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When Feng Polu was discussing tactics with the generals under his command, Chu Huan was only a day away from Qiufengyuan.

He didn't let the whole army march in a hurry. After all, the battle was imminent. Both men and horses had to maintain their strength. During the march, they would also stop to rest.

Inside the temporary tent, Pei Ji was standing in front of a map. In front of the map, Chu Huan stood with his hands behind his back, and behind him were a group of warriors.

Chu Huan went out this time, leaving Xu Shao to guard Tongzhou to ensure the safety of Tongzhou.

Now Tongzhou has become the material base of the Northwest Army in the customs. Most of the grain and grass materials are stored in the warehouse in Tongzhou, and there is absolutely no room for any mistakes.

"Feng Polu will definitely make use of these two highlands." Pei Ji pointed to the highlands on both sides of Qiufengyuan on the map with a solemn expression, "If there is no accident, what he put up is a crane wing array, and Qiufengyuan's arrangement The heavy troops will confront us head-on, and the highlands on both wings must have cavalry, looking for opportunities to fight."

Gu Liangchen looked serious, and said: "The barbarian cavalry are brave and good at fighting. Qiufengyuan is the place we have to pass through. Now they control the Qiufengyuan area and have already taken the lead. If we go out to fight, the barbarian cavalry on the two wings will surely be defeated." A threat to our flank."

Pei Ji nodded and said: "So to deal with this formation, our best choice is to use a conical formation to fight against it." He came over, placed some small stones on the ground, quickly formed a conical formation, raised his head Said: "The conical formation is the best formation to break the enemy's formation, but once the conical formation is deployed, it can strengthen the defense of the two wings, and the arrow at the front is to make a quick breakthrough with the most elite soldiers and horses, and can break through the enemy's formation. Pierce and disrupt the opponent's formation, once the opponent is in chaos, the two wings can quickly spread out and outflank forward." After a pause, he said solemnly: "But the biggest weakness of the conical formation is the emptiness of the rear defense. The appearance of enemy troops in the rear can easily disrupt our formation and even lead to the collapse of our army."

"General, Feng Polu has only more than 1 people on hand, and almost all of them are deployed in Qiufengyuan. It is impossible for him to have extra troops to detour to our rear." Gu Liangchen stared at the conical formation on the ground, " We can send more scouts to patrol the rear...!"

Pei Ji smiled and said: "I'm not worried that other soldiers and horses will appear behind us, but the barbarian cavalry stationed on the highlands on the two wings are moving very fast. Give up attacking from the flanks, take advantage of the speed of the cavalry, and quickly go around to our rear...!"

Chu Huan stared at the formation, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Once we enter Qiufengyuan, we must send people to watch the two wings. It's okay if they don't move, but once they do, they must change formation immediately."

Pei Ji said solemnly: "When fighting on the battlefield, any situation can happen, but it is not easy to change the formation suddenly during the fighting. If one is not careful, it will cause the soldiers to fall into chaos." Staring at the ground, he picked up the Xiao Shizi made some changes, and everyone was silent. After a while, Pei Ji said: "If you want to defeat Feng Polu in one fell swoop in this battle, the most important thing is the arrows of the conical formation, which must be pierced with the fastest speed. Go through the enemy formation and cut them apart. As long as we can cut them quickly, our cavalry can quickly spread out to the two wings through the enemy formation, and turn around to surround the enemy soldiers. Caught in our anti-siege."

Pei Ji once presented Chu Huan with a book on military formations, and Chu Huan had also studied it, but he understood what Pei Ji said, and frowned: "If you want to implement anti-encirclement, you must have fewer troops, and you must It's cavalry, otherwise they can't keep up with the speed, and they can easily adjust, so according to this tactic, we must arrange the main cavalry on the edge. To implement anti-encirclement, the success or failure of the entire battle situation depends on whether they can quickly cut and anti-encirclement."

Gu Liangchen couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the barbarians have nearly ten thousand cavalry, even if they divide their troops into two wings, there must be a strong army in the middle. If they want to break through them, they must use all the cavalry at hand, but in this way, Without the protection of the cavalry on the two wings, it will appear very weak, after all Feng Polu is also a brave general who has experienced many battles, and at that time, he will definitely see our flaws and order the cavalry on the two wings to charge over."

Pei Ji nodded and said: "What General Gu said is very true, Feng Polu will never let go of such an opportunity, so once such a tactic is implemented, not only must our cavalry be able to quickly complete the task, but also the soldiers on both sides of the cone formation Horses must also withstand the impact of the opponent's cavalry. Before our cavalry completes the anti-encirclement mission, the two wings must resist their cavalry at all costs, otherwise their cavalry will break through the two wings, and the whole situation will fall into chaos. That’s really unknown.”

Chu Huan looked solemn, and said: "This fierce battle is already in our plan, and the opponent has a geographical advantage. We have no other choice but to fight hard." Looking at Pei Ji, he said: "Use our cavalry on the edge, and deploy infantry on the two wings. Although they are cavalry, they are not as powerful as us. We will deploy heavy troops on the two wings to support the cavalry with all our strength."

Pei Ji thought for a while before saying, "However, there is one more thing that will have a great impact on the battle situation."

"The general is talking about... the Xishan Army?" Chu Huan immediately realized.

