It was Tang Ai who entered the West Camp.

In fact, as early as when Cao Fei led the troops out of Guyin, Xin Er had considered whether to send Tang Ai to Cao Fei as a staff officer, but after learning that Lu Zhang had selected Tian Ju as the chief general to rescue Longxi County, because Tang Ai had a conflict with Tian Ju when Sasuke Lu Shuang was fighting Ran Xing, he was afraid that the two would meet and cause some trouble, so for the sake of the overall situation, Xin Er gave up this idea.

Xin Er thought at the time: Cao Fei is the general of Dingxi Kingdom, in the past in the Pig Ye Zeri, Cao Fei's bravery, he saw it with his own eyes, Tian Ju was deeply reused by Koji Shuang, he was quite famous in the country, and he was not a mediocre person, and their task was only to lead the troops to Xiangwu County, which should be completed; As for the offensive and defensive battles with the Qin army, there are koji balls in Xiangwu, koji balls are both civil and military, and they are rare generals in Dingxi, even if they can't repel Meng Lang, but under his coordination and response, the Western Regions soldiers who defended to Zhang Shao's department should have no problem.

But where did they think that Cao Fei and Tian Ju were blocked by Yao Tao and Lu Ming in the same cave mountain with birds and mice in Baishi, and they couldn't enter after repeated battles!

Although there is a reason for Yuanguang's rebellion, the two of them have strong troops, and the slow progress is really much beyond Xin Er's expectations.

There has been no news from Xiangwu for several days, Xin Er is very worried about Xiangwu and the safety of Kojiqiu, so he can't do anything, so he has to change his vision, regain his earliest thoughts, and send Tang Ai to help.

Tang Ai traveled, even if he was fighting in the army, he mostly took ox carts and rarely rode horses.

This road from Guyin to Cao Fei and Tianjuying, a full six or seven hundred miles, in order to save time on the road, but also through two valleys, the road in the mountains is even more difficult, it really tortured Tang Ai.

When he arrived at the Dingxi camp, he couldn't wait to get off his horse. But the skin on the inner thighs of the two thighs has been worn away, and the legs are deflected to the edge of the saddle, pulling the thighs, and the pain is unbearable.

Tang Ai is now the left long history of the governor's office, this Xin Er's previous position, is the second in command of the governor's office, in charge of the posts of the middle and foreign soldiers in Dingxi, military rewards and punishments, salaries, drills, logistics, etc.

Lan Baozhang hurriedly went up and grabbed his arm, trying to help him down. Tang Ai patted Lan Baozhang's bald head and said, "Hug me, hug me!" Lan Baozhang reached into the saddle, supported Tang Ai's legs, and hugged him to the ground.

Tang Ai stood still, twisted his waist, and the stinging pain in his leg came after another.

He took out his feather fan from the bag hanging on the horse, made the fan gently pat the horse's buttocks, and said: "You have to be recruited and elected, it is to hurt the long history of the Tang Dynasty, but you can brag with your kind for a few years!" The horse was not tall and seemed to be human, and when he heard the words, he raised his neck and barked twice. - But it is the explosive power of the good horse in the Western Regions and the lack of endurance, so Xin Er specially chose this horse for Tang Ai to ride.

Gao Yancao, Cao Hui and others saw his demeanor and demeanor, and they all said unconsciously in their hearts: "What a famous person!" ”

Cao Fei said affectionately: "Qianli, why are you here!" Far away, I'm sorry for you! As he spoke, he grabbed Tang Ai's arm and invited him to the tent, "Go, go, I've prepared a banquet for you to wash the dust, there are no good dishes, they are all brought from the mountains by the soldiers." I don't know if you know? In this mountain of birds and mice, there are really birds and mice in the same hole. There is that Wu'er rat and Ben Zhou in the same hole, I asked the soldiers to catch some, stew into an urn, you can taste it, see if it suits the taste. ”

Tang Aibo read the classics, how could he not know the origin of the name of "birds and beasts in the same cave mountain"? In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Shangshu", there are records of this. However, he was not interested in telling Cao Fei, so he held his feet and asked, "Is there any news from Xiangwu?" ”

Cao Fei replied, "No." ”

Tang Ai waved his fan and said, "Long Xiang sticks to the lonely city and wants to spend his days like a year, how can I be in the mood to eat a banquet?" Let's watch the captives first! ”

Cao Fei asked, "Qianli, your legs?" Can it hold up? ”

Tang Ai said lightly: "A little flesh wound, it doesn't matter. He instructed Lan Baozhang and said, "Find me a car!" ”

Lan Baozhang soon got a baggage cart that was vacated and the roof was removed, and there were no oxen in the army, so he drove two horses in front.

