On the 19th, the snow stopped, but the sun was still not visible.
In the backyard of Xiping Mansion, Lin Muyu accompanied Qin Yin, Tang Xiaoxi, Chu Yao, and Feng Jixing to eat Linghuosi’s big pot of rice, a bowl of vegetable soup, plus two meatloaf, and the meatloaf was just broken. The minced meat, mixed with vegetable leaves, tastes strange, but it's good to be used as a belly when there is a lack of food.
He ate the last bite of the meatloaf unsatisfactorily. Lin Muyu looked at the sky outside and said, "It's been seven or eight days. Why has Ding Xi not returned? Isn't he detained? Even if he is detained, Situ Senneng. Break out of the siege and report..."
Feng Jixing said: "Who knows..."
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Wei Qiu said excitedly: "General Ding Xi is back!"
"please come in."
"Yes!"
In the front hall, Ding Xi held the helmet in his arms, and came to the dust, with a smile on his face.
"See His Royal Highness, see Lin Shuai!" He bowed on one knee and saluted.
"Be flat, General Ding Xi." Qin Yin smiled.
"It seems that Ding Shuai has completed the task!" Lin Muyu said with a smile.
"The subordinates fulfill their mission. The pirates of the Southern Islands have agreed to send troops, but... they have one condition."
"Oh, what conditions?"
Ding Xi hesitated for a few seconds, and said: "They will attack the harbor in the mountain provinces in ten days, but they will not attack Qianshan City, but wait for us to cede this famous city to them, and One hundred thousand catties of gold have to be handed over to them one after another, otherwise this transaction will not be able to continue."
"It's really greedy!" Feng Jixing said.
"Yes, pirates are greedy at first." Ding Xi smiled brilliantly: "And if I'm not mistaken, once these pirates get the city of Qianshan, they will looted, robbed women, and returned with money and women. On the sea, continue to go to the archipelago to live like an emperor. I want Qianshan City not to occupy it, but to covet the treasures accumulated in Qianshan City for thousands of years."
"A thief is a thief." Feng Jixing smiled and said, "Ayu, do you want to agree to their terms?"
"Promise, why not agree, as long as they agree to attack from the west coast, they can at least contain a part of Longxi's troops."
"What about Qianshan City? Would you like to give it to them?"
"Yes, we must give, Da Qin Empire, we will do what we say." Lin Muyu's eyes were joking.
Tang Xiaoxi smiled and said, "Mu Mu, what kind of medicine do you sell in the gourd?"
"There is no medicine, but this group of pirates want it, then it will satisfy them. Anyway, it is a deal." Lin Muyu raised her eyebrows: "Ding Shuai, how many people do they have in total? How many ships?"
Ding Xi groaned: "As far as I know, the pirate group on the islands has more than 3,000 ships. The number is more than 100,000. They have been harassing the coastal villages of the Blackstone Empire and the Tianji Empire for their livelihoods. In recent years, they have often harassed the two major provinces of my country, Volley and Lingdong. These people are like cancers in the Celestial Continent and the Broken Ding Realm."
Lin Muyu gently rubbed the hilt of the Xuanyuan sword at his waist with his left hand, and said nothing.
"Mu Mu, what do you think?" Tang Xiaoxi asked.
Feng Jixing smiled faintly: "He has already moved to murder."
"Oh?"
"Every time Ayu touches the hilt of the sword, it means making a decision that ordinary people don't dare to make, right?" Feng Jixing asked with a smile.
Lin Muyu was a little bit dumbfounded: "Big Brother Feng, you are really observant... Yes, I want to take the opportunity to kill this group of pirates. There is no righteousness with this group of scumbags. We pretended to agree to their terms and let them enter Qianshan City. , And then ambush two elite soldiers to cut off their way, block this group of pirates in Qianshan City and destroy them. Those who are willing to return to the camp of prisoners of war, and those who are unwilling to return are killed on the spot. Anyway, the mountains and provinces are ours sooner or later. Territory, it is considered that these pirates have been wiped out for the people in advance."
"I agree, it will serve multiple purposes." Qianfeng nodded.
Qin Yin Li Guo smiled, "I agree too."
"That's it." Lin Muyu thought for a while and said, "Keep the original plan unchanged. About the time when attacking the mountains and provinces, the pirates will also launch attacks on the harbor. The west and north will attack together. See how Long Xi resists it!"
"Ok!"
…
In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and the new year has arrived.
On January 2, heavy snow flew.
Within half a month, Sikongyao issued Tianjizong's summoning order. Thousands of people have already gathered in Xiping City, and the Baize mercenary's summoning order has been issued long ago. There are endless streams of Baize mercenaries. Gathering together, with the powerful appeal of Sikongyao and Liu Buyi, they have recalled nearly 100,000 people within half a month. This also means that Lin Muyu has 250,000 troops at his disposal this time. !
Early in the morning, the drums of war sounded, and the two hundred and fifty thousand troops marched from Xiping City in an endless stream to the mountain provinces. Lin Muyu personally ordered the troops who were accompanying them to fight, Qian Feng, Wei Qiu, Xu Jiantao, Qin Yong, Qin Yan, Sikong Yao and Liu Buyi were among them, while Feng Jixing, Xiang Yu, and Chen Xiaoli stayed behind to guard Xiping City.
