Heavenly Dao Formula

Ning Wanjun was not surprised when she received this news.

That night, under her command, Jinxia's Left Route Army marched fifty miles to a small town called Wangjiang.

This town is also the only way to go to Baihe City from west to east. Because it is close to the border, evacuation had been organized two weeks ago. The local residents basically evacuated into Baihe City, and now no one lives there. Because of this, the branch troops of the Privy Council did not station in the suburbs, but directly entered the town to camp.

According to previous investigation feedback, the number of this army is about 20,000, mainly composed of the garrisons of Su and Lingzhou. It has become two parts, the north and the south, and each has an independent sentinel and watchtower.

And all these details were seen by the owl demon.

"You mean, the defense in the north is weaker?" Ning Wanjun confirmed the last information before the battle.

"Returning to Your Highness, I saw that there were not many tents set up in the north. Many soldiers directly entered the houses, and some people fought for the houses." Wulie chose his words carefully to avoid any mistakes in his words, "but There are much more tents in the south, and they are basically concentrated in the open area, and there are a lot of buckets around, which looks more orderly."

A month ago, he was still a little demon that no one cared about, running around all day long for the survival of himself and his sister. Unexpectedly, a month later, he became a scout of the Jinxia Army, and the information he provided guided the actions of tens of thousands of people. The change in identity is so huge that he didn't even dare to think about it before.

It is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

Even now, standing in front of Her Royal Highness, he would feel shortness of breath and stiff hands and feet—although Qiongqi was powerful, it was only for the demon group. The woman in front of her is different, she is the real royal family, even Qingjian Yuyi, who dare not even look straight at the demon, will obey her orders. It is impossible not to feel the slightest fear in the face of such a superior person.

However, when he thought that Mr. Li offered a high salary of 50 taels a month for this job, and his younger sister Wu Qi could eat seafood and rice every day, Wu Lie still mustered unprecedented courage to agree, and has persisted until now.

Fortunately, although Her Royal Highness is majestic, she is not strict. When confirming information, she mainly asks questions and does not set too high requirements for him. This makes him a layman who knows nothing about marching and fighting, and now he is gradually mastering it. Some reconnaissance skills, such as judging the enemy's situation and weaknesses from the camp layout.

"The bucket is to prevent sudden fires in the camp, and experienced generals will notice this when they set up camp." Qiuyue pondered, "But the camp in the north is not arranged in this way—considering that Lingzhou is humid all year round, there are fire prevention requirements. It’s really not high, but they are now in Shenzhou, and the climate is more similar to Suzhou, so they should follow the example of their colleagues. This shows that the communication between the generals of the two sides is not frequent, and it can even be said... that there is a gap between them.”

"It's normal to have a gap. Think about it, will we accept the command of Suzhou or Jinzhou when we are in Leizhou?" Ning Wanjun chuckled, "Xia Fan often said that one government should try to command the army instead of relying on generals Commanding based on personal fame probably took this kind of problem into consideration.”

Therefore, the army needs a more reasonable promotion system to ensure the vitality of the entire group—Xia Fan's conclusion was also agreed by the princess. However, due to the imminent war, this set of reform plans was arranged after defeating the Privy Council.

"Anyway, as long as it is what Lord Xia said, His Highness will not disagree." Qiuyue said that she has long been used to it. "In short, the enemy's arrangement has given us an excellent opportunity to attack. Their scouts are only We released ten miles, probably because we didn’t expect us to appear here suddenly.”

"That's right. In the eyes of General Fei, the Jinxia Army is probably still stationed around Baihe City." Ning Wanjun couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth. This is another point of her pride, that is, marching at night is no longer an unrealistic fantasy, but has become the norm of the Jinxia Army.

In the past, even the well-trained Leizhou frontier army could not conduct large-scale group operations at night.

If you want to attack at night, you must either set up an ambush in advance, or use an elite team of hundreds of people. Some people have even specially studied that the combat distance at night should not exceed ten miles, that is, the level at which torches can be seen at a glance. If any staff officer dared to propose a main force of tens of thousands of people to attack after nightfall, the commander would definitely hang him on the flagpole at the gate of the camp.

Because just marching can scatter the army.

Once the various troops are dispersed, it will be extremely difficult to gather them together.

This has nothing to do with training—even if there is more daily training, as long as people's vision cannot penetrate the night, and the supervising army cannot find the leavers in time, this problem cannot be solved.

What changed this situation was education.

Of course, it was Xia Fan who put forward this point of view—he asked the army not to devote all its energy to reclamation during the recuperation period, but to spend at least half of its time on learning how to read and write, even the old frontier soldiers were no exception .

Many people in the army expressed that this move was incomprehensible. They had practiced battles and killings all their lives, but they did not expect to have to follow the example of those scholars to start from the horizontal and vertical strokes. The school promotes universal education, and what they accept are dolls. The vast majority of people in the army are adults, and they usually call themselves big bosses. It's really hard to get them to use their brains.

In the end, Ning Wanjun relied on his own prestige to implement it. In less than half a year, this move had unexpected results.

After some people became able to read, the circulation of books and weekly newspapers in the army gradually increased.

More and more soldiers know how to consult maps and reports of past battles.

The conversations between the generals and the soldiers were obviously more frequent.

Especially in the battle against Shenzhou, every order in the army will be issued to the level of corporal commander, and the soldiers are no longer like in the past. When they follow the army, they don't know where they are going and what they will do. Task. If the past marches were followed blindly, now they will know the purpose of the trip, the strategic intentions above, and what they are going to do before they set off.

The threshold of the night march was crossed silently.

Each team will consciously confirm whether teammates are separated. Even if someone is left behind, they will know in their hearts where the army will converge, so as not to become stragglers aimlessly.

The eyes cannot see through the night, but the mind can penetrate the barrier. An army that knows its own combat purpose, even if it is not holding advanced weapons, has entered the threshold of a modern army.

As the commander, Ning Wanjun felt this change the most - she felt more and more that the Jinxia army seemed to be a flexible arm, as long as an idea appeared in her mind, this arm could achieve her goal for her.

"Let the people below prepare, and launch the attack as soon as the morning arrives." The princess made a decision, "I will personally lead the team to conquer the southern camp that is more strictly guarded."