Chapter 734 European Emperor

  Every time Xu Miao is an official, he has outstanding political achievements, which is inseparable from his ability to understand the people's sentiments and investigate local customs.

  It is precisely because of this that when he was the prefect of Longxi and Nan'an, he knew some old things: from Didao to Xiping, crossing the river through Huanghan, and then passing through the Qilian Mountain Pass from Xiping, you can go directly to Zhangye.

  This road has been blocked for a long time because of the hundred-year Qiang-Hu rebellion in Liangzhou, and it is rarely known.

  But now that the Hu people in Xihai are fighting, who can guarantee that no Shu people will participate?

   After all, with Feng Wenhe's reputation among the barbarians...

  Thinking of the possibility of an army of Shu people suddenly appearing in Zhangye behind Wuwei, everyone fell silent.

  No one dares to take this responsibility.

   What's more, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

   While increasing troops to Xiping, Xu Miao also urgently mobilized the troops of Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang counties in the rear to prevent unforeseen circumstances.

   Feng Yong, who was walking in the mountains south of Jincheng, suddenly raised his head and took a deep breath.

   Then he sneezed several times, "Ah, ah, ah."

   "One thought, two scolding and three colds, do I have a cold?"

  Feng Yong tightened his clothes, but didn't feel any discomfort.

   Walking in the mountains, it is shady and comfortable, except a little tired.

  He looked ahead, but saw the green hills cut green, the green hills piled up with clouds, and the sound of monkeys and beasts came from time to time.

  The scenery is really good.

  In addition, the sun and the moon are not known to be long in the mountains, so you don’t have to endure the extreme heat like outside. If you change the usual, it is also a good place for vacation.

   It's just that he didn't come here to see the scenery, and these days, there are mountains and mountains, mountains and mountains, and mountains and mountains.

   Feng Yong began to feel a little irritable and dull.

  He couldn't help shouting: "Li Jian!"

   "What is your order?"

   Li Jian, dressed in simple clothes, quickly trotted up.

  I saw that he had already changed out of the toga, which symbolizes the upper class, and imitated Feng Yongjun, **** his leggings, and tightened his sleeves to prevent poisonous mosquitoes.

   "Ahead, how far is it?"

   "It's coming soon!"

   Li Jian said quickly.

  Feng Yong squinted at Li Jian.

  Young man, your words sound familiar to me.

  When I participated in the field trips of the donkey friends, the leader often said "it's almost time".

   He even lied to me that it would be just after turning a corner ahead, but he didn’t tell me that it would take a day to turn that corner.

   Fortunately, Li Jian didn't have the bad habits of the leader of his donkey friends in his previous life.

  Although he has not walked this road, the Li family in Longyou sent two experienced old men.

  The most important job of Li Jian is to transfer everything that the family guide knows about this road to Feng Junhou.

   It is enough for the grandson of the Li family to show up in front of Feng Junhou alone, but for the rest of the family, forget it.

  The Dark Night Camp, who was exploring the way ahead, quickly sent news that after passing this valley, you will reach the water stream that the Li family guide said, and follow this water to reach the big river.

   "It's good to be here!"

  Feng Yong was overjoyed when he heard this.

  When you reach this river, it means that you have crossed this mountain range and walked along the river valley, which makes it much easier to walk.

   Knowing that he was about to reach the first destination, Zhang Ni rushed up from behind, "Your Majesty, why don't you rest for a while? The mountain road is difficult, and the Modao team is carrying a heavy load, and the soldiers are easy to get tired."

  Although there are guides, old roads, and front troops opening the way this time, it is not a flat land after all.

  Even if the army is marching in armor, the Modao team still has a heavy burden.

   This trip brought 500 auxiliary soldiers, 300 of them were assigned to the Modao team, and 200 were assigned to the Tiger Army.

  Dark Night Camp and Wudang Camp are all self-supporting, without a single auxiliary soldier.

