Chapter three hundred and fifty fourth view
The Black Yan Army had more than 40,000 generals and 30,000 to 40,000 war horses gathered on the northern wing of the pine forest, and almost completely filled a low hill with a radius of three or four miles.
There is no hope of breaking out of the encirclement, but the morale of the generals is not weak. He is hurrying to dig trenches at the foot of the mountain, log wood to build walls, and then melt the ice and snow, pouring them layer by layer onto the pine wall. Under the bitter cold wind, they freeze and become taller and more solid ice walls, and quickly build a defense in the unblocked snowfield.
It can be seen that although Huang Shuang and Le Yi did not see the hope of breaking through, they still hoped to stand west of Xiao Lianshui River for longer. In this way, the soldiers and horses of the Heiyan Army in the northern and southern foothills of Ganquan Mountain and the eastern wings could more people escape to Songdu Mountain in the southern part of Yanmen County to regain their positions.
The Black Yan Army has also produced many outstanding generals over the years, and Le Yi and others are even more famous. How can 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses last longer in this vast snowy wilderness? There is no need for Chen Hai to give more advice.
Of course, Chen Hai rushed back to meet Le Yi, Huang Shuang and Grandma He. At least in front of ordinary Black Yan Army generals, he would no longer recognize the identity of the "ugly slave" whom he had pretended to have been a fake disciple of the Great Heavenly Master. Only by coming forward as a lobbyist can he calmly turn around the many forces to lobby and mediate the war.
Le Yi, Huang Shuang and the others have also seen Chen Hai's previous efforts. If Chen Hai had not appeared and the five pursuers were afraid, they might not have the chance to meet, and they would have been attacked by the Hexi Iron Cavalry from the flanks, let alone stop here to rectify the formation and take a breath.
"I don't thank you for your kindness, so I'll ask Mr. Chen to accept Huang Shuang's bow." Walking into the tent that was temporarily set up, Huang Shuang bowed to Chen Hai to show his gratitude.
"It's too early to say thank you at this time. It's not too late to say that you really escape the siege." Chen Hai said.
"Mr. Chen has done this for us, and we just wish we didn't know what reward we could get. We dare not implicate the Tianji Academy again. Perhaps the fate of ours to die here in battle should be ours." Huang Shuang had no intention of breaking through the siege at this time, and he wanted to attract more Xiyuan Army and the King's Army west of Ganquan Mountain.
Chen Hai could understand Huang Shuang and others' minds, and was not busy persuading them. He sat down and heard Le Yi say that when the Heavenly Master Gong Liang was captured in the Western Lu Camp, he had already died.
The 200,000 soldiers and horses who had been left in the Western Lu camp eventually retreated 20,000 to 30,000. The King Yingshu did not want to leave any hidden dangers. Most of the other generals and soldiers were killed in battle, or the city was captured and massacred. Only a few generals and soldiers were still fleeing in the mountains and fields at this time.
At this time, Yan Yuan led his troops to retreat from Zhonglugu Road to the area east of Ganquan Mountain, and replaced Gong Liang to command the remaining Black Yan army in Ganquan Mountain.
Since Gong Liang encouraged millions of refugees to seize Qin Tong and Qin, and abandoned them like a blind foot, Chen Hai was not moved by Gong Liang, but when he thought of his strong cultivation with his peak, he died in this way, and he felt deeply moved.
After the Daochan Temple was destroyed, Gong Qing, Gong Liang and Gong Bao led the remaining disciples to establish the Red Eyebrow Sect, which can be said to be the three pillars of the Red Eyebrow Sect. At this time, the Great Heavenly Master Gong Qing had already passed away. The Heavenly Master Gong Liang died in the battle. The Heavenly Master Gong Bao was trapped in Songpanling and surrounded by more than 700,000 elite troops from the Hu Ben Army and the various royal army. In the end, it was mostly in danger. This also destined the collapse of the Red Eyebrow Sect and the Black Yan Army, which was definitely not something that anyone could recover.
No wonder Huang Shuang and Grandma He and the others have the will to die.
"The troops on the north and south foothills may withdraw to the camp tonight; and judging by the deployment of the Xiyuan Army and the Western Front King Army, there should be no plan to go north to long distances to chase and suppress the Black Yan Army..." Chen Hai sat down and said.
Chen Hai was not busy persuading Huang Shuang, Le Yi and others. Before the situation became clearer, they had no chance of breaking out of the siege. The main force of the Black Yan army remaining in Ganquan Mountain retreated north for only one or two days, and he didn't have the patience to wait for an extra day or two.
To show his neutrality, Chen Hai did not stay directly in the camp of the Heiyan Army, but took Qi Hanjiang and the others to a small Gu Mountain more than 40 meters high eleven or two miles west of Songlingang.
After Dong Shou and Chen Xuanzhen and Tu Chongjin met, they camped in the west of Songlingang, less than twenty miles from Xiaogu Mountain.
Twenty miles are ten thousand steps, and at such a close distance, with Chen Hai's strong cultivation level, even hearing the whispers between the generals and soldiers in the camp of the King Qin Army in Hexi. Of course, with Dong Shou and Chen Xuanzhen's cultivation level in the middle and late stages of the Dao Dan Realm, Chen Hai and the others could clearly feel that Chen Hai and the others set up a bonfire on Xiaogu Mountain, hunting three roe deer to put on the bonfire and roast it with oil.
Even though Ning Chan'er was sure that Chen Hai would not give up Huang Shuang, Le Yi and the others easily, she could not bear Huang Shuang. Le Yi and the others felt depressed to death, so she ran to Xiaogu Mountain with Chen Hai.
