The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn, the smiles on everyone's faces converged, everyone's hearts beat faster without arguing, and their throats began to roll and swallow saliva.

"What? Are you scared? Gao Xianzhi asked lightly.

"I'm afraid of a ball, fuck it. What about the 100,000 Hui cavalry? Our Shence Army is not a vegetarian. Besides, we have the commander and the senior deputy marshal in command, what are you afraid of him? Liu Dehai shouted loudly.

"Yes, we have a big handsome and a tall handsome, the two big handsomes are worth a million soldiers, and we haven't defeated the strong with the weak. When I fought Tibet, the battle of Tongzhou last year, was it not a vicious battle? And how? It's not that we've won. The generals shouted with their necks stretched.

Gao Xianzhi smiled, glanced at Wang Yuan and said, "Can the two of us be worth a million male soldiers?" I can't resist it, you Wang Dashuai alone will be worth a million male soldiers. Wang Dashuai, please say a few words to your brothers. ”

Wang Yuan sat quietly next to him and didn't speak, and nodded with a smile when he heard the words: "Okay, then I'll say a few words." ”

Wang Yuan coughed and glanced at the audience. As far as the eye could see, the generals were silent. Waiting expectantly for Wang Yuan to speak.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Brothers, the situation has been made clear to you just now, and what we are about to face is 100,000 Hui cavalry. If it's a siege, it's fine. If they retreat into the city, we will have an advantage, because we have the magic weapons to attack the city, and they will only be beaten passively in the city. But I guess Guli Peiluo won't do this, this person is known for his bravery and toughness, and he also has some ways of commanding battles. Otherwise, with the strength of less than 10,000 people in his small Hui tribe, how could he sweep through the Turkic tribes and operate to such a point in less than two years? Therefore, Guli Peiluo will definitely make the best choice, which is to have a hard-to-hard battle with us on the Gobi Desert. ”

The generals were silent, frowning and listening quietly.

Wang Yuan continued: "One hundred thousand Hui cavalry, in terms of combat power, should be above my 100,000 divine army. Although our Shence army is not a soft persimmon, but twice as many cavalry, it will have several times more combat power, which is not something that can be compensated for by the sophistication of armor and weapons. However, one thing you should not forget is that I have repeatedly stressed that fighting a war is not a simple comparison of strength, but a comprehensive competition of wisdom, morale, combat strength, logistics, and so on. According to the ancients, it is the right time and place to add people. Today's announcement of the fierce opponent you will face is not for you to be timid, but for you to be prepared for battle. Both physically and mentally, we must be prepared to meet this big war, and we must neither be blindly arrogant nor cowardly. ”

After a pause, Wang Yuan continued: "Brothers, we have been born and died for so many years, the Shence Army was not something that I, Wang Yuan, could establish alone, the reason why the Shence Army has today's prestige, and why it has won a hundred battles, is that all the brothers fought together. I want you to strengthen your belief that the Divine Army will not be defeated in our hands, but will only become stronger and stronger, strong enough to kill all powerful enemies in seconds. Not before, and not now. ”

"The marshal is right, if anyone wants to defeat our Divine Army, we will swear to defend the honor of the Divine Army, and swear to defend the prestige of winning all battles." The generals shouted loudly.

Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Yes, you have to have this energy." The strategic arrangements are in the hands of me and the senior deputy marshal, and your mission is to strictly abide by the military order and charge forward. Ben Shuai still said the same thing, I don't dare to guarantee that everyone will leave the battlefield alive, but I dare to guarantee that your wives and children will be properly arranged, and you will have no worries. If my Wang Yuan dies in battle, it is my life, and those of you who survive must also take care of my wives and children, this is a promise between our brothers in the Divine Army. Since we are soldiers, it is our duty to kill the enemy, and it is our glory to die on the battlefield, which is our destiny. So, we don't ask who our enemies are, we only ask where they are. ”

"Well said. We don't ask who the opponent is, we only ask where they are. This sentence is the soul of my Divine Army, and this sentence should become the motto of my Divine Army. Gao Xianzhi cheered loudly.

The crowd was enthusiastic and excited. Every time the commander instigates, people are excited, even if they have listened to the words of encouragement from the commander too many times, but every time it can make people throw away the fear in their hearts, and make people have the determination to kill the enemy to the death.

