As a mid-level official, Zhang Xing did not have any right to know or make decisions, and could only be pushed forward by the huge imperial power system.

However, the word Baishan Mountain already made his liver tremble. What if a Moton Chanyu appeared from the Wu Clan? The Bai Emperor in this world has never been to Baishan Mountain.

Sex, what if I give him a song?

Therefore, from the day he received the order and set off, he kept giving hints to Li Ding, but Li Ding meant that that situation was impossible to happen, and it didn't matter if it happened... because there is no one in the eastern Wu clan who can really eat more than 20,000 yuan.

The strength of the five armies, especially the number of spiritual masters in the army far exceeds the proportion of the Wu army, and the Fulong Seal.

"Let me put it this way!"

When it comes to military affairs, Li Ding is extremely serious, without any of the impatience he had when he was doing general education in Taiyuan. He even dragged Zhang Xing to make up lessons in a deserted place after camping. "Yanmen, Mayi, Loufan three

The soldiers of the county and the soldiers of Fenyang Palace can immediately enter the key points of Mayi to garrison and pick up the holy cavalry after the Wu tribe appears on the edge of the Bitter Sea. In other words, the Wu tribe must invest one hundred thousand daring cavalry at one time.

, it is possible to create a crushing surprise attack, forcing the entire army not to dare to fight, and directly retreating into the mountains or fortified cities... But such fortified cities or mountains, unless there are 150,000 cavalry, divided into 40,000 to 50,000 for outflanking and necessary blocking,

Then the remaining 100,000 will attack the city and the mountains regardless of life and death, otherwise it is impossible to eat the entire small 30,000 Dongdu elite in one month."

"Then if Dulan Khan mobilizes the entire eastern army, is it possible to reach 150,000?" Zhang Xing was equally serious. He didn't dare not be serious.

"Maybe." Li Ding has never been careless in military matters. "And if he secretly built ships from the first day he took over, it would be possible to bypass the White Road and rush directly from the sea of ​​suffering..."

"Then what else do you say?" Zhang Xing was speechless. "If I were Dulan Khan, I would rush over and eat these 30,000 and Shengjia."

"Then what?"

"Then he claimed to be a descendant of the Jin Dynasty, lived in the Wu clan, and took advantage of the situation to annex the Jin land."

"It will take 150,000 to eat 30,000, but do you know how many people will die?" Li Ding spread his hands and answered. "Taiyuan has tens of thousands of troops and arsenals. It can be reached by a quick march in ten days; the general manager of Youzhou in the direction of Yanshan is among the men.

There are only seven Lang generals, and more than 30,000 fine cavalry, they can arrive in half a month... In order to eat these 30,000 people, how much is the estimated 150,000 discount here? Believe it or not, he just finished eating here,

After my death, my hometown in Mobei was eaten up and wiped clean by the Tuli Khan in the central region."

Zhang Xing was slightly startled and didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

"What's more important is that the West Fourth Town of the North and the West Three Guards of the Demon Guard, together are not weaker than the Eastern Witch Clan... If we delay a moment or two more and let them cross the sea, we can cut off the Sea of ​​​​Bitterness from behind...

...All the nobles and jingqi of the Eastern Witch Clan will become extinct." Li Ding continued to speak seriously. "You are Dulan Khan, why do you do this?"

Zhang Xing thought for a moment and shook his head.

"So." Li Ding finally laughed. "If according to what you said, Dulan Khan must come, it is not impossible, but he must withdraw immediately within twenty days of exposure to ensure safety... In other words,

It was this Eastern Khan who had nothing to do. When he heard that the saint had arrived in Mayi, he did not hesitate to expose his ambitions that he had suppressed for many years and directly mobilized the entire clan's army. He only wanted to intimidate the saint once, make him pee once, and then break through the city.

, the wealth seized was less than half of the cost of sending troops this time, so the entire army was withdrawn directly... I don’t know how others calculate this account. If I were the commander-in-chief of the entire army, I would not engage in this kind of loss-making business."

Zhang Xing remained silent.

