Li Jilong led his war horse across the stream, looking at the slightly tired soldiers, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes. He grew up in the military camp since he was a child. Although he had never been to the battlefield and had no experience in the battle, Li Chuyun was always in contact with him and taught him a lot of experience.

Fatigue march is a taboo in military strategists.

No matter at any time, as long as you enter an unknown territory, you must retain the physical strength to fight at any time.

Too fast, it is easy to be taken by the enemy.

The consumption of this mountain road was greater than he had imagined.

He asked a young general Lang Shichang beside him: "General Lang, is there a place to rest in front? You have to stop and rest for a while..."

Lang Shichang was the son of Lang Anping, the Baosai tribe, and the loyal descendant who claimed to be the descendant of Meng Huo.

Whether it is true or not, since Gao Huaide was conquered, the clan moved to Xichang City and has officially integrated into Dayu. Many athletes from the clan tribe have been selected into the Chengdu Military Region, and Lang Shichang is one of them.

This time, Li Jilong was the pioneer, and Cao Bin specially assigned Lang Shichang to serve as a guide for him.

Lang Shichang was a little worried at first, thinking that Li Jilong was too young to take on this important task, but along the way, he found that his young boss had handled the details that needed to be paid attention to in various places during the march very well, and he felt very at ease.

Although Li Jilong did not see the defensive situation of the Holy Communism with his own eyes, he could still guess it.

Li Jilong said vigilantly: "General Lang is trying to seize the credit?"

As for Xing Shan, he was completely speechless.

Li Jilong laughed wildly: "A sister, no, your uncle is here!"

This war is coming, and it is not a wise choice to consume the physical strength of your soldiers for no reason in order to delay time.

Gu Yuanda was naked, holding a big wooden hammer and punching a thorn into the soil, smearing a bead of sweat on his forehead, looking at the line of defense that was temporarily arranged, he felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "Go harder, just now I got the news that the cavalry of the Yu Kingdom of the Northern Dynasty was about to walk out of the mountain stream. At their speed, it would take only one day to reach the Shenggong. We have no extra time to spend here. Whether we can safely withdraw the Dragon Head Pass depends on today..."

Li Jilong said: "That book will be even more unscrupulous. I, a soldier in Dayu, have no reason to cherish my life and fear death. It's just decided..."

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There is a shallow river a mile west of the Shenggongzong. The terrain is rugged and uneven, which the locals call it Eighteen Jumps.

"It should be possible!" The answer was Lang Shichang: "As far as I know, in order not to pay taxes, some small and medium-sized tribes will open paths in the mountains and forests to bypass the evils from all over the country. This holy communist is afraid that it will be no exception. However, the number of people should not be large, and it is easy to be exposed."

But since Cao Bin was in charge of Chengdu, Gao Fang has found various reasons to strengthen the sages and communism and repaired this place into a solid fortress.

The administrative organization of Dali is very simple. The prosperous areas are all centered around the two core areas of the capital Yunnan and Shanchan Prefecture Kunming. Most of the others are in the mountains and forests, with a total of 37, and even the small and medium-sized Dali can't remember it.

The Holy Communism is not a city, there are only a small number of merchants living in it. When they learned that the war was coming, they had already escaped with their families and had no extra civilian assistance.

The Holy Communism is not comparable to other places.

Where do people in Dali don’t understand the nature of the urinary nature of those people in the mountains?

Without any practical benefit, they cannot pay taxes honestly.

Lang Shichang could not have thought that Shangguan had performed well all the way and would ask such a stupid question, explaining: "The general may not know Gu Yuanda, who is a long-time general of Dali and is the most steadfast. In the past, Yang Ganzhen led his troops to attack eastern Yunnan in order to get rid of Duan Siping's disaster. Gu Yuanda defended on the mountain road for more than 30 days without taking off his armor, and stayed on the front line without retreating. He resisted the attack of 6,000 people with eight hundred people. When he arrived at the Holy Communist, he sent people to cut down trees, to consolidate the defense."

There is no need for Gu Yuanda to do this at all.

Lang Shichang closed his hands and said, "The general is right. This Gu Yuanda loves to cherish his soldiers the most, so his soldiers are willing to die for him."

Working while singing, we are in full swing.

Li Jilong shook his head silently, and responded to this reasonable explanation with a completely opposite attitude.

Li Jilong was well-versed in the world, and did not eagerly ask for information. Instead, he pulled off the kettle from the horse's back and said, "I've worked hard all the way. Drink a sip of water first to moisten my throat."

When he met Lang Shichang, Xing Shan's puzzled gaze, Li Jilong said excitedly: "Dali elementary school cannot afford many cavalry. Gu Yuanda's five thousand soldiers are of course infantry. It is not difficult for them to rely on the Holy Communism to resist us, but it is not easy to retreat without any effort. So what I think is that they cut down trees not to strengthen the Holy Communism, but to arrange positions in the rear so that when retreating, they can slow down our pursuit so that they can escape without any effort."

Lang Shichang was very moved and eager to try: "General, let the last general lead the troops behind him!"

As a vanguard army, Li Jilong's purpose was to create a comfortable marching environment for the rear army. As long as he arrived safely in the Holy Communism, it would be a contribution whether he could fight or not.

