In the side hall, there is a sand table table, and King Keming, the prince of Shenguo, personally holds a bamboo cane to guide Shi Fangzhen, explaining the strategy of arranging troops and the location of the royal court and tribe of the desert people.

Shi Fangzhen was full of interest, and kept interjecting and asking, "What lake is in front of the Desert King Court?" "Where is the Ragina Valley?" "Where are the positions of the army surrounded on all sides?" "Why is the Serug River still frozen" and other questions, and he also measured the distance from Zhenbei City to Beiting with his own hands, and calculated that it was about 1,800 li according to the marked proportion.

"Jiang Aiqing, it is a great achievement that you can reproduce the sand table map, and after the Northern Desert is pacified, I will reward you heavily, and the marquis can be expected." Shi Fangzhen looked at Jiang Anyi and was really satisfied, he was really the countryman I fancied, and he could be of great use wherever he went. Jiang Anyi bowed down and thanked him, Huang Xi's lowered gaze in the corner was cold, Jiang Anyi regained his holy favor, if he became a prince, he would have to be more careful if he wanted to deal with him again.

The Military Intelligence Department sent information on the arrival of the Mo Army and the battle with Miao Tieshan's department, and Huang Xi hurriedly played Akashi Fangzhen. Shi Fangzhen glanced at Wang Keming and said, "Shen Guogong, you are a handsome, you might as well go to the sand table to rehearse for me and see how this victory goes?" ”

The spy report is very simple, the number of desert horsemen is about 200,000, and there are banners such as black wolves, bears, horses, and deer, Wang Keming speculates that it should be the vanguard of the desert people who arrived, and the leader should be Kunbo.

Commanding the craftsman to change the sand table diagram, Wang Keming led Shi Fangzhen to the small sand table next to him and explained: "The proportion of the large sand table is too high and it is difficult to rehearse, please go to the small sand table to have a look." ”

Taking advantage of the craftsmen's change of the sand table, Wang Keming explained to Shi Fangzhen: "On the first day of the fourth month, the King of the Sadu Sect worshiped the heavens in the royal court, and according to the Military Intelligence Department, the Moren sent two teams to the south, led by Wu Shi's two sons Kunbo and Liman, each with 200,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Shi Fangzhen looked at the banner of the desert next to Miao Tieshan's camp on the sand table map, and sneered: "This Kunbo is very anxious, it only took seven days to arrive at 1,800 miles, and he marched nearly 250 miles a day, so the tired army Miao Tieshan will definitely be able to defeat it." ”

Wang Keming said: "Kunbo's department is stationed in the south of the royal court, there are still four or five hundred miles away from the royal court, and the daily march to the south this time is only two hundred miles, which is not far for the desert cavalry. ”

Shi Fangzhen asked puzzledly: "The army has not moved the grain and grass first, even if these desert horses can withstand it, don't they have to eat and drink?" ”

"Long live, the desert people carry air-dried beef and mutton with them, and they can eat and drink with mare's milk." Wang Keming instructed his subordinates to load a few pieces of beef and mutton jerky on a tray, Shi Fangzhen grabbed a piece and checked it in his hand, took a bite and chewed it carefully in his mouth, and said: "Salty, fishy, difficult to eat, but it is hungry." The desert people have this thing as military food, and they come and go like the wind, and our army also needs to prepare some jerky in case of emergency. ”

"The minister has already stockpiled some in recent years, enough for 100,000 troops for a month." Wang Keming said with a smile, he was most afraid of the Son of Heaven underestimating the enemy, and he was secretly happy when he saw that the Son of Heaven was vigilant.

The sand table deduced three battles and three victories, Shi Fangzhen personally played a Zheng Shi who killed the desert people and was defeated, the Son of Heaven laughed loudly, Wang Keming only secretly prayed in his heart that Miao Tieshan could win this battle, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the Son of Heaven.

Shi Fangzhen was in a good mood, and gave a banquet to the ministers in the main hall, Miao Tieshan, Qi Xinwen, and Zhu Jinfeng were sitting in the front-line camp and did not need to come to pick up the car, and at the banquet, Shi Fangzhen announced that he would go to the front-line camp tomorrow to reward

The three armies, comfort the soldiers. The banquet has not yet ended, and the waiters outside the palace reported, "The Marquis of Zhoushan has come to see you."

