The strange battlefield, now the battlefield of the two armies is particularly confusing, Menggo's front almost pressed to Caoyang City, less than three hundred zhang away from Caoyang City, there are more than a dozen earthen ramparts in front, the defense line on both sides is almost parallel, from top to bottom, it seems to be a spanning city wall, but this city wall is relatively short.

The layout of the rear is equally complicated, and Mungo's position is difficult to capture, not only because of a low wall, but also because of the layout of the rear, with several areas with clear heights, where to arrange what troops, and the operation of the temporary formation, are all from Mungo's arrangement.

The close cooperation between the various departments, the defense of the hierarchical surname, if you want to capture such a position, the coalition army is not able to come tens of thousands of people, and the positional battle Mongo is not afraid at all, and the movement war has to be considered, after all, the coalition army has an advantage in strength, and there is no problem if it is only defensive.

On the other hand, the position of the coalition army, which is also strange, seems to be a copy of Menggo's position, but they rely on Caoyang City, with Caoyang City as the core, opening from both wings, as if it has become a Xiongguan, not only the periphery of Caoyang City, but also the corresponding arrangements have been made in Caoyang City.

From a distance, the two sides seem to have put down two levels, the end is very weird, the one who should attack does not attack, the one who should defend does not defend, the two sides are full and have nothing to do, you look at me, I stare at you, Wang Ba looked at the mung bean, and wanted to kill each other, but the two sides did not do it first.

Looking at the increasingly solid barrier of the coalition army, Meng Ge's teeth ached, and he couldn't help but complain: "Why are the Kwantung princes so courageless, sitting on hundreds of thousands of troops, they don't dare to attack, but they stop moving, this battle has to be fought until the Year of the Monkey!" ”

The generals behind him almost laughed, and said secretly: If the coalition forces attack again, I'm afraid this is a brain cramp, and before there is a solution, the coalition forces may never act rashly, no matter how provocative it is, it is useless, unless they can break through the front position.

Clearly, but how to break through the forward position, this is really a difficult problem, based on the fortifications, the defense is twice the result with half the effort, and in the case of insufficient troops, of course, it is not so easy to break.

However, Xia Houlan is very optimistic, and in his opinion, it seems that there is no need to break the formation.

"General, let's be in a hurry, if this battle is fought for a year and a half, the Kwantung Coalition Army will not be able to hold it, and the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is not so easy, let's just wait!" Xia Houlan felt that this method was the best, but he had wasted a lot of brains in the past few days before he finally came to such a conclusion.

This is also in line with Mungo's strategy, Mungo did say that this is a protracted war, but now the result has changed a little, and compared to the original assumption, Mungo's situation is more than a step better.

However, these words came from Xiahou Lan's mouth, Meng Ge was surprised, and immediately smiled: "Xiahou, you have seen it for a long time, but you are so confident that the coalition will follow your train of thought?" Do you say that if we continue to consume like this, the coalition will stay still, or are you the leader of the coalition? Tell me how you told him not to move? ”

"Eh, general, you can't joke, the leader of the coalition is him Yuan Benchu, this joke can't be made!" Xia Houlan's tongue was knotted again, but fortunately, the words were clear, but this did not make the coalition forces move, and Xia Houlan really had no clue.

"Okay, it's a bit of progress, but remember, the coalition won't do what you think, then you force him, induce him, try to get him on the path you designed, go back and think about how to master the enemy!"

Persecution, inducement, Xia Houlan vaguely understood, the idea is not wrong, there is no problem with the idea, what is missing is the means, how to make the coalition forces have to submit, this is the most important problem to be solved, how to achieve this is the key.

was thinking about how to break the formation, and suddenly the soldiers came to report: "Report to the general, there is an urgent report from Hangu Pass!" ”

Something happened to Hangu Pass, Meng Ge frowned, and immediately said, "Xiahou Lan, take it apart!" ”

The messenger did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Xiahou Lan.

Opening the letter, Xia Houlan didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly opened the letter, and read:

Jia Xu, the governor of Hangu Guan, bowed:

Xiaguan took over the defense of Hangu Pass, did not dare to have the slightest neglect, investigated the meticulous work, eradicated the hidden dangers, the subordinate officials have achieved initial results, the identity of the detailed work is being verified, but now there is an urgent report, the armament has been discovered, about the law of smelting, there are eyebrows, confirmed by many parties, it is indeed credible, the new smelting method of forging weapons, indestructible, the lower official specially informed this news.

However, regarding the new smelting method, the master is the Tie clan, and the clan elder has agreed to offer it, but the clan elder wants to meet the general, and it seems that there is something important to inform him, so he asks the general to adjudicate.

