Mo Wen originally only asked for 10,000 soldiers, but he didn't expect the prince to send another 10,000, so there were a total of 20,000 troops at this time.
After the army was opened, the morale of the army was very strong, and the previous few major battles made Mo Wen famous in Zhao Guowei, and the soldiers of Zhao State knew his temperament and style of commanding troops, and they all had the heart to follow him to kill the enemy.
They set out in the morning, marched all night, crossed the meadow at noon the next day, and set up camp at the edge of the meadow, and the soldiers were greatly tired after a day and a night of marching, but at lunchtime they began to sigh at the value of the bitter food, unlike the gruel of other armies, the army of the Eastern Crusade ate dry food, two rice cakes per person.
It was already autumn when the expedition began, and there was a little coolness at night, and after lunch, Mo Wen gave a strange order, and stayed here for three days, and all the soldiers went to the meadow to collect the reeds, and the reeds in the meadow were washed down by the rain before, and after the sun was exposed, a large area of reeds was unfurled, and because the reeds had fallen down, they could be collected in pieces.
The temperature in the three counties in the northeast is lower than that in the interior, the autumn and winter seasons are very cold, the soldiers wear linen clothes all year round, and they will soon be unbearable, Mo Wen This move is aimed at collecting cold things for everyone, at this time the materials are scarce, there are not so many sheepskin distribution soldiers, the cold effect of reeds is better than that of cattails, but it is not easy to obtain a large number of them, it seems that this kind of large reeds here are very rare, and he will naturally not let go of this opportunity.
More than 20,000 people collected the reeds together, the scene was very grand, the flying collection lasted for three days, the collected reeds were sent back to Dingzhou by the cavalry, because there was not enough linen to sew cotton clothes, the reeds could only be temporarily stored in the barracks.
Three days to the east, diverted to the north, followed by a long march, this march can only go out of a dozen miles or even a few miles a day, the reason is that the Yan army destroyed the road in a narrow area, or blocked or dug, the damage is very complete, the Zhao army can only re-pave the road, but can be detoured, but if the road is not repaired, the follow-up grain and grass can not be delivered.
This situation made Mo Wen cry and laugh, and the Yan army's behavior showed that the previous battle had completely scared them, and they only wanted to defend.
But such a slow march was a waste of time.
The other generals all wanted the war to last as long as possible, but he was the opposite, he hoped that the war would end as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible.
The original half-month journey, walked for a month to get out of the halfway, a month later, the road ahead began to be smooth, at this time Mo Wen was used to potholes and stumbles, seeing the flat avenue but a little uncomfortable, always worried about the Yan army ambush, along the way from time to time can see abandoned villages and towns, due to the previous war ravages, these places are very badly damaged, looking at a bleak and dilapidated look.
After walking carefully for another ten days, I finally saw the city of Tongzhou.
Tongzhou is in a flat area, sitting in the north and facing south, the city is surrounded by a large area of farmland, stretching far away, at this time the grain millet in the field has been harvested, even the cranberry and sunflower in the season have all been dug up, it is completely a stubborn posture of a strong wall and clear field.
At this time, Mo Wen understood why the Yan army set up barricades to delay time, it turned out to be to buy time to harvest the grain and vegetables outside the city.
"The walls of the city are high, and such a large city can hold 100,000 people."
Pu Xiong looked at the city of Tongzhou, twenty miles away.
Mo Wen nodded, Tongzhou City is twice as large as Dingzhou, the city wall is one zhang seven or eight high, the city covers a wide area, and it is indeed a big city.
"If you are in charge of the army, how can you conquer such a city," Mo Wen asked casually.
"The city wall is too high, if it is attacked, the casualties must be very large, there are geographical defects here, there are no obstacles on all sides outside the city, as long as the siege is half a year, the city will inevitably run out of food."
Pu Hung said.
"They are in the city, and we are frozen from the mountains," Mo Wen shook his head and said, the delay on the road for so long had already made him secretly anxious, how could it take another half a year.
"Real Mingrui, there are monsters in this city" Pu Xiong diverted the topic.
"I don't know."
Mo Wen shook his head, at this time, it was only twenty miles away from the city, and he still did not perceive the strange aura in Tongzhou City.
"Step forward and take a closer look."
Pu Xiong waved his hand at the forward tanma, and the two tanma agreed to ride north.
I don't know why, after coming here, Mo Wen always felt that this place was weird, it was the middle of the morning, the morning sun was rising, and the sun should be full of vitality, but the area where Tongzhou City was located was not vibrant, but there was no yin there, and the huge city should not have neither yang nor yin.
In addition, there were many defenders standing on the tall walls that stretched from east to west, but those defenders never moved.
Looking closely at the topography here, Mo Wen noticed the abnormality again, there was not a single tree within ten miles outside the city, and there were many trees in the ridges and fields ten miles away, these trees grew sporadically, and their positions were irregular, but it was not difficult to find that their positions were in an irregular arc, and there was a circular area without trees between these trees and the city.
Just as Mo Wen looked around and looked at the terrain left and right, Puxiong next to him let out a puzzled exclamation, "What about people?"
When Mo Wen heard this, he retracted his gaze and looked north along the road, and found that the two scouts sent earlier had disappeared.
"Where did they disappear from," Mo asked Chong Puxiong.
