With Mo Xiaobao's loud whistle attracting the war horse, Ye Qing, who got up later than Mo Xiaobao, looked into the distance and did not seem very flustered, but at the first time when Yan Shoudao fell from the horse, he immediately chased Jin Bing in their direction in an organized manner, and shouted: Fooled, and then immediately quickly climbed on the horse's back and rushed down the hill.

The two had just climbed onto their horses, and they were only about two hundred paces away from the bottom of the hills, and they had just rushed down less than halfway when the sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded behind them.

"I'm really fooled, what a cunning old man." Ye Qing crouched low on the horse's back, dodging the dense arrows behind him.

At this time, Mo Xiaobao showed the riding and archery skills on horseback that he had experienced on the grassland, and while rushing down, he was able to use his bow and crossbow to fight back at the golden man chasing behind him.

Either after the horse stumbled, the golden man let out a short scream, followed by the war horse that was lying on the ground in an instant, rolled down from the hill, or the golden soldier on horseback fell from the horse unsteadily.

The rifle in Ye Qing's hand was also pointing behind him at this time, shooting indiscriminately, compared to Mo Xiaobao's skillful kung fu on horseback, Ye Qing could only hold the saddle with one hand at this time, and shoot indiscriminately behind him with the other hand.

After the two of them finally rushed down the hill, the Jin people behind them were obviously not much slower than them, a bow and a crossbow and a rifle did not have much effect on the Jin people's blocking effect, plus the Jin people were determined to pursue as if they were not fatal, Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao and the Jin cavalry behind them were also constantly getting closer.

"How can the golden man be so fierce? Do you even care about your life? The bow and crossbow in Mo Xiaobao's hand continued to shoot, just like the arrows of the golden man behind him, obviously not causing much damage to both sides, and even the effect of stopping the golden man's speed was not obvious.

"Careless." Ye Qing shot behind him again, and a golden arrow from behind him flew close to his ear, and the hot feeling made Ye Qing feel as if his ear had been shot off.

But fortunately, once they rushed down from the hills and entered the slightly softening flat road, the rifle in Ye Qing's hand and the bow and crossbow in Mo Xiaobao's hand still played a role in blocking the attack, at least compared to the enemy just now, their situation below was much more stable.

But even so, the Jin people behind him were still chasing and biting tightly, no matter whether the companions in front of them or behind them, on the left and right sides fell off their horses, the remaining Jin cavalry could be indifferent, and only the concentration and ruthlessness of Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao were in their eyes.

The few bullets had been shot by Ye Qing, and even Mo Xiaobao had few crossbow arrows left, and the Jin Cai who was chasing behind him was gradually distanced by them, and with the advantage of being small in number and easy to dodge, the two seized the opportunity to drill into the Phoenix Mountain.

"They know we're going to ambush here?" Mo Xiaobao on horseback, like the war horse under his crotch, asked with a snort.

"Back then, in Jinguo Yanjing, I once sniped at the two brothers Wan Yan Xian and Wan Yan Ren with a gun, Wan Yan Shoudao obviously knew that I did it, but I didn't expect that after so many years, he still remembered." Ye Qing was also sweating on his forehead, panting and shuttling through the dense woods and said.

"Doesn't that mean ......." Mo Xiaobao sat on horseback, looked at the Jin man who didn't know which direction to pursue at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and thought for a while: "The Jin man who chased us just now obviously knew your identity, so he chased so closely?" ”

"Yes, Wanyan Shoudao expected that I would ambush him personally, so he swaggered along the official road to attract our attention." The mountains became more and more difficult to walk, and Ye Qing had to take the lead in dismounting, and then led the horse to continue to shuttle through the mountains and forests.

Mo Xiaobao also jumped off the horse, leading the horse to follow behind Ye Qing, vigilantly looking around from time to time.

Halfway up the mountain, you can still clearly see that the Jin people chasing at the foot of the mountain are still looking for the traces of the two of them, and they are reluctant to leave for a long time.

