"General, report from the northwest, if Yiming appears outside Tuzhou and confronts the Western Chu army."
The messenger informed him, left a secret message, and was taken down to where he was placed.
After reading the entire secret letter, Fang felt relieved.
"General, what if Ming really appears on the western front of Beiliang?" Wei Feng and Cheng Jie heard that a messenger had arrived, and they were overjoyed when they heard the news.
This means that with Bailong Snow Mountain like this, Beiliang is unable to divide its troops to take care of him.
Luo Yang wanted to take control of Mozhou, but Wan Yiming, his most capable general, did not come to regain these four states.
It can be seen that Luo Yang does not intend to confront Xia Jun head-on for the time being.
Passing the letter to the two of them, Fang Jue said:
"If the western front is lost, Luoyang will lose the southern bank of the Black Water in Beiliang and a large area in the northwest. It will not be conducive for him to negotiate with the Liang Emperor's court."
"And he knows that our army does not have the conditions to continue moving north. It is also a good choice to temporarily put aside our efforts to deal with Xi Chu."
Fang Jue understood Luo Yang's decision very well, and he felt that Luo Yang would choose this way.
It's just that Luo Yang did too many fancy operations before, which made Fang Jue wary, always feeling that he still had some tricks up his sleeve.
"But General, if we take the opportunity to go north, even if we don't capture the city, we can just kill it... Luo Yang will have a headache, right?"
Cheng Jie said in amusement, "Luo Yang really doesn't guard against us?"
"Unless he thinks we won't go north, or we can't continue going north," Wei Feng said seriously.
Linzhou's snow-capped mountains are a natural barrier, making it difficult for Beiliang to recover, but they will definitely be on guard here.
Otherwise, if Ming fights fiercely with the Western Chu army and the southwest is penetrated, Luoyang's sphere of influence will shrink.
With Luo Yang's cleverness, it was impossible not to imagine that Xia Jun would also take advantage of the situation.
"Send someone to check whether there are Beiliang troops stationed on the other side of the snow mountain..." Fang Jue said.
"The scouts have been sent out a long time ago. They should have returned after so many days." Wei Feng said.
Mid-afternoon.
A small group of scouts came back from the north of Bailong Snow Mountain, all with injuries.
"General, Ma San is back!" Cheng Jie led the people into the camp.
It was the scout Ma San again, but when he saw him this time, Fang Jue discovered that he was missing a little finger on his left hand.
The wound has become scarred, and it seems that it was not injured just after returning. These days of scouting operations are not easy.
The duel between scouts, where life and death hangs on a thread, is more thrilling than a regular legion battle.
The enemy's scout is also a good player. If you are not a soldier, you are not qualified to be a scout.
"See you, General." Ma San bowed with his hands in hand.
Fang Jue raised his hand: "No need to be polite, tell me, how is the situation in the north?"
"We discovered a small unit of the Beiliang Army."
"Is he a scout?" Fang Jue said.
Ma San shook his head: "They are not scouts, they should be elites, but they are not many, only a few hundred people."
"What's the use of hundreds of people?" Everyone was puzzled.
"What are they doing?" Fang Jue frowned.
Ma San was also puzzled: "We found that most of these small groups of cavalry were stationed on the mountainside in the north, and some of them climbed up the mountain."
climb mountains?
Wei Feng was stunned: "What kind of trick is this?"
"The White Dragon Snow Mountain is hundreds of feet higher than the clouds. What are they doing by climbing so high? Do they still want to surprise us by flying down from the mountain to surprise us?" Cheng Jie chuckled.
"Surprise attack?" Wei Feng shook his head, "There are only a few hundred people, what use can it be?"
No one could understand it.
Fang Jue fell into deep thought, because what this Northern Liang army was doing was somewhat similar to what he was doing.
"Master, didn't you send a few experts from the firearms camp and the bodyguard camp to climb the mountain a few days ago?" Dianyi looked aside and noticed the similarities.
"What?"
Wei Feng, Cheng Jie and other generals only knew about this matter.
"Why did the general send people to climb the mountain?" Wei Feng was surprised, "Luo Yang also sent people to do the same, is the purpose the same?"
"But even if we occupy the mountain top, what's the use?"
Everyone looked at Fang Jue.
Fang Jue was a little surprised: "This Luo Yang is interesting. Could it be that he and I are really thinking about the same thing? If so, then he is really knowledgeable and even understands this..."
