Bai Rao discussed the next action goal with several leaders under his command, and ruled out many places, feeling that there was nowhere to go. The soldiers in the cottage were all homeless people, although they had the consciousness of leaving surplus food, but there were too many people, and the food could not be kept at all, at this time the surplus grain in the cottage could only last for five days, Bai Rao and others were secretly worried because of this matter, but they saw this horse running in with a happy face, which made Bai Rao frown slightly, and asked with a little anger: "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

As the so-called family does not know the price of firewood and rice, Bai Rao originally looked at the majesty of those big officials, and expected that he would be very majestic when he became the leader of tens of thousands of people, but he didn't expect that this leader also had the distress of the leader, as soon as he opened his eyes, there were tens of thousands of people waiting to eat, you have to be careful with your plan, where you will go this time to get food without losing the soldiers.

The detective didn't pay attention to Bai Rao's tone, and told Bai Rao the news he had heard: "Lord, the villain found that a group of carriages full of sacks of the official army were marching towards Lingqiu County. ”

"What?!" Bai Rao and several of his leaders stood up excitedly, this is really a wish. The cottage is worried about food, and the officials and soldiers are here. Lingqiu County is quite close to his cottage, is the object of Bai Rao's raids, after such a long period of looting, Lingqiu County has almost become a lonely city, the people in the city are afraid of Bai Rao's department, dare not come out again.

Eighty percent of this grain is the ration of the people in the city, and God really helps me. Bai Rao tried hard to suppress his excitement, and asked a few questions carefully: "How many guards are there in the convoy?" ”

"It's a thousand fine riders." Tanma said excitedly, compared with his own tens of thousands of soldiers, a thousand elite horsemen escorted food, which was simply a free gift.

"Did you see it with your own eyes, or did you hear from the people on the roadside?" Bai Rao's eyes were like lightning, staring at Tanma and asking.

"There are more than 20 horse-drawn carriages escorted by the officers and soldiers, and they are walking slowly, all of which are seen by the villain, not heard of them, and there are no people near Guangchang County to discuss this matter." Tanma said.

Hearing this, a leader stroked his beard lightly, and his face was full of smiles: "I guess it was the official army blocking the news, don't you know that in order to deal with Zhao Yi's army, we sprinkled many scouts on the periphery early, and this convoy is inescapable." ”

Bai Rao was excited to walk back and forth in the hall, the activities of the Montenegrin army in Lingqiu and Guangchang counties were rampant, it was impossible for the imperial court not to know, if it was to transport grain and grass, it would definitely not be so fanfare, and everyone knew about it, if this matter was learned by the people, Bai Rao would not start, and he was afraid that he would be ambushed by the official army. This time, Tanma saw it with his own eyes, and the truth of this news is much greater.

For Zhao Yi, who was famous for defeating the Yellow Turban Army, Bai Rao was very jealous, and after learning the news, he ordered the soldiers to go out as much as possible. Even though he knew that Zhao Yi's department was far away in Youzhou at this time, Zhao Yi's famous name made Bai Rao frightened and had to prepare as soon as possible.

Eighty percent of this grain is the rations allocated by the imperial court to Lingqiu, according to what Tanma said, the grain escorted by the officials and soldiers is enough for 10,000 stones, and 10,000 stones of grain is enough for two months of rations for their own department, even if they enter Lingqiu, this 10,000 stone grain can support three or five days. It seems that the imperial court knew that Zhao Yi's army was about to arrive, so it specially allocated food for the people of Lingqiu to insist. didn't expect the convoy to crash into the arms of the Montenegrin army.

Seeing that Bai Rao hadn't made a decision for a long time, some leaders hurriedly said, "Chief, what are you waiting for?" This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Zhao Yi's army is about to arrive, if we can rob this ten thousand stone of grain, we can support it for two months. At that time, even if Zhao Yi mobilized the troops of Youzhou and Jizhou, he would not want to find us in this vast mountain forest. ”

What the leader said was exactly what Bai Rao wanted, Bai Rao paused, and made a plan with his leaders, although Bai Rao's department had a large number of people, but there was no cavalry, and the plain had a great advantage against the cavalry, at this time Bai Rao could only rely on the number of people to win: "Okay, I personally led 5,000 soldiers to ambush." "Their soldiers have no experience in fighting with officers and soldiers, and their fear of officers and soldiers is still deep-rooted, and if they are fought with equal forces, they are very likely to flee without a fight. This fight with the officers and soldiers can be regarded as accumulating experience, and in case of a fierce battle with Zhao Yi's troops in the future, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can also be a little stronger. In particular, Zhao Yi's elite cavalry is incomparable, and even the Wuhuan cavalry is not Zhao Yi's opponent. Accumulate experience in fighting with cavalry, so as not to panic Zhao Yijing's cavalry in the future.

Tanma led the way in front, and Bai Rao led 5,000 soldiers to follow closely behind Tanma, marching in the direction of Lingqiu County. Quickly shuttling across the vast expanse, the waist-deep weeds also gave these people good cover. They were very familiar with the topography of Lingqiu County, and when they decided to plunder the grain, Bai Rao had already thought of the best ambush location, which was a small hill that stretched for more than twenty miles from outside Lingqiu County.

