"He's coming!" I jerked myself up straight, let go of the golden-faced master, and ran out the door. In the distance, there was a purple figure riding on a tall horse, but as the purple figure got closer and closer, I gradually saw that the person was not Hu Yanzhuo.

"Hu Yanyang!" Xiao Ya wondered, "How could it be him?" ”

"Who is Hu Yanyang?"

"Hu Yanzhuo's cousin, his biological mother is still Hu Yanzhuo's mother's sister-in-law." Xiao Ye replied: "My parents died early, and I was adopted by Hu Yanzhuo's mother at the age of three, and I have the same siblings as Hu Yanzhuo, the key is that the two look seven or eight points similar, if they are not acquaintances, they can't tell who they are." ”

"Why did Hu Yanzhuo let Hu Yanyang pretend to be him?" It feels weird.

"That's not right!" General Yuan exhaled.

"What's wrong?" I asked eagerly.

"Soldiers and horses are not right!" General Yuan pointed to the oncoming Northern Desert cavalry, "200,000 soldiers and horses in the Northern Desert have entered Meiling, even if there is damage along the way, it is impossible to have less than 100,000 left." ”

"Less than 100,000?" I looked at the mighty army in front of me that was surging towards this side, the horse's hooves trampled on the ground so that the Guanlou hundreds of meters away felt shaken, such a big movement, there were only 100,000 troops, and the scene of the 200,000 troops rushing towards me was so shocking.

Half an hour ago, the news brought back by Tanma was still: Hu Yanzhuo personally led 200,000 troops to 20 miles outside Wangyong Pass, why did it take so long that the 200,000 army became 100,000, and Hu Yanzhuo disappeared?

"It is not impossible for Hu Yanyang to pretend to be him and attract our attention, and it is not impossible for him to lead people to bypass Wangyong Pass and enter the customs through other means."

Now, Tianyu transferred 20,000 of the 50,000 troops in the northern suburbs of the capital to Wangyong Pass, and the prince personally supervised Wangyong Pass to command the enemy. It is impossible for Hu Yanzhuo not to get the news. He could also infer from this that Tianyuguo had shifted the center of gravity of defending the Northern Desert to Wangyong Pass.

In this way, unless Wangyong Pass is lost, or Tianyuguo finds that the 100,000 soldiers and horses led by Hu Yanzhuo have successfully passed the pass. Otherwise, Tianyuguo would not have sent troops back to defend the capital.

If that's the case, even if the 100,000 army led by Hu Yanyang is stopped by me outside Wangyong Pass, Hu Yanzhuo can lead the other 100,000 troops and easily take the Tianyu Capital.

General Yuan still shook his head, "If you want to bypass Wangyong Pass to Tianyu Capital, the nearest two roads, one is Luoxia Pass, which is a hundred miles away from here, and there is no road from outside Wangyong Pass to outside Luoxia Pass. The army of the Northern Desert must turn back sixty miles to Handcheng, and then march to Luoxia Pass, however, from Handcheng to Luoxia Pass, all the way is mostly canyon plank road, dangerous and abnormal, and it is extremely difficult for the cavalry to march. ”

General Yuan's hand pointed to the other side of Wangyong Pass: "The other road is to cross the desolate hundred-mile sand dunes." The northern desert and the southern expedition did not have food and grass, so it was impossible to choose a desert march without any grass. There are two roads, one is extremely difficult to travel, and the other is not feasible at all, even if he Hu Yanzhuo knows that Wangyong Pass has divine soldiers to help, but he has not seen it with his own eyes, so he can easily change the route of the march, which is not the work of the soldiers. ”

Mo Qian interjected on the side: "Did Hu Yanzhuo feel that he didn't need his 200,000 elite soldiers to capture Tianyu Capital City, so he brought the extra people to drink tea?" ”

"Impossible!" Xiao Ye was very determined: "Hu Yanzhuo is not a conceited person. With his usual style and methods, he must first take the Tianyu Capital City with the power of thunder, and then wipe out all the royal bloodlines in Tianyu, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble in the future. When he dealt with the other forty-eight tribes in the Northern Desert and other small countries, he did all these things himself, leaving no trace of future troubles. That huge Tianyu Kingdom, how could Hu Yanzhuo be handed over to others. ”

"Then where did he take the 100,000 soldiers and horses?" I pondered.

