Leading 9,000 men, Xiao Yue immediately led his army and began to operate against the surrounding cities.

It's just that she was only in charge of espionage work before, and she really didn't know anything about military strategy, so she summoned everyone and asked: "Regarding the situation around Chengdu Mansion, how do you think we should act next?"

That Song Zizhen immediately replied: "With the current situation of the Mongolian army, it is really difficult for them to defeat our army alone. It is precisely for this reason that I thought that the other side was only deliberately delaying so as to wait for the return of the Mongol army in Chongqing Prefecture. In this way, a two-sided attack can be formed. Such a situation is really not good for our army!"

"What do you see?" Xiao Yue asked.

If there is one of the most important things she has learned by staying by Xiao Feng's side, it is to give enough trust to professionals.

Therefore, although Song Zizhen is a general of the Song Dynasty, since joining the Red Phoenix Army, he has always been obedient and conscientious, and he can be described as a capable minister, so this plan also relies on him to formulate corresponding means of action.

"As far as I can see, if the other party knew the situation, he should have come all the way along the Jialing River. Because only in this way can we come in the fastest time. And in order to prevent the other side from endangering our army, I think we should send a naval army to occupy Suining Mansion. Only after occupying Suining Mansion, it will naturally be able to make the other party unable to move. Song Zizhen talked eloquently.

"Trolls?"

Xiao Yue thought for a while, and said, "I will naturally report this matter to the lord." Ordered her to send Xiao Ping to help us attack the cities along the road. With the help of Xiao Ping's gunboats, he should be able to defeat the other party. ”

Song Zizhen was overjoyed for a while, and immediately praised: "In this way, if it is not for the main Mongolian force to come in person, our army will not have to worry about it." He had also seen the strength of that gunboat, and naturally he could know how powerful this naval force with more than 500 guns could be.

At least one standard combat brigade of the Red Phoenix Army is absolutely impossible to fight.

Xiao Yue was a little proud, and replied with a slight head raised: "This is nature. ”

For everything in the Red Phoenix Army, she has indescribable pride.

"But in addition, there is still a threat, and that is Tufan!" Sure enough, Song Zizhen said again.

Wang Zhu frowned slightly, and asked again: "Tufan? Is there any threat to this Tufan?"

"Naturally there is a threat. You must not forget that when the Mongols invaded Sichuan, there were Tufan who set foot here. As far as I know, if you want to step into Sichuan from Tufan, you can only enter Sichuan from Maozhou and Shiquan. And this place has always been occupied by the Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Miao, Hui and other Hu people, with our strength, if you want to set foot in it, I am afraid that there are some difficulties. Song Zizhen felt a little annoyed and said slowly.

Xiao Yue was puzzled: "Hu people, are they difficult to solve?"

"It's hard to solve, but it's not. But if it's easy to solve, it's not. You must know that the places where these Hu people live are all deep in the mountains, and they are even more different from us, and it is difficult to communicate. And among our army, none of them are from the Central Plains. How can I communicate with them? So if you want to solve this problem, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble. Song Zizhen shook her head and replied.

"If I talk about the Qiang people, I think of one person. At this moment, Ma Run, who was a Song general, said quietly.

Everyone turned around and looked at Ma Run: "Who?"

Ma Run was suddenly nervous, and replied: "If what I remember is correct, Pu Zhizhi once served as the defense envoy of Maozhou in the past. ”

"Pu Xuezhi?" Xiao Yue muttered, but she felt a little strange: "Could it be that there is something strange about this person?" In the past, although she conducted an investigation on Song Jun, it was limited to their resumes and interpersonal relationships, and she was really not very clear about some secret things.

And today, looking at Ma Run's situation, this Pu Zhizhi seems to be a little peculiar?

Being stared at like this by Xiao Yue, Ma Run also felt nervous, and hurriedly said, "Actually, there is nothing peculiar. It's just that I once heard General Pu say that when he was resisting the Mongols, he accidentally saved those Hu people, so he was thought by those Hu people to be the god of war, so he has always had a very friendly relationship with those Hu people. If Pu Zezhi came forward in person, maybe those Hu people would accept us. ”

"Oh, so that's the case?" Song Zizhen said, her eyes were a little blank, but she was thinking about things.

Xiao Yue asked, "Then you mean, find Pu Zezhi first?"

"That's right. And didn't you say that you don't know where General Pu ran to?" Song Zizhen nodded, and said: "In my opinion, he should have run away to this land of the Qiang people, otherwise how can he survive so far?"

Ma Run was overjoyed for a while, and hurriedly said, "Then we'll go now?"

"Of course. You must know that time waits for no one, and if you continue to delay, I am afraid that those Tartars have already begun to act. Xiao Yue has always been resolute, and after seeing that everyone agreed, she immediately took a group of people to prepare to go to the land of Maozhou.

