Chapter 218: The Eve of the Expedition (Part II)

On the official road, the sound of horses' hooves rolled in, and the dust and smoke were filled, covering the sky and the sun.

"Report, General Qiqi, go two hundred miles further, even if you enter the territory of Yanzhao County. Now forty-nine cities in Yanzhao County have lost forty-six, and only the three cities of Wancheng, Beihe City, and Nanhe City are still in the hands of our army. A herald hurried to the road.

Hearing this, Lin Feng frowned tightly, when he first set off, there were still twenty-one cities in Yanzhao County that had not fallen, and it was only a short period of six days, and there were only three cities left. The speed at which the rebels attacked the city was far beyond their expectations.

"Go and get the parchment map, and gather the generals to discuss it!"

Hearing that the commander had already given an order, Zhou Daniu, the captain of the pro-soldiers, immediately raised his throat and repeated their order: "The general has an order, beat the drum, and gather the generals to discuss matters!" ”

"Knock, knock, knock!" After hearing the commander's order, the drummers used all their strength to beat the war drums to a loud bang.

Half an hour later, the military Chinese officers and generals all gathered over.

Seeing that everyone had already arrived, Lin Feng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Now we are about to enter the boundary of Yanzhao County in the northwest, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was boiling, and groups of people whispered about it.

"Zhang Jian, let's tell me about the military information you have discovered!" Lin Feng pointed at Zhang Jian, and then pointed to the sheepskin map spread on the desk, and ordered in a condensed voice.

Zhang Jian bowed, then took a quick step forward, pointed to a larger city on the sheepskin map, and introduced: "Now there are forty-nine cities in Yanzhao County, forty-six cities have fallen, and now only this Wancheng, Nanhe City and Beihe City are still in our army. However, the two rebel armies of King Yanle and King Zhao Wen had already led an army of 600,000 three days ago to besiege Wancheng. ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were shocked, and the strength of the rebels was far beyond their imagination.

Lin Feng glanced at everyone and said, "The defenders of Wancheng are only more than 100,000 people, and their morale is low. ”

"And this Wancheng is in Yanzhao County, which is the second largest city after Yanling City, the county capital, located between Wanhe River and Yanshan, where the rebel army is strangled out of the northwest. Once the city falls, the suppression of the rebellion will become an empty dream. ”

The veteran Zhou Dingxing frowned tightly and responded: "If this is the case, then we will speed up the march and rush to the aid of Wancheng as soon as possible, so as not to fall into the hands of the rebels." ”

Chen Yang shook his head and made a different suggestion, saying, "This place is eight hundred miles away from Wancheng, and according to our current marching speed, even if we march day and night, it will take at least five or six days. If Wancheng has fallen by then, we are sleepy and have no strong city to defend, I am afraid that there will be a danger of annihilation. ”

Zhao Wenlong groaned for a moment, and then echoed: "Well, what Chen Yang said is reasonable. Even though Wancheng had not fallen, we had marched for five or six days, and we were a tired army, and the rebels were waiting for their work, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for them to win. ”

Everyone was arguing, and they all turned their eyes to Lin Feng, hoping that the general, who had repeatedly performed miraculous feats, would come up with a safe idea.

However, Lin Feng's performance made them a little disappointed.

I saw Lin Feng staring at the sheepskin map deadly, sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing, as if he was pondering something.

A moment later, Lin Feng seemed to have discovered something, and asked urgently, "Are there any soldiers who know the terrain here?" ”

"The last general, Yan Yun, is a person from Nanhe City, Yanzhao County, and understands the terrain around here." Without waiting for Lin Feng's words to fall, a young general in his early twenties stood up and responded respectfully.

Lin Feng nodded slightly, pointed to a rugged path above, and asked, "General Yan, can you directly climb over Yan Mountain here and go around to the back of Wancheng?" ”

Yan Yun glanced in the direction of Lin Feng's finger, nodded vigorously, and responded: "From here, enter Yan Mountain, go to Yunling, and you can reach Wancheng in three days at most." However, the terrain here is rugged, and there are many snakes, insects, ants, and beasts, so I am afraid that it is not suitable for a large army to march. ”

Hearing Yan Yun's words, as well as the smile that appeared on Lin Feng's expression, everyone's expressions were shocked. At this time, they all understood, what did Lin Feng want?

After a moment of silence, Zhou Dingxing, who was old and serious, bowed and said, "General, if the rebels are aware of it and set up heavy troops to wait for work, I am afraid that we will still be in danger of annihilation. ”

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Lin Feng's mouth, and he said: "If we are fast enough, before the rebels can react, we will suddenly kill, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard, and we can relieve the siege of Wancheng in one battle." ”

Because most of Lin Feng's troops were young generals, and they admired this great general who had created miracles many times, they all agreed.

Some veteran generals who thought that they should march safely, although they did not agree with Lin Feng's risky way of marching, they couldn't come up with any good ideas for a while. Now that the situation is running out of time, they have all seconded it.

