On the plain where people screamed and horses neighed, the fearless army was like a long winding snake, moving towards the south of the rocky road.
In front were the cavalry led by Tudan, behind was a military chariot pulled by a long line of horses, and on both sides were cavalry guards led by Lexi.
After defeating the Meng family, Wu Gen was not willing to throw away these military chariots. He spent so much money on them to transport the soldiers and baggage that broke the formation.
Moreover, after arriving at the campsite, surrounded by military chariots, there was a small village, which also added a lot of defense.
Wu Gentan showed his chest, holding a wine bottle in his hand, sitting in the car as usual. Baoxiang and Meng Shun were also sitting nearby.
Both of them were covered in armor and were looking at the map to discuss how to deploy troops. For some reason, Wu Gen always felt that Meng Shun was too square, but he had a very good relationship with Bao Xiang, and the two often got together.
In terms of experience in leading troops, Meng Shun was much better than Baoxiang. He also gave many tips on daily basis, which benefited Baoxiang a lot.
As for Lu Bi, he disdained Wu Gen's behavior and followed the team himself on horseback. On the distant horizon, billowing dust and smoke appeared, and a group of blue wolves and giant mastiffs howled and rushed towards the convoy.
Niu Chao was crying and howling with excitement as he rushed towards the giant mastiff at the front. These mastiffs and wolves eat a lot of food every day. Wu Gen is too lazy to replenish food for them from behind, so he asks Niu Chao to take these mastiffs and wolves out for food every day.
The horse pulling the cart staggered, jolting Wu Gen out of his daze. Looking up and looking around blankly, Wu Gen asked: "Are you here? Do you want to eat?" Meng Shun's mouth twitched, and he was speechless to the village leader.
Along the way, the leader of the fearless army was either drinking or sleeping, leaving everything to Bao Xiang, and he was completely a hands-off shopkeeper.
After so many years of fighting, this was the first time he encountered such a strange commander, which made Meng Shun, who had always been strict in running the army, quite uncomfortable.
However, he saw that everyone else was calm and doing their jobs in an orderly manner. Everything in the army was in order, and he couldn't help but become curious about Wu Gen's skillful and industrious way of leading troops.
"Take care of your big boy, if he rushes like this, his formation will be disrupted." Baoxiang pointed angrily at Niu Chao in the distance. He had been busy with everything these past two days, but he was tired. It was so overwhelming that if Meng Shun hadn't been there to help him, Baoxiang would have been afraid that he wouldn't be able to survive.
Wu Gen poked his head out and saw Niu Chao running wild with mastiffs and wolves in the distance. He couldn't help but said angrily: "Niu Chao, please calm down for me. If you dare to disrupt the team, I will take away your little treasury." ." Niu Chao, who was laughing arrogantly, was stunned when he heard this, and quickly put a few dozen steps away from the team, and slowly followed.
Jumping off the mastiff, Niu Chao rushed to Wu Gen's car in three steps and said fiercely: "Wu, if you dare to touch my money, believe it or not, I will burn the paper figurine for you after you die." , all look like those old tree barks that have been in the hook bar for decades." Wu Gen jumped lightly and kicked it away.
"If you dare to behave like this again, I will put dozens of silver coins in your belly." Sitting in the car angrily, Wu Gen moved to Baoxiang with a shy face.
"How many days do we have until we get to Mao'erling?" Baoxiang rolled his eyes at him and pointed to a long line on the map.
"There are still two days left. The key is that there are too many passes in Mao'erling. How can we defend them? If we spread out these three thousand people, I'm afraid we can only get one or two hundred people at each pass." Wu Gen took a look. On the map, my fingers gently smeared over the lines representing mountains, and finally stopped at a ferry on the Qingyi River, thirty miles away from Mao'er Ridge.
"Who said we should fully defend and set up camp on the flat land from the ridge to the ferry." Meng Shun's expression suddenly changed when he saw where Wu Gen was pointing.
How could he, who had led troops for many years, not know that Mao'er Ridge was the dividing line between Panshi Road and Jiangguan Road. Wu Gen camped out of Mao'er Ridge and had to control the ferry. This was no longer defensive.
