Xie Cang put down the military newspaper in his hand, there was worry about Su Qi'an in his eyes, he knew that only by dragging Saktu to a dilemma could he relieve the pressure on Su Qi'an, who was far away in Mengzhou.

Just when the Central Coalition Army stopped its offensive and temporarily retired, Su Qi'an, who led the 5,000 army, had already entered the Black Wind Mountain.

Only when you really step into the Black Wind Mountain, can you feel why this mountain is called the place of death, the wind blowing, like a knife, on everyone's helmets, making a crisp knocking sound, that kind of strength, everyone who listens to it trembles in their hearts.

This is still secondary, every step they take, the resistance is also huge, if it is not for the rope traction around the waist, I am afraid that they would have been distracted by the wind blowing.

As they gradually deepened, their vision was gradually filled with black sand, and they were a little confused, and later, they could only touch the action through the rope connected to their hands.

As the minutes and seconds passed, the wind blew in his ears and was inaudible, and suddenly, the soldier who took the lead looked up sharply as if he felt something, and saw him in front of him, and at some point, a wall of wind appeared.

This wind wall kept absorbing the yellow sand around it, constantly devouring it, and after a while, under the gaze of everyone, a huge black sand storm with no end in sight formed, quickly coming in the direction where they were.

When everyone saw this, their hearts were terrified, the secret way was not good, and in this ghost place, they really encountered the famous black storm of Black Wind Mountain.

Su Qi'an's face was solemn, he immediately ordered, everyone grabbed the rope in their hands, lowered their bodies, and hurriedly leaned together, in the face of such an unavoidable black storm, the only thing they could do was to stay where they were, not to panic, let alone scatter and escape.

They did everything they could, and the rest could only be left to Providence, as the black storm gradually approached, the surrounding wind intensified, and the armor on everyone's body made a fierce sound.

Five thousand people gathered together, holding the rope around their waists with both hands, and lowered their bodies, and after a while, the black storm that struck, with an unparalleled speed, struck, instantly drowning Su Qi'an and the others...

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Ganzhou battlefield, Longquan City.

Xie Cang, who was standing on the city tower, looked at the sand table behind him, constantly ordering arrangements and dispatching troops, suddenly his heart shrank sharply, his face changed slightly, and a bad premonition rose for no reason.

Xie Cang clutched his chest, his brows furrowed, and the subordinates beside him saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"My lord, what's wrong with you? Is there something uncomfortable? ”

Xie Cang took a few deep breaths, and after soothing it a little, he shook his head and waved his hand.

"There are some small problems, it's okay, by the way, what news did you want to report to Ben Hou just now?"

Hearing the inquiry, his subordinates hurriedly said, "Lord Hui, it's news about Wuwei Military Town, Wuwei Military Town suddenly suffered a large number of coalition attacks, some casualties, Lord Du Hu ordered, if you really can't hold it, you can temporarily retreat and retreat to our side." ”

Xie Cang nodded, his eyes flashed, and he said softly, "The deputy general in charge of Wuwei Military Town is Long Xiong and Li Zhong, right?" With the command ability of Long Xiong and Li Zhong, it should not be to the point of retreat. ”

The subordinate nodded and explained, "Lord Hui, this is the case, with the strength of Deputy General Long and Lord Libao, in the face of the attacking right coalition army, he still has the ability to defend. ”

"But my lord, you know, after the middle of the coalition army temporarily retreated, Saktu changed the direction of the main attack, from the middle to the left and right, Tiannan is okay, occupy several advantageous military forts, fight a counterattack, can also deal with it, but Wuwei, in addition to its own military town, the military forts built around, the advantage is not obvious, once the number of troops increases, there is a lot of pressure."

"With the strength of the two adults, if you want to repel the other party, you can do it, but the casualties must be huge, so after the Lord Du Hu discussed, he gave Wu Wei an order to retreat."

"My subordinates think it's okay to do this, the battle has come to this, and Wuwei Junzhen has also completed his mission, if he really can't bear it, he will withdraw the troops in time, converge his forces with us, and maintain his strength, but even in the face of 50,000 coalition troops, they can let them have no return."

Xie Cang didn't say anything about the ideas expressed by his subordinates, he nodded slightly, in a way, it was a wise move to temporarily abandon Wuwei.

Since the last time the Central Coalition retreated, after less than three days of rest, the Central Coalition launched another attack, Xie Cang was in strict formation, thinking that it would be another vicious battle.

But in the end, they coped with it very calmly, and the two sides fought for four or five days, and they could feel that the other party's offensive was much weaker than before.

Later, I learned that Saktu had changed his style of play, and he would take the central Longquan at all costs, and become Tiannan and Wuwei who were pestering left and right step by step.

The final result is that compared with Tiannan, Wuwei is still relatively easy to take, so they increased their forces against Wuwei.

Now the coalition army on the right that Wuwei is facing is not 20,000 people, but nearly 40,000 people, and in this battle, Saktu even used reserves.

Under this onslaught, the Wuwei military town, which had almost no advantage at all, held out for five full days, and more than half of the 20,000 defenders suffered casualties.

Therefore, Wang Zhenshan made a quick decision and ordered Long Xiong and Li Zhong of Wuwei to look for an opportunity to abandon the city and withdraw after repelling the allied forces on the right.

