Anchang County, Yangxia County, is home to the largest mountain peak in the Jin Kingdom, Hangning Mountain.
Hangning Mountain is more than 3,000 meters above sea level. The mountain is covered with green trees, ancient cypresses and verdant trees. The springs in the mountains flow and gurgling all year round, just like a dragon spitting out pearls.
As the saying goes, those who rely on mountains and mountains rely on water. Many villagers in counties and counties near Hangning Mountain make a living by hunting. In Anchang County alone, there are hundreds of hunters registered with the government. These people are the best to be recruited during wartime. marksman.
Hangning Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. Due to its dangerous terrain and its location on the border with Jinliang, it is logical that many bandits and bandits would gather in the mountains and forests. However, Hangning Mountain's reputation has never been that of strongmen.
It had been more than two days since Guan Cheng led the people into Hangning Mountain, but they had only traveled less than fifty miles.
After defeating Tang Chou, Guan Cheng spent several days collecting prisoners and reorganizing the young refugees, doing his best to expand his strength and conducting basic training before continuing on the road.
It was just that the journey was not peaceful. Although Liu Jie had some scruples and did not dare to blatantly attack Guan Cheng, he was still disgusted. A total of three thousand gold soldiers were disrupted and disguised as bandits and sneaked into various places to stop them.
Liu Jie's original intention was to tire out the enemy, but he didn't expect that this journey would become Guan Cheng's training path. Although many recruits died in the battle, those who survived were the elites.
At this time, there were less than 2,000 people under Guan Cheng's command, even including his family members. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness, the entire team could be said to be an entire army. Even children aged five or six would follow them noisily with a wooden stick in their hands. Behind his master, he would take it out and wave it from time to time.
Wu Chengju rushed up from behind and caught up with Guan Cheng's carriage and said, "Your Highness."
Guan Cheng turned around and said with a smile: "Why did the flies run away?"
Wu Chengju said: "Going back to your highness, there is a minister and less than fifty people. Eight of the men were killed, and six more were injured."
"Well, is the big car enough? No matter how serious the injury is, no one can be left behind. The journey here is long, and the only thing that can go this far is the human heart. Don't do such unreasonable things."
Wu Chengju smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, it is enough for now, but I don't know how many days it can last. This mountain road is difficult to travel, and our army has too many things. I heard that this Hangning Mountain is hundreds of miles away. , I’m afraid it will be difficult to get out if we go like this.”
While the two were talking, Wang Ye came from the front and said, "Your Highness, we encountered ten suspicious people in front of us. I'm afraid they are Jin Bing scouts in disguise."
Guan Cheng lowered his head and said nothing. Although he remained calm and calm on the outside, he was already worried inside.
The soldiers and civilians had high morale because of their continuous victories.
It’s just that Guan Cheng knows that Jin Guo’s methods must be far more than this.
"It's really a fly, it's endless." Guan Cheng patted the railing a few times, feeling a little depressed.
Wang Ye said: "Your Highness, this is not the solution. Although the morale of the soldiers is high now, they will definitely be war-weary in the long run."
"Moreover, there are many Jin soldiers. They are currently divided into multiple groups and their strength is weak. However, if they are gathered together, it will definitely be detrimental to our army. The most important thing is that we have no idea how many Jin soldiers there are and what the distribution of their forces is."
"Our army is like a blind and deaf person at this time, and can only passively accept it."
"In addition, the mountain road is difficult to travel, our army has a lot of baggage and is slow. The Jin Army has time to deploy its troops in front of us, and the Jin Army's troops will become more abundant as time goes by."
Guan Cheng nodded in agreement, but for the moment he had no good solution.
"Your Highness, what Captain Wang said is true." Wu Chengju also said at this time: "From what I can see, the suspicious person appearing in front today is probably the main spies of the Jin Army. Nearly ten days have passed since the Sandaoling battle. The Jin Army has enough time to do these things."
"Then what good ideas do you two have?"
Wu Chengju was well prepared for this and said: "Your Highness, I feel that firstly, our army is small, with more than a thousand soldiers. Even the escort convoy is insufficient, and some troops must be allocated for reconnaissance and flanking rearguards. Furthermore, the baggage, The number of our army is only two thousand, but there are more than a thousand chariots and more than two thousand horses. Often a charioteer and a horseman have to take care of several times as many chariots and horses as themselves, which invisibly slows down the marching speed. Therefore, I feel that on the one hand, our army When you spend a lot of money to recruit Ding Yong and various personnel, on the other hand, you have to give up some things. Apart from the necessary guarantees, all of them are scattered. You can also win over some people's hearts, which may have miraculous effects in the future."
