At the beginning of September of the second year of Fengtian, after crossing the Yellow River led by Xie Ronghua, 30,000 elite soldiers camped at Aolongbao east of Longmen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Auron Fort is an ancient castle built in the middle of a mountain, bordering the Fen River in the north, which is convenient for defense and will not be cut off from the water source, and is a very comfortable garrison camp. Xie Ronghua ordered the army to dig five deep trenches in front of the barracks, so that the enemy, whether infantry or cavalry, could not easily approach.

The lights in the camp were bright, Xie Ronghua unfolded the map, and said loudly to all the generals present: "After the loss of Jinyang, Zhan Zihao moved the capital to Jinyang, he sent the general Xu Yang to lead the army south, and now the land north of Lingxian County has been captured by the Liang army, and now Xu Yang has seized Huzhou east of the entrance to the southern end of the Bird Mouse Valley as a base, Lu Mao's Xia County is in the middle of the east of the east of the river, and Puzhou is stationed at the south end of the Liang army. “

The generals looked at the map carefully with his pointing, their brows couldn't help frowning, Xie Ronghua looked at their reactions, and said with satisfaction: "I believe that everyone here has also seen the clues, the three of them have pulled out a long line along the western foot of the Zhongtiao Mountain Range in the eastern boundary of the Jinnan Plain, and the three places stand against the mountains, facing the southern plains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If these three points can be effectively linked, it is a living long snake array. ”

"Marshal, the living one-word long snake formation is not easy to deal with, hit the head and tail, hit the tail and the head, and outflank the middle and two ends, which is a great disadvantage for us." Han Sheng said urgently.

Xie Ronghua smiled and said indifferently: "General Han, don't worry, Ben Shuai hasn't finished speaking, don't forget what Ben Shuai said, it is not a long snake formation now, at most it is a dead snake formation." ”

"A word of death snake formation?" Han Sheng was puzzled, "What do you mean by what the marshal said?" “

Xie Ronghua smiled and said: "Let's look at the snake head Xu Yang first, according to General Wen's investigation, his team is about 20,000 people, mainly cavalry, and his field combat ability is not bad, but don't forget, Jiangzhou is still our territory, Jiangzhou is sticking to the southwest line of Huzhou, not only embedding half of the mouth of the Bird Mouse Valley, but also blocking its ability to expand westward to force the Yellow River ferries, Jiangzhou is a little further south to receive the Emei Plateau in the middle of the plain, so that a natural barrier appears, so to bypass Jiangzhou, you have to go around the platform, It will have a great impact on the speed of his movements. ”

The generals nodded, and he continued: "As for the snake body Lu Mao and the snake tail Gong Bogan, there are more problems. ”

He pointed to Xia County, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Mao summoned the local people to rebel, such an army will not be large, and mainly locals, without any orthodox training, they are familiar with the local terrain, if we attack, we may not be able to get any benefits, but they have one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, most of them are people who drag their families with their mouths, it is not easy to persuade them to leave their hometowns, and if they really leave, they will definitely take their families with them, such a march speed can be imagined, It is not a threat to us at all. “

"Then there is the snake tail Gong Bogan, Gong Bogan is holding on to Puzhou, General Wen has led the army to fight with him for a long time, the grain and grass in it have long been missing, and it is still difficult to protect himself, so how can he rescue others." After he finished speaking in one breath, all the generals looked at him quietly, and Dewey spoke first: "What the marshal means is that this snake is stiff except for the snake's head, and the snake's body and tail are dead." ”

"Not bad." Xie Ronghua glanced at him appreciatively: "So, the most important thing for us today is. He pointed his finger to Jiangzhou's position and said in a deep voice: "Hold this place, don't let this snake come alive." ”

He looked at Han Sheng and ordered, "Han Sheng, you take a thousand elite soldiers and set off overnight to support Jiangzhou." ”

"Yes." Han Sheng received the order, and Yun Yifan sighed: "No wonder the marshal took us to be stationed here, instead of joining General Wen, we are here, the rear of the western part of Jiangzhou is stable, and with the Emei Plateau barrier in the middle of the Jinnan Plain in the south, the road to the west of Xu Yang has been completely blocked, and this snake head is now trapped here." ”

Xie Ronghua smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone is tired today, let's go down and rest first, in the days to come, we will not be easy." “

Everyone was ordered to retreat, but Dewey didn't move, Xie Ronghua looked at him and said with a smile: "General Du still has something to ask Ben Shuai?" ”

Dewey had a cold face, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "Marshal, that Xue, is she still in the army?" ”

Xie Ronghua smiled knowingly and said: "She and Xi Ning stayed together, we marched all the way, the wounds on her body just improved and cracked, and Ben Shuai really couldn't spare the manpower to escort her back, so he simply left her down." ”

Dewey pursed his lips, his hands clenched tightly but he didn't say a word, Xie Ronghua looked at him like this, shook his head and sighed: "If you feel guilty, you can go and see her." ”

Dewey shook his head, looked at him and asked, "Your Highness, may I ask you a question?" ”

He called His Highness instead of the marshal, and naturally the question would not be military, Xie Ronghua nodded in response, and he slowly spoke: "The battlefield is full of dangers, Your Highness will take Miss Yan with you, aren't you afraid that she will make a mistake?" ”

Xie Ronghua didn't expect him to ask this, he glanced at him and smiled confidently: "Since I dare to take her, I naturally believe that I have the ability to protect her, and I also believe that there will be no place in this world that will be safer than letting her stay by my side." ”

Looking at the momentum of the man in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, he laughed, and said, "I understand, I shouldn't ask Your Highness this question, my subordinates retired first." ”

The moment before he withdrew from the camp, Xie Ronghua's voice sounded behind him: "General Du, the confusion and hesitation you are experiencing now have been experienced by this king, I hope you can sort out your mind as soon as possible and make the most correct choice." ”

"Your Highness Xie mentions." Dewey nodded and walked quickly out of the camp.

Early the next morning, Xie Ronghua personally led more than 20 light cavalry to reconnoiter the movements of the enemy troops in the vicinity of Huzhou. They galloped through the mountains and forests and fields for a day and a night, and came to the wilderness west of Huzhou City. Xie Ronghua ordered the cavalry to disperse and hide, in groups of three, carefully observing the situation of the enemy forces in all directions, briefly sketching the nearby terrain on paper with toner and chalk, and at the same time, the three of them took turns to rest. After the order, he and Dewey climbed a small hill, and looked into the distance, faintly seeing the banner hunting in the distance, which was Xu Yang's army.

The falcon suddenly swooped down and let out a howling sound, Xie Ronghua and Dewey glanced at each other, and tacitly hid in the bushes on the side.

It was a patrol of Liang Jun, about a dozen people, they were riding horses, getting closer and closer to them, Xie Ronghua looked at them, his eyes were shining, he looked at Dewey, and said softly: "Dewey, let's give Xu Yang a greeting gift." “