Once upon a time there was a mountain of secrets

In the daytime of the second day, more than ten miles away from Guangyang Pass, Lingxu's 49 troops were stationed.

A black snow fell last night, turning the entire camp into blackness.

Soldiers in twos and threes cleaned up the mess from last night, put away all the usable arrows, and cleaned up the place at the same time.Their faces are full of loveless looks, making people feel that they have lost the battle.

Although they did lose the battle last night, the real battle has not yet begun.

Song Qiyuan sat in the head of the tent, looking angrily at the subordinates standing neatly below him.

From the very beginning, no one spoke, until now, even after a stick of incense, no one spoke.The air seemed to be condensed, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe.

In the end, Xue Yuhai was the first to open the mouth.

Xue Yuhai stepped forward, cupped his fists and said: "Marshal, there is no need to get angry, the other party is just using a tricky trick to delay our army's speed."

As soon as he finished speaking, another general stood up and said, "Marshal, this subordinate feels... this, is this really a curse? We, we may have offended ghosts and gods and were cursed."

The rest of the people also began to nod one after another, with indescribable embarrassment and fear on their faces.

Another person also said: "Yes, everyone has seen what happened last night. If it is really a conspiracy, then where did the flying ghost and the black snow all over the sky come from? How can we explain it?"

"And those [-] soldiers disappeared without a trace."

What's more, everyone felt terrified, even shivering.

Xue Yuhai said: "Although my subordinates don't know how the enemy designed these things, my subordinates will never believe in ghosts and gods."

A general immediately said: "There is a saying that it is better to believe what is there than not to believe what is not. Now all the soldiers are panicking, and they are all spreading..." The general hesitated to speak, wondering if he should bring this matter up speak out.

Song Qiyuan couldn't see anyone hesitating, so he slapped the table angrily and said, "What are you passing on?"

The general gritted his teeth, and said: "The generals are spreading rumors that this place has been cursed by the black god, and anyone who is stained with black spots is the one he likes and will be taken to hell."

"Ridiculous." Song Qiyuan jumped up and scolded.

The general immediately knelt down, cupped his fists and said, "This subordinate just didn't want to hear what the soldiers said."

"Who is passing it on? If the order continues, it will be dealt with by military law." Song Qiyuan said angrily.

The generals looked at each other in embarrassment, the other general folded his fists and knelt down, and said, "Marshal calm down, you can't blame the soldiers for this matter. Everyone was present at the scene last night. The subordinates asked themselves the marching and fighting for more than ten years, what happened last night? Looking back now, I feel scared. And many of our army are new recruits, and they have never been on the battlefield a few times, not to mention such a terrifying scene. Now the soldiers are spreading the news. If they are to be dealt with by military law, it will be even more shocking. The soldiers are afraid."

Gritting his teeth, Song Qiyuan clenched his fist until his joints turned white, and slammed it heavily on the table case, causing cracks to appear on the table case immediately.

Song Qiyuan's unkind eyes swept down, and all the people who touched his eyes avoided unconsciously.

In the end, Song Qiyuan's gaze rested on Xue Yuhai.Although this person is not a very good talent, compared to the other two, he is quite capable.

"Staff Xue, tell me what you think."

Xue Yuhai was named, so he had to say in embarrassment: "Marshal, General Wang is right. Although our army has an absolute advantage in numbers, the biggest problem with our army is that there are too many recruits. These recruits have little experience, so they are easy to be misunderstood. Confused. I guess the guy at Nanhui must have considered this, so he used such a childish trick to intimidate. The subordinates feel that the most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the army."

The generals below nodded slightly, agreeing very much.

Qi Shujie, who felt neglected, cupped his fists and said, "Marshal, this subordinate disagrees with Chief Xue's opinion. The one from Nanhui, isn't he just Gong Jiuqing, what is he doing in secret? The only thing he can do now is to struggle to death Forget it, as long as our army presses into Guangyang Pass without fear, even if he is full of tricks, he won't be able to use it."

Several generals below nodded slightly, also agreeing.

