The common people are concerned about the war situation in Eastern Xinjiang, but they don't have the time to think carefully about any changes in the war situation. Naturally, they would not understand what effect Fang Jie would have on this messy chess game when he arrived in Eastern Xinjiang. They also don't know that Malan Mountain has become the center of the storm.
In fact, the north-south direction of Malan Mountain is not very far. If the road is flat, the distance can be covered in less than a day at most. But if it is over the mountains and mountains, there is no time for three or four days to make it through. And even if the mountain doesn't look majestic, how difficult is it to walk over it like opening up wasteland
Therefore, the canyon has become an important traffic route.
Eastern Xinjiang is separated from north to south, and this place is the throat.
There is no pass in the north of Malanshan Canyon, and the Chengguan built in the south was built during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Sui Dynasty. Once this place was the territory of Chu State.
North mouth of the canyon
Countless soldiers and ants moved back and forth, carrying logs on their shoulders, or two people carrying stones, piling up towards the mouth of the canyon. These Mu Fu soldiers appeared a day after the troops of the Black Banner Army passed by, and they had obviously been waiting here for a long time.
Standing on the high slope, Mu Guangling watched the soldiers under him busy stacking logs and stones.
He ordered to block the exit to the north of the Malanshan Canyon, which was not a small project. The Malan Mountain Canyon is not very narrow, and it is not rugged. After the Sui Dynasty took this territory from the Eastern Chu, it knew the importance of this place, so it took a year to enlist more than 100,000 local migrant workers. Time will clear the canyon.
In the narrowest part of the canyon, thirty or forty people can pass by side by side.
"My lord!"
The scout sent by Wei An knelt down on one knee and said: "The general sent me to report to you that the team of the Black Banner Army has entered the mountain pass. In addition, the team of foreigners has also arrived. The foreigners who came this time are fighting What is painted on the flag is not black morning glory, but hyacinth, which should be Mox's team. The ones leading the way are at least 200,000 soldiers from Chu State... The general asked the Lord to give orders, what to do next? manage."
"Go back and tell him, don't go head-to-head with foreigners. After the foreigners pass by, seal off all roads. No matter if it's a major road or a small road, all of them are sealed off. The battlefield that forces foreigners and the Black Banner Army is near Malanshan Pass. This time, the Black Banner Army passed by Chen Dingnan's troops, with no less than 100,000 troops. Malanshan Pass can accommodate up to 10,000 people, and the rest of the troops must be stationed in front of the Shan Pass. Thirty percent of the army is cavalry, which cannot be used to guard the gate. Therefore, once this battle is fought, there will be battlefields within a radius of dozens of miles."
"No matter what happens between the two sides, don't meddle indiscriminately."
Mu Guangling ordered: "Tell Wei An that his duty is to watch the battle. Unless the Black Banner Army defeats the foreigners and retreats, he will immediately block the foreigners' retreat, otherwise, there is no need to send troops."
"Here."
The scout agreed, turned and left.
Mu Guangling looked at his subordinates in the distance, and they had basically blocked the canyon. The piled stones and wood are almost half a person high, and they should be completely sealed before dark. He knew that there were not many troops he could call at hand now. After several years of wars, the million-dollar army he was once proud of, now he can call no more than 600,000.
Among them, 100,000 people stayed in Mufu City, and 100,000 people stayed in Shilixia to contain Phoenix Terrace. This time he mobilized almost all the teams that the northern cities could call, but he didn't make up 200,000 troops. Wei An had 150,000 in his hand, and compared to the two enemies he wanted to swallow in one gulp, he alone had no advantage over him.
So Mu Guangling hated and was angry.
Obviously he is the master of Dongjiang, but now he is suppressed by others instead.
There are more and more foreigners in Eastern Xinjiang. At the beginning, there were almost 400,000 soldiers under Xiu Lunsi. In the past few years, they fought against the Mu Mansion, plus fighting with other forces. The strength of his subordinates has been reduced to about 250,000 people. However, reinforcements from the Opulu Empire came continuously from Eastern Chu. Mo Kesi had hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, and the foreigner named Proze also had a lot of troops.
At the beginning of the Black Banner Army, there were only Nalan Dingdong's 100,000 troops, but after fighting back and forth, the strength of the Mu Mansion was greatly lost, but the strength of the Black Banner Army was hardly reduced! Fang Jie brought at least 700,000 people from the Black Banner Army brigade. In Eastern Xinjiang, Mu Guangling became the one who looked at other people's faces!
How could Mu Guangling, who was used to being the emperor of the Eastern Frontier, accept this
"Fang Jie, Lehman..."
Mu Guangling muttered to himself.
"Both of you can be regarded as unborn heroes, but this Eastern Border is my territory!"
His eyes were hot and excited.
After this battle, neither of you will be able to show off your might in front of me.
he thought to himself.
What an exciting thing this is.
