Between Liangcheng and Xianping, although almost all of them are plains and Tanchuan areas, there are also several low hills, or low hills and mounds.

Before and after, the Yingchuan army led by Zhao Yu and the Liangcheng army led by Tong Yan encountered two of them.

When the two Jin armies tried to march past these two low hills, at the top of the low hills, Xiang Xuan's nephew Xiang Ji and more than two dozen soldiers were calmly watching.

"General Qu, the Jin army is here."

"Hmm, I see that."

Standing at the top of the low hill, Xiang Ji frowned and looked at the two branches that came slowly from a distance, carefully observing the banners of the two Jin armies.

Under his observation, the two Jin armies were rapidly advancing southward like long snakes, with the front army holding high the banners of 'Liang Jun' and 'Tong', while the rear army was holding the banners of 'Yingchuan' and 'Zhou'.

Seeing these banners, Xiang Ji immediately understood the commanders of these two Jin armies.

But......

"Then Xue Ao, one of the Five Tigers of the Chen Sect, isn't he among these two Jin armies?"

After a closer look, Xiang Ji did not find any flags indicating Xue Ao's identity.

With Xue Ao's dignified identity, he thought that he disdained to hide his whereabouts, so it can be seen that Xue Ao was not in these two Jin armies.

But even so, Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan, is also a rather tricky character.

In contrast, Tong Yan, the governor of Liang County, was ignored by Xiang Ji.

Just as Xiang Ji was carefully observing the Jin army in the distance, two soldiers suddenly came out of the nearby bushes, and one of them said with an eager expression: "General Qu, someone has touched it under the mountain, it is those who wear black scarves." ”

"Scattered black scarves? It's Zhou Hu's 'Wolf Scout'!"

A flash of realization flashed in Xiang Ji's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said decisively: "Withdraw!" ”

At the sound of an order, more than 20 people withdrew.

After about half a pillar of incense, the 'wolf scout' that Xiang Ji and others thought of, or the traveling wolf led by Du Bai Xu Bai, came to this place.

The first person is Xu Bai, who is wearing a thick winter coat.

Surrounded by a group of traveling wolves, Xu Bai squatted down, looked at the footprints on the ground for a while, and reached out to touch the ice ridge that had obviously been trampled on.

"Just left."

He stood up and looked out at the mountains and forests as far as his eye could see.

Or one of the brigade wolves asked: "It must be a scout of the rebels, do you want to chase it?" ”

"I may not be chasing the ground, forget it."

Xu Bai frowned and glanced in the suspicious direction a few times, and then ordered left and right: "But I still have to tell the captain." …… The rebel scouts are secretly watching our army's march here, fearing bad intentions. ”

"Yes!"

Immediately, two brigade wolves clenched their fists and left.

About a moment later, the two brigade wolves found Zhao Yu and told him about the rebel scouts he had found on the mound, and also conveyed Xu Bai's concerns.

Zhao Yu was not surprised by this, after all, according to his estimates, the two rebel armies of Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou should have a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, compared to him and Tong Yan's about 20,000 pursuers, in fact, it was not a rout - at least before Zhao Yu and Tong Yan converged with the Jin army in Kaifeng County, and before Xue Ao led the follow-up army to join the pursuit, these two rebel armies could not be talked about a rout.

Since there is no talk of a rout, let alone leaving some scouts to monitor his Jin army, even if it is to set up an army of the queen of the palace, or even to set up an ambush, this is common sense.

According to Zhao Yu's personal speculation, the possibility of the rebels setting up ambushes along the way is very high, especially when he learned that the current pursuers are only a total of 20,000 Jin troops led by him and Tong Yan.

However, Zhao Yu didn't care, he wished that the rebels would set up an ambush, so that he could take advantage of the chaos to rob Tong Yan.

His only concern was whether the Yingchuan army under his command would pay a big price for it.

