Chapter 1061 Shilixia The words "King Wu" are a signal to the world. After Fang Jie returned to Changchun Garden, he summoned his subordinates to discuss matters. This was different from discussing matters in Taiji Hall. The people summoned this time were all trusted generals of the Black Flag Army. "I received the news early in the morning." Chen Xiaoru handed over a military report with both hands: "This is sent back by General Cui of the northwest. The Mongolian people have been attacking non-stop during these days, but because they are not used to crossing the river on foot, , there are no suitable equipment, and our naval blockade makes the situation stable. However, when General Cui sent someone to send the news, the Mengyuan people began to attack again. General Cui estimated that the Meng Yuan people were running out of food and grass. , I can¡¯t wait any longer.¡± Dugu Wenxiu nodded: ¡°The northwest is exhausted, and the Mongolian people cannot plunder food and grass. If the cattle and sheep they carry are not accustomed to the climate and get sick, it will be a disaster for Meng Lie to lead his troops. After many years, I naturally know that I can no longer hesitate at this time, either to fight to the death or to retreat." "We are not short of men, horses and food." Wu Yiyi said: "The fleet of goods is always going down. If it is not possible to transport grain from Liyincang to the northwest, you can also transport grain from Chang'an City to the northwest. The food stored in the four granaries in Chang'an City will not be used up even if it takes a hundred years. However, we can go there by land. If we transport food to the northwest, the consumption along the way is not a small amount." Fang Jie said, "If the fleet cannot be mobilized, we can only transport food by land, and we cannot let the soldiers fighting on the front line. I will go to war with the enemy when I am hungry. I will arrange for the troops to sort out the supplies and send them to the northwest immediately." "Here" Wu Yiyi responded: "My lord, do you want to go to the northwest or to Lingmen Pass? ?" "Lingmen Pass" Fang Jie pointed to the map and said: "In the northwest, even if Meng Lie's troops are defeated directly, Meng Yuan's defeated troops are all cavalry, they can still flee all the way to Langru Mountain, don't you want to pursue them? So easy. Brother Meng is different here. First, Brother Meng is the Great Khan of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. If he can be killed, the Mongolian Yuan army will be in chaos. By then, it will be too late for those people to seize the position of the Great Khan. How can they still want to fight? "Secondly, if Brother Meng goes deep alone, it will not be easy even if he wants to escape." "Chen Xiaoru" Fang Jie looked at Chen Xiaoru and said, "Send someone to Chen Dingnan's headquarters in the northwest and tell them to let the soldiers spread the news." It was said that Meng Ge, the Great Khan of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, was defeated at Lingmen Pass and his life and death were unknown. The general of the Meng Yuan Black Mountain Army, Gai She, proclaimed himself Khan and killed the other Wang Ting generals. " Chen Xiaoru said, "I will send someone here." Dugu Wenxiu couldn't help but praise: "No matter whether the enemies in the northwest believe this news or not, people's hearts will be in chaos. For the war situation in the northwest, it is a good thing as long as the enemies themselves are in chaos. Brother Meng wants to invade the Central Plains in one go this time. He made a big mistake, thinking that he could split his troops into two groups and steal our retreat without anyone noticing, but he forgot that he was alone and had no support. Moreover, his troops were too far away from Meng Lie's troops, and there was no information and rumors. Once it spreads, you can't stop it even if you want to." "You can also send people to divide it." Wu Daodao thought for a while and said, "Brother Meng is determined to go eastward. Not all of his Wang Ting generals may be convinced. Some people are dissatisfied. You can take advantage of such people. As long as you send someone to contact them secretly and give them some expensive gifts, let them persuade Meng Lie to withdraw his troops." "Meng Lie is Meng Ge's most trusted general, so he may not withdraw his troops. " Dugu Wenxiu said. Wu Yiyi shook his head: "Dugu, you