It just rained a few days ago, the country road was muddy and difficult to walk, if the imperial court wanted to send the grain to Lingqiu County as soon as possible, it could only take the official road, although Bai Rao said that he believed in his speculation, but for the sake of insurance, when he came to this small hill, he sent a number of scouts to the front to inquire about the news, and if there was any trouble, he would report immediately.

Wen Qin and Murong Fu led thousands of elite horsemen, walking on the official road, their sharp eyes swept around vigilantly. There are no homes in a radius of three miles on both sides of the official road, and the surrounding terrain is flat, and there is no place to hide the army. Except for some people I saw along the way, I didn't see anyone behaving unusually.

After walking for four hours, according to the speed of their march, Wen Qin and Murong Fu knew that they were less than fifty miles away from Lingqiu County at this time. The scorching sun slowly softened, and the sun used its last strength to dye the clouds in the west a blood-red.

Seeing that night was falling, and the expected sneak attack did not appear, many soldiers were quite strange in their hearts, couldn't the Montenegrin army come? Unlike his soldiers who were full of doubts, Wen Qin and Murong Fu still marched forward as usual, Wen Qin had commanded the army for many years, so he naturally knew that the more he reached the end, the more cautious he should be.

Murong Fu stared ahead, beckoned his soldiers to be on guard. When marching, Murong Fu did not let the soldiers concentrate all their spirits, but let the soldiers rest on the horses. In Murong Fu's words, the Montenegrin Army should be given time to prepare.

The hills five miles ahead looked like dirt bags from a distance, and the yellow weeds divided the shadows of the sunlight, Wen Qin drove his horse forward a few steps and rode side by side with Murong Fu, pointing to the mound in front: "General Murong, did you say that the Black Mountain Army was ambushed on that hill?" "That hill stretches for more than twenty miles, and is indeed the best place to ambush.

Murong Fu squinted at the hill, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I hope that the Black Mountain Army will ambush here, otherwise the hard work of our people will not be in vain." ”

Although Wen Qin and Murong Fu only had a thousand elite horsemen in their hands, they had no fear on their faces in the face of the unknown number of Black Mountain troops in front of them. The elite cavalry led by Zhao Yi was thirty miles away from them, and if something happened to Wen Qin's department, Zhao Yi's department could arrive within half an hour.

The closer they got to this mound, the more solemn the expressions on Wen Qin and Murong Fu's faces became, and the surroundings were so quiet that there was no other sound except for the squeaking sound of the wheels rubbing against the wheels and the sound of horses' hooves.

The cool evening breeze blew through the weeds on the faces of the people, and the cold night wind made the soldiers nervous, and the sharp eyes of the spears in their hands scanned the hills.

Wen Qin's hand had already grasped the curved bow, and his eyes were like lightning patrolling back and forth in the hills and grass, and when he saw one of the weeds shaking slightly, he immediately bent his bow and took an arrow, and the arrow slashed through a black shadow through the layers of weeds, and then he heard a miserable scream. Murong Fu and his soldiers reacted, and the spear in their hands was thrown towards the place where the screams came from.

The thousand spears crossed a black arc and fell to the ground with an indomitable momentum, the sharp tips reflecting a cold red light in the sunlight.

Wen Qin just shot an arrow into the right chest of a soldier, and the screams alarmed the officers and soldiers. The sudden incident made Bai Rao stunned for a moment, his deeds were revealed, and there was no need to hide. He just wanted to lead his soldiers to rush down, who would have thought that this kind of thing happened, the spear hit the stone on the ground and drew a spark, but the pain howl that pierced the people made these soldiers feel their scalps tingle. Nearly 300 people died under this spear, and a soldier next to Bai Rao was also stabbed by this spear, and the head of the spear pierced through his head and stuck obliquely into the ground, and the soldier died on the spot, leaving only the body still shaking.

This bloody scene made Bai Rao's heart beat wildly twice, he bit his tongue to suppress the fear in his heart, pulled out the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Rush with me!" Saying that, Bai Rao took the lead in rushing down, losing the first battle, these soldiers were afraid in their hearts, if Bai Rao did not take the lead in rushing and killing, these soldiers did not dare to move forward.

Seeing so many people suddenly appearing on this hill, Wen Qin and Murong Fu did not have the slightest panic on their faces, nor did they rush to let the soldiers rush to kill, but stared at those soldiers with burning eyes and rushed down the hill with a scream, rushing towards themselves.

At this time, Wen Qin and Murong Fu shouted, holding sabers in their hands, leading a thousand elite horsemen, and rushing towards the five thousand soldiers.

In the eyes of Bai Rao and others, when a thousand officers and soldiers saw their five thousand soldiers, even if they would not be so frightened that they lost their armor, they should have some scruples, but they didn't expect that these soldiers would dare to charge.

Looking at the grim gaze of the elite cavalry soldier, the Black Mountain Army trembled in his heart, and his heart was timid, and he naturally affected it, he didn't do it when he should have done it, and when he shouldn't have done it, he moved in a mess.

As soon as the two sides fought, the disadvantage of the Montenegrin army was very obvious, the officers and soldiers relied on their own horses and knives, rushing back and forth in the crowd, turning out the sabers in their hands, and the sharp blades cut through the chests of the Montenegrin army one by one.

Although Bai Rao didn't want to admit it, his 5,000 soldiers were indeed about to be defeated by this thousand elite cavalry, and seeing that the soldiers were timid, Bai Rao hurriedly greeted: "Hold the horse's hooves!" 166 Reading Network