Xu Zhiqing was silent for a long while before she opened her mouth and said: "This is called Kizil. It is located 800 miles northwest of Xingqing, next to Jianshui and Sayan Mountains, where the Turkic Yazhang and the royal court are located. Simply put, Kizil Zil is the capital of the Turks."
The high chief gasped, and didn't dare to blink his eyes: "Brother Lin, are you kidding me? Traveling thousands of miles to attack the Turkic royal court? That's the home of the barbarians. Are you talking in your sleep, my boss?" Don’t even dare to think about it.”
Lin Wanrong smiled and nodded: "Soldiers are cunning and can be won by surprise. Brother Gao, just think about it. Even a wise and powerful person like you dare not think of it, would a barbarian think of it?!"
"That's true," Gao Chief said to himself, nodding his head, hehe said: "Well, hit Kizil, rob their BMWs, and rob their women!"
This old boy never forgets to snatch women! Lin Wanrong laughed a few times.
Send troops to attack the Turkic royal court! ! Lin Wanrong's idea is extremely bold, and it can also be said to be extremely arrogant, with some heroic adventurism and a hint of romanticism, which also reflects his superior strategic vision and courage. Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan didn't dare to say a word, but there was a wild look in their eyes. Dahua has been bullied enough by the Hu people, why can't they let the Hu people be thrilled for a while.
The two glanced at each other, trembling with strong anticipation. Obviously, Lin Wanrong's shocking remarks had already deeply moved them.
"This method is not advisable." Master Xu shook his head lightly, and directly vetoed everyone's expectations: "A large number of soldiers and horses rushed for a long distance, and I am afraid that they will be wiped out by the Turks before they enter the grassland. What are you talking about attacking the Hu people?" Wang Ting?"
Junshi Xu's opinion can be said to hit the nail on the head, and Du Xiuyuan and Gao Chief were immediately a little frustrated, until they saw General Lin's calm eyes, they gathered some hope again.
"Don't look at it like this." Lin Wanrong said unhurriedly: "What is a sneak attack?! That is to complete a fatal blow to the Turkic people without anyone noticing. The sneak attack on the barbarians' tents is not about the number of soldiers, but the number of soldiers. Fine. 8,000 or 10,000 elite cavalry are enough to make things happen!"
Ten thousand horses dare to attack the barbarians? The high chief was frightened, and murmured: "Brother, isn't the number too small? At least one hundred thousand elites are needed!"
His question was also what Hu and Du wanted to know. Lin Wanrong laughed loudly and said, "If there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid they will be discovered by the Turks before they leave Xingqing City. As I said earlier, the Hu people can't think of it." , is what we have to do, the soldiers must be good, but the number must not be too large, otherwise it will only be counterproductive."
"What are you afraid of?" Hu Bugui let out a roar of excitement after being teased by Lin Wanrong, his eyes sparkled with excitement: "Give me Lao Hu 10,000 elite cavalry, and I will dare to go deep into the grassland and take the Turkic tooth tent Pick it up, capture that shitty Vija Khan alive, and let these bearded bastards know that I, Da Hua Erlang, is also a man made of blood!"
Hu Bugui fought for many years and fought against Hu people countless times, but this time was the most passionate, with a heroic feeling of burning blood.
As a military advisor of the three armies, Xu Zhiqing couldn't be so impulsive. She shook her head and said, "General Hu, don't be impulsive. Just now General Du said that it is difficult to attack a single Turkic tribe, let alone a Huren tooth tent—"
"It's a barbarian's teeth," Lin Wanrong smiled, and cut off Xu Zhiqing's words: "I said just now, if the effort is not proportional to the income, it is not worth fighting. And when the reward far exceeds the effort, even if you hit your head We must fight. Such a major event as the surprise attack on the Turkic royal court should not be treated simply as an ordinary battle, on the contrary, it should be viewed at the height of the overall battle.”
The overall situation of the campaign? Xu Zhiqing was stunned for a moment, she bit her bright red lips lightly with her white teeth, her eyes were focused, and she became deep in thought.
Lin Wanrong said loudly: "There is also a strategy for capturing the barbarians' tooth tents, which can be false or real. Get close to Kizil quietly, catch him by surprise, and wipe out the tooth tents in one fell swoop. This is the best result. This is the truth." .”
"Then what's false?!" Xu Zhiqing asked unconsciously.
"Even if we didn't reach Kizil, every step we got closer to the Turkic royal court was a great victory. Miss Xu can imagine that on the boundless prairie, a mysterious Dahua cavalry suddenly descended from the sky, leaving The royal court is only a few steps away, what kind of psychological blow will this cause to the Turkic people? What kind of encouragement will it be to our Dahua soldiers?"
Lin Wanrong waved his hand vigorously, and his heart was boiling. He let out a long breath, glanced at Hu Bugui and said, "Brother Hu, you have fought against the Turkic people for so many years, if the day I mentioned really happened, how would you feel?"