An hour later, Xiang Ji left some people to continue to monitor the march of the Jin army along the way, while he hurriedly caught up with the army and reported the pursuit to Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, Zhao Yin and others.

After listening to Xiang Ji's description, Chen Miao said with a solemn expression: "Zhou Hu and Tong Yan? It's coming so fast......"

From the side, Cheng Zhou was relieved: "There are only 20,000 or 30,000 people in him, and even if they catch up, they may not be our army's opponents." ”

"It's hard to say."

Chen Miao shook his head slightly.

You must know that they are about to enter the Kaifeng and Xianping areas, and the Jin army still has 7,000 Yingchuan troops and 5,000 Taiyuan cavalry in Kaifeng County.

Once these two groups of Jin troops were combined, it would be nearly 30,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 cavalry, which was definitely not a force to be underestimated.

What's more, the Jin army led by Zhou Hu and Tong Yan was clearly only sent by Xue Ao to contain their pursuers, once his righteous division was entangled with these Jin troops for too long, and unfortunately it was delayed for a few days, and when Chen Zhong, the Taishi of the Jin State, led an army of 500,000 to help, then they would only have a dead end - even if Wu Yi led nearly 40,000 Jiangdong righteous divisions to join them, they could not make changes.

"What then?"

Cheng Zhou frowned and asked, "While the armies of Zhou Hu and Tong Yan have not yet merged with the Jin army in Kaifeng, shall we ambush him first?" ”

"It's hard."

Chen Miao shook his head wistfully and said what he thought in his heart: "I'm afraid I may not be able to deceive that Zhou Hu." ”

Just when Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou were discussing, from the side, Zhao Yin was inexplicably surprised in his heart.

Zhou Hu...... No, his brother Zhao Yu actually brought that Tong Yan to chase them down? Does this mean to take the opportunity to take down that Tong Yan outside the city?

Faintly seemed to grasp something, Zhao Yin said in a deep voice: "Not necessarily." ”

"Huh?" Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou looked at Zhao Yin puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhao Yin pondered for a moment and said, "I mean, Zhou Hu and Tong Yan may not necessarily be tricked. …… How do you know if you don't try? ”

"What does Childe mean...... Ambush? Chen Miao looked at Zhao Yin suspiciously.

"Exactly!" Zhao Yin nodded.

It is undeniable that in normal times, he may not be able to deceive his little brother opposite, but the question is, what if his brother deliberately fell into ambush?

According to Xiang Ji, the 20,000 Jin army, with more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops as the front army and thousands of Yingchuan troops as the rear army, in Zhao Yin's view, this is likely to be his brother's deliberate purpose, the purpose is to find a way to bury the more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops under Tong Yan's command.

As long as the more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops under Tong Yan's command are defeated by his righteous division, Tong Yan will naturally undoubtedly fall into the hands of his brother.

"Sure enough, that's what the kid thought......

Zhao Yin thought secretly in his heart.

Of course, although he was sure in his heart, he couldn't tell Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou the truth, and after thinking about it, he chuckled and said: "Zhou Hu is also a human being, he will also make mistakes, if we make a rout, it may not be impossible to lead him to the bait." ”

After that, he saw that Chen Miao was still hesitating, and persuaded again: "Chen Shuai, if we can severely damage the army under the command of Zhou Hu and Tong Yan, we can have more hope of retreating to Chen County safely......

"Hmm......"

Chen Miao listened to it, and after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!" Just give it a try! ”

Although Zhao Yin thought that his younger brother Zhao Yu would deliberately fall for the trick, he still had to do it after all, at least to deceive that Tong Yan.

So, under Chen Miao's order, nearly 60,000 Jin troops seemed to know the pursuers behind them, and suddenly began to march rapidly, leaving many flags and baggage on the way.

Half an hour later, Wang Qing, Wang Xun, Zhang Qi and others led the Yingchuan Army and the Liangcheng Army to arrive, and naturally saw the baggage and banners that were thrown all over the ground.

