Chapter 1019: The Past

The sudden appearance of the situation in the northwest made Fang Xie really unable to calm down in his heart, although he gave three military orders in a row, but Fang Xie was not a god, he didn't know what the specific situation was in the northwest of the road. The news sent by Chen Dingnan from the northwest was at least a month ago, and today a month later, whether Chen Dingnan had started a war with the Mengyuan people is impossible to know.

Ordered the big ship to move at full speed and turn north at Yong'an Canal.

Fang Xie unfolded the map on the table, and his fingers would stop on the roads in the northwest cities.

"If the Mengyuan people really entered the customs with a million troops, the cattle and sheep they carried must be an extremely large number. The Mongol people lacked food and fed on cattle and sheep, and after entering the customs, they could not spread out a large army as they did on the grassland, so the speed was slower than that of the lightly armed infantry, which was the only good news. ”

He pondered slightly: "Enter the pass from the Wolf Milk Mountain, pass through Fangu to the east, and walk another hundred or dozens of miles to Shuyang County, where there are many mountain roads, and the Mengyuan people will walk on this road for a while." Meng Ge must have known that the northwest of the Great Sui was exhausted and could not find food supplies, so the cattle and sheep he carried were at least enough to support his army for two or three months. When Chen Dingnan got the news, it hadn't been long since the wolf rode into the customs, and he immediately sent someone to report to me, although he used the contact information of the Xiao Riding School, but there was no contact point for our Xiao Riding School in Hexi Road and Hedong Road, and we couldn't use carrier pigeons to ......."

Chito Kurosawa, the Xiao Riding School who came with the boat, said: "My lord, although there is no contact point for our Xiao Riding School, but there are branches in Hexi Road and Hedong Road that pass through the world, and the news should be these routes, which are much faster than people and horses rushing over." ”

Fang Xie nodded: "So, according to the time, it is speculated...... Meng Ge's army should have just left the Shandong Road by now, their army is too large, and the speed of cattle and sheep is slow, Shuyang County will have to walk for at least twenty days. It shouldn't have arrived at Hexi Road yet, and it should be too late for the military order to be sent over. ”

Kurosawa said: "General Chen doesn't have the generals of the lord, so he shouldn't rush to war." ”

Fang Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't answer.

Because he understands Chen Dingnan's personality, Chen Dingnan is a direct and sharp person, and he has a special hatred for foreign enemies, so he may not take the initiative to stop in front of Meng Yuan's army. Now Fang Jie's biggest concern is not Chen Dingnan's command ability, but that more than half of Chen Dingnan's troops were urgently transferred back from Yunnan Province, and after walking such a long way, from the southwest to the northwest, the physical strength of the soldiers was extremely exhausted, and the morale was tired, so it was never a good thing to rashly start a war with the Mengyuan people under such circumstances.

"Even if the reinforcements from the Gyeonggi Provincial Battalion set off immediately to rush to the northwest, Cui Zhongzhen has to mobilize grain and grass materials, plus there are many foot soldiers, and it will take at least more than a month and a half to reach Hedong Province."

Fang Xie shook his head: "The battle situation is changing rapidly......"

Kurosawa comforted: "The lord doesn't have to worry too much, General Chen can be in charge when he is in Yunnan Province, and such a harsh and complex terrain and human conditions can be controlled, and the situation in the northwest is much simpler than that of Yunnan Province." Now General Chen has to face only a battle or no war, and he will think about it clearly after leading the troops for so long. ”

Fang Xie snorted and turned his head to look at Xie Fuyao: "I want to ask you and Mr. Yanqing to rush to the northwest." ”

Xie Fuyao nodded: "Okay"

He looked at Yan Qing again: "Mr. has just arrived, and I want to ask you to travel far away, the journey is long and tiring, how hard you have worked." ”

Yan Qing smiled and said: "Don't think that when I'm older, I can't compare to Fuyao, compared to my feet, he may not be able to beat me." Since it is the Great Khan of Mengyuan who is personally driving, there must be masters around him. It's better for us to rush over as soon as possible, in case the two armies have already clashed, Meng Ge may not send a master to assassinate Chen Dingnan. ”

"Mr. Xie Lu"

Fang Xie hugged his fist and saluted.