Xue Yuhai retorted: "The morale of the army is not stable now. Even if there are only [-] soldiers and horses in Guangyang Pass, don't forget that they are led by King Ming Gu Moming. In the case of Gu Moming winning more with less, the subordinates feel that , the marshal should know better than his subordinates."

Song Qiyuan nodded, his eyes were dignified.

For those of them who march and fight, they are more interested in war than anything else.Whether it's your own or someone else's.

As for Gu Moming, who went to the battlefield in his teens, his martial arts are superb, and he uses soldiers like a god.There are also Bai Xiaoxian, a military adviser, and Chen Zhongwei, a capable general, who have never lost a battle.

Xue Yuhai continued to remind: "Besides, there is still Gong Jiuqing in Guangyang Pass. Four years ago, Tongcang designed to poison Gu Moming, and the five cities of Nanhui fell consecutively. Gong Jiuqing only took a few days. Time not only captured the five cities, but also captured Cangnuan, the king of Tongcang. Marshal, our army carelessly underestimated the enemy because we felt that we were outnumbered. Just be careful."

The rest of the people nodded repeatedly, even Song Qiyuan kept nodding.

Qi Shujie was obviously dissatisfied, and just as he was about to speak, Song Qiyuan stretched out his hand and punched his words back into his stomach.

"Staff Xue is right. Even if our army is outnumbered, we shouldn't underestimate the enemy. You know, the most taboo thing on the battlefield is to underestimate the enemy. Arrogant soldiers are bound to lose. This is the iron law of the battlefield. Staff Xue, go ahead."

Xue Yuhai was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Song Qiyuan to ask him to continue talking.Or he didn't even think about what he was going to say later, shouldn't he just stop here?

Seeing Xue Yuhai pause, Song Qiyuan couldn't help frowning slightly to express his dissatisfaction with his ability.

Seeing Song Qiyuan's eyes, Xue Yuhai's heart tightened.Fortunately, his head changed quickly at that time, and he said hastily: "Now we should temporarily stop marching. Now that rumors are spreading in the army, the first task is to stabilize the general's heart."

A general said tremblingly: "Well, what if this is not Nan Hui's trick, but a real curse?"

The generals also began to whisper, and another general said: "Yes, Marshal, if this is not Nan Hui's trick, but a curse, then it is very dangerous for us to stay here?"

Xue Yuhai said: "I don't believe in the theory of ghosts and gods. All ghosts and gods come from people's hearts."

"No, no, I heard that Gong Jiuqing is a descendant of heavenly secrets and can predict the future. Maybe, maybe even summon evil spirits."

"That's right, maybe this is Gong Jiuqing's call."

"No, it's better... let's retreat..."

When Song Qiyuan heard this, he jumped up and glared at the general who just said he wanted to retreat.He said coldly: "Disturb the morale of the army, drag it out, and chop it up."

"Marshal, Marshal, Marshal, spare me."

"Yes."

In the barracks, people are dying all the time, and everyone is no stranger to it.It's just that I can't bear to see him being dealt with by the military law like that.

After that person was dragged down, the atmosphere in the entire big tent disappeared in an instant.It's as if nothing happened.

Xue Yuhai couldn't help feeling cold, this is the most fatal weakness of this army.Because it was a large army gathered from all over Lingxu in a short period of time, people were not familiar with each other, and they didn't even have the most basic unity.

Such a disorganized army is only superior in numbers, how can it win against a group of wolves who are desperate and see death as their home?

Xue Yuhai clasped his fists and said, "Marshal, when the black snow fell last night, I smelled the rusty smell of pot ashes. I also checked the so-called black snow during the day. Although I don't know what those are, but It was mixed with pot ashes. It can be seen that it was not a curse cast by some evil spirits, but someone did it on purpose. As for those evil spirits with wings, the subordinates would rather believe that they were kites. As for what method they used Let them disappear and reappear, and the subordinates don’t know about it. But it’s like a trick, it’s all a cover-up.”

Song Qiyuan nodded, his eyes and expression softened a lot compared to before.Even the eyes that looked at Xue Yuhai became a lot more appreciative, making Qi Shujie and Hua Yiran jealous...

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