That night, the Black Turban Army counted the battle damage, losing a total of more than 23,000 horses, and the other hundreds of horses were either killed or wounded or their whereabouts are unknown, another 2,600 were seriously wounded, more than 500 were slightly injured, and more than 700 were killed.

Almost all of the seriously injured were Lu Ting's infantry troops, who were hit by 30,000 war horses, most of them were fractured, and even if they recovered, they would be disabled for life. Although the proportion of casualties is not large, this breath is really hard to swallow.

"Heavenly King, the last general should die, please ask the Heavenly King to punish the crime!"

Shen Duchi held a bandage in his right hand and pleaded guilty to the supernatural powers. The divine power behind the mask was expressionless, and Sen Leng's gaze did not show any ups and downs or changes.

"This defeat is not a crime of war, General Shen get up."

"This ......" Shen Duchi looked at the supernatural power in disbelief, and when he saw that his eyes were cold, he didn't dare to get up, and continued to kneel in the hall.

"Get up." Shentong said again.

"Thank you for the grace of the king."

When Shen Duchi got up, the supernatural power asked Song He again:

"General Song He, what clues can be found for the lost horses of the Xian army?"

"Hui Tianwang, a total of sixty-eight horses of the Xianjun army were caught, and the horses did not seem to be unusual except that they did not have a saddle. But ......"

"But what?" The supernatural asked.

"Strangely, they're all mares."

"Mare!" Shen Duchi was surprised: "In this way, the horses were frightened today, but they were led away by the mare of the Xianjun Army!" ”

Song He said ambiguously:

"Well, it's hard to say. General Shen was at war with the Xian army at that time, and the horses on both sides did not see each other for the first time, how did the Xian army use a mare to lure the stallion away, and would there be any unknown mysteries in it? ”

"Hexel, it must be hexical!"

Lu Ting said with a frown, and asked Shen Duchi:

"General Shen, you can see clearly whether the horses of the Xian army are male or female today."

"This ...... It's hard to say. The two sides are at war, and there is a reason to look at the horses, male and female. However, when the Heavenly King said this, he was very suspicious. The horses of the first wave of horses were smaller, but they were also like mares. The later 5,000 Xianjun elite horses, the horses were burly and strong, and they should be stallions.

But since the Xianjun also rode the stallion, why was the stallion of the Xianjun not frightened? And at that time, I was separated from the ground by two or three, where could I see the male and female."

"yes, why is that?" Shentong muttered, puzzled. Where does he want to get the teaser between animals, where he looks at the face, and smells the smell.

At this time, Song He said:

"Heavenly King, at present, there are only more than 35,000 war horses left in our army, and thirty percent of them are mares, since the Xian army can use the mare to lure our army's stallions away, why can't our army also use this trick to deceive the stallions of the Xian army again."

"General Song He's words are also reasonable." The supernatural tone is lukewarm, and I can't tell whether I approve or deny.

At this time, the scouts outside the hall came to report, and an hour ago, they found that the Xian army was preparing to advance westward.

Hearing the news, the generals discussed a lot, but Shentong lowered his head and spread out the topographic map, looked west along the Changchao River, and finally stopped at the Anping Ferry, which was about 400 miles away from Shao Ping. After pondering for a moment, the supernatural power looked at Song He:

"General Song He listens to the order!"

"The end will be."

"General Song led Shaoping's cavalry out overnight and moved all the mares to Anpingdu."

"Saddle screen? The Xian army wants to cross the river from Anping? Song He asked.

"Anping is the narrowest part of the Changchao River within 500 miles, 400 miles away from Shaoping, our army's infantry is not enough to arrive at Anping in a few days, the Xian army will definitely cross the river in Shaoping, and Chen Feishi's naval army will arrive at Shaoping Changchao River in four or five days at the earliest, no later than seven days.

The Xian army will inevitably not be able to drive the brigade of men and horses quickly, and it will take three to four days to reach Anping, to say the least, and it will take one day to build a pontoon bridge, and its vanguard can first rush to the south bank, advance eastward along the Changchao River, and join up with Chen Feishi's department, so as to take the opportunity to turn around and go east.

