As a result, after crossing the Lao Stork River, Li Xilie was shocked, because he noticed that in the valley where the smoke had come out before, there was only a pile of firewood that had not been exhausted, and several wounded mules had fallen to the ground, curling their hooves in pain, and their nostrils were spitting intermittently.

There were still puddles of blood and hooves and footprints on the broken leaves and branches.

The fake son he sent in advance, after lighting up a fireworks, disappeared without a trace.

Li Xilie got off the back of the mule, looked around, his face was pale, and asked Xin Jingzhen, the tooth general who came over next to him, "There is an enemy here?" ”

Xin Ban knelt on the ground, observed carefully, and judged in a dumb voice, "I was attacked by cavalry, I'm afraid it's all broken." ”

"Jia Tan's soldiers and horses are still the mountain sheds of Funiu Mountain......"

Among the herds of neighing mules, Li Yuanping listened to their analysis, and his round baby face was also frightened.

"In the mountain sheds of Shannan East Road and Huaixi, there are almost no war horses, this kind of hoof print shows that the cavalry raid is very powerful, and it should be the official Jian Jing cavalry under Jia Tan." Xin said carefully.

At this time, Li Xilie's mule army made Anwar a little frightened, so he asked for instructions that there might be ambushes ahead, and he should retreat to the other side of the Lao Stork River.

"No, King Chu, now that our baggage is limited, if Jia Tan is forced to go back to Xichuan again, then if we don't wait for Jia Tan to do it, we will collapse and be wiped out." Li Yuanping tried his best to persuade that at this moment, he should give full play to the mobile advantage of the mule army and surprise attack Jutan City, as long as he occupies this city, he can not only get supplies, but also unite with the Nanyang Feng Youlin and Ruzhou Wu brothers, and then retreat to Huaixi along the Fangcheng Road.

"Dwarf scholar, the matter of the military formation is not to be talked about!" Anwar pointed at Li Yuanping and said angrily.

"Now I can only listen to Yuan Ping, otherwise where can I get supplies from Shang Yu and Wuguan Mountain?" Li Xilie decided that since he had crossed the Lao Stork River, he would not turn back, so that there would be a thirty percent chance of life, "The whole army will be mobilized, bypassing the inner countryside, entering Jutan City, and scattering scouts to prepare for a sneak attack by the enemy." ”

But when Li Xilie's Huaining army advanced to ten miles away from Jutan City, he noticed that there was already a soldier and horse at Jushui, quietly waiting for him.

This is really Gao Yue's White Grass Army.

Three days ago, Gao Yue had to carry out the instructions of Jia Tan, the deputy marshal of the battalion, and according to Wei Gao's strategy, he led the Baicao army to the east of the inner countryside under the city of Jutan, and then lined up at the crossing of the river with his back.

Accompanying Gao Yue was the battalion commander Shi Du Huangshang.

"Gao Shaoyin, don't be timid to retreat into the city, if this is the case, the Huaixi thieves can gallop freely, pass through the chrysanthemum, and go to meet Feng Youlin, and we will give up all our efforts." Du Huangshang took a slightly microscopic look at the surrounding situation, and then suggested.

"Please also ask Du Changshi to give advice."

Du Huangshang immediately rode on his horse and pointed to the west bank of Jushui with a whip, the only ferry.

Gao Yue saw that the bank of this ferry was strongly protruding, forming an inner "several" shape.

"Three thousand Baicao Army foot soldiers can stand up according to this, they can defend the ferry, and they can also face the Huaixi thieves alone."

After listening to Du Huangsheng's words, Gao Yue nodded, and immediately understood that this kind of "several" shaped river meanders can be described as unique, if the general's queue camp is here, there are rivers passing on both sides and the rear, that is, to obtain the protection of "natural trenches" on three sides, only the side of the bottom opening of the word "several" is facing the Huaining army coming from the west, preventing them from seizing the county seat of Jutan.

