In the afternoon, in the narrow valley between the peaks of Luoyan Valley's West Mountain and Beishan's Dazhai branch, the sun shines on the white snow and reflects the dazzling light, forming a sharp contrast with the dark forests on the slopes on both sides.
On this blinding white snow, hundreds of soldiers are gathering from the slopes on both sides towards the middle of the snow valley. To the north are two hundred Luoyan Army soldiers coming down from the slopes of the west mountain of Luoyan Valley, and to the south are the elite soldiers from Beishan Dazhai.
Three hundred elites were carefully selected.
Last night, after careful discussions, a strategy was decided. Lin Jue and Ruan Ping jointly led 500 troops to Shirenshan Dazhai to carry out an internal assassination operation. Lin Jue named it 'Operation Beheading'. Luoyan Valley
Dazhai sent 200 troops, and Beishan Dazhai sent 300 troops. Going deep into Zuo Zongdao's territory, bringing too many troops might arouse suspicion, but bringing too few troops would make it difficult to protect yourself, so 500
The number of people is neither too much nor too little. Zuo Zongdao will not feel threatened, and these five hundred people can also cause considerable damage during an uprising, and they can protect themselves for a period of time.
Originally, Bao Meng asked the Luoyan Valley side to fulfill their previous promise and send out all 300 troops. But how could Lin Jue do this? Bao Meng was unreliable, and he had to keep a hand. At least more than 100 people should be left to defend.
The cottage was built to prevent Bao Meng from launching a surprise attack when the cottage's troops were empty. Even with the number of two hundred men, Lin Jue gritted his teeth and took the risk. Lin Jue also considered it and left more than one hundred and thirty people.
There is no big problem for the Luoyan Army to defend themselves with the help of Shanzhai's defensive measures. Once Bao Meng dares to act recklessly, Shanzhai will notify him with fireworks. He will lead his army back immediately. These more than a hundred people should be able to hold on until he can rush back.
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Bao Meng finally made a compromise. It was not that he didn't want to take advantage of the situation and seize Luoyangu's home, but that he wanted to put important things first. Coupled with Ruan Ping's persuasion, he had to consider Ruan Ping's ideas. He could no longer go back on his word. If he refused again,
If he acted simply, he felt that he had no credibility in front of his brothers.
Two hundred soldiers of the Luoyan Army, wearing standard black armor, came to the gathering place in neat steps. The armor on their bodies gave off a dark and dim light in the sun, and the entire army looked solemn and mighty. In comparison, Beishan
The three hundred people in Dazhai looked much shabby. Although they were also carefully selected experts, all of them were as big and round as cattle, but they wore all kinds of equipment. Some were rattan armor, some were leather armor, and some were broken pieces.
They only had pieces of armor, and some were even just cotton-padded clothes. Compared to the other side, they were as pitiful as beggars. They looked at the equipment of the other side's soldiers, their eyes filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
But fortunately, Gao Muqing, who led them here, immediately issued an order after arriving. All Luoyan Army soldiers put on tattered smocks and covered their armor inside. The entire army immediately became like beggars in rags.
Soldiers and horses. Naturally, this move was not to make the bandits in Beishan Dazhai feel better, but Lin Jue had told Gao Muqing before that he should not reveal his armor after entering Zuo Zongdao's territory. It would make the entire army look more stylish.
No, it doesn’t look like the soldiers and horses of Beishan Dazhai. Secondly, it will remind Zuo Zongdao of what happened in Qingtai Town some time ago, which will arouse suspicion. But even so, this move will objectively make Beishan Dazhai
The bandit soldiers felt a lot more comfortable.
Gao Muqing was wearing a black cloak today, with his hair wrapped in green cloth and a bamboo hat on his head. He was capable and energetic. This morning, Lin Jue had sent the message to the village, asking Gao Muqing to organize the two hundred people.
Assembling, Gao Muqing didn't delay at all.
