A cavalry of more than 2,000 people traveled through the mountains and forests. There were only more than 2,000 soldiers, but more than 3,000 horses. The mountain road was narrow, and only one horse could be allowed to ride in the narrowest place. The marching route of this team was stretched very long. The road was steep, but these soldiers seemed to be used to it, walking like a horse on a flat ground.

In the sky, a hawk hovered over the team. On the ground, the team was clearly divided into three parts. There were more than 500 vanguards, more than 1,000 central troops, and more than 500 defenders. The three groups each set a distance of about a distance and moved forward slowly.

Their goal was the last important stronghold of the Qi army in Hengduan Mountains, Guangyang City.

The reason why it is a city rather than a village is because Guangyang is already the last important place guarded by the Qi army. After passing Guangyang City, the mountain gradually calmed down. After moving forward for dozens of miles, we set foot on the land of Cangzhou.

The Ming army was determined to win this place, but the Qi army had to defend it. In other places, the Da Qi and the Ming Dynasty basically maintained peace on the broad side. The two sides continued to trade and frequent civil exchanges. However, in the Hengduan Mountains, the war never stopped for a moment. In the previous few years, the Qi army had a strong offensive, forcing the Ming army to retreat continuously, and even Paomaping did not defend it. However, in the past two years, the situation reversed, and the Ming army launched a large-scale counterattack, not only recaptured Paomaping and others one by one, but now it has also attacked Guangyang City, the last line of defense of the Qi army in the Hengduan Mountains.

Guangyang City is no longer just a military camp. There are many villages surrounding it, and many people have gathered. In Cangzhou, Guangyang is a Xia County with thousands of residents.

Over the past few years, Tuobayan has been dispatching troops to Guangyang, and the young and strong people in nearby villages have also gathered towards Guangyang. As the Ming army advances step by step, the battle between the two sides is about to break out.

"General Tuoba, Murong Hai is really cautious. I set up a trap several times along the way, but never succeeded." A general stood in front of Tuobayan and whispered.

Tuobayan crossed his fingers and stuck his lower forehead, half closed his eyes, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "In the past ten years, I, Tuobayan, have met countless generals who claim to be smart and talented, and can win every time, but I didn't expect that a former subordinate and a stupid guy would be able to do anything."

"General Tuoba, he was just relying on the advantages of his military armor." The general in front of him said unconvincedly. "If it weren't for these, would he be our opponent?"

Tuobayan smiled bitterly: "The advantage of military armor is his advantage. If you can use this advantage to the extreme, it is his ability. When the two armies face off, can we blame the other party for having military armor?"

The general was speechless.

"Since repeated ambushings cannot work, we can only fight head-on. Otherwise, we will be in trouble if we let them penetrate the back of Guangyang City."

The general nodded: "He Weiping and five thousand infantrymen followed Murong Hai not far behind. If we could defeat Murong Hai, He Weiping would definitely withdraw his troops."

"Zhang Yang, take your subordinates with you and make your last effort. If the ambush still doesn't work, then fight them head-on." Tuobayan ordered.

"Yes, General." Zhang Yang nodded vigorously, turned around and walked out.

Looking at Zhang Yang's back, Tuobayan sighed silently.

Guangyang City is not big. Now he stationed more than 10,000 people here. Two military gates were set up on the two hills on both sides, each with two thousand troops stationed each other. Three thousand people stationed in the city. In addition, some young and strong people gathered, and the other five thousand were led by Zhang Yang as mobile troops, including two thousand mountain cavalry he worked hard to train. Over the years, he has worked hard to manage, and such cavalry have only trained 5,000 people. In recent years, this cavalry has suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with Murong Hai. Although it is constantly replenishing, the newly added cavalry is very different from the veterans. Even the veterans are not the opponent of the barbarian mountain cavalry, let alone recognize these people.

If Guangyang City was put in the past, it would definitely be impregnable in Tuobayan's eyes, but now it is not. All of this is because the Ming people possessed gunpowder weapons. The kind of weapon that could make a loud noise. Since the first appearance on the battlefield in the Battle of Panlongsai, the Qi people have been desperately collecting information on this.

The one who suffered the most in this regard was Tuobayan's troops. In terms of experience in fighting enemies with gunpowder weapons, he is probably the only one in Qi State who has the richest. Because Murong Hai's troops opposite him began to possess these weapons a year ago, which made Tuobayan's troops suffer a lot.

But Tuobayan knew better that the gunpowder weapons he encountered were probably not the most powerful of Ming people. Because he had never seen the so-called cannons that could shoot miles away from the ghost. When he thought of the cannons mentioned in the love land, he could sink a three-layer warship with one shot, and Tuobayan felt heavy in his heart.