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, and said in a deep voice: "From tomorrow, General Song Jiangong will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to build a pontoon bridge on the bank of the Yellow River fifteen miles away. The rest of the soldiers and horses rested here for three days. Three days later, General Li Mi will escort the grain and grass to replenish it. After that, it was time for us to march eastward and slay the enemy to the death. In the past few days, you have returned to the camp to clean up military discipline and make your interests clear. Eat and sleep well to recuperate, because after crossing the Yellow River, I am afraid that there will be no more leisure time. The Gobi Desert east of the Yellow River will be our battlefield. ”

All the generals stood up in unison and gave up their promises.

……

On the morning of the next day, Wang Yuan and Gao Xianzhi confessed, asking Gao Xianzhi to stay in the city to patrol the camp, and he took Liu Jun, Zhao Qing, Tan Ping and fifty guards out of the city to the bank of the Yellow River. Fifteen miles east of Huaiyuan City is another ferry port of the Yellow River, which is called: Huangyangdu. The water flow here is gentle, and it is the only natural ferry port in the bends of the Yellow River. The yellow sheep on the large Gobi Desert on the opposite bank can often swim across the river to graze, so it is named after the crossing. Yellow sheep can cross the river, which also shows the gentleness of the river at this ferry.

Going to Huangyang Ferry is naturally not to supervise Song Jiangong's errand of building a pontoon bridge, so there is no need for Wang Yuan to worry about it. Today, when the sky was bright, Song Jiangong went with his men, he wanted to do more work in the early morning before the sun scorched. Wang Yuan came here to cross the river to the other side in advance. Although Wang Yuan did not show the slightest worry at last night's meeting, in the face of this vicious battle, Wang Yuan did not dare to take his pre-war preparations lightly. He was going to cross the river to the opposite side and run north with Zhao Qingliujun and others for a day to understand the topography of the Gobi Land in Guannei.

In this battle, Wang Yuan faced 100,000 Hui cavalry who were good at cavalry and archery charges, and Wang Yuan was certainly not stupid enough to charge head-on on the endless flat Gobi Desert, which was the most stupid way to do it. Facing twice the cavalry force of his own, the overwhelming charge would engulf his own army like a tidal wave, which was definitely not the scene Wang Yuan wanted to see. In this way, it is necessary to look for favorable combat terrain, go back and build a sand table for deduction and planning, and make full preparations before the battle.

When I arrived at the ferry, the sun had already risen, but I saw that the river beach of Huangyang Ferry was crowded, and tens of thousands of soldiers were shuttling back and forth to build a pontoon bridge. All kinds of timber, planks, sheepskin rafts and other materials transported from the city were piled up, and Song Jiangong and his generals were sweating profusely to direct the work of building the pontoon bridge. In a few hours, the river already had the rudiments of a pontoon bridge fixed to the water.

Seeing Wang Yuan and others arriving, Song Jiangong hurriedly came over to salute and reported: "Dashuai, I guarantee that the pontoon bridge will be built in three days, please rest assured." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not here to supervise the work, find a few sheepskin rafts to send us across the river." I'm going to look across the river. ”

Song Jiangong hurriedly agreed, and ordered people to gather eight or nine huge sheepskin rafts to connect them together, and Wang Yuan led people to get on the raft immediately. Dozens of people paddled to the opposite shore with a long penny. Half an hour later, Wang Yuan and the others arrived on the opposite bank, took the horses and turned over their horses and walked towards the riverbank. After going on the riverbank, the terrain and the west bank did not change much, but standing on the high place of the riverbank and looking northeast, I saw a yellow patch on the horizon in the distance, and the sky and the earth were all a scorching yellow-gray, and the light and shadow on the ground were distorted, as if the ground was on fire and steaming. Of course, Wang Yuan knew that it was a heat wave caused by the reflection of heat from the Gobi Desert in the distance. That means that just twenty or thirty miles east of the riverbank, the terrain has changed drastically, and there is already another world.

The people walked slowly along the river bank to the northeast, because they were afraid of encountering the enemy, so they did not walk very fast, and after walking for two hours, until noon, they had traveled more than 50 miles, and they were already on the scorching Gobi desert.

