Stay in Xiping County and actively prepare for war. Although this order is strange, it is the easiest to execute. The heavy hearts of the Fifth and Ninth Legions relaxed.
Experienced troops know that they will fight a well-prepared battle next, and do not have to rush to find the enemy to fight for their lives. The chances of victory and survival are greatly increased.
Liu Yi took Ding Kui to Xiama City under the pretext of asking the coach to inspect military affairs, and found an opportunity for Ding Kui to meet Hui Meng alone.
"Yangfeng is here for me." Ding Kui understood immediately upon hearing this, "General Hui, don't worry, I will be responsible for proving your innocence in this matter."
Hui Meng immediately thanked him.
"Well, don't go back to the First Army Corps for the time being, because you are the last group of people to come into contact with the enemy. I will inform Commander Chen Yu and borrow you for a period of time to learn more about the enemy's situation."
"Can I and those subordinates return to the army?" Hui Meng was extremely surprised.
He was lucky not to be sent to the Military Justice Department. Being able to go back to the battlefield at least gave him a chance for revenge. This was what he had been dreaming about.
"Of course! If Yang Feng dares to let the tiger return to the mountains, I will make him regret it. There are many recruits in the Fifth Army Corps. You can help Commander Liu improve the combat effectiveness of the recruits, so just stay in the Fifth Army Corps for now."
Ding Kui must keep Hui Meng and others because they can prove that Jiang Xiong was defeated and captured instead of surrendering to Yangfeng from the beginning.
After all, Jiang Xiong was his cousin's biological son. After Yangfeng's rebellion, Jiang Nai came to see him, hoping that he would pay attention to Jiang Xiong's situation.
There is news today, but it is bad news. From Huimeng's mouth, we can learn that Jiang Xiong has descended to Yangfeng.
"How should I tell the Jiang family about this?" He was worried.
"Then my cousin is so old." Li Fei suddenly felt that she was old.
"Is this the point? My cousin is seventeen years older than me. It's normal for his illegitimate child to be a few years younger than me. I just didn't expect it to be related to that guy Yang Feng." There was no one else around Ding Kui to discuss with.
"Oh! So he is the second uncle's grandson, you have to snatch him back." Li Fei finally figured out Jiang Xiong's identity.
"If you have the opportunity, you must seize it. I am afraid that Jiang Xiong will show his face as an enemy of our army, and the Jiang family may not be willing to talk about him, at least they will not admit him openly. Old Butler Jiang said,
Illegitimate children can never enter the master's house."
Ding Kui saw Li Fei's strange expression and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Can our illegitimate child enter the master's house?" Li Fei said with a malicious expression.
"What do you mean? You are arrogantly talking about my father-in-law! You need discipline."
"How dare I be disrespectful to my father! Don't slander me! Be careful of the romantic debt you owe!" Li Fei turned her face away from Ding Kui.
"What romantic debt do I owe? Don't talk nonsense." Ding Kui felt a little guilty, "If we have a child, it will definitely be the Ding family, and no one will leave."
Li Fei said quietly: "Will we have children?"
She used all her special skills to press the bottom of the box, but there was no movement in her flat belly.
"Ahem, I have an idea. I wonder if you want to try it." Ding Kui approached Li Fei.
"What can you do!" Even so, Li Fei pricked up her ears.
"This way..." Ding Kui whispered a few words in her ear.
Li Fei's neck turned red after hearing this.
"We haven't finished talking about Jiang Xiong yet. How about I send a message to my uncle?" She twisted her body to break away from a pair of "devil's claws".
"His affairs are not in a hurry. We..."
Li Feifei ran to the door and said, "It's not convenient tonight." After saying that, he opened the door and ran out.
"Hey!" Ding Kui considered that the walls had ears, so he stopped shouting.
…
Two groups of rebels approached Zhenmo Pass, the 16th Army Corps to the north and the 17th Army Group to the south.
Yang Feng acted with the Seventeenth Army Corps and jointly commanded the Army Corps with Pan Hong.
"Have you found any traces of the enemy?" Yang Feng ordered the army to build a camp. It seemed that they were not staying for a short period of time.
The officer in charge of commanding the scouts reported: "There are a large number of cavalry wandering in the direction of Zhenmo Pass, and the scouts cannot get close; there are also enemy troops blocking the scouts in the south near Xiping County, and no enemies have been found in other directions for the time being."
"There are only local troops in the north and east. The Tianmen Fortress Division will not be dispatched easily. The enemy troops will only be at Zhenmo Pass in the southeast and Xiping County in the south. The Sixteenth Army should be allowed to go our way."
Pan Hong knew very well the defense of Wangzhou and could not understand why Yang Feng led his troops this way.
"The fact that they dared to draw troops from the southern defense line means that Ding Kui's troops are crossing or have already crossed the Xijiang River, making it more difficult for us to attack Zhenmo Pass." Yang Feng answered the question incorrectly.
"This place is half a month away from Xijiang, and the greatest threat to us is the Tenth Army Corps." Pan Hong kept reminding Yang Feng.
"I know." Yang Feng pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "The other side also knows about such a simple thing. I heard that Ding Kui has been appointed as the counter-insurgency coach. How do you think he will fight?"
"Ding Kui has participated in many battles in which a small number of people defeated a large number. He is best at sneaking behind enemy lines to fight. He likes to make detours in large areas. This tactic is more suitable for us here. Will he repeat his old tricks?" Pan Hong tried to understand Yang Feng's intention.
"Haha, you have thought of it. Didn't he or the people around him think of it? Ding Kui likes to capture the weaknesses of enemy generals. This is his greatest strength."
