Long Chen followed Wu Jian, wearing the armor of an ordinary sergeant and looking like a bodyguard.
Long Chen deliberately walked half a step slower than Han Ziping, allowing Han Ziping to be a little further ahead than Long Chen, so that he could walk in line with Long Chen's disguised identity.
Walking to the west of Jade Buddha Pass, Tang Heizi and Ye Jian met Wu Jian and immediately said: "General, we are blocked! There is a fierce fighting in the small town!"
Wu Jian climbed up and died. He took out a telescope in his hand and looked at the small town in the distance.
The monks and soldiers of Zhenguo Temple were setting up ladders to climb up. Iron kites were on alert around them, ready to fight with the Long family army who came out of the Jade Buddha Prison at any time.
Outside the pass, the soldiers and horses of Zhenguo Temple built an antler barrier to block the way out of the pass.
The defenders of the small town were fighting with the enemy attacking the city. The sound reached Jade Buddha Pass. Everyone's eyes widened when they heard it, their teeth gritted, and their weapons were clenched tightly. They wanted to go out of the city immediately to fight and rescue.
"General, I am requesting to go to war!"
"The last general invites you to fight!"
"Kill these bald ass sons of bitches!"
"General, give the order!"
All the soldiers looked at Wu Jian and asked to go to war.
Wu Jian wanted to ask Long Chen what he meant, but it was difficult to explain.
"Calm down! You three come in and we will discuss countermeasures!"
Wu Jian named Han Ziping, Ye Chang, and Tang Heizi.
Several people immediately entered the small room in the arrow tower on the city, and Long Chen also entered.
After closing the door, Wu Jian asked: "Sir, are you going to fight?"
Long Chen said: "Not going to fight!"
Han Ziping became anxious and said: "Sir, the public is very angry now. If we don't go to war, I'm afraid our brothers won't agree."
They were besieged outside the city, and everyone was very angry and wanted to go out to fight immediately.
If you choose not to go to war at this time, the army generals will definitely be dissatisfied!
Some soldiers may even go to war against orders!
Long Chen said: "No! If we don't go out to fight, let everyone hold it in!"
Han Ziping and the others still wanted to argue, but Wu Jian said: "Listen to your Majesty!"
Ye Chang and Tang Heizi suppressed their breath until their faces turned red, and they held their waist knives tightly with their right hands.
Long Chen said: "Although the two small cities outside the pass are not big, they are very strong. They cannot easily attack them. Brothers can hold them!"
The small city outside the pass was besieged once, and then Long Chen specially reinforced it. There was sufficient food, water and ordnance in the city.
The two small towns can be said to be small but strong. It would not be so easy for Deshan to break through the small towns.
"Ye Chang, please immediately order a thousand elite infantrymen, all wearing fine armor, carrying feathered knives and small crossbows, to assemble in the city, and come with me after dark!"
Ye Chang is an infantry major general, so Long Chen points to him.
Hearing that elite troops were being gathered, Ye Chang immediately understood that Long Chen was not not going to fight, but was going to launch a night attack.
"Old Wu, the three of you are preparing inside the pass. When you see the signal, you will go out and attack!"
Wu Jian bowed: "I know!"
Tang Heizi asked with some worry: "Sir, there are at least 200,000 troops outside the pass. If you lead a night attack with 1,000 infantry, I'm afraid..."
Tang Heizi knew that Long Chen was brave, but with 1,000 attacking 200,000, the difference in strength was too big.
Ye Chang also calmed down and looked at Long Chen hesitantly.
Long Chen chuckled and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have a clever plan of my own."
Wu Jian also said: "Don't worry, my lord started preparing last year."
"Ye Chang, you do as I say immediately, you two come with me!"
The door to the room opened, and Ye Chang immediately went to select the most elite infantry. Long Chen followed Ye Chang and left.
Wu Jian took Han Ziping and Tang Heizi back to the West City Wall.
Seeing Wu Jian coming, the soldiers gathered around and shouted:
"General, give the order!"
"General, the brothers are fighting, give the order!"
"The last general is willing to be a pioneer!"
