In this invasion of his own country, there are only a few people under Ding Kui who can command the battle, half of them are above the age when they should retire, which is enough for the current size of the Red Army to protect the country, but if it is further expanded, there will be no one to use.

He had several contacts with Fan Yuzhen, and he also knew the details of Fan Yuzhen, so he took the opportunity to communicate with him this time, showed the sincerity of solicitation, and successfully accepted him as his follower.

Followers are different from subordinates, followers will still follow him after retiring, just like Ding Dao's followers to protect him and recognize him as the new lord, those only account for a small part of Ding Dao's subordinates; and the first brigade of the 201st Division, after the change of captain, there are many people who are not commanded by Ding Kui.

Fan Yuzhen is in her early forties this year and is in the prime of life, and she is at her peak in all aspects, so such followers can be used when they receive it, and she still has military power and connections in hand, which is what Ding Kui needs most.

After being promoted to the Juggernaut Knight, Ding Kui will not be able to come forward in person in everything, and the opportunity to lead the troops into battle will become less and less, and the enemy will not easily allow him to charge. He urgently needs people who can lead troops to fight, and it is very difficult to train him by himself, and he has only cultivated a Lei Feixiang in the past few years, capable of commanding more than a thousand people in battle.

Shao Dian Fei, Shao Dian Cheng and Shao Dian Ye are the children of the royal family, and their loyalty is doubtful once they start a war with the imperial court.

Fan Yuzhen left Qinglan City with a satisfactory harvest and wanted to rush back to inform the brothers of the 75th Division.

"My lord," Shao Diancheng took out a stack of documents from his cloth bag and placed them neatly on the table, "Do you need to get the materials of the 75th Division?"

Ding Kui was looking through a document, but he didn't raise his head, and said, "Do you still need to read it when everyone has come to the door?" Go and see when the chief of staff is free, and I will talk to him privately. ”

"Okay, my subordinates will go right away. ”

Ding Kui glanced at Shao Diancheng's departing back, "This kid has a lot of eyes, he is an ambitious guy, I don't know if his ability is proportional to his desire." ”

"Sir, General Jomon asks to see you. Ding Cai reported outside the door, and he didn't dare to enter the house without Ding Kui's order.

"What! I'm going to greet you. Ding Kui walked out of the room quickly.

The headquarters of the Eighth Army occupies the center of Qinglan City, and divides several camps around the city lord's mansion, and the men and horses brought by Ding Kui are temporarily stationed in a small camp, and the big flag of "Ding" is hung on the camp gate.

More than a dozen horsemen waited outside the camp gate, led by Qiao Meng, the commander of the 80th Division, whose calm eyes could not hide the tiredness between his eyebrows, and the blood stains on his robes indicated that a major battle had just ended.

"Why do you need to spread the word when General Qiao comes, you ignorant fellows, won't you invite him in? How can you let him wait outside the door!" Ding Kui's voice came before he arrived.

Qiao Meng was in good spirits, his eyes were full of joy, he jumped off his horse, walked to the camp gate, and said with a smile: "The first time I see the prince of the world as a colleague, I have to follow the rules, so that those bosses don't talk about me behind my back." ”

Ding Kui ran a few steps quickly, and held Qiao Meng's hand in front of the door, "Where did the rules come from, seniors are going to kill me." ”

"I signed the document in front of the battle early in the morning, and it was Ding Shuai who killed me. Qiao Meng took Ding Kui's hand and his eyes swirled over Ding Kui, "Lord Knight, the Lord will be proud of you in the Eternal Sanctuary. ”

"Come on, come and sit down with me, General Qiao has worked hard all night. Ding Kui walked arm in arm with Qiao Meng.

"I accidentally lured out the defenders of Baiting City last night, and it took me to clean up after a night of fighting, and I just came back and was about to give the chief of staff an order when I saw your banner and wanted to come to see you. ”

"Amazing, this can also lure the defenders out of the city, but I can't do it. "Ding Kui really admires it, it is not so easy to lure his army out of the city at night.

"It just so happened that reinforcements had arrived in Baiting City, and the enemy army wanted to help relieve some pressure on their main legion, and it just so happened that I knew that the enemy army near Port City had retreated earlier. ”

The two walked into Ding Kui's room as they spoke, and all the personal soldiers and entourage remained outside.

"I just joined the legion, and I hope that Senior Qiao will give me more guidance in the future. ”

"Don't call me a senior, the prince can call me Lao Qiao, if you think I'm old and useless, you can continue to call me senior. ”

"Uh, hehe, I didn't mean that, old Joe. ”

"That's right, I'm much younger than Lao Dong and them. The Eighth Army is just like that, it has long been waiting for the people to take over, and the whole army is looking forward to your coming, and the old brothers will pave the way for you. ”

"I'm okay to command a few thousand people to fight, but I don't have any more experience. ”

"Experience is played, you can play the name of 'Flying General' in the new legion, and you don't have to worry about coming to the Eighth Legion, I have seen all your battle examples, and you are all taking the route of elite soldiers, and you should be born to lead the troops in the Eighth Legion, I believe that you will be more domineering than Jiang Shuai when you lead the legion." Qiao Meng didn't care if he would offend Jiang Xi.

Of course, there are only the two of them in the room, as long as Ding Kui doesn't say it, it won't reach Jiang Xi's ears.

"Now Jikou has more than 400,000 troops on land and water in Nanqiu County, and what we have to gnaw on next is hard bones, this battle is not so easy to fight. Ding Kui brought the topic to the current situation.