Lan Baozhang and Tang Ai are both Xin Er's henchmen, and Lan Baozhang himself admires Tang Ai's talent very much, so in the car, Lan Baozhang also carefully laid two layers of Yin mats and sat down.

Tang Ai boarded the car satisfied, his thigh was too painful, and it was difficult to kneel and sit, so he grabbed the fan and sat on the hu.

Cao Fei and the others rode their own horses, surrounded him to the left and right, and went out of the camp to the east to accompany him to observe the camp of the Qin army.

Tian Mingbao noticed that Tian Ju's face was dark, and he also knew that Tian Ju and Tang Ai were not in harmony, so he scolded in a low voice: "What is it! Sitting in the car, big look! It seems that the leader and the elder brother are his followers! ”

He is of the same clan as Tian Ju, so in private, he calls Tian Ju his brother.

Hearing Tian Mingbao's words, Tian Ju's face became more and more ugly, he snorted, beat the horse ahead, and crossed Tang Ai's car.

Thinking about the battle of Lu Shuang to destroy Ran Xing, Tang Ai made a great achievement, but because of Tian Ju's slander against Lu Shuang behind his back, he didn't get any reward after the war, although Tang Ai didn't take Lilu to heart, but Tian Ju, the guy who made a stumbling block for himself, inevitably didn't have a good eye to see. Tian Ju galloped very fast, the hooves of the mount raised dust, and Tang Ai glanced at him, Tang Ai had the heart to scold him a few words, remembering Xin Er's "Xiangwu sound is cut off, Pan Qing can bend the frost and snow Yazhi a little, and lead the army, Xuanwei work together to save Mingzong" Yin Yin's instructions, reluctantly swallowed the words in his mouth, and raised a fan to cover the dust. General Xuanwei is Tian Ju's current military position.

Walk three or four miles to the front of the Qin military camp.

The cart and horse stopped, and Tang Ai stood up and watched.

The east of the Qin array before the meeting is the foot battalion, leaning on the mountain and Chen, the ravine, fence, and deer in front of the camp are vertical and horizontal, sprinkled with thistle; The west is the cavalry battalion, the front of the camp is clean, there are no defensive facilities, and the cavalry camp is further west, there is a plain, and the wild trees and shrubs near the camp have been cut down. There is a gap between the east and west camps. From Dongying to Xiying, the total is about seven or eight miles long.

After watching for less than a quarter of an hour, Tang Ai had already made up his mind, sat back down, and said, "Go back to the camp!" ”

Cao Fei said in surprise: "Let's just go back to the camp just now?" Don't watch it? ”

Tang Ai shook the feather fan and said, "Qin Yu's camp is easy to break his ears, why do you need to look at it more?" ”

When Cao Fei, Tian Ju and others heard this, their faces were different.

Lan Baozhang was overjoyed, when Gao Yancao and Cao Hui followed Xin Er to attack Shu, they had seen Tang Ai's resourcefulness, and they were surprised and delighted, Cao Fei and Tian Mingbao were full of surprise, and Tian Ju's face was as black as a dark cloud.

Cao Fei asked, "Does Changshi have a strategy to break the captivity?" ”

Tang Ai shook his fan and smiled: "Strategist, plan." To break this camp, why use strategy! A little trick, and you'll be able to catch it. ”

Cao Fei said: "A little trick? What law? ”

Tang Ai didn't answer first, and asked, "Dare to ask the leader, how did you attack the Qin Lu camp a few days ago?" ”

This question is too strange, attacking the formation is nothing more than lining up your own troops and launching an attack on the opposite side. Cao Fei didn't know how to answer for a while, he said in his heart: "What is there to say about this?" ”

Tian Ju couldn't bear it anymore and said: "I harass the captives with light horses to protect the west flank of my main formation; The soldiers who were selected to enter the trap rushed straight to the captive infantry formation, and at the same time selected the dead soldiers to attack and seize the Dongshan Heights; Chen Taima and Peony ride, waiting for my main formation, serving the chaos of the march, that is, rolling and trampling it! ”

Tang Ai asked, "Has Qin Lu's infantry formation been disrupted by your trappers?" ”

Tian Ju was dumbfounded, his face turned from black to red, and said: "In front of Qin Lu's infantry camp, there are dense ravines and fences, which are not conducive to my attack. ”

"That is, you have never rushed into the captive formation?"

