Volume 1 The country breaks mountains and rivers in Chapter 67 Ambush
For Wei Mu, Zhu Lihua always felt that this beggar-like sergeant was by no means simple, whether it was his conversation or the temperament he inadvertently revealed, it was by no means comparable to ordinary sergeants.
Moreover, in the past month or so, under Wei Mu's training, the five hundred cavalry team of Zhu Lihua has reached a high level of training.
According to Wu Meng, Zhao Zhihai's personal soldiers seem to be like this.
Moreover, Wu Meng also joked, saying that Lihua is not only wise and scheming, but also good at training, and it is the sky that is unfair and gives all the good things to Lihua.
After listening to Wei Mu's speech, Zhu Lihua respectfully made a gesture to Wei Mu to continue, and looked at Wei Mu seriously.
Wei Mu continued to whisper again: "The Marquis of Zhuli, this place is indeed sandwiched between two mountains, and it is easy to ambush. But we can see how the Rong people can't see this. However, any more experienced general will carefully check these easy places to ambush if there are ambushes in the middle of the army.
Therefore, according to the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to place the ambush site in the woods in front of him, and then only wait for the soldiers to arrive, and our army can kill from the woods. ”
As Wei Mu spoke, Zhu Lihua looked at the forest in front of Wei Mu, and saw that the forest was mostly composed of straight poplars, although it was not large, but it was relatively easy to accommodate 10,000 soldiers, but outside the forest was the straight official road and the flat Pingchuan on both sides of the official road, and it seemed not ideal to set up an ambush there.
Seeing that Lihua was frowning and looking at the woods, Wei Mu said again: "Junhou, there is a so-called surprise attack on the march to war, the outside of the forest seems to be flat, but the Rong army will not be on guard, and when the time comes, our army will be prepared to attack and will be able to win if it is unprepared." ”
Zhu Lihua didn't answer, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly said to Wei Mu: "Brother Wei, I'm a little curious, who are you?" ”
Hearing the question, Wei Mu trembled slightly and lowered his head.
Lihua smiled, stood up, and said, "Let's go, let's go there and have a look." ”
Wei Mu watched as Lihua got up and left, and painful memories appeared in his eyes again.
That day, on a moonlit night, the smile and the look of fear that the sentinels outside the Qin army's camp gave to him once again appeared in Wei Mu's mind, or in the mind of Wei Lin, the former captain of Xiao Guan Xuanjia.
At the beginning, in order to prevent Yongyunqi from finding him, Wei Lin did not flee with more than ten personal soldiers, but threw away his horses and armor, and hid in a barren grass not far from the camp and did not move all night.
There, several of them witnessed the Qin camp being broken and four thousand robes being killed.
"Wei Lin is dead."
After Wei Mu confirmed this point again, he stood up and followed behind Zhu Lihua and mounted his war horse.
After riding eastward for more than two hours, more than 100 cavalry finally stopped after climbing several hills.
In front of everyone is a swamp on the shore of clear water, and within a radius of dozens of miles are large and small lakes and river ponds, interspersed with some low mountains.
Most of the lakes and rivers are covered with yellow reeds, which are as tall as an earthy yellow curtain separating the official road from the surrounding waters.
If they march here, the hundred-man cavalry team is still very eye-catching, because they can only walk on the official road, and maybe they will soon be discovered by the soldiers of Qingyang County, who are already not far away.
When Chen Bing was on the bank of Qingshui, Wu Meng sent people to Qingyang to investigate, so Lu Lihua knew that there were no less than 10,000 Rong soldiers stationed in Qingyang County, and there were only 1,000 real Rong people, and the rest of the soldiers were Qin rebels.
At this moment, there were only 100 people around him, so after a little thought, he decided that it would be better not to be in danger.
Along the way, he had slowly matured the plan to set up an ambush in his mind, and he didn't need to go too deep into Qingyang County at this time.
At this time, the sun is gradually setting in the west.
The darkness of late autumn always comes early, and it won't be long before it gets dark.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lihua glanced at Wei Mu, who had the same feelings as him, and was about to turn his horse's head and return to the west.
Suddenly, the two Sumeru wolves that had been following behind Lihua lowered their heads and roared softly, which immediately attracted Lihua's attention.
He was startled, frowning at the two little wolves staring vigilantly at a reed bush in the distance, grinning and making a desperate posture, but the four calves instinctively retreated, obviously feeling a little frightened reaction.
"Brother Wei, I'm afraid there will be a change, retreat quickly."
In fact, Wei Mu and the other soldiers also discovered the roar of the Sumeru wolf, and after listening to what Lihua said, they also knew that something was wrong.
Wei Mu was not verbose, and immediately ordered all the men and horses to retreat quickly.
Just as Lihua and the others turned their horses' heads and were about to retreat, everyone suddenly heard a rustling sound from the reeds in the distance, like the footsteps of many people, noisy and hurried.
The crowd said no more, and hurriedly beat their horses and galloped westward.
It was only after the group had left the edge of the field and climbed a hill that the group stopped and looked behind them.
