The valley passage hundreds of steps away from the rear was quickly set up by Liu Jun and his people to set up three barriers, and the pine trees and stones overlapped together to form three embankments, which were enough to block the people and horses who wanted to enter the valley behind. Although it can be removed by manpower, time is of the essence at critical moments, and delaying the enemy's time is a chance to give yourself a chance to live.

An hour later, everything had been arranged, except for the dozens of people who were in charge of guarding the cliff and the dozen or so cavalrymen who dared to rush forward to reconnoitre, the remaining more than 700 soldiers and horses all stopped in place to rest. Everyone gently chewed dry food to fill their stomachs while quietly waiting for orders.

Except for the sound of soldiers gently chewing dry food and the occasional snort of war horses, the loudest sound in the entire valley was the sound of the pine trees making waves as the mountain wind swept over the cliff tops on both sides. And the sound of the pine waves adds to the sense of silence. The cold north wind was blocked by the cliffs, but the temperature in the canyon was still as cold as ice, and the clouds in the sky had not dispersed for several days, and the daylight was not visible, and the exact time was unknown.

The long wait made people anxious, and Wang Yuan was also anxious in his heart, but his face was calm, he couldn't let his emotions affect the people around him, because he was the support of everyone here, and he couldn't let the people around him feel panic.

There was a slight cracking of pine trees on the cliff on the right, and a red flag stretched out from a giant pine tree and shook rapidly, which was a signal from the hand of a watchman on the cliff, indicating that he had seen a suspicious sign. Wang Yuan tried his best to look in front of the valley, but saw a white figure leaping between the cliffs, with a agile and graceful figure, as if walking on the ground.

"It's my cousin, I'm not allowed to shoot arrows." Wang Yuan immediately ordered, stuffed the last bite of bread in his mouth, got up and rushed out to meet him.

Gongsun Lan fell gently from the cliff like a white cloud, and waved her hand at Wang Yuan from a distance, Wang Yuan quickly stepped forward to hold her arm, but saw that Gongsun Lan's face was slightly red and panting, obviously very expensive. After seeing Wang Yuan, his strength relaxed, and he suddenly relied on Wang Yuan's support to maintain his balance.

The two quickly returned to the camp surrounded by vehicles, Wang Yuan handed over the water and let Gongsun Lan drink a few sips, and after adjusting his breath, Gongsun Lan said loudly: "Erlang's expectations are not bad, there is an ambush in the deepest part of the canyon five miles away. In order not to startle the snakes, I did not kill the secret sentry, but chose to avoid the dark sentry from the back of the mountain forest, which delayed too much time. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Gongsun Lan's slightly scattered bun and the withered grass and a few pine needles stained between the buns, and stretched out his hand to brush it off for her. Gongsun Lan didn't care, reached out and picked up a few rough stones on the ground, posed on the terrain and continued to speak.

"There are many ambushes on the cliff wall on the east side, and these positions are full of archers, and the cliff wall on the west side should have an equal number of ambushes. I can't tell the exact number of them, but visually there should be more than a thousand. Nearly 2,000 cavalry gathered at the exit of the valley seven or eight miles away, presumably after waiting for an ambush on the top of the cliff, they rushed into the valley and killed them all. ”

The hearts of the people around him were cold, thousands of archers were ambushed on the cliff, and there were more than 2,000 cavalry at the mouth of the valley to intercept them, and there was a dead end in front of them. With 800 against 3,000, and still being occupied by others, this victory is almost zero.

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Is the ambush army of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Gongsun Lan hurriedly said: "I almost forgot to tell you, according to my observation, the ambush soldiers are not Tang soldiers and horses, they are all Xi soldiers and horses." As you expected, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu want to annihilate us by the hands of the Xi people, and they can also make a difference to the imperial court. ”

Wang Yuan said coldly: "As expected, the old trick will be repeated, if it is not for more eyes, the imperial court will receive a report that I was ambushed and martyred by the Xi people in a few days." ”

"Teacher, what should we do now? We can't go back, now it seems that moving forward is also looking for death, the mountain walls on both sides are towering, the forest is dense, but we can't climb over the cliffs, what can we do? Liu Jun said anxiously.

Wang Yuan slowly got up and paced, pinching his chin and frowning in thought, everyone looked at Wang Yuan without saying a word, not daring to disturb his thoughts. A gust of mountain wind blew, and the waves on both sides of the cliff sounded suddenly, like the churning waves of the heart in everyone's hearts.

Wang Yuan stopped and said, "Cousin, how far away is the nearest enemy sentry you are talking about?" ”

"About three miles away." Gongsun Landau.

