Horse on the World

Chapter 866
After entering July, Ningzhou began to lift the martial law, and the curfew was also lifted. This former southern central city slowly began to regain its vitality. There were more pedestrians on the street, more shops opened, and more merchants. You can finally see the feasting night market scene, unlike the previous few months when night falls, except for the lanterns above the city and a few places where you can see the lights, other places are dark in the middle of winter.
Martial law was lifted, the army began to withdraw to the barracks, and the security work was handed over to the arresting block of the local yamen, and everything began to set foot on the right track.

The whole of Ningzhou began to return to normal, but there was only one place that was still heavily guarded. Even with the stability of other places in Ningzhou, this place became more tense.

As Tian Feng arrived in Fukang County, it became a top priority for the Dingzhou Army stationed in Ningzhou to go into the mountains to pursue King Ning.Fengliying stationed a wing of troops in Fukang City, led by Wang Zhen, and the main force of Fengliying was stationed in Madian ten miles away from the city. After Tian Feng led his three thousand guards to Fukang After that, Wang Zhen also withdrew to the base camp of Madianfeng Liying.
After Fukang made arrangements, Tian Feng immediately rushed to Madian to discuss with Guo Quan about the use of troops.

In Guo Quan's large tent, a huge sand table occupied more than half of the entire room. The two of them leaned over the sand table with extremely solemn expressions.
Compared with the excitement of middle and lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers, the two generals were not so relaxed. The terrain of Shiwan Dashan is complicated and covers a huge area, and the precipitousness alone is not a trivial matter.

"Guo Quan, the hinterland of the [-] mountains has basically not been explored. In the past few months, only these fringes have been explored?" Tian Feng frowned.

Guo Quan smiled wryly, "General Tian, ​​I have already lost a lot of people just to find out these places. Once we enter the mountain, it will not be our world anymore. It is the territory of the Qiang people. If there are too many people, the other party will run away." Without a trace, if there are few people, they will be eaten up by the opponent even the bones. The whole army presses in, and my more than [-] people are just a drop in the ocean among these [-] mountains. If I can't find the other party, even if I find the other party, I won't have any advantage in this mountain, and there is no way to transport heavy weapons into the mountain."
Tian Feng walked around the room a few times, and said: "King Ning's retreat into the [-] mountains is a serious threat to the stability of the Ningdeng area. If this thief is not eliminated, there will be no peace in the Ningdeng area. If this thief is not eliminated, we will So we can’t use our troops in the Central Plains with peace of mind, Guo Quan, we need to be careful, my lord is looking at us eagerly!"

Guo Quan nodded and said: "I also want to go straight to the enemy's nest, but the current situation is really impatient, so I can only take my time, General Tian, ​​I want to start building fortresses in the proven places, and form a chain in these areas The fortress gradually oppresses the opponent's living space."

Tian Feng glanced at the site, shook his head and said: "Guo Quan, how many resources and troops are needed to use your method, if you really want to slowly reduce the opponent's living space, even [-] troops are not enough. If you have calmed down now Under Heaven, it is not difficult to gather the power of the whole country, and now, with the enemy at our side, how can we proceed so slowly and step by step, and the form does not allow it?"

"Then General Tian, ​​we can't fight into the mountain, but we can guard the opponent's passage down the mountain, so that they can't fight out, let King Ning go to the mountain to be the king of the mountain for a few years, and then clean up after the Lord has settled the world." He, I don't think it will take a few years!"
Tian Feng laughed, "My General Guo, what's the matter? Where did all the courage and will go? Could it be that he just wanted to get by as a Hussar General?"

Guo Quan blushed, "General Tian, ​​to be honest, I, Guo Quan, are not afraid of fighting big battles, nor are I afraid of fighting bad ones, but seeing such an unpredictable place as the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I really don't have the confidence to fight in. What do you say?" Said, if my whole army enters the mountain, the opponent doesn’t need to confront me head-on at all, they only need to lure me deep first, and then cut off my food and grass, cut off my backup, and I will definitely be defeated.”

Tian Feng nodded and said: "You're right, it's impossible for a large group to enter the mountain. There are less than [-] of us together, and we can't even see a single person when we go into the mountain. Therefore, we want to gather a large group to fight hard." Come, it is definitely impossible. However, Guo Quan, there is no other way. After rescuing Malanhua, the Overwatch Council has escorted her into the mountain. Now Malanhua is trying to gather the old department, but it cannot be formed in a short time. Now, in the mountains, King Ning has an absolute advantage. If there is any change in the tribe loyal to Malanhua, it will be ruthlessly suppressed immediately. Therefore, Malanhua can only hide in the dark to accumulate strength, but Malanhua secretly controls Our tribe already has part of it, our large group cannot enter the mountain, but the elite small group can sneak in."
Guo Quan was a little puzzled and said: "General Tian, ​​why do you think we must rush to destroy King Ning? Wouldn't it be better to trap him to death in the mountains?"
Tian Feng shook his head: "Your idea is unrealistic. First of all, the Fukang we guard is only the main passage, and this is not the only passage down the Shiwanda Mountain. Although other roads are extremely steep, does King Ning need a large group of people to go down the mountain? He only needs to keep sending people to create terror and disrupt peace in the Denning area, which is enough to make our rule in the Denning area unstable, make the people dissatisfied with us, and keep us in trouble and exhausted. It's one of them."
"Secondly, there is something we need in Dingzhou in the [-] mountains, and we must get it."
"There are hundreds of thousands of mountains and poor mountains and rivers, besides making troublesome people, what else do we need in Dingzhou?" Guo Quan asked, blinking his eyes.

