Liang Qi ignored Shangguan Yuanrang's advice and commanded the Sanshui Army. As soon as they left the desert, they were about to enter the mountains. At this time, envoy Du Ji arrived and brought a large amount of medicine.
Few people dare to enter the barren mountains and ridges at the junction of Fengguo and Duji. Firstly, because the terrain is dangerous and cliffs can be seen everywhere. Secondly, there are many poisonous mirages and miasma in the mountains, especially the miasma, which is extremely harmful to the human body. If inhaled
Too much can even be fatal. The medicine brought by Du Ji's envoy can be used to prevent miasma and detoxify, which was of great help to Liang Qi's Sanshui Army.
But it happened to be the batch of drugs sent by Du Ji that brought devastating disaster to Du Ji in the future.
Marching into the mountains is ten or even a hundred times more difficult than marching in the desert. Especially for the transportation of baggage, you have to carve out a road by yourself. The soldiers have to spend more than half of their energy every day just to open the road. Fortunately, they bring
The food and grass were quite sufficient, and there were medicines sent by Du Ji to prevent miasma and detoxify, otherwise the whole army would be trapped alive in the barren mountains.
Even so, a large number of soldiers were bitten by poisonous things in the mountains and fell ill every day.
The Sanshui Army toiled in the sand for ten days and marched in the barren mountains for another fifteen days before approaching Tongmen. The Sanshui Army did not take any rest from the time it set out until it arrived at its destination.
The march was in a hurry, but it took more than a month. Initially, there were 100,000 people on the expedition, but by the time they approached Tongmen, the manpower had been reduced by more than 10,000.
Before January, the Sanshui Army was neat and well-organized. But after January, the soldiers were all sallow and thin, with skewed armor. Many soldiers were shaky even when they walked, and they were all gray and gray.
With a flag, they are almost indistinguishable from refugees fleeing famine.
The dangerous and arduous journey of this grand march from Tianyuan County through Bessa and Duji was unprecedented. Even Liang Qi couldn't help but think about the dangers of it a few years later.
Due to the fear behind the formation, the lives of the surviving 93,000 navy soldiers can be regarded as being saved.
This was Zong Yuan's strategy of taking a detour to attack Tongmen.
The march was arduous, but the 93,000 navy troops did act as a surprise force. The Ning army stationed at Tongmen never dreamed that such a large group of wind troops would suddenly appear under the city.
The danger of Tongmen is rare in the world. It is located between two mountains. If you attack the city, you can only attack from the front and rear. This reduces the burden of defense greatly.
Since Tongmen was originally a fortress of the Feng Kingdom, the city defense has always been strong in the west and weak in the east. The wall on the west side is more than four feet high, more than ten meters away, while the wall on the east side is less than three feet, less than ten meters away. Ningguo
After occupying Tongmen, they have been reinforcing and raising the city defense on the east side, but the progress is relatively slow. After all, the large area of wind land east of Tongmen was ceded to Ningguo by Zhong Tian, and it already belongs to the territory of Ningguo, so Tongmen became Ningguo.
's inner city.
Now Ningguo uses Tongmen more as a transit station, where a large amount of materials and food are stored to supply the Ning army when they enter the war.
After the Sanshui Army approached Tongmen, Liang Qi did not immediately issue an order to attack. While he asked the soldiers to stay in the mountains to rest and reorganize, he sent army spies from Tianyan and Diwang to Tongmen to inquire about the news and explore Tongmen.
internal and external conditions.
Soon, the spies from Tianyan and Diwang got in touch with their colleagues who were lurking near Tongmen and sent back many important news about Tongmen one by one.
At present, the Ning Army has 30,000 to 40,000 troops stationed in Tongmen. The guard general is named Zhang Xiaoting.
The military fortress is called Juefeng. There are also more than 10,000 Ning troops stationed here. They form an angle with Tongmen and can play a role in assisting defense.
After listening to the spies' report, Liang Qi secretly nodded. It seems that Ning Guo still attaches great importance to Tongmen, and its defense is also very complete. If his own army attacks Tongmen from the front, the Ning army in Juefeng will definitely attack from Tongmen.
A sneak attack on one's own side from the flank can lead to chaos among one's own central army. At that time, the Ning army in Tongmen will fight back. If one's own side fails to attack the city, it will be annihilated by the enemy's army.
At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang grinned and said: "Juefeng is on the northwest side of Tongmen. It is very close to our army. Liang Qi, I think we can take it by surprise and destroy the Ning army in Juifeng first."
, let’s talk about occupying Jifeng!”
Liang Qi rolled his eyes at him and asked: "What is the purpose of our army taking the dangerous route and detouring to Tongmen? It is to capture Tongmen. If we attack Jiefeng first, our army's whereabouts will be exposed. In this way, we will detour
And there is no point in doing it!”
Shangguan Yuanrang said unconvinced: "Don't we attack Jufeng? Such a fortress is near Tongmen. If our army attacks Tongmen directly, what will happen if Jufeng's Ning army comes up from the flank?"
Liang Qi remained silent. Shangguan Yuanrang's question was exactly what put him in trouble. Leaving Jiefeng behind would be a huge hidden danger to our siege. If we attack Jiefeng, our traces would be exposed. This fortress is really annoying.
Very good, just like its name, it resists the wind and resists my army of strong winds!
After pondering for a long time, Liang Qi asked the spy leader again: "Who is the guard of Juefeng? What is he like? What is his relationship with Tongmen guard Zhang Xiaoting?"
