"The Seventh Army of Xiliang City has 6,000 troops. Starting from Beixuan City, it will take about three days to reach the Loufan No. 1 Iron Mining Area. If you go forward one day from the iron mining area, you will encounter Yuan Mine!"
"Xiliang City still has three thousand Xiliang soldiers in Beixuan City. These soldiers are pure Xiliang men. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Li of Xiliang City, these people will set off again the next day!"
Zhou Hangjie summoned his senior officials, and people from Xuanzhai were also listening.
"Behind the Great Wall Army is the Great Wall Army. We can only win this battle but not lose!" A young man under Zhou Hangjie stood up and said: "Sir, I am willing to lead eight thousand troops to let Xiliang City know. We, the Qing Army, are not easy to mess with!"
After hearing the young man's words, the expressions of the senior officials present changed somewhat. The young man below was a general's disciple sent by Daqian to lead the army.
He is indeed capable, but who is Prime Minister Li of Xiliang City? He is a descendant of the Li family of Daqian. The information in everyone's hands seems to be ordinary, but who outside the Northwest Pass dares to underestimate the person who founded Xiliang City.
Li Xiang's status is based on the prestige gained by the Tianji under his command and the Xiliang men under his command.
Zhou Hangjie said loudly: "General Song, please listen patiently!"
Song Cheng bowed and sat down. Zhou Hangjie looked at the people present: "In this battle, these 9,000 people are the troops we know. We can use the military strategy of Xiliang City. Are these 9,000 people really the only ones?"
"Xiliang City Lord Li Xiang likes to use surprise troops, and he is better at hiding his troops. He takes advantage of the information asymmetry to give the enemy a fatal blow!
How was Xuanzhai defeated in the first place?
Xiliang City hides the huge naval force in Xuanshui Village. When the army enters Xuanshui Lake, it will cut off the army's retreat!
This time, who knows if there are any surprise soldiers in Xiliang City?"
Zhou Hangjie made everyone think deeply, and finally they all looked at the man in black standing on Zhou Hangjie's body. The man in black said: "When our spies were about to move in Beixuan City, they suffered a devastating blow. Beixuan City's detailed operations The general will execute them all with great skill!
At present, our understanding of Beixuan City still relies on spies in the hands of other forces."
Song Cheng was a little puzzled: "Don't we have spies in Xiliang City?"
The man in black said: "Xiliang City is where the headquarters of Xiliang City is located, and it is also the most important city in Xiliang. It is located in the forest, surrounded by a vast forest.
There are Xiliang scouts everywhere in the forest. Our people cannot enter the city. The forest will become a training ground for the Xiliang scouts. There are a few spies over there in Qingzhu Village, but they lost contact a few days ago. Come to think of it. It should have been discovered by Xiliang soldiers!"
"Is it okay for Xiliang City to keep such a secret?" Song Cheng came to the Qing Army to train troops the most, and he didn't know much about the forces outside the Northwest Pass.
Zhou Hangjie said calmly: "Li Xiang is a member of the Li family. He was expelled from Daqian the year before last and established Xiliang City with the support of the Great Wall Army!"
"Li family!" The first thing that came to Song Cheng's mind was the very low-key Li family in the imperial capital. Although the Li family was low-key, no one really dared to ignore the Li family.
The Li family has been the top powerful person since the founding of the Daqian Empire. Over the years, many families have experienced ups and downs, but the Li family has always been at the top.
"Is this Mr. Li from outside the Li family...?"
"No!" Zhou Hangjie said with some sigh: "He is a real abandoned son. Maybe the Li family doesn't know that Mr. Li has such potential!
Speaking of which, Li Xiang still rose up under my eyes. At that time, he even wanted to invite me to work with him, let’s not talk about this!”
Zhou Hangjie said seriously: "Xiliang City wants to fight, so we will fight with them. We will mobilize 15,000 people, 10,000 new soldiers, 5,000 elite troops, and 5,000 new soldiers from Xuanzhai, making up 20,000 people." Let’s have a good fight with Xiliang City!”
