Chapter 267

"You mean to attack the peaks on both sides of the pass first?" Gu Qingcheng hears speech in the heart move, turn a head to look at Ye Zhiqiu to ask a way. Gu Qingcheng knows that although Ye Zhiqiu is not as indifferent to fame and wealth as Lu que, there is no doubt about his talent. Besides, there is only one Lu que, and the enterprising young students like Ye Zhiqiu are the normal school. This is not a disadvantage. The reason why Lu que sent him South was that he valued his talents. At this time, Gu Qingcheng wanted to hear ye Zhiqiu's ideas.

"Exactly." Ye Zhiqiu nodded, pointed to the two peaks in front of Pingshan pass and said, "look, these two peaks face the canyon like a knife and axe. Although there are some trees and mosses attached to them now, it is obvious that they were dug by hand. That is to say, they were specially set up by Tianxing ancestors to defend the barbarians on Xihe plateau, They cut off the access to the gorge in order to set up a camp at the top of the two mountains, so as to be superior and level off the horns of the city. "

"Not bad." Zhuge Ya nodded his head and said, "I once sent a detective horse to investigate some time ago. There are two camps at the top of Pingshan pass, but they are all set up on the north side of the peak, so we can't see them from here."

"Master ye, do you want to pull out these two mountain barracks first, and then attack Pingshan pass?" Gu Qingcheng looked at the terrain of the two peaks and asked.

"Gu Shuai, a few months ago, when the two armies attacked Ning'an county city, they first won the three mountain fortresses outside the city, and then the whole army surrounded them. And the terrain here is more dangerous than that of Ning'an county city. As long as we can take down the peaks on both sides, maybe this Pingshan pass can be broken without breaking through. " Ye Zhiqiu looked at Guancheng in the distance, his eyes flashed a ray of light, and his mouth showed a confident smile.

"You're right." Gu Qingcheng nodded after hearing the words. She was a person with exquisite mind. As soon as ye Zhiqiu said it, she understood Ye Zhiqiu's intention. No matter how steep the terrain of the two mountains is, how many people are stationed in the camp on the top of the two mountains is not a problem for the wolves. Ye Zhiqiu mentioned the Sanshan fortress outside Ning'an County, which means that since the Sanshan fortress can't stop the wolves, the two mountain camps can't stop the wolves either. Once the commanding heights of the two mountains are achieved, the whole war situation will be in their hands.

As for ye Zhiqiu's saying that Pingshan pass will not be broken without breaking through, Gu Qingcheng has roughly come up with Ye Zhiqiu's plan. As long as the peaks on both sides are conquered, a catapult can be set up on the top of the mountain. At that time, the roar of the catapult and the emptying of the boulders will bring a devastating blow to the morale of the garrison of Pingshan pass, no matter whether they can hit the wall or not. With the wisdom of Xie Daoheng, he naturally understood that Pingshan pass could not be defended. If he didn't want to destroy the whole army here, he had to abandon the pass and go.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingcheng looks at Ye Zhiqiu with admiration. Although Ye Zhiqiu's strategy is not very complicated, he can come up with such a way so quickly. It can be seen that his mind is really far more agile than ordinary people. Gu Qingcheng finally understood why Lu Xuhui chose Ye Zhiqiu to lead his army south among his elder brother Gu Qianxue, Yun Xiansi and Su duo.

"Master Ye's strategy is feasible. We have just arrived tonight, and Xie Daoheng must have a tight defense. I'll let Bai Xia take the wolves for a walk in two or three days. It's just the turn of the moon and the night is dark, which is convenient for the wolves to do things." Gu Qingcheng looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said with a smile.

Zhuge Ya also looks at Ye Zhiqiu and nods with a smile. As a veteran in the army who has made great contributions to Da Qian, she naturally hopes that the younger generation of Da Qian will have outstanding talents to replace them. Ye Zhiqiu's performance is obviously recognized by Zhuge ya. As for ye Zhiqiu's birth in a poor family, she didn't care. Zhuge's family in the auxiliary country had a certificate of calligraphy and iron from the emperor Taizu. They were prosperous and retired with the country. Whether they were in power or in power, they would not affect the status of Zhuge's family.

