Chapter 138: A Life-Threatening Morale Boost

"Hurry, hurry, if you fall behind, I will kill you. In the Fengjun of Nie Guilin's army, a sentry officer loudly urged his soldiers.

"Li Shao, where are we going?" One of his confidants asked while panting while marching quickly.

Fortunately, although it was late at night, the snow had not melted, and there were cavalrymen lighting torches every few meters, so it was not difficult to see the road clearly.

"How do I know where to go? There was a death order from above. If anyone fell behind, he would be shot immediately. "The sentry officer surnamed Li said unhappily.

Ordinary soldiers, needless to say, simply couldn't tell the directions. Although the sentry officer surnamed Li knew that the general direction was towards Ximu City, he didn't think that his commander would be so hot-headed that he and others would go to die.

It is estimated that they will turn back at that intersection and then flee to the rear. I heard that the Japanese are almost at the defense position of the Yi Army.

Not only in the Feng Army, but also in Jiang Xiyi's Xizi Army and Xu Bangdao's Gongwei Army, similar scenes were happening. While countless soldiers were rushing on the road, a big question came to their minds: where are we going? Where?

Are they going to retreat? Most soldiers thought so. After all, they were used to retreating. It was just that the situation this time was special. They retreated after fighting with the Japanese in the previous times. This time, they didn't even fight and they were going to retreat.

Could it be that the friendly troops stationed in Xujiayuanzi had been defeated by the Japanese, so we fled in a hurry.

No matter what the soldiers thought, Wei Jichen sent messengers to keep in touch with the commanders of the various armies, exchange information, and keep abreast of the marching situation of each army.

"Report, the Xizi Army is about one kilometer away from our army. General Jiang guarantees to arrive at the designated location before dawn."

"Let Jiang Xiyi work harder. I want him to keep this speed and not be more than one kilometer away from our army." Wei Jichen frowned and said immediately.

Before dawn, damn it, I said that we can't arrive before dawn at the latest, but you just hit that time.

"Yes, General Wei! "

The messengers hurried down.

One wave of messengers had not yet left when another wave came forward to report.

"Report, General Xu is not far from our army."

"Oh, this old Xu is quite fast. Let him take it easy. Don't be in a hurry. Otherwise, when the soldiers arrive at the designated location, they will be so tired that they will have the strength to kill the Japanese?" Wei Jichen said seriously.

Wang Huaiqing next to him was speechless and looked at Wei Jichen with a blank face. He couldn't understand why Wei Jichen issued two completely different orders.

Wei Jichen seemed to understand what he was thinking and was willing to cultivate him. He explained a little: "Jiang Xiyi is slow-tempered, Xu Bangdao is impatient. We can't generalize to different people. Even if you don't urge Xu Bangdao, he will do his best to move forward. If you don't urge Jiang Xiyi, he thinks things are not urgent, so he will walk slowly. "

"Your Excellency's opinion! "Wang Huaiqing gave a thumbs up and asked, "What about Nie Guilin?"

"Although Nie Guilin is a little timid, he dare not disobey any of my military orders and is afraid of me because he knows my temper. If anyone dares to disobey military orders, I will never show mercy. He is timid and will only complete my orders word for word." Wei Jichen said with a smile without comment.

Wang Huaiqing admired: "Marshal Wei's analysis of human nature has opened my eyes."

"Okay, you should save these flattering words for later." Wei Jichen saw that Wang Huaiqing wanted to say more, and couldn't help but glanced at him lightly and said impatiently.

Wang Huaiqing touched his forehead embarrassedly, thinking in his heart: Marshal Wei even knows my personality clearly, and my life will be difficult in the future.

"Report! "A messenger came back from the front.

Wei Jichen estimated that Hu Zi's army in the front camp had already connected with the soldiers who were greeted by Ma Jinxu.

As expected by Wei Jichen, the messenger rode his horse to Wei Jichen, pulled the reins, and reported loudly: "General Wei, General Ma sent someone to pick up our army."

Wei Jichen nodded and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, work harder, the destination is not far ahead, and we can take a break there. "

The soldiers in the middle camp were all refreshed when they heard Wei Jichen's shouts, and they consciously quickened their pace.

Two hours before dawn, the artillery battalion of the Wei army, led by Wang Shizhen, also arrived at the designated location.

Wei Jichen had sent people to survey the terrain around Xujiayuanzi a few days ago, and Wang Shizhen's artillery battalion had also chosen a location early, setting it up on the mountain peak to the left of the valley entrance.

Wei Jichen arranged a pocket formation, and the bottom of the pocket was Xu Bangdao's guard army to prevent the Japanese from escaping.

The low-combat Nie Guilin Fengjun and Jiang Xiyi's Xi army were arranged on the high mountains on both sides of the valley. They only needed Just shoot the Japanese from a high position.

And the Wei army is the one who has the tight pockets.

When most of the Japanese enter the encirclement, the artillery camp will bomb first to cut off the Japanese retreat. At the same time, the Wei army ambushed at the entrance of the valley will quickly gather from both sides, and surround the 3rd Division firmly in the entire encirclement, making it impossible for the 3rd Division to retreat.

The Guard Army, Feng Army, and Xi Army arrived one after another, and Nie Guilin and others were distributed and ambushed according to the pre-designated positions.

