My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1084 That's the food from my land! Li is just an ordinary prisoner!

March 7, the 17th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huangdi.

The scorching sun at noon could not penetrate the dense forest, making the path under the forest still exceptionally cold.

Led by Huugjile, 20,000 knights carefully passed through the pass. Even though their war horses were short and slender, especially good at walking on mountain roads, they were still daunted by the almost vertical cliffs on both sides. They could only send more scouts and split their troops into several groups to scout forward.

Looking at the vast and lonely sky, Huugjile asked in a deep voice: "Still haven't found out the enemy situation?"

Huugjile's intuition told him that something was wrong! Very wrong!
Such a lush forest should not be so quiet.

There should be the roars of animals and the chirping of birds in his ears, and flocks of birds flying before his eyes.

But his subordinates shook their heads again and said, "The scouts have not yet found any traces of the enemy."

Huugjile's brows were tightly knitted, and he could only order: "Send another thousand tribesmen as scouts."

"We're moving slowly!"

As a pioneer, even though Huugjile felt uneasy, he had no choice but to move forward.

Because the entire Taihang Mountains were unfamiliar to the Donghu, Huugjile himself could not be sure whether there were really enemy troops lurking around or whether the ecology of this forest was completely different from that of the Donghu mountains.

Under Huugjile's command, 20,000 knights were on guard with bows in hand the whole time, scanning the hillsides on both sides vigilantly, but they did not see even a trace of the enemy. They only captured a dozen hunters who went up the mountain to cut wood.

After another day of marching, a pass made of earth and stones stood in front of 20,000 Donghu soldiers, and a large flag caught Huugjile's eye.

"plum?!"

Seeing the general flag with the Chinese character "Li" in the distance, Huugjile's muscles tensed up immediately. He held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, his eyes full of concentration: "Order the whole army, prepare for battle!"

Just a few days ago, they had fought a bloody battle with a general flag with the word "Li" in Wuyang City. Arsalan personally led the elite troops in pursuit but failed to catch up. How could Huugjile not be vigilant!
The leader of the 10,000 cavalry, Ha Tujin, said uncertainly: "Great general, although the character 'Li' is written on that flag, it is not a dark red flag."

"Judging from its color, it looks like the flag of a general of the Dai army?"

"And the flag with the word 'Li' on it is not in the front. This level should be headed by another flag."

As for what is written on the other side of the flag?

Sorry, I don’t know Khatukin.

Huugjile was slightly startled, his eyes were solemn and light, but his right hand still tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, and he said in a deep voice: "Captain Wuti, follow me forward!"

Surrounded by a thousand elite soldiers, Huugjile approached the city gate cautiously, and saw a young general in helmet and armor and a middle-aged general standing on the city gate tower, looking into the distance under the guard of hundreds of Dai soldiers.

The four looked at each other, and the middle-aged general bowed and saluted, saying solemnly: "I am Ma Chong, the commander of Shanggu Pass."

"May I ask if you are from an ally?"

Hearing the words shouted by the defenders, Huugjile rode forward to 200 feet outside the city wall, punched his heart with his right fist, and said in a deep voice: "I am the great leader of Tungus and the vanguard Huugjile!"

"I came here on the orders of the Allied Forces' Commander, and am going to Daidi via Shanggu Pass."

"General Ma, please open the city gates for our troops to pass through."

Ma Chong responded in a deep voice: "Now is the time of great war, only those who hold the military order can enter the pass."

"No one without a military order is allowed to approach within 500 feet of the city wall."

"Military orders are ruthless. Please forgive me, fellow friendly soldiers."

As he was speaking, a hanging basket dropped from the city wall.

Huugjile nodded in understanding: "It should be so!"

"Uti!"

Huugjile took out a bamboo tube and a copper seal from his arms and handed them to the captain Wuti, and whispered: "Your troops should enter the city first, and immediately seize the city gate after entering the city, and quickly capture this city!"