Downward along the Qingyi River is the direction leading to Hanlu City. If you go down the river and reach the shore within two hundred miles, you can quickly reach Hanlu City.
Baoxiang scratched his head and said with some confusion: "We are leaving Panshi Road now. Can the Jiangguan Road Wen family agree? Will they send troops to harass us?" Wu Gen didn't care at all, and took a sip. liquor,
"I just want to step forward. The situation in Iron Shou Province is tense now. I don't believe that the Wen family will provoke disputes at will. Besides, we haven't stepped forward too much, so we just brushed aside." Meng Shun was silent for a moment, but still couldn't bear it. The resident asked: "Fortress leader, tell me what you are doing when you are stationed here." Wu Gen smiled slightly and said,
"look."
"See?" Meng Shun couldn't help but frowned.
"Yes, it depends on what the weather is like before you decide whether to hold an umbrella or hide from the rain." Wu Gen looked at the other party with a smile.
"Wu Gen, Meng Qu is reliable." Baoxiang suddenly reminded from the side. After looking at Baoxiang and then at Meng Shun, Wu Gen nodded.
"Old Meng, what I want to do is the same as what you want." Meng Shun sat down in the car and muttered to himself while looking at the sky. He didn't know what he was muttering. After a while, Fang said with relief. : "No wonder, Meng Shuo wrote several times asking me to listen to you. Forget it, just give it a try. Anyway, the Meng family has collapsed, and there is no need to worry about it anymore." Wu Gen took out a jar of wine from the box behind him.
"Come, have a drink, He Mengquchang boarded the pirate ship." After the three of them had a drink, Meng Shun reminded: "The Fearless Army is stationed here, how can you get around Lu Ben?" Wu Gen looked disdainful. ,
"If he asked me, I would tell him that according to the family leader's plan, we should block the Qingyi River line to prevent other families from sending troops."
"But what if he says that other families send troops and don't take the Qingyi River route." Baoxiang reminded.
"Then I don't care. I only have three thousand people. It's amazing that I can block a road. Is it possible for the fearless army to line up hand in hand and block the entire Jiangguan Road?" Wu Gen curled his lips and glanced. He glanced at Lu Ben who was leading his men to enforce military discipline in the distance.
"What should I do with this man? Along the way, whether he is camping or marching, there are still two brushes." Baoxiang lay on the edge of the car and looked in the direction of Lu Ben.
"The world is in chaos, and if there is no proper method, the only option is to resort to thunderbolt means." Wu Gen said quietly, his face gradually becoming ferocious.
When Meng Shun behind him heard this, a chill rose up his spine, and he looked at the young man who had his back turned to him with a complicated expression.
While camping at night, Zhang Wuyang took advantage of the guard bird and landed in the camp. He walked up to Wu Gen who was eating roast lamb around the campfire and whispered a few words.
Wu Gen nodded and casually handed over the mutton skewers in his hand.
"Come on, let's try Niu Chao's cooking. Don't look at this thing as a scumbag, but there is some real skill in eating it." Lu Ben glanced at Zhang Wuyang suspiciously, and couldn't help but asked: "Qianhu, but there is something going on ahead. ?" Wu Gen grinned and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just that Wu Yang found a place to camp and came back to report. Commander Lu Yuan, why don't you go with Wu Yang tomorrow." Lu Yuan, who was tearing apart the leg of mutton, was startled. I looked at the tall guard bird in the distance, and suddenly felt a little sick in my stomach.
"With Colonel Zhang at the front, I don't have to add any extraneous details. I'd better follow the convoy."
"Okay, we'll be there in a day or two anyway." Wu Gen didn't insist, and stretched out his hand to pull another meat skewer from Niu Chao's hand.
Niu Chao grunted dissatisfiedly, sprinkled some more seasoning on the mutton in his hand, and handed it to Lu Bi who was standing aside.
Two days later, the Fearless Army finally passed Mao'erling, leaving some troops at the pass while the rest headed straight for the ferry on the Qingyi River.
After taking control of the ferry, they did not harass the boats on the river, but set up camp not far from the ferry.
Lu Ben didn't understand Wu Gen's garrison here, so he approached Wu Gen with a suspicious look on his face. Wu Gen had no choice but to repeat what he had said to Bao Xiang that day, and mysteriously pulled Lu Ben to a deserted place. He said that the head of the family had told him that the fearless army stationed at Mao'er Ridge must not passively defend. You have to take the initiative and so on.
