At this moment, a group of men and horses crossed the hill and quickly rushed towards this side, Wang Dashan was startled, and hurriedly asked everyone to prepare for battle, and after a closer look, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was not the enemy, it was the Tang army.

Xue Yinglong was actually attracted by the firelight here, so he rushed to this side, he took two thousand cavalry to the front, and saw countless ox carts on fire, like a flame dragon, he couldn't help frowning, and shouted loudly: "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Dashan didn't know who was coming, so he stepped forward and said, "I am Wang Dashan, the captain of the overseer army sent by the Anxi Protectorate to escort grain and grass, I don't know who this general is?" ”

Xue Yinglong replied loudly: "I am Xue Yinglong, the general manager of the march of Sanmi Mountain Road, under the account of Fan Lihua!" You are responsible for transporting grain and grass, why did all the grain and grass trucks catch fire? ”

Wang Dashan's expression darkened when he heard this, and he lowered his head and said: "It was Wang Mou's incompetence and failure to protect the grain and grass, and he was raided by the 3,000 cavalry of the Western Turks and burned more than ninety percent of the grain and grass. ”

Xue Yinglong twisted his eyebrows when he heard this, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and quickly ran forward to observe, only to see the corpses of Western Turkic soldiers everywhere, and more than a thousand grain and grass trucks were burned to the point that only a hundred remained, Xue Yinglong suddenly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "What a trick to draw salary, General Manager Fan said before that you can't underestimate the enemy, then Yang Fan is not simple, now it seems that this is the case, since we besieged the royal court, the royal court has not a single person or horse out of the city, these three thousand cavalry attacking grain and grass...... I'm afraid that I have already been ordered by Yang Fan to wait here. ”

Wang Dashan and Ma Chen have been following behind Xue Yinglong, Xue Yinglong was extremely angry at the moment, turned his head to stare at Wang Dashan, his eyes were fierce as if he wanted to choose someone to eat, he wanted to give Wang Dashan a slap, but he never couldn't bear to do it, after all, he remembered that he was a soldier and couldn't break the rules of the army, Wang Dashan was not his command, he couldn't beat people, he angrily pointed at the grain and grass cart that was burned by the fire, and almost roared: "What are you going to do!" It's not good to escort a grain and grass! Now that the grain and grass are gone, where do you let the tens of thousands of troops under the general management of Fan Da satisfy their hunger in Sanmi Mountain, and how can they attack the city? ”

"It's Wang's incompetence!" Wang Dashan lowered his head and admitted his mistakes, what else did he have to say at this moment, there was no other way than to admit his mistakes.

"You are indeed incompetent! Incompetence to the extreme! You are simply a waste of Datang's food and salary to live! ”

The more Xue Yinglong thought about it, the more angry he became, and just wanted to continue to count down, when a soldier of the grain and grass team in the rear suddenly shouted: "Don't blame General Wang, that group of Western Turkic cavalry is here to send them to death, they are not afraid of death to rush to the grain and grass cart, they can't stop it at all, General Xue, you are also a person who fights, you should know that soldiers are not afraid of death, and the gods and ghosts are unstoppable......"

"Shut up!" Wang Dashan suddenly glared at the soldier and yelled, "How old are you!" Dare to talk to General Xue like this! Rude to Shangguan! Go get thirty sticks yourself! ”

"Yes!" The soldier almost roared in response, handed his weapon to his comrade beside him, and ran towards the rear.

Wang Dashan hugged his fists at Xue Yinglong and said: "General Xue, I'm sorry, Wang is not strict in governing the army, and his subordinates are so rude to General Xue, it's really ...... General Xue, please. ”

"That's it." Xue Yinglong suddenly took a long breath, didn't blame Wang Dashan anymore, waved his hand and said, "It can also be seen from just now that you are not strict in governing the army, but in governing the army very strictly, the soldiers are not afraid of death, and the ghosts and gods are unstoppable, such a thing...... Alas...... The enemy is too cunning, forget it, it's useless to blame anyone now, the military situation is urgent at the moment, and the punishment will be talked about later, and the crisis will be resolved first. ”

"What General Xue said is extremely true." Wang Dashan nodded vigorously when he heard this, thought for a while, and said, "General Xue, it is better for Wang to immediately send someone back to Xizhou to urge grain and grass again, and let Lord Du Hu quickly raise thousands of stones of grain to give General Manager Fan an emergency." ”

Xue Yinglong asked, "What about you?" ”

Wang Dashan said: "Wang and General Xue naturally sent the remaining more than 700 stone grains to General Manager Fan, although it was too little, but it was better than nothing." ”

"No!" Xue Yinglong suddenly raised his hand to stop him, and said slowly, "Before the military formation, morale is important, your grain and grass team only brings a hundred carts of grain, if it is seen by the army, it will inevitably cause panic and shake the morale of the army, this move must not be." ”

Wang Dashan was stunned when he heard this, thought about it carefully, and hurriedly said: "It's Wang Mou who has thought about it, then General Xue, what should I do?" ”

Xue Yinglong pondered for a moment, and said: "I still don't want this hundred carts of grain and grass, and it's a burden to carry it, you hurry back to Xizhou, see what your family says, I will go back to Sanmi Mountain to report to Chief Manager Fan, and see how Chief Manager Fan decides." ”

"It seems...... That's all there is to it. Wang Dashan nodded helplessly, and after saying that, he walked towards his grain and grass team.

Due to the urgency of time, Xue Yinglong and Wang Dashan did not dare to delay, even if they set off overnight with a large army, one to the west and the other to the east.

The place where the grain and grass were burned was not far from Sanmi Mountain, Xue Yinglong took the army to hurry day and night, and returned to the Tang army camp in Sanmi Mountain in only two days and one night.

