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    As the Rouran cavalry got closer, the alert atmosphere in the Ming army camp became stronger. About two hundred paces away, Yujiulu Shelun waved his hand fiercely, and the tens of thousands of troops in the army stopped one after another.  Yujiulu Shelun showed a hint of pride and called forward: "I am the Qiu Doufa Khan. May I ask if King Ming is here?" Wei Feng slightly cupped his hands and said, "I am alone!" Yujiulu Shelun pointed his riding whip.  : "King Ming, I proposed marriage to you with good intentions, hoping that I, Rouran, would marry your Ming Kingdom as a good friend of the Qin and Jin Dynasties. Unexpectedly, you were arrogant and insulted me, a grassland man. I had no choice but to come here in person to teach you not to be too arrogant!  However, with the war, all lives have been destroyed. This time, in the name of Rouran Khan, I will give you another chance. You will betroth your daughter to me, and you will also be compensated with millions of stones of grain, rice, thousands of silks, and 100,000 catties of iron.  Rouran can reunite with your Ming Dynasty, and we can become brothers!¡±  meaning.  The officers and soldiers of the Ming army were all stunned, and Wei Feng also looked at them one by one. What he mainly observed was the mental outlook of the grassland cavalry. After all, he had never dealt with the grassland cavalry before. Although the Wei people and the Yan people were both Xianbei people, they were Chinese.  The degree is relatively deep. Marching operations pay attention to formation and advance and retreat in a controlled manner, which is not too different from local separatist regimes.  As he watched, Wei Feng's heart gradually became heavy. He saw a wild presence in the prairie cavalry, and a naked desire to conquer. Such soldiers may not have strict military discipline, but their bravery is even better.  !  After a while, Wei Feng looked away and turned to Liu Jingxuan and Sima Xiuzhi. Both of them had sneers on their faces and hatred in their eyes, looking like they were dead.  .  Wei Feng did not bother with them, and finally looked at Yu Jiulu Shelun.  Yu Jiulu Shelun waved his big hand again, and the noise behind him gradually subsided, and then he called out: "What do you think, King Ming?" "Hahahaha~~" Wei Feng looked up to the sky and smiled: "Yu Jiulu Shelun. Who do you think you are?  Son? Don¡¯t take a pee and look at yourself. Are you worthy of me, the Ming Dynasty Princess? I have a lot of money in the Ming Dynasty, so come and get it!¡± ¡°Hahahaha~~¡± The soldiers of the Ming army were also shocked.  Laughing, some even pointed, with disdain on their faces!  Yujiulu Shelun was shaking with anger and said angrily: "Okay, since you don't know how to praise me, then you can't blame me!" Just when Yujiulu Shelun was about to order an attack, Sima Xiuzhi had already whispered to dissuade him: "Khan, King Ming  He is very cunning, just to tempt you to attack hastily, and you are surrounded by soldiers, why would you risk the death of your own people?" Liu Jingxuan also said: "Khan, it's okay to hold back your anger for a while.  You might as well retreat and gather all the troops to take the lead tonight. If you follow with your own troops, there will be no loss for you even if you can't break the Ming army camp. Why not?" Yujiulu Shelun stared at him bitterly after thinking about it.  Eyeing Wei Feng, he waved his hand again: "Let's go!" The Rouran cavalry retreated like a tide. Liu Xingnan smiled playfully and said: "General, it seems that Uncle Wanshou and Sima Xiuzhi are quite useful to Yu Jiuchang Shelun.  Guess what they just said." Wei Feng said disapprovingly: "Liu Jingxuan is reckless and ignorant. Except for Sima Yi, he has never been a good general. What clever plan do they have?  It is just a temporary withdrawal of troops to test the strength of our army with the rest of the grassland, but I don't know that no one is stupid in this world. Sending others to death will only deepen the resentment against Rouran. If the war goes against him, he will probably change his mind.  Surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty!" All the generals thought it was reasonable. Cui Hao, who followed the expedition, praised: "The king expects the enemy to be like a god. It must be so, but the king must beware of Rouran's attack at night." Wei Feng smiled slightly.  "I understand, come on, let's go back." After saying that, he grabbed the reins of Liu Xingnan's horse and walked back slowly.   On the Saibei grassland, the temperature difference between day and night is huge. As the sun sets, the slight warmth during the day immediately turns into severe cold. Horses that are not active have to wear a piece of leather on their belly to prevent the cold air from penetrating into the internal organs.  This is only in the Pingcheng area. At the Dongmugan Mountain Pass, which is six hundred miles away to the northwest, the overwhelming wind makes people experience what it means to be bone-chilling!  Tan Daoji set off on the same day as Wei Feng. He only had 20,000 light cavalry, and it was reasonable to say that he was much faster. However, after sneaking out of Yanmen, in order to avoid Rouran's army, he first marched due west and arrived at Yunzhongjiu, Qin Dynasty.  Near the county (now Zhungar Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia), turn due north and go straight to the foot of Yinshan Mountain before heading east. Late at night on the same day that Wei Feng arrived in Pingcheng, he also arrived at the pass of Dongmugan Mountain.  Shen Linzi couldn't help tightening the leather jacket wrapped around his armor, and complained: "This damnWhat the hell kind of place?  It has never been so cold during this journey!  " Xu Daofu actually seemed to enjoy the cold wind blowing on his face. He chuckled and said: "General Shen, we are traveling along the south of the mountain. The Yinshan Mountain blocks the north wind. It is naturally overwhelming when we reach the mountain pass. In fact, we are used to it.  That's good. I heard that the king led the Shanin army to bathe in the ice sea, and that group of people have now mastered it. This also shows that southerners may not be unable to survive in the north.  " Tan Daoji felt something in his heart and said: "Yes, at the beginning, the Beifu Army was known as the strongest army in the world, but it gnawed on its laurels and did not want to make progress. As a result, it was quickly chased and thrown away by the king. The king's military training is so wonderful that it is indeed unpredictable.  It¡¯s more than impressive!  " With that said, Tan Daoji sighed again and said: "There is nothing more wonderful than this, General Xu. In the early years, you followed Sun En and were enemies of the king and the Beifu Army. But who would have expected that in just less than ten years, you would  Time, you and I will fight side by side under the king!  " Xu Daofu said with emotion: "The king is open-minded and shows his kindness to others. Although Daofu once followed his master as an enemy of the king, the king had no grudges and entrusted him with his duties. Daofu was both ashamed and grateful. But now  All we have to do is swear to the death. Forget it, it¡¯s useless to talk more. General Tan, there is a stone castle in front of us. How should we capture it?  ¡± Under the cold moonlight, you can see that on both sides of the mountain path about three to five feet wide, there is a stone castle three feet high and dozens of feet in circumference standing on the left and right. There are faint lights shining in the shooting holes.  The stone fort was blocking the road like a roadblock. It was obviously not the stone fort built by Meng Ke, but rebuilt by later generations on the original site. Tan Daoji looked forward with burning eyes, and after a long time he pondered: "Yishi fort."  The scale is such that two of them can garrison 500 troops. Blocking the road can equal thousands of troops. Attacking by force is only the last resort. It is better to attack by surprise!  " Since it may involve special operations, Wei Feng arranged for Zhang Ning to lead a hundred personal guards to follow him. At this time, Zhang Ning raised his hand and said: "In that case, leave it to the general and brothers, but we are not familiar with the enemy, please.  General Tan is ready to respond.  " Tan Daoji nodded and said: "Please rest assured, General Zhang!  " Zhang Ning waved his hand fiercely, and the hundreds of guards immediately took off their clothes, changed their bloated furs into light khaki night clothes, and tied all kinds of equipment on their bodies, such as the hooks necessary for a gentleman on the beam, the short range,  But it was easy to carry a hand crossbow, a fire stick, and a few khaki-colored cloth bags with no known purpose. This made the surrounding soldiers stunned for a while! Soon, the equipment was neatly dressed, and Zhang Ning waved his hand again, and the hundreds of people were divided.  Two teams, each with fifty people, marched quickly along both sides of the mountain wall. The roaring northwest wind covered up the rustling footsteps. After a while, the hundreds of guards were completely integrated into the darkness. Shen Linzi couldn't help but sigh.  Said: "These are the elite soldiers. Compared with the so-called elites of our Beifu Army, they are simply far behind.  " Xu Daofu explained: "General Shen, although they are quick to move, you can't imagine the hardship they endure. If you train an ordinary person into an elite soldier, half of the ten people will be eliminated, but if you train an elite soldier,  When trained as personal guards, ninety-nine out of a hundred people are likely to be eliminated. Every training they do, in our opinion, is tantamount to risking their lives. At least Dao Fu believes that he will never want to endure that kind of training once.  Dip it a second time.  In addition to going out, the personal guards cannot stop training regardless of wind, frost, rain or snow. Although the Xuanjia Heavenly Army has been incorporated into the personal guard sequence, they can only be regarded as elite soldiers among the elite soldiers, which is much worse than the real personal guards.  , At present, there are only a thousand personal guards of the king, but if a thousand personal guards fight against our 20,000 people, Daofu can guarantee that the winner will be the personal guards.  " Tan Daoji sighed again and said: "General Shen, you and I should stop talking about the Beifu Army. The Beifu Army no longer exists. We must remember that we are the Ming Army. Although it is just a verbal habit, it will always spread out.  inappropriate.  ' Shen Linzi was shocked and quickly raised his hands: "Thank you, General Tan, for reminding me." Tan Daoji didn't say much and cast his anxious eyes forward.  In the eyes of outsiders, the guards look relaxed and at ease, but in fact, each of them has their hearts tightened like a string. Not only do they have to judge whether there are trip wires or bells placed on the ground through their blurred vision,  While waiting for gadgets, you should always keep an eye out for any patrol sentries appearing.  Maybe it was the weather, or maybe it was the confidence in the two stone forts, but there were no surprises along the way!  The distance was close to about thirty feet, and the stone castle in front could be clearly seen. Faint voices and laughter floated in the wind, and there was the smell of barbecue and milk wine, but the guards could not go any further.  Occasionally there will be vague figures shaking on the top of the castle.  Zhang Ning waved his hand again, and there were five personal guards on each side, crawling forward slowly. Whenever their eyes glanced down, these ten people would immediately stop and wait until they looked away before continuing to look towards them.  ???, just like that, it took a long time to reach the bottom of the stone castle.  The castle gate is definitely inaccessible and you have to climb the wall, but throwing a hook will be very risky. First of all, there will be a snap. The stone castle is only so big. If you pay attention, you will easily find it stuck.  If the rope head on the stone wall is unlucky and thrown directly under the eyes of the patrolman, it will kill someone.  PS: Thank you for the two monthly passes of Blood Storm 2.0~~~~
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