Wu Jian glanced outside the city and said categorically: "We are not allowed to fight before the time comes!"
The soldiers were stunned, and then said angrily: "General, our brothers are fighting to the death, are we just watching?"
"If the small town is captured, Xixia will definitely attack Jade Buddha Pass!"
Facing the invitations from all the soldiers to fight, Wu Jian shouted loudly: "I told you not to fight before the time comes!"
"Anyone who dares to talk about fighting again will be killed!"
Without saying anything coldly, Wu Jian turned around and returned to the handsome man's house.
There was sudden silence on the city wall, and the soldiers were silent, but they all held a breath in their hearts.
Han Ziping said: "The general said that the time has not come yet. We will talk about it when the time comes."
A captain asked: "General Han, when will the time come?"
Another captain also asked: "Is it possible that the time has come when the town is destroyed and the brothers are dead?"
Tang Heizi said: "Whether the time comes or not, General Wu has the final say. Just get ready and go to war!"
"Get ready. When the time comes, let me rush you!"
With Tang Heizi's words, everyone's anger calmed down a little, and everyone prepared to go out and fight!
...
Outside the customs.
Deshan and Juekong were riding on horses, holding monocular binoculars in their hands, looking at the Jade Buddha Pass from a distance.
"Abbott, they dare not come out to rescue!"
The prison staff felt empty and overjoyed.
I originally thought there would be a fierce battle, but I didn't expect that Jade Buddha Pass did not dare to send troops.
Deshan smiled proudly and said: "As expected by the poor monk, although the Long family army is elite, the leader is Long Chengen."
"As the saying goes, a snake cannot fly without a head, and a bird cannot fly without a head. Without Long Chengen as the leader, the Long Family Army can only defend the Jade Buddha Pass. They dare not go to war at all."
In this attack, Monk Deshan was sure that Long Chen was not around.
Deshan did not attack Jade Buddha Pass directly, he knew that it would be difficult to break through Jade Buddha Pass.
If the battle situation reaches a stalemate and Long Chen rushes over from the capital, Deshan will have no choice but to retreat.
Therefore, Deshan chose to besiege the small town and block the reinforcements from Jade Buddha Pass.
As long as two small cities are captured, the battle line can be pushed forward and troops can be stationed close to the face of Jade Buddha Pass.
Juekong said happily: "The abbot has mastered the art of war, and we are sure to win this battle!"
Deshan shook his head and said with a smile: "This battle must be fought quickly, and we must not wait for Long Chengen to arrive."
"Last time, the decision was delayed for a long time. Long Chengen came from the capital, and finally failed."
Last time, Long Chen was seriously injured by Ji Ba, and Xixia attacked Jade Buddha Pass under the instruction of Tianxiahui.
Kongji and Deshan were besieging him, while Emperor Lingyi struggled to hold on at the Jade Buddha Pass.
Because the war was delayed, Long Chen quietly arrived at Jade Buddha Pass, killed Shi Ming, and then sneaked into the hinterland of Xixia, killing Xixia until he was devastated.
Thinking of this, Deshan suddenly felt alarmed and his face suddenly changed.
Juekong noticed the change in Deshan's face and asked, "What's wrong with the abbot?"
Deshan turned back to look in the direction of Zhenguo Temple, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just... I'm overthinking."
Juekong didn't understand what it meant and asked, "What are you thinking too much about?"
Deshan said nothing, turned to look at the two small cities, and said: "Kill! At any cost, we must capture the two cities within two days!"
Deshan suddenly felt alarmed just now, worried that Long Chen would launch another sneak attack and burn down the Zhenguo Temple again?
But he immediately gave up this idea, because the intelligence sent by the spies said that Long Chen was still playing with women in Prince Wu's Mansion and was not at Jade Buddha Pass at all.
Wu Jian will definitely send a letter back to the capital. If he uses a flying eagle to send the letter, it will take a day for the battle report to be sent to the capital.
It would take at least two days for Long Chen to fly from the capital.
Therefore, Deshan had three days to attack the city.
Deshan decided that he must capture two cities within two days before Long Chen arrived, and then have one day to set up defenses.
