The dragon fan shook slightly, and he smiled and said, "Lingyun seems to be very jealous of Xia Xun?"

"Yes. ”

Bai Lingyun responded without hesitation: "I am shallow in my knowledge, and I really don't dare to be presumptuous in front of him." ”

Long Gongzi gently moved the water cup over the side of the desk: "You don't say this very well." If the chief of the Hanlin Academy is a person with shallow knowledge, then everyone present is probably just a muddy naughty boy. ”

“......”

Bai Lingyun bowed slightly, not daring to answer this.

Long Gongzi stopped laughing, his tone changed slightly, and he directly ignored the question of whether to sneak attack: "Before withdrawing today, I ordered you to think about the strategy of transferring troops, and now there will be results?"

Bai Lingyun arched his hand: "There are results." ”

"Then let's hear it. ”

"Yes. ”

Bai Lingyun was neither humble nor arrogant, and then turned his head to look at the little Confucian who came with him. The little Confucian understood and hurriedly put down two of the three scrolls he was holding on the ground, and then unsealed the scrolls in his hand and slowly spread them out towards everyone.

However, there is an extremely cumbersome topographical map drawn on the scroll, with thin lines outlining many road passes and jungle ridges, as well as many small print marks.

Bai Lingyun took a few steps back, came to the scroll, and bowed to everyone slightly: "I can't think about it all night, and I can only think of three strategies, if there is any omission, negligence or mistake, I hope you will give me more advice." As he spoke, Bai Lingyun looked back at the head of Long Gongzi, and began to narrate: "The soldiers in Yumu Village are in danger, according to today's investigation and the return of the secret outpost, its internal defense has been quite perfect, and the strong wall is clear for several miles, if our army wants to attack, it can only attack all the way. However, if we attack dangerous places, our army will inevitably pay the price of losing troops. Considering that our army still needs to fight against the hidden dangers of various forces in the future, the next strategy is the same as before--wait for the rabbit. ”

Saying that, Bai Lingyun pointed to the map: "There are rules and regulations in the square inch of the sky, and the sound of the golden bell will shrink the ground by two thousand." Even if our army does not fight, it only needs to wait for two bells to ring, and it will be summed up outside the boundary. As long as our army firmly encircles Yumu Village and blocks both ends of the river, waiting for two bells to ring can easily wipe it out in one fell swoop. This strategy has the least loss of soldiers, and it can defeat people invisibly, so it is the first policy. ”

"You're farting again. ”

The second son of Long was already a general, and when he heard Bai Lingyun once again put forward the strategy of not fighting to the death, he was immediately displeased.

"I said that if you don't have that ability, don't shout nonsense, can't you? When you come, you said that you can't fight on the road, but you have to fight before you see the battle. When you get to the battle, you say you can't fight, you have to fight until you think about it. And now, you're telling me you can't fight. Hmph, I think you were stupid by that Xia Xun, right? If it weren't for the fact that you were the old man of the Hanlin Academy, I would have wondered if you were bought by Xia Xun to mess with our army's heart!"

Bai Lingyun bowed to the second son of Long and clenched his fists, argued with reason, and asked rhetorically: "The two armies are fighting, victory or defeat is not overnight, if you can win the battle without losing the soldiers, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

"Wow..."

Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Long Gongzi looked a little impatient.

He waved his fan and cut off the argument between the two: "Although this strategy is good, it will take a lot of time, and it is not what I want." ”

Bai Lingyun knew what he meant, and he seemed to have expected it. didn't talk nonsense, and directly turned back to give little Confucian Sheng a look, Xiao Confucian put away the scroll in his hand, and then picked up a pair of scrolls from the ground and carefully spread them out in front of him...

The scroll depicts an instrument that looks like a catapult used in a siege but has some discrepancies. The main reason is that this equipment is much more cumbersome than the catapults used in the siege.

