Facing the city gate suddenly opened by Hou Qing, Yanlong King and others were hesitant to enter, fearing that they would be deceived and harm the lives of thousands of soldiers behind him.
However, Lishan Pass is the only way for Yunmeng's army to enter Jiuli City. They have no choice. If they want to invade Jiuli City, they must enter Lishan Pass.
The Yanlong King asked Zhi Duoxing Yanhua to come up with a best-of-two-worlds solution that would allow the Yunmeng coalition forces to pass Lishan Pass safely while also allowing the Yunmeng army to avoid being ambushed by the Queen.
After thinking about things before and after, Yan Hua and Yin Lingzi finally came up with a complete strategy that could not only allow the Yunmeng coalition forces to pass Lishan Pass, but also prevent the ambush of the Hou Qing in the army.
Yan Hua stepped forward and said to King Yanlong: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen and General Yin Lingzi have come up with a perfect strategy that can relieve your Majesty's worries and ensure that the Yunmeng coalition forces can safely pass Lishan Pass and avoid the ambush of the Queen. "
Hearing this, King Yanlong asked urgently: "Come and tell me, come and listen to me, what is the best plan?"
Yan Hua replied: "Your Majesty, our army can be divided into two groups and pass through Lishan Pass in front and back. In this way, our army can respond to the front and back to ensure that our army can pass through Lishan Pass safely and avoid the ambush set by the queen. ambush."
After hearing Yan Hua's words, Yan Dragon King looked at Yan Hua with confused eyes and said, "Ai Qing, can you make it more clear?"
Yan Hua continued: "Your Majesty, you can divide the Yunmeng coalition forces into two groups and let the first group pass through Lishan Pass first. After they pass safely, give us a signal and we will lead the follow-up troops to pass. If the Queen has an ambush, they will definitely Will be discovered by the front column troops, and the Hou Qing will have to launch an attack on the front column troops. In this way, his conspiracy will be completely exposed in front of our army. At that time, we will counter-encircle them with the vanguard troops and kill them. It will be easy for us to capture Lishan Pass by surprise."
King Yanlong heard Yan Hua's plan and said happily: "In this way, regardless of whether the Queen has an ambush or not, for our Yunmeng coalition, the obstacle of Lishan Pass is no longer in existence."
Yan Hua nodded in agreement and said, "Not bad."
General Qingping asked Yanhua, "Sir, after our army enters the pass, do we need to send troops to take over and guard Lishan? Leave a retreat for our Yunmen coalition forces. If things fail, we still have a retreat."
After hearing what General Qingping said, Yan Hua was silent for a moment and said: "From the moment we decided to attack Jiuli City, we had no way out. What we did was to destroy the cauldron and sink the boat. It is the act of a strong man to cut off his wrist. There is no way out. It means nothing to us anymore whether we leave a way out or not. We are now determined to succeed or die."
Yin Lingzi continued: "We have spent too much time on this journey. If our army wants to take over Lishan Pass by force, the Queen will lead his army to resist to the death. At that time, a fierce battle will inevitably occur, which will consume more of our army." If that's the case, Chi You's body will be cold by the time we attack Jiuli City. Besides, if we attack the key points all the way and send people to stay behind, how many soldiers and generals will we have left when we reach Jiuli City? I'm afraid we don't even have the bargaining chips to negotiate with the ancestors of Jiuli, let alone conquer Jiuli City. Negotiations without chips are destined to have no good results. If we want to retreat, the only way out is for the Yunmeng Alliance to disband. , each returned to his own territory, built a fortress, and waited for Jiuli City's retaliation. This is our only retreat now."
Yin Lingzi's words simply and clearly explained to King Yanlong the situation that the Yunmeng coalition was facing now. Either they would stop here, or they would move forward without any scruples. For them, the word "retreat" means, There is no option anymore.
The Yan Dragon King glanced at Yan Hua, trying to determine whether the situation of the Yunmeng coalition was as Yin Lingzi said. They had reached a dead end with no way out.
Yan Hua nodded with conviction. The situation facing the Yunmeng Alliance Army was just as Yin Lingzi said. He said to King Yanlong: "Your Majesty, now for the Yunmeng Alliance Army, whether to retreat or not, for them, It is meaningless, and the ending is the same. There is only one way before them now, and that is to fail or become a benevolent person. Instead of giving up now and retreating and going back to be beaten passively, it is better to give it a try now and fight with a last ditch effort, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope. Speakable."
Yanlong King thought for a moment and made up his mind: "Okay! If we don't succeed, then we will be benevolent. Let us fight to the death and enter Jiuli City, drive Jiuli old man off the throne, make Chi You the king, and return Jiuli Eighty-One The tribe has a brand new atmosphere.”
"Now, according to the plan of the two ministers, divide the Yunmeng coalition soldiers into two groups and pass through Lishan Pass respectively."
Under the authorized order of King Yanlong, Yanhua and Yinlingzi divided General Yunmeng's soldiers into two groups. The first group was led by General Lonely, General Qingping, and General Yulei, and took the lead to enter and pass Lishan Pass.
