Chapter 289

Liang Qi did not listen to Shangguan Yuanrang's advice and commanded the Sanshui Army. As soon as he left the desert, he had to go into the mountains to read the full text. At this time, Messenger Duji arrived and also brought a large amount of medicine.

Few people dare to enter the barren mountains and ridges at the junction of Fengguo and Duji. Firstly, because the terrain is dangerous and cliffs can be seen everywhere. Secondly, there are many poisonous mirages and miasma in the mountains, especially the miasma, which is extremely harmful to the human body. If inhaled, Too much, and it can even be fatal to read the full text. The medicines brought by envoy Du Ji can be used to prevent miasma and detoxify, which was of great help to Liang Qi's Sanshui Army.

But it was the batch of drugs sent by Du Ji that brought devastating disaster to Du Ji in the future.

Marching into the mountains is ten or even a hundred times more difficult than marching in the desert. Especially for the transportation of baggage, you have to carve out a road by yourself. The soldiers have to spend most of their energy just opening the road every day. Fortunately, the food and grass they brought were sufficient, and there were medicines sent by Du Ji to prevent miasma and detoxify, otherwise the entire army would have been trapped alive in the barren mountains.

Even so, a large number of soldiers were bitten and fell ill by the poison in the mountains every day.

The Sanshui Army practiced asceticism in the sand for ten days and marched in the barren mountains for another fifteen days before approaching Tongmen. The Sanshui Army did not take any rest from the time they set out to reach their destination. They kept marching in a hurry, but they walked for more than a month. Initially, 100,000 people were sent out for the expedition, but by the time they approached Tongmen, the manpower had been reduced by more than 10,000.

Before January, the Sanshui Army was neat and well-organized. But after January, the soldiers were all sallow and thin, and their armor was crooked. Many soldiers were trembling when they walked, and they were all gray and gray. With flags, they are almost indistinguishable from refugees fleeing famine.

This grand march starting from Tianyuan County and passing through Bessa and Duji was unprecedented in its dangerous and arduous journey. It was so dangerous that even Liang Qi couldn't help but feel a wave of fear when he recalled it a few years later. The lives of the 93,000 surviving navy soldiers could be considered saved.

This was Zong Yuan's strategy of taking a detour to attack Tongmen.

The march was arduous, but the 93,000 navy troops did act as a surprise force. The Ning army stationed at Tongmen never dreamed that such a large group of wind troops would suddenly appear under the city.

The danger of Tongmen is rare in the world. It is located between two mountains. If you attack the city, you can only attack from the front and rear. This reduces the burden of defense greatly.

Since Tongmen was originally a fortress of the Feng Kingdom, the city defense has always been strong in the west and weak in the east. The wall on the west side is more than four feet high, more than ten meters away, while the wall on the east side is less than three feet, less than ten meters away. After Ning Guo occupied Tongmen, it has been reinforcing and raising the city defense on the east side, but the progress is relatively slow. After all, the large wind land east of Tongmen was ceded to Ning Guo by Zhong Tian, ​​and it already belongs to Ning Guo's territory, so Tongmen became The inner city of Ningguo.

Now Ning Guo is using Tongmen more as a transit station, where a large amount of materials and food are stored to supply the Ning army fighting in the wind.

After the Sanshui Army approached Tongmen, Liang Qi did not immediately issue an order to attack. While he asked the soldiers to stay in the mountains to rest and reorganize, he also sent army spies from Tianyan and Diwang to Tongmen to inquire about the news and explore Tongmen. internal and external conditions.

Soon, the spies from Tianyan and Diwang got in touch with their colleagues who were lurking near Tongmen and sent back many important news about Tongmen one by one.

At present, the Ning Army has 30,000 to 40,000 troops stationed in Tongmen. The guard general is named Zhang Xiaoting. This man served as a general in the Ning State and was a brave general who was good at fighting. On the northwest side of Tongmen, there is also a Ningjun fortress called Juefeng. There are also more than 10,000 Ningjun troops stationed here. They form an angle with Tongmen and can play a role in assisting defense.

After listening to the spies' report, Liang Qi secretly nodded. It seems that Ning Guo still attaches great importance to Tongmen, and its defense is also very complete. If his own army attacks Tongmen from the front, the Ning army in Juefeng will definitely attack from Tongmen. A sneak attack on one's own side from the flank can lead to chaos among one's own central army. When the Ning army in Tongmen counterattacks and fights back, one's own side will fail to attack the city and will be annihilated by the enemy's army.

At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang grinned and said: "Juefeng is on the northwest side of Tongmen. It is very close to our army. Liang Qi, I think we can take it by surprise and kill the Ning army in Juifeng first." , Let’s talk about occupying Jiefeng!”

Liang Qi rolled his eyes at him and asked: "What is the purpose of our army taking a dangerous route and detouring to Tongmen? It is to seize Tongmen. If we attack Jiefeng first, our army's whereabouts will be exposed. In this way, we will detour And there’s no point in doing it!”

Shangguan Yuanrang said unconvinced: "Don't we attack Jufeng? Such a fortress is near Tongmen. If our army attacks Tongmen directly, what will happen if Jufeng's Ning army comes up from the flank?"

Liang Qi remained silent, Shangguan Yuanrang's questioning was exactly what made him embarrassed. If Jiefeng is left behind, it will be a huge hidden danger for one's own siege. If Jiefeng is attacked, one's own traces will be exposed. This fortress is really annoying. Just like its name, it resists the wind and my army of strong winds!