After hearing this, Guan Cheng nodded and said: "It's feasible. Recruiting Ding Yong can also disperse some of the property. As for winning people's hearts, it's still a long time ago, let's not mention it for now. Is there anything else?"
Wang Ye thought for a while and then said: "Your Highness, I think what Wu Sima said is reasonable, but our army may be able to gather our forces and confront the Jin soldiers once."
This sentence made both Guan Cheng and Wu Chengju a little surprised.
"You mean a head-on confrontation?" Guan Cheng asked with some uncertainty.
And Wang Ye nodded heavily as if he had made up his mind and said: "Yes, a head-on confrontation."
"How many people are needed? Our army currently has only a thousand soldiers and horses."
Wang Ye said categorically: "Then a thousand people. In short, we can gather as many people as there are."
Guan Cheng didn't understand and asked: "Why is this? If we fight everything, no, even if we don't fight, we can't afford to lose 20 to 30% of Gu. If the casualties are too great and the morale of the army is unstable, I don't know whether Gu will be able to get out." This is Hangning Mountain."
Wu Chengju also said: "What His Highness said is absolutely true. Wang Ye, it's not that you don't know the situation of our army. The strength of our army is seriously insufficient now. And you also said that we don't know how many Jin soldiers there are. It's so blind." To fight a battle and overwhelm everyone, our Jin army is not that strong now."
Wang Ye said solemnly: "Your Highness, the Kingdom of Jin has been making things difficult for us since we left Zhili County. Your Highness led us in three battles and three victories, annihilating more than 4,000 enemies, and he was also the most elite left winger in the Kingdom of Jin. military."
"Your Highness, this kind of loss has already weakened the Jin State. It is normal for the Jin State not to be reconciled, but for the Jin State, destroying us will not bring much benefit. The people will not increase, the army will not increase, and the wealth will not increase. His Kingdom of Jin may not be able to defend it."
Wang Ye seemed to have understood and continued: "Your Highness may not know that the Jin Kingdom has always had conflicts with the Liang Kingdom in the west, but the Jin Kingdom has always followed Qiang Zhou in the north, so the Liang Kingdom has maintained a certain degree of restraint despite its grievances. , but if the Jin Kingdom destroyed any of the Liang Kingdoms in Peng Shuzhong, it would be impossible for the Jin Kingdom to sit idly by. This time, the Jin Kingdom took advantage of the Liang Kingdom's new king to take the throne and the domestic turmoil before sending troops. However, the Jin Kingdom could only force a few cities and some treasures to be surrendered. , after plundering some of the population to death, it is impossible to destroy Peng Shu Sheji, and it is impossible for Zhou Guo to agree."
"So I think that the Kingdom of Jin must have begun to withdraw its troops in the near future. The frequent sighting of scouts at the moment is probably because the Kingdom of Jin needs to closely investigate the movements of the Kingdom of Liang and does so conveniently."
"If this is really the case, then the number of golden soldiers must be small and scattered. Even if they are gathered together, there will not be many. I think it will not exceed two thousand."
Guan Cheng clapped his hands together and suddenly realized: "So you mean that we can use Liang Guo to dress up as Liang Jun and destroy a group of Jin soldiers, creating a certain illusion for the Jin Guo court to buy time?"
Wang Ye smiled and said: "I have such an idea, but how to do it needs further discussion. We must formulate a foolproof plan. Otherwise, failure may make Liang Guo unhappy."
Guan Cheng nodded and said, "That's natural."
"Your Highness~"
While the three of them were discussing, a voice came from behind. Guan Cheng and others looked back and their hearts tightened. It was a spy from the rear army.
Several people looked at each other and felt something bad.
The scout ran over panting and said: "Your Highness, behind, behind~"
"What happened next? Don't be in a hurry, hold still and speak slowly!"
"The Jin army was found behind, numbering two thousand, and it was the flag of the rear army."
The three people's colors changed drastically, the Jin Kingdom's rear army? Du Tan? Duye donkey?
