The Sword Dynasty - 566. Chapter 565

The topography of Yinshan Mountain is very high. Even if you stand on a gentle slope, the stars above your head are several times larger than in Changling. They look like pearls and are within reach.

Many sections of Yinshan Mountain are the natural boundaries of the Qin and Chu territories. This mountain slope is on the side of Chu and belongs to the territory of the Chu Dynasty. However, at this moment, the Qin army is stationed on the slope, and the black tents are on the slope. Densely covered, self-contained.

In the valleys and deserts twenty miles below this mountain slope, countless bonfires are denser than the stars in the sky. The black camps and red bonfires are connected until the end of ordinary people’s eyesight, just like the legendary Styx. .

On the hillside of the Qin Army’s Chinese Army Camp, the huge tent supported by felt woven from black yak hair looked like a black sky, and dozens of arm-like candles were shining on a sand table.

Sand table deduction, this is a tool commonly used by almost all generals in wars from the previous dynasties. You can see the terrain of your army and the movements of each army most intuitively, so as to more intuitively judge the situation of various details.

The battle between two huge dynasties with similar strengths and the ancient and rare arrangement of forces also 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 densely packed to the extreme.

The discussion of the general’s combat deployment has ended. When the sun rises tomorrow, some of the small flags above will move to new positions or disappear completely.

In Nuoda’s camp, only Sima Cuo and Fusu were left.

Standing in the shadow of the swaying candles, there are some marks on these flags, thinking that behind each of these small flags that look insignificant on the sand table, there are many living beings. I think of the disappearance of these small flags. When the real battlefield was filled with corpses in the river valley, Fusu’s mood could not be calm, and his breathing was always heavy.

Sima looked at him by mistake, and a slight irony gradually emerged from the corners of his cold mouth.

“what is this?”

He stretched out a finger, tapped the huge sand table in front of him, and asked.

Fusu’s body shook slightly, and he subconsciously responded, “This is the life and death of countless people.”

The slight irony in the corner of Sima’s wrong mouth became stronger, shook his head, and said, “This is the entire world, the entire Great Qin Dynasty.”

Fusu was stunned, unable to understand the meaning of Sima’s wrong words.

“Most commanders may be powerful cultivators, but powerful cultivators may not be able to become commanders.” Sima gave him a wrong glance and said coldly and slowly: “The difference between commanders and ordinary powerful cultivators, You look at things from different heights. You are the prince most valued by the sage and the queen. As long as you don’t make a big mistake, the throne of the Qin dynasty will naturally be handed over to you. So you must start from the position of commander, from the position of the entire empire. To look at things from a perspective.”

“What is evolving in this sandbox is only battle, but this battle is put into force, and the result of victory or defeat determines the fate of the empire. Compared with the entire empire, although each flag in it represents thousands or even more The lives and deaths of thousands of people, blood flowed into rivers, and bones became mountains, but they were still too small.”

Sima Cuo’s gaze broke away from Fusu’s face and the sand table in front of him, and cast his gaze to the night sky outside the camp. He paused for a few breaths before slowly saying: “In a sense, Zhao Mu is my most feared opponent. Because he only counts the final victory and defeat, not the process. Tang Mei has a temperament similar to yours, and cares too much about the life and death of these people.”

“Each dynasty has many powerful practitioners, and countless warriors who can conquer. As the commander-in-chief and this position you are in, what you have to grasp is the overall direction, and these people will naturally fight in battle.”

Sima smiled by mistake, “Just like now, you just have to make sure that Tang Mo commander the Great Chu Dynasty will have any problems, can you see now that he will lead the army? In this overall situation, the Chu army already exists. A fatal weakness? If you can’t see it, then the commander-in-chief is meaningless, and any command issued is meaningless. Perhaps most of the troops represented by these flags have won the battle, but in the end you will find that you lose inexplicably. NS.”

“weakness?”

Listening to Sima Cuo’s teachings, Fu Su looked at the sand table in a daze, but he still couldn’t see where Sima Cuo said that the Chu army already had the fatal weakness.

“The more complex the battle line, the longer it drags on, the more variables there will be. With the entry of Yan, Qi, and the Bashan sword field, it will be more unfavorable for us. Zhao Mu will stabilize the situation in the rear when he stays in Chu, and recommends Tang Being the commander-in-chief is Tang Mei’s way of leading the army, and he will do this naturally.”

