Hoof! Hoof!
The sound of horse hooves could be heard on the quiet path. At the southern foot of Taihang Mountain, there was a dense forest, but there was a road that was about two people wide.
It was a man covered in black armor. Even his face was hidden under the black armor mask.
He was riding on a tall horse with shiny black fur and held a halberd in his hand. Anyone who looked at him would have a mental breakdown just from the gaze behind the mask.
This person was Zhao Mu. Xi and Bei had already grown into his personal guards and were responsible for leading his personal guards.
Zhao Mu had come to check if there was a way to enter Great Qin from Taihang Mountain, but he had never thought that he would actually find it.
The reason why Zhao Mu wanted to find this path was because he remembered something that a history enthusiast in his previous life had told him.
At that time, it was said that Meng Ao had suffered a very important defeat in his life. In some history books, Meng Ao had even died in this defeat.
The opponent who defeated Meng Ao in this battle was Lord Xinling, who had solved the siege of Handan more than ten years ago and left behind the reputation of stealing talismans to save Zhao.
In Zhao Mu's memory, his friend recounted the defeat to him. He said that Meng Ao and Lord Xinling were confronting each other on the south bank of the Yellow River, but Lord Xinling had ordered people to plant flags in the camp. In fact, he had led his army around Hangu Pass and reached Meng Ao's rear from the southern foot of Taihang Mountain.
In the end, they destroyed the granary of Mount Hua, defeated Wang He, and then returned to the army to attack Meng Ao from the front and back, ending Meng Ao's undefeated legend.
Zhao Mu followed his memory and searched for hunters in Taihang Mountain. He found this route. More importantly, this route was not difficult to walk. The width of two people was enough for the army to move.
"Let's go back."
Zhao Mu said indifferently.
Xi and Bei led 50 personal guards behind Zhao Mu and rushed into Hangu Pass.
In the past two years, because Meng Ao had won every battle, Zhao, Wei, and Han had suffered heavy losses. If they didn't stop Meng Ao, the three Jin might not be able to hold on and might even be destroyed by Meng Ao.
Therefore, in the absence of a famous general in Zhao, King Daoxiang of Zhao used Lord Xinling, who had not returned to Wei after stealing the talisman to save Zhao.
Lord Xinling had been guarding the five cities that King Daoxiang's father, King Xiaocheng, had given him for more than ten years, living a drunken life.
Now that he had used it, he was instantly overjoyed.
Although Lord Xinling was unable to display his talents due to his shattered ideals, he had been paying attention to the battle between Meng Ao and the Third Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, after receiving the order from King Daoxiang, Lord Xinling knew that the 100,000 soldiers that King Daoxiang had given him would not be enough to stop Meng Ao.
Thus, Lord Xinling sent his henchmen to the various vassal states to invite them to join forces.
After Lord Xinling was appointed, King Anli of Wei sent someone with the seal of Wei and a cart of gold coins to Zhao to welcome Lord Xinling as a general.
The army that King Anli of Wei had prepared for Lord Xinling was also 100,000 men. Lord Xinling had taken over the Wei army at the Zhangshui River, and the Zhao and Wei armies had combined. 200,000 men were enough to fight against Meng Ao's army.
Not only that, Lord Xinling led the army not long ago, and good news came one after another. Yan, Han, and Chu all admired Lord Xinling's godlike use of troops. When they heard that he was a general, they all sent generals to lead troops to Wei to listen to his command.
A few years ago, Lianpo and Le Cheng of the State of Zhao took turns to defeat the Yan army and conquered a large area of the Yan Country's territory, forcing the Yan Country to sign an alliance under the city. That was why the Yan Country followed the State of Zhao to participate in this alliance.
The armies sent by Yan, Han, and Chu were all led by the best generals. The Yan Country was the general, the Han Country was Gongsun Ying, and the Chu Country was Jing Yang.
The five nations had a total of 400,000 troops, and they were stationed at the border of Zhao and Wei.
On the Qin side, Lu Buwei trusted Meng Ao very much. Of course, he was influenced by Meng Ao's achievements in the past few years. He mobilized all of the Qin Country's forces to reinforce Meng Ao. Meng Ao's army had reached three hundred thousand.
Zhao Mu had come to the southern foot of Taihang Mountain precisely because of this battle. He was sent out by Meng Ao to scout the terrain.
After returning to the main camp, Zhao Mu quickly walked to Meng Ao's tent.
"Zhao Mu greets General!"
"No need to be polite. Tell me." Meng Ao put down his brush and asked when he saw Zhao Mu coming over.
"General, there is indeed a path to the south of Taihang Mountain that can bypass Hangu Pass. I have already drawn a map," said Zhao Mu.”
After saying that, Zhao Mu took out the map and handed it to Meng Ao.
Meng Ao read through it and then passed it to Meng Tian, who had been standing at the side.
Meng Tian took it and her expression changed.
Because this path was too dangerous for the Qin army.
"What do you think?"
Meng Ao asked Zhao Mu.
"General, I feel that Lord Xinling will personally lead his main forces around Hangu Pass and detour from the southern foot of Taihang Mountains to Yinjin City and Huashan Granary, cutting off our retreat," Zhao Mu said.”
Meng Tian also agreed." General, Zhao Mu is right. This is a very dangerous matter. I think we should retreat to the vicinity of Hangu Pass. As long as we hold Hangu Pass, the alliance army of the five countries will retreat without fighting!”
Meng Tian could not understand why Meng Ao, who knew that as long as they defended Hangu Pass, no matter how powerful Lord Xinling was, would return empty-handed. Why did he have to go down the Yellow River to the front line of Zhao and Wei to confront Lord Xinling and extend the supply line of the Qin army?
Meng Ao didn't say anything. He looked at the map that Zhao Mu had drawn.
After a long time, he said," Zhao Mu, I will give you 50,000 troops to guard the 2nd Zhi Pass. Can you stop Lord Xinling's army?"”
The 2nd Blazing Pass was the shortest passage in the Taihang Mountains. Meng Ao was certain that Lord Xinling would enter Hedong Prefecture through the 2nd Blazing Pass and attack Yinjin City and Huashan Granary.
" Yes!" Zhao Mu bowed and said," I guarantee that Yinjin City and Huashan Granary will not be lost!"”
"Good!"
Meng Ao's eyes flashed. In these two years, he had already trusted Zhao Mu to the extreme.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have given such an important task to Zhao Mu. Since Zhao Mu dared to agree, Meng Ao knew that Zhao Mu must have the confidence to complete it.
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