There is a small town in the southern hinterland of Anling County called Ningwuguan. It is a military town with purely militarized control. This is because the city is home to one of the largest granaries in southern Anling County and is the largest logistics hub in Ganshuiguan. One of the places.
This place is located on a transportation thoroughfare with no wars all year round, a pleasant climate, and the people in the surrounding villages and towns are quite wealthy. Over time, it has become one of the most desirable retirement places for officers of all levels in the Han family.
That night, the sky was overcast, and the thick clouds blocked the moon. Except for the little light provided by the torches of the soldiers guarding the city wall, it was pitch black and extremely quiet.
As it approached early in the morning, the soldiers on duty all found some sheltered corners and huddled together in small groups. Some simply used two or three people to cover themselves with a thin quilt, so that they could stay warm and have a good sleep.
Only the unlucky ones who were on duty at those beacon towers did not have such luck. The guard of Ningwu Pass was usually a very talkative person, but recently he suddenly ordered the soldiers on duty at the beacon tower not to sleep a wink all night, and all the soldiers were also Don't have the guts to disobey.
Tonight, those on duty at the largest beacon tower in the east of Ningwuguan City were a team of strong-looking soldiers with an average age of about thirty or forty years old. The leader carrying the rank of captain of ten was a young man. He was surrounded by a few middle-aged soldiers. Sitting next to a bonfire that will probably be burning all night, and wearing a fur in addition to the armor, he obviously comes from an extraordinary family, "Let me tell you, my brother sent me a letter, saying that there is a place in Ganshui Pass to the east. There's going to be a war again, and this time it won't be a small fight like usual, maybe we'll have a real fight with Yongchang County!"
An old veteran said carelessly, "Mr. Xiao Wang, if we really want to fight, wouldn't your brother have another chance to be promoted? When will things be more peaceful? If you are promoted, I will also go to Ganshuiguan to enjoy the blessings. Remember to take us with you." A few loyal guys."
All the middle-aged soldiers laughed and cheered.
Unexpectedly, the young captain stretched out a finger to his mouth, looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "I'm going to die. What I said today is not to play with you. Over there at Ganshuiguan is There is really a serious situation. Even what my brother wrote in his letter left too much room for error. Obviously, he was very uncertain. Don't blame me for not telling you. When the time comes for recruitment to the front line, we'd better not go there with a headache or fever. If you go there, you might not be able to come back alive!"
The veteran who spoke earlier, Youzi, still had a playful smile on his face. He held up a chicken drumstick in his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao Wang, we just want to follow you. Besides, Ningwuguan is very good. Guarding Ningwuguan is very good." Wucang is delicious and delicious, and we are not those young boys in their teens or 20s, and we don’t want to go to the front line to do military service. In short, we have no chance of being an officer in this life."
The young captain nodded, "You must work hard as a soldier. If you are a commoner, you cannot become a cultivator."
You can get rid of this thought as soon as possible..." Before he finished speaking, he stood up and looked to the west, then sat down and murmured to himself, "Did I see it wrong... .? "
"What did Master Xiao Wang see wrong?" Veteran Youzi asked.
The young captain stared at a beacon tower in the distance and frowned, "I seemed to have seen some firelights on the beacon tower on the other side of the city wall..."
"Hi," said veteran Youzi with a smile, "Maybe it's the torch of the patrolling soldier."
"Impossible, the torches of the patrol soldiers shouldn't be so bright, no!" He ran to the beacon tower wall and looked at the beacon tower in the other direction. The fire was also burning there, but it went out again not long after. He said, "No! There is an enemy attack! Hurry, light the beacon!"
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Several middle-aged soldiers quickly took torches from the bonfire and rushed into the beacon tower. After a while, huge flames rose into the sky in the beacon tower, illuminating the dark night with some red, and then the gongs and drums shook the sky. The sound spread from the military camp closest to the beacon tower, and the entire Ningwuguan woke up!
The young captain looked around quickly and was about to greet a few middle-aged soldiers to get off the beacon tower when he saw a red light coming from the city wall not far away. It fell on the beacon tower in an instant and there was a shocking explosion. The huge beacon tower was cut in half, and the broken stone wall fell down the city wall with the newly lit beacon fire, and was extinguished! !
The young captain stared blankly at the scene in front of him. After a while, he finally remembered and turned around to escape. However, he was decapitated by a young man who came close to him at an unknown moment...