Zhai Ning, on the other hand, looks at Ye Zhiqiu and sighs in his heart that talent is really flourishing. Ye Zhiqiu is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he has such talent and wisdom. Although it can not be said that there is no talent like Ye Zhiqiu in Tianxing, it is only a few decades before there is one. Thinking of this, Zhai Ning can't help but think of Lu que, who defeated him last year. The same boy, who was 16 or 17 years old, was more terrible than ye Zhiqiu. Thinking of Lu Que's means to destroy the lion army, Zhai Ning can't help but feel chilly when he thinks about the way that the huge Star Kingdom has been forced to the edge of the cliff by him.

At this time, the gate of Pingshan pass city suddenly opened, and two groups of vigorous figures ran out of the gate. In a twinkling of an eye, they melted into the shadow of the mountain forests on both sides. It was obvious that Pingshan pass had been found. However, scouts were sent to investigate the situation of the canyon camp.

"Xie Daoheng's reaction was not slow. He had found something strange from the fireworks in the camp in less than half an hour. These two scouts obviously came to investigate the situation in our camp." Gu Qingcheng said with a smile while carefully distinguishing the figures in the forest.

"Deputy commander, do you want to keep these scouts?" Zhuge Ya looked at the sky star scouts who were as agile as apes in the mountains and asked.

"No, it's not a secret that we're leading our troops here. It must have been a letter from Heyan city to Zhongxing city. Even if Xie Daoheng didn't know it at this time, we couldn't hide it for long. Besides, I just want Xie Daoheng to know that Gu Qingcheng has led the army here, and I also want to see how this Xie family strategist will deal with it. " Gu Qingcheng looked at Pingshan pass, his eyes shining.

Ye Zhiqiu looks at Gu Qingcheng, a trace of fine light flashed in his eyes. He seems to have guessed Gu Qingcheng's mind. He can't help but ask, "does Gu Shuai want to catch Xie Daoheng alive?"

Gu Qingcheng smiles at Ye Zhiqiu's quick thinking and new understanding. This is a natural military talent. No wonder Lu Xuhui calls him a new generation of brigadier in her letter. However, she doesn't answer Ye Zhiqiu's question. Instead, she says, "there's nothing to see here. Let's go back to camp first."

With Gu Qingcheng's words, Zhuge Ya and Zhai Ning take the lead to walk down the mountain. Seeing Gu Qingcheng leave, Zhuge Ya and Zhai Ning look at each other and follow each other. Ye Zhiqiu looked at the three people's back, then turned to look at Pingshan pass city, a little clear flashed in his heart, and then sighed.

He regretted that he had just said that. Gu Qingcheng obviously didn't want to say it now. Although he didn't understand what it was, since Gu didn't want to say it, he shouldn't have said it. Thinking of this, he can't help sighing that his mind has yet to be tempered. After pondering for a while, ye Zhiqiu sees that the three have already gone far away and quickly follows up.

Gu Qingcheng looks back at Ye Zhiqiu. As he walks, he looks down to think about something. There is a slight smile on his lips. Ye Zhiqiu is certainly a talent, but he is totally different from Lu que, who is modest and low-key. Ye Zhiqiu's nature is not introverted enough, which makes him feel too sharp. He only knows how to advance but not how to retreat, It's impossible to have a foothold in the court. Since Lu que plans to help him become the leader of a new generation of poor families, Gu Qingcheng thinks that he should temper his mind in advance so as not to cause trouble in the future. He also needs Lu que to clean up the mess.

In fact, as ye Zhiqiu conjectured, Gu Qingcheng did intend to capture Xie Daoheng alive. Xie Daoheng is Xie Jieshu's son and Xie Daoquan's brother. As long as she catches him, she can make a lot of articles on him.

Judging from the current situation, Qiu's family, who has been in charge of Tianxing for many years, and Qiu's, Chai's and Xie's, who are the three chief ministers of Tianxing, have joined hands under the pressure of Daqian's soldiers. This can also be proved by the fact that Xie Daoxian, the eldest son of Xie's family, and Chai Yuanjian, the second son of Chai's family, stick to Heyan city. Whether it's because these four families are really loyal to Tianxing, or they clearly realize that Daqian's national policy will no longer allow them to exist, these four families who have been fighting for years over the issue of seizing their legitimate rights have come together.

