Chen Hongyu stood on the top of the mountain and looked towards Lingguan. When he saw the Seven Kills soldiers waiting in formation on the steep pass, he felt a toothache.
The three border counties of Jizhou are also called the three counties of Bayu. Hundreds of years ago, this area was not under the jurisdiction of Daqian, but was governed by the native Ba people.
However, the Ba people at that time were dissatisfied and often came to the neighboring counties of Jizhou to plunder. The three counties of Bayu and Chongqing also had steep terrain and many mountains and rivers. As soon as the officers and soldiers of Daqian arrived, the Ba people hid in the three counties of Bayu.
After several encirclement and suppression campaigns failed but resulted in heavy damage, the Jizhou Mu at that time ordered people to build checkpoints on several important roads, thus successfully solving the problem of the Ba people.
As for those Ba people who still came to Jizhou through various dangerous roads in the Bashan Mountains, since their numbers were too small, they naturally could not cause any trouble.
Fifty years ago, Cai Hao, the general who conquered the east, entered the three counties of Bayu and divided the local aristocracy. After more than ten years, he successfully converted the land back to the locals, established counties and counties, and turned the three counties of Bayu into a land of great power. As for several important checkpoints such as the Spiritual Pass that were originally built, they have gradually become semi-abandoned.
Unexpectedly, at this time, these checkpoints have become a natural chasm that blocks the counterinsurgency army.
As long as these hurdles are not lost, Lu Zhiying, who has the Bashan Mountains and Bashui as barriers, can simply sit back and relax.
"What a pity!" Chen Hongyu sighed.
Why can't he see that the sun is setting in Daqian? Judging from the current situation of Daqian, in as little as ten years or as many as twenty years, the world will be in chaos.
But now, the Daqian royal family, which has enjoyed the power of the country for nearly five hundred years, still maintains a strong power. At least the hundreds of thousands of frontier troops with the most powerful combat power are firmly in the hands of the current emperor.
After killing the first bird, Lu Zhiying was the first to rebel. No matter what, Emperor Qian would not let the Seven Killers Army continue to exist.
"Come down the mountain!" Chen Hongyu rubbed his eyebrows and said to several subordinates around him.
Although it only took half a month to regain most of Jizhou, this was partly due to the cooperation of the local families in Jizhou, partly because of the strong combat power of the frontier army, and finally because Lu Zhiying knew that it was difficult to resist the frontier army. , fighting and retreating all the way, retreated into the three counties of Bayu.
Therefore, in the past half month, Chen Hongyu has been leading the army alone, and he has been taking credit for his achievements. He has been promoted in rank all the way. He was directly promoted from the sixth rank to the current fourth rank, General Fenwei, and already has the power to open a government.
But now is when it really faces the test.
At this time, the people under his command were all elite border troops. According to the formal military structure, one thousand men per unit, five troops per battalion. With four battalions of soldiers and horses and more than 20,000 elite frontier troops under his command, he could be said to be very powerful.
However, the Seven Killing Army in Lingguan also has thousands of soldiers, and the Lingguan defenders not only have a favorable geographical location, but Lingguan County and other places behind Lingguan can also continuously support Lingguan. This is the most difficult part.
Although several of his generals have been fighting the barbarians on the border for many years, they are incompetent in facing dangerous places like Lingguan. They can only set up camp at the foot of the mountain more than ten miles away from Lingguan, and stay there every day. Here he trains his soldiers and observes the changes.
At this moment, I saw several horses running towards me not far away, raising up clouds of dust.
"Meet the general!"
When he came to Chen Hongyu's side, the visitor immediately got off his horse and saluted.
"How is it? Have our people sneaked in?" Chen Hongyu asked as he looked at the middle-aged scribe who hurriedly came in front of him.
This person is a meritorious officer under him, and he is usually responsible for assisting him in handling trivial matters in the army, such as logistics, food and fodder, etc.
Previously, he specially ordered people to find some local people and let them enter the Lingguan through the steep Bashan Mountain to explore internal information and find internal flaws in the existence of the Lingguan.
At this time, someone should have sent the news back.
"General, we have searched for dozens of people to enter Lingguan through Bashan before. Three of them came back this time. Some of the rest may have fallen in the Bashan Mountains, and some may have not returned yet."
"It doesn't matter! Just bring the news back." Chen Hongyu was in a happy mood.
The terrain of Lingguan is really dangerous. Since it cannot be broken from the outside, he will look for internal flaws.
He had led his army stationed outside Lingguan for ten days. At this time, there was finally some new progress, so he hurried back to the military camp.
In the tent, Chen Hongyu was sitting on the main seat, with a calm expression and an imposing manner.
Due to his experience and strength in the heavenly army, he had this infinite power just by sitting there.
"Meet the general!"
Looking at the three people below, Chen Hongyu couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, these three people were together, with the young man as their leader.
After saluting, Chen Hongyu turned his gaze to the young man in the front: "I think your body shape and aura should be about to break into the realm of skin refining. Your background should be not low, why do you need to do such a dangerous thing?"
The title of meritorious officer was originally a local official position. Since the military reform of this dynasty a hundred years ago, there have also been assistant officers of meritorious service in the army.
Because Yin Zheng personally selected these meritorious officers for him, there was no need to worry about their ability and loyalty, so he did not pay too much attention to this matter.
After all, there are dozens and hundreds of people going to cross the Bashan Mountains. It is not necessary and impossible for him to know the detailed information of these people. However, the young man in front of him can tell that his background is not simple, both in terms of his temperament and his destiny cultivation.
It is a very dangerous thing to cross Bashan to spy on the intelligence of the spirit gate. He understands other ordinary people very well given their background. After all, the rewards and pensions are huge, but he cannot understand this young man, so he is a little curious.
The young man smiled bitterly and said: "General Qi, our Tao family was originally a wealthy family in the county. When our family was prosperous, there was a servant named Shen Yan who stole the property of the family because his hands and feet were unclean.
Because my father was kind, he only beat him dozens of times and then expelled him."
At this point, Chen Hongyu already had some clues. According to Daqian custom, if a servant breaks the family rules, the master has the right to decide his life and death. Tao Ran's father just expelled the servant, which can be considered very merciful.
Wait, an idea flashed in Chen Hongyu's mind.
Shen Yan???
"Is the Shen Yan you are talking about not Lu Zhiying's disciple Shen Yan?"
Shen Yan occupies a large space in Tao Ran's words, so his status must be high.
Therefore, he just instantly thought of the General of the Seven Killers Army who attacked Lin'an at night in Qingzhou and was finally smashed into a pile of meat by Wang Muzhi.
In fact, he only learned about Shen Yan's identity from Wang Muzhi later.