Tian Ju said angrily: "If you have any way, just say it!" What to ask? ”

Tang Ai laughed, no longer asked, and leisurely pointed forward, first pointing at the Qin army's infantry battalion, and said: "'Qin Lu's infantry battalion formation is not conducive to my attack', General Tian's sentence is right. Then he pointed to the cavalry camp of the Qin army and said, "But there is no obstacle in front of the cavalry camp of Qin Lu," ,...... advisor Cao Fei, "Why don't the leading troops attack from here?" ”

Cao Fei said: "I have attacked from here, didn't Xuanwei just say?" I disturbed the camp with light horses. ”

Tang Ai said: "I'm not talking about light horsemen, I'm talking about foot soldiers. ”

Cao Fei was stunned and said, "Foot pawn? Qin Lu's cavalry camp is full of cavalry, and there are thousands of armored cavalry, how can he attack it with foot soldiers? ”

"This Qin Yu's battalion formation, the leader of the army can't break through, it's because the leader of the army rides against ride, step by step! …… Ming Gong's "Theory of Contradiction", hasn't the leader read it? ”

Cao Fei was inexplicable, and he didn't understand the meaning of Tang Ai's words at all, and said: "What does this have to do with "Theory of Contradiction"? ”

Tang Ai recalled Xin Er's exposition in "The Theory of Contradiction", converted it into vernacular, taught Cao Fei, and said: "Active and passive are also a pair of contradictions. On the battlefield, whoever can seize the initiative will be victorious. He pointed to the Qin army camp on the opposite side, and then said, "Leader, please see, the current situation on the battlefield, the initiative is obviously ......in the hands of Qin Lu. ”

Cao Fei asked: "It is our army that is attacking, how can the initiative be in the hands of Qin Yu?" ”

Gao Yancao interjected and said, "Duke Ming, the initiative is indeed in the hands of Qin Yu. ”

"Oh?"

"The Qin Lu relied on the various defensive measures they had pre-selected and arranged, and they could not hold it, and if our army attacked, it would defend it; If our army retreats, it will not fight. It seems that it is up to me to advance and retreat, but in fact, it is up to it to attack and defend! Ming Gong. ”

Cao Fei pondered for a moment and said, "It makes sense to say that. ”

Tang Ai gave Gao Yancao a "teachable" look, and continued: "What the tiger said is good. On the surface, it seems that our army is attacking, but in fact, it is they who are holding the initiative, and our army is just passively responding, isn't this our army being passive? ”

Cao Fei said: "The initiative is in captivity, and the passivity is in me, so can't we break through this Qin captivity camp?" ”

Tang Ai said: "As mentioned in the Theory of Contradiction, like other contradictions, the contradiction between active and passive can also be transformed into each other. Although the initiative is in the hands of Qin Yu now, our army can change the initiative into our hands. ”

Cao Fei asked, "How has it changed?" ”

Tang Ai smiled slightly and replied: "That's what I just said, with my infantry, attack the cavalry battalion." ”

Cao Fei muttered: "Attack and ride with foot; Riding on the march. …… Chisato, you talk about it specifically. ”

Tang Ai said: "Qin Yu does not have as many soldiers as me, and the only people he fights are the obstacles in front of his infantry battalion!" But behold, the leader of the army is empty in front of his cavalry battalion!

"That being the case, why don't our troops thin their cavalry camp with foot soldiers; With my cavalry, the captives are infantry? When my foot soldiers forced their cavalry camp, Qin Lu's foot soldiers went out of the camp to help, and the leader of the army trampled on the horses; If I don't help, when I get out of his cavalry camp, I will burn the stone grease and burn it with fire! In this way, isn't the initiative in the hands of our army? The Qin cavalry camp has been destroyed, and the survivors are in the camp, why bother? ”

Tian Ju said: "Changshi's words sound like the truth. Dare to ask Changshi, but how to use the infantry to thin the camp of the cavalry? ”

Tang Ai smiled: "Xuanwei Xiang has the name of knowing soldiers, don't you know the car formation?" He shook the fan and clicked on the heavy car on the side at two o'clock, and said, "The baggage chariot is a letter formation, the foot soldiers live in it, and the cavalry lives outside, so it can be thinly pressed." ”

The letter of the letter, the box also, the letter array, in the south is called the box array, is a kind of chariot formation of a square or rectangular array, similar to the Huan Meng in Chengdu when the scare of Xiner, the cavalry five army arrays in those arrays.