Lin Jue greeted him with a smile, and Gao Muqing also smiled and walked over. The two stood a few steps apart. Lin Jue asked softly: "Is everything ready?"
Gao Muqing nodded and said, "Don't worry, everything is ready."
Lin Jue nodded and led Gao Muqing towards Bao Meng and others who were standing not far away. There was no need to say anything between the two of them. With a simple conversation, Lin Jue knew that Gao Muqing had settled everything in the village.
Liang Qi did not follow him. He would lead more than a hundred Luoyan troops to guard the mountain stronghold. Originally, Lin Jue wanted Gao Muqing to stay at the mountain stronghold, but Lin Jue gave up the idea because he knew Gao Muqing would not agree. Born together
, die together, Gao Muqing will definitely use this oath to convince himself. Instead of doing this, why bother to waste words.
Bao Meng squinted his eyes and smiled at Gao Muqing who was approaching, "Is the leader of Gao Dazhai planning to take action personally?"
Gao Muqing returned the greeting with a smile and said crisply: "I can't compare to Gao Da Village Master. The rule of my Luoyan Valley Village is that the village master leads the troops. The most dangerous things are that the village master must be in front."
Bao Meng's face turned red and he laughed and said: "Okay, although the leader of Gao Dazhao is a woman, he is regarded as a heroine. With the leader of Gao Dazhao going there, things will become more certain."
Gao Muqing said solemnly: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Although I am going with you, the matter is still decided by the military advisor and the Ruan village master. I am only going as a soldier of Luoyan Valley."
Bao Meng was stunned for a moment, glanced at Lin Jue, and said with a meaningful smile: "I understand, I understand. With someone like Military Advisor Fang, it is natural that the tall village leader can easily become the boss. Then, the soldiers and horses have been gathered.
, it’s getting late, it will take two days to get to Shiren Mountain, I think it’s time to set off.”
Gao Muqing nodded, turned around and walked to Lin Jue's side. Ruan Ping strode forward and gave the order. The two soldiers and horses immediately formed a team. Ruan Ping raised his hands to Bao Meng and shouted: "Please give a lecture to the leader of Dazhai."
Bao Meng waved his hand and said: "There is nothing to say. I hope you will succeed immediately. I am waiting to give you a celebration banquet. The rest of the things can only be done by yourself."
Ruan Ping said: "Thank you very much, Master of Dazhai. Then we will set off."
Bao Meng nodded, Ruan Ping looked at Lin Jue, Lin Jue smiled and nodded. Ruan Ping turned to the five hundred soldiers and horses and shouted sternly: "Let's go!"
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The vast mountains were covered with snow, and the roads were difficult to navigate. A team of five hundred people marched among these extremely difficult mountains. Soon after leaving the control area of Beishan Dazhai, they entered Zuo Zongdao's Shirenshan Dazhai.
Within the jurisdiction, the message trees on the mountain cliffs on both sides fell down one after another. It was the bandits from Shiren Mountain Dazhai who had seen the traces of these five hundred people passing on the news. Soon, there were people in the forest on both sides of the valley.
Many sneaky figures and prying eyes.
Fortunately, before setting off, manpower had been sent to inform the other party. The other party also knew that the men and horses of Beishan Dazhai were heading to the main stronghold at the invitation of the leader of Zuo Dazhai, so they would not attack. However, surveillance and snooping along the way were unavoidable.
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In this way, Xiaoxing spent the night and walked arduously among the snowy mountains. On the morning of the third day, everyone finally crossed the last peak to reach Shirenshan Dazhai, 'Pheasant Ridge', the highest peak on the east side of Funiu Mountain in front of them.
The peak is Shirenshan, where Shirenshan Dazhai is located.
Entering the vicinity of Shiren Mountain, which is already the core area, the situation in front of you is very different from the situation along the way. The total number of bandits in Shiren Mountain Dazhai is only more than 3,000, plus the people and families they belong to and the area under their jurisdiction
There are no more than 7,000 mountain residents in it. And most of these 6,000 people live near Shiren Mountain. The garrison strategy adopted by Shiren Mountain Dazhai is to focus on defending the core area, and the outer areas under its jurisdiction often only have borders.
