The Chi Road from Qintong Pass to the west was severely damaged, and in many places it was destroyed by small groups of rebels from the deep mountains after Wei Yu's main force passed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The mountain collapsed and the road collapsed, Chen Hai and the others threw a large number of chariots and horses to the east of Qintong Pass, and tens of thousands of generals only had four or five hundred war horses and seventy or eighty light chariots, and they were clustered to advance towards the Qintong Mountain Range, and the speed was naturally not fast.

In comparison, the main force of 50,000 generals of the Xiyuan Army led by Wei Yu was not slightly slower than Chen Hai and them, and there were frequent good news to Qintong Pass, which could conquer one or two walled cities entrenched by the rebels almost every day, and could kill hundreds of rebels.

Half a month later, Chen Hai led his troops to Nanzhang Mansion at the middle foot of the Qintong Mountains.

Nanzhang Mansion is located in the hinterland of the Qintong Mountains, the territory is stacked with mountains, only the Fucheng is located is a narrow valley basin, about 40 miles long from east to west, more than 20 miles wide from north to south, the terrain is relatively flat, and there are many rivers from the deep mountains to converge, forming a lake of about the same size with the basin in the south of the Fucheng.

Nanzhang Mansion has been destroyed, the city wall is full of broken gaps, it has been destroyed to the point that the villages outside the city and the houses in the city have been burned to ashes, and there are countless refugees stranded outside the city waiting to be fed.

Chen Hai and the supplies they brought were limited, so they naturally had no time to care about these refugees, not to mention that they didn't know how many rebels were hiding among these refugees, but they just drove these refugees away from the way to prevent the possibility of harassing the army.

The geographical location of Nanzhangfu City is very critical, in addition to the galloping road across the Qintong Mountains, there are also many valley roads that can penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Qintong Mountains, almost more than 200,000 displaced rebels fled from Qintong Pass to Nanzhangfu, and then scattered from these valleys into the depths of the Qintong Mountains.

Wei Yu commanded 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Xiyuan Army, and could only pursue the main force of the rebel army with the most men, but in order to prevent the rebels from other directions from copying Nanzhangfu, he specially left tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the third capital of the Xiyuan Army in Nanzhangfu to ensure that the back road was safe.

The front of the good news is frequent, and the soldiers and horses who stay behind the palace are the most anxious; the third capital of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses has always been used as flank soldiers and horses, even under the Qintong Pass, there are not many rebel heads in their hands, and they have not recorded many military exploits.

At this time, seeing Chen Hai leading his troops over, the generals of the third capital, such as the commander of the cavalry and the commander of the cavalry, couldn't wait to hand over the remnants of the city, ordered the troops and horses to go north, and rushed to join Wei Yuzhi.

And the military order sent by the main general Wei Yu period also asked Chen Hai to lead his troops to cover the rear and dutifully complete the responsibility of the soldiers and horses behind the palace.

The third capital soldiers and horses went south to join the main force to pursue and suppress the remnants, and the camp built in the remnants of Nanzhangfu was vacated, and Chen Hai directly led his troops to enter it.

"What are we going to do next?"

Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the camp, and they were not able to remove, guard, and defend, and after a period of tossing and turning, Tu Ziji had to take Zhao Rong to the big tent to see Chen Hai, and he couldn't wait to know what follow-up thoughts Chen Hai had in his heart.

Chen Hai handed over the cumbersome military affairs to others to deal with, he stood on the hanging map, was studying the terrain near Nanzhang Mansion attentively, saw Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong walking into the big tent, knocked on the map hanging on the wall, and said: "This map is too crude and simple, Ziji, you first arrange for people to reconnoiter the terrain within a radius of two hundred miles, and first draw the map within the Nanzhang Mansion completely." ”

The map issued by the Taiwei Mansion is very rudimentary, hanging on the wall of the back of the big tent, and the map only shows the main rivers and gorges in the depths of the Qintong Mountains, as well as the locations of prefectures and counties, and important market towns, but it is difficult to see the whole terrain near Nanzhang Province from this map, and the villages where two or three thousand people gathered and lived are not marked at all.

Chen Hai also knew in his heart that in this world where the strong are respected, Xuanzong's high cultivators' contempt for ordinary people was reflected everywhere. The fact that the Taeweifu is so shoddy and careless in the Qintong Mountains next to the Gyeonggi region is just one of the manifestations of this.

Whether it is the Beijing camp army or the local garrison armament, the main generals are all the children of the sect lords, and there are many spirit birds around them that can be taken advantage of the royal birds, and the terrain and landform within a radius of one or two hundred miles only need to fly thousands of feet into the air to take in the panoramic view, and there is really no need to spend too much effort on the map drawing of the Taiwei Mansion and the prefecture and county places.

Tu Ziji had to be patient first, and he refused to wait for the outpost to expand the reconnaissance area and record the terrain in Nanzhang Mansion.

Chen Hai summoned Zhou Jun, Ran Hu, Wu Meng, Cen Yunfei, Sun Buregret and others to inquire about the situation of the camp, and only after some trivial military affairs were dealt with did he leave Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Cheng behind to talk about the real plan in his heart.

Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Chengdu were looking forward to Chen Hai's final idea, whether it was Mr. Wen or Fan Chun, they wanted them to obey Chen Hai's orders, and Chen Hai could also see from their eyes that they thought that they should station their soldiers and horses in Nanzhang Mansion and on the shore of Nanzhang Lake.

