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Chapter 401: Bad News

In the night, Yanmen Pass was silent. The soldiers on the shutdown fell asleep with their arms in their backs, and the sentry looked out of the city with spears. The city far outside the city, which stretched for dozens of miles, was the camp of more than 800,000 Xianbei troops.

The bright moon is on the verge of Yanmen, with steep mountains on both sides, and endless grain fields behind it. Today's night is beautiful, but tomorrow will be a battlefield for bloody massacre. The soldiers are all ready for sacrifice. Just as the General Market said, a real man should die on the battlefield! Death is actually not that scary. For the sake of the loved ones and for this beautiful land, I am willing, and my brothers are willing to fall on the battlefield, shed all their blood, and let the blood penetrate this beautiful land, so that I will never be separated from this land!

Huang Zhong and a team of soldiers patrolled the city walls. He stopped and turned his head to look at the Xianbei military camp in the distance.

In the hall of the capital, Zhang Lang was discussing a strategy with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu pointed to two Great Wall passes near Yulin, Shangjun and Hequ, Xihejun. "The Xianbei people's partial troops are now attacking these two passes! Our defenders are more than 30,000 soldiers of the Yingyang Legion. Judging from the current situation, our army can withstand it, but I guess the situation may change a little."

Zhang Lang asked: "Wenhe means, can Kebi divide his troops?"

Jia Xu nodded and thought, "These days, the Xianbei people continued to attack Yanmen Pass, which can be said to have used all their means and strength! However, they could not help but fail to attack the pass city, but instead suffered losses. Especially today, the momentum of the Xianbei people was completely taken away by the general! In a fierce battle, corpses were scattered all over the field and blood flowed into a river. Three Xianbei generals were killed by the general on the city wall!"

Zhang Lang sighed, "Wenhe, don't forget, our army's losses are also quite large!"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Although that's the case, the Xianbei people are obviously a little timid. I guess Ke Bi Neng should find a breakthrough from other places. The breakthrough they chose were the two Great Wall passes that they just mentioned!"

Zhang Lang thought, "The main force of the War Bear Legion and the Canglang Legion are being transferred to Shangjun and Xihe County. They will arrive soon, especially the Canglang Legion, which should be able to reach the position tomorrow and the next two days. If the Xianbei people divide their troops now, we will have time, and they will not succeed!"

Jia Xu said: "Lord, it is difficult to win by blindly defending. Even if the enemy finally retreats, our army will suffer heavy losses!"

Zhang Lang asked with a smile: "Wenhe must have an idea, right?"

Jia Xu smiled, "I thought of a plan. Is it feasible? Please ask the lord to take a closer look."

Zhang Lang laughed and scolded: "If you have something to say, don't keep it in your mouth!"

Jia Xu held his fists and agreed. He pointed to the Hequ Pass on the map and said to Zhang Lang: "My plan is to concentrate all the cavalry in Hequ and accidentally defeat the Xianbei army outside the Hequ Pass. Then more than 200,000 cavalry Xianbei rushed forward, here," Jia Xu pointed to Meijicheng, "Turn eastward, Dingxiang County! Before the Xianbei people could react, they seized Dingxiang in one go!"

Zhang Lang understood and said excitedly: "This plan is good! The Xianbei people's food, supplies and almost all the materials they plundered are now stockpiled in Dingxiang County. As long as Dingxiang is successfully seized and his supplies are destroyed, the Xianbei people will not be able to withdraw their troops! This is the time when the firewood is drawn at the bottom of the lake!" Jia Xu nodded with a smile.

Zhang Lang said decisively: "I personally lead the cavalry to attack!"

"No!" Jia Xu stopped him quickly. Zhang Lang was a little surprised. Jia Xu explained: "Master, the most important thing about whether this strategy can be implemented successfully is whether it can be concealed from the enemy. Although Ke Bi Neng and others are barbarians on the grassland, they are also deceitful. If they find that the lord is not at Yanmen Pass, they will definitely be suspicious. This plan is probably difficult to succeed!"

Zhang Lang felt that what Jia Xu said made sense and thought for a moment, "Then let Meng Qi take on this position. Leading the cavalry to raid for a long distance is his specialty!"

Jia Xu nodded and clasped his fists and said, "My lord is wise. But I must specifically remind Meng Qi that he must withdraw immediately after his success and must not fight!" Zhang Lang nodded. After returning to the desk, he sat down, picked up a brush and started writing.

...

At this moment, Wang Qi and Wang Yi and his daughter, together with hundreds of people from the same village who were in trouble, came to the outside of Guangwu County, dozens of miles south of Yanmen Pass. Although it was late at night, the lights outside Guangwu City were brightly lit. When they walked around, countless bamboo and wood sheds were built. Many yamen runners and local people were busy preparing food for the refugees who fled. The air was filled with the fragrance of various things, which made Wang Qi and Wang Yi and the hundreds of refugees even more hungry.

At this time, a middle-aged woman rushed to everyone, looked at everyone, and greeted enthusiastically: "Come on, come with me. You must be hungry." Everyone subconsciously followed her and came to a bamboo shed. The middle-aged woman said: "You rest first, and you will come up immediately after eating." Then she left the bamboo shed and ran towards a temporary stove outside the bamboo shed.

Hundreds of villagers sat down one after another, and they all sat on the ground without a stool, and they all felt very tired. A young man walked up to Wang Xie and Wang's half-daughter and asked, "Uncle Wang, what should we do next?" All blind dates came over, and looked at their hopeful eyes, obviously hoping that Wang Xie, the leader, could give them an idea.

Wang Xie had no idea what to do next, but on the surface he looked calm: "Don't worry, everything will be fine." Seeing Wang Xie say this, the villagers' original worries disappeared out of trust in him.

Wang Yi whispered to Wang Xie: "Father, what are you doing?"

Wang Kai shook his head gently.

Wang Yi thought, "The government will definitely not ignore us, I will go find them." Then he left the shed. Wang Kai did not stop him, and he also hoped that the government would have an explanation.

...

His eyes turned back to Yanmen Pass. Just as Zhang Lang wrote a letter to Ma Chao, Yang Kunben came in to report: "An emergency military newspaper from the General Hequ."

Zhang Lang stopped writing and looked at each other with Jia Xu, and saw a hint of worry in each other's eyes. Zhang Lang put down his brush and said to Yang Kun: "Let him in."
Chapter completed!
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