Thirty miles southeast of Taigu County, the sky was already dark, but I saw an open space backed by a dense forest on a hillside, with sparse torches burning, and dozens of cadres wearing armor and stomach building fortifications.
Trenches, earthen walls, deer villages, and horse pits were the result of the soldiers working hard for most of the night. I saw a soldier running to the young general and saying: "General, the fortifications have been completed. Let's see what else is there." If it’s not enough, I’ll ask someone to do it again!”
The young general smiled and said: "Liu Captain also knows that I, the captain, am just a decoration. I don't know anything about marching and garrisoning. Liu Captain is the one who makes the decision! In the future, battlefield command will also have to rely on Liu Captain. I will give Captain Liu a good knife, and I will kill wherever Captain Liu is pointing!"
After hearing what the young captain said, Team Liu was a little panicked. He knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, I have embarrassed this villain. This villain's ability is not enough. Please, sir..."
The young lieutenant helped Liu Duizheng up and said with a smile: "It's not me who is modest. Before I joined the Xunyang Mansion Army, I was just a gangster. I am just good at handiwork. I don't know how to march and fight!"
"Human! The most important thing is to know yourself! If I, Li Taiping, were allowed to give random orders, wouldn't I have harmed the fifty brothers under Liu Duizheng? Therefore, Liu Duizheng has to shoulder the responsibility of marching and fighting!"
Captain Liu saw that the captain was telling the truth and did not mean to embarrass him, so he straightened his back and said, "Thank you, General, for trusting me. I will definitely not disappoint you, General Liu Datou!"
Li Taiping nodded and humbly asked for advice: "Captain Liu, what do you think we can do to defend the twenty-mile defense line?"
Liu Datou smiled and said: "This little man has really thought about it. Everyone in Temole has a horse, but we only have five horses in total. Our maneuverability is not as good as others, so we can only defend passively. We use this place as our base camp, and we have everyone on the left and right. Set up a sentry five miles apart, so that the two sentry posts and the two firemen rotate every day, so that we can keep an eye on the enemy."
Li Taiping frowned and said, "What if the enemy is discovered or the enemy tries to break through the defense line?"
Liu Datou smiled bitterly and said: "If there are few enemy scouts coming, the general will have to work hard to drive them away. If there are too many enemy scouts, we have no choice but to ask the division's cavalry for reinforcements!"
Li Taiping thought for a while and said: "Too passive! This doesn't mean that others are making moves. We can only accept them, but we can't fight back!"
Seeing Liu Datou helplessly smile, Li Taiping said: "How about this, Captain Liu, as long as I touch the shadow of the enemy scouts, I will lead four soldiers who are good at riding and shooting to clear them out! It will also save money." They lead us by the nose and make us exhausted!"
"It's a good idea, but it's too dangerous!" Liu Datou said.
Li Taiping stood up and walked to his mount, took off a horn bow, shook it at Liu Da's head, and said: "With this thing, Captain Liu can rest assured that as long as they are not formalized cavalry, dozens of cavalry scouts can still do it." Done!”
Liu Duizheng took the horn bow and pulled it casually but didn't even pull it. Knowing that Liu Duizheng could also shoot a one-stone long bow, he couldn't help but hold back his strength and pulled it again...
Li Taiping saw that Liu Datou was blushing and had a thick neck from holding back, and was afraid that he would strain his arm, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Liu, there's no need to try it. This is the three-stone horn bow I borrowed from the teacher's letter!"
As he spoke, Li Taiping took out an arrow from the quiver hanging on the saddle, nocked the arrow and fired the bow in the moonlight. He heard the sound of the arrow's feathers breaking through the air and the sound of the arrow penetrating the tree trunk.
The busy government soldiers couldn't help being frightened. They hid behind the bunker and drew their knives on guard, looking very panicked...
"Don't be nervous, everyone, it was our general who shot the arrow just now!"
The soldiers felt relieved when they heard Liu Datou's broken gong-like voice.
I saw Liu Datou running to the big tree a hundred steps away, looking at the arrow piercing the trunk, his eyes widened, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and thought to himself, "A big tree that can only be surrounded by one person is actually surrounded by one person."
The arrow pierced through. If it were a human being, it would be fine. I'm afraid it wouldn't kill him with just one arrow!"
Liu Datou ran back very excitedly and said with a big smile: "My lord, your arm strength and your arrow skills are simply amazing! I'm afraid even the vulture shooters in the grassland can't compare with you!"
Li Taiping smiled and said: "I once stayed in the grassland for a while, and I was lucky enough to learn archery from a Tuva marksman, but I don't dare to compete with the vulture shooter. I'm just stronger!"
Li Taiping did not elaborate on his experience in the grassland. After all, during that time, he was mostly chased away by other tiger masters, and there was nothing glorious to say. However, this archery was also used by Ashina's tiger master during that period.
Ground out.
After Liu Datou saw Li Taiping's archery skills, he no longer worried about taking the initiative to attack. He smiled and said goodbye to Li Taiping, and went directly to find his fire chiefs...
Li Taiping touched the horn bow and remembered what Shi Hanshen said a few hours ago when he mysteriously took him to an uninhabited part of the camp and said...
"Since Taiping is the adopted brother of the young master, I won't hide some things. Among the five hundred cavalry I brought this time, there are fifty military masters with martial arts cultivation of no less than fifth level. In order to gain
It is to cross Yanmen Pass to protect the young master. I think it is better to do this. After Tie Molec begins a large-scale attack on the city, Taiping will take these fifty people with him to Mayi County. I wonder if Taiping thinks this is good?"
