Is Yanmen Pass Really So Hard to Conquer?

On the other side, General Who Proclaims Might suddenly knelt down and said, "I am also willing to serve you as my lord and swear to be loyal to you to the death. If I break this oath, may I be childless and die without a good end."

So ruthless?

Even the Ever-Victorious General had no choice but to kneel down and solemnly swear:

"I, the Ever-Victorious General, swear that I will be loyal to you for the rest of my life."

If I break this oath, may my soul and spirit be annihilated, and may I never be reincarnated.

Amur and General Who Proclaims Might stared blankly at the Ever-Victorious General; this guy was a ruthless fellow too.

The Ever-Victorious General looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Master, from now on, I will do whatever you want me to do."

Even if it were the king of the Western Rong who was killed, I would gladly serve him.

Then someone behind Zhou Wanwan said, "Master, the river channel has been dredged."

Zhou Wanwan's eyes lit up. "Hey! You've dredged the riverbed in just over half a month? Let's go take a look."

Just as Zhou Wanwan and her large group set off, General Who Proclaims Might looked at the ministers and said, "Hey! Why do they look so familiar?"

The ministers looked at him and said, "General Who Proclaims Might? Weren't you fighting a war? What are you doing at Yanmen Pass?"

General Who Proclaims Might looked at them and said, "Shouldn't you be in the dungeon right now? How did you end up here?"

The ministers laughed, "You were rescued by the master. And you? Weren't you leading 100,000 troops at the border, planning to attack Yanmen Pass?"

General Who Proclaims Might quickly explained, "I am now on your side, and my loyalty to my master is as clear as day."

The ministers laughed loudly, "You're smart to know your place. If you hadn't, you would have suffered a terrible death."

They arrived at the farm quickly, and everyone stared blankly at a river in the middle of the farm. "A river? Where did this river come from? This area has been short of water for more than two years, where did this river come from?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled slightly and said, "Of course it was diverted here. With a river, we can farm properly."

The ministers looked at the crops in the farm and exclaimed, "Wow! These crops are growing so well!"

"Look what this is! It's rice! We can grow rice on our border? Hahaha..."

I feel like I'm dreaming.

"Hey! There are fish in this rice paddy?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "This is called rice paddy fish, and it tastes delicious."

They already had plenty of water, so Zhou Wanwan arranged for a batch of rice paddy fish to be brought in, wanting to see how well they would thrive there.

She looked around and saw that the rice paddy fish were very healthy, and even the rice was growing very well.

Everyone was stunned. Even in winter, the temperature here at Yanmen Pass is around five or six degrees Celsius. The climate is dry, and it's practically like spring all year round.

Further north, things change; the temperature drops further and further.

Therefore, growing rice here is actually a very good thing.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Let me take you to see the other villages!"

This area not only grows rice, but also large areas of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peanuts.

There are also all kinds of vegetables and fruits available.

The ministers were dumbfounded. "Is this Crushed Stone City? How can this farm grow so many good things?"

Amur rubbed his eyes and said, "Am I dreaming?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Wait a while, let you eat your fill, then you can go back first! Staying in Yanmen Pass all the time is definitely not a good idea."

Amur said, "The king of the Mobei Uyghur says that we must capture Yanmen Pass. What should we do next?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"Isn't this simple? Just make empty promises and write a letter to him when you get back."

"We're almost at Yanmen Pass. With more supplies and weapons, we can take it quickly."

"Huh? Isn't that deceiving the emperor?" Amur said.

Zhou Wanwan said:

Do you still want your troops to receive good resources?

You two are the same; you go back and immediately start spouting nonsense, saying you're about to capture Yanmen Pass.

But we're currently facing a severe shortage of food supplies, understand?

The three generals quickly had letters written, and Zhou Wanwan told them, "My messengers are faster; they'll deliver them for you."

Just as Zhou Wanwan finished speaking, several gyrfalcons flew over.

Zhou Wanwan said:

"From now on, your letters will be delivered by the gyrfalcon. Just tell it who to deliver them to."

They will deliver it to you, and they are very fast.

These people took the gyrfalcon back with them.

Upon returning to the barracks, the first thing he did was write a letter to complain.

General Who Proclaims Might sighed and said, "Strategist, you wrote this letter. I've always only reported good news and never bad news. Now it seems that was a mistake."

The strategist nodded and said, "I also think it's wrong. Let me think about how I should write it?"

Soon, the Great Qi Kingdom received the letter. He took it out, read it, and frowned, saying:

"The General Who Proclaims Might said that his side was in dire need of food and weapons."

"Yanmen Pass is difficult to attack, but as long as we have enough food and weapons, Yanmen Pass can definitely take it."

The Great Qi Kingdom frowned and said, "I refuse to believe it, is Yanmen Pass really that difficult to take?"

A minister standing nearby said:

"Zhenyanmen Yanmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack; it is indeed very difficult to take it down."

Besides, he's really the only one capable of fighting on the border right now, so I think we should still provide him with supplies and weapons."

Another minister said, "Whoever takes Yanmen Pass will be able to swallow up the Great Xia. This is too good a deal."

The emperor nodded and said, "Then give it to him. Give him 100,000 jin of grain, some weapons, and 100,000 cotton-padded clothes. Let him find a way to take Yanmen Pass as soon as possible."

Not only the emperors of the Great Qi, but also the emperors of the Uyghurs in the Mobei Uyghur and the Western Rong.

The emperor of the Mobei Uyghur looked at this letter:

"Well, this Amur indeed quite formidable; he says he's about to take Yanmen Pass."

If we capture Yanmen Pass, wouldn't we gain 10 more cities? Not bad, not bad.

He looked at the contents of the letter and said, "It's just provisions, right? Give it to him, give him enough provisions, we must make sure he takes Yanmen Pass."

The emperors of the Western Rong were rather stingy.

"Food supplies? Where would we get so much food supplies?"

Our Western Rong are so poor, our people can't even get enough to eat, where would we get so much grain?

I think only those Ever-Victorious General have a lot of trouble. Do they really think they are Ever-Victorious General?

The eunuch beside him said sarcastically:

"I think this Ever-Victorious General is just arrogant and conceited."

If he really takes Yanmen Pass, wouldn't he be able to usurp your position?

Your Majesty, I believe we should not provide the provisions; we must not embolden him.

The Emperor nodded and said, "No, we won't give it to them. We Western Rong are not wealthy to begin with, where would we get so much grain? Shouldn't the General be the one to find a way to provide this grain?"

Upon receiving the imperial decree, the Ever-Victorious General sneered and said:

"Good heavens, it's one thing if they don't give us food and supplies normally, but they're not giving us any now either. Are they trying to force me to rebel?!"

"Fine, fine, if you're unjust, I won't be either. Don't blame me for being ruthless."