And Li Ding also continued to sigh: "In the final analysis, the Wei Dynasty is not good at all, but its military is not bad. Look at the arsenal reserves and troops stationed in Fenyang Palace, it is no problem; the people's hearts are not the worst, and outsiders

You can’t see the things at the top and the bottom. You can’t see the things at the top and the bottom. I don’t even know what happened to Sima Xianggong before. If Dulan Khan really comes, as long as the saint stabilizes his mentality and delegates power to

Veteran, if the rewards continue, we may not be able to step on the Wu people again to revive the people of the world."

Zhang Xing became even more silent, because he really had nothing to say, especially that night, when he used the compass to think of a safe place to go, the needle showed no movement, which further verified his idea that there was no safe place for the core of the patrol team.

Yu's.

However, I don’t know what kind of test it will be this time.

Next, the patrol team began to head north in an extremely slow and calm manner.

The ordnance, food and grass from Fenyang Palace, the winter clothes gradually catching up from Taiyuan, and the rewards before departure significantly boosted morale.

But where Zhang Xing couldn't see, although the officials were tired and dissatisfied, they felt more powerless against the saint's behavior of deceiving himself and mobilizing troops to save face.

It’s not like no one believed Zhang Xing’s lies at the beginning.

For example, Qin Bao, Xiao Zhou, and Wang Zhen were nervous when they first heard Zhang Xing's words. But soon, Qin Bao realized that the possibility was too low, while Wang Zhen had long forgotten, and only

Xiao Zhou is still superstitious about Zhang Xing.

It's a pity that Zhang Sanlang himself doesn't believe in himself - he has been convinced by Li Ding.

On October 15th, the emperor arrived at Bailangsai. From here to the edge of the Bitter Sea, there was only one important town, Yunnei. Baishan Mountain was next to Yunnei, and on the other side was Wuzhou Mountain.

The imperial driver did not stop and continued northward.

At this time, Zhang Xing became alert again because he noticed that someone who looked like the leader of the Wu clan came to visit the Guanfeng Hall that was reopened after the White Wolf Fortress.

After a little research, I learned from Beiya's father-in-law who was on shift that this was a small tribe of Wu tribe on the border who was planning to defect to the village and wanted to show their loyalty to the saint.

Although he used the compass, Zhang Xing couldn't help but feel uneasy again, so after his duty was over, he went to find Li Ding again - he could only find this guy.

"Zhang Sanlang, are you really from the North?" Li Ding sighed. "Is there any problem with this kind of thing?"

"Brother Li, please give me some advice." Zhang Xing spoke sincerely, but he really didn't understand.

"Let me put it this way." Li Ding laughed. "Not only the border tribes of the Wu tribe like to flee to us, but the border people here also like to flee to the Du Desert... Even on both sides of the Bitter Sea, the Wu tribe people

It's common for people from the Northern Wilderness to go to the eastern part of the Wu Clan... It's strange that the small tribes on the border didn't move when the Saint arrived."

Zhang Xing thought for a while and then realized: "You want to say that people in the past were role models and did not pay excessive taxes... No matter it is the human race or the Wu race, no matter it is the county system, the feudal system, or the tribal system, the nobles always

Do you like to treat your own family harshly?"

"Aren't you quite smart?" Li Ding held up his hands and smiled bitterly. "Why are you so obsessed with the issue of the Wu clan sending troops?"

"I'm dreaming." Zhang Xing also felt a little embarrassed, so he casually said, "I feel like there are some omens in the dream."

Li Ding's expression suddenly changed: "What are you dreaming about?"

Zhang Xing quickly waved his hand: "That's nonsense... I'm ashamed to be bullied by you. It's just nonsense."

Li Ding was speechless for a moment, and then taught him seriously: "Don't make up this kind of thing... In fact, people's plans are up to God, and if we talk about common things, I have made it very clear about the Wu clan's raid across the sea... But I didn't say

There is nothing about the heavens, nor about the dragons."

Zhang Xing was slightly startled: "Isn't that dragon in the sea of ​​suffering particularly powerful? Is there a true earth-protecting dragon in the Jin region? Can it stop it?"

"He is not an ordinary powerful person. He is the kind of person who could fight the Black Emperor and the Red Emperor Empress back and forth when he was still a witch. The real dragon that protects the country and the earth is useless." Li Ding said sternly.

