After observing the terrain for a moment, the group quietly withdrew from the forest and retreated to the campsite. Lin Jue immediately wrote a letter and handed it to the two guards, asking them to go south overnight, along the official road to find Yang Jun's army, and send the warning letter to the imperial army. It's just that the people here are not familiar with the place, and I don't know where the place name is, let alone what the names of those hills and hills are, and I can only describe them in words, not in detail. However, Lin Jue thought that if Yang Jun paid attention to this matter, he should be able to investigate it carefully, and he should also be able to know the terrain of this ambush. After that, all you can do is wait.

In the early hours of the morning, Sun Dayong sent his brothers, who had been lurking to check on them, came back to report that a large number of soldiers and horses had come from the north and were hiding on the slopes and woods on the east and west hills of the official road. There were also large numbers of cavalry on either side of the bend a few miles to the north.

This news directly proves Lin Jue's previous judgment. The Liao people were going to conduct a large-scale ambush here. Its purpose is not only to annihilate some Great Zhou soldiers and horses, but also to eat a large number of Great Zhou soldiers and horses and severely damage Yang Jun's soldiers and horses. The appetite is really not small, and the intention is really not small.

Faced with such a situation, Lin Jue hoped even more that Yang Jun could not be emotional, otherwise he would probably suffer a big loss. At the same time, Lin Jue was also impressed by the Liao people. The leader of this Xijin Mansion is by no means an idle person. He should know very well what the outcome would be to let the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou arrive at the city to attack the city, so he decided to go out of the city and ambush. This should be an optimal strategy.

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Yang Jun's soldiers and horses had been marching for a day and a night. The speed of the army's advance was very fast, and according to the calculation distance on the simple sand table, it was a foregone conclusion that the troops would be under the city of Jinfu in two days.

Early in the morning, Yang Jun mounted his horse and ordered the army to continue advancing. Today, we have to walk the last seventy miles, and according to the speed of the soldiers and horses, it should not be a problem, and we will definitely be able to reach the city of Xijin Mansion before evening.

Just when Yang Jun ordered the soldiers and horses to be pulled out, several horses galloped away in front of the official road, but it was Han Gang, the deputy commander of the cavalry vanguard army, who galloped over with a few personal soldiers.

"Humble Han Gang, I've seen Marshal Yang!" Han Gang came to the front, rolled the saddle and dismounted to salute Yang Jun.

Yang Jun frowned and said, "Why didn't your cavalry and horses start immediately, and what did you do with the Chinese army?" Didn't you understand the old man's order last night? The old man wants you to lead the cavalry to rush to the city of Xijin Mansion, prepare the camp of the army, and clear the obstacles ahead. Do you understand? ”

Han Gang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "How dare you disrespect the military order, we are ready to open as soon as the morning dawns, but we were just about to leave, but we received a letter." After reading the letter, the lowly official felt that the matter was very important and that he needed to report to the marshal for decision, so he hurried to see the marshal. ”

Yang Jun frowned and said, "What letter?" Who sent it? ”

Han Gang shook his head and said, "The messenger shot the letter into the camp with a headless bow and arrow, and then disappeared without a trace. My people didn't see what they looked like either. The letter is here, and I ask the marshal to look at it. ”

Han Gang presented the letter, it was a text message written in charcoal on a silk cloth, the letter was not long, and Yang Jun only took a moment to read the letter. Then he had a strange smile on his face.

"I didn't know that this letter was addressed to the marshal, and I read the letter without permission, and asked Marshal Yang to forgive me." Han Gang whispered beside him, because the beginning of the letter indicated that the letter was addressed to Yang Jun, and it was written with the title of 'Yang Shu's Secret Envoy Taijian'.

"It's okay, hehe, it's okay. Hahaha, this guy is really worried, the old man is like a bamboo to attack the hinterland of Daliao, and he is about to capture Xijin Mansion, is this guy scared. Actually doing this trick again, hahaha. This rat generation is becoming more and more unsuccessful. I used to appreciate him a lot, but the old man was blind. Yang Jun changed from laughing to laughing, laughing and scolding.

"Marshal, but I wonder who wrote this warning letter? Looking at the inscription, it seems that it is not a general in our army. Could it be the fine work that the imperial court planted in the Liao State? Inconvenient to disclose your identity? Han Gang asked.

Yang Jun laughed and said, "Fine? That's not a fine work. Hehe, look at the payment of this guy...... A person who is worried about the Great Zhou Society...... Hehehe, this guy really dares to put gold on his face, he is just a traitor to the court, but he still vainly claims to be worried about Sheji, I smack his face, what a shameless dog. Look at this sentence, this guy actually taught the old man a lesson, and said that the old man should not be in danger of the safety of the Great Zhou because of personal grievances, and he should not deal with the ambush of the Liao army in time. Hahaha, trying his best to make the old man believe his nonsense. It's a laughing death. ”

Han Gang rolled his eyes and said, "After talking for a long time, who wrote this letter, the marshal seems to know him." ”

Yang Jun laughed endlessly, trembling Bai Juan and said, "Who else could it be?" It was Lin Juebei, the rebel minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This good three envoys don't do it, they want to be mountain bandits with King Liang's father and son. At this time, he rushed to Liao to try to stir up the situation. A few days ago, he captured Yelu Zongyuan's son and gave it to Ben Shuai, intending to confuse Ben Shuai and make Ben Shuai trust him. Ben Shuai was thinking at the time that he should have a plan. No, it was fulfilled today. It turned out to be to prevent me from entering the province of Setsu. It seems that this guy has already colluded with the Liao. It's a bitter plan, and he doesn't even care about Yelushi's life, it's ruthless enough. In order to keep the Xijin Mansion and keep the throne, Yelu Zongyuan is also ruthless enough. His own son was given to Lin Jue as bait. ”

Han Gang knew who Lin Jue was, but he was confused about what Yang Jun said. Listening to the tone, Marshal Yang seemed to say that this Lin Jue colluded with the Liao people and was a traitor. But he arrested the prince of Liao and gave it to Marshal Yang as a favor? It's also too confusing. How could such a bizarre thing happen.

