The reason is simple, on the east side of White Rock Castle is a very steep and steep mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, called Qingfeng Ridge. Not only did this Qingfeng Ridge act as a natural barrier to block the humid air blowing from the east, as a result, the east side of the Qingfeng Ridge, where White Rock Castle was located, was in a state of drought and little rain for many years, and this Qingfeng Ridge was also like a tall city wall made of heaven and earth, blocking most of the enemies who might come from the east under the mountain.

The reason why it is said that it is the vast majority is because Qingfeng Ridge is not too high to climb, it is too treacherous to pass, and there is still a mountain road that can be passed. It's just that because it is relatively narrow, one end is stuck by White Rock City at the same time, so it creates a pattern that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Because of this, if there are soldiers and horses who want to attack the west side from the east, they can only take White Rock Castle unless they take a long detour.

For a war that pays attention to the speed of soldiers, a road that can lead directly to the east and west is obviously quite important, so as long as the war starts, no matter who it is, it will definitely be the first to think of fighting for White Rock City, and then blocking the choke point that runs through the east and west.

As for the north and south of White Rock City, although it is not as separated by Qingfeng Ridge as the east and west, the environment is harsh.

You must know that due to the barrier of Qingfeng Ridge, the west side of it has always been dry and rainless, which has led to the fact that the thousands of miles of land next to Qingfeng Ridge on the north and south sides of Baishi City are either Gobi or desert, not only are there no traces of people, but there are many poisonous and ferocious poisonous insects and demon beasts, which has become a place of death that is enough to isolate thousands of miles from north to south. If it weren't for the guidance of someone who is extremely familiar with the environment here, it would be definitely a life and death to enter this area easily.

It is precisely because of such a peculiar and eerie terrain that the extraordinary strategic position of White Rock City has been created.

At the beginning, Xia Fan noticed the importance of this White Stone City after seeing the topographical map of the Blue Jade Country, so after defeating the 300,000 army of Fang Sen, Yu Hong and Zhou Yaozu, he aimed here.

As long as he takes this place, for him, it is not only equivalent to helping Lu Chuan open up a strategic passage across the east and west, so that he can enter the area controlled by Lan Haolin through here at any time, and then do whatever he wants in his rear, in addition, with this White Stone City in hand, Xia Fan is also equivalent to nailing a nail of his own on the map of the Blue Jade Country.

This nail may not be big, but it is very important, stuck in such a strategic rush, it will allow Xia Fan to have great initiative, and at the same time, it will also form a certain coercion for Lu Chuan when necessary in the future.

Of course, in addition to these superficial reasons, Xia Fan was in a hurry to attack Baishi City at this time, and he also had a hidden purpose, that is, to walk with the barbarians, so as to give Lan Haolin the illusion that the barbarians were in a group with him, and they participated in the attack on Baishi City. In this way, even if the suspicion of the barbarians is completely confirmed, it will not be cleared up in a short time.

"Bu Fenghou, send scouts out, investigate the situation along the way to the Qingfeng Trail, and kill all enemy scouts when they encounter them. "Just like in real life, nine out of nine people actually can't take the turn to fight for wisdom at all. The same is true of normal battles, except for the amazing and brilliant people, in fact, most generals are far from the level of competing for tricks.

Normal army battles are more often a comparison of strength and combat power. And if we can do all this better, we can gradually gain an advantage.

"Yes. Bu Fenghou nodded, and then went to arrange for soldiers and horses to carry out the order.

Since the strength of the soldiers and horses on both sides is generally not weak, even similar tasks to detect the enemy's situation are completely different from the general impression that only a team of scouts with five or ten people is sent out to investigate, and almost every team of scouts is at least 50 people per unit, and sometimes it can even reach more than 200 people.

Such a number would normally be able to fight an encounter, but now it's just a battle between scouts. From this, it can also be seen how cruel and bloody this war within the Blue Jade Country was.