Wang Yuan nodded and said to Qingyun'er: "Qing'er will accompany her cousin to eat something and let her rest for a while." Liu Dehai is here to press the formation, and Liu Jun comes with me. ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Don't worry, Liu Jun and I will go to the front to take a look at the terrain, and we won't take risks." ”

Zi Yun'er shouted, "I'll go too." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Then come on, let's go and have a look." ”

The three of them got on the horse and walked out of the camp composed of vehicles, Gongsun Lan waved his hand, and more than ten guards such as Zhang Wulang and Wang Dahei also immediately got on the horse to follow. A dozen or so horsemen galloped forward along the valley, and the valley road in front of them was getting narrower and narrower, and the gravel below the cliff was craggy, and only the middle road could be passed by five or six horsemen in parallel. The cliff gradually closes towards the middle, like two gates about to close, giving people a sense of oppression. However, because Gongsun Lan had already found out the location of the enemy's ambush, there was no need to worry about a sudden attack on the cliff.

The horse didn't run fast, it was Wang Yuan's intention, because Wang Yuan needed to observe on the mountain walls on both sides, but to Wang Yuan's disappointment, the mountain walls were very steep like a knife and axe, and there was no terrain that Wang Yuan wanted to see.

Counting the distance, he had already run out of more than two miles, and he was about to enter the visual range of the other party's sentinel before that, Zi Yun'er was beside Wang Yuan and was about to remind Wang Yuan not to go any further, but found that Wang Yuan raised his arm high and strangled the horse.

"It seems that the god of luck has not abandoned me." Wang Yuandao said.

"What did the teacher say? What god of luck? Liu Jun asked as he reined in the white horse that was constantly jumping.

Wang Yuan smiled: "I mean, God helped us, and finally let me see this place at the last moment." You see. ”

Wang Yuan raised his hand and pointed to the mountain walls on both sides, and everyone looked in the direction of his fingers, but saw that the originally smooth and mirror-like mountain wall had changed in this small section, and there was a row of dwarf pine trees growing in the middle of the mountain wall, and the green pine needles were dense and very conspicuous. The height from the ground is about seven or eight zhang high.

"The rocks on both sides of this canyon are badly weathered, and when I came here, I saw more landslides, and I knew that there must be a place on both sides of the mountain wall that I was looking for. It is obvious that a large landslide occurred a long time ago due to rain erosion, and all the soil and rocks above the ledge more than ten zhang collapsed, so a huge stepped ledge was formed. Those pine trees took root on the ledges, and that's what I wanted. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"Teacher, what is this going to do?" Liu Jun was surprised.

Wang Yuan said: "Liu Jun, we are at an absolute disadvantage in the current situation, the Xi people have the advantage in strength, and they also occupy an absolute geographical advantage, if we fight, we will be defeated." Therefore, if you want to win this battle, you need to transform your disadvantages and increase your chances of winning. We can't change the disadvantage of troops, what we can do is to win in strategy and change some disadvantages that can be changed. ”

Liu Jun said suddenly: "The teacher is saying...... Shall we set up an ambush here? Turning an unfavorable location into an advantage? ”

"The child can be taught, the top of the cliff. We can't go up, but this terrain should be able to go up, and this row of cliffs on the west side alone can ambush more than 100 archers, and from a high position, these more than 100 archers can block the entire canyon. How do you think about how to climb this ledge seven or eight feet high? ”

Liu Jun said: "It's too high, otherwise it's okay to build a long ladder, but a long ladder of seven or eight zhang will definitely not work, and it can't be erected at all if it's so long." If there were ropes hanging down, it would be fine, but how can ropes hang down from above? ”

Wang Yuan's eyes lit up and said: "It's easy to do, you can't climb up, someone can climb up, as long as one person goes up, hang down the rope, and pull a few more people up, and the rest can be pulled up one by one." ”

Liu Jun suddenly said: "I forgot that there is still Sister Gongsun." She must have gone up with ease. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Exactly, I remind you, in the future, you will call Aunt Gongsun, wouldn't you take advantage of me if you call her sister." ”

Liu Jun stuck out his tongue and nodded yes, and suddenly frowned again: "But teacher, there is another question, they are waiting for us in front, what is the point of us setting up an ambush here?" They don't come into the net. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and turned his horse's head and said: "Don't worry, I will let them fall into the net, let's hurry back and prepare, the time is urgent, all the preparations must be made within an hour, otherwise they will be suspicious." If this battle is not fought, the people outside the valley will also be in a hurry, and if they break in, it will be a troublesome matter. ”

Everyone turned their horses' heads and galloped back, Wang Yuan gave an order like a cannon, and the team immediately took action, slowly advancing to the left side of the ledge and starting to arrange.