Gongsun Lan smiled and said: "You can't hide anything from me, although I don't know why you did this, but I think you must have your reasons." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info You told them that you wanted to confuse the rebels into pursuing Jun County, then it shouldn't be like that. But since you have done this, it must be to attract the rebels to chase after you, what do you think in your heart? ”

Wang Yuan pretended to be frustrated and said: "That's it, I thought no one would see this matter, but I didn't expect it to escape your eyes." In the future, I won't dare to play any tricks in front of my cousin, as if nothing can escape your eyes. ”

Gongsun Lan smiled: "If you want to do evil or do something unsightly in the future, be careful." ”

Wang Yuan put his arms around Gongsun Lan's waist, reached out and groped her chest, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's do something unseemly." ”

Gongsun Lan hurriedly pushed his hand away and said, "Do you want to die?" There are soldiers on duty on the hills. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and withdrew his hand, and said in a low voice, "Cousin, do you want to know why I want to lure the rebels to come with me?" ”

Gongsun Lan tilted her head and leaned on Wang Yuan's shoulder and said, "You always have your plans, if it's confidential, you don't have to tell me." ”

Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "What secrets do you have here?" I just didn't want to distract you, so I didn't tell you. I did deliberately lure the rebels to follow, for the simple reason that I didn't want the rebels to go straight south to intercept us at the ferry. ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "How do you know that the rebels will go south to intercept us at the ferry?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Thinking as a leader, the answer to this question is obvious. If I am the commander of the rebels, instead of losing the traces of the other party, it is better to go directly to the bottom of the kettle and rush to the White Horse Ferry to wait for work. Because the only way for our 40,000 soldiers and civilians to escape was to cross the river to the south, and this is actually clear to everyone. Then the Hakuba Ferry was the only place we could cross the river, and it was the place we had to get there. ”

"That's true." Gongsun Lan nodded and muttered.

"The rebel pursuers are marching much faster than we do, and if they are determined to rush to the ferry, they will surely arrive at the ferry before we do. When we get to the ferry, a disaster awaits us. So, instead of that, let them discover our tracks and lure them to follow us. I talked to Yan Taishou, and the terrain in Jun County is flat, which is not conducive to ambush operations. Although Qi County is also a plain land, there are some small hills on the way south, and there is also Qishui, a tributary of the Yellow River, as a barrier. If I wanted to deal with the enemy, the terrain of Qi County was more favorable, so I chose to march to Qi County. Do you understand? Wang Yuan said.

Gongsun Lan nodded and said, "I know, I also estimate that you will have to fight with the chasing soldiers in Qi County." But I don't know you're thinking about it. ”

Wang Yuan said: "I am also forced to chase 30,000 soldiers, and I have no chance of winning." But instead of being forced to fight with them at the ferry, it is better for me to take the initiative to arrange and take the initiative to fight. I can't tell Yan Taishou and the people about my plan, it will scare them into panicking. Take the initiative to lure the pursuers forward, and they must think I'm crazy. So Tan Ping and Zhao Qing came out, and no one knew my plan. ”

Gongsun Lan stared at Wang Yuan and smiled: "If you are a madman, then you must be the most sober madman in the world." ”

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Early the next morning, the team continued on its way. After yesterday, it is clear that the people no longer need to be forced to get up by the whip. In the morning, Yan Zhenqing led people to shout, and soon all the people got up and lined up to prepare to hurry. Except, of course, the dozens of people who were beaten last night.

Just when Yan Zhenqing thought that Wang Yuan would leave them alone and was about to plead with Wang Yuan to take them, Wang Yuan ordered a few horses and a few carts to be handed over to Yan Zhenqing, asking him to carry these dozens of people who could not walk into the cart and take them away.

Yan Zhenqing was surprised, and couldn't help but sigh. Wang Yuan was able to occupy a high position at a young age, and his reputation was high and respected by thousands of people, obviously not without reason. What this person does seems to be perverse and radical, but in fact, he is very relaxed and measured. There is a kind of sophistication and composure in his actions that are beyond his years, and even if it seems to be an unreasonable move, in hindsight, there is indeed a reason for him.

On the other hand, Yan Zhenqing has no problem asking himself to act and behave, but in terms of achievements, he is far inferior to Wang Yuan, a young man who is more than 20 years younger than himself. At that time, he despised his behavior of clinging to others, but the fact is that at the time of the national crisis, it was this person who supported the sky of the Tang Dynasty. And compared with myself, there is too much difference. You can't help but admit that this person's vision is far-sighted, and when so many people are sighing that Huai Cai is not met with grief and indignation, this young man from Fangding without any background and background has silently completed an incredible feat in his way.

For the first time, Yan Zhenqing had a feeling of admiration and fear for a person. And apart from Wang Yuan, Yan Zhenqing has only had such feelings about one person, and that is Xuanzong. To be exact, it was Xuanzong ten years ago.