If Xia Fan is willing, with the strength of his Divine Spirit Realm, even if he doesn't need to scout, he can use his divine thoughts to explore all the wind and grass within a radius of one or two thousand miles, and even he can go straight to Baishi City without scouting, even if he can't knock down the entire city alone, he can also capture that breeze path, so that he can reduce many of his own losses.

But Xia Fan didn't do this, because in this way, although it could reduce losses, it also made the soldiers lack the opportunity to experience battles and constantly hone them, which was definitely not a good thing for them.

What Xia Fan needs is a brave and fierce elite soldier who has been in a hundred battles, not a young master soldier who relies on his help in everything to fight a smooth battle. Because of this, even if there are some things that Xia Fan can do for him and will do better, he will not interfere more.

After a long journey of three or four thousand miles, Xia Fan led an army of 80,000 to a distance of less than thirty miles from Qingfeng Ridge, and at this time, it was time for the barbarians to leave, and their way home did not need to cross Qingfeng Ridge, but to go south along Qingfeng Ridge.

"Xia Fan, I'm ......" Al Zhanhu, who claimed to be cultivating before, finally appeared at this time, but in the face of Xia Fan, his face was full of embarrassment, and he was even a little embarrassed to look at Xia Fan directly. Because in Al Zhanhu's opinion, what the barbarians did this time was really a little unauthentic. said that he was here to help Xia Fan to repay the favor, but he didn't help completely, he hid a hand at first, and later when the battle was the most dangerous, he asked Xia Fan to help.

Calculated in this way, Al Zhanhu felt that instead of paying off the favor, the barbarians owed Xia Fan a favor. However, Al Qingtian didn't think so, and insisted on taking the barbarians to return to the barbarians after saying goodbye to Xia Fan, and even took out the order of the barbarian king for this.

In this regard, Al Zhanhu was quite depressed, but there was no way, and at the same time, he felt very guilty when facing Xia Fan.

"Zhan Hu, thank you for your help, from now on none of us owe anyone, have a smooth journey, there will be a period in the future. Xia Fan said very generously, and did not show the intention of retaining, let alone blaming.

"Thank you. Al Zhanhu's face turned red, he was tall and burly, he lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong, and said after a while: "I'm sorry, we ......"

"Forget it, I understand. Xia Fan waved his hand and said disapprerovingly: "No matter what, you all helped me, so no one is sorry for anyone, it's just that because of different positions, all ways of doing things are different, I just hope that you don't blame me in the future." ”

"Blame you, how could it be!" Al Zhanhu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and when he opened his mouth and was about to speak, he heard Al Qingtian next to him say: "Young Patriarch, it's time to go." ”

Before Al Qingtian came, he was instructed by the barbarian king, thinking that Xia Fan's plan was not simple, if it weren't for the fact that his barbarian tribe didn't want to be ungrateful, the barbarian king really didn't want to let his clansmen contact Xia Fan when he couldn't control the situation when he was in retreat.

So the barbarian king repeatedly explained, and Al Qingtian was also careful everywhere, in fact, Xia Fan agreed to let them leave so happily, Al Qingtian was still quite surprised, and said in his heart, Could it be that the barbarian king was too careful and misunderstood Xia Fan?

But no matter what, the barbarian king's explanation to Al Qingtian will never be disobeyed, leave, no matter what the situation, as long as he can leave and rush back immediately after explaining the past, he must not have too much entanglement with Xia Fan.

"I know. Al Zhanhu glared at Al Qingtian, then looked at Xia Fan and said, "Then goodbye." ”

"Goodbye. Al Qingtian's performance naturally fell into Xia Fan's eyes, but Xia Fan regarded it as if he saw it, and when he saw Al Zhanhu's performance, he smiled and waved goodbye to him.

Just as the two sides waved goodbye, suddenly a team of scouts covered in scars rushed to Xia Fan's face, panting and said: "Report, we encountered an enemy attack on the Qingfeng Trail, their attack was very fierce, and occupied the entire trail, we tried several times, but there was no way to repel them. ”

"Report, our teams of scouts have been dispersed within a radius of five hundred miles, and have encountered six teams of scouts, their strength is quite strong, we didn't take advantage of them when we encountered them, according to our observation of the traces on the ground, it is speculated that local scouts may be all over the east side of Qingfeng Ridge. ”

......

