The meal was very enjoyable. Zhang Cong had not enjoyed it so relaxedly for a long time. The last time was in the small courtyard in Panlong Town half a year ago. Although the meal was simple, the feeling of home was still unforgettable to him.
Although he was in a hotel at this time, the people enjoying this tranquility with him were all his important people, brothers and sisters, elder apprentices, and of course, two lovers who he could not let go of in this life.
Zhang Cong himself always feels that he is definitely an emotional person, and he will risk everything for love, including his own life. However, along the way, the original emotional self has become the backbone of a group of people. Perhaps life and death are at stake, and he is the one who can best
Those who squeeze people's abilities will rack their brains in order to survive, because they can't afford to die, and they still have little flowers to save.
Perhaps sensing Zhang Cong's thoughts, Xiaohua and Qin Yu suddenly looked at Zhang Cong who was distracted. The two beautiful faces were somewhat tinged with wine, and the misty phoenix eyes made Zhang Cong's heart softer.
Until almost midnight, everyone dispersed, and Xiaohua followed Master Daojing back to the post house. Zhang Cong stood at the door, watching the two people's backs drifting away, and suddenly felt a little more disappointed.
A pair of hot arms hugged him tenderly from behind. Zhang Cong held a pair of Rouyi and let Qin Yu pull him back to the post house.
That night, Zhang Cong and Qin Yu sat under the big window of the post house, looking at the dotted lights outside the window, without saying a word until dawn.
Early the next morning, Chen Mufei's special envoy arrived and took Zhang Cong and Qin Yu directly to the large study room on the seventh floor. Chen Mufei lost the reserve and elegance he had at first met. With his hair disheveled, he was leaning on a soft couch and watching.
A booklet.
Seeing Zhang Cong and the others coming in, the eldest princess waved her hand and asked the envoy to leave, then threw a booklet painted with red paint to Zhang Cong.
Qin Yu took Zhang Cong's hand and said, "Your Highness, this is a top-secret intelligence report from Tianzi No. 1. Isn't it appropriate for us to read it?"
At this time, Chen Mufei's face turned to Zhang Cong and Qin Yu. Zhang Cong saw that the eldest princess's face, which was originally as delicate as white jade, was full of exhaustion, and her eyes were bloodshot.
"You kid know a lot, and you are worthy of being our son. I have already read this excerpt. Take a look at it and give me some opinions."
After Chen Mufei finished speaking, he put down the fold in his hand and picked up another one. Zhang Cong opened the fold in his hand and the contents on it surprised him.
The secret report stated that the great wizard of the Jinshan Kingdom, Lengma, had secretly entered the Kunshan Nanzong. Although it was not known what they were plotting, more than 100,000 camel soldiers were mobilized in the Jinshan Kingdom, and the Ancestral Temple's
Priests and mages also appeared frequently, as if something big was going to happen.
A large number of Kunshan Sect monks have appeared in more than a dozen villages and towns at the foot of Kunpeng Mountain, and many ethnic minority villagers have been forced to move to the Snowy Plateau.
The northwest garrison has been mobilized frequently recently, especially the 10th Army of the guerrilla commander Hartu, who actually left Tianmu Mountain and marched westward along Luoshui City, stationed in Luoshui City. The southwest commander Chen Ju sent out several military symbols to urge him to return to Fengcheng.
There was no response.
After Zhang Cong read it, although he didn't quite understand what it meant, he could still get a rough idea. It seemed that there were foreign forces in the northwest border, colluding with the Kunshan Sect and some of the garrison troops in an attempt to split the empire's territory.
Zhang Cong put down the book, Chen Mufei waved his sleeve, and a huge map suddenly fell from the roof, landing right next to Chen Mufei.
He picked up a long pole, pointed at a large area painted brown on the northwest foot and said: "This is Zizhou, the largest state capital in the entire Donglong Empire. Its area is comparable to the total area of your Northland."
