Chapter 552

The camp was brightly lit. Two generals, Leng Shaoyuan, Shen Ling, and Lin Sheng, were sitting around the desk with a map of the frontier on the table.

"Here." Leng Shaoyuan held out his index finger and buttoned it in a place. Looking up at Shen Ling, Lin Sheng said, "this is the old nest of a small frontier country. The place where we are camping at this time is thirty miles to the East."

Shen Ling nodded and said: "yes, but if we want to attack, we must cross this mountain first..." Shen Ling pointed to a mountain range on the topographic map and said to Leng Shaoyuan, "Helan Mountain is the most proud mountain range of Frontier people. It has picturesque scenery and fertile water and grass. It's also an excellent geographical advantage in war. It's easy to defend but not easy to attack."

Lin Sheng followed Shen Ling's finger and went down for half a distance. Pointing to the point, he said: "there was a river here, but it was hidden in the mountains and it was not easy to be found, so it was not indicated on the topographic map. However, when I was fighting with general Shao last time, I came here to investigate. I found that although the river was small, it was clear. If the Lord wanted to attack it We don't have to worry about the water source to conquer Helan Mountain. "

Leng Shaoyuan nodded and said thoughtfully, "everything needs to be considered in the long run."

While he was talking, a soldier outside the tent asked for help. Leng Shaoyuan asked him to come in.

The soldier was the explorers sent by Leng Shaoyuan earlier, who was specially engaged in exploring the situation on the other side of the border.

As soon as the soldier entered the tent, he knelt down on the ground and clasped his fist. "See you, Mr. Wang, general Shen, general Lin."

How could Leng Shaoyuan have the time to see him perform these empty rites? He asked: "what's the situation on the other side of the border?"

The soldier said, "back to the king, there is no movement in the frontier."

Leng Shaoyuan's eyebrows twisted: "what does it mean that there is no movement?"

"Lord Hui, there is no sign of sending troops to meet the enemy on the other side of the border. The number of guards outside the city has increased by three times, which means only guarding but not attacking."

This startled Leng Wang Ye. What kind of tricks were the frontier people playing? Leng Shaoyuan pinched his eyebrows, waved his hand to let the soldiers back down, and finally asked: "go on with the inspection, and report to me immediately if there is any situation."

The soldier said yes and then stepped back in a hurry.

Leng Shaoyuan rubbed his eyebrows with one hand and the place marked by Helan Mountain on the map with the other. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"General Lin." Leng Shaoyuan suddenly looked up at Lin Sheng and said, "last time you came to the frontier with general Shao, you should have the most experience. In your opinion, what kind of strategy should we adopt? Since Helan Mountain is easy to defend but not easy to attack, how did general Shao conquer this problem last time?"

Lin Sheng frowned and thought for a while, and said, "the situation was different last time. At that time, the small frontier countries took the initiative to challenge, and they were not afraid of death until we attacked their old nest. At that time, when Helan was rich in landscape and grass, and the horses were strong, plus their years of training, the soldiers were also strong, so they were very arrogant at that time After Sheng and Shao's generals drove them down the mountain, they surrounded Shao and killed them by surprise. "

Leng Shaoyuan sniffed: "Shao Moli?"

"Yes." Lin Sheng nodded and sighed: "how else to say that tiger father has no dog son? Shao's charisma on his horse is not inferior to that of general Shao at all."

The so-called rival meeting is particularly envious. Leng Shaoyuan hasn't seen Shao Moli yet. He is envious only when he hears his general praise him, so he doesn't have a good way: "it's just relying on his father to escort him. What's so proud of him?"

Lin Sheng and Shen Ling were stunned and looked at each other awkwardly.

Aware of his blunder, Leng Shaoyuan coughed twice to cover up: "where did you say just now? This time is not that time, right? Today's situation is somewhat different from that faced by the last general Shao."

Last time, it was the small frontier that was very busy. He thought that the general would have enough strength to compete with the Chinese government after several years. So after listening to general Shao's words, he didn't think much about it, so he ran down to fight.

Now it's a completely different situation.

The monarch who took office in the frontier was very angry because of the defeat of general Shao. Perhaps the new monarch was stimulated by the loss of his father, or naively wanted to show his determination to hate China, and then tore up the armistice agreement, that is, he did not intend to follow the regulations listed in the armistice agreement, and he did not intend to offer cattle, sheep, horses, jade and minerals to China every year It's easy to be naughty, but the consequences are not so easy to bear. The emperor of China was furious and sent troops to attack them.

So the question is, will the frontier still come to the battle this time? The answer is obvious. After the last heavy damage, the frontier still hasn't recovered. In addition, Leng Shaoyuan's side is fierce. Even if they borrow ten courage from the frontier, they dare not come down to Helan Mountain.

How else can we say that this war is secure? The frontier does not have the courage to fight.

Leng Shaoyuan clenched his fist and knocked heavily on the table. He said angrily: "since he didn't have the courage to come down and fight with us, how could he be so arrogant before, but now what, let us spend all our food here?"Shen Ling sighed: "I had thought about this situation before, but it's not good to jump to a conclusion before I go to the frontier. Now it seems that the frontier doesn't intend to confront us head-on."

Lin Sheng nodded and added: "yes, they didn't have the courage to come down to fight us head-on, so they could only lure us up to Helan Mountain. At that time, the mountains are high and dangerous, and they are very familiar with the surrounding terrain. If they take advantage of our unprepared situation to circle us into the mountains, and block the intersection down the mountain, we will be trapped for ten or eight days until we run out of food and grass When they come to catch a turtle in a jar, we have no spare strength to fight back. "

Leng Shaoyuan said angrily: "it's not good to spend it here. It's not good to go to Helan Mountain. Is this battle still going to be fought?"

Looking at the topographic map, Lin Sheng said thoughtfully, "don't worry, my Lord. This battle is to be fought, but we have to think of a complete solution."

Leng Shaoyuan nodded, looking a little tired: "please bother the two generals to spend more time, and then stay in our camp for a while, and discuss the countermeasures with our king."

When Lin Sheng and Shen Ling heard the words, they said, "what's the matter with Wang Ye? It's our duty to analyze the war situation and discuss countermeasures with Wang Ye. If Wang Ye wants to say please, I'm really ashamed to wait."

Leng Shaoyuan didn't want to be polite to them either. He gently clasped his index finger on the topographic map and said in a deep voice, "then ask the two generals to analyze the topographic map with me to see what else we didn't notice before. Can we find any other breakthrough except Helan Mountain?"