  The only thing that is special is Feng Yong's personal guards, and there are a dozen Dian horses that are good at walking mountain roads.

  Feng Yong looked at Zhang Yi with doubts in his eyes: Since we are almost here, why not go all out?

  Zhang Yi understood Feng Yong's eyes, and only heard him whisper: "Your Majesty, that place is not only a resting place, but also directly reaches the big river, which means that Cao thief can easily go up the river."

   "So why not let the soldiers rest for a while to recover their strength, so that the Dark Night Camp will have time to investigate there?"

  Feng Yong was taken aback, nodded, "That makes sense."

  Although the Li family released all the third-generation grandchildren to follow him on this trip, they must have made the most comprehensive preparations, but everything should be careful, and you have to work hard to live long.

  After ordering the entire army to rest in place, Feng Yong found a place to sit down, and at the same time he sighed with emotion.

  At this time, I am a bit like Deng Ai who smuggled into Yinping, except that I am walking with a guide, and it is still so difficult to walk in a place with mountain roads.

   I don’t know how that Deng Ai, who led the people to walk in Yinping no man’s land, let the soldiers follow him when there was no guide and no way.

  He was thinking in his heart when someone handed over a skin bag: "Shan Zhang, please drink water."

   It was Zhang Yuan, the staff officer of the staff department.

  Feng Yong took a look at the skin bag and was sure it was his own special water bag, so he opened it and took a sip.

   "Muzhi, a few days ago, did you gain anything from following Chief of Staff Gongsun?"

  Feng Junhou seemed very concerned about the student's growth.

   "Go back to the mountain, and you will gain something!"

  Zhang Yuan quickly stood up and answered.

   "Sit, sit." Feng Yong stretched out his hand and pressed it, motioning him to sit beside him, "Tell me, what have you learned?"

  Zhang Yuan sat down beside Feng Yong in a regular manner, his body stretched straight: "Mr. Gongsun said that you should read more when you have nothing to do."

  "When formulating a battle plan, we must regard ourselves as a thief, so that we can think as much as possible that the thief will use methods to deal with us."

  Feng Yong laughed happily after hearing these words.

  Zhang Yuan looked at Feng Yong nervously, not knowing what he said wrong.

  Feng Yong patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Mr. Gongsun is right, you should ask him for advice after you go back."

  Gongsun Zheng didn't come over this time, and stayed in Pingxiang to help with the affairs.

   "Also, when this battle is over and I return to Pingxiang, I have a copy of Thirty-Six Strategies that I want to hand over to you. Remember to remind me when the time comes so that I don't forget."

  After hearing this, Zhang Yuan stood up abruptly, his face flushed with excitement, "Student understands!"

  There have been rumors in the Nanxiang Academy for a long time that the head of the mountain came from an extraordinary background. What is taught in the school now is just the most basic knowledge in the teacher's school.

   Only by becoming a direct student of the head of the mountain, can he have the opportunity to learn more advanced knowledge.

  Could it be possible... I am really like the characters in those biographical novels, meeting the legendary adventures?

  Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan could only feel his blood rushing up one after another, and he could even hear the throbbing sound of his chest.

   Even in the shady mountain forest, he still felt hot air all over his body, and the hot air even flowed to his fingertips, making him feel a little hot.

  Feng Junhou didn't understand why this young man was so excited, he waved his hand, "Go, bring me the map."

  Zhang Yuan responded, and quickly turned around to get the map.

   Spread out the map, Feng Yong took the pen handed over by Zhang Yuan, and sketched some things on it to supplement the blank area above.

  His eyes fell involuntarily on the South Silk Road from Didao to Zhangye. There was a circle drawn in the blank area in the north of Xiping County.

  There is Qilian Mountain, which is also an area controlled by Qianghu.

  Feng Yong felt a pity in his heart: If the big man is strong enough now, and he directly leads the army to go to Hexi, and then go straight to Zhangye, he may not be able to settle Liangzhou in a single battle.

