Chapter 559: The Eve of the Decisive Battle

The gentle breeze fluttered the black shark flag on the battleship. read

On the deck, Chang Wei and Zhou Yi sat opposite each other at a table.

On the desktop is a drawing of Ningjin Dusi, and Chang Wei is writing and drawing on it.

Just then, a small boat came from the shore.

The soldiers boarded the battleship and said to Chang Wei: "General, Captain Qin, Captain Guan successfully captured Ningcheng."

"Great!" Zhou Yi slammed the table and stood up, looking excited.

Compared to Zhou Yi, Chang Wei is much calmer.

For him, conquering Ningcheng was already within his plan.

How could 60,000 people not even take down an empty Ningcheng?

Qinshan and Guantong should stop being soldiers and go back to coaxing their children to breastfeed.

Seeing that Chang Wei did not speak, the soldier continued: "Captain Qin also said that the general does not need to transport grain and grass to Ningcheng. The grain and grass currently stored in Ningcheng is enough for them to eat for a year."

Hearing this, Chang Weifang smiled.

Taking Ningcheng was expected, but capturing a lot of food and grass was an unexpected surprise.

This would save them the heavy task of transporting grain and fodder.

"Yes, there is enough food and grass, and Ningcheng is as stable as a mountain." Chang Wei laughed.

Qinshan and the others occupy Ningcheng, so Ningcheng is equivalent to the next Yanguan.

Here, he planned to let Qinshan and the others fight a city defense battle to further consume Beidi's vitality.

After that, he asked Mo Yu and Ning Jin's army to block both ends, and completed the encirclement of the Beidi army.

Thinking of this, he said to the soldier: "Go to Yanguan immediately and bring this news to Mo Yu, General Mo, and let him act according to the plan."

The soldier said yes, turned and left.

Watching the soldiers disembarking from the ship, Zhou Yi said: "If I didn't have to command the fleet, I really want to go to Ningcheng now."

Chang Wei looked to the west, "Don't worry. From now on, not only Ningcheng but also Ningjindusi can go wherever they want."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

at the same time.

Some of the Beidi cavalry who fled from Ningcheng went to Jincheng, and some went to the Yanguan camp.

One day later, the cavalry going south first arrived at the Yanguan camp.

After dismounting, the cavalrymen rushed into Gurtu's camp with panic on their faces.

At this time, another charge launched by Gurtu ended in failure.

In the camp, Gurtu, Horqin and other generals were at a loss what to do.

Seeing the cavalry being so rude, Gurtu was furious and shouted: "Why are you panicking? Your mother can't be captured by the Dasong people."

"Daxing is here, my mother was captured by the Dasong people. Not only my mother, many of our mothers were captured by the Dasong people." The cavalryman sobbed and cried, "Just last night, King Yan's soldiers and horses attacked Ningcheng, Ningcheng has been lost!"

"What!" Gurtu could hardly believe his ears.

Horqin, Gule and Wuyan were stunned.

"Ningcheng has been lost!" the cavalryman said again, crying louder and louder.

Gurtu still couldn't believe it. He walked up to the soldier in three steps and lifted him up by his collar. "Tell me again, what happened!"

The cavalry could only cry while telling the story about Ningcheng being attacked and the slaves taking the opportunity to rebel.

Gurtu's heart grew colder as he listened, and his hand failed to hold on to the soldier and fell down.

Horqin and others' expressions changed.

"Ningcheng has stored our food and grass for three months, but our camp only has enough food and grass for ten days. If we cannot capture Yanguan within ten days, we will have no choice but to retreat." Horqin said.

Wu Yan said: "We should stop attacking Yan Pass now and wait for the Khan's order. Something is wrong this time. We may have fallen into King Yan's trap again."

"Yes, since the plague caused heavy losses to King Yan's troops, how could so many troops suddenly appear?" Gu Le added.

After a pause, he continued: "And there is something wrong with King Yan. If there were only 30,000 people, they would not be able to persist until now and still fight with ease."

Gurtu and Horqin looked at each other and nodded.

Gu Le and Wu Yan were right.

During this period of war, they felt more and more something was wrong.

It's just that the Khan's orders are there and they can't disobey them.

Now, Ningcheng was suddenly captured by King Yan's troops, and they could no longer continue to attack Yan Pass recklessly.

"Retract your troops immediately, do not go to war, and wait for Khan's new order." Gurtu shouted.

The three of them agreed in unison.

…

Jincheng.

Muller Hongzhen, Temuta, and Ulanba have been paying attention to the war in Yanguan.

Every day, cavalrymen go to Jincheng and report back to him the latest battle situation.

But today, instead of waiting for the battle report from Yanguan, he got the news of the fall of Ningcheng.

After confirming that the news was true, Mulehon remained silent for a long time.

Temuta and Ulanba looked at their father, feeling as if their father had aged ten years at this moment.

"Isn't there a plague in Yanzhou? Isn't King Yan's army more than half destroyed? How could he defend Yan Pass and then send out his troops to attack Ningcheng." In Mule Hongzhen's mind, these questions kept asking him , almost driving him crazy.

Everything can deceive him, but smallpox will not deceive him.

Contaminated with smallpox, it is impossible for the plague not to spread to King Yan.

Moreover, Black Iron Guard saw many people suffering from smallpox with his own eyes.

"What the hell is going on?" Not only Mulehun really couldn't figure it out, but Ulanba couldn't figure it out either.

How could there be such a big flaw in such a seamless plan.

"Father Khan, we are afraid that we have fallen into the trap of the King of Yan again. If the plague spread in the King of Yan, he would not be able to mobilize so many troops? There is only one possibility left, that the plague has little impact on Yanzhou, or even no plague in Yanzhou at all." Temu Ta said solemnly.

"The Black Iron Guard saw it with his own eyes, how could it be false!" Ulan Ba ​​said anxiously.

The current actions taken against Yanguan are based on the condition that Yanzhou is destroyed by the plague.

If not, the loss of Yanguan will be blamed on him.

After all, the poisoning plan was planned by him.

"But now the facts are in front of us. Yanguan has been unable to be captured for a long time, and Ningcheng has been captured by the King of Yan's troops. Now it is equivalent to the King of Yan splitting the entire Ningjindusi in two. Now, we must stabilize Ningjindusi." Temu Ta said loudly.

He is not blaming Ulan Ba.

He also agrees with the poisoning plan in his heart.

But now there is a problem, he must make his father Khan and Ulan Ba ​​sober up and solve the current crisis.

The troops under Gurtu had already suffered heavy losses at Yan Pass, and now their retreat was cut off.

If the King of Yan attacked from both sides, Gurtu and Khorchin's 200,000 Beidi troops and 200,000 Xiliang king's troops would probably never return.

"Temta is right. No matter what method the King of Yan used to escape the plague, he still hid so many soldiers. Now we must keep Ningjindusi." Mule Hongzhen said, "Reorganize the troops immediately. I want to take back Ningcheng myself!"

Then, he sent someone to Yan Pass to let Gurtu's troops retreat north, join him, and work together to take Ningcheng.