C328 A Full-scale War
Bao Hong's face turned pale when he heard that. He hurriedly stopped him. "You can't do that. The battlefield is extremely dangerous. Marshal, you are the commander, and you have the body of War Prince. How can you take the risk?"
"Why not? Who in the Barbarian Army can hurt me? It's that Yelu Cheng? Or is it Qih Luner?" Dou Tianlai smiled disdainfully and waved his hand in an overbearing manner. "I have made up my mind. Don't say anything!"
Bao Hong suddenly felt embarrassed. "But. . . "
"There is no buts!" Dou Tianlai looked at him coldly and said. "This is an order!"
Feeling helpless, Bao Hong could only nod his head heavily and say, "This subordinate obeys the Marshal's decree!"
"How far are we from the Chu Army camp now?" Beyond the horizon, Yelv Cheng paced to the front of the motionless army and asked the Second Army Commander, Yem Lieh, who was standing beside him.
"General, less than ten miles!" Yem Lieh did not dare to delay and quickly replied.
Yelv Cheng nodded and looked at him. Qih Luner said, "Advisor, the distance between us and Chu Army is less than ten miles. Do we still need to move forward?"
Qih Luner raised his head and looked at the sky. He put his hands behind his back and smiled. "There's no hurry. Let's see how the Chu Army will react. "
"All troops, listen up. Rest on the spot!" With Yelv Cheng's command, the four hundred thousand men from the Barbarian Army sat down on the ground at the same time. The sound of armor shaking could be heard. In front of them, there was an extremely cruel battle waiting for them. Before that, they had to maintain sufficient physical strength.
. . .
Two hours later, Qih Luner nodded at Yelv Cheng. Yelv Cheng immediately pulled out his saber with a clang. He raised it to the sky and gave orders to the entire army, "Continue forward!"
"Report!"
Another long report sounded out. A figure hurriedly rushed into Dou Tianlai's camp.
Dou Tianlai focused his eyes and saw that the person who had just sent the order had returned. He immediately asked, "Is there another operation from the Barbarian Army?"
The messenger hurriedly nodded and said. "Reporting to the Marshal, the Barbarian Army has already advanced less than five kilometers away from our army!"
"Heh, what should have come has finally come. " Dou Tianlai slammed the table and stood up. His face was filled with anger and excitement. He looked ferocious and scary. "Pass on my order. Order Yuan Kui and the others to rush to the canyon to defend against the Barbarian Tribe. Do not make any mistakes!"
At the end, he added, "In addition, unless I give the order, no one is allowed to leave the valley. Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"
"Actually, the marshal doesn't need to be in such a hurry. With Qih Luner's personality, Even if it's a war, I believe that they will deliberately pick it at night. This way, we will lose the peace and the geographical advantage. At least we will be able to take advantage of the weather, and there is still a long time before the sky turns dark. "
Bao Hong looked at Dou Tianlai in surprise. Obviously, he didn't understand what Dou Tianlai was doing. There was a saying in the art of war: Preparations prematurely would only lead to the loss of morale. With such a simple logic, the marshal did not look like an ignorant person, no matter how he looked at it.
"Preparations early will allow you to be at ease. Even the heavens and earth are fickle, much less humans. How do you know that Qih Luner would not change his mind at the last minute? If he comes one step ahead of time, wouldn't our army suffer a great loss?"
As if he had seen through his thoughts, Dou Tianlai chuckled. He advised, "Remember, there is nothing in this world that you can be completely sure of. Because the world is unpredictable, and the outcome is often different. And there is no one that you can completely see through, because even he himself might not understand himself. How do you know that the side you see is his real side. . . Maybe what he has shown you is just an illusion from the beginning to the end. But you don't know. "
"As for the morale you were worried about, it would be lost in the process of waiting, which would be even more ridiculous. If there is a war that is exactly as described in the book, it would be great if it can be done in one go. But why would the enemy give you such a chance? " Dou Tianlai laughed and said, "Our soldiers have been fighting against the Barbarian Army for so many years. If they don't even have this kind of adaptability. . . How can they be the ever-victorious army? "
"Even if we take ten thousand steps back, we can still fight in one go. That means when the two armies are equal in strength, our numbers and combat strength are far superior to the Barbarian Army in every aspect. In the past 20 years, we have never lost a battle. Such a team. . . Do you still have to worry about their morale becoming low because of a small wait? " Dou Tianlai laughed even more wildly. "It will only stimulate their ferocity. It will make them irritable and angry. When killing the enemy, they will not be lenient. An army that has fallen into a frenzied state cannot be defeated. And this is the effect that This Marshal wants! "
After his words, Bao Hong fell into a daze. He recalled Dou Tianlai's words over and over again in his mind. After a long while, he woke up. He bowed deeply to Dou Tianlai and said, "Thank you, Master. "
"There is a saying in the ancient people, which is to say that there is a different position. You don't plan for politics?" Dou Tianlai smiled at him and said, "Different statuses and statuses create different perspectives on things. I am not a strategist, so this plan is not as brilliant as yours. And you are not a marshal, so your ability to read people's hearts is naturally not better than mine. "
Bao Hong was stunned again when he heard that. Dou Tianlai walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, " It is better to not have a book than to believe in books. These principles cannot be learned in books. The key lies in the accumulation of insights. You, what you lack is experience. You lost to someone too young. "
Night slowly came, but the sound of horse hooves spread to every corner of the camp. The peace in One-Line-Sky was no longer there. As Dou Tianlai had said, in just two hours after sunset, the Barbarian Army had blown the horn of the charge. There was still a long way to go before the sky turned dark.
In the sky, countless vultures were flying. Covering the twilight, this group of beasts had already smelled the smell of corpses. They circled around and refused to leave. On the ground, Four hundred thousand soldiers of the Barbarian Tribe had already blocked the exit of the valley like a tidal wave. When they saw the Chu Army in the valley. . . Each of the Barbarian Army's faces revealed an extremely fierce and ruthless expression. They wished they could swallow the people inside alive. On the other side, all of the Chu Army couldn't suppress the anger in their hearts. They were about to charge forward violently, but at this moment. . . Whether it was the Barbarian Army outside the canyon or the Chu Army inside, Finally. . . After the horn that symbolized the Barbarian Army's attack sounded like a heavenly thunder, the war finally broke out.