Chapter 10 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

Looking at the annoying building that fled not far away, Li Yan suddenly felt that he might have made a very big mistake, and he might even bury the entire Daidi!

When he walked all the way north along Xiawu Mountain, just past Nanling, and marched to the south of Sanmafang, he realized that he had trusted his own judgment too much. These centaurs in front of them are obviously not the main force, at least the main force of Lou's annoying building will not be crushed with one blow, and they fled north of Sanmafang in an instant. Then there is only one possibility, that is, the other party's army is purely a harassing force, and it has some disagreements with King Lou Fu, otherwise it would not have given up Sanmafang so easily.

As soon as he thought of the possible scheme, Li Yan immediately imagined that Miao'er Liang might not be protected, so he hurriedly urged the soldiers to advance towards Miao'er Liang, hoping that Li Zhuo would live up to his trust and be able to defend Miao'er Liang.

However, at this moment, the high-intensity forced march caused all the cavalry units to be physically exhausted, especially just now, and there was a small battle, if it were not for the tacit understanding of the other side, I am afraid that the victory and defeat of the two sides are still between the two sides. How can we talk about rushing to help Miao'er Liang?

"General, we seem to have fallen for it!" Behind Li Yan, his lieutenant gasped and expressed his doubts. He is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he was still very excited to see Lou Furen collapse at the touch of a button, after all, at this time, it is very worth boasting of being able to defeat Lou Furen's cavalry.

However, when he watched the soldiers of Lou Fu flee far away, he pondered carefully, and suddenly felt that Lou Fu was acting very strangely today, could there be a deception in it?

"Yes, we've been tricked!" Li Yan slashed the small tree next to him with a short sword, and the small tree broke in response, which showed the sharpness of the sword. "Lou annoying people must be going to attack Miao'er Liang, they know the importance of Miao'er Liang, and they are determined to take this place, as long as they take Miao'er Liang, it is equivalent to opening up the road to Wei County in the south, from now on there will be no barrier, and there will be no obstacle for Lou Annoying people to enter and exit Daidi."

"Huh? If this is the case, the defenders of Miaoerliang will be in danger. Aren't there only a few hundred people there? Even if you rely on the terrain, I'm afraid it will be enough to hold off the enemy's attack! He is an old man next to Li Yan, and he knows that the more indifferent he is, the more angry Li Yan becomes, and he often suppresses his feelings in this way.

"Yes, it's a second chess, and I blame me for being so conceited that I forgot to take it into account. Once Miaoerliang is lost, and Wei County and Daiwangcheng are in crisis, no matter how big a victory you and I make, it will be useless! Li Yan said, breaking the branch he had just cut down into several pieces, stunned, his eyes full of resentment.

"So what are we resting on? Hurry up and go back to help! The deputy general said anxiously, he couldn't understand, the matter was already so urgent, what was Li Yan still hesitating about?

Li Yan shook his head cautiously, gritted his teeth, put his worries about Li Zhuo in his heart, and said lightly: "Our army has been running for a long time, and we are already exhausted at this time, even if we go, if we encounter a fight between the two armies, I am afraid that not only will it not be able to help, but it will let the other party teach us a hard lesson, which is too dangerous." His hands were clenched, and his nails seemed to cut his skin raw, and the pain was heartbreaking.

"But that's nothing compared to that!" Obviously, the adjutant general was really in a hurry this time.

"No! If I say no, I can't! Give me a rest, quick! Li Yan yelled at the lieutenant general, his eyes were bloodshot, his face was hideous, he seemed to be like a demon who chose people to devour, and he rebuked mercilessly in the face of all opponents.

When the adjutant general saw that he was angry, he did not dare to ask more, so he ordered everyone to rest in place and wait for the order to move forward again. Li Yan was silent, looking at the direction of Miao'er Liang for a long time, not knowing what to think.

More than two hours later, Li Yan's deputy general led a thousand cavalry to set up an ambush on the bank of the Sanggan River, and when the building was annoying and fled to the north, it was annoying to encircle the building. At the same time, Li Yan took the rest of the cavalry and rushed towards Miaoerliang.

By the time Li Yan and a cadre of cavalry passed by the place where the two armies were fighting, the horses and bones had become shriveled, and the entire battlefield was like a Shura hell, with blood flowing everywhere, almost making it impossible for people to gain a foothold. Li Yan's heart suddenly sudden, could it be that the Zhao army had reinforcements coming, and the two sides were fighting in this place?

I don't have time to think about it, at least no matter what, both sides have discovered each other's schemes, so the battle for Miao'er Liang has become the key. He did not wait to distinguish the bones, but sent more scouts and horses, urging the soldiers to hurry forward. Li Zhuo led the troops for the first time, and he was really worried about whether he would be able to do it. Finally, when I was about to arrive at Miaoerliang, I heard a report from Tanmalai, and I found an annoying camp in front of me. Due to the annoying vigilance of the building, it is impossible to move forward at all, and can only be observed closely, about a thousand people.

If Lou Yuan knew that his plan was defeated by his ****, he would definitely regret it. Now, however, he did not think about this, but stood in front of the tent, leaning on the dotted torches, observing the valley ahead. The previous temptation had told him the result, and at least for now, this valley, which was only five or six feet high, was armed to the teeth, and if he entered it easily, he would surely break his head and bleed.

