Murong Changge led the army to advance rapidly at the foot of the mountain east of Lingling, and had already walked thirty miles, he was a little puzzled, according to the regulations, the rangers had to send someone back every hour to report the situation of the front investigation, but now more than an hour had passed, and the rangers sent had not yet sent someone back to report the situation.

He rode his horse to the side, let the army continue to advance, and called his commander Enbiro, and said, "It's been more than an hour, and the rangers haven't sent anyone to investigate, so I'm a little worried!" ”

Enbiluo said: "Patriarch, it stands to reason that there should be no Tang Army detective scouts in this area, it may be that the rangers have forgotten the time, the patriarch doesn't have to worry, I will send a team of rangers to chase after me and see, nothing will happen!" ”

Murong Changge's face was worried, and he nodded: "I hope I'm too worried, and now it's all the way I go!" ”

"Yes!"

At the command of Enbiro, another group of cavalry hurried forward, whipping up clouds of snow and slag.

The Tang army quickly marched to the place where the reconnaissance and reconnaissance sentry team killed Murong Chang's downstream horse, the snow was full of horses' hoof marks and blood, and the twenty corpses were not far away, fifteen of them were shot with bows and arrows, and five were killed by the Tang army after the war horses were shot down.

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand to stop, and the army quickly stopped advancing.

Wang Can, who was hidden in the nearby mountains and forests, rushed over with more than a dozen horses that did not stop at night, and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "General, ahead, Murong Changge sent a total of two groups of rangers before and after, and they were all ambushed by us, it is estimated that he should guess that the situation is wrong!" Now his army is ten miles ahead."

Li Fei Yuanli suggested beside him: "General, I might as well wait to line up here, wait for the arrival of Murong Changge's army, and defeat it in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked rhetorically: "What if Murong Changge led the army to stop where it was?" And we also stopped here and did not move, for a long time, wouldn't it be to restore his army to combat strength? ”

"Uh・・・・・・ it's the last general who didn't think about it!" Li Fei Yuanli retreated unnaturally.

Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Order." The whole army is divided into three armies, left, middle and right, all lined up in a sharp and arrow formation, Li Siye leads the left army, Wei Meng leads the right army, Huo Kan leads the middle army, and other generals lead Hu Cong to follow the general in front of the large army formation, the three armies gather in pairs, and the whole army is approaching the enemy in front of the normal marching speed! ”

"No!"

The order was quickly conveyed, and the leading generals organized the soldiers and horses under their own command to assemble in their respective positions, and lined up in a sharp formation according to Zhao Ziliang's instructions. Within five minutes. The two thousand men and horses completed the regrouping and assembly, and Zhao Ziliang gave another order, and the army moved forward at a normal speed.

At this time, Murong Changge finally discovered that something was wrong, and sent two rounds of rangers in a row without reply, there must be something wrong, at this time, Enbiluo, who went to investigate in person, galloped over with a few people, panting and reporting: "Patriarch, the big thing is not good, the cavalry of the Tang Army Brigade was found eight miles ahead. Judging by the number of at least 2,000 people, it is estimated that the two groups of rangers we sent out were poisoned by the Tang army! ”

"What?"

Although he already had a hunch, when he heard the news with his own ears, Murong Changge was still surprised. His face was solemn, and he immediately raised his hand and shouted: "The herald stops advancing, and all the troops are in a whole team, while feeding the horses." While letting the soldiers eat, prepare to meet the enemy! ”

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Murong Changge felt tremendous pressure at this time. He originally came to sneak attack Shattered Leaf City, but he didn't expect that the current situation was completely beyond his plan and out of his control, this feeling was so uncomfortable, he even felt fear, why did the cavalry of the Tang Army appear here? Could it be that Tang Junjun knew early on that he would lead his army on this road? This Zhao Ziliang is too godly, right? Even if someone in Moon Bow City sent a message to Zhao Ziliang, it was impossible for Zhao Ziliang to know that he would take this road, you must know that this was a temporary decision made by him, and it was not planned in advance.

When he learned that a large army of Tang troops appeared eight miles ahead, Murong Changge's first reaction was to immediately lead the army back, but he immediately gave up this idea, now the army is sleepy and tired, and it will not be able to run far before it will be caught up by the Tang cavalry, and it will definitely be a big rout at that time, and in the end, he is afraid that he will be chased and killed by the Tang army.

He thought of immediately leading the army to hide in the mountains and forests, but he quickly vetoed this idea again, this time he planned to sneak attack Broken Leaf City, in order to increase the speed of the march, the army only brought three days of grain and grass, and now a day and a half have passed, that is to say, the whole army only has a day and a half of grain and grass left, and what about the Tang army? The Tang army can not only set up a formation outside the mountains and forests to besiege, but also dismount and enter the mountains and forests to chase and kill, you must know that his subordinates are all people who control the strings, and their riding ability is okay, but once they enter the mountains and forests, their combat effectiveness will drop to the extreme, and they are definitely not the opponents of the Tang Army, which has always been famous for its infantry combat effectiveness, so this idea will not work.

In this way, Murong Changge found that he only had one way left, that is, to stop and reorganize the army, wait for the arrival of the Tang army, and then find a way to delay the time of the decisive battle between the two sides, so that his soldiers had enough time to eat, feed the horses and rest, and through this kind of operation, the army could recover its combat effectiveness.