Wang Xun, the commander of Liang County, immediately realized what was going on, and said to Zhang Qi: "The rebels knew that our army was chasing them, so they panicked and dropped these banners and baggage. ”

Immediately, he sent someone to inform Du Wei Tong Yan of this matter.

Tong Yan's first reaction was the same as Wang Xun's, but he was obviously more cautious than Wang Xun, and after learning the news, he immediately took more than a dozen guards and rode his horse to Zhao Yu's side to discuss the matter with Zhao Yu: "The rebels seem to have learned that our army is about to catch up with them, so they ordered a rapid march, scattering many banners and baggage on the way, Brother Xian, do you and I want to order a pursuit?" ”

As soon as Zhao Yu heard it, he knew that this was a ruse of the rebels.

After all, they only had 20,000 pursuers, while the rebels had nearly 60,000, almost three times the difference in strength, so why should the rebels be so panicked?

If you want to change him Zhao Yu, don't panic, nearly 60,000 rebels are divided into two parts, covering each other and evacuating, you see that your 20,000 Jin troops dare to pursue and try! After the pursuit, turn around and slap your front teeth off.

But he didn't tell Tong Yan this, on the contrary, he had to find a way to dispel the doubts in Tong Yan's heart.

In view of this, he pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, and the rebels still have nearly 60,000 people, why are they so afraid of you and me?" ”

"You're saying it's a rebel trick?"

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded, but he changed his tone quietly: "It is also possible that the rebels are not afraid of the army of you and me, but of the army of Kaifeng...... Once the two sides converged, there would be nearly 30,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 cavalry, which would be enough to hold off the rebels until General Xue led the army. …… Obviously, the rebels also knew this, so they did not want to entangle with us and hastened their withdrawal. ”

"That'...... To chase or not to chase? Tong Yan was confused by Zhao Yu's words.

"Chase!"

As if he had made some difficult decision, Zhao Yu pretended to be deep and said: "Just tell the soldiers to be careful, how can they mess up and watch the rebels flee because of some abnormalities of the rebels?" …… If the rebels really escaped, how can we explain to General Xue? ”

The last sentence was deliberately said to Tong Yan, and he knew that this was Tong Yan's death hole.

Sure enough, after hearing the last sentence, Tong Yan immediately made a decision: "Okay, since this is the case, I immediately ordered Wang Xun and Zhang Qi to order them to step up the pursuit!" ”

Soon after, this order reached the ears of Wang Xun and Zhang Qi.

Wang Xun was greatly surprised by this, and asked the sergeant who ordered the order: "The commander ordered our army to march quickly?" ”

"Yes, the king!"

"......" Wang Xun frowned and glanced up at the sky.

You must know that it is past the unitary hour at this time, and although the sky has not completely darkened in the early spring, it is close to dusk, and it is not a wise decision to order a rapid march at this time.

But since Tong Yan, as the captain, gave the order, Wang Xun could only do it, waving his hand and ordering the whole army to march quickly.

At the same time, Wang Qing, Qin Yu, and Jia Shu also received orders for a rapid march.

Under the orders of Zhao Yu and Tong Yan, more than 6,000 Yingchuan soldiers and more than 10,000 Liangcheng soldiers immediately accelerated their march.

After chasing for nearly half an hour, they finally saw the traces of the rebels in the flat valley between the two low hills.

"It's a rebel baggage battalion!"

Wang Xun suddenly perked up.

The rebels in the distance also seemed to notice the Jin army chasing after them, and some people immediately left their baggage carts and grain carts and fled in a hurry.

Faintly, Wang Xun also heard the frightened cries of the rebels in the distance.

"Jin Jun! The Jin army is catching up! ”

"Big guy, run for your life!"

The panicked performance of the rebels in the distance made Wang Xun immediately have a thought in his heart: attack!

This is his judgment as a general, if he leads the army to chase and kill at this time, he will definitely be able to kill the rebels!

