"Brother Lin, what's so difficult about this, since Commander Hao is trapped, we will send troops to Zhaojiatun and rescue Commander Hao first." Xiao Ying was straightforward, and this time she didn't wait for Lin Yi to ask, she said it directly.

Zhang Hua shook his head and answered: "My eldest lady, things are not so simple, it is not difficult at all to rush over with our forces to kill Niu Venus and rescue Commander Hao, but Li Zicheng has not yet appeared, and the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, so you have to think about it, so as not to fall for the enemy's tricks."

"What kind of praying mantis yellow finch," Xiao Ying glanced at Zhang Hua and asked Zhezhe, "What are so many tricks, then can we still save people, sister, say?" ”

Zhezhe glanced at Lin Yi's stylish face, Lin Yi nodded to her, and Zhezhe spoke, "Sister, Brother Lin, if you want me to say that I should surround Wei to save Zhao, I should attack the west." ”

"What is Wei Wei to save Zhao, don't stink, let's be clear." Xiaoying said.

"Oh, Wei Wei to save Zhao, it's history, hey, let's just say so, that is, to find Li Zicheng's team, we won't go to Zhaojiatun, but concentrate on attacking Li Zicheng's men and horses, Niu Jinxing's men and horses will inevitably retreat after retribution, to save his master Li Zicheng, then the commander of Hao here will be saved." Zhezhe has read more books than Xiaoying, explained.

"Is that okay?" Xiao Ying blinked with a pair of big watery eyes.

"Siege Wei rescued Zhao Shengdong and attacked the west...... Hey, there you have it! Lin Yi's eyes lit up as he spoke, "Don't look for it, at this time, Li Zicheng must be at the foot of the mountain besieging Sun Chuanting, and the rumors will immediately assemble in this area." ”

Lin Yi said and pointed to the earthworm-like lines on the map.

The place Lin Yi is referring to is the Xiliu River, which is relatively special, because of the topography of this area, it flows westward, hence the name. The river is not long, it is about more than 100 miles.

Lin Yi led an army of 30,000 and did not march in the direction of North Zhaojiatun, but changed his route to the northwest and turned in the direction of the Xiliuhe River.

After walking about fifteen or sixteen miles, the Xiliu River was in front of you. The river is not wide, the surface of the river is tens of meters in the narrow place, hundreds of meters in the wide place, the current is not fast, and the depth is about two or three meters on average.

On both sides of the river, there are large and small trees, flowers and plants, uneven, after the rain looks particularly crisp, but the flowers withered to the ground.

It is a seasonal river that has the most water in summer and less in spring and autumn, and basically stops flowing in winter.

When Lin Yi's men and horses arrived at the river, it was almost dark.

Lin Yi ordered his subordinates to immediately cut down the wood, drive the wooden valve, and tens of thousands of horses immediately took action, picked up shovels and pickaxes and worked in full swing......

Zhaojiatun battlefield.

Hao Shaoqi led the men and horses, fought desperately for several hours, and finally rushed to kill in the evening, but he was still surrounded by the thief army.

Covered in blood, Hao waved the flag and the war horse also died, waving the big flag and fighting with him, but now his legs are like being filled with lead, and the big flagpole in his hand feels that it weighs a thousand pounds, he can't wave it, it seems that it is impossible to break through, this is where they are buried, and the thieves rush up to kill them, it is estimated that it is like slaughtering chickens.

The strange thing is that the thief army also retreated at this time, but did not completely withdraw, but pulled a large encirclement, surrounded but not annihilated.

Now Hao Shaoqi's personal horses, including the number of injured people, are only five or six thousand.

"What's the fucking vindictiveness?" Hao Shaoqi gasped and scolded, looked at the sky again, and said to his opponent: "After dark, break through again."

As he spoke, he poked the big flagpole to the ground.

One of his generals said: "The commander doesn't have to worry, Lord Lin will definitely try to save us, and when the time comes, we will definitely be able to break through, and the most important thing for us now is to seize the time to recover our strength."

Hao Shaoqi nodded thoughtfully, "Well, everyone hurry up and rest." ”

He habitually touched his back, but he didn't touch the wine bag, he remembered, since that thing was thrown under Lin Yi's command, it was no longer allowed to be brought to the battlefield, if there was anything at this time, how enjoyable it would be to smoke a few puffs, I would rather be punished by Lord Lin, but unfortunately all this is delusional.

I don't know when the rain has stopped, these soldiers are also tired, and they don't care about the mud and rain, some are lying, some are sitting, some are leaning, some are leaning, some are leaning, some are staggering, and some people are bandaging the wounds of the wounded soldiers.

Before you know it, night falls......

A few hundred meters away from them, the Ox Venus formed an encirclement.

Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and Tian Jianxiu Si came to find Niu Jinxing, and said angrily: "Why did Mr. cease fighting? It didn't take an hour to annihilate them all, catch Hao Shaoqi with thousands of knives, and shatter thousands of corpses. ”

Niu Jinxing shook his head and pouted his mouth like eighty thousand, but he was still very polite, because these four generals were all Li Zicheng's henchmen and favorite generals, and they were Li Zicheng's pillars.

"The four great commanders are a little restless, it's not that time yet, trapping Hao Shaoqi is only the first step, our target is Lin Yi. Hao Shaoqi was trapped and Lin Yi would inevitably send troops to rescue him, and at that time, let Lin Yi also get into his pocket, trap them all in Zhaojiatun, and then annihilate them all in one fell swoop. ”

Niu Jinxing said this, and said to the herald, "Order the generals of each battalion, if Lin Yi's men and horses rush over, there is no need to fight with them, just let them in." ”

"Yes!" The herald said yes and left.

The four generals looked at each other, it turned out that Niu Jinxing planned to do so, but could this really trap Lin Yi?

