Niu Youdao was not polite to him, he directly picked up the wall chart and rolled it into a scroll in his hand, and when he turned around and passed by Shang Chaozong's side, he raised his hand and patted Shang Chaozong's shoulder, "Lord Wang, things have happened, it's useless to be anxious, calm down." ”

Shang Chaozong's face was miserable, "This king can't be indifferent." ”

"Yes, but the army must not get out of control. Niu Youdao turned his head and said to Meng Shanming: "The prince is uncertain, and Meng Shuai in the army helps the prince worry more." ”

Meng Shanming nodded, "It's a matter of duty." ”

"Okay, let's go, let me know as soon as the news comes. Niu Youdao threw down the words, the scroll was thrown to Guan Fangyi, and the pestle sword went away like a cane, and the latter followed.

As soon as he returned to his tent, Niu Youdao motioned to Guan Fangyi to spread out the map and hang it up.

Guan Fangyi, who had hung up the picture, asked, "Master Dao, do you have a way?"

Niu Youdao sighed, "In this case, there is a way to say anything." But at least the whereabouts of the county lord and the little prince have been confirmed, and there is no need to be blind when you have a direction. Without saying a word, he stood in front of the map, staring at the terrain and pondering.

Guan Fangyi wandered slowly inside the tent, not disturbing him anymore, knowing that he was trying to figure out a way.

About half an hour later, there was a familiar sound of a wheelchair rolling outside, Meng Shanming came, came in and said, "Dao Master, the news of Lan Ruoting is here." "Hands to hand a translated secret letter.

Niu Youdao sighed, and quickly took it and opened it to check, Meng Shanming observed his expression.

Niu Youdao, who read the letter, seemed to be relieved, "It seems that I am too worried." ”

In the letter, Lan Ruoting felt that there should be no problem inside according to his own judgment, and later learned from Feng Ruonan's mouth that the situation at that time should have caused an accident due to the child's cry in the tunnel, otherwise the relevant dignitaries would have escaped.

The most important point is that the Supreme Elder in the Xiaoyao Palace was indeed killed, and Lan Ruoting can be 100% sure of this, and there will be no fake.

In addition, the Taishang Elder of Dazen Mountain was also poisoned on the spot.

As a result, Niu Youdao confirmed that he was thinking too much, and even if the three major factions wanted to do something to him, they would not be able to take the lives of the elders of their own factions to do anything at present.

Guan Fangyi took the letter in his hand and looked at it.

Meng Shanming asked, "What should I do next?" This is also the purpose of his personal coming, and it is inconvenient for Shang Chaozong to say anything.

"Meng Shuai came just in time, Meng Shuai was very clear about the enemy's deployment of men and horses, and was about to ask for advice. Niu Youdao walked back to the map, pointed to a marked place, and asked, "This is the location of the enemy's Chinese army?"

Meng Shanming raised his hand and signaled, and Luo Da'an immediately pushed him to the front of the map, "That's right, it's where the enemy Chinese army is." ”

Niu Youdao touched his chin and muttered, "It seems that the county lord and the little prince are very likely to be in this position." Then he raised his hand and pointed to a nearby lake, "I saw that there seemed to be a lake on the map in the Chinese army's tent, so I asked for a map to see." Judging from the map, this lake is about a mile or two away from the big tent of Zhao Junzhongjun, is there anything wrong?"

The maps of this era were not standard and abstract, and some things had to be figured out.

Meng Shanming: "That's right, it's just two miles to the lake." ”

Niu Youdao: "The area of this lake looks not small, and Meng Shuai will introduce the details." ”

"Okay!" Meng Shan Mingming responded, stretched out his hand and asked for Luo Da'an's sword, used the sword as a hand stick, and pointed to the area around the lake to introduce it seriously, he knew that Niu Youdao suddenly asked about this lake There must be a reason, and he didn't dare to be sloppy.

"The lake is about fifty miles long and about thirty miles wide at its widest point, and is the main source of water for the enemy. Zhao Jun was afraid that we would cut off the water source, and the lake area was large enough to dilute any poison, and there was no need to worry about people poisoning, and the water storage of this lake was enough to meet the water consumption of Zhao Jun's millions of people and horses, so Zhao Jun specially chose to set up camp near this lake. ”

"Our army guarded the surrounding roads, and after the Zhao soldiers and horses were compressed in this area, they surrounded the lake, and set fire to the surrounding mountains and forests, or cut down a large number of trees to make wooden rows, so that the lake became a natural internal defense line. Pang Teng's arrangement caused a lot of trouble to our army, and our army besieged it, and the troops had to expand the encirclement on a large scale, and it was difficult to concentrate superior forces to attack one point. ”

"Once the superior forces are concentrated and want to attack, the opponent immediately retreats into the lake with a wooden platoon, and the enemy troops in all directions can do the same, and the surrounding trees are destroyed, and our army cannot make up a wooden platoon to pursue, so we can only watch. The enemy troops who retreated into the lake could land at any point around the lake, and it was impossible for our army to hold on to the shore, and if this was the case on all sides, it would not be possible to form a superior force, but the other side could form a superior force to break through at one point, and it would be too late for our army to rush around the lake to assemble and intercept. ”

Niu Youdao touched his chin and said: "It seems that this Pang Teng still has some ability, and since this is the case, he has already relied on it, why did they jump over the wall and raid the palace to capture hostages?"