Lang Shichang saw that Li Jilong's words and actions were very well-organized, so he took the order and left.

In order to work harder, Gu Yuanda also sang a mountain song from the Bai people of Dali: "Ah Mei on the other side of the mountain..."

Establish a trading station to sell some necessities of daily life that are not in the mountains, and people in the mountains will obediently pay taxes under the mountain.

Xing Shan took it with a panic, took a sip, and before Li Jilong asked, he had already told the news he had heard: "General, Gu Yuanda, the general under the command of the Dali Gaofang, has arrived at the Holy Communism and taken over the Holy Communism's garrison, with a total of five thousand soldiers."

"General Li!" Xing Shan was a man with a bad appearance, dressed as a mountain man in Dali, and had a bamboo telescope hanging around his waist.

Lang Shichang smiled bitterly and said hurriedly: "I dare not!" He said with a tough head, "It will be dangerous after going around here."

However, Li Jilong's family has a deep roots and is talented. In this first battle in his life, he was unwilling to be ordinary, so he asked, "Does anyone find anything unusual?"

Li Jilong suddenly looked at Xing Shan and said, "Can we go around the mountains and forests and go to the rear of the Holy Communism?"

Li Jilong's expression moved slightly and said, "Why is this cutting down trees?"

When they were singing at their peak, a group of uninvited guests emerged in the mountains and forests.

"No, General is thinking simple. If Gu Yuanda's mission is to defend the Holy Communism to the death, his actions are reasonable. But his purpose is not to live here, but to stop us and prevent us from easily killing Lijiang, and to directly approach the Dragon Head Pass."

The so-called "destruction" means taxation in the south, which is Dali.

Shortly after Li Jilong arrived at the valley, Lang Shichang led Xing Shan to report.

Li Jilong did not answer, but closed his eyes, patiently thought about the whole story little by little, and suddenly heard the neighing of the war horse beside him, and a flash of inspiration said: "He is preparing for a retreat, so that's it."

They rushed into the crowd like wolves and tigers, waving the sword in their hands.

Xing Shan is their horse-striking leader, responsible for the movements of the Holy Communism.

Lang Shichang was stunned when he heard this, and he also reacted and said in shock: "Then why did they cut down trees?"

Li Jilong's eyes flashed and said, "I will lead two hundred people around the rear of the Holy Communist to attack the soldiers who set up their formations in the rear. The general will continue to march to the Holy Communist. If the Holy Communist sends troops to rescue him, he will use the arrows as a signal. The general can directly bypass the Holy Communist to fight for help. If he cannot defeat the Holy Communist, he will have to swallow up the five thousand of them."

He was extremely prestigious in the army, and with his own actions, the soldiers who worked together had no complaints, and followed him and shouted: "Okay!"

Li Jilong looked further and said, "The Holy Communism is a well-connected trading point. No matter how strong the repair is, it cannot become a strategic location. It is indeed more than enough to resist our vanguard and front army, but once the army arrives, it cannot be defended at all. Not to mention Gu Yuanda, even if it comes to Zhang Suiyang, it will not work. Gao Fang sent him here to seek reinforcements from the Yang family of Shanchan Mansion. He only needs to delay us for ten days. There is no need to send soldiers to cut down trees in this situation and consume the soldiers' physical strength in vain."

Xing Shan said: "No, Gu Yuanda is a very steady general, best at defending. Since he led his troops into the Holy Communism, he has sent soldiers to cut down trees and sent horses to inquire about information. Our people have met them many times, and with the advantage of the Qianli Mile Mile, we have not suffered any loss."

Li Jilong said loudly: "Persevere and go to the valley ahead to rest." After saying that, he said again: "Xing Shan should have news. You can arrange someone to pick him up and take him to the valley to see me."

Lang Shichang thought for a while and said, "There is a valley five miles ahead, so you can rest."

Xing Shan was stunned when he heard this and said with some suspicion: "It should be repairing the fortifications."

He said this and looked at Li Jilong secretly, hurriedly hiding the contempt in his eyes.

Li Jilong looked as usual when he heard this, but he was secretly thinking in his heart: If the two thousand soldiers under his command were confronted head-on, it would be enough to defeat the five thousand soldiers of the other party, but if they followed the military fortress to defend, the two thousand people would be insufficient.

In order to facilitate control, they built a trading station on the main roads in the mountains and forests to accept tax payments from various departments.

The Holy Communism is one of them. For the sake of trade security, the official will also build simple defense facilities to prevent the robbery of small tribes without eyes.

There were not many people, and they all showed fatigue. However, the more than a thousand soldiers in Dali were not even wearing armor. Most of them were naked, and they were holding tools like wooden hammers, without armor or weapons...

There is no need to calculate at all, it is just a massacre in the face!

Gu Yuanda looked at the sudden Dayu soldiers who slaughtered his soldiers in anger. He was so angry that he vomited blood in his heart. He shouted "Stabilize" the mallet in his hand hit a soldier, and smashed the other party away.

But he couldn't wait for a second swing, and a soldier's spear had already pierced his body first.

This kind of wooden hammer nailed stake is very powerful, but its attack speed is too slow...
Chapter completed!