Chapter Twenty-Four: The Bloodstained Maple Forest

Because Zhou Buyi had just passed away, Qu Hongsleeve did not immediately go to Yunyang with Cheng Jinshang and others. Hearing that Qu Hongsleeve agreed to go out of the mountain, even Chengzong was very surprised, because in his heart, he was a little dissatisfied with what Qingmuju had done these days, and more importantly, he always felt that this Qingmuju was a bit mysterious, and it was not a paradise and a holy place for cultivation as rumored by the outside world.

"What did you find?" Bian asked the fowl.

"I went to Zhou Buyi's cemetery, and I didn't see anything abnormal, but I met a person."

"Who?"

"The man I met that day when I was listening to the news on the mountain."

"The one you said almost found out about you?"

"Not bad."

"Is there something wrong?" Cheng Jinshang asked.

"This person is more than thirty years old, eight feet tall, and has a cold face, although he has not fought against him, I can feel that he must be a master."

"What is he doing in this mountain, can you find out?" Bian asked the fowl.

"I asked a few schoolchildren privately, and according to them, this person's name is Nie Qingyun, and he is a friend of Red Fox Qu Red Sleeves."

"That's good, I'm still worried that he is from Bozhou, and Miss Qu has promised to be used by me, so we don't need to worry about this friend of hers." Cheng Jinshang breathed a sigh of relief.

"But don't you think it's strange, general, why is there such a powerful master of the rivers and lakes around this Qu girl who is practicing in this mountain?"

"It stands to reason that it is a little strange, but if you think about it, in the troubled times, how many people covet Mr. Zhou's talents, some people are reasonable, and they leave on their own after being rejected, but some people don't think so, the enemy's friend is still the enemy, if Mr. Zhou is used by others, it is a huge threat to himself, so although Mr. Zhou is far away in the mountains, there are also many dangers, in the same way, Miss Qu's reputation is not inferior to Mr. Zhou, plus the old gentleman died suddenly, and it is not strange to have a master around to protect her." Cheng Jinshang analyzed.

"This makes sense, did the general ask this red fox, how did Mr. Zhou die?"

"As soon as I entered the house, I talked about the general trend of the world, but I really forgot about this question, have you heard any news?"

"The children in the mountain middle school are reluctant to talk about this matter, but they are suddenly infected with a serious disease, and the treatment is ineffective."

"People live in the world, there will always be a lot of accidents, and it is right for you to be worried, but at present, it seems that our goal has been achieved, and the identity of this master of the rivers and lakes has also been investigated, and the rest is not important, we have been away from Yunyang for a long time, and there will be a lot of things waiting for us in the military government, so let's go back to Yunyang first."

Although Lian Chengzong's heart was still full of doubts, he really couldn't find anything wrong with it at the moment, so he had to return to Yunyang with Cheng Jinshang and the others first.

It has been more than a month since the siege of Tulongkan, and there is no progress in the war, after many interrogations, Wu Wentong almost explained everything he knew, but these are basically useless for attacking Tulongkan, Tulongkan Mountain is high and steep, and there are tens of thousands of elite guards, even if you can find the path up the mountain, but the enemy is above and below, it is almost equivalent to one enemy and one hundred, in the face of such a moat, Tao Chenmo has no more way, the only thing to do now is to wait, after all, Tulongkan is high, The supply of food and grass is bound to become problematic over time.

After being idle for so long, Wang Liyang was already bored, always going around the bend to test when Tao Chenmo could send troops, but Tao Chenmo just laughed every time and said that the time had not come, Wang Liyang had no choice but to spread his anger on the training ground.

Compared with Tao Chen's purposeful waiting, Yang Mingzhen began to slowly become anxious, Tulongkan can indeed resist the pace of Tao Chen's late march, it is rainy in spring and summer, and there is no shortage of water, but the supply of military food here is really a headache, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and there is no problem with spending some manpower on weekdays, but now Tao Chen's army is besieged on three sides, where is it as easy as before, and his grain storage in Qianyang can only be supplied for another three months at most, so if it continues, he will definitely be defeated, and he is anxious, He sent someone to recall Cao Jingrong in Tulongkan.

Seeing Cao Jingrong, Yang Mingzhen was very eager, and the person in front of her was her own lifesaver.

"Tao Chen attacked me at the end of the year, causing me heavy losses, and now the army is besieging Tulongkan, does Brother Jingrong have a way to solve the emergency?"

"The only way to do this is to wait."

"Is there really no other way?"

