The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 339 Hengniu Pass

Chen Tang is not a benevolent person. His character is one who accomplishes great things and doesn't care about trivial matters. Otherwise, in history, he would not coerce Gan Yanshou to send troops together, and he would not send troops to the Western Regions with false imperial edicts.

Capturing this pass is only the first step in a surprise attack on the Lie Nation, and there is no room for loss. If these soldiers are released, there is a real possibility that the news will leak out and the surprise attack will fail, because they cannot take the right path, they can only take the dangerous path in the mountains , the speed must be slow.

In order to ensure the surprise attack strategy, it is not a problem to sacrifice some soldiers of the enemy country.

The soldiers of the treacherous country were all frightened. At this time, Lu Zhonglian said: "General Chen, it is unwise to kill and surrender indiscriminately. This place is not far from my Linchuan East County. Send a soldier , go to the governor of Ximenbao County and ask him to send soldiers to garrison this city and escort all these soldiers back. This will not take long, and our soldiers from the new country will arrive tomorrow morning."

Chen Tang pondered for a while, calculating the time spent in his heart, and after calculating that it would not affect the surprise attack, he immediately dispatched soldiers, mounted horses, and headed to Linchuandong County.

Not long after dawn, the army sent by Ximen Leopard came over and took over this pass. At the same time, Chen Tang led the soldiers and continued to march towards the imperial capital of Lie Kingdom.

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the other side.

Jing Ke had already ridden his horse out of the Qinglong Pass and galloped through the endless plains of Pingyuan County. He continued to travel northeast, bypassing the city occupied by the New Kingdom and taking the east road.

Jing Ke was followed by some people, all of whom were friends in the world. In order to plan his assassination this time, these friends also did a lot of work, including spreading rumors and news, including bribing officials of the Lieguo.

The Lie Kingdom is not like the New Kingdom. Because it adopts Shang Yang's policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, the entire country actually does not have obvious exchanges with foreign countries, and the degree of commercial development is very low. Although the overall national strength also has requirements for thorns, but generally For each upgrade, you only need to meet the minimum level of comprehensive national strength points.

There are two factors to look at in terms of comprehensive national strength. One is the lowest. For example, the comprehensive military strength must reach 5 points. The second is to look at the total number. After the minimum standard, there must be a high index.

After traveling for a full day, Jing Ke finally arrived at the border area of ​​the Lie Kingdom, and a city appeared in front of their eyes.

"This city is called Huguan, and it is the southernmost city of the Lie Kingdom. If you want to enter the Lie Kingdom, you need to obtain a document, or a customs clearance certificate, here. You also need documents to stay in the Lie Kingdom temporarily. There is no document. If you are caught in Lie Nation, you will be killed on the spot."

The man on the side said in Jing Ke's ear.

These countries in Pingyuan County did not build city walls. In many cases, they could bypass the city if they broke into the territory of Lie Kingdom, so this regulation was very important.

"After entering the city, go to the government to handle the paperwork."

Jing Ke asked, "No need to manage?"

"It's not necessary here, because the laws of the Lie Kingdom are very strict, and the border officials dare not embarrass the people too much. We are not fugitives, so we can naturally get the documents."

After searching, they entered the city, went to the county government to handle the paperwork, and then Jing Ke and the others went to the imperial capital of Lie Kingdom.

The Imperial Capital of the Lie Kingdom is located almost in the northeast corner of Pingyuan County, in the northeast of the entire Lie Kingdom. This is why it is closer if you go north from Linchuan East County.

Along the way, Jing Ke only saw a lot of men plowing the fields, but there were very few commercial caravans, and almost no caravans were seen. Apart from the ox carts of ordinary people on the official road, there were rushing officers and soldiers. , no scholars, no caravans.

Although the people of these martyrs' countries do not seem to be as high-spirited or as wealthy as the people of the new country, the clothes they wear are still acceptable, and the farmland is large and the food produced is sufficient, so famine will not happen. .

Another day later, we arrived at the imperial capital.

Jing Ke and the others lived in an inn, and the two people around them went to find their previous contacts to start a relationship, while Jing Ke lived in the inn.

He put the Xinguo Gemyu map he had obtained before on the table, and pulled out the dagger from the bag. It was shining with cold light, and the blade was completely soaked in poison. As long as he stabbed it, he would die undoubtedly!

Going to the palace of the Lie Kingdom also has to go through a lot of inspections, clothes and shoes, all of which will not be let go. It is still very difficult to bring this dagger in.

Jing Ke put the dagger on the leftmost side of Kanyu, then rolled up the map, carefully rolled it up, and put it together.

Jing Ke waited patiently in the inn room. Outside the window was the noisy street. Through the window, he could still see the walls of the imperial palace in the distance.

It was not until evening that the entourage came in.

"Everything has been arranged, and it will take a few days before you will be announced into the palace."

Jing Ke nodded: "Thank you both."

"The rest is up to you, we can only help you here."

"I know."

……

Two days later, in the evening.

"General, Hengniu Mountain is ahead."

Chen Tang looked at a horizontal mountain range in front of him. This is the last big mountain in the northeast of Pingyuan County. After crossing it, the road is basically flat. In addition, the surrounding cities are far away, and they can directly lead to the imperial capital of Lie Kingdom. .

"Up the mountain."

The soldiers climbed up the mountain, and Chen Tang sent scouts to investigate. After climbing over the mountain, there was a city not far away. This city was stuck at the entrance. In three directions from the north of Hengniu Mountain, this city The city can be connected.

In other words, this city is the penultimate hurdle of Chen Tang's surprise attack. If they can take this city, they will be able to go straight to the imperial capital.

But if they can't take down this city, the surprise attack can only be stuck here, and they won't be able to go around. Chen Tang and the others don't have horses, only horses are in this city.

Another one, after going around, this city will often send soldiers to patrol. If they find Chen Tang and the others, they will be attacked by the enemy, then it will be over.

"General, this city is Hengniuguan. This area originally did not belong to the Lie Kingdom, but to the small barbarian countries. For example, Hengniuguan was actually a small barbarian tribe in the mountains. Later, the Lie Kingdom was destroyed and became a small barbarian tribe. However, the people guarding Hengniu Pass are not barbarian tribesmen, but a small country attached to Lie Kingdom."

"Why is this?"

Chen Tang looked at Lu Zhonglian.

Lu Zhonglian smiled and said: "The general doesn't know something, the strong country is expanding too fast, and the army is too small. If we send our own soldiers to guard such a large territory, there are too many places for other mercenaries. How can we put our troops here?" Isn't it a waste? So the Lie Nation directly asks the small countries that are vassals of itself to send troops to guard here, after all, it is a dangerous pass, it is easy to guard, and it can save troops."

"I see."

(End of this chapter)