The sun is setting, and the last rays of afterglow are about to set.

On the mountain road to the north, the crisp sound of bells echoes in the mountains.

A caravan of more than 100 people was winding north along the mountain road, and the bells under the mules' necks echoed rhythmically.

After a short time, the caravan came to the foot of the Absolute Eagle Ridge, and was stopped by the Xianbei people at the foot of the mountain as usual.

"Where's the money, hand it over." A small leader raised his scimitar and shouted at the caravan.

Although the Great Wei was at war with the Xianbei people, the trade between the two countries had never been interrupted, and the merchants who came and went from the south to the north continued to transport the furs from the grassland to the Central Plains, and then sold the brocade and iron tools from the Central Plains to the grasslands to earn a huge price difference.

Jueying Ridge is located in the throat of Zhangbeikou in the Yanshan Mountain Range, and the caravans must pass through, and the Xianbei people set up cards here to ask for bribes from the caravans.

Facing the caravan in front of them, the Xianbei people did not have any suspicions, and thought it was an ordinary caravan, and asked the merchants for transit money as usual.

Xianbei people want money, and businessmen also want convenience, and they happily offer a bag of money.

When the Xianbei people got the money, they were naturally not embarrassed, let go of the antlers, and allowed the merchants to pass by.

At this time, the leader of the caravan proposed that it would be late at this time, and it was inconvenient to travel at night, so if it was not possible to do it well, let them spend the night under the protection of the Xianbei soldiers under the Absolute Eagle Ridge.

Of course, the Xianbei people refused, and the scolding was about to drive them away.

At this time, the merchants offered double the money as a bribe, begging the Xianbei people to make it easier.

Xianbei is a tribal alliance, there is no clear legal constraint on the grassland, some unclean tribes, take advantage of the night to do some murder and overkill, robbery of caravans is not nothing, merchants are afraid of walking at night, want to spend the night under the Jieyan Ridge is not abnormal.

As soon as the double money was honored, the Xianbei people had no suspicions, and as soon as the sentinels summed it up, they immediately sent someone to carry the money to discuss with the guard general Yuwenxi.

Yuwen Xi is the little king of the Yuwen Ministry, leading the four thousand soldiers and horses of the Yuwen Department to guard the Eagle Ridge, such a fat difference is because he was able to get it because he had a small merit in supporting Tuoba Force.

Over the years, Yuwen Rhino has made a lot of money and water, and it has long been accustomed to the bad habit of seeing money by businessmen.

Now when he saw this golden copper coin, Yuwen Xi suddenly became greedy, and grasped the weakness of the merchants who must ask for him, and the lion opened his mouth, telling the merchants to pay more filial piety.

The merchants had no choice but to double the filial piety money, and at the same time offered more than 30 bottles of Du Kang's good wine that was supposed to be sold to the grassland, in exchange for the opportunity to spend the night under the Absolute Eagle Ridge.

Yuwen Xi was very kind at this time, and granted the caravan's request and asked them to spend the night under the ridge.

Yuwen Xi took seventy percent of the bribes, and the rest of the money was distributed to the Xianbei soldiers on duty that night, along with half of the wine.

Xianbei people have no discipline, what they pay attention to is that there is wine today and drunk today, and those Xianbei soldiers who have been rewarded will immediately feast and enjoy themselves.

Yuwen Xi made such a big windfall, and his heart was naturally happy, and he also drank in his tent, and also admired the beauties of Wei captured from the Central Plains to dance for him.

For a while, the entire Absolute Eagle Ridge was filled with the smell of wine, and the glamorous Hu Le echoed in the night.

Yuwen Xi drank until the middle of the night, then he had a good time, hugged a few beautiful slaves, and fell asleep drunk.

Of the more than 100 Xianbei sentries on duty at the foot of the ridge, more than half of them fell asleep by the camp fence after drinking, leaving only seven or eight sentries who had no alcohol to drink, secretly complaining and continuing to keep vigil.

