When Yang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, heard that Gao Junshan had taken Pingliang, he urgently transferred heavy troops to defend Zhenyuan and block the road of Gao's army. Red Army friends and Li Busi attacked Zhenyuan for a long time and retreated to Xihao. Cao Wenzhao and Yang Jiamo attacked the Red Army friends and Li Busi in Xihao, and the Gao family army lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and then retreated to Huanxian County.

Gao Junshan sent Cai Zhishan to lead 20,000 troops to Pingliang.

After Cai Zhishan set out on the expedition, Gao Junshan sent Sun Kewang and Feng Shuangli to inquire about Cao Wenzhao's movements, and ordered all departments to be ready to move at any time.

However, it is said that after Cao Wenzhao escaped in embarrassment in Heshui, he rerecruited the old department, attacked the Red Army friends in Xihao and Yang Jiamo, and killed more than 1,000 Red Army friends, and finally saved a little face for himself.

Cao Wenzhao's camp.

In the military tent, Cao Wenzhao was writing a Tang newspaper with Shi Sanwei, Shi Shi, who waved his pen and wrote: Xihao won a great victory, and captured more than 1,000 heads of the friends of the Liukou Red Army, and the department collapsed to Huanxian, and our army pursued the victory......

As he was writing this, a scout horse ran in: "Report ......"

Cao Wenzhao didn't raise his head: "Report it!" ”

Tan Ma said: "I found a thief all the way, under the banner of the word 'Chuang', and went to Pingliang." ”

"It's the word 'Chuang' again?" Cao Wenzhao raised his head and asked, "How many are there?" ”

Tanma replied: "There are tens of thousands of people, and there is a long snake formation, and after walking for a day, the team has not ended." ”

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand: "Explore again!" ”

Two hours later, another Malay report was that 20,000 "thieves" had crossed the Heishui River and were approaching Zhenyuan. Cao Wenzhao immediately gathered a team and rushed to the aid of Zhenyuan.

Cao Wenzhao pulled out the camp and set up the village, three thousand iron horsemen killed Benzhenyuan, on this day, came to a wilderness place, surrounded by peach trees and low cliffs, he reined in the horse's head, and asked left and right: "Where is this place?" ”

Deputy General Liu Chenggong replied: "Master Cao, this place is the original boundary of the town, and its name is Taohuawu." ”

"I see that the feng shui here is good, so I set up camp here." Cao Wenzhao dismounted, and then said to Cao Bianjiao: "The terrain here is complicated, order the forward battalion and send more horses." ”

Cao Bianjiao is only a few years younger than Cao Wenzhao, he is Cao Wenzhao's nephew in terms of seniority, and he has followed Cao Wenzhao to fight for many years, and he is also a brave man who can fight well. He answered, and went to the forward battalion to make arrangements.

There are peach trees in a radius of dozens of miles in Taohuawu, which is named because the peach blossoms bloom in April every year. Although the forest in Taohuawu is large, the trees are not high. There are countless low cliffs uprooted from the ground, only more than one person is high, like artificial rockeries, peach trees seem to be artificially planted, sparse and intermittent, grow according to the low cliffs, form a lot of horizontal and vertical large and small passages, there are not many people who come and go on weekdays, so the ground is overgrown with weeds, and there are piles of thorns and bushes.

To the right of the peach grove is a swamp, and to the left is a steep cliff.

After Cao Wenzhao found the people to learn about the specific situation of Taohuawu, he asked the guerrilla Feng Ju: "I want to set up an ambush here, Brother Gao Ming (Feng Juzi), what do you think?" ”

Feng Ju pondered for a moment and said, "The terrain here is complex, and there are peach trees everywhere, which is easy to hide. However, ......, Master Cao, have you noticed that in addition to the peach forest, there are many low cliffs across it, which is not the best battlefield for my cavalry. ”

"Grandma, a bear! Lao Tzu doesn't care about this, as long as I can destroy Gao Junshan, I will never let go of any opportunity. Cao Wenzhao angrily drew his sword and cut off a peach branch, "Whoever dares to block Lao Tzu's way is just like this branch." Brother Gao Ming, this group of thieves is actually the old department of Shen Yikui, what He Lin'an, Yang Laochai, Du San, Liu Wu, Liu Liu, Huang Youcai and the like, all of them were all driven out by Lao Tzu, and this group of thieves in front of him couldn't escape from Lao Tzu's palm. ”

Feng Ju thought for a moment and said: "Master Cao, this place is very strange, as if there is a murderous aura hidden in it. ”

Cao Wenzhao laughed: "Brother, you don't have to be a thief. ”

Feng Ju persuaded: "Master Cao, you can't stay here for a long time. ”

Cao Wenzhao sneered and said: "Gao Junshan and the Red Army are the fish that slipped through the net, could it be that Brother Gao Ming is afraid?" ”

Feng Ju reminded: "Has Cao Ye forgotten the defeat of Heshui two months ago? ”

Referring to the defeat of Heshui, Cao Wenzhao gasped, he couldn't imagine that there was such a powerful character among the thieves, who could calculate on his head Cao Wenzhao, a sense of ominousness gradually surged into his heart, and he bowed his head without saying a word.

