Outside the narrow mountain pass, there were hundreds of heavily armed soldiers on guard here, and behind them, cavalry and foot soldiers lined up like a long dragon.

"It's finally out." Chen Xian rode crookedly on the donkey, turned his head sideways and smiled at Wei Qingqing beside him: "I didn't sleep well last night, and I have been on the road for another day today, I don't know if I can sleep well in Songjiang tonight." ”

Wei Qingqing blinked, but was a little puzzled: "This place is very close to Zhenghe County, if Mr. is tired, let's go to the city to rest first, right?" ”

The implication of her words is that you have been complaining all day long that the saddle is too hard, and that the sun is too poisonous, and now that you can enter the city, why do you have to follow Yu Kang to fight?

"Don't go!" Chen Xian shook his head resolutely, raised his eyebrows and said, "I have to let Chen Jianhu see me!" ”

Yu Kang raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky, then turned his head to Liu Dexin, the deputy commander-in-chief, and said, "It's all out, right?" ”

Liu Dexin rode on the horse, looked back, and saw that the last baggage had already gone out of the valley, so he nodded: "Lord Hui, the whole army has been lined up!" ”

Yu Kang raised his horsewhip and said with a proud smile: "So...... Let's go and meet this Ye Zongliu Ye King for a while, haha! ”

……

Zhang Shao rode on a horse, he was wearing iron armor, the phoenix wing helmet on his head was decorated with red tassels fluttering in the wind, an ash spear was held under his armpit, the armor was distinct, and the heroic posture was sassy, and at a glance he looked like the majestic general in the commentary.

However, at this moment, his face was pale, and his heart was even more bitter - among the people who came from the capital with Yu Kang, there were several brocade guards!

At this moment, Zhang Shao, as the vanguard of the left army, was tasked with luring the enemy from Songxi into Fujian, and most of the 1,000 soldiers behind him were loyal veterans who had followed him for many years in Qianhusuo!

Originally, according to Zhang Shao's idea, he could have reminded Ye Zongliu through countless methods on the march - the real army of officers and soldiers was fifteen miles behind them at the moment.

However, as soon as the army set off, four horsemen came to his side, and the strong man named Li Kun grinned at him, holding a token and said: "Li Kun, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, accompany General Zhang on the expedition." ”

At that time, Zhang Shao was almost frightened and fell off the horse, Jinyiwei was definitely a controversial existence in the time of Taizu and Taizong, and now because of the establishment of the East Factory, his power is not as strong as before, but he is still with the emperor...... The most closely connected force.

Zhang Shao thought that he had become a follower of the White Lotus Sect at that time, and he was about to flee subconsciously, but fortunately he stabilized his mentality in time and forcibly pressed the urge to escape, otherwise, he would ......

But what now? His military orders could not escape the eyes of these Jinyi guards at all, seeing that it was only a few miles away from the Guancun ferry, and the news had not yet been transmitted......

"That's it!" Zhang Shao finally gritted his teeth, and said secretly in his heart: "Dead Dao friends don't die poor Dao, I'm sorry - Ye Zongliu!" ”

It was already dark, and more than a thousand soldiers marched in formation, and the torches were lit end to end, and the blazing flames gathered together, which was conspicuous in the night.

"It's coming!" On the mountain on the other side of the river, Ye Zongliu stood up, raised his eyes to look at the fire on the other side of the river, and grinned: "Sure enough, it's here, it's all guarded for me, and when the Chinese army drum sounds, I will attack and kill the enemy!" ”

After instructing Wang Neng, who commanded the left wing, and Chen Gongshan, who commanded the right wing, Ye Zongliu turned his head and patted his younger brother Ye Xiba on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Xiba, you lead our seven hundred elite cavalry to the opposite bank to prevent the officers and soldiers from retreating!" ”

"Yes!" Ye Xiba gave up his hand to receive the order.

After Ye Xiba also left his side, Ye Zongliu turned around and said to Chen Jianhu, the last person beside him: "The previous neglect was really because of the death of the second brother of Tao, which made the king feel sad and indignant!" I hope that the military division will not be worried! ”

Speaking of this, he raised his hand and hammered his chest as if he was guilty, and sighed: "The military advisor is really clever, and he can accurately predict the marching route of the officers and soldiers, it is really Zhuge Kongming of this king!" It is a shame that this king can be so sloppy to you......"

"King, the minister made a big mistake in Yunhe, and it is a great grace for you not to punish your subordinates, as for gods like Zhuge Kongming, he is only shallow in his studies, and he is really ashamed!" The cold color in Chen Jianhu's eyes flashed away, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was laughing at the clumsy performance of the subordinate in front of him.

Ye Zongliu didn't seem to hear Chen Jianhu's words at all, his eyes looked straight at the firelight on the opposite bank, and saw that the firelight in front of him was already close to the river, so he slapped his palm: "It's here." ”

After that, he stared at the fire with burning eyes, and muttered: "Half crossing, half-crossing, half-crossing......"

Chen Jianhu saw that half of the fire had passed, but he had some doubts in his heart - according to what the only spies left in Zhejiang said, there were at least more than 10,000 officers and soldiers on this expedition, and the number of torches here at the moment would never exceed 3,000......

Could it be just the vanguard of officers and soldiers?

That's right, Chen Xingzhi should know that this Guancun ferry is the best place to set up an ambush, and he should send a vanguard to test it first.

"Great King-" Chen Jianhu thought of this, so he opened his mouth to remind Ye Zongliu, who was preoccupied: "This may just be the vanguard of officers and soldiers!" ”

"Huh?" Ye Zongliu frowned, at this moment, as soon as Chen Jianhu reminded him, he also noticed the problem of quantity, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while, and turned around in amazement and asked, "That...... And what about their follow-up brigades? ”

Chen Jianhu thought for a while, and pondered: "Since this Chen Xingzhi is cautious in his use of troops, he will inevitably take into account the head and tail, so the minister estimates that the main force of the officers and soldiers should not exceed three miles!" ”

Ye Zongliu scratched his head, crying out for trouble in his heart, and asked, "That'...... What should be done between the military and the division? ”

"Let's get the drums!" Chen Jianhu narrowed his eyes and coldly looked at the dark places behind the firelight, as if he could see that scholar was making tea and looking at himself......

"For now, we can only push its vanguard back before pursuing, and once its front army is dispersed, its main force will naturally be impacted! They thought that we would set up an ambush here, but they would never have thought that we would take the initiative to cross the Songxi River and fight against it! ”

Ye Zongliu's blood boiled at Chen Jianhu's firm words, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Then we will cross the river to meet them and catch them off guard!" ”

"Drum up!"

"Knock knock—"

The sound of rumbling drums shattered the silence of the night, and countless rebels with white turbans on their heads lit torches and took up steel blades, emerging from the darkness.