"Lord Fusi, please think about it, Wu Wentong was reckless and rash before, when did he get a good fruit to eat? Now Tao Chenmo's military strength is comparable to ours, and no one can bargain for a hard time, not to mention, Tao Chenmo's kid is scheming, if we attack rashly, maybe we will fall into his trap. ”

"Tao Chenmo has backup, he can wait, but we can't wait."

"Lord Fusi doesn't have to worry, I think there is nothing Tao Chenmo can do at the moment, otherwise he would have already entered and started to attack, now Tulongkan is only connected with Qianyang, Tao Chenmo will definitely make a fuss from here, we can also invite you into the urn."

"How?"

"No one has broken through the establishment of Tulongkan defenses so far, no matter how capable Tao Chenmo is, it is impossible to grow wings and fly up, the only way he can think of is the road of Tulongkan and Qianyang, presumably at this moment he must have been secretly observing the situation of this official road, we might as well set up a suspicious formation, reduce the deployment of this road, let him attack, and then give him a front and back attack."

"That's fine, now that I think about it, this company is indeed more willing to Tao Chenmo take the initiative."

"My lord, there is still something to be said about the lowly position, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"If there is anything you and my brother can't say, speak."

"It's about Li Xiu."

"You want to intercede for him?"

"My lord, Li Xiu lost Qianxi, and he should indeed be punished, but now is the time to employ people, why not give him a chance to redeem his merits?"

"But how can we take back what we have said?"

"My lord, what kind of ability Li Xiu has you have seen with your own eyes, besides, what is the reason why Qianxi was broken, the most important thing is that the most headache at the moment is Tao Chenmo and not Li Xiu, Li Xiu has dealt with Tao Chenmo, give him a chance, maybe he can have a few more chances of winning."

"If it weren't for Li Xiu and Wu Wentong, how could the Qianxi of this division be lost so easily, and Tao Chenmo would not be so arrogant, not to mention, Tongping City was broken because he Li Xiu surrendered without a fight, Jingrong, whatever you say, the company can agree, but this matter, you have to let me think about it."

"My lord, you have to use extraordinary means in extraordinary times, and you can also use extraordinary people, if you hold a grudge, it's not too late to settle accounts after the autumn, and you can do it here, and I hope that your adult will think about the overall situation."

"The matter has come to this, and there is no hurry for a while, Jingrong, the battle ahead will be entrusted to you, the lives of this division and the soldiers of Qianzhou are in your hands, how to deal with Tao Chenmo, just do it according to the way you say it, as for some trivial matters such as Li Xiu, this department will think about it carefully, you don't have to worry in vain."

Since this is the case, Cao Jingrong is not good at talking about anything.

It is said that Li Xiu has been locked up for more than a month, and he tried to struggle at first, but he couldn't shout anymore in the back, and the message that the pawn brought for him had no follow-up, so he simply didn't make a fuss, only Ji Heqing slept as usual every day, Li Xiu felt both funny and helpless.

Cao Jingrong's opinion Yang Mingzhen did not consider it, at that time, Qianxi was defeated, coupled with Wu Wentong's demagogy, so that he completely sprinkled his anger on Li Xiu, and later Wu Wentong was defeated again, Yang Mingzhen began to reflect on his decision, thinking that there must be another reason for the war in Qianxi, but he has been rampant in Qianzhou all these years, and what he said has more weight than the emperor, since he personally ordered Li Xiu to be put in prison, if he wants to take back his fate at this moment, he always can't say it on his face, so he hasn't asked Li Xiu for so long, Cao Jingrong mentioned this matter again today, Yang Mingzhen was really a little hesitant, but now that the war is deadlocked, there is no need for him to make any decisions immediately.

More than ten days passed, and Wang Liyang really couldn't be idle, so he went to Tao Chenmo's camp again to ask when he would fight, but Tao Chenmo still only said that the time had not come.

"General, why should we only stare at Tulongkan, since Tulongkan can't be defeated, why don't we bypass him and attack Qianyang City directly?"

Wei Wenzhong also agreed when he heard this, and everyone looked at Tao Chenmo.

"Qianyang is less than a day's journey away from Tulongkan, if we bypass Tulongkan and attack Qianyang directly, there is only one result that is beneficial to us, that is, we must capture Qianyang within three hours, if it exceeds three hours, the reinforcements of Qianyang Road will arrive one after another, and the Tulongkan army will also attack immediately, and then we will be attacked by the enemy, and it will be difficult to take care of the end, which is not good for us at all, so if we want to capture Qianyang and completely defeat Yang Mingzhen, we must first pull out the nail of Tulongkan."

