In the past two days, a large number of troops have gathered around Qingzhou City, and the security is stricter than before.

After Zhu Biao's men and horses drove to Qingzhou the day before yesterday, each city gate sent a soldier Cao Qin to lead many soldiers to guard it, and strictly check the entry and exit. Outside the city, all strategic places, such as Tongqi Prefecture and Qingfeng Village, are full of horse infantry troops, not only every household is occupied by the army, but also the suburbs are lined up with tents, and the war horses are herded.

At night, the drums and horns played against each other, the horses neighed constantly, and no one knew how many officers and soldiers there were. Pedestrians from east to west have to go through layers of interrogation and retention, and passengers from north to south are not allowed to pass.

Zhu Biao, the newly appointed commander of the soldiers and horses, is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and he came to Qingzhou before dusk today. When he came, he did not use a guard of honor, a deacon and a gong and drum to open the way, nor did he sit in a sedan chair, but wore the civilian clothes of a military attaché, rode a horse, and mixed with a large group of staff members on horseback, and suddenly came in front of the guards and guards of hundreds of cronies.

As soon as Zhu Biao arrived in Qingzhou, he did not go to the military camp first, but first went to the prefect's yamen to visit Murong Yanda. He knew in his heart that if he couldn't handle the relationship with this prefect well, this expedition to Erlong Mountain would not be successful.

When he arrived at the mansion, Zhu Biao saw Murong Yanda, kowtowed and said, "The commander of the soldiers and horses, Zhu Biao, visited the prefect." ”

Murong Yanda saw that Zhu Biao was burly, handsome, elegant, and knew etiquette, so he admired it very much.

After all, Hu Yanzhuo is a general of the imperial court, and he also accompanies him in the court. Murong Yanda introduced the two to each other.

After the two gossiped for a while, Murong Yanda said: "Last year, the prefect sent Qin Ming to conquer Erlong Mountain, who knew that Qin Ming had no way to command the army, but he was wiped out by the thief army, and the thief was defeated, and the prefect wanted to capture his family and punish him, but he didn't want to——"

Speaking of this, Murong Yanda shook his head: "I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart, who knows that Qin Ming has been eating Guolu for a long time, but he has a thief's heart, and he has already taken his family to Liangshan." ”

Zhu Biao echoed hatefully: "This person is really the scum in the official army!" Murong Yanda said: "You wish the commander here, and the grass cowards dare not come to invade the realm, so the world is very fortunate, the country is very fortunate, and the people of Qingzhou are very fortunate." ”

Zhu Biao said respectfully: "My lord has won the award." ”

Regardless of Hu Yanzhuo's feelings, Murong Yanda asked Zhu Biao: "I don't know how Zhu is going to use troops to command this expedition against thieves, can you give me a lesson or two?" ”

Zhu Biao said: "The last general's strategy for using troops this time is a sixteen-character formula. ”

"Oh, the sixteen words?"

Zhu Biao said word by word: "Step by step, steady and steady, go hand in hand, and support each other." ”

"Forgive the stupidity of this house, please command the details."

"The last general studied the previous time the thieves broke the Qingfeng Village and defeated the Qingzhou military horses," Zhu Biao said Kankan: "In the opinion of the last general, the leader of the thieves is very good at using soldiers, his tactics are unique, the movement of military horses is erratic, Ning people can't prevent it, the imperial army wants to exterminate it, only send military horses to guard the various traffic points, so that the thief army can no longer wander around, and then our army first broke through Erlong Mountain, cut off the horns of Baihu Mountain, and finally the army approached, and in one fell swoop, the thieves were flattened. ”

Murong Yanda clapped his hands and said: "Zhu Commander is really the reincarnation of Sun Wu, I don't know when Zhu Commander will send troops?" ”

Zhu Biao arched his hand and said: "As long as you occupy all the key points of communication, after completing the encirclement of the Erlong Mountain bandits, you will immediately send troops." ”

At this point, Murong Yanda said to Hu Yanzhuo: "In this way, the extermination of the thieves depends on the two of you!" ”

The three of them were talking, and suddenly someone reported that Peng Qi, who was leading the troops outside, had returned, and along with the missing Han Tao and Hu Yanyu.

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Erlong Mountain is named after the two dragons playing with pearls. Yanglong Mountain and Yinlong Mountain stand side by side from northwest to southeast, the mountain rises and falls like a giant dragon soaring clouds and mist, shaking its head and tail and running to a small hill at the intersection of the two mountains.