But this does not mean that there is no quarrel among the four families, especially between the Xie family and the other three families. Before Xihe County, she had captured Xie Daoquan, but in order to accept Xihe garrison, he could only let Xie Daoquan go, but Xie Daoquan lost Xihe County after all. If she breaks through the Pingshan pass where Xie Daoheng is stationed and captures him alive, she can let out the wind and say that Xie Daoheng has committed to the cause.

The Xie family lost Xihe county first, then Pingshan pass. With the news of Xie Daoheng's surrender, the Xie family must be in an awkward situation in the Tianxing capital. Even if Xie Daoxian still sticks to Heyan City, he can't change that. Gu Qingcheng knows that once a rift is planted, everything will be irreparable. He can only watch the rift grow bigger and bigger. At that time, as long as he stirs up a little, the excluded Xie family will surely turn to Daqian. Then, both Heyan city and Zhongxing City, the capital of Tianxing king, can fight the Tianxing war completely.

In fact, this is the strategy originally designed by Lu que, but the difference is that Lu que wants to use the power of Fengxiang army to dominate Yancheng, and the persuasion of Xie Daoqin, the daughter of Xie's parents, who is an emissary of the Dark Phoenix Fuxing, to let Xie Daoxian open the city and surrender. He just doesn't know what's wrong. On the contrary, he makes Xie Daoxian stick to it, and shows that he would rather lose the army in three or four months, Fengxiang army was not allowed to take the posture of Heyan City, which made the war into a stalemate. This is the reason why Gu Qingcheng asked his aunt Gu Jieyun to send troops to attack Pingshan pass.

Just as Gu Qingcheng and others returned to the camp, Xie Daoheng also learned that there was a new DA Qian army coming to Zhuge Ya camp in the valley. He also learned from the scouts that the person who led the army was Gu Qingcheng, the Da Qian female commander who had been famous all over the sky since the beginning of the Tianxing war. Learning that Gu Qingcheng is here, Xie Daoquan is excited. He is the youngest man of the Xie family. He has always been known as a genius in military strategy, but he has not made any achievements. If he can defeat Gu Qingcheng here, he will be able to rectify his name.

After leaving the scouts, Xie Daoheng was lost in thought. He had received a letter from his elder brother Xie Daoxian and Xie Daoquan, but he didn't expect Gu Qingcheng to come so soon. According to his previous prediction, Gu should arrive here at least three to five days later. Xie Daoheng can't help but praise him. Gu Qingcheng is really worthy of being a new rising commander of Daqian. He knows the importance of military and the speed of military. He crossed more than ten counties in two counties from Heyan city. It took only ten days to come here. As a woman, he has such a command. It's really amazing.

Just as Xie Daoheng was thinking about how to break Gu Qingcheng '

"It's true. I've sent scouts to the canyon camp to investigate. There are a lot of people in the camp, and the flag of the general has been replaced by the big flag of Gu. It's obvious that Gu Qingcheng has arrived." Looking at the old general who pushed the door in, Xie Daoheng didn't feel any surprise. He didn't feel any displeasure to the huge voice of the old man. Instead, he said with respect.

"It's coming so fast." Veteran from Xie Daoheng here confirmed the news, not from exclamation said.

"Teacher, you still wear this armor. I ordered someone to send new armor to the teacher. It was specially made by Wang Du craftsman. It's much lighter than this one, and its defense is much better." Looking at the old general's old armor, Xie Daoheng asked.

"My armor was given by the former king. I have been with me for nearly 30 years. How can I abandon it because it is old?" The veteran touched the armor on his body and said with a straight face.

Xie Daoheng looked at the old man and sighed. It was obvious that this was not the first time he had heard this.