Obviously, for the Jin people, this game designed today is their best chance to capture the Song army's imperial capital.

And at this moment, the two people hidden in the dense forest halfway up the mountainside, looking at the official road like a river, saw a place of dust and poplars, and the sound of shouting and killing faintly came from that direction.

The position of the two cavalry vanguard units of the previous Jin people was being killed by Li Zhongfang, who had been ambushed last night, and at the same time, almost at the same time that Ye Qing fired the first shot, the other Yan Shoudao had already exchanged hands with Tian Lin, who had led the troops out of the camp, on a small road from Zou County to Jeju.

The nearest way to get from Qufu to Jeju is to go through Yanju and then to Jeju, but again, it is possible to take a slightly detour through Zouxian and then outflank Jeju.

So at the moment when Ye Qing was ambushed, Wanyan Shoudao had already led the army into the sphere of influence of Ye Qing's camp, and exchanged hands with Tian Lin, who came out of the camp to meet him, at the forefront of Phoenix Mountain.

But in the end, whether it was Wanyan Shoudao, who came prepared and wanted to sneak attack the Song army's camp, or Tian Lin, who hurriedly received an urgent report from Jia Shi and the scouts, and hurriedly went out of the camp to meet them, they were not able to take advantage of each other, although the two sides had their own injuries, but they did not fall into a fierce battle.

At best, this was only a tentative confrontation between the two armies, although neither army had actually entered the so-called main battlefield, and the casualties were not large.

But this time, the tentative confrontation, sneak attack, ambush, counterattack, and confrontation between the two armies were vividly exerted by Ye Qing and Wanyan Shoudao, and each of them labeled each other's brains: treacherous, insidious, and cunning.

Although the attacking army led by Tian Lin was more casualty than the sneak attack army led by Yan Shoudao himself because of the surprise, fortunately, on the side of Li Zhongfang, he used an ambush to win back a city for the Song army.

Therefore, the first tentative confrontation between Ye Qing and Yan Shoudao could only be regarded as a draw.

After returning to the camp, Ye Qing looked at Tian Lin, who had also just returned to the camp, and still had some palpitations on his face, reporting to him that this time he had met the Jin people who had come back from Zou County and the casualties of the army after the confrontation.

Ye Qing smiled bitterly, patted Tian Lin's shoulder, and sighed: "So, our bitter battle has just begun, and the scouts continue to double, watch Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun closely, if there is a change, can ...... Chop first, then play. ”

"Yes, sir." Tian Lin also said without delay.

Although today's confrontation with Wan Yan Shoudao was only a tentative and short-term confrontation, it had already made Tian Lin realize that today's attack was even much more difficult than when they attacked the city, and after the sense of ease that no longer looked like an adult bullying a child disappeared, he had to start fighting with the spirit of twelve points to deal with the next bitter battle.

After this tentative confrontation, Tian Lin and the others naturally entered the state of war, so Tian Lin didn't feel anything wrong with Ye Qing's sentence of cutting first and then playing.

Although human lives are at stake, compared to the tens of millions of people killed in the first battle on the battlefield, the lives of Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun are no longer so important in the eyes of Tian Lin and others at this time compared to the more cruel and ruthless war.

What's more, even if Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun were executed on the spot by relying on military law, if the imperial court pursued it, they would all be under their control. And what they have to do is to repay Ye Qing as much as they can.

When Li Zhongfang returned to the Zhongjun tent, Ye Qing and Tian Lin had already drunk tea at this time, and Li Zhongfang, who did not seem excited because of the results of the ambush, sat down next to him without waiting for Ye Qing's signal, and began to say to Ye Qing his views on fighting with the Jin people today.

Just like Tian Lin, this battle finally made the Song army realize that the Jin people are really strong, their cavalry is far stronger than the cavalry of the Song army, and the power of riding and archery on horseback is really difficult for the Song army to parry for a while.