"What!" In the tooth tent, Fan Lihua was shocked when she heard this, and she got up, and after a long time, Fan Lihua frowned and muttered softly, "This Yang Fan...... It's really powerful, he has laid this move from the beginning, and now the royal court is surrounded by us, and I haven't seen anyone out of the city, the death cavalry team must have been dormant there for a long time, just to cut off our food and grass, a good trick to draw salary, no wonder Uncle Yang told me at the beginning, I must be careful of Yang Fan, this person ...... It's scary. ”

"That's what my subordinates think, too." Xue Yinglong asked with a sad face, "Chief Administrator, the grain and grass are gone, even if the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate sends someone to send it again, at least it will have to wait for more than twenty days, or even longer, what should we do?" Do you want to withdraw your troops? ”

"Withdrawal?" Fan Lihua twisted her eyebrows and snorted coldly: "It's all under the royal court, how can I return in vain, do you want me to imitate the stupid auspicious?" ”

In the ninth year of Wude, the Eastern [Turkic] Jili Khan led the army to Chang'an City, and at that time the troops in Chang'an City were empty, if Jili Khan insisted on attacking Chang'an, it was very likely that he would be able to capture the Tang Dynasty, but for various reasons, he finally negotiated peace with Li Shimin, and then withdrew. Four years later, Li Shimin sent Li Ji to raid the Eastern Turks and capture the Jili Khan to Chang'an, and soon after, the Jili Khan died of depression.

Fan Lihua is now in the royal court, but Xue Yinglong said that she would withdraw from the army, so she thinks that such behavior is as stupid as that of Jili Khan.

Xue Yinglong frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked: "Chief Administrator, now the grain and grass in our camp is only enough for four days, four days, ......."

"Four days ......" Fan Lihua's eyes narrowed slightly, she pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Then we will capture the royal court within four days!" ”

"Huh?" Xue Yinglong was shocked when he heard this, and was stunned, and after being stunned for a long time, Xue Yinglong glared and shouted, "Boss, don't take risks!" ”

"You don't trust the Boss?" Fan Lihua looked at Xue Yinglong proudly and asked coldly, "You have followed General Li Jing for many years and were raised by him, you should have heard of the Battle of the Backwater." ”

Xue Yinglong was stunned, nodded and said: "Naturally, I know that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, fought for the world, and Han Xin, the general under the command of Han Gaozu, ordered to break the cauldron and sink the boat, line up against the water, and cut off all his back roads. ”

"That's right." Fan Lihua walked out slowly from behind the military case, paced with her hands and asked, "Since it is against the common sense of the military, why can you still win a big victory?" ”

"Because ......" Xue Yinglong suddenly remembered the grain and grass that Wang Dashan had been burned when he heard this, if the three thousand Western Turkic cavalry attacked the grain and grass with common sense, they would definitely not succeed, but they were not afraid of death, and used their lives to complete the task, and the task could naturally be completed, so he said casually, "Because soldiers are not afraid of death, ghosts and gods are unstoppable!" ”

"A good soldier is not afraid of death, and the ghosts and gods are unstoppable!" Fan Lihua turned around suddenly, looked at Xue Yinglong with blazing eyes, and said loudly, "This time, the chief will follow Han Xin's example and fight a backwater battle, without breaking the royal court, all of us...... He died in the ...... of Sanmi Mountain."

Xue Yinglong trembled when he heard this, he was not afraid, not afraid, but because of excitement, excitement, Fan Lihua actually wanted to lead them to replicate the battle of the back in history, cut off all their back roads, and fight to the death with the enemy, how could he not be excited, he suddenly fell to the ground, and shouted excitedly: "The last general is willing to take the lead for the chief manager!" ”

"Good!" Fan Lihua said happily, "The general manager does have the intention of letting you be a pioneer, you step back first, the matter of the burning of grain and grass will be kept secret for the time being, before the siege of the city, the general manager will personally announce the news, so as not to cause panic before this." ”

"Yes! The end will be retired! Xue Yinglong shouted the order and withdrew from the tooth tent.

Fan Lihua said loudly again: "Come on, pass on Lu Qing to come!" ”

"Yes!" The off-the-books guards were ordered to pass the word.

Soon, Lu Qing came to the dental tent, saw Fan Lihua, and after saluting, Fan Lihua spread her hands and said, "Mr. Lu, please take a seat." ”

Lu Qing said humbly: "The chief manager is too polite, just stand and speak." ”

Fan Lihua nodded and asked, "Mr. Lu, from today onwards, we will step up work within three days and make another thousand lanterns, I don't know if there will be difficulties?" ”

Lu Qingdao: "Back to the general manager, there is no problem. ”

"Okay." Fan Lihua smiled with satisfaction and asked again, "How much has the hot air balloon been made, and how many days will it take?" ”

Lu Qingdao: "So far, more than two hundred and forty have been completed, as expected, fifteen days is enough to complete three hundred hot air balloons." ”

"Good." Fan Lihua suddenly got up and said, "This manager has assigned you another task, today's east wind, you take people to put five hundred Kong Ming lanterns in the military camp, remember, calculate the wind speed and wind direction, and ensure that the Kong Ming lanterns can float over the royal court." ”

Lu Qing bowed down and said, "Don't worry, the chief manager, it's a trivial matter." ”

He paused, his heart was full of curiosity, and he mustered up the courage to ask: "Chief Administrator, please forgive me for being bold, why do you want to put Kong Ming lanterns?" ”

Fan Lihua smiled slightly, and said with deep meaning: "The way of the art of war, it is difficult to distinguish between fiction and reality, fiction is real, and reality is virtual." ”