After speaking, he pointed at a large black area bordering Zizhou and said: "In Jinshan Kingdom, the Hu people living in Zizhou speak the same language and worship the same totems. For thousands of years, they have been trying to remove Zizhou from
Our Donglong Empire is divided."
The long pole pointed at a red mountain peak again: "The Kunpeng Mountain Range is a barrier across the Ganzi Plain. It goes out from Yulan Pass in the west and goes straight down to Jinshan Kingdom, and connects to Fengzhou through Wuyunguan Pass in the east. It is the throat of our northwest military road.
"
The long pole points on two green dots not far apart: "Nan Kun Mountain and Bei Kun Mountain face each other across the Luoshui River, hundreds of miles apart, and the expected march route of the Jinshan Army happens to be on the shore of the Luoshui River.
The 50,000 soldiers of Hartu's Tenth Army sent troops from Fengcheng, a fortress heading west, to capture Luoshui City, which happened to be between the northern and southern sects, blocking seven inches of Luoshui."
Zhang Cong nodded, looked at Chen Mufei and asked: "The clues are very obvious. It is most likely that Jinshan State colluded with Kunshan Sect and roped in Hartu to conspire with Zizhou. I don't understand why the imperial court sent a
A barbarian general is going to guard such an important city, Fengcheng? And let him support an army of fifty thousand?"
Chen Mufei smiled bitterly: "This Hartu was a hero in quelling the chaos in Zizhou, and he was a barbarian himself. He was familiar with many tribal leaders in Zizhou, so the court also followed the idea of using barbarians to control barbarians and wanted to avoid causing too much trouble.
Ethnic disputes ultimately laid the foundation for disaster."
Zhang Cong looked at Qin Yu and found that Qin Yu was carefully checking the direction of the mountains on the map and the locations of several city gates. He couldn't help but ask: "Yu'er, what are you thinking about? Do you think there is a problem?"
Qin Yu's face became more and more serious, and he pointed at the map and said: "If Jinshan Kingdom goes eastward, you both think that we must take the Kunzi Line, pass through Yulan Pass to Kunshan, and then go eastward around Luoshui to Wuyun Pass to attack Fengzhou.
Right?"
Chen Mufei and Zhang Cong looked at each other. The route Qin Yu mentioned was obviously the simplest offensive route with the least resistance. Apart from Yulan Pass and Luoshui, there were almost no dangers to defend along the way. For the defense of the northwest with scattered troops,
Even if they are aware of the opponent's offensive intentions, they dare not gather their troops at one point, because the northwest is not only bordered by Jinshan Kingdom, but also by the Lunar Eclipse Kingdom and the Dali Dynasty.
Seeing that Zhang Cong and Chen Mufei were silent, Qin Yu suddenly asked: "In that case, why did Lengma go to the Kunshan Sect? Compared to the hundreds of thousands of Jinshan cavalry, are more than 10,000 monks really that important?"
Chen Mufei raised his eyebrows, obviously attracted by Qin Yu. Qin Yu continued: "There is an even weirder phenomenon. We are just guessing that Hartu is treason, but you see, the Fengcheng where he was originally stationed is about 30 kilometers away from Wuyunguan Pass."
Even closer, but he chose the far distance instead of the near, abandoned the pass and went down to seize Luoshui City, but this route did not have much overlap with the route you mentioned.
Even if he did not enter Luoshui City, the thousands of defenders in the city would not be able to pose any obstacle to the hundreds of thousands of cavalry on the Shuo River. So why didn't he occupy Luanyun Village at the ferry? Isn't that even more Luoshui?
Important land?"
Zhang Cong suddenly said: "A large army does not necessarily have to use boats and bridges to cross the river. Have you forgotten the Battle of Jinsha River?"
Qin Yu clapped his hands: "You are so smart. You have come up with some ideas. The key to this battle seems to be the monks, right?"
Zhang Cong and Chen Mufei stared at the map, their expressions getting increasingly ugly.
Suddenly Chen Mufei pointed his long pole at a canyon between the mountains, took a breath and said, "Luo Luochuan?"