didn't think about it from Meng Lie's position. If rumors spread that Meng Ge was dead, wouldn't Meng Lie be panicked? If Meng Ge is really dead, what is Meng Lie most anxious to do? " "Hurry back to the royal court and seize the throne! " Dugu Wenxiu's eyes lit up. Wu Daodao smiled and said: "Meng Lie doesn't know whether Brother Meng is really dead or pretending to be dead, and he doesn't know whether the Montenegrin Army Gai Amnesty really rebelled or pretended to rebel. . But he will inevitably think about it, what if these things are true? If it is true, then the two most promising people to compete for the throne are the Montenegrin Army General Gai She who holds 300,000 of the most elite cavalry, and the other is Meng Lie! Moreover, he has a direct lineage from the Golden Family. As long as he leads his troops back to the royal court, his succession to the throne will be much smoother than Gaishe's. " Dugu Wenxiu's mind immediately came alive: "That's right, even if Meng Lie suspects that the news is false, he still has to make preparations. He is in the northwest and can return to the grassland much faster than Gaishe. This is his biggest advantage. Even though he was worried that Brother Meng was still alive and did not dare to rush back to the royal court to seize the throne, he would definitely send troops back to the Langru Mountain Canyon to guard him to prevent Gai She from going back first. Even if it's just a division of troops, it's a good thing for us. ¡± Fang Jie said with a smile: "You can't help yourself if you have this kind of thought. If something like this hadn't happened, Meng Lie wouldn't have had a chance to become a procrastinator. Now that he has the chance, he won't let it go. As long as Meng Lie returns his troops, even if we watch Meng Ge retreat without sending any troops, Meng Lie will send troops to block the Langrushan Canyon, making the false news of the Khan's death become true. "Yes." Dugu Wenxiu said: "Once Meng Lie goes back, there is no turning back. He must make people believe that Brother Meng is dead, so he must not let Brother Meng go back." He waved his hands and said: "Everyone gets busy. Now we only have this biggest enemy left to deal with, and then we can move our army to the east. The war in Eastern Xinjiang does not allow us to waste too much time, even if it is Meng Yuan What's the big sweat? This is our territory, and the life of any Han is more important than his." "Song Zihui" Fang Jie looked at Song Zihui, who was sitting at the back and didn't dare to speak. There is an errand that I need you to do alone." Song Zihui stood up quickly and said, "My lord, please give me your orders." Fang explained, "Gao Kaitai's troops have no less than 100,000 soldiers, most of whom I have integrated into the Black Flag Army. , there are still 20,000 troops that have not been relocated for the time being. I will transfer 3,000 cavalry from the Black Flag Army to you. You can go to the Ministry of War to ask for food, supplies, and what you need, and then leave Beijing quickly to fight somewhere. , I don¡¯t care, how to fight, I don¡¯t care, I just want you to lead the troops all the way to the west, and I will give you enough rights. However, within three months, you must rush to Qingfeng Mountain in Xiting County. That is the only way for Brother Meng to return. It's the only way to pass through the grassland, you strangle it to death!" "Here!" Song Zihui responded loudly, his voice trembling. He has just joined the Black Flag Army and is able to lead the army alone. How much trust does this place? "Go ahead." Fang Jie smiled and said, "Wait for me at Qingfeng Mountain, and I'll see how famous you are in Western Xinjiang." In Eastern Xinjiang, there is a Shili Gorge six hundred miles southeast from where Mu Mansion is. Three hundred miles further east of the gorge is Phoenix Terrace. Phoenix Terrace is a border town in the easternmost part of the Sui Dynasty. It has always been of great significance. Now, Phoenix Terrace means even more. The Black Flag Army in Nalan Dingdong is stationed at Phoenix Tower, which is already an isolated city. Under the continuous attacks of the foreigners, many places in Eastern Xinjiang have been lost. Phoenix Tower is like a huge nail embedded in the lost territory, nailed to the logistics supply line of the foreign team. The foreign troops are constantly attacked by the Black Flag Army. However, foreigners