Hu Bugui's eyes were red and he said: "Damn, our Dahua has been oppressed and beaten by the Turks for more than a hundred years. If we can really do it in the Hu people's lair, let me die for a while!" I am willing to do it a hundred times. My old brothers who died thousands of times have beaten barbarians all their lives, but they have never seen any kind of Turkic dental tent. They are wronged! Old Du, touch it, I This blood is hot!"
Words are the voice of the heart, and Hu Bugui's words represent the wishes of thousands of soldiers who resisted Hu. Dahua has been bullied by the barbarians for a long time. If there are Dahua cavalry going thousands of miles, even if they just raise their hooves and roar at the Turkic tent, it will be enough to make countless soldiers feel elated and excited, and wipe away Dahua's accumulated weakness over the years The momentum, the inspiring power of it, must not be underestimated. This is what Lin Wanrong called "virtual"
Gao Chief thought about it carefully, and said in horror: "Brother Lin, if you fight according to your routine, these more than ten thousand soldiers will go deep alone, no matter it is real or not, they will fall into the siege of the Turkic people, and I am afraid that they will almost die."
"Wrong," Lin Wanrong shook his head, gritted his teeth and said every word: "It's ten deaths and no life! This is a road of no return! But there are some things that must be done by someone, either you or me—hey, you guys Why are you looking at me like this?! Where are you thinking—"
Seeing Hu Bugui and the others staring at him tragically with wide-eyed eyes, with both admiration and regret on their faces, Master Lin suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale with fright, his body was covered in cold sweat, and he waved his hands hurriedly Huo said: "I declare in advance, I am just making suggestions, other things have nothing to do with me. Don't count on me, I won't do it even if you kill me, I still have a bunch of wives waiting for me to go back to earn money to support - What are you looking at?! Look at me, I dug out your eyeballs, you are not allowed to look at all! Hu Bugui, let’s have dinner, let’s have dinner together!”
He is like a rabbit whose tail has been stepped on, slapping his buttocks and running fast, but those legs are really sharp. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back furtively, fearing that Ms. Xu would be persuaded to appoint Mr. Lin as the commander-in-chief of the solitary army, that would be shooting himself in the foot. He shook his head angrily, full of remorse.
coward! Seeing the back of him fleeing resentfully, Miss Xu couldn't help cursing, both angry and funny. She took out the pencil left by Lin Wanrong, drew a few times on the map, and snorted: "General Du, General Hu, please tell Officer Lin Xianfeng to study the map more. The method of the Turkic royal court, whether it is a hundred thousand troops or ten thousand cavalry, will not work at all."
"Please tell the military adviser frankly." Du Xiuyuan said with a cautious expression.
Ms. Xu sighed, and pointed to the crude map: "Look, this is Xingqing Mansion, which is two or three hundred miles away from us. If you want to capture Kizil, you must go deep into the grassland But, where did we enter the grassland?! Please see, from the east of Xingqing to Dingbao and Yanmen Pass, it stretches for 800 miles. , it is not feasible here. Looking at the other side, the Qilian Mountains to the west of Xingqing are the gathering places of Hu cavalry, and we cannot cross them. From Qilian Mountains to the west, there are Dunhuang Grottoes and the death desert Lop Nur. If you really want to This is the only way to capture Kizil. But this vast desert is inaccessible, and the birds and beasts have disappeared. Since ancient times, no one has been able to go out. Let alone ten thousand, even a million troops walk in, and it is also difficult. Dead desert, leaving only a pile of bones."
She shook her head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "What if you go through Lop Nur? You have to cross the Tianshan Mountains and Altai Mountains before you can get close to Wubu Sunuoer Lake, and look at Jianshui and Kizil in the distance. This route has been used only since ancient times. How many passes are there in the pass through the desert and snow-capped mountains?! It is not unreasonable for the Hu people to dare to place the tooth tent in Kizil. Such a natural barrier, except for the gods, who can cross it? !"
Xu Zhiqing is indeed knowledgeable, not only knows the border of Dahua like the palm of his hand, but also knows the place names in the Turkic territory at his fingertips, such a skill, no one in Dahua can match.
After her explanation, Du Xiuyuan and the others couldn't stop turning pale. Indeed, what Ms. Xu said is that it is almost impossible to sneak up on a barbarian without anyone noticing it. Task. After all, General Lin still has too little actual combat experience. Although his vision is lofty and his ideas are extremely great, the feasibility is basically zero.
"The general understands, so I will report to General Lin." Hu Bugui couldn't hide his disappointment, and the moment of elation in his dream finally came to naught.
"Wait," Xu Zhiqing hesitated for a moment, with a blush on her face, she took out a small bottle from her sleeve and handed it to Hu Bugui: "You pass this to General Lin, although his leg injury has healed, But the medicine powder still can’t stop.”
She paused, then said softly: "Tell him not to misunderstand, this was given to him by the general, and it has nothing to do with me. The general is worried that he will act recklessly, and when the time comes, the old injury will recur. , is a great loss.”
Chief Gao said oh a few times, and nodded with a smile. However, General Lin didn't know where he had gone. Among the soldiers all over the mountains and plains, he was nowhere to be found.
