The night is lonely.

Inside the cabin, the oil lamps flickered brightly, and the figures were busy back and forth, Mu Jinggao sat on the top of the head, closing his eyes, and the generals and generals around the sand table were in the midst of fierce discussions.

"I don't think we can attack right now!"

"The fighters are fleeting, and now it has been determined that many of their main forces have moved forward ten miles and entered our attack range, I think they should attack immediately!"

"The point is that the location of the barbarian army cannot be determined!"

"The barbarian army relies on the advantages of the surrounding mountains and forests, they are in the dark, but we are in the light, and now we are attacking, even if there is a harvest, it is only a small harvest, and it is easy to scare them back!"

"This can't be counted like this, greed is never allowed on the battlefield, and when it's time to fight, you must seize the best opportunity!"

"I don't think it's the best opportunity yet!"

"Now should be the best time for us!"

“……”

The argument was fierce.

Chen Gong is the chief of the staff department, and he is currently the second military division in the entire Beiwutang, in addition to Xi Zhicai, headed by him, a number of generals have been gathered, in addition to Jingping Water Division, Shenwei Army, generals of various departments and battalions, including some slightly capable generals.

Among the deputy generals of various ministries, in addition to Sima, there are more generals, which is special to distinguish the current military establishment.

Mu Jing established the system of staff generals, that is, the staff generals were regarded as the positions of staff officers, that is, military advisors.

After the establishment of the general system, there were also some people who showed their talents, such as several staff generals of the General Staff Division, Nanshan, Mu Rao, Yu Lei, Dong Ming, the staff general of the Jingping Water Division, Chang Gong, the staff general of the Jingping First Army, and Yu Ying, the staff general of the Shenwei Army......

Staff officers are equivalent to staff officers, they must be familiar with the art of war, have the ability to plan military affairs, and most of them are scholars.

These generals, Mu Jing is very unfamiliar with them in the history books of later generations, but they cannot deny their ability.

Mu Jing is like a little butterfly, which has instigated the trajectory of history, with many people around him, changing their fate, the people who follow him, the people who are hostile to him, the people who should be dazzling, and the people who should be nameless, are gradually changing.

The quarrel continues.

Those who attack and those who do not attack maintain their arguments, and their faces are red and red, and the public says that the public is justified, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and the spit is flying.

"Lord, my subordinates think that they can attack now!"

After half a ring, the sound of the quarrel gradually subsided, as the chief of staff Chen Gong, he seemed to have unified everyone's opinions, walked out, bowed to Mu Jing, and then said.

"Strike now?"

Mu Jing squinted, swept a glance, the discussion in the cabin had quieted down, and his words made many people look at their attitudes, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and asked, "This is the result of your final discussion?" ”

Gathering all the generals and establishing the command system of the Chinese army is to let the strengths of the people be gathered, deduce the battle situation, and reduce the accidents that can occur to the point where they are most unlikely.

"Yes!"

Chen Gong nodded and said: "According to the current news from the front line, we believe that the fighter cannot wait, it is fleeting, although there are hidden dangers, but the attack is the best way to break the conjecture, we can't give the enemy time to react!" ”

"Now that there is a result of the discussion, in the name of the commander of the Chinese army, immediately issue a military order!"

Mu Jing didn't think that his thoughts alone could compare to the thoughts of this group of staff officers, since they thought that now was the best opportunity, then it was time to attack.

"Order the first battalion of the Jingping Water Division to immediately enter Dashawan!"

"Order the third battalion of the second battalion of the Jingping Water Division to cross the Lushui Qiushan ferry and attack the ten company battalions on the opposite side!"

"Order the first and second battalions of the Dongzhou Army, under the response of the fifth battalion of the Jingpingshui Division, to attack the opposite crossway!"

"Order the Jingping First Army, Shuofang Battalion, and defend the barbarian army on the west side!"

“…………”

In the darkness of the night, in the rapid movement of troops, the sound of footsteps, drums, and shouts seemed to cover the sky of Ziwei County all at once.

The Battle of Weixian began at the end of that night, and it was completely fought.

The strong attack of the herdsmen suddenly panicked the Yizhou county soldiers.

The soldiers of Yizhou County advanced slowly step by step, not in a hurry, although they encountered a counterattack, but the defense was very fast, and they successively established a defensive formation in the northern suburbs, and then arranged troops before and after lingering on this crossway.

It's a bit evenly matched.

However, this situation only lasted until dawn, and when the sky just dawned, the 8,000 barbarian army led by Meng Jie came out of the nameless mountains and forests on the west side, like a fierce tiger entering the battlefield.

At once, they broke through the western defense line of the herdsmen.

But this also exposes their position.