Feng Jixing's literary talents and martial arts are one of the few in the world, and his guarding of Xiping City is also reassuring.
Fortunately, the snow has stopped for nearly half a month. The snow on the ground has already melted. The magic crystal cannon and other baggage are not so difficult to transport, and Sikongyao and Liu Buyi have already built strong officials when they were in Xiping City. It’s not difficult to travel to the mountain provinces along the way.
…
Three days later, the army arrived at Beiguan in Lieshan Province.
The march was exhausted, Lin Muyu ordered the three armies to camp ten miles outside the pass, and the attack began at dawn the next day.
At dusk, the flames of the oil lamps were constantly swaying under the blowing of the cold wind, and there was a whining northerly wind outside the tent. The weather was so cold that everyone was shivering with cold.
A huge map was spread on the large table of Shuai Zeng. On the map, Beiguan was marked in red.
Wei Qiu held the sword hilt in his hand and said: "Beiguan is the only place to pass from the Western Mountain Province to the Mountain Provinces. It is also one of the most important military towns. The pass is very strong, up to 20 meters high. At Beiguan, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers under his command, and just 200 miles to the south of Beiguan is Qianshan City. The cavalry can be reinforced in half a day. Once we start attacking Beiguan, it means fighting with the dragon. The Xi army has officially started to clash."
"Will Long Xi send the main force to Beiguan?" Lin Muyu asked.
Wei Qiu smiled: "It was extremely possible, but it is no longer possible. The hundreds of thousands of pirates who began archiving the islands this morning have already begun attacking the harbors in the mountains and provinces. Long Xi is too busy to take care of herself, so how can it be possible to send the main force to the north? Close it."
"I don't think so."
Lin Muyu said lightly: "Don't you smell any smell?"
"Smell?" Wei Qiu and Xu Jiantao were shocked together.
Qianfeng smiled, "I have the same premonition as the marshal, that something will happen tonight."
"Could they... attack the camp?" Wei Qiu was shocked.
Lin Muyu nodded: "Yes, after we came here, Beiguan was quiet. We couldn't even see a sentry rider. This only shows that they knew that we would come and were prepared. If I were the other party The defender will also take advantage of the great opportunity of our army's exhaustion from a long journey tonight to attack the camp."
"However, the strength of Beiguan is only a mere 100,000!"
"You must be good at using soldiers and be good at using strange things."
Lin Muyu frowned and said: "No matter what, order the three armies to strengthen their guard and defend their enemies. You led the 20,000 gentian battalion cavalry to ambush in the jungle on the right side of the camp. Situ Sen, you order the artillery battalion to prepare all the magic crystal cannons and aim at the big The front of the battalion is ready for bombing, and the shallow wind sends orders to the Jiamo camp. Once the enemy strikes, the Jiamo serves as the first line of defense."
"Yes!"
Everyone clasped their fists together, and then took Lin Muyu's command arrow.
…
After a while, Lin Muyu raised her head and glanced at Ding Xi, and said, "The military newspaper brought back by our Dragon Cavalry, how come it seems that the pirates have not moved much, but are quiet."
"Please rest assured, the marshal, there will be some movement."
"Ding Shuai is sure that these pirates will not be instigated? After all, they only recognize money."
"No." Ding Xi smiled faintly: "The subordinates have already signed the covenant paper. No matter what price anyone pays, our army is willing to pay three times!"
"Will they believe you?"
"Yes, when the subordinates told them that they were willing to bid three times, they looked very distressed, just like selling a wife."
"..."
Lin Muyu grinned, she was speechless.
…
At the same time, at the western port of Qianshan City, a black rock legion cavalry regiment arrived in the port, and a dense swarm of pirate warships floated on the ocean.
Zhou Ziyang, dressed as a scribe, entered the chamber in the harbour, and the opponent was a group of pirates with horoscopes, one by one, each of them was fierce and evil. If it weren't for the warriors of the Black Rock Legion behind Zhou Ziyang, I'm afraid he would lose all his momentum. Up.
"It's so decided."
Zhou Ziyang pushed the document forward and said: "As long as Guimeng is willing to attack the Qin army from the sea, he is willing to offer 50,000 top-quality beauties, plus 300,000 catties of gold and a million brocades."
"The military master is really generous, so sincere, we can't cooperate if we don't cooperate!" The pirate leader squinted his eyes and took the document signed with the word "Zhou Ziyang" into his arms. Will land and kill Qin Jun from the side."
"No, tomorrow morning is too late, I want you to kill it overnight!"
"what?"
"Why, can't it?"
"Well, how can you fail?" The pirate leader smiled slightly: "Then it's a deal!"
"good!"
Zhou Ziyang walked out of the chamber, and immediately said to the warlords on both sides: "Release the Yushu, tell Master Long Xi that the plan is complete, and immediately launch an attack to slam the Qin army with the strength of the entire army. This is our only one. Opportunity, otherwise, we will definitely not be the elite opponents of the Qin Army in a protracted battle. We must fight fast and slow to kill Lin Muyu by surprise!"
"Yes, strategist!"
Zhou Ziyang looked at the snow curtain outside with cold eyes, tightened the lace of the cloak, and turned on his horse and said: "Go, rush to the Beiguan battlefield overnight, now... there should have been a fight over there."