"Our army is now adopting the tactic of shrinking its defense, and it should be threatened on the Tongyuan River. ”

"Old Joe has a keen sense of insight and a sense of the big picture. Ding Kui commented in his heart.

"Our army is the main attack, the enemy is the main defense, in terms of strategy, we take a little initiative, the superiority in strength will slowly fall to us, the final victory must belong to us, and it is the rebels who really affect the overall situation. Qiao Meng also slowly began to talk.

Ding Kui asked tentatively: "Are the rebels so capable of fighting?"

"Don't underestimate it, there are six legions concentrated in the state of Zhenwang, including the ninth and tenth legions, and the rebels can cross the state border as well, it's not as simple as being able to fight. Jomon's face was clouded with worry.

"I heard that Yang Feng is a conductor in Zhuwangzhou. Ding Kui's eyes flashed fiercely.

"Hmph, that traitor!" a "crunch" sound came from under Qiao Meng's buttocks, "How can you deceive the trust of the boss without the ability, he is a mortal enemy with Prince Yinsha, and the court trusts him more, and the reason why they brought us to Nannuma Prefecture is to reuse him." ”

"Hey, don't talk about this, if you come to me, will it delay you to find the chief of staff?"

"Well, I'll go and kill you first, and I'll look for you later. ”

"Don't worry, my troops haven't arrived yet, you haven't slept all night and go to rest first, and I'll ask someone to celebrate your achievements at night." ”

"Okay, okay, let's go, don't send it. ”

Seeing Qiao Meng away, Ding Kui didn't have the heart to continue reading the documents, thought about it, and called a few personal soldiers to go to the camp of the 72nd Division.

Hua Mo took over the defense of Qinglan City after taking it, and although he was not very happy, he had to protect the Legion Headquarters, so he did not have to wait at the headquarters.

"Did the prince meet Qiao Meng just now?" he specially asked his subordinates to pay attention to the situation on Ding Kui's side.

"I'm ashamed to say that I should have come to meet Senior Hua first. ”

"Don't be like this, Brother Kun knows that he wants to beat me, we are nothing more than a few decades longer than you, and we are far inferior to you in terms of ability, you don't have to do all that red tape in the legion, especially for a few of our old fellows. ”

"No, my father will blame me for being ignorant, and besides, I can learn from Hua Lao. ”

"It's good if you have this heart. Now you are a general, a knight, everyone respects you in line with the rules of the army, and only with that majesty can you suppress the soldiers below, and in the future you will not only be the commander of a legion, but also get used to becoming a superior. Hua Mo personally poured Ding Kui a cup of tea.

"The boy was taught. ”

"Humility is a good thing, but that's an outsider, in the Eighth Legion, you represent the master's family, carry that flag, you are the soul of the whole army, you have to be above everyone, no one can trample on the soul of the Eighth Legion!"

These words were heavier, and Ding Kui felt that his blood was burning.

"Shizi, I found that you got into a bull's horn. ”

"Ah, please advise. ”

"How can the king, the court, or the commander's mansion be the same thing for the Ding family, but the Eighth Legion and the Ding family are one, you can't treat us as outsiders. As the so-called clenched fist is hard, the fist of the Eighth Legion is waiting for you to squeeze. ”

"Yes! I understand!" Ding Kui's eyes shone brightly, "Now I am the Eighth Legion, and the Eighth Legion is me!"

"Hahaha, Hou Ye's regret that he didn't join the army can be made up for in you, our military spirit is back!" Hua Mo's laughter was like a bell.

"I'll go to the headquarters and celebrate Qiao Meng in the evening, he should have won a big battle last night. ”

"Okay. Surprise flashed in Hua Mo's eyes, Qiao Meng didn't talk to Ding Kui about last night, otherwise he wouldn't have said the word "should".

Because the commander is not in the corps, the staff is equal to the headquarters, and no one stops Ding Kui from coming, but everyone performs their duties, and the normal operation of the command is not disrupted because of Ding Kui's arrival.

"Oh, Brother Xian is here, your troops have escort missions, and they don't need to be on standby at the command. Jiang Zhi greeted Ding Kui.

"Hehe, I'm here to learn from you, and I can also face off against the female general god in the future, the chief of staff can't hide it. Ding Kui admired Jiang Zhi for being able to hold the position of chief of staff of the corps at such a young age, although Liang Chong was similar in age to Jiang Zhi, but the workload of the two was very different.

"Ding Shuai is making fun of me, in fact, Helian Yu is much better than me, if the legion is reversed, the loser will definitely be me. By the way, the 71st Division attacked in a very timely manner, and it happened to meet the reinforcements sent by Xixuancheng and responded to the encirclement and annihilation of the 80th Division, which was your military order. ”

"It's such a coincidence, I just synthesized everyone's opinions, the 71st Division has been holding back in Port City for several days, and if I don't release it, Dong Lao will be in a hurry with me. "Ding Kui is unintentionally inserting willows.

Wang Chou came over and patted Ding Kui on the shoulder and said, "Maybe many people can make the right decision, but your correctness means a lot to the legion, and your every move will have a great impact on morale." Hopefully, you'll be right all the time. ”

"General Wang, be patient, it's not appropriate to send the 73rd Division anywhere at this time, or you can discuss it with Brother Xian. Jiang Zhi saw through Wang Chou's intentions in saying this.