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Sheep Horse Pass Fortress. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Yangmakou was not a very dangerous place, it was originally just a small market town, and then due to the northwest to the Central Plains trade route gradually became busy, over time, this place naturally prospered. After Wufeng took over the control of the northwest, he valued the special geographical location here, only sixty miles away from the Partridge Pass of the first post in the Kansai region, and the Partridge Pass just stuck his throat to the Central Plains, if he wanted to go out of the Central Plains, this would be the most important checkpoint, so the strategic position of the sheep and horses was also important.

The barracks of this fortress were not large, and although the troops of a division and regiment were stationed in it, although it was not too crowded, the closed life of not allowing them to leave the barracks casually made a large group of soldiers almost choke their sickness, but in the face of iron discipline, no one dared to violate this death order.

There was nothing unusual inside and outside the fortress, except that the vicinity of the barracks was listed as a forbidden place as usual, there was nothing special, and the soldiers of a wing originally stationed there had been reduced to a brigade for some reason, and the sparse patrol soldiers made the passing travelers and caravans not feel that the neighboring Longdong Mansion was already raging in war. The people who went west from the Central Plains couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they arrived here, and they had a good rest and recuperation, because they knew that since then, the west would be the territory of Duke Li Wufeng, the military and political envoy of the northwest of the empire and the governor of Northern Luzon, and although the rebels of the Taiping Sect were rampant, they didn't seem to dare to provoke this iron-blooded king who shook the northwest at will, at least they couldn't see anything related to the Taiping Sect in this area.

Everything seems so calm, but behind this calm lies a tense atmosphere that is difficult for ordinary people to detect.

"Well, I don't know how long we have to wait? The young man who spoke could see from the military badge on his arm that he was already the highest-ranking admiral among the mid-level officers of the empire, and the thin black man next to him did not look a few years older than him, but the military badge showed that he was already a senior officer of the empire ---- the governor.

"Then you have to be patient! Your Excellency has strictly ordered us not to go out, if we expose our hidden power and let the other party have precautions, we will lose the first hand of the assault. But I don't think we can wait long, as long as the situation at Partridge Pass is dangerous, we can't care about much, even if it's a little out of line, there is no way to do it. The thin black man replied without raising his head, just looking at the map on the desk.

"Hopefully, the assault plan has been rehearsed many times, everything is ready, and now it's just a matter of waiting for orders. The young man shrugged his shoulders and said, "I hope this battle can play the prestige of the first battle of the establishment of our Second Mixed Division." ”

"Hey, that's a good idea. A hearty voice woke up the two in the room.

The two turned around and immediately found someone coming, surprised and delighted, and hurriedly stood up straight and gave a standard military salute, "See your lord!"

Wu Feng, dressed in casual clothes, appeared at the door of the room in a chic manner, and it seemed that he had heard the conversation between the two, and he was very satisfied with the adaptability of his two subordinates.

"Hmm, it seems that everyone's preparations are very solid, why are there any problems?" Wu Feng walked into the room casually, but his eyes fell on the large military map on the desk.

"Lord Hui, there is no big problem, but the brothers have been waiting anxiously and are eager to enter the battle as soon as possible. The young admiral is naturally Yue Shan, the deputy division commander of the Second Mixed Division, "Of course, everything must be subordinated to the overall situation." ”

Wu Feng admired the ability of this [***] disciple, and also hoped that he could make contributions to himself in the upcoming Eastward Expansion Campaign, and he also had high hopes for the newly established Second Division of Reading Power.

"Well, that's a good point, everything has to be subordinated to the big picture. Now that the situation in Kansai is gradually deteriorating, but the central government of the empire has not taken effective measures to deal with it for a long time, the three army divisions that have been withdrawn from the battlefield of the Five Lakes alone will not be able to turn the tide, and perhaps it will be time to see our performance. Although Wu Feng said with confidence, he knew in his heart that looking at the current situation, the empire was already very suspicious of himself, and in such a dangerous situation, there was no sign of letting himself lead his troops to quell the rebellion, it seemed that His Majesty the Emperor and the people in the General Military Administration were very wary of their previous actions.

"My lord, my subordinates are thinking, I'm afraid that the empire will not be so laissez-faire with the Taiping Rebellion, the status of Kansai is extremely important, and it is impossible for the military department to do nothing. However, now that the Central Plains of the Empire, especially the Kansai and the north, are in full swing, the military department really does not have too many mobile forces to deal with it, either the city guards who have only returned to Yanjing will be used, or the army will only be transferred to the Terok battlefield, but that will have quite serious consequences and need to be considered clearly. "The thin black man is the commander of the Second Division of Reading Force, who has just been promoted to the governor of the army, he is a man with ethnic blood from the Middle Continent, and he has always loved to think.

"Oh?" Wu Feng asked with a smile, "Then do you think the empire will consider letting us send troops to the northwest to quell the chaos?"

