Chapter 1061 Ten Mile Gorge

The word King Wu is a signal to the world.

After Fang Xie returned to Changchun Garden, he convened his subordinates to discuss the matter, which was different from the discussion in the Taiji Palace, and all the people who were summoned this time were the cronies of the Black Flag Army.

"Received news early in the morning."

Chen Xiaoru handed over a military report with both hands: "This is sent back by General Cui in the northwest, the Mengyuan people have been attacking non-stop for a few days, but because they are not used to crossing the river on foot, there is no suitable equipment, and the blockade of our sailors is stable." However, when General Cui sent someone to deliver the news, the Mengyuan people began to attack again, and General Cui estimated that the food and grass of the Mengyuan people were in a hurry and could not wait. ”

Dugu Wenxiu nodded: "The northwest is tired, the Mengyuan people can't loot grain and grass, and if the cattle and sheep they carry are not adapted to the soil and water and are infected with diseases, as long as they start to die, it will be a disaster." Meng Lie has led the army for many years, so he naturally knows that he can't hesitate anymore at this time, and he can either fight to the death, or he can only retreat. ”

"There is no shortage of food and grass for our people."

Wu Yiyi said: "The fleet of goods through the world has been transporting grain from Liyin Cang to the northwest, and if there is something wrong, it can also transport grain from Chang'an City to the northwest. There are four granaries in Chang'an City, and the stored grain cannot be eaten even if it is eaten for a hundred years. However, if you take the land route to the northwest to transport grain, the consumption along the way is not a small amount. ”

Fang Xie snorted: "If the fleet of goods that travel all over the world can't be dispatched, they can only transport food by land, and the soldiers who are fighting on the front line can't be hungry and fight the enemy." Hou Ye will dispatch it later, and I will arrange for people and horses to send grain to the northwest immediately after arranging the grain and grass. ”

"Whoa"

Wu Yi responded: "The lord is going to the northwest or to the Lingmen Pass?" ”

"Spiritual Gate"

Fang Xie pointed to the map and said: "In the northwest, even if Meng Lie's department is directly defeated, Meng Yuan's defeated troops are all cavalry, and they can flee all the way to the Wolf Milk Mountain, and it is not so easy to chase after them." Meng Ge is different, first, Meng Ge is the Great Khan of Meng Yuan, if he can be killed, the army of Meng Yuan will be in chaos, and it will be too late for those people to grab the position of the Great Khan, where will they still have the heart to fight. Second, Meng Ge is alone, and it is not so easy to escape even if he wants to. ”

"Chen Xiaoru"

Fang Xie looked at Chen Xiaoru and ordered: "Send someone to the northwest Cui Zhongzhen Chen Dingnan's department, tell them, let the soldiers spread the news, and say that Meng Yuan Great Khan Meng Ge was defeated at Lingmen Pass, and his life and death are unknown, and the general of the Mengyuan Black Mountain Army set himself up as Khan and killed other Wang Ting generals." ”

Chen Xiaoru said: "My subordinates will send people." ”

Dugu Wenxiu couldn't help but praise: "Whether the enemy in the northwest believes this news or not, people's hearts will be in turmoil." For the war situation in the northwest, as long as the enemy himself is in chaos, it is a great thing. Meng Ge wanted to enter the Central Plains in one go this time, but he actually committed a big taboo, he thought that he could unknowingly divide his troops and copy our back road, but he forgot that the lone army went deep into the rear and had no help. Moreover, his men and horses are too far away from Meng Lie's men and horses, and the news is blocked, and once the rumors spread, they can't stop it. ”

"You can also send people to divide them."

Wu Yi thought for a while and said: "Meng Ge is bent on going east to the east, and the generals under him may not all be convinced, and some of them must be dissatisfied. Such people can be used, as long as they can send someone to make secret contact, send some expensive gifts, and let them persuade Meng Lie to withdraw from the army."

"Meng Lie is Meng Ge's most trusted general, and he may not retire."

Dugu Wenxiu said.

