Chapter 548: Mountain Rain is Coming
It took three days of heavy snow to stop, and the Gyeonggi Plain was snow-white, but the midwinter, which should have been quiet and peaceful, was an undercurrent, and no one knew how many dry bones would die in the endless wilderness after this winter.
Qintong Dongguan, the Guancheng built by stone and iron is deeply embedded in the stone gorge, and the two walls are towering cliffs, like countless giant beasts squatting in the dark night, as if they are about to swallow up the small Guancheng at any time.
The wind blew through the canyon, making a roaring sound like a ghost crying wolf, and the iron-blooded elite of Hexi stationed in the garrison would also feel panicked when they heard this sound.
Taking advantage of the fact that Tianshui County and Qinchuan County were caught off guard, it was easy for 20,000 soldiers to cross Tianshui County and enter Qintong Pass, but the hundreds of thousands of horse infantry hoarded in the southwest of Tianshui County on the front line of Shining in Hexi County were not so easy to enter Qintong Pass.
Dong Chou is wearing a brocade robe, Hexi claims to be strong and strong, even if Qinchuan County and Tianshui County join forces, they are not the enemy of Hexi, but who would have thought that the situation in Yanzhou would be so complicated?
Who would have imagined that the soldiers and horses of the Long Xiang army seemed to have increased tenfold in the days and nights, and at this time there were 400,000 soldiers in Yandang Yuan, and once the war was raging on the southern front in Hexi, who knew if the Long Xiang army would attack Dong Shousuo's subordinates stationed in Wolong City at the northeast foot of Taiwei Mountain at this time?
Dong Chou also knew that Hexi was not ready to fight with one enemy and three at this time, but he must not sit back and watch Long Xiang's army continue to sit big.
Dong Chou raised his eyebrows deeply, stood on the city wall and looked westward, pacing back and forth a few times from time to time, as if he was expecting something.
Soon, black shadows were like dark clouds, between the snow-white sky and the earth, and quickly swept towards the side of Guancheng.
"It's coming!" Dong Chou couldn't help but squeeze his palms excitedly at this moment.
Ge Xuanqiao, who was standing beside Dong Chou, sighed bitterly in his heart when he saw the dense war birds like dark clouds, knowing that he was finally going to tear off his face and completely stand on the opposite side of Long Xiang's army.
Ge Xuanqiao looked at Chen Jun, and Chen Jun also smiled bitterly.
Shenhou sent the most elite war bird battalion in Hexi, undoubtedly agreeing to the prince's plan to send troops to Juquanling and cut off the east-west communication of the Longxiang army.
The commander of the war bird battalion will pass on the decree of the Shenhou to the princes Dong Chou, Ge Xuanqiao, Chen Jun, Sun Quanzong, Dong Pan and others for reading.
The prince Dong Chou laughed, waved his hand, and the east gate of the city was opened, and 10,000 Taoist soldiers who had been prepared for a long time took the Yuqing cunning horse, ready to borrow the road from Tongzhong Mansion and Tongbei Mansion to Liquan (Juquanling).
Dong Chou left Sun Quanzong and Chen Jun to guard the city, and he directly led the war poultry battalion under the support of Ge Xuanqiao and Dong Pan and flew to Juquanling first.
For a while, the mountain rain was coming, and the wind was full of buildings......
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Hexi's Baishiling Provincial Courtyard in Juquanling, located in the south of Juquanling, is co-governed with the Liquan Governor's Mansion of the Nine Domains, which happens to form a zigzag shape that restrains each other.
Different from other Taoist institutes, the most important responsibility of the Baishiling Taoist Academy is to represent Hexi and the Dong clan's influence in Liquan, and ensure that the share of quenched iron produced by Juquan Lake and attributed to Hexi every year is continuously transported back to Hexi.
Although the road will pass through the territory of Tianshui County, due to the large situation in the west of the river, Tianshui County has never dared to block the road before the two sides have not torn their faces.
It is also because the Quenching Gold Placer Mine of Liquan and Juquan Lake is too important to Hexi, and the Baishiling Daoist Academy directly stationed two thousand elite soldiers, and other middle and low-level disciples who are loyal to Hexi and the Dong clan also have seven or eight thousand people practicing here, and they can also be incorporated into the army at any time and become the most elite combat force.
One stone startles a thousand waves.
The war bird battalion composed of thousands of giant vulture war birds and thousands of royal bird soldiers in Hexi suddenly entered Baishi Ridge, and the large and small forces or lords in Liquan understood what this meant.