The blood-red sunset shone on the forest and fields, Xu Zhiqing's cheeks were like jade, she stood silently for a long time, her delicate shadow dragged into a long straight line, her expression was calm, a faint tear flashed in her eyes, she didn't know what she was thinking.
A young soldier patted him on the back, but Lin Wanrong was startled.
General Lin turned his head hastily, and shouted at the boy: "How dare you, Li Wuling, attack the officer from behind. You tie a hundred-jin sandbag and run for ten miles, and this general will spare you."
Li Wuling glanced at the direction he was looking at, and saw Xu Zhiqing jumping on the horse's back and galloping at full speed, couldn't help but let out a long oh, and laughed: "I wonder why you punished me, so You were the one hiding here and peeping at my Aunt Xu, and told me to catch him. I’ll run ten miles with a sandbag on my back, and then tell Aunt Xu that someone peeked at her and wouldn’t let her go—”
"You know what, I'm not peeping at her," Master Lin said angrily, "I'm afraid that she followed other people's advice and sent me to do something stupid."
Li Wuling smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry, my Aunt Xu is so smart, how could she send someone to do something stupid? But the person who made the suggestion is too stupid."
Fortunately, this kid didn't know that I was the one who made the suggestion. Lin Wanrong heyed twice, but didn't say anything. Hu Bugui rushed over and said, "General Lin, so you are here. Tell me to give you a good look."
"Isn't it easy to find me? Where there are many people, there is me." Lin Wanrong said with a smile.
Hu Bugui smiled sheepishly: "General Lin, the suggestion you made just now, Master Xu said is completely unworkable."
Li Wuling's eyes widened, and he was about to laugh. Old Lin Wanrong blushed, and hurriedly hit him with his hand: "Go, go to training quickly after eating. We senior officers are talking, and the low-ranking ones quickly avoid it."
"Understood," Li Wuling said with a grin, "When you talk to Aunt Xu, even senior military officers like my grandfather will avoid you, haha—"
Lin Wanrong came back to his senses when the kid disappeared without a trace, and said with a haha, "This kid is really interesting—Brother Hu, what did you just say?"
Hu Bugui took out the map, and told Lin Wanrong what Xu Zhiqing said just now, and the annoyance on his face was clearly visible.
Miss Xu's knowledge of geography is also rich. Lin Wanrong smiled slightly and patted Lao Hu on the shoulder: "Brother Hu, there is no absolute thing in this world. As long as you are willing to work hard, there are always more solutions than problems. Wait a few days when you are free." , I will tell you the story of the Silk Road.”
Silk Road? What Silk Road? Hu Bugui was also confused. Master Lin kept his mouth shut in time, not wanting to reveal a single word, lest Miss Xu accidentally catch the young man and send him to do the death thing.
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From Yanchuan to the north, looking at Shuofang, the army marched day and night, hurriedly heading for Xingqing.
The further north you go, the drier the climate and the more wind and sand. Sometimes you will encounter four or five strong winds and sand in a day. People stop horses and rest, and everyone squats down on the spot. When he got up, his whole body, hair, eyes, nose, ears, and everywhere were covered with wind and sand, all of them were gray men.
The hardships of the frontier fortress are really extraordinary. This is spring, and before leaving the fortress, I have already experienced the power of the desert wind and sand. The 300,000 frontier soldiers do not know what kind of life they live.
The most unbearable thing is the impermanent temperature difference between day and night. Walking during the day is sweating profusely, like being soaked in water, and at midnight, the temperature is so low that it can freeze people into popsicles.
Lin Wanrong seems to be a natural and strong species. Along the way, the climate changes so much that even the high chief couldn't help but sneezed a few times, but he seemed to be okay, wrapped in a few robes and blowing the sand every day. , I don’t forget to hum a few Xintianyou songs.
Xingqing Mansion is the most important town in the Northwest of Dahua, adjacent to Helan Mountain, known as "Shuofang Guarantee, Throat of the Desert". Its fertile land, criss-cross ditches, and convenient irrigation, once had the reputation of "Stopping the South of the Yangtze River". It's just that during the Huahu campaign in these years, Xingqing Mansion suffered from the flames of war, the population dropped sharply, the people were lost, and thousands of hectares of fertile land were gradually barren, covered by the long yellow sand, which made Lin Wanrong very emotional.
"Such a big river, such a high mountain, Xingqing Mansion, Helan Mountain, you can't see the barren grassland at a glance.
Such a big river, such a high mountain, Xingqing Mansion, Helan Mountain, the people have no food and clothing every year! "
I don't know where the woodcutter's singing came from. It was long and sad, slowly drifting into the eardrums, mixed with the dust and sand that couldn't be seen at a glance, it was indescribably miserable and desolate.
Seeing that they were about to enter Xingqing Mansion, it was the Northwest Fortress after all, and the people on both sides of the official road had gradually increased.
Mr. Lin looked east and west, walking leisurely, but heard the sound of hooves in the distance, and suddenly there was a stern noise: "Run, barbarian, barbarian is coming!!!"