Wuyang is a big city in the southwest of Xuzhou, and according to legend, it is also the hometown of Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism. If this place was captured by the Liang army, the entire southwest of Xuzhou would inevitably fall into the hands of the Liang army.

Wei Jun obviously did not want such a situation to happen.

Fei Mu, who was entrusted by Yang Zhao with the important task of being a forward, took three thousand light horsemen and rushed towards Vortex Yang non-stop. But until he successfully entered Voryang City, Fei Mu did not encounter any Liang army, which couldn't help but make him feel strange.

Vortex Yang Taishou Wang Wei, a slightly chubby middle-aged man, was so excited that he was about to cry when he saw Fei Mu who was leading the army.

"Xiaguan is looking forward to the imperial army, like a long drought and looking forward to nectar, finally here, finally here!"

"Wang Taishou, the last general is just a striker, and the army will follow." Fei Mu arched his hand and said to Wang Wei, "It's just that the last general doesn't understand, doesn't it mean that the Liang army is invincible in attacking the city and plundering the land?" Why didn't I even see a shadow of Liang Jun all the way over? ”

"Oh, General Fei, speaking of this, the lower officials are also very puzzled." Wang Wei explained to Fei Mu, "The Liang army had attacked rapidly before, and it took almost no effort to capture more than ten cities in the south. It stands to reason that with the speed of the Liang army, they should have arrived at the city of Voryang at least two or three days ago, but I don't know why, they set up camp and stopped at a place hundreds of miles away from Voryang. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the lower officials won't be able to see the general today! ”

"Stopped?" Fei Mu was obviously surprised, the Liang army originally completely took the initiative, but at such an important juncture, it was stagnant, which undoubtedly gave the Wei army time to respond.

"Wang Taishou, how many defenders are there in Vortex Yang at present?" Fei Mu asked.

"There are 30,000 defenders."

"How long can the food reserves last?"

"There is plenty of food in stock, and there is no problem in supporting it for two years."

"That's great!" Fei Mu told Wang Wei, "Please Wang Taishou must defend the Vortex Yang, my army will arrive soon, and we will definitely be able to repel the Liang army." ”

"General Fei rest assured, knowing that there is a large army to support, it will definitely boost the determination of the soldiers to defend to the end."

"Well, my brethren are tired from running around for days, and they hope to rest in the city for a day, and I hope that the king will arrange some hot meals and resting places."

"The subordinate must be arranged." Wang Wei bowed and agreed, "But does the general only rest for one day?" ”

"My task is to take the first step and figure out the movements of Liang Jun. Now that the war situation is in crisis, how dare you slack off in the slightest, and it is already very good to be able to rest for a day. Fei Mu replied.

"Now that the Liang army is camped a hundred miles away, there is no movement, and the general might as well rest in the city for a few more days."

"Thank you Taishou for your kindness, but is the Liang army only camped? Are there any other armies? These must be verified. ”

"General Fei is so conscientious, and the subordinates are full of admiration." Wang Wei said with admiration.

"The king has kept the award, this is the duty of the last general, how dare you take on the word admiration." Fei Mu replied humbly.

"The subordinate still wants to ask the general, when the army arrives, do you want to enter the city? It's better to prepare in advance. ”

"Wang Taishou, in the opinion of the last general, the army will never choose to be trapped in the city. Defending the city is a matter for the king, and there is no need to make any preparations. ”

"Understood, thank you General Fei for your advice."

After a night's rest, early the next morning, Fei Mu left Wuyang with his subordinates.

And Wang Wei, who was too guarded, also informed the soldiers and civilians of the city of the news that reinforcements were coming, and strengthened the city defense, ready to defend to the end.

Not long after Fei Mu left Wuyang, there was a report from Malay that a small group of Liang troops was found in the southeast of Wuyang.

"Southeast?" Fei Mu asked in shock, "Sure enough, there are other Liang Jun, how many are there?" ”

"There are not many people, about two or three hundred." Tanma replied.

"Such a little person...... Fei Mu touched the beard on his chin and thought about it, "I'm afraid this is just a sentry of the Liang army, and there must be a large team behind ......"

"General, what should I do?" A soldier asked.

"No matter how many people there are, it means that Liang Jun has come." Fei Mu pondered for a while, and then ordered, "Send a few scouts to investigate a hundred miles away as Wang Taishou said, to see if there is really a Liang army camped there; The rest of the people, come with me to see what is the situation of the Liang army under the first batch of soldiers in the city. ”

After speaking, Fei Mu took his soldiers and horses and galloped in the direction that Tanma said he had found the Liang army.

When he arrived at the place, Fei Mu asked the soldiers to dismount and hide, and then he looked in the direction of the horse's finger, and saw that there were about 200 Liang soldiers in the distance, looking around, as if they were looking for something.

Fei Mu carefully looked at the group of Liang troops.

Suddenly, he found a person who was different from the rest of the world - this person had exquisite armor, which at first glance was not worn by ordinary generals, and he was clearly the leader of this group of Liang troops.

"General, is it a scout of the Liang army?" The general beside him asked Fei Mu.

"Have you ever seen a scout in such good armor?" Fei Mu pointed to the Liang army general with exquisite armor and said.

The general looked carefully and said, "This kind of dress, I guess what kind of general of the Liang army is, right?" But why did you bring such a small number of people? ”

"Hehe, I don't care about him so much, but I feel that this person is by no means an ordinary person, and now he is bumped into by us, maybe it is a great achievement given to us by God!" Fei Mu said with a grin.

"General, are you going to attack them?"

"Of course, they are just a few people, we can take them down without much effort." Fei Mu said, "But remember, that person who looks like a general must be captured alive!" ”

"Yes! Subordinates understand. ”

Fei Mu's Wei army had already begun to prepare for a surprise attack, and the small Liang army was still looking around at this time, continuing to look for something.

The leader of these Liang armies was none other than Wei Fang, who was ordered by Emperor Liang to come to Xunyang to meet Cao Zhongzong's army.

"You can faintly see the Vortex Yang City Wall in the distance here, where is this Cao Zhongzong's army?" Wei Xun, who had been following Wei Fang's side, was a little impatient.

"It is said that they are going well, according to the calculation, they should have arrived in Voryang City by now......" Wei Fang frowned and muttered in a low voice.

"Hey! Not even a trace? Wei Xun shouted loudly to the soldiers who were looking around and searching, "There must be a shadow when the bird flies over, there are so many people and horses, it can't even be without a footprint, right?" ”

"Don't look for it......," Wei Fang thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that General Cao has been delayed for some reason, let's go back and join the army first." ”

"I'll just say, I should send a scout to take a look first," Wei Xun said in a low voice, "Big brother, you are sure that Cao Zhongzong will definitely arrive, so you have to come ......in person."

"I haven't arrived in Voryang yet, doesn't this give the Wei army time to deal with it fully......" Wei Fang bowed his head and said as if talking to himself, "What kind of reputation is this Cao Zhongzong doing, isn't this a delay in the fighter......"

Just as Wei Fang and his party were about to turn around and leave, suddenly a soldier pointed to the rear and shouted loudly, "There is smoke and dust!" There's an army coming towards us quickly! ”

Wei Fang and Wei Xun both looked up, only to see smoke and dust billowing from the rear, Wei Xun whispered to Wei Fang, "Big brother, there must be a large group of cavalry rushing over, could it be the Wei army?" ”

Wei Fang looked around at the surrounding environment, and there was a dense forest not far away. Wei Fang immediately shouted to the soldiers, "Quick! Go into the woods! ”