The letter is very short, and there are not many things, but when it comes to the method of smelting, Meng Ge has to be cautious, he didn't expect to really find it, this kind of thing has really been handed down, according to Meng Ge's idea, since it has not been widely circulated, the possibility of being lost is very large, it would be good to find out the clues, but there is really a complete technology handed down, which is really beyond his expectations.

With the new smelting method, then the new weapon manufacturing has been settled, the research of 100 steel has not been completed, but if there is a new smelting technology, 100 steel will not be important, with Meng Ge's eyesight, it is natural to see that the knife last time is extraordinary, whether it is sharp and tough, I am afraid that the future generations will not be able to compare with this katana, with such sharp weapons, the armament will definitely go to the next level.

Meng Ge immediately said: "Xu Rong, I'll go back to Hangu Pass, and the command of the army will be handed over to you for the time being!" ”

Without waiting for Meng Ge to finish speaking, the messenger hurriedly said: "General, no need, the elder of the Iron Clan has already arrived, there are two people in his entourage, and his subordinates are just coming to report first, and the elder of the Iron Clan will arrive this afternoon." ”

Meng Ge was slightly stunned, and then wondered: "Why is the elder of the Iron Clan in a hurry to see me, and has the smelting method already been offered?" ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "This villain doesn't know, the old man of the Iron Clan only said that there was something important, but he didn't say what it was, but only revealed that it was about the Yanlong Knife, and the Yanlong Knife was the sword obtained by the general!" ”

"Yanlong Knife! It seems that it is still a knife with a history, or it will be said when the Iron Clan is old! Meng Ge was very curious, what was the origin of this Yanlong Sword, and what did it have to do with this Iron Clan Elder.

For the Yanlong Knife, this knife that has always been a bit of a mystery, Meng Ge always felt very weird, why the Yan Dragon Knife can release the Gang Qi, all this is the same as a mystery, maybe this Iron Clan old can be answered, Meng Ge has a strong premonition, the Iron Clan Old should know the inside story.

After the matter was reported, the messenger also retired, Xu Rong hurriedly stood up and reminded: "General, the origin of the old Tie clan is unknown, and it is a little inappropriate to rashly receive him, is it not appropriate to take some measures?" ”

"You think it's an assassin?"

"I don't rule out the possibility!" Xu Rong honestly said what was in his heart, he always didn't trust people of unknown origin, not to mention that this Iron Clan was always in a hurry to meet, which was even more suspicious.

Meng Ge smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Indeed, but if you want to assassinate me, you have to have a chance, the military camp is not a good place to assassinate, there is no such stupid killer, just arrange a good defense, it is not so easy to kill me!" Xia Houlan, meet you in the afternoon and be in charge of the guard! ”

"No, the end will be guaranteed to be foolproof!" Xia Houlan hurriedly took the order.

"Okay, let's stop here today, the coalition won't attack, let's not blow the cool breeze here!"

There is no war on the front line, and Meng Ge has no interest in staying, so he turned around and left, these days are getting colder and colder, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and it is really a crime to stay outside, to be honest, Meng Ge is thinking about whether to return to Hangu Pass to give up, anyway, the coalition forces only defend and do not attack, and there is no time to fight, so they can't live and suffer, who let the opportunity be delayed, and Meng Ge has no choice.

The calm time always flies, there is no war on the quiet front, both sides seem to be asleep, but the Kwantung princes are not asleep, Dian Wei sneaked up on the Tiger Prison Pass, burned half of the Tiger Prison Pass, and this matter finally reached the ears of the princes.

For Zhang Miao's tragic death, the Kwantung princes were silent, and in the blink of an eye, the princes of the former side went like this, no one's heart was a taste, Zhang Miao's death, everyone realized the horror of the poisonous dragon camp, but how to deal with this army, no one had a clue.

A more urgent situation has been put on the table, how to protect their rear, this can no longer be ignored, and if the enemy army is allowed to come nonsense, it will inevitably be dragged to death, the supply of grain and grass cannot keep up, and what awaits the coalition army is defeat.

Just when the coalition forces were distressed, the Iron Clan was old, in fact, the Iron Clan was just an old man, dressed in a cyan robe, his temples were slightly white, but his spirit was very full, and he was still holding a cane in his hand, with kind eyebrows and good intentions, but he looked like a good old man.

There was also a young man who came with him, no more than in his early twenties, tall, dressed in a cyan power suit, a pair of sword eyebrows that were not angry and arrogant, and full of martial arts.

