The order to dispatch troops came so suddenly that even Xia Xianyin and others who were closest to Li Danqing were caught off guard.
Fortunately, Li Danqing now has a very high prestige in the hearts of everyone. Although they were confused by Li Danqing's sudden military order, there was almost no objection among the army.
But confusion is inevitable.
Even Gongsun Zhi, who had witnessed the mutated corpse of the Liao man with Li Danqing before, was still confused at this moment.
The army was already on the road. Gongsun Zhi had made arrangements for the troops and finally had some free time. He hesitated for a while, then rode his horse to Li Danqing's side, stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, I have something unclear."
At this time, Li Danqing was sitting on the horse, his body swaying slightly as the horse moved forward, as if he was resting on the horse with his eyes closed.
After hearing this question, Li Danqing glanced sideways at Gongsun Zhi and said immediately, "Tell me about it."
Gongsun Zhi hurriedly said: "After passing Fenglai Town, in front of you are the three cities of Baihu, Tielu and Tiger Mountain. Baihu and Tielu are both located in remote places. The prince can guess that the main force of the Liao people is not there, but
It's natural, but Shanjun City is located on an important road, why didn't the Liao people choose to station troops there instead of Mount Kuyue?"
"Let's try and be prepared to defend against the enemy in Tiger City?"
The order given by Li Danqing required the army to march in a hurry. Although the 400,000 troops were not weak in combat power, in the end they were still a patchwork army. Under the rush march, it was very likely that the formation of the team would be scattered in the process.
Even out of touch, if there is an enemy surprise attack during this process, the crisis it will bring to the army is self-evident.
It is natural for Gongsun Zhi to have such worries.
In particular, if there is something wrong with Li Danqing's estimate and the main force of the Liao people is not in Kuyue Mountain, but gathered in Tiger City, the unsuspecting army is likely to be ambushed after entering the range of Tiger City.
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But Li Danqing was extremely calm after hearing this. He said: "It is sixty miles from Fenglai Town to Tiger City, and it is more than two hundred miles from Kuyue Mountain to Tiger City. The difference between the two is three
Even if Wan Yanmian sends a large army to Tiger City at the first time, and they mainly use cavalry, it is impossible to be faster than us. For the Liao people, the best way is to go here
At that time, we chose to defend Kuyue Mountain, so there are at most a few defenders in Tiger City, so there is nothing to worry about."
What Li Danqing said was extremely firm, and there seemed to be some truth to it.
But these so-called certainty and truth are all based on the fact that the Liao army is currently guarding Kuyue Mountain. Although Gongsun Zhi trusts Li Danqing, it is difficult to fully accept this logic for a while.
He frowned and looked at Li Danqing in confusion, and asked again: "But why is the prince so sure that the Liao people will be in Kuyue Mountain?"
"Judging from the topography, Kuyue Mountain is located in the central boundary of Luwu County, extending in all directions. Now with the annihilation of the star spirits of Kuyue Holy Mountain, Kuyue Mountain has also collapsed. Naturally, the Liao people cannot huddle on the holy mountain and rely on natural dangers.
To fight against us, the most they can garrison is Kuyue City on the side. And the other tribes of the Liao people are far away in Qionglai Xizhou and other three counties. It is certainly impossible to rush to rescue in a short time.
I am so ignorant that I can't think of any reason why the Liao people would put themselves in danger."
After saying this, Gongsun Zhi saw Li Danqing staring straight at him, with an expression between his eyebrows.
Food for thought.
Gongsun Zhi, who secretly thought that he had said something wrong, quickly lowered his head and said: "I am being reckless, I shouldn't question the prince..."
"Don't be so nervous." Li Danqing waved his hand at this moment and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with you questioning my logic. I am not a person who likes to act alone, but... I really don't know how.
answer you."
"Because if you ask me why, I can't tell you clearly, but what I know is that there is no problem with my inference."
After hearing this, Gongsun Zhi's mouth twitched slightly. Li Danqing said he would not act arbitrarily, but the things he did seemed to have no reason. It is difficult for people not to think of this.
But what he didn't know was that Li Danqing was not trying to deal with him.
He really didn't know how to explain this matter——
The biggest strangeness of the Liao people's trip is not why they slowed down their attack on Wuyang and missed the opportunity, nor why they divided their main force into four and stationed them in the four counties in the west. Especially in,
Except for the current Luwu County, the other counties no longer have the power to resist them.
Although these things were unexpected and even unconventional, they were not enough to make Li Danqing so confused.
What really puzzled Prince Li was why they wanted to destroy the holy mountain instead of finding a way to replace it.
Compared to the land in the four counties, the one that can truly be called a priceless treasure is actually the Dry Moon Sacred Mountain.