The cold wind was howling, Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er stood on the back of the eagle, squeezing their bones and picking their flesh, and blowing out the spirit of the soul. They flew out of the night sky with the Cangyu Spirit Eagle, and could clearly see the direction of Xiao Lianshui City. Several strings of fire lights extended northwest. It should be that the North Lu Daying gave up Xiao Lianshui City and the northwest defense village at night and retreated to Songdu Mountain in the northwest.
Seeing the fire faded, we can see that nearly 100,000 elite troops gathered on the northern foot of Ganquan Mountain. Although they divided their troops across the Xiaolianshui River to pursue them, the main small groups of soldiers bit the tail of the Black Yan army that retreated north, and more soldiers entered Xiaolianshui City and the defense camp in the north to extinguish the fire caused by the Black Yan army when they withdrew.
"Huang Shuang, the passage for Le Yi to break west has been blocked. Are you satisfied now?" Ning Chan'er said.
"The situation will be extremely strange next. Even if Huang Shuang and Le Yi are willing to surrender to the Tianji Academy, will I dare to accept it easily?" Chen Hai sighed and said, slowly flying to the campfire, took a large piece of roasted roe deer meat from Qi Hanjiang, sprinkled with salt and spices, and sat in front of the warm fire to chew.
"Yes!" Ning Chan'er disliked Chen Hai and the others for being too rude in their eyes, and said with a frown, "Chen Xuanzhen and the others knew you were here. If you miss your past friendship, he would not send anyone to see you. I guess he believed that you colluded with the Black Yan Army to destroy his big warehouse and destroy his half-life, and naturally hated you to the core! Dong Shou is a petty man. He had the intention of killing you in Meiwu Fort in his early years. Huang Shuang and Le Yi really wanted to openly surrender to the Tianji Academy, which would only prompt them to make up their minds to attack... And if the Xiyuan Army can free up his hands, he would never hope to see the rise of new military powers on Yanjing's side. At that time, he would probably send troops to pull out Liquan at the root."
"Can the Xiyuan Army free up?" Chen Hai expressed doubts about this and looked towards the vast night sky in the southeast.
After the Xilu Camp was captured by Yingshu of the King Yingshu, the Xiyuan Army quickly built the camp on the western foot of Ganquan Mountain. At this time, they sent troops to fight for the valley road at the middle foot of Ganquan Mountain. They could see the firelight everywhere in the mountains two or three hundred miles away.
Although Ganquan Mountain is not very steep, it is a key place in the northwest of Heyang County. Controlling Ganquan Mountain is equivalent to controlling half of the rivers and mountains to the northwest of Heyang.
No matter how King Yingshu of Yingshu resolved the conflict between him and Prince Yingdan, he would not let Prince Yingdan take control of the entire territory of Heyang County at this time.
Even after the Okura of Guoziling was burned, Chen Hai could see from the actions of the Xiyuan Army at the western foot of Ganquan Mountain at this time that Yingshu of Yingshu still wanted to give priority to controlling Ganquan Mountain.
Regardless of whether Dong Shou had murderous intentions or whether Chen Xuanzhen, Tu Chongjin and even Ying Shu had resentment towards him, the biggest crisis in the future of Tianji Academy may not be in the Xiyuan Army, except for the Rakshasa Blood Demon.
It’s a pity that Chen Hai could use too limited personnel in Heyang at this time. More than a dozen people including Qi Hanjiang could form a strict reconnaissance network. If he wanted to know the news east of Ganquan Mountain, he could only obtain it from Huang Shuang and Le Yi.
Although Yu Zonghu, who rebelled again, had no movement in Jiayuan City before nightfall, Yu Zonghu would not have been there any movement.
Before Yu Zonghu's troops made some movement and the remnants of the Black Yan Army in Songpanling and the Hu Ben Army decided to win, Chen Hai could only stay in Xiaogu Mountain to see the development of the situation.
Chen Hai pulled a felt blanket and clothes to sleep and woke up at dawn.
At this time, the sky was bright and the spirit eagle flew into the sky thousands of feet high, allowing you to clearly see the momentum of the battlefield on the Western Front.
The other four pursuers also surrounded the camps at night. Three pursuers set up camps in the northeast, east and southeast of the Songlin Mountains, 20 or 30 miles apart, and there were also pursuers who bypassed them from the south and camped in the northeast of Songlingang, forming a horn shape with the Hexi Iron Cavalry, and forming an iron fist with the other three routes, which would be surrounded at any time, crushing the more than 40,000 remnants of the Black Yan Army in Songlingang to death like ants.
The Black Yan army in Ganquan Mountain had retreated northward last night. Forty or five hundred thousand soldiers were in the mountains northeast of Ganquan Mountain, like dense ant colonies, but the formation was scattered. It can be seen that the Great Heavenly Master Gong Qing passed away, the Heavenly Master Gong Liang died in the battle, Yu Zonghu rebelled, the Xilu Daying fell, and tens of thousands of generals were annihilated, which was devastating to the morale of the remaining Black Yan army.
Even though the granary was burned, King Yingshu of Yingshu did not give up his efforts to expand the results after controlling the camps in the western, central and northern and southern wings of Ganquan Mountain overnight. He still distributed 50,000 elite cavalry to pass through the gap between Ganquan Mountain and Huapu Mountain at dawn and pursued the remnants of the Heiyan Army towards Songdu Mountain.
At this time, dozens of cavalry rushed from the direction of Songlingang, led by a general named Wang Gongchen under Huang Shuang.
Wang Gongchen rode his horse to Xiaogu Mountain, dismounted and bowed to Chen Hai, and said, "Yu Zonghu, this dog thief, sent troops from Jiayuan City last night to travel north. Leshuai and Huang Shuai thought that Yu Zonghu, the dog thief, would most likely raid the flanks of the north withdrawn troops in Ganquan Mountain, so he asked me to come over and tell Mr. Chen."
Chapter completed!