Chapter 537: Jiulong problem, difficult to solve for a while
Chapter 537: The Jiulong problem is temporarily difficult to solve
There were no Tibetan troops stationed in Hanzhou, but in order to prevent accidents, Shen Tang led the army to sneak all the way! Fortunately, Lu Feng had inquired about the news in advance and drew detailed terrain maps, so Shen Tang's army could completely avoid the enemy. The eyes and ears of the majority.
Moreover, on the way south from Shen Tang, there are only two cities in Mianzhu County and Shifang County in the entire Hanzhou. You only need to spend some effort to bypass these two cities, and there is no fear of being discovered in other uninhabited places.
Therefore, just when Bian Xi and the Qiang people were "wary" of each other in Maozhou, Shen Tang led the main force of 60,000 troops and had quietly traveled a hundred miles south, passed through Hanzhou, and quietly entered the territory of Pengzhou.
The territory of Pengzhou is narrow. Jiulong is located in the south of Pengzhou and intersects with the territory of Chengdu Prefecture. It is also the gateway to Chengdu Prefecture.
However, Jiulong is only thirty or forty miles away from the border of Hanzhou to the north.
At the border between the two states, the Yanjiang River runs east and west, and to the south of the Yanjiang River is a rare open land.
At this moment, Shen Tang’s army is temporarily stationed here!
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Shen Tang, Xin Qiji, Heihan Hezhuo, Balumu and other generals were all present. Among them was a huge sand table! On the sand table, according to the latest terrain map The mountains, rivers and other terrain around Jiulong are outlined.
Everyone has been sitting around the sand table for half a day, but apart from everyone's frown deepening, they are still unable to do anything!
The purpose of their coming here is naturally to conquer Jiulong and then enter the Chengdu Prefecture.
However, this Jiulong can naturally become a checkpoint in the north of Chengdu Prefecture. It is naturally a strategic location and a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
To put it simply, although Jiulong is also a county town, this county town is built on the mountainside.
On the east and west sides of Jiulong are two barren mountains of nearly a thousand meters! Except for the occasional hunter who enters for hunting, even the mountain king has no intention of occupying the mountain here and becoming the king!
In the middle of the two barren mountains is a huge mountain col! However, even though it is a mountain col, it is still one to two hundred meters higher than the flat bottom.
And Jiulong City was built on this mountain col!
In other words, if you want to pass through Jiulong County, you need to climb up the 200-meter hillside first, and then attack the soldiers garrisoned within the checkpoint. Only after killing them all can you occupy Jiulong County. Long Pass.
To say that one man is a barrier that cannot be overcome by ten thousand men is naturally a bit exaggerated.
However, if there is an army of 10,000 to 20,000 men taking turns stationed here, then it will be almost impossible to take down Jiulong even with ten times the strength.
Moreover, Lu Feng and Meng Da have already investigated and found that except for the Jiulong Pass, there are no other passages in the barren mountains, and there are almost no small trails.
Moreover, since the Tubo people began to besiege the city of Chengdu, the city gates of Jiulong were closed, and even hunters or local people were not allowed to enter or exit. This left Shen Tang and others with almost nothing to do.
Xin Qiji rubbed his brows vigorously, "Commander, I'm afraid we can only fight to the death! However, the enemy's terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is even more difficult for us to attack from below. Therefore, even if we are currently stationed at nine Long has only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, so we may not be able to predict whether we will win or lose!"
Yes, the Tubo people originally stationed 50,000 troops here.
However, the Song Army went to Maozhou, and the terrain here was indeed conducive to defense. Therefore, when the attack on Chengdu Prefecture was temporarily fruitless, they dispatched 20,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Chengdu Prefecture and Jiulong County. , only 30,000 soldiers and horses were left to garrison.
Shen Tang waved his hand and stopped Xin Qiji's words.
"The most advantageous thing for us at the moment is that the Tubo people don't know we are coming! After all, in their eyes, we are still in Maozhou preparing to deal with the Qiang people.
However, no matter what, a frontal attack will definitely not work.
Unless those Tibetans are fools, if they have tens of thousands of troops stationed here, we will not be able to win even with twice as many troops."
"Besides, in addition to winning, we must also maintain sufficient combat power! After all, our real opponents are still the Tubo people. If we consume too many troops here, it will be impossible to pacify Chengdu Fulu. possible."
Shen Tang pondered for a moment, and then said to Menda, "Mengda, have you ever had contact with the Qiang people?
Are you familiar with the habits and words of the Qiang people?"
When Mengda heard this, he smiled bitterly, "Commander, our Poison Ivy clan is just a small clan, and the Qiang clan is entrenched in Maozhou and doesn't look down on us at all.
Therefore, we can understand their words and know a thing or two about their habits, but anyone can easily see the difference between us and the Qiang people!"
"Does the commander want to pretend to be a Qiang and deceive the Tubo people?"
Xin Qiji asked after hearing this.
Shen Tang nodded!
At this time, a man sitting under Meng Da stood up and said, "Commander, can we just deceive the garrison and enter Jiulong City?
Also, how many people does the commander want to pretend to be?"
Shen Tang thought for a moment and said, "It only takes about twenty people!"
Hearing this, the man said, "Sir, there is a kind of poisonous insect in our poisonous insect tribe. Its toxicity is extremely weak, but it is paralyzing. After being bitten by this poisonous insect, people's various senses will gradually become blurred.
However, this poisonous insect is extremely rare and difficult to control.
Therefore, my subordinates can try it. If there are not many people they are guarding, they can use this poisonous insect to blur their perception. In this way, as long as they are similar, they will not be able to distinguish.
However, if they guard many people, they cannot paralyze everyone."
"Besides, this method can probably only be used once.
If we fail to succeed once, they will probably know that we are coming and our existence will be exposed!"
Hearing this, Shen Tang couldn't help but hesitate! This is indeed a way, but as this person said, once it fails, there will be no chance again.
If the Tubo people concentrate on garrisoning at all times, it will be difficult to cross these nine dragons unless heavenly beings come down to earth.
"Commander, there is a military report from General Xin!"
At this moment, the soldiers outside the door suddenly entered the tent and reported to Shen Tang.
Shen Tang took the military report and then opened it to take a look!
For a moment, after reading Bian Xi's report, Shen Tang squinted his eyes and began to think quietly.
In Bian Xi's report, in addition to the things discussed before, Ye Mao's visit was also mentioned.
Naturally, Shen Tang was not familiar with Ye Mao, and even did not know such a name.
At this moment, what Shen Tang was thinking about was whether Ye Mao's words were true or false.
If it is false, it means that Ye Mao has completely surrendered to the Qiang people.
But if it's true...
So, if I can meet Ye Mao, maybe I can use Ye Mao's identity to solve the situation in Jiulong.