Miao Tieshan, who was dressed in military uniform, knelt down to salute, and Shi Fangzhen said: "Miao Qing is flat, let's not eat yet, come here, sit for Miao Qing on my right, and our monarchs and ministers will chat while eating." Miao Qing, you have a desert battle today, I don't know how to win or lose? Speak and listen. ”

Faced with the question of the Son of Heaven full of anticipation, Miao Tieshan had to bite the bullet and say: "Long live Qizuo, at the right time today, the king of Mo Khan, Kunbo, led an army of 200,000 to kill, and the minister led 20,000 light cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 3,000 heavy cavalry to meet the enemy. The desert man rode three thousand black wolves to rush into battle, the ministers hit their left and right wings with six thousand light horses, and three thousand sides hit their fronts, the black wolf rode in the armor of the Western Regions, the arrows could not be penetrated, and the fierce was abnormal, and it was difficult to capture its front with three times the light cavalry, and the Mo Khan Kunbo saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and ordered the charge to charge, and the ministers ordered three thousand heavy horsemen to go out to meet the enemy, and the army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the desert cavalry retreated, and the ministers chased to their camps, which was returned. ”

Although defeated, how to play in front of the Son of Heaven is also a knowledge, if you say a word of fighting with the Moqi, three to fight one and let people slaughter nearly 2,000 people, it is estimated that Shi Fangzhen will shout "Push out the noon gate and behead." ”

Obedient and obedient, as the son of heaven, Shi Fangzhen is naturally clear about the twists and turns in the words of his courtiers, and knows that whenever there are such vague twists and turns, it is always to cover up the bad results. With a smile on his face, Shi Fangzhen asked, "How many casualties are our army?" How many desert people died? ”

As a veteran general on the battlefield, Miao Tieshan knew the harm of panicking about the military situation, so he didn't dare to hide it, and said: "Our army lost 579 light cavalry, 48 heavy cavalry, 324 infantry killed, and 523 wounded. Cleaning the battlefield obtained 263 corpses of the black wolf horseman, more than 160 other desert riders, 73 wounded, and countless other escaped wounded. ”

The casualties of three to one should be a defeat, in fact, this number Miao Tieshan also hid more than 300 people who were slightly injured, thinking of the victory deduced on the sand table just now, Shi Fang really felt that he was slapped hard. Wang Keming saw that Shi Fangzhen's face was ugly, and hurriedly eased the atmosphere and said: "The desert people have grown up on horseback since they were children, and they ride well, and the black wolf rider is selected from hundreds of thousands of desert riders, and it is not an exaggeration to take one to ten, Zhou Shanhou can kill nearly three hundred black wolf riders is no less than killing three thousand ordinary desert riders, this battle cannot be regarded as a loss." ”

Shi Fang's face really looked better, pushed away the table and stood up and said: "Miao Tieshan, follow me to the sand table to repeat the encore, I want to see how powerful the black wolf ride is, and he can defeat me with nearly 10,000 light horsemen with 3,000 soldiers and horses." ”

The Son of Heaven got up, everyone naturally couldn't eat, as for Miao Tieshan, he didn't have the heart to eat, it was a blessing that the Son of Heaven didn't blame, Chong Wang Keming nodded gratefully, and followed the Son of Heaven into the side hall.

Jiang Anyi was not qualified to participate in such a high-level military exercise, and after a while, Liu Weiguo came back to announce the decree to let everyone disperse, Jiang Anyi took Huang Zhu and other guards back to his residence, Jiang Anyi lived in the Shuai Mansion, and the Shuai Mansion was only a few dozen zhang away from the palace, but when he encountered many assassinations, Jiang Anyi did not dare to be careless.

Jiang Anyi knew that the Sadujiao had gone out with the desert army, he had fought with the Venerable of the Sadu, and the Venerable Xiong Zhen had died in his hands, and this blood feud was naturally difficult to resolve. Above His Holiness there are the Venerable Master, the Guru, and the Dharma King, Jiang Anyi thinks that when all his skills are there, he is not afraid of the Sadujiao to seek revenge, and at this time, his internal strength is insufficient, so he should be careful.

