3. The white grass exists in the old place

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The Hulu River, which originates from the southwest of Yuanzhou, is under the Decadent Sand Mountain, the river goes north, turns east through the platform of the sand castle, and converges into the Hulu River, and this river continues to the north, and after Xiaoguan, it is renamed Weiruchuan, which flows directly into the Yellow River.

After Ming Huaiyi's 700 elite cavalry took the lead, Gao Yue, Gao Gu and others commanded the rest of the cavalry, facing the north wind of Xiao Xiao, taking advantage of the cover of the twilight of the night, crossing the Hulu River and the meanders of the Weiru River in several batches, bypassing the silent sand castle, and continuing to advance along the river valley towards Xiaoguan and Baicaoyu.

At dawn the next day, Ming Huaiyi had successfully taken down the barrier of Xiao Pass: the fifty soldiers stationed in it saw that the vanguard of the White Grass Army was covered with tiger and leopard skins, and could also speak Western Tibetan language, claiming to have been instructed by the host to enter Qinggang Ridge, and then enter the Maling River to reinforce Ma Chongying of the Northern Dao - they thought that they were their own people from the side of the sand castle, but they were deceived by Ming Huaiyi to open the gate of the barrier, and the cavalry of the White Grass Army then swarmed in, and Cao Chang, who was stationed in the Fan Army, did not have time to put on his armor, was rushed to the front of Ming Huaiyi's younger brother Ming Jingyi, and then an arrow hit the center of the eyebrows and fell down.

However, although there were only 50 people in the barrier "city defense army" in Xifan, and Cao Chang was lost in the war, and the cavalry of the Baicao Army was not only outnumbered, but the roads were cut off, but they still resisted desperately, and all of them were gathered in a corner of the barrier wall, holding bowstrings and long hedgehogs to the outside, swearing not to surrender.

Ming Huaiyi was impatient, and ordered all the cavalry to take turns to charge on three sides, draw the bow and pull the string, and shoot most of the recalcitrant soldiers, and finally in the pile of corpses under the wall covered with arrows and bloodstains, a half-grown child, probably twelve or thirteen years old, wore fat armor, and held a three-toothed pistol in his hand.

The party cavalry of the White Grass Army burst into laughter, pitiful for the surviving little fan who was pushed around, but there was still no yield in his eyes.

In the midst of the torches, Ming Huaiyi asked him loudly in Mandarin, on the road of Xiaoguan, is there a supply team passing by?

Xiao Fanzi didn't say anything, Ming Huaiyi scolded fiercely, scolding the blood feud between the original sister Qingfanluo and Xifan, how the ancestors of his own people were forced to migrate to Qingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and then he whipped Xiaofanzi with a horsewhip, and Xiaofanzi was whipped so that pieces of clothes and blood-stained hair flew around, but he still refused to say.

"No need to hit him...... Immediately, the team of the envoy will come, and we will also cut off the passage between the sand castle and Yanzhou and Gyeongju, and it is the right thing to prepare for an ambush as soon as possible. Zhu Bo persuaded Ming Huaiyi.

Sure enough, an hour and a half, that is, close to noon, Gao Yue's brigade arrived, and after entering the barrier of Xiaoguan, Gao Yue climbed the beacon platform, and saw that although the surrounding area was deserted, the buildings in the post area were well preserved, after all, this place was the main road connecting Lingwu before the Anshi Rebellion.

Descending from the height, the Hulu River is just in the west of Xiao Pass, and the opposite side of Xiao Pass, and is the Liupan Mountain Range overlapping with green mountains, and the rammed earth remains of the Great Wall built by King Qin Zhao faintly, the high platform by the Hulu River, and the ruins of a city, have long been annihilated by the barren grass, only the outline remains.

"That ruin...... Gao Yue sighed.

The soldiers and horses of the White Grass Army looked at Gao Gu and said with certainty: "It must be the old White Grass Military City." ”

To the south of the ruins of the Baicao Military City, there happens to be a hill, sandwiched between the peaks of Liupan Mountain, and is located on the flat road on the west bank of the Hulu River like a gate, which should be Baicaoyu.