As soon as this is said, everyone seems to understand.

"General, when is the right time?"

"I don't know, but the timing will not appear at any time, this needs to be grasped by ourselves, I know that you want to fight quickly, but the two armies are fighting, if you are not careful, you will be doomed, you must remember, we want not only Qianzhou, but also the whole world, the so-called good strategy, without a fight and surrender to the army is the best policy, until the last resort, we don't need to burn the jade, otherwise all this will become meaningless."

After listening to Tao Chen's last words, everyone's hearts were cheerful, and most of the impetuousness in their hearts was dispelled, so they had to look for the right time to fight again according to the current situation.

In the afternoon of this day, Tao Chenmo was burning incense and meditating in the tent, and the guards came to report that there was news coming, and two people came in at the same time, one from Qianyang Dao and one from Yunyang.

According to the report, compared with some time ago, the defense of Qianyang Road has been much lax, and the transportation of grain and grass has not been as frequent as in the past.

The people from Yunyang brought new weapons, grain and grass, and in addition, a letter.

There are two contents in the letter, one of which is that Wang Jinyi has subdued Yunzhou. Second, the red fox Qu Red Sleeves went out of the mountain to Yunyang.

What he said in his heart is tantamount to good news for Tao Chenmo, at least for now, the meaning of Cheng Jinshang's letter is very simple, that is, he wants to tell Tao Chenmo that there is no need to worry about the future, Yunyang is not in danger, he only needs to focus on the war in Qianzhou.

However, Cheng Jinshang's absolute trust is also an indescribable pressure on Tao Chenmo, more than two months have passed since the army sent to Qianzhou, although it has not tasted defeat, but the real tough battle has not yet begun.

After pondering for a long time, Tao Chenmo decided to give it a try.

Summoned everyone, announced the decision to attack Tulongkan, and everyone was overjoyed.

The soldiers swore an oath, and the generals attacked.

Wei Wenzhong, Wang Liyang, and Ren Pujia each led three groups of men and horses forward.

Tulongkan is condescending, the mountain defense is all made of local materials, built with boulders, the road up the mountain is a trail, it is difficult for the army to go hand in hand, so rush to kill for a while, only to see the sword light and sword shadow, flesh and blood flying, Yunwei casualties are not small, although the soldiers fight hard, but it is difficult to advance an inch. Seeing this, Tao Chenmo immediately withdrew his troops.

Back at the camp, everyone was depressed, especially Wang Liyang, who thought he could finally show his skills, but he touched a nose of ashes, and it was difficult for him to exert his skills.

Tao Chen paced back and forth at the end, constantly thinking in his heart.

After a long time, Tao Chenmo said: "Today's battle, you don't need to be discouraged, the result is all in my expectation, the purpose of this trip is to test, now it seems that you should have the bottom in your heart, if you want to take Tulongkan, we have to think long-term." ”

"His grandmother's, this Earth Dragon Kan is more difficult to fight than our Celestial Shadow Pass, General, what should we do next." Wang Liyang asked.

"This time, we are defeated, the morale of the defenders of Tulongkan will inevitably be high, if we are defeated a few more times, they will definitely underestimate the enemy, pass on my order, all the soldiers have a good rest today, and tomorrow we will attack again, defeat again, and attack again."

"I see, the general means that we only keep attacking, but don't really fight hard, so that after a long time, the enemy army will be tired or slack, and then we will attack." Ren Pujia suddenly realized.

"Yes, that's the only way to do it right now."

At this time, someone came to report that he had brought back two Tulongkan soldiers when he was cleaning up the wounded, but the injuries were serious and he was afraid that it would be difficult to save them, so he asked for instructions on whether he needed to interrogate them quickly.

When Tao Chenmo heard this, he hurriedly led everyone to check, if he could really ask some news about Tulongkan from his mouth, it might also be useful.

Tao Chenmo and the others had just arrived, but they saw several medical officers sighing.

"What's the situation?" Wei Wenzhong asked.

"The two men were impaled through the spleen and were not rescued."

"What, have you questioned them about Tulongkan?"

"These two are too badly injured to say anything, and we were going to ask them after their injuries are under control, but they are still a step too late."

Seeing that these two people were useless, Tao Chenmo and the others had no choice but to leave, and several soldiers also carried the two out to prepare to be buried on the spot.

"Wait." Ren Pujia suddenly remembered something.

"What did Madame find?"

"General, I'm thinking, there's a way to try."

"What way."