Li Taiping nodded and said: "That's good, after all, more people means more power!"
When Shi Han saw Li Taiping's promise, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Before this, Taiping might as well continue to stay in the Xunyang Mansion soldiers. When the time is right, I will send someone to find you."
Li Taiping had previously planned to go to Jinyang so that Nangong Yu and the others could separate and go to Mayi County alone. Since Shihan still had fifty masters in his hands, it was best to take them with him. After all, there was no news from Mayi County.
No one knows what the situation will be like, but it is always good to have more power in your hands.
It was very cold in the mountains at night, so several bonfires were lit in the camp to keep warm. Li Taiping and Liu Datou were not sleepy, so they sat at the bonfire and chatted.
I saw Li Taiping asking seriously: "If you light a fire at night, isn't Captain Liu afraid of the enemy's night attack?"
When Liu Datou heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. Then he believed that Lieutenant Li really didn't know how to march and fight, so he explained: "Your Excellency, you don't know something. Our generals who attack people don't know how to do night attacks, and Tie Mo Le doesn't know how to do it."
I don’t know how to do it! You must know that when the sun sets, most ordinary soldiers become blind. They can only see things unless they light a torch, but once they hold a torch, they become a living target! Such a thankless job
, no one will do it!”
Li Taiping suddenly remembered the arrow shot just now and the panicked actions of the soldiers, and then suddenly realized that these guys' eyesight was so poor at night.
Liu Datou suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "I think the general is not affected by the night. So as long as the general touches the alien camp and shoots a few arrows, he will definitely cause huge losses to the enemy!"
Li Taiping smiled and nodded, thinking that there must be my division among the three of us. This is absolutely true. If he hadn't chatted with Liu Datou today, he still wouldn't know why he stopped chasing the Tiger Division as soon as the sun went down on the grassland. It turned out that
Ordinary people's vision is so poor at night.
Li Taiping suddenly stood up and bowed to Liu Datou, which frightened Liu Datou. Liu Datou hurriedly stood up and said, "General, what are you doing? I can't bear this!"
Li Taiping smiled and said: "What Liu Duizheng said is to let Taiping think about something, and this matter is very important to Taiping, so Liu Duizheng can bear this courtesy!"
Li Taiping didn't say anything, and Liu Datou didn't dare to ask. He just responded with a hurried salute.
Originally, Li Taiping planned to go a little further across Yanmen Pass, but now it seems that it is simply unnecessary. As long as the night is dark and the wind is high, he can lead fifty masters to climb directly over Yanmen Pass, and maybe even create some trouble for the aliens.
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Liu Datou was very excited because he found that this young general was very interested in marching and fighting, but he didn't understand anything. He couldn't help but happily became a teacher, and he learned all the things he had accumulated over the years.
All poured out...
Li Taiping was very modest, because these were things he was not good at. Over the years, he traveled around with the old Taoist priests and learned a lot, especially those in the martial arts world. He knew everything about them, but he didn't understand anything about the battle formations.
The old Taoist priest once said that the world is vast and there are many things that people don’t understand in this life. If you don’t understand, then go see, listen, and learn. As the saying goes, people with many skills will not be overwhelmed, and those with good skills will be bold.
It is not advisable to pretend to understand when you don't understand. Li Taiping understands this truth, and Qimin Khan of Tie Molec understands it even better.
At night, in Tie Mo Le's tent, Qimin Khan was making tea with his own hands, while the great wizard had changed into Ganren's clothes and was looking at Qimin Khan with a smile.
I saw Qimin Khan saying: "We have already arrived at the gate of Jinyang City. I wonder what the imperial master plans to do next?"
The Imperial Preceptor curled his fingers around his temples and raised his teeth slightly: "Tomorrow morning, send out the scouts, and the army will surround Jinyang City on all sides. At noon, we will launch an exploratory siege to see which side of the city has weaker defenses!"
Qimin Khan frowned and said: "Don't all Gan people like to surround three and leave one alone! Why did the Imperial Master want to surround Jinyang City?"
The Imperial Master Liu Yao lightly stretched his waist and smiled slightly and said: "The news came at noon today that the person guarding the city is Peng Gengche. This man once said that when the city is alive, people will be there, but when the city is broken, people will die! But he has lived until seven this year.
The fact that he is not dead at the age of eighteen shows that this person is good at defense, and he is the kind of person who can take away his life but not the city. If you attack the city that Peng Geng is guarding, there is no need to spare any part of it, because he will never abandon the city and flee.
of!"
Qimin poured the tea with great sweat, and carefully placed it on the great shaman's hand: "Be careful of the burn! By the way, we are attacking the city with all our strength. Aren't the Imperial Guards worried about the sudden arrival of the God of War?"
The great witch gently blew a sip of the hot tea, and saw the tea foam gathering on the wall of the cup, revealing the green color underneath the foam.
"The God of War is undefeated not only because he is a saint, but also because he wants to blow away the fog and see the battlefield clearly! But this is also his weakness, because he wants to see clearly, but when he sees clearly, Jinyang
It has already fallen into my hands! So I will surround the city on all sides, find the side with the weakest defense, and attack it with one blow, without giving the God of War any chance!"
Qimin Khan smiled and said: "The national master is indeed a handsome man who has not been seen in a century. It seems that the myth of the undefeated military god is about to be shattered!"
The great witch fiddled with the tea cup, but did not take a sip. The smile in his eyes was very confusing...