Lin Feng saw that all the generals had already expressed their agreement with their marching plan, nodded slightly, and responded: "Tomorrow, I will personally lead the Shangwu Battalion, Qingfeng Battalion, Pioneer Battalion, and 40,000 elite divisions of the Dragon Scale Iron Cavalry, and gallop to Wancheng in the starry night." ”

"Chenyang, you temporarily take the position of the Chinese army, lead the rest of the army, still follow the original route, march towards Wancheng, and look like you want to rush to Wancheng to rescue, and make a suspicious plan."

"Yes, General!" Chen Yang bowed and replied respectfully.

After Lin Feng made the arrangements, he ordered the generals to go down and prepare.

In order to prevent the leakage of military information, they began to cook at the third watch, and prepared to set off at the fourth watch.

Just when Lin Feng led 40,000 elite troops and was marching day and night in the ravine, the two county kings of Yanle and Zhao Wen were not idle, and were leading 600,000 troops to storm Wancheng.

However, Ming Zhong, the defender of Wancheng, is a hard bone that is hard and soft, and the entire city is located in a dangerous area, and the city walls are tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Their army of 600,000 stumbled for six days in a row, and still did not take this lonely city.

"Grandma's bear, this Ming Zhong really doesn't eat oil and salt, it's been almost seven days, and he's still dying." King Yanle looked at the city in the distance and scolded with a big grin.

King Zhao Wen next to him shook his head and replied with a smile: "It's okay to save someone from sharing the territory with us." ”

King Yan Le was stunned when he heard this, and asked inexplicably, "What do you mean by this?" ”

King Wen of Zhao stroked his beard lightly and responded: "According to Ming Zhong's ability and prestige, if he surrenders, he will definitely be crowned a county king, and by that time, won't the entire Yanzhao County have three county kings?" ”

Originally, Yan Guang, the county king of Yanzhao County, swore to the death and did not agree to rebel. can be killed by his henchmen Yan Le and Zhao Wen in response to the rebels.

Therefore, Yan Le and Zhao Wen were respectively named kings, and the location of the fiefdom was naturally Yanzhao County.

If Ming Zhong sacrificed Wancheng, he would definitely be able to be divided into kings with this miraculous feat.

Hearing this, Yan Le suddenly realized, slapped his thigh violently, and shouted, "Yes, why didn't I think of this." Come on, pass the order, don't persuade Mingzhong, the old horseman, to crush him into powder, and want to share the territory with Lao Tzu, no way! ”

At this moment, a herald hurriedly came and said, "Report, the imperial counterinsurgency army has entered the territory of Yanzhao County, and it is still four or five hundred miles away from Wancheng. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wen frowned slightly, and responded: "It's quite fast, who is the leading general this time, Ye Wentian or Gongsun Rulong?" ”

The herald shook his head and replied respectfully: "If you return to the king, the enemy general is not Ye Wentian, nor Gongsun Rulong, but a young general, named Lin Feng, who is the champion of this imperial martial arts. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wen and Yan Le glanced at each other and asked in unison, "Then how many people are coming?" ”

"According to our scouts, the approximate number should be around 300,000."

Before the herald's words fell, Yan Le raised his head to the sky and let out a smug laugh, and said, "Is there no one in the northwest of the empire to bully me?" Actually sent a hairy doll to quell the chaos, and only led an army of 300,000? ”

Zhao Wen is a civil official, and he is a little more cautious than Yan Le, a military general. But that's just about it.

If the two veteran generals, Ye Wentian or Gongsun Rulong, led the troops to the battle, they would have to be cautious. But the other party's main general is a young man who is less than twenty years old, which is really too much child's play.

According to their thinking logic, this Lin Feng must be a descendant of the nobles of the family, since he can win the championship in the Imperial Martial Arts, the talent above the martial arts will definitely not be bad.

However, this march is fighting, but thousands of troops and horses are fighting, and no matter how strong a person's combat strength is, he can't defeat thousands of troops and horses.

And the reason why the imperial court is so childish must be arrogant and accustomed to it, and did not treat this rebellion as something important. It also happened to let Lin Feng, the son of this family, take this opportunity to establish a meritorious career.

Yan Le and Zhao Wen exchanged another look with each other, and said, "Our foundation is not stable, so we just take this opportunity to eat the 300,000 army in one bite, and then wave our army to the east and go straight to the royal city." ”

Zhao Wen nodded and responded: "As long as we work harder, we can capture Wancheng in less than three days, and when the time comes, when the morale is high, we will let the reinforcements be wiped out." ”

Yan Le also nodded proudly and replied; "It is exactly what I want, they have come from afar, they are tired teachers, we are waiting for work, how can we not win?"

"Someone, pass on my general order, and storm Wancheng. As long as Wancheng is taken, the men inside will be killed at will, the property will be robbed at will, and the women will be on at will! ”