Tian Ju was stunned for a moment, greatly remorseful, and said in his heart: "Why didn't I think of it! ”

Of course, he knew that the car formation would be formed, but what he didn't expect was to use infantry to force the enemy to ride and use cavalry to coerce the enemy's foot.

Cao Fei was overjoyed and said, "Qianli, your method is really good!" Brilliant idea! Oops, Wonder! Qianli, if only you could come a few days early! I won't stop for so long! ”

Cao Fei's task is to rush to the aid of Longxi County, but until now, even the county boundary of Longxi County has not been seen, if Longxi County is lost because of this, and Koji Qiu is killed because of this, according to military law, he will inevitably be punished, to be honest, he is also very anxious these days, so after figuring out what Tang Ai's method of breaking the Qin barracks is, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and blurted out such a sentence.

Praise Tang Ai, isn't it a depreciation of the field?

Hearing Cao Fei's words, Tian Jushen felt that he had lost face, and in the small book, he couldn't say anything, and he made another account for Tang Ai.

Cao Fei and Tian Jubu had more soldiers and horses than Yao Tao and Lu Ming, and the reason why they were blocked by Yao Tao and Lu Ming at the foot of the mountain and could not advance an inch was because their tactics were wrong; Now that Tang Ai has the right situation, he prescribes the right medicine, and the previous passivity is taken by the initiative, and the advantage of the two of them with more soldiers immediately emerges.

When I returned to the camp, it was already night, and I couldn't fight today.

They rest for the night.

The next day, before dawn, Cao Fei ordered the drums to be beaten, summoned the generals, gathered the soldiers, and began to set up the formation.

First of all, all the baggage trucks in the army were gathered, totaling nearly 1,000 vehicles, and pulled them outside the camp and lined up into a hollow rectangle inside.

There are five carts side by side in front, and the carts are each with dense spears diagonally forward, and heavy objects such as earth bags are piled up in the carts, which are pushed from behind by manpower.

The two sides were connected end to end, with nearly 100 carts each, and heavy loads were piled up, and cloth curtains were hung on top of them to shield the arrows and block the enemy's view. Different from the front row of cars, the cars on both sides do not use manpower, so that the animal force pulls, the soldiers driving on the left and right sides hold long lances in case the enemy cavalry approaches, the sword and shield hand is on the inside of the long lance soldier, the archer is on the inside of the sword and shield soldier, and the crossbowman in the middle is the crossbowman.

The foot soldiers who formed the car formation led by Tian Mingbao.

Subsequently, Tian Ju led the peony cavalry and the light cavalry of the headquarters out of the camp and guarded the two wings and rear of the chariot formation.

Then, Gao Yancao and Cao Hui led the Tai horse armor to ride out of the camp and displayed it in the northeast direction of the chariot array. If the Qin infantry in the east came out of the camp to help their cavalry, then Gao Yan Cao and Cao Hui led the cavalry to meet them.

Lan Bao led the Pig Nozawa Hu Cavalry and Lu Shui Hu Cavalry of the headquarters, cruising between Tian Mingbao and Gao Yancao, acting as rangers and supporters.

In the end, Cao Fei led the remaining infantry of more than 5,000 horsemen and followed them at the end of the tribes as a charge.

In addition, more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians were left to guard the camp.

Thousands of baggage carts and more than 20,000 horsemen left the camp one after another, and the momentum was not small, the dust was all over the sky, the mules and horses were singing, the drums were beating, and they were noisy.

It alarmed Yao Tao, Lu Ming, Zhu Fatong, Wang Cheng, Xue Bai, Ji He and other generals and counselors in the Qin camp.

The crowd hurriedly climbed high and looked far away.

It happened to be the time when Cao Fei was arranging the baggage car and forming the train formation.