The old man's name was Xu Shouyi. He was one of the few Tianxing generals who escaped from Bai Yi's pursuit in the battle of zhennanguan nearly 20 years ago. He was also famous in Tianxing. When Qiu lie was the commander of the crazy lion army, the old man was Qiu lie's deputy. Xu Shouyi and Qiu lie built the Danshui defense line, which had blocked Daqian's invasion for nearly 20 years.

However, during the period when the four princes of Tianxing seized the throne, Xu Shouyi insisted that he would not be solicited by the two princes, Yan Wenxian and Yan wenang. He even scolded the two princes in front of the people sent by the two princes for their actions of seizing the throne and disturbing the country, which was actually a big traitor and a big hypocrite. As a result, he offended the two powerful princes and was excluded by them, He was transferred from the position of deputy commander of 250000 wild lion Legion to Pingshan pass, which was the least valued in the Star Kingdom at that time, and became a general who led only 300 old and weak soldiers.

At that time, Qiu lie, the commander-in-chief of the mad Lion War, was extremely dissatisfied with this and wanted to transfer Xu Shouyi back to the mad lion army several times. However, because Qiu lie belonged to the camp of Yan Wensheng, the fourth prince, the other three princes were afraid that Xu Shouyi would join Yan Wensheng's command and tried their best to stop him in the court. In order to face the pressure of the three princes, Qiu Lizhi could only sigh what he could do, but Xu Shouyi stayed at Pingshan pass, Nearly ten years.

When Xie Daoheng was young, Xu Shouyi was invited by Xie's family leader to give a lecture in Xie's Ethnology for one month when he took a three-month military rest. He taught Xie's children the art of war. Although Xie Daoheng was young at that time, he was very interested in Xu Shouyi's tactics. It can be said that Xu Shouyi was his enlightening mentor in military strategy, Therefore, after Xie Daoheng led his army to Pingshan pass, he always respected Xu Shouyi as a teacher, and even sent people to make a brand-new armor for the old man with a variety of refined cloud pattern steel to show his gratitude for the enlightenment.

"How many troops did Gu Qingcheng bring?" Xu Shouyi was silent for a while and asked.

"The exact number is not clear. The scouts dare not get too close to each other. However, according to my elder brother, there should be 40000 or 50000 people." Xie Daoheng said.

Xu Shouyi frowned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "no, according to the calculation of time, Gu Qingcheng shouldn't have come so fast. Now that she has arrived here, she should have made concessions, and the soldiers should have come slowly, and she should have taken Qingqi to rush here."

Xie Daoheng thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "the teacher is right, but the disciple thinks that no matter how many soldiers Gu Qingcheng has brought here, as long as she is still camping in the canyon, our previous strategies will not be affected. I plan to take advantage of her precarious foothold tonight, and I don't know how to ask the teacher to collect the cattle from the North County, Are you ready now? "

"Most of the counties in Shanbei are mountainous areas with thin fields. I've been collecting more than 900 cattle in my spare time after the autumn harvest. But I think these should be enough, just ~" Said here, Xu Shouyi could not help showing a trace of hesitation.

"Teacher, you are my enlightening teacher. There is no need to hide between you and me. If the teacher has any consideration, the students will be all ears." Xie Daoheng knew that the old man used to be a star general. After many years of fighting, he thought that he was not a newcomer in the battlefield, so he said humbly.

"There are two points." Xu Shouyi pointed out two fingers and said, "these cattle are the livelihood of farmers in one year. The land in Shanbei counties is poor. If there are no more cattle, the next year will be more difficult."

"Don't worry, as long as you beat back Fengxiang army, I will ask my father to compensate these farmers for farming cattle." Xie Daoheng smiles when he hears the words. This small matter is nothing to the Xie family. Let alone a thousand cattle, it's 10000. As long as they think about it, they can easily come up with it.

Xu Shouyi felt relieved and nodded. He had been here for nearly ten years. There were many familiar people in the nearby farmers, but he didn't want to cut off his life because of himself. After thinking about it, he said, "it's said that Gu Qingcheng is accompanied by wolves. It's the work of wolves to take advantage of Xihe River one night a month ago. Although the terrain here is very suitable for huoniu's trap, if there are wolves, I'm afraid I can't do my best."