After a long time, Cao Wenzhao turned to ask the general Ping'an: "Taizhi (peace word), this high mountain is really powerful?" ”

Ping'an flattered: "A bunch of rabble, how can he be your opponent in Gao Junshan?" Since we entered Shaanxi, we will win every battle, and you are the nemesis of these turtle grandchildren. ”

"Hahaha...... grandma's bear! Lao Tzu likes to hear this. Cao Wenzhao regained his self-confidence: "The generals listen to the order!" Immediately bury the pot to cook, and after a full meal, clean up the high thief for Lao Tzu. ”

Ping'an offered a plan: "Master Cao, the terrain here is complex, which is convenient for our army to set up an ambush. I have inquired clearly, Taohuawu is the only way to Zhenyuan. Let's wait for the rabbit here, and we will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Good!" Cao Wenzhao nodded with satisfaction, "Pass the order, and after a full meal, set up an ambush on the spot." ”

After a full meal, they lay in ambush in the peach forest, waiting for the rebels in the high mountains to appear, but until dark, there was no trace of the rebels, and the few groups of scouts sent by Cao Wenzhao did not hear back, and he was anxious.

The meal eaten during the day has been almost digested by now, and the deputy general Liu Chenggong is a little older and can't stand the hunger, so he came to Cao Wenzhao with a smile: "Master Cao, we have been waiting for more than three hours, you see, now that it is completely dark, the high thief should not come again, is it Mr. Huo cooking?" We can't let the brothers all have empty stomachs! ”

Cao Wenzhao frowned: "Let the brothers wait first, I haven't figured out what these thieves are doing, and they are still eating a fart meal?" ”

Liu Chenggong begged: "Master Cao, how can you fight without eating?" After eating and resting, you can beat the thief fiercely, don't you say? ”

Cao Wenzhao's own belly was also drumming, and he nodded reluctantly: "Pass the order, light the fire, strengthen the vigilance of the pioneer battalion, and each battalion should hurry up and light the fire for cooking." ”

Liu Chenggong happily passed the order, no matter what, being able to have a full meal was already satisfying for him.

The soldiers were busy with torches, lighting fires, adding firewood, and the barracks were suddenly brightly lit and the smoke was billowing out.

Just as the soldiers were looking at a good meal, suddenly, someone shouted, first the voice of a person, and then the sound became a piece.

"The thieves are stealing the camp!"

"The thieves are stealing the camp!"

"The thieves are stealing the camp!" ……

Cao Wenzhao also heard the shout, he was originally in armor, and immediately turned over his horse, trying to see which direction Gao Junshan came from.

Because it was dark and there was billowing smoke, he couldn't see the situation around him clearly, but he heard shouts of killing in the east, west, north and south.

"Grandma's bear!" Cao Wenzhao scolded viciously, "These thieves dare to come to the door by themselves to send them to death, brothers, kill me!" ”

Cao Wenzhao slapped his horse and killed in the direction of the noisiest sound, and his own soldiers would follow closely......

It was Gao Junshan who came to attack this time.

Gao Junshan got the report of Sun Kewang and Feng Shuangli, Cao Wenzhao, who was stationed in Xihao, was following Cai Zhishan, he knew that Cao Wenzhao was powerful, if Cai Zhishan was entangled by Cao Wenzhao, the situation would be unpredictable.

He immediately ordered Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, Ma Zhi'an, and Ma Jinzhong to each lead 5,000 elites to go to Zhenyuan with him to intercept Cao Wenzhao.

When they came to the place of Taohuawu, Gao Junshan found traces of Cao Wenzhao. Gao Junshan's watch is equipped with an S-generation bio-sensing system, which can detect organisms within 10 kilometers through neutrino rays. Therefore, Cao Wenzhao's every move could not escape Gao Junshan's eyes.

When Cao Wenzhao set up an ambush at that end, the high mountains at this end did not move, and captured all the multi-way exploration horses sent by Cao Wenzhao.

By questioning the captives, Gao Junshan had a preliminary understanding of Cao Wenzhao's intentions. However, Taohuawu is the only way to Zhenyuan, if you don't want to find a way to get over, Cai Zhishan in the past will face the danger of annihilation if there is no backup from Cai Zhishan in the past.

What to do?

Gao Junshan immediately decided to have a life-and-death battle with Cao Wenzhao. The reason why he had the confidence to fight Cao Wenzhao was because his troops had been trained in night battles, and he decided to wait until after dark to force a breakthrough of Cao Wenzhao's defense.

The watch on his wrist showed the time at 10:11:26, and there were more than nine hours left before dark, and he gave an order for the night assault:

The troops rested in place, and all soldiers who did not suffer from night blindness immediately prepared for night battles; Soldiers suffering from night blindness are responsible for the preparation of vigilance, logistics, tactical supplies during the day.

After the order was issued, Sun Kewang and Feng Shuangli were called and asked to go to a nearby village to find fellow villagers to understand the geographical environment of this area. Finally, I worked with several military advisors to study how to arrange the troops.

The barracks suddenly began to act in full swing.

In order to avoid accidental injuries at night, passwords and fire signals are used as the way to identify, this, in the usual training, the soldiers have been very skillful, it depends on the application of tonight's actual combat. In addition to password and flare recognition, there is also the use of drum beats between teams to transmit information, four teams of people, each team has a different drum beat, so it is easy to know which team is fighting in which area.

The soldiers who were about to go into battle had memorized the night's orders and some related matters, and then they all lay down quietly to rest; Since the soldiers who suffered from night blindness were unable to participate in the battle at night, they took on the task of keeping watch and preparing lamps and torches for the night battle.

In the afternoon, the participating troops began to eat lunch, and the rebel brothers brought pancakes, steamed buns, dried meat, cow and goat milk, and did not need an open fire to cook, and everyone entered the wartime state after eating and drinking.

Night has fallen, Gao Junshan saw from the dial, Cao Wenzhao is still standing still, it is time for the rebels to attack, he stepped on the war horse, issued an order to attack Cao Wenzhao at night.