Guo Xing is worthy of being a young man who is both civil and military, and his strategy can really be described as ruthless and vicious.

According to his vision, this Yanjiagou is not only the northern dragon vein, but also the location of the Yan family's ancestral tomb; Although he Yan Chongwu is only a side branch of the Yan family, he must know a little about the topography around the ancestral tomb. I think he has now received Yan Tian's will and shouldered the burden of exterminating his 8,000 enemy troops. Therefore, whether it is public or private, Yan Chongwu and the 50,000 Flying Bear Army under him will definitely come here eventually.

And the passage of Yanjiagou is long and narrow, the mountains on both sides are steep, and the gentle slope that can be climbed is located at the mouth of the valley, and he does not even have the opportunity to set up an ambush on the top of the mountain in advance, so Yan Chongwu, a new generation of generals with both wisdom and bravery, naturally does not doubt him.

Although his own 8,000 cavalry, after entering the valley, he can only be regarded as a pawn; But the five thousand Youbei Iron Cavalry under Yan Chongwu also need to dismount and walk? In this way, on the surface, it has become a close hand-to-hand combat of 8,000 Northern Yan infantry, against 50,000 Youbei armor soldiers.

Most importantly, the road in and out of the valley is narrow and steep, and can only accommodate up to three adult soldiers walking side by side; In other words, although the difference in strength between the two sides is so great, the eight thousand brothers of their own side only need to block the attack layer by layer in the road into the valley, and under such a favorable terrain, the impact of the difference in strength between the two sides is not large.

As long as they can hold out until the garrison of the East Customs arrives in time, and then they outflank them from the rear and completely seal off the only way in and out of Kangjiagou, then the 50,000 Flying Bear Army, as well as their commander Yan Chongwu, will completely become dry bones in the grave, waiting to be slaughtered.

Of course, there is the most important part that he does not understand, which is also the part that worries him the most.

In his imagination, if his soldiers could not resist the tide-like attack of the Flying Bear Army and retreated to Yanjiagou as a last resort, then the saltpeter charcoal and other fire-igniting things that he had already ambushed in the valley mouth and Yanjiagou would also come in handy; As long as all the 50,000 Flying Bear Army enter the valley to chase and kill themselves, then this Youbei Royal Mausoleum will immediately turn into a huge incinerator with himself and his 8,000 soldiers, and all the Flying Bear Army will be turned into ashes! He has a different blood feud against his father who killed him, and it is not a pity to use his body as bait; But Feng Lian and the other brothers ......

In fact, Guo Xing has been thinking about this poisonous plan for many days; And the reason why he hasn't said it to this day is because Guo Xing is also struggling with how to speak.

At ten o'clock at noon, Guo Xing, who was neatly dressed, walked to the mausoleum of Yan Wuqiu, the founding emperor of Youbei. Yes, since the defeat of the Mayan family ditch, they have set up camp near the imperial tomb. And camped in such an unlucky place, none of the 8,000 Pingbei soldiers spoke out against it!

Of course, Guo Xing's move has another purpose in addition to mourning the soldiers: as long as Yan Chongwu arrives, no matter how victorious or defeated, this Youbei Imperial Mausoleum will inevitably be ordered by him to be destroyed, so that the bones of their ancestors and ancestors of the Yan family can see the sun and the moon with their own eyes.

Yan Chongwu looked around at the dense 8,000 cavalry: for many days, these men have followed him deep into the enemy territory to attack and fight, and they have lived a hard life of eating and sleeping in the open and licking blood with knives, everyone has lost weight several times, and many people's wounds have festered and are having a low-grade fever. Despite the dire situation, no one complained. To this day, their eyes are still flashing with a cold light, and the courage and strong fighting spirit of the men on their bodies make Guo Xing sigh.

In his opinion, the eyes of every soldier of the Eight Thousand Tiger and Wolf Division flashed with the shadow of his father.

"Now, we have been deep into enemy territory for more than a month. Everyone crawled over together from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, and they became close siblings, and Ben Shuai didn't say any polite words! In recent days, the thief Yan Chongwu will lead an army of 50,000 to the valley mouth of Yanjiagou and drive us into the alley; At that time, once we are outnumbered and have no choice but to retreat to Yanjiagou, the entire Yanjiagou will ignite a sky-high fire, and we will be wiped out together with the enemy. According to Guo's estimate, the people who ambushed the fire outside the valley needed about 500 people, led by the vanguard general Feng Lian Ye Feng......"

Hearing this, Feng Lianye, the vanguard general, suddenly stepped out of the ranks, ripped off his helmet and threw it on the ground, pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand, and put it on his neck:

"Lao Tzu is not going! Lao Tzu has been fighting in the field with Lao Shuai since he was a child, how many enemies he has slashed, and how many camps he has penetrated, even I can't remember clearly! In the previous battle of Puhe, I should have died on the battlefield with the old man, so that his old man's cultivation and support for the last general was in vain; Now I finally have a chance to avenge the old handsome with my own hands, but you let Feng Mou steal his life and do those chores? Lao Tzu is a vanguard general, not an auxiliary soldier, this matter, you look for someone else! If you have to ask Feng to do it, I will wipe my neck and ask the old man in person, young marshal, is it right or wrong for you to arrange it like this! ”

Feng Lian also made his attitude clear, and all the soldiers, including Guo Xing, heard it with tears in their eyes. Guo Xing stepped forward quickly, stretched out his left hand and grasped Feng Lianye's sword tightly, ignoring the blood flowing from his severed palm, he just nodded again and again, his lips trembling and unable to say a word.

In fact, Guo Xing's entanglement lies in this.

