Chapter 371: The Battle Begins

The large army of more than 2,000 people was still walking on the official road, and it had been walking for several days, and the soldiers, who had only rested for four or five hours a day, looked a little tired and lacked energy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The Info soldier's head drooped slightly, his eyelids were very heavy, and he was about to close.

But even so, as a soldier, they will not stop to rest without the general's order. Another reason why the soldiers are reluctant to stop is that there are many refugees who go against them on the official road.

The refugees fled the southwestern border with their wives and children, young and old, and some dry food.

As we got closer to Dongzhong County, we saw more and more refugees on the road. On the first carriage, Ye Cheng pulled the horse rope and looked at the front of the official road with a solemn expression, because there were many refugees in front of him.

When the refugees saw the soldiers, they all smiled happily on their dirty faces, and they were all happy that the soldiers were going to the southwestern border to protect their homes. The refugees automatically stood sideways on both sides of the official road to make room for the troops to advance.

Ye Cheng drove the carriage and slowly walked into the ranks of refugees, passing through the middle. Seeing those filthy refugees, he felt very uncomfortable, but now he couldn't do anything, the only thing he could do now was to hurry to the southwest border and push back Xiao Luan's army.

"There are more and more refugees, and it seems that the army of Xiaoluan has invaded the border," the big boss stretched out his head outside the curtain of the car, looked at the refugees next to him, and said.

Ye Cheng tightened the horse's rope and let the carriage move slowly. There were a lot of children in the refugee ranks, and he didn't want any accidents in the carriage to hurt them.

He didn't know how to drive a carriage before, but after following the local customs, he gradually became able to pull the carriage a few times.

In order to confirm where Xiao Luanguo's army invaded from, Ye Cheng looked to the right hand side in front of him and shouted, "Where did you come from, is it that Xiao Luanguo's army has already come in?" ā€

On the right-hand side, a refugee man held the child in his arms, looked over and said, "We are from Jingfu County, and the army of Xiao Luan Guo has taken the county seat a day ago."

Hearing the news, everyone's faces were immediately full of horror! I didn't expect Xiao Luan to invade so quickly, and also occupied a county seat.

Ye Cheng said secretly with a solemn face, "It seems that during the time when we were gathering troops and looking for raw materials, Chen Gong had already returned to the border and given the order to attack, and I don't know what the situation of the other three countries is now, whether they have all begun to attack"

But no matter what, now he can only concentrate on dealing with the army in front of him, after all, they are half the difference in numbers between them and Xiao Luan's army.

"I want to ask, how far is it from Dongzhong County?" Ye Cheng's eyes lit up, and he raised his head to look ahead and asked.

The refugee pointed to the front of the official road and said, "Walk another hour or two to Dongzhong County" In his opinion, it is a good thing that the army will arrive at the border early, so that the enemy invasion can be repulsed, and he will not have to flee with his children.

"Thank you" After Ye Cheng thanked the refugees, he gently whipped the horse's back with a horse rope, allowing the carriage to slowly speed up, and he looked at the front of the official road with a serious expression.

After an hour or two, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun had set halfway up the hill to the right of their carriage.

In front of the official road, a high mountain appeared, and there was no green on the mountain, only a yellow rock wall. Because there are no trees to shade it, you can see the intricate caves of various sizes on the rock wall at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, Lai Zhongjin rode to the front of the first carriage and led more than 2,000 troops to the high mountains.

At the foot of the high mountain, more than a dozen white-robed soldiers stood in a neat line, and when they saw Lai Zhongjin, they immediately shouted respectfully, "General"

Lai Zhongjin rode on a horse, revealing the majesty of the general, and asked, "Where is your general?" ā€

A white-robed soldier took two steps forward, bowed down and replied, "Report to the general, the two generals received the battle report of the occupation of Jingfu County, so they led the troops forward."

Among the three brothers of the Lai family, Lai Zhongjin is the general in the army, and he obeys all the orders of the three armies, while his two younger brothers are the left general and the right general, although they can also command the three armies, but they still obey the orders of the general.

Lai Zhongjin's face was a little ugly, and then he asked, "What about General Yue?" ā€

"General Yue also led his own army to fight against Xiao Luan's army in Tannan County," the white-robed soldier continued.

Lai Zhongjin pulled the horse rope, turned the horse to the first carriage, and learned that his two younger brothers were already fighting the enemy on the front line, and he was very anxious, thinking about hurrying to the front line. But being anxious is in a hurry, and his anxiety will only make things backfire, so he calmed down his emotions, and there was no panic on his face.

Ye Cheng sat outside the curtain and said, "General Lai, go quickly, the front line needs you" He guessed what Lai Zhongjin wanted to do, so there was no need to keep him, after all, the front line needed generals who could fight.

"Then you go up the mountain on your own, I'll rush to the front line first" Lai Zhongjin's expression was serious, he turned his head to look at the white-robed soldier just now, and asked, "How many soldiers are there in Dongzhong County now?" ā€

"Report to the general, and three hundred soldiers," the white-robed soldier said.

Lai Zhongjin turned around, looked down in thought, suddenly his eyes were bright and clear, he pulled the horse rope, rode to the right of the first carriage, faced the white-robed soldiers behind, and shouted, "Leave 1,500 soldiers to carry raw materials up the mountain and protect here, and the rest of the soldiers will rush to Jingfu County with me."

"Yes," the white-robed soldiers behind shouted at the same time, their voices loud and deafening.

Such an exciting shout made Ye Cheng's blood boil. It's just that while his blood is boiling, he also maintains a sense of composure, because he killed so many people in the Tiangu Kingdom against Xiao Guo and Xiao Luan Guo before, and these people are always vigilant in their hearts, so that no matter what they face in the future, they must calm down and think clearly before acting.

Ye Cheng turned his head and stepped out of the carriage, looked at Lai Zhongjin on the side, and said, "General Lai, then we will go up the mountain first."

No matter how urgent the situation on the front line is, if they want to win this battle with fewer enemies, explosive fire is crucial, so their task in the rear is also very difficult.

"Smack"

Ye Cheng spurred the carriage fiercely, making the carriage run quickly and drive towards the mountain road around the mountain.

On the mountain road around the mountain, those intricate caves can be seen more clearly. Because the mountain is full of caves, only some of them are just on the mountain road, and some are very high on the mountain road, and if you want to go down to the mountain road, you must use rope ladders to get there, so you can see a large number of rope ladders hanging on the rock wall along the way.

Dongzhong County, like Laiyuan County, does not have a single building on the mountain road around the mountain.

As soon as the carriage drove up the mountain road and turned around four times, a shout came from overhead, "Eighth brother, is it you?" ā€