As if it had been discussed, scouts kept coming to report the enemy's situation, and it took a long time to end. Just from the news of these scouts, you can see how fierce the battle is now.

"Xia Fan, do you want to ...... I'll help you get through the Breeze Trail. Al Zhanhu hesitated for a moment, and finally said as if he had made up his mind.

Al Zhanhu has always felt uncomfortable in his heart, like a big stone pressing on his heart, if Xia Fan is going well at the moment, it would be fine, now that the battle is so fierce, they originally came to help Xia Fan, but they were saved by Xia Fan again, and now he is fighting fiercely, but he is leaving, Al Zhanhu is not happy in his heart.

"Zhan Hu, you ......" Hearing this, Al Qingtian's face changed, and he opened his mouth to dissuade him. Originally, Xia Fan happily agreed, and he was still happy in his heart, but now that Al Zhanhu took the initiative to participate in the war, his heart suddenly lifted, and he immediately wanted to dissuade Al Zhanhu.

"I've memorized what you said before, so I won't bring the warriors of the clan this time, and I'm the only one to participate in the battle, so can't I?" Al Zhanhu asked as he looked at Al Qingtian very unhappily.

For Al Qingtian, Al Zhanhu's mood is very complicated, on the one hand, he has some admiration, after all, he is a rare god realm powerhouse in the clan, and he is also a wise man, and his words Al Zhanhu is still willing to listen. On the other hand, Al Zhanhu was quite dissatisfied with Al Qingtian's words and deeds that constantly dissuaded him, didn't want him to have too much contact with Xia Fan, and was always wary of Xia Fan.

Now seeing that Al Qingtian wanted to hinder himself again, Al Zhanhu became more and more unhappy, and there was a bit of impatience in his voice.

"Zhan Hu, I appreciate your kindness, but I won't bother you to help me attack Qingfeng Trail this time. Xia Fan shook his head and said, "If we can't take a mere breeze trail, what ability do we have to participate in the next war?"

Speaking of this, Xia Fan patted Al Zhanhu's shoulder and said, "I have always felt that real braves are honed in battles and fights, so this battle still has to be fought by my people in person, and I believe they will not let me down." It's okay, you go back, I know that the barbarians are good men, don't worry, you don't owe me anything. ”

Hearing Xia Fan say this, Al Zhanhu's breath was much thicker, and he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Al Qingtian's gaze.

"Oh well. Al Zhanhu was very helpless, but after thinking about it, he still took a bone whistle and gave it to Xia Fan: "If you need to use me in the future, blow the whistle, no matter how far away it is, I will come to help you." ”

"Good. Xia Fan was not polite, took the bone whistle, and said to Al Zhanhu: "I will send you another word at the end, if it is a tiger, it will roar in the mountains and forests, crisscrossing the mountains and wilderness, and it is the nature of the tiger to be free and easy, if you always have a rope around your neck, you will be led by people wherever you go, and you will be restrained by people in everything you do, then you can only raise a vicious dog, and it is impossible to become a majestic tiger." ”

After saying this, Xia Fan didn't care whether Al Zhanhu understood it or not, waved goodbye to him and left.

Al Qingtian's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Al Zhanhu worriedly, and then saw Al Zhanhu's puzzled and frowning face, obviously he didn't understand Xia Fan's words too much, he immediately interrupted and pulled Al Zhanhu away quickly.

Xia Fan naturally didn't let Al Zhanhu wake up immediately, because he obviously couldn't do it now, but Xia Fan could feel the changes in Al Zhanhu. With his character and current strength, after a few more battles and some changes, he will understand something.

When the time comes, he will comprehend far more than he can say in detail......

What should be done has been done, what should have been said has been said, whether he can tie the barbarians to his chariot, Xia Fan can only resign himself to fate. And now he has more important things to do, that is, to take the Qingfeng Trail first while the defenders of White Rock City are not completely alert.

(End of chapter)