The army went out of Yanmen, along the winding mountain road like a snake, out of the mountain pass into the boundless grassland, the vision suddenly opened. So the team was divided into three groups, left, center, and right, and headed north under the guidance of the scouts.

The general at the head of the right wing was a burly man in his thirties and forties, with blue eyes and curly hair, deep eyes and a high nose, just like the face of a bearded man in the Western Regions. This is the defense envoy of Yanmen Pass, An Siming.

In the sixth year of Qianfu, the imperial court transferred 30,000 troops to Yanmen Pass on the grounds that the north was not appeased; in the seventh year of Qianfu, due to the rebellion of Princess Zi'er Chijun Yanyan Temur of Beihu, the emperor sent 30,000 troops to Yanmen Pass.

So far, within a year, Yanmen Pass has expanded its army by 60,000. In order to coordinate the defense of the border pass, the imperial court added the post of defense envoy of Yanmen Pass, and appointed him as the general of the right military guard, An Siming, who commanded 60,000 new soldiers, and was actually the deputy general of Yanmen Pass.

"The last general originally thought that the Metropolitan Governor would let us stay at Yanmen Pass in this battle, but I didn't expect that the Metropolitan Governor did not do this, but gave us the opportunity to participate in the war and make meritorious contributions. ”

Beside An Siming, a long-faced general whispered, his eyes flashing.

An Siming, who rode his horse, remained silent and said lightly: "How to fight, we have the final say in the governor, you and I can just follow the order." ”

"I just don't know if we have a chance to make great contributions on the battlefield. The vanguard is Zhao Beiwang, and the left wing is also the general of the Zhao family, so let's not become a rear army. The horse-faced general said meaningfully.

An Siming glanced at the horse-faced general, "We are new to the city, and it is our first priority to gain a firm foothold. Whatever the Governor tells us to do, do it. Even if it's running errands, you have to cheer up your spirits, don't you understand?"

Seeing that the other party's tone was tight, the horse-faced general didn't reveal more ideas to himself at all, so he could only stop trying, "Yes, general." ”

Fengming Mountain, a mountain with a towering mountain and a wide field of vision, has set up several small felt tents, which are tightly guarded, and cultivators everywhere are alertly monitoring all sides.

In the big tent in the center, several high-ranking generals of the Tianyuan army were discussing military aircraft in front of the sand table, led by none other than the Right Sage King Chalahan.

Not long after, a cultivator master came to report: The 30,000 pioneers of the Yanmen Army have approached Fengming Mountain.

"It came pretty quickly. Charahan raised his head, his eyes flashing, "Who is the vanguard general?"

"Zhao Beiwang!"

Charahan was slightly surprised, "Zhao Beiwang actually served as the pioneer himself?" After a slight sigh, he said: "In this way, Zhao Xuanji is likely to have come to Yanmen Pass. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and motioned for the scout to step back and continue to probe the movements of the Yanmen Army.

"These days, the scouts of the two sides have clashed frequently, and the fact that we have deployed a lot of troops in Fengming Mountain, Hongye Yuan and other places, the Yanmen army should have known about it. ”

The mastermind of Chalahan, the half-hundred-year-old Bai Yin, touched his chin without a few beards, and pondered: "At this time, Zhao Beiwang came straight to us, really planning to attack us here?"

Charahan did not make a judgment, Zhao Beiwang may have come for them, or he may just be a suspicious soldier. This requires the scouts to detect the movements of the main force of the Yanmen Army before they can draw conclusions.

"In any case, Fengming Mountain may be about to break out into a fierce battle, scatter all the scouts, all the departments are ready to face the battle, and the masters and strong will respond at any time. ”

After giving the order, Charahan stepped out of the tent and looked ahead. His location, in the most precipitous place of Fengming Mountain, is said to be the most precipitous, and the mountain height is not much, at least it cannot be compared with Yanmen Pass.

In front of him, the gently undulating grassy slopes were spread out like sea waves. The two sides are endless, but the end can be seen in front of them, and dozens of miles away is the basically flat grassland.

It was autumn, and the grass and trees were yellow.

On the mountain bags, the rangers and scouts of the Tianyuan Army were like waves, some stopped still, as if they were integrated with the scenery, and some galloped back and forth, raising long snake-like dust behind them.

The main strength of the Tianyuan army is arranged in front of the mountain peak at the foot of Chalahan, where the terrain is best relied on, and the camps are facing each other and invoking each other.

Every mountain bag, every gentle grassy slope and valley road that can be passed by a large number of soldiers and horses, is heavily guarded. However, the forces are not completely dispersed, evenly distributed in each important place, and the main forces are at various key nodes.

The overall line of defense is also emphasized, which is mainly divided into two parts.

One part is backed by the mountains at the foot of Chalahan, and is defended in a manner similar to that of Yanmen Pass, and the other part is twenty or thirty miles ahead, where there is also a gateway in the large gentle grassy slope.

The so-called gateway is a place where the mountains are relatively steep and the passages are narrow, and the troops cannot be fully deployed, which is conducive to defense and not conducive to attack.

At present, the main force of more than 100,000 Tianyuan troops is not in Fengming Mountain, but in the middle of Fengming Mountain and Hongye Plain.

Of course, the 100,000-strong army was not crowded into a group, but was divided into three parts, left, center, and right, separated from each other.

The advantage of this arrangement is that the left and right parts are relatively close to Fengming Mountain and Hongye Plain, and they can be quickly rescued. The disadvantage is not without it, and the part of the soldiers and horses that are the farthest away is slower to gallop over.

