Chapter 286: The Depressed General
Under the leadership of Xiang Shaoqin, Wang Jun successfully passed through the Bird Peak.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Wang is willing to be a pioneer and open the way for the Wang army!"
Ming Zhao shook his head, "This Bird Ridge is the first gateway to Pakistan, you have been here all the year round, and you are very familiar with this place, and this important pass is still left to you to guard." ”
Xiang Shaoqin was excited, he didn't expect Ming Zhao to trust him so much, and hand over such an important pass to him a newly surrendered person to guard.
"Xie Junshang trusts! Xiao Wang must guard this place well and wait for Wang Jun's triumphant return. Junshang, there are two roads to go here, leading to Yingchou Peak and Moyun Mountain respectively. These two passes are guarded by Zheng Ke, the king of the Zheng tribe, and Ba Tianhu, the king of the Ba tribe, respectively, and the terrain is dangerous, which is easier to defend and difficult to attack than my bird's mountain. And these two places are only eighty miles apart, and they are barriers to each other, and they must be captured at the same time. Otherwise, attack one of them, and the other will surely come to your aid. Wang Jun is not familiar with the terrain of Pakistan, so he is afraid that he will suffer!"
"Don't worry! I already know how to win these two passes! You can stay here with peace of mind and wait for the news of Wang Jun's victory!"
Ming Zhao knew very well that although Xiang Shaoqin surrendered to the imperial court, if the Wang army could not take the other four passes and finally defeat Fan Yue, he would be regarded as a traitor by Fan Yue, and the Xiang people would definitely suffer a tragic counterattack at that time. That's why Xiang Shao Qin was so worried, afraid that the Wang army would fail in the conquest.
Ming Zhao asked General Guan to take half of the men and horses to Yingchou Peak, and he and General Leng took the other half of the men and horses to Moyun Mountain, and agreed to meet at the foot of Moyun Mountain after capturing the pass.
At this time, General Guan somewhat understood what Feng Shanyue had done with these dozens of people in Pakistan, and he looked back at the Bird's Peak without a fight, and suddenly felt a sense of loss. It's like a person carrying a terrifying weapon of terror and trying to attack another person, but who knows that person surrenders without a fight, which makes people hold back their strength vividly, and it is very uncomfortable.
He called General Leng to him, "The queen has already shown her skills in this bird's nest, she only has dozens of people under her, we have an army of nearly 10,000, we can't lose face in front of her." When you get to Moyun Mountain, you will show all your skills and fight well, and you must beat the king of the Naba tribe to his knees and beg for mercy!"
"Yes, my subordinates obey!"
General Guan took half of the men and horses to Yingchou Peak in high spirits, while Ming Zhao took the rest of the people to Moyun Mountain. General Guan and General Leng originally thought that there was a fierce battle waiting for them ahead, but who knew that before they arrived at the ground, Zheng Ke and Ba Tianhu had already taken the initiative to meet Wang Jun.
Wang Jun once again passed through the two major passes without a single soldier, crossed Moyun Mountain, and the two armies met.
General Guan held back his dissatisfaction and ran to see Ming Zhao, "Your Majesty, the queen is too much!"
"What's wrong?"
"She persuaded all three clan kings in advance and let them surrender on their own initiative, and our army of 10,000 came from afar, but there was no use at all!"
Ming Zhao couldn't help laughing, "General Guan, do you really want to fight? Isn't it the highest level of a soldier to take down the enemy without bloodshed?"
That's right, but leading the army to fight like this is really unfulfilling!
Ming Zhao saw General Guan's sullen expression, and he was amused, but he still comforted him seriously: "The queen was able to persuade these three clan kings, which is also beyond my expectations. However, since the other party is willing to surrender, we naturally can't shout and kill, which is not the demeanor of the court. ”
"The minister didn't say that he had to fight and kill, that is, ...... It's just ...... "I just don't want to lose to Feng Shanyue!" It's a pity that he can't tell Ming Zhao so directly.
"General Guan, don't be disappointed, these three clan kings were originally dissatisfied with Fan Yue, so they were so easy to be moved by the queen to surrender. The next Tiger Wolf Mountain and Monkey Mountain are the two real hard bones. This town guarding Tiger Wolf Mountain is Yue Qing, the king of the Yue clan, Fan Yue's mother is a member of the Yue clan, and his daughter is Fan Yue's favorite concubine. Therefore, he is very loyal to Fan Yue, and must have been ready to ambush us, just waiting for us to go. ”
Hearing that there was a battle to be fought, General Guan's expression was a little relieved, he nodded, and was about to go out to prepare for the march to Tiger Wolf Mountain, when he suddenly remembered another thing, so he turned back to Ming Zhao and said: "I don't know why your majesty is so clear about the affairs of this country?
Ming Zhao smiled and was about to speak, when suddenly a pigeon flew in and stopped on the desk in front of him. He smiled and grabbed the pigeon, took a small bamboo tube from its feet, and released the pigeon.
When General Guan saw him take out a small yellow scroll from the bamboo tube, he stopped curiously, "Your Majesty, is this news from Yin Du?"
"No, it's from the Queen. Ming Zhao opened the paper roll and looked at it, then tore it to shreds and put it in the cup. The yellow paper was quickly soaked with water and soaked to a pulp.
General Guan didn't have time to care about what this strange yellow thing was, he was more concerned about the military situation, "What did the queen say?"
Ming Zhao frowned, "Fan Yue has learned the news of the surrender of the three clan kings, mobilized the troops of the Fan clan and the Yue clan, and prepared to go to Tiger Wolf Mountain to fight to the death with the Wang army. ”
Tiger Wolf Mountain is the barrier of Monkey Mountain, as long as Tiger Wolf Mountain is guarded, Monkey Mountain will be safe.
"Great! It's time for me to show off my skills!" General Guan said happily.
Ming Zhao said lightly: "I just hope that Wang Jun won't be killed or injured too much!"
These words were like a basin of ice water poured on General Guan's head, and his excited mood immediately calmed down, patronizing and rejoicing that there was a war to fight, but forgetting that any war represents bloodshed and death, and represents a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"The minister's words are inappropriate, please forgive your sins!"
Ming Zhao waved his hand, "General Guan, hurry up and prepare, Tiger Wolf Mountain is the decisive battle place between us and Fan Yue." ”
"Yes!"
After General Guan left, Ming Zhao's face became gloomy, the words on this note were clearly a person who was not very good at writing, and it seemed that it should be Butterfly Dance's handwriting. What about Feng Shanyue? Why didn't she write the message herself? Did something happen?
Thinking of this, his brain buzzed, and it immediately turned into a pot of porridge.
"Go and call me Li Kai immediately!"
Li Kai has been following the army since he was from the Bird Peak, and when he saw Ming Zhao summoning him, he hurriedly came over to pay a visit.
"I'm worried that something will happen to the queen, so you immediately gather the special forces that were previously deployed in the three passes of Bird's Peak, Yingchou Peak and Moyun Mountain, and then take a detour to Monkey Mountain to help the queen!"
"Yes!"