More than forty years ago, General Huo Zheng and Princess Yiguang led troops to attack the capital of Nanfeng Kingdom. Although he failed to capture the capital, he had a clear grasp of the area north of the capital, and even drew an extremely detailed map.
Although the bandit plan half a month ago was cancelled, the topographic map of northern Nanfeng was already firmly engraved in the minds of Ren Ning and others.
In the forward camp, Guan Luping knocked hard on the hanging map of Nanfeng and looked deeply at the ten subordinates sitting in front of him.
"The general's order has been issued. What is before us is the attack. Tomorrow our 10th Forward Battalion will set off in two groups. The goal is to bypass Huchou Pass and go straight to the capital of Nanfeng."
Tiger worries pass.
Ren Ning's eyes fell on the canyon about thirty miles south of Zhennanguan.
The land of Nanfeng is shaped like an elongated eggplant.
Huchou Pass is a natural pass in the north, with towering mountains and forests on both sides and a rushing river in front. Nanfeng stationed a full 200,000 elite troops here, and made the entire Huchou Pass impregnable.
Its function is to guard against Zhennanguan going south and protect the grain-producing areas in the rear; it can also attack Zhennanguan from the north at any time; it can even take a boat to the east and go out to the sea, and then act as a pirate.
"Attention," Guan Luping tapped the map again: "Our primary goal is not to attack the capital. Of course, if King Nanfeng remains asleep and opens the city gate to welcome us, this will be an exception."
Ha ha.
Everyone laughed.
"Our purpose is to intimidate King Nan Feng and force him to withdraw his troops from Huchou Pass to protect the capital. Then we will cooperate with the Chinese army to eliminate most of their troops stationed at Huchou Pass."
Without the 200,000 elites at Huchou Pass, and destroying their main grain-producing areas, whatever ideas Nanfeng had could only be ideas.
Ren Ning stood up.
"General, what if they learned the lesson of Princess Yiguang last time and decided not to evacuate people from Huchou Pass, but instead sent people from other places, such as the south, to escort them?"
More than forty years ago, Prince Zhenguo and Princess Yiguang split their troops in two directions, bypassing Huchou Pass from the sea and the small country in the west, and went straight to the capital of Nanfeng.
When the troops approached the city, King Nan Feng was so frightened that he quickly transferred back the troops from Huchou Pass.
As a result, without the protection of Huchou Pass, the so-called Nanfeng elite were no match for Yun Chui's soldiers. Three times five times two were eaten up.
Guan Luping laughed and said, "If Hu Chou can't be released, let them be the kings first."
"Nanfeng is a small country with few people, but they are always dishonest. We don't need to be polite and just destroy the grain-producing areas around their capital, and then attack Nanfeng's capital and force them to move the capital."
Everyone laughed again.
Nanfeng's territory is narrow, with mountainous areas to the north and Zeguo to the south. The main grain-producing areas are near the capital. Because of what happened in the past forty years, many Nanfeng ministers had suggested moving the capital in an attempt to get further away from Yunchui.
However, due to land constraints, no matter where they moved, their efforts would be in vain. It is nothing more than the difference between running two steps more and taking two steps less. If any large army moves to the middle, they will lose half of their territory and cannot be connected from end to end.
This is also the reason why Nanfeng worked hard to capture the southern part of Yunchui. One is to acquire more land, and the other is to expand strategic depth.
"Attention, I will assign tasks now."
brush!
Ren Ning and ten people stood up straight at once.
"Ren Ning was appointed as a guerrilla general and led a total of 3,000 people from the 1st, 2nd and 5th battalions to Huchou Valley to destroy the logistics and food supplies at Huchou Pass so that they could not become kings of the mountain. After completing the task, they must be on February 15th at the latest. Rush to the capital of Nanfeng to meet me."
Ren Ning stood up, took the command flag with the word "Ren" embroidered on it, and looked at Huchou Valley, which was almost attached to the back of Huchou Pass, "I promise to complete the mission."
Guan Luping nodded, "The rest of the troops will work with me to open a wide road directly to the capital of Nanfeng for the main force of the legion."
"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order.
That night, Guanlu Ping played the erhu for half the night.
the next day.