The night was heavy, the whip was sluggish, the chrysanthemum water in autumn was unusually cold, Gao Yue was dressed in a scarlet robe, standing in the micro grass on the river bank on a white horse, his face was facing the remnants of the burning clouds on the west side, and his expression was extremely resolute.

"Quick, quick, preempt the river meanders before the thieves, hurry!" Cai Fengyuan rode a horse, constantly waving his whip, standing in the turbulent whirlpool, the water splashed his armor, the white grass army infantry shouted, lined up into two human walls, and walked solidly in the waist-deep chrysanthemum water, and in the middle of the human wall, the water flow eased a lot, Ming Huaiyi led the white grass cavalry, galloped quickly, splashing bursts of water.

"Poof!" Gao Yue was on the horse, and when he saw a young white grass sergeant accidentally fall into the water, he was finally pulled up by his comrades after making a splash.

"Are you alright?" Gao Yue asked loudly with concern.

The soldier took off his ear cap, which was full of water, and he picked it up and tasted it, and then said to Gao Yue with a smile, "Shaoyin, this chrysanthemum water tastes so sweet!" ”

Gao Yue and Du Huangshang both laughed, and Du Huangshang pointed at the soldier with a horsewhip and said, "Blessed are you, the son, you must know that the households by the chrysanthemum water do not need to wear wells, they all drink this water, and each will live a long life." ”

Du Huangshang is familiar with the allusions of the past dynasties, he is not wrong, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui, every month will find a way to ask people to draw thirty sweet water from Jutan, send it to their own homes, eat and bathe, all use this water (but failed to live a hundred years old, and then because of the two nephews against Dong Zhuo, he was killed by Dong).

The soldier said bluntly, since Changshi said so, I will take two more sips.

After sunset, the white-clothed army of white grass took control of the meandering area, and then Gao Yue ordered the trees to be cut down, and several sections of wooden fences were erected along the openings to fill them, and then the soldiers dug the earth for stoves, and began to make fires for cooking, and baking clothes, and everywhere the bonfires illuminated the whole area of chrysanthemum.

"Woooooo The terrible sound of the horn woke up Gao Yue, who was napping by the saddle, and he hurriedly jumped up, and when he saw the mountains around Jutan, thousands of birds flew up, "The mule soldiers of the Huaining army are coming......"

Sure enough, sure enough, Li Xilie just wanted to make a detour to the inner countryside, bypass Jia Tan's main force, and fight for Jutan.

But see the undulating flat on the south side of Funiu Mountain, the sound of hooves is getting clearer and clearer, more and more dense, first you can only see a black line, and then this black line is getting higher and higher, thicker and thicker, it is the Huaixi soldiers who stretch for several rows, the front head is all riding on tall mules, people are wearing armor, holding bones, double-headed shuttle darts, iron forks, and the mules are covered with thick felt clothes, and they are painted with vermilion, bright yellow stars, thunder and fire, only the eyes and four legs are exposed, and they are horrified to look at.

This is the world-famous Caizhou Mule Army.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a Guangwu person, this mule is not better than a horse, and I will shoot it in the head and eyes immediately." At this time, the white grass army's meandering position was in a hurry, and some of the old soldiers gritted their teeth and wound their bows, while others clenched the long pole in their hands, stretched out diagonally behind the wooden fence, and encouraged the recruits beside them.

The sound of digging - the soldiers who have eaten well behind the wooden fence begin to dig shallow pits, and after the battle, they can lie in wait to avoid the enemy's arrows; The soldiers in the back, the regiment sat around Gao Yue, Gao Gu, and Du Huangshang, eating in a hurry, which can be said to be a battle without mistake.

"Huang Cen, will you set up the head of the formation immediately, or will the Buddha Nu set up the head of the formation?" Gao Yue asked Gao Gu as he ate the wheat rice.

Wheat rice is the standard of the Tang Army, and they always carry this thing there.

Gao Gu hurriedly replied, I am a soldier and a horse envoy, and I will set up a formation; After the Buddha slave stayed, he protected Du Changshi.