Bai Lingyun glanced at the scroll, and then said: "If the prince thinks that the first strategy is time-consuming, he may wish to consider the middle strategy, and the middle strategy is to use the crossbow instead of attacking. Although Yumu Village is a natural risk, it is only a few miles away. Although Xia Xun stocked up on sufficient grain and grass, he was more than stubborn and not enterprising, and his defects were also obvious. As he spoke, Bai Lingyun pointed to the drawing of the equipment on the scroll, and then said: "Everyone, please see, this is the engineering equipment drawing drawn by the disciples of the Ordnance Department of the Hanlin Academy, which is called Thunderbolt Fire. Due to the cold terrain of the Fangcun Mountains and the limited resources, there was a lack of enough oxen and donkey skins to make catapults for siege. However, there are many trees in the Fangcun Mountains, and there is an oak forest four thousand miles away, and its trees can be turned into gelatinous after high temperature fire, which is extremely elastic. If it is attached to the bark and twisted into hemp rope, it can barely be used as beef tendon. Coupled with the improvement of the base and the reinforcement of the mechanical structure, it can also exert a powerful siege force.

Gongzi can consider using the first strategy as the basis to block its traffic, block its waterways, and besiege Yumu Village within a radius. Then he ordered people to cut down the oak trees and make siege equipment according to the map. The number of them does not need to be large, only 300 seats are enough. When everything was ready, Childe placed the thunderbolt fire outside the Yumu Village in a line, and prepared thousands of huge stones to pour charcoal fire as arrows, and launched an offensive at the same time. At that time, the falling rocks will bring the fire of the sky like rain, all of which are the power of ten thousand catties, and even if there are hundreds of strongmen in the fish and wood village, it will not help. It doesn't take many days for everything in the village to be gone, and they have to abandon the village and flee. Childe will be able to cut it down at will. ”

“......”

The words stopped, and the wind was clear.

The sound was steady, as if there was a thought brewing in it.

Perhaps Bai Lingyun's strategy is really clever, without soldiers, he only needs to build a hundred and ten siege ordnance to easily destroy a dangerous place, such a clever plan is quite impressive. Therefore, when Dubai Lingyun offered this strategy, many generals who originally had a contemptuous attitude towards him in the field couldn't help but think a little highest.

Only Long Gongzi has a few exceptions.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still seemed to be dissatisfied: "The workmanship of this siege equipment is so cumbersome, and the oak forest you mentioned is more than 4,000 miles away, if the construction starts now, how long will it take to complete?"

Bai Lingyun replied carefully: "If calculated with the strength of a thousand people, it will take thirty days for three hundred thunderbolt fires. If 4,000 people work together, the time can be shortened to about 18 days. ”

Long Gongzi was puzzled: "Four thousand talents have been reduced to eighteen?"

"Yes. ”

Bai Lingyun nodded and explained, "This instrument focuses on the construction of the Seiko, but it must be completed with the assistance of the disciples of the Hanlin Academy. Other manpower can only be arranged to cut wood, polish and other work, so although the number of people has tripled, the efficiency can only be increased by 40%, and it is difficult to complete the work in a short time. ”

Long Gongzi was quite disappointed and shook the dragon fan: "Eighteen days is still too long, I don't want to waste time here." Moreover, in such a long time, Yumu Village will inevitably find clues, and when the time comes, they will make a stumbling block, and the time required will increase. Back and forth, the change is too big, and it is not what I want. Lingyun, you might as well say your next step. ”

"Uh..."

Long Gongzi had this statement, Bai Lingyun was not surprised.

Helplessly, a trace of bitterness was raised, and Bai Lingyun simply responded: "Okay, son, let's look at the third strategy." ”

As he spoke, the little Confucian behind him put down the scroll, picked up the last scroll from the ground, and slowly spread it out in front of him. The drawing on this scroll has many similarities with the first, and it is also a detailed topographical map of Yumu Village within a radius of 100 miles, but it is much more cumbersome than the previous one, and the red ink is eye-catching.