"We will leave the armor of these two people first, according to the general's wishes, we will attack several times in the future, I am thinking, when the time comes, we might as well find two clever people to put on this armor and take advantage of the battle to mix with the Tulongkan, and secretly inquire about the deployment of this mountain and other useful news for us."

"Madame's clever plan, I think it works."

"It's easy to get mixed up, but every army has a formation, and if you encounter a whole queue of soldiers, it's easy to be found on patrol in turn." Wei Wenzhong expressed his concerns.

"There is one kind of person who does not go private, and he does not rotate." Ren Pujia smiled.

"Wounded soldiers!" Wei Wenzhong suddenly realized.

"Yes, wounded soldier."

"In that case, I'll go." Wang Liyang immediately asked for help.

"I'll go too." Wei Wenzhong also hurriedly said.

Tao Chenmo thought for a while and said, "Wenzhong, you pick a clever person and go with you." ”

"Why not me?"

"You have the strongest willingness to fight, and I need you to stay to boost morale and launch an attack." Tao Chenmo said with a smile.

Saying this, Wang Liyang was a little happy, Wei Wenzhong shook his head helplessly, his eldest brother can only fight, and everything is easy to discuss.

After paying attention, Wei Wenzhong selected one of his subordinates and began to prepare.

The next day, the sky has been dark, Tao Chenmo attacked again, in order to let Wei Wenzhong and others sneak into the enemy camp, this time the attack was quite violent, Tao Chenmo specially arranged a spear attack, picked off a lot of Tulongkan guards, seeing that the time was almost up, Tao Chenmo Ming Jin collected the troops, Wei Wenzhong and his men were wearing enemy armor and lay on the ground.

When Tao Chenmo retreated, the Tulongkan soldiers began to pack up the wounded, and Wei Wenzhong and the others were successfully carried onto Tulongkan.

For Tao Chenmo's seemingly purposeless attack, Cao Jingrong quickly understood the intention, he knew that Tao Chenmo intended to paralyze the defenders and wait for an opportunity to move, so he called left and right, and issued a strict order, no matter when Tao Chenmo attacked, and no matter how many people attacked each time, it must be fought as the last battle, if there is laxity, no matter what position, it will be punished by military law.

Wei Wenzhong was carried into the wounded barracks, and a doctor wanted to come over for treatment, so he signaled that his injuries were not serious, and asked him to save the others first.

Two attacks, so that Tao Chenmo has some more ideas, this Tulongkan defenders are condescending, hand-to-hand, Yunwei can't get any cheap, if you want to be at the same height as the enemy, you can only work weapons, send Wei Wenzhong up the mountain This time, the spear formation played a key role, after returning to the camp, Tao Chenmo immediately ordered all the spears, halberds, and Changge to be used together, and if the number was not enough, they made bamboo whisks to supplement them, and handed over the tactics to Ren Pujia and Wang Liyang, and then these two people were responsible for leading the troops to practice, Liang Di ran around the ministries to raise as many weapons and personnel as possible.

At night, Wei Wenzhong and his entourage supported each other and swaggered through their busy soldiers, trying to walk along the defense line of Tulongkan, and also encountered a few soldiers on the way, persuading them not to move around, Wei Wenzhong only explained that the doctor let them move more, which was conducive to recovery, so that they could quickly participate in the battle, so that several guards did not interrogate too much.

About the time of the hour, everyone was exhausted, but at the foot of the mountain remembered the sound of shouting and killing, Wei Wenzhong instantly sobered, he knew that it must be Yunwei began to attack again, this Tulongkan soldiers also reacted quickly, and soon gathered on the defense line, the situation is urgent at the moment, it is a good time to continue to explore, Wei Wenzhong immediately greeted his entourage and began to wander around the mountain, although the sky is not clear, but the positions of the defense are faintly visible, the strange thing is that the soldiers of the lower defense line are piled up, nervously preparing for battle, but the defenders higher in the mountain are almost not moving, Wei Wenzhong wants to come forward to investigate, but was stopped by a few guards, Wei Wenzhong suddenly said angrily: "Although the little ones are injured, why don't you let us join the battle, I will go to the general to reason." ”

The guard was originally very vigilant, and suddenly smiled: "I said brother, what are you in a hurry, I am afraid that there will be no battle when I come to this Tulongkan, the rules are the rules, General Cao has an order first, even if the soldiers are killed in battle, without his personal permission, no one can go to Shangkan, let alone that you are just to ask for war, so go up, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat good fruits." ”

Wei Wenzhong snorted angrily and said, "The general can't find it, so let's go into battle and kill the enemy ourselves." After that, he hurriedly walked back with his entourage, who was also alert, and complained angrily.