"Rushui River!" Qin Ruoan didn't know when he had already gone up to the Guan Tower, and he didn't have time to salute me, he pointed to a river channel on the map and said to me: "Your Highness! If the general guessed correctly, Hu Yanzhuo wanted to pass through the frozen Luoshui River, bypass Wangyong Pass, and enter the pass. ”

In the cold winter, the dripping water turns into ice, and the barrier to the sky of the Luoshui River has long been a road to the sky. And from Wangyong Pass all the way to the east, there is a mountain road to go down the Luoshui River, along the river surface for five or six miles, is the suburbs of Zhantian City. If you directly cross the river and go west for more than ten miles, it is this Wangyong Pass.

If that is the case, Wangyong Pass will be attacked by the enemy, and the 3,000 soldiers and generals guarding the pass, as well as the 20,000 soldiers and horses that Qin Ruoan just brought from the capital, will all become turtles in the urn.

General Yuan asked me for orders: "Your Highness, it takes half a day to walk the mountain road from Guanwai to Luoshui River. The last general asked for orders, and immediately led 3,000 soldiers at Wangyongguan to bring an artillery piece to intercept the enemy army in the Northern Desert on the opposite side of the Luoshui River. ”

I pondered for a moment and ordered: "General Yuan, Mo Qian, you take Wangyongguan 2,000 soldiers and two cannons, and rush to the Luoshui River at full speed, Qin Ruoan, and bring 15,000 men and horses with you." The army of the Northern Desert must not be allowed to pass through the Luoshui River! ”

Except for the 3,000 guards of Wangyong Pass, other people, including me, were not familiar with the terrain around Wangyong Pass. In the unlikely event of an emergency, it is difficult to think through the situation without being familiar with the terrain. Therefore, the original guards of Wangyong Pass could not all go to the Luoshui River with General Yuan.

The cannon had to be cooled with water every time it was fired, and then dried before it could be fired. Otherwise, it is possible to explode, so the frequency of artillery firing is limited, and if Bei Mo rushes forward at all costs, a single artillery will not be able to stop them at all.

The placement of the barrel, the firing angle, and some sudden failures, only Mo Qian, who had cast and experimented with it, was the best.

With 2,000 men and two artillery, it is still a fantasy to deal with 100,000 knights without absolute geographical advantage. I can only ask Qin Ruoan, who has just arrived at Wangyong Pass and has not had time to rest, to bring 15,000 men and horses with him.

"Lord, there are only three cannons in Wangyong Pass, and two cannons are transferred to the Luoshui River, so what should I do with Wangyong Pass?" As long as I'm fine, how Tianyuguo is never in Mo Qian's consideration.

"Don't worry, since Hu Yanzhuo is preparing to enter the pass from the Luoshui River, there is no need for Hu Yanyang to storm Wangyong Pass." Not to mention 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if 200,000 soldiers and horses are coming, as long as I don't open the city gate, there is no rushing car, cloud ladder, no matter how many people and horses are, they will not think about passing the sixteen-meter-high city wall of Wangyong Pass. What's more, I have artillery, and I have 1,000 soldiers from Wangyongguan, plus 5,000 soldiers from the capital. Hu Yanyang is not a fool, he has the experience of Hu Yanqing's past, how could he run over and send him to death.

"The last general obeys!"

"Subordinates obey!"

Just as they disappeared at the top of the stairs, I suddenly felt that there was something untacted, and in a hurry, I opened my mouth and shouted, "Don't hurt him!" ”

Mo Qian turned his head, looked at me, and nodded: "Got it." Then he quickened his pace and caught up with General Yuan and Qin Ruoan, and the three of them left together.