However, it has been a long time since the messengers of the left have been in the mail, and it is difficult to say if anything has changed, but it is impossible to get in touch with them from such a distance. He could only choose to believe in Gu Zhong, and then urged this side to hurry up and capture Miaoerliang.

However, if the temple beam is easy to capture, it will be fine. In this place, the mountain line is changeable, the terrain is steep, not only there are sheep intestine paths in the mountains, but also the valley has many cliffs, it is not easy to climb, only the valley mouth is a place, there are more potholes, and the strong attack is not unavailable. As soon as he decided that this place could be attacked, Lou Yuan ordered the archers to cover, and took advantage of the night to forcibly climb and attack.

Suddenly, on the entire mountain, Lou Yuan's foot soldiers began to climb upward. These foot soldiers are said to be Lou Fu soldiers, but in fact, they are more slaves, and they were all snatched by Lou Fu people when they were conquering other tribes and plundering the border of Yan and Zhao. So these people became cannon fodder when Lou Annoyance attacked.

These slave foot soldiers did not think of escaping, but once their relatives were still in the building, once they ran away, their families, especially female family members, became slaves of others, not only will they be beaten and scolded, even if they are played and ravaged, they are considered special preferential treatment. In Lou's annoying eyes, even if these people are eaten, they won't blink, so it's no wonder they don't treat these foot soldiers as human beings.

Second, once these foot soldiers have made great contributions, their treatment in the eyes of Lou Fu people will be improved, and they will not be ordinary slaves, they will enter the Lou Fu army, and their status is much higher than that of ordinary people, and they even become generals. For example, the current infantry generals are the slaves of the past.

Therefore, among these slaves, there are also many capable people. Moreover, they are sturdy and flexible, and although they cannot be said to be on the ground, they can be regarded as easy to climb, and many of them have even climbed halfway up the mountain.

The annoying behavior of the building did not cause the defense on the hill at first. As they went to report to the rear, they threw the Rolling Wood Thunder Stone that they had prepared long ago towards the bottom of the cliff. However, because the cliff is not flat, some of the rolling logs thrown down can hit people, while others change their trajectory and fly out because they are blocked by rocks. So the overall efficiency is too low. However, it can be regarded as slowing down the efficiency of building annoying mountaineering.

At the same time, the Lou Fu archers at the bottom of the mountain had been waiting impatiently, and they formed a phalanx and began to return fire at the Zhao soldiers on the cliff. Because it was night, Lou annoyed people specially lit the rocket, only to see that under the starry sky, countless fires like gorgeous sparks, drawing beautiful curves from the mortal world, on the hills not far away, igniting the karmic fire of sin, burning wails and screams, so that this trace of beauty, with a little sin.

Just as Lou was in the midst of his attack, a group of orange shadows flashed out of the valley, like a fiery dragon, rushing out of the inky valley and rushing towards the phalanx of archers. Lou Yuan had long realized that the other party might sneak attack, so he had set up an infantry phalanx outside early to wait for the other party to attack. At this moment, seeing that the other party was really attacking, the infantry phalanx immediately erected a large shield and blocked the opponent outside!

Li Zhuo rode on a horse, his arm was still wrapped, in the previous encounter, he led three hundred cavalry to attack the Lou Fu cavalry, and then fled back to Miaoerliang in embarrassment, not only was he injured, but also the three hundred cavalry were left, and only one hundred horses escaped back.

After returning, he immediately gathered men to organize the defense, but fortunately, after such a long delay, the fortifications in the valley were almost ready, and as long as he wanted, it would not be a problem to hold the place. However, due to his young age, he only made the internal operation of the valley impregnable, and forgot about the defense of the valley, so as to give the building an opportunity to take advantage of. When he heard that Lou was annoying and began to climb the mountain, he personally led the remaining 200 cavalry to rush out regardless of his injuries, ready to attack Lou's annoying battle formation. It's just that I didn't expect that Lou Furen had already prepared, and his sudden attack was instantly wiped out, and the entire battle array was defended by the infantry on the periphery, and a team of Lou Furen rangers came out to respond, tying Li Zhuo and others in place, unable to enter, unable to retreat. Li was anxious to run around, but he couldn't get the rules at all.

Lou Yuan looked at the Zhao army rangers on the periphery of the battle formation being trapped, and couldn't help laughing, trapping these remaining cavalry, the morale of the Zhao army will inevitably plummet, as long as he captures Miaoerliang again, this land will be owned by me, and when the time comes, he may also go south to the Central Plains, maybe he can also compete for hegemony!

Just when Lou Yuan was dreaming of domination, he suddenly felt the earth begin to tremble! He was slightly stunned, and instantly realized that something was wrong, and quickly looked behind him.

I saw that the starry sky was bright, the moon was white, and between the inky sky, a black ink dragon suddenly appeared there. Lou Yuan seemed to see the murderous aura of the ink dragon, as if he shook the footsteps of the earth, with ferocity and violence, coming towards him fiercely.

It wasn't until this moment that Lou Yuan realized that he might have been copied.

Zhuangzi once told a story: When you see a cicada, you can get the beautiful shade and forget it; The praying mantis fights with its eyes, sees it and forgets its shape; The magpie thus benefited, and forgot the truth when he saw the benefit.

It's a pity that Lou Yuan hadn't heard of this story and hadn't seen Zhuang Zhou, otherwise, he might have carefully chosen his teammates instead of choosing someone like Gu Zhong.