After the battle in the Weilan Valley ended, Lin Feng led part of the Third Army back to the Metasequoia base camp.
On the one hand, he was ordered by Li Jiangyao to strengthen the defense of Metasequoia City in case of unexpected events; on the other hand, he also had to cooperate with Ma Mu and Situ Wushou to complete the task of logistics supply. Lin Feng has followed Li Jiangyao for many years. He is shrewd, capable, young and mature, and his loyalty is unquestionable. Therefore, Li Jiangyao felt most at ease letting him guard the headquarters.
At this time, Efentia, who had rewarded the army, had returned to Metasequoia City with Xie Tanzhi and others. Lin Feng was burdened with heavy responsibilities, so he didn't bother to chat with everyone. He just introduced the situation in the city to Xie Tanzhi, then stood up and left, preparing to go back to the guard office to work.
Seeing that Lin Feng was about to leave, Xie Tanzhi quickly called out to him: "General Lin, please stay for now."
Hearing this, Lin Feng stood still, smiled at Xie Tanzhi and said, "Thank you, Master, please don't call me general anymore. My humble position is just a junior high school in the Protectorate. You can just call me Xiao Lin or Lin Feng."
Xie Tanzhi was amused by Lin Feng's frankness and said with a smile: "According to what you say, then I, the chief clerk, can't be called a superintendent. These are all officials appointed privately by Mr. Li."
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing at the same time.
Ever since Metasequoia City established the banner of "Suppressing Xinjiang Army", Li Jiangyao began to unscrupulously appoint officials and make wishes. The so-called "official appointment" does not require the commander-in-chief's seal of the Zhenjiang Protector's Palace, nor the official documents of the Imperial City's Ministry of Civil Affairs and War. Li Jiangyao's casual stroke of a pen alone can make a bunch of generals and captains appear.
"Drawing cakes to satisfy hunger, drawing cakes to satisfy hunger." Li Jiangyao, the self-proclaimed "general", licked his face and explained: "Isn't this convenient for work, and it's not really about getting promoted and getting rich, hehehehe..."
Faced with the pale sophistry, soldiers like Xu Youchang and Lin Feng, who were steady, upright and loyal to the court, felt that Li Jiangyao was just messing around and were very disapproving. Only a group of rough guys headed by Du Jian were all smiling and dancing happily. They felt that following General Li was really unambiguous. They raised their hands in the air and firmly supported him.
Lin Feng knew that if Xie Tanzhi kept him at this time, he must have something important to discuss, so he hurriedly sat down again to inquire about the whole story.
Xie Tanzhi stroked his long beard and said calmly: "Lin Feng, logically speaking, you are in charge of military affairs and I am in charge of government affairs. There are some things that it is not my turn to intervene in..."
Lin Feng waved his hand after hearing this: "Hey, what did Mr. Xie say? Your Excellency once specially told me to listen to your opinion on everything. If you have anything to say, please say it directly."
Xie Tanzhi smiled and nodded. While expressing his gratitude to Lin Feng, he asked, "What is the current strength of the troops in the city?"
"The number of officers and soldiers of the Third Army I brought back is about a thousand. Including the recovered wounded soldiers, within ten days and a half, we can replenish another thousand, five hundred people." Lin Feng replied seriously: "The garrison in the city There were originally two thousand people, but the total number is about five thousand."
Xie Tanzhi nodded: "With such a force, it should be enough to hold the metasequoia for the time being. Pai in the south, because the enemy's right army has been destroyed, the crisis can be considered resolved. Dabancheng in the north may be slightly tighter."
Lin Feng agreed: "That's true. However, Daban's defense is relatively complete, and the strength of the Shenhua Army cannot be underestimated. It should not be a problem to deal with Geerhan's left army."
"What about Iklu?" Xie Tanzhi suddenly asked.
"Iklu?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then patiently explained: "Sir, you may not know much about the military situation. Currently, the enemy's three armies are lined up in a row, and the main targets are Metasequoia City, Dabancheng and Pai City. As long as these three cities are still in the hands of our army, there is no need to worry that the enemy will detour and sneak attack on Ikoro County located further back. Because if the enemy does that, their supply relay station will be completely within the sphere of influence of our army. Inside, it is very easy for us to cut off..."
Xie Tanzhi waved his hand: "Lin Feng, I understand everything you said. Although Xie is a civil servant, he has also read a few military books. What I mean...or what you mean is that the enemy will only read from Coming from the west?"
Lin Feng was a little unhappy when Xie Tanzhi stopped him from talking. Hearing his words, he felt even more dumbfounded: "If you don't come from the west, how can you come from the east?"
As soon as the words came out, he suddenly couldn't help but froze, and immediately the hairs on his back almost stood up: "To the east... there is a Turkic army to the east!"
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"We still missed it." Li Jiangyao ignored Huoliya's sarcasm and continued to analyze: "The enemy has been confronting us across the river for more than ten days, and there is no sign of letting go of the attack. This situation is contrary to our previous attitude towards the Turks. Cognition. It is precisely because of this that it makes us suspicious and guess whether there is any conspiracy."
"Of course there is a conspiracy!" Holia said: "Isn't their conspiracy exposed now?"
