Li Qi, who was in the Chinese army, received the news that the former army had sent back, and the former army scouts had not returned, and this place was less than thirty miles away from Yanshan.

The leader of the former army was Mr. Yan, and Li Qi knew that something must have happened after hearing about it, and with Mr. Yan's caution, he must have sensed that something was wrong.

He rushed to the front army, and the ranks were already on alert.

Mr. Yan's face was a little heavy when he saw Li Qi coming, he stretched out his hand and pointed forward: "According to your request, all the scouts stopped for ten miles, explored the road fifty miles in front of the army, and there was no trace of the scouts here." ”

Li Qi demanded that the scouts in front of the army should be at least 50 miles ahead of the army, and every 10 miles, either people or markers should be left.

Wait until the army comes up, and the scouts come forward again, and so on.

"Look over there."

Mr. Yan pointed in the direction of Yanshan.

Li Qi took it and looked at it with clairvoyance, and after looking at it for a while, his hand shook involuntarily.

"Do you remember, when we went down the mountain to go on the expedition, we almost came here, and I also told you that when you look back at the cottage, you can see the watchtower of the cottage."

Mr. Yan said, "I can't see it now." ”

Li Qi snorted.

In the dense forest in front, there were densely packed with soldiers of the White Mountain Bandits, who were ambushed here, just waiting for Li Qi's soldiers and horses to come back.

Although it has not yet reached the bottom of the mountain, the terrain is undulating, the forest is also very dense, the road passes through this undulating terrain, and there are high slopes on both sides.

Standing behind a tree on the high slope, Lao Yi looked at Li Qi's team with clairvoyance, his face was already a little excited.

Soon, however, his excitement was replaced by doubt.

"Why did it stop?"

Although he ambushed people and killed the Ning army scouts, under normal circumstances, no matter how much the scouts asked to stop every ten miles, they were all rewarded.

Not to mention the Baishan Army, even if it is a soldier of the imperial court, the scout will report back in case of trouble, otherwise it will always be kept dozens of miles away in front of the army.

Lao Yi calculated the time and terrain, this place is the most suitable for ambush, if there is no accident, Li Qi's team will soon be surrounded by him here.

On Ning Jun's side, Li Qi took a deep breath continuously, and then said to Mr. Yan: "The team is handed over to Mr., lead the troops to retreat, and thirty miles to the west is the Xiaoqing River that has just been crossed. ”

Mr. Yan asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Li Qi said: "I'll go to the back mountain." ”

After saying that, he got on his horse and went around the north side, followed by a hundred guards.

According to Li Qi's arrangement, Yan Qingzhi led the team to retreat thirty miles, and after crossing the Xiaoqing River, he lined up on the side of the riverbank, and at the same time sent someone to rush to inform Tang Pi at night.

Li Qi led his personal army around the forest to the direction of the back mountain, around the mountain, walking for a day could not reach that place, and when Li Qi arrived, it was already dark the next day, and he walked for two days.

An hour later.

Li Qi had been standing there, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations, even when he heard the news that Yu Chaozong had died, he couldn't see any changes in him in the dark.

In the mountains and forests where the night fell, they couldn't see their fingers, they looked at Li Qi, but they saw the quiet and motionless figure in the darkness.

"I see."

After a long time, Li Qi only responded with four words after listening to it, he unbuttoned his clothes, tore off a white cloth from the white lining, grabbed it with one hand, bit the other end with his teeth, and tied the white cloth to his right arm.

"Wait here, I'll pick you up."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Gao Xining grabbed Li Qi's hand and said eagerly: "Take the Ting Lieutenant Army." ”

Li Qi shook his head slowly: "Stay here to protect everyone, they will all be handed over."

You've got it. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Qi got on his horse and left in the night.

Two days later, Li Qi returned to Xiaoqing River, and by this time the Baishan army had already pursued to the east side of the riverbank, but did not dare to attack rashly for a while.

On the west bank, Mr. Yan led his team to fortify, and the two sides faced each other across a river.

Li Qi crossed the river upstream to the west and followed the river all the way back to the camp of the Ning army.