Yang Feng came to the big map and continued: "You, me, and Chu Kui are all familiar with this place. There is no reason for Ding Kui not to know it. He has no time, no geography, so he can only think of ways to deal with people, that is,
Said he was waiting for us to make a mistake."
"Will we make mistakes?" Pan Hong was seriously considering this question.
"Yes, definitely! Chu Kui doesn't like me, and it's inevitable for generals to make mistakes if they don't get along, so Ding Kui will definitely play this card." Yang Feng seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"Then let's just stay here?" Pan Hong became more and more confused as he listened.
"If we want to attack the Demon-Suppressing Pass, we have to fight hard, otherwise Chu Kui will not send troops to support us. If he does not support us, we will not make mistakes. Ding Kui will wait for reinforcements with peace of mind, and finally kill us all." Yang Feng pointed his finger.
Click on the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
Pan Hong said with a worried look on his face: "One of our people will die. If we forcefully attack the Demon-Suppressing Pass, we will probably suffer a lot of casualties."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, no wonder you can't get promoted." Yang Feng joked, "It's hard for a general who is afraid of death to hold a big position. As long as you can fight, why don't you worry about not having any subordinates?
Will Shao Dianyong win over the loyal commander and begrudge the small number of troops? Don't worry, we won't stay under Chu Kui forever."
"The credit for our hard work should go to Chu Kui first." Pan Hong couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart.
The Seventeenth Legion is his army, and Yangfeng can sacrifice anyone's army, including his own.
"Suppressing the Demon Pass is naturally his fault. What if he fails? What if he is defeated by the new counterinsurgency coach and loses his armor?"
"You mean you lost to Ding Kui on purpose?" Pan Hong seemed to have grasped the key point.
"No, no, no, it's not intentional." Yang Feng gave him a look of understanding.
"Then we should go to the North Road." Pan Hong seemed to understand.
"Don't worry, it's safer here." Yang Feng patted Pan Hong on the shoulder.
"..."
The rebels began to attack Zhenmo Pass, and the main force was Pan Hong's Seventeenth Army Corps.
The Tenth Army Corps stationed outside the pass withdrew before the enemy came. Knowing that there were reinforcements in Xiping County and hearing that there was no threat of attack on the customs, they withdrew to Qiuye Pass in the east.
Of course, the rebel Sixteenth Army Corps discovered that there were cavalry wandering to the east, and it was not ruled out that the Tenth Army Corps would kill a carbine.
Wang Deng and Chen Yu boarded the enemy tower together to look at the rebels advancing in batches at the pass.
The front of Zhenmo Pass is narrow, with a total length of less than 500 meters. Standing side by side in a row cannot hold a large group of people.
The mountains on both sides of the pass are not too high. People can climb over it, but carriages and horse baggage cannot. The situation at other passes is similar. If the rebels leave their baggage behind, they can bypass the Demon-Suppressing Pass, but they will be mercilessly slaughtered by the cavalry.
"What happened to Pan Shiqi? He surrendered to the rebel king just a few days ago, and yet he is so dedicated to serving the rebel king, regardless of casualties, to attack the Zhenmo Pass." Chen Yu saw that the enemy troops under the pass were still using their original banners.
The surname plus the regimental number is a joking name for the regiment commander. Others can jokingly call Chen Yu Chen Yi and Shao Dian Tai as Shao Dian Shi.
"Those rebel generals know the defenses within the pass, and capturing the Demon-Suppressing Pass is the safest strategy. Even if Pan Hong doesn't want to come, Chu Kui will definitely force him to come. This is how the newly surrendered troops will be treated." Wang Dengyong
Telescope viewing station.
His words contained an implicit warning that surrender would not end well, and the Seventeenth Legion was a living example.
As the acting commander-in-chief of the General Staff, he had to consider the overall impact and would not miss the opportunity to attack the traitors. No matter what the reason for Pan Hong's coming, he was forced by Chu Kui.
"Don't move the trebuchets yet. Send a group of enemy troops up and prepare the carbine formation. I want to see what these traitors can do besides stabbing in the back." Chen Yu felt suffocated in his heart.
The northern defense line was originally well defended, but the enemy troops at Guanxia suddenly defected while they were switching defenses with the Fourth Army Corps, causing the defense line to collapse and the Fourth Army Corps to be almost wiped out, causing him to flee in panic with his troops.
This time he wanted to severely damage the Seventeenth Legion to vent his hatred.
"Slow down the pace of the attack, increase the distance between the attacking troops, and speed up the deployment of archers." Yang Feng noticed an abnormality on the command platform and gave the order directly without having time to pass through Pan Hong.
The first group of officers and soldiers climbed up the wall unexpectedly, and were not attacked by the defenders in the process. However, the moment they climbed onto the wall, the scene in front of them made them shiver.
Rows of long spears were tightly bundled together and harnessed in front of the horses. Hundreds of war horses were lined up sideways, with no less than a thousand shining spear points.
Behind the war horses was a dark area, and soldiers holding weapons were glaring at them.
"Steady, steady!" Chen Yu had not yet ordered the attack.
People kept climbing up the siege ladder, and those in front had no choice but to climb over the crenellations and assume a defensive posture after landing.
When the city wall was almost full of people, Chen Yucai waved his sword and shouted: "Kill!"
Dong dong dong, dong dong dong, the drum beat rapidly, "Charge!" "Kill!" "The time for revenge has come!" "Don't let anyone escape!"
The morale of the defenders instantly reached its peak.