Ban Lingruo said: "Sister, you, you did this on purpose, just to provoke conflicts between them?" ”

Sima Hongyan smiled: "Actually, it's not all, I also respect the only female general in Western Vietnam, and I do this to protect her by changing directions." ”

Sima Hongyan, who was too much, stopped talking, looked at the map and continued to give task instructions to the generals, and after everyone received the order, they all went down to start preparing, Sima Hongyan stayed alone in the big tent, and said to himself: "I hope I can succeed in one fell swoop tonight!" ”

The army of Yanling had dinner early, except for the guards, most of them also slept, and at night, the army was quietly assembled, and everyone was in good spirits and murderous.

From the beginning of the sunset, suddenly the southeast wind blew in the desert, the wind was very strong, rolling up the yellow sand everywhere to cover the clouds and avoid the moon, and people or things could not see clearly five steps away.

All the generals were secretly happy in their hearts, this wind came at the right time, just to cover the traces of the army's march, and to attack the West Yue people by surprise.

Later, Ban Jingchong said to the generals: "Don't you still understand? The Phoenix Lord has been standing still for so many days, and suddenly decided to attack tonight, what do you think the Phoenix Lord is waiting for, naturally it is this wind! The generals suddenly realized, but they couldn't understand how the Phoenix Lord knew in advance that there was a wind tonight, and it was the southeast wind that was the most beneficial to them, could the Phoenix Lord still be able to pinch it?

The army was led by Ban Lingruo with the vanguard army in front, Sima Hongyan led the female army in the center, Ban Jingchong led the rear army to follow, and the 400,000 troops began to march towards Xiyue City with the wind.

The wind and sand were so strong that even the wind could not open their eyes. However, Sima Hongyan had already prepared for this, and she asked the soldiers to prepare a piece of the thinnest gauze to wrap around their eyes, which could not only block the wind and sand, but also see things. However, it doesn't matter if you can't see it in the wind and sand, in order to prevent separation, let the soldiers in front and behind tie each other with ropes, even if you walk slowly, no one will be left behind.

The front was led by Ban Lingruo, who had explored the road, but the direction of the thirty-mile road would not be wrong.

Not long after walking, Ban Lingruo saw the faint light of fire in the wind and sand, which was the torches of the defenders on the city wall of Xiyue, and Ban Lingruo immediately stopped the footsteps of the army.

Because the Yanling army did not hold the fire, coupled with the howling wind and sand, almost all traces of the Yanling army were covered, so the Xiyue defenders at the head of the city did not find that the Yanling army had come under the city wall.

Sima Hongyan quickly felt the front check form from the middle army, and Ban Lingruo put his mouth in Sima Hongyan's ear and asked, "Sister, what should we do next?" ”

Sima Hongyan replied: "Put a female army's whistle!" ”

Ban Lingruo didn't ask why, he stretched out his hand to take out the whistle, and flicked it with force, "Huh~" A long whistle sounded, and the whistle flew into the sky and disappeared.

This sound was bound to make the defenders of the city notice, and Ban Lingruo asked anxiously, "And then?" ”

Sima Hongyan raised his head and looked at the fire at the head of the city and said, "Wait! Waiting to get into town. ”

Ban Ling secretly wondered, my sister has always done things out of common sense, can someone come to open the door if she sends a signal? But Sima Hongyan was never reckless, and always arranged everything secretly, and Ban Lingruo had already seen it, so he also looked up at the lights on the city and waited patiently.

It was late at night, the wind was howling and unabated, and 400,000 horses were standing quietly in the desert waiting. None of them knew what they were waiting for, but everyone was patient, and there was no superfluous movement except for the occasional pull of their feet out of the buried sand.

After waiting for a long time, suddenly there was a heavy sound of "rattling", and Ban Lingruo was surprised to find that the city gate in front of him was slowly opening.

Sima Hongyan leaned into her ear and said, "Do as planned." Remember! Try to be as quiet as possible. ”

Ban Lingruo suppressed the curiosity in his heart, and beckoned to the vanguard army behind him, and he first drilled into the city gate that had just been opened to only one person to pass through, and the soldiers behind him drew their swords in their hands and followed closely.

Sima Hongyan and the female soldiers also rushed in, and the city gate opened wider and wider, and such a thick city gate was controlled by the organ at a glance, and it was impossible to push it with manpower.

When he came, he was silent, and after entering, he still kept a low profile, and Sima Hongyan passed through the long passage of the city wall and saw the second siege. Between the two walls was a row of low barracks, with lights on and heads swaying on the panes, as if the defenders had been approached by the wind and sand.

Sima Hongyan waved his hand, and the female soldiers hid in the dark at a very fast speed, and as soon as a patrol soldier passed, the female soldier suddenly came out of the shadows, and almost instantly put down all the enemy soldiers, and did not let anyone shout. Sima Hongyan nodded with satisfaction, and secretly praised the female soldiers' skills are really getting stronger and stronger.

This wind and sand became the best cover for the Yanling army, Ban Lingruo led his troops to the city wall, and found that the guards had fallen to the ground, but there was no one to get rid of them. Ban Lingruo squatted down curiously to look at the injuries of those guards, which surprised her even more, it was actually the technique of the red-faced female army. At this time, Ban Lingruo suddenly realized that it was the female soldiers who had infiltrated Xiyue earlier to kill the guards and open the city gates.

Touching forward along the city wall, there were corpses of guards one after another, almost all of them were killed in one move, all of which were the sharp techniques of female soldiers. Ban Lingruo really couldn't believe that there were only a dozen or so female soldiers who had mixed into Xiyue, and they could kill so many guards.