The sun was scorching the ground, and although it was not a fine sandy ground, small stones covered the ground, and the tenacious grass and thorns were scorched in the sun, and the leaves were wilted. The crowd was also hot enough, so they found a small bush of thorns and bushes that were one person high to rest, eat dry food and drink water, intending to avoid the scorching sun at noon.

Just as everyone had eaten dry food, drunk water, and were napping in the sultry shade of the thorns to regain their energy, suddenly there seemed to be a few horses chirping from a distance. It wasn't the sound of a mount standing next to a thorny bush.

Zhao Qing got up and said coldly: "It's not good, it seems that I have encountered an enemy." ”

Everyone woke up in shock and slashed their swords one after another. Wang Yuan also drew his long sword, made a gesture and ordered everyone not to move for the time being, and quietly came to the edge of the bushes with Zhao Qing and Tan Ping.

A few more horses chirped, but in the direction where everyone came. Wang Yuan was puzzled in his heart, and squinted his eyes towards the Gobi Desert where he came. At this look, Wang Yuan, who was shocked, was dumbfounded.

On the Gobi Desert under the scorching sun, more than a dozen horsemen and horses staggered on the wasteland hundreds of paces away. The direction of travel is the rare bush where Wang Yuan and others rested. Judging from the armor and costumes of the men and horses, it was the costume of the Shence Army's personal guard cavalry, but the two horses in front of them sat on the back of two horses, one red and one white, and they were people dressed as women. And Wang Yuan recognized the woman in white who was riding on the jujube red horse at a glance, and the woman was Gongsun Lan.

Although Gongsun Lan was veiled, the distance was hundreds of steps away. But Wang Yuan couldn't be more familiar with Gongsun Lan's figure and demeanor, and when he saw Gongsun Lan suddenly appear on the Gobi Desert, he was surprised, and Wang Yuan's heart suddenly tightened. Gongsun Lan suddenly came here, could it be that something big happened in the family?

There was also a green-shirted woman with a head and face wrapped on the back of the white horse on Gongsun Lan's side, Wang Yuan was also very familiar with her figure, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, anyway, he was definitely not one of the wives and concubines in his house. Gongsun Lan has never had a maid to serve by her side, and this woman must not have come to serve with Gongsun Lan.

Wang Yuan didn't have time to think about it, and after seeing clearly that it was Gongsun Lan, he immediately rushed out of the bushes and walked up to meet him. Wave and shout as you run. Liu Jun, Zhao Qing, Tan Ping, and dozens of personal guards also hurriedly ran behind him.

Gongsun Lan saw the figure of Wang Yuan galloping over, and his eyes only showed joy in his eyes outside the veil, and he rode his horse and galloped over. A moment later, he came to Wang Yuan's side.

Wang Yuan laughed and grabbed Gongsun Lan's bridle, looked up at Gongsun Lan on the horse's back with smiling eyes, and said, "What kind of wind blew my cousin here?" I'm not dreaming. I was surprised just now, did I just have a dream, how did a fairy in the sky come to this big Gobi? ”

Gongsun Lan's eyes were full of love, but her mouth said, "What nonsense? What fairies are not fairies. ”

As she spoke, Gongsun Lan turned over and dismounted, lifted the veil on her face, and revealed a peerless face with a hot flush of pink.

Wang Yuan stepped forward and shook her hand and said, "Tell me what's going on?" You came all the way from Chengdu, could it be that something happened at home? ”

Gongsun Lan shook his hand and smiled: "What nonsense? What can happen at home? Everything was fine. ”

Wang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "That's good." Could it be that my cousin misses me? I haven't seen my husband for more than a month, has lovesickness become a disaster? ”

Gongsun Lan said: "Nonsense again." Who would miss you. I've sent someone for you. It's not that something happened to our family, it's something that happened in her family, and Baba ran to Chengdu to join you. But you're not at home, so I had to send her to you. ”

Wang Yuan was confused and didn't know what to do, Gongsun Lan turned around and waved to the group of people who were trotting on horses, and more than ten cavalry guards surrounded another woman riding a white horse and arrived closer. The guards dismounted one after another to salute Wang Yuan and the others. The leading guard was a captain of the personal guard cavalry, named Hu Tian, and Wang Yuan was also very familiar with it.