I suddenly noticed that the soldier who had followed Qin Ruoan upstairs just now did not leave with him. Perhaps sensing my gaze, he raised his head, his soft facial features and white face looked so abrupt and special in this group of soldiers with chapped and rough skin and red cheeks.

He approached step by step, raised his hand to increase his forehead, and bent down to salute: "Your Highness! ”

Before I could speak, Xiao Ye opened his mouth dissatisfiedly and said, "Chu Moxuan, you can't lift it in your hands, and you can't carry it on your shoulders." What are you doing here? Intentionally add to the chaos! ”

"Although I can't martial arts, I have also read a few military books, and being a staff officer next to His Highness can be regarded as sharing worries for His Highness! Don't worry, I won't pester His Highness all day long and upset His Highness. ”

Champion Yuan Xun is usually silent, I didn't expect him to say such a strong word, although he didn't carry it head-on with Xiao Ye, but he really took Xiao Ye's army not too big.

"Alright, alright! Champion Yuan Xun has been working hard all the way, go down to rest first, and talk about other things tomorrow. "Champion Yuan Xuan is not Xiao Qingyu, there are all kinds of poisons around him, and Champion Yuan Xun can't get a little cheap against Xiao Ye.

"Yes." The champion obediently bowed to me and said goodbye.

Time passed little by little, and Hu Yanyang really did not order the Northern Desert army to attack the city, but kept changing the soldiers with loud voices from a distance, standing outside the range of the cannon and shouting.

The day passed like this, and General Yuan and Qin Ruoan had also set up an ambush on the bank of the Luoshui River, but in the middle of the night, there was no shadow of the other 100,000 troops in the Northern Desert.

In order to prevent the 100,000 cavalry of the Northern Desert from really making a detour to Luoxia Pass, I asked people to pay close attention to the various roads leading to Luoxia Pass. He also ordered Qin Ruo'an to immediately lead his troops to support as long as he saw the beacon fire at Luoxia Pass.

Outside Wangyong Pass, Hu Yanyang set up the camp on the grass less than half a mile opposite the Guan Tower, and I could see it clearly if he got up in the middle of the night to withdraw urine.

100,000 soldiers and horses gathered outside the city gate at regular intervals every day to shout. Hu Yanyang took a few cronies, chasing rabbits and roe deer, and he was as comfortable as a vacation.

In addition, the 100,000 Northern Desert Iron Cavalry have never rushed to cross the Luoshui River, nor have they made a detour to Luoxia Pass and other passes. It's as if it has disappeared out of thin air, without a single message.

Hu Yanyang surrounded Wangyong Pass again, blocking all the information outside the pass, I was like being blindfolded, blocked my ears, blindly guessing the intentions of the Northern Desert, this feeling made me very unsure. I thought about it, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it was better to take the initiative to attack and force the Northern Desert to retreat.

The Northern Desert claims to have a million iron horses, and Xiyue also claims to have a million iron horses, and I don't have the heart to investigate whether this million iron horses are true or false, but Xiyue is still weaker than the Northern Desert. If you hit it hard, Xiyue will definitely not get any benefits, but now, there are 200,000 troops in the Northern Desert in Tianyu, and for Xiyue, at this time, it is a rare God-given opportunity to defeat the Northern Desert.

I heard that Mo Qian had some friendship with the royal family of Xiyue, so I immediately ordered him to send an envoy to Xiyue, and persuaded Xiyue to send troops to attack the capital of Beimo on the grounds that the army of the Northern Desert was trapped in the hinterland of Tianyu and the country was empty. Even if you can't persuade Xiyue to invade the capital of the Northern Desert, capture a few of its border cities, or grab some livestock and property, it can still make the people of the Northern Desert panic, and the war in Tianyu Country is not going well, this expeditionary Northern Desert army will not be able to withdraw.