Meng Shanming said: "Their logistical supply has been cut off by our side, and they can't hold out for long according to natural dangers, and they can only hold out for three months at most." And Pang Teng has advantages and disadvantages to doing this, that is, his army is scattered, as long as we have enough patience and not act rashly, he will not be able to quickly concentrate his forces to break through. He couldn't wait until the grain and grass ran out to find a way, and he couldn't run far without some grain and grass in his hands after breaking through. ”

Niu Youdao stared at the map and said thoughtfully: "That is to say, if Zhao Jun relies on natural danger to continue like this, he can still hold on for two or three months." ”

Meng Shanming shook his head, "No, I didn't expect that there would be such a change in the Song State at first, the war situation on the Song State side was not good at that time, and my Dayan's internal defense was empty, I was worried that Korea would threaten Dayan after destroying the Song State, so I didn't plan to go down with the Zhao army, and I made preparations for a quick battle at the beginning, as long as I was given another ten days, I would be sure that the last few million families of the Zhao State would be wiped out in one battle!"

Ten days of fighting a battle to completely destroy the millions of troops of the Zhao State?Niu Youdao and Guan Fangyi glanced at each other, both of them were shocked, even millions of pigs were not so easy to destroy, right?

Niu Youdao didn't think about this aspect, he never interfered much in how to fight, but he just asked casually when he was involved, and he couldn't help but ask at this time: "How do you say this?"

Meng Shanming hesitated for a while, and finally confided the truth: "The retreat of the Zhao army to this place was deliberately caused by me, and the Zhao rebels rushed to Zhao Jing to lure the enemy, and I have always controlled the appropriate marching speed, but after the Zhao army reached the appropriate area, the rebels immediately diverted to intercept it, and attacked our army back and forth, which naturally forced the Zhao army into this place." ”

"Millions of men and horses are moving in groups, and they must find enough water to hold on, so the Zhao army naturally has to retreat here. This lake is a natural danger for our army, and it is also a natural danger for the Zhao army, Pang Teng's habit of using troops, will not gather men and horses on the side of the lake, to give our army a land attack, a cross of the lake to attack, front and back to flank the enemy, so that he is exposed to the enemy's back, around the lake to use the natural danger to deploy defense is a very possible thing. Sure enough, Ponteng did. ”

"At the critical moment, I want to hide in the lake and concentrate superior forces to find another landing breakthrough point, I think it is beautiful, I will not give him a chance. ”

Meng Shanming raised his sword and pointed at the end of the lake, "Once the bureau is completed, the downstream of the lake can concentrate superior forces to attack, and immediately order a large number of monks to quickly dig the outlet and increase the discharge of the lake." At that time, the water level of the lake dropped sharply, and the shore of the lake was surrounded by a large area of mudflats, where it was difficult for soldiers to move and horses to get stuck, and only 10,000 people on the shore could easily suppress the opponent's 100,000 troops. Can't you hide in the middle of the lake and don't go ashore, don't you have firewood in the lake for them to cook on a fire, and you can't burn the wooden raft you ride on so that the army can't soak in the water?"

"Once the bureau is completed, Zhao Jun's millions of men and horses have nowhere to escape, and it may take less than ten days to solve it!"

Niu Youdao and Guan Fangyi looked at each other, their hearts were indescribably moved, they all knew that if this battle was successful, it would be a miracle and it would shock the world!

Meng Shanming continued: "The stakes in this battle are very important, I dare not leak the slightest secret, except for me and the prince, few people know about it, no one knows about the three major factions, and the rebels have not revealed any news to them, and Mr. Yucang's side only knows that it is a joint operation." ”

The two of them understand what he means, as long as they know it, they can't leak it to others to know, once the secret is leaked, even if Zhao Jun desperately breaks through, he will not be wiped out in this battle.

Guan Fangyi couldn't help but exclaim: "Everyone in the world says, Yan Shanming, Qi has no hatred, today I am a woman and a Taoist family is an eye-opener, and I know what is worthy of my reputation." It is worth the trip to know this. After this battle, Mengshuai will be able to sing a swan song!"

Meng Shanming smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "It's just a last resort." There is no normal state of war, there is no permanent shape of water, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, no one knows what the outcome of the battle will be in the end, anything can happen, and everything is now just talk on paper. In short, no matter whether I win or lose, I will fight with the lives of the soldiers, and use the lives of the soldiers to fulfill my reputation, not what I want, I only hope that there will be no more war in the world! Alas, the prince has been deploying troops to make the final decisive battle, seeing that the big war is imminent, who would think that the county lord and the little prince have fallen into the hands of the enemy, so that our side will be jealous, how is it good?"

Niu Youdao was silent, and probably understood, Shang Chaozong knew that it was possible to decide the outcome in a battle, and sacrificed so many people to get to this point, how could he break the situation for his own selfishness?

After collecting the thoughts, Niu Youdao pointed to the map, and the topic was pulled back, "Meng Shuai, how is the depth of this lake?"

"This..."Meng Shanming hesitated for a moment and said, "Naturally, there are deep and shallow. Whenever I go to a place, I have the habit of checking the local local chronicles, and from the local chronicles, the deep place is more than 30 zhang, and the shallow places around are naturally visible from the shallow bottom of the fish. The lake is vast, and the specific situation has not been measured, and I can't tell. ”

"It's enough to say this, with Lao Mengshuai personally explaining, and Mengshuai still has military affairs, I won't bother too much. I hope that what I ask will be kept secret. With that, Niu Youdao stretched out his hand and made a gesture to send off the guest.

"Naturally. After Meng Shanming nodded in response, he tried to ask again, "Dao Ye is exploring the situation of this lake, but it has something to do with rescuing the county lord and the little prince?"

Niu Youdao: "I am indeed planning to do this, I am only understanding the situation at present, and I can't give Meng Shuai any specific explanation, and I will give the prince and Meng Shuai an exact answer later." Let me think twice about it, Meng Shuai will go back first!"