Niu Jinxing looked at the four of them with a skeptical attitude, and smiled dumbly, feeling that they were all scared by Lin Yi like Li Zicheng, what is so great about the surname Lin, what if you can fire a musket in the rain? Isn't Hao Shaoqi still trapped? With only 50,000 horses, how to fight against Niu's 100,000 heavenly soldiers?

But Niu Jinxing couldn't say this clearly, so he had to comfort them, "Commanders, you can go back to the camp and take a look, unless the surnamed Lin doesn't save Hao Shaoqi when he sees death, but this is impossible." As long as he leads the troops, he will be able to trap him and eat them. ”

Seeing that Niu Jinxing was confident, the four generals didn't say anything more.

At this time, someone came to report that Lin Yi's men and horses did not come in the direction of Zhaojiatun, but changed their route to the northwest and drove to the bank of the Xiliu River, and were cutting down trees and making rafts.

Niu Jinxing heard it, and the triangle circle turned around a few times, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi and Tian Jianxiu were also a symptom, and they all felt a little strange.

"Sir, it seems that the person surnamed Lin really doesn't save Hao Shaoqi, what should I do?"

"Hmph," Niu Jinxing snorted lightly, shook his head and said, "Fei Ye, this kid surnamed Lin is very ghostly, obviously, he wants to cross the Xiliu River overnight, and the intention of crossing the river is also obvious, he wants to attack King Chuang's flank, and then attract our men and horses over, Hao Shaoqi will be saved, this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao." ”

"Sir, it's really clever, so what should we do?" These four generals are also people who understand military affairs, and when they heard Niu Jinxing's analysis, they were all convinced.

Niu Jinxing stroked his goatee, shook his long head and thought: "This is also easy to do, hurry up and send a letter to King Chuang, let King Chuang's men and horses quietly move to the river tonight, here our troops are divided into two ways, one part continues to surround Hao Shaoqi, and the other part is ready, as long as Lin Yi's men and horses start to cross the river, we will rush over, only 40 miles away, the cavalry can arrive in an hour, launch a fierce attack from the rear, and disrupt Lin Yi's plan to cross the river." On the opposite side is the army of King Chuang, and even if he can cross some of them, he will definitely be wiped out as soon as he lands. In this way, we will be able to make Lin Yi die on the banks of the river, and he will die in the river. Then the net will be closed here, and Hao will wave the flag in the whole room. ”

"Mr. Takami." Three of the four generals all gave their thumbs up, but Yuan Zongdi was puzzled: "Sir, when the surnamed Lin crosses the river, we will go again, will it delay the matter, so why not take advantage of the dark sky to quietly send a group of men and horses to ambush him?"

Niu Jinxing smiled, "Commander Yuan, the one surnamed Lin is too close to us, this kid is very ghostly, if our side moves in advance, if they find out, all the work will be wasted." ”

"It's still Mr. thoughtful, and his subordinates understand." Yuan Zongdi bowed in convincing.

Niu Jinxing suddenly found Zhuge Liang's general feeling, and began to divide the troops and send generals, he asked Yuan Zongdi and Tian Jianxiu to lead 20,000 horse infantry soldiers to prepare for attacking Lin Yi's rear, and he and Li Guo and Liu Fangliang with the remaining soldiers and generals were still trapped in Zhaojiatun to guard Hao Shaoqi.

When it was dark, a few fast horses quietly left Niu Jinxing's company camp, bypassed the Xiliu River, and sent a letter to Li Zicheng.

Dozens of miles of land, there is no way to stand the war horse running.

At this time, Li Zicheng was paying attention to the battle ahead, and for most of the day, someone kept giving him timely reports on the battle situation, first Li Guo and Liu Fangliang suffered defeat, and then Niu Jinxing designed Hao Shaoqi's men and horses to trap them in Zhaojiatun, and then they surrounded but did not annihilate, waiting for Lin Yi's men and horses.

This can be regarded as a mutual victory and defeat, and the two armies have their own casualties. So far, Li Zicheng is quite satisfied with this battle, of course he has seen through Niu Jinxing's strategy, if he wants to fight like this, he can still do it.

Li Zicheng is full of expectations, no matter whether Niu Jinxing can trap Lin Yi or not, he is a praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind. At that time, he could directly rush over, or he could go around to the back to attack Lin Yi, and at that time, no matter how the battle was fought, the victory would be on his side.

Therefore, Li Zicheng did not move, and kept an eye on the battle dozens of miles ahead. Li Zicheng's strength is very strong, except for Sun Chuanting who led 10,000 horses and horses to continue to trap Sun Chuanting on the mountain, not counting Gao Guiying's women's battalion, the men and horses under the command of Li Zicheng, there are more than 70,000 people, I learned that Lin Yi came a total of 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and his more than 70,000 people are on standby at any time, and now Li Zicheng is also full of confidence, and it is the first time that he has such a big turn for Lin Yi to fight.

But Li Zicheng didn't dare to take it lightly at all. Because the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, just like the battle in Nanyang more than a year ago, the planning is not incomplete, and all the elite soldiers and strong generals have been discharged.

Therefore, Li Zicheng does not dare to be optimistic at all, although the current situation on the battlefield in front of him is very favorable to him.

He asked Song Xiance, the strategist beside him: "Why don't you make up a hexagram again?"

Song Xiance nodded, and shook a hexagram for Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng looked at Song Jiancheng's face, Song Xiance's face couldn't see anything at first, it was as black as Song Xiaobao, but in the end it was gloomy.

"King Chuang, there is an emperor's spirit to the west, but there are some ups and downs in front of you."

Li Zicheng was stunned when he heard it, "Sir, I would like to hear the details." ”