Thinking of this, he gave an order desperately: "The whole army obeys the order and pursues the rebels in front!" ”

At this time, not far from him, another sergeant, Zhang Qi, heard Wang Xun's order and hurriedly came to stop him, he reminded Wang Xun: "Be careful of the rebels' tricks!" ”

However, Wang Xun pointed ahead and said: "When the rebels see our army chasing after them, their morale has been dispersed, and they have no fighting spirit. ”

"This ......"

Zhang Qi looked carefully into the distance, and sure enough, as Wang Xun said, he saw that in that flat valley, there were fleeing rebels everywhere.

These rebels discarded their flags, their wagons and grain carts, and fled in all directions without formation or order, and even he was aroused to pursue him.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Chase!" ”

Under the orders of Wang Xun and Zhang Qi, more than 10,000 Liangcheng soldiers once again accelerated their speed and killed the rebels in front of them.

The sudden acceleration of these Liangcheng troops made Wang Qing, Qin Yu, Jia Shu and others in the rear puzzled.

Fortunately, Wang Xun and Zhang Qi were not so arrogant that they wanted to defeat tens of thousands of rebels with their more than 10,000 troops, and they finally sent people to explain the situation to Wang Qing, Qin Yu, and Jia Shu.

Wang Qing was born as a thief and didn't know the art of war, but he had a cautious heart under his arrogant and arrogant character, while Qin Yu and Jia Shu, who were real generals, instinctively felt that something was not right.

Qin Yu immediately said to Wang Qing: "It's about to fall into the night, and if you rush to pursue at this time, you may be ambushed by the rebels." ”

Jia Shu also persuaded: "We have never seen the rout of the rebels with our own eyes, if we rush to pursue with Wang Xun and Zhang Qi's words, once Wang and Zhang make a mistake, I am afraid that our army will be affected!" ”

After listening to the advice of Qin Yu and Jia Shu, Wang Qing pondered: "Having said that, the Liangcheng army has already moved forward, if our army does not move, the Liangcheng army is weak, and I am afraid that it will be counterattacked by the rebels...... In this way, Qin Yu, you lead your headquarters to support the Liangcheng army, Jia Shu, you and Le Gui are the queen of the palace, if the rebels really have any tricks, they will immediately form a formation to resist and cover Qin Yu's retreat! ”

Qin Yu and Jia Shu glanced at each other and nodded helplessly.

After all, they also knew that the opportunity on the battlefield was fleeting, and Wang Qing had already made the greatest vigilance.

At this time, Wang Qing ordered left and right: "Go to the rear army immediately and report this matter to the captain." ”

"Yes!"

Just when Wang Qing, Qin Yu, and Jia Shu were discussing, Wang Xun and Zhang Qi'er had already led more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops to kill the Tangu and the tens of thousands of rebels who had fled.

I saw that in just a few dozen breaths, more than 10,000 Liangcheng soldiers killed behind the rebels like a tide.

At first glance, the number of rebels is actually more than that of the Liangcheng army, but somehow, the number of rebels is at least twice that of the Liangcheng army, but it is impossible to organize effective resistance and counterattack, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of rebel soldiers were caught up by the Liangcheng army and killed with weapons.

The rebels were about to collapse at the touch of a button, which boosted the confidence of Wang Xun and Zhang Qi, and seeing the situation of the rebels being defeated like a mountain, Wang Xun shouted with great joy: "The soldiers continue to pursue!" The rebels have no fighting spirit! ”

However, he never expected that at this time, on the low hill on the side of Tangu, halfway up the mountain, Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, Zhao Yin and others were calmly watching the Jin army in Tangu pursuing his righteous teacher.

After a while, Cheng Zhou asked Chen Miao, "Do you want to do it?" Or wait? ”

"......" Chen Miao didn't say a word, and looked at the Yingchuan army in the distance with deep eyes.