"What does the general mean by this?" Wei Feng felt that these two people were probably planning something, something beyond ordinary people's understanding.
Fang Jue didn't explain, and turned back to point to the map of the North on the wall.
Linzhou, the only thoroughfare to the north of Beiliang, is here, the pass of Bailong Snow Mountain.
"We are here." Fang Jue pointed.
"yes?"
Fang Jue: "If this pass is gone, whether we want to go north or Beiliang wants to go south to attack us, we will have to go around hundreds of miles."
"Yes, the Bailong Mountain Pass is the only access to the Bailong Snow Mountain. Otherwise, unless you go over the mountain or go around from the direction of Tuzhou...otherwise, there is no way to reach Linzhou." Wei Feng has studied Beiliang.
The terrain is so good that it is natural to prepare for a battle.
"etc?"
Cheng Jie discovered the blind spot and said in disbelief: "Could it be that both the general and Na Luo Yang want to block this pass?"
Fang Jue smiled and said nothing, looking at Wei Feng and others.
"Why is this blocked?"
Everyone just thought it was ridiculous and it was impossible to do such a thing.
"Even if tens of thousands of migrant workers participate, it won't take a few months to block this road?"
Bailong Mountain Pass is too spacious. It is more like a broad road than a mountain pass. It only looks petite because it is sandwiched between several mountains.
In fact, this passage is very wide, enough to accommodate several thousand-household-level legion battles.
It seems impossible to block this pass, even if you think about it.
"Luo Yang wants to block this place. As long as this pass is sealed, we can't continue going north and have to march to Beiliang from the direction of Tuzhou... If Yiming has appeared outside Tuzhou, it means that Luo Yang really plans to block this place.
Pass.”
The pass of Bailong Snow Mountain was sealed so that the Xia army could not steal Wan Yiming's back or go deep into the hinterland of Luoyang.
If you want to continue going north, you can only go back and take a detour and march northeast from Tuzhou.
"How to block it?" Wei Feng, Cheng Jie and others still found it unbelievable.
"I have my own way... But it's incredible to me that Luo Yang actually has a way." Fang Jue felt a little hard to understand.
"Did he get the firearm camp's secret recipe for ammunition?" Fang Jue frowned, feeling that Luo Yang seemed to be very confident.
Actually, they only sent a few hundred people to block this pass.
Either you want to give it a try, so you don’t dare to send too many people for fear of damage. Or you are really confident and feel that this matter does not require too many people.
"Ma San, when did the people from the Northern Liang Army start climbing mountains?" Fang Jue looked at Ma San.
Ma Sandao: "General, the Beiliang people started this three days ago."
"It's about the same time as us." Fang Jue sent people to climb the mountain four days ago.
However, it takes more time to climb here, and the north side is faster, so we should arrive at the destination area almost at the same time.
"Originally, I wanted to wait and seal the pass to avoid a frontal battle if the Northern Liang Army attacked."
Fang Jue clicked his tongue and said, "But now it seems that Luo Yang is going to make the first move."
"Then we don't have to take any action and can save some energy?" Dian said.
"No... we have to take action in advance and send signal flares to the brothers who are going up the mountain so that they can activate in advance so as not to be affected by the Beiliang people's actions."
As soon as Dian left the camp, Fang Jue looked at Wei Feng and Cheng Jie again and said:
"Pass my military order to march immediately and retreat ten miles towards Linzhou City."
Wei Feng was stunned and said, "Don't you want this mountain pass anymore?"
"If the Beiliang Army takes the opportunity to occupy this place, it will be difficult for our army to move northward." Cheng Jie also felt that there was something wrong with the general's military order.
"Yes, General, think twice..."
All the officers and generals were doubtful.
Fang Jue said: "Execute the military order, and you will know what happened in an hour."
"this……"
Military orders were issued like a mountain, and although everyone complained, they did not dare to seriously disobey them.
As this military order was passed down, the entire army set off and retreated towards Linzhou.
Two hours later, the army set up camp again.
Fang Jue took the generals to a high slope and ordered people to bring a chair and set up a tent.
Light the fire and wait.
"General, you called us here to warm yourself by the fire on the top of this mountain?" Fan Ji smiled bitterly, "The wind is so strong that it will be a waste of time to roast us, and it won't be warm at all."
"What do you know? Generals act with deep meaning. Just follow orders." Dong Gui said. This chapter has been completed!
