The Sacred Ding Chapter 160: Westward advance

The gallop from Qintongguan to the west was severely damaged, and in many places, after Wei Yuqi led the main force to pass, small groups of rebels came out of the mountains and destroyed them.

The mountain collapsed and the road collapsed, and Chen Hai and the others left a large number of carriages to the east of Qintong Pass. Tens of thousands of generals only had four to five hundred warriors and seven to eighty light tanks, flocking to Qintong. As the mountains advance, the speed is naturally not fast.

In comparison, the main force of the Xiyuan Army’s 50,000 generals and pawns led by Wei Yu Futures, the advancing speed is not slower than Chen Hai and others, and there are frequent good news to Qin Tongguan, almost every day they can overcome one or two rebels. The walled city entrenched by the army can kill hundreds of rebels.

Half a month later, Chen Hai led his troops to Nanzhangfu in the middle of the Qintong Mountains.

Nanzhang Mansion is located in the hinterland of the Qintong Mountains. The territory is surrounded by mountains. The only place where the city is located is a narrow valley basin. It is about forty miles long from east to west, and 20 miles wide from north to south. The terrain is relatively flat. Many rivers converge from the deep mountains, forming a lake about the size of a basin in the south of Fucheng.

Nan Zhang Mansion has been destroyed. The wall of a dozen miles long is full of cracks and gaps. It has been destroyed in a disastrous manner. The villages outside the city and the houses in the city have been burnt to ashes. In the ruins, there are still countless refugees stranded outside the city waiting to be fed.

Chen Hai and the others have limited supplies, so naturally they have no time to worry about these refugees. What's more, I don’t know how many rebels are hiding among these refugees. They just drove these refugees far away without harassing the army. Possible.

The geographical location of Nanzhangfu City is very important. In addition to the gallop across the Qintong Mountains, there are also many valleys that can penetrate into the hinterland of the Qintong Mountains. Almost 200,000 refugees have fled from Qintongguan to the south. After Zhang Mansion, they fled from these valleys to the depths of the Qintong Mountains.

Wei Yuqi leads the Xiyuan Army with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and can only pursue the main rebels with the most men. However, in order to prevent rebels from other directions from plagiarizing Nanzhang Mansion, the third party of the Xiyuan Army is specially set to tens of thousands. The soldiers and horses stayed in Nanzhang Mansion to ensure that the road was safe.

Good news from the front are frequent, and the soldiers and horses who stay behind are the most anxious; the third capital has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses used as flanking soldiers and horses, even under Qintongguan city, they have not harvested much in their hands. The head of the army did not record much combat exploits.

At this time, seeing Chen Hai leading his troops over, the generals of the third capital, such as Captain Qi and Captain Qi, couldn’t wait to hand over the remnant city. The time has come together.

And the military order sent by the main general Wei Yuqi also requires Chen Hai to lead his department to cover the side, and to fulfill the responsibility of the soldiers and horses.

The third capital soldier Ma went south and joined the main force to chase the remnants. The barracks built in the remnant city of Nan Zhang Mansion vacated, and Chen Hai directly led his troops in.

"What shall we do next?"

Thousands of thousands of troops entered the camp, and they rejected detection, security, and defense. After a period of ups and downs, Tu Ziji had to take Zhao Rong to the big tent to meet Chen Hai, can’t wait to know what follow-up thoughts Chen Hai has in mind .

Chen Hai handed over the tedious military affairs to others. Standing on the hanging map, he was studying the terrain near Nanzhang Mansion. When Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong came into the big tent, he knocked on the wall hanging on the wall. The map said: "This map is too crude and simple, Ziji, you first arrange for manual reconnaissance of the terrain within a radius of two hundred miles, and first draw the map within the Nanzhang Mansion."

This map issued by Taiwei’s Mansion is very crude, hung on the back wall of the large tent. The map only shows the locations of the main rivers, gorges, prefectures and important market towns in the depths of the Qintong Mountains. It is difficult to see the entire terrain near Nanzhang Mansion from this map; the villages where two to three thousand people live are not marked at all.

Chen Hai also knew in his heart that in this world where the power is respected, Xuanzong Gaoxiu's contempt for ordinary people is everywhere. The Taiwei Mansion's mapping of the Qintong Mountains close to the Gyeonggi area is so crude and careless, but it is just one of the manifestations.

Whether it is the Beijing army or the local garrison, the main generals are the children of the clan, and there are many spiritual birds that can be used around them. The topography and landforms of a radius of one or two hundred miles only need to fly on the imperial birds. You can have a panoramic view from a high altitude, and there is really no need to spend too much time on map drawing in Taiwei Mansion and Fu County.

Tu Ziji had to be patient for the first time, and Ann repelled the waiting post to expand the scope of reconnaissance and recorded all the terrain in Nanzhang Mansion.

Chen Hai summoned Zhou Jun, Ran Hu, Wu Meng, Cen Yunfei, Sun Buhui and others to ask about the situation of the camp. After some trivial military affairs were dealt with, he left Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Cheng. , Talk about the real plan in his mind.

Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Chengdu eagerly look forward to Chen Hai’s final idea. Whether it is Mr. Wen or Fan Chun, they must obey Chen Hai’s orders; Chen Hai can also tell from their eyes that they He believed that soldiers and horses should be stationed in Nanzhangfu and on the banks of Nanzhang Lake.

Nanzhang Mansion is located at the main point of Qintong, and it is very close to Qintong Pass. Wei Yuqi is really going to be defeated by the red eyebrow sect. They stationed in Nanzhang Mansion can not only receive the fleeing generals, but also quickly Ushered in soldiers and horses from Qin Tongguan reinforcements.