Only in this way can you find a safe place to cross the river in the shortest possible time. Therefore, General Song He must arrive in Anping within two days, can you be sure? ”

"Two days." Song He was surprised. "In this way, it takes more than 200 miles a day, and one man needs two war horses. Our army will dispatch at most 17,800 men, but the Xian army is nearly 30,000 elites, and if it is defeated, it will put our army in a dangerous situation. ”

At this time, Shen Duchi on the side said:

"No, the Xian army must leave the men and horses behind, and then use another group of men and horses to rush to the river crossing site to erect a pontoon bridge, so that the main force of the Xian army is actually about 20,000 people. The Xian army erecting the pontoon bridge should arrive at the ferry at the same time as General Song, and if they set off tonight, they should be a few hours earlier.

The number of enemies building this bridge must not be much, General Song can preemptively destroy it, and then wait for work, and when the Xian army arrives, General He takes the opportunity to release the mare, lure the Xian army stallion to dispatch, and then fight and retreat, so that our army can lose to the horses, and then recapture some. ”

"General Shen's words are to the point, and he is a good general of our army." Shentong praised Shen Duchi, and continued: "The Xian army must make an elite force break off to prevent our army from covering from behind, and at the same time send the vanguard to rush to the river crossing site in advance to set up a pontoon bridge, so its main force will definitely not be much.

General Song only needs to annihilate his vanguard and then lead away some of the stallions, and the first merit of this battle is General Song's. ”

"The last general will not dare." Song He said in fear.

Lu Ting asked at this time:

"But even so, the cavalry of the Xian army still has the advantage, and I am afraid that they will not be able to make up for all the losses of our army."

Shentong pointed to the surface of the Changzhu River eighty miles south of Shao Ping and said:

Therefore, in the afternoon after the Xian army left, General Lu Ting immediately led his men and horses to the Changzhuan River, eighty miles south of Shaoping, to build a pontoon bridge to help our army cross the river to intercept the Xian army. In addition, General Shen Duchi! ”

"The last general!"

"How is the general's injury, can he continue to lead the troops?"

"Please rest assured, the king of heaven is just a fracture, it doesn't matter if you are careful."

"Okay, the general will lead 20,000 horses and horses to the east of the Changchao River for two hundred miles tomorrow, and he will arrive at the destination in three days at the earliest, and then General Shen will lead the army to ambush, and after Chen Fei's navy passes, the river will be sealed immediately, and his navy will not have any way to retreat eastward.

This Heavenly King wants to use Chen Feishi's naval army as bait to annihilate all the Xian army here, you can all understand! ”

"The last general will obey the orders of the Heavenly King!" Everyone said in unison.

"Very good, General Song He, gather all the men and horses in the second half of the night, and immediately detour west to Anping Ferry, it is better to take a long detour than to be discovered by the Xian army, General Song He can understand!"

"The last will understand."

"Okay, General Chen Hanxin stays, and the other generals are scattered."

Hearing the news, he was the only one left, Chen Hanxin's head suddenly beat a drum, and when he thought of Ye Xin's lobbying for him during the day today, he thought that the supernatural power must be to ask him for blame.

Seeing that the generals had dispersed, Chen Hanxin looked at the cold gaze behind the supernatural mask, and his heart couldn't help but be stunned, he asked carefully:

"Heavenly King, today's things are all designed by Ye Xin, and please ask Heavenly King to investigate."

"Hehaha......" Shentong suddenly laughed, and the coldness in his eyes was not less, but became more and more ruthless: "General Chen is too worried, this Heavenly King just wants to know what Ye Xindu said to the general, and what the general is planning, General Chen is willing to say that he will listen to this Heavenly King?" ”

"The last general will not dare to hide it."

Chen Hanxin truthfully said the contents of Ye Xinying's lobbying today, but the supernatural power disagreed:

"Ye Xin values General Chen so much, it seems that this Heavenly King treats the general lightly."