The troops were successfully mobilized, and today's trip was obviously much easier than yesterday's. The sun has dried the road surface, and the carriage and horses are unobstructed. Especially after entering Qi County and getting on a smooth official road, the speed of travel is much faster.

At noon, when the long line was temporarily resting on the official road, Tan Ping, who was sent to Qi County to open the road to investigate yesterday, rushed back with people. In the willow forest beside the road, Tan Ping wiped his sweat and panted to report his journey to Qi County.

"Dashuai, the county seat of Qi County has long been abandoned, the rebels captured Qi County before, burned, killed and looted, the town defense houses of Qi County have been destroyed, the people have fled and left, and the entire county is empty. My subordinates took people to the south of the city for a twenty-mile radius, where there was a small hill called Niutou Mountain, but it could not be used by me, because the hill was unremarkable and could not be used as an ambush. ”

Wang Yuan handed over a water bladder, Tan Ping hurriedly thanked him and took it, tilted his neck and poured a few mouthfuls of water, wiping his mouth and gasping.

"What about the Qishui River? Is there running water? Is the river wide or narrow? Can it be used as a defensive barrier? Wang Yuan asked.

"The Qishui River is very fast, presumably due to the heavy rain in the past few days, and the small streams on the plains flow into the river, so the water flow is very fast. The surface of the river is not narrow, it looks more than ten zhang wide. There is a wooden bridge over the river that is passable. After we crossed the river, the wooden bridge was broken, which should prevent the rebels from crossing the river. It's not so easy for them to build bridges. Tan Ping said.

Wang Yuan frowned and pondered for a long time: "How far is this going?" ”

Tan Ping said: "For more than 30 miles, we rushed back at the same time, and came back at noon, a horse journey of more than an hour. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Prepare the horse, I will personally go to take a look at the terrain, if the ambush place is not chosen well, this battle will not be fought." Tan Ping leads the way, let's run. ”

In the afternoon, Wang Yuan and his entourage arrived at the north gate of Qi County. The gate of the county town is open, the city wall is broken, and the gray and broken flags are fluttering on the city, and it is no longer possible to see whether it is the military flag of the Tang Dynasty or the rebel flag of An Lushan.

I entered the city through the half-collapsed city gate hole, but I saw that the streets of the county town were depressed. Ruined and dilapidated. Under the sunlight of white flowers, the entire county town was empty. The streets are littered with dry bones, a few wild dogs are shuttling between the ruins, and the whole county is eerily silent, like a ghost town.

After turning around, there was indeed no trace of human traffic, and the entire county was already in ruins, and there was no value to be used. Wang Yuan led everyone through the streets of the county town and went straight to the wilderness south of the city from the south gate. After running for more than ten miles, the sound of flowing water in front of me entered my ears, and a long river turned over with phosphorescence in front of me under the sunset. That's the Qishui River.

When I got to the river, as Tan Ping said, the river was very turbulent, and the turbid river was rushing down from west to east, which was quite imposing. But this is only a river on the plains, and this momentum is naturally due to the torrential rain three days ago.

"The wooden bridge is five miles upstream, and after the wooden bridge is the Niutou Mountain I am talking about. Look, that is Niutou Mountain. Tan Ping pointed and pointed.

Wang Yuan had already seen the wooded hill a few miles across the river. Strictly speaking, it is just a small dirt bag, the altitude is definitely not more than 50 meters, and the mountain is gentle, like a small tomb standing there, I don't know how the name of this Niutou Mountain came from, how it doesn't look like a bull's head. Such a mountain is not to mention an ambush, and the Tibetans are enough to choke on it, and it cannot be used as an ambush at all.

Wang Yuan was in an unhappy mood, and led everyone to the west along the river, passing the wooden bridge but not the bridge, and going west along the river bank for several miles, two small hills distributed on the north and south banks of Qishui appeared in front of him.

"What kind of mountain is this?" Wang Yuan asked.

"Oh, I've been here too, and I found a few families on the side of the mountain and asked, saying that this place is called Shuanglu Mountain. Hee-hee, it's a bit like that. Tan Ping said.

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, it was indeed a bit like a woman's twin peaks, and this Qishui River was flowing out of the col of the mountain bag, as if it was milk flowing out of the breasts. But in fact, Wang Yuan knew that the river only passed through the mountain col, and such a small mountain bag could only add some rainwater to the river, but it could not be the source of the river at all. The source of the river on the plains is either the underground spring or the rain from the sky, and the amount of water can only be the source of rainwater. When the rain is abundant, the river swells and rushes, and when there is a drought, the river will stop flowing and dry up.

Walking along the river bank into the side of the col of Shuanglu Mountain, Wang Yuan suddenly rode his horse and stood on the bank of the river, his eyes patrolling the terrain of the col between the two small hills, frowning thoughtfully. Suddenly, he dismounted and approached, and after a long patrol, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"It's a nice place, or maybe it could be used." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Tan Ping's personal guards didn't know why, and when he was about to ask, Wang Yuan had already turned around and shouted: "Let's go, go back and discuss with everyone." ”