Give you a spring

Qin Zhaoyi and Jingzhao had said that Donghu would send troops before midnight tonight, and Jingzhao had also made preparations in his heart, but he didn't expect that the two had just finished watching the sailors' drill, and they didn't have enough time to sit down for a cup of tea when they heard the noise outside. A sharp horn was sounded——Qin Zhaoyi's eyes froze, and he strode outside, a soldier bumped into him, and the general stopped half a foot in front of him, and hurriedly said, "General! Donghu's army... is coming! "

Qin Zhaoyi responded, and jumped up to a high platform not far away. The soldiers next to him stretched the distance to the longest. When he looked towards the end of the moat, he could only see a few blurred black dots.

"What did the spies say? How many people are here?"

"About 120 troops are coming from the southwest and southeast, about [-] miles away from us. According to visual estimation, they will arrive at the border of Nanling in one and a half hours."

"Who is the coach, do you see clearly?"

"It's too far away, I haven't seen it yet."

Qin Zhaoyi pondered for a moment, then looked at Liang Jingzhao who was beside him with a worried face, "Let's push the sand table."

Guan Yue had just finished interrogating the three surviving Donghu secret agents, but he didn't ask any good news. He heard the sound of the horn and guessed that the other party was waiting for his army to come. He panicked and then calmed down. After coming down, although Qin Zhaoyi is not very old, he has outstanding military exploits and is very experienced in dealing with Donghu people.

The soldiers who were interrogating together had seen him and Liang Jingzhao before, and knew that they knew the general, so they stepped forward and asked if they wanted to meet with General Qin and the others.Guan Yue refused, it was enough to have them on the front line, and he had to deal with Dong Hu's fine work.

There should be a few fish that slipped through the net. Yang Zhirong said that they sneaked in a few years ago, and Su Yu said that there were more people than expected, so that means - it is impossible to eradicate these maggots so easily.

"Let me search the whole city again, and search again in the residential areas on the outskirts of the city to see if anyone has been missed!"

Qin Zhaoyi and Liang Jingzhao walked to the moat, and there were hundreds of warships parked in front of them. Well-trained soldiers were busy carrying various weapons onto the boats. The two walked into a temporary tent, and Qin Zhaoyi asked him to wait here. After a while, I will change my armor first.

Jing Zhao stopped him and asked, "Is the general going to the battlefield in person? Can I change too? I want to go with you."

Strictly speaking, there are no special regulations. People who have not received special training are not allowed to go to the battlefield casually, but Jing Zhao looked at General Qin with a strong pleading look in his eyes. Qin Zhaoyi looked at him deeply for a while, and the refusal disappeared silently when it reached his lips. , he said softly, "OK."

"Come here," he called to the side, "take him to wear armor."

During half a cup of tea time, Qin Zhaoyi came out wearing heavy armor, and just a few steps away, Liang Jingzhao also came out neatly dressed.

He raised his eyebrows, "I didn't expect you to be so fast."

Young Master Liang smiled slightly, "The battle is imminent, no time should be wasted."

"Well," Qin Zhaoyi and he walked to the sand table, where two military divisions were already standing.

"General, this time Donghu sent a young marshal named Yao Bu'er, 31 years old, who had fought against Daqi twice before. Generally speaking, he generally likes to strike first, using momentum and numbers to overwhelm the enemy, and then Then attack the enemy's rear by surprise, wrap it up and trap it to death."

The younger military adviser said.

Qin Zhaoyi looked at the sand table, and the spies said that Donghu's warships were coming from two directions, so Yao Bu'er would appear on one of them...

"Should we take him down first?" Liang Jingzhao asked aloud as he stood beside him.

The two military advisers didn't know him. They noticed him standing next to the general, but Qin Zhaoyi didn't introduce him, so they didn't take Jingzhao seriously. Now that the other party spoke up, the two military advisers agreed frown.

They ignored Liang Jingzhao, but Qin Zhaoyi replied, "It's good to take down the coach, but we can't be sure which ship he is on."

Jing Zhao thought for a while, then said, "Perhaps the first thing we need to do is to find out the strength of the enemy forces on both sides. If it is the stronger side, then there is a high possibility that Yao Bu'er is inside. I think We need to send troops to fight within half an hour to prevent the Donghu people from getting too close to the moat. Although I haven't studied water warfare much before, I know that it is mainly a long-distance combat. It is best to keep two hundred feet away from the enemy. First attract part of the combat power, and then secretly arrange a few small-wing warships to approach, let the soldiers board the boats to kill the enemy, and take back the ships and weapons that belonged to Donghu."

Qin Zhaoyi listened to him patiently, and before he could react, the young military adviser on the opposite side raised an objection, "But how can we distinguish those who belong to us, not Donghu?"

"You can change the method of giving orders," Jing Zhao said without hesitation, "I watched your navy drill with you General Qin today. The distance on the battlefield is too far, and the soldiers all rely on raising flags and beating drums to pass orders. Is it? Donghu has fought against you several times before, which proves that they may be very familiar with your methods of giving orders, so this time, some changes can be made."

Qin Zhaoyi frowned, "It's hard to guarantee that everyone can remember in such a short time."

"Just a little change?" Jing Zhao asked.

"We usually attack with the red flag and stand by with the yellow flag. Continuous beating of the drum is a false attack, and three separate strikes is a retreat." This time it was the older military division who answered, and he obviously listened to Jing Zhao's proposal. He said softly, "Or it can be reversed, changing the red flag to stand by and the yellow flag to attack, and the drumming method is also the opposite of before."