Seeing the thousands of baggage carts in the array, Ji He sighed and said, "There are people who are good at scheming, and they have entered the Long camp!" ”

Lu Ming asked, "How did Qing know?" ”

Ji He said: "If there is no good strategist to advise, how could Cao Fei and Tian Ju, two honest people, think of pushing the baggage cart out of the camp to line up?" ”

The word "honest man" came into his ears, and Lu Ming, Yao Tao, Zhu Fatong, etc. were all laughing.

Ji He thought for a moment and said: "The Long soldiers lined up with heavy chariots, I expected that they must want to use the chariot formation to press my cavalry battalion, so as to transfer my infantry to help, and then use the armored cavalry to rush my infantry soldiers." He made suggestions to Lu Ming and Yao Tao, and said, "Last night, I got a report from the Meng Gongjun that Xiangwu has been defeated, and it is meaningless for our army to stay here, and it should have been withdrawn, so why don't our army withdraw today!" ”

Lu Ming asked, "Won't you fight with Long Bing again?" ”

"The masterminds under Xin You's tent are headed by Yang Chao and Tang Ai, and the strength of Yang Cai lies in strategizing and planning the overall situation; Decision-making in the face of the enemy, competing for victory in the field, this Tang Ai's ability. The one who gave advice to Cao Fei and Tian Ju was probably Tang Qianli. This person is smart and wise, and our army is small, and if we are strong in battle, I am afraid that we will suffer. The task assigned to us by Meng Gong has been successfully completed, so why bother with him again? Ji He smiled, "Isn't it okay to leave?" ”

Successfully completed the arduous task of blocking the Dingxi reinforcements, Sasuke Meng Lang captured Xiangwu, collected the whole county of Longxi, Wudu and Yinping have been in the bag, Ji He's mood was very happy, and he made two small jokes in a few words before and after.

Lu Ming was very convinced of Ji He, so he listened to his opinion. Yao Tao and Zhao Xing's mentality is generally the same, it is a last resort to work hard for Pu Mao, if you can not fight, you can save more vitality of the headquarters, that is the best, so there is no objection.

Cao Fei led the elite soldiers of Dingxi, Lu Ming and Yao Tao were also elite, and they acted very quickly, without dragging the mud and water, and several military orders were handed down, and Cao Fei's troops had not yet lined up the formation, so they led the troops to leave the camp lightly and withdrew to the south.

Cao Fei's sentinel cavalry sent on the periphery of the Qin camp detected the abnormal movement of the Qin camp and hurried to report to Cao Fei.

Cao Fei received a report that in the end, the veteran of the battlefield was able to seize the fighter, because the people and horses of Taima, Peony Cavalry and other armored horsemen and horses were not yet armoured, and they could not be called, so he immediately ordered Tian Mingbao and Lan Bao to chase after them with light horses.

The two generals Tian and Lan led the cavalry to the Qin army camp, and then probed it, and if the Qin soldiers in the camp had gone, they chose the passage between the Qin army's infantry and cavalry battalions and pursued them south. Looking south through this passageway, you can see the shadow of the retreat of the Qin troops to the south.

Tian Mingbao was overjoyed, and urged his subordinates to speed up the horse.

Unexpectedly, two or three miles away, just as they were about to go out of the two camps of the Qin army, hundreds of light horsemen galloping in front suddenly turned on their backs and became a mess. Tian Mingbao shook his horsewhip, scattered the cavalry who had stopped and blocked the way ahead, and rushed over to see that it was the Qin soldiers who had set up a trap here, dug a big hole, and covered it with floating soil. The Dingxi cavalry didn't know, so the hundreds of horsemen in front of them fell into it, the horse's legs were broken, and the people were pressed down by the war horses, and the neighing of the horses was mixed with people's painful cries, and they became a mess.

The east and west of this big cave are connected to the wall of the Qin camp, and the north and south are as long as 100 steps, and the depth is more than zhang. There is such a hole in front of them, if the subordinates of Tian Mingbao and Lan Baozhang are foot soldiers, they can still cross it, but they are all cavalry, but there is no way to pass it.

Several cavalrymen carried a wooden card found nearby and presented it to Tian Mingbao and Lan Baozhang.

