"What are you thinking about?"

In the clear sunshine of the afternoon, Ye Qi sat on the horse, tilted his head slightly and looked at Pei Yue and asked.

Although they hadn't seen each other for only half a month, she could clearly feel that Pei Yue had changed a lot - it didn't mean that there was a sudden change in his personality, but that there was a bit of murderous intent in his originally calm and peaceful temperament. This was not the case.

Ye Qi was not surprised because the experience officer of the Longbow Camp told her in detail what happened in the past half month.

Yang Yingji was impartial and did not ignore any details of what happened to Pei Yue. At the end of the conversation, he even asked Ye Qi to convey his apology to Pei Yue on his behalf.

Obviously, the middle-aged man who came from the down-to-earth Duke's palace has realized how grand and grand Pei Yue's plan is.

Although Ye Qi was not interested in military affairs, she felt very happy when Yang Yingji praised Pei Yue, so after they met, she paid great attention to Pei Yue's emotions.

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about a primary school math problem." Pei Yue replied subconsciously.

"Elementary school? Mathematics?" Ye Qi asked puzzledly.

The complete Tibetan front guard and 8,000 infantry marched in the direction of Xishan Village, not very fast, because Pei Yue had to give his mounts time to breathe, and at the same time, he had to take care of the foot strength of the infantry. Anyway, this slope is far away from Xishan Village

It’s only over thirty miles, so we won’t waste too much time on the road.

Since it was not a rush march during wartime, the generals would not have gathered around Pei Yue, nor would they have bothered him after seeing Ye Qi. The young man and woman were in the center of the team, and the surrounding subordinates had consciously stayed away.

A little further away, I couldn't hear their conversation.

Pei Yue came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm calculating Xie Lin's troop strength."

After Ye Qi established her relationship with Pei Yue, she occasionally heard some weird words from his mouth, but she didn't take it to heart. She just asked with concern: "Is there anything wrong?"

Pei Yue breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "According to the information Shen Danmo gave me, Xie Lin has 50,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry under his command, for a total of 130,000 troops. Now he has left 10,000 cavalry in the north of Hucheng.

, some troops were also lost in the previous seven-way offensive. Counting the knife stabbed by the Zangfeng guard in his waist, no more than 40,000 people were killed. But now there are only 80,000 people outside Xishan Village, and there are more than 10,000 people who don’t know.

Where to go.”

Ye Qi looked at the worry between his brows and said rather distressedly: "You don't have to worry too much. There may be some discrepancies in these numbers. Ten thousand people cannot determine the outcome of the battle."

Pei Yue has always respected her opinion, but this time he did not agree with it. He shook his head slightly and said: "Human life is at stake, I can't think about it."

In the eyes of outsiders, he was extremely prosperous during this period. The soldiers around him respected him like a god. Even the infantry who appeared today would look at him with reverence. Even their commander had the same attitude. However, only

The moment Ye Qi reunited after a short break, she could see the mountain of pressure on Pei Yue's shoulders.

She already knew from Yang Yingji's words that Pei Yue personally planned the overall situation of the northern front. After getting the approval of Tang Youzhi, the Marquis of Jining, he made bold moves and overcame obstacles along the way. But if this battle was defeated, not only tens of thousands of troops would be lost.

Life, as well as the entire northern defense line, Lingzhou will be exposed to the sight of the Xiwu cavalry, and then all life will be ruined.

Perhaps for some people, such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Being able to preside over a decisive battle of more than 100,000 people as a commander is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, and it is also a step towards success from now on. But Ye Qi knows in his heart that Pei Yue

That's not entirely what he thinks. Of course he also wants to win this battle, and he also wants to be promoted to a higher rank and become a big shot, but he won't ignore the lives of ordinary soldiers either.

During the war, he had no way to guarantee that everyone would survive. After all, there has been a lesson from ancient times to the present that kindness does not command troops.

But he hoped that he could do his best, even if only one person died less, it would be worth all the effort.

After Ye Qi was silent for a moment, he smiled and said, "Can you tell me where you found the eight thousand infantry?"

Pei Yue looked at her slightly surprised, because he knew that Ye Qi was not interested in these things.

Ye Qi recalled what he saw in the Longbow Camp and couldn't help but laugh: "That Mr. Yang is quite interesting. He thinks I know what you are thinking, but he doesn't dare to ask directly, so he can only make insinuations. It can be seen that he

He is not good at this, and his speaking skills are also very poor. I heard Wei Rui say that he is still a fourth-rank official, which is quite different from those high-ranking officials. So there are also good officials in the court?"

Pei Yue smiled knowingly and did not correct Ye Qi's concept that "as long as he wears simple clothes and looks ordinary, he is a good official", he said calmly: "Only Marshal Tang and I know this matter. Others may know part of it, but they will not guess it.

The overall strategy. In fact, when I was in Linqing County, I have been thinking about the battle situation on the northern front, maybe you still have some impressions."

Ye Qi nodded and said, "I remember that you stayed in the study all day long in those days."

Pei Yue said happily: "I thought I was working behind closed doors, but I didn't expect Marshal Tang to agree with my idea. The battle situation on the northern front is very clear. The Xiwu people have the advantage in strength and greater mobility. It is very easy to win a beautiful battle."

Difficult. It was a good move for Marshal Tang to lead troops to support Xishan Village, which created enough space for me, because he, as the defender, held back Xie Lin's army."

Ye Qi asked curiously: "So, where do the soldiers come from?"

Pei Yue lowered his voice and said: "Xie Lin knew our situation and was sure that we had no reinforcements, so he decided to fight us in Xishan Village. With twice the strength and the absolute advantage of his cavalry, any other

A general would dare to do this. But he never thought about it.

Ten thousand of the 50,000 cavalrymen had to be divided to guard Hucheng. In the early struggle, I killed nearly 5,000, and now I have defeated the most elite 5,000 Ruijin battalion. Now he has only three cavalrymen in hand.

Thousands of people, but we also have 20,000, and this gap is not enough to give him a sure chance of victory."

He smiled slightly and continued: "So the key to this decisive battle lies in the infantry!"

Ye Qi seemed to understand, but Fu Zhi said thoughtfully: "Is this the math problem you are talking about?"

If it weren't for the march, Pei Yue would have held her hand for a while. Now he could only smack his lips with regret, nod his head and said: "In terms of starting soldiers, the strength of the Longbow Army surpasses the frontier army, and its military strength is not weak.

Now Tang Youzhi has 30,000 infantry in his hands, and Xishan Village has 6,000 soldiers, which is much compared to the nearly 60,000 soldiers in Xie Lin's hands."

Ye Qi looked at him confusedly, wondering why 36,000 people were more than 60,000 people.

Pei Yue pointed at the eight thousand infantrymen beside him and smiled mysteriously: "Including these eight thousand, we still have a total of 30,000 reinforcements. Who do you think has the advantage?"

Returning to the original puzzle, Ye Qi asked persistently: "Where did these 30,000 people come from?"

Pei Yue looked up at the clear sky and calmly revealed the answer: "On this vast plain."

It took Ye Qi a long time to understand this sentence, and finally knew what Pei Yue was doing during this time.

She looked disgusted but actually said with admiration: "You are so cunning!"

"Thanks for the compliment!"
Chapter completed!