The water that has not thawed for a long time is flowing in a hurry, and the rare clear river water carries the cold of the melting snow in the mountains. An army of thousands of men and horses marched south on the official road next to Jingshui.

The spring breeze blows the green mountains on both sides of Jingshui, and the scenery of early spring is beautiful. Huanqing Road, with the Jingshui River Valley as the central axis, will fall into the busyness of spring like other states and counties in the world every year when the ice and snow melt.

But in the valley today, there is silence. The fields that should be ploughed and sown are deserted. Wherever this army passed, there was not even a single smoke on the villages—both the Tibetan and Han people had already received news of the rebels' southward movement. Before the army arrived, they fled into the mountains with their belongings.

Wu Kui rode his beloved horse, carried his usual iron spear, and walked silently in the army. The surrounding soldiers were also as silent as Wu Kui, and the whole team had a grotesque atmosphere. But there were many people carrying huge packages full of looted belongings from Gyeongju City.

Although they were surrounded by rebels, they still had queues and orders. And because of Wu Kui's insistence, the banner of the Guangrui Army was still held high, and the Da Xu, which was more than a zhang high and had a red background and a black edge, was firmly held in the hand by a flag officer beside the former Guangrui Duyu Marquis, guiding the direction of the army's advance.

The few months in prison did not affect Wu Kui's health, on the contrary, because of his good food and sleep, he gained some weight.

Following Wu Kui's team of thousands of people, there were cavalry, some foot soldiers, although the main force was still the Guangrui army, but there were other military men and horses who participated. They have been oppressed all year round, and a resentment has been accumulated in their hearts for a long time, and when someone raises the flag and shouts, they respond in groups.

A few days ago, there was news that Han Jiang was coming to Gyeongju and urging Gyeongju to send troops to contain the western thieves besieging Luo Wu. The fear of going to war, the resentment of Han Jiang's favoritism towards the Tibetan people, and Wu Kui's extremely high prestige in the Guangrui army, this was the beginning of the rebellion.

Wu Kui is now wondering what Wang Wenliang relied on to make Han Jiang obey him.

When he heard the voices of wanting to save himself in the mutiny, Wu Kui knew that no matter what decision he made, he was dead. When he was rescued from prison by the rebels, the court wanted to kill him, and if he stayed in prison and did not survive, the court still wanted to kill him - or better yet, let him kill himself.

After all, it is a result, Wu Kui, who is not burdened by his family, has no other choice.

Zhang Yu is not there, Yao Ji is not here, except for Lin Guang, there is no general in Gyeongju who can make Wu Kui look upon. And the thousands of brothers who rescued him from prison can't just let go.

After being rescued from prison by his old subordinates, Wu Kui, who let go of everything, immediately led people to annihilate the garrison in the south of Gyeongju that refused to mutiny together, and frightened Wang Guangyuan, who knew Gyeongju and Huanqingjing, to hide in Beicheng, and then attacked Beicheng, forcing Wang Guangyuan to escape from Gyeongju at night.

Wu Kui stayed in Gyeongju City for three days, which seemed dangerous, but relying on the advantages of Gyeongju City, he easily defeated several officials and troops who came to quell the rebellion in the starry night, allowing him to control the rebels by several steps. Prepare enough food, grass, and weapons, and at the same time reorganize the disorganized rebel army into an army that can obey commands. Although this is a helpless move to survive in the rebellion, it is also a clear proof that Wu Kui is a qualified general.

After reorganizing the rebel army, Wu Kui took the initiative to leave Gyeongju City and began to move south. There are many generals and many forts on the edge. Staying in Gyeongju is just waiting for death.

The Yan Yan Road in the east is entangled in the attack and defense of Luo Wu City, but as long as Han Jiang gives an order, fights for a little loss, and gathers two elite armies, he can rush directly from Suide through Dashun City at any time.

And the Jingyuan Road in the west, everything else is okay, the generals are not outstanding, that is, the strategy makes Cai Ting fearful, it was originally the weakest of the four roads on the edge, but it is because of Cai Ting that the main attack direction of the West Thief has avoided Jingyuan.

Cast Xia people in the north, Wu Kui never thought about it. The only choice was the south, although he didn't know how long he could hold on to the attack of the incoming officers and troops with the troops in his hands, but Wu Kui was not willing to die like this. Only one-third of the current 3,000 people have war horses, as long as they can match the horses near Chang'an and hone them a little, they are an elite.

"Du Yu, the front is almost settled!" A soldier who was only fifteen or sixteen years old came from the front on horseback and reported to Wu Kuiyu, "The commander said that there are many horses in the city, and asked Du Yu if you want to fight?" ”

Anding County is the seat of Ningzhou, after Anding, the following is Pizhou. And Xie Ji, who led the commander of the former army that had just been reorganized, was Wu Kui's cronies and the leader who rescued him from prison.

Wu Kui thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Baiji Town between Suining also has horses, but its defense is much weaker. You go and talk to Xie Ji and ask him to quickly lead the headquarters to take Bai Ji directly, and prepare for the arrival of the whole army. ”

The boy bowed and answered, and ran forward on his horse.