"The general will be General Song!"
There are really no generals under Zhou Hangjie, they are all Jianghu people!
"Thank you, sir!" Song Cheng's face was filled with joy. Wasn't the reason why he came to the Northwest Pass just to lead troops in the battle?
Otherwise, he would be so comfortable in Dagan. Now that Dagan is in chaos, the new emperor will definitely need a lot of people who are good at fighting.
He has read a lot of Song Cheng's military books and knows a lot about battle formations, but he lacks a place to train as a disciple.
When he knew that there was a lack of a leader outside the Northwest Pass, he resolutely came to this place outside the Northwest Pass, and came to this place full of killings.
When he arrived outside the Northwest Pass, he knew that he had come to the right place.
Start training new recruits and veterans, turning these soldiers who are full of charlatanism into real soldiers.
The surrounding Qing Army troops mobilized, and the Qing Army soldiers in blue leather armor rushed towards the location of Loufan City. Various forces outside the Northwest Pass sent a large number of spies, just to get the latest situation.
Zhao Yuling from the Great Wall Army had a look of helplessness on her face. Ten thousand shi of grain was sent away by her brother like this. Zhao Yuling felt regretful. Finally, she let go when she heard that nearly 10,000 troops from Xiliang City were dispatched to the Qing Army's territory. He passed by his younger brother and sent the food to him as quickly as possible and in an honest and fair manner.
She did this to let the Qing Army know that Xiliang City was part of their Great Wall Legion.
If you take food from their Great Wall Legion, you will always have to pay some price!
Boom, boom, boom!
When Li Xiang caught up with the Xiliang infantry, the land turned yellow. At first glance, there were not many trees, some were short shrubs, and a few grasses grew in some places.
A desolate place.
It is still desolate now, but Li Xiang firmly believes that as long as this piece of land comes to the hands of the Xiliang army, this place will become a piece of green, with fertile fields, and mulberry trees will be planted on the edges of the fertile fields, and this place will become Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall.
The premise of all this is that he, Prime Minister Li, turns these places into the land of Xiliang City.
"Report!" The scout's voice came from afar. The Xiliang soldiers on the road got out of the way. The scout rode up to Li Xiang before stopping: "My lord, please prepare a letter from the Secretary!"
A letter fell into his hand, and Li Xiang opened it and read: The Qing Army mobilized 25,000 troops, including 20,000 recruits and 5,000 elites! The general is Song Cheng, a descendant of the Song family in the Northeast!
"Song Family!" Li Xiang had some memories in his mind. The Song Family in Northeast China was a family that arose during the attack on the grassland and was also a general.
A guy from the Song family named Song Ren often came to visit his eldest brother, and he had met him several times. Song Ren gave the impression that he was a gentleman and was polite to others.
"Song family, it seems that behind the Qing Army are not only the Xuantian Sect, but also people from the Imperial Capital!"
"Ask the Chief Engineer to cooperate well with the spies from the Yulong Gang. I want to know who is standing behind the Qing Army in the Imperial Capital of Daqian!" Li Xiang held the letter in his hand: "Outside the Northwest Pass can only belong to me, Xiang Li. If they dare to take action, I will chop off their hands!"
"Yes!" The scout took Li Xiang's words and rode away.
Opening the map and taking a look, they were not far away from the iron ore area. If they traveled with all their strength, they could reach the iron ore tonight.
The army advanced at a normal speed, and Li Xiang's target was not only the iron ore area, but also the reinforcements coming from behind the iron ore area.
It is impossible for 25,000 people to act together, so this gave Prime Minister Li an opportunity.
Leading the army around the iron ore area and heading straight for the reinforcements behind, the infantry faced the iron ore area.
The troops returning from the dark world include three thousand cavalry, five hundred light cavalry, two thousand halberdiers, one thousand archers, and one thousand swordsmen.
There were a total of 7,500 people. They went out for the march this time and did not bring much food and grass. Each soldier only carried enough food for seven days.