Outside the camp fence, the more than 100 merchants were also sleeping around the bonfire and their clothes at this moment, and there was peace inside and outside the enemy camp.

"General Wen Yuan, most of the sentinels seem to be drunk, can we do it?" In the midst of the merchants, a voice as thin as a mosquito sounded.

Zhang Liao raised his head, and with a blade-like gaze, he quietly aimed in the direction of the camp gate.

The leader of this caravan is Zhang Liao in disguise, and his more than 100 followers are also in the guise of elite Wei soldiers.

How many people are stationed under the Absolute Eagle Ridge, who the guards are, whether they are greedy for money, all the information, Zhang Liao has inquired clearly before.

Su Zhe took advantage of Yuwenxi's weakness of greed for money, relying on the Xianbei people not knowing that his army was approaching, and ordered Zhang Liao to pretend to be a businessman to approach Jueying Ridge, and bribe him with money in exchange for the trust of the Xianbei people, so as to camp under the nose of the enemy camp.

Then, Zhang Liao could act unscrupulously and seize the camp gate in one fell swoop, creating an excellent opportunity for Su Zhe's main army to raid the Absolute Eagle Ridge.

This is Su Zhe's strategy of outwitting.

"Put out the bonfire, leave only three piles, and quietly add wolf dung to me." Zhang Liao shouted in a low voice.

The soldiers quickly moved into action, quietly extinguishing only three of the dozen or so bonfires, stacking them in a triangle, and quietly adding wolf dung to the bonfires.

Moments later, wolf dung was burned, and billowing black smoke rose into the night sky.

One mile south of the Lingnan, Su Zhe, who was ambushed in the forest, clearly saw the three-pillar wolf smoke rising from the Absolute Eagle Ridge.

He knew that Zhang Liao had succeeded, and he had successfully ambushed the enemy, and it was time to make a move.

The corner of Su Zhe's mouth raised a sneer, pointed at the horsewhip, and said sharply: "Ma Mengqi listens to the order!" ”

"The minister is here!" Ma Chaoce stepped forward immediately, and he was already ready to move.

Su Zhe pointed at the Absolute Eagle Ridge with a whip, and shouted: "I ordered you to lead five thousand elite horsemen, rush to the Absolute Eagle Ridge with one blow, and kill all the Xianbei defenders, leaving no one behind!" ”

"No!"

Ma Chao was waiting for Su Zhe's words, and galloped out on horseback, leading thousands of Great Wei Jing to ride iron horses, and went straight to the Absolute Eagle Ridge.

Enemy camp.

It was still quiet, most of the soldiers on duty were asleep, and only a small number of Xianbei soldiers were dozing and bored walking along the camp wall.

Suddenly, a Xianbei soldier stopped, keenly pricked up his ears, and listened.

On the other side of the night, he heard the sound of horses' hooves and was galloping towards him.

The Xianbei soldier was immediately alert, and when he stared through the firelight, he was surprised to see countless cavalry figures, rushing towards the camp gate.

"The Wei army sneak attack, the Wei army steals-"

Before the Xianbei soldier could scream a second time, a cold arrow burst through the air and struck him in the throat.

The Xianbei soldiers fell to the ground in response, and the sound attracted several other Xianbei soldiers to look over one after another.

Whoosh!

More than a dozen sharp arrows broke through the air, shooting the Xianbei soldiers on duty on the front line of the camp gate to the ground.

"Brothers, open the gates and welcome Your Majesty's army to slaughter!" Zhang Liao picked up the war knife and shouted loudly.

More than 100 Wei soldiers disguised as merchants jumped up from their sleep, picked up the weapons they had hidden, and rushed to the camp gate.

The camp gate, which was almost undefended, was easily taken by Zhang Liao and them, and the guards on duty who were still in a drunken dream were bled by them one by one and died in their dreams.

A moment later, with the loud sound of the sky falling apart, the five thousand Wei army iron cavalry led by Ma Chao rushed mightily, passed through the wide open camp gate, and ran towards the unsuspecting Xianbei camp.