Just when the Dangshan army attacked the tribal camps of Kajiao and its related allies in a roundabout way, the Chenggao army, which was regarded by Zhao Hongrun as another sharp spear, had already taken action.

Of course, in the eyes of the tens of thousands of cavalry chasing the Chenggao army, this army will only flee, and they know how to cover their tracks in the complex terrain nearby, so that the cavalrymen with one person and three mounts are stunned to chase down the Chenggao army, which is mixed with infantry and cavalry, which is incredible.

However, on the 20th of August, the cavalry finally discovered the traces of the Wei army of the Chenggao army again.

This army actually bypassed Yaling under their noses, advanced all the way to Yishui in the southwest of Luoshui, and built a military camp on Yishan.

If Zhao Hongrun was also here, he would probably be surprised.

Because this Yishan was a very key strategic point in his backup plan of "attacking Sanchuan", if he could hold this place steadily, then Wei would no longer need to send troops from Chenggao Pass to Sanchuan, but could directly send troops from Yangzhai and Zhengcheng, and because Yishui was connected to Luoshui, Wei could use water transportation to transport a large number of war materials to this place along the waterway, which was much faster than taking the land route.

More critically, the geographical location of Yishan is very sensitive, and its northeast is the land of Yu, as well as the tribal camp of the Lun tribe of the Qiang tribe; In the northwest, there are tribal camps of the Cape Tribal Alliance, such as Karmajiao, Gray Horn, and Wujiao; And its southwest is the hinterland of the "antelope" tribe and the "Qian" tribe.

Therefore, it can be said that once the Wei State firmly occupies Yishan and makes it a bridgehead for attacking the land of Sanchuan, then the Wei army can attack the land inhabited by the Qian people on a large scale, which is more convenient than the army going out of Chenggao Pass.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao army, retreated from Yaling Gorge to Yishan after the failure of the first sneak attack on the Qianjiao army a few days ago, occupied this strategic place that he considered very crucial, and spent several days to build this mountain forest into a solid place.

But what made Zhu Hai feel a little depressed was that the Qians didn't seem to understand the importance of Yishan, so much so that he led the Chenggao army to camp in Yishan for two days, and the "Ling" tribe and the "Qian" tribe that were close at hand actually regarded his Chenggao army as nothing.

"Don't those people understand that the loss of Yishan is the same as the loss of a large piece of land?"

Comparing the map of Sanchuan repeatedly, the more Zhu Hai looked at it, the more puzzled he became, remembering that at first he thought he was mistaken.

However, after repeated comparisons, he gradually realized that it was not that he was mistaken, but that the people of the Qiang tribe had not yet realized the importance of Yishan.

I have to say that the difference between Sima An and Zhu Hai, the two generals, can be seen from here, because if he is Sima An, I am afraid that he will definitely not give up this excellent opportunity, and will definitely take the opportunity to sneak attack the hinterland of the "Ling" tribe and the "Qian" tribe, kill all the sheep grazing on the grassland of these two tribes, sneak attack their tribal camp, and slaughter all the people in the camp.

As for whether he can withstand the subsequent retaliation of the 'Antelope' tribe and the 'Qian' tribe, that is not within the scope of Sima An's consideration in advance.

If you can't beat it, you can run, anyway, the Dangshan Army is good at fighting in the mountains and forests, and when it is retaliated against by the "Antelope" and "Qiang" tribes, it is impossible to tell who will hunt whom.

However, Zhu Hai did not take the opportunity to sneak attack the "Ling" and "Qian" tribes, even if he did not have a good impression of the "Qian" people, even if he knew very well that the "Qian" tribe had repeatedly invaded their Wei border in previous years, killing and plundering the people of Wei in the areas of Nanliang, Yangzhai, and Shiqiu.

Because he knew that at present, the two Qiang people, "Ling" and "Qian", did not join the war between the Qianjiao tribe and their Wei State for unknown reasons - in fact, they were at war with Ba and fought for land, and it was not beneficial to take the lead in attacking each other in this situation.

Therefore, Zhu Hai did not send troops to attack the "Ling" and "Qian" tribes, but sent cavalry to "inform" the more than 10,000 Jiaojiao cavalry.

Yes, it's notifications.

Who would have thought that the three horses that were riding in rotation and were said to be able to travel hundreds of miles a day would actually follow the Chenggao army, which had lost its infantry and horses, which was simply shocking.

Due to the "release of water" by the Chenggao army, the more than 10,000 Jiaojiao cavalry who were circling in the nearby hills finally discovered the traces of the Chenggao army and rushed to the foot of Yishan.

"This Wei army can really escape."

"We must not let them escape again this time!"

The commander of the cavalry was very angry, because they played hide-and-seek with the Chenggao army in the nearby hills for a few days, but as a result, the Chenggao army stopped playing and disappeared without a trace, leaving them like fools, still looking for traces of the Chenggao army in the mountains and forests.

It's a shame!

