The Sword Dynasty
Chapter 565
The terrain of Yinshan Mountain is very high. Even when standing on the gentle slope of the hill, the stars above the head are several times larger than when they were in Changling. They look like pearls and are within reach.
Many sections of Yinshan Mountain are the natural boundary of Qin Chu territory. This hillside is near the Chu side and belongs to the territory of the Chu dynasty. But at the moment, the Qin army is already stationed on the hillside, and the black camps are on the hillside. Densely populated.
In the river valley and desert area twenty miles below this hillside, countless bonfires are denser than the stars in the sky. Black camps and red bonfires are connected together until the end of ordinary people's eyes, just like the legendary Styx .
On the hillside, in the Qin army's Chinese military camp, the huge camp tent supported by felt woven with black yak hair resembled a black sky dome, and dozens of candles as thick as arms shone on a sand table.
Sand table deduction, this is a tool commonly used in wars by almost all generals from the previous dynasties. It can most intuitively see the terrain of their army and the movement of each army, so as to judge the situation of each detail more intuitively.
The battle between two huge dynasties with similar strengths and the unprecedented military arrangement made the sand table in the middle of the camp very large. Between the mountains and rivers, the small flags representing the army were also extremely dense.
The general deployment plan has ended. When the sun rises tomorrow, some of the small flags above will move to a new location or disappear completely.
Nomad's camp account only left Simao and Fusu.
Standing in the swaying candle shadow, some marks on these flags, think about the fact that each of the flags that look insignificant on the sand table represents many living lives. At that time, the real battlefield was filled with the corpses of the river valley, Fu Su's mood could not be calm, and his breathing was always heavy.
Sima looked at him wrongly, and the cold corner of his mouth slowly emerged slightly ironic.
"what is this?"
He stretched out a finger, nodded the huge sand table in front of him, and asked.
Fu Su's body shook slightly and subconsciously said: "This is the life and death of countless people."
Sima had a slightly more sarcastic meaning in the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and said, "This is the whole world, the entire Great Qin Dynasty."
Fusu was dumbfounded, unable to understand the meaning of Sima Cuo's present sentence.
"Most commanders may be powerful practitioners, but powerful practitioners may not be able to become commanders." Sima glanced at him wrongly and said slowly, "The commander is different from ordinary powerful practitioners. You are looking at things from different heights. You are the most important prince of the Holy King and the Queen. As long as you don’t make big mistakes, the throne of the Great Qin Dynasty will naturally be in your hands. So you must take the position of commander, from the entire empire See things from a perspective."
"All that is evolving in this sandbox is fighting, but this battle is put into force, and the outcome of victory or defeat determines the fate of the empire. Compared with the entire empire, each of these flags represents thousands or even The lives and deaths of ten thousand people, the blood flowed into rivers, and the bones became mountains, but still too small.
Sima Cuo's eyes departed from Fu Su's face and the sand table in front of him, and he threw into the night sky outside the camp. After a few pauses, he slowly said, "In a sense, Zhao Mu is my most feared opponent. , Because he only accounts for the final victory and defeat, not accounting for the process. This person, Tang Mi, has similar temperament to yours, and is too concerned about the life and death of these people."
"Each dynasty has many powerful practitioners, and countless powerful generals who can fight for good fighting. As the commander and the position you are in, what you have to grasp is the overall direction. Naturally, these people will fight to fight."
Sima laughed wrongly, "As now, you only have to determine what will happen to the entire army of the Tang Dynasty, Commander Tang Mei. Can you see now that he will lead the army? In the overall situation, the Chu army already exists. A fatal weakness? If you can’t see it, then the commander is meaningless, and any commands issued are meaningless. Perhaps most of the troops represented by these flags have won the battle, but in the end you will find that you lost somehow. Now."
"weakness?"
Listening to the teachings of Sima Cuo, Fu Su staring at the sand table, he could not always see where the fatal weakness of the Chu army that Sima Cuo said was.
"The more complicated the battle line, the longer it drags on, the more variables there are, and the more people with Yan, Qi, and Bashan Jianchang enter, the more unfavorable to us. Zhao Mu stayed in Chu to stabilize the situation in the rear, and recommended Tang Being the commander-in-chief is Tang Meng's way of leading the army, and will naturally do this."