If Feng Lian really led the troops outside the valley to wait for an opportunity to start a fire and couldn't show his face in the valley, then it's really hard to say whether he would be fooled with his face and strength! Because of this, Feng Lian and Yan Chongwu are also old acquaintances, if he doesn't appear, it is difficult to guarantee that Yan Chongwu will just send small troops into the valley in an orderly manner in order to prevent ambushes from blocking the road, and he will lead the rear army to guard the valley mouth. Under the wheel warfare of his 50,000-strong army, he only waited for his brothers to lose their strength, and then collected the net step by step.

And if Yan Chongwu really didn't go into the valley to chase and kill in person, then the sky-high fire prepared in advance would be in a dilemma.

If Feng Lian and Guo Xing could also appear in the valley together, then Yan Chongwu would definitely not suspect it, and would naturally enter the valley to hunt him down.

The reason why he thinks this way is very simple: now the 8,000 cavalry of the Pingbei Army can be said to occupy the absolute initiative, and at that time, the Eastern Customs will be firmly in his hands, and the logistics and grain routes and the safety of the retreat will also be guaranteed.

The reason why I am worried is that I only think of Feng Lianye, a veteran, who has always been loyal to his father and son, and will rush to the forefront every time he encounters a war, which can be described as the sharpest arrow of the Pingbei Army; However, after all, he is nearly fifty years old, how can he bear to see him end up burning in flames and leaving no bones?

But under his own grasp, he felt the power of Feng Lian's sword, and he realized that General Feng's behavior was not pretending. If Fang Cai's hands were half a minute slower, maybe this stubborn old man would really wipe his neck. After weighing several phases, he patted Feng Lian's right hand that was also holding the sword with his left hand full of blood:

"Okay, okay, just follow my uncle."

"Hmph, that's how it should be!"

Feng Lian, who was satisfied, also put away the sword and returned the box, picked up the helmet on the ground, and then returned to the head of the team. And Guo Xing only paused, and said again:

"There are still parents at home who are stepping forward! There are no siblings in the family to step forward! There are already wives, daughters and young children at home! One step forward if you had a marriage contract before joining the army! The injury is not healed, and it is inconvenient to fight and take a step forward! ”

After shouting several times, not a single soldier in the 8,000 cavalry moved for half a minute. Such a serious scene made Guo Xing laugh:

"You people...... I have a roster in my account, and I have to go through them one by one? ”

Feng Lian also heard Guo Xing's conditions for selecting people, and his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Young marshal, this method is good, you little cubs, don't pretend to be a tough guy in front of me and me! As far as you people's family affairs are concerned, you can't hide it from anyone! ”

After saying a word, Feng Lian also stepped into the team, first picked out a few soldiers whose wounds had obviously deteriorated, and dragged them to the front of the team one by one; Then he turned back and kicked out of his old department, which he knew about the situation at home.

As soon as Guo Xing saw that there were not enough people, he immediately pulled his face down, and ordered the guards behind him to take the roster and start counting according to the book. In the end, only about 400 people were screened out.

Guo Xing, who had no idea, set his eyes on Feng Lian Ye again, and when Feng Lian saw his eyes, he was angry and blew his beard again:

"What do you think I'm doing? Lao Tzu, I have no children, no daughters, no fathers and no mothers, and I don't even have a good relationship, so I can't count it on Lao Tzu's head! ”

As soon as Guo Xing saw that Feng Lian had also misunderstood, he turned his head, thought about it carefully, and shouted out another condition:

"Literate stand up!"

At the sound of an order, more than a dozen were pushed out. Guo Xing gritted his teeth, walked into the team in person, took a closer look, and picked out a few soldiers who looked quite delicate, which was enough for five hundred.

"What you are asked to do is not simple! If this is really like Guo's plan, after you return to Beiyan, you must tell the villagers at home about what happened here! He told them that the 8,000 Pingbei Army, in front of the ancestral tomb of the Yan thief, turned into a light smoke together with 50,000 enemies in the north. And these people who survived are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the fire that Guo Xing and I personally selected! With you here, the Pingbei Army is here! With you here, there will never be a young person who dares to face up to my Northern Yan Dynasty! ”

Even if Guo Xing said this, it could be regarded as a step for these five hundred soldiers. Still, each of them still had an unwilling look on their faces; After the disbandment, several veterans ran to Feng Lianye, begging him to replace him with another brother.

At the same time that the 'Life and Death Signing Conference' in front of the Yan family's ancestral tomb came to a successful conclusion, two small teams of people also quietly mixed into the East Customs.

On the surface, the first group of people were refugees who had been implicated in the war, they were all skinny and could not speak, and they were born with ears and words; Fortunately, these people were still quick with their hands and feet, and there was no danger of leaking secrets, and after a careful search, the school officer of the city gate blocked their way south to escape from the famine, and temporarily incorporated them into the people's team, and helped their families transport grain and grass to repair the city wall on weekdays, so that they could fill their stomachs;

The other team is a group of wealthy businessmen who are richly dressed. They carried a lot of men behind them, pushing a cart of high-quality furs and medicinal herbs, and took the trade road from Zhongshan Road to Nankanggusu. They not only have the identity certificate of the Huayan Merchant Gang, but also the customs clearance document issued by the Beiyan Rite Department; Now Liang Jing is still on his way back to the Eastern Customs, and the reinforcements of the Northern Yan Dynasty have just assembled and set off. The current guard of the East Customs, who is still a master before the old marquis Guo Xiao, is a temporary generation, and in the face of these rich businessmen, he is determined to keep them. What this master wanted was not money, but the cart of high-quality medicinal materials they carried.

These two teams seem to be incompatible, and they both have their own nicknames: the group of deaf refugees is called the winter solstice; And that team of rich people is called the Thirteen Shamans!