Heiyashan, Dashiling, Xiaoshiling, Songfengling and Xianju Mountain are all to the east of Tianping Village. Therefore, these five villages all come from the east, and the direction of attack is the east gate of Weizeguan. As for Fushan, Huang

The five villages of Pogu, Shuangfengling, Baishuitan and Hongshiling are all south of Tianping Village. Therefore, their attack direction can only be the south gate of Weize Pass.

Usually, for a dangerous pass like Weize Pass that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is best to concentrate the troops and specialize in one point. Regarding this point, Jiao Wentong and Liu Ze both understand. They just understand that their ten villages cannot be combined at all.

Soldiers are at the first place. Because Weize Pass is just stuck at the intersection of the southeast passage. Coming from the east, there is no way to go south; coming from the south, there is no way to go east. The two groups of people can look at each other from a distance, and even hundreds of people can watch each other at the same time.

The shouts were vaguely audible to each other through the empty valley. However, they were separated by a layer of mountains and could not get around. Unless they captured Weize Pass. This is why Weize Pass is called a dangerous pass.

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Jiao Wentong and Liu Ze had originally agreed to send troops in late July, and they were not fools. When they heard Xu Qing and others reported that Weize Pass was being repaired. When this pass city, which had been abandoned for hundreds of years, was in dilapidated condition,

It is indeed of no use. But once the repairs are complete, it will immediately become a hard bone to chew. Regarding this, all the local snakes are aware of this.

Therefore, after spending more than ten days and only contacting seven or eight villages, the two village masters hurriedly decided to send troops. No matter what, they could not just watch the other side build the city safely.

no?

However, the two village masters overestimated the quality of their men and their younger brothers. Starting from the issuance of the assembly order in late July, each alliance's villagers selected troops, equipped them, and collected food. A series of preparations took a long time.

It took a full seven days. Then hundreds of people crossed the mountains and ridges and gathered respectively at Heiya Village and Fushan Village. This took another three to five days. Afterwards, as agreed, troops were sent out at the same time and gathered in Weize Guandong on August 5.

, outside the south gate. Use the power of thunder to destroy it in one fell swoop.

The plan is rich, but the execution is skinny.

In the ancient army, it was absolutely a technically difficult task to use this method of dividing troops to attack together. It required soldiers to have strict training, strong physical fitness, high morale, and the commander's precise grasp of time and location.

To be honest, if this work was done by the teaching camp, under the command of Di Lie, it might be possible to do it barely. But these thieves under the Mountain King have a little bit of morale, but nothing else.

Not relevant.

Among the five eastern villages led by Jiao Wentong, the large and small Shiling villages were very close to Tianping village, so they did not need to meet up, but waited nearby. Jiao Wentong led the three villages on the road, so they were faster and arrived on the 5th on time. And Liu Ze

The southern Wuzhai led by him delayed their arrival until the evening of the 6th. It was delayed for two full days. And this delay also caused Jiao Wentong's group of troops to permanently lose the opportunity to join Liu Ze's Wuzhai coalition forces.

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Jiao Wentong is about forty, with a medium build and a purple-red face. His forehead is somewhat bald, his eyebrows are very sparse, he has a small nose and small eyes, but his jaw is strong. If it weren't for such a distinctive chin, Jiao Wentong's face would look very different.

He is worse than ordinary people, and he doesn't look like a mountain king. However, many of his peers who look down on him because of his face will end up miserable in the end.

However, Jiao Wentong was very angry at this time, not only because Liu Ze's troops were overdue, but also because the old broken barrier in front of him had turned into a lump of stone!

Yes, in the eyes of all the bandits, this is just a giant stone lump full of holes. Does this still look like a Guancheng? It really doesn’t look like it, but no one can deny that it is made of stones.

A defensive building. Even if it is a stone house, when a team of soldiers is placed inside, it will be a headache for the attacker who lacks siege equipment.

"Xu Shouhu, come here!" Jiao Wentong reined in his horse and asked angrily, "Didn't I say that the city was only half-built? Why did it become like this in the blink of an eye? It took more than half a month.

Can you complete the construction of a Guancheng?"

Xu Qing also came over on horseback. There are about ten war horses like this in Heiya Village, but they are already very good. In other small villages, I'm afraid they can't even find a few war horses, let alone war horses.

Already.

Xu Qing was also surprised. Damn, this is too fast. Is the quality good? Fortunately, he was a little quick-witted and quickly replied: "Reporting to the leader of the village, if it is a Guancheng, let alone half a month, it will be half a month."

It may not be completed in half a year. It's just... this doesn't seem to be a closed city..."

Of course this is not a gated city, you don't have to say that! However, maybe it is because of this that it can be built in such a short time.

Jiao Wentong calmed down and began to think about what to do next. The situation in front of him was that the Wuzhai people and horses, including nearly 2,000 people and animals, were all blocked by them.

Beyond this rocky patch, it's difficult to move even an inch, and Brother Ba's army has yet to arrive. Then there are only two choices: fight or wait?

If they fight, they will face the full pressure of Tianping Village. Without the five southern villages to divide the strength of Tianping Village, can they survive?

If we wait, who knows how long we will have to wait? There are nearly two thousand people and horses, and the consumption of rations is astonishing. This time, the ten-village coalition forces have made up their mind to work together to fight for it within one day.

Knock down Weize Pass, then encircle Tianping Village, and resolve the war in at most three days. Therefore, the five eastern villages led by Jiao Wentong did not bring much food - in fact, all the villages, including Heiya Village, did not

The extra rations were scraped together by everyone, which was barely enough for five days. It has been used for two days on the road, and there are still three days of rations left. This means that if Tianping Village cannot be captured within three days,

, they, the people of the Five Villages, have to go back wherever they came from - if they can still go back.

