Lin Jue thought for a while and said, "We must hurry immediately, and we can't delay at all at this time." The men and horses can't rest, and they have to travel overnight tonight. Ahead is Xiangcheng, there are not many defenders in Xiangcheng, and they may not dare to stop us, but they will inform the other soldiers and horses who are chasing and intercepting us in the direction of our advance, so we have to play a trick tonight. After a while, Brother Sun prepared torches, and at night took two hundred brothers to carry torches and went around the north with great fanfare. Pretend to be a large army of soldiers and horses to go around. The rest of the people went straight from the official road on the south side of Xiangcheng. And that's just distracting their vision. It may not work, but it must be tried. ”

"Even if we pass through Xiangcheng safely, or even cross the border of Ruzhou, the other soldiers and horses are assembled in front and waiting for us, can the county horse have a way to deal with it? That's what worries people. They waited in front, only blocked the road, and when the rear pursuers arrived, they would make dumplings. Shen Tan frowned.

Lin Jue said with a smile: "What Brother Shen said is very true, this is the problem. But if you think I'm not prepared, you're wrong. Don't you notice that I'm missing a good helper? ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Ma Bin shouted, "Yes, what about the white girl?" disappeared in Chicang Town, did Brother Lin arrange for her to leave overnight with the prince's carriage and horses? Then why didn't you see her here? Where did this go? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "It is true that I left overnight last night, but I didn't follow the prince, but for another purpose." I don't have to waste time talking about the specific situation, in short, you are waiting to see the show. What we have to do now is not to waste any time on the road, one more step away from Funiu Mountain, the more vitality there will be. Don't think much about the rest. The 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital have not been able to trap us, what are we afraid of? ”

Everyone nodded, although Ma Bin rolled his eyes a little at Lin Jue's behavior of selling Guanzi, he also knew that this was not the time to talk too much. At that moment, everyone immediately prepared for the evening rush.

After dark, Sun Dayong led two hundred men and horses first, arrived near the left of Xiangcheng, lit torches and went around to the north. Sun Dayong asked everyone to carry two torches each, stretching the line very long. For a long time, the fire dragon wandered around the promised land, and the horses neighed and the people did not make noise. Xiangcheng is a small state city, with only more than 500 defenders, and only more than 1,000 people in the government service. When Lin Jue and the others were in the town, they got the news and knew that the other party was a large group of nearly 2,000 people. Xiangcheng Zhizhou didn't dare to go out of the city to intercept at all, so he only closed the city gate and sent the news to everywhere overnight, informing Lin Jue and others of their movements.

Lin Jue and the others took a large number of chariots and horses to pass through the official road in the south of Xiangcheng, and by the faint starlight, they cautiously drove the road all night, and arrived in Yexian County by noon.

When I arrived in Ye County, it was only seventy or eighty miles away from Funiu Mountain. Although the people were sleepy and tired, everyone did not dare to carry the slightest carry, so they simply rested for a while and continued to walk east. An hour later, there were already rolling hills in front of me, which was the Yumai Mountain Range in the southern city of Ye County. Strictly speaking, Fangcheng Mountain is also a vein of Funiu Mountain, but the peaks between Ye County and Fangcheng County are cut off, and there is a flat passage six or seven miles wide, so it is named after the location of the county.

Shortly after arriving at the hilly area, the men from the front and rear sounded the alarm almost simultaneously, and at the mouth of the valley ahead, a large number of soldiers and horses were gathering and waiting. Thirty miles away, the chasing forbidden army had already caught up.

Everyone was in a mess, worried about the situation of blocking back and forth, and now the wolf finally came. The road ahead is blocked, and the chasing troops are coming, there are only some small hills and hills here, and there is no danger to defend at all, but the other party occupies the main road of the mountain pass, which can block the passage and occupy the absolutely favorable terrain.

Lin Jue was very calm, this moment was coming after all, he calculated the time, from last night to now, more than a dozen hours have passed. If the chasing soldiers do not come, and the soldiers and horses that are intercepted will come in the future, then it will be a strange thing. In particular, it is absolutely impossible for these people to be walking in and out of Ruzhou, and the defenders of Ruzhou have not moved. Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Caizhou, and Ruzhou are distributed in a semicircle in the southeast direction of Funiu Mountain, and the key locations of the soldiers and horses are all around Funiu Mountain, and it is very convenient to assemble, and it only takes half a day to assemble in place. It would be strange if they didn't show up in front.

At that moment, he stopped the carriage and horses on the side of a hill, and ordered the people to settle down. Lin Jueze, Ma Bin, Sun Dayong and others rode forward and climbed a small hill in front to check the enemy's situation. But a few miles ahead, at the far end of the mountain pass in a flat area among the hills, a large number of soldiers and horses had been assembled. They backed up to the road leading to Funiu Mountain, taking advantage of the slightly higher terrain to block the avenue. Densely packed, with flags waving, it seems that there are quite a few people.

"The defenders of the four states are assembled, and the number should be at twenty thousand. Occupying the slope of the mountain pass terrain is a bit tricky. Ma Bin smacked his lips beside him.