The guards in front shook their heads helplessly, and one of them said, "We've been trapped here for more than a month, and there are still such fools who can't wait to go into battle to kill the enemy?" The others were speechless, just shaking their heads with a bit of mockery.

Although there were only one or two temptations, Wei Wenzhong already had a general situation in his heart about the deployment of this Tulongkan, and as long as there was another day or two, he could draw out all the defenses of this Tulongkan.

Tao Chenmo's attack lasted for about an hour, and a lot of wounded soldiers were sent from the mountain, but so far, Wei Wenzhong has never seen this Cao Jingrong, it seems that Cao Jingrong should be sitting in the town, and he is very confident that Tao Chenmo will not attack in a short time.

And this time, Tao Chenmo has a new harvest, in order to test his ideas, this attack, Tao Chenmo on the basis of the last time to add a thousand spearmen, obviously, the effect is good, this time the casualties caused to the other party are much greater, the most important thing is that he did not show many hole cards this time, after all parties gathered, the current long weapon can assemble the Yunwei in about 10,000, when the time is ripe, and then put all the 10,000 Yunwei into the attack, not to mention that this will break through the Tulongkan but at least have to lose a few layers of skin.

Less than a day after this attack, Tao Chenmo ordered an attack again, but this time it was all just for show, shouting and killing to the sky, but Yun Wei rushed to the foot of the mountain and quickly retreated. At night, about Mohai, Tao Chen's old tricks were repeated, and he only shouted but did not attack.

On the second day, Tao Chenmo repeated the old drama again, and when he did, Yun Wei shouted again, so repeatedly, so that the Tulongkan defenders could not eat restlessly all day long, and they could not sleep well, and after a long time, Yunwei attacked again, and the Tulongkan defenders became procrastinated, and they firmly believed that Tao Chenmo was just making a show.

Seeing that the timing was almost the same, Tao Chenmo ordered to attack again, but he did not ask for blood, as long as the defenders caused casualties to achieve the goal, and when the defenders began to really take precautions, Tao Chenmo ordered Yunwei to only build momentum and not really fight, so true and false attacked Tulongkan for more than 20 days, making the Tulongkan defenders frizzy, lazy and lazy, Cao Jingrong began to feel uneasy, although he had insight into Tao Chenmo's intentions, and also ordered strict defense many times, but no one could afford such a trip, not to mention the defenders who had been highly nervous for a long time, Even he himself couldn't tell when Tao Chenmo would start attacking, and the grain and grass transported by Qianyang Dao began to become less and less. Wei Wenzhong also seized one of the opportunities to take the opportunity to sneak down the mountain.

Seeing Wei Wenzhong's return intact, Tao Chenmo, Wang Liyang and others were very happy, and Wei Wenzhong couldn't wait to report the specific situation on Tulongkan. Tulongkan is divided into two passes, there are two lines of defense in the lower pass, a boulder is the screen, heavily guarded, a maple forest is dense, the cavalry, ordnance is difficult to use, the upper hill is the important place for the military, Cao Jingrong and other high-ranking officials in the army are promoted here, spread secrets, the guard is the elite of the army, if there is no permission, outsiders can not enter at all, there is only one ridge connected to the upper and lower barriers, both sides are cliffs, it is difficult to cross, if the lower barrier is broken, Cao Jingrong can quickly take back the guards to the upper hurdle and then resist, these two hurdles can only be broken one by one and there is no cheap one stone. In addition, there are natural mountain springs on Tulongkan, which are continuous all year round, the water source is sufficient, and the food for the soldiers on the Kanshang has been reduced, but it has not been cut off, so it will not be much of a problem for Tulongkan to hold on for two or three months, but now due to the continuous attack of Tao Chen, the soldiers on the Kanshang are more restless, especially the soldiers outside Cao Jingrong's headquarters, and now the Tulongkan is unbreakable, but in fact, there is a hidden crisis.

Cao Jingrong ordered people to quickly deliver two messages back to Qianyang, asking Yang Mingzhen to cooperate, otherwise Tulongkan will be in danger, first, Qianyang Road must be full of Yunwei's spies, and the transportation of grain and grass must not be reduced even if it is used as sand and gravel, otherwise once the spies know, Tao Chenmo will definitely expect that Tulongkan will be cut off from grain and grass, and he will seize the opportunity to continue to attack. Second, make a decision as soon as possible, release Li Xiu and Ji Heqing, and let them draw troops from Qianyang to attack Yunwei from the rear, so as to flank the front and rear and counterattack Taochen.