But fortunately, although the heavy infantry of the Song army was cumbersome, when facing the cavalry of the Jin people, it was able to not fall behind on the scene, which also made the disadvantages of the Song cavalry inferior to the Jin people and could be balanced.

"What now? Wanyan Shoudao is cunning and cunning, and even made a fake Wanyan Shoudao to confuse us, and even concealed our scouts, and secretly ran over from Zou County to attack our camp. If it weren't for Jia She's timely reminder, I'm afraid that by the time I find out, the Jin people would have already gone to the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain. When talking about today's events again, Tian Lin still had palpitations and fears on her face.

After all, if it is even half an hour late, it is very likely that the camp will be successfully attacked by Wanyan Shoudao. In this way, their army of 30,000 will become a joke, a big joke in the face of the real army of the Jin people, and they will be defeated with one blow.

"Wanyan Shoudao is now divided into two ways, obviously he wants us to take care of one and lose the other, since he can't sneak attack, the last general thinks that he will not join the Jin people from Yanzhou today, and will inevitably still roam around Zou County, in order to disturb and distract our attention." Li Zhongfang frowned and said.

The ambush began in the middle of the night last night, and the ambush was until the afternoon of the next day, and then it was finally a golden ambush battle, although the results were also quite gratifying, but when I thought that Wanyan Shoudao almost succeeded in sneaking into the camp, the joy of victory in Li Zhongfang's heart was instantly dispersed and disappeared.

"By the way, my lord, how did you judge that the Jin people who attacked my camp today were personally led by Wanyan Shoudao?" Tian Lin suddenly thought of an important question and asked.

Slowly moving his gaze away from the map on the desk, and glancing at Tian Lin and Li Zhongfang, Ye Qing smiled and said, "Because the performance of the Jin people is too abnormal. ”

Seeing that the two of them were waiting for the following, after taking a sip of tea, Ye Qing continued to say slowly: "After the general of the first army was attacked and assassinated by me, the generals, personal soldiers and others around him did not panic, nor did they immediately investigate the injuries of their generals, but rushed towards the place where I ambushed as soon as possible, resolutely and decisively, and pursued me completely desperately, which can only show that what I shot today was a fake Wanyan Shoudao, otherwise, they would not have been able to be so orderly in the face of emergencies. It's like having been rehearsed beforehand. ”

"No wonder." Li Zhongfang muttered: "In this way, the Jin man I ambushed today is just a bait, it seems that this Wanyan Shoudao is really difficult to deal with, this battle ...... It's not easy to fight, is it? ”

"It's easy to fight, it's not easy to fight." Ye Qing nodded in agreement, and then continued: "In a few days, Li Heng will send a large number of cotton clothes and other things along the canal, and Wanyan Shoudao will inevitably prevent us from picking up the boat." Even, Wanyan Shoudao appeared in Zou County, not just to sneak attack us, but to hold the boat dock of the canal before us. ”

As Ye Qing finished speaking, Tian Lin and Li Zhongfang immediately went down to look at the map on the case, followed the map of Zou County, and saw that not far from their confrontation today was the canal wharf between the north and the south.

"It's ......." Tian Lin was surprised.

"Wanyan Shoudao is so vicious, if we have supplies, wouldn't he be the first to ......." Li Zhongfang also said in shock.

"Maybe right now, Wanyan Shoudao has already sent scouts to search for suspicious ships along the canal." Ye Qing's expression was still calm.

"That'...... So what do we do? Let Li Heng turn around? But we need ...... here too. Tian Lin looked at Ye Qing and muttered.

"If what I expected is right, Qi Shilie Zhizhong and Mou Yan must be leading the Jin people from Yanzhou to set off the army, and its purpose is to divert our attention and sight, and today's Wanyan Shoudao sneak attack on the camp is to confuse our sight, making us think that he came from Zou County, just to sneak attack us, thus ignoring Li Heng and others on the canal." Ye Qing continued to smile and said.