"Back to the general, the guard of Jufeng is Zhang Feng. He is Zhang Xiaoting's cousin. The relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary. As for his personality, Zhang Feng is far inferior to his cousin Zhang Xiaoting. He is cruel and greedy for money.
He is also lustful. Since he was transferred to Tongmen, he has been plundering, robbing money and food everywhere, and the people around Tongmen have suffered greatly, and the people are in dire straits!"
Zhong Tian ceded two hundred miles of Feng land to Ning Guo, and the people moved inland, but there were still many Feng people who missed their homeland and were unwilling to leave, so they stayed, and these people became Zhang Feng's oppressor
Object.
After hearing this, Liang Qi rolled his eyes, smiled suddenly, and said leisurely: "That's great!"
As soon as these words came out, all the surrounding generals were stunned. The Feng people who stayed in the cut-off land were oppressed by the Ning people, so how could they still be so good? Shangguan Yuanrang raised his eyebrows and glanced at Liang Qi sideways. Although he
He didn't say anything, but his eyes conveyed his meaning clearly. Who the hell are you?
Liang Qi smiled and said: "I have a plan to defeat Tongmen easily!"
"Oh?" Shangguan Yuanrang perked up and asked hurriedly: "How to get it?"
Liang Qi looked directly at Shangguan Yuan Rang, changed the topic, and asked with a slight contempt in his tone: "Everyone says that General Yuan Rang has the courage to defeat ten thousand people. Taking the enemy general's head in front of the two armies is like picking out an object from a bag.
I think this is a bit exaggerated. General Yuan Rang is not so brave, right?"
"Fuck your mother!" Shangguan Yuanrang had a hot temper. When he heard this, his black face turned red with anger. Coupled with Liang Qi's triumphant look, he became even more angry and fiercely shouted.
He slapped the table, stood up, and cursed angrily: "Liang Qi, if I hadn't appointed you to be the commander-in-chief, and I heard you fart here, I would have killed you with a fucking knife!"
"General Yuan Rang, don't be angry. Sit, sit, sit!" Liang Qi didn't care about Shangguan Yuan Rang's anger and curses. He still had a smile on his face. He waved his hand and said, "General Yuan Rang asked me how to get it."
Tongmen is actually very simple. I give General Yuan Rang a task. As long as General Yuan Rang can complete it smoothly, it will be easy to capture Tongmen!"
"Speak quickly if you have something to say, and fart if you have any. What on earth are you going to do?" Shangguan Yuanrang said in a rough voice.
"General Yuan asked to resist the wind and take off Zhang Feng's head!"
"Just... like this?" Shangguan Yuanrang looked at Liang Qi in disbelief.
Liang Qi nodded and said, "That's it!"
"That's easy. How many troops will you give me?"
Liang Qi thought carefully and stretched out five fingers.
"Five thousand people?"
Liang Qi shook his head.
"Five hundred people?"
Liang Qi still shook his head.
Shangguan Yuanrang became anxious and asked: "How many people are there?"
Liang Qi said with a smile: "Maximum fifty people!"
Shangguan Yuanrang was so happy that he shook his head and said: "You fucking dare to say anything?! You want me to lead only fifty brothers to attack a fortress guarded by more than ten thousand enemy troops?"
Liang Qi blinked and said: "Isn't General Yuan Rang brave enough to be defeated by ten thousand people? Logically speaking, even if the general goes alone to get Zhang Feng's head, it will be easy!"
"I..." Shangguan Yuanrang was at a loss for words, his eyes widened. This Liang Qi was so bad! He waved his hand and said, "I'm just alone. I don't have any brothers, I'm the only one."
Let’s go!”
Liang Qi waved his hand and said: "No! General Yuan Rang cannot lead more people, but he cannot lead less, just fifty people!"
"Ah?" Shangguan Yuanrang really couldn't figure out what medicine Liang Qi was selling in his gourd this time.
On that day, the Sanshui Army did not move, but its strength was decreasing. A large number of soldiers, led by Tianyan and Diwang spies, quietly left their camp, walked out of the mountains, and lurked in the direction of Tongmen.
The next day, the Sanshui Army still had no intention of launching a large-scale attack. Just like the previous day, only soldiers were quietly transferred out.
Shangguan Yuanrang didn't know where these soldiers had been dispatched by Liang Qi. He asked twice, but Liang Qi remained tight-lipped. It wasn't until these three days that Liang Qi approached Shangguan Yuanrang and stuffed him with a ball of clothes.
He put on this suit and went to attack the Windproof Fortress.
After taking the clothes from Liang Qi, Shangguan Yuanrang unfolded them and saw that they were common people's clothes. He asked blankly: "Aren't these the common people's clothes?"
"That's right! I just asked you to dress up as a commoner and kill Zhang Feng!" Liang Qi turned sideways, pointed outside Shangguan Yuanrang's tent, and said: "I have helped all the brothers who are traveling with you.
You've found it."
"Oh?" Shangguan Yuanrang followed his finger and looked outside the tent. There were indeed dozens of people standing outside the tent, all dressed as ordinary people. Looking at them coldly, they were no different from ordinary people.
It doesn't matter what clothes you wear. Shangguan Yuanrang didn't care. He asked: "When will I go to war?"
"Now!"
"Now? It's daytime!"
"What? Is it possible that General Yuan Rang is afraid of the enemy during the day?"
Shangguan Yuan gritted his teeth angrily, said nothing, quickly took off his armor and began to change into common people's clothes.