The cities belonging to the Dai State can be given a certain degree of trust.

But only Shanggu City, which belongs to Donghu, can be truly trusted.

This involves an important channel for the Allied forces to advance northward, so we cannot be too cautious.

Wu Ti hit his heart with his right fist, and personally led his troops to the city gate, putting all the bamboo tubes and copper seals into the hanging basket.

Ma Chong waved his hand casually and ordered his soldiers to pull up the hanging basket, cut open the sealing mud and take out the bamboo slips inside.

The young general stretched his neck to Ma Chong's side to look at the bamboo slips, and then his face changed: "The commander of the coalition forces ordered Huugjile's troops to be the vanguard, first enter Dai to explore the way, and then go around to Jicheng to open up the grain road."

"And order the officials of all counties and prefectures in Dai to search the people thoroughly and obtain at least one million dan of grain to feed the army?!"

"The king has agreed?"

"It's his mother's fault!"

"That was the spoils of war that Aong led us to travel hundreds of miles north to the Xiongnu and destroyed countless tribes!"

"That's the grain from my land!"

The court ignored the famine in Dai. Three thousand comrades took huge risks, fought for more than a thousand miles, and destroyed dozens of Xiongnu tribes just to earn food for the people of Dai.

They had finally managed to collect enough food to sustain the people of Dai, but an order from the court required them to hand over the food, and to give it to the Xiongnu and Donghu!
Why!
How can there be such a truth in the world! How can there be such a king!

Li Hong clenched his fists in anger, his face turned red, and he wished he could shoot Huugjile to death with an arrow right now!
Ma Chong glanced at Li Hong and said, "Think about the strategy and don't act rashly!"

After being reminded by Ma Chong, Li Hong suppressed his anger and looked at Huugjile with an unfriendly look.

Ma Chong bowed and saluted towards the city, and said in a deep voice: "The military orders are correct."

"Pass on my order to open the city gates!" "Welcome friendly troops into the city!"

Following Ma Chong's order, the gate of Shanggu Pass slowly opened.

Wuti rushed into the city first, preparing to occupy the advantageous terrain and seize the city gate, and then...

Just around the corner I saw another city gate!
Wuti: ???
Looking back again, Wu Ti saw that the already opened city gate was pushed up by fifty soldiers of the Dai Army!

Uti:!!!
Huugjile's face tensed, and he asked in a stern voice: "You are not following the orders of the coalition commander. Are you planning to rebel and become an enemy of our army?!"

Ma Chong said calmly, "In order to ensure the safety of Shanggu Pass, no matter whether it is the friendly forces of the alliance or the soldiers of the substitute army, only a thousand people can enter the pass at a time. After these thousand people pass through, the city gate will be opened again to allow the next thousand people to enter."

Huugjile shouted angrily: "How can one enter a city like this in the world?"

Only 1,000 people can enter at a time? How can we steal a city?
Ma Chong glared sarcastically, "What military strategy do you know?"

"Qin Chang'an Jun once used a small force to steal the city. How can we not be on guard?"

"I will obey the king's order and protect Shanggu Pass. I will never let the king down."

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"Want to rush in all at once? Otherwise, report to my king and ask for his order."

"Or, call in!"

If Huugjile could easily capture Shanggu Pass and make the coalition's passage to the north more stable, Bater would only praise him.

But if Huugjile took the initiative to provoke a war, turning Shanggu Pass, which was originally a passage for the army, into a battlefield, so that the follow-up troops were blocked in Puyin Pass and could not advance or retreat, and made the follow-up troops fear the coalition forces without any results, then Huugjile would be the sinner of the coalition forces!
As for ordering King Dai to tell Ma Chong to let him go, it was nonsense. Time simply did not allow it!

Even though he was very dissatisfied, Huugjile could only say in a deep voice: "Then please let us go quickly, General Ma!"

Then Huugjile whispered: "Order the entire army to prepare for a strong attack!"