The herdsmen had already prepared, and arranged the Shuofang battalion in the most critical position one step earlier, that is, on the mountain road less than twenty miles of the battlefield.

The main force of the herdsman army quickly dispatched its strategic deployment, directly abandoned the offensive against the main force of Yizhou, switched the defensive line, and the whole army pounced on the battlefield of the barbarian army.

The barbarian army of 8,000, on the west bank of Lushui Dashawan, established a 12-mile battle line, the herdsman army gathered the main force, one side defended, one side attacked, from both sides, the day of the battle, Meng Jie dropped the corpses of 3,000 warriors, defeated Lushui withdrew from Wei County, towards the mountains and forests in the west, slowly withdrew.

The herdsman army pursued for fifty miles, and finally gave up the pursuit of the barbarian army, and dispatched the main force back to the frontal battlefield as quickly as possible.

The battle of Weixian, which lasted for three days, came to an end.

The herdsmen invested about 20,000 troops, and the battle losses were less than 500 soldiers.

The Yizhou county soldiers and barbarian army invested 18,000 main forces.

The Yizhou army and the barbarian army were both defeated, and the battle losses were as high as 5,000 erlang.

This is not a battle of attack and defense of the city wall, both sides are on the plain battlefield, ten to one, such a battle damage, like a thunderous blow, almost knocked Yonghong fainted, so that he clearly realized the gap between him and the herdsman for the first time.

Two days later, the herdsman army cleaned up the battlefield, re-enlisted the city of Wei County, advanced by land and water, surrounded Wei County from the west and the north, this time the momentum was even better, carrying this supreme momentum, surging, as if like a heavy wave, directly covering the past.

………………………………………………

"How so?"

Among the county officials of Wei County, Yonghong was furious: "Obviously it was our initiative to attack, obviously we took advantage of the geographical advantage, obviously our morale was greatly boosted, and we regained the home advantage, why did we return defeated, we occupied the geographical advantage, and the momentum was surging, but they beat a big defeat and returned, shame, shame, shame!" ”

He couldn't believe the result.

In this battle, he does not deny that he is a little bit aggressive.

But he walked very steadily every step, and did not go deep alone, the soldiers and horses responded to each other, advancing layer by layer, but he did not cross the river, encountered sniping by the herdsmen, and was defeated one after another.

Such a result can be seen directly, but unwilling to accept and believe.

"Lord Taishou, this battle is not a defeat, but a crime of war!" Xu Min said in a low voice: "Our strategic deployment is right, we are the first to win the people, in order to boost the prestige of the army, but we underestimate the combat effectiveness of the herdsman!" ”

"Of course, in terms of strategy, we also lost!"

He said bitterly: "We originally wanted to take advantage of geographical advantages, they didn't take advantage of geographical advantages, Lushui is across the north and south banks, Dashawan is a corner, they have a water army, but they have the advantage, but because of Lushui, we have entered a difficult situation, they suddenly sent the main force west to attack the barbarian army, but because of the problem of crossing the river, it took a day and a night to give them the opportunity to defeat the barbarian army, but we are difficult to advance, this is a defeat, the second defeat, our combat effectiveness is far inferior to them, This is a fact, I don't know if I don't fight, but after the war, we found out that two soldiers may not be able to fight for the next herdsman soldier! ”

"Are they really that strong?"

Yonghong was unwilling.

"Strong!"

Several leading generals looked at Yonghong and said with a wry smile.

They are all the main generals of the first battle of Weixian, and they are immersed in the scene, and they know best what the combat effectiveness of the main force of the herdsmen is, and the enemy army has actually crushed their formation of 8,000 people with the main force of a battalion, less than 3,000 people.

This is an unspeakable shame in their hearts.

The most important thing is that in terms of equipment, the herdsmen threw them off a few streets, all of which were fighting against each other, and the defeat in weapons made them even more embarrassed.

"How's the situation on the barbarians' side?"

Yonghong asked in a gloomy face.

"The damage is great!"

Xu Min replied: "Meng Jie was also injured, he led the remnants of the army, and withdrew from the rest in the mountains one hundred and fifty miles away, and he can't be contacted at present, it is estimated that he is resentful of us, and it is not good to say it, this time, we are also at a loss, after all, we have not been able to entangle the main force of the herdsman!" ”

"What about Meng Shu?"

"The barbarian king was originally the main force of the entangled barbarian army in the rear, and after receiving the news of the defeat yesterday, he personally led the elite of the 10,000 barbarian army, and has entered the Seven Turns Chain Bay and is stationed on the plain of the western front in case of accidents!"

"That's fine!"

Yonghong breathed a sigh of relief: "Having him guard the suburbs on both sides of the southwest is equivalent to guarding the back road for us, and in this Wei County, we can advance and retreat freely!" ”

"What if the barbarian king has a grudge...... someone said suddenly.