  After thinking about it for a while, he put away the map, handed it to Zhang Yuan, and waited for the news ahead.

   Facts have shown that although it is a good thing to be careful, Feng Yong and the others seem to be a little too careful this time: there is news from the Dark Night Camp, and there is no suspicious sign nearby.

  Although Wei Jun did not appear, Feng Yongfei did not relax, but became more careful.

  Leading the army through the mountains was more difficult than imagined, and more importantly, I might have lost touch with Wei Yan.

  According to the time calculation, Wei Yan should have started to attack the city, but he was still staggering in the mountains.

   But reaching this river means that I have already crossed this mountain range, and it will be much easier to walk below.

  The dark night camp's search range is ten miles around, and the army will continue to follow up after confirming that it is safe, which also leads to a relatively slow marching speed.

  However, Feng Yong's caution (fear of death) was rewarded, and the army traveled safely without any ambushes.

   This situation continued until the time when I was about to walk out of the mountain pass.

  According to Li Jian, the mountain pass is the most dangerous place.

   "Your Majesty, the Wei army is guarding the mountain pass."

  Feng Yong lifted his spirits and looked at the captain of the Dark Night Battalion, "How many people are there?"

  The more troops the opponent has, the better. As long as you hold back the enemies coming to aid from Jincheng and Liangzhou, you will be considered as having completed the mission.

  In addition, when I led the troops out of Longxi, there was a lot of fanfare, and there was a lot of movement. It seems that the guards in Hexi have already notified Jincheng.

  Anyway, in this mountain, if you set up more flags and beat more military drums, it is easy to cause bluffing.

  So the opponent dare not attack lightly until they have figured out their real strength.

   What's more, his Dark Night Camp and Wudang Camp have an advantage over the other party in the mountains and forests.

   "There is only one small camp. Judging by the size, there may be two or three hundred people, or there may be only a hundred or so. It seems that the number is not large."

  The captain of the Dark Night Battalion also looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand why Wei Jun only deployed so few troops in such a dangerous place.

   Feng Yong almost choked.

  He widened his eyes, "Two or three hundred people? Are you sure? Could there be an ambush?"

  Encountered such a situation, Feng Yong subconsciously felt cheated.

  The old man made such a big noise in Hedong with great fanfare, anyone who is not blind can see it, how could Jincheng be unprepared?

This unscientific!

   The unexpected situation made Feng Yong a little uncertain.

   "Go, call all the generals."

  Feng Yong instructed Zhang Yuan.

   Zhang Yiju Fu Jiangwei and the three received Feng Yong's order and quickly gathered.

  After learning about the situation at the mountain pass ahead, several people showed surprise on their faces.

   "Tell me what's on your mind." Feng Yong said with a frown, "The situation is really weird! Tsk, it's really better to change quickly than to plan."

   Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhang Ni was the oldest, and he was the first to ask: "Your Majesty, is this true?"

   "The most dangerous thing in this valley is the hills on both sides. It is abnormal that the Cao bandits are not stationed on the hills now."

  Feng Yong squatted down, took stones and branches and made a show, "If we occupy the hills on both sides, we can attack from a high position."

   "Even if we don't attack, we can still defend from a height. The Cao thief can only look up and sigh, so why is the Cao thief guarding Jincheng so unwise?"

   This journey has been smooth and smooth, and I have never encountered an enemy sentry, which is a very strange thing in itself.

  Feng Yong didn't believe that the opponent's sentry was so powerful. While escaping the detection of the Dark Night Camp, he didn't leave even a trace of clues.

   This strange feeling reached its climax when preparing to leave the valley.

  Why do I have the feeling that Jincheng Guard is a senior agent of our side, trying to cooperate with our actions, trying to find ways to make my journey unimpeded.

   This feeling is really ridiculous.

  Jiang Wei looked at the two stones and a few branches on the ground, and couldn't help but whispered: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Cao thief didn't expect us to come over the mountain, so he was unprepared?"

