"It's a pity that such a powerful man as Manxiang was killed by Yanluo." The army camped at night, and Luo Yao heard the news and came to Song Xin's camp.
"It's a pity. I wanted to take Man Xiang as a subordinate, but I didn't expect Liu Jing to come and kill him." Song Xin felt regretful, "If I had known better, I would have asked Man Xiang to break camp overnight and come back with me."
Luo Yao shook her head slightly, "Maybe you escaped by chance. If you followed the barbarian elephant, Liu Jing might just kill you if he saw you."
"I'm not his opponent yet. I pretended to be your grandfather to scare him, but I think he will see through it soon."
"I think you are no longer safe in the army. Why don't you come back to Immortal City with me for a while?" Luo Yao suggested: "When we get there, even if we lend him some courage, he won't dare to attack you!"
songs The Luo family can protect themselves, but who knows what price they will have to pay in return. And his family is still in Xudu.
Seeing that he refused, Luo Yao changed the subject and said, "By the way, if Liu Jing appears here, is he also coming for the secret place of Qianshan?"
Song Xin was stunned, "What secret realm?"
Luo Yao was quite surprised, "You don't know the secret realm of Qianshan?"
Seeing Song Xin shaking her head blankly, Luo Yao pursed her lips and smiled:
"This was once a battlefield for ancient practitioners."
"battlefield?"
"Well, I heard from my grandpa that in ancient times there was a war between cultivators and monsters. In that battle, countless cultivators and monsters perished. Later, it became a holy land for cultivators to practice."
"Why are they fighting?" Song Xin was quite curious.
"I don't know either." Luo Yao shook her head lightly, "It happened too long ago. At that time, the ancestor of the Luo family had not yet become a practitioner. I just heard that someone encountered the soul of a great monk inside. After some guidance, we achieved great success."
Song Xin smiled and said, "I'm afraid the benefits aren't that easy to get, right?"
"That's natural. The more difficult the place, the greater the reward." Then she blinked her big eyes and said, "This place opens once every ten years, and this year is the time to open it." She paused. , showing a mysterious smile, "Besides, not everyone can go."
"Oh? Does it cost a lot of money?" Song Xin became even more curious.
"The secret realm requires several senior practitioners with advanced cultivation to open it at the same time. I don't know why, but I heard that the abilities of the monsters inside have declined this time. Therefore, only practitioners in the realm of warlocks can enter. But in this way, There are more people who can get in. Because people who are stuck at this stage want to go in and try their luck."
Song Xin was pleasantly surprised. He was at the peak level of a warlock. No matter how he practiced recently, he always felt that he was just one step behind.
Song Xin continued to move forward with the army. After several days of journey, he finally saw his destination, Qianshan.
After the army set up camp, they found that Yu Jin's army was already stationed at the foot of the mountain. Song Xin followed the army and looked at the mountains in the distance. The peaks connected one after another were extremely steep, and the mountains were all covered with lush forests.
"Do you know which one is the hidden mountain?" Song Xin asked after looking for a long time and not finding any enemy troops.
After Zou Yi heard this, he rode forward and said, "Sir Sima, Qianshan is not one mountain, but composed of many mountains, the steepest of which is Tianzhu Peak." He pointed to the front, among the mountains. Sure enough, there was a high mountain standing, half of it was a very steep cliff, and the other half was a gentler slope. There is only one road up the mountain.
"You are quite familiar with this place." Song Xin smiled.
"To be honest, sir, I am from Lujiang County." Zou Yi said.
"I see. General Zou, do you know why this mountain is called Qianshan?" Song Xin asked.
"Qianshan, also known as "犊山", the name comes from the mountain. It is named because the mountains are hidden far and near. When I was young, I listened to the elders in my family
As mentioned before, this place was the fiefdom of Doctor Wanbo during the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his high moral character, the people called his fiefdom Wanbo, and the mountain was also called Wan Gong Mountain or Wanbo Terrace. "
Zou Yi pointed to the highest mountain peak, "Sima, please look at that Tianzhu Peak, which is like a platform. Mountain bandits once gathered grass and stored food on it. Later, Meicheng sent troops to exterminate the mountain bandits and occupied that mountain. , used to station troops."
Song Xin nodded, but this place was very far away from Tianzhu Peak, and it was not clear whether there was a military camp on it.
"Thank you, Brother Zou, for your advice." Song Xin thanked him, and as the army continued to move forward, they set up camp forty miles west of Tianzhu Peak.
As soon as they stopped, they received news from Yu Jin, saying that he had set up camps in the east and south of Tianzhu Peak, and that Mei Cheng and Chen Lan's rebels were on the top of the mountain. Because this place is very steep, with only one road up and down, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
"Zhang Hu, take your brothers to rest here. If General Zhang has an order, obey it first. Zou Yi and I will take him to have a look at the mountain."
