But then, the unstoppable momentum of the Daqing army was blocked.

It took less than three months to recover several cities, but it took Jiayan Pass a full three months to not take it down.

It was already time for the spring sheep to shepherd in Di Rong, but Jiayan Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is also the gateway to the northwest border. In order to seize Jiayan Pass, the people of Di Rong paid an extremely heavy price, so they naturally gritted their teeth and refused to give up Jiayan Pass easily.

The soldiers lined up, and the Di Rong army set up a very large formation at Jiayan Pass, ready to counterattack the Daqing army at any time, capture Daqing's city, and seize their food.

Even though the combat effectiveness of Di Rong's army far exceeded that of Daqing's army, the Daqing's army was prepared for a long time, so the two sides had been in a stalemate for so long.

After the detailed battle report was passed back to the imperial capital, Heng Yu also got a copy in his hand.

The bookshelf on the far side of the study room has been cleaned up. Now there is a large map hanging on the wall, and there is a very detailed sand table next to it.

Heng Yu held the battle report in his left hand, walked to the map, and used his fingers to make a pen. He spread little by little from the imperial capital, and finally stopped at the Jiayan Pass.

After standing there for a while, Heng Yu quickly walked to the side of the sand table and quietly watched the large sand table he had arranged.

After pondering for a moment, he pulled out many black flags on the sand table. The sand table that was originally filled with air now seems a little empty, with only the gray flag showing its might.

The black flag represents the Qing Dynasty army, while the gray flag represents the Dirong army.

Now that the Qing Dynasty army is in full swing, the Dirong army does not choose to face the edge, but chooses a defensive that is more beneficial to them.

To recover Jiayan Pass, it seems that the army can only carry out dangerous moves to show the enemy as weak.

Half a month later, Xie Nian, who was huddled in the snow and ice, received a letter from the imperial capital. Ordinary envelopes and ordinary letter papers, only the words on the paper were sonorous and powerful.

——Show the enemy is weak.

Talk to smart people is always simple, Heng Yu's intention is only expressed in these four words. Xie Nian thought about it himself and gradually got some ideas in his heart.

Four days later, the court's official edict was passed down, appointing Xie Nian as the third-rank general to lead the specific matters of the battle. It turned out that the general Tian Zheng, who was in charge of the battle, was transferred to the rear to guard the major cities that had just been recovered.

Four days are enough for Xie Nian to take a little bit of the superficial plan.

Now that the power to dispatch the army is in his hands, Xie Nian breathed a sigh of relief, and in this cold day, it turned into a cloud of fog.

He is still young, a 26-year-old third-rank general who can be conquered the enemy. How many people can look at the history books?

But Xie Nian can afford this position.

Just because he commanded forty-seven major or minor battles in six years on the border, all the battles he participated in were defeated.

The lives of the 100,000 troops on the northwest border were in his hands. In addition to some depressing pressure, there was also a burning battle.

My grandfather buried his bones at Jiayan Pass. His father did not have the qualifications to practice martial arts, so he could only recite the recovery of Jiayan Pass and cultivate him well. From childhood to adulthood, the recovery of Jiayan Pass and the flattening of Di Rong has been deeply rooted in Xie Nian's mind.

Now, there is finally a chance.

Xie Nian sat in the tent for a night, and gradually improved his plan to show his weakness.

This plan is very feasible.

Because although Di Rong has the upper hand now, they are facing a very big problem, that is, Di Rong is now at the time of sheeping in spring. They really want to retreat and want to go back to sheeping, otherwise they will still be sad this year.

At this time, they just can't retreat.

As the sky was light, the soldiers got up and started their daily training. Xie Nian called in the guards guarding at the door of the tent, "notifying the other generals to go to the Central Army tent to discuss the war."

"Yes." The personal guard received the order and retreated.

The moment the tent was lifted up, a whistling wind was rolling into the tent with snowflakes. The biting cold wind hit Xie Nian's face, which made him who had not slept all night.

During the half-incense stick, all eight generals in charge of the three armies gathered in the central army tent.

Xie Nian was already sitting at the main seat of the conference table waiting for everyone.

After everyone arrived, he slowly said, "Sit down for everyone."

"The general asked me to wait today, but I thought of a way to attack Jiayan Pass?" A bearded general sitting in the lower left of Xie Nian could not hold back his anger.

Civil officials pay attention to qualifications, while military generals are different. Qualifications are indeed important, but if they can show the strength to convince the soldiers, they will also respect and give their trust.

In six years, Xie Nian climbed from a fifth-rank general to the position of a third-rank general. At the beginning, some people bullied him, but some people were not convinced, right? If you don’t agree, then he would use the rules in the army.

If you don't agree, then beat him until he accepts it.

"Three days later, we pretended to launch a general attack and then retreated. We led the main force of Di Rong out of Jiayan Pass."

"Di Rong occupied Jiayan Pass. If our army wanted to attack, it would inevitably cause a great bloodshed and sacrifice. So it would be better to let them leave Jiayan Pass on their own initiative."

Xie Nian's method is simple and simple, but the difficult one is the specific operation.

"This... is really a bit risky." said the military advisor who was sitting in the lower right corner of Xie Nian.

Xie Nian smiled and said confidently: "It depends on how we operate."

He didn't say anything more, but directly assigned tasks to several generals.

One by one, clear ideas and meticulous logic.

The military advisor listened by the side, and his heart, which was already a little swaying, became calm.
Chapter completed!