When Lonely and the others set off, Yanlong King gave Lonely two signal arrows, one red and one green. Warn them that when clearing the customs, they must carefully observe the surrounding environment to see if there is any ambush. Once they find anything wrong, they will immediately send out red signal arrows and immediately cooperate with us inside and outside to carry out counter-siege against Hou Qing, and quickly encircle and annihilate Hou Qing. Qing defended the remaining troops of the city and captured Lishan Pass.
If they pass through Lishan Pass safely and if they find any abnormalities or ambushes on the way, after they pass the pass, they will send a green signal arrow to Yanlong King, and Yanlong King will lead the remaining troops to meet them through Lishan Pass and join them together. Head to Jiuli City.
After everything was arranged, Lonely began to lead the army into Lishan Pass in a mighty manner. On the way, Lonely did not dare to show any signs of neglect. He carefully checked everything around him and was wary of any ambush that might suddenly appear. He was under pressure and nervous. Every nerve in Lonely's body was tense.
After passing through the city gate of Lishan Pass, Lonely looked up and saw that Hou Qing had gathered all the soldiers of Lishan Pass on the city tower of Lishan Pass, and countless arrowheads pointed at each of them with a chilling light.
All this made Ling Ran immediately nervous. Could this really be an ambush set by the Queen? He immediately organized an army for defense and was ready to counterattack at any time. Lonely looked back at the city gate behind him, but it was still open, which made him somewhat confused about the Queen's intentions.
Seeing the nervous and panic-stricken Yunmeng coalition, Hou Qing raised his hand to signal all the soldiers on the tower to put down their bows and arrows. Seeing this, Jing Ran's nervous heart calmed down a little. At this time, Ling Ran's behavior towards Hou Qing was exactly the same as Zhang Er. The monk was confused as to what kind of medicine Hou Qing was selling in his gourd.
Lonely, he asked the queen on the tower: "General, what do you mean?"
General Houqing replied: "I just want the general to understand that it is okay to pass through Lishan Pass, but if your Yunmeng coalition forces want to take advantage of Lishan Pass, then don't blame me, Houqing, and you for a life-and-death affair. .”
Ling Ran didn't know why the Queen suddenly changed his mind and let the Yunmeng Alliance Army pass. He asked the Queen, "Why did the General suddenly change his mind and let our Yunmeng Alliance Army pass?"
General Houqing replied: "You don't need to know this, and I have no duty to report to you. Your goal is to successfully pass through the Lishan Pass that I am defending. Now that your goal has been achieved, I will not change it yet." The idea is to leave quickly."
Seeing Hou Qing alone, who was acting unusually, I really had no idea what Hou Qing wanted, and was hesitant at the crossroads of whether to advance or retreat.
Seeing this, Hou Qing said with disdain: "General, do you want to go through this Lishan Pass? If you don't leave, then go back. Where did you come from, go back to where you came from. I don't have time to hang around with you here." ,waste time."
Lonely saw that Hou Qing was a little impatient, and did not dare to linger here too much, for fear that Hou Qing would suddenly change his attention and a bloody battle would inevitably occur.
When Lonely led the army to leave, Hou Qing warned him: "General, I hope the two armies are fighting so that no harm will be done to the innocent. The people of Jiuli City are innocent. I hope that you, General Yunmeng, will not make it difficult and massacre them. If you dare, Killing one of the people of Jiuli, I, the Empress, swear here that even if I die, I will definitely fight with your Yunmeng coalition until the end."
"General, you can rest assured that we, the Yunmeng Alliance Army, are not murderous people. The purpose of our visit is already known to the general. I will not say more here. Moreover, the eighty-one tribes of Jiuli have the same origin. If it is not a last resort, , we will not fight with each other. I am here alone to promise the general that the Yunmeng coalition will never harm the life of a Jiuli City citizen." General Lonely replied calmly, Hou Qing warned.
The Yanlong King outside the city had been waiting for the Lonely signal for a long time, and was worried. The Yanlong King asked Yanhua worriedly, saying: "Yanhua, Lonely, they have been gone for such a long time. Whether it is good or bad, there is no signal. Could something have happened?"
Yan Hua raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky, knowing that it was less than half an hour before they set off. He said to King Yanlong: "Your Majesty, I think it must be General Xiongran and the others who have not left the Houqing's military range, so it is too late." They haven’t sent us a signal yet, so we’d better wait. When they get to a safe place, they will naturally give us a signal.”
Yanlong King asked Yin Lingzi uneasily, "According to the general's wishes, is there anything going on here?"
Yin Lingzi replied: "Will something happen? I don't know, but I know. General Lonely and the others should be fine now."
Yanlong King continued to ask: "General, why are you so sure?"
"Based on General Lonely's understanding, if something happens, he will try his best to send us a signal. Now that we have not received a signal from General Lonely, it means that the general and the others are safe now."
After listening to the inferences made by the two think tanks in the Yunmeng Alliance, the Yan Dragon King's anxious heart calmed down a little, and he waited eagerly for the signal of solitude.
To their surprise, they passed Lishan Pass safely without encountering any obstacles, and left the military range set by General Houqing.
For the sake of safety, Hou Qing arranged for spies to explore the surrounding situation to find out whether Hou Qing had set up an ambush along the way they passed. He had to make sure that the follow-up troops could pass through Lishan Pass safely before sending a clearance signal to King Yanlong.