Hearing Cao Jingrong's two suggestions, Yang Mingzhen immediately arranged for people to implement the first thing, as for the second thing, Yang Mingzhen hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to follow Cao Jingrong's advice for the sake of her own future.

After receiving the news that he was released and was going to lead troops to fight, Li Xiu was very happy, this time it was Ji Heqing's turn to be unhappy, he knew that Yang Mingzhen had never treated him and Li Xiu as his own people, if it wasn't imminent, this time they might be extremely difficult to turn over.

Seeing that Ji Heqing was very depressed, Li Xiu said with relief: "No matter what, Yang Fusi is also kind to us, even if I have been slandered and excluded by villains for a long time, but you and I can still be some masters in the army after all, Tao Chenmo is determined to win this time, you and I will do our best, even if it is to repay Yang Fusi's kindness, as for the result, it is not for you and me to decide." ”

"If we really defeat Tao Chenmo, will we only be content in a corner of Qianzhou in the future? Big brother, are you willing? ”

"If Tao Chenmo is really defeated, Yunyang's forces will inevitably be halved, and it is not impossible to enter Yuzhou and Tai'an when the time comes, not to mention, if you really watch Tao Chenmo capture Qianzhou, then where will you and I go, surrender him, and how can we ensure that the treatment in the Yunyang army in the future can be better than ours in Qianzhou?"

"You're right, but who is Cheng Jinshang? He is famous, how can he be compared to Yang Fusi, Tao Chen is only more than 20 years old, he Cheng Jinshang can hand over to him nearly 100,000 troops to preside over the southern expedition, what kind of courage is this, think about these years, you and I have brought more than 10,000 soldiers in Qianzhou who have been exiled, I Jihe Qingzu is glorious, but now I have fallen into such a field, do not break into fame, after death in the future, what face do I have to face the ancestors and ancestors? ”

"But treacherous and defecting to the enemy, even if you succeed in the future, will you be at ease?"

Ji Heqing was instantly angry, but since Li Xiu was his boss, he was not easy to attack, so he had to say angrily: "Okay, then we will hand over our lives to God, and I will go with you to attack Tao Chenmo, but if we lose again this time, I will fulfill the agreement I made with Tao Chenmo in Tongping, as for whether you keep the contract or not, I won't say a word." ”

Li Xiu suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "You expect us to lose." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, since I am leading the troops to fight, I will definitely go all out, as for the result, it depends on the destiny of heaven."

"Okay, you and I will go and meet Yang Fusi."

Seeing Li Xiu and Ji Heqing, Yang Mingzhen's attitude was not much better, and he still said with a serious face: "You two lost Qianxi, it was a big crime, but General Cao Jingrong suggested many times that the company give you two the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and now it seems that it is the right time, Tao Chenmo besieged Tulongkan for nearly two months, General Cao coped with fatigue, in order to never stop the Tao thief soldiers, this division decided to order the two of you to lead the troops to attack the rear of Tao Chen, and General Cao flanked back and forth, and destroyed this Tao Chen, if this battle is successful, your two previous sins can be forgiven, if not...... Okay, the troops have been assembled, you two are ready to go, the people sent by General Cao are already waiting for you, and he will convey the specific matters. When such rights and wrongs are so, Yang Mingzhen also knows very well that there are some things that cannot be said too much.

After a little preparation, Li Xiu and Ji Heqing set off, now there are less than 20,000 defenders in Qianyang, Yang Mingzhen is desperate, and counted more than 10,000 soldiers and horses for Li Xiu and Ji He, leaving only a few thousand people to guard Qianyang.

It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as the front foot left Qianyang City, the Yunwei spies had already transmitted the news of the Qianyang army's trip back to the Yunwei headquarters.

Of course, along with the movement of the Qianyang army, there was also the news that the grain and grass transportation in Qianyang Province had been restored to its original scale.

Two pieces of news were placed in front of them, and everyone was deep in thought.

"I am willing to lead the troops to intercept Li Xiu, and then arrest him in front of the general, and see if he is still stubborn." Wang Liyang first asked for battle.

"I also think that this plan is feasible, Yang Mingzhen's purpose of reactivating Li Xiu is very simple, it is nothing more than to fight with the Tulongkan soldiers before and after, as long as we cut off Li Xiu first, Tulongkan is still just a lonely mountain." Wei Wenzhong echoed.

