Nanchong also has the presence of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce.
When they learned that Jin Feng and Ninth Princess were coming, they had already prepared the carriage.
We got off the boat and went ashore, rested for a while, and headed west the next day.
Although Nanchong is also mountainous, most of the mountains are gentle, and the official roads are much wider than those in Guangyuan. The team's traveling speed was quite ideal, and it only took ten days to enter Xichuan Prefecture.
If everything goes well, it will take up to three days to arrive in Xichuan.
It was on this day that the Ninth Princess suddenly received a letter from Fei Ge.
After the Ninth Princess read the message, she immediately found Jin Feng.
"Sir, brother Xinyao and Tubo are already fighting!"
"When?" Jin Feng asked.
A war between two countries is a major event for either side.
It is common for the two sides to confront each other for a month or two and then start fighting again.
Jin Feng didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
"Three days ago, the Tibetan army crossed the border and went straight to Xichuan. Brother Xinyao thought that he could not sit still and wait for death, so he sent General Meng Tianhai to ambush at Mao'er Mountain in the west of the city, hoping to defeat the main force of Tibet in one fell swoop. However, before the encirclement could be closed, the Tibetan people were
Rushed out."
The Ninth Princess said: "The general in charge of the Tubo side is called Danzhu, who is a general under Gada Zampu. After breaking out of the encirclement, he did not run away. Instead, he sent people to seize the official road and surrounded Meng Tianhai in the area of Mao'er Mountain.
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"Ambush others, only to be blocked outside the city..."
Jin Feng felt that there were too many flaws and he really didn’t know where to start.
"Judging from the battle reports, the Tubo people fought very fiercely, as if they were not afraid of death. Five hundred people took the top of the mountain away from Meng Tianhai."
The Ninth Princess said helplessly: "I have seen Meng Tianhai before. He is not a dandy general, and his troops are not veteran soldiers. I never expected that with the terrain and numerical advantage, the result would be like this."
"The tribes of Tubo have been fighting against each other for many years. Those who have survived to this day, from generals to soldiers, are all brave men who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Of course they are brave...Forget it, there is no point in talking about it. What is the situation now?" Jin Feng?
asked.
"It's not good. Meng Tianhai is leading Xichuan elites. They are surrounded by Mao'er Mountain. Most of Xichuan City's defense force has been lost. Now Xichuan Fucheng has been surrounded by Danzhu!"
The Ninth Princess said: "Xichuan Fucheng has city walls and sufficient food reserves. Even if we are besieged for three months, it will not be a big problem. However, Meng Tianhai may not be able to hold out for that long. They are marching in a hurry to fight an ambush, and they do not carry a lot of food."
"How many people have come from Tibet?" Jin Feng asked.
"The battle report said there were 20,000 people, 5,000 people blocked the mountain roads and besieged Meng Tianhai, 5,000 people blocked the city gates of Xichuan, and the remaining 10,000 people looted around Xichuan Mansion."
The Ninth Princess took out the map and marked everywhere.
"Brother Liang, what do you think we should do now?" Jin Feng turned to look at Zhang Liang.
Things happened so suddenly that Jin Feng was a little undecided.
Zhang Liang did not answer directly, but looked at Qing Mulan: "Miss Mulan, are any of the people you brought familiar with the terrain of Mao'er Mountain?"
"Is there any?" Qing Mulan turned to look at Amei.
Alan and others had stayed in Xihewan. When they came back this time, Qing Xinyao temporarily assigned a personal guard to Qing Mulan.
It's just that Qing Mulan doesn't care much about this, and Amei has always been in charge.
"One of them is a former scout under Mr. Qing. He is very familiar with the surrounding areas of Chengdu." Amei replied.
"Please ask Miss Amei to bring him here." Zhang Liang said.
Amei nodded and quickly brought a thirty-year-old veteran over.
The veteran was indeed very familiar with the situation in Chengdu and could answer whatever Zhang Liang asked.
Zhang Liang asked for more than ten minutes before looking at Jin Feng: "Sir, I think we should save Meng Tianhai first."
"Why?" Jin Feng asked: "There is Xichuan Prefecture between us and Mao'er Mountain. You just heard that there are 15,000 Tibetans around Xichuan Prefecture. Do you think we can rush through with a thousand people?"
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"Of course we can't rush through, but we can go around it!"
Zhang Liang pointed to the map and said: "We can go around the Jinma River from the north of Chengdu. I just asked the scout brothers that there is a water transport fleet in the upper reaches of the Jinma River. We can recruit their cargo ships and go directly to the waterway from
Go around here to the back of Mao'er Mountain."
"You want to attack from behind?"
Jin Feng frowned and thought for a while, then pointed at the map and said: "If I were Danzhu, there would definitely be people guarding this place. The opponent occupies a good location, and we only have a thousand people. I'm afraid we can't even break through this pass, right?"
"Sir, when I went to the Jinma River, I did not intend to attack the Tibetans from the official road, but to demolish the bridge!"
Zhang Liang said: "Didn't you say, sir, that the most important thing is to attack with troops and to attack the heart? If we demolish the bridge, it will cut off the Tubo people's escape route. No matter how powerful they are, they will still be afraid. Then we can take advantage of it."
The boat goes down a bit and attacks from here!"
Zhang Liang pointed at several points on the map one after another.
The Jinma River is the main stream of the Minjiang River and the only way from Tibet to Xichuan.
If the two bridges on the Jinma River are demolished and the Tibetan people want to go back, they will have to build new bridges.
With the skills of the Tubo people, it would take less than a year and a half to achieve success.
"Break down the bridge?!" Jin Feng thought for a while, and his eyes gradually brightened.
This was the purpose of what he wanted to teach Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang has rich combat experience, but lacks systematic training. Many principles he was confused about before were unclear. After Jin Feng's guidance, many principles that he could not figure out before suddenly became clear.
Recently, Zhang Liang was riding a horse with a map in his hand and always thinking about the thirty-six strategies Jin Feng taught him.
"I think this method is feasible, what do you think, Your Highness?" Jin Feng turned to look at the Ninth Princess.
Princess Ninth stared at the map for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, let's follow this first, and we'll add details on the way."
The three of them made a decision, and the team quickly adjusted its direction from due west to heading northwest.
On the second day after adjusting their direction, Jin Feng and the others encountered a large number of refugees, all of whom had been harmed by the Tibetans and fled eastward with their families.
On the third day, they passed a village.
The entire village had been plundered by the Tubo people. On the threshing floor at the entrance of the village, Jin Feng and the others saw corpses scattered all over the place.
There were men, women, old and young. Many of the corpses were in very miserable state of death, and it was obvious that they had been subjected to inhuman treatment before death.
The Ninth Princess looked at the threshing floor coldly, her expression indifferent, but her hands were holding the clothes tightly.
The escorts were also so angry that they gnashed their teeth!
"Sir, are you going to bury them?" Da Liu asked.
"You can't bury it, otherwise the Tibetans will find it when they come back." Jin Feng shook his head helplessly: "Give me the map."
This village is thirty miles away from Xichuan Prefecture. Jin Feng thought that the Tibetans only moved around Xichuan Prefecture, but he did not expect that they would cause harm here.
If the Tibetans discovered their traces, it would be a disaster.
The previously planned route was no longer safe and a further northerly route had to be re-planned.
As a result, he was afraid of what he was going to do. Before Da Liu handed Jin Feng the map, scouts came rushing over to explore the route: "Sir, the Tibetan cavalry was discovered five miles away!"