Everyone's expressions were very serious, and everyone understood that there was indeed a desperate situation in front of them. In fact, after entering the canyon this morning, most people already thought that it was a journey with no return, and many people were prepared for the worst.

But later, Wang Yuan's ingenious arrangement, the plan to lure the enemy into the valley to carry out a surprise ambush was a great success, and he successfully broke out of the Death Canyon, which was already beyond everyone's expectations. It was precisely because of that completely unexpected victory that the flame of hope rose in everyone's hearts. But now this river is in front of it, blocking the way. Nearly 2,000 Xi cavalry made a comeback, and the situation was obviously critical again, even more urgent than the situation in the canyon.

Wang Yuan looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "Come, everyone has done this bowl of wine, and then, I have a plan to discuss with everyone." If this is successful, I reckon we will be able to win at least a day's time to cross the river, and we will be able to get out of trouble all the way west. ”

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, everyone actually thought a lot about the current situation in their hearts, but they all felt incomprehensible, what Wang Yuan said was like a ray of sunshine in the dark clouds, illuminating the dark wilderness and giving everyone great hope.

Everyone raised the wine bowl one after another, drank all the wine in the bowl, Wang Yuan threw the wine bowl aside, and began to whisper his plan. Everyone listened attentively, one by one with a solemn expression, and weighed carefully.

Wang Yuan quickly finished talking about the plan and said in a deep voice: "I know that this plan may not be perfect, but I believe that it will succeed, and I need everyone to muster up the fighting spirit and finish the battle." If you defeat three times your own enemy tonight, tomorrow your great names will be famous. If the plan is not successful, you don't have to blame me for taking you to a dead end, everyone is buried here, and it is not lonely to talk and laugh on the Huangquan Road. ”

Liu Dehai's blood boiled, he stood up and said loudly: "What the envoy said is very true, the eldest husband should be killed in battle, and the horse leather shroud should be returned, this is my ambition for many years, and my brothers are also bloody men, and they are never afraid of death." The envoy can rest assured, you are not to blame for your humble position, on the contrary, I would like to thank the envoy for his fulfillment. ”

Several brigade commanders in the army also stood up one after another to express their expressions, looking excited.

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Okay, since you have no objections, then we will arrange for the implementation immediately, but I don't want you to return the horse leather shroud, I want us all to be alive after tonight, I need victory." Before that, I said an ugly thing, once the plan is launched, it will be indomitable, fight to the death, if there are those who retreat and cowardly, don't blame me for not thinking about friendship, and the military law will deal with it. Brave and fearless, I guarantee with my personality, as long as I escape and return to Beijing, I will do my best to protect the weightlift. Did you hear me? ”

"Understood, please rest assured." Everyone said in unison.

Wang Yuan patted his thigh and said, "Okay, then now I will assign your tasks, and you will keep in mind your mission and follow it." ”

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After the defeat in the Battle of Jiming Mountain Canyon, Yu Wenxiong finally gathered the defeated remnants of the defeated army together before noon. Together with the 1,000 archers who retreated from the canyon, there were 2,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Looking at the regrouped more than 2,000 people, Yu Wenxiong's heart calmed down, and at the same time, he secretly scolded himself for being stupid, leading four times as many soldiers and horses as Wang Yuan to ambush, but he was killed by Wang Yuan, which is simply a shame. This is too much face.

I don't know if it's suspicious or if that's the case, from the faces of his generals and soldiers, Yu Wenxiong felt that they were all ridiculing him, but he didn't say it, which made Yu Wenxiong hold back his anger in his heart but couldn't vent it.

The scouts sent to the mouth of the canyon came back to report that Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses turned to the west and fled west before noon, and Yu Wenxiong decided to immediately turn back and chase after him, to get back this face, otherwise he would leave in such a gloomy manner, and he would no longer be able to gain a foothold after returning. Li Lusu, the king of Xi, gave himself so much trust and entrusted himself with full authority to deal with the negotiation with An Lushan, but he failed to live up to his trust, he knew that with Li Lusu's temper, he would never get his trust, so he had to wipe out all the soldiers and horses of Wang Yuan before he could go back to explain.

Yu Wenxiong immediately ordered the whole team to pursue, but one of his generals jumped out and went against him, it was the deputy general Morba who usually liked to talk to him.

"General Yuwen, it doesn't seem good to chase now, look at the appearance of the brothers, the morale is low after the new defeat, everyone has not eased up, the archers' quiver is empty, and the water and rice in the stomach have not entered, at this time chasing the enemy, isn't it asking for trouble?"

"Morba, you dare to say such words to destroy the morale of our army, increase the prestige of others, and bastard things." Yu Wenxiong shouted angrily.