"The third strategy is the strategy. ”

Pointing to the location of the "Yumu Village" on the picture scroll, Bai Lingyun continued: "The terrain of the Yumu Village is dangerous, and there are many mechanisms. If we want to break the village, we must first break the defense, and the key to its defense lies in the east and west mountains and the trail. From today's temptation, the trail should be the weakest of the three dangers. The trail, up and down a hundred zhang wide and three zhang wide, was ambushed with countless traps and trenches and hidden arrows. If you force the charge, you will be defeated, so if the prince wants to take the trail to enter, he first needs to prepare thousands of horses and hundreds of fine horses. Ordered the people to drive all the horses into the path in one breath with the momentum of a long snake, and charged into battle with the horses, triggering all the traps in the road. In this way, the danger of the trail can be broken, and our army can enter through the trail to carry out a strong attack.

However, this is not a fool's errand.

The trail is narrow and interspersed between the gaps between the eastern and western mountains. Although the trap is broken, there are still threats such as fire oil, rolling logs, and falling rocks on the top of the two mountains, and if you attack it rashly, you will be damaged. Therefore, Gongzi also needs to send two elite soldiers to attack and suppress the East and West Mountains. Considering the dangerous mountain, it is impossible to leap without the apocalypse, and it is not effective to shoot within a hundred zhang. In the next thought, Gongzi could turn Tiance pride into an iron prison, and the Cangyun shield armor and the archers of the three armies of Jinyi, Yulin, and Huben were arranged into a formation. Tiance is good at defense, can be a striker, abandon the horse and attack the mountain. If Yumu Village counterattacks with fire, as long as the fire is not big, it can resist for a long time. Cangyun shield armor is good at resisting, it can be described as a guard, defending in the bow array. If the east and west mountains throw down the rolling wood and throw stones, Cangyun can stand up to the shield wall to guard, and after the offensive, the shield wall is opened, and the archers of the three armies shoot a salvo of arrows, so back and forth, the damage of our army can be minimized, and at the same time, the range of the bow array can be shortened to within 100 zhang, and the east and west mountains can be effectively suppressed.

At that time, the four armies will be in charge, and there will be no more than 500 soldiers and horses in Yumuzhai, which will inevitably be overwhelmed. Our army only needs to attack in an orderly manner for a few days, and Yumuzhai will inevitably lose its troops and generals, and our army will have an opportunity. ”

At this point, Bai Lingyun looked cautious, glanced at Long Gongzi deeply, and then turned to the tone of his voice and said carefully: "It's just a forbidden. Besides, Xia Xunzhi's plan is absolutely uncommon for people to speculate, and he will definitely expect that our army will have such a plan. With or without intention, he has gained the upper hand, even if Ling Yun minimizes the losses in the battle, but after the battle, I am afraid that there will inevitably be casualties. Therefore, this third policy, Ling Yun thought it was really the next policy. ”

“......”

Long Gongzi gently closed his eyelids, a trace of caution sank between his eyebrows, and he was speechless for a long time.

The breeze blew in through the curtains, flicking the bright yellow candles.

The dozens of generals in the tent stared at each other, and they were more or less uncertain about Bai Lingyun's three strategies. On the head, the second son of Long is rarely silent. And the equally silent Long Gongzi exudes a deep aura, giving people the feeling of being an old man fishing alone on the edge of a stream, steady and profound.

He is different from Li Yuanba, who is also a prince, Li Yuanba was born a martial idiot, practicing martial arts is almost crazy, and he has never put his mind on the intrigue in the court, let alone fighting for the supreme throne. But he had to fight, because he was the eldest son of the royal family, and if he didn't fight, he would die. Therefore, his decisions often have to be more cautious than others, and he must not make the slightest mistake. Just like now, he must trample Xia Xun under his feet in the trip to the heavenly test, he must win the Yumu Village in his hands, and he must win beautifully. Only in this way can he seal the mouths of some people in the Li clan who want to see his jokes with facts.