No matter what his current status is, the fact that he was born as a disciple of the Yanwu Academy cannot be changed. Besides, when he was in the martial arts academy, Yan Qing took good care of him. Fang Jie's respect for him was not deliberately pretended, when he was in the Martial Arts Academy, if there was no Yan Qing and another professor who took care of him more, Qiu Yu, I was afraid that Fang Jie's life would be harder.

"After Mr. arrived in the northwest, he told Chen Dingnan not to attack easily, if only he had known the news earlier. The best place to snipe the Mengyuan army is Shandong Road, where the terrain is treacherous, and only one Fangu City can block the wolf rider for a while. Shuyang County is mountainous and dangerous, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But now the wolf rider is only afraid that he is about to cross the Shandong Road, Shannan Road is an inverted triangle shape, and the area between the Shandong Road and Hexi Road is not very wide, even if the wolf rider marches slowly, at most twenty days will pass. ”

"The terrain of Hexi Road is too peaceful, and the ...... of a horse and a flat river"

Fang explained: "That is the most unsuitable place to fight with the wolf cavalry, if the troops are more than the enemy or equal, even if the morale is better, you can form a formation to block." But the number of wolf cavalry is seven or eight times that of Chen Dingnan's department, even if it is meaningless, Meng Ge can easily complete the encirclement by relying on the advantage of numbers, once trapped by the wolf cavalry, the situation of the infantry will be difficult. ”

"Therefore, instead of defending the enemy in the most unfavorable place, it is better to abandon the northwest and deploy troops east of Yishui. The wolf rider had no boat, and if he wanted to cross the river, he had to build a pontoon bridge. Duan Zhengshui is now in the area of Qucheng County, Yong'an, and if he takes the waterway, he will be the fastest, and he will be able to meet Chen Dingnan in no more than twenty-five days. When the time comes, the defense on the east bank of Yishui, coupled with the assistance of the sailor, it is not so easy for the Mengyuan people to cross the river. ”

Yan Qing nodded: "I've written it down, you can rest assured, the two of us rushed to the northwest, and the speed was faster than that of the water master." ”

The speed of the two people traveling lightly and simply is definitely much faster than that of the army.

Fang Xie hugged his fists and saluted again: "There is Mr. Lao." ”

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northwest

Fan Gu

It's a very wide place, and a lot of candles are lit to drive away some of the darkness, but because it's too empty, it's still a little eerie. Broken and fallen columns can be seen everywhere, and thick steel bars are exposed inside. The dust on the ground was so thick that you could sink your feet into it, and it felt like stepping on a layer of snow.

A boy with sleek yellow hair and an ugly face squatted on the ground, looking at a corpse with only traces left. The bones had turned to dust, but it was still vaguely discerning on the ground what posture the man was in before he died.

"Master, how long have these people been dead?"

"I don't know what to do"

Mr. Nine shook his head: "Maybe thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands of years." ”

"Tens of thousands of years!"

The young man was taken aback and turned his head to look elsewhere: "What killed them in such a deep underground?" Hunger? Or did someone find here and slaughter them? ”

"I don't know what to do"

Mr. Nine shook his head again.

Even though he had lived here for a long time, he still couldn't understand it. If it weren't for the coincidence that he discovered this place, he didn't know how long this place would have been in the dust. When he first came to Fangu, the honest man named Su Tugou and his charming wife named Du Hongxian had not yet come, and he was still a very young child at that time.