Mr. Yan was slightly relieved when he saw Li Qi returning.

"There are no less than tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, and the flag looks like ......"

Before Mr. Yan's words were finished, Li Qi, whose face was calm and even a little cold, nodded and said, "It's Baishan Jun, I already know." ”

He walked to the bank of the river and looked at the opposite side, the Baishan army on the opposite side was extremely rampant, shouting and scolding arrogantly across the river, and the scolding was particularly ugly.

"Brother Yu is dead."

Li Qi looked at the other side and said.

Mr. Yan's heart tightened violently, and after a while, he nodded: "Understood." ”

Li Dao: "Tell the soldiers that the family is gone, Brother Yu was killed in battle, and at least 2,000 brothers were also killed by these enemies on the other side." ”

Mr. Yan glanced at the white cloth on Li Qi's right arm and turned to leave.

Li Qi has been standing on the riverbank and looking at the opposite side, the waves of the Xiaoqing River are not small, and the water that beats up splashes on him.

"The guy on the other side!"

At this moment, a group of people on the other side of the river arrived on horseback, and the first one sat on horseback and shouted a few times at Li Qi with his horsewhip.

"Tell you to be in charge, if you are willing to surrender, I can spare your lives, from now on they will be brothers of the White Mountain Army, if you refuse to surrender, when my army crosses the river, there will be no armor!"

Li Qi didn't reply, he still stood there, without any movement, as if the shouts of those people on the other side had not reached his ears at all.

After a long time, Li Qi turned around and returned to the camp, and many people gathered around, and everyone's face was sad and angry.

Looking at the brothers' eyes full of hatred and war, Li Qi only said ten words in total.

"Retreat five miles back and let them come over to fight."

The order was immediately conveyed, and the team of 5,000 people began to retreat, and as soon as they retreated, the Baishan army on the opposite bank quickly noticed it.

"Report!"

His subordinates quickly ran to Lao Yi and leaned over and said, "Young master, the people of the Yanshan camp are retreating, obviously trying to escape." ”

After listening to this, Lao Yi looked at the young man on the side, who was about thirty years old, with a straight figure and a grim face.

Lao Yi asked, "Di Chun, do you think the Yan Mountain Thieves are going to escape?" ”

Di Chun pondered for a moment and said: "Not necessarily, you can wait and see what happens, and don't rush across the river to pursue." ”

Louy asked, "What if they really want to run away?" ”

Di Chun replied: "If the Yanshan thieves stop and go, it must be a plan to lure the enemy and counterattack while we cross the river." ”

Luo Yi nodded and said, "I'm probably guessing the same, so let's wait and see." ”

On the west bank of the river, when Li Qi's team retreated three or four miles away, Li Qi looked back and saw that the white mountain thieves had no sign of crossing the river, so he ordered: "The whole army will not stop, continue to retreat, and retreat for another five miles." ”

Therefore, the Ning army, which was supposed to stop at five miles, did not stop and continued to retreat, although the soldiers were also a little confused, but the execution of the military order was by no means ambiguous.

On the east bank of the river, Lao Yi looked at it with clairvoyance, his face became more and more anxious, and he asked Di Chun again: "Are you sure that the Yanshan thieves are trying to lure us over?" They had already retreated for almost ten miles, and if they didn't cross the river, they would really escape. ”

Di Chun said: "If you are less in charge, you can put them for twenty miles, those Yanshan thieves have fewer cavalry and more foot soldiers, and the strength of the army is not more than five thousand, it is not too late to let them chase after them for twenty miles." ”

Lao Yi looked at the Yanshan camp team that was getting farther and farther away, and he was anxious, but he still nodded and agreed with Di Chun

Speech.

Di Chun is one of the most valued people under his father, and the development of the Baishan Army today has a lot to do with Di Chun.

This person used to be a border military captain and was extremely brave, but because of his humble background, his military exploits were repeatedly robbed, and he had no choice.

Lao Shuize heard Di Chun's brave name for a long time, so he sent someone to contact, promised to lure him with heavy money, Di Chun was unmoved, and promised to be a general, promising that Di Chun's Baishan army could be commanded and dispatched by him, Di Chun's heart was moved.

