The Sacred Ding Chapter 191: Hungry and die

Chen Hai intended to see off the guests, so Yao Qitai, Yao Xuan and his son stopped staying, so they crossed the pontoon with their entourage and headed north to Leiyang Valley. Since Chen Hai returned to Tongbei Dacang, he naturally lived there. Day, deal with the accumulated affairs before leaving.

"Why does Qin Tongshan have no chance to make military exploits?"

To accompany Chen Hai back to the official office in Cangcheng, Wu Meng and Qi Hanjiang asked suspiciously.

If you don't keep things secret, you lose.

The king of Yingshu wanted to seize the position of the prince and secretly planned the Xiyuan Army. At this time, he was still a secret; even Wen Boyuan had two secret meetings with Chen Hai before he became an envoy, only Fan Chun, Fan Cheng, Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong and others knew about it, but Ding Shuang, Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang and others did not.

Chen Hai didn't have to tell Ding Shuang and Wu Meng everything. At this time, it's no wonder they have too much confusion in their hearts.

Chen Hai didn't explain, and smiled: "I'm just guessing. After a while, the situation will become clear."

Ding Shuang and Wu Meng didn’t ask too much, and there was no need to ask too much detail. The subsequent battles of the Xiyuan Army in Qintongshan had nothing to do with them. Next, Juquanling just wanted Within the time limit, make up for the missing golden armor, so that Yao Qitai, Yao Xuan and his son will not be grasped again.

Some other things were said, and everyone left.

"Young Master Shao Hou lives deep in Juquan Ridge, so he still has contact with Master Wen and Shuai Fan." Su Ling made a cup of spiritual tea and placed it on the desk of Chen Hai's book.

"You are taking care of how many official correspondences there are in Daying every month. Wen Boyuan is the supervising military envoy, Fan Chun is the coach, and Tongbei Dacang is naturally the only ones looking forward. Without contact, is it possible that Tongbei Dacang still has an independent kingdom?" Chen Hai asked pretendingly.

"But with these official correspondence, Leiyanggu has been actively preparing for the battle. How did Young Master say that there is no merit in the battle?" Su Ling bit her sandal lips, her eyes as deep as stars revealing a bit of enchantment. color.

Summer is now entering. Although Chen Hai and the others have practiced until the cold and heat do not invade, they are still used to changing their robes according to the four shows in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Su Ling wore a light Luo skirt, the waist was slender and light, and the flesh-colored jade was slightly revealed, and the snowy arms dangled in front of Chen Hai's eyes.

Chen Hai really wanted to pull this Nizi on his knees, chatting with her, and laughing: "Is there any war in Qin Tongshan? Could it be that your comrades didn't send any news?"

"Ling'er seems to be tied to a canary by the young master, and there is nothing to hide from Young Master's eyes. I still want to know where my companion is." Su Ling said bitterly.

Su Ling was kept by Chen Hai. Of course, she didn't believe that Chen Hai was purely trying to use her to test his Daoism, and she suspected that she had become Chen Hai’s bait. The purpose was to induce the Red-Brow Sect to lurk in the Xiyuan Army. The other congregants in here.

No matter what the consideration, Su Ling will not contact other people, and other people will not risk coming to contact her. Watching Chen Hai walking around with her all day long, but with the golden silk in the cage There is no difference between finches.

"It turns out that you will know the news of your comrades soon." Chen Hai said.

*

A new gallop was built from Tongbeifu City to Leiyang Valley. Yao Qitai, Yao Xuan and his son walked on horses surrounded by Suihu.

"Chen Hai, the dog thief, what did he mean when he said that in the end? Is it possible that he was suggesting something?"

On the way, Yao Xuan and his father Yao Qitai have been thinking about the meaning of Chen Hai's last words.

Don't talk about Yao Xuan, Yao Qitai can't guess what Chen Hai really means.

Leiyang Valley is only three hundred miles away from Tongbei Fucheng. More than half a year later, there are already several strong fortresses standing inside and outside of Leiyang Valley, and small guards extend to the deep mountains to the north. Among.

As the left army, the third largest battalion was stationed in Dongling. During the ten-odd days after Yao Qitai left the camp, Miao He temporarily led the generals.

Yao Qitai did not rush to the Chinese army camp to the north to see Wen Boyuan and Fan Chun, nor did he rush to get the soldiers back from Miao He and return to the big account. He still thought about what Chen Hai said. In that sentence, he made up his mind before the night, and called his son Yao Xuan and the two princes who were both brought from the Yao clan, and said, "I want to go into the mountains myself..."

"How can this be?" Yao Xuan didn't expect his father to go into the mountain to detect the enemy, and hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Regardless of whether Chen Hai is deliberate or not, the hundreds of thousands of rebels have been silent for more than half a year. There must be something unexpected that we can't imagine. I must have seen it with my own eyes to know how to respond. Matter."

There are more than a thousand elite members of the Chimei Sect. Fan Chun and Wenbo have always been personally responsible for the investigation of the enemy's situation with the Tianshi Gongliang led hundreds of thousands of rebels to withdraw into the mountains.