I saw that about a thousand soldiers had already rushed out of the reeds, standing in the place where Fang Cai and the others were staying, looking at him from a distance.
Judging from the clothing of those soldiers, the men and horses who were ready to attack them turned out to be Rong people instead of the rebel Qin people.
"Thanks to these two wolf cubs this time." Wei Mu wiped the sweat from his head and said to Xiang Lihua.
Lihua got off the horse, gently touched the fluffy necks of the two little wolves, and didn't say a word. And the two little wolves lay quite comfortably on the ground under the caress of Lihua, squinting their eyes, revealing their pink bellies, which made the soldiers around them smile.
"Let's go."
After caressing his companion, he mounted his horse again and galloped away from the mountains where he was communicating.
An hour later, the people who had escaped the disaster entered a dense forest in the mountains, and found that under the light of the setting sun, the lake on the edge of the dense forest was shining with colorful glow.
On the way here, everyone only knew that there was a rather large lake here, but they didn't have the heart to stop and watch, so they hurried past.
On the way back, because they avoided the danger of Fang Cai, everyone had a touch of comfort and relaxation, and they had the intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery.
It just so happened that the sun was setting at this time, and the sunset was reflected in the lake, rippling with the surface of the lake, which was beautiful.
As they walked, they looked into the lake, and gradually slowed down their pace.
Suddenly, the two Sumeru wolves, like Fang Cai, seemed to have discovered something, and at the same time let out an excited roar, looking up at the hillside to the left of Lihua and the others.
She followed the gaze of the two little wolves and looked up the hillside, and saw that there was a dense birch forest, and a stream flowed down from the forest and emptied into the large lake on their right.
The mountain is not too high, and it is only six or seven hundred paces high, but the slope of the mountain is relatively gentle, so it can form a dense forest, but the forest area is quite large, and it is connected with the surrounding hillside, and the edge is not visible.
Everyone looked at it carefully for a long time, but they didn't find what made the little wolf excited.
Lihua turned his head to look at Wei Mu, but found that Wei Mu was also looking at him at this moment.
The two nodded at the same time, and Wei Mu gave a loud order, telling the soldiers to hurry back to the camp.
At this moment, the two Sumeru wolves were even more excited, sticking out their tongues a little frantically, and constantly looking at their masters.
Lihua frowned, at this time he just wanted to pass here as soon as possible, he had already sensed that something was wrong, and the faint fragrance in his nose told him that it was something that someone had done on purpose.
Sure enough, the smell in the air became heavier and heavier, and she just wanted to drink the little wolf and urge the horse to gallop, but saw the two little wolves rushing out like arrows off the string, and ran towards the birch forest upstream of the stream where the smell came from.
He did not hesitate, he turned his horse's head and rushed up the hillside, chasing closely towards the woods.
Wei Mu and the others behind him were stunned for a moment, and they also hurriedly chased after them.
After chasing less than a hundred paces, he came to the edge of the birch forest, and seeing that the forest was no longer suitable for riding a horse, he dismounted, handed the reins to the soldiers beside him, and hurriedly said to Wei Mu:
"Brother Wei, I think someone must have deliberately led me and the others there, and that person did not set up an ambush on the way, which means that they have no evil intentions, but I can't let the brothers take risks.
Please go back to the camp immediately, tell Gao Xuance about this, and let him lead the troops and horses to meet him. I'll take some of my brothers into the woods to have a look. ”
Without waiting for Wei Mu to answer, he turned around and hurried into the woods.
Seeing Lihua's anxious look, Wei Mu also knew that the two wolves were of great significance to Lihua, so he didn't shirk, and hurriedly selected ten soldiers and galloped west with him, while the rest of the soldiers left ten people to watch the horses, and the remaining eighty people followed Lihua into the birch forest.
Everyone left marks as they walked, in case they got lost in the dense birch forest, and after more than half an hour or so, they found that the sky had completely darkened, and in the woods, the soldiers on their left and right could no longer see each other clearly.
This made Lihua's heart even more anxious.
Although he has a calm personality, he also knows that in this woods where he can't see his fingers, the possibility of finding the wolf cub is very small.
It's too dangerous to do this, and compared to the Sumeru wolf, these brothers around them are also fresh lives.
Lu Lihua will not take the risk of the lives of his brothers.
When a wave of anxiety continued to attack Zhu Lihua's heart, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the distance: "Junhou, listen, there is a situation ahead." ”
In a state of extreme anxiety, Zhu Lihua hurriedly ran in the direction of the soldier who made the sound, and when he was about to run in front of the sergeant, he suddenly found that he had not encountered a single soldier along the way.
He was suddenly shocked in his heart, and just when he wanted to shout loudly, he heard a gust of wind in his ears, and he understood that someone was attacking him from the side, and hurriedly squatted on the ground.
But how could his three-legged cat's kung fu dodge this blow that had been prepared for a long time.
Hearing a muffled sound of "bang", Zhu Lihua only felt that the back of his head was hit by a stick, and his eyes were dark, and he crawled to the ground.
By Lihua's side, he quickly got up from the ground and quickly dragged the fainted Lihua into the darkness.