Nanzhang Mansion is located in Qintong Fortress, and the distance from Qintong Pass is very moderate, Wei Yu Zhizhen is about to fall into the trap of the Red Mei Sect and defeat, they are stationed in Nanzhang Mansion can not only receive the fleeing generals, but also quickly usher in reinforcements from Qintong Pass.

At this time, Chen Hai's gaze returned to the map hanging on the wall, and he used charcoal to sketch the advance route of the main force led by Wei Yu, and said:

"Wei Yu led the troops too deep, from Nanzhangfu to the north, forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses have penetrated into the Tongbei area, and from Tongbei to Nanzhang zigzag 17,800 miles, can be called the pocket terrain of the pass has four places, as long as any place 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 Red Mei Sect and the rebels There are no bones left. We're waiting here, can we wait until how many remnants break out and join us?"

"Still going north?" Zhao Rong asked.

"Yes, we have to advance north to the Zuojin ......Valley," Chen Hai said, pointing to a node on the map, without question.

"If the rebels set up an ambush in the Tongbei area, we will go deep into the Zuojin Valley, and there are three pocket terrains north of the Zuojin Valley, which can allow the rebels to lock us up in the depths of the Qintong Mountains. At that time, wouldn't we all be surrounded by the rebels?" said Tu Ziji.

"If we can gather 10,000 or 20,000 remnants in Zuojin Valley, and if 20,000 people in Taohuawu can rush to Zuojin Valley in time to join us, can we hold our positions in Zuojin Valley without chaos?" asked Chen Hai.

"The strength of the rebels is still far stronger than ours......" Zhao Rong didn't understand why Chen Hai had the confidence to have 20,000 or 30,000 remnants and 20,000 people to gain a firm foothold among the millions of rebels.

You must know that among the millions of rebels of the exiles, there are more than 1,000 elite disciples of the Red Mei Sect led by Heavenly Master Gong Liang.

Compared with the slow-moving army, the more than 1,000 elite disciples of the Red Mei Sect led by Heavenly Master Gong Liang were much faster in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was very likely that they would quietly cut off their back roads and trap them in a desperate situation.

"If Gyeonggi and the Qintong Mountains are regarded as one, Dayan's military strength is ten times stronger than the rebels, so why do the Red Mei Sect cultists dare to gather in the Qintong Mountains to make trouble? Chen Hai asked with a smile.

Seeing that Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong, and Fan Chengdu were speechless, Chen Hai sighed slightly in his heart, knowing that the idea of respecting the strong in Yanzhou was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Tu Ziji and these people can be said to be quite open-minded, but sometimes they unconsciously care more about the comparison of absolute strength, but they don't know that the strength and weakness will change at any time, especially in the local offensive and defensive, and the evolution of the strength and weakness is more subtle.

It is not easy for the Red Mei Sect to incite the rebellion of the Qin Tong exiles and gather a million rebels, and it is impossible to say that it is willing to fight out all the millions of rebels just for the sake of completely annihilating the remnants of the Xiyuan Army, which cannot be annihilated-this will not be the purpose of the Red Mei Sect.

The Red Mei Sect is willing to pay heavy casualties for the more than 1,000 elite disciples led by Gong Liang in Qintong Mountain?

Chen Hai knew that there would be a bloody battle waiting for them when they entered the Zuojin Valley, but as long as their will was strong enough for the Red Eyebrow Sect to make it difficult to pay an unbearable price if they wanted to eat them, they would not be lifeless.

Chen Hai said again: "Only when we form a confrontation with the rebels in Zuojin Valley, can the Xiyuan Army not be considered defeated, and His Highness will have more room for maneuvering in the court." When the time comes, it is to use Fan Shuai or someone else to replace Wei Yuzhi to revitalize the Xiyuan Army in Qintong Mountain, so that His Highness can seize more initiative - this is also the purpose of our westward march into Qintong Mountain at this time. ”

Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong shook their heads and smiled bitterly, they thought they were bold enough, they didn't think that Chen Hai still wanted to lead his troops to continue deep into Zuojin Valley;

But no matter how dangerous the future is, since they have all entered the Qintong Mountain Range, they can only follow Chen Hai to the end.

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Chen Hai and his team repaired in Nanzhangfu for another four days, although there were still good news in front of them that passed through Nanzhangfu to Qintong Pass, but the speed of Wei Yu's main force to advance was significantly slowed down, and the resistance of the rebels in the Tongbei Mountains became stronger and stronger.

At the same time, the scouts of the Xiyuan Army also found that there were constantly large groups of mountain bandits and bandits, from other parts of Qintong Mountain, constantly gathering in the Tongbei Mountains.

The Qintong Mountains originally belonged to the old county of Qinshan, and after Hua's feudal Qinshan County and the hereditary Musashi army gradually became a powerful domain, in order to avoid Hua's threat to Gyeonggi, the Ying clan split the old county of Qinshan into three, limited Hua's sphere of influence to the southwest of the Qintong Mountains, and did not allow Hua's interference in the Qintong Mountains.

However, Hua's family also did not allow the forces of the eight clans in Jingjun to take root in the Qintong Mountains, and over the years, although the Qintong Mountains had prefectures and counties, they lacked strong enough clans to take root, and there were also factors that Hua's deliberate connivance tolerated caused extremely serious bandits in the deep mountains and old forests of Qintong Mountain.

The bandits in Qintong Mountain are extremely troubled, and the officials do not know how many bandits and giants occupy the mountains and invade the county in the depths of Qintong Pass. And these bandits and giants were entangled with the local government and county armament in the early years, and their strength was stronger than that of the homeless, if the Red Mei Sect had been interested in operating in the past few years, the situation was really not optimistic.