Pei Ji nodded slightly, and said: "Feng Polu recruited the Xishan Army of Yunshan Fucheng as a vanguard. If Wei Tianqing can persuade them, that's fine, but if those people don't quit fighting, we have to break through first. It's them. In this way, the impact on our cavalry will be weakened. After all, there are thousands of soldiers and horses, and most of them are the Xishan Guards. The previous defeat of Qiao Mingtang was also due to our ambush. It doesn't mean that the Xishan Guards are vulnerable. This time they came prepared, and they are bound to be much more difficult to deal with than last time."

Chu Huan's expression also became serious, and at this moment, he heard a voice from outside the tent: "Report to Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"

Chu Huan turned around and asked someone to come in. After the visitor entered the account, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Deputy General Wang Dong of the Qianfeng Camp sent a young man to come here to secretly report that Wei Tianqing Wei Commander suddenly disappeared from the Qianfeng Camp, and his whereabouts are unknown!"

Chu Huan changed color slightly, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "Wei Tianqing is gone?"

"Yes, Vice-General Wang has military affairs to look for Wei Tongzhi, but Wei Tongzhi is not in the camp. Vice-General Wang sent people to look for him, and there is no trace of Wei Tongzhi in the entire camp." Only send the small ones to report quickly."

Chu Huan turned around and saw that the others were also frowning.

Although the commander of the Qianfeng Battalion this time is Wei Tianqing, there are not many people who know about it. Even the soldiers of the Qianfeng Battalion did not know that Wei Tianqing was the commander of the army when they went out again.

In order to confuse Feng Polu, Pei Ji deliberately announced in the army that the general of the Qianfeng Battalion was Wang Dong. Wang Dong was a newcomer promoted by Chu Huan from the army, and he was quite prestigious in the Northwest Army.

So this time the forward battalion not only played the banner of Chu Huan, but also the banner of the generals with the word "king".

According to the plan, when the Vanguard Battalion faced the Xishan Army, the flag would be changed immediately, and Wei Tianqing would lead the Vanguard Battalion. Before that, Wang Dong was the vanguard general on the bright side.

Gu Liangchen took two steps forward and couldn't help but said: "My lord, Wei Tianqing disappeared before the battle, didn't he...!" But he didn't continue, but his expression showed doubts about Wei Tianqing.

Knowing Gu Liangchen's worries, Chu Huan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Wei Tianqing is an upright person, and he would never betray this king at such a time...!" After thinking for a while, his face changed slightly, Softly said: "Could it be...!"

Pei Ji had also walked to Chu Huan's side at this time, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty thought that Wei Tianqing left alone...to the enemy camp?"

Chu Huan nodded slightly, and said: "Feng Polu has deployed the Xishan Army on the front line of Qiufengyuan, Wei Tianqing is likely to go to the Xishan Army camp alone...!"

"Your Majesty is saying that he wants to persuade the Xishan Army to defect?" Pei Ji asked.

Chu Huan walked out of the big tent slowly. At this time, the sky was dark and sparks were shining. He looked up at the night sky, frowned and said, "He entered the tiger's den alone, good or bad is uncertain!"

The [-] soldiers and horses in Xishan were all reorganized by Feng Polu. This time, the formation was used as a vanguard, and the formation was deployed at the entrance of Qiufengyuan.

Three thousand soldiers and horses, hundreds of tents, under the darkness of night, sparks lit up.

After the Xishan Army was reorganized by Feng Polu, in order not to anger this army too much, the leading general was Qiao Yin, who originally belonged to the Xishan Imperial Guard Army.

But Feng Polu was obviously not at ease with this army, so he sent one of his cronies as Qiao Yin's deputy general to monitor Qiao Yin nearby.

Three thousand Xishan Army took the lead and lined up at the forefront. The Xishan Army knew Feng Polu's thoughts from top to bottom, and it was obvious that they wanted to send the Xishan Army to the front as cannon fodder.

The soldiers of the Xishan Army still felt a little bit annoyed.

The main force of these [-] troops is still the original Xishan Guards, directly subordinate to Qiao Mingtang, led by Wei Tianqing. After many years of training, they often send troops to suppress bandits. The equipment is not bad, and they have always been full of confidence. .

But the previous defeat at the hands of the Northwest Army greatly reduced the morale of this group of soldiers, and they even felt a little unwilling.

However, with the changes in Yunshan, Qiao Mingtang's whereabouts were unknown, Wei Tianqing was nowhere to be found, and the Xishan Army had no leader. After Feng Polu took over, he immediately transferred this army out of Yunshan City, and soon deployed it to the front line. From the perspective of the soldiers, Feng Polu would rather trust the barbarians of the foreign race than himself, which made the soldiers angry and a little frustrated.

Qiao Yin knew the emotions in the hearts of the soldiers, but until now, there was no way to improve their morale.

The Northwest Army is approaching, and there will be a decisive battle in a few days. This army will also be the first team to fight against the Northwest Army. Qiao Yin has fought against the Northwest Army and already knows how powerful the Northwest Army is. He is not sure about this battle. Who will win in the end, but he is very sure of one thing, the soldiers and horses under his command are likely to suffer disaster.

These soldiers have followed him for many years, and many of them even came from the same place, and they have a feeling of hometown. In the near future, they don't know how many of them will survive.