Chapter 585 Bamboo Sea

Unlike Wu Kai who crossed the Kundaliya Pass arrogantly, the atmosphere on Xiaochuan's side, which is only a few days away from the Kunduo Pass, is much more depressing.

Why? It's not that everyone on Xiaochuan's side is full of miscellaneous brands, so his will to fight is poor, but because he was coaxed enough by Chen Cang in the dark.

As Shen Hao had expected before, and also in line with the analysis and deduction of the Fourth Department, the 30,000 troops assembled on Xiaochuan's side were all abducted here with a feint shot. Of course, the purpose of gathering here is not just to prevent the barbarians from coming to steal customs from the thousands of miles of bamboo sea, but to do the opposite and take the initiative to use this bamboo sea.

The plan was not proposed by Zuo Yuliang. Instead, the Ministry of War sorted it out and studied it over and over again, and then sent it to the Yamen in charge of military affairs in the south, ordering Zuo Yuliang to follow the plan.

For the Ministry of War to make this determination, and for Zuo Yuliang, who is the head of military affairs in the south, to not refuse the order after receiving the order, this shows that this is not random order without basis. On the contrary, this decision has a lot of meaning on paper. Big success possible.

As early as the beginning of July, this plan had already been launched under the joint auspices of the Ministry of War and the Southern Frontier Army. The main purpose was to test whether it was feasible.

The result was very satisfying to all.

In fact, the basis of this plan still comes down to the "Ma San Case" that shook the government and the public and completely changed the power structure of the Ministry of War. In addition to people like Zhou Qing who were arrested at the beginning, the top one was Xu Hong, the left servant of the Ministry of War at that time.

At the beginning, Xu Hong's interrogation was conducted by Jiang Cheng's side. Shen Hao did not participate because he was not used to the scene of threatening people and children. Later, it was said that Xu Hong was sent to the prison of the Ministry of Military Affairs, where he died in the end.

What did Xu Hong recruit at that time? Outsiders don't know the details, but the military strategy of "borrowing thousands of miles of bamboo seas" this time is closely related to some things Xu Hong confessed at the beginning.

After some secret testing, it was confirmed that Xu Hong's confession was true, and then he came up with the plan of "borrowing the sea of ​​bamboo for thousands of miles".

Most of the 30,000 troops assembled by Xiao Chuan were not clear about these inside information, including Zhang Qian and Gan Lin.

That's right, just as Shen Hao worried, these two old fried dough sticks who found the thick thigh of Guishan Seminary for themselves and thought they would go out to the battle did not go to the Kundaliya Pass but were brought to Xiaochuan to assemble.

"His old lady! You don't really want us to drill into the bamboo forest, do you?" Gan Lin seldom got together with Zhang Qian, and when he opened his mouth, he made a nasty voice, very angry at this order.

Zhang Qian was also angry, but unlike Gan Lin, he could hold it back. Poured a glass of water for the other party, sighed and said: "Have you received the ointment that was distributed in the morning? Although it is smelly, it is said to prevent mosquitoes. If you rub it on your body, it will not be sucked dry. You What if you don’t drill into the woods to distribute that stuff?”

"That's a sea of ​​bamboo! If you go in and go around, you'll almost die, let alone cross it? And most of our soldiers are ordinary people. They're nothing but learned martial arts, and they're not monks. It's even more dangerous to enter the bamboo forest. If something happens, how many people will die?

The person in charge of the yamen doesn't think about these problems? "

"Shut up! Are you out of your mind and dare to talk about the chief yamen?" Zhang Qian put down his water glass, with a straight face, a little displeased with Gan Lin's open mouth. Even if there are only the two of them here, they can't talk nonsense. If they say that they are used to being outside and they are easy to leak, it will be a big trouble to lose their heads.

Gan Lin also knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said, so he clicked his mouth a few times and remained silent, but the resentment on his face was still a bit strong.

Originally, I waited for a long time to go to battle and fight the barbarians after holding back my stomach, which was not in vain for what I had learned in the army for so many years. But now it's a good thing, the enemy has to drill into the bamboo forest before they see it, Gan Lin doesn't even think that he can get out alive with the name of Wanli Bamboo Sea, and even talk about killing the enemy.

"Okay, you can complain to me here, but you still have to do what you should do. Don't be sloppy about the things in the handed down booklet!"

"Hmph, sloppy eyes. Although the things in that booklet are weird, they are definitely the means to survive in the bamboo forest. Not to mention that the soldiers below must learn, I held that booklet and looked through it all night. Old Zhang, Do you think Zuo Shuai has figured out the way of the Wanli Bamboo Sea with this arrangement?"

"There must be some testing in advance, otherwise these brochures and those ointments would not have been prepared to be distributed in advance, and I guess it should have been involved in the previous case involving border army smuggling, maybe it was knocked out of those barbarians Zui got a safe way to cross the thousands of miles of bamboo sea?"

"Hey, it's really possible from what you said! However, there are too many people, and tens of thousands of people going in like this may cause bad things."

In addition to all kinds of murderous Jedi, there are countless terrifying beasts in the thousands of miles of bamboo sea, some of which are even hard for ordinary monks to resist. There are even rumors that there are some vicious beasts that live in groups in the bamboo forest. Once they meet, even the strong ones in the Xuanhai realm will retreat.

It's good that the number of people is less, tens of thousands of people cross the bamboo sea. This. Gan Lin always feels unreliable.

"It is impossible to gather 30,000 people to go in together. Have you noticed that the positions of our camps are actually regular, like queuing up, and the entire military camp is like a long snake."

"Yes, what do you mean?"

"It is very likely that when drilling the bamboo forest, the maximum number of passes is two battalions at a time, and there will be some intervals between each pass." Zhang Qian has been thinking about it since he came here, and he has a premonition that he will enter Wanli Bamboo After the sea, he also has to think of ways to increase his survival. Maybe not.

"If that's the case, you and I can keep an eye on each other if we are next to each other in the camp. But I just don't know if it will work."

"Whether it works or not will be discussed later. Remember, after entering the bamboo forest, don't walk too fast, but don't walk too slowly to prevent our front and rear convergence from changing. It's best for us to discuss a suitable distance, and then form a single team of elites to come out." , using the signing talisman as a message, once there is a need, reinforcements can be provided in time. How?"

"This is the best way. Let's walk around without delay. Let's call our adjutants to discuss this matter and make a decision so that we won't be caught off guard by a sudden departure."

The two discussed the countermeasures without delay, and hurriedly called their adjutants to draw up the details.

Two days later, as expected by Zhang Qian, the 30,000 soldiers gathered in Xiaochuan began to enter the Wanli Bamboo Sea in batches, with one day between each batch. Moreover, the two battalions entering the Bamboo Sea will have a group of golden sword monks as the main force. This is beyond most people's expectations, but it is also a lot of peace of mind.

After getting the orders, it was Zhang Qian's turn to be in the fifth batch, followed by Gan Lin.