Seeing this, Zhao Yin secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good.

He knew very well that Chen Miao's delay in giving the order was just waiting for the Yingchuan army to also fall into the ambush circle of his righteous division, but the problem was that the Yingchuan army was the army under his younger brother Zhao Yu, although their brothers were divided between us and the enemy at the moment, but as a brother, he had to take care of his younger brother's subordinates, after all, his younger brother was not the enemy of the righteous division.

Thinking of this, he whispered to Chen Miao: "I advise Chen Shuai not to be greedy, as long as the Liangcheng army under Tong Yan is defeated, even if Zhou Hu escapes, he will not dare to pursue again; On the contrary, if Zhou Hu senses that something is not good, it will not be good......"

"Hmm."

Chen Miao nodded thoughtfully: "Childe is right!" ”

After that, he instructed left and right: "Blow the battle horn and tell Xiang Xuan and Zhou Gong to do it!" ”

"Yes!"

One of the guards clenched his fists and immediately took the horn from his bosom and blew it to his mouth.

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

Three horns sounded, and behind the low hills on both sides of the valley, an earth-shattering shout of killing immediately sounded.

Immediately, the rebel generals Xiang Xuan and Zhou Gong each led an army from behind the low hills on both sides, which happened to cut off the back road of the more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops.

At the same time, among the 20,000 or 30,000 rebels in Tangu, there was also a general under Cheng Zhou, Xu Di, who raised his arms and shouted: "The Jin army behind you has fallen into our encirclement, my righteous sons, kill!" ”

Under the command of Xu Di, the 20,000 or 30,000 rebels who pretended to flee immediately turned their backs and fought, so that the Liangcheng army that was originally pursuing them fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on their backs.

Seeing this scene from afar, Qin Yu's face suddenly changed: "Sure enough, there is an ambush!" ”

He subconsciously ordered the whole army to stop advancing.

However, Xiang Xuan did not let Qin Yu go - not that Xiang Xuan hated Qin Yu much, he could only blame Zhao Yu for being hated too much, who let Zhao Yu destroy too many good things about the righteous teacher.

Fortunately, Qin Yu and Wang Qing, Jia Shu and others had prepared in advance, and seeing that Xiang Xuan led a rebel army to kill, Qin Yu immediately led the army to retreat and retreated to the defense line built by Wang Qing, Jia Shu, Le Gui and others.

However, Xiang Xuan was not afraid to confront the Yingchuan army head-on, and immediately led his soldiers to kill him.

As if there was a thunder in the flatland, thousands of rebels under Xiang Xuan and more than 6,000 Yingchuan troops under the command of Wang Qing, Qin Yu, Jia Shu and others were killed together, and for a while, the Yingchuan army could only protect itself and was unable to support the Liangcheng army in front.

In the chaos, the herald sent by Wang Qing hurriedly came to the rear army, and reported to Zhao Yu with an eager expression: "Captain, our army has been ambushed by the rebels, the Liangcheng army is surrounded by the rebels, and our army has also fought with the rebels under the command of the enemy general Xiang Xuan......

"What?"

Zhao Yu pretended to be shocked.

But in fact, he was not surprised at all.

After all, his insight is extraordinary, since he learned that the rebels left banners and baggage along the way, he had already guessed that the rebels were deliberately luring the enemy, otherwise, why would the nearly 60,000 rebels be afraid of his 20,000 Jin troops to this extent?

However, Tong Yan's corporal Wang Xun and Zhang Qi led more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops to crash into the rebel ambush point, which he didn't expect, and he was worried that Wang and Zhang would not be fooled.

Now it seems that the Liangcheng army has lived in peace for a long time, and it is true that it lacks combat experience, and even the two non-commissioned officers Wang Xun and Zhang Qi have performed unsatisfactorily.

Of course, there is also Tong Yan as a lieutenant...... Hmph, this guy can only do things that harm other people's lives!