Ren Pujia didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Tao Chenmo.

Tao Chenmo stared at the sand table and said slowly: "You two are right, as long as Li Xiu is cut off, Tulongkan will still not be able to make any waves, but once this is the case, we will return to the previous state, still surrounding Tulongkan, the war will make no progress, don't you want to start a war for a long time, and now the opportunity has come." ”

"How?" Wang Liyang asked eagerly.

"First of all, the restoration of grain and grass supply is mostly just an illusion, Yang Mingzhen intends to confuse us so that we dare not attack Tulongkan easily, which further shows that Tulongkan has a crisis. Secondly, since they want to attack back and forth, it means that Cao Jingrong can't hold it anymore, and he wants to take the initiative to attack, which is exactly what I expected, but Cao Jingrong has a premise for taking the initiative to attack, that is, Yang Mingzhen's reinforcements, that is, Li Xiu, so if we intercept Li Xiu halfway, Cao Jingrong will definitely not attack again, then we can only surround Tulongkan, and neither advance nor retreat. ”

"So what the general means is that we will do what we want, wait for Li Xiu to come, and then let Cao Jingrong go down the mountain by himself, and then we will divide our troops to attack him?" Ren Pujia said.

"Exactly."

"But Yang Mingzhen is flanked back and forth, can we handle it?" Ren Pujia is not without worries.

"I'm not completely sure, but there are some things in this world that are worth taking risks, and the battle in Qianzhou should have a result."

"How to do it, general, you say, we will act as ordered." Wang Liyang said.

"Madam, Uncle Liang, the two of you lead 10,000 Yunwei plus the soldiers recruited from other departments to meet Li Xiu on the periphery of our army, remember, I don't want you to win, just keep the formation, and you must block Li Xiu behind you. I will personally lead the remaining soldiers to deal with Cao Jingrong, and I will explain the two of you in detail for specific matters, and you must remember that this battle is only allowed to be won and not defeated. Tao Chenmo said categorically.

Seeing that the coach was firm, everyone was also surging.

The next day, at night. The fire in the rear of Yunwei was everywhere, shouting and killing, and Ren Pujia and Liangdi were waiting for each of them according to the plan.

Sure enough, seeing the fire under the mountain, the Tulongkan soldiers immediately shouted and poured down from the mountain, like a mountain torrent, magnificent.

Yun Wei set up a half-moon array at the foot of the mountain, the Yuekou was facing the direction of the Tulongkan soldiers descending the mountain, Tao Chen was in the middle position, and Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong were guarding both ends of the moon. Tao Chenmo signaled the three armies to stabilize, and when about 10,000 people came down the mountain, he raised fire to signal Wang and Wei, and the two of them understood, and instantly collected from the two wings, the half moon became a full moon, and the spear phalanx blocked the mountain pass in time, delaying the offensive of the soldiers going down the mountain, and the moon-shaped array quickly retracted, and the more than 10,000 Tulongkan soldiers who rushed down the mountain before were not in the formation, and they were cut indiscriminately, and there was almost no life. Ji Cheng, Tao Chenmo raised the fire again to pass the order, Wang and Wei immediately dispersed, the full moon became half a moon, and the spear phalanx also retreated, and once again invited Jun into the urn, the Tulongkan soldiers did not know where to go, only to see that the Yunwei attack weakened and rushed down again, this time, Tao Chenmo released more people into the battle, so repeatedly, the Tulongkan soldiers lost more than half.

At this time, Cao Jingrong saw that he couldn't move forward an inch after several impacts, and he couldn't stop being angry. On the other hand, although Li Xiu's spirit is high, but Yun Wei waits for work and is prepared to fight, like an iron bucket, Li Xiu is unable to move an inch, he only saw the shouting and killing sound in front of him, but he did not wait for a long time for the two armies to meet, as time went by, his heart began to secretly say that it was not good, compared to Li Xiu's focus, Ji Heqing was more concerned about Li Xiu's safety, he did not put more energy into the battlefield, but always paid attention to the situation around Li Xiu.

After many shocks, Cao Jingrong finally discovered the problem, he was not facing a fledgling white-faced scholar, but a tactical master he had never met. After he found out the problem, he immediately ordered to stop the attack, but Tao Chenmo did not intend to give him this opportunity, following the retreating flow of people, Yun Wei rushed towards Tulongkan like a tide of water, the night was dark, although Li Xiu in the distance could not see clearly, but he had a general understanding of the situation ahead, the more so anxious, so he accelerated the offensive, but the troops in his hands were limited, and Ren Pujia and others were mainly defensive, and there was nothing he could do about it.