Sima smiled in error, and said slowly, coldly, "But the fatal weakness of a leader like him is grain and grass. Although Chu Jun has prepared for a winter, the grain and grass are always insufficient for us. The more fragmented the fight , The more routes for transportation and storage of grain and grass, the more prone to problems. As long as you can detect this, all commands need only be directed to this point."
Fusu took a breath and he finally understood.
Sima mistakenly said indifferently: "Grain and grass, there is also grain and grass. All the orders we gave tonight seemed to be the most dynamic of the 50,000 tigers and soldiers led by the Bo, but it was really just to contain the majority of the Chu army. The key lies only in those small flags, and many of the Chu army’s forages will be burned. Even Wei Wei’s blame for the army’s march toward the Green River sub-meadow is only a lure. Many powerful practitioners are in the battle. The role is often used to contain and protect some generals. Sometimes, the victory is not determined by the battle between these people, but by the victory harvested by some insignificant troops."
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Snow Valley Pass.
An inconspicuous place on the sand table.
A valley in Yinshan, where there is no sunlight, reaches here. Because there is no sunlight, even in early summer, the valley is covered with a layer of snow.
This gate is located in the northern part of Dalyang County. Because it is too remote, it is just to prevent some gangsters outside the gate, so it just built a stone city at the exit of the valley. It was originally only 400 garrisons.
However, just a few days ago, some nobles of the great Chu dynasty arrived here with extremely followers, plus a total of more than 700 warlords.
These nobles are all from the surrounding areas of Chuduying. They belong to the family and some power, but the power is not strong enough to make Zheng Xiangfei show mercy.All of the nobles in these nobles who could participate in the battle were reorganized into an army. Only the old and weak women and children who could not follow the army were left in the capital and were properly "cared for".
After rushing to the front, the army assembled by these nobles was divided and distributed, and the group of people who finally sent to Xueguguan had extremely poor combat power, at least far less than the four hundred garrisons here.
The original garrison here did not like these nobles originally, and was afraid that these people would defect, so when they arrived here, they were again led by a group of five people and controlled by an old army.
Many of the ordinary veterans here also suddenly became "wuchang".
That night, Song Wei, who was in charge of the outpost, was such an old army.
The so-called outpost is just a hidden camp on the side of the snow valley, which can hold six people.
Even though the six people were packed tightly to resist the cold, relying on the warmth of their bodies, Song Wei could still clearly feel the hostility of the five people he controlled.
"As long as you are quieter, the wind in the valley is enough to cover our voices, and even the strong practitioners can't hear it. If you don't say anything, you are easily sleepy, why not talk?"
The old man whose skin was destroyed by wind and frost and the sunlight of the plateau like bark rubbed his hands and said actively.
No one answered.
Song Wei didn't take it seriously and went on to say: "I know that you are dissatisfied in your heart. Everyone wants Jinyiyushi to live better than An's Birthday. Who wants to suffer here? Not only you don't want to, I don't want to. I am not a practitioner, Where to get the capital of military merit."
"Then why did you join the army?" After a few breaths, a voice rang.
"No choice." Song Wei smiled self-deprecatingly. "My father gave birth to two sons. I am the eldest son. My brother was weak since childhood. My literacy is better than me. My family is poor and has no acres. If you can’t afford the soldiers, someone at home will naturally have to join the army. Who will I not come?"
"You are different from me, but you have no choice." Song Wei turned to look at these people who were crowded with himself, and said seriously: "I mean, if you come, you will be at ease, since there is no choice, only The only idea is to find a way to live. It is better to live better than to die here. So resentment is of little use. Everyone is at peace here, just after this war."
There was silence again in the camp.
Looking at his words, he was clearly recognized, and Song Wei smiled and said, "Fortunately, we are too remote here, and it is not a matter of contention, so there should not be Qin Jun's laborers coming here to sneak attack, we live The possibility of going on..."
He naturally wants to say that we may of course be a bit bigger to survive.
However, his words came to an abrupt end.
His throat stiffened, his entire face stiffened, but his pupils contracted violently.
Some white with slight gaps appeared in the snow.
Several white figures appeared silently like ghosts in the valley.
Then there were more white figures, spreading densely towards the valley behind.