On the other side, the Seventh Army carried a large amount of food and grass, a large part of which was prepared for this unit.
The Qing Army troops rushed towards the iron ore area one after another. Their distance was the same as the distance traveled by the Seventh Army to the Loufan First Iron Ore Area.
In the First Iron Mine Area, due to the close distance to Beixuan City, there are a thousand people guarding this iron mine. With that thousand people there, the Qing Army is not afraid of Xiliang City coming before them.
When you arrive, you can take down the iron ore.
Song Cheng followed the Chinese army. It would take at least five days for them to get to the iron ore area. Song Cheng was very interested in Xiliang City and learned about Xiliang City while traveling.
The situation in the entire northern wilderness is the same. There are exposed rocks and loess everywhere, and there are basically no plants. Even if there are some shrubs, they will be cut down.
The only thing that still has some life in the northern and southern wildernesses is the banks of the river that flows between the two wildernesses.
The night sky in the northern wilderness is beautiful at night. Xiliang light cavalry have been scattered in the wilderness early. In the flat wilderness, except for some undulating hills that can provide some cover, there is no place to hide.
The light cavalry were scattered in front of the Xiliang army. They were now the Xiliang scout troops.
In the wilderness, there are several young people wearing dark blue robes. Then under the moonlight in the sky, you can see a long team moving forward. The distance between the two sides is very far, so it is not very clear.
"Senior brother..." One of the four, a somewhat fat young man, looked very excited when he saw the team in the distance.
A few of them entered the wilderness and encountered a ferocious beast. The four of them chased the ferocious beast. As they chased it, they got lost. They were lost in this time filled with loess. Everywhere they looked looked the same.
They have been shopping around for a long time!
"Don't die!" The senior brother who covered the fat young man looked in the direction of the Xiliang army and said: "That's the army. They didn't display any flags and they were marching at night. They were going to attack at night. If you had made a louder voice just now,
Some, we are all finished!"
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of rapid horse hoofbeats sounded, and the young man who had just spoken looked up and looked back. Five light cavalrymen stood behind them.
The senior brother said with a crying face: "We are not scouts, we are not spies, we are willing to surrender!"
Damn!
The weapon in his hand was thrown away to show that he was not a threat.
"Lord, that's where the iron mine is!"
The moon was shining brightly, and he led a few soldiers to look at the iron ore area a few hundred meters away. Iron ore was very important outside the Northwest Pass. The iron mine on the edge of Xiliang City was about to be dug out. Li Xiang needed new iron ore.
Mining area.
The iron mine in front of you is the original No. 1 iron ore area of Loufan City. Loufan City has two iron mines. Because the iron mine in front of you is a bit far away from Loufan City, it has only been built as a fortress to protect the iron mines.
How to mine.
When Black Tiger was still there, Black Tiger City had several meetings with Lou Fan City for this iron mine.
Perhaps after receiving news of the departure of Xiliang's army, the soldiers in the No. 1 Iron Mine went on alert. They knew how they had captured Loufan City and the major mining areas. The soldiers in the fortress knew very well, and they did not dare to be careless.
Those strong men in Xiliang City are murderous without blinking an eye. If they are caught by the Xiliang people and the mining area is lost, their lives will also be lost.
A soldier came to Prime Minister Li and said, "Lord, we caught a few sect disciples who were out for training!"
"Disciples of the sect who are out for training?" Li Xiang thought for a moment and said, "Send them over!"
Soon the four of them were pressed to the front by Xiliang soldiers. A few of them were still a little scared. The most powerful senior brother among them was a first-class master, but in this place, they met more than a dozen first-class masters.
Oh, what kind of place is this!
Seeing Li Xiang, who was much taller than ordinary Xiliang soldiers, the four of them wondered if they were in a demon army. Such a tall army could only be found in the demon clan.
"Which sect are you four disciples of?"
