"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Nie. I'm so ashamed. Along the way, I just took a boat and a car and didn't do anything.
On the contrary, it hurt Brother Li and all my friends. They were injured in order to save me. It was their hard work.
If anything happens to them because of me, then the old man will be the one to blame. "
Hearing this, Nie Chen laughed and said,
"Mr. Ning is indeed a well-educated and reasonable man. With your understanding, the hard work and dangers of Li Mo and others will not be in vain.
You can rest assured that the contributions of Li Mo and the Shadow Guard brothers will be recorded in the credit book.
Come, old man, a dinner has been prepared for you in the General’s Mansion. Let’s stay there tonight and set off back to the county town tomorrow! "
Nie Chen had already prepared the promised seven-entry mansion. Not even Liang Peng, Ouyang Ming and others had such treatment.
Of course, Nie Chen also said that as long as they bring their families over, they will also be given a big house.
It's just that Liang Peng's family is in Hulan County, and he hasn't sent anyone to pick him up yet, while Ouyang Ming keeps silent about his family.
Nie Chen's plan was to take the old couple of the Ning family to see the big house first, to reassure them, stay there for two days, and then go to visit the surrounding areas of the county to ensure that they feel the warmth from Weihu County.
That night, Nie Chen hosted a dinner at the General's Mansion to entertain Ning Wushuang's parents.
During the dinner, Ning's father asked where Ning Wushuang was, but Nie Chen just excused himself and said that Nie Shuai was still leading troops to fight.
Ning's father thought that Ning Wushuang was helping Nie Chen fight, but he didn't know that Ning Wushuang was leading the troops to fight Nie Chen.
During the dinner, Nie Chen kept praising Ning's father for being well-read in poetry and books, for being talented, and for being a rare sage. He only praised the old man so much that he felt that he, who was not talented enough, finally met Bole who could see his talent.
After resting for a night at the General's Mansion, Nie Chen sent Ning's parents out of Guiling Pass the next morning. He took Qi Huan and a group of guards and hurried to the army.
An army of 130,000 people marched toward the north in a mighty manner.
The road at the foot of the mountain is not flat, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, but there are not many crops, which will not trample the farmland, and there are few people, making sufficient preparations for the army to hide their whereabouts.
According to the calculation of the route, they were walking north in a straight line, while Ning Wushuang's army needed to go east to Jiuyuan County first, then go north, pass through Anjiuguan, enter the grassland, and then go west.
On the way, they were much closer than Ning Wushuang's army.
You can enter the ambush location before the enemy.
At the same time, Nie Chen also sent an order to Wang Hao, asking him to detach an army of 30,000 and go to Hutou Mountain to wait.
After dividing the 30,000 people, there are only 20,000 people left on Wang Hao's side, but this is not a big problem. After all, Qingding is currently fighting the Qingyan Department and has no time to take care of Qingshui County.
However, according to the intelligence report, the Qiyan tribe was completely defeated. Facing the army of all the people in Queding, it was almost impossible to resist, and there was no way to form an effective counterattack. Queding had already launched a siege on the headquarters of the Qiyan tribe. It won't be long before this happens. A grassland war should have an outcome.
By then, Nie Chen would probably have solved Ning Wushuang's troubles and be able to concentrate on fighting Que Dingding.
After marching for more than ten days, the army finally arrived at Hutou Mountain over the mountains and ridges.
Sure enough, just like Qi Huan's intelligence, Hutou Mountain has a gentle terrain, dense vegetation, and a large area in the valley, which is very suitable for the Tibetan army.
Although the enemy could very well annihilate them all with a single fire, Ning Wushuang still understood the principle of setting fire to the mountain and sitting at the bottom of the prison.
Unless it is a very extreme situation, no commander or general is willing to set fire to the mountains, because once the fire ignites, it will be uncontrollable and will spread quickly, burning his own people, burning farmland, and killing innocent people. , carrying the eternal infamy.
Even if you win the battle, you will be held accountable.
Now Nie Chen has a total of 160,000 troops. This is Nie Chen's entire main force except for the 20,000 people in Guiling Pass and the 20,000 people in Qingshui County.
Here, there are 50,000 Tiantai Army, 50,000 Longxing Army, 30,000 Jinping Army and 30,000 Qingshui Army.
The composition of the personnel is very complex, and the combat effectiveness is also uneven. It needs to be tempered by a war of blood and fire.
After setting up camp in the valley south of Hutou Mountain, Nie Chen took Ouyang Ming, Liang Peng and other senior generals to climb to Hutou Mountain.
Hutou Mountain is like a tiger head, with a high top, an arc shape on the south side, and a large depression on the north side, like a tiger with its mouth open. This concave area is not very obvious. , but very flat.
"This is really a good place to set up camp."
Liang Peng pointed to the open space at the bottom of the mountain and said,
"There are mountains behind and on both sides, which can prevent the enemy from being surrounded. There are springs and streams flowing down behind the mountains, which can ensure the drinking water of the army.
If the enemy attacks, they can only attack from the north. It can be said to be an excellent location for defense. "
Ouyang Ming smiled and said,
"What Liang Shuai can think of, Ning Wushuang can naturally think of, and he will also set up camp here.
At that time, our army will send a small number of troops and horses, occupy the position on the top of the mountain, and deploy broken crossbows, so that we can command the top.
Then, the main force of the army attacked the enemy's camp head-on, and the city-breaking crossbow trebuchets were launched together, which would definitely put great pressure on the enemy.
The enemy army just wants to climb the mountain and retreat, but the uphill mountain road and our ambush will make it difficult for them to do so. "
"Yes, then we will decide the outcome in a battle, directly break the enemy camp and capture Ning Wushuang alive!"
Ma Niubi said excitedly.
However, Ouyang Ming and Liang Peng shook their heads together.
"That's impossible. We divided 20,000 people to occupy the position on the top of the mountain to block the enemy.
There were only 140,000 people left, who set up camp around the enemy and then prevented the enemy from breaking out.
Trapping them to death in this mountain col.
When they run out of ammunition and food, they will inevitably break through. What we have to do is to hold the line of defense and prevent the breakout.
The offensive and defensive sides have changed positions. Our main combatants are smaller than the enemy's troops, and most of them are new soldiers. It is difficult to completely wipe out 150,000 enemy troops. "
Nie Chen sighed leisurely,
"The first step is to attack the enemy, then the second step is to attack the enemy, the second step is to attack the army, and the second step is to attack the city. Now that we have done the first two, the rest, the chance of victory is very high."
"My lord, these are good words, I must remember them."
Liang Peng took out the small notebook he carried with him from his arms and began to memorize it.
Ouyang Ming also smiled and said,
"Our lord will always say some mysterious words from time to time. When people taste it carefully, they feel that it is infinitely mysterious."
Nie Chen smiled brightly and said,
"If you two can talk, talk more. I like to hear it."