Anyway, Lu Zhan has already gone to Hanlu City. If you don’t believe it, Lu Ben can go and confront him. Suspicious of the letter, Lu Ben didn't say much. Instead, he tried his best to help Wu Gen set up the camp. He set up a lot of defensive deer camps and dug a pool in the camp to prevent enemy fire attacks.
Seeing the other party's dedicated efforts, Wu Gen ran to his tent to catch up on his sleep with a look of relief on his face.
After the camp was set up, the Wen family sent several groups of scouts to investigate, but the Fearless Army ignored them at all.
Seeing that Wu Gen and others had no intention of leaving, the Wen family also sent a team of troops over to monitor the movements of the Fearless Army from a distance.
However, as Wu Gen expected, the other party did not take the initiative to attack. In today's explosive situation in the Iron Hand Province, whoever launches troops without permission may trigger a series of unpredictable reactions.
Anyway, the Fearless Army had no intention of continuing to move forward. The two sides just watched from a distance and never interacted with each other on weekdays.
The days of being stationed like this were boring. After staying there for a few days, Wu Gen couldn't sit still. He took Niu Chao, led the dog, and hawked around, and went out hunting from time to time. The camp was completely handed over to Lu Bi and others. .
On this day, Wu Gen went out hunting as usual. When he came to a dense forest, he stopped. He asked Niu Chao to stand guard outside, while he sat under a tree, seemingly waiting for someone.
After waiting for less than half an hour, the sun had reached the top of the head, and a person rustled out from the depths of the forest.
As soon as he saw this person, Wu Gen smiled.
"Yang Zheng, you are finally here. I thought you died on the road."
"You can't say anything auspicious." Yang Zheng took off a few leaves on his head and said with an angry look on his face.
"There are soldiers and horses everywhere on this road. Do you think it will be easy for me to get here?"
"Sit down." Wu Gen was very happy to see his old friend again.
"How about Xingshan Mountain? Congyue can still withstand it."
"Nothing is happening on Xingshan Mountain for the time being. Although some people have been roped in, the main body has not changed and there is no serious problem." Yang Zheng took the wine handed over by Wu Gen, drank several sips, wiped his mouth, and then He said: "Ji Xin is going to Zhaoqin City and will take the various family heads with him. It is estimated that he will leave soon." Wu Gen looked solemn. Zhaoqin City is the ancestral home of the Ji family, located in the vast Qi west of Hanlu City. In the mountain, every lord who dies must be buried here.
"It seems that it is about to be launched. Who will stay in Hanlu City?"
"Ji Chen will stay in Hanlu City, and Ji Ye will accompany him to Zhaoqin City."
"He's gone, where are the Northern and Southern armies?" Wu Gen frowned.
"Don't worry, there's still time. I'll bring him a guard bird." Yang Zheng said confidently,
"Our secret agent has also been accounted for. Let's follow the order and set off." Wu Gen nodded, looking a little worried.
"The Lu family is easy to talk to, but I'm afraid the other families won't move."
"Don't worry, I will also send people to the main cities of these families, ready to spread some rumors. Besides, as long as the Lu family moves, other families have no choice but to move. They have a relationship where both prosper and lose. Is it possible to see the Lu family lose? Implicate them again." Yang Zheng was still full of confidence.
"By the way, the bridge class has been thinking about the mirror you brought back for so long, and finally got some ideas." As he said this, Yang Gen took out a mirror from his arms. It was Wu Gen who seized it from Meng Shuo. By the way, the water was brought back to Xingshan from the moon,
"This thing is quite important. You must keep it well, otherwise I wouldn't have traveled so far to deliver this." The two were talking and a head came out from behind the tree. Niu Chao looked at it with a dissatisfied look on his face. Looking at Yang Zheng,
"Fat man, bring this little greeting gift when you come, you are so ignorant." Yang Zheng smiled slightly,
"I'm talking to your father, kid, get away." Niu Chao blinked.
"It's great that my mother is in Xingshan."
"You... mother." Yang Zheng and Wu Gen's faces turned dark at the same time.
