Father can be an enemy to the country

Hearing this, Mu Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is really going to be in trouble."

"It doesn't matter, it will definitely not be a problem for Brother Wenying who is good at winning by surprise." Zhu Zhen, however, was full of confidence in him and asked again: "By the way, you just said a multi-pronged approach, so there is at least one method you haven't mentioned yet? Otherwise, right? It should be said that it is a two-pronged approach.”

"Your Highness is so meticulous." Mu Ying couldn't help but admired: "Yes, there is a third way, which is to defeat the enemy with food."

"Because of the enemy?" Zhu Zhen said softly.

"Yes." Mu Ying nodded: "According to reliable information, King Liang has been actively preparing for war in the past ten years. He has hoarded a huge amount of food and grass in Kunming, Qujing, Wusha and other places, enough to feed an army of 200,000. A few years.”

"As long as we can grab this food and grass, even if we only grab part of it, we don't have to worry." Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up. Speaking of robbery, then he is not sleepy.

"That's right." Mu Ying said solemnly: "After conquering Yunnan, the army will be stationed for a long time, and it will also have to appease the people. It is inseparable from this batch of food and grass, so we must get it."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded. At this moment, he could appreciate Mrs. Shexiang's great achievements even more. Without major roads connecting them, Yunnan and even Guizhou would not be able to truly be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

~~

In this way, the group traveled through mountains and rivers, going more than two hundred miles deep into Wumeng Mountain, and arrived at the destination of the trip, Puding Fort, two days later.

This was the result of Alon's familiarity with the terrain and taking shortcuts throughout the journey. If it had been an ordinary guide, it would have taken two days longer.

Led by Alon, they climbed up a high cliff and walked through the dense forest to the top of the mountain. Aaron pointed ahead and said, "That's Puding Fort."

Zhu Zhen and Mu Ying saw that there was a deep canyon at their feet. There was a flat-topped mountain opposite the canyon. Puding Fort was built on the top of the mountain according to the mountain, guarding the only canyon passage at the foot of the mountain.

The two of them took out their binoculars at the same time and looked at Puding Fort opposite. This aroused Aaron's curiosity and wanted to know the purpose of the copper pipes they were looking at, but he didn't dare to ask.

"Brother Wenying, what do you think?" In fact, Lao Liu just looked at it. Isn't it self-defeating to try to do anything in front of experts?

"The fort itself is nothing special. It is just an ordinary fortress made of piled rocks and earth." Mu Ying commented with an expert's perspective: "But the terrain it occupies is so good. The flat-topped mountain is almost straight up and down. The defenders also set up deer firewood in several places where they could be climbed, so it would be really difficult to attack by force."

"So it is understandable that the troops from Shuidong and Shuixi were defeated before." Mu Ying sighed softly: "It's not that they didn't dare to fight, but that they couldn't defeat them."

"The Marquis is right, we in Shuixi and Shuidong are stronger than Puding, but we can't do anything about this Puding Fort..." Aaron on the side said angrily:

"If Danima had not built this fort for them, we would have raised Puding Fort long ago."

"Hit your mother?" Zhu Zhen asked, "Whose name is so impolite?"

"He should be talking about Ping Zhang Dalima, the king of Liang who led a hundred thousand troops to garrison Qujing." Mu Ying said softly.

"Yes, yes, that's that person." Aaron nodded vigorously and said, "My grandfather said that Madam Shi'er must have followed his order to kill the two of us, Ju Mu."

"Grandpa You finally came to his senses?" Zhu Zhen said speechlessly: "Dalima has already been built by Shi'er. Doesn't this just tell the world that the two of them are having an affair? How dare your grandpa persuade the two Ju Mu to go there?" The Alliance is really not afraid of god-like opponents, we are just afraid of..."

"What are you afraid of?" Aaron asked.

"I'm just afraid of teammates like your grandpa." Zhu Zhen threw the binoculars to him and said angrily: "Go ahead and play, don't cause trouble."

Aaron was originally quite upset when he heard him talk about his grandfather, but once he took over the telescope, why did he care about his grandfather? He ran to the side happily, looked over and looked back, and kept making ooh and ahhhhhh sounds of admiration.

"Let's continue talking." Zhu Zhen said to Mu Ying: "What if you come to attack Puding Fort?"

"The failure of the Guizhou native soldiers to attack does not mean that our army cannot attack them." Mu Ying said confidently: "If the general leads our army, with the excellent quality of our soldiers, he should be able to launch an assault at dawn. Attack the city."

"But the fact that our army can conquer it does not mean that the Guizhou native soldiers can conquer it..." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, let me ask this, how about you leading the Guizhou native soldiers?"

"In this case, we have to find ways to outwit them." Mu Ying said slowly: "From what I know about these barbarian generals, they rely solely on their blood to fight. There is no other way to fight. They just fight hard and charge hard." , unstoppable when it goes well. But once it suffers a setback, morale is like boiling soup and pouring snow, and the army is instantly defeated."

"That's true." Zhu Zhen nodded. The same was true for fighting Little Japan. Little Japan was also a barbarian, so it was almost the same.

"So we must come up with a clever plan. If we gain the upper hand from the very beginning, we can attack Puding Fort in one go." Mu Ying then said in a deep voice: "If we attack from a disadvantaged position, if things go wrong, the last defeat will be repeated."

"Yes, but it's not that easy?" Zhu Zhen sighed and said, "I see that their fort gate is tightly closed, and the city top is densely packed with soldiers patrolling. It seems that they have been prepared for our sneak attack."

"Your Highness's observation is correct. The enemy is indeed on guard. In addition, they occupy a favorable location, so it is difficult for us to launch a surprise attack." Mu Ying nodded, looked at the sky and said, "Eat some solid food and rest first, and wait for the day. After it gets dark, I will go closer and take a closer look."

"Okay, you must be careful, I won't cause any trouble with my clumsiness." Zhu Zhen said very self-awarely.

"Okay." Mu Yingxin said this is the best.

~~

At night, Mu Ying, led by Aaron, put on night clothes and walked into the canyon.

It was fine during the day, but at night the westerly wind blew through the canyon and when it encountered the ruined hills and peaks, it made a whimpering sound, which made people's hair stand on end.

Mu Ying's men all crawled out from the pile of dead people. They were not afraid of anything, but they still felt chills running down their spines. They all hurried on without looking back, for fear of being followed by some evil spirits.

This made Mu Ying feel a little embarrassed. It wasn't until he saw Aron on the side shivering like chaff that he felt a little more balanced. He whispered: "Haven't you been wandering around Wumeng Mountain since you were a child? Why are you still afraid of being like this?"

"Of course I'm not afraid of other places, but the Marquis doesn't know," Alon tightly grabbed Mu Ying's clothes and said, "Our Shuidong, Shuixi and Puding Puli tribes all belong to the same Luodian. Country. The full name of Luodian Country is Luodian Ghost Country, and this is the ghost gate of the Ghost Country..."

After a pause, he said with a trembling voice: "This month is the ghost month in our Luo Luo calendar. During the ghost month, the gates of ghosts open, and ghosts come out to the human world to beg for food. Can I not be afraid?"

As he spoke, he saw a group of white shadows rushing past his eyes. Alon was so frightened that he jumped up and screamed. Fortunately, Mu Ying had quick eyes and quick hands and struck him on the back of the neck with a palm, knocking him unconscious. He didn't make any sound.