The topography of Tulongkan began to play a role at this moment, and the rhythm of Yunwei's attack slowly slowed down, but Tao Chen's last ambition was bound to win, so he completely ignored the danger, took the lead, and the guns picked the generals, Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong led the spear phalanx to follow, and they encroached on Cao Jingrong's territory step by step, because they suffered a big loss at the bottom of the mountain, and the retreating defenders were a little panicked, and the resistance was naturally a little less. The combat power was greatly reduced for a while.

Wei Wenzhong stayed on the mountain for a few days, naturally also figured out a lot of terrain, after breaking through the first line of defense, he took two thousand good men to the south side of the mountain, the terrain here is steep, because of this, the guard is very weak, Wei Wenzhong narrowly sought victory, and soon crossed the mountainside, and then turned back from top to bottom to slash and kill the defenders who blocked the advance of Tao Chenmo and others. Cao Jingrong concentrated his forces to organize an effective defense, but at this time, his own troops had been lost by more than half, and everyone was panicked, where could he put up effective resistance. Tao Chen finally made a big move and forced Cao Jingrong's main force into the dense maple forest on the mountainside.

Tao Chenmo ordered to suspend the attack at this time, and then inserted his spear upside down outside the maple forest, and ordered all the soldiers to abandon their long weapons, replace them with short blades, and then approach step by step. The night was solemn, the insects and birds were silenced, only the squeak of Yun Wei stepping on the dead branches and burning torches in the forest, Tao Chenmo was carrying a white machete, his white clothes were red, his face was cold, he didn't say a word, just walked towards Cao Jingrong's soldiers firmly, Cao Jingrong was not ready to fight hard, he knew that Yun Wei's morale was strong at the moment, and he needed to avoid its edge, but Tao Chenmo would not give him half a minute at this moment, so the only thing he could do was to gradually retreat, he had to retreat to Shangkan and resist again. Tao Chen was angry at the end of the dantian, and shouted "kill" to kill the past, Wang Liyang, Wei Wenzhong and others immediately called out and went away.

Seeing that Tao Chenmo and the others had already attacked the mountain, Ren Pujia began to shout to Li Xiu: "Entrusted by General Tao, Pu Jiate is here to wait for Commander Li, Commander Li, the general trend has gone, what you said that day still counts?" ”

Li Xiu responded: "Madame, it's too early, is it still undefeated?" ”

"Are you really going to fight all the soldiers? Why make a senseless sacrifice when you know the result? ”

"The promise of the promise of the people must be fulfilled, and today I, Li Xiu, will never stop there."

"General Tao expected you to be like this, okay, since this is the case, you and I will be separated."

After that, the two of them didn't say much, so they all beckoned left and right to start fighting, even so, but Ren Pujia had already understood Li Xiu's thoughts, she knew that Li Xiu was in a hurry, so she still just followed the formation arranged by Tao Chenmo to face the battle, and did not take the initiative to attack.

Li Xiu was anxious, naturally he couldn't please him, and he couldn't attack for a long time, and the people, including Ji Heqing, gradually lost their will to fight.

And that, Tao Chen's end of the killing, Yun Wei generals are also in the middle of the battle, the early summer night with gusts of fishy wind gradually cooled, Cao Jingrong has been fighting in Qianzhou for many years, almost undefeated, today's battle, he finally experienced the suffocation of defeat, in the dull bloody atmosphere, he fought and retreated, reluctantly retreated to the upper hurdle. Tao Chenmo led Yunwei step by step into the dense maple forest under the kan, the terrain on the kan is limited, and he can't squeeze so many remnants, and the Qian army who can't retreat either tramples on each other and falls off the cliff, or abandons his weapons and surrenders, seeing this scene, Cao Jingrong knows that the general trend has gone, he has been slaughtering and fighting in Qianzhou for many years, and there are countless enemies, even if he leaves Tulongkan alive tonight, he must not live for a few days, so he doesn't give up, both horizontal and vertical are a death, it is better to choose a dignified way, the idea is made, he began to roar left and right, intending to make a last fight, suddenly, I felt that the vest was cold, and when I looked down, the tip of the knife with blood light came out of my chest, Cao Jingrong was stunned, he couldn't imagine that it was this way to end his fierce and fierce life, he wanted to look back to see who ended his life in such a way, but before he could lose consciousness, plop, fall to the ground, before closing his eyes, he seemed to see that person, it seemed to be very familiar, but he couldn't remember.