"No. Dismount." Upon hearing the order, Zhang Hu immediately ordered everyone to dismount and set up camp. Song Xin and Zou Yi rode towards Tianzhu Peak where the enemy troops gathered.
After running for half a day, Song Xin and his party arrived at a mountain very close to Tianzhu Peak. The mountain was quite gentle. They rode up the mountain and looked at Tianzhu Peak opposite.
"Sir, look, the trees on the mountain were cut down by Chen and Mei to make wooden fences and antlers." Zou Yi pointed at the mountain and said.
"Well, this way they can prevent our army from burning the mountain, but I can clearly see their camp layout." Song Xin said, looking at the enemy camp on the opposite hill. He originally wanted to use his spiritual consciousness to check, but his spiritual consciousness could not detect such a long distance.
However, as far as the eye could see, the enemy's deployment was already clear. Meicheng and Chen Lan set up dozens of small villages on the slopes of the upper and lower mountains, all built with stones and rough wood. If they attacked from the bottom of the mountain, not only would the offensive force be unable to deploy, but there would definitely be heavy casualties.
"Brother Zou, please draw the details of the enemy camp." Song Xin walked to the horse and put his hand into the bag under the saddle, pretending to take something, but actually took it out of the storage ring on his finger. The paper and pen were handed to Zou Yi. :
"Yes." Zou Yi took the pen and paper and began to draw. Song Xin watched from the side as he raised his head to look into the distance from time to time, and then lowered his head to draw pictures. He stepped forward and carefully searched Chen and Mei's central army.
However, the terrain where they were located was lower than Tianzhu Peak, and Song Xin could not see the situation above, but he guessed that it must be the enemy general's tent.
"By the way, Brother Zou, how can we get water on the mountain with so many people?"
"The water source around Qianshan is quite abundant. You can get water by digging wells from the top of the mountain." When Mei Cheng broke into the camp of the mountain bandits, he found that they had dug several deep wells, which were more than enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of people. He also hoarded a lot of food, grass and weapons up there, just in case he was defeated one day, and he could go here to accumulate strength. "
"Oh, that's it." Song Xin nodded and said.
"Lord Sima, are you thinking about how to cut off the enemy's water source?" Zou Yi asked.
"Exactly, but you said that this mountain is rich in water. It seems that the water cannot be cut off." For places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, cutting off the water is undoubtedly the best strategy.
"To be honest, sir, although there is abundant water here, if thousands of people are on the mountain, the water will not be enough. And it is summer and autumn now, and the water source will definitely not be enough. They will definitely get water from the river below the cliff. Sir, please Look, there are several wooden frames for water collection on the cliff, which should be able to carry water up the mountain from the river below."
"Okay, you wait for me here, I'll go around and take a look at that side." Song Xin confessed, got off the horse and walked forward. After a while, he saw a big river at the foot of the mountain.
"It seems that Zou Yi didn't lie to me." Song Xin smiled. When he was drawing the picture, Song Xin secretly stared at him with his spiritual consciousness. If Zou Yi deliberately made a mistake, he would notice it.
Continuing to move forward, Song Xin discovered that the river bifurcated to the north of Tianzhu Peak, forming two currents. After flowing for a few miles, they merged again. A sandbar formed exactly in the middle of the two bifurcated rivers. Song Xin saw an enemy camp set up on the sandbar in the middle of the river. Although the entire camp was not large, it was made of huge stones.
It was built with rough wood and the defense was very strong. Judging from the green moss on the rocks, this camp must have been built a long time ago. The rocks raised the entire camp by more than a foot to prevent the sudden surge in the river from destroying the camp.
Not far from the sandbar is the cliff of Huoshan. At the top is a wooden frame with dozens of ropes on it. Dozens of large buckets are hung to transport water back and forth.
"It seems that this camp is specially designed to protect water sources. As long as there is water, the enemy can resist stubbornly. When our army runs out of food and grass, they can go down the mountain to counterattack." Song Xin nodded, thinking about the enemy general's thoughts. The two camps on the mountain and down the mountain can support each other.
"It seems that destroying this camp is the key to this battle." He hid in the forest and watched the soldiers below the camp traveling by boat to both sides of the bank.
Song Xin thought to himself, "If our army builds a boat to cross the river, it will definitely be attacked by the soldiers inside. Crossing the river by water is also not possible. The current here is very fast, and the soldiers will definitely be washed away by the water."
When Song Xin was inspecting the enemy's camp deployment, Zou Yi had already finished drawing the map. Suddenly his ears twitched and he suddenly looked towards the hillside.
"Clatter, crash, crash." Amidst the sound of grass and trees stirring, dozens of figures emerged from the woods.
Zou Yi suddenly turned pale. The leader was a bearded man. When he saw Zou Yi, his eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed:
"Haha, I wonder who it is, it turns out to be you, the traitor!"
Zou Yi's face turned pale, "Is it you!?"