"General Yuwen, what the last general said is the truth, at least let the brothers recover some mental strength. Besides, the last general didn't destroy the morale of our army, you were the one who destroyed the morale of our army. It's a good ambush battle that can definitely be won, and it's like this, General Yuwen blames others, it's really a joke. Morba didn't care about that, and frowned back.

The scar on Yu Wenxiong's heart was ruthlessly torn apart by Morba, and he could hear the whispering laughter of his subordinates and soldiers around him, and this mocking sneer pierced his heart like a thorn, making him both painful and embarrassed.

"Morba, how dare you talk to me like that?" Yu Wenxiong said coldly word by word.

Morba shook his pigtails and sneered: "What the last general said is the truth, I have rules in the Xi army, and the defeat is the incompetence of the main general, am I wrong?" Not only did the last general say here, but when I returned to the court of the tribe, I will say the same thing before my king. ”

"You...... Look for...... Die...... Is it? Yu Wenxiong's eyes have become fierce, if the eyes can be on fire, I am afraid that those eyes are already two fire-breathing fireballs at this moment.

Morbachan was immersed in the pleasure of abuse, and the rules set by the Xi army, the main general was defeated, the deputy general and the partial general could freely speak out about the failure, strictly speaking, although Morba's words were personal and emotional, but there was nothing inappropriate. It's a pity that he didn't take into account Yu Wenxiong's psychological state at the moment, Yu Wenxiong is now a powder keg, and whoever provokes him will explode.

"Hehe, didn't General Yuwen even deprive us of the right to speak? I am General Zhenwei personally appointed by King Xi, although I am a deputy general, I also have the power to lead the army. These soldiers and horses are not your General Yuwen's personal guards. Is General Yuwen threatening General Ben? ”

"So what?" Ubunio exploded. With a broken drink, the scimitar came out of its sheath, drawing a shining arc and slashing towards Morba, Morba didn't expect Yu Wenxiong to really make a move, a general of his level, even if he committed a capital crime, he had to be approved by King Xi before he could be executed, Yu Wenxiong could detain and tie him up, but he had no right to execute himself. But Yu Wenxiong has clearly forgotten these rules.

The long knife slashed, and Morba swerved sideways on his horse, but he couldn't escape the knife. With a pop, the long knife slashed at Morba's arm, removing one of his arms from the shoulder socket and falling to the ground with a thud.

Morba screamed, clutching his bleeding arms and staggering, shouting loudly: "Yu Wenxiong, you dog. The beast raised by the mother dared to kill people seriously. ”

Yu Wenxiong didn't say a word, the long knife waved again, and with a click, Morba's head flew into the air, a puff of blood sprayed into a blood mist in the air, and rolled a few times on the slope of the barren grass, facing the sky, his eyes wide open.

The soldiers were in an uproar, and the crowd was in a violent commotion. Yu Wenxiong raised his long knife and shouted: "Morba retreated from the battle, disobeyed the military order, and is now corrected." From now on, whoever dares to disobey the orders of this general will be killed! ”

Everyone was silent, and no one dared to say more, and the original sarcastic smile turned into a look of horror.

"All mounted their horses and pursued the Tang army. Today's shame will be washed in blood. Yu Wenxiong gave a deep order, and the soldiers gathered in a group and chased towards the west under the leadership of their respective generals.

When he realized that the other party was running all the way to the west and did not flee south along the wilderness of Jiming Mountain, Yu Wenxiong was not worried about not being able to catch up with them, because Yu Wenxiong was very familiar with the terrain in this area of Yanzhou, and this was where they often came and went, and he knew that the Yanghe River in the west would be an insurmountable natural danger, and it was impossible for the other party to escape.

Therefore, Yu Wenxiong did not chase at full speed, and should have caught up with the enemy before dark, but they arrived on the wasteland on the east bank of the Yanghe River after dark. When the scout cavalry was sent out to search for the location of the other party, Yu Wenxiong ordered the soldiers and horses to hurry up and rest to eat and drink, and the pursuit along the way actually exhausted the soldiers and horses.

The scouts sent out were like mud cows into the sea, and Yu Wenxiong ate all three pastrami jerky and drank the wine in the wine bag, but the scouts still did not come back to report the news. According to Yu Wenxiong's estimate, it is already several miles close to the river bank, and it stands to reason that it is easy to find the traces of the opponent's soldiers and horses. There are hundreds of people on the other side, and it's not just one or two people who are difficult to find, which is really weird.

Yu Wenxiong is actually not too anxious, he still has a killer weapon, even if the other party is hiding underground, he can find them. After patiently waiting for all the soldiers and horses to eat and drink water and rest for a while, about the time of the first shift, Yu Wenxiong ordered a quiet departure. Yu Wenxiong sacrificed his killer weapon, and his favorite wolf dog went into battle. Under the guidance of the wolfhound, the brigade of soldiers and horses quietly groped forward in the dark night, and then they saw a red light in the darkness that reflected half of the sky.