"Ten thousand deaths!" Chen Hanxin knelt on the ground in fear and didn't dare to raise his head.

Shentong smiled, and had no intention of avoiding him from bowing:

"General Chen's loyalty to the monarch's father is clear to the Heavenly King, and the general does not need to worry too much. However, Ye Xin persuaded him so warmly, if General Chen did not respond, I am afraid that Ye Xin's hard work would be in vain. ”

"The last general will not dare!"

"Eh, this Heavenly King intends to design, so that the general will lead Ye Xin into this Heavenly King's Rank, and the general will be willing to be the vanguard."

After asking the supernatural powers, Sen Leng's eyes were ruthless, and Chen Hanxin couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"The last general will be sent by the king of heaven."

"Good! The king ordered General Chen to command the men and horses of the headquarters, and after General Lu Ting's pontoon bridge was built, he immediately crossed the river to the west and set up an ambush in Guanyuan Ridge, and then General Chen waited for Ye Xin to arrive on the Guanyuan Ridge Road with 2,000 Xianguo disciples, and intercepted it in Guanyuan Ridge in the name of surrender, and ambushed his troops. ”

"But through the plain mountains, the mountains and ravines are criss-crossed, what if the Xian army takes a detour?"

"Guanyuan Ridge is seven or eight miles away from the south bank of the Changchao River, and the Xian army either has to go along the river, or has to detour to the south of Guanyuan Ridge. The general must not show up until the Xianjun scouts return from the Guanyuan Ridge, so the Xianjun scouts are unaware, and Ye Xinding is unguarded, so he will continue to march east along the south bank, do you understand? ”

"It's just that with 10,000 soldiers and horses to rob and kill Ye Xin, will it be too thin?"

"At that time, General Song He will cross the river after the Xian army crosses the river, and then choose a place to cross the river in the lower reaches of Anping, so that you and General Song He will be able to hit the Xian army in one fell swoop. Then he was not allowed to fight, and immediately retreated into the Guanyuan Ridge to let the Xian army pass, and the king of heaven had his own clever plan for the future. ”

Where would the supernatural power make Song He cross the river after robbing the horses of the Xianjun army in Anping, Chen Hanxin must have gone and never returned.

Chen Hanxin was anxious to show his loyalty, and this trip to Guanyuan Ridge was bound to be put to death and survive, and the result could only be to kill both defeated and lose his head and blood, and create time for Shentong to delay the Xian army, so that Song He could lead the cavalry and horses back to Shaoping to cross the river.

At that time, Shentong led the army to cross the river south of Shaoping and set up an ambush formation, waiting for the Xian army to throw themselves into the net.

The next day, when the sky was dark, Xu Jin's department took the lead on the road, Ye Xin's headquarters drove horses and donkeys to follow, Gu Zhong and Xiao Qu were on the road an hour apart, and the pioneer camp of Bailiyan's department did not begin to retreat west until noon.

Not long after camping that night, a scout came from the north, and when he saw Bai Liyan (Wei Xian), he quickly said:

"Report to General Wei, according to this, a large amount of horse manure and hoof prints were found one hundred and twenty miles northwest, all the way to the west."

"Oh, how many!" Sikong Nan asked.

"Look at the hoof prints, let alone more than 20,000 horses!" Scout said.

Baili Yan twisted her short beard and was silent for a moment and said:

"The enemy must have set off last night, and then he will come out at night, and at this rate, Xu Jin's department will arrive at Anping half a day in advance."

"General Wei, did our department rob and kill them?" Su Hong said.

"It's already Shen time for the scouts to return, and the Black Turban Army must have been on the road at this time, and our army can't catch up."

Bailiyan's voice fell, and Lu Gao asked again:

"How about that, whether to report the news to the Grand Governor."

"The report is to report, but now it is too late to adjust the march, once the rebels find something unusual, they may change their plans at any time and directly attack our army, so it is more passive."