Assigning subordinates and strategizing, Wu Kui was in a trance in his mind, as if he had returned to the old days. It would be nice if he could start over in time, but it's a pity that he has worked hard for decades to earn Du Yuhou.

Wu Kui suddenly laughed sadly and angrily, now that he is in this field, what do you want to go over?

"It's a dead end anyway, just fight one and be enough!" Wu Kui clenched the iron gun in his hand with hatred. He just wants to make a big noise now, and the more trouble he makes, the more unstable Han Xianggong, who is unfair and has let him fall into such a field now.

"And that Wang Wenliang! I have to let the court kill that guy! ”

Wu Kui's wild laughing demeanor was like a ghost, even if he became a ghost and went to hell, he would drag that guy down.

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The morning light has not yet appeared, and the night fog is still there.

In the cold of early spring, the south gate of Luowu City quietly opened. Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, a team of as many as 1,000 horsemen escorted hundreds of carriages to quietly leave Luowu City.

The people are in the title, the horses are wrapped in hooves, and even the axles are smeared with thick lard, and the action seems to be silent. But everyone knew that on the high ground outside the city, there were pairs of sharp eyes, staring at the slightest movement at the city gate.

They are the bait, and they are a key part of the plan.

The drums of war sounded,

This plan, whether it is Zhang Yu or Gao Yongneng, they all nodded in agreement. Watching the departure of this cavalry team from the top of the city, Han Gang's thoughts returned to the time when the military discussion in the main tent yesterday was held.

When Han Gang expressed his opinion, he asked everyone, 'If a team with carts and horses suddenly and quietly leaves Luo Wu and goes south, what will happen in the eyes of the party members?' ' time. Everyone was thinking about it, but Zhang Yu's eyebrows immediately danced, patted his thigh without any image, and exclaimed: "This trick is good, I'm worried that I can't fight with the thief!" ”

After receiving his reminder, the staff who had figured it out also became excited. After these days of fighting in the city of Luowu, not a single general in the city was afraid to fight against the party. On the contrary, he was worried that he could not give the party members a good time.

A middle-aged staff member in his forties also shouted: "Yes! Take this opportunity to trick the western thieves out to fight, so that they don't dare to pursue! ”

"First send a team of fake ones to trick the thieves out, and wait for them to make a move, and then let the main owner leave!"

"First quietly go out of the city through the south gate. Then, when the thieves are in pursuit, we will immediately go out of the city to delay. Chong Pu came up with an idea, he smiled evilly, "If you want to deceive people, you must deceive to the end, so that the thief will believe it." ”

With Chongpu taking the lead, one after another to lure the enemy into the bait was proposed. Everyone's eyes are shining, and they want to take this opportunity to give a good look to the thieves who are besieging the city but have never been willing to fight hard.

Gao Yongneng and Zhang Yu nodded secretly when they heard these ideas, and Han Gang also let them play. These skills of deceiving people on the battlefield naturally need to be done by professionals. Han Gang just came up with the question, and he didn't need to think about the answer, just wait for the result.

He just thought about waiting for Liang Yi to bury a cruel lesson, and when it was time to officially give up Luo Wucheng later, the previous time he suffered a loss, the party members should still remember it vividly, as long as they hesitated a little, he could follow the brigade and go. When he returns to Yanzhou, there will be revenge and revenge.

Everything went as smoothly as planned, and the cavalry and convoy quietly left before dawn, and after two quarters of an hour, the camp of the Western Xia army, a few miles north of the city, was completely boiling.

The eastern sky gradually shimmered at this time, and the deep darkness of the night turned into a magnificent violet.

First, a group of five or six hundred cavalry galloped out of the camp, judging from the banner, it was the most elite sanitation iron cavalry, and then three or four thousand iron harriers galloped out. They walked far around Luowu City one after the other, and the sound of the hooves of thousands of troops shook the heavens, and the earth rumbled, looking at its menacing castration, just to pursue the appearance of the departing chariot and horse.

"War drums!"

Zhang Yu shouted violently, and the fifty or sixty-year-old veteran was full of anger, and the sound shook inside and outside the city.

The war drums on the head of the city then sounded, and the drums vibrated and overwhelmed the earth-shaking sound of the Western Xia iron horse.

The southern gate opened, and the long-awaited defenders of the city rushed out of the gate, leaving the city guards to the sound of war drums. The two commanders of the Great Song cavalry stopped in front of thousands of iron cavalry first, and did not fight hard, but only blocked slightly.

This moment's delay caused the battlering Song cavalry to reduce one-tenth of their strength in an instant, and their sacrifice allowed the more than 7,000 foot soldiers who left the city to form a battle formation, taking advantage of their position to block the way south of the Wuding River Valley first.

The narrow river valley passage was only more than half a mile wide, and on the narrow battlefield that was divided by the Song army's battle array and Luo Wucheng, thousands of party cavalry who were intercepted chose to go to war.

It's finally time to have a good showdown!