"Huh? What did you forget?" As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yang didn't react for a while.
The leader of the soldiers chuckled and said quickly: "Young Master, have you forgotten the last ambush we encountered in Yanzhou that year?"
"Hiss..." This reminder made Xiang Yang react immediately.
Yes, when I was in Yanzhou, I was ambushed three times.
When reviewing the game later, he figured it out the first time and the second time. The only thing he couldn't figure out was the third time.
At that time, he and his thousands of remnant soldiers had no place to run, so they had no choice but to do the same as now, treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and plunged into the Qinglian Mountains.
I thought I would go in and try my luck, maybe I could escape alive, but I didn't expect that as soon as I led my troops in, I was fired upon violently.
The firepower was so intensive that Xiang Yang once thought that Nan Yanxi's main force was ambushing here.
But later, he felt something was wrong, because this matter really didn't make sense. With such elites, why not use them in the first two benefits?
If there were such a large number of elites in the two previous ambushes, then he might not have the chance to lead these thousands of remnants into the Qinglian Mountains.
After all, the situation at that time was not that I had no choice but to drill in. Yanzhou City was connected in all directions, and I could drill through any mountain.
How could he, Nan Yanxi, calculate his subconscious choice? Therefore, the ambush placed there was more like an accident, or a coincidence!
When he recalled what happened that time, Xiang Yang suddenly understood. Before, he had never been able to figure out why and where these troops who happened to come came from.
Now it seems that perhaps, as the leader of the soldiers around him said, a large number of troops have been stationed in the Qinglian Mountains in advance.
Xiang Yang squinted his eyes and touched his chin: "If there is an army hidden in this mountain, I believe it, but after all, the army is used for fighting."
"Now that Nan Yanxi is unstoppable, the battle line has long been pushed beyond the eastern end of the Qinglian Mountain Range."
"It no longer makes sense to deploy troops here...so...I wonder if there is such a possibility."
After finishing speaking, Xiang Yang paused, turned to face the crowd and said, "I think there must be a city built by Nan Yanxi here, and I think there is more than one."
"Oh?" When several lieutenants heard this, they immediately became interested and quickly asked: "Why did the young master say this?"
"Because as I just said, it makes no sense to simply deploy troops here."
Xiang Yang smiled slightly: "Then there is only one possibility to find patrols on the mountain road at this time."
"Besides, I still vaguely remember the fierce battle between my father and Nan Yanxi at the foot of Yanzhou City."
Speaking of this, resentment gradually appeared in Xiang Yang's words: "At that time, my father led 80% of the elite of our Xiang army to fight with the Ming army of Nan Yanxi under Yanzhou City for many days. At that time, he even had the latest firearms.
All used."
"But as a result, it seems like there is no end to the Ming army in this city. Reinforcements keep appearing, and there is an endless supply of food and ammunition."
"Now that I think about it... I'm afraid that the newly built city in the Qinglian Mountains is sending them a steady stream of reinforcements!"
After saying this, all the generals nodded in affirmation, and the deputy general hurriedly asked: "Young Master is right, I think that's probably the case."
"Then... Young Master, what are your plans, and how should we act?"
"Well..." Xiang Yang pondered for a moment, then turned to the scout leader and said: "The original plan remains unchanged. You send people to continue to contact the scattered troops and let them plan and build quickly!"
"Secondly, you immediately send out smart people to follow the patrols and see where they are going."
"If necessary, put on makeup and go to the city to investigate. After you find out everything clearly, come back and report to me immediately!"
"But be careful...don't expose your target or alert the enemy!"
The scout leader nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, young master!" and then ran away quickly.
Xiang Yang and others led the troops back slowly. In order to prevent the Ming army patrols from discovering the situation, they even set up camp under the valley five miles away.
This night passed slowly in Xiang Yang's excitement.
It seems that it is worth taking the risk to enter the Qinglian Mountains.
Just when the army had run out of ammunition and food, and could not tell its direction, they unexpectedly encountered this important discovery.
If there is a new city built by the Ming army here, as I guessed, it will definitely not be very tightly fortified.
Recalling the ambush that time, the enemy hid in the dark and suddenly shot at him. Although the intensity of firepower was high, Xiang Yang also vaguely remembered that the weapons used by those people were very messy.
We are equipped with all kinds of old and new firecrackers, muskets, crossbows and arrows.
The strong firepower density can only mean that the opponent is large in number, but the messy equipment can definitely show one thing, that is, this group of enemy troops is definitely not an elite group.
It's not even a regular standing army, but something like... a reserve army, a reserve army or something like that.
If this is the case, then when there are wolves in front of them and tigers behind them, and there is no way out, and there is no place to stand, I can actually fight a desperate battle with the only 30,000 to 40,000 remaining soldiers in my hand.
Appropriately replenish the scarce food and grass supplies, and also find out where this is in the Qinglian Mountains and which state or county is closest to it.
Surrender to death, and if you understand these things, you may be able to find a chance to survive in this situation of great defeat.
All kinds of fantastic ideas flashed through his mind, and Xiang Yang was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.
When it was just dawning the next day, the scouts who had gathered their troops gradually returned.
This time, they gathered a total of more than 30,000 troops, and the rest were either out of contact, dead, or disintegrated.
Xiang Yang was helpless in this regard, but he thought that if there were not many enemy troops, and there was a sudden attack, more than 30,000 people would be enough.
Now, just wait for the scout to come back.
Time passed by, and after waiting for about two hours, the scouts who went out to investigate arrived belatedly.
"How...how is it?" Xiang Yang and the generals in the camp were all anxious at this time, scrambling to ask the scout commander.
During this investigation, the scout commander knew that the stakes were very high, so he went out personally.
Facing everyone's questions, he first eagerly took a few sips of tea, and then said breathlessly: "Young Master... you are truly a heavenly being!"
"Your guess is correct. Within this mountain range, there is a newly built city in Nanyanxi called Hulan County!"
"There are not many permanent residents in this county at present, but it has a good location and the resident population is increasing."