At this time, Chen Hai returned to the map hung on the wall, using charcoal to sketch out the main advancement route led by Wei Yuqi, and said:

"Wei Yuqi led his troops too deep. From Nanzhangfu to the north, forty to fifty thousand soldiers and horses have penetrated into the Tongbei area, and from Tongbei to Nanzhang, there are 1,700,800 miles of twists and turns, which can be called the pass. There are four pockets in the terrain. As long as any one is blocked by the rebels, the main force of the Xiyuan Army will be completely locked in the depths of Qintong Mountain, and finally eaten by the Scarlet Eyebrow Sect and the rebels with no bones left. We are here to wait, how many disabled soldiers can break out to join us?"

"Go north?" Zhao Rong asked.

"Yes, we must advance northward to Zuojin Valley..." Chen Hai pointed to a node on the map and said without question.

"If the rebels set up an ambush in the Tongbei area, we go deep into Zuojin Valley, and there are three pockets of terrain north of Zuojin Valley, so that the rebels can lock us together in the depths of Qintong Mountain. At that time, Do we all have to be trapped by the rebels?" Tu Ziji said.

"If we can gather 10,000 or 20,000 disabled soldiers in Zuojin Valley, and if the 20,000 people in Taohuawu can rush to Zuojin Valley to meet us in time, can we keep our feet in Zuojin Valley?" Chen Hai asked.

"The strength of the rebels is still far stronger than ours..." Zhao Rong didn't understand why Chen Hai could stand firm among the millions of refugee rebels with twenty to thirty thousand disabled soldiers and twenty to thirty thousand people. Confidence in the heel.

You must know that among the millions of refugees, there are more than a thousand elite followers of the Scarlet Eyebrow Sect led by the heavenly master Gong Liang.

Compared with the slow-moving army, more than a thousand elite followers of the Scarlet Eyebrow Sect led by the heavenly master Gong Liang move much faster in the old forests in the deep mountains, and they are most likely to cut their back paths silently. , Trapped them in desperation.

"If Gyeonggi and Qintong Mountains are considered as one, Dayan’s military power is more than ten times stronger than the rebels. Why would the Crimson Eyebrow cult cultists dare to gather in the Qintong Mountains? They are not forced Refugees who have nowhere to go." Chen Hai asked with a smile.

Seeing Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Chengdu speechless, Chen Hai sighed slightly in his heart, knowing that Yanzhou’s thought of respecting the strong is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Tu Ziji can be said to be quite open-minded, but there are Sometimes, unconsciously, they will pay more attention to the comparison of absolute strength, but they don't know that the strengths and weaknesses will change at any time, especially in the local offensive and defensive, the evolution of the strengths and weaknesses is more subtle.

The Chimei Sect instigated the rebellion of Qintong's refugees, and it is not easy to gather a million rebels. It is impossible to say that they are willing to fight all the millions of rebels just to wipe out the remnants of the Xiyuan Army, which is incapable of climate change— —This will not be the purpose of Chimei Sect.

The Chimei Sect is willing to pay heavy casualties for more than a thousand elite followers led by Gong Liang in Qintongshan?

Chen Hai knows that there will be an arduous and **** battle waiting for them to enter Zuojin Valley, but as long as their will is strong enough for the Scarlet Eyebrow Sect to learn that they want to eat them, they will have to pay an unbearable price.

Chen Hai said again: "Only when we face off against the rebels in Zuojin Valley, the Xiyuan Army cannot be considered defeated. His Royal Highness will have more leeway in the court. At that time~ IndoMTL .com~ is to use Fan Shuai or someone else to replace Wei Yuqi in reviving the Xiyuan Army in Qintong Mountain, so that His Highness can seize more initiative-this is also the purpose of our westward entry into Qintong Mountain at this time."

Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong shook their heads and smiled bitterly, leaving Qin Tongguan, and entering Nanzhang Mansion. They thought they were bold enough. They didn't expect Chen Hai to lead their troops to go deep into Zuojin Valley. Ordinarily, if they could meet and defend in Zuojin Valley. It was already a great achievement to break out of the remnants of the siege. Unexpectedly, Chen Hai's ultimate goal was to form a confrontation with a million rebels in Changlu Valley.

But no matter how dangerous the future might be, since they all entered the Qintong Mountains, they can only follow Chen Hai to the end.

Chen Hai and the others repaired in Nanzhang Mansion for another four days. Although there are still good news ahead through Nanzhang Mansion to Qin Tongguan, Wei Yuqi’s main force has slowed down significantly. In Tongbei Mountain The resistance to the rebels is getting stronger.

The scouts of the Xiyuan Army also noticed that there were constant large numbers of bandits and bandits, from other places in Qintong Mountain, constantly gathering to Tongbei Mountain.

The Qintong Mountain Range originally belonged to the old county of Qinshan. After Fahrenheit was entrusted to the Qinshan County and hereditary Musashi Army, and gradually became a powerful feudal clan, the Yingshi To avoid Fahrenheit threatening Gyeonggi, the old Qinshan County was divided into three and Fahrenheit The sphere of influence is limited to the southwest of the Qintong Mountains, and Fahrenheit is not allowed to intervene in the Qintong Mountains.

However, Fahrenheit does not allow the forces of the eight clans in Beijing to take root in the Qintong Mountains. Over the years, although the Qintong Mountains are home to prefectures and counties, they lack a strong enough clan to take root. There are also factors that the Fahrenheit deliberately condone, causing Qintong. Banditry is extremely infested in the deep mountains and old forests.

Qin Tongshan is extremely infested with banditry. Officials don't know how many bandit giants have occupied the stronghold in the depths of Qin Tongguan and invaded the county. And these bandit giants were entangled with local governments and counties in their early years, and their strength was a bit stronger than that of the refugees. If the Chimei Sect were to operate in the past few years, the situation would be really not optimistic.