Lin Jue knew Ma Bin's worries, there were more than 1,000 people on his side, although they were all elite, but after all, they were sleepy and lacking horses, and they had reached the limit of continuous fighting. And the worst thing is that the current situation is that there is not enough combat supplies. There are not many repeater crossbow arrows left, and although the kind of repeater crossbow arrows are convenient to use, they consume a lot. The capital was almost exhausted overnight and several battles on the road. In addition, the most intimidating firearms bag has been almost exhausted. That kind of ammunition sac took time to make, and although Lin Jue carried a large amount of raw materials, it was impossible to prepare enough ammunition in a short period of time. And without the power of the repeating crossbow and firearms, the palace guards and the Lin family's guards lost the biggest weight to win. If you really want to fight the enemy with flesh and blood, although these people have outstanding martial arts, they are afraid that they will not be able to defeat four hands with two fists.

'There's no sign of them attacking, it's just waiting for us to attack. These soldiers are much smarter than the Forbidden Army. They were waiting for the arrival of the Praetorian pursuers, which was the safest idea. Lin Jue groaned.

Sun Dayong nodded and said, "What the adults said is very true. There weren't many cavalry, so their best thing to do was to stay there and hold the pass. Unfortunately, it was an uphill slope, and although we had hundreds of horses, we could not charge. If they were in the Plains, five hundred cavalry would have scattered them. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "What you say is extremely true, this is exactly their cleverness. It seems that they have not arrived long ago, and the formation is still very scattered. They are building fortifications, which will be even more tricky once they are formed. ”

Ma Bin frowned and said, "What should I do?" Brother Lin. ”

Lin Jue muttered: "The pursuers are thirty miles away, and they will arrive in an hour at most, and it is impossible to survive until dark." Besides, even if you wait, it's not an option. Once the Yamaguchi fortifications were formed, they were a dead end, so ......"

Ma Bin said: "Didn't Brother Lin say that he has his own means? Don't take it out yet? ”

Lin Jue frowned, looked at the mountains in the distance, and asked softly, "How many days have it taken us to get here from Chicang Town?" ”

"It's two days and two nights." Sun Dayong said.

Lin Jue frowned and thought for a while, and muttered: "Two days and two nights, with Bing'er's footsteps, it should be there in one day and one night, but ...... Will they be able to get here in a day and a night? I'm afraid it's reluctant. ”

Ma Bin frowned and said, "Who are they?" Brother Lin, what kind of dumb riddle are you playing? At this time, just say it. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "That night in Chicang Town, I asked Bing'er to rush to Funiu Mountain in advance. The purpose is to move the rescuers. I'm counting the time. The soldiers and horses of Luoyan Valley are not cavalry, and they came out of the mountain road to rush here, and the time may not be in time, I am worried about these. ”

Ma Bin suddenly said: "It turns out that the white girl is moving the rescuers." How many people can there be in Luoyan Valley, it's useless to be afraid of coming. ”

Lin Jue smiled slightly: "It's not much, it's just seven thousand soldiers and horses." ”

Ma Bin was stunned: "Seven thousand? So much? When did you raise so many soldiers and horses? ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "Don't you know that Luoyan Valley has pacified Funiu Mountain and swept away all villages?" All the men and horses were under the tent of the Wild Goose Valley. There are a lot of heroes in the green forest from all over the country. Many of the people outside the mountains who could not survive fled in. Six thousand is still because of the number of people. They are all young and brave soldiers. If they can get there, these vans are no match for them. It's a pity that the time may not be in time. No matter, Brother Sun, Brother Ma, if you can't cross this mountain pass today, we can't be blocked here, it's a dead end. So, I mean, live or die, fight. ”

Everyone frowned and pondered, but they couldn't think of a better way. Instead of wasting time waiting to die, it's better to fight. Although with such a small number of soldiers and horses to attack the opponent's formation, it is tantamount to sending them to death. But it seems that there is no other option.

Ma Bin, Shen Tan and the others gritted their teeth and said, "I'll go back and gather people immediately and prepare to attack." ”

……

Under the slanting sun, the green hills are continuous.

On the slope of the mountain pass, nearly 20,000 soldiers from the four states gathered here. After receiving Lu Xiang's order, they immediately came here to assemble and chose this only road to Funiu Mountain. Although the van soldiers were poorly equipped, this time they were superior in numbers. After discovering the traces of the other party, the four leading commanders and envoys decided to wait for their work, blocking the mountain pass and waiting for the arrival of the forbidden army. They didn't know when the Forbidden Army would arrive, but they knew that blocking this place was the right choice.

When Lin Jue and the others rode their horses and stood on the top of the hill, several commanders also saw their traces. The four of them were not nervous, and they made bets with each other. Feng Zaian, the commander of the Ningxiang Army in Dengzhou, gave a lottery head, and he bet that the other party would launch an attack desperately, and the other three commanders ridiculed him, and they were all willing to gamble with him with a huge amount of ten taels of silver. They all believed that it was impossible for the other side to attack. Either they go around or stay still, and if they dare to attack, it will be an act of death. That Feng Zaian was the first iron, and he really swore with them and made a gamble.