Later, Di Chun went to the Baishan Army and was appointed as a general by Lao Shuize, when the Baishan Army was only 350,000 people.

Di Chun led the army to defeat the official army one after another, and even when Zhou Shiren, the envoy of Yanzhou Jiedu, personally led the army to attack the Baishan army, he was defeated by Di Chun.

Di Chun's reputation was greatly enhanced, and his prestige in the Baishan Army was getting higher and higher, but Lao Shuize was afraid, worried that Di Chun would shake his position as the big boss.

So he pretended to let Di Chun train an elite army, but in fact, Di Chun's military power was removed, but he didn't expect that Di Chun spent more than a year training 10,000 Pudao battalions, and his combat power was comparable to that of government soldiers.

Lao Shuize knew how strong the soldiers of the Wanpu Sword Battalion were, so he was even more jealous of Di Chun.

On the grounds that he had increased the pro-military battalion, he forcibly snatched half of the strength of the Pudao battalion from Di Chun, leaving only 5,000 people for Di Chun.

On the west bank of the river, Li Qi looked back, and the Baishan Army still had no sign of crossing the river, so Li Qi ordered: "Throw away the grain and grass, speed up the withdrawal, and retreat for another five miles." ”

On the east bank of the river, Lao Yi, who had climbed to a high place, watched with clairvoyance, and when he saw that the soldiers of the Yanshan battalion had abandoned their baggage and materials and started to run, he immediately became anxious.

"Pass my military order, cross the river and pursue!"

Di Chun's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he hurriedly persuaded: "It's not necessary to be in charge, the more the people in the Yanshan camp are like this, the more likely they are to counterattack while we are crossing the river." ”

Lao Yi said angrily: "They have already withdrawn for more than ten miles, even if they want to kill back, we have already crossed the river with many people, can't they stop it?" I can cross the river with 20,000 people by holding on for an hour, and he only has 5,000 people, so why should he fight me? ”

Di Chun wanted to say more, but Lao Yi said: "Di Chun! I know you have a grudge in your heart, don't you deliberately want to let go of the people in the Yanshan Battalion, and become the bane of my Baishan Army in the future?! ”

Di Chun opened his mouth, sneered in his heart, leaned over and said, "Don't be in charge of forgiveness, I'm too careful, I'll go and let Pu Daoying cross the river." ”

Louy glared at him, then urged his men to cross the river.

When Li Qi saw that the men and horses of the Baishan Army had begun to compete to cross the river, the fierceness in his eyes flickered.

"Ning Jun!"

Li Qi raised his arms and shouted, drew his long knife and pointed at the Baishan Army and shouted: "Kill back, all the enemies in front of you will not be left alive!" ”

"Whew!"

The soldiers of the Ning army shouted, turned around, and the rear team changed into the front team, but the formation was not chaotic at all.

Li Qi was the arrow, and the team of 5,000 people formed a huge front arrow formation, rushing towards the Baishan army that was crossing the river.

At a distance of eleven or twelve miles, when the Ning army rushed back, more than 10,000 people from the Baishan army had crossed the river in a mess, and the team structure was in chaos.

"The enemy of blood feud, kneel on the ground and do not forgive!"

Li Qi was the first to rush into the ranks of the White Mountain Army, splashing blood with a horizontal sword.

On this day, on the west bank of the Xiaoqing River, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Baishan Army who crossed the river were slaughtered, and half of the people who crossed the river were killed by the Ning army with arrows on the bank, and countless people drowned in the river.

Because there were so many corpses, the river was blocked for a while, and the corpses were densely packed on the surface of the river, and the river could hardly be seen.

At this moment, there was a cavalry team of thousands of people from the upper reaches to kill, led by two people, one with a spear and the other with a lance, like a fierce tiger, leading the army into the Baishan army, and the tiger entered the flock.

The Baishan Army was defeated, more than 30,000 of the 50,000 were killed, more than 10,000 surrendered, and thousands more fled.

The one who escaped was the 5,000 Pudao battalion of 5,000 Di Chun.