Lehman, this outstanding man from the other side of the ocean. He ascended to the throne at a young age, eradicated dissidents, and then developed his national power to fight everywhere, propping up a small country that was only a third-rate country on the other side of the ocean by himself, becoming the largest empire, and becoming the overlord of a continent!
Fang Jie, who was originally a little-known little man, relied on his unfathomable luck to regain the southwest one after another, wipe out Nanyan, and then occupy the northwest, occupy Chang'an, and deter the south of the Yangtze River. Half of his butt sat on the throne.
How could Mu Guangling not be excited when these two were rivals
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malanshan pass
Chen Dingnan nodded after listening to his subordinates report on the small road.
"Chen He, Chen Ci, Chen Xiao, Chen Zhong."
He looked at the four young generals standing in front of him: "When I left home, you followed me. Over the years, I have led you to fight in the north and south, and have gone through hundreds of battles, big and small. When I was by my side Most of the Erlangs in the Chen family's formation have been killed or injured... You guys have been promoted by me in the past few years, because you all have courage, wisdom and ability. And today's battle is the time to test us."
He stood up with a serious expression on his face: "Your Highness has entrusted us with the most important thing. This battle will definitely affect the situation of the entire eastern border. We are in the middle of the vortex, and all the storms are centered around us." Get up. If you win this battle, I will protect the four of you as marquises and generals in front of the prince!"
"The general just orders!"
The four people clasped their fists together and said, "This subordinate will obey the general's order!"
"good!"
Chen Dingnan said: "Now, I will tell you the prince's arrangement in detail."
He walked to the front of the map and pointed: "The north has been blocked by Mu Guangling's troops. This is expected. The prince has already secretly lost General Chen Qianshan and detoured there. It is estimated that there will be three more at the latest." We reached the north of Malan Mountain in five days, but what General Chen Qianshan had to do was just in case. This just in case... If we lose, we can only retreat to the north. General Chen Qianshan is in charge of attacking Mu Guangling's team, Kill a bloody path for us."
Chen Dingnan said: "I'm telling you this first to tell you that the prince didn't let us put all our eggs in one basket. He arranged a way out for us. But what I want to say is that we have to put all our eggs in one basket!"
"here!"
He pointed: "The army led by San Jinhou has been rushing over from the north day and night, and after the battle, he will be able to go around behind the foreigner army named Xiulunsi. Xiulunsi wants to be a fisherman, he will not Thinking of our people being able to rush over from Shanhaiguan so quickly, you can imagine how hard it is for Sanjinhou's team to go from Shanhaiguan to Malanshan these days without sleep!"
"If we can't fight well, I'm sorry they came here for support so desperately."
Chen Dingnan said: "Right now, there are armies arranged by the prince in the south and the north, so let's just let go and fight. If there is no accident, the first to attack is the surrendered troops of Chu State. For foreigners who work, no one is willing to be a slave after the country is destroyed... The prince has arranged for someone to go to the generals of the Chu army quietly.
"Chu people are arrogant, but not good at fighting. So I will fight back at the beginning."
"Chen He, Chen Ci."
Chen Dingnan ordered: "If Chu's army is the first to attack, you two will follow my orders. When I give the order, each of you will lead 10,000 cavalry and attack the two wings of Chu's army from the left and right. The Chu army has no cavalry. Combat experience, and they don’t have firearms in their hands, even if they have some, it’s nothing to worry about. The most important thing is that the Chu army must be war-weary, so it won’t be too difficult to fight back.”
"If the Chu people dare not fight against the foreigners, what we have to do is to make the Chu people lose every battle in the next few days. The foreigners will be impatient after waiting for a few days, and the foreign army will attack directly. "
He tapped heavily on the map: "Chen Xiao, Chen Zhong."
"The subordinates are here!"
The two young generals strode forward: "Please order, General."
"I will give you two 10,000 infantry each, and you will lead your troops into the mountain tonight. You have already explored the path. Although it is rough and difficult, you can go up the mountain to hide soldiers. You send people to look out from a high place. When will you see When I ordered the fireworks to hit the sky, you immediately led your troops out of the mountains and rushed straight to the flank of the foreign team."
"Here!"
The two responded with a firm expression on their faces.
"Next, it depends on whether the Chu people are willing to be slaves and try their best to attack, or they still have a conscience not to do things for foreigners..."
Chen Dingnan ordered: "Go and prepare!"
"Here!"
The four young generals clasped their fists together, turned around and withdrew.
Chen Dingnan walked slowly to the door, leaning on the railing and looking out of the mountain pass.
His 100,000 men and horses, except those stationed in Shanguan, camped outside. If the enemy wants to attack, he must first start from the camp outside. I don't know how tragic this battle will be. How many of those good men who have left their hometowns to fight the foreigners will be able to return.
Chen Dingnan took a deep breath, and seemed to faintly smell a bloody smell in the air.
His hands gripped the railing tightly, and the veins on the back of his hands were stretched.
"My lord said that there should be no wars in the world after I am forty. I am not yet thirty years old... There are still more than ten years of war in the world. I hope it can be exchanged for a hundred years of peace."