The young man flicked the remaining blood from his sword and spat fiercely on the body of the young captain, "There are actually two beacon towers set up at such a close distance. We might as well hide these beacon towers in the general's home." What a bunch of cowards!"
"Feng Yang, hurry up and open the city gate and order the entire army to attack. At this time, it will take some time for the defenders in the city to prepare and leave the camp." A tall figure fell next to the young man, holding a generous hand in his hand. Chang Jian looked at the city with extremely calm eyes.
"Follow the general's order!" The young man turned over and jumped off the city wall. After a while, he opened the city gate. The elite soldiers approaching quietly from outside the city rushed into the city silently one by one. After a while, the young man returned to the general again. Next to him, "General, I'm afraid we can't hide the news about today's battle!"
The general was naturally Chen Jingzhi. He didn't care what the young man said and just said casually, "Although we entered the hinterland of Anling County very unexpectedly and marched very fast to break through the city, it is difficult to hide. There are traces of my residence, and now that I have reached Ningwuguan, I can’t hide it. I didn’t intend to hide it for the rest of my life.”
The young man yelled, and stood next to Chen Jingzhi to watch the situation in the city with him. It was already getting a little bright at this time, and the number of Cangyan troops who invaded the city was far more than the defenders.
, and soon took control of several important areas in the city, "General, I have a question, can you please clarify it?"
Chen Jingzhi said, "Speak."
The young man gathered his thoughts and asked, "In the art of war, it is forbidden for a lone army to go deep and cut off the rear. Now we have plunged into the hinterland of Anling County and dared to run rampant. It can be said that we are surrounded by enemies on all sides. A few days ago, Uncle...Feng Pi will not return the favor." News came that the Western Army of Anling County has discovered our traces and attacked Nancheng head-on. If the troops along the Ganshui Pass and other areas in southern Anling County are integrated by Han Feng, won't we become turtles in the urn?"
"What kind of bullshit is a turtle in a urn?" Chen Jingzhi looked back at the young man and reached out to slap him hard on the forehead before turning his attention to the city again, "Nancheng is one of the most important bases of Han Feng's lineage. , do you think that old man from the Anling Western Army would not be willing to do so if he could justifiably snatch Nancheng from us? He would not hesitate to pile up 10,000 corpses under the walls of Nancheng, so why did he withdraw his troops? ? Firstly, it was the timely reinforcements from Li Mu's cavalry, and secondly, Xiyi Koubian did not allow him to invest too much troops, energy and time in the direction of Nancheng. If he missed a hit, he would have to roll back in despair. "
When the young man heard the word Xiyi, his eyelids jumped involuntarily.
"As long as the old man's main force of the Western Army in Anling County has no time to look eastward, and the military strength in Roucheng in the north of Anling County is involved in the situation in Sichuan City, no one can stop our cross-river dragon from Anling in the short term. The hinterland of the southern part of the county is crisscrossed, unless Han Feng is willing to abandon Ganshuiguan to return for reinforcements, but you still don’t know that according to the latest battle report, Tongcang and Zhengcang, among the three major military towns in the northern part of Yongchang County, are already in the hands of our Li County. Feng took advantage of the retreat of the Yongchang Northern Army and sent 8,000 elite soldiers into Liangcang City. Now they are trapped there by Zhao Wuji and General Zhao. Do you think Han Feng is capable of returning reinforcements? Even if he wanted to abandon Ganshuiguan, he would abandon it. Without the eight thousand elites in Liangcang City, even if he really abandons those eight thousand elites to return to the southern part of Anling County, we still have enough space and geographical advantages to deal with him," Chen Jingzhi pointed to the large and small granary roads in the city. , "Don't forget, we are not the ones who are short of food now."
He put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice, "Now the southern part of Anling County belongs to us. I have food and soldiers to deploy defenses based on the pass cities, and then gradually encroach on Han Feng's hinterland and finally block him in the narrow Gansu. On the Shuiguan line, by then, there will be General Zhao's Gan Yuan Army to the east of Gan Shui Pass, and our Cangyan Army to the west. Even if Han Feng's Gan Shui Pass is still impregnable, so what if he lacks money, food, and a way out? How long can it last?! You said a lone army, Han Fengcai today is really a lone army with no way forward or backward."
The young man nodded and looked at the battle in the city that was coming to an end, feeling proud for a moment.
But he didn't see that, out of his sight, Chen Jingzhi's face had a solemn expression and his brows were furrowed.
