The fighter opportunity is fleeting and no one dares to neglect it.
After some discussion, the two generals quickly left Huchou Pass with 60,000 troops.
Ruan Qianren was making calculations in his heart.
There are already garrison troops in the royal capital, plus the local garrison and the 60,000 people who came back as reinforcements, there are already nearly 100,000 people. Even if they head-on against the main force of 30,000 Xingluo, it should be enough.
Moreover, they only planned to besiege but not attack, leaving the Xingluo people to be in chaos due to lack of food, and then slowly annihilate them.
Ruan Qianren thought about it for a while before he took his seat in the main seat.
There should be no problem.
Pei Zhuang came over with a depressed face: "Brother-in-law..."
cough!
Ruan Qianren glared, "Sister, what are you doing? Call me General."
"Yes, yes, general." Pei Zhuang nodded quickly.
"There has been heavy thunder and little rain in Zhennanguan these days. No, there is no rain at all. It seems that Yuan Xingwen is just threatening and does not dare to come and attack us. There is nothing to do at Huchou Pass. How about I take people back to the capital? Yes. That’s good..."
It's a good idea to make up for it.
That night he took 20,000 people to Huchou Valley to put out the fire. It was originally an easy task.
As a result, half of the food and grass was burned, and only a few corpses of the enemy were found. He himself suffered more than two thousand casualties. The comparison is simply appalling.
If it weren't for the fact that he was Ruan Qianren's brother-in-law, he would have been sprayed with blood by other generals and even dealt with by military law.
Ruan Qianren couldn't help but glared at him again, "How do you know Yuan Xingwen is not paralyzing us? Put away your little thoughts and go back to train your subordinates honestly. Just in case."
Huchou Pass was originally garrisoned with 200,000 troops, of which 20,000 left the East China Sea and 60,000 returned to the capital. Now there are only 120,000 troops.
Facing Zhennanguan, which was looking at him eagerly from the north, Ruan Qianren did not dare to be careless.
I just thought about the fact that half of the food and fodder was destroyed for no reason the night before. But this is the lean season, which is worse than losing half of the troops.
Thinking of this, Ruan Qianren couldn't help but glared at his brother-in-law with murderous intent.
"Have you found the men and horses who attacked Huchou Valley? They will come over again and burn other food and grass. You don't need to do anything, general, just jump off the city wall yourself."
"Found it." Pei Zhuang shrank his neck and his voice suddenly became much lower.
"According to the news that the scouts returned, the group spent a day and a night quickly crossing several mountains and retreating as far as the Fierce Snake Valley. It seems that they plan to go south along the Fierce Snake Valley to the capital. It seems that they will not come to harass them again. We are.”
As for that group of people, which only numbered three thousand, Pei Zhuang did not dare to tell him.
But even if Pei Zhuang didn't say anything, Ruan Qianren knew mentally that there wouldn't be too many enemies.
After all, he was his brother-in-law. For the sake of the tigress at home and the power of the in-law family, he had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb and not notice.
Walking to the map, Ruan Qianren measured the location of Fierce Snake Valley and couldn't help but take a breath.
It was not close to Huchou Pass, and the mountains were steep and the roads were slippery. It only took a day and a night for this group of people to reach the Snake Valley. They were definitely a rare group of elite soldiers and strong generals.
There are at least 200,000 troops in Huchou, and few teams can have such efficiency.
Worthy of being the Starfall Legion.
Ruan Qianren's eyes subconsciously returned to the capital of Nanfeng, and his expression suddenly became very ugly.
Although the 100,000 people gathered together in a hurry can't be said to be a mob, the gap between them is definitely not small. Can it really surround Xingluo 30,000 main force?
If I were eaten by them one by one like forty years ago...
"Come here, go find General Zhang." The more Ruan Qianren thought about it, the more he felt it was not safe, so he quickly asked his bodyguard to find him.
After the guards left, the tent became even quieter.