On February 2nd, the dragon raises its head!
The forward camp in the early morning was already crowded. Soon after, Ren Ning led three battalions of men and horses to leave the Yingshan Camp and headed straight to the southwest.
He has long been familiar with the two captains of the first and second battalions. Although Ren Ning was the youngest, the other two battalion commanders said nothing.
After all, they had seen Ren Ning's force when they were at the Rock Frontier Fortress and knew they were outmatched.
In addition, we arrived at Yingshan Camp. In addition to training, each battalion also conducts exercises frequently.
All in all, every camp has its winners and losers. But as soon as they went up the mountain, the chances of winning for the fifth battalion led by Ren Ning would skyrocket, and they had no choice but to surrender.
Twenty miles is not a road, but Ren Ning did not leave the country directly from Zhennanguan. Instead, they led the team to the southwest for more than fifty miles before diving into a small ravine called the Fierce Snake Valley.
"Chasing the Wind!" Ren Ning patted the energetic black horse and pointed at the peak on the left side of the Fierce Snake Valley, "Go up the mountain!"
Zhui Feng knew what his master was doing and didn't say a word. The hooves dug hard at the sand and gravel on the ground, and rushed up the mountain quickly.
However, the mountain was steep and densely forested, and the black horse was sweating profusely just after reaching the middle of the mountain, and could not go up again.
Ren Ning was not surprised. He patted Zhui Feng's neck to comfort him, abandoned his horse and climbed up a big tree.
Standing on the canopy of the tree, he raised his binoculars and looked around.
Under the golden fingers, red dots were scattered.
Ren Ning was not surprised either.
This place is called Fierce Snake Valley, where snakes and insects are everywhere. It's strange that there is no red dot.
He observed carefully for a while and confirmed that it was not an ambush before waving the flag.
Telescopes are still scarce, but every general in the Starfall Legion who is over 1,000 years old is equipped with one.
After receiving the news from Ren Ning, the team passed through the lush shrubs, stepped on the uneven path, and quickly headed south.
Almost the moment Ren Ning and the others left the Yingshan camp as an organization, the Nanfeng spies noticed something was wrong and rushed back to try to pass the information back to Nanfeng.
The two places are not far apart, but the spies are spies after all, so they have to stay away from the crowds and head south through the deep mountains and old forests.
The large force moved relatively slowly, and by the time Ren Ning and his three thousand men took a detour, they arrived next door to Huchou Valley. Huchou Pass has just received the news.
Tiger worries pass.
Ruan Qianren and Da Ma Jin Dao were sitting in the main seat, listening to the reports from their subordinates, with a gloomy expression on their face.
After the Xingluo Legion entered the Yingshan Camp, they immediately combed through the nearby places where they could spy on the situation in the camp, and even intercepted and killed many spies from Nanfeng.
Now only a few people who hide deeply can survive.
With fewer people, the information sent back is less, intermittent, and even contradictory.
"Three thousand people wearing strange clothes left Yingshan Camp early in the morning and headed southwest?" Ruan Qianren looked at the map thoughtfully, "What's going on at Zhennan Pass?"
"Back to General, there has been no movement at Zhennanguan."
Ruan Qianren nodded.
The two levels are thirty miles apart, which can be said to be just under the eyes. Anyone standing on the mainland can clearly see each other's every move.
If the eyes say there is no abnormal movement, then there is no abnormal movement.
On the contrary, the Starfall Legion was still a little far away from the border, and the surrounding area was tightly guarded. It was difficult for them to obtain accurate information.
"The general suspects that the three thousand people in Xingluo are targeting us?" A subordinate chuckled.
"If there is no movement at Zhennang Pass, this number of people is too small. Moreover, the Emperor of Yunchui has strictly prohibited them from sending troops. Presumably the Xingluo Army did not dare to resist the order. They are probably out to buy something or to show off."
In the past, when the Yanhui Corps was stationed at Yingshan Camp, they would send troops of various sizes out from time to time. It's euphemistically called long-distance training, but it's actually just about having fun.
Otherwise, they would go crazy if they were trapped in a mosquito-filled camp for a long time.