"Meng Shu is not stupid!"

Yonghong shook his head: "As long as Yizhou County and Yongchang County are still in my control, he will never turn against me, the main force of the barbarian army can still be used, and if we don't want to surrender, we can only fight hard, I work hard, he has to work hard!" ”

What Meng Yu wanted, he knew very well.

This is a tribe-based king.

He is so desperate, just because he wants the barbarians to live a better life, and he doesn't want the barbarians to be trapped in the mountains for generations.

The realm where the barbarians live now is his Yonghong's territory, whether it is Yizhou, Yongchang, or Yuewang, they can't just hide in the mountains, they will come out to exchange some daily necessities, this is the means that Yonghong can handle Meng Shu.

"So what do we do next?" Xu Min squinted.

"Defend as offense!"

Yonghong changed his strategy: "Although Wei County is small, there is a terrain that is difficult to open, with our troops, as long as we don't attack, plus the response of the barbarian army in the suburbs, it is not a problem to spend a year and a half on him!" ”

"Hey!"

Saying that, Yonghong sighed a little, and said in a low voice: "I still underestimated the herdsmen before, we faced the battle head-on, our strength was insufficient, we could only consume it, this is Yizhou County, it is Nanzhong, Nanzhong with rugged mountain roads, I don't believe that the Minghou Mansion has so much spare power here and I will spend it, as long as they block them for a year and a half, they will withdraw their troops by themselves!" ”

He had a good idea, but ......

The shepherd had already bypassed what he thought was a strong line of defense and headed for his base camp.

……………………………………………………

The time is starting to move into July.

In the southwest in July, the heat is unstoppable.

Yizhou County governs sixteen counties, the population is the largest of the four counties in Nanzhong, but there are only hundreds of thousands, but most of the population is concentrated in Dianchi City, and several cities around Dianchi City, the son of Hong, the county seat of ten thousand households, very few.

Especially the southeast.

The southeast of Yiju County, which is the northwest of the county of Qiqi and Jiaozhi, is full of jungles.

Lugao County.

This is a small county town like a mountain city, there are not many Han people in the city, many of them are local barbarians, and the population is combined, but it is only a few thousand.

This small mountain city was quietly taken down.

Shamoko and Thunder Tiger stood side by side on top of the city.

Their eyes were all fixed on the north, which was the direction of Dianchi Lake.

"Next, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide my whereabouts!"

Lei Hu said in a low voice.

"It's normal!" Shamoke said: "We have entered the hinterland of Yizhou County, Yizhou Taishou Yonghong, I have seen, very shrewd, at the beginning he also took Meng Huo, wanted to take my Wuxi Man, but we refused, we have now entered here, a few steps away from Dianchi City, if their people have not found out a little, it will be useless, how to be worthy of being an enemy of Ming Hou!" ”

"You're good at slapping horses!"

Lei Hu glanced at Shamoke: "The lord is not here, what's the use of you lifting him!" ”

"That's what I told you!"

Shamoke's big hand patted his smooth forehead, and said with a smile: "It is impossible for Wuxi to be wandering in the deep mountains all the time, we always have to dock, the dock of Minghou Mansion, now I feel good, since you want to rely on the dock, you have to find a pile, you are the best pile, they all said, you Lei Hu is the most trusted henchman of Minghou, and Minghou was born and died for more than ten years, life and death are entrusted, relying on you, presumably Minghou will not turn his face and deny people!" ”

"The heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman!"

Lei Hu said indifferently: "The lord has responded, that is, he has responded, no, don't talk about my face, even if the first lord is resurrected, he dares to turn his face, rely on me, it's useless!" ”

"That might be!"

Shamoke smiled: "The life and death of so many tribesmen in the tribe, be careful, don't be overdone, you can do better, I hope to do better!" ”

"You might as well use your heart in this battle!"

Lei Hu said: "Regardless of the background of the Minghou Mansion, the lord once said that the sea is tolerant of all rivers, and Min Wu, who participated in the wolf, defected to the lord, established the wolf camp, and took charge of the military alone, but the lord never went to the fear of guessing, why, because he has military exploits, and military exploits are the key to whether you can gain a foothold in the Minghou Mansion!" ”

"Battle merits?"

Shamoke raised his head, and his eyes burst into a gleam: "Soon there will be!" ”

"Next, we're going to get up to speed!"

Lei Hu said: "We went around a big circle from Qiqi, walked half of Yizhou County, and attacked from the north to the south, although the hidden figure, but it also took too much time, and then since it must be exposed, then we must be fast, with the fastest speed, the troops are under the city of Dianchi!" ”

Dianchi City, their goal.