Just when Zhao Yu was secretly sarcastic, he suddenly heard an exclamation: "Brother Zhou Xian, Brother Zhou Xian." ”

"Here ......

Zhao Yu turned his head to look playfully, and immediately saw Tong Yan with more than 20 guards hurrying and he rode his horse to gallop over, not far behind him, the five hundred Liang Cheng soldiers led by Tong Yan were waiting solemnly, and the five hundred black tigers led by Liu Tu built the last line of defense of the formation.

After only seeing a few breaths, the Tong Yan rode his horse to Zhao Yu, and said in a panic: "Brother Xian, the big thing is not good, the rebels have set up an ambush here......"

"I already know."

Zhao Yu deliberately said in a solemn tone: "I never thought that the rebels really set up an ambush here...... Brother Tong, you and I should evacuate immediately! ”

Before Tong Yan could react, He Shun, who was beside Zhao Yu, suddenly shouted: "Du Wei, Tong Du Wei, there is a rebel army coming around!" ”

"What?!"

Tong Yan was shocked and hurriedly turned back.

However, with the chaos on the battlefield at the moment, and the sky getting darker and darker, where could he really see it?

Looking at Tong Yan's panicked face, Zhao Yu smiled secretly in his heart.

While smiling secretly, he pretended to be anxious and said: "Brother Tong, for today's plan, the only way is to leave me and wait for the pro-soldiers to break off, and you and I will quickly retreat, if you and I fall into the hands of the rebels, I am afraid that there will be no bones left......

"Okay." Tong Yan nodded again and again, but immediately, he seemed to think of something, and asked again, "What about the soldiers under your command?" ”

Zhao Yu pretended to be sad and said: "The only way to do this is to temporarily retreat and regroup." ”

Tong Yan, who was panicked, didn't know that his more than 10,000 Liangcheng troops had fallen into the rebel surrounding, and nodded again and again.

"Dingding-ding-"

"Retreat! Fall back! The Yingchuan army listened to the order and the whole army retreated! ”

"Dingding-ding-"

"Retreat! Fall back! The Liang Jun army listened to the order, and the whole army retreated! ”

For a time, shouts about retreat came and went, and after hearing these voices, Wang Qing decisively ordered to retreat.

Seeing this, Jia Shu was shocked and asked, "Our army has withdrawn, what should we do with the trapped Liangcheng army?" ”

Wang Qing rolled his eyes: "Is it difficult to protect yourself and take care of them?" ”

Yes, Wang Qing's righteousness is first aimed at his brothers in his own cottage, followed by the Yingchuan army, as for Liang Chengjun, sorry, we are not our own people.

Under Wang Qing's order, the 6,000 Yingchuan army fought and retreated, quickly leaving the battlefield.

Seeing this, Xiang Xuan was about to order a pursuit, but suddenly received an order from Chen Xuan: "Chen Shuai has an order, it is better to cut off the enemy's fingers than to hurt the enemy's ten fingers, the Yingchuan army wants to escape, let them go, and defeat the Liangcheng army first!" ”

Xiang Xuan frowned, but after all, he didn't chase anymore.

Obviously, it was Zhao Yin who noticed the situation on the battlefield, made his suggestion to Chen Miao, and secretly helped Zhao Yu.

With the secret help of Zhao Yin, tens of thousands of rebels spared the Yingchuan army, which quickly withdrew north, and concentrated their forces to surround the Liangcheng army.

Half an hour later, Zhao Yu and Tong Yan fled to a forest a few miles away.

Seeing that he was finally far away from the shouting and killing, Tong Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the dozen or so guards who fled with him were also so tired that they were panting.

These guards didn't notice that the more than two dozen black tigers around Zhao Yu, led by He Shun, had quietly touched their side.

Poof-

Suddenly, a sharp sword stabbed through the chest of one of the guards.

Immediately after a few pops, Tong Yan's dozen guards fell to the ground one after another.