The old man looked very harmless on the surface, but Xiahou Lan did not dare to slack off, and arched his hand: "Old man, in Xia Xiahou Lan, he is the commander of the rebel general's own soldiers, the clan elder dedicated the art of smelting, the general is very grateful, since the clan elder meets the general, then please cooperate with the clan elder, and you can't carry sharp weapons on your body!" ”

The old man didn't care when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Old decay Tiezhong, what the general said is understood, General Xiahou just rest assured, the old man is here today, just to explain the matter of the Yanlong Sword!" ”

Xia Houlan nodded, and then said: "That's good, please come in, old man, but you can only see the general alone!" ”

The old man of the Tie clan didn't care, turned around and smiled: "Tie Yun, you wait outside, I'll go in to see the rebellious general!" ”

The young man named Tie Yun hurriedly saluted and said, "Clan elder go slowly!" ”

Xia Houlan said to the people beside him: "You guys take this strong man to rest, don't slack off!" ”

"No!" The soldiers beside Xia Houlan nodded, so they led Tie Yun down, Tie Yun was a little hesitant at first, but the Tie Clan nodded, and Tie Yun went down honestly.

"Iron Clan, please come with me!"

"General, please lead the way!" The elder of the Iron Clan was not nervous at all, and casually asked Xiahou Lan to lead the way.

From the meeting to the beginning, Xia Houlan has been observing, this old man of the Iron Clan, he doesn't look like he has force, he only needs to pay attention to other means later, Xia Houlan has some plans in his heart.

Walking from the reception place, about two miles or so, Xia Houlan led people to the big tent.

The soldiers outside the tent blocked the way, and Xiahou Lan hurriedly said: "This is the elder of the Iron Clan, report it!" ”

"No need, come in!" As soon as the people arrived in Mongo, they knew it, and as soon as the words came out, the soldiers immediately let them go.

The old man of the Iron Clan has been quietly following behind him, just like an ordinary visit, although the surname is not the same, but this old man is very calm.

After a short time, he saw Meng Ge, and the old man of the Iron Clan hurriedly saluted: "Xiaomin greets the general!" ”

Meng Ge hurriedly said: "Clan Elder, please get up, Clan Elder offers a new smelting method, I am grateful, Clan Elder, please sit down!" ”

"Thank you, General!" The elder of the Iron Clan hurriedly thanked him.

For this young general, the Iron Clan Elder was very curious, he had such achievements at a young age, and he was indeed not an ordinary person, but the matter of the Yanlong Sword was still uncertain.

Looking at the old man in front of him, Meng Ge was very curious, what was the origin of this Yanlong Knife, why did this clan elder need to come to see it in person, and besides, this clan elder was in a hurry to see him, it was impossible without an important purpose.

After the old man sat down, Meng Ge couldn't wait to ask: "Iron Clan Elder, there is a question below, what is the origin of the Yanlong Sword?" ”

The old man said unhurriedly: "This is not in a hurry, the old man still has one more thing to ask, I have asked about this matter, and I will answer it in the next one!" ”

"Problem!" Meng Ge smiled slightly, and then said: "Clan elder, please say, if it is convenient, you can answer it yourself!" ”

"General rest assured, the question of decay is not easy, I just want to confirm one thing, is this Yanlong Sword pulled out by the general?" As the Iron Clan elder had said, his question was surprisingly simple.

Such a simple question, yes or no, Meng Ge felt that it was not so simple, because the Yanlong Knife was not that simple.

"I said yes, how does the clan elder know that I am telling the truth?" Mongo asked unhurriedly.

The old man of the Iron Clan was slightly stunned, and suddenly said helplessly: "This really can't be confirmed, after all, the old man didn't see it with his own eyes, okay, just as if the old man didn't ask, about the Yanlong Knife, please let the old man say it slowly!" ”

The clan elder was easy to talk to, and Meng Ge smiled slightly: "Please speak, after all, I also want to know what is the origin of the Yanlong Knife?" ”

"Hehe, the general is really curious, so that the old decay can determine eight points, but about the Yanlong Knife, this has to start from more than 1,300 years ago!"

Before the Iron Clan elder could speak, Meng Ge interjected, "More than 1,300 years ago! Wait, clan elder, are you confused! You don't want to tell me that this knife is 1,300 years old! ”

For Meng Ge's interruption, the Iron Clan Elder didn't care at all, but smiled and said: "That's true, the general is smart, the Yanlong Sword was forged by our clan 1,300 years ago, but the old man didn't mean to say this!" ”

Mungo's tongue was almost knotted, and in his mind there was nothing but unbelief or disbelief, there was such a technology 1,300 years ago, this is completely fantastical, how can there be such an unbalanced thing!

(To be continued)