Although Lan Baozhang is not very literate, but also look at the words on the wooden card, there are many familiar, it seems that he has only seen it for a short time, and he heard Tian Mingbao read: "I set up an ambush before, and I didn't get to see the heroic posture of the leader, which is a pity; Still set up an ambush in the south of here, waiting for the leader to take over. Sure enough, the content was very similar to what was written on the wooden plaque found in the camp after the Qin soldiers retreated last time.

Tian Mingbao and Lan Bao took a look at me, I glanced at you, put away the wooden card, rescued the soldiers in the cave, put the headquarters in order, and the two of them led it back to Cao Fei to recover their lives.

After listening to their reports, Cao Fei raised his scabbard and smashed the wooden block, scolding: "Fuck! Rabbits? Running so fast every time! ”

Since entering Cao Fei's camp, Tang Ai has always been quite Yanran, and his expression has changed greatly at this time, and he said: "It's not good! ”

Cao Fei said: "What? ”

Tian Ju also thought of what Tang Ai thought, his expression was also ugly, and said: "Qin Yu has been holding me back for many days, and today I suddenly retreated, leading the army, it seems that Xiangwu County must have been captured by Meng Lang's old thief!" Looking worriedly in the direction of Xiangwu, he said, "I don't know what General Long Xiang is doing now?" Is there a breakout? "If General Long Xiang breaks through, he will definitely come to the northwest, and if he bumps into the Qin Lu under Yao Tao and Lu Ming, it will be in danger!" Leader, the last general, please lead the headquarters, and immediately go south to meet the leader! ”

Cao Fei said: "Okay, you go quickly!" ”

Tang Ai stopped Tian Ju and said, "General, slow down!" ”

"What for?"

"The most urgent situation right now is not to answer Long Xiang!"

Tian Ju said angrily: "What is that? ”

Tang Ai didn't shake the feather fan again, and said to Cao Fei seriously: "Leader, Xiangwu has fallen, and next, Meng Lang will definitely transfer his troops to the south and attack my martial capital and Yinping!" At the moment, our army should rush to Xiangwu! Our army has more than 20,000 cavalry, and even if it can't recapture Xiangwu for the time being, it is enough to contain Meng Lang so that he can't invade our Wudu and Yinping.

"When I left the capital, I strictly ordered Zhang Shao to arrive in Guyin within five days. Calculate the time, Zhang Shaoming will be able to go to Guyin the day after tomorrow! As long as our army can hold Meng Lang for a few days, the troops of the Western Regions under Zhang Shao's command will be able to arrive. To meet with Zhang Shao, the soldiers of Zhang Daochong and Yinping Beigong Yue will be attacked in the west and south, and Longxi will be recovered in the near future! ”

Tian Ju said: "There are nearly 10,000 Qin Lu who blocked our troops from supporting Xiangwu, and there must be more Qin Lu who attacked Xiangwu!" If Xiangwu is not lost, with this fortress, our army can contain Meng Lang, and now Xiangwu has been lost, Qin Yu has won a new victory, and his soldiers are all over me, this cannot be contested!

"If our army wins, of course all will be fine; But if my army fails? Tang Changshi, can Gu Yin still send reinforcements? And if Meng Lang took advantage of his victory over me and waved westward? Hudao Wudu and Yinping, even my eight southeastern counties, cannot be guaranteed! ”

Tang Ai said: "Although Meng Lang has many soldiers......

Tian Ju was in a hurry to answer the koji ball, and he was not in the mood to wait for him to finish, so he interrupted rudely and said, "Don't say it again, your method is not feasible!" He said to Cao Fei, "The last general will take Long Xiang away!" He forgot to salute the army, so he hurried back to his headquarters.

The peony rider has just put on the armor, although it is leather armor, it is also very heavy, and it cannot be a long-distance march, Tian Ju can't wait for them to unload the armor again, and he leads the light horse first, and asks Tian Mingbao to lead the peony to ride behind.

Cao Fei said embarrassedly: "Thousands of miles, Qing Fangcai's proposal is indeed good, but Xuanwei has led the troops, only relying on my troops and horses, there are only more than 10,000, even if you go to Xiangwu, I'm afraid it's useless, right?" ”

Tang Ai raised his eyes for a moment to look in the direction where Tian Ju led the troops, and then looked at Cao Fei fixedly for a while, without saying a word, he turned around and left.

Cao Fei asked him: "Thousands of miles, where to go?" ”

Tang Ai ignored him, knocked on the skull of Lan Baozhang, who was chasing after him, with a feather fan, and said, "Lead me to the horse!" ”

Lan Baozhang brought his mount in.

