It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 940

The Empire and the Rong have been at war for a long time, generally speaking, they lost more and won less, and there were few victories.

The reason for this was that the imperial army was in awe of the Rong, and generally avoided direct combat with the Rong, and chose to stick to the city.

As a result, the initiative was handed over to the Rong tribe, with no food and grass to help, and no reinforcements to help. Just nest in the turtle shell, waiting for the Rong tribe to come and fight.

It is said that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. The Rong people have fought for many years and accumulated some experience in siege. Under such circumstances, few cities in the empire could withstand the formidable attack of the Rong tribe.

The mistakes made by the princes of the northern land will not be repeated by Li Xingzai. This time, he will not easily hand over the initiative to the enemy.

The Rong army was stationed outside Luofeng City, but only surrounded the west and north. The east and south sides are still in the hands of Li Xingzai, who still controls the passage from Yangzhou to Luofeng City.

With this, food, grass and reinforcements can continue to arrive at Luofeng City. Ye Yuanhuo's attempt to break through Luofeng City was by no means an overnight success.

And cutting off the food route from Luofeng City to Yangzhou has become a top priority for Ye Yuanhuo.

The grain and grass transported from Jiangnan were first stored in Liuping Lake, and then transferred from Liuping Lake to Luofeng City.

In the middle of the night, the general of the Rong clan, Nu Leimu, led a group of Rong soldiers to ambush on both sides of the official road. After waiting for a long time, a copper bell suddenly appeared in front. Furious Leimu suddenly regained his strength, and said two words softly in his mouth: "Come on."

At this moment, I do not know how many hands clenched their weapons.

As soon as the sound landed, a group of people appeared on the road not far ahead.

"This is just the enemy's vanguard, and the food delivery team is still behind, so don't panic."

The Rong people were ambushed in the jungle, holding their breaths and watching the patrol team pass through the ambush.

The patrol team and the grain transport team were about five miles apart, but not long after, a mule team appeared on the official road.

Seeing that the other party had entered the ambush, Thunder Eyes roared and led the soldiers to rush out.

Hua Mulan was in charge of this grain transport team, and when the ground came out, she didn't seem panicked at all. Holding the spear in his hand, he said a kill in his mouth, and charged towards the enemy.

In the dark night, the two sides fought each other. When the battle reached this point, food and forage were naturally the top priority. Li Xingzai would not be unprepared for the actions of the Rong clan.

Sending Hua Mulan to deposit the grain in person shows that she attaches great importance to this matter. It was even expected that the Rong clan would take action. In Li Xingzai's mind, transporting food was a trivial matter at the moment, but killing the enemy was a big deal.

Hua Mulan had been preparing for this battle for a long time, and she also needed a chance to make a contribution to prove the value of her existence.

In this fight, the two sides hardly got any advantage. Hua Mulan failed to keep the food team and was set on fire by the Rong tribe. However, the Rong Dajiang Angry Eyes died in the hands of Hua Mulan, and Hua Mulan fought back, which was regarded as a game for her side.

What happened here, however, was only a small part of everything that happened tonight.

Nohara Huo personally led an army to surprise Liuping Lake, and wanted to destroy Li Xingzai's food storage place in one fell swoop. If this battle is successful, a siege of Luofeng City can be formed.

Food and grass could not be delivered, and reinforcements could not arrive. Li Xingzai only stayed in Luofeng City, and there was only one outcome waiting for him.

Song Youqu was in charge of the affairs of this place, and he stationed a lot of troops here in advance.

When Ye Yuan Huo came, Song Youqu stood in formation and informed Li Xingzai to send someone to support him.

The Rong tribe had no access to water warfare, and the location of Liuping Lake was dominated by water sources, so the cavalry that the Rong tribe was good at was restricted. The two sides could only face to face to start a hand-to-hand battle, and for a while, corpses were scattered all over the field and blood flowed into rivers.

Song Youqu held the line firmly, blocking the Rong clan's round after round of strong attacks. In the end, he paid a great sacrifice, but he held the position of Liuping Lake. In the end, before the reinforcements arrived, Nohara Huo saw that he could not do his best, and chose to retreat temporarily.

In this battle, although Ye Yuanhuo did not break through the Liuping Lake position, it also caused great casualties to the Jiangnan Army. At least, he proved that he has the ability to threaten Li Xingzai's vital points.

At the same time, Li Xingzai also launched his actions.

The big ship entered the sea and led a team of elite soldiers into the hinterland of the Central Plains from the sea, and made a move behind the Rong tribe.

This task is extremely important, so Ma Chao is in charge.

At night, the sea breeze whistled on the shore, and the big ship had already entered the sea. In order not to leak the wind, only 3,000 people were sent into the sea.

Li Xingzai took a deep breath and said, "This battle is of great importance, and there is no room for failure. When the success is achieved, I will celebrate General Ma in Chang'an."

Ma Chao knelt down on one knee and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this minister will never fail His Majesty's request."

Li Xingzai was burdened with great shame and humiliation, and he wanted to do something wholeheartedly. Ma Chao is not humiliated, he has a lot of skills, but he has not yet had the opportunity to display it. My heart is looking for an opportunity to give the Rong some color and get back the lost face.

He took 3,000 people into the Rong's hinterland, with no backup and no food. Anyone knows it's a battle that never comes back. It is nothing more than tossing as much as possible to kill more enemies.

Ma Mengqi's mission received no feedback in a short period of time, and it was almost impossible to receive feedback. Forage and logistics all need to be solved by Ma Mengqi himself.

The war has not yet started, and it is only a small-scale friction. It is nothing more than giving each other cold knives to prepare for the war.

During the period when the war was slowing down, Li Xingzai and Nohara Huo received letters from each other almost at the same time.

Although the letters come from different people, they express the same meaning: peace talks.

Ye Yuanhuo's letter was handed to Li Xingzai, and the letter said that everyone was fighting, and it was only the people of the world who suffered. Why don't the two families put down their swords and soldiers, and go to the river to rule.

Looking at the letter in front of him, Li Xingzai had a headache. Because it was almost identical to the letter he sent.

The two sides have been in contact with each other several times since the war. Large-scale operations have not yet been launched, but small-scale conflicts have occurred from time to time.

The two sides also played against each other, and they broke their wrists head-on.

However, why is the opponent's combat style so familiar.

The same despicable, the same cunning, when you can fight a sap, you will never go to war head-on. Play tricks behind your back and stumble. Attaches great importance to intelligence and is good at sneak attacks...

Now Li Xingzai has a feeling of looking in the mirror, the other party's shameless style has the charm of his youth. The Rong people are not committed to committing suicide, they are belligerent, and they never play with their hearts when they can go all out.

Why now, the battle of the Rong tribe has become so cunning.

"Wildfire..."

Li Xingzai said these three words in his mouth, and until now, he has never met Ye Yuanhuo. It's just that this name seems familiar and unfamiliar to him.

I was confused and couldn't get an answer. Li Xingzai immediately started to reply to Nohara Fire to discuss the matter of peace talks.

There should be a chance to meet.

Li Xingzai thought to himself.