Chapter 474 Variable
"Niutou Mountain"
He laid his hands on the desk, his eyes fixed on a small mountain range on the map.
When Li Huaizhong pointed out the army's route, Ning Yongnian immediately noticed the Niutou Mountain area.
"Your Majesty, the Niutou Mountain route is the shortest way to Shuzhou City. If we take any other route, it will take at least five days."
Li Huaizhong, who was standing by, guessed what Ning Yongnian was worried about, and explained in a low voice: "Although Niutou Mountain is a mountainous area, there are not many natural dangers in it, and it is open to the east, south, west and north."
"I don't think the Shu army will set an ambush here."
“.”
After briefly introducing the situation of Niutou Mountain, Li Huaizhong stopped talking.
His analysis was actually correct. Although Niutou Mountain was somewhat more dangerous than other places, it was far from being called a "natural barrier" and it was very difficult to set up an ambush there.
What's more, the Shu army now has only more than 30,000 people and does not have the ability to ambush an army of 300,000.
Therefore, Li Huaizhong felt that the Shu army would definitely not do such a "suicide" thing, and would definitely retreat back to Shuzhou City and defend the city together with the Dali reinforcements.
The old eunuch's idea was reasonable, but in fact this was exactly the "illusion" that Wei Changtian wanted to create.
After all, if you set an ambush in a very dangerous area, even a fool can see that there is a trick, and this kind of problem is unlikely to occur in the Niutou Mountain area where the "danger factor" is not that high.
That was why he chose to set a trap on Niutou Mountain and formulated a complete battle plan based on it.
Of course, according to the original plan, the imperial army should have immediately pursued the Shu army to Niutou Mountain after it broke through, and would not have given Ning Yongnian any time to think about giving orders.
Now, due to the appearance of Zhenshanying and Qin Zhengqiu, the imperial army set out two days later, and the "pursuit" became "advance", which somewhat affected the smoothness of the entire plan.
Wei Changtian thought that such a small "accident" was not a big deal and would not affect the overall situation.
But in fact, when the opponent is a figure like Ning Yongnian, any small mistake may be magnified infinitely.
“.”
Looking at the map, Ning Yongnian didn't say anything for a full hundred breaths.
In fact, he did not doubt Han Zhao as a person, nor did he question Han Zhao's decision to take the Niutou Mountain route. He also understood that he should interfere in the war as little as possible.
After all, Han Zhao was on the front line and knew the situation much better than himself.
But Ning Yongnian always had a feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
Although apart from the master who "killed three thousand soldiers with one sword", there was nothing unusual in the war in Shuzhou, it can even be said that it was progressing very smoothly.
But because it went so smoothly, he instead sensed a sense of crisis hidden in the darkness.
"Tell Han Zhao."
Suddenly, Ning Yongnian stopped hesitating and pointed to another location on the map: "Tell him to take the Jinyuan route instead."
"Jinyuan?"
Li Huaizhong looked at the map in surprise and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the army has been on the march for half a day. If we turn around now, it will greatly affect the marching speed."
"Plus, the Jinyuan route is a bit far, so it will probably take several days for the army to reach Shuzhou City."
"It'll be a few days later if it's a few days later."
Shaking his head, Ning Yongnian said calmly: "I don't want any accidents in Shuzhou."
"This old slave understands."
Since Ning Yongnian has already made his decision, Li Huaizhong naturally couldn't say anything more. After a pause, he asked again:
"Your Majesty, what should we do with Feng Yuan? Should we negotiate with Li Qi?"
"We must talk, but it's not a peace talk."
Ning Yongnian narrowed his eyes and said, "Send a message to Wu Ding to escort Li Qi to Huailing Mansion immediately."
"yes."
Li Huaizhong lowered his head and responded when he heard this. He already understood what Ning Yongnian was going to do.
Huailing Prefecture is located on the border of Dafeng, separated from Yuanzhou only by the Mang River and a stretch of the Western Desert.
It was obvious that Ning Yongnian wanted to "negotiate" with Li Qi here.
Of course, now that Dafeng has surrendered, Li Qi has become stupid, so this is just a "robbery" under the guise of "negotiation"
"Your Majesty."
Looking at Ning Yongnian, Li Huaizhong asked softly, "When do you plan to go to Huailing Mansion?"
"No rush, let Wu Ding take Li Qi over first and wait."
Ning Yongnian waved his hand and said casually: "Oh, by the way, tie Li Qi to the top of Huailing City when the time comes. Just don't let him die."
“.”
Tie Li Qi to the top of the city wall? Hearing this, Li Huaizhong was stunned.
Hanging people on the city walls as a warning to the public is a common means of warning, usually used on criminals who have committed serious crimes such as treason and treason.
But now Ning Yongnian actually wants to hang Li Qi on the top of the city wall, which is clearly intended to humiliate you, Dafeng.
After all, although Dafeng surrendered, Li Qi is still the king of a country!
What's more, you want to hang someone else's emperor on someone else's territory? ?
"Your Majesty, this."
Li Huaizhong opened his mouth hesitantly, as if wanting to persuade Ning Yongnian to reconsider.
It's not that he felt sorry for Li Qi or anything, he just felt that this approach would undoubtedly arouse the indignation of the people of Dafeng, which would be very unfavorable for taking over Dafeng's territory in the future.
However, Ning Yongnian interrupted directly and said, "Do as I say. I have my reasons for doing this."
"yes"
His Adam's apple moved, but Li Huaizhong said nothing more.
Because he suddenly understood who Ning Yongnian was trying to impress by doing this.
Neither the people of Dafeng nor the Wei family.
But it’s Li Wutong.
At midnight, we were fifty miles outside Guanghan City.
They set out at nightfall, and more than four hours have passed since then. The army of more than 200,000 has already moved away from Guanghan County and is marching quickly towards Niutou Mountain.
The torches stretched out like a fire dragon for miles, illuminating the dense yellow armor on the road.
Of course, as the commander-in-chief, Han Zhao naturally could not "run forward" or ride a horse with the ordinary soldiers. Instead, he sat firmly in the wide carriage and discussed with a group of deputy generals how to capture Shuzhou City as quickly as possible.
Although Han Zhao knew that there was a high probability that he wouldn't even be able to see the shadow of Shuzhou City, he still had to pretend.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a messenger came riding from behind, holding high in his hand a small iron tube sealed with sealing wax.
"General! Secret report from the capital!"
"Um."
Han Zhao lifted the car curtain, reached out of the window to take the iron cylinder, and immediately saw the three dragon patterns printed on the sealing wax.
Three lines meant that this was a top-level secret report. No one except him and the messenger who received the information would know its contents for the time being.
This was the first time he had received a three-mark secret report since the battle of Shuzhou began.
His pupils contracted slightly, and Han Zhao suddenly had a bad feeling.
He did not rush to open it, but ordered his lieutenants to leave the carriage first. Only after he was the only one left in the carriage did he slowly unscrew the small iron cylinder.
He shook out the papers and looked down.
Han Zhao's expression suddenly froze for a moment, and then he hurriedly put the note back into the iron tube, took out a piece of mother-and-child jade from his arms and sent a message to Wei Changtian.
[Ning Yongnian suddenly ordered the army to change its route to Jinyuan. I am the only one who knows about this.]
[Sir, what should I do? ]
(End of this chapter)
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