The bottom of the hill is flat and round, like half a bead, and it is not more than half a mile between it and the foot of the two mountains, and if there is a war, whoever occupies this hill can block this mountain pass.

Knowing that Peng Qi had returned, Han Tao and his son Hu Yanyu had returned, Hu Yanzhuo was overjoyed. This time in Qingzhou, with Peng Qi's 7,000 army to help, he no longer had to look at Murong Yanda's face.

However, in order to unite Murong Yanda, Hu Yanzhuo still decided to work with Zhu Biao to exterminate Erlong Mountain.

In fact, Hu Yanzhuo also asked about what happened to Han Tao and Hu Yanyu, and the two also told Hu Yanzhuo the truth, and Wang Lun took the initiative to release him. But Murong Yanda did not know about this matter, only said that Hu Yanyu rescued Han Tao in the chaos.

The next day, Hu Yanzhuo directly got on his horse and came to the forbidden army camp outside Qingzhou City, ordered 7,000 military horses, joined Zhu Biao's 4,000 men and horses, and directly sent troops to Erlongshan.

The first quarter moon has set, the shadows of the mountains are dark, and the trees are as colorful as ink. The Baozhu Temple on Erlong Mountain is still brightly lit, and an extremely important military meeting has been held for a long time. The officers and soldiers have set up camps at various intersections, and the roads leading from Erlong Mountain to other roads have been cut off.

Erlong Mountain's meticulous work, Tanma also knew the news that Qingzhou was coming to crusade against Erlong Mountain, and hurriedly returned to Erlong Mountain to report to Chao Gai.

After Chao Gai got the news, he didn't dare to delay, and directly ordered people to beat drums and gather generals, and after a while, the hall was full of people, and the big and small leaders on the mountain rushed over.

"Brothers, this time is the first crisis we have faced since the establishment of Erlong Mountain, Hu Yanzhuo and Zhu Biao Xiao'er personally led the elite forbidden army to my Erlong Mountain, all brothers have a plan to break the enemy?" Chao Gai sat on the top tiger skin gold chair and said solemnly.

Before, Chao Gai was still worried about Liangshan Wang Lun, but now he has to worry about himself.

The red-haired ghost Liu Tang shouted: "Obviously, the purpose of the imperial court is to trap us, and our army can only defeat the official army by fighting a bloody battle with the imperial army and horses with the determination to die and survive." ”

Sun Sheng, the Duke of Zhuyun Long, disagreed, and said: "Our army now has less than 3,000 horses, and the official army has 10,000 people, how can our army be able to fight?" ”

Bai Shengren was bold and stubborn: "If you can't fight, you have to fight, this time to fight with the officers and soldiers, either they die or we die, there is no choice!" ”

"Yes!" He Qing, who had one ear, stood up and said: "The official army is not a wolf or a dog in a war, although we have less than 3,000 people, as long as everyone works together, 10,000 officers and soldiers are considered a bird!" ”

Everyone, you say a word, and some advocate sticking to the cottage, and when the officers and soldiers are tired, they will eliminate the officers and soldiers in one go; Some advocate taking advantage of the fact that when the officers and soldiers first arrived and their foothold was unstable, they took the initiative to attack and took the officers and soldiers by surprise; Others say that there will be an ambush battle, and then they will defend the cottage.

Gongsun Sheng, who was sitting next to Chao Gai, touched him with his elbow and whispered: "Brother Tianwang, everyone has said a lot, you can say a few words now." ”

Chao Gai nodded, coughing lightly, clearing his throat and preparing to speak.

Gongsun Sheng hurriedly turned to everyone and said, "Everyone be quiet, stop talking, and listen to the leader!" ”

No one in the audience was silent. Almost all the generals looked at Chao Gai, waiting for him to speak.

Chao Gai sat up straight, smiled, looked around at all the generals, and said in a calm voice: "I have long expected that the officers and soldiers have this hand, as long as you can defend Erlong Mountain for half a month, I will have a way to fight the officers and soldiers who lose their armor and lose their armor, and they will not be able to form an army." ”

When the generals heard this, you looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all showed suspicious looks.

Chao Gai smiled and said: "It's only 10,000 horses, I'm afraid it's not enough for me Chao Gai to drink a pot." Haha"

Everyone looked at Gongsun Sheng together, hoping that Gongsun Sheng would tell them what Chao Gai had to plan to defeat the enemy. But Gongsun Sheng smiled and closed his eyes silently. Lean back in your chair to recuperate. （）