It was not until this time that the soldiers of each army discovered that the five armies had gathered here without their knowledge. The smarter soldiers immediately reacted and realized that the Japanese must have been ambushed here.

No matter how hard they thought, they could not imagine who would have such great prestige that the commanders of all armies would obey their orders and dare not neglect them.

The soldiers were lying in the snow on both sides of the valley. Although they were shivering with cold, no one dared to speak, because a death order had just been issued. If anyone failed at this critical moment, his own death would be a small matter, and even his family would be implicated.

^.^,

In addition to strict orders, officers at all levels also passed down news that a total of 10,000 troops had set up a trap and ambushed here, preparing to annihilate the Japanese 3rd Division in one fell swoop. This was the biggest move since the war began. As long as the soldiers were patient for a while, they would be promoted and rich after the victory.

When the soldiers heard this, they were all surprised and slightly excited.

After Wei Jichen arranged his military affairs in an orderly manner, he rode a horse, took his personal guards, and began to inspect the various armies.

Wei Jichen spent a lot of money this time and prepared more than a dozen Baihua Yulu pills, ready to use the military strategist skill Lianlu to boost morale during the battle.

Wei Jichen roughly calculated that using the second-level military strategist skill to boost morale requires 6 points of mental power, the upper limit is 1,200 people, and the morale is increased by 10 points. Now the total number of the five armies is more than 12,000, and he has to consume at least 60 points of mental power.

More importantly, this effect lasts only half an hour. Even if this ambush is resolved quickly, it is impossible to achieve it in just half an hour. Therefore, he can only use Lianlu to boost morale.

Let the five armies maintain high morale at all times.

Entering the system, Wei Jichen found that in the land army of his military system, there are not only Wei Army, but also Ren Army, Xi Army, Gongwei Army, and Feng Army.

These armies are now temporarily under his control, and the system recognizes that they belong to his army. In other words, after the battle, the soldiers of the five armies will continuously supply him with merit points.

Of the five armies, needless to say, the morale of the Wei army was the highest, at 90, and he hardly needed to use his military strategist skills to boost morale.

Nie Guilin's Feng army had the lowest morale, at only 51 points. Morale was a mysterious thing. After so much exploration, Wei Jichen guessed that if the morale was below 50 points, it meant that the army was not good and would flee as soon as it suffered a slight setback.

Between 50 and 70 points, it was possible to fight a favorable battle, and above 70 points, it was possible to fight a hard battle, and when it reached 90 points, needless to say, every soldier would move forward without fear of death.

Wei Jichen estimated that when the soldiers of each army knew that he was not dead and he was commanding them to ambush the Japanese, the morale would automatically improve. As for how much it was, it depended on Wei Jichen's position in the minds of the soldiers.

Wei Jichen stopped wasting time immediately, thinking that he should quickly spread the news that he was not dead. After the battle began, he would frantically use his military strategist skills to raise the morale of each army to more than 80.

Starting from the left mountain, the ambush was Nie Guilin's Fengtian Army. When Wei Jichen arrived at the Fengtian Army position, the soldiers had already taken their positions and were lurking everywhere.

Nie Guilin learned that Wei Jichen had arrived and hurriedly led several staff officers to greet him.

"General Wei, this place is indeed an excellent ambush terrain. As long as the Japanese dare to come in, they will suffer heavy losses." Nie Guilin said with a red smile.

Wei Jichen knew what he was thinking in his heart, nothing more than getting promoted and making money after the victory.

Fortunately, although both sides got what they needed, their goals were the same.

"Let's go and see the situation of the soldiers." Wei Jichen was too lazy to talk nonsense and said directly.

Nie Guilin had no choice but to ignore the severe cold and follow Wei Jichen to visit those poor people.

It's no wonder that the morale of the Fengtian Army was low. Seeing Nie Guilin's reluctant look, Wei Jichen could think of how he treated the soldiers on weekdays. If you don't treat the soldiers as human beings, others will certainly not work for you.

In the forest about 500 meters away from the valley, countless soldiers were trembling and crawling on the ground. They did not dare to speak, because Nie Guilin set up a military supervisor behind them. If anyone destroyed his dream of getting promoted and getting rich, you would die in the hands of the enemy or in my hands.

Using force to intimidate soldiers is the lowest way to control the army. A wise general will make soldiers willing to fight for him without any complaints.

The soldiers heard the footsteps behind them and turned their heads to look secretly.

"This is not General Wei, he is not dead."

Seeing their own general following a young man like a tail bug, countless soldiers screamed in their hearts.

The shock of the Fengjun soldiers was even greater than that of the Weizi soldiers.

After all, some of the Weizi soldiers knew that Wei Jichen was not dead, while the Fengjun soldiers were sure of it.

At this time, seeing the living Wei Jichen standing behind them, they had to be surprised. Then some smart soldiers understood why their commander had the courage to set an ambush here.

It turned out that General Wei was in charge personally. So, General Wei pretended to be dead just to trick the Japanese. Now that the Japanese really fell for it, doesn't it mean that we have always been in the upper hand, and it seems that it is not impossible to win this battle.

The soldiers were not fools. After the initial confusion, they all reacted and showed a little smile on their faces.