"But it is destined to be useless in this matter... because once it goes out in person, Black Emperor will not let him go! I know your reasoning skills... If Black Emperor is willing to let it go, that is it

This move will inevitably be directly punished by God. In that case, the Wu clan will have no hope at all, or in other words, our deaths are all worth it and we deserve it."

Zhang Xing was speechless again.

On October 20, the honor guard arrived at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain.

On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless, which reminded people of Liu Wenzhou's Wuzhou Mountain unfolding in front of him like a screen. It was rare for a saint to leave the Guanfengxing Hall and look at the magnificent scenery. His mood was relieved of all the depression of the previous half year, and he was suddenly happy.

Next, he ordered the team to set up camp and rest early, and asked the queen to lead the princess, prince and others, plus the accompanying officials and dignitaries, to go out together for a picnic.

Zhang Xing happened to be on duty, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and get out, but when he saw Bai Yousi coming out with the queen, he decided to stand again.

After watching for a while, he suddenly realized a situation - although his presence was not strong, where was his Shaocheng, His Highness King Qi?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that as a rare adult son of a saint, he was at the front line during the western tour at the beginning. Later, when the eldest princess died suddenly, he should be at the rear guard.

In this way, if His Highness the King of Qi had not stayed in Guanzhong because of the funeral of the eldest princess, he should have stayed behind. But I don't know if he was still behind, whether he was in Fenyang Palace or Taiyuan.

But it is also possible to go back to Dongdu directly.

It seems that there is a little princess staying in the Western Capital. In this case, except for a few emperor's grandsons, two underage princes, King Qi and the little princess, the rest of the saint's family is here.

Tsk, there are a lot of daughters, and they are obviously not the queen's direct descendants, but they all put on fake smiles. They don't dare to stand out or lag behind in the slightest, for fear of letting their biological father notice them.

How old are you now to know that the Tian family is ruthless?

While he was thinking wildly, suddenly there were cavalry at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain, interrupting the saint's family happiness.

They were more than ten typical Wu tribe cavalry. They were equipped with scimitars, bows and arrows, and rode bad horses. They flashed out from the mountain col in the north... As soon as they appeared, they were surrounded by the Changshui Army's peripheral security...

But unexpectedly, after the opponent showed some tokens, he was quickly allowed to enter the team.

More than ten cavalrymen continued to go straight towards Guanfengxing Hall, and when they arrived three hundred steps away, they were stopped by General Yingyang Zhonglang from outside. After that, the General Zhonglang talked with the cavalrymen, and immediately came over to the screen regardless of everything.

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Duan Wei, Minister of the Ministry of War, did his part and took the initiative to abandon the banquet and go to greet him.

At this time, the vast majority of people remained graceful, because it was very similar to the Wu tribes who were placed on the border. They had seen too much these days, and Zhang Xing was equally numb. It is estimated that the next step will be a happy sage. of rewards.

"Your Majesty, please leave immediately!"

Unexpectedly, after Duan Wei talked with these wizard tribe knights, he desperately came to them and bowed down profusely.

"Who is this person? What happened?!" The saint looked serious and asked on the spot. "How can you behave like this when you open your mouth and let me go?"

"This is the Wu tribe that was brought here after being surrendered by Cao Zhongcheng many years ago. It is placed opposite Wuzhou Mountain and is responsible for monitoring the Sea of ​​​​Bitterness. It has always been trustworthy." Duan Wei was still angry on the ground. "They said that there are many people in the Sea of ​​​​Bitterness. 200,000 people from the Eastern Wu Clan came densely from the sea..."

There was a deathly silence at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain.

absurd!

The first reaction of Zhang Xing, who had been brainwashed by Li Ding and Luo Pan, was this word... What are you planning on? It's too late? All the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu Clan don't even have 200,000! How did he become the Minister of the Ministry of War?

"Absurd!" The saint swallowed his saliva and scolded him on the spot. "All the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu Clan do not have 200,000 soldiers... How did you become the Minister of War?"

"Is it possible that there are too many people coming to surrender, or that there are more ships, and they are spread out more widely on the sea, so the small tribes are not aware of it?" Princess Sima Changying asked. "Do you think it is the Eastern Witch Clan coming to attack in large numbers?"
To be continued...