A certain number of people are stationed in the branch village on the mountain, but it is no more than a few hundred people and no less than a few dozen people. Most of them are used to monitor and inform the garrison. The old people at the border with Luoyan Valley and Beishan Dazhai
There are only about 400 bandits stationed on Junshan Mountain. That's because Laojunshan was snatched from others and some had a guilty conscience, so they had to station heavy troops.
But in the area near Shiren Mountain, there are more than a dozen villages scattered on the valleys and the plains between the valleys. All the people under the jurisdiction of the village were forcibly relocated from the periphery and settled on the small flat land at the foot of Shiren Mountain.
The land here has also been developed into fields. Although there are very few flat areas, relying on the mountains and the abundant snow-covered water sources on the mountains, the mountain people and the people have used their wisdom to build layers of buildings along the slopes.
The built terraces effectively solved the problem of scarce cultivated land.
However, the soil on the mountainous terrain is made of sand and gravel, which was originally where vegetation and forests took root. The soil fertility is limited, and the yield of crops can be imagined. But in order to survive, they can only do this. Even if there are more crops outside,
Even in the cultivated valleys and plains, Shirenshan Dazhai will not allow them to freely find a place to settle.
Naturally, there is a reason for Shirenshan Dazhai to do this. The village needs food supplies. Where does the food come from? It can only be snatched from the hands of the common people and mountain people. And gathering everyone near Shirenshan Dazhai will
It can make it easier to manage and collect grain, instead of sending people to search everywhere. Moreover, if everyone gathers in one place, it can also ensure that they will not escape to other places, which facilitates unified management. Of course, the reason given by Zuo Zongdao is that the people
Gathering them in one place can easily protect them from the massacre of hostile villagers.
There is a problem that needs to be explained here. When Gao Muqing and his men came here to seek refuge with Zuo Zongdao, more and more people came from all over the country to join Gao Muqing, so they had entanglements with Zuo Zongdao. In fact, Zuo Zongdao did not want to take in the people, but
When he discovered that most of the people who came to seek refuge were old, weak, sick and disabled, and that these were originally people from Guishan Island, and they only wanted to follow Gao Muqing, he was no longer interested in them.
.Coupled with the sudden increase of one or two thousand mouths, the cultivated land at the foot of the mountain is tight, and it is impossible to settle these people who can neither produce food nor return to their hearts. That's why Zuo Zongdao refused to provide them with rations.
At the foot of Shiren Mountain, in addition to these clustered villages and fields, the most noticeable thing is the ubiquitous towers and fortresses. From the moment you step into the valley at the foot of the mountain, you can see the signs of bandits everywhere on the surrounding undulating slopes.
Traces. They poked their heads at the tops of the arrow towers and towers, and watched with vigilance as the group of soldiers and horses walked along the mountain road below them. At every dangerous point, densely packed arrow towers were spread all over the hillsides on both sides.
On both sides of the mountain road to the mountain village, there are many fortifications and arrow towers, which are difficult for even a fly to fly up.
After all, Shirenshan Dazhai has existed for ten days. Ever since the interior of Funiu Mountain was split into various small hills, the Mo family has been entrenched in Shirenshan. It has been more than a hundred years. Over the years, in order to ensure the survival of Shirenshan Dazhai
, naturally he did a lot of things by cutting mountains and stones to build fortifications and arrow towers. And all of this intensified after Zuo Zongdao seized the position of the village leader. Zuo Zongdao himself knew that it was dishonorable for him to seize the position of Shiren Mountain Dazhai.
, so I was very worried that the other strongholds would interfere and attack me, so I added a lot of defensive measures to the original ones. It can be said that the main stronghold of Shirenshan Dashi is now impregnable.