Li Jiangyao thought: "No, it's not that simple. Just when we began to suspect a conspiracy, the other party happened to launch a hasty exploratory attack, and also left a river bottom deployment for us to explore during the attack. "
Huoliya was about to speak, but Li Jiangyao did not wait for her to speak, and continued: "At this time, we just got the news that the Western Xinjiang Left Route Army began to besiege Dabancheng. At the same time, there was another important information attached to it, Doron went to the left army."
"So? What does this mean?" Horiyah was a little confused.
"Based on this situation, we derived a conclusion - the enemy may adopt the tactic of outflanking and attacking together." Li Jiangyao's eyes flashed brightly: "Then, we discovered that the river water had become shallower, and we couldn't help but move one after another The conclusions are connected together to finally depict the enemy’s complete combat plan.”
Holia frowned, and gradually tasted something unusual in Li Jiangyao's words. She no longer rushed to refute Li Jiangyao, but listened carefully to what the other party continued: "Just last night, we came up with something based on our own inference. The enemy planned and made corresponding countermeasures, and rushed out to seize the initiative before they launched. And now, we have finally created the current situation with our own hands..."
Holia stared at Li Jiangyao: "I understand what you said. The current situation is that our 40,000 main army has left the camp, but we are not sure whether the enemy is really what we expected. We don't even know, Will the left route army obediently come to attack us? The troops left here are less than 10,000, but they have to resist the fierce attack of 100,000 troops from the other side."
Her eyes suddenly widened: "Hurry up and send someone to recall Xu Youchang and the others!"
Li Jiangyao shook his head: "No, Princess, you may have missed it. The enemy's methods are far deeper than we thought..."
Holia felt that her thinking could not keep up with Li Jiangyao's rhythm, and she could not understand what he meant by "missing out".
Seeing that she was still a little confused, Li Jiangyao didn't explain much, and sneered: "Maybe I'm overthinking it. However, it's always right to take extra precautions against the enemy's unpredictable nature. In this way, you can immediately Send out several messengers and send me the new adjustment plan immediately. We are racing against time now, so hurry up!"
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Lin Feng subconsciously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and murmured: "In the east, there is indeed an elite Turkic army of up to 100,000 people. However, their mission is to intercept the Shengtang army from leaving the border, so they will definitely not take it easy. Mobilization. They have never participated in the previous battles."
Xie Tanzhi said solemnly: "Just because you didn't participate before, doesn't mean you won't come in the future. After all, we weren't as strong as we are now, right?"
Lin Feng nodded silently. What Xie Tanzhi said was true. Judging from the current strength of the Metasequoia Army, it was able to alarm the seventeen countries of the Western Xinjiang Alliance and assemble an army of more than 200,000 to encircle and suppress it, which is enough to prove that it should not be underestimated.
Under such circumstances, how likely is it that the Turkic Temple Prince's army would choose to sit idly by completely?
"Having said that, but..." Lin Feng seemed to be comforting himself: "When Du Jian was stationed in Iklu, he made a lot of defensive efforts against the Turkic camps in the north and south. Only the scout warning outpost facing the east , they have set up more than 20 places, and the furthest point is more than 30 miles. If there is any trouble among the Turks, we can still detect it in time. "
Xie Tanzhi said: "I have also studied the defense map of Iklu County. The twenty-seven outposts you mentioned were all established with Iklu County as the starting point, and their purpose is mainly to Ensure the defense and security of the county. But..."
"But what?" Lin Feng hurriedly asked as the matter was so important.
Xie Tanzhi turned to look out the window, as if he was also asking himself: "But if the Turks' goal is not Iklu, but to bypass the city and drive straight in, then our outpost can also serve as a warning Does it work?"
After saying this, the two people fell silent at the same time, and no one spoke again. After a moment, Lin Feng stood up suddenly: "No, it's useless for us to guess here. We have to report this problem to your lord as soon as possible!"
Xie Tanzhi nodded in agreement: "Well, this place is only fifty miles away from your Lord's military camp. It can be reached in an hour by horseback. Lin Feng, I think you'd better go there in person. I'm afraid the messenger can't explain this matter clearly."
Lin Feng felt a little embarrassed: "I'm not afraid of hard work, but I can't leave the Metasequoia City without authorization, right? What if the situation is as you and I expected, and the Turks bypass Iklu, rush into the country, and take the Metasequoia directly? , there is not even a commander in the city who can lead the troops to fight, wouldn't it be a big mistake?"
Xie Tanzhi felt that what Lin Feng said made sense, and said slightly: "That's true. After all, our ideas are just speculations. There is currently no evidence that there is any change in the Turks' north and south camps. Otherwise, you can send out scouts first The cavalry, try to spread out the search area and conduct a wide-area reconnaissance toward the east."
Lin Feng nodded: "Okay, I will go to Yuduoluo later and ask their people to go out with all their strength to collect and sort out information about the Turkic camp. As for my lord, I would like to ask you, sir, to write a letter. Your lord is smart and intelligent. You only need a few words and he'll know what's going on."
Xie Tanzhi agreed and was about to write when he suddenly heard a guard announcing loudly outside the door: "The military order has arrived!"
