Erkou Mountain. From north to south, it winds for thousands of miles and stretches into the territory of Bunzhou. The mountain is steep and magnificent, the left and right sides of the main peak, the pole sticks out two side peaks, like two giant dragons, and the main peak of Taihe Mountain, which is tall and round, forms the shape of two dragons to win the pearl. At the foot of Taihe Mountain, five roads and five rivers converge, so this place is also called "Wujiao City"

The beautiful scenery of Taihe Mountain, the soldiers of Shaanxi and China have no time to appreciate it, and they can't appreciate it. For it was the middle of the night, and although there was a full moon hanging high in the sky, and the bright moonlight was softly shining on the earth, they were holding their breath and hurrying forward, trying not to make too much noise.

Zhang Xian's war horse wore a halterhead and four hooves, and although he had already reconnoitred several times, when he really led his troops in, he was already troubled by the complex terrain here. There are many roads and rivers, and it is simply difficult to move an inch, no wonder the Jurchens don't take this place seriously at all.

By the moonlight, this Shaanxi Huayong general looked up at the Taihe Mountain in the distance, and the hazy mountain shadow actually crossed the ground like two dragons playing with pearls. Thousands of people marched quietly on the not wide road, like a black python, silently. Only the knives and guns in the hands of the soldiers glowed with a cold cold light.

Although the destination of this army was Taihe Mountain, they did not go to camp. Zhang Xian was ordered by Xu Wei to lead the elite infantry of the headquarters to make a detour from the area of Taihe Mountain and go around to the back of the eastern camp of the Jin army. It was not for the sake of attacking from both sides, but once the war broke out, the terrain would be used to contain the reinforcements coming from Guanzhou. The reason why he chose to enter the army at night was because he was afraid of being exposed in advance.

Just as Zhang Xian led his troops to make a detour, in the camp of the Xu family's army, the soldiers were nervously preparing. Middle- and lower-level commanders inspect the troops, and soldiers straighten out their equipment. The senior generals gathered in the big tent to make the final pre-battle arrangements. Xu Yuan had already given an order to Qu Duan and ordered him to lead his army to attack the western camp of the Jin army. Sticky Han put on a defensive posture, and our army attacked at both ends, so that he could not take care of both. Although the Jin army had an advantage in terms of troops, fortunately, the terrain of Langzhou was suitable for the western army to fight. The opposing horse's army will be largely restricted. After Xu Wei stepped out of the tent, he looked up at the bright moon in the sky, exhaled deeply, twisted his sour neck, and said to Wu Jie, Wu Phosphorus, Yang Yan and other generals beside him: "Go back early to rest, recuperate, and tomorrow I will take the eastern camp of the Jin Army and give a meeting gift to the prime minister of the Great Jin Kingdom." ”

All the generals laughed, and Yang Yan even "shouted rampantly": "The big marshal sits in the camp, and he only needs to give eight thousand elite soldiers and a batch of firearms, and I will break him!" ”

Xu Wei shook his head with a smile, Yang Yan's arrogance reminded him of Yang Zaixing. If that one is here, I am afraid that I dare to say that I will enter Duzhou City and capture Sticky Han alive.

When I returned to the tent, I wanted to sleep well earlier, but I was so hot that I panicked. ordered the soldiers to call for cold water, and after drenching it, it was still difficult to solve the summer vacation. I tossed until midnight, and I was quite sleepy. When the network was confused, I vaguely heard someone whispering outside the tent. I couldn't hear what I was saying.

Xu Wei was irritable, and suddenly got up and shouted outside: "Who is making noise outside?" ”

The voices under the tent suddenly stopped. After the strange moment, Li Guan's voice sounded: "Has the handsome ever slept?" ”

This sentence made Xu Wei cry and laugh, I can still talk to you when I am asleep? So he got out of bed and walked out of the tent shirtless. I saw Li Guan standing outside with his hands down, and when he saw him come out, he bowed his head.

"What?" Xu Wei asked.

"Marshal, the situation in the enemy camp is abnormal." Li Guan's words were astonishing.

"What kind of anomaly?" Xu Wei suddenly fell asleep.

"Two days ago, the Jin Army rangers were patrolling all night. The precautions are very tight. But tonight, when there was not a single cavalry or soldier, the brothers pushed forward and looked at the heights, and saw that it was pitch black in the enemy camp, and there was no movement. The humble position felt strange, but he couldn't get it accurately, so he didn't know whether to disturb the marshal. Li Guan replied.

Which one is this singing? Lure the enemy deeper? Empty city plan? Or do you want to tease me to touch the camp and then set up an ambush for me? After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out.

The black light was blind, but he didn't dare to act rashly, so he said: "Keep watching, if there is any movement, report it at any time." ”

Li Guan took the order and left. When I returned to the tent, I couldn't sleep anymore, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong. This can't be a trick to lure the enemy, if you want to lure me to a sneak attack, you should be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, you just make a mess of darkness, do I dare to come? But apart from this, there is no other reason, what trick does Jin Jun want? Could it be that they have revealed the whereabouts of Zhang Xian's department? It doesn't make sense either. If so, it is necessary to send troops to intercept it.

