Nanyang County ranks third in the area of the eleven counties of Qingguo, not only the granary of Qingguo, but also the strategic place in the southwest of Qingguo.

There are seven counties in Nanyang County, in addition to the main city Wancheng, there are six other county seats, eight cities large and small stand on the land of Nanyang County, although the border of Qingguo has been deployed heavy troops, but Wancheng has always had tens of thousands of defenders stationed.

Wancheng is the transit station of the strategic materials of the border army, especially the southwest line, grain and grass have always been allocated from Wancheng, as the first granary of Qingguo, the amount of grain produced in Nanyang County is very large, and in Wancheng, more than ten large granaries have been built, these granaries are usually full of grain and grass under the personal intervention of Shang Zhongli, in order to deal with the needs of emergencies.

Today, more than a dozen granaries in Wancheng are already full of grain and grass, and in addition, a large number of wheat harvested from the fields are transported to the city every day.

The people of the southern counties of Nanyang County, especially the old, weak, sick and disabled, have migrated to the neighboring counties on a large scale, and the county officials have selected and organized a group of strong men to stay behind to harvest the wheat and use it for the purpose of serving as the people in wartime.

Wancheng is located in the southerner area of Nanyang County, and only one county in the middle is the Nanyangguan area, which is already in the frontline.

The Yan delegation arrived in Wancheng three days after entering the territory of Nanyang County.

Since entering Nanyang County, there has been a Qingguo cavalry team composed of 500 people sent by Shang Zhongli to meet the Yan State Mission, branded the banner of the general, and ensured the safety of the Yan State Mission along the way.

Yanqing's two teams of men and horses combined, it was nearly two thousand people, all of them were freshly dressed and angry, swords and guns were cold, and it was naturally rare to meet the people who were still migrating along the way, but this cavalry of two thousand people was enough to make the people avoid it far away and dare not approach.

Naturally, there were few messengers along the way who transmitted military intelligence news, that is, to report the battle situation ahead to Beijing.

Although all the decision-making power on the front line is in the hands of Shang Zhongli, and any military deployment of the Qingguo Imperial Court will not be handled, but the battle report at the front still has to be reported to the military headquarters of Shangjing.

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When the Yan delegation arrived in Wancheng, it was already dusk.

Han Mo saw that Wancheng was huge, the city walls were tall and heavy, and as the most important city in front of Qingguo, it had indeed been vigorously built and reinforced.

On the periphery of the city, more than a dozen ditches have already been dug, and the ditches are deep and wide, like the four sides of the city, spreading like waves.

"These are all deep trenches, just to deal with the cavalry and siege weapons of the Wei State." Cao Yin and Han Mo marched hand in hand, because there were deep trenches everywhere outside the city, so the team could only march into the city on a narrow road that was still left for distant grain to enter the city: "In the face of these trenches, the cavalry naturally could not rush to the city, and you see that they dug more than a dozen deep trenches, and the outermost one is far away from the city wall, even if they set up catapults, I am afraid they will not be able to hit the ...... of the city wall!" ”

Han Mo looked around and said, "The Wei army may not be able to rush to the city for a while and a half, but I am afraid it won't take much time to fill up these trenches step by step!" ”

Cao Yin smiled and said, "Of course Shang Zhongli doesn't think that he can stop the Wei army with these trenches, but it's just to suppress the morale of the Wei army. He pointed to the tall walls of Wancheng, "Look there! ”

Han Mo looked up, and saw that behind the battlements of the high wall, there were countless large arrows and crossbows, and there seemed to be trebuchets on the top of the city.

Although the Wei army is still far away, the military is standing solemnly on the head of Wancheng, and it is ready to meet the enemy.

"If the Wei army wants to fill these trenches, the casualties must be not small. Moreover, the Wei Guocang cavalry, on the plain, like a pack of wolves, is invincible, they are good at charging and fighting, but if they are blocked like this under this city, their morale will inevitably fall. Cao Yin smiled calmly: "Look at the situation of the entire Nanyang County, Shang Zhongli has already begun to deploy defenses here, even if the Wei army can really take Nanyang County in the end, the price to pay...... It's going to be huge. ”

"Before the battle, the Qing army has shown a murderous ......!" Han Mo looked at the soldiers at the head of the city and sighed lightly: "Look at the ability of a general, just look at how his soldiers are, this Shang Zhongli ...... Extraordinary! ”

Cao Yin also sighed: "Just looking at the formation here, you can guess that the next battle will be extremely cruel." Today, the five famous generals in the dynasty have their own strengths, and the battle of Wei Qing is actually a game between Sima Qingtian and Shang Zhongli, which can be said to be a battle of contradictions! ”

"The battle of contradictions?"

Cao Yin said calmly: "Sima Qingtian is good at attacking, and he has the ability to command troops head-to-head, so it can be said that no one in the world can match him. Shang Zhongli, on the other hand, is not famous for his offense, but for his defense. In the war more than ten years ago, Shang Zhongli took a defensive position and built a strong fortification in the western front of Qingguo, the Wei people could not attack for a long time, and their morale was low, and Shang Zhongli was in the middle of the defense, looking for fighters, and finally launched a large-scale counteroffensive to repel the Wei people. ”

"Sima Qingtian is a spear, and Shang Zhongli is a shield, this is interesting!" Han Mo couldn't help but smile, then thought of something, and asked Cao Yin: "Master Hou, what are the characteristics of the other famous generals?" ”

