Hearing this, Mu Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is really going to be in trouble."
"It doesn't matter, it will definitely not be a problem for Brother Wenying who is good at winning by surprise." Zhu Zhen, however, was full of confidence in him and asked again: "By the way, you just said a multi-pronged approach, so there is at least one method you haven't mentioned yet? Otherwise, right?
It should be said that it is a two-pronged approach.”
"Your Highness is so meticulous." Mu Ying couldn't help but admired: "Yes, there is a third way, which is to defeat the enemy with food."
"Because of the enemy?" Zhu Zhen said softly.
"Yes." Mu Ying nodded and said: "According to reliable information, King Liang has been actively preparing for war in the past ten years. He has hoarded a huge amount of food and grass in Kunming, Qujing, Wusha and other places, enough to feed an army of 200,000.
A few years.”
"As long as we can grab this food and grass, even if we only grab part of it, we don't have to worry." Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up. Speaking of robbery, he was not sleepy.
"That's right." Mu Ying said solemnly: "After conquering Yunnan, the army will be stationed for a long time, and it will also have to appease the people. It cannot do without this batch of food and grass, so it must be obtained."
"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded. At this moment, he could better appreciate the great achievements of Mrs. Shexiang. Without a major road, Yunnan and even Guizhou would not be truly included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
~~
In this way, the group traveled through mountains and rivers, more than two hundred miles deep into Wumeng Mountain, and arrived at the destination of the trip, Puding Fort, two days later.
This was the result of Alon's familiarity with the terrain and taking shortcuts throughout the journey. If he had used an ordinary guide, he would have walked two days longer.
Under the leadership of Aaron, they climbed up a high cliff and walked through the dense forest to the top of the mountain. Aaron pointed ahead and said: "That's Puding Fort."
Zhu Zhen and Mu Ying saw that there was a deep canyon at their feet. There was a flat-topped mountain opposite the canyon. Puding Fort was built on the top of the mountain according to the mountain, guarding the only canyon passage at the foot of the mountain.
The two of them took out their binoculars at the same time and looked at the Puding Fort opposite. This aroused Aaron's curiosity and wanted to know the purpose of the copper pipe they were looking at, but he did not dare to ask.
"Brother Wenying, what do you think?" In fact, Lao Liu just wanted to take a look. Isn't it self-humiliating to try to do anything in front of experts?
"The fort itself is nothing special. It is just an ordinary fortress made of piled rocks and earth." Mu Ying commented with an expert's eye: "But the terrain it occupies is so good. The flat-topped mountain is almost straight up and down.
There are several places where you can climb, and the defenders have set up deer and firewood, so it will be really difficult to attack by force."
"So it is understandable that the troops from Shuidong and Shuixi were defeated before." Mu Ying sighed softly: "It's not that they didn't dare to fight, but that they couldn't defeat them."
"The Marquis is right, we in Shuixi and Shuidong are stronger than Puding, but we can't do anything about this Puding Fort..." Alon on the side said angrily:
"If Danima had not built this fort for them, we would have raised Puding Fort long ago."
"Hit your mother?" Zhu Zhen asked, "Whose name is so impolite?"
"He should be talking about Pingzhang Dalima, the king of Liang who led a hundred thousand troops to garrison Qujing." Mu Ying said softly.
"Yes, yes, that's that person." Alon nodded vigorously and said, "My grandfather said that Shi'erna must have followed his order to kill the two of us, Ju Mu."
"Grandpa You finally came to his senses?" Zhu Zhen said speechlessly: "Dalima has already been built by Shi'er. Doesn't this just tell the world that the two of them are having an affair? Your grandpa still dares to instigate the two Ju Mu.
Huimeng, we are really not afraid of god-like opponents, we are just afraid of..."
"What are you afraid of?" Aaron asked.
"I'm just afraid of teammates like your grandpa." Zhu Zhen threw the binoculars to him and said angrily: "Go ahead and play, don't make any trouble."
Aaron was originally very unhappy when he heard that his grandfather was talking about it, but as soon as he took the telescope, what did he care about?
"Let's continue talking." Zhu Zhen said to Mu Ying, "What if you come to attack Puding Fort?"
"The failure of the Guizhou soldiers to attack does not mean that our army cannot attack them." Mu Ying said confidently: "If the general leads our army, with the excellent quality of our soldiers, he should be able to launch an assault at dawn.
Attack the city."
"But the fact that our army can conquer it does not mean that the Guizhou native soldiers can conquer it..." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, let me ask you this, how about you leading the Guizhou native soldiers?"
"In this case, we have to find ways to outwit them." Mu Ying said slowly: "From what I know about these barbarian generals, they rely solely on their blood to fight, and there is no other way to fight. They just fight hard and charge hard.
, it is unstoppable when it goes well. But once it suffers a setback, its morale is like boiling soup and pouring snow, and the army is instantly defeated."
"That's true." Zhu Zhen nodded. The same goes for fighting Little Japan. Little Japan is also a barbarian, so it's pretty much the same.
"So we must come up with a clever plan to gain the upper hand from the very beginning, so that we can attack Puding Fort in one go." Mu Ying then said in a deep voice: "If we attack from a disadvantaged position, if things don't go well, the last defeat will be repeated."
"Yes, but it's not that easy?" Zhu Zhen sighed and said, "I see that their fort gate is tightly closed, and the city is densely covered with patrolling soldiers. It seems that they have been prepared for our sneak attack for a long time."
"Your Highness's observation is correct. The enemy is indeed on guard. In addition, they occupy a favorable location, so it is difficult for us to launch a surprise attack." Mu Ying nodded, looked at the sky and said, "Let's eat some dry food and rest first, and wait for the day.
After it gets dark, I will go closer and take a closer look."
"Okay, you must be careful, I won't cause any trouble with my clumsiness." Zhu Zhen said very self-awarely.
"Okay." Mu Yingxin said this is the best.
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At night, Mu Ying, led by Aaron, put on night clothes and walked into the canyon.
It was fine during the day, but at night the westerly wind blew through the canyon, and when it encountered the ruined hills and peaks, it made a whimpering sound, which made people's hair stand on end.
Mu Ying's men all crawled out from the pile of dead people. They were not afraid of anything, but they still had chills running down their spines. They all hurried on without looking back, for fear of being followed by some monster or monster.
This made Mu Ying feel a little embarrassed. It wasn't until he saw Alon trembling on the side like chaff that he felt a little balanced. He whispered: "You have been wandering around Wumeng Mountain since you were a child. Why are you so afraid?
?”
"Of course I'm not afraid of other places, but the Marquis doesn't know," Alon tightly grabbed Mu Ying's clothes and said, "Our Shuidong, Shuixi and Puding Puli tribes all belong to the same Luodian.
The full name of the country is Luodian Ghost Country, and this is the ghost gate of the ghost country..."
After a pause, he said with a trembling voice: "This month is the ghost month in our Luo Luo calendar. During the ghost month, the gates of ghosts open, and ghosts come out to the human world to beg for food. Can I not be afraid?"
As he was talking, he saw a white shadow rushing past his eyes. Alon was so frightened that he jumped up and was about to scream. Fortunately, Mu Ying had quick eyes and quick hands, and struck him on the back of the neck with her palm, knocking him unconscious.
