Chapter 354: Observing the Situation

More than 40,000 generals and 30,000 or 40,000 war horses of the Black Yan Army assembled on the north flank of the pine forest, almost completely occupying a low hill with a radius of three or four miles. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

There is no hope of breaking out of the encirclement, but the morale of the generals is not weak, and they are seizing the time to dig trenches at the foot of the mountain, cut down trees and build walls, and then melt the ice and snow, pouring them layer by layer onto the pine walls, and under the cold wind, the layers are frozen, turning into higher and more solid ice walls, and quickly building a defense in the unsheltered snow fields everywhere.

It can be seen that although Huang Shuang and Le Yi can't see the hope of breaking through, they still hope to hold on to the west of the Xiaolianshui River for a longer time, so that the soldiers and horses of the Black Yan Army at the north and south feet of Ganquan Mountain and the east flank can have more people flee to Songdu Mountain in the south of Yanmen County to regroup.

Over the years, the Heiyan Army has also produced many outstanding generals, and Le Yi and others are even more famous generals, how can forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses hold on to this vast snowfield wilderness for a longer time, and there is no need for Chen Hai to give him more advice.

Of course, if Chen Hai rushed back to meet with Le Yi, Huang Shuang, and Granny He, at least in front of the ordinary Black Yan Army generals, he would no longer admit the identity of the "ugly slave" that he had pretended to be the closed disciple of the Great Heavenly Master, but come forward as a lobbyist, so that he could calmly lobby and mediate the war between many forces.

Le Yi and Huang Shuang have also seen Chen Hai's previous efforts, if it weren't for Chen Hai's appearance, which made the Wulu pursuers jealous, they might not have a chance to join the division, and they would be attacked by the Hexi Iron Cavalry from the flank, not to mention that they could stop here to reorganize the formation and take a breath.

Da En did not thank him, and asked Chen Gongzi to be bowed by Huang Shuang. Walking into the makeshift tent, Huang Shuang bowed to Chen Haichang to show his gratitude.

"At this time, it's too early to say thank you, and it's not too late to really escape the encirclement. Chen Hai said.

"Chen Gongzi has done this step for us, we just hate that we don't know what we can get in return, and we don't dare to implicate the Tianji Academy again, maybe dying here in battle should be our fate. Huang Shuang had no intention of breaking through at this time, so he wanted to attract more Xiyuan Army and Qinwang Army to the west of Ganquan Mountain.

Chen Hai could understand the aspirations of Huang Shuang and the others, and he was not busy persuading them to anything, so he sat down and heard Le Yi say that Heavenly Master Gongliang had already died when the camp at the western foot was captured.

The 200,000 soldiers and horses who stayed in the camp at the western foot were finally withdrawn by 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the British king Yingshu did not want to leave any hidden dangers, most of the other generals were killed in battle, or the city was massacred after the city was captured, and only a small number of generals were still fleeing in the mountains and wilderness at this time.

At this time, it was Yan Yuan who led his troops to retreat from Zhonglu Valley Road to the area east of Ganquan Mountain, and replaced Gong Liang to command the remaining Black Yan Army in Ganquan Mountain.

From Gong Liang instigating millions of displaced people to seize Qin Tong and Qin, and then abandoning it like a cover, Chen Hai had no feeling for Gong Liang, but when he thought that with his strong cultivation at the peak, he would die like this, and his heart was also full of emotion.

After the collapse of the Taoist Monastery, Gong Qing, Gong Liang and Gong Bao led the remnants of the disciples to set up another Red Mei Sect, which can be said to be the three pillars of the Red Mei Sect, and at this time, the Great Heavenly Master Gong Qing had already passed away, and the Heavenly Master Gong Liang was killed in battle, and the Heavenly Master Gong Bao was trapped in Songpanling, and was besieged by more than 700,000 elites of the Tiger Ben Army and the Zhulu Qinwang Army.

It's no wonder that Huang Shuang and Granny Crane are determined to die.