After thinking for a while, Schonei said, "I'm afraid it's difficult, at least for a short time." Because according to the current situation, the chaotic party has reached such a rampant point, but there is still no order from the central government of the empire, which shows that the empire really looks at our northwest differently. Maybe in the later stage, see if the rebel party can defeat the army that the empire came to suppress, if the situation continues to deteriorate, the empire may take into account us, but the subordinates think that it may be too late by then, whether it is for the empire or us, the Taiping rebel party has already established a firm foothold, those strategic places in the east have been occupied by the rebel army, we don't know how much price we have to pay if we want to take it back, with our current army strength, we really can't withstand such a big loss. ”

"And if the Kaman people really collude with the Taiping sect, I'm afraid they won't listen to our attack on the Kansai Tianping rebellion and stand idly by, I'm afraid this point has to be considered. Yue Shan on the side was not to be outdone, and put forward his own views to supplement.

After listening to the analysis of the two, Wu Feng's heart was full of relief, it seems that his decision to put these two people in the special position of Bonan was the right choice, the special geographical location of Bonan Mansion and the arduous tasks assigned to them in the later period not only did not overwhelm the two, but achieved the growth of the two, the combat effectiveness of the troops is needless to say, and it has been reviewed when he returned to the northwest from Yanjing, and the improvement of the strategic and tactical thinking of the two as commanders is what makes Wu Feng the happiest.

"That's a lot of truth, so what do you two think about it now?" Wu Feng also intended to test the two of them again.

Shenai and Yue Shan exchanged colors with each other for a moment before saying, "We don't think we can be stuck with the current situation, strike first, take the Partridge Pass before the Taiping Rebellion, and ensure that our eastward road is unimpeded." ”

"Then have you considered what kind of consequences will be if we do this and reach the ears of the empire?" Wu Feng was very surprised, with the wisdom of the two of them, he would not fail to consider this, and he had already thought of this trick, but given that he already had a very bad impression in the eyes of the empire, if he behaved like this, I am afraid that it would really be difficult to gain a foothold among the emperor's many courtiers in the future.

She's face was a little strange, his lips moved, but he didn't say it for a while, but Yue Shan next to him resolutely said: "The garrison of Partridge Pass is only about 3,000 people, plus some of the ordinary people inside are only five or six thousand, if you want to keep secrets, the best way is to ''''''"

Yue Shan's face was fierce, and he made a gesture of waving his hand and cutting off his head, before continuing: "Then put the responsibility on the Taiping rebel army, let's say that the rebel army washed the Partridge Pass in blood, and our army couldn't rescue it, so we only had time to recapture the checkpoint, and all the defenders were killed." Anyway, now that the entire Kansai is in chaos, the Taiping Rebellion is killing everywhere, no one will notice so much, and it will naturally be forgotten after a long time. ”

Although they mustered up the courage to say this strategy, they didn't know what the coach's reaction was, both of them were a little uneasy, and their eyes were a little flickering, but in the end they all fell on Wu Feng's face.

As a military commander, this is undoubtedly the best strategy, not only to take the coveted Partridge Pass in one fell swoop, but also to avoid the condemnation of the imperial central government, and to take advantage of the situation to blame the Taiping Sect and arouse the hatred of the people. But this strategy also has a great risk, once the truth of the matter is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous, although they can refute and deny or even deny, but there will definitely be people who take the opportunity to make waves and attack their reputation, as a politician it seems too risky, and compared with the benefits, it is still a little uneconomical.

In addition, there is another very important reason is that the Taiping Rebellion Party in various places did not indiscriminately kill and slaughter innocents as Yue Shan said, and the military discipline was not as loose as he expected at the beginning. And now there is no large force of Taiping rebels near Partridge Pass, perhaps because the other party is unwilling to stimulate themselves and try not to give themselves an excuse to intervene in the situation in Kansai, it seems that they also have a very thorough grasp of the psychology of the top level of the empire.

If he agrees to this plan, it will be difficult to hide it from those who have a heart, and the Taiping Sect will also make a strong public opinion counterattack.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Feng didn't completely give up this tempting plan until the last moment when the words came out of his mouth, "What other ideas do you have besides this plan?"

Seeing that the coach did not have any other words, Sheneicai said: "There are one or two more plans, but they are all difficult, I am afraid that they may not be successful, if the success rate is still the best one." ”

"Oh, let's not talk about that one, let's talk about the other ideas. Wu Feng flatly shook off the previous proposal.

"According to the information we have, the garrison now stationed in Partridge Pass has only an incomplete wing, about 3,300 people, all infantry, subordinate to the Longdong Garrison Division, the wing leader is from the Longdong Shi clan, cowardly and cowardly, there has been information that this guy is worried that the road to Longdong Mansion City will be cut off by the Taiping Rebellion Army, and he has already had the idea of returning to Shifu City, but now Longdong Mansion City has fallen, although the circulation of civilians and caravans has not been interrupted, but the army march is definitely impossible, and the Taiping Rebellion Army will not come to attack this isolated fortress, which is probably to make him a stumbling block to block our way and delay our time to enter Guanxi。 Seeing that the coach had made up his mind, he immediately gave up his original idea.