Sima suppressed his smile by mistake, and said coldly and slowly, “But the fatal weakness of a leader like him is the grain and grass. Although the Chu army prepared for a winter, we still lacked the grain and grass to respond. The more fragmented the battle is. The more routes there are for the transportation and storage of grain and grass, the more likely it is to have problems. As long as you can detect this, all orders need to be directed at this point.”

Fusu took a breath, and he finally understood something.

Sima Cuo said indifferently: “There is food and grass, and there is food and grass. For all the orders issued tonight, our 50,000 tiger and cardinal forces seem to be the most moving, but in fact they are only to contain the majority of the Chu army. The key is only those small flags. Many of the fodder reserved by the Chu army will be burned. Even if Wei Wujiao led the army to march towards the Luhezi Meadow, it was only a trick to lure chess. Many powerful practitioners were in the battle. The role in it is often used to contain and protect some generals. Sometimes, the decisive victory does not lie in the battle between these people, but the victory reaped in some humble army.”

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Xueguguan.

A very inconspicuous place on the sand table.

A valley in Yinshan that cannot be exposed to sunlight can reach here, because there is no sunlight, so even in early summer, the valley is covered with a layer of white snow.

This pass is located in the northern part of Daliang County. Because it is already too remote, it is only to prevent some robbers outside the pass, so a stone city was built at the exit of the valley. Originally, there were only four hundred garrisons.

However, just a few days ago, some nobles of the Great Chu Dynasty and their entourage arrived here, plus the warlords, a total of more than 700 people.

These nobles all came from the surrounding areas of Chu Duying, and they all belonged to some powers in the clan, but they were not strong enough to make Zheng Xiangfei show mercy. All the members of these nobles who could participate in the battle were reorganized into an army, and only those old and weak women and children who could not join the army remained in the capital and were properly “taken care of.”

After rushing to the front line, the army assembled by these nobles was divided and assigned to various places. The combat power of the group of people who were finally sent to Xueguguan was extremely poor, at least far inferior to the four hundred garrisons here.

The original garrison here didn’t have a good impression of these nobles, and they were afraid that these people would defect, so after these people arrived here, they were again in groups of five and ruled by an old army.

Many ordinary veterans here have suddenly become “army captains.”

Song Wei, the “corporate leader” who was in charge of the outpost that night, was just such an old army.

The so-called outpost is just a concealed camp on the slope of the snow valley, which can accommodate a group of six people.

Even though the six were packed tightly to resist the cold, relying on the warmth of their bodies for warmth, Song Wei could still clearly feel the hostility of the five under his control.

“Just keep it quiet, the wind in this valley is enough to cover our voices, and even powerful practitioners can’t hear it. If you don’t say something, you will easily get sleepy. Why don’t we talk?”

The skin on this face was ruined like a bark by the wind and frost and sunlight on the plateau, rubbing his hands and actively said.

No one answered.

Song Wei didn’t care, and continued: “I know that you are dissatisfied. Everyone wants to live an Ann’s birthday well in fine clothes and food. Who would want to suffer here? Not only you don’t want it, I don’t want it either. I am not a practitioner, either. Where is the capital to win military merit.”

“Then why are you in the army?” After a few breaths, a voice rang.

“There is no choice.” Song Wei laughed self-deprecatingly. “My father gave birth to two sons. I am the eldest son. My younger brother is weak since childhood. If you can’t afford a military bonus, someone will naturally join the army at home. Who will come if I am not here?”

“You are different from me, but the same has no choice.” Song Wei turned his head to look at these people crowded with him, and said seriously: “I mean, if you come, you will be settled. Since there is no choice, the only His idea is to find a way to live, and it’s better to live well than to die here. So resentment is of little use. Everyone is in peace here, and it’s better to survive this war.”

The camp fell silent again.

Seeing that his words were clearly recognized, Song Wei smiled and said: “Fortunately, our place is too remote, and it is not a must, so there should be no Qin army mobilizing people to attack here. We live The possibility of going down…”

He naturally wanted to say that of course we have a greater chance of living.

However, his words came to an abrupt end.

His Adam’s apple froze, and his entire face froze, but his pupils shrank violently.

Some white with slight gaps appeared in the white snow.

Several white figures appeared silently in the valley like ghosts.

Then there were more white figures spreading densely into the valley behind.