"The soldiers and horses at the northern and southern feet may withdraw their camps and march north tonight, and looking at the deployment of the Xiyuan Army and the Qinwang Army on the Western Front, there should be no plan to go north for a long distance to pursue the Heiyan Army at this time......," Chen Hai sat down and said.

Chen Hai was not busy persuading Huang Shuang and Le Yi to do anything, before the situation became clearer, they had no possibility of breaking out of the encirclement for the time being, and the main force of the remaining Black Yan Army in Ganquan Mountain retreated north, that is, in the past two days, he would not have the patience to wait for another day or two.

In order to show neutrality, Chen Hai did not stay directly in the camp of the Heiyan Army, but took Qi Hanjiang and them to a small lonely mountain more than forty meters high 11 or 2 miles away from Songlin Gang to the west.

After Dong Shou rendezvoused with Chen Xuanzhen and Tu Chongjin, he camped in the west of Songlin Gang, which was not even twenty miles away from Xiaogu Mountain.

Twenty miles is 10,000 steps, such a close distance, with Chen Hai's strong cultivation, and even listening to the whispered conversations among the generals in the camp of the Qin Wang Army in Hexi, of course, with Dong Shou and Chen Xuanzhen's cultivation in the middle and late stages of the Dao Dan realm, they can naturally clearly perceive that Chen Hai and them set up a bonfire on Xiaogu Mountain, and hunted three roe deer on the bonfire to roast boiling oil.

Even if Ning Chan'er was sure that Chen Hai would not give up Huang Shuang and Le Yi easily at this time, she couldn't stand Huang Shuang and Le Yi's repressive energy that looked at death as home, so she still ran to Xiaogushan with Chen Hai.

The cold wind was howling, Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er stood on the back of the eagle, against the cold, scraping the bones and meat, and the gang wind that could blow out the soul, and flew out of the night sky with the Cangyu Spirit Eagle, and could clearly see the direction of Xiaolianshui City, there were several strings of firelight extending to the northwest, it should be that the camp at the northern foot gave up Xiaolianshui City and the northern defense village at night, and withdrew to Songdu Mountain in the northwest direction.

Looking at the light extinguishing of the fire, it can be seen that the elite of nearly 100,000 Qinwang troops assembled at the northwest foot of Ganquan Mountain, although some troops crossed the Xiaolianshui River to pursue, but the main small group of soldiers and horses bit the tail of the Heiyan army retreating north, and more soldiers and horses were stationed in Xiaolianshui City and the northern defense village to extinguish the fire set by the Heiyan army when it withdrew.

"Huang Shuang and Le Yi's passage to the west has been blocked, are you satisfied now?" Ning Chan'er said.

"The situation will be extremely strange next, even if Huang Shuang and Le Yi are willing to take refuge in the Tianji Academy, how dare I accept it easily?" Chen Hai sighed and said, slowly flying down to the campfire, taking a large piece of roe deer meat roasted with oil, sprinkled with salt and spices from Qi Hanjiang's hand, and sitting down in front of the warm fire to nibble on it.

"Yes!" Ning Chan'er disliked Chen Hai and their appearance was too rude, and said with a frowning eyebrow, "Chen Xuanzhen and they all know that you are here, thinking about your past friendship, he didn't send anyone to see you, presumably because he thought that you colluded with the Heiyan Army to destroy his big warehouse and ruin his half-life transcription, and he naturally hated you in his heart! And Dong Shou is a person with a little chicken belly, and he had the intention of killing you in Meiwu Fort in his early years, Huang Shuang and Le Yi really want to openly surrender to the Tianji Academy, which will only prompt them to make up their minds to attack...... And if the Xiyuan Army can free its hands, it will never hope to see Yanjing's elbow and armpit side, there is a new military powerhouse rising, and I am afraid that it will send troops to uproot Liquan at that time. ”

"Can the Xiyuan Army free their hands?" Chen Hai was skeptical, and looked at the vast night sky in the southeast.

After the camp at the western foot was captured by the British king, the Xiyuan army quickly built a large camp at the western foot of Ganquan Mountain, and at this time sent troops to fight for the valley road at the middle foot of Ganquan Mountain.