Of course, unless a strong person above the Aperture Realm in the Xiyuan Army is on the move, it is difficult for ordinary scouts to pass through the line of defense controlled by the rebels, and it is difficult for more accurate intelligence to be sent back; Logically speaking, even if Fan Chun and Wen Boyuan have no intention of launching a large-scale decisive battle with the rebels in a narrow terrain, after ordinary scouts have difficulty infiltrating the rebels’ defense lines, they should send a small group of elite troops. The marginal area is testing the rebels' defenses.

Now there is no movement from the rebels, and Fan Chun and Wen Boyuan are still standing still. If Yao Qitai wants to understand what is going on, he can only go there in person.

Although the third battalion also has a few strong men in the Aperture Realm, they are all middle-level and high-level generals above the captain. Yao Qitai is qualified to mobilize them to fight, but is not qualified to force them to do what ordinary scouts should do. Everything is contracted.

"The Hidden Dragon Art I cultivated is the best at hiding and hiding, so let me take this trip instead of my father, which is also an experience!" Yao Xuan said.

Yao Qitai pondered for a moment, knowing that Yao Xuan was reprimanded by Chen Hai face-to-face today, his stomach was suffocating, and I thought that as long as Yao Xuan did not engage with the elite Crimson Brows in the rebels, he would just hide his breath and sneak into the rebellion. After the military line of defense, he may not be a little worse than him.

Yao Qitai thought that it was indeed inappropriate for him to leave the camp, so he ordered the two generals to go with Yao Xuan, and he must find out the details of the rebels and report back.

*

From Leiyang Valley to the north, the terrain at the northern foot of Qintong became more rugged and dangerous, with peaks traversing more than five or six kilometers, but for Yao Xuan and the three people, even if they couldn’t walk the relatively flat valley road, they couldn’t. Flying in the air, climbing between the cliffs, is not an obstacle, it just takes several times longer.

However, two days later, Yao Xuan also sneaked to the periphery of the area controlled by the rebels.

The rebels withdrew to the deep mountains and valleys north of Leiyang Valley, and also built stronger fortifications on the foundations of the dangerous cottages. The peaks and ridges also set up guards, and Yao Xuan lurked in the dark. I can see the thieves who are on duty at the outer barracks and outposts, their clothes and looks are good, and there is no sign of food shortage and starvation at all.

Seeing this scene, Yao Xuan seems to be able to understand that Wen Boyuan and Fan Chun can't move.

The rebels raised strong horses and soldiers in the deep mountains. The narrow terrain severely restricted the deployment of the elite troops of the Xiyuan Army. It is also not clear which Dazhai where the rebels laid the Tiangang Thunder Prison Array to wait for the main force of the Xiyuan Army. Drilling in again, the best strategy at this time is undoubtedly to stand still, and wait for the rebels to run out of food.

But how can the rebels not lack food?

Yao Xuan is puzzled. Even if the Chimei Sect had been deployed a few years ago, in the uninhabited mountains, the food stored beforehand can really support hundreds of thousands of thieves for half a year?

Perhaps it is said that the rebels are in this deep mountain, and there is a food road that can connect with the outside world?

This is too strange.

This mountain range, in addition to connecting with the valley road to the south, to get out of Qintong Mountain from other directions, you have to climb countless high mountains and mountains, and that is the spiritual realm. Hard work, how can a large amount of grain be brought in?

Even if the rebels have storage artifacts that can be called heavenly weapons (this possibility is extremely low), but the rebels are outside Qintongshan, from which area can such a huge amount of grain be transported into Qintongshan ?

The refugees in the counties are in chaos and seem to control a lot of areas~IndoMTL.com~ But these areas are the hungry people who rioted after the continuous famine, and the local food storage, like Tongbei Prefecture, has been exhausted. .

In the counties of Tianshui and Jiyang outside Qin Tongshan, there are so many refugee rebels, which one is not short of food, and which one can be generous enough to produce so much extra food?

Yao Xuan knew that there was little possibility that there was a grain path in the mountains, so he couldn't go back like this.

Such a result will not satisfy his father. Yao Xuan can only bite the bullet and lurking in the cave with the two members until midnight, taking advantage of the sparse outposts of the thief soldiers, continue to climb the cliff and wear Pass the perimeter of the rebels and enter the core area controlled by the rebels.

At this time, Yao Xuan was startled by what he saw.

There are indeed a large number of rebels stranded between these mountains, full of mountains and valleys, but all of them are thin and skinny, and seem to fall to the side at any time.

The bark, branches and leaves all over the mountain were plucked and stripped off--and then walking inside, seeing a rift filled with dead bodies, Yao Xuan was even more shocked.

These corpses were skin and bones before they died. They were obviously starved to death in the mountains. Even the old men who carried their bodies and threw them into the valley walked crookedly, leaving a breath of breath.

What's the matter?

The rebels have already run out of ammunition and food, so why don't they kill them?

Would they rather starve to death in the mountains than die under the soldiers of the Xiyuan Army?

But the black scarf thieves deployed by the rebels on the outer line of defense are limited in number, but they are all full of food and drink. What's the matter? Is it just to scare the Xiyuan army from attacking? ?

Yao Xuan didn’t understand what was going on, but he was afraid that he would fall into the trap set by the elite Crimson Eyebrow Cultists if he continued to go deeper. When the time comes, the three of them will never escape, so he decided to return. Daying, everything is up to my father to decide.