Even if Guangyang City is steep, how can it withstand such a weapon?

The only thing that is thankful is that the Ming army opposite him has never possessed such a powerful weapon. Hearing that this kind of artillery is extremely heavy, perhaps this is the reason why the Ming army in the Hengduan Mountains never possessed. The mountain road is rugged and it is basically impossible to transport the cannons weighing thousands of pounds in. It is precisely because of this that he must defend Guangyang City. Once Guangyang is lost, the enemy will leave the Hengduan Mountains and enter Cangzhou. How can Cangzhou, which spreads the plains, resist these weapons of the Ming people?

"The order is sent back to Cangzhou and told Wu Jing that Cangzhou has entered the mobilization stage of the whole county, and ordered Yan Xiaoyi to lead another 10,000 troops and be ready to support Guangyang at any time."

"yes."

Tuobayan sat in the hall for a long time before he stood up, put on his helmet, picked up the sword on the table, and walked out strode. Guangyang could not be misled, which was also the reason why he came here to take charge in person.

In the past few years, the power comparison between Qi Ming has been tilted towards the Ming people bit by bit. By this year, a consensus has been formed in the Qi court, that is, we must fight the Ming people as soon as possible. The further we drag, the more obvious the advantages of the Ming people will be.

Tuobayan is a soldier. Why did a huge country like Qi fall at a disadvantage in this competition? I have never figured out why. In his opinion, the emperor of Qi was not a foolish person, and the three armies were also considered to be a life-threatening person, but why did Qi become increasingly unable to do so year by year?

He couldn't understand. Since this year, many places in China have begun to show signs of instability. More and more farmers have gone bankrupt, more and more refugees have become more and more. Many people even abandoned the land allocated to them by the court and fled.

When the Ming Dynasty distributed land to the people, the people created huge wealth, and the Qi State also distributed land to the people. Why did the people not only fail to create wealth but instead gave up land?

Tuobayan naturally didn't know that the Ming Dynasty's economy was never achieved by collecting taxes from farmers. The free people and self-cultivated farmers in Qi seemed to have their own land, but the heavy taxes and corvee completely crushed them.

The economic model of the Ming Dynasty was simply impossible for the Qi people to learn. The way of deficit management was completely incredible in the Qi court, including the emperor. But the fact is that the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, while the Qi State is declining.

Do Tuobayan regret it?

Sometimes in the middle of the night, Tuobayan would ask himself, do you regret it?

The answer is no.

He didn't feel that he owed the Ming Dynasty. When he was a spy detective in the Ming Dynasty, he also made countless contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

He is now in his early thirties and has lived in Qi for ten years. It can be said that most of the most important time in his life was in Qi. He had been in Qi for too long, and he unknowingly became an authentic Qi person. Here, he had a wife, son, and even more glory and wealth. He also protected Qi, and he also protected his family and his loved ones.

Maybe one day, he will fail, but he will not regret it.

Besides, it is unknown who will win to death.

The Ming Dynasty did have a powerful weapon that makes people scare, but it is still used by people. Think about what did he have when Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty started his business? Didn’t he succeed?

After patrolling the city for a while, he went down to the city and returned to the military camp. When night fell, he quietly left Guangyang with a thousand cavalry.

When the sun rose, Murong Hai's army set out again. Last night, the soldiers on duty returned to the central army, rode on horses, closed their eyes, and went to bed on horses, which was also one of their essential skills. The war horses under their crotch were old horses that had been with them for many years. They could consciously follow the action of the large army without consciously controlling them.

Just like the past, the troops were divided into three parts. In this way, even if one of them was attacked, the other two could react quickly. This was why Zhang Yang wanted to attack Murong Hai many times, but he still couldn't find the reason. As for the sneak attack in the evening, Zhang Yang also tried it, but after suffering several losses, he could only return in a depressed way.

The hawk was still playing in the sky, without any abnormality. Murong Biao of the front army raised his hand and signaled to stop his progress. Looking at the dense jungle ahead, he narrowed his eyes.

Of course, I couldn't see what it was. There were many dense forests in front of me. I looked at it and saw that there were trees and grass, but Murong Biao's mouth sneered.

The harrier is a ferocious animal. Although domesticated, its animal nature will still be revealed at some point. For example, just like now, the harrier eagle in the sky suddenly dives down and almost flies by the treetops. This is the method used by the harrier eagle to drive away small birds and animals. Once these little things come out of the hiding place because of fear, they will become the targets of the harrier eagle to prey on.

But this time, there was no movement in the woods, and even a little bird had not yet flew up.

"Tell the general that the rats want to attack again and prepare for battle!" Murong Biao said softly.

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