Nanyang County ranks third among the 11 counties of Qing State. It is not only the granary of Qing State, but also a strategic location in the southwest of Qing State. The people of Qing State have never neglected their defense of Nanyang County.

There are seven counties in Nanyang County. In addition to the main city of Wancheng, there are six other counties. Eight cities are large and small, standing on the land of Nanyang County. Although heavy troops have been deployed on the border of Qing State, Wancheng has always been garrisoned with tens of thousands of defenders.

Wancheng is a transit station for border military strategic materials, especially in the southwest line. Grain and grass have always been allocated from Wancheng. As the first granary of Qing State, Nanyang County produces a huge amount of grain. More than ten large granaries have been built in Wancheng. Under the personal intervention of Shang Zhongli, these granaries are usually filled with grain and grass to meet the needs of crisis.

Nowadays, more than a dozen granaries in Wancheng have already had sufficient food and supplies. In addition, there are a large number of wheat grains harvested from the fields transported to the city every day.

The people of the southern counties of Nanyang County, especially the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, have moved to neighboring counties on a large scale. The officials of each county have selected and organized a group of strong men to stay and harvest wheat valleys, and used them to serve as wartime civilians.

Wancheng is located in the southern part of Nanyang County, with only one county separated by the middle, which is the Nanyang Pass area, which is already on the front line.

The Yan State mission arrived in Wancheng three days after entering Nanyang County.

Since entering Nanyang County, a Qing State Cavalry Team, which had been composed of 500 people, was sent by Shang Zhongli to welcome the Yan State Mission, and took the banner of the general to ensure the safety of the Yan State Mission along the way.

Yan Qing combined two men and horses, and there were nearly two thousand people, one by one, one by one, and one by one, and the swords and guns were cold. It was naturally inevitable to meet the migrating team of people along the way. However, this two thousand cavalry was enough to keep the people away from each other and dare not get close.

Of course, messengers who convey military information are not allowed along the way, so they want to report the battle situation ahead to Beijing.

Although all the decision-making power on the front line is in the hands of Shang Zhongli, and the Qing court will not interfere in any military deployment, the war reports ahead still have to be reported to the Ministry of War in the capital.

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It was dusk when the Yan State delegation arrived in Wancheng.

Han Mo saw that Wancheng was huge and the walls were tall and thick. As the most important city in front of Qing Kingdom, it had indeed been vigorously built and reinforced.

More than a dozen ditches have been dug outside the city. The ditches are deep and wide, and the four sides of Wancheng spread like waves.

"These are all deep trenches, just to deal with the cavalry and siege weapons of the Wei Kingdom." Cao Yin and Han Mo advanced side by side. Because there were deep trenches everywhere outside the city, the team could only move into the city on a narrow road left to the distance to enter the city: "The cavalry naturally could not rush to the city when facing these trenches. And you see, they dug more than a dozen deep trenches, and the outermost deep trenches were far away from the city wall. Even if they set up catapults, they might not be able to hit the city wall...!"

Han Mo looked around and said, "The Wei army may not be able to rush to the city for a while, but it may not take much time to fill these trenches!"

Cao Yin smiled and said, "Shang Zhongli certainly wouldn't think that these trenches could block the Wei army, just to suppress the morale of the Wei army." He pointed to the tall walls of Wancheng, "Look at where!"

Han Mo looked up and saw behind the battlements of the high walls, there were countless large crossbows, and there seemed to be a catapult on the top of the city.

Although the Wei army was still far away from this, the military was standing solemnly above the city of Wancheng and was ready to respond to the enemy.

"The Wei army would definitely suffer a lot of casualties if they wanted to fill these trenches. Moreover, the Wei Cang Cavalry was invincible on the plains like wolves. They were good at charging and fighting, but if they were blocked under this city, their morale would inevitably fall." Cao Yin smiled calmly and said, "Looking at the situation of the entire Nanyang County, Shang Zhongli had already begun to set up defenses here. Even if the Wei army could really take Nanyang County in the end, the price they paid... would be very high."

"Before the battle, the Qing army showed murderous aura..." Han Mo looked at the soldiers on the city and sighed softly: "From a general's ability, it depends on his soldiers. Shang Zhongli...is indeed extraordinary!"

Cao Yin also sighed: "Just look at the formation here, you can guess that the next battle will be extremely cruel. Today, the five famous generals in the court each have their own strengths. The battle of Wei Qing is actually a game between Sima Qingtian and Shang Zhongli, which can be said to be a conflict of conflict!"

"A battle of contradictions?"

Cao Yin said calmly: "Sima Qingtian is good at attacking and has the ability to command troops head-on. It can be said that no one can go to the right of the world. However, Shang Zhongli was not famous for attacking, but for defending. In the war more than ten years ago, Shang Zhongli adopted a defensive stance and built solid fortifications in the western front of Qingguo. The Wei people could not attack for a long time and their morale was low. Shang Zhongli was in a defensive position, looking for opportunities for fighters, and finally launched a large-scale counterattack, which defeated the Wei people."

"Sima Qingtian is a spear and Shang Zhongli is a shield, which is interesting!" Han Mo couldn't help but smile, then thought of something, and asked Cao Yin: "Marty, what are the characteristics of the other famous generals?"