Qin Yu nodded: "As long as the defenders of Yulan Pass are defeated, it will be difficult for the court to obtain information from the front line across the natural chasm of Kunpeng Mountain. At this time, if the Jinshan Kingdom's army is divided into two groups, one will follow the route you mentioned.
March forward, join the 50,000 rebels in Hartu, and approach Wuyun Pass.
The other road leads from Luoluochuan in the Kunpeng Mountains into the mountains, passes through the Wild Wolf Gobi, crosses the Luoshui River, comes out of Death Valley to Tianmu Mountain, and then takes the unguarded Fengcheng. The defenders of Wuyunguan will be in a dilemma.
It is very likely that we will fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. Even if the enemy forces no longer attack Fengzhou, Zizhou has already defeated itself. If, on the other hand, the enemy's hundreds of thousands of cavalry defend Wuyun Pass, how will the imperial court respond?"
Chen Mufei said with a cold face: "That's why Jinshan Imperial Master entered Kunshan secretly, because Kunshan Sect is a sect that mainly practices water and ice magic? And Nankunshan happens to be stuck in Luo Luochuan's throat?"
Qin Yu nodded silently, and Zhang Cong quickly said: "Yu'er is young, this is just an idea of hers, it can't be taken seriously."
Chen Mufei glared at Zhang Cong: "Sit down, I don't care who you are, the champion of the competition, or the leader of the North. Don't forget, you are also a member of the Donglong Empire. You are all eager to talk to me.
?Tell me what to do?"
Zhang Cong shrank his head, sat on the ground and studied the map carefully. Suddenly he pointed at a circle on the map and asked: "Is that location the source of Luoshui, Tianmu Lake?"
Chen Mufei nodded: "It is Tianmu Lake. Because of the large drop, the entire Tianmu Lake water is released down Tianmu Mountain, forming Luoshui. There are tributaries along the way, so when it reaches the foot of Kunshan Mountain, it is already very wide.
".
Zhang Cong pointed at Tianmu Lake and said: "With a drop of several thousand meters, after the Luoshui River was formed, the huge impact formed a large area of fertile silt plains, so the city on the shore of the Luoshui River is called Fengcheng, and this large area
The plain is called Toyosu.
Death Valley, where Tianmu Mountain borders Luoluochuan, was originally the lava channel of the Kunpeng Mountains volcano. The lava was released from high places through the terrain. However, when approaching Tianmu Mountain, due to the higher terrain of Tianmu Mountain and the cooling of Luoshui River,
, forming a sinister basin where poisonous miasma rages and there are potholes everywhere, where is Death Valley.”
Chen Mufei suddenly asked with a serious face: "You and Qin Yu are both monks in the North. Why do you know the topography of the northwest so well, even better than me?"
Zhang Cong spread his hands: "Look? They won't tell me, right? You are anxious, but when they say it, you suspect that they have ulterior motives. Your Highness, I am going to the northwest to save my wife. I am going to risk my life. I will not be stupid."
You don’t even study the map, do you?”
Chen Mufei nodded, tapped the long pole and shouted: "Continue."
Zhang Cong looked at Chen Mufei and said: "You said that if you send a few high-level civil servants to build a dam on Tianmu Lake and gradually reduce the amount of water in Luoshui, once the Jinshan army really crosses the river or enters Death Valley, then suddenly the dam will be
What will happen if it breaks?"
Chen Mufei stared at Zhang Cong and didn't say anything for a long time. He took a long pole and looked around on the map. He looked at it for more than ten minutes before he breathed out: "Except for some common people in Fengcheng, the rest
The place is full of deserted Gobi deserts, and the Hu people who were grazing herds were all driven to the Snowy Plateau by the Kunshan Sect. Although your method has some impact on the Fenghuo Plain, compared with the losses in the battle, it is well worth it.
But have you ever thought about it? Many monks from Kunshan Nanzong are masters of water spells. If they lead the army into Luo Luochuan, your water attack may fall short."
