Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 256 Attack on Luming Mountain

The wind was a bit chilly. Standing in front of Yujie, the emperor tightened his cloak.

"Did there be a secret report from Qin Guan recently?" the emperor asked.

Li Chaoen quickly replied: "Not yet, Your Majesty."

The emperor sighed, "Now the situation in the country is critical, if Qin Guan is in the country, maybe he can make a difference."

Li Chaoen thought for a while and replied: "Qin Guan's role in the country may not be as great as his attack on the Liao Kingdom. The servant feels that the Liao Kingdom's fierce attack this time may not be due to the urgent situation in the Liao Kingdom."

The emperor nodded, "I hope Qin Guan will not let me down. Is the navy ready? Can it protect the Yangtze River and stop the Liao army?"

"Old General Cheng Min leads the navy. Old Cheng is serious and proficient in water warfare. Our navy has more than [-] warships, large and small, and they will surely protect the Yangtze River. Your Majesty, don't worry too much." Li Chaoen persuaded.

"Even if I can stop the Liao army, most of the northern part has been lost. I am ashamed of the Zhao people and of the entrustment of the former emperor." The emperor said in a lonely tone.

"Your Majesty, we are not defeated. We still have 10,000+ soldiers in Jiangbei, and we have hundreds of millions of people, who will definitely hold back the Liao army. Outside, we still have Qin Guan, who may surprise us." Not sure." Seeing the emperor's depression, Li Chaoen quickly persuaded him.

"I hope so." The emperor looked at the gloomy sky and said leisurely, "I'm afraid it's going to snow."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a few tiny flakes of snow fell to the ground, and then melted into drops of water.

It snowed heavily for two days and two nights, and the North Route Army stayed in Zezhou City without going anywhere. Although Zezhou City became an empty city and the people of Liao Kingdom fled, the North Route Army had sufficient supplies and there were houses on fire kangs. It's not too bad.

The defenders of the Liao Kingdom in the Luming Mountain Fortress suffered a great crime. Originally, Luming Mountain was only a small fortress. Because the terrain was dangerous and there was a pass, a small city pass was set up. Usually only [-] soldiers were stationed there. .

But now that [-] troops are rushing in all of a sudden, there is no room for them, so almost all of these Liao soldiers live in tents outside Yewai.

Two days of heavy snow made these Liao soldiers living in the wild miserable.

In the camp, a lieutenant reported: "Marshal, more than 30 soldiers froze to death yesterday. The soldiers are complaining a lot now. They are clamoring for cow dung, spirits, and hot food every day."

After listening to the report, Xiao Taye said in a blunt tone: "Where should I go to get these things for them? This time the march was in a hurry, and I didn't bring enough supplies at all. Now there are only ten days' worth of food. As for other things, we have to wait." The logistics team will send it over."

The lieutenant general said: "When will the logistics force deliver the supplies?"

"Who knows, we were still raising money when we set off, and even if it was done, it will take at least three or four days for them to deliver it now that the road is blocked by heavy snow." Xiao Taye said.

"Go and tell the people below, let them hold out for a few more days, and when the logistics supplies arrive, there will be cow dung, milk wine, ghee, hot food, dried meat, everything will be there."

The deputy general hesitated for a moment and said, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to last for three days. You also know that these people are all transferred from different families and are very rebellious. Now some people have started clamoring that if the logistics cannot be guaranteed, they will retreat."

Murderous intent flashed in Xiao Taye's eyes, and he said coldly: "Now they are transferred here, they are members of the army, don't mention any family here, if someone makes trouble, just deal with it directly, I don't mind killing a few people."

Two days later, the heavy snow finally stopped.

The sky began to clear up, and the sun showed its face rarely, giving the ice and snow world a little bit of warmth.

But three days passed, and the logistics supplies from the Liao Kingdom still hadn't arrived. Xiao Taye sent someone to Dading Mansion to inquire, and found that the materials had not been raised yet, and many departments were arguing about it. Up to now, only [-]% of the materials had been raised.

When the news reached Luming Mountain, the generals became angry, and the soldiers also became angry when they heard about it. Some people even shouted the slogan to return directly to Dading Mansion.

Xiao Taye could only send out his personal guards, killed a few people, and suppressed these guys temporarily, but the atmosphere of the entire temporary army was very dull, and it could be said that it had no fighting power at all.

Zezhou City is about 80 miles away from Luming Mountain. Qin Guan sent scouts to investigate every day. At the same time, he was also researching whether to storm the pass of Luming Mountain or take a detour to Dading Mansion.

"Marshal, we caught a few escaped Liao soldiers and asked for some information." Xiong Erxing rushed in.

"Oh, what information is it?" Qin Guan asked.

Xiong Er reported with some excitement: "The Luming Mountain Fortress used to be a group of mobs, the guards temporarily dispatched by various families, plus some Khitan tribesmen, forcibly gathered 3 people out, and now their supplies can't keep up. It’s already messed up, there’s not enough cow dung, camped in the wild at night, and many people froze to death. The guys I caught were originally herdsmen from a tribe, and they couldn’t hold on anymore, so they deserted at night. Originally they wanted to bypass the road ahead, but they were discovered by our scouts."

Qin Guan's eyes lit up when he heard it, this information is too important.

Originally, Qin Guan thought that if there were imperial forest troops on Luming Mountain, even if he broke through the narrow pass of Luming Mountain, he might have to sacrifice the lives of many soldiers.

He is worrying about how to attack.

Now hearing that Luming Mountain was in this situation, Qin Guan immediately made a decision to attack Luming Mountain.

"Xiong Er, let those deserters tell us all about Luming Mountain's commander in chief, deployment of troops, and the focus of defense."

"Guards, inform the generals that the big tent will discuss business."

Not long after, Xiong Da and others came, Qin Guan explained the situation, and after a while, Xiong Er came over with a confession, Qin finished watching with a laugh and said: "It's done, order it down, get ready today, tomorrow Go to Luming Mountain early in the morning, I want to take Luming Mountain within a day, and we will have dinner in Yuzhou."

"Yes, sir."

All the generals should be in line.

The next morning, the army from the North Road set off and approached Luming Mountain.

There are continuous mountains in the distance, and a valley road appears between the two mountains in front. This is the only passable road for hundreds of miles around, and this is the Luming Mountain Pass.

There are steep cliffs on both sides, and a city gate is built in the middle, which is six or seven meters high and looks very solid.

Qin Guan learned from the captured herdsmen that the Liao Kingdom already knew that Qin Guan had a sharp weapon to blow up the city gate, so as soon as Xiao Taye arrived here, he ordered his soldiers to block the city gate with rubbish, even if Qin Guan bombed It doesn't help if you cross the city gate.

Now there is only one way to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)