"Around the corner of the road."
Pu Xiong raised his hand and pointed north.
Mo Wen looked at it according to Puxiong's point, and found that the corner of the road was exactly ten miles away from here.
"Revisited" Pu Xiong ordered to rush the horse again.
The soldiers were horrified by the mysterious disappearance of the two scouts, but the order was like a mountain, and after the order was issued, two more scouts rode out of the battle.
This time Mo Wen was not distracted, frowning and staring at the two probes, the two probes quickly approached the corner, when they approached the corner of the road, the two turned their horses away from the main road, and ran north from the field, strange things happened again, the dust brought by the horses' hooves was still there, but the two probes quietly disappeared.
"I'll find out."
Mo Wen finished speaking, and swept north.
"Be careful."
Puxiong's voice came from behind itself.
Mo Wen didn't answer, and after borrowing strength several times, he came to the corner of the road where the four disappeared, which was the main road to Tongzhou, about two zhang wide.
When he came here, he did not venture forward, but looked down to see where the horse's hooves had disappeared, and the two horseshoe prints on the main road and the two horseshoe prints in the field had disappeared on the same ridge.
To find out where the probe horse disappeared, Mo asked the probe to wave a handful of dirt with his aura and sprinkle it northward, and the mud immediately disappeared a zhang away.
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"Formation" Mo Wen immediately appeared in his heart this thought, along with this thought there are doubts, witchcraft and Taoism are similar, but witchcraft must not be formed, that is to say, this formation is not from the hand of a shaman, but by the people in the Daomen.
Ten miles, ten miles of illusion array, this is not something that ordinary Taoists can arrange.
After a short period of surprise, Mo Wen retreated again, and when he reached a small tree, he waved his knife to cut it, removing the branches and leaves, and holding one end to stretch the other end forward, and after a while, he felt the weight of the trunk change, and pulled back, only to see that the front part of the original green trunk had been black and smoking.
His previous actions were aimed at finding out whether this illusion formation was a trapped formation or a killing formation, and at this time he got the answer, this large array was completely different from the Qi Fixing Formation he had set up before, this was a killing array.
I sniffed the smoke and found that it was not caused by corrosion, but by fire.
The probe pinched the coke, and he didn't feel the slightest cold, indicating that there was no poison in the formation, and this formation was a domineering phantom fire killing array.
Identifying the truth here, Mo Wen felt a cool breath from the bottom of his heart, in terms of the formation alone, it is not difficult to set up the fire killing array, the difficulty is that the range is so large, and while arranging the formation, he maintains the scene before the formation within ten miles, there is no doubt that the cultivation of the person in this formation is higher than him, and the arrangement of this formation is obviously difficult for him, but he really can't remember when and where he offended such a Dao master.
This ten-mile range near the city seems to be a field, but in fact, it is already a flame inside, and it is difficult to have a physiology if you enter it rashly.
After a while, Mo Wen settled down, left here and swept eastward, always walking on the outside of the trees when he traveled east, and when he got to the east, he tried to take the trunk of the tree as he could, and after pulling out the trunk, he was shocked again, and the trunk that had been cut off the branches and leaves actually grew leaves in a short moment.
At this time, Mo Wen understood that he had underestimated his opponent, the formation arranged outside Tongzhou City was not a simple fire killing array, but a four-elephant killing array, if the formation was divided into nine ranks according to the magnitude of power, the four-elephant killing array should be in the seventh rank, second only to the anti-heaven formation and the resentment formation.
At this time, he was even more sure that this person was deliberately embarrassed by him, the Blue Dragon and White Tiger Vermilion Bird Xuanwu used by the Four Elephants Great Array was exactly what he was good at using, and this person used the spell he was best at to make it difficult for him, which showed the depth of his prejudice against him.
On the way back, Mo didn't think about how to break the formation, but what he did wrong, causing this person to come and embarrass him.
Pu Xiong saw Mo Wen returning, and immediately handed over the water bladder, he had been following Mo Wen for a long time, knowing that Mo Wen had a habit of frowning, but he had never seen Mo Wen's face so ugly, guessing that he might have encountered an extremely difficult problem, so he didn't even dare to ask.
"Set up camp."
Mo Wen waved his hand and didn't answer the water bladder handed by Pu Xiong.
When Pu Xiong heard this, he immediately ordered the army to set up camp, Mo Wenxing muttered alone in a secluded place, he had not tasted defeat since he came out of the mountain, he thought that as long as he thought far-reaching and acted decisively, he could be undefeated all the time, but at this time he realized that this was not the case, he had not tasted defeat mainly because he had not encountered an opponent whose cultivation was higher than his own.
Soon, the handsome tent was propped up, and Mo Wen entered the handsome tent and sat alone with a frown, until noon, he didn't think that he had inadvertently offended someone and caused such a big trouble.
I can't think of a reason to feel depressed, suffocation will breed anger, after a while, Mo Wen did not think about who this person is, but meditated cross-legged and practiced qi, the formation is like an exam, the question is easy, the answer is difficult, he asked himself at this time that the cultivation can not break the four elephant array, can not be broken at all, this array of people is so difficult for him, presumably it will be difficult to reconcile in the future, since it cannot be reconciled, simply take the other party's life with a heavy hand: