"If you want to escape from the Tang Dynasty in the shortest possible time, the route you pass through is nothing more than starting from Chang'an, passing through Pizhou, to Ningzhou, Qingzhou, Jiangzhou, Shuofang, and then from Huaiyuan, straight into the grassland! Judging from the speed of the Grand Master's journey, it is very likely that the witch tribulation has already passed Biju by now, or even arrived in Gyeongju!

All we have to do now is to set up an ambush in advance at the pass-through point from Gyeongju to the grassland! Wu Zheng would never have thought that the state capital in the north of the Tang Dynasty would react so quickly! ”

After purging 30,000 soldiers and horses who were skilled in the battle formation, Li Zexuan led the army out of the city and headed straight for Jiangzhou in the west.

On the way, Li Zexuan analyzed Xu Tingda beside him.

Because there are no familiar generals around him, and now he has no time to get familiar with the people around him, Li Zexuan can only do everything himself, and slowly cultivate a tacit understanding with these soldiers from Bingzhou, only after knowing the abilities of the people around him, can he gradually delegate power and hand things over to others!

But fortunately, Xu Tingda's ability to be the captain of Zhichong Prefecture is still quite good, and he has rich experience in battle formations, and the most important thing is to be obedient, without the unruliness that most of those veterans have, he is listening carefully to every word Li Zexuan says, and when he heard the words, he hugged his fists and said:

"What Hou Ye said is very reasonable, the closest route from Chang'an to the grassland is just that! However, the last general estimates that in order to avoid the pursuit of the imperial court, this witch robbery may not take the official road, and eighty percent will take some small roads, as long as we hold some critical passes that he must pass, we will definitely be able to intercept him! ”

Li Zexuan nodded, and after a while, he asked: "Xu Duwei has been guarding and annexing the state for many years, and he must be more familiar with some passes in the north than Benhou, in Xu Duwei's opinion, Benhou should assign troops and horses in those passes?" ”

In fact, he had a map of the Tang Dynasty in his mind, and he obviously knew about some passes in the north, and the reason why he still asked like this was nothing more than to think about Xu Tingda.

Of course, for Xu Tingda himself, he is very willing to accept such considerations, Li Zexuan has already said that the purpose of this troop transfer - to round up witch robbers, this is a great opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions! If he can perform better in this battle and get a little support from Li Zexuan, then he is very likely to be promoted to another level!

Don't look at Xu Tingda's appearance, he looks like a big boss, but this is careful, Li Zexuan's promotion speed in the past year has been like riding a rocket, and he has become the most dazzling upstart in the court in recent years, the dragon of the saint, I am afraid that no one in the younger generation can match! Besides, putting aside his official position, Li Zexuan is still a martial arts master, even if he has never been on the battlefield, Xu Tingda does not dare to have any contempt, so he has always been serious and cautious on the sidelines!

"Back to the Hou Ye, the last general thinks that we should first set up an ambush at Longmen Pass, which is the closest to Gyeongju, and secondly, Madou Pass, Yonghe Pass, and even Yanmen Pass should send a small number of troops, first, to prevent the witch robbery This time has passed the Longmen Pass, and second, if we don't block the witch robbery at Longmen Pass, the remaining three passes can also be delayed for a while!

The most important thing is that these four passes have been battleground for soldiers since ancient times, they are the necessary checkpoints to go to the grassland, and they are also the necessary checkpoints to enter the Central Plains from the grassland, if you want to bypass it, the witch tribulation must go at least five or six hundred miles more, so it is impossible for him to bypass! ”

Xu Tingda pondered for a while, and then hugged Li Zexuan's fist.

In ancient times, there were many places where soldiers must fight, and some modern people may not understand why there are places where soldiers must fight, and why spend huge forces to capture those places that soldiers must fight? Wouldn't it be okay to just go around it?

In fact, such strategic places are generally divided into two categories, one is passes, and the other is important towns. The pass is the "dangerous pass", under normal circumstances, the terrain on both sides of the pass is lofty mountains and mountains, which cannot be bypassed, and important towns can be bypassed on the march, but such an important town does not go to attack, but bypasses, which makes the whole military operation lose its meaning, and it is easy to be attacked before and after, and dumplings are made!

Xu Tingda's Longmen Pass, Madou Pass, Yonghe Pass, and Yanmen Pass are all dangerous passes of this type!

Hearing this, Li Zexuan's face couldn't help but show a hint of approval, and he smiled and said, "Not bad!" In the witch tribulation, the states in the north of the Tang Dynasty have not yet received the news that the imperial court wants him, and they have not effectively organized troops to intercept him, in this case, he will not deliberately go around the pass and go a long way!

In this case, Ben Hou will now go to Longmen Pass with 10,000 troops, Xu Duwei, you take the remaining 20,000 troops to the north, with Ben Hou's warrant and holy decree, and fortify Madou Pass, Yonghe Pass, and Yanmen Pass in turn, if necessary, you can let the soldiers and horses of the nearby state capital assist you! Ben Hou wants to lay a net of heaven and earth, so that it is difficult for witches to fly! ”

Through these considerations, Li Zexuan found that Xu Tingda still has some generals, although he has not heard of this person in the history books, but it is impossible for every capable person to leave a name in history for 5,000 years, right? Those who are buried in the long river of history are not necessarily all incapable people!

It was based on this consideration that Li Zexuan decided to let Xu Tingda lead an army by himself and go north to set up defenses! But then again, now the only general around him who can be used and can take charge on his own is estimated to be Xu Tingda, if he doesn't choose this person, who else can he choose?

Xu Tingda's heart was suddenly shocked, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Lord Hou for your trust!" However, the last general suggested that Hou Ye lead 20,000 troops to guard Longmen Pass, and his subordinates led 10,000 elite soldiers to the north to deploy defenses, after all, the witch robbery is very likely to be in the Gyeongju area, and the Longmen Pass area will soon usher in a fierce battle! In comparison, the three passes in the north are not prone to danger! ”

He was worried that there were too few soldiers and horses left, and Li Zexuan might be in danger!

Li Zexuan thought for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about Ben Hou's side!" Even if the witch tribulation has not yet reached Longmen Pass, the 10,000 people and horses brought by Ben Hou are enough to guard Longmen Pass! Let you take the remaining 20,000 soldiers to the northern pass, not all to prevent the witch from escaping, but to prevent the Turkic army from the north! ”

Hearing this, Xu Tingda couldn't help but be shocked, and he said with a shocked face: "Master Hou, do you mean that the Turks will send a large army to invade my Tang border?" ”

This is a "big news", although there are occasional "frictions" between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, but they are all small frictions on a local scale, once the Turkic army officially invades the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, it means that the two countries are about to go to a full-scale war!

The Weishui Alliance in the ninth year of Wude was because Datang had just experienced internal friction at that time and did not have the strength to take over this tough battle, so he chose to compromise and seek perfection, but now Datang, the national strength is unprecedentedly strong, and it is a person who understands that within three years, Datang will definitely avenge the revenge of the soldiers in the city, and now I heard Li Zexuan say that the Turkic army may impact several passes in the north, Xu Tingda instantly felt that the national war was coming!

Li Zexuan nodded thoughtfully: "Very likely!" Do you know what the witch robbers stole from the Tang Dynasty? He stole the most important confidential information of Yanhuang Academy, as long as the Turks learned the above things, within a year, the national strength of the Turks would be at least twice as strong as it is now, and at that time, the Tang Dynasty would have no strength to fight against the Turks at all! You said that for such an important thing, Jieli might not send troops to come over to deal with the witch calamity? ”

His expression was solemn, and he solemnly clenched his fists and said: "Hou Ye, rest assured, the last general will definitely guard the northern passes, and will definitely not put the Turkic army into the land of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Zexuan bowed his head and said, "Hmm! Preferably so! Take 20,000 elite soldiers to the north! ”

Xu Tingda clenched his fists and responded loudly: "Oh~!" The end will go! ”

After saying that, he turned around and shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him: "The soldiers of the four battalions of the C-shaped battalion, the T-shaped battalion, the E-shaped battalion, and the self-shaped battalion will listen to the order and immediately go to Madouguan with the general!" ”

"Yes~!"

The 20,000 soldiers shouted their promise, and then rerouted and ran north with Xu Tingda.

And Li Zexuan, with the remaining 10,000 troops, continued to march towards Longmen Pass.

"Quack—quack—"

When the army marched to a hillside in Longmen County, there were suddenly two "quack" cries in the sky, the sound was a bit like an elongated goose call, Li Zexuan looked up, and saw a wild goose flying from the top of his head to the southwest!

But at this moment, only to hear the sound of "boom", a sharp arrow shot out of the woods on the hillside, and ran straight towards the lonely goose, no, to be precise, towards the mouth of the lonely goose!

"Gah-"

The sharp arrow entered the body, and the lone goose let out a mournful roar, and suddenly fell from the sky, and happened to land three feet in front of Li Zexuan!

"Huh~!"

Li Zexuan hurriedly restrained Dabai, and when the soldiers behind saw this, they immediately stopped, and several sergeants around Li Zexuan thought that they had encountered an ambush, and hurriedly shouted: "There are assassins!" Hurry up and protect Lord Hou! ”

"Whew~!"

The soldiers drew their swords from their waists one after another, and scattered around Li Zexuan, staring at the hillsides on both sides with a wary expression.

Li Zexuan waved his hand helplessly and said, "Stand down!" ”

In his mind, this should be someone shooting geese on the mountain, and it has something to do with the assassins? These guys are a little too nervous!

Everyone looked at each other and had to put away the Mo knife.

Li Zexuan jumped down from Da Bai at this time, walked to the wild goose, and looked at it, but he was taken aback, only to see that the sharp arrow just now happened to shoot into the wild goose's mouth!

Since the hunter who had not yet shown up took advantage of the moment when the wild goose opened its mouth to accurately shoot the arrow into the wild goose's mouth, this timing control ability and arm strength would definitely not be possible for ordinary people!

Master!

Li Zexuan didn't expect to meet a master of this level in this poor and remote place!

He couldn't help but look pale, and shouted to the hillside on the right: "Which strong man shoots the wild goose, quickly bring it back!" ”

But there was silence in that mountain forest, and no one responded, and it was estimated that the hunters on the mountain were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out when they saw such a battle under the mountain!

After a long while, just as Li Zexuan was about to leave, the hunter on the mountain finally spoke: "Can you really take it away?" You're not going to arrest me, are you? ”

There is a little immaturity in the voice, but it sounds quite imposing.

Li Zexuan couldn't help but be a little surprised, because listening to this voice, the person on the mountain was not very old!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be more interested in the hunter on the mountain, so he shouted loudly: "The strong man is laughing, Ben Hou has no reason, how can he arrest the people indiscriminately?" Just come down and take the geese! This wild goose is uninjured outside the body, and it should be able to sell for a good price! ”

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"Quack—quack—"

When the army marched to a hillside in Longmen County, there were suddenly two "quack" cries in the sky, the sound was a bit like an elongated goose call, Li Zexuan looked up, and saw a wild goose flying from the top of his head to the southwest!

But at this moment, only to hear the sound of "boom", a sharp arrow shot out of the woods on the hillside, and ran straight towards the lonely goose, no, to be precise, towards the mouth of the lonely goose!

"Gah-"

The sharp arrow entered the body, and the lone goose let out a mournful roar, and suddenly fell from the sky, and happened to land three feet in front of Li Zexuan!

"Huh~!"

Li Zexuan hurriedly restrained Dabai, and when the soldiers behind saw this, they immediately stopped, and several sergeants around Li Zexuan thought that they had encountered an ambush, and hurriedly shouted: "There are assassins!" Hurry up and protect Lord Hou! ”

"Whew~!"

The soldiers drew their swords from their waists one after another, and scattered around Li Zexuan, staring at the hillsides on both sides with a wary expression.

Li Zexuan waved his hand helplessly and said, "Stand down!" ”

In his mind, this should be someone shooting geese on the mountain, and it has something to do with the assassins? These guys are a little too nervous!

Everyone looked at each other and had to put away the Mo knife.

Li Zexuan jumped down from Da Bai at this time, walked to the wild goose, and looked at it, but he was taken aback, only to see that the sharp arrow just now happened to shoot into the wild goose's mouth!

Since the hunter who had not yet shown up took advantage of the moment when the wild goose opened its mouth to accurately shoot the arrow into the wild goose's mouth, this timing control ability and arm strength would definitely not be possible for ordinary people!

Master!

Li Zexuan didn't expect to meet a master of this level in this poor and remote place!

He couldn't help but look pale, and shouted to the hillside on the right: "Which strong man shoots the wild goose, quickly bring it back!" ”

But there was silence in that mountain forest, and no one responded, and it was estimated that the hunters on the mountain were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out when they saw such a battle under the mountain!

After a long while, just as Li Zexuan was about to leave, the hunter on the mountain finally spoke: "Can you really take it away?" You're not going to arrest me, are you? ”

There is a little immaturity in the voice, but it sounds quite imposing.

Li Zexuan couldn't help but be a little surprised, because listening to this voice, the person on the mountain was not very old!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be more interested in the hunter on the mountain, so he shouted loudly: "The strong man is laughing, Ben Hou has no reason, how can he arrest the people indiscriminately?" Just come down and take the geese! This wild goose is uninjured outside the body, and it should be able to sell for a good price! ”

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