At sunrise, Zhennanguan finally stopped.
The heavy rain that had been falling for half a night finally stopped, but turned into thick white mist again. It was so thick that you couldn't see anything beyond a foot away.
The soldiers at Zhennanguan turned a blind eye to this. After breakfast, normal training began, with no intention of sending troops.
Eunuch Shao was old, so he spent half the night with a group of generals with his eyes open. After scolding his adopted son, he quickly went back to catch up on his sleep.
Yuan Xingwen watched him leave, then looked out the window at the vast expanse of white with no expression on his face.
"As the saying goes, heavy fog only lasts for three days. After three, eighteen days." He asked, "What day is it today?"
"Back to General, it's already the fourth day."
Yuan Xingwen nodded and said inexplicably, "The fog is a good thing."
He changed the subject, "Since the drumming is the tradition of my town, Nanguan, then we should beat it once at midnight, noon and lunch time. Each time for an hour."
The generals looked strange, looked at each other and then dispersed.
Huchou Mountain.
Nestled in the mountain forest, Ren Ning and his party wiped the fog off their faces.
It was dark and rainy last night and the road was slippery. They rested in the forest and did not move again.
The thick fog persisted at this time, and no matter what they wanted to do, they were still unaware of it.
The three thousand elders remained silent and gathered around to look at the map. After discussing a few words in a low voice, they waved the flag for the team to follow and continued towards the Valley of Tiger Sorrow.
Ren Ning's eyes were cold and he walked silently.
He has never been to Tiger Sorrow Valley.
However, Scout Yunchui had already known this strategic location clearly and even drew a detailed map. Therefore, Ren Ning is no stranger.
Huchou Valley is a small sinkhole. Except for the east side, which leads directly to Huchou Pass, the other three sides are cliffs that are difficult to climb and are more than ten feet high.
The warehouses used to store grain and grass in the pit are all made of bricks and tiles. Firing rockets from long distances from the top of surrounding cliffs is basically useless. In addition, deep ditches were dug around the warehouse to store a large amount of water. If a fire breaks out, you can get water nearby to extinguish the fire.
As for the east side of Huchou Valley, there are sentry posts on the mountains on the left and right. At twelve o'clock a day, there are people from Nanfeng staring around.
It can not only alert the enemy to attack, but also prevent the enemy from controlling the commanding heights, so that the reinforcements coming from Huchou Pass can be shot and killed.
It can be said that it is easy to get down to this small Huchou Valley, but it is not easy to come back alive.
"General, should we go directly as planned?" asked the commander of the first battalion.
According to the previous plan, while the first battalion attacked the garrison on the left hilltop, the second battalion attacked the right hilltop. Then they collectively blocked the reinforcements coming from Huchou Pass after hearing the news.
As for the fifth battalion, they rappelled directly into the sinkhole and burned all the food and grass with petroleum, flint and other flammable materials.
"There's no rush." Ren Ning shook his head and looked thoughtfully at the vast white fog in front of him: "This fog will last for more than ten days. We have plenty of time, so we don't need to be reckless."
He only had a thousand men under his command, but he couldn't afford to have more than half of them die in just one visit to Huchou Valley.
The team slowly moved down the mountain.
Wangchuan was exhausted, and as it approached noon, there were gradually more mosquitoes around.
We finally arrived at the top of the tiankeng cliff.
"One hundred people from the fifth battalion will clean up the surrounding area. Twenty people from the first and second battalions will each find out the situation of the left and right sentry points and the time of guard change. The others should hide themselves. No one is allowed to use mosquito repellent powder."
The smell of mosquito repellent powder is very pungent, so there is no point in hiding it.
No one had any objections and everyone went about their duties. Work when you need to work, and bury yourself in the dead leaves and soil when you need to be hidden.
Ren Ning picked up the telescope and looked at the bottom of the valley.
Unfortunately, the surrounding fog was too heavy and he didn't see anything. There isn't even a red dot under Goldfinger.
Hesitating.
Suddenly, crash!
Huchou Pass was full of people.
In an instant, the drumming sound started again.
Ren Ning's heart moved and she looked up to the north.
At this time, in Zhennanguan, flags were flying and drums were beating loudly.
Yuan Xingwen sat expressionlessly in the Chinese army tent, wiping his shiny sword over and over again, turning a deaf ear to the commotion outside.
Not long after Eunuch Shao fell asleep, he was so frightened that he rolled out of bed.
He opened the mosquito net and cursed: "Xiao Luzi, what happened outside? Why are you beating the drum again?"
Xiao Luzi ran in crawling, and reminded with aggrieved face: "Father, didn't General Yuan say that last night? It is Zhennanguan's tradition to play drums from time to time."
He scratched his arm that was swollen by mosquito bites and complained softly: "There are mosquitoes everywhere in this damn place. It's really impossible to live."
Only then did Eunuch Shao react. He reached out and swatted a mosquito to death: "Yuan Xingwen didn't send troops?"
Xiao Luzi shook his head and said resolutely: "Absolutely not. It's just a drum beating, everything else is normal. The city gate to the south has always been closed tightly and has never been opened."
"That's good!" Eunuch Shao rubbed his forehead, which was sore due to lack of sleep, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that General Yuan still understands the general situation."
Like a sick chicken, he sat there half-dead for a while, then suddenly banged the bed board
Zhennanguan would beat the drums so loudly from time to time, which greatly affected the normal work and rest. Although Eunuch Shao was the last person, he still wanted to live for a few more years.
"Xiao Luzi, since the imperial edict has been sent, everything is as usual at Zhennanguan. You can pack your luggage. In the afternoon, father and son, we will go north to see the situation at Yingshan Camp. If everything is okay, we will return to the Imperial Capital."
"Father, is it true?" Xiao Luzi's eyes lit up.
"Son, go pack your luggage now." He ran out happily.
Although I have only been here for two days, little Luzi has had enough of the dense mosquitoes and suffocating humid climate here in the south.
In the afternoon, Eunuch Shao bid farewell to Yuan Xingwen and left Zhennanguan for Yingshan Camp.
The driver had not gone a few miles when he ran into a neat and menacing team.
Eunuch Shao quickly ducked away, looked up and stayed there.
A large red flag was flying at the front of the team, and the logo on it looked so familiar.
Block the falling stars with one sword and one sword!
"It's Xingluo..." Mr. Shao was about to ask.
boom!
He had been knocked unconscious from behind. The entire team was also directly controlled and escorted back to Yingshan camp without any resistance.
Wei Junqian came out, looked at the old eunuch, and waved his hand expressionlessly, "Lock them up! They cannot be released without my order."
When it was time to have dinner, Zhennanguan beat the war drum again. This caused everyone from Huchou Guan to the general down to the soldiers in the south to panic.
"Report! All the Xingluo Legion troops from Yingshan Camp are out and heading south."
"What?" Ruan Qianren was very angry.
He became energetic and asked quickly: "Where is Zhennanguan?"
There are only 30,000 Xingluo Legion stationed in Yingshan Camp. Without the help of Zhennanguan, Ruan Qianren has 200,000 troops at his disposal, but he is not afraid at all.
Before the spy could reply, there was another sound of horse hooves outside.
"Report!"
"Canglan County and Baihua County blocked the eastern sea. All our ships going north were intercepted, three were sunk, and the envoys sent by the king have been beheaded."
