With the partial division of Cao's army, they have rushed to the front line of Qishan.

General Ma Zhong, who was ordered to stay in the important town of Qiang Road, did not dare to show any signs of neglect and quickly organized soldiers from all over the country to assemble to resist the enemy.

He himself rushed to the first line of defense, the "Wushan Realm", to take charge of the overall defense situation.

Beware of Cao Cao's troops, double the number of troops and attack this place.

After being stationed on the front line.

Both sides did not act rashly for a while, but each sent out sentries to find out the truth from each other.

After another day or two of confrontation.

The spies from Cao's army quickly rushed back to the camp where they were setting up camp under the Qishan Fort.

"I would like to report to the two heads of the family that during this time, I have gone deep into the enemy's territory to investigate the real situation, and found that the enemy's troops stationed on the Qiang Road are no more than a thousand tribesmen."

"After discovering the traces of our army arriving at Qishan Mountain, the enemy general was very decisive and directly summoned his sergeants to assemble and send reinforcements to the border defense line to wait for the defense."

Words were uttered slowly.

At this moment, Yin Feng and Zhao Qu were sitting separately in the tent, quietly listening to the scout's report.

The words fall.

Yin Feng didn't show anything on his face, so he just waved his hand to wave it away. Then he smiled, turned his head to one side and said:

"Brother Qu, it seems that the facts are almost the same as what you and I guessed."

"Then Zhao Tong really led the main force in order to invade north, resulting in a serious shortage of Qiang Dao troops left behind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Qusui also had the same expression, and said happily: "Then this time, isn't it a meritorious service from God to help us?"

After saying that, Yin Feng nodded solemnly and understandingly to show his agreement with his point of view, but then there was still a trace of worry on his face, and he couldn't help but say:

"But I'm afraid that this is a trap set by the enemy for us."

"It's using blinders to confuse and create an illusion of emptiness."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qu on the other side shook his head slightly, his expression remained unchanged, and he seemed to be indifferent. After a moment, he responded: "Brother Yin is a little worried!"

"The Qiang Road is surrounded by flat avenues, with an unobstructed view and no hiding place."

"If our spies saw with their own eyes that the enemy troops had gathered towards the defense line, then they probably wanted to use this to resist our troops."

The words are over.

Although Yin Feng felt that things were not that simple for a while, he pondered for a long time, but couldn't think of anything. He also felt that what Zhao Qu said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.

As the two sides were in a stalemate.

After Cao Bing's sentry cavalry gradually figured out the reality of the Qiang Road side's defense.

Yin Feng and Zhao Qu quickly made new moves.

First, two groups of soldiers, totaling about 2,000 in total, were sent slowly up the mountain and camped along the mountain to block the access to and from the villages in Qishan Mountain.

This is to ensure the smooth flow of the back road.

Otherwise, if we bypass Qishan and fail to defeat it, our return route will be cut off by the defenders.

This was also a combat plan that the two of them worked out after careful discussion and considered it feasible.

The plan has been finalized.

As the order was passed down.

Cao Jun's partial divisions also took action first.

Except for the tribesmen who were besieged but refused to attack, Zhao Qu and Yin Feng led the rest of the people and galloped straight into the Qiang Road.

The military front was directed at the "Wushan Boundary" defense line built just around the corner.

I heard the reports of each scout.

Ma Zhong, who was stationed in Wushan Realm, now looked serious and his face was tense.

He could foresee that a war was inevitable.

Due to the disparity in troops in this battle, the pressure on him to defend was still quite high.

Qishan Mountain is not far from here.

After marching almost at full speed for half a day, the powerful private soldiers of the wealthy family had already reached this point.

Looking at the rows of battle formations outside the camp.

Ma Zhong, who was standing on the watchtower and watching this scene, just looked slightly relieved.

At first, the enemy's strength was several times our own.

He was still a little worried.

However, after roughly observing the formation, we could vaguely detect slight confusion among the formations, and the soldiers of each unit seemed to have a unified consciousness without any orders or prohibitions.

Just look at this scene.

He already knew the strength of the enemy's partial division.

However, even so, due to the gap in military strength, Ma Zhong did not relax his vigilance at all.

He quickly passed down the order, and all the officers were in order.

The fighting spirit silently climbed up to the top of the camp and floated away.

With going on the defensive.

Everything is ready and ready, waiting for the enemy to attack.

It has been enough since then.

For the sake of safety, Yin Feng and Zhao Qu did not launch an attack immediately. They first rode towards the front line to observe the defense of the enemy stronghold.

The two of them looked around the village carefully.

Zhao Qu looked unkind and said leisurely: "The enemy's stronghold is heavily guarded and all defenses have been prepared. It may not be an easy place to attack."

After saying this, Yin Feng from the side couldn't help but nodded in agreement, and then said: "Well, three feet of ice does not freeze in a day, and the enemy did not build this defense line temporarily."

"It seems that we have already prepared for it."

When he said this, he paused for a moment before saying, "Well, there's no need to worry too much. The enemy's remaining force is no more than a thousand men."

"Our army only needs to conquer this fortress, and the enemy will be greatly frightened. Then if we advance towards the Qiang Road, we will get twice the result with half the effort!"

In a few words, he analyzed it like this.

Zhao Qu also accepted this statement.

After observing the defense of the fortress, Yin Feng also quickly ordered all the troops to retreat more than ten miles, then set up camp and build simple siege equipment in preparation for a strong attack.

He also realized this time that even if the enemy army did not have a superior strength, judging from the defense arrangement, they were determined to defend the Qiang Road.

Then this battle will be a hard one.

And there is a high probability that our side will not be able to defeat it in one battle.

Thinking about various situations, he just gave the order.

Instructions were passed down one after another.

Each department of Cao's army followed the order and began to work in full swing.

The fortress is slowly being built.

Siege equipment is also slowly being built.

The generals who were patrolling the stockade were observing all this, but they all felt that the opportunity to fight had arrived, and they couldn't help but unanimously offered their hands to Ma Zhong to invite him to fight:

"General Ma, the enemy seems to be setting up camp, and they must be totally defenseless now."

"If our army can send troops to attack, we may be able to achieve a complete victory and destroy the enemy's morale."

The words fell out one by one.

The voices of the generals calling for battle could be heard endlessly.

Seeing this, Ma Zhong waved his hand to suppress the desire of the generals to fight, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, all the troops will stick to the stronghold according to the order, and they must hold firm without fighting."

"Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished without mercy!"

A very firm command was issued.

Although the generals were unwilling to do so, they had no choice but to accept the order silently.
Chapter completed!