Walking forward again, suddenly a black shadow flashed, and Ban Ling Ruoqing's condensing sword was instantly unsheathed, but he heard the black shadow shouting in a low voice: "Third Commander, have you arrived?" ”

If Ban Lingruo took a closer look, it was actually a female soldier who had sneaked into the city before, dressed in black at this time, but she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

Ban Ling Ruoxi said: "Why are you here, these enemy soldiers were all killed by you?" ”

The female soldier said: "It was the Southern Commander who led us to take advantage of the wind and sand tonight to sneak attack and succeed, and the Southern Commander sent me here to wait for the Third Commander to receive you." Now the defenders at the head of the city have just finished changing shifts, and the southern commander is clearing the guards with the disguised defenders. ”

Ban Lingruo said: "The southern commander is in the city? And the defenders in disguise? Where did the pretended defenders come from? ”

The female soldier replied, "The guards were disguised by the spies sent by General Liao before, and the southern commander entered the city mixed with the defeated army that returned to the city not long ago. ”

Ban Lingruo immediately realized that these were all arranged by Sima Hongyan in advance, so he said: "Let's talk about these things when we come back, and go to support the Southern Commander first!" With that, a group of people ran forward under the cover of the wind and sand.

Sima Hongyan sent soldiers to get rid of the guards in the surrounding houses, and she herself quietly touched the second city wall with the female soldiers. The female soldier gave full play to her skills of hiding and assassination at this moment, and the tacit understanding of the cooperation was extremely high, basically doing it together in an instant, so that the guards didn't even react and died.

When the second city gate was opened, it was discovered by a Western Vietnamese soldier who came out to fetch firewood in the inner city, looking at the city gate that suddenly opened wide, the guard was stunned for a moment, turned around and ran, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Come on......" Before he could shout out, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart and fell to the ground.

Ban Jingchong took the lead and led the army to rush through the two city gates, and went straight to the city to kill.

This is only the border city of Xiyue, and it will take some time to reach the capital of Xiyue, Sima Hongyan launched a rapid attack, that is, to take advantage of the reaction in the capital of Xiyue, all the way to Huanglong.

Now the gates of the two border cities are open, and the army of Yanling is pouring in. Nan Guying and Ban Lingruo led people to guard the first gate, Sima Hongyan and female soldiers guarded the second gate, and the vanguard army gathered between the two gates to protect the road of the army into the city.

I don't know if the Xiyue people are too confident in their city walls, or they are too careless and lazy, in short, the border walls that the Xiyue rely on for security were effortlessly broken under the sneak attack of Nan Guying.

When the last Yanling soldier ran in, Sima Hongyan sent a sentry to the sky, and when Nan Guying and others arrived, everyone followed the army with the vanguard army.

The wind and sand in the city are obviously much smaller, and the wind is still blowing, but the sand and dust are not as big as outside the city. If you want to get to the capital of Xiyue, if you want to rush straight into it like this, there are still several passes along the way to block it. However, these Yanling troops have already made arrangements, and the leading vanguard army took out a set of West Vietnamese military uniforms from the package behind them, changed them all in the dark, and then marched on the road in a big way, and under the leadership of Nan Guying, they ran to the next pass.

A team of disguised Western Vietnamese troops opened the way, and when they reached each checkpoint, they mixed in under the name of Xiahou Shuojie, and then took the opportunity to seize the city gate, and then let the Yanling army enter the city. Relying on this ordinary and effective method, ten days later, in the morning, the Yanling army had arrived outside the capital of Xiyue.

I couldn't believe that it was smooth along the way, and Ban Lingruo was very puzzled and asked Sima Hongyan why it was so easy. Sima Hongyan said that since the founding of the country, the Xiyue people have always relied on the harsh desert climate and the strong border walls and have never encountered a real enemy, so it can be said that only Xiyue has bullied people for so many years, but no one has come to seriously conquer Xiyue, except for Sima Yongcheng's long drive more than ten years ago, Xiyue has never encountered a real attack.

However, in the face of the first and only crushing defeat, the Western Vietnamese blamed the defensive walls of the city wall for being too weak. Later, they spared no expense of manpower and financial resources to build today's high walls and thick walls.

However, they ignore that no matter how strong the wall is, it needs to be guarded by people, and the city wall is useless without elite soldiers and strong generals.

The desert climate is harsh and prone to sandstorms, which the West Vietnamese believe is also a natural barrier. As everyone knows, the desert climate hinders the enemy, and at the same time obscures their own ears and eyes.

Therefore, although the West Vietnamese are aggressive, their weak defense is also their fatal flaw.

In fact, Sima Hongyan's judgment was first based on intelligence analysis, and secondly, through the experience of her father Sima Yongcheng back then, and the two were summed up by a combination of the two.

Sima Yongcheng fought all the way to the Xiyue Palace, in addition to the imperfect defense of each checkpoint, the key problem was that the arrogant soldiers would be defeated. In those years, Xiyue was too smooth, and whoever wanted to fight was beaten, and no one could catch up with him when he ran after the fight. As a result, their self-righteous arrogance was formed.

No one denies the strength of the West Vietnamese cavalry, but it is also undeniable that the West Vietnamese are brave and unscrupulous. It can be seen from the fact that each of their successors is determined by a duel of martial arts, and it can be seen that they only advocate force and do not value strategy. It is precisely because of this that their country has become the most barbaric of the five countries.