When Long Tuo and Yan Ya destroyed Yangshan, they wanted to ruin the people's livelihood in Yingshui County. Then, taking advantage of the situation of the Liao people and Chen's troops in the western border, they made the Wuyang Dynasty abandon Yingshui County, which had lost its value. This was a last resort.
It is a method of drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron, but if Long Tuo Yan Ya is given a chance, on the premise that he can invade Yingshui County without damaging Yangshan Mountain, Long Tuo Yan Ya will definitely be willing to pay some price for this given his temperament.
It's like an explorer who, after a lot of hard work, finally found the treasure he dreamed of, but at this moment he burned it all without caring.
If the explorer is not crazy, the only explanation is that by burning these treasures, he can get richer.
Li Danqing believed that the collapsed Holy Mountain of Dry Moon was like this to the Liao people.
This kind of inference actually lacks some key evidence, but sometimes, Li Danqing is willing to trust his intuition.
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In short, no matter how many worries and doubts everyone has about this, Li Danqing's mind has not changed, and they have to act in accordance with Li Danqing's wishes.
The army soon arrived outside Tiger City.
It was already late at night, and the Tiger City standing in the night was like a beast dormant in the night, which made people's hearts palpitate.
There were no lights on the city wall, and the huge city seemed to blend into the night, with only its outline visible.
"Your Majesty, even if the main force of the Liao people is not here, we should not completely vacate this important place and hand it over to others, should we..." Gongsun Zhi said with some worry at this time.
But at this time, Li Danqing seemed to have completely understood the Liao people's behavior.
He smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, this city must be like Feng Laizhen."
Li Danqing said this
Then, without bringing everyone back to their senses, he whipped up his horse whip and rushed towards the distant city.
Li Danqing's hastiness greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. Gongsun Zhi felt nervous and hurriedly rode his horse to follow. Seeing this, many soldiers behind him also hurriedly followed.
The three armies cannot seize the commander.
If Li Danqing has three advantages and two disadvantages, the army will be leaderless, which will be a disaster for them.
At this time, Gongsun Zhi had no intention of blaming Li Danqing for his recklessness. He could only speed up his pace at this time and lead an army to guard Li Danqing to prevent anything unexpected from Li Danqing.
But until Li Danqing arrived at the city gate, nothing unusual was seen in the city.
Then Li Danqing went straight into the city, and the situation in the city was just as Li Danqing said, with no trace of the Liao people.
After entering the city, Li Danqing did not ask the army to hurry up. Instead, he asked everyone to prepare on the spot, restore their formation, and then leave the city for Kuyue Mountain.
Such an instruction made everyone feel a little confused.
After all, if there are no defenders in the Tiger City, it proves that Li Danqing's inference is correct. Then we should continue to march quickly and go straight to Huanglong. But why did the army suddenly slow down?
But perhaps because Li Danqing's previous inferences were perfectly verified, even Gongsun Zhi could not make further inquiries and could only honestly carry out Li Danqing's military orders.
After the army reorganized among the tigers for about half an hour, they set out again, heading for Kuyue Mountain, two hundred miles away.
It was already past Haishi, and it was extremely cold in Luwu County late at night. The night wind blew frost and snow on their faces, like sharp blades, making the soldiers' cheeks ache.
With the collapse of Kuyue Mountain, just like the original Yingshui County, the climate in the entire Luwu County became extremely harsh, especially at night.
And the further we head toward Kuyue Mountain, the situation becomes even worse.
It was as if they were approaching the eye of a storm. The further they went, the more difficult the journey became.
According to the army's pace, the distance of two hundred miles is more than enough to arrive in four hours. Even if the conditions are harsh, it is not difficult to arrive in five hours.
Logically speaking, this time should have reached daytime on the second day, but in fact, when they completed the two hundred miles and arrived outside Kuyue City five hours later, the sky was still dark, even darker than late at night.
At that time, it became darker and the sky became colder, so that some soldiers could not even hold their swords tightly. Those war horses bought by Jin Liuxiang at a huge price, even if they were covered with fine pom-poms, were still
Many war horses fell down in the process.
Even though the sacred mountain in Luwu County has collapsed and the climate in this area will indeed become harsh, the cold wind blowing from the pavement and the blinding sky are obviously beyond the scope of weirdness and appear extremely strange.
This is no longer like a land after the collapse of a holy mountain. To be precise, this land no longer looks like a place that belongs to the human world.
He is more like the rumored ice purgatory located under the Nine Netherworld.
But the army that arrived here had no time to be surprised at this moment, because compared to this "ice purgatory".
The scene that emerged in the distance on the Dead Moon Sacred Mountain that should have collapsed can only be called truly bizarre...