"What a good one who treats others the way he does, he is following us to cruise around Jeju, so that they can't guess whether we attack the east or enter the west." Li Zhongfang shook his head incredulously, and then scolded Wan Yan Shoudao, who was a little proud at this time, with an old thing in his mouth.

"So prepare the army, and strive to eat the army led by Qishi Lie and Mou Yan in the shortest possible time, the time is when Li Heng is about to arrive in Zou County, and after entering the sight of Yan Shoudao, we must take down Qi Shi Lie Zhizhong and Mou Yan in one battle." Ye Qing pointed out, after being ambushed by him and Li Zhongfang today, he finally pretended to retreat twenty miles, and said to the Jin army that was camped in a place called Three Forks.

"It's ......." Tian Lin raised his head and said: "If we go all out to fight against Mou Yan and Qi Shilie, and Wanyan Shoudao, an old treacherous and cunning thing, attacks us again from behind, then we will be attacked from behind." ”

"Don't worry, the free man will take care of our back." Ye Qing smiled, and continued: "Don't you Tian Lin think, how can Jia She's warning be difficult and timely today?" ”

Ye Qing's smile became like a fox in Tian Lin's eyes, and with Ye Qing's question, Tian Lin felt that it seemed that he was more beautiful than Ye Qing...... Both are foxes who are cunning to the point of insidiousness.

"You still have ...... in your hand." Tian Lin asked with joy and excitement on his face.

"Five thousand elite cavalry, no matter what terrain and any conditions, are fully capable of eating your 10,000 soldiers and horses. So there is no need to be afraid! Ye Qing confided the truth to the two at this time.

Of course, he didn't tell Tian Lin and Li Zhongfang, and even Li Heng, who floated over on the canal, was just a bait he prepared for Wanyan Shoudao.

If Wanyan guards Zou County and does not guard Zou County, then Li Heng will successfully arrive at Taohua Mountain, if Wanyan guards Zou County and blocks Ye Qing, for Ye Qing and the entire 30,000 horses, he can also give up those materials as bait, and directly let Dong Chao really transport cotton clothes from Tai'an Prefecture.

The reason why he has been letting the army freeze, and even cruising around Jeju for so long, is to make the Jin people think that the reason why Huainan East Road is delayed, in addition to confusing them whether they are attacking Jinan Mansion or Kaifeng Mansion, is to make Wanyan Shoudao believe that because of the shortage of materials, he has to camp here and wait for the arrival of grain and grass materials.

Obviously, Wanyan Shoudao was also aware of this, he believed that the reason why Ye Qing was confusing them and making them guess out of thin air whether the purpose of attacking the east or entering the west was completely to delay time, because the supply of grain and grass could not keep up, so he made this decision to wait for the arrival of the supply in a way that confused them.

Wanyan Shoudao is confident, not to mention that he is from Yanjing, he knows far more things than other people in Shandong, he has every reason to believe that Ye Qing's current shortage of materials in the army is the result of the imperial court's pressure on the Song court.

The news that the Song court wanted to cease the war was not groundless, but now it was just that Ye Qing wanted to emulate Yue Fei back then, so he was so desperate, and after the imperial court cut off his supplies, he began to prepare materials on Huainan East Road to help their army.

Therefore, let Mou Yan and Qi Shi Lie lead most of the Jin army to attract Ye Qing's attention, and he set off from Zou County with his elite soldiers, first sneak attack Ye Qing's camp, so as to confuse Ye Qing, so that Ye Qing thought that his purpose was the Song army camp, and then to contain Ye Qing's army, so that it would be difficult for him to pounce on the army of Mou Yan and Qi Shi Lie, so as to do a battle of trapped beasts.

More importantly, this can also better conceal his most true purpose of guarding the road, that is, relying on the canal to intercept Ye Qing's grain and grass supplies from Huainan East Road.