But once people have a preconceived idea, they will take anything bizarre as inevitable. Yang Jun is in this state now. Yang Jun preconceived that Lin Jue was here to stir up the situation, he had been thinking about Lin Jue's motive for grabbing Yelushi and giving it to him, and at first thought that Lin Jue was humiliating himself, but now he entered his own speculation and made up this bizarre fact in his mind. But Yang Jun himself didn't think about the deviations in the details and logic, nor did he think about the unreasonableness in it, but really thought that Lin Jue had a plan to obstruct the actions of his army.

"Marshal Yang means that we don't need to pay attention to the warning on this letter? Should you look into it? If there is an ambush, then beware. After all...... The letter says that he has a nose and an eye. Han Gang said.

"Hey, hey, hey, he's going to deceive people, can he not say that he has a nose and eyes? Ben Shuai even suspects that in order to prove that his words are correct, he may even make the Liao people deliberately show their feet to make us think that they have an ambush, so as to achieve the purpose of stopping us here. The Liao soldiers of Xijin Mansion were afraid that they were already scared to pee their pants, and when they learned that our army was approaching the city, they knew that their end was coming, so they asked Lin Jue to come forward and try to make us wonder. Hehe, how can such a trick bluff Ben Shuai. It's just to buy time and mobilize reinforcements to come to the rescue. Ben Shuai will not give them this opportunity. Han Gang, the investigation is to be explored, but even if something unusual is found, there is no need to make a fuss. How many soldiers and horses can the Liao people have? There are only a hundred thousand in Xijin Mansion, and even if they are all dispatched, they will only be more than a hundred thousand. The Liao people were really stupid enough to give up the benefits of the city and come out to fight head-on with Ben Shuai, but Ben Shuai couldn't ask for it. You immediately return to the camp and set off with the whole army, this guy is trying to bewitch with rhetoric, and Ben Shuai is a bunch of nonsense here, and Ben Shuai will not believe a word. ”

As Yang Jun spoke, he threw the Bai Juan letter in his hand into a ball and threw it to the ground.

Han Gang muttered: "Marshal, should we also believe that we have it rather than believe it." If there is an ambush, we can't afford to lose. Humble Advice......"

Yang Jun's face sank and shouted, "Han Gang, when did you become so timid as a mouse?" Did the battle of Zhuozhou make you cringe like this? That's all you need? How can the old man hand over the cavalry to you? The old man told you that this is a ploy they use. Therefore, the purpose of the Suspicious Array is to allow us to delay the attack on Xijin Mansion. They want to delay waiting for reinforcements, and they will not be allowed to succeed. Han Gang, this commander ordered you to rush to the city of Xijin Mansion before the afternoon Shen Shi, prepare to camp, and do not delay. If the patrol does not move forward and the opportunity is delayed, the commander will be severely punished. ”

When Han Gang heard this, he didn't dare to say any more nonsense, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Obey the order, and the lowly will rush back and start immediately." ”

The army marched out and marched quickly. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, horses, and baggage vehicles stretched for nearly ten miles. The cavalry in front opened the way, and the Chinese army was the main force of 150,000 infantry, and then there were thousands of baggage vehicles.

Because this official road is an important official road for the Liao State to pass from Xijin Province to the crossing of the Sanggan River, it is used to transport a large number of soldiers and horses, so it is quite smooth and wide. It is convenient for the dispatch of soldiers, horses and material vehicles on weekdays. At this moment, it is the guarantee that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and vehicles in the Great Zhou can advance rapidly. The wide part of the official road can accommodate six cars in parallel, and there are also zhang xu in the narrow place. If it weren't for the fact that it was not for the terrain of the hills and hills that were laid out here, the distance of the official road would have been at least doubled.

The road is easy to walk, although the cavalry in front is fast and fast, and the baggage vehicles in the rear have not been left behind because of the rough road, resulting in a situation of delay. The entire army basically maintained a distance of ten miles from the front and back, like a giant dragon, winding and hovering between the hills and mountains.

Han Gang led 70,000 cavalry at the forefront of the entire army of troops and horses. The speed of the cavalry was much faster than that of the infantry and baggage troops in the rear, and although there was a suspicion that the soldiers and horses were out of touch, they couldn't care about it in order to rush to the city of Xijin Mansion before Shen Shi. Therefore, soon, the 70,000 cavalry and the rear Chinese army brigade opened up a distance of seven or eight miles.

Although he received a clear instruction from Yang Jun, he didn't have to care about the warning sent by Lin Jue. But as a leading general with rich combat experience, Han Gang did not dare to take it completely lightly. He not only sent a team of hundreds of pathfinder cavalry, but also divided the 70,000 cavalry into several teams, keeping a distance from each other, and maintaining a mutual response and charge formation. If you encounter a situation, you can react quickly so that it will not be congested and cause chaos.

The good news is that hundreds of cavalry rushed forward, and all the way back was good news. The surrounding mountains are quiet. In the late spring, the mountains and fields are green and the mountains and flowers are blooming everywhere, and the scene is very pleasant. The cavalry rode their horses and trotted along, looking very relaxed, talking and laughing very relaxed.