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Chapter 866 True and False Princess 36
It is difficult for these rebel armies that lose the support of the people to survive to the end. They are often defeated by those who win the support of the people, resulting in countless casualties.

Soon, Linlang's power expanded to its limit in some directions, and it encountered bases established by other rebel forces.

Not all rebels run around, some also set up bases.

Linlang was now expanding in all directions and had already reached the territories of these rebel forces.

Seeing that they were close to these bases, Linlang did not attack them. Instead, she waited for these people to come to her. Then, her counterattack would be justified.

In fact, there is no need for Linlang to counterattack some of them at all, as these people will be defeated by other rebel forces. If the newcomers do not establish a territory but run away, Linlang can continue to expand. Therefore, there are some directions that cannot be expanded for the time being, and Linlang is not in a hurry, so he will first push the progress there.

Some rebel forces saw how powerful Linlang was and decided not to attack Linlang for the time being, but to attack Beiguguan instead.

Although Beiguguan is also powerful, Linlang is powerful, and everyone has already tried it out. But we haven't figured out how powerful Beiguguan is yet, so let's give it another try.

Some people, as Linlang had guessed before, were preparing to march through the mountains and go around Beiguguan.

Ordinary rebel forces, of course, cannot do this because they do not have enough food and cannot march through the mountains. But now some large rebel forces have enough food and money, so they can naturally do this. So some people want to break through Beiguguan and enter the imperial city first.

By then, with the imperial city, and after strengthening Beigu Pass and expanding outward, they will definitely be much stronger than they are now. After all, the imperial court has relied on Beigu Pass and has been fine for so long. If they break Beigu Pass and take the imperial city, they will surely be able to hold out longer like the imperial court. Moreover, the imperial court was corrupt, so it had no achievements even though it had a strong pass. They are different.

Behind them, they had the grain produced in the vast plains on the other side of the mountains. With grain and the pass, they were sure to win the battle.

That's why they gave up attacking Linlang and wanted to attack Beiguguan. After all, they were just picking the weak ones - obviously in their eyes, the imperial court was easier to attack than Linlang.

Seeing that some rebel troops were attacking Beigu Pass, other rebel troops became nervous.

Because it's very simple, everyone knows what it will mean to others once someone captures Beigu Pass.

Linlang was already difficult to deal with. If someone else took Beiguguan and had the advantage of Beiguguan and the grain produced in the plains north of the mountain, then why would others fight? So when they saw someone taking Beiguguan, no one else would sit back and watch the fight between the imperial court and the rebel army. Instead, they would hold back and start attacking the rebel army.

This is obviously what the imperial court wants to see the most. After all, watching the rebels fighting each other is obviously beneficial to them.

However, the corrupt imperial court might not allow him to defend Beigu Pass even if he was given it. So, for some reason, the emperor replaced the commander of Beigu Pass.

As far as Linlang knew, although the commander of Beiguguan did not have much ability, he was an extremely cautious person. He ignored both himself and other rebel forces and focused on guarding Beiguguan. In this way, although he did not quell the rebellion in other places, at least he did his job well.

As a result, the emperor believed the slander and thought that the commander of Beigu Pass was incompetent. He was guarding such a great pass but did not dare to eliminate the rebels around it. He just hid in Beigu Pass and acted like a turtle. This was a waste of the great pass. So he replaced the commander with a new one and sent the former commander back to be punished. It is unknown what happened to the former commander of Beigu Pass. Anyway, the new commander of Beigu Pass was afraid that the emperor would blame them for not going out of the city to fight, so he lowered the drawbridge, opened the city gate, and prepared to go out of the city to fight and quell the rebellion.

In order to fight outside the city, the fortifications such as chevaux de frise and stakes at the city gate that were used to block the enemy were even dismantled to make it easier for the army to leave the city.

You never thought that it would be convenient for you to leave the city like this, and if you can't win, it would be even easier for the enemy to counterattack and enter the city.

Soon, the defending general achieved victory - as Linlang had expected, he was defeated in the battle outside the city, suffered heavy casualties, and fled back to Beiguguan. The enemy pursued him all the way and he was almost chased into the city.

It is normal that these people cannot defeat the rebels. Linlang has long discovered that many of the imperial court's troops are weak troops with little combat effectiveness.

In fact, if the defenders on the wall had not noticed something was wrong and quickly pulled up the drawbridge, the rebels would have really followed them into the city.

Although they were not chased into the city by the enemy, the chevaux de frise and other things in front of the city gate were destroyed, making it convenient for the rebels to get close to the moat. So they discussed filling up the moat.

However, for such a strong pass, the moat is naturally not an ordinary one. It is wide and deep, and there are archers guarding the city from above. Filling the moat is not an easy task.

Linlang estimated that this method would not work. She still had to go around Beigu Pass and cut off its food supply before she could capture this pass.

Or you can wait until the coldest months of winter. If you are lucky, the temperature will suddenly drop below minus ten degrees Celsius one day and the moat will have a chance to freeze into thick ice, so you can then cross the river.

Of course, even if the river froze, once you crossed it you would still be shot by archers on the city wall.

In short, for such a strong pass, siege is the best method, and forceful attack is very difficult.

Linlang's guess was correct. These people worked hard for a month but failed to fill a section of the moat. On the contrary, as soon as they got close to the moat, thousands of arrows were fired from the opposite city wall, making it impossible to fill the moat.

So these people split into two factions. One faction suggested going around Beiguguan and besieging it, while the other faction suggested waiting until the river froze in winter before crossing the river.

In the end, the siege faction prevailed, because the other faction said that they should wait until the river freezes in winter to cross it. Firstly, it would take a long time to wait, and people could not wait any longer as Linlang's territory was growing and its population was increasing. Secondly, the freezing weather in winter was too cold, and the clothes were too heavy to wear, making it inconvenient to attack the city. Thirdly, Beigu Pass was too strong and difficult to attack. If they attacked by force, they would suffer heavy losses and would be picked off by other rebel forces. It was not cost-effective. It would be better to go around from behind, cut off their food supplies, and surround them. It was estimated that it would not be long before the defender of Beigu Pass could not hold on and surrendered.

The others thought this was a good idea, so they agreed. The large army began to circle the mountain, preparing to besiege Beiguguan.

Linlang did not pay much attention to the fact that these people were planning to go around the back of Beigushan Mountain, cut off the food supply of Beiguguan, and force the commander of Beiguguan to surrender. After all, the imperial court, the commander of Beiguguan, and other rebel forces would interfere. After all, these three parties certainly did not want this rebel army to succeed, so Linlang did not care about it and just continued to manage her own territory.