   Several people looked at Jiang Wei, making this young general who was leading the army for the first time feel a little restrained.

   "How could the Cao bandits in Hexi not know about the great fanfare of the king?"

  Ju Fu disagrees with this statement.

  Jiang Wei hesitated to speak.

  Feng Yong noticed his expression, and said, "Even if Boyue said yes, I asked you to come here to listen to your opinions."

  Jiang Wei was encouraged by Feng Yong, so he continued, "The Hexi Cao thief knows that the Junhou led the army out of Longxi, but they may not know where the Junhou went, unless they cross the river to check."

   "Your Majesty asked Taishou Chen and General Liu to protect me and wait for the rear. If the two generals defended well and prevented the Cao thief from finding out the situation on the east bank, how would the Cao thief know where the Junhou led the army?"

  This time even Zhang Yi shook his head: "Even if the thief Cao couldn't send troops east across the river, he could at least send sentries to investigate secretly. How could he stick to the west of the river?"

   "More importantly, how to explain the bandit soldiers outside the valley?"

  The Wei army did not send anyone to guard the valley, but sent dozens of people to garrison on the flat ground outside the valley, which is really weird.

  Jiang Wei was at a loss for words for a moment, his face was slightly flushed.

  "After ruling out all possibilities, the most absurd inference may be the correct answer."

  Feng Yong did not clearly support whose opinion, but just said something that no one could understand.

   Then he took a branch and tapped the two stones at his feet, "Whether Thief Cao really didn't intend to guard the mountain pass, you just need to try it. Who will take down these two mountains?"

  As long as he occupies these two hills, he will be considered invincible, no matter what schemes he has.

  Gu Fu and Jiang Wei said at the same time: "The last general asks for his life!"

  Zhang Yi didn't speak. He believed that the Modao team was fighting head-on in front of the formation and was not afraid of anyone.

  But if it's something like capturing the mountain, it's not the leader of the Modao team.

   "Okay, that general will lead the Wudang camp to Dongshan, and General Jiang will lead the Tiger Army to Xishan."

  Feng Yong responded to the two's invitation to fight, and at the same time instructed, "Although the Dark Night Camp has checked the hills on both sides, they haven't checked the outside of the hills completely. You should be careful."

   "No!"

  Feng Yong looked at Zhang Yi again: "General Zhang, when the two generals lead the army to occupy the mountain, you should stay in the valley and set up camp just in case."

  Zhang Yi clasped his fists together: "Follow your orders!"

   "You have to remember, if there are really no Cao bandits in the mountain pass, you should lower your flag and let the soldiers wait quietly, so as not to disturb the Cao bandits outside."

  After Feng Yong issued the military order, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally at a certain corner in the distance, where several handymen were sitting and resting.

Ah, very good.

  The operation to occupy the top of the mountain was smoother than expected.

  The strange feeling that the other party has a senior undercover agent of our army resurfaced in Feng Yong's heart again.

   After his side easily occupied the commanding heights, Feng Yong climbed up the mountain, raised his binoculars to observe the valley, and saw an official road a few miles away.

  There were no people on the official road, and there was a small camp beside the road.

   What is even more weird is that the gate of the opposite camp is not facing the direction of the valley.

  This shows that the other party seems...as if...not guarding Yamaguchi at all!

   Confirmed this point, Feng Yong's heart thumped: "Could it be that Lao Tzu has a hidden Ouhuang physique?"

   Thinking of grabbing a red envelope in his previous life, where others received ten yuan and himself only one tenth, Feng Junhou suddenly felt tears welling up in his eyes.

  I want to be Deng Ai!

  Feng Yong turned his head and told Zhang Yuan: "Go, call me the people from the Dark Night Camp!"

  The captain of the Dark Night Battalion came over quickly.

   "That camp, at night, you take it away from me!"

  (end of this chapter)