"Ye Qing's time in Peach Blossom Mountain is too long, if it is a short time, maybe I will not find out his true purpose, but I have been staying at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain for almost a month, although it is close to the mountains and rivers, but I can also see how urgent he Ye Qing's desire for food and grass materials, otherwise, why did he stay here early? Obviously I can't wait. "Wanyan Shoudao didn't take today's sneak attack seriously, and he didn't take Ye Qing's army even to guard against his sneak attack, and he didn't take it seriously.

In his opinion, after he led the army out of Jinan Mansion, the strength, number, materials and other reserves of the two armies have been completely spread out under each other's noses.

Of course, through today's battle, he can already clearly feel that Ye Qing is definitely a treacherous and sinister person, otherwise, he would never have attacked himself secretly, but he also had the heart to guard against himself, and would lead another army to sneak attack his camp.

In his opinion, Ye Qing was definitely a strong enemy, so he used his blatant release of the army that set off from Yanzhou as bait, and after placing it under Ye Qing's nose, a young junior was able to restrain his desires and ambitions, and instead of thinking of relying on ambushes to eat and annihilate his own army, he was able to endure only a small ambush war.

On the battlefield, how many people overestimate their own strength, underestimate the enemy's strength, and then want to eat the other party in one bite and fail, and finally return defeated, or even wiped out because of this.

Wanyan Shoudao tentatively threw out the bait, and also expected that Ye Qing would lead all the armies to ambush them with all their might because of the brazenness of their army, and then give themselves the opportunity to detour and outflank them from behind, and finally annihilate the Song army.

Even, today, in Wanyan Shoudao's mind, such a picture has been flashing, the Song army, under the leadership of Ye Qing, all went to ambush the Yanzhou army led by Mou Yan and Qi Shi Liezhong, and the Yanzhou army, which had been prepared for a long time, relied on the Jin army that was dragging behind, so they fell into a stalemate with Ye Qing.

And at this time, when the army led by himself from Zou County passed through Phoenix Mountain, once there was no Song army to stop him, then he had enough time to start a sneak attack on the Song army from behind Ye Qing when the battle between Ye Qing and Qi Shilie and Mouyan fell into a stalemate.

But the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, and it is also a pity that Ye Qing seems to be adventurous on the battlefield, but he does perform calmly and moderately, without the slightest frizz of rushing for quick success, just like a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he did not give him the slightest opportunity to take advantage of.

is also looking at the map of Wanyan Shoudao, the old and strong eyes have been looking at the canal lying quietly on the map, the Song army has no cotton clothes for the winter, grain and grass must also be on the verge of scarcity, and this is also the reason why Ye Qing did not choose to defend Tengzhou, but appeared between Jeju and Pizhou.

This not only shows that Tengzhou is not completely controlled by the Song people as imagined, but also shows that this time Ye Qing wants to occupy the Jinren city for a long time, and even his ambition is not just a battle for the city, but really wants to take the Central Plains territory north of the Yellow River.

But...... Does Ye Qing really have such courage? Song Ting really didn't have the slightest binding force on Ye Qing? Or is it that Ye Qing is now turning a deaf ear to Song Ting's will, in addition to emulating Yue Fei, does he still want to surpass Yue Fei?

Standing in front of the map, Wanyan Shoudao did not seem to be the slightest relaxed because he had a slight upper hand today, because he had restrained Ye Qing's army on both sides and gained the initiative on the battlefield, on the contrary, he had been wondering if Ye Qing had other unknown ambitions and tricks in addition to the difficulties he was facing in the winter?

Similarly, while Tian Lin and Li Zhongfang were patrolling the camp, Ye Qing, who had been staring at the map on the case, was also muttering in his mind at the moment, a man who was already so scheming and difficult to deal with was that he really didn't know that Temujin ...... who could beat the Jin people to the ground and collapse the army.