Wu Yiyi shook his head: "Dugu, you didn't stand in Meng Lie's position and think about it. If the rumors of Meng Ge's death spread, wouldn't Meng Lie be flustered? If Meng Ge is really dead, then what is Meng Lie's most anxious thing to do? ”

"Rush back to the royal court to snatch the throne!"

Dugu Wenxiu's eyes lit up.

Wu Yi smiled and said, "Meng Lie doesn't know if Meng Ge is really dead or fake, and he doesn't know if the Black Mountain Army is really against or fake it." But he must have wondered, what if these things were true? If it is true, then the two most promising people in the battle for the Khan throne are Gai Yu, the general of the Montenegrin Army who has 300,000 of the most elite cavalry, and the other is he Menglie! And he has the direct bloodline of the Golden Family, as long as he leads the troops back to the royal court, inheriting the throne is much smoother than Gai Yu. ”

Dugu Wenxiu's mind immediately came to life: "That's right, even if Meng Lie suspects that this news is fake, he can't help but prepare." He is in the northwest, and it is far faster to return to the steppe than Gai Yu, which is the biggest advantage. Even if he was worried that Meng Ge would not die and would not dare to rush back to the royal court to snatch the throne, he would definitely send troops back to the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon to guard it to prevent Gai Yu from going back first. Even if it's just Menglie's division of troops, it's a good thing for us. ”

Fang Xie smiled: "This kind of thought, as long as you move, you can't help it." If it weren't for such a thing, Meng Lie would have no chance to become a Great Khan, and now that he has the opportunity, he will not let it go. As long as Meng Lie returns to the army, even if we don't send a single soldier to watch Meng Ge retreat, he will not be able to retreat. Meng Lie will send troops to block the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon, so that the news that the Great Khan is dead will also become true. ”

"Yes"

Dugu Wenxiu said: "Once Meng Lie goes back, there is no turning back. He had to convince Mongo that he was dead, so he couldn't let him go back. ”

"Let's go"

Fang Xie waved his hand: "Everyone is busy, now there is only this one biggest enemy left to solve, and then you can wave your army to the east." The war in Eastern Xinjiang can't afford us to waste too much time, even if it's the Great Khan of Mengyuan, what does it have? This is on our family's territory, and the life of any Han person is heavier than him. ”

"Song Regrets"

Fang Xie looked at Song Zi, who was sitting at the back and didn't dare to speak: "There is an errand that I want you to do alone." ”

Song Ziregret hurriedly stood up: "My lord, please command." ”

Fang explained: "Gao Kaitai's troops have surrendered no less than 100,000 troops, most of which I have already incorporated into the Black Flag Army, and there are still 20,000 troops that have not been placed for the time being, I will transfer 3,000 cavalry from the Black Flag Army to you, and you will go to the Ministry of War to ask for food and grass, baggage, what you want, and then leave Beijing quickly." Where to fight, I don't care, how to fight, I don't care, I just need you to lead the troops all the way to the west, give you enough rights, however, within three months, you must rush to Qingfeng Mountain in Xiting County, that is the only way for Meng Ge to go back to the grassland, you strangle it for me! ”

"Whoa!"

Song Ziregret replied loudly, his voice trembling a little.

He has only just come to the Black Flag Army, and he can lead an army alone, how much trust is this?

"Let's go"

Fang Xie smiled and said, "Wait for me in Qingfeng Mountain, I'll see how you are famous in the Western Frontier." ”

Eastern Xinjiang

There is a ten-mile gorge six hundred miles to the southeast from where Mufu is located, and three hundred miles east from the ten-mile gorge is the Phoenix Terrace. Phoenix Terrace is the easternmost border city in the eastern part of the Great Sui Dynasty and has always been of great significance. Now, Phoenix Terrace is even more significant.

The Black Flag Army in Nalan Dingdong is stationed in Phoenix Terrace, which is already a lonely city. Under the continuous attack of the foreigners, Dongjiang has fallen to many places, and the Phoenix Terrace is like a huge nail embedded in the lost territory, nailed to the logistics supply line of the foreigners' team.

The ranks of foreigners are hit by the Black Flag Army all the time.

However, foreigners still can't take the Phoenix Stage. With Phoenix Terrace as the center, within a radius of fifty miles is the defense line of the Black Flag Army, and the foreigners can't beat it, so they have to take a detour. However, the Black Flag Army has cavalry and a firearms battalion, which can completely compete with the foreigners, and the Black Flag Army is extremely well-informed, as long as the supply team of the foreigners passes by, the Black Flag Army will inevitably harass. If you can grab it, you can grab it, and if you can't grab it, burn it.

Even though Grand Duke Thurence, who was in charge of commanding the foreign vanguard army, was ruthless, he had nothing to do with the Black Flag Army.

"Report!"

A soldier of the Black Flag Army hurriedly ran to the outside of Nalan Dingdong's room and said eagerly: "General, a few people came from the Shili Gorge, saying that they are from the Red Mei Army, and they have an urgent military situation. ”

Nalan Dingdong hurriedly let people in, and two soldiers of the Black Flag Army came in with a man covered in wounds, the clothes on his body were already torn, and there were blood stains everywhere, and there were two feather arrows stuck in his back, if it weren't for his leather armor being thick and tough enough, these two arrows would be enough to pass through.

"General Nalan, save the big leader of my family!"

The man was dying, and his voice was faintly weak.

"What's going on?"

Nalan Dingdong asked.

The man gasped and said: "The food and grass of our Red Mei Army are in an emergency, so the big leader plans to take us to the side of Phoenix Terrace, copy the supply team of foreigners, and when he walked to Shili Gorge, he was ambushed by the enemy, and the big leader led his troops to fight hard, and now he is still trapped in Shili Gorge, and he has run out of food. ”

"Who set up the ambush?"

Nalan Dingdong asked.

"I don't know."

The man shook his head with difficulty: "But it's definitely not a foreigner, the team doesn't have a flag, and you can't tell which family it is by looking at the costumes, they should have changed their clothes on purpose." ”

Nalan Dingdong's face turned pale, and he walked behind the man and looked at it: "This arrow is a standard feather arrow made by the Great Sui Workshop, and there are not many teams with such feather arrows in Eastern Xinjiang." There are not many troops who can surround your Red Eyebrow Army's tens of thousands of horses. ”

He was silent for a while and said, "Come on, order 10,000 light horsemen to go with me!" ”

Ten Mile Gorge

The Red Eyebrow Army has run out of food, and the feather arrows have run out. After they entered the canyon, they were blocked on both sides, and the ambush soldiers from the cliff kept pushing down the boulders, and the Red Eyebrow army suffered heavy casualties. Although the Red Eyebrow army is full of people on the Green Forest Road, and many of them have cultivated well, they can't be used at all in this dangerous place.

The enemy came prepared, did not charge directly, but continued to attack the Red Eyebrow Army in the canyon with stones and feathered arrows, the Red Eyebrow Army was in an unobstructed place, and the soldiers were lost extremely quickly. If it weren't for the fact that the big leader of the Red Eyebrow Army led people to rush forward, killing through several obstacles of the enemy in one go and finding a place to rest, I am afraid that the whole army would have been wiped out at this time.

"Great Chief!"

A general of the Red Eyebrow Army said eagerly: "There is no way to go on like this, if the people who went out to ask for help can't come back, we will be more than lucky." It's better for his subordinates to rush with his brothers again, as long as he rushes out of the valley, he can't go far to Changping City. Changping City is guarded by the people of Mu Mansion, we can go and ask for help! ”

He didn't notice that their young big leader had a pained look on his face.

"No, you can't go to Changping City."

The young chief shook his head, and his tone was sad: "Why is this happening? Why did you want to attack my Red Eyebrows? ”

His expression was sad, and his eyes were full of pain.

"Why?"

His generals asked.

The Great Leader did not reply, clutching in his hand a feathered arrow that had been picked up from the ground. His gaze fell on the feather arrow, and the corners of his mouth were trembling. At this moment, his whole body was cold, like falling into an ice cave.