Qu Xiangtian led five thousand soldiers to the vicinity of Xu Wen for five or six days, before he received a letter from Fang Qingze, saying that he wanted to gather in southern Xinjiang, and Xu Wen County was the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty's territory, so Qu Xiangtian led five thousand light horsemen around the border, and then crossed the jungle, avoiding several cities and came to Xu Wen with great difficulty.

Qin Rufeng and Guangliang did not follow, the situation in Annan was not stable, and Guangliang Qin Rufeng was Qu Xiangtian's right-hand man, since Qu Xiangtian could not stay in Annan, then no one dared to leave his right-hand man, Murong Yunfei and Qu Xiangtian were like glue, naturally they also followed Qu Xiangtian's side, at this moment, Murong Yunfei was three months pregnant, and she had long since dared to ride a horse Qu Xiangtian took care of Murong Yunfei meticulously along the way, so that this woman enjoyed the iron-blooded tenderness.

Suddenly, a sentry rode quickly to Qu Xiangtian, who was chatting with Murong Yunfei, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists with both hands, and said: "Report, there are a large number of cavalry in front, there are about 2,000 people, all of them are light cavalry, but they look strong and strong, they should be a group of elite soldiers, and they found me, but they didn't chase me, and they are heading towards our camp." ”

Qu Xiangtian frowned, and thought in his heart: It must not be the third brother Lu Yunzhi, where did his third brother get the team of 2,000 people, nor the second brother Fang Qingze, Fang Qingze came with a caravan, it would not be the cavalry that was mostly grain and grass carts, it must be Zhu Jianwen, but Zhu Jianwen would not be more convenient to act by himself, the vassal king's mobilization of troops is not so imperceptible than his foreign army, even if it is Zhu Jianwen, why did he bring troops here, and where did he get so many elite soldiers, It is not an ordinary army that makes the sentinels who have been through a hundred battles called elite soldiers,

Qu Xiangtian couldn't think about it for a while and was not good at calculating, so he whispered to Murong Yunfei: "Yunfei, I'll take a look." "Well, be careful yourself, I'll wait for you to come back." Murong Yunfei replied, she didn't know why she always had a feeling of trepidation in her heart when she accompanied Qu Xiangtian on this trip.

Qu Xiangtian asked 4,000 soldiers to stand by in front of the camp, and he took 1,000 soldiers to the formation to block, he believed in his own art of war, and believed in the group of soldiers in his hand, Qu Xiangtian shouted in front of the team: "The elephant soldiers are in front, the cavalry is in the back, after a round of impact in the strong formation, the enemy's formation must be torn in half, and then the cavalry in front of the elephant soldiers in the back counterattack, and the panicked enemy army is driven to the fish scale formation in front of our camp, and the two sides will be able to win." ”

Qu Xiangtian did not live in the formation, but the first to ride on a war elephant headed by the leader, this time because of the rush so the sergeants are mostly light horses, only brought more than 20 elephants, Qu Xiangtian to these elephant soldiers treasure very, the battlefield power of the elephant soldiers is incomparable, in order to correct the war elephant is easy to be frightened by firearms and the shortcomings of the legs are easy to be injured, Qu Xiangtian also invented the elephant's special earmuffs, and the elephant's legs are also tied with armor to prevent the elephant's legs from being injured,

Lu Yunzhi sat on the back of the horse with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and soon he would be able to meet his eldest brother Qu Xiangtian, but Dong De stared at the side and said: "Lord, a scout came to spy on us just now, why didn't you let me arrest him, what if it was someone sent by Yu Qian." Bai Yong smiled on the side and said: "I always heard you say that Yu Qian is powerful, if he is really powerful, he will not send this kind of goods." ”

"That must be my eldest brother's person, although the sentry just now is not as good as the subordinates we brought, but it can be regarded as a good hand among ordinary people, as far as I know, there are few armies in Daming that can have such good hands, and this is a remote town that cannot have such an army, so it must be my eldest brother** out, Ah Rong, you go and make a speech, don't make any misunderstanding for a while." Lu Yunzhi said to Ah Rong beside him, Ah Rong hugged his fist and said yes, and then rode his horse and whipped forward.

Qu Xiangtian looked at the horse team of more than 2,000 people in the distance and was shocked, as a soldier, he had already felt the sense of oppression brought by the oncoming group of people, that was a feeling only for elite troops, although he saw that the other party's marching formation was still a little immature, the layout of the front and rear was very tight, but the sides were slightly empty, but there were also two possibilities, the first leader did not understand the art of war at all, thinking that the sneak attack could only come from the front and back, and the second was that the individual combat ability of this army was very strong, Don't worry about the ambush on both sides at all, the heavy troops in front and behind are just to be able to change direction and assault at any time and take the initiative to attack,

Qu Xiangtian thought that the approaching army in front of him was probably the second hypothesis, because although it was cavalry, there was no sound of neighing in the team, and even the horse's hooves were uniform, Qu Xiangtian was a little worried about whether his soldiers could resist these "enemy troops", as a soldier, he was so unconfident for the first time, so Qu Xiangtian sent an order: "After withdrawing to the camp, the order is changed into a gossip array, take strict precautions, and do not take it lightly." ”

As soon as Qu Xiangtian's voice fell, he saw a person rushing out from the opposite side and riding a fast horse and whipping up, and shouted in his mouth: "General Qu." Qu Xiangtian fixed his eyes on the auspicious, and saw that the person had good facial features and did not look like a treacherous person, but he didn't know what kind of person he was.

I saw that the man ran to the front of the formation, turned over from his horse and hugged his fist and said: "General Qu, Adjutant General Ah Rong came to visit General Qu, and my lord specially ordered me to come and tell the general, so that the general should not worry, we are our own people." Qu Xiangtian rode on top of the elephant and said to the archers behind him who drew their bows and took aim, "Don't let go of the arrows yet." Then he bowed his head and said to Ah Rong: "Dare to ask your father-in-law's surname." ”

Ah Rong replied: "My head of the family is the third brother of General Qu, Lu Yunzhi." "What, it's Yunzhi, you are really my third brother's subordinate, haha, this kid really has a set, where did he get such a group of warriors, I really envy me, hurry up and lead the horse, I want to go for a while." After Qu Xiangtian finished speaking, he jumped down from the elephant, his subordinates brought the horses, he turned over and was about to fly away, and a general dressed by a lieutenant rushed forward and grabbed the reins and said: "General be careful, I am afraid it is the enemy's trick to lure the enemy." ”

Qu Xiangtian laughed, bent down from the horse and patted the deputy general's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Okay, go with me, you are not in a hurry and you are a general, pass on the order, withdraw the troops according to the original plan, and stand by in the Bagua Array, if it is my third brother, it would be good, if I am not alone to lead them into the Bagua Array." "General, I'd better go." The lieutenant said eagerly,

"If it's really my third brother, wouldn't it seem that I have no courage if I don't go, and there is no need to say that Qu is the best bait." As he spoke, he whipped out of the horse and headed towards the more than 2,000 cavalrymen rushing on the opposite side, shouting without fear in his mouth.