Qin Zhaoyi stared intently at the sand table below, raised his hand to fiddle with it a few times, and asked in a low voice, "How long has it been?"

"Less than a quarter of an hour." The young military adviser replied.

"According to what Lao Qi said, pass the order to all the soldiers."

"Okay," the military division said and ran out.

"How long can the gunpowder in the camp last?" Qin Zhaoyi asked again.

"There are ten stones. If there is no accident, it can last for half a month." The old military adviser replied.

"What about rockets and artillery?"

"Although it is not abundant, it can completely overwhelm Donghu and the others."

"They want to strike first. We can't confront them head-on. First, send fifty ships to the left and right to try to stop them a hundred miles away."

"it is good."

Liang Jingzhao listened intently to what they said, Qin Zhaoyi turned his head, "You stay here with them first, and I will accompany the warship to meet the enemy from the left. You can check whether the combat strength of the two sides is the same, and find out where the commander is."

"Okay." Liang Jingzhao looked at him with burning eyes.

Qin Zhaoyi was slightly taken aback, his always serious face suddenly softened.

A quarter of an hour later, Daqi's general stationed at Nanling stepped onto the boat that was about to sail to the southwest, and the southeast boat was also ready, but the strange thing was that there was also a "commander" who looked very similar to Qin Zhaoyi and was dressed in similar height. .

The two military advisers who stayed behind stood on the high platform, looking at the "generals" on the two warships, and looked at Jing Zhao behind him with a treacherous smile in some surprise.

——This is the bad idea of ​​his young master Liang. As the saying goes, "capture the thief before capturing the king", and Donghu must have the same idea as them. As long as the ship where the commander is on is destroyed first, then the enemy's morale will be disturbed at once. , had the upper hand in the entire battle.

So Liang Jingzhao suggested that people might pretend to be Qin Zhaoyi, so that Donghu can't tell where their real coach is, and then they can't prioritize the two sides' combat power, and better protect the general.

Qin Zhaoyi thought it was reasonable, and it happened that the lieutenant general was about the same height and build as him, so he asked someone to disguise him a little, pretending to be him and boarding the ship heading southeast.

"The battle with Donghu this time may not end as quickly as in the past. This time they came with the mentality that they will definitely win Nanling. The offensive may be very fierce. Please judge the three within half an hour. Yao Buer's position was notified to me by beating drums and raising flags, "Qin Zhaoyi looked at the two military divisions," as for the method of prompting, I think you all know it well."

"In about two hours, the fighters on both sides will be very tired. At this time, I need you to send another two hundred ships to attack from the rear and surround Donghu's warships. Are you clear?"

"General, do you want to learn from Yao Bu'er's practice?" the old military adviser asked.

"It doesn't count," Qin Zhaoyi said, "Maybe he wants to treat me that way, but it doesn't mean I can't do the opposite."

"clear."

A hundred warships quickly left the river and headed towards Donghu. Liang Jingzhao stood on the high platform and squinted his eyes to look into the distance—he found that it was not as light as Qin Zhaoyi said. Far away, I couldn't see the situation there at all, I could only see countless fires and splashes, and the sound of shells was deafening.

——He couldn't tell where the opposing coach was.

After realizing this, Liang Jingzhao's face suddenly sank, and he looked at the two military advisers opposite, "Qin Zhaoyi said that we should stay here to help him see where the opposite coach is, but you must also know that it is impossible, right? "

The young military adviser said, "You can wait for a while, there will be soldiers coming to report later."

"It's too slow," Liang Jingzhao spoke extremely fast, "I'm no different from sitting here waiting to die."

He immediately jumped down from the high platform. The military adviser guessed that he might want to violate the general's rules and go to the battlefield by himself, but this Liang Jingzhao had no experience in the battlefield when he first arrived, but wearing armor, he really thought he was an invincible famous general ?

Qin Zhaoyi had indeed lied to him, but he was also thinking about Liang Jingzhao's safety. If the young master went there rashly, the military adviser would not be able to explain to the general.Immediately, the young military adviser also ran down the high platform and stopped in front of Jingzhao, "You are alone and inexperienced, so you can't just go to the battlefield."

"Why not," Liang Jingzhao said, "I came to Nanling to help General Qin fight against the enemy."

"You have no official and no job, how can you help?" The young military adviser was impatient, and he simply stopped talking, "Do you want to drive a warship alone to kill him? Can you sail the ship? The artillery flew over without finding the general. Shoot down, right? This is a battlefield, not a joke. I know who asked you to come over, but the other party probably didn’t have the idea of ​​letting you go over in person, and how do you know that you must be helping if you go over?”

That's a strong statement, but it's all true.

Liang Jingzhao stared fixedly at the military adviser, and suddenly asked, "What's your name?"

"Xu Zhihe."

"How many years have you been following Qin Zhaoyi?"

"Seven years."

"Can you sail?"

"meeting."

The more Xu Zhihe answered, the more frightened he became, thinking that the other party would not hold him hostage and let him accompany him to the front line.

However, Jing Zhao didn't mean that, and just responded, "Then we will be friends from now on, and I will come to you if there is something to do in the future."

After speaking, he boarded the high platform again, put Qianli Wang over his eyes and continued to look at the situation over there.

Xu Zhihe was stunned for a while, then said "oh" in a complicated way, his arrogance suddenly weakened, and he followed him back to the high platform.