"According to the captured Shang Jiezanwen Mu Jian, tomorrow will be the day to destroy the sand castle and transport supplies to Yanzhou. Each time, 500 city defense soldiers were sent to escort this batch of grain and livestock through Baicaoyu, and then to Anle Prefecture, and then to the northeast to cross Hengjiaofeng, to Yanzhou City to hoard, and then several Nanshan Party Xiang Fan Luo who were attached to Ma Chongying sent troops to escort them to the south of Gyeongju City along the Maling River to supply Ma Chongying's siege needs. ”

"Then we'll arrange an ambush right away." Gao Gu also decided to give it a go.

Soon, Gao Yue stood on the beacon of Xiaoguan and ordered the generals:

Gao Yue, Gao Gu, Xu Si, Ximen Cang, Su Yan and 800 soldiers of the White Grass Mule Army were stationed in the city of Xiaoguan Barrier, setting up five-color banners, ready to command the overall situation;

On the other side of the Hulu River, Zhang Yufei and Shi Fu led a thousand Jingyuan cavalry, lurking in the Baicaoyu, destroying the sand castle to escort the arrival of the heavily fed army, and letting them go, waiting until the Xiaoguan barrier erected a flag and blew the horn, and then went out to attack and cut off the opponent's retreat;

There are also Mi Yuan and Ming Huaiyi, leading the cavalry of the Baicao Army, ambushing in the foothills of Liupan Mountain opposite Baicaoyu, and responding to Zhang Yufei

Ma Youlin led 1,000 Shence cavalry to lie in the platform of the old site of Baicao Military City on the north side of Baicaoyu, and Liu Guoguang led 1,000 Jingyuan cavalry to lie in the hillside on the north side of the military city platform, waiting for the signal order to be issued, responsible for frontal attack.

After this arrangement, Gao Yue only hoped that the sand castle would not change the original supply route and date.

When the sun set that day, at the head of Xiaoguan City, the soldiers of the White Grass Army did not dare to light a fire to cook, but chewed the wheat rice they carried with them, so as not to be detected by the destruction of the sand castle if the fireworks were too large.

On the slope leading to the Hulu River, full of decaying grass, the little fan was pulled in front of Gao Yue, Gao Yue asked him a few questions, but none of the little fan was willing to say.

At last Gao Yue said to him, "We will not kill children, but we will let you go, and you pass through the gate, and follow this slope to the bank of the Hulu River, where there is a small boat, and when you get on the boat, you can go back to the Hulu River (the Hulu River flows north) and destroy the sand castle."

After speaking, the little fan Zi lowered his hands, took steps, and looked at the Tang soldiers in armor on the left and right with some horror, but finally passed through the crowd, slowly walked out of the gate of Xiao Pass, and walked down the hillside.

Under the sun, the gourd river is full of sparkling.

Xiao Fanzi walked faster and faster, more and more urgently, his steps were constantly accelerating, the grass next to his boots made a loud and hula sound, he was short of breath, high and low, his arms were swinging endlessly, and he looked back from time to time - the Xiaoguan city fortress on the high ground and the mountains, the wall was lying horizontally and spreading, some Tang soldiers stood on it, looking like a black ball from a distance, I don't know if the bow and arrow were aimed at him, which made this little Fanzi frightened.

The boat, he saw the boat, as soon as he boarded the boat, he rowed desperately, his body fell down, and went back to destroy the sand castle.

At this moment, an arrow whistled and flew through his heart and lungs from behind, and the little man craned his neck, raised his hands slightly, and then fell to his knees on the ground, and soon fell to his death in the long grass on the hillside, and a piece of grass mustard flew in the wind.

Behind the wooden fence by the door, Ming Huaiyi slowly put down the bow in his hand.

Gao Yue stood beside him, he saw the long grass, revealing the corners of the robe on the corpse of Xiao Fanzi, which was also a little unbearable, and he sighed for a long time, as if he said to Ming Huaiyi, and also seemed to say to himself: "The lesson of Yanzhou can never be forgotten, unless Xifan is completely defeated, otherwise their men, women and children are fierce enemies to us, and they must not be tolerated and let go." ”

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