Jiao Wentong finally decided: fight! He called Xu Qing and said: "Didn't you send someone to explore the strength of Tianping Village a few days ago? How many people do they have? What is their equipment? Do they have combat capability?"

Xu Qing said with a bitter face: "Ever since that day when the leader of Wuzhai and I tried to persuade him with good words, but was rejected by that kid with bad words, we are no longer allowed to enter Weize Pass. I sent out three groups of sentinels one after another.

Both the big and small Shiling villages also sent several groups of spies...but they all couldn't get in!"

Jiao Wentong said with a dark face: "Then you have always entered Tianping Village. Can you estimate the strength of this village?"

Xu Qing thought for a while and said: "There are dozens of people stationed on the female wall of the village. And those who built the city are mostly young and strong... From my perspective, they can still pull out thousands of people.

Yes, but the combat power is hard to say. However, you don’t need much combat power to defend the city. You just need to be strong enough to use a knife. We just have twice the number of troops to attack by force. Even if we win, I’m afraid

It also takes a toll on your muscles and bones..."

Jiao Wentong was furious: "This bastard Liu Da Scar has led thousands of people to wait until now. Do you want thousands of us to wait here? I don't have that much food to feed these cowards."

Han. A small Tianping village with thousands of slaves, even if it has some strong armor and sharp weapons, can it still be stronger than the Bai Zhan Erlang under me? If I dare not move here, it will be called a Taihang hero joke.

.That’s it, let’s fight! Maybe we can take it down with just one charge.”

Xu Qing's mind always revolved around the group of heavy-armored guards he saw in the Tianping Village meeting hall that day. Although it was just a brief glance, he keenly felt the unusual pressure. It was this kind of

This feeling made him dare not be careless. After thinking about it, he came up with an idea: "How about we pay homage first and then fight?"

Jiao Wentong was startled: "Why do you put etiquette first and then the art of war?"

Xu Qingyin said sympathetically: "Let's first send an envoy to persuade them to surrender and inform the other party that our five thousand troops are approaching. If they understand, we only want our things but not our people. If they don't know what is good... we will also take our things and our lives."

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Jiao Wentong slapped his thigh: "What a courtesy first and then a soldier! That's it. I want to see if this boy named Di has the guts to challenge my five thousand army!"

The envoy sent by Jiao Wentong was a bookkeeper from Heiya Village. Although he had the title of "Sir", this person was just a small trader who knew a little about counting. There was a robbery in Heiya Village.

In order to save his life, he had to surrender to the bandits' den and manage the stolen goods for the bandits. There were several people who suffered like this, so Jiao Wentong took him without hesitation.

Kick him out. Anyway, even if he is killed, there are still people under his command.

Everyone knew what it meant when going to the den of envoys and thieves. The poor accountant held a small white flag and trembled all over as he climbed up the winding mountain road on his hands and feet. In fact, although the mountain road in front of Weize Pass was

It's not very wide, and the road isn't very smooth, but it's not so steep that you can't walk straight up. It's all because the accountant of Heiya Village, who thought he was about to die, was completely frightened.

The performance of this accountant really made Jiao Wentong feel embarrassed. It sounds like he was polite before fighting, but in fact he was using force to intimidate, hoping to win without a fight. However, judging from the appearance of this envoy, he was not very competent.

So Jiao Wentong selected another brave gangster to accompany the accountant on the mission.

In front of the east gate of Weizeguan, everything was quiet, as if no one was guarding it. But whether it was the frightened accountant or the thieves who were not afraid of death, they could vaguely see the dense holes in the city wall.

Inside, cold metallic light flashed from time to time.

When the two of them walked less than a hundred paces from the front of the pass, a powerful voice suddenly came from the castle: "If you come, stop, and if you have something to say, say it."

The two envoys stopped as they were told. The clerk waved the small white flag in his hand vigorously, swallowed hard, and said in a loud voice: "I am the envoy of the Wuzhai Allied Forces. As the saying goes, two countries... er, two countries.

If there is a war in the stronghold, we will not kill the envoys. We are just passing on a message. I will say it in vain, and you heroes will listen to it in vain. If you have any dissatisfaction, please don’t come at us..."

"Get the fuck out of here!" The gangster who came with him couldn't bear it any longer and kicked the clerk to the ground. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen and he couldn't get up. Is this even called persuading to surrender? It's a shame.

The face of the Wuzhai Alliance Army. This gangster still doesn't know that there is a talkative man named Tang Seng in this world, otherwise he will definitely regard this accountant as the reincarnation of Tang Seng.

The gangster roared with a loud voice: "Listen, young and old men of Tianping Village, we have two armies from the east and south, a total of ten villages, five thousand troops came to the door of your house. This is all because of you guys.

Recognize me, I will toast you and not eat the fine wine. Now, the fine wine is served, you have the last chance! Open the door and welcome our army to enter the camp. For the sake of your understanding, we only want things and no one, but our mouths

Dare the word 'no' pop out of your mouth? Our 5,000-strong army is pressing forward. We want things, lives, and territory! Let's weigh it up! Give me half an hour to think about it, and we won't wait until it's too late...

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A calm and indifferent voice came from the castle, interrupting the thug's eloquent words: "Come on!"

Just these two simple words officially kicked off the first battle of Naihe Pass (after this war, Weize Pass was renamed Naihe Pass). (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!