The scout rode out of the sky, looking a little lazy, because along the way, except for a few mountain people looking at him blankly, not even a ghost was encountered, hundreds of miles of official roads, pedestrians are almost extinct, and the common people know that the war is imminent, who will be stupid to hit the officers and soldiers?

So this scout was bored, traveling-like all the way, and did not find anything suspicious, originally outside this line, but also a little worried, thinking that this dangerous terrain would be ambushed, who knew that it had been out of the valley, and did not find anything unusual, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

But as soon as you get out of the valley, you will see a wall standing in front of you.

The scout was startled, reined in his horses, and rubbed his eyes in panic, where did the city wall come from?

Take a closer look, I can't help but gasp, where is the city wall in front, it is a shield wall composed of hundreds of shields! Lined up hundreds of paces away, there were figures shaking around the shield wall, and some people were still shouting: "Someone is coming!" Someone's coming! ”

Not good, there is an ambush!

The scout reacted quickly, immediately turned the horse's head, and turned to run.

When he turned around, he was stunned again, and at the exit of the first line of heaven, a group of strange white-robed people with crossbows and bows had formed a team, looking at him with fierce eyes.

Where did they come from? The scout wondered.

But there is no time to think, staying here will only wait for death, the scout is also a veteran, knowing that even if he must die today, he must break through, he shouted wildly, drew his knife out of the sheath, and hit the horse's ass hard, and the spurs in his legs clamped the horse's abdomen, and the war horse was in pain, and galloped wildly.

Ma Xintian stood in the queue, coldly looking at the scouts who were already desperate, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he shouted faintly: "Release!" ”

With a crossbow machine in his hand, a crossbow arrow came out of the string, and shot at the scout galloping on the horse like lightning, and the bowstring on his side sounded, and dozens of crossbow arrows were released at the same time, immediately shooting the scout into a hedgehog with people and horses.

The horse that was hit by the arrow ran a few steps, then fell to the ground with a bang, turned over a few heels on the ground, and slid to the feet of Ma Xintian, before moving in vain.

Ma Xintian leaned over and pulled out the crossbow arrow inserted in the corpse, wiped the blood on the corpse, inserted it back into the quiver, patted the horse's neck regretfully and said, "It's a pity for this horse." ”

He beckoned, and the white-robed people immediately cleaned up the battlefield, dragged away the corpses of men and horses, covered the blood stains with sand, and restored Taniguchi to its normal appearance.

Wang Huan was on the hillside on the side of the shield, watching the whole process of shooting, there was a big red flag behind him, as soon as the people on Kuafu Mountain saw the flag down, they would immediately ignite the fuse and blow up the mountain.

"Here, scouts generally go out of the army for thirty miles, it's still early today, Yang Zhan will definitely be able to rush to the Black Valley before dark, and when the time comes, it depends on whether he dares to come in." Wang Huan said to Zu Bian and the others standing behind him: "Order everyone to act according to the plan, don't panic and make noise, and those who are in chaos will be killed immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Zu Bian and the others clenched their fists and replied loudly.

"I'll estimate the time and let one go back alive, otherwise Yang Zhan is suspicious, and it's not good to stay still." Wang Huan squinted his eyes and said.

……

Yang Zhan's heart was a little uneasy, all the way, it was as calm as expected, the army was dispatched, the momentum was huge, so many days have passed, the stone pillar must have gotten the news, see that it has arrived in Fengdu County, and there are seventy or eighty miles of land, you can reach Wanshou Valley, there are several dangerous passes on the road, all of which are unfortified, it seems that Qin Liangyu has given up resistance and is waiting to die.

The disparity in strength is huge, even if the god of war is resurrected, there is nothing to be done.

However, from early this morning to noon, Niu Sicheng, a former military pioneer officer, reported back the news, and none of the dozen or so scouts released came back, which was a little wrong.

The scouts in his army are all veterans who survived in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, all of them have superb riding skills and strong martial arts, even if they are ambushed, they can escape back alive, but this time there is no trace of any of them, not quite right.

Yang Zhan left the brigade on horseback, went up a high slope on the side of the road, and looked at it, but saw that the mountains in front of him were full of shadows, one mountain after another, stretching endlessly, it seemed that any place was like a good place to set up an ambush, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

He fought bravely, but he didn't just rely on the courage of the horseman, otherwise he would not sit in the high position of deputy general, so after thinking for a long time, he sent his own soldiers to recruit Niu Sicheng, the former vanguard officer, to discuss matters.

As soon as the soldiers left, Niu Sicheng came.

Niu Sicheng is Yang Zhan's brother-in-law, a brother with white skin and tender flesh, Yang Zhan originally wanted to take him on a risk-free expedition, in exchange for some military merits, and in the future, he would be promoted and reused, blocking the nagging of the tigress at home, but he didn't want to encounter such a strange thing, so he didn't wait for Yang Zhan to summon him, and he hurriedly came to the door.

It is a big crime for the pioneer officer to leave his post without permission, even if he cuts off his head on the spot, no one dares to say anything, so Yang Zhan's face was cold, and he became a little annoyed.

Niu Sicheng didn't want to, he was wearing shiny chain mail, a red cloak, an iron helmet, and a beautiful peacock feather on the top of the helmet, with a handsome face of Bai Shengsheng, he didn't lose a good skin, and he killed many women, but he didn't care about military discipline at the moment.

"Brother-in-law, my scouts have sent twenty, and none of them have returned, there must be an ambush ahead, and we can't go any further!" He said loudly in a frenzy.

Yang Zhan couldn't wait to slap him, and shouted coldly: "What nonsense? In the army, there shall be no indiscriminate shouting, and shall be commensurate with official positions. ”

Niu Sicheng was a little afraid of this brother-in-law, and hurriedly changed his words: "Junmen, stop moving forward first, if there is really something wrong in front, it will be too late to regret it!" ”

Yang Zhan's face darkened, and he said angrily: "The enemy situation in front is unknown, you will mess with our army's heart, you are like this, how can you entrust the big thing?" As soon as the army stopped, did they just stand in this mountain in a daze? Think about it with your brain! ”

When marching and fighting, the most taboo is that the army is confused, and if the heart is confused, it will become a rout, and you Daluo Immortal can't call it. Niu Sicheng muttered and didn't dare to speak.

Yang Zhan snorted angrily, lifted the reins, and scolded in a low voice: "Useless thing!" Let's go, I'll go to the front army to see it myself. ”

After that, the horse led a group of pro-troops forward, and Niu Sicheng hurriedly followed.

The Chinese army and the front army were separated by five miles, and the horseback arrived in an instant, and when I arrived, Niu Sicheng's front army had actually slowed down and marched slowly like a snail.

Yang Zhan was furious, Niu Sicheng he couldn't fight, a few adjutant Qian Zong could still beat, he lifted the horse whip, and was about to order a few Niu Sicheng's subordinates to be tied up and given military law, but he heard someone shouting in front of him: "There is a horse back!" ”

When Yang Zhan heard this, he put down his horsewhip and shouted angrily: "Let the detective come on!" ”

The soldiers lined up the passage, a scout came from a distance, rolled the saddle and dismounted at a close place, hurried to Yang Zhan's horse, knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Military gate, ten miles ahead, there is a narrow valley, the name of the valley is Black Valley, there are native soldiers outside the valley, there is a big shield, holding a crossbow arrow to defend." ”

Sure enough, there was an ambush!

Niu Sicheng's face turned pale, Yang Zhan also frowned, and asked out loud, "How many earth soldiers are there?" ”

The scout replied: "I took a turn at the mouth of the valley and saw that there were hundreds of shields, the number behind the shields was ominous, and there were dozens of native soldiers with bows and crossbows. ”

Yang Zhan was stunned and asked, "Dozens of people?" Hundred shields? ”

The scout said: "Yes, those dozens of people shot with crossbow arrows, and the marker hurriedly turned around to escape, so that they were not injured by the arrows." ”

"No cavalry chasing you?" Yang Zhan was a little unconvinced.

"Nope." The scout said, "The soldiers who have set up an ambush under the mark do not seem to have horses. ”

"What about the valley? Did you notice an ambush on the hills on either side? Yang Zhan asked again.

"Marking the valley slowly, deliberately observing the mountains on both sides, there is no sign of an ambush." The scout replied.

Yang Zhan listened, lowered his head and thought for a while, then laughed out loud, and said in a rough voice: "Hahaha, Qin Liangyu's old wife, she wants to frame me with a suspicious strategy, but she doesn't know that this general has experienced a hundred battles, what conspiracy and tricks have not been seen, can this empty city plan fool me?" ”

Niu Sicheng didn't understand yet, but seeing that his brother-in-law was so happy, he must have known something, so he hurriedly asked, "Sister...... Oh no, Junmen, there aren't many people in the Black Valley? ”

Yang Zhan snorted and said: "If Qin Liangyu really has a heavy army to set up an ambush, he will definitely kill all the scouts of our army and cover the battlefield, how can he let people come back alive to report the news?" She wanted to deceive me, pretending to have heavy troops in ambush, so that I could retreat in the face of difficulties, how could she deceive me with such a clumsy plan? ”

"And she can't draw a tiger into an anti-dog, dozens of crossbowmen, a hundred shields, just want to disguise herself as a heavy soldier, where can she do it? On the contrary, I found out the truth and forgave her, and after forgiving her shield, there were thousands of people and horses, so what? There are 3,000 tigers in your front army alone, and it is easy to sweep away her chickens and dogs, so why are you afraid? ”