Thinking about the essentials, Xu Wei had to pass on the order to make the troops in charge of vigilance extra careful, and then fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky net was numb, and the Xu family army camp came alive. The marching cauldron of the various units was already steaming, and the soldiers were making a final inspection to make sure that all kinds of equipment were in good condition, and when they had eaten breakfast, they were about to march in line and approach the golden camp. Xu Wei didn't sleep for three hours, and he didn't get up all night. First summon Wu Jie and others to discuss last night's strange incident

"Dashuai." Yang Yan handed over a piece of cake and a bowl of broth. Around him, soldiers were standing or sitting, eating and eating. Seeing that the war is imminent, this meal in the morning is the most important, and you must save all the strength of the day, otherwise the Jurchens will not give you the opportunity to eat during the battle. Xu Wei bit the cake and tore off a piece, chewed it heavily, poured another mouthful of broth, felt more comfortable in his stomach, and muttered: "In today's battle, your task is particularly heavy, and you must be the vanguard of the whole army. Well done! ”

Yang Yan's mouth was full of food, and he said vaguely: "Dashuai relax, the first commander is not called in vain." ”

Xu Wei nodded approvingly, Yang Da's heavy infantry has always been a Hujie steel shield, which can basically be said to be the foundation of the army. Over the years, we have never suffered losses in the war against Jin.

The scene was filled with the sound of chewing and grunting, and the soldiers swallowed breakfast like a whirlwind.

Few people spoke, and before the war, everyone tightened the string in their heads.

Xu Wei finished eating, put down the bowl, picked up a large piece of meat from the basket and chewed it while walking, and went to the big tent of the Chinese army. After taking two steps, Li Guan's voice sounded behind him: "Dashuai!" Handsome".

Hearing that something was wrong with this voice, Xu Wei turned around and stared at the other party tightly. Li Guan obviously hadn't slept all night, and he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so his face was tired and his eyes were red. When he arrived in front of the marshal, he couldn't take a few breaths, and said quickly: "It's clear, the Jin army withdrew overnight, and even the camp was not withdrawn."

"Poof". Xu Wei spit out the meat scrap in his mouth and asked in surprise, "What?" Do you say it again? ”

"The gold thief withdrew overnight, and the camp was empty." Li said with a gasp.

Xu Wei stood on the spot, and he didn't realize that the piece of meat in his hand was getting oil. Uncanny! It's really weird! What's going on? Evacuated overnight? What kind of famous hall is sticky Han? Something big happened in his army?

"You go to eat Xu Wei to come back to his senses, and after rejecting Li Guan, after a little thought, he summoned Du Feihu and Ma Tai, the two generals, led a hundred elite horsemen, and went straight to the eastern camp of the Jin army accompanied by Wu Jie.

The Jin camp is actually only more than ten miles away from the Hujie military camp. Rooted in the southeast of Langzhou City, under an unnamed mountain, Xu Wei and his party arrived at the place in a short time with one hundred and ten horsemen, and saw from a distance that the Jin army camp was quite tight. The outermost layer, the vertical wood is the cupboard, up to more than zhang, and the camp is expected to be built, and the surrounding movements are reconnoitred with a condescending momentum. When I got closer, I saw that it was a dead camp, and there was not half a figure in sight.

"Wait a minute, wait for the humble post to go and inspect Du Feihu's martial arts first, if there is any officer in the Hujie Army who can fight with Yang Zaixing, it will be him. Therefore, all along, as long as he marches, he is with Xu Wei to protect his safety. Although Li Guan had already investigated, for the sake of prudence, he still stopped the big marshal.

Xu Wei grabbed the reins and nodded in agreement. Du Feihu shouted, urging the war horse to lead a dozen horsemen to gallop towards Jin Ying quickly. Xu Wei saw that he had not entered the camp, and more than a dozen horsemen went separately, and after about the time of the flowers, people continued to gather at the entrance of the camp. Talking to each other. After a while, Du Feihu appeared, led the troops back, and shouted from afar: "Dashuai, it is indeed empty!" ”

Glancing at Wu Jie, both of them were surprised, and then a horse whip was whipped, and more than 100 horsemen rushed to the gold camp.

"Back to the mountain, easy to the plain, there is grass on the left, there is a spring on the right, both people and animals can be supplied. The camp of the gold thieves is very orderly. "Wu Jie is an expert, and he can see the doorway at a glance.

Xu Wei turned over and dismounted, his expression solemn. The camp is so tightly organized, how can it be so easy to give up? It's really unpredictable. The ground can be described as a mess, footprints and hoof prints can be seen everywhere, obviously retreating in a hurry, what is it that makes the Jin army, which can fight habitually, withdraw overnight? Looking back at Wu Jie, he was also at a loss. Sticky Han's hand confused everyone.

A sudden sound of hooves sounded, and it gradually approached, and the soldiers around them grabbed their weapons vigilantly. Xu Wei looked in the direction of the camp gate, where there were guards in charge of guarding. After the film, one of them will rush in. This person Xu Wei has an impression, his name is Yang Rong, it is said that he is the descendant of the Yang family general in Linzhou, who once pursued the Jin army, and even picked the first seven horses in the Jin camp to refuse the horse to vent his anger, and the Jin army came back to chase, and he shot through the two with an arrow, and he did not dare to follow.

"Humble Yang Rong, I have seen Yang Rong, the prime minister of the past and a slight minister, stepped forward and saluted.

"What?" Xu Wei asked.

"Xianggong has just received a message from Qu Duan, saying that the western camp of the Jin army is empty, and I am afraid that it will retreat overnight! The motive is unknown! It's just that I didn't expect that this is also an empty camp Yang Rong's sentence, and many people at the scene looked at each other. Sticky Han hit the evil spirit? Why do you abandon the good camp? Does he want to shrink his forces and rely on the city to defend? He's not stupid like this, is he? Attacking and defending the city, that is the strength of our army, if you shrink in the city, are you afraid that we will besiege the city?