When we discussed attacking Falling Horse City before, why didn't you make a suggestion to Lu Yonggang?" ”

"How do you know I didn't mention it?" Chen Mo turned around and frowned, she was not present in the handsome tent at that time.

"I just know." Xia Zhining knew that she had missed her mouth, so she put her hands behind her back and turned her head sideways.

"It's Sun Meng who told you, it seems that you have to beat him, and his mouth is not tightly closed." Chen Mo said.

Xia Zhining stepped forward and gently bumped Chen Mo on the shoulder, and said, "It's not a big deal, let me know what's wrong?" ”

"Women don't interfere in men's affairs." Chen Mo put away his bow, put it on his back, and poked Xia Zhining's forehead with his fingers.

"You're no less." Xia Zhining subconsciously blurted out, she could bow her head a few times, but she quickly reacted, took back the second half of the sentence, and her face turned red.

Chen Mo laughed twice: "Think? ”

"Bastard." Xia Zhining kicked it in embarrassment, but was grabbed by Chen Mo, Xia Zhining immediately felt a little unstable in her center of gravity, and poured backwards, Chen Mo hurriedly put down Xia Zhining's legs, and then quickly hugged the other party's waist and pulled it into her arms.

"Be careful, don't fall, or I'll be distressed." Chen Mo pinched Xia Zhining's delicate chin with two fingers, lifted it slightly, and blew hot air on her face.

Xia Zhining suddenly felt her delicate body tremble, crispy and numb, and pushed Chen Mo hard: "Bastard, let go of me."

"Actually, I thought about it too." Chen Mo kissed the corner of Xia Zhining's lips, the pressure in the army was indeed greater than usual.

Xia Zhiningfang's heart jumped, and she was a little embarrassed and a little proud in her heart, after all, the more this bastard was greedy for his body, it showed that the love words he had said to him before were true, and he was still a little flustered, in this wilderness, the black light was blind, and it was even more exaggerated than the last time he was behind the bluestone.

"You don't mess around." Xia Zhining patted Chen Mo on the shoulder.

At night, Xia Zhining did not wear armor, she was dressed in black clothes, dressed more plainly, and wrapped her chest, turning from an apple to an egg.

Chen Mo directly pulled Xia Zhining from the mountain path to a big tree in the forest, and asked her to turn her back.

Xia Zhi couldn't resist Chen Mo, and half-pushed and half-succumbed.

After Chen Mo finished the apportionment into the mu, he still answered the question Xia Zhining asked before: "I don't know much about the military, and even if I have more soldiers and horses, I can't command them, what advice can I make?" And although you have read a lot of military books, but you have little experience, it is better to follow the side and watch and study hard, Lu Yonggang can be the commander of the five armies, for sure. Hiss. If you have two brushes, it's better to make a mess for him, don't move around."

Chen Mo doesn't think that he has the ability to do this at present, to show his "domineering spirit" in the military tent, let Lu Yonggang listen to himself, and then how to do it, if he doesn't do this, he will lose the battle or something.

Even if he really has a 100% suggestion that he can break the city, with his current strength, he is not suitable for being in the limelight, just make a name for himself, he doesn't want to be targeted by the court now and be famous.

Hearing this, Xia Zhining wanted to be silent, but it was difficult for her to be silent, and she always couldn't help but want to make some noise.

But Xia Zhining agrees with this.

During these months in the army, Xia Zhining did learn many things that were not in the books.

"Remember, once the decisive battle begins, saving your life is the most important thing, when you find out that something is wrong, after the rout, you will withdraw directly, at least for the sake of the Heavenly Master Army, you will not take your life."

Chen Mo pulled Xia Zhining's face, pinched the bright and cold face, and admonished, after finishing speaking, in the beauty's eyes with a little shyness, he approached the red lips and became greedy and intimate.

Feeling the young man's concern, Xia Zhining also responded enthusiastically.

After a variety of investigations and a large amount of information, Lu Yonggang launched an attack on the city on November 6, but it was a feint and a tentative attack.

On 7 November, a full-scale siege was launched, and the catapults were pulled forward.

ps: I know that the war scene is a weakness, so I don't know how to write it in detail, so I pick and choose the key points.

(End of chapter)