Senior Brother, the backbone of the four, said: "Sir, we four disciples of the Iron Palm Gang, the master brought goods to Loufan City a few days ago, so we followed here and found many ferocious beasts in the wilderness, so we
He left the division commander and got lost in the wilderness!"
Li Xiang wanted to laugh a little, but also had some memories. A long time ago, he also thought about going to the wilderness with a few friends to hunt ferocious beasts and collect various kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
"With your strength, aren't you afraid of being killed by ferocious beasts?" Li Xiang chuckled.
The senior brother was a little embarrassed: "We will chase some ferocious beasts that we can beat. If we encounter a stronger ferocious beast, we will use light skills to escape!"
"That's right, the Iron Palm Gang has two skills, one is the Iron Palm, and the other is the Qing Kung Fu!" Li Xiang said, pointing to the iron mine in the distance and said to the four of them: "Did you see that over there? That place is the Iron Palm Gang.
Mine is also my goal!"
After hearing what Li Xiang said, several young people looked a little scared, because the more they knew, the faster they would die!
Under the moonlight, Li Xiang was like a demon in their eyes. Seeing the appearance of several people, Li Xiang couldn't help laughing: "I'm just teasing you. When the battle between our Xiliang City and the Qing Army is over, I will let you
Leave, I can’t let anyone expose the movements of our army!”
Hearing Li Xiang's words, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
The little fat man in the crowd said: "General, general, do you want to attack that fortress? When I was delivering goods to the division commander, I saw that the walls of the fortress were very high, and there were many weapons for city defense on them. Your army
There are no siege weapons in the city, so it will be difficult to defeat it, and many people will die!"
The senior brother next to the little fat man kept holding the little fat man. When Li Xiang looked over, his palms were all sweaty.
"Do you know much about that place?" Li Xiangrao looked at the little fat man with interest.
The little fat man shook his head: "I don't know much about it, but I have a feeling, sir, you shouldn't focus on the iron mines. You have a lot of cavalry under your command.
Why not send an army to pretend to attack the iron mines, hide the cavalry, and wait for the Qing Army reinforcements to come over, then use the cavalry to eat the Qing Army reinforcements!"
"Sir, my junior brother usually likes to read some miscellaneous books and has a bad mind. Sir, please don't listen to him!" The senior brother next to him almost lost his soul.
"What he said is very good, right!" Li Xiang said to the little fat man: "Are you interested in following me on the battlefield?"
"Yes, yes!" The little fat man's eyes were full of excitement: "Sir, on the way here, I saw that the army did not seem to have brought much food and grass. Do you want to learn from General Li Tianba and support war with war?
"
Li Tianba, the ancestor of Li Xiang, went into battle lightly during the Northern Expedition to the grasslands. He relied on fighting to support fighting, and killed the grassland people with corpses everywhere.
"This is outside the customs. There are so many cattle and sheep for us to rob!" Li Xiang said with a smile.
The little fat man looked at the cavalry behind him: "But there is no place to raise so many war horses outside the pass. Didn't you raise them too?
If you don't have enough food, even if you take down the iron ore and eat one or two batches of reinforcements, it will be of no use!
The Qing Army claims to have an army of 60,000. When the time comes, we will send 20,000 to 30,000 people. If there is enough food, we can hold it there. If there is no food and grass, we will be tired and unable to defeat the enemy!"
"Sixty thousand troops, where did you hear this?"
The little fat man scratched his hair: "I heard from others in Xuan City that even the army in Xuan Village is under the control of the Qing Army!"
"Yes!" Li Xiang nodded: "Let's go back and have a good rest. I will take you to see the blood tomorrow!"
"But you haven't told me how to solve the problem of food and grass!" The little fat man ignored his senior brother's humble eyes and asked Li Xiang.
"The time has not come yet. When the time comes, you will naturally know it!" Li Xiang smiled and rode on the horse: "Keep an eye on them!"
The war horse left quickly, and the little fat man breathed a sigh of relief. He really had no choice about the little fat man next to him. Who could give him a strong backer?