Yishan, the terrain is dangerous and the scope is quite wide, and it is not possible to besiege it with more than 10,000 carangular cavalry alone, so there are only two roads in front of the more than 10,000 carangular cavalry.

Or, at the foot of Mount Yi, they stared at the Cheng Gao army on the mountain, waited for the latter to disappear again, and then they looked for it like fools; Or, directly attack Yishan.

After weighing it for a long time, the commander of the Horned Cavalry also did not care about the taboo that the mountain was not conducive to cavalry combat, and decided to attack Yishan.

Because when he was watching at the foot of the mountain, the captain vaguely saw the winding roads on the mountain, winding to the top of the mountain, and the slope was not a dangerous road that the cavalry could not pass.

He didn't know that the winding mountain paths that spiraled upwards and led straight to the top of the mountain were actually roads opened up by the Chenggao soldiers to cut down trees.

It was about the afternoon, and more than 10,000 cavalrymen had a full meal at the foot of Yishan, and then rode up the mountain in turn.

They left the surplus horses at the bottom of the mountain, and left more than a thousand people to guard them, while the rest of the people slowly ascended the mountain along the winding mountain path.

As the name suggests, the winding mountain path is a path that winds around this hill, with a cliff on one side and a dense mountain forest on the other.

On the way along the winding mountain path, the Qiangjiao cavalry kept an eye on the mountains and forests on their side, because no one dared to guarantee that there would be Wei crossbowmen in ambush in that mountain forest.

But to their surprise, they were not attacked by the Wei army on their way up the hill.

What did those Wei people want to do? Is it just trapped at the top of the mountain? ”

The captain of the Horned Cavalry was a little puzzled.

At this moment, the procession suddenly stopped, and the cavalry in front of him came back to tell him that there was a fork in the road.

As he rode his horse, he found that there were (Y-shaped) forks in front of him, but one of them was unobstructed, and on the other was a man-made wooden fence, each of which was the thickness of an adult's thigh, and the whole fence was more than two people high.

『……』

The captain glanced at the two forks in the road.

Obviously, this is a deliberate obstacle created by the Chenggao army, and a message is revealed here: the Chenggao army "hopes" that the horned cavalry will advance on the unhindered mountain road.

"Is there an ambush ahead?"

The captain secretly guessed.

At this moment, countless crossbows suddenly appeared in the forests on both sides of the mountain road, shooting bows and arrows at the Horned Cavalry standing in place.

"There is an ambush! Remove! Remove! ”

Frightened, the commander of Wanfu hurriedly ordered the whole army to return along the same route, and finally, after paying hundreds of casualties, they succeeded in returning to the foot of Yishan.

It stands to reason that the Horned Cavalry suffered a small defeat, and the Chenggao Army should take advantage of the victory to pursue, but for some reason, the Chenggao Army did not pursue the Horned Cavalry, they just disappeared in the ambush after shooting a wave of arrows.

"It seems that the Wei people are planning to trap this mountain......

After returning to the foot of Mount Yi again, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

It's no wonder, after all, they didn't even touch a single hair of Cheng Gaojun, and they lost hundreds of people, how can they not be angry?

But to attack rashly......

The captain was a little frightened in his heart, after all, even he guessed that this Wei army would definitely lay many traps on the mountain.

What to do?

Suddenly, the captain had a flash of inspiration and turned his head to look at the mountains on the other side of Yishui.

He felt that from the height of that mountain, he should be able to clearly see the traps left by the Wei people on this side of Yishan.

So, he took dozens of horsemen and waded to the hill on the opposite bank, and climbed high to look in the direction of Yishan.

He was surprised to find that the Cheng Gao army did not actually lay any traps on the mountain road, but they set up wooden barriers at the forks of many paths, making the mountain paths of the whole mountain complicated like a labyrinth.

"Insect carving skills!"

The captain sneered, took out a piece of sheepskin, and compared the "living road" and "dead road" on the opposite mountain, drew one after another on the sheepskin, and drew the right path that could lead straight to the top of the mountain.

However, he didn't know that at this moment on Yishan, Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao army, and his generals such as Feng Shu and Zhou Kui, were looking indifferently at the hills on the other side.

"Sure enough, there were people on the hill on the other side...... Nine times out of ten, the people of the Horn are spying on the forks in the mountain. ”

"It's quite smart, and it's not worth the kindness of us to give up the hills on the other side......"

"Since the people of the Qiangjiao are interested in spying on the fork in the road here, it means that they still plan to attack the mountain."

Listening to the discussions of the generals in his ears, Zhu Hai's face was still calm, and he didn't seem to mind that the secrets of those forks in the road in Yishan were understood by the cavalry on the opposite side.

That night, just when the cavalry were planning to rest for a night and prepare to attack the mountain again tomorrow, the soldiers of the Chenggao army quietly came from the top of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain, pulled up the wooden barriers placed on the fork in the road, and then planted them at the fork on the other side.

Yes, Zhu Hai didn't care.

Because the so-called "dead end" and "life path" in this Yishan are all under his control.

He can change the direction of the fork in the road at any time and at will. (To be continued.) )