The news was brought by Ma Wannian, he stayed in Tusi City to coordinate the affairs of Wanshou Valley and Xuanshou Envoy, and never returned. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

In the afternoon, Wang Huan rushed back from the gunpowder field as soon as possible, and called Zu Bian, Ma Xintian and Xu Tiezhu, and everyone sat down in order in the hall of the official office to pass on Qin Liangyu's message.

Wang Huan habitually tapped his fingers and said in a deep voice: "The news sent back by Chen Xiang is that Zeng Ying is making every effort to deploy defenses and prepare to meet Zhang Xianzhong's attack, and the digging of the mountain in the Black Valley has also stopped, and it seems that there will be no troops coming from the direction of Chongqing Mansion." ”

Ma Wannian sat on the right side and heard the voice: "Yes, the same is true of the news that my grandmother has discovered, and she also made it clear in her old man's letter that Zeng Ying sent his subordinate general Tan Wen to lead the troops and cross the river from the direction of Fengjie." ”

Wang Huan nodded and said: "Sure enough, this is not much different from our analysis, Zeng Ying will not move the army of his headquarters, but will only send a small team to try to eat the stone pillar." ”

Ma Xintian sat still like a stagnant water, and also said: "It seems that Zeng Ying is not dead to the silver mine thief, and thinks that my stone pillar is weak and unbearable, so he will be so big, and send a staff member to break the stone pillar guarded by a general soldier and two deputy general soldiers of the imperial court to comfort the envoy, and the battle in the Black Valley, although he was defeated, it gave him stronger self-confidence." ”

Wang Huan smiled slightly: "It was our original intention to show weakness, but I don't know what role this Tan Wen is, and what is the combat power of his subordinates?" ”

Everyone's eyes were on Ma Wannian, and Ma Wannian hurriedly said: "Tan Wen is a native of Fengjie County, Kuizhou Prefecture, a local hero, an official from his ancestors, and a tyrant in Fengjie, the Tan family has three brothers, who were originally the generals of the governor Chen Shiqi, and later took refuge in Zeng Ying, and now they are all military attaches in Zeng Ying's army, with 4,000 soldiers under his command, of which 1,000 are his clan soldiers, and the others are miscellaneous soldiers. ”

"When it comes to combat power, Tan Wen is good at using tactics, every battle must rely on geography, but he is a wise general, but his grandmother commented that this person is too smart, worried about the head and tail, and has more than enough courage, in the past ten years, he has been a general under the two governors and Zeng Ying, there are not many big battles, he is good at preserving his strength, he runs fast when he wins, and he runs fast when he loses and flees, so although the war in Sichuan, he fights more and more, this time he attacked the stone pillar, I heard that he took the initiative to ask for help."

Wang Huan tapped the knuckles on the table, and said with a smile: "I see, this guy wants to treat my stone pillar as a soft persimmon and let him pinch it flat and round it." ”

Ma Wannian said with a worried voice, frowned and said: "Don't underestimate this person, Tan Wen is not unprepared, he must have discovered that my stone pillar is weak, although he only has 4,000 people, but my grandmother has only trained 2,000 people in the past two months, among which there are few men in the prime of life, most of them are old and young, and the situation is not optimistic about Tan Wen." ”

"The stone pillar is not as good as Wanshou Valley, and Fengjie is only separated by a water, although the Yangtze River is dangerous, but the border is dozens of miles, Tan Wenda can find a place where no one crosses the river, and the general army of Qin can not be deployed along the river, so he can only fight against him after crossing the river." Ma Xintian was familiar with the terrain of the stone pillars, and at this time he also said: "Although Tan Wen is not a fierce general, he is cunning, and the general army has few soldiers, and this battle is very difficult." ”

Wang Huan bowed his head and said: "Ma Xintian is right, if my stepmother misses, my Wanshou Valley will definitely not be saved, and my lips and teeth will be cold." ”

He stood up, walked back and forth in the hall twice, looked at Ma Wannian and said, "When will Tan Wen send troops?" ”

Ma Wannian hurriedly got up and said: "There are many leaders in Fengjie who are grandmothers' old troops who led the troops to fight back then, and they asked people to send a message, Tan Wen has issued a conscription order, asking them to lead their respective tribesmen to the Yangtze River outside Fengjie County within three days, and it is estimated that the troops will be sent three days later." ”

Wang Huan frowned: "So, we still have three days to prepare." ”

He set his eyes on Ma Xintian and Zubian, and the two of them didn't wait for him to ask, and immediately got up and said: "My lord, the three thousand people are only in the beginning of formation, they are not familiar with military affairs, they are not considered soldiers, and they are not even as good as miscellaneous soldiers. ”