Hexi could no longer tolerate the continued growth of the Longxiang army, and wanted to use the war bird battalion to cut off the air transportation line of the Longxiang army, prevent the Longxiang army from passing through the wind and flame airship, and continue to transport elites and materials from Yandangyuan to the Gyeonggi Plain, in order to cut off Chen Hai's back route.
Hexi's goal is the same as that of the Tu clan and the other six lords, to let the inner court and the Su guards let go and annihilate Chen Hai and the Yao clan in the Gyeonggi Plain.
Chen Hai rose in Hexi, at this moment the two sides are finally going to meet each other, some people in Liquan regret it, but more people are full of excitement in their hearts, after all, no one wants to see that the Long Xiang army can really succeed in supporting Gui Ninghou to ascend the throne.
In the innermost part of Baishiling Daoyuan, there is a not very large house, but seven or eight acres square, but if you step into it, you will find small bridges and flowing water, strange flowers and strange stones, and the hustle and bustle outside The picture forms a strong contrast.
At the end of the twists and turns of the corridor, there is an attic seven or eight zhang high, and the attic is written with three words of Zhengyang Pavilion.
Dong Pan stood outside the Zhengyang Pavilion, with a smile on his face, and let the deacons of the sects who came one after another into the pavilion.
Dong Chou stood in the Zhengyang Pavilion, seeing that everyone had arrived, he bowed his head slightly: "It has been some time since the Nine Domains and the Tianji Academy Palace have been in charge of Juquanling for some time, although there is some friction during this period, but it can generally pass, but I think this peaceful day will not be able to pass for a few days." ”
The deacons were responsible for such an important distribution of interests in Juquanling, and they were all human spirits, even if everyone's purpose was the same, they were not willing to make a statement in a hurry.
After Dong Chou paused, he found that it was actually cold, he coughed lightly to dispel the embarrassment, and then said: "A few days ago, Chen Hai fought with the inner court in Guining City, and the inner court was defeated and lost, not only killing four Dao Dan masters, but also being captured nearly 100,000 armor soldiers. It's only a matter of time before these 100,000 soldiers are taken over by Chen Hai, I believe everyone doesn't want to see it, so let the shaft gain power, right?"
“…… Tu, Rong and other valves also saw the crisis at this time, and had already made up their minds to get out of the quagmire of the Gyeonggi Plain, and even did not hesitate to give up Wusheng Pass, and gathered Wei Wang to lead the Xiyuan army and his clansmen to the north, so that Chen Hai and the inner court could fight to the death, but this was far from enough, Chen Hai could still use the wind and flame airship to continuously transport a large number of reinforcements and materials from the Tianji Academy Palace and Yandang Yuan into Gyeonggi, and fight to the death with the Su Guards......"
"If Chen Hai is allowed to gain power calmly and finally support the Hou of Guining to win the throne, Qin Tongshan will be in the hands of the Long Xiang Army, I think that the tens of millions of catties of quenched gold iron and hundreds of millions of catties of ordinary ore in Juquanling every year may have nothing to do with each family, right?"
Dong Chou nakedly made the stakes clear, and there was no need for the representatives of the feudal domains to hide it.
Miao Zijin, the deacon of the Miao clan of Liangyong County, frowned and continued: "What the prince said is true, but what should I do? The Tiangang Thunder Prison Array deployed by the Tianji Academy, although the Hexi War Bird Battalion is extremely powerful, may not be able to storm Juquanling, right?"
"The feudal clans have joined forces with my Dong He to blockade Qintong Mountain, so that the Longxiang army can no longer reinforce the Gyeonggi Plain, no matter how stupid Wei Ziya and those people in the inner court are, they will not be able to take 500,000 elites, and they will not be able to eat the hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers that Chen Hai has made in the first line of Yuting Mountain and Qiuye River, right?" Dong Chou stared at everyone with bright eyes, "Besides, even if my 10,000 elite soldiers in Hexi go to Liquan, and the manpower of the feudal clans in Liquan, and then send one or two thousand elite disciples over to form a coalition army with my Hexi, will Juquanling really not be able to attack?" ”
Miao Zijin nodded and said: "Yes, at the moment, Chen Hai only has Yao Valve to help him on the Gyeonggi Plain, and the main force of the Long Xiang Army is still stationed on the front line of Hengshan and Yuchengling. Shizi has a war poultry battalion, which can not only cut off the reinforcements of the Longxiang army to Gyeonggi, but also cut off the reinforcements of the Longxiang army to Juquanling. ”
In addition to the Dong clan in Hexi, the Liangyong Miao clan is the closest to Liquan, and the middle is only separated by the Xiongshan Daling at the northern foot of Qintong Mountain.