"Busugan became famous because he used the weak Feng Kingdom soldiers to resist the Wei army's multiple attacks, and even caused heavy casualties. He could not advance to Feng Kingdom's land and returned in a defeat." Cao Yin said: "This is certainly Busugan's talent for commanding troops, but he is afraid that the right time, place and people will have the upper hand, especially the advantage of the geographical advantage... Feng Kingdom is all in the forest area, and the strongest cavalry of Wei State could not be exerted at all, and the combat effectiveness of Wei State's infantry is far less than their cavalry. Entering the forest area of ​​Feng Kingdom, he was not adaptable at all. Busugan is also good at commanding troops, and defeating the Wei army in the forest area, but it is normal... If Busugan walked out of the forest, he might not be very powerful. Therefore, I always thought that Busugan was the king of the forest area. No one could beat him in the battle of the forest...!"

"I heard that there is another western wolf in Wei State Du Wufeng?" Han Mo frowned and asked, "It is said that this person is the commander of the black flag of Wei State?"

"Compared with the other famous generals in the court, Du Wufeng's whereabouts are ghostly. It is said that few court officials in the Wei State can see him." Cao Yin sighed lightly: "But this person's ability is indeed well-known in the world, and it is not inferior to Shannan Jinluohammer. You are the director of the Xihua Hall, so you naturally know the power of the black flag, so it goes without saying that. The black flag under Du Wufeng, the Wei State, is the most terrifying dark yamen today. In addition, Du Wufeng also has extremely powerful means on the battlefield!"

The team approached the city gate along the narrow road, but many officials had gathered in front of the city gate, but the ditches outside the city were crisscrossing and it was difficult to speed up for a while, so they could only slowly lean over there.

Seeing that it was still a distance from the city gate, Han Mo asked, "Marty, Du Wufeng, my subordinates have only heard of his dark deeds, but they have rarely heard of things on the battlefield."

Cao Yin had a very gentle face and laughed: "It's no wonder you. Du Wufeng is on the battlefield, just like the dark yamen he led, strange and mysterious, and elusive. If you talk about the characteristics of this famous general on the battlefield, you can only say that he is good at sneak attacks."

"Sneak attack?"

Cao Yin nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then said, "I also talk about the Wei Qing battle more than ten years ago. You should remember that the Wei army won consecutive battles and attacked Wuguan County, Qingguo, and three counties in a row, and were invincible..."

"I remember." Han Mo said: "The Marquis said it not long ago. It was then that Shang Zhongli transferred troops from the border to rescue him, which blocked the Wei army's attack!"

"Yes. It was Shang Zhongli who transferred his army northward. At the beginning, he only relied on the advantage of the geographical advantage to defend the important place and blocked the Wei army's attack. The Wei army won consecutive battles and underestimated the enemy. He was blocked by Shang Zhongli's progress. The morale of the army began to become impatient. He made several advances, but was resolved by Shang Zhongli. He suffered a considerable loss and his morale was floating. However, Shang Zhongli made careful arrangements, seized the time, launched a large counterattack in one day and night, and attacked the whole line... It was because the Qing people were defeated by the Wei army, and the crowd was angry, and they were suppressed by Shang Zhongli again.

The impulse to attack was already holding his breath. As soon as this counterattack was launched, the three Qing army troops used troops to attack, and Shang Zhongli even took thousands of cavalry to seize the main tent of the Wei army. The Wei army was defeated in that battle and retreated in a hurry...!" He paused and smiled and said, "With the momentum at that time, the Qing army could not only recover Wuguan, but also the Wudu County, but also be able to chase the Wumu River and take back Shanbei County... But the Qing army was held back to pursue and missed a great opportunity...!"

"What do you mean?" Han Moqi said: "Is it that Du Wufeng has dragged the Qing army's pursuit?"

Cao Yin smiled and nodded, "Yes. Just when Shang Zhongli led his army to pursue the Wei army, he suddenly received a report that a Wei cavalry was rushing thousands of miles away and attacking the capital. Although the cavalry only had 5,000 people, they were all the most elite cavalry in the Wei State, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. Judging from the situation at that time, it was planned that five thousand cavalry would attack the capital...!"

"Shang Zhongli shouldn't stop chasing at this time and return to Beijing to help?"

"Shang Zhongli didn't seem to care at first. After all, there were still many soldiers in the guard camp in Shangjing...!" Cao Yin sighed lightly: "Seeing that the pursuit could be carried out all the way, Shang Zhongli was certainly unwilling to transfer back to the rescue at this time, but... when he knew that Du Wufeng was the one who led the troops, he was a little shocked. What surprised him even more was that the Wei army sent someone to send Du Wufeng's letter and told Shang Zhongli directly that his 5,000 cavalry would not attack Shangjing, but to attack the imperial tomb of Qing Kingdom 50 miles away from the eastern suburbs of Shangjing. The letter even joked that the royal clans of Qing Kingdom wanted to go around Wei...!"

Han Mo opened his mouth and didn't say anything, but was surprised in his heart. After a while, he said, "This... Du Wufeng is really too unprotective, how can it be... how can it be like this..."

"This is his dark style of action." Cao Yin sighed: "Don't follow common sense, the methods are indeed a little despicable, but... the effect is indeed excellent..."
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