Tang Ai endured the pain in his legs, turned over on his horse, and galloped north with the dozens of armor riders who escorted him to Cao Ying, but he returned to Guyin.

When he rushed back to Guyin City, it was already four days later.

Xin Er was not in the city, but in the temporary camp of Dongyuan City, he was discussing with Zhang Shao, who had only been in Guyin for a few days, about counterattacking Longxi and rescuing Wudu and Yinping. After the fall of Xiangwu, before Koji Qiu went to Yinping, he sent someone to Guyin to report to Xin Er, because Xin Er not only knew that Longxi had fallen into the enemy's hands, but also knew that Koji Qiu broke through successfully and went to Yinping to continue to resist the Qin soldiers.

From the Western Regions to Guyin, forming more than 2,000 miles, Zhang Shao's troops traveled all the way, and they were so tired that they couldn't do it, so although Longxi fell and the military situation in Wudu and Yinping was urgent, this Western Regions army had to rest at least for three or four days before it could be sent to the battlefield.

Tang Ai limped into the tent, threw the feather fan to the ground, and said, "Ming Gong, you picked a fool to save Ming Zong!" ”

Xin Er was shocked: "Qianli, are you injured?" ”

Tang Ai said: "Ma grinding! ”

"What fool?"

Tang Ai told Xin Er and Zhang Shao that Tian Ju and Cao Fei did not accept his suggestion, and did not want to enter Longxi to contain Meng Lang and assist Wudu and Yinping. No wonder it was blocked by Qin Yu and delayed the fighter! ”

Zhang Shao is an eight-sided and delicate character, although he is quite in favor of Tang Ai's advice to Cao Fei, but considering that Cao Feigui is the leader of the middle army and has a close relationship with Xin Er, he smiled on his face and didn't say anything.

Yang Chao and Zhang Gui are in the tent, they are Xin Er's subordinates, and it is difficult to say anything about Cao Fei.

Xin Er didn't say anything, Cao Fei's subordinates are what he needs to rely on now, he can't scold him in front of Zhang Shao and Tang Ai, if it spreads, it will definitely cause Cao Fei to be dissatisfied and separate from him.

Knowing that Tang Ai was walking lame and not because of injury, Xin Er put his mind at ease, the koji ball was still in danger, if Tang Ai was injured again, then he really had two arms and one arm, so he smiled and said: "Mingzong has broken through and gone to Yinping County, with him in Yinping, Yinping will be safe in a short time." I have already agreed with Zijing, and the day after tomorrow, I will personally lead my headquarters to ride on foot, and with Zijing, I will join forces with Lao Cao and counterattack Longxi! ”

After speaking, Xin Er sighed to himself and thought, "I pride myself on knowing people, but it is difficult to know people!" When Inoze saw Lao Cao facing bravely, he thought that he was a general, but now he knows that he is useless. ”

Tang Ai asked, "Is Ming Gong going to go out in person?" ”

Xin Er said: "The three counties of Qinzhou, the west is the barrier of the southeast of my Longzhi, the south is the support of my Hanzhong, and the east is the important place for me to attack Guanzhong and enter the Central Plains, and there is absolutely no room for loss; And Mingzong alone supports the situation in the yin, how can I sit idly by? This time I have to do it myself! Zhao Tang Ai approached and said, "Qianli, you came back just in time, come, let's discuss the counteroffensive strategy together." ”

Xin Er, Tang Ai, Yang Chao, Zhang Gui, Zhang Shao and several others put their heads on the map spread out on the desk and started to discuss.

……

Guyin North City, Fenkuan's house.

Yan Kuan received Song Hong's reply, and while reading the letter, he listened to Song Xian, who was reclining in the arms of a fat maid, say, "Yan Gong, have you heard?" Xiangwu fell. Do you know what the reason for the fall is? It was the son of Xin Agua Yi's brother Ba Ruoneng, who defected to Qin Lu, told Qin Lu all the truth of our army, and persuaded him to surrender around Xiangwu, so that the morale of the army in the city fluctuated, and the koji ball fled because of the loss of the city. ”

Yan Kuan stopped to read the letter, looked at Song Xian, and said: "I heard about the fall of Xiangwu, but you said that the reason for the fall was the son of Ba Ruoneng?" ”