Wang Yuan looked at the woman in green sitting on the back of the white horse, and found that the woman in green was also looking at him with tears in her eyes and trembling slightly. As soon as Wang Yuan saw the tearful eyes that were exposed outside the veil, he chuckled in his heart, and suddenly remembered the identity of this woman. This woman is Cui Ruoyu, the eldest lady of the Cui family.

"Ruoyu?" Wang Yuan screamed suspiciously, walked to the side of the white horse and raised his head and shouted.

"Prince Wang!" Cui Ruoyu's body trembled, and after saying a word, tears rolled down Cui Ruoyu's eyes, and suddenly her body shook on the horseback. After a while, he fell under the horse as soon as he went limp. Wang Yuan hurriedly stretched out his arms to hug Cui Ruoyu, and then saw that Cui Ruoyu's eyes were closed, and he couldn't call, but he fainted.

Wang Yuan was full of doubts and surprises, and hurriedly carried her to the shade of the bushes and unveiled Cui Ruoyu. But seeing that Cui Ruoyu's face was pale, there was still a trace of coldness when she reached out to her hand, and there was no sweat on her face, and she immediately understood that this was a sign of heat stroke.

Gongsun Lan also saw it, and said in a deep voice: "I'm suffering from heat stroke, I have to hurry up to cool down." You all go far away, and you have to undress her and sweat to cool off. Bring water. ”

The guards were busy far away, and Wang Yuan was about to leave, Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "You don't have to, you have to help her for me." ”

Wang Yuan actually doesn't have to retreat, when he was in Yangzhou, he grinded with this Miss Cui's ears and temples, kissing and touching everything, if it weren't for the fear of ruining her reputation and angering Cui Daoyuan, I am afraid that I would have started it a long time ago. Obviously, Gongsun Lan knew this, so she asked Wang Yuan to stay and help.

Wang Yuan was busy helping Cui Ruoyu to lean on his body, Gongsun Lan untied Cui Ruoyao's clothes, dipped a cloth towel in water and wiped it on Cui Ruoyu's face, neck, chest and back, Wang Yuan took out his hand and took a folding fan pinned to his waist to fan Cui Ruoyu. The water stains on Cui Ruoyu's snow-white skin quickly evaporated in the heat and the breeze from the fan. Gongsun Lan wiped it again, and concocted it as before. Soon the water stains evaporated and took away the heat on Cui Ruoyu's body, and also made the pores on her body open again, Cui Ruoyu's body was still red, and a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on her body.

"Okay, give her some water to drink and sweat again. This Miss Cui is really patient, she didn't say a word along the way, I thought she was fine, but I didn't expect that she was already in the heat. Gongsun Lan also sweated.

Wang Yuan handed over his dry cloth towel to Gongsun Lan to wipe her sweat, then poured a few mouthfuls of water on Cui Ruoyu's mouth with a kettle, put her on the ground and lay down, holding a folding fan and fanning the wind violently, the pink heat on Cui Ruoyu's face slowly subsided, and her face gradually returned to normal.

Not long after, Cui Ruoyu snorted and slowly opened her eyes.

"Ruo Ying. You're awake. Wang Yuan called in a low voice.

"What's wrong with me?" Cui Ruoyu has a weak voice.

"You're suffering from heat stroke, but you're getting better. Don't move, lie down and rest, and I'll give you a saddle as a pillow. Wang Yuan stopped Cui Ruoyu, who wanted to get up, got up and took a saddle to put on the ground, and put Cui Ruoyu's head comfortably on the leather of the saddle.

"Thank you Wang Gongzi, thank you Sister Gongsun." Cui Ruoyu said softly.

Gongsun Lan smiled and said, "Why are you so polite?" You must have something to say, so I'll go and rest for a while, and that's what you say. ”

Gongsun Lan stood up and stepped aside. Liu Jun hurriedly took the water bladder and came over to please Gongsun Lan and talked to Gongsun Lan.

On the side of the bushes, Wang Yuan was finally able to ask questions full of questions.

"Ruoyu, how did you get here? It was a surprise. You came to me, does your family know? Do you know that you are coming to see me? ”

Wang Yuan didn't ask, but when he asked, tears burst out in Cui Ruoyu's eyes, and she flowed down her pink face.