After pondering for a long time, Liang Qi asked the spy leader again: "Who is the guard of Jufeng? How is he? What is his relationship with Tongmen guard Zhang Xiaoting?"

"Back to the general, the guard of Jufeng is Zhang Feng. He is Zhang Xiaoting's cousin. The relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary. As for his personality, Zhang Feng is far inferior to his cousin Zhang Xiaoting. He is cruel and greedy for money. He is also lustful. Since he was transferred to Tongmen, he has been plundering everywhere, robbing money and food, and the people around Tongmen have suffered greatly, and the people are in dire straits! "

Zhong Tian ceded 200 miles of Feng land to Ning Guo, and the people also moved inland. However, there were still many Feng people who missed their homeland and were unwilling to leave, so they stayed, and these people became Zhang Feng's oppressor. Object.

After hearing this, Liang Qi rolled his eyes, smiled suddenly, and said leisurely: "That's great!"

As soon as these words came out, all the surrounding generals were stunned. The Feng people who stayed in the cut-off land were oppressed by Ning people, so how could they still be so good? Shangguan Yuanrang raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways at Liang Qi. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes conveyed his meaning clearly. Who the hell are you?

Liang Qi smiled and said, "I have a plan to defeat Tongmen easily!"

"Oh?" Shangguan Yuanrang perked up and asked hurriedly: "How to get it?"

Liang Qi looked directly at Shangguan Yuan Rang, changed the topic, and asked with a slight contempt in his tone: "Everyone says that General Yuan Rang has the courage to defeat ten thousand people. Taking the enemy general's head in front of the two armies is like picking out an object from a bag. I think this is a bit exaggerated. General Yuan Rang is not so brave, right?"

"Fuck your mother!" Shangguan Yuanrang had a hot temper. Upon hearing this, his black face turned red with anger. Coupled with Liang Qi's triumphant look, he became even more furious and fiercely shouted. He slapped the table, stood up, and cursed angrily: "Liang Qi, if I hadn't appointed you to be the commander-in-chief, and I heard you farting here, I would have killed you with a fucking knife!"

"General Yuan Rang, don't be angry, sit down, sit down, sit down!" Liang Qi didn't care about Shangguan Yuan Rang's anger and curses. He still had a smile on his face. He waved his hand and said, "General Yuan Rang asked me how to get it." Tongmen is actually very simple. I give General Yuan Rang a task. As long as General Yuan Rang can complete it successfully, it will be easy to capture Tongmen!"

"Speak quickly if you have something to say, and fart if you have any. What on earth are you going to do?" Shangguan Yuanrang said in a rough voice.

"General Yuan asked to resist the wind and take off Zhang Feng's head!"

"Just... like this?" Shangguan Yuanrang looked at Liang Qi in disbelief.

Liang Qi nodded and said, "That's it!"

"That's easy. How many troops will you give me?"

Liang Qi thought carefully and stretched out five fingers.

"Five thousand people?"

Liang Qi shook his head.

"Five hundred people?"

Liang Qi still shook his head.

Shangguan Yuanrang became anxious and asked, "How many people are there?"

Liang Qi said with a smile: "Maximum fifty people!"

Shangguan Yuanrang was so happy that he shook his head and said, "You fucking dare to say anything?! You want me to lead only fifty brothers to attack a fortress guarded by more than ten thousand enemy troops?"

Liang Qi blinked and said: "Isn't General Yuan Rang brave enough to be defeated by ten thousand people? Logically speaking, even if the general goes alone to get Zhang Feng's head, it will be easy!"

"I..." Shangguan Yuanrang was at a loss for words, his eyes widened. This Liang Qi was so evil! He waved his hand and said: "I'm just alone. I won't bring any brothers with me, so I'll go alone!"

Liang Qi waved his hand and said: "No! General Yuan Rang can't bring more people, but he can't bring less people either, just fifty people!"

"Ah?" Shangguan Yuanrang really didn't understand what medicine Liang Qi was selling this time.

On that day, the Sanshui Army did not move, but its strength was decreasing. A large number of soldiers, led by Tianyan and Diwang spies, quietly left their camp, walked out of the mountains, and lurked in the direction of Tongmen.

The next day, the Sanshui Army still had no intention of launching a large-scale attack. Just like the previous day, only the soldiers were quietly transferred out.

Shangguan Yuanrang didn't know where these soldiers had been dispatched by Liang Qi. He asked twice, but Liang Qi remained tight-lipped. It was not until these three days that Liang Qi approached Shangguan Yuan Rang and gave him a ball of clothes, asking him to put on these clothes before attacking the Wind Resistance Fortress.

After taking the clothes from Liang Qi, Shangguan Yuanrang unfolded them and saw that they were common people's clothes. He asked blankly: "Aren't these the common people's clothes?"

"That's right! I just asked you to dress up as a commoner and kill Zhang Feng!" Liang Qi turned sideways, pointed outside Shangguan Yuanrang's tent, and said: "I have helped all the brothers who are traveling with you. You found it."

"Oh?" Shangguan Yuanrang followed his finger and took a look outside the tent. There were indeed dozens of people standing outside the tent, all dressed as ordinary people. Looking at them coldly, they were no different from ordinary people.

It doesn't matter what clothes you wear, Shangguan Yuanrang didn't care. He asked: "When will I go to war?"

"Now!"

"Now? It's daytime!"

"What? Is it possible that General Yuan Rang is afraid of the enemy during the day?"

Shangguan Yuan gritted his teeth angrily and said nothing. He quickly took off his armor and began to change into common people's clothes.