still can¡¯t win the Phoenix Tower. With Phoenix Tower as the center, the Black Flag Army's defense line was within a radius of fifty miles. The foreigners could not defeat it, so they had to take a detour. However, the Black Flag Army has cavalry and firearms battalions, which can completely compete with the foreigners. Moreover, the Black Flag Army is very well-informed. As long as the foreign supply team passes by, the Black Flag Army will definitely harass them. If you can grab it, grab it; if you can't grab it, burn it. Even though Archduke Hullens, who was responsible for commanding the foreign vanguard army, was ruthless, he had no way to deal with the Black Flag Army. "Report!" A Black Flag Army soldier hurriedly ran outside Nalan Dingdong's room and said urgently: "General, a few people came from the Shili Gorge. They said they were from the Red Eyebrow Army and had an urgent military situation." Lan Dingdong quickly asked people to come in. Two Black Flag Army soldiers helped a wounded man come in. The clothes on his body were torn and stained with blood everywhere. There were two feather arrows stuck in his back. If it weren't for His leather armor was thick and tough enough for these two arrows to pass through him. "General Nalan, please save our leader!" This man was dying and his voice was very weak. "What happened?" Nalan Dingdong asked. The man gasped and said: "Our Red Eyebrow Army is in short supply of food and grass, so the big leader planned to take us to Fenghuang Terrace to copy the foreign supply team. When we walked to Shili Gorge, we were ambushed by the enemy. The big leader led the troops After a hard fight, we are still trapped in the Shili Gorge, and we are out of food. General, I beg you to send troops to rescue quickly. If you don't rescue, tens of thousands of brothers in the Red Eyebrow Army will be in danger. " "Who set up an ambush?" Nalan Dingdong asked. . "I don't know." The man shook his head with difficulty: "But they are definitely not foreigners. The team did not display a flag, and you can't tell which team they belong to by looking at their attire. They should have changed their clothes on purpose." Nalan Dingdong With an expression on his face, he walked behind the man and took a look: "This feather arrow is a standard feather arrow made by the Sui Dynasty Workshop. There are not many teams with such feather arrows in Eastern Xinjiang. I can have the troops to surround you, Chimei." There are less than ten thousand troops." He was silent for a while.He said: "Come here, order 10,000 light cavalry to accompany me on the expedition!" Shilixia The Red Eyebrow Army has run out of food and has used up all their feathered arrows. After they entered the canyon, they were blocked from both sides. The ambush soldiers on the cliff kept pushing down boulders. The Red Eyebrow Army suffered heavy casualties. Although the Red Eyebrow Army are all people from the Green Forest Road, and many of them have good cultivation, they cannot perform at all in this dangerous place. The enemy came well-prepared and did not charge directly. They just kept attacking the Red Eyebrow Army in the canyon with stones and feather arrows. The Red Eyebrow Army was in an unobstructed place and the soldiers were losing extremely quickly. If it weren't for the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army rushing forward with his men, killing through several enemy obstacles and finding a place to rest, the entire army would have been wiped out by now. "Big boss!" A general of the Red Eyebrow Army said anxiously: "There is no way to continue like this. If the people who go out to ask for help can't come back, we will be in danger. Why don't you lead the brothers and charge again? As long as After rushing out of the valley, you can't go far beyond Changping City. Changping City is guarded by troops from the Mu Mansion. We can go and ask for help!" He didn't notice that the face of their young leader was filled with pain. "No, we can't go to Changping City." The young leader shook his head, his tone full of sadness: "Why is this happening? Why do you want to attack my Red Eyebrow Army?" His expression was sad, and his eyes were full of pain. "Why?" his general asked. The big leader did not answer, holding an arrow picked up from the ground in his hand. His eyes fell on Yujian, and the corners of his mouth were trembling. At this moment, his whole body was as cold as ice.