He vaguely remembered that his parents had brought him from afar, and there was no trace of where he had come from. He didn't even remember why his parents had brought him to such a bitter cold and remote place in the first place. He himself had speculated countless times, and the most reasonable explanation was that maybe he had some relatives serving in the Fan Gu border army, and his parents brought him to take refuge.

Then his parents died of a terrible disease, and he remembers that they started with a fever and then ulcerated all over their bodies, and he was chased away by his parents because they were afraid that their children would also be infected. Where his parents died, he didn't know.

Because of his parents, he didn't go to Fangu at all.

He continued his journey alone, avoiding all kinds of beasts. You must know that the hungry northwest wolf even dares to jump into the village to commit murder. He now feels most fortunate that he was able to survive at such a young age. Later, when he was eating a wild mouse raw in a forest, he was seen by a passing practitioner.

Then he was taken away and entered the city of Fangu.

The day they entered Fangu, he felt like a young beast had walked into the crowd, and fear filled his heart, and the muscles of his whole body were so tensed.

At that time, the shop was still empty, and no one stopped it. The man took him to live in Fangu City, taught him cultivation, and told him that their sect was called Moon Shadow Hall, and it was once the most powerful sect in the Central Plains, ruling the entire rivers and lakes. Later, the Moon Shadow Hall was defeated by a man named Wan Xingchen, and then the Moon Shadow Hall had to choose to leave. Leaving the most prosperous Central Plains, the disciples who were still alive left the country and chose the most remote places to live in seclusion.

But every few years, they have to gather in Chang'an City from all over the country, in order to pay tribute to the ancestors who died at the beginning, and also to prepare for the resurgence of the Moon Shadow Hall. It is said that the disciples of the Moon Shadow Hall have been like this for many years, but they have not been able to reproduce the glory of the Moon Shadow Hall.

Mr. Jiu was very young at that time, and when he was not practicing, he began to re-understand the world realm, and he liked to sit at the corner of the street and watch people come and go. But because he's really inconspicuous, people won't pay attention to him even when they see him. By the time he was a teenager, his cultivation had already surpassed that of the cultivator who taught him.

That year, his master planned to take him to Chang'an City to attend an important gathering in the Moon Shadow Hall, because his cultivation was already very strong, so his master was ready to let him challenge the Heavenly Monarch. But he felt that he was not strong enough, and he felt that it was pointless to challenge the Great Heavenly Monarch. In his opinion, if you want to do it, you have to be the Nine Heavenly Monarch.

He and his master often quarreled over this matter, and for this reason, no one paid attention to anyone for several days.

Later, one day, when he was sitting at the corner of the street as usual and watching people come and go, he saw three strange people entering Fangu. A thin man in a dirty leather jacket, described as obscene. A stunningly beautiful woman in a long red dress, bewitching and colorful. It's a strange thing for two people to be together like this, but the strangest thing is ...... The woman was also leading a young man in her hand, a very beautiful young man.

It looked like he was a few years younger than himself. However, because he was born so beautiful, pedestrians couldn't help but look sideways at him a few more times. Of course, this is also because the person with him is more eye-catching.

Mr. Nine also kept looking at the young man, feeling that he was really too far behind him. Although he is not ugly, the teenager is obviously more likeable.

As if sensing his gaze, the beautiful young man also looked at him, and then stretched out his middle finger towards him, and still Mr. Nine didn't understand what that meant.

"I should have asked him what that meant......"

Mr. Nine, who was trapped in his memory, muttered, and the young man turned his head and asked, "Master, what are you talking about?" ”

Mr. Nine was slightly stunned, and then smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's nothing, I just thought of an old man in this city, a past." ”

"Master, how did you find out here?"

The teenager asked.

Mr. Nine found a place to sit down and scanned the place. This place is very big, and he has been living here for a few years, so he knows that this place is only a lot bigger than Fan Gucheng on the ground. It's like a huge underground palace, but I don't know when the road was built.

"That day...... I almost died......"

He said.

His eyes were a little wandering.