Maozhou is about 370 miles away from Tongchuan, and if you follow the plain area, it may only take three days to reach it.

But helplessly, there are mountains and mountains along the road, but it takes more time than usual, and by the time the group arrived in Mianzhou, four days had passed.

After determining the stronghold here, Xiao Yue immediately sent his scouts to search around in a netting style, so as to find the clues left by Pu Zhizhi. After all, he has an army of nearly 10,000 under his command, and it is absolutely impossible for such a huge army to disappear, and there will definitely be some clues left for everyone to find the location where he may be hiding.

No, it's just three days later, and someone reported that signs had been found in Mianzhu.

"Mianzhu, I didn't expect that there would be Song Jun here?" After receiving the tip, Xiao Yue was a little strange.

Song Zizhen asked, "Looking at your appearance, do you have doubts about this place?"

"Of course. It is important to know that this place is remote, and if the Mongols had not invaded it, this place might have been able to defend against Tufan. But now that Mongolia has already entered the country, they don't go to the battlefield to fight, but hide here? Isn't this the same as desertion?" Xiao Feng expressed his suspicions quite simply.

Song Zizhen nodded and replied, "Indeed." It's a possibility. But what are you going to do?

"Of course. Raising her head and replying, Xiao Yue naturally said with full confidence: "Although that place is steep, it is not a Longtan Tiger's Den, in that case, why don't I dare to go?"

Song Zizhen replied with his head in his head: "In this case, then I will help you win in advance." ”

"Of course. Xiao Yue replied with confidence: "It's just that this Mianzhou is for you to protect it well, don't be taken by traitors, you know?"

Song Zizhen naturally nodded and replied, "That's nature." ”

Now that she had been instructed on this matter, Xiao Yue immediately began to prepare to go to Mianzhu.

Because this trip was a bit far away, she was only going to take Qin Changqing and Ma Run, while Song Zizhen, Guo Jing and Wang Shu were responsible for guarding Mianzhou, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy if something happened to Mianzhou.

And the reason why Xiao Yue chose Qin Changqing and Ma Run, one is because Qin Changqing has extraordinary knowledge and can communicate smoothly with each other, and the other is because Ma Run was a Song general, so he should be able to recognize who the other party is, so as to facilitate the next conversation.

Soon, the three of them and some accompanying attendants came to the land of Mianzhu.

Seeing the cottage that can accommodate thousands of people, Xiao Feng couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect there to be such a ghostly place here?"

Just look at this place, there is only a narrow stone staircase leading to the cottage, and there are hundreds of cliffs on both sides, and the whole stone staircase is extremely steep, almost equivalent to climbing up, and if you are not careful, you may fall into the cliff and end up with a broken body.

Such a terrain, just a glance, makes people feel dizzy, how can it be easily attacked?

The group looked at the terrain and couldn't help but feel frightened.

"Is this the mountain city you built in Mianzhu?" Xiao Yue glanced sideways at Ma Run.

Ma Run nodded and replied, "That's right." More than ten years ago, we were ordered by Yu Jue to deliberately choose this place to build a mountain city to resist the Mongol attack. Since its completion, the city has not been breached by the enemy, and it is the front line we use to resist the Mongols. ”

"It's a pity that it was still broken by the Mongols. On the side, Qin Changqing suddenly interjected.

Told by this, Ma Run's cheeks flushed, and he smiled bitterly: "If you follow the strategy at the beginning, this place should be able to play a role." It's just that who would have thought that Mongolia would be able to make a detour to Dali, which is really unexpected!"

"That's right. This Mongolian is good at maneuvering in a wide range of areas, and you didn't expect it, but it's normal. It's just that you didn't resist at all, and you collapsed for thousands of miles, and even needed our help. It's really emotional. Qin Changqing is neither salty nor light, and he doesn't know whether it is sarcasm or appreciation.

Ma Run's face was stunned, and he immediately smiled miserably: "Indeed, we are powerless to resist, let alone protect the territory and the people, we are really ashamed of the emperor's grace." ”

"At the moment, the Mongolian army is raging, and no matter what, we can't change the mistakes of the past. The aim for the moment is to expel the Tatars, and the rest is not to be discussed. Xiao Yue saw that the two of them were very embarrassed, and directly opened her mouth to order the two of them not to speak, and then looked at Ma Run, and continued to ask: "Have you ever remembered who the guard stationed here should be?"

"I remember that the original guard here should be Nanqing, but because it was too long, I don't know if it was him. Ma Run nodded and replied.

Xiao Yue took a deep breath, and saw that everyone was solemn, so she stepped out and stepped on the rickety plank road, and then turned around and ordered everyone: "Okay, let's go in." ”

Everyone walked up together, and immediately followed behind Xiao Yue and walked towards the cottage together.