"Bu Sugan became famous, but with the weak soldiers of the Wind Country, he resisted the many attacks of the Wei army, and even caused the Wei army to suffer heavy casualties, and he couldn't enter the land of the Wind Country for half a step, and he returned with a feather." Cao Yin said: "Of course, this is because Bu Sugan has the talent to command the army, but I am afraid that the factors of the right time, place and people prevail, especially the advantage of geographical advantages...... The Wind Country is all mountainous and forested, and the strongest cavalry of Wei State cannot show their hands and feet at all, and the infantry combat effectiveness of Wei State is far inferior to their cavalry. Entering the mountains and forests of the Wind Country, he was not adaptable, and Bu Sugan was good at commanding troops, and it was normal to defeat the Wei army in the mountains and forests...... If Busugan walks out of the mountains and forests, he may not be very powerful, so he has always thought that Busugan is the king of the mountains and forests, and no one can beat him in the battle of the mountains and forests......! ”

"I heard that there is also a blue wolf in the West in the Wei Kingdom, Du Wufeng?" Han Mo frowned and asked, "It is said that this person is the commander of the Black Banner of the Wei State?" ”

"Compared with several other famous generals in the court, this Du Wufeng is a ghost, and it is said that very few courtiers of the Wei State can see his traces." Cao Yin sighed lightly: "However, this person's ability is indeed known to the world, and it is not inferior to the Shannan Golden Lock Hammer." You are the director of the West Flower Hall, and naturally you also know the power of the black flag, which goes without saying. The black flag under Du Wufeng of Wei is the most terrifying dark yamen today, in addition, Du Wufeng is on the battlefield, but he also has extremely powerful means! ”

The team approached the city gate along the narrow road, but in front of the city gate, many officials were already waiting for them, but these ditches outside the city were criss-crossed, and it was not easy to speed up for a while, so they could only slowly lean over there.

Seeing that there was still some distance from the city gate, Han Mo asked: "Master Hou, this Du Wufeng, your subordinates have only heard of his dark deeds, but they have heard very little about the things on the battlefield. ”

Cao Yin's beautiful face was very gentle, and he smiled: "It's no wonder you, this Du Wufeng is on the battlefield, just like the dark yamen he leads, weird and mysterious, and elusive." If you talk about the characteristics of this famous general on the battlefield, it can only be said that he is good at sneak attacks. ”

"Sneak attack?"

Cao Yin nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then said, "I also said that the Weiqing War more than ten years ago." You should remember that at the beginning, the Wei army fought successively, directly attacked Wuguan County of Qingguo, and connected the three counties, and was invincible ......! ”

"Your Majesty remembers." Han Mo said: "Master Hou also talked about it not long ago. It was also at that time that Shang Zhongli transferred troops from the border pass to rescue and blocked the attack of the Wei army! ”

"Not bad. When Shang Zhongli transferred his troops north, at first he only relied on geographical advantages, stuck to important places, and blocked the Wei army's attack. The Wei army fought successively, but it was a light enemy, and was blocked by Shang Zhongli, and the army's heart began to be impatient, and it advanced several times, but it was resolved by Shang Zhongli, and suffered a lot of losses, and the army's heart fluctuated. Shang Zhongli made careful arrangements, seized the time, and launched a major counteroffensive in one day and one night, attacking on all fronts...... That is the Qing people were defeated by the Wei army again and again, the crowd was angry, and was suppressed by Shang Zhongli The impulse to attack, that was already holding a breath, as soon as the great counteroffensive was launched, the Qing army was three armies, and it was actually an offensive tide, Shang Zhongli took thousands of horsemen to capture the main account of the Wei army, and the Wei army was defeated in that battle, and the retreat was ......! After a pause, he smiled and said: "With the situation at that time, the Qing army pursued in one fell swoop, not only could it recover Wuguan and Wudu County, but it was more likely to chase across the Wumu River and recover Shanbei County...... But Qingjun was held back in pursuit and missed a great opportunity......! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Han Moqi said: "Could it be that Du Wufeng is dragging the pursuit of the Qing army?" ”

Cao Yin smiled and said, "Not bad." Just as Shang Zhongli led his army to pursue the Wei army, he suddenly got a report that a Wei cavalry was rushing thousands of miles and attacking in the direction of Shangjing. Although there were only 5,000 cavalry, they were all the most elite cavalry in Wei, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, according to the situation at that time, it was preparing for 5,000 cavalry to attack the capital......! ”

"Shang Zhongli shouldn't stop the pursuit at this time and return to Beijing?"

"Shang Zhongli didn't seem to care at first, after all, there are still many soldiers of the garrison battalion in Shangjing ......!" Cao Yin sighed lightly: "Seeing that if you pursue all the way, you can regain the lost territory, of course Shang Zhongli is not willing to turn back at this time, but...... When he knew that it was Du Wufeng who led the troops, he was a little shocked, and what surprised him even more was that the Wei army sent someone to send a letter from Du Wufeng, directly telling Shang Zhongli that his 5,000 cavalry would not attack Shangjing, but would attack the Qingguo Emperor's Mausoleum, which was fifty miles away from the eastern suburbs of Shangjing, and the letter even ridiculed that he wanted to ask the royal clans of Qingguo to go to Wei to take a turn ......! ”

Han Mo opened his mouth and didn't speak, but he was surprised in his heart, and only said after a while: "This is ...... This Du Wufeng is really too unsophisticated, how can it be ...... How can it be so ......! ”

"That's his dark style." Cao Yin sighed: "I don't follow common sense, the means are indeed despicable, but ...... The results are truly excellent......! ”