After some pleasantries with the generals in the tent, Qu Jiuyuan said: "General Manager, the main force of my 3.6 million Guanzhong Army has arrived at Motian Cliff. When will it be transferred to the front line of Yumen Pass? I have been waiting for nine years.
Can’t wait!”
Zhao Zian said: "General Qu, I don't intend to let you garrison Yumen Pass."
Qu Jiuyuan was stunned and said: "What?
Don't you let me guard Yumen Pass?
I and the soldiers under my command patted our chests and promised that we would definitely go to the front line.
Chief Manager, I am the best among the best, I can’t sit back and watch the show and sit on the bench."
Zhao Zian said: "Just because you are elites, I have other uses."
After saying that, Zhao Zian stood up and walked to the large map hanging in the camp.
He picked up a slender stick and pointed at an area on the map.
Said: "General Qu, your Guanzhong Army will rest at Motian Cliff for three days, and then rush here to set up defenses."
Qu Jiuyuan walked to the map and looked left and right.
After a long while he said: "Tian Ying Pass?
This... I read it right, this Tianying Pass is a hundred miles southwest of Yumen Pass. The mountain is high and steep, making it difficult to cross the Tianying Pass. It has never been a strategic location.
I've seen the defense map. Isn't this the garrison of the two million red feather troops of the Heavenly Lady Kingdom?
What did you ask me to do there?"
The two million troops of the Heavenly Lady Kingdom had left the Kunlun Wonderland and entered the Kunlun Mountains a few days ago.
Of course, Zhao Zian didn't believe in the fighting power of a group of women, so he sent the two million red-feathered vanguards sent by the Heavenly Girl Kingdom to Tianying Pass, which is known as a place for retirement.
Tianyingguan Mountain is extremely high and the terrain is narrow. From the map, it is located about a hundred miles southwest of Yumen Pass and is quite prominent.
No one has ever wanted to attack Tianying Pass.
Not only is it difficult to defeat, but even if you manage to defeat it, you won't be able to march on a large scale.
Take the Legion of Destruction in Heaven as an example. It is impossible to pass through Tianying Pass at all.
When Qu Jiuyuan heard that his garrison was at Tianying Pass, he immediately became furious.
Since ancient times, the Qin soldiers have endured hard battles. The Guanzhong Army led by me are all men from Qinchuan. I have trained them for many years. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are definitely no worse than the Zhenxi Army.
It was agreed that he was transferred to Yumen Pass to fight as a vanguard, but now he is asked to go to Tianying Pass to guard the birds. Isn't this just a joke?
Qu Jiuyuan's temper was so hot that he immediately cursed.
He said that Zhao Zian was suppressing him! At this time, a silver-armored general said: "Old Qu, don't get angry. This matter has nothing to do with the young marshal. It was suggested by me, Old Cao."
This silver-armored general, Qu Jiuyuan, knew him as Cao Xian. He was a direct descendant of Zhao Zian. He had served with Zhao Zian in Niangziguan. During the Great War in the Wasteland, he had commanded a hundred thousand cavalry.
Now, with the tide rising, Zhao Zian has become one of the nine commanders of the human cavalry, with millions of elite cavalry under his command.
Qu Jiuyuan said: "Old Cao, I thought you and I were good brothers, why did you stab me in the back?
How is this going?"
Cao Xian said: "I knew you would be like this, just read this letter."
Qu Jiuyuan received a secret letter from Cao Xian, which said "Qu Jiuyuan personally expresses it", but the seal had been uncovered.
Apparently Cao Xian had opened this letter beforehand.
Qu Jiuyuan said: "Who gave me the letter?"
Cao Xian said: "I don't know, I received this letter.
I thought it was strange, so I opened it and took a look at it, so I suggested this matter to the young marshal.
You should read the letter first and then speak."
Qu Jiuyuan pulled out three pieces of letterhead from the envelope.
"Brother Jiuyuan, I haven't seen you for many years. I heard that the 3.6 million elites from the pass led by you are about to arrive at Yumen Pass to set up defenses.
More than 20 million elite soldiers have gathered within the three defense lines of Yumen Pass. Brother Jiuyuan can volunteer to go to Tianying Pass in the south.
Although there is no major battle in this pass, it is the best place to outflank and outflank enemies who are trapped in the outer pass.
Once Yumen Pass becomes the main battlefield in the future, this pass will be of great significance.
It’s really not appropriate to be stationed by a group of red feather troops..." Qu Jiuyuan quickly read the three pages of the letter.
His eyes finally fell on the signature on the back of the letter.
The signature is just one word: "英".
Seeing this English word, Qu Jiuyuan's dark face immediately changed.
He lost his voice and said: "Zhan Ying!"
Then, he grabbed Cao Xian's armor and shouted: "Where is the messenger?"
Cao Xian shook him off and said, "I don't know. I also received this letter out of nowhere."
Zhao Zian said: "Don't argue, I have read the content of the letter and I think it makes sense.
Once Yumen Pass is surrounded by the heavenly army, it will be difficult to get out of trouble. Tianying Pass is a place where surprise troops can be found.
I have thought about it, General Qu, you lead the Guanzhong Army to garrison at Tianying Pass."
Qu Jiuyuan originally refused.
However, this letter was given to him by Zhan Ying, so the meaning is different.
Since Zhan Ying asked him to guard Tianying Pass, it must make sense.
He has unconditional trust in Zhan Ying.
He said: "Military orders cannot be violated. Since the general manager asked me to go to Tianying Pass to set up defenses, then I will go."
If you look at the map, you will know that Yumen Pass, Tianying Pass, and Longmen to the west form an almost perfect equilateral triangle.
Longmen is about a hundred miles southwest of Yumen Pass.
The straight-line distance between Tianying Pass and Longmen is no more than eighty miles.
Zhan Ying thought from the beginning that once Yumen Pass fell into a long-term confrontation, it would be a matter of time before it was breached by the heavens.
According to the experience of past catastrophes, the three defense lines of Yumen Pass, Motian Cliff, and Motian Ridge have never blocked the defense deployment of the Celestial Army.
The only key point to break the deadlock is at Tianying Pass.
This is not an independent deduction by Zhan Ying, but in Li Tielan's military book, it was mentioned that Tianying Pass in the south of Yingzui Cliff may become the key to changing the situation of Yumen Pass.
According to Li Tielan's military book, Zhan Ying took advantage of his position as a cavalryman and went to Tianying Pass to observe the terrain on the spot during his patrol.
Due to the terrain of Tianying Pass, cavalry cannot enter or exit.
But the infantry can barely survive.
Once the Heavenly Army breaks through Yumen Pass, it will definitely attack Motian Cliff and Motian Ridge eastward on the second and third lines of defense.
At this time, as long as the world secretly releases two to three million elite troops from Tianying Pass, they can take revenge from the southwest flank, cut off the enemy within the defense line, and attack from both front and rear.
As long as it can be used properly, this amazing force is very likely to turn the tide of the war.
Zhan Ying's idea was wonderful, but he never expected that the Tianying Pass, which he planned to use to surprise the enemies in the heavens, would be implicated in the first battle of the catastrophe a few months later.
What will greet them will be the most difficult and classic large-scale battle in the history of the catastrophe.
Starting from Longmen Tucheng, the battlefield then extended to Longbei Mountain two or three miles south of Longmen Tucheng.
Around Longmen and Longbei Mountain, the two sides launched an unprecedented battle.
