Su Yan galloped along with Wu Meng and his party. Qingzhou City was two hundred miles away from the battlefield, but the terrain in the middle was flat, mostly plains, so he traveled very fast. In less than two hours, he had reached the place where the Qingzhou army was stationed.
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When Wu Meng led his army to block the invading Horqin army, it was located on the south side of the Xiangjiang River, so the two armies opened up their positions along the Xiangjiang River. Wu Meng stationed his camp in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River, where the terrain is higher and water is more convenient.
convenient.
Wu Meng is worthy of being a general of the imperial dynasty. This can be seen from the layout of his camp. The camp is surrounded by two rows of wooden piles as walls, with the outer row high and the inner row low. The inner row and the outer row are
Wooden boards were put up between the rows, and soldiers could stand on them to defend the fortified wall, while people could rest underneath.
The tents are arranged in an orderly manner with wide spacing, which is suitable for the gathering of troops. The military tent is in the center, with a large flag fluttering in the wind. The flagpole is very high, and the soldiers in the entire camp can see it when they raise their heads. There are several trenches dug outside the camp for defense.
There are many high towers in the camp, and each tower is equipped with four archers, who work in shifts to prevent sneak attacks. Patrols are carried out in teams of ten, with constant back and forth, covering the entire camp.
There were also many details that made Su Yan quite impressed.
After the group arrived at the camp, Wu Meng called for a team of light cavalry and said to Su Yan: "Take this team of light cavalry and look around. Remember not to get too close to the enemy camp, otherwise there will be danger in the future."
Su Yan responded, thanked them and led them out of the camp.
"Is the weather here bad now?" Su Yan looked at the muddy road and asked the team leader next to him.
"Yes! It has entered the rainy season here now. It started raining heavily five days ago, and it has only slowed down a bit this morning." The man replied.
"So, this rain will continue for a long time?" Su Yan looked at the gloomy sky and continued to ask.
"That's natural. There haven't been many battles in the past few days because the weather is too bad, which is not conducive to the battle formation, so we have tacitly maintained the troops to rest and recuperate."
Su Yan turned his head and looked to the north. He saw a large river stretching across the land. It was like a giant dragon winding and winding, with no end in sight.
"Is this the Xiangjiang River?" Su Yan asked.
"Exactly, the Xiangjiang River occupies an extremely large area, spanning thousands of miles. The water flow is very fast and disasters occur frequently, so few people gather around it. Although it has been treated many times, the results are not great."
Su Yan nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly saw a vague black spot in front of him. He expected it to be the camp of the barbarian army, so he pulled the reins, ran straight towards it, and shouted: "Let's go!"
The group of people followed Su Yan and ran towards the barbarian camp.
When the black spots in Su Yan's eyes gradually grew larger, the squad leader suddenly stopped Su Yan and said, "You can't go any further. If you go any further, you will enter the enemy's territory. If you encounter an enemy patrol,
It will be troublesome to ride.”
Su Yan responded, grabbed the horse's rein and looked around.
The barbarian army's camp was ten miles directly in front of Su Yan, and there were several peaks on the side of the opponent's camp. Although they were not high, they firmly blocked the sides and rear.
The team leader followed Su Yan's gaze and said, "The barbarian general is quite knowledgeable. He built the camp according to the mountain and used natural barriers to block the side of the camp to prevent us from sneak attack on them from the flank."
Unexpectedly, a complicated smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Su Yan's mouth, and he said: "You are indeed smart."
The cavalryman was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to ask for more information, he heard Su Yan say: "Let's take a detour into the mountains and take a look." After saying that, he galloped away on his horse.
The group of people reached the deep mountains. The mountains here were not high, so there was already a lot of water in the depressions, which stopped Su Yan from going in anymore.
The smile on Su Yan's lips grew stronger and stronger, as if something great had happened to him. The cavalryman looked strange and asked, "Sir, what are you laughing at?"
"It's okay, I remembered something. Let's go back." Su Yan straightened his body and said.
When the cavalry team heard this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly turned around and ran after Su Yan.
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The military tent in Qingzhou City.
Wu Meng stood in the middle wearing armor, with a sand table in front of him. The generals gathered around and listened quietly to the general's analysis of the battle situation.
"Report! That Su Yan has returned from inspecting the battlefield! He is now outside the tent!" A soldier came forward and reported.
"Oh? Let him come in." Wu Meng moved his eyes away from the sand table and sat back in the main seat, while the main general stood aside.
Su Yan entered the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted Wu Meng who was sitting in the main seat.
"Su Yan, do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?" Wu Meng asked solemnly.
"I already have a countermeasure, but the time has not come yet, so it is not appropriate to reveal it. General, please forgive me." Su Yan bowed and replied.
Before Wu Meng could speak, a sneer came from the side.
Wu Meng was a little unhappy when he heard the laughter. He looked at the man and said, "Mr. Chen, may I ask why you are laughing?"
The man was about in his early forties, with a thin face, a mustache, and a gloomy look in his eyes. He sneered: "I laugh at this young boy who doesn't know the heights of the world, yet he dares to talk about strategies to defeat the enemy?"
After hearing this, Su Yan chuckled and said, "May I ask who you are?"
The man glanced at Su Yan disdainfully and sneered: "I am the chief counselor under the general, Chen Qi." After saying that, he seemed to disdain to look at Su Yan, raised his head, nose and mouth to the sky, and looked up.
ceiling.
"Then I would like to ask why an unpredictable strategist like Mr. didn't use some means to make the barbarians on the other side flee, but allowed them to show off their power?" Su Yan showed a harmless smile and whispered.
road.
"You..." Chen Qi was very angry at Su Yan's words and said angrily: "What do you know, you inexperienced boy? I'm just waiting for the opportunity?"
Su Yan looked up to the sky and laughed, then pointed at Chen Qi and said: "I am incompetent. I can't make any progress in the war in recent months. It's okay to say something shamelessly and wait for the opportunity. It's a shame as a counselor."
Chen Qi suddenly flushed purple, his chest heaved violently, and he pointed at Su Yan with trembling words that he couldn't say.
Su Yan's words directly touched Chen Qi's sore spot and caused many generals to burst into laughter. This showed that they also disliked seeing this so-called chief adviser.
"Okay, okay, okay! You are a ignorant boy. I admit that I don't have a plan to defeat the enemy for the time being. Is it possible that you do? If you can defeat the barbarian army of nearly 100,000 cavalry, I will be willing to admit defeat."
Seeing that the situation was like this, Chen Qi stopped shirk- ing and threw the problem to Su Yan.
Su Yan chuckled lightly and stared at Chen Qidao: "If I say I can, I can. How about we have a bet, each placing a bet. If I defeat the barbarian army, I will win, but if not, you will win, how about?