Zhang He's face also changed again and again, these generals realized the danger, how could he not realize it, these days he couldn't sleep at night, he kept staring at the situation map around Ba County, and he knew the terrain of the mountains and rivers well.

This Lao Yao Mountain is originally dangerous on the east side and gentle on the west side, if Xiao Shilian is really allowed to kill under the Lao Yao Mountain, I am afraid that the defenders of the Lao Yao Mountain will not be able to support it for a day when the enemy is on their backs. Zhang He didn't expect these troops to really be able to fight loyally to the last man.

And once Lao Ya Mountain is taken, Xiao Shilian is condescending, and he can completely cut off the exit of Causeway Gorge, and in turn block the Bajun sailors in Causeway Gorge.

And he was more keenly aware of it, and looked at the scout: "What else did you say just now, Xiao Shilian didn't lead everyone to cross the river?" ”

The scout hurriedly nodded: "Yes, more than half of the enemy remains on the south bank of the Great River, and is seeking to advance westward, and it seems that they want to cross the river to the west of Ba County. ”

"This ······" The two generals who had spoken before looked at each other in surprise.

And Zhang He knocked lightly on the table: "Xiao Shilian wants to swallow our soldiers and horses in Lao Yashan to the east, and also to block our reinforcements to the west." ”

The faces of the generals have changed, they know very well that with the current strength of Ba County, they can only hold on to the city, so the top priority is how to pick up the defenders of Lao Ya Mountain, even if there are only 500 people left in 1,000 people, it will also be of great help to the defense of Ba County.

And if you want to take this army out, the first thing is to defeat Xiao Shilian.

Several generals stared wide-eyed, obviously no one wanted to leave the city. I don't know how many troops Xiao Shilian has, and how many Nanchen troops there are on the side of Lao Ya Mountain, and even they don't know if Lao Ya Mountain has been lost.

More importantly, whether the Nanchen army heading west will suddenly come back, no one knows in their hearts.

It can be said that once you decide to send troops, you are gambling, and the person who walks on the gambling table as a bargaining chip may not even understand how to die.

"You two, lead an army of five hundred to Raven Mountain." Zhang He stretched out his finger and pointed at the two generals who had just stood up.

The faces of the two of them turned pale, they were not from any serious background, they all relied on the crooked ways of the evil sect to curry favor with Zhang He to take this position, and their ability to accumulate wealth and bully men and women is good, but if they really want to fight, they are two Bai Ding, how can they have the courage to compete with Xiao Shilian in the wild?

However, seeing that Zhang He has made up his mind, the two of them also know that there is no other choice, if they complete the task this time, they may still be promoted to the rank of knight, but if they don't do this task at all, it is possible that Zhang He will now want their head of the item.

This Zhang Tingshi has a fight with his ruthlessness when dealing with hesitating subordinates and his ability to accumulate wealth.

Seeing the two generals trembling, Zhang He sighed secretly in his heart, he has been operating in Ba County for so many years, and in the end he has a lot of henchmen, but few of them can be trusted. In desperation, he could only command one more sentence:

"Remember, you are not allowed to take the initiative to attack until you have to, as long as you choose the opportunity to cover the retreat of the defenders of Raven Mountain."

The two generals subconsciously glanced at each other, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang He was clearly telling them that if the situation was wrong, they would hurry up and roll back.

Seeing the two of them go in a hurry, Zhang He shook his head, he could only hope that the timidity he had shown before made Xiao Shilian not expect that he would suddenly send troops to his rear.

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Xiao Shilian held a grass stalk in his mouth and quietly looked at the road ahead.

He is not a fool, Zhang He sent more than 500 people to follow him, of course he couldn't have noticed anything, or when these 500 people left the city, Xiao Shilian's sentry had already informed Xiao Shilian of their whereabouts.

Now Xiao Shilian was waiting on the hillside next to the main road, waiting for the enemy to take the initiative to jump into his encirclement.

"General, here!" A sentry rode briskly.

And Xiao Shilian spit out the grass stalks and said coldly: "Ready!" ”

The surrounding soldiers pressed their hands on the hilts of their swords at the same time, and in the slanting sunset, pairs of eyes were firmly fixed on the road ahead, waiting for their prey to appear.

From Fuling County to Ba County and then here, they ran a lot of roads all the way, but they did not encounter any decent enemies, and now it was finally time for them to eat meat.

Of course, the captain who led the team did not follow Zhang He's instructions and kept an eye on Xiao Shilian's movements, on the contrary, he waited until Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses disappeared before he followed in a hurry.

This is also why Xiao Shilian has been hurrying for most of the day before he made up his mind to ambush the enemy, obviously the other party's approach made him quite puzzling at first.

"Cheer up Lao Tzu!" The lieutenant shouted, looking around warily. But the surrounding grass is bleak, where are there any suspicious targets?

What's more, if there is really a suspicious target, his first reaction is definitely not to kill it, but to turn around and run away. Against Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses, he doesn't have the guts yet.

As for the soldiers around, although they all looked energetic, the captain knew in his heart that they were all a group of new soldiers who had not been on the battlefield, and it would be good if they didn't cry when they really fought, and they couldn't really pin their hopes on their battles.

"Captain!" The battle master who came out with him caught up with him and said worriedly, "Captain, our scouts haven't come back for half an hour, shouldn't we slow down, so as not to fall into Xiao Shilian's ambush." ”

The lieutenant frowned, at this time he also realized that something was not right, he had been letting the scouts hang Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses from a distance, keeping a proper distance from Xiao Shilian, and even a few times the scouts even lost Xiao Shilian's team, and he was quite happy about this.

It's just that what is lost now is not Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses, but his scouts.

"······ around here" The captain subconsciously raised his head, except for the low hills around, he really couldn't see where he could ambush people, and he didn't think that this was a suitable place to lay an ambush circle.

In his heart, he tried to convince himself that even if Xiao Shilian discovered their existence and wanted to set up an ambush, he would definitely not be in the open land around here, but on the mountain road behind, where the mountains were high and dense, it was obviously more suitable for ambush.

However, the next moment, the sound of drums suddenly sounded from behind the two hills in the distance, and the captain and the battle master subconsciously glanced at each other, and their faces changed greatly!

In the middle of the barren grass and behind the hills, the soldiers and horses of the brigade swarmed out, many of them were still wrapped in dead grass, and even had grass rings on their heads, if they were lying on the ground, they really couldn't see any difference from the surrounding wild grass.

The captain's pupils contracted suddenly, because he knew very well that this meant that the enemy must have come prepared, and it could even be said that he had been planning for a long time.