Chapter 339: Calabash Valley
Beishan Fort.
As the war ended, the people in the fort began to actively save themselves. The fertile fields outside the city had been completely destroyed and there was nothing they could do.
But relying on the mountains to eat, many people went into the mountains in search of something to eat. Officials went to various mountain villages separately to communicate with the mountain people and "alchemy" some food.
Wei Ru and Liu Wu led the newly recruited soldiers to camp outside the city for training. At present, the food in the city is rationed according to various proportions. The ration for the soldiers is the highest.
soldier!
It is the most advanced existence, bar none.
The entire Beishan Fort exudes amazing vitality and recovers at an extremely fast speed.
Beishan Fort is so well-organized, of course, Liu Zhixing's contribution is indispensable.
It was midday. The sun was rising. In the mansion of General Fu Han, Liu Zhixing was wearing a blue single-layer dress and sitting on a stone bench in the pavilion.
The person in front of me is [Joining the Army] Chen Jiagui.
He is responsible for the entire Beishan Fort's intelligence system, as well as the liaison with Wu Nian.
"Even if I try my best, the food gap is too big. We will definitely not be able to survive. The key is to see whether the general can delay the 40,000 households."
Liu Zhixing shook his head slightly, put his right hand on the stone table, looked up at Chen Jiagui and said, "Jiagui. Where is the general now? What's the situation?"
"According to the information heard by the spies, the general should be in the Hu Haishan area. The general's troops now exceed 20,000. I don't know the details."
When Chen Jiagui said this, he shook his head and said: "Now the four thousand households are dispatching troops and generals, and they are almost surrounding the generals."
"It has also become extremely difficult for spies to move in that area."
"If the general wants to break out, he must take advantage of this moment. In a few days, if four thousand households are surrounded, even the general will be unable to fly."
Speaking of this, Chen Jiagui showed a worried look on his face.
When Wu Nian was out and about, leading four households by the nose, it was like running on a cliff, and he might fall off the cliff at any time.
Hearing this, Liu Zhixing also had a look of worry on his face. He put away his right hand which was placed on the stone table and stood up. He put his hands behind his back and said with his back to Chen Jiagui: "We have to trust the general."
"By the way. Your spies are currently focused on investigating the situation in Ding County."
Liu Zhixing turned around and said to Chen Jiagui in a deep voice.
"Yes." Chen Jiagui nodded and clasped his fists in response.
............
Chen Jiagui's intelligence is very accurate. Currently, Wu Nian is indeed entrenched on Huhai Mountain, with a population of about 23,000 people, two thousand households of elite soldiers, and four thousand households of militiamen.
Strength continues to increase.
And there is still time to train the militia and increase their combat effectiveness.
But the four thousand households are not vegetarians either.
They contacted each other, mobilized their troops, and almost surrounded Hu Haishan.
On a mountain peak, there was a large camp.
The "Wanyan" flag was erected on the camp gate. Regardless of the scorching heat, the Mongolian and Yuan soldiers wore armor, stood guard, or patrolled, and the atmosphere was very solemn.
Inside the big tent.
There was a table in the middle, with a landscape map spread on it. The graphics were very sloppy, but it was enough.
Hot, took off his clothes, and Wan Yanxian, shirtless, bent down with a captain to look at the terrain.
"We chased and intercepted Wu Nian, and finally blocked Wu Nian on Hu Hai Mountain. Now is his last chance to break out." Wan Yanxian withdrew his eyes, straightened his chest and abdomen, took a handkerchief from the side, and wiped the stain on his face.
Sweat.
"What the general means is to contact the three ten thousand households to tighten the encirclement?" The captain's eyes flashed and he asked with his fists clasped.
"No. No matter how we tighten the encirclement, Wu Nian may break out. While we tighten the encirclement, we set a trap."
Wan Yanxian shook his head, turned around and came to the basin stand with a handkerchief, washed the handkerchief, and wiped his face.
"Trap?" The captain looked surprised and looked at Wan Yanxian.
"Wu Nian's spies must also be listening to our actions. Information from all parties has gathered. Wu Nian must have chosen a weak place to break out. We will give up this place and I will personally ambush here."
Wan Yanxian put down his handkerchief, came to the table, and pointed to a name on a road on the map.
【Calabash Valley】.
"That's it." The captain showed a look of sudden realization, stretched out his hand to pinch his stubble-covered chin, and a smile appeared on his face.
Now Wu Nian should be eager to break out. To break out, he has to find weak places. But they set a trap in the weak place.
If Wu Nian led his men down the mountain to break out of the encirclement, they would just fall into a trap.
Killing him is easy.
Wan Yanxian looked at the map again, and after calculating it in his mind, he confirmed that there was nothing missing. He immediately spread out the letter paper. The captain quickly helped grind the ink.
Wan Yanxian picked up the writing brush, dipped it in the melted ink, and wrote three letters. He sealed them with fire paint, handed them to the captain and said: "Immediately find three teams of reliable people and deliver the letters to three thousand households."
"Yes." The captain responded, clasped his fists and walked out.
"Wu Nian, don't let me down. I will kill you myself." Wan Yanxian sat on the stool, showing his teeth.
Obsession.
Killing Wu Nian has almost become Wan Yanxian's obsession.
As long as Wu Nian is alive, they will have trouble sleeping and eating.
Wu Nian is dead and everything will be fine.
Everything is focused on killing Wu Nian.
.........
Huhai Mountain. This mountain is gentle, and it is easy to go up and down the mountain. There are many tents on the mountain, and they are relatively neatly arranged.
A fence was finally erected around the perimeter, and militiamen armed with crude weapons stood on the camp wall as security personnel, watching the surroundings with eager eyes.
Inside the big tent.
Wu Nian was sitting on a small bench. He was shirtless, but sweat kept coming out of his pores. His hair had just been washed in the morning, but it was already full of the smell of sweat.
Wang Gui, speaking in the form of "pin", sat opposite Wu Nian. In front of the three of them, there was a more scrawled map.
"General, we don't have much time left, we have to break out immediately. Now according to the spies' report, Hulu Valley is a very suitable direction for breaking out."
Zhang Sheng's face was very serious, he pointed at the location of Calabash Valley on the map, and said in a deep voice.
While the enemy's encirclement has not tightened to break through, choose a weak point to break out of. This is the most basic principle.
The spies were Wu Nian's eyes and ears, listening to the actions of the Meng Yuan soldiers around him, the gathering and dispersing of soldiers and horses, and gathering news.
Wu Nian had no reason to doubt his own eyes and ears.
"Okay. Pass the order. Everyone should go to bed early at night and break out early tomorrow morning." Wu Nian nodded and ordered.
"yes."
Wang Gui stood up with a loud voice, bent down and clasped his fists, turned around and walked out of the tent.
"Calabash Valley?" Wu Nian continued to lower his head and look at the terrain map. Although he had made a decision, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Chapter completed!