But as long as the first two departments arrived, sixty or seventy thousand soldiers were enough to stabilize the battle. Even if you can't win, you can consume the physical strength of the Yanmen army, and when the last part of the new force joins, it will be easy to counterattack in one fell swoop.

The soldiers of the Tianyuan Army who intercepted the Yanmen Army were all dressed in Khitan clothes, and they were also under the banner of the Khitan Ministry.

The purpose of this is to facilitate the Khitan royal court, which has become a puppet and a pretense, to Daqi after the war.

In this war, as long as they fight with the Yanmen army, no matter what the reason, it will make that army and Daqi become mortal enemies.

The Tianyuan Royal Court had to unify the grassland before it could face off with the Great Qi, and the war plan was two years later. Now, the time for Tian Yuan Khan to break through the Heaven and Man Realm has been delayed, and even if the Dadan Department is destroyed, it will take more time to prepare.

The cultivators reported again and again, and the distance between the vanguard of the Yanmen Army and Fengming Mountain was constantly being pulled in.

When the sun set that day, Zhao Beiwang's department had already arrived in front of this mountainous area, and it was only about thirty miles away from the first line of defense in Chalahan.

The battle between the scout cultivators on both sides became extremely fierce in a short period of time. Within a radius of 100 miles, there are true qi rays flickering from time to time in various places, some flashing away like fireflies, and some constantly entangled and alternate.

Some geographically important crossings, highlands with a wide field of vision, there are constantly rangers and scouts galloping away, disappearing in the blind corner, and there are constantly war horses without knights, appearing alone after a period of time.

In the alternating hours of day and night, hundreds of scouts and rangers, with their longbows and long knives, rushed at their enemies before the war really began, burning their fighting spirit and lives.

Among these people, there are not a few who fall into darkness forever, fall silent in the cold battlefield, and never see the sun of tomorrow again.

Many Yuan Shen Realm powerhouses began to get injured, and even fell on the spot, not to mention the Qi Realm cultivators.

In the prosperous city, in the Taiping tribe, any Qi Realm cultivator has his own place, and the Yuan Shen Realm is even more powerful, each of them has a name and a surname, and is feared.

But here, their demise is like autumn leaves, ordinary, like fireworks blooming, only for a moment.

At some point, when the two armies face each other, the main forces will not engage in battle, and it is not uncommon for them to retreat separately because of changes in the situation after watching each other.

But regardless of whether the main forces are engaged or not, as soon as the two armies enter the battlefield, the scouts will begin to die. As the eyes of the army that stretch out, some of their soldiers must die at the forefront.

After both armies paid a great price, each learned the will of the other. In the end, all the scouts of the Tianyuan Army retreated to the vicinity of the first line of defense, and the masters of the Yanmen Army did not continue to advance forward.

This means that the Tianyuan Army cannot detect the situation behind Zhao Beiwang's subordinates, and cannot detect the movements of the main force of the Yanmen Army, and the masters of the Yanmen Army cannot grasp the reality of the Tianyuan Army's defense line and the number of troops.

At most, Zhao Beiwang sent experienced generals to wait and see in front of the defense line to make a limited judgment, and Charahan could only infer whether the main force of the Yanmen army would come over based on Zhao Beiwang's next moves.

At this moment, in front of Chalahan, there are more than 30,000 soldiers of the Tianyuan Army.

"It seems that Zhao Beiwang is planning to attack us, and at the latest tomorrow, they will launch an offensive. Bai Yin twisted the few whiskers on his chin and looked at the vanguard of the Yanmen Army who was camping and spoke leisurely.

Charahan agreed with Bai Yin's judgment, and he called several masters of the Yuan Shen Realm and asked the other party to take his military orders and send a message to the cavalry in the middle of Fengming Mountain and Red Leaf Plain, so that they could quickly reinforce them.

However, after all, the war had not yet broken out, and the strength of the opponent in front of him was limited, so Charahan did not let the 100,000 cavalry come over, but only mobilized the more than 30,000 cavalry closest to Fengming Mountain.

"The strategic deployment of the Qi army is still as simple and direct as ever, even if we occupy a favorable position, as long as we can fight with us, they will seize the opportunity desperately, for fear that we will run away. ”

Charahan looked at the Yanmen Army camp with brilliant lights and a bright sea of stars, a thick sneer appeared on his face, and his eyes were full of sarcasm:

"The Yanmen Army is undoubtedly victorious in doing so. It seems that in their eyes, we are still vulnerable, and if we fight them, we will lose the battle, just like the Turkic armies of a hundred years ago. ”

Bai Yin said twice:

Qi Jun is short-sighted and can't recognize the facts, but in fact, they can't be blamed. They have lived too long in peace, and they have been arrogant for too long, leading them to think that they can do anything.

"Now, it's time for them to pay the price and see the combat power of my Tianyuan army! As long as the war starts, they will know that more than a hundred years have passed, and the strength of the two armies has changed shape!"

The forces of the two sides are equal, and both Charahan and Baiyin have absolute confidence in defeating the Yanmen army.

"Although the Dadan army is concentrated in the royal court, shrinking back on defense and refusing to fight, after ten months, they will also be swallowed up by the crown prince.

"By then, we will be able to defeat the Yanmen Army. As a result, the situation in the grassland was settled, and no matter how unconvinced the Southern Dynasties were, they could not change the facts.

"He will achieve the realm of heaven and man in the future, and that is when we will wave millions of troops and go south to destroy the Qi Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, Bai Yin took a deep breath, his eyes full of fanaticism.

Although Charahan did not utter wild words, he also took a deep breath, full of fighting spirit.

He can't wait to come early tomorrow, so that he can quickly kill Zhao Beiwang here, and avenge King Zuoxian, who was killed by the ancestors of the Zhao family a hundred years ago.