When he was driving in the southern suburbs, Jiang Anyi saw the master of the guards beside the Son of Heaven, Zichen

He Wenqin, the head of the door, Master Guangfang of the Fumo Hall of Mingpu Temple, Xu Yixiang, the owner of Fengqing Villa, and others, Zhang Shihua of Liuhua Gate is an inconspicuous role among the many guards, and almost half of the masters of the rivers and lakes have come to protect them.

There are many people in the rivers and lakes of Zhenbeiying, there are more enemies than friends, Jiang Anyi is secretly anxious, his internal injuries are very tricky, take medicine on time and recover every day Pranayama is still like an old cow pulling a broken car, very slow, it seems that he can only live in a simple place in danger, and give few people a chance to take advantage of, and wait until the internal strength is restored.

The next day, the Son of Heaven took Wang Keming, Miao Tieshan and others to the front line to inspect the labor army; On April 12, the royal driver returned to Zhenbei City, but Wang Keming stayed on the front line, coordinating and organizing the three major battalions of the front line to fight with the Mocai. As a senator in the army and a reappearance of the sand table, whenever there is a battle report from the front line, Jiang Anyi will be called to the side hall to analyze the battle situation and give advice to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven has generals around him, Jiang Anyi doesn't think that he can talk about any soldiers on paper, fighting is to kill people, and his bad idea may be related to the lives of thousands of soldiers, and it is better to be clumsy. With an attitude of humble learning, listening to those veterans analyze the formation and discuss how to respond, Jiang Anyi consciously grew a lot, and felt that he was finally shallow, and Jiang Anyi felt that he was changing from a brave general who only knew how to rush by brute force to a wise general who won thousands of miles.

Coming to the camp in the north of Zhenbei, Shi Fangzhen's trust in Jiang Anyi was restored, and the battle report was handed over to him, and Jiang Anyi was asked to compile a summary of the use of troops against Mo according to the war report.

Jiang Anyi is full of interest, this errand is no worse than compiling the "Wenhua Canon", not to mention that it is related to the Son of Heaven, and after the pacification of the Northern Desert, this summary will definitely become a historical material. With more than a dozen military counselors under his command, he summarized the battle reports sent from various places, compiled a major event record on a daily basis, and recorded the merits for the Son of Heaven and the front-line soldiers.

"On April 15, Qi Xinwenbu engaged the Mocai, the Mocai rushed into battle, the Qi retreated slightly to lure the enemy deep, and the heavy cavalry attacked from the flank and routed the enemy. In the battle, 2,000 desert cavalry were killed, and 1,800 casualties were inflicted";

"On the night of April 15, Zhu Jinfeng attacked the desert camp with 20,000 light horses and 5,000 heavy horses. Eight hundred and fifty-six casualties were inflicted";

"On April 26, Marshal Wang Keming gathered a total of 180,000 horses from Miao, Qi and Zhu to attack the desert cavalry, and the desert people went out of the camp to meet the battle, from the first battle to noon, the heavy cavalry broke the enemy village, the desert army retreated 60 miles, and won a great victory, beheading more than 8,000 desert cavalry, and our casualties were more than 5,600 people";

"On April 28, Mo Khan Kunbo led the troops to fight again, with the black wolf cavalry as the front and engaged our troops, Wang Keming Marshal then met with heavy cavalry, the enemy was defeated and left, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue, forty miles away Mo Khan Liman led the troops to kill, in a hurry I could not be the enemy, defeated. In the battle, our army suffered more than 12,200 casualties, and nearly 2,000 heavy cavalry casualties";

"On the seventh day of the fifth month, Mo Khan Liman led 30,000 troops to fight ......"

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Jiang Anyi's heart gradually became heavy, the words on the end of the pen were like a thousand catties, more than 100 words and countless lives, but in more than a month, Zheng Jun suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and I don't know how many people will die on the grassland in this battle.

In May, standing on the north of the town, the grassland is already green, and there are countless unknown small flowers in the grass that are trying to bloom, maybe those dead souls are making a final farewell.