Although Ganquan Mountain is not very steep, it is the key place in the northwest of Heyang County, and controlling Ganquan Mountain is equivalent to controlling half of the rivers and mountains in the northwest of Heyang.

No matter how King Ying Shu wants to solve the contradiction between him and the crown prince Ying Dan, he will not let go at this time and let the prince Ying Dan have the possibility of controlling the entire territory of Heyang County.

Even after the Okura of Guoziling was burned down, from the actions of the Xiyuan Army at the western foot of Ganquan Mountain at this time, Chen Hai could still see that King Yingshu still wanted to give priority to controlling Ganquan Mountain.

Regardless of whether Dong Shou has murderous intentions or not, and whether Chen Xuanzhen, Tu Chongjin, or even King Yingshu have a grudge against him, the biggest crisis in the future of the Tianji Academy, except for the Rakshasa Blood Demon, may not be in the West Garden Army.

It's a pity that Chen Hai's manpower in Heyang at this time is too limited, Qi Hanjiang and more than a dozen people can still form a tight reconnaissance network, he wants to know the news east of Ganquan Mountain, and he can only get it from Huang Shuang and Le Yi.

Although before nightfall, Yu Zonghu, who had rebelled again, had not moved in Jiayuan City, Yu Zonghu would not have been without movement all the time.

Before Yu Zonghu's troops made some moves and the remnants of the Black Yan Army and the Tiger Ben Army in Songpanling were divided, Chen Hai could only stay in Xiaogushan at this time to sit and watch the development of the situation.

Chen Hai pulled a felt blanket and clothes and fell asleep, waking up at dawn.

At this time, the sky was bright, and the spirit eagle flew into the sky, and the situation on the Western Front battlefield could be seen more clearly.

The other four chasing soldiers also took advantage of the night to surround and press, among which three of the chasing soldiers were camped in the northeast, east, and southeast of the Songlin Mountain Range, and were twenty or thirty miles apart, and there were also one way of chasing soldiers, bypassing them from the south, camping in the northeast of Songlin Gang, forming a horn shape with the Hexi Iron Cavalry, and forming a virtual iron fist with the other three roads, which would be surrounded at any time, and the remnants of the more than 40,000 Black Yan Army soldiers in Songlin Gang would be pinched to death like ants.

The Heiyan army in Ganquan Mountain had fully withdrawn north last night, and four or five hundred thousand soldiers and horses were in the mountains northeast of Ganquan Mountain, like dense ant colonies, but the formation was scattered, and it can be seen that a series of major changes such as the death of the Great Heavenly Master Gong Qing, the death of the Heavenly Master Gong Liang, the rebellion of Yu Zonghu, the fall of the camp at the western foothills, and the annihilation of tens of thousands of generals, were devastating to the morale of the remaining Black Yan Army.

Even though the granary was burned down, after controlling the large camps in the west, central and north and south wings of Ganquan Mountain overnight, the British king Yingshu did not give up his efforts to expand the results of the battle, and still divided 50,000 elite cavalry to pass through the gap between Ganquan Mountain and Huapuling at dawn, and pursued the remnants of the Black Yan Army in the direction of Songdu Mountain.

At this time, dozens of horsemen galloped from the direction of Songlin Gang, led by a general named Wang Gongchen under Huang Shuang.

Wang Gongchen rode his horse up Xiaogu Mountain, dismounted and saluted Chen Hai, and said: "Yu Zonghu, the dog thief, sent troops north from Jiayuan City last night, Le Shuai and Huang Shuai both thought that Yu Zonghu, the dog thief, was very likely to raid the flank of the troops and horses withdrawn from the north of Ganquan Mountain, so they specially asked me to come over and tell Chen Gongzi. ”

Chen Hai did not doubt that Yu Zonghu would make further moves, and it could also be said that he was waiting for Yu Zonghu to move now, so that he could really see clearly who was behind the scenes who was reaching out, but even if he guessed that Yu Zonghu might sneak attack the soldiers and horses retreating from Ganquan Mountain to the north, he did not have the ability to solve more problems and save more people......