Under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang, the Tang army marched six miles in only a few minutes, and came to a place two kilometers in front of Murong Changge's army.

Zhao Ziliang stopped his horse, raised his hand and shouted: "Stop advancing, the whole army is on standby!" ”

Some scattered formations quickly became neat and orderly again under the shouting and command of the generals, and Li Siye, Wei Meng, Huo Kan and others all beat their horses and came to Zhao Ziliang's side after tidying up the formation.

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "This Murong Changge is not too stupid after all, he knows that he can't escape, so he can only wait here for our army to come to a decisive battle!" ”

The generals nodded.

On the opposite side, Murong Changge waited for the Tang army to sort out the formation, and said to his subordinate general Enbiluo: "Enbiluo, you go forward to challenge, you are only allowed to fight alone, and you are not allowed to order the team to rush into battle!" ”

Enbiluo was surprised: "Patriarch, why is this? If I kill the opponent's general, the opponent's morale will inevitably plummet, and then it will be the best time for our army to launch an attack! ”

"Why don't you use your brain? Our army has been running for a long time for a day and a night, and you think that the other soldiers are just as energetic as you? Even if people can stand it, the war horses can't withstand the high-intensity sprint, and we need time for the soldiers and the horses to regain their strength, understand? ”

Only then did Ambi Luo suddenly come to his senses, and immediately said: "I understand, don't worry, patriarch, I will try my best to delay the time of the fight!" ”

"Well, go ahead!"

I saw Enbiluo beating his horse and galloping towards the Tang army's formation, and when he came to the middle of the two armies, he stopped his horse, pointed with the spear in his hand, and shouted: "Well, I am Enbiluo, the general of the Xi Division, who dares to fight with me in the Tang army on the other side?" ”

When the generals and colonels on the Tang Army's side heard such an arrogant shout, everyone was furious, and Li Siye immediately stepped forward and said, "General, let so-and-so go and kill that guy!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Murong Changge, this person is really a little scheming, he actually wants to delay the decisive battle time through this method, as long as the two sides fight for an hour, his soldiers can recover most of their combat strength, the longer the delay, the more their combat effectiveness will recover!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the generals: "Now, do you still want to fight with his subordinates?" ”

didn't even see such an obvious plan to delay the army, and all the generals and colonels were ashamed and lowered their heads one after another.

Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang shouted: "Okay, now is not the time to be a hero!" Cheer up General Ben! ”

After that, Zhao Ziliang took out the treasure eagle bow, took out a diamond arrow, and shot at Enbiluo, only to hear a "whoosh" sound, the arrow shot out extremely fast, although Enbiluo was prepared, but still did not completely dodge, the arrow in the shoulder, the arrow nailed to the bone, a huge force knocked him off the horse's back, and fell on the snow a few meters away.

Murong Changge was furious when he saw this, and immediately stepped forward and pointed at Zhao Ziliang with the iron spear in his hand and scolded: "Who is the rat on the other side? If you don't send someone to fight and shoot my generals with bows and arrows, will Datang have no generals to fight? ”

"Hahaha・・・・・・" Zhao Ziliang laughed, and suddenly stopped and said loudly: "You are Murong Changge?" You actually led people to ransack my Datang caravan, and after being discovered, you led people to prepare to attack my Broken Leaf City, it is really bold, General Ben has been waiting for you for a long time, but it's a pity that you came too slowly, and General Ben had to lead his troops to meet you! Do you want to use this clumsy trick to delay our army from attacking? It's okay to deceive others with your little cleverness, but if you want to hide from General Ben, you are still a little tender! ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang shouted: "The left wing listens to the order - attack."

"No!" Li Siye agreed, and immediately turned his horse's head and returned to the left flank, leading the six hundred cavalry on the left flank to attack Murong Changge's right flank.

Murong Changge saw that Tang Jun didn't pay attention to his challenge and launched an attack directly, knowing that his plan to delay the battle had failed.

His face was extremely solemn, and when he saw that the left wing of the Tang Army began to charge towards his right flank, he knew that this battle could only be fought hard, and at the same time, he was extremely shocked in his heart, it seems that this Zhao Ziliang really deserves his reputation, and before he saw his force, he first saw his strategy.

"Sons, we are now sleepy and lacking horses, it is impossible to escape, the morale of the Tang army is strong, the strength is abundant, the war horses are fat, we can't outrun them, and now we can only fight to the death with the Tang army!"

No one responded, the soldiers of the Daxi tribe were all tired, most of them were still nibbling on the cold and hard dried meat, drinking and grabbing the cold snow and putting it in their mouths, and most of the soldiers did not have time to feed the horses.

Murong Changge turned his head and saw the sons and daughters behind him, his heart was cold, with this state and morale of the army, is it really possible to defeat the Tang army? ”

But at this time, Murong Changge could not be allowed to think about it again, the left wing cavalry of the Tang army had already begun to charge, and a tall and sturdy Tang army general held a long-handled Da Mo knife and led his troops to rush towards his right flank, the morale of the other party was like a rainbow, he gritted his teeth dumbly, and ordered: "Divide a thousand people to meet the left wing of the Tang army!" (To be continued.) )