This military report has been issued for almost half a day, and Xie Cang also sent someone to answer it, according to estimates, it should not take long to pick up Long Xiong, Li Zhong and others.

Xie Cang almost knew about this, and he didn't have any opinions, but it was the involuntary contraction of his heart just now that suddenly gave him a bad premonition.

He always felt that they seemed to have fallen into Saktu's trap, but Xie Cang couldn't see where they were hiding.

His face was tense, his eyes went back and forth on the sand table in front of him, and the military newspaper in his hand repeatedly watched, that kind of tension made the subordinates on the side startled, and couldn't help but ask.

"My lord, what's wrong? Could it be that there is something wrong? ”

Xie Cang shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Ben Hou can't say it for the time being, but remember, once you receive Long Xiong and Li Zhong, let them come to me as soon as possible." ”

Xie Cang's voice was very solemn, and his subordinates didn't dare to be careless, nodded heavily, and then turned to leave.

The wait lasted for an hour or so, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, and then it gradually approached.

Xie Cang raised his head fiercely, and in front of him, Long Xiong and Li Zhong were standing in front of him, but compared to before the war, the two of them now had a little more murderous aura on their bodies, and their armor had a little bit of blood.

The two of them clasped their fists at Xie Cang and said, "Xie Hou, I heard that you have something to ask us, and we came here as soon as possible, "Could it be that you have made any major discoveries?" ”

Xie Cang motioned for the two to come to the sand table and said, "Ben Hou didn't have much to discover, I just wanted to hear the review of the two of them on this battle of Wuwei, maybe I could give Ben Hou some inspiration." ”

Hearing Xie Cang's words, the two of them didn't dare to be careless, from the first day of the Wuwei War to their abandonment of the city and withdrawal of their troops, all the big and small things that happened during the period came.

Xie Cang nodded while listening, and it took almost half an hour for the two of them to tell the story.

But Xie Cang didn't find anything wrong, whether Saktu was trying to attack, or discovering fighters, increasing his troops to attack Wuwei, every step he took was normal, and there was no big conspiracy.

But the more this happened, the more Xie Cang's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but get nervous, and at this time, his subordinates suddenly came to report.

"Back to my lords, according to the scouts, after the Western Regions coalition army took Wuwei Military Town, the coalition forces besieging Tiannan and Longquan withdrew, and it seems that they are meeting with the army of Wuwei Military Town."

When Long Xiong and Li Zhong heard this news, they were not surprised, they attacked Longquan at first, and they couldn't take the center, and then changed their tactics, divided their troops to try, and finally took down the relatively easy Wuwei, which is obviously pestering food step by step.

The battle of Ganzhou has been fought for about half a month, and the casualties of the Western Regions Coalition Army are at least twenty or thirty thousand, and the casualties are so large that if you can't even take a military town, then it will be too much of a loss.

Since the quick battle was not successful, he had to change his style of play, pestering food step by step, and won Wuwei, on the one hand, he gave an account to Rongguo, and at the same time, he was able to use Wuwei as a base camp and temporarily gain a foothold in Ganzhou.

It is reasonable to withdraw troops from Longquan and Tiannan as soon as possible, and to shrink their forces.

The battle of Ganzhou was a war of attrition, and Wang Zhenshan and Xie Cang were in the middle of the two, although they lost Wuwei, but the troops were still there, and then they came directly to besiege Wuwei, and they besieged but did not fight, and they kept Saktu to death, and their goal was achieved.

So after listening to the report, neither of them reacted too much surprise on their faces, but Xie Cangmeng raised his head violently, a little shock appeared on his face, and he asked repeatedly, and the answer was still the same.

The subordinate's answer was like a key, which instantly opened Xie Cang's incomprehensible confusion, and his mind suddenly cleared up.

Looking at the sand table in front of him, he shouted, "Damn! We were tricked, I said that Saktu is not simple, it turns out that he is waiting for this hand, why did I react! Damn it! ”

Xie Cang's shouting made Long Xiong and Li Zhong look puzzled, and asked, "Xie Hou, what happened, what we said made us all confused." ”

Xie Cang pointed to Wuwei on the sand table, and said softly, "Take Wuwei, withdraw the army from Tiannan and Longquan, and shrink the strength is indeed right, as far as Ben Hou knows, the total strength of the Western Regions Alliance Army is at least more than 40,000, so many troops, it is more than enough to defend one Wuwei." ”

"But what will happen if Saktu directly divides his troops and then moves north?"

Xie Cang's fingers moved on the sand table, and in an instant, the faces of Long Xiong and Li Zhong changed instantly, and their eyes seemed to see some fear.

The two of them couldn't believe it, and said, "This... Saktu dared to be so bold and vainly tried to send troops to Mengzhou, and fight with the honored soldiers who went south to fight between the north and the south? His purpose is not Ganzhou, but Mengzhou? ”

Xie Cang sighed and said, "If it were someone else, maybe he wouldn't dare to take the risk, but who Saktu is, you know better than me, there is nothing he doesn't dare to do, although Wuwei Junzhen has no advantages, but it can be like a nail, stuck in the middle of Gan and Mengzhou, as long as there are enough troops, it is enough to support him to implement this bold plan." ”