Huugjile cannot start a war privately, but he has to be on guard against Ma Chong's intention to start a war!
Ma Chong nodded slightly: "It should be so."

"Let go!"

The gate of the city wall was opened, and Wu Ti passed through Shanggu Pass under the watchful eyes of two thousand soldiers, and then passed through another city wall gate and a city gate, and successfully arrived outside the pass.

When Wuti's troops left Shanggu Pass, the southern gate of Shanggu Pass opened again. Bater frowned and said, "Tebul's troops, move forward!"

One by one, the troops passed through Shanggu Pass and arrived outside the pass. When Huugjile himself stood on the land outside the pass, he felt a little confused for a moment: "I am leaving the pass now?"

"It seems that I have misunderstood General Ma!"

Although the process was a bit troublesome, it was actually safe and sound?!
In this case, what reason do I have to attack Shanggu Pass?

Huugjile looked back at Shanggu Pass and said in a deep voice: "Send a messenger back to the central army immediately and ask the king to order General Ma Chong to hand over Shanggu Pass to our army!"

at the same time.

Shanggu Guanzhong.

Li Hong squatted beside Li Mu and said anxiously, "Ah, old man! The enemy army is really as you expected. They want to enter Dai through Puyin Pass and gather a million dan of grain in Dai for the Xiongnu and Donghu!"

"Ah Weng knows the nature of the Hu bandits very well. With this order, the Hu bandits will definitely not be satisfied with a million dan of grain and grass. They may take this opportunity to plunder the people of Daidi, or even take them as slaves!"

"Aweng! If we let Huugjil pass through, it will probably endanger the people of Daidi."

"Then how should we deal with the subsequent bandits?!"

Li Mu: “Woo?”

Li is just an ordinary prisoner with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged. What's the point of you saying these things to him?

Li Hong became increasingly anxious and took out the cork from Li Mu's mouth and asked, "Ah, old man! This matter concerns the lives of the people of Dai!"

"Aunt, you can't play dumb anymore!"

Li Mu glared at Li Hong, propped up one end of the cork with his shoulder, stuck out his tongue, rolled the cork into his mouth and bit it again.

Li Xian hurriedly pushed Li Hong aside and said solemnly: "Brother Zhong! It is a great honor for Aung to reveal the enemy's strategy at the critical moment!"

"The remaining matters shall be discussed and resolved by us."

"Brother Zhong has a sword on his waist, please stay away from the old man, so that the old man won't harm your life!"

Ever since he saw Li Mu easily break free from his restraints, Li Xian's care for Li Mu has gone to a higher level.

Li Xian was reluctant and unable to put Li Mu in shackles, so he could only lead ten clansmen to guard Li Mu day and night. None of the eleven people carried any weapons to prevent Li Mu from grabbing the blade and committing suicide. Chopsticks, dining knives and other items were all taken away. Even the bones of meat had to be removed first, and only the meat was picked out and fed with a wooden spoon with a thick edge and a spindle-shaped back end.

Li Xian tried his best to prevent Li Mu from committing suicide!

The sword on Li Hong's waist was extremely dangerous in Li Xian's eyes!
Li Hong took a deep breath of cold air to suppress the heat in his heart, and said guiltily: "Brother Nai was too excited."

Lu Gao said solemnly, "I think that Wu Anjun let the enemy's vanguard pass through in order to avoid alerting the enemy's main force."

"Moreover, the enemy's vanguard is no more than 20,000. With the ambush troops we have arranged five miles to the north, even if we cannot annihilate them completely, we can at least defeat them severely."

"However, the main force in the rear could no longer defeat them with ambushes, and could only block them with passes."

"Therefore, I believe that in order to ensure the safety of the people of Daidi, we cannot allow any more Hu bandits to pass through!"

Li Hong thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I think what Captain Lu said is very true!"

Listening to the direction the generals were discussing, Li Mu gently closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)