It's just that such a big matter is not a decision made by Miao Zijin and other deacons, and it needs to be reported to the sect valve to know the result.
Dong Chou knew that the lords also had time to make decisions, so he sat down on his own, gently sipped the spiritual tea, and asked Dong Pan to come forward and discuss the specific alliance plan with the representatives of the feudal domains.
The meeting in the Zhengyang Pavilion did not end until the early hours of the morning, and when the deacons of the feudal clans returned to their respective residences, they saw one by one the spirit hooves rising into the sky, flying quickly towards the county where the lords were located.
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In the battle of Fenglindu, Chen Hai and Yao Valve undoubtedly became the most eye-catching dazzling new stars in the entire Yanzhou, and at the same time, they also took on the heavy pressure that belonged to them.
Chen Hai and Cang Yi stood in the sky, watching the caravan of chariots and horses set off from the walled city and headed north far away, ignoring the severe cold of midwinter, drawing black and muddy tracks on the vast and white Gyeonggi Plain.
Tu and Rong Liu, who have begun to retreat north, have thousands of clansmen and children crowded on the road every day, preparing to pass through Wusheng Pass and move into Jiyang County.
Everyone knows that war is coming, not to mention the core children and relatives of the lords, and ordinary people are also panicking on the road, thinking about avoiding military disasters.
Chen Hai's heart was as cold as ice, watching all this silently, and after a while, he returned to Ningcheng with Cang Yifei.
The open space between Guining City and Qiupu Village is also completely enclosed with a wooden fence wall to form a super military village.
The captured soldiers have been completely dispersed and incorporated into the 3rd Town Division of the Longxiang Army, and at this time they are stepping up all the time training, but the morale of the soldiers who have been coerced into the army is generally not high.
Yao Izumo and Yao Wenjin were discussing something in the hall, and when they saw Chen Hai and Cang Yi shaking the snowflakes on their bodies stepping into the hall, they all got up to greet each other.
Chen Hai appointed Yao Wenjin as the chief general of the Third Town Division, with Yao Zhi, Yao Chuqiu, Zhou Jun and others as deputy generals, while Yao Izumo, Zhou Jingyuan and others presided over government affairs.
Listening to Chen Hai's recounting of what he had seen and heard, Yao Izuyun said abruptly: "It seems that the plan of the six lords has been decided, and they insist on leading the Xiyuan army out of Wusheng Pass to avoid trouble, and sit back and watch us fight with the inner court and lose both." ”
Chen Hai sneered coldly and said, "Let him go." ”
As he spoke, a spirit hoof flew into the main hall with a roar, stopped on Chen Hai's shoulder and shook its wings. Chen Hai took off the letterhead on his lap and read it hastily, his brows furrowed.
Yao Izumo took the letterhead, read the contents, his heart was full of anger, and at the same time he gasped: "Hexi actually used this poisonous trick to stop the rise of the Long Xiang army and the Yao clan - Dong Chou, the son of the Dong family, rushed to Liquan, I am afraid that he will unite with the Nine Domains and make a move against Juquanling......"
Everyone else came over and saw that the letterhead mentioned that Dong Chou personally led a thousand war birds to Liquan in person, and at the same time, 10,000 soldiers were also on the way to Liquan, and they all gasped.
At this time, the war bird battalion of the Long Xiang Army was only 600 war birds, and its strength was weak, which meant that the air passage across the Qintong Mountains through the wind and flame airship to run soldiers and horses and materials between the three places would be completely cut off by Hexi.
So how will this battle be fought?
Although there are tens of thousands of disciples in the Tianji Academy of Juquanling, these disciples are all from the counties and lords, and they have no obligation to be loyal to Chen Hai, to the Long Xiang Army, and to the Yao family.
Chen Hai drank all the spiritual tea in his hand, stood up and sneered: "The Gyeonggi side will not be able to fight for a while, if it is said that it is said that it will attack the hinterland of the nine feudal domains of the border counties, the Longxiang battalion will not be able to catch it, but in such a small place as Juquanling, I would like to see who can set off the wind and waves? It's okay if they are so noisy, I just want to take Juquan Lake back in advance!!"