Pei Zhuang's face turned ugly, "Brother-in-law, don't let outsiders do it. If General Zhang can do it, so can I. Why don't you let me..."
"Stop!" Ruan Qianren interrupted him, "You are still too young, stay in the gate and train."
After a pause, his tone softened, "You don't have to worry about running out of battles. If Zhennanguan sends troops, then it will be your time to show off your skills."
"There's nothing wrong with that." Pei Zhuang was disheartened.
"Yuan Xingwen was originally a coward. He lived in Zhennanguan for more than ten years without saying a word. It's not that he took the wrong medicine this time, since he has played tricks with us. It's just that as the saying goes, if you go all out, you can do it again. Heartfelt, three times and exhausted. I don’t know how many times the drums have been beaten at Zhennanguan these days, and the soldiers have long since lost their energy."
As he spoke, Pei Zhuang suddenly had an idea flash in his mind.
"Sister... General, everyone knows that the Xingluo Army has always been unreasonable, and Wei Junqian is so happy about it. I think Yuan Xingwen was probably pressured by Wei Junqian to beat the drum to show off, but he knew that Emperor Changxing would definitely be angry, so he just beat the drum Not leaving the city.”
"In this way, both parties can be pleased, but neither party will be offended."
He vowed: "Therefore, I can guarantee that Zhennanguan will not send troops."
Ruan Qianren looked up at the map and said noncommittally: "You go back first, and I will think about it carefully. I always feel that something is wrong."
Peizhuang Xuxu thought for a while, but Ruan Qianren did not let go until General Zhang arrived.
He had no choice but to leave depressed.
That afternoon, another 30,000 people hurriedly left Huchou Pass.
Snake Valley
It was just dawn on the third day.
咴咴咴.
There was a sound of horses honking.
Lei Er broke through the white mist and rushed back.
Not to mention the three days given by Ren Ning, it was even two hours earlier than his previous promise.
As soon as he got off his horse, Ren Ning personally brought a bowl of meat over.
"Don't say anything first, eat your stomach first."
The road was difficult to navigate due to the fog. To be able to come back so early, Lei Er and his party must have been walking back all night with empty stomachs.
Lei Er nodded hahaly, taking the soup bowl and pouring it into his mouth, regardless of how hot the soup was. Then he chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed them whole.
"General." Knowing that Ren Ning was anxious, he quickly whispered in his ear.
Ren Ning's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he said directly: "Give me the order, everyone packs up immediately and sets off in a quarter of an hour. The target is Tiger Sorrow Valley."
After finishing the soup and meat, Lei Er burped.
He shrugged his nose and suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood.
Xiao Gang knew that he had a big belly, so he brought a big bowl of meat over with a smile.
"Stop sniffing. We killed the Yanqing who came from Huchou Pass one by one, and their corpses are piled over there." He pointed to the pile of rocks not far away.
Lei Er suddenly understood and stopped asking.
Another day and night later, Ren Ning's three thousand people returned to Huchou Mountain again.
Just after crossing the mountain range, there were loud killing sounds from both the north and south of Huchou Pass below. The clanking and clanking of weapons was endless.
what's the situation?
Ren Ning and the others looked at each other in confusion.
Ruan Qianren's heart was beating fast as he was locked in Huchou, and he was also asking his subordinates what was going on.
These days, the three-way drums sound on time every day in Zhennanguan. The spies who arrived in Nanfeng turned a deaf ear and were too lazy to report back.
Unexpectedly, at noon that day, the war drums had just sounded, Zhennanguan suddenly opened the city gate, and an overwhelming number of soldiers came out.
How far can it be more than thirty miles?
The troops of Zhennan Pass crossed the Huchou River in an instant and reached the gate of Huchou Pass.
This is nothing.
Suddenly, a large number of people and horses rushed out of the vast white mist south of Huchou Pass, pressing over unstoppably.
In the haziness, someone saw three flags coming from the south, with three different characters "Yun Chui" written on them.
