Feng Lin turned his head and glanced at Chen Yanjin, and saw Chen Yanjin's eyes looking to the side, but he knew that he had acquiesced, and it was obviously more uncomfortable for an arrogant person like him to let him speak in person than to kill him, so he said, "There is no problem." ”

Qiu Peng said: "In that case, please give me the hall master's general order and handsome seal for the time being." ”

Everyone was slightly shocked in their hearts, and felt that Qiu Peng's conditions seemed to be a little too harsh. You must know that the commander and the handsome seal are the main tokens of the hall master, symbolizing the supreme authority of the commander on the battlefield. With these two things, all of his men must be at their disposal.

Chen Yanjin was also slightly stunned, his eyes looked at Qiu Peng, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, and then he said dejectedly: "Okay, it's all up to you." As long as you can really have a way to save everyone. For the sake of all the soldiers, everything is up to you. ”

As he spoke, Chen Yanjin really presented the handsome seal and token, and stood up and said, "You will also sit in this seat." ”

Qiu Peng did not shirk, sat down, and said: "Everyone, this is a critical moment, whether you believe me or not, you only have two choices, one choice is to completely obey my orders, and everyone will tide over the difficulties together." The second option is to disobey my orders altogether, and I will not accept this errand, so if you disagree, you must say it now. Because after all, this determines the fate of each and every one of us. ”

The leaders looked at each other suspiciously, not knowing how to answer, in fact they basically didn't know anything about Qiu Peng.

At this time, Feng Lin's support was particularly powerful: "I, Feng Lin, dare to entrust my name to Li Zixuan Gongzi, please rest assured that Li Zixuan Gongzi will definitely do our best to complete Li Zixuan's task in the same boat to tide over the difficulties." Hall Master Chen, what do you say?"

Chen Yanjin was stunned for a moment, and responded vaguely. When the officers saw that the two principals had no objections, they all agreed.

Qiu Peng sat in the middle of his big tent and took over the command of these thousands of people, but there was no joy in his heart.

In fact, although Qiu Peng had been exposed to war many times during the siege of the Seven Wounds Academy, he had never really commanded an army in battle.

Although there are many good role models around him, such as Wu Xianshui and Principal Zhuang, these people can be regarded as excellent leaders even if they are placed in the entire martial arts, but Qiu Peng has no real experience as a war commander after all.

At this moment, the enemy still has an absolute superiority in strength, while his own side is demoralized, losing two battles in a row, I am afraid that the morale of the soldiers has reached the lowest point.

In the current situation, if the enemy comes to attack, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop it for even a day.

What method should Qiu Peng use to turn the tide?

The first task assigned by Qiu Peng to Chen Yanjin and Feng Lin was that the two of them must personally be responsible for treating the wounded and cheering them up.

Hearing Qiu Peng's assignment, Chen Yanjin's face showed a look of shame and indignation, and he felt that this was Qiu Peng's taking the opportunity to insult himself and let himself do what a lowly-level soldier should do.

Feng Lin comforted Chen Yanjin and said, "Master Chen must not think that this is a communiqué and revenge, in fact, this is a good way to boost morale. ”

Qiu Peng's second order is to unify the caliber of propaganda. Qiu Peng told a big lie in front of all the soldiers, "At that time, when we and Guan Da's iǎ team rushed to the Chinese army camp to report the news, we had already sent several brothers to the Hanshu Pass to call the police for help day and night as quickly as possible, and now it is estimated that we should have reached Baisheng Pass, so what we want is to hold here for two days, and it is estimated that the reinforcements from the Hanshu Pass will arrive in three days at most." ”

All the officers sitting in the tent of the Chinese army were overjoyed when they heard Qiu Peng's words, as if they had taken a turn between life and death and returned to the world. One by one they were elated, as if they saw the hope of life again.

Chen Yanjin regretted even more when he heard the news, if he had known about this matter, he wouldn't have begged Qiu Peng at all, he just needed to stay here for two days. He would give up the position of command, and he was thinking in his heart to see if he could think of any way to take the command over.

Qiu Peng continued: "But this news is currently limited to this military tent, and we people know about it. ”

One of the incense owners questioned, "So, how do you tell your soldiers?"

Qiu Peng said: "Now that the soldiers are depressed, they have suffered two defeats in a row, and they have begun to have doubts about their commanders, which will affect the prestige of the commanders of the army, and this situation must be quickly eliminated, otherwise we will definitely not survive." ”

"Therefore, we can tell our soldiers that tonight's breakout operation is nominally to break through, but in fact the breakout is just a cover, and while our brigade is breaking through, our resourceful Chen Biting Jin Hall Master has already sent fast horse spies to rush out of the enemy's encirclement from several other directions, and go to Hanshu Pass to ask for reinforcements. ”

"The enemy thinks they have thwarted our breakout, but they don't know that we have actually achieved our intended purpose. So tonight's operation was not a failure, but a big victory. Feng Lin applauded and agreed: "That's good." It took into account the morale and increased the prestige of the commander. Anyway."

When Feng Lin said this, he glanced at Chen Yanjin and said, "Hall Master Chen is still our commander in name. ”

Qiu Peng nodded and continued: "Also, the fortifications on our mountain are not strong enough, and we have no intention of preparing to defend them at all, so we must quickly strengthen them. ”

Qiu Peng named an officer's name, and just now he had asked every officer present to describe himself, and he generally knew the resume and expertise of each officer.

"I command you to lead a thousand soldiers overnight to work on the fortifications, and prepare to defend them here. ”

Qiu Peng continued: "Others, your most important task now is to unify your voice, to boost the morale of the soldiers, to tell them that reinforcements will arrive in two days, and may come at any time, and make sure that they are convinced of the arrival of reinforcements. ”

After receiving the order, these officers all went to work separately, and Qiu Peng breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, Qiu Peng made two big lies, the first lie was that he had sent people to Hanshu Pass to ask for reinforcements, in fact, the only people who could debunk this lie at present were the iǎ team of Guan Da and the mercenaries who came with Qiu Peng.

And the second lie, that is, at the same time as breaking through the siege, people have been sent to seek help, and the only ones who can puncture this lie are these senior officers who were in the Chinese military tent just now.

In this way, each side is guarding a hopeful lie, waiting for the imaginary rescue, at least I think it should be able to support it for a few more days.

You know, in this life-and-death situation, this hopeful thought can bring out a person's potential and fill them with hope and courage.

Just thinking that reinforcements might arrive at any moment is enough to give them confidence.

However, how to escape, Qiu Peng is really at a loss. At least not yet. However, the reason why Qiu Peng had to obtain the command of the army was actually because he knew that if the command of the army continued to remain in Chen Yanjin's hands, everyone would probably not have the life to go back alive.

But when the command is in Qiu Peng's hands, there may still be a glimmer of hope. This difference is that, for example, the lie that Qiu Peng made to the senior officer just now would be completely unwieldy.

The second thing Qiu Peng did was to summon everyone in the group of mercenaries and tell everyone about the latest developments. And made a third inciting declaration: "Now, you, you disciples of the four sects and eighteenth rank who have been abandoned by the army and are not allowed to hold military positions, you are now all my personal soldiers, although temporarily, but you are now my right and left hands. ”

(To be continued, please visit wèn for the latest chapter.)