"You are already a hussar general, one of the most senior generals in our Dingzhou. You should also know that saltpeter mines have been discovered in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Saltpeter is an important raw material for our Dingzhou to make gunpowder. Do you understand? Now in Dingzhou In the area we have mastered, no saltpeter mine as large as that in Shiwanda Mountain has been found."
Gunpowder, Guo Quan immediately understood that in the last battle to annihilate the Southern Army Navy, the Dingzhou Shenwei Cannon was used for the first time. Cannons are all weapons that consist primarily of gunpowder.
"I understand!" Guo Quan nodded vigorously, "I'm really envious when I say it, when will our army be able to equip this guy! Any good thing will be cheap to the navy first."
Tian Feng smiled slightly, noncommittal, this is the master's decision, he doesn't want to make irresponsible remarks.

"Third, don't underestimate King Ning's retreat into the [-] mountains, so we can sleep peacefully. The lord warns us that centipedes are dead but not stiff. When the lord was in Dingzhou, we can rely on a few Hundreds of remnants are rising step by step under the situation of lack of food and clothing, so King Ning's current situation is much better than that of the lord. At least he still has [-] elites, he controls a large amount of resources, and there are dozens of people among the [-] mountains. Wan Qiang Min, if he is allowed to grasp all these things, he will definitely pose a great threat to us when he comes out again, so it is the right strategy to hunt for the dog in the water while he is still fledgling."
Guo Quan smiled, "How can King Ning compare with our lord, the lord is so talented that even King Ning can't catch up with his flattery."

"Although I think so too, my lord evaluates King Ning's talents far better than himself." Tian Feng said with a smile.

Guo Quan held the sand table with both hands, stared intently for a while, and said: "General Tian means to send a small group of people to infiltrate first, and strive to join Malanhua, and slowly increase our strength among the [-] mountains. , wait until you find out the details of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and then make an attack in one fell swoop to complete the work."

"Not bad." Tian Feng said.

"A small group of troops marched into the mountains to fight in such a harsh environment..." Guo Quan shook his head, "It's too difficult. Our soldiers may not be able to take on this task. They are used to fighting face to face. Fighting with great fanfare, such piecemeal fighting, our soldiers from the Fengli camp..."
"After I received the task, I asked the lord for instructions to send the Flying Eagle Brigade here. One is to help us go into the mountains to destroy the remnants of King Ning, and the other is to train our soldiers how to fight in the mountains. With their help, It will be much easier for us." Tian Feng said.
"Flying Eagle Brigade?" Guo Quan said pleasantly: "That's a good idea. I heard that the Flying Eagle Brigade is the second largest team in our Dingzhou Special Warfare Brigade. By the way, General Tian, ​​the number one team is not Wang. Wasn’t Qi the special service that was in command back then, why didn’t you just ask the lord to transfer Wang Qi here, isn’t Wang Qi very humble to stay in Shiwei, a place where birds don’t lay eggs?”

Glancing at Guo Quan with a strange expression, Tian Feng said: "General Guo, you haven't been in Dingzhou for a long time, and you don't understand many things. Regarding Wang Qi, you must remember not to ask or tell, otherwise you will break the taboo, understand?" ?”

Guo Quan stared at Tian Feng for a while, "Breaking taboo?"
Tian Feng looked at Guo Quan and said in a low voice, "Wang Qi is Miss Qingfeng's confidant general."

Guo Quan suddenly understood that this involved a power struggle among the top officials in Dingzhou, so he couldn't help but fell silent, "It's a pity that Wang Qi and his secret agents are all capable." He whispered.

Tian Feng snorted, "Is it a pity? That's not necessarily the case. This is still the lord's tolerance, otherwise Wang Qi can still be promoted and stay in Shiwei? Forget it, we generals don't ask too much about these things, I'm here The report in June, counting the time, Feiying is coming soon."

"That's good. During this period of time, I will continue to send sentries to investigate the terrain. I can find out as much as I can!" Guo Quan said.
"Well, at the same time, the chain fortress you mentioned first will also start to be built."

"You want to confuse King Ning in the mountains?" Guo Quan is not stupid. Tian Feng rejected this proposal before, but now he raised it again. Naturally, he was planning to deceive people.
"Of course!" Tian Feng laughed. "It's okay to use less materials, and it's okay to cut corners. It's okay to slow down the construction speed. We just need to let King Ning know that we are using this method to compress his living space."

"The old boy will laugh his teeth out of hiding in the mouse hole!" Guo Quan said.
"Let him laugh, I believe it won't be long before he can't laugh anymore!" Tian Feng said.

(End of this chapter)