"In the first battle of the Black Valley, the officers and troops were all under the command of birds, and our side occupied the terrain, coupled with the tall shields, we could defeat a thousand officers and troops with an army of 100 people." Ma Xintian continued: "And although Minzhuang is brave in this battle, he also shows loose discipline and fear of death, fortunately the war went smoothly, so there was no mistake, if they were sent to meet Tan Wen, unless they were like the Black Valley, find a narrow valley and draw a gourd in the same way, it will be safe." ”

"But we don't know where Tan Wen crossed the river from, and where did he go to find the terrain like the Black Valley?" Zu Bian touched his head and said depressedly: "In case the place we are looking for is not the same as Tan Wen, then it will be over." ”

Wang Huan listened, but his eyes lit up, a light bulb lit up in his mind, his thoughts were suddenly turned on, and Zhan Yan laughed.

He came to the huge sand table, touched the non-existent beard on his chin and smiled at a few people who were confused: "Zu Bian is right, we don't know where Tan Wen came ashore, but we can help him find a place." ”

Several people in the hall glanced at each other, and they all said in their hearts: It's done, Lord Wang must have some clever plan!

The three of them surrounded together, listening to Wang Huan's words, Wang Huan originally wanted to wait for them to ask questions in surprise, and then show off a little deep, who knew that the three of them had learned to be obedient, and looked at him quietly without speaking, which made Wang Huan very bored, so he had to continue to talk to himself: "Fengjie and Shizhu are along the river, although the scope is large, but it is not. The coast is a steep canyon, the river is rushing, the water is turbulent, if you want to safely let thousands of people cross the river, you must build a pontoon bridge, you see, where is it suitable to build a pontoon bridge along the river? ”

"This ...... There are at least a dozen of them. Ma Wannian blinked his eyes and searched in his mind, and replied hesitantly.

"Aside from those places that are far away and difficult to travel, how many places are left?" Wang Huan asked.

"Well, that's it...... There are three! Ma Wannian looked at the sand table and said: "One is Xituo Town, which is a place where the water surface of the Yangtze River is open, the water is gentle, and it is most convenient to build a pontoon bridge. ”

"The other two places, one is in Zhanggongtan, ten miles upstream of Xituo Town, and the other is in the cattle and horse ferry twenty miles downstream, both of which are original ferries, and the river is also very gentle, from both places to Shizhu, there are big roads to pass, and in addition to these two places, the other sections are either in a hurry to build a bridge, or there is no way to go after crossing the river."

Wang Huan stared at the three places that Ma Wannian said, his eyes scanned the sand table, his eyes moved around, and he kept turning in circles in three places, and after a long time, he raised his head and asked: "Wannian, from Xituo Town to Shizhu, there seems to be a dense forest on the road, right?" ”

Ma Wannian was looking for a narrow valley on the sand table, and at this time Wang Huan suddenly said about the dense forest, and only after a reaction did he speak: "Yes, my lord went from Xituo Town to Tusi City, and he passed through there, it was a dense pine forest, called Pine Forest Slope, and the radius of ten miles was full of pine trees, but it was not a narrow place like a line of sky." ”

"It's not as narrow as a line of sky, but it's also a valley, right? I remember passing through there at that time, there were high mountains on both sides, pine forests obscured the sky, and there was almost no way except for the front and back exits at both ends, right? Wang Huan then asked.

Ma Wannian thought for a moment and said very simply: "Yes, that's exactly the case." ”

"That's fine, just let Tan Wen take this road, and our army can win the game!" Wang Huan's face was overjoyed, and the sorrow just now disappeared, as if he had found some wonderful way to defeat the enemy.

Ma Xintian and Zubian glanced at each other, and immediately sent Ma P up: "My lord is resourceful and strategic, please hurry up and give an order to let me wait to understand what to do!" ”

In fact, the two of them have itching in their hearts, and there are many things they don't understand, for example, Tan Wen is not Wang Huan's son, so he will cross the river wherever he is asked? The pine forest is no better than the Black Valley, it is impossible to build a shield to resist the enemy, that kind of heavy shield wall, it is useless for people to go around a corner, set up an ambush here, although it can be taken by surprise, but in the end it has to rely on a hard fight to solve the problem, with more than 3,000 people in Wanshou Valley and more than 2,000 people in Tusi City and Tan Wen who have experienced the war 4,000 people, the odds are not great, and this does not take into account the head tribesmen recruited by Tan Wen, plus this, Tan Wen is afraid that there are more than 4,000 people.

(End of chapter)