"Okay, let's not talk about it today." Liu Yuan interrupted Tian Feng, who was still speaking, and said, "This king is going south this time, in addition to personally ordering the assassination, the second thing is to expand the Jizhou army!" ”

Liu Yuan said: "The territory under the jurisdiction of this king is getting bigger and bigger, and now it is going to fight in the east and west, and Jizhou is on the front line of confrontation, and the 100,000 regular army is no longer enough. So now this king orders! ”

"Tian Feng!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"This king orders you, that is, from the beginning, to completely incorporate the land occupied by my Jizhou army into the Youzhou system, and the officials of each county and county have two hearts, kill!" If there are two hearts in the families of each county and county, the clan will be wiped out! All localities will immediately implement various policies in Youzhou, and those who block it will be killed! ”

"Whoa!" Tian Feng's expression was solemn, he clenched his fists and saluted, and then stepped back.

"Koji!"

"The last general!"

"This king orders you to assist Tian Feng in governing Jizhou, expand the army by another 100,000, and train it into an elite in the shortest possible time! Third, within a year, Weijun, Qinghe, Anping and Bohai will be included in the bag! Make no mistake! ”

"Whoa!"

Koji Yoshi's face was full of excitement, and he immediately clenched his fists to receive the order.

"Well, in that case, it's time for this king to go!" Liu Yuan stood up and smiled lightly: "Jizhou is handed over to the two of you, this king is very relieved, don't let this king down!" ”

Liu Yuan waved his hand, asked the two not to send each other, strode out of the room, took Dian Wei and two thousand guards, got out of the giant deer, and went straight to the west

Xiliang, the eastern foot of the mound mountain.

It was winter, and the mountains were full of bare broad-leaved forests, and only some slight evergreens stood alone in the forest, unruly.

Ma Chao fled with the army, and in the early morning of the next day, he finally entered Lingzuka Mountain and camped at the foot of Zayi Mountain.

The combined forces of Yan Xing, Li Dao and Guo Yan were too large to pursue, so they slowed down halfway and slowly followed.

It took a whole morning, more than 10,000 people worked together, with huge logs and boulders, the camp was not down the city.

Ma Chao looked around and nodded secretly.

"This camp will definitely be able to withstand the onslaught of Yan Xing and the Li and Guo coalition forces for a day!"

Since then, Ma Chao has divided the army into two groups, one to rest and one to defend and patrol.

In a few moments, the combined forces of Yan Xing, Li Dao, and Guo Yan finally arrived at Lingzuka Mountain.

"Report!"

The scout rushed from the mountain, turned over and dismounted, threw himself to the ground, and drank: "Qi Qi generals, the enemy's Ma Chao Department has set up camp in the forest next to the mountain road five miles away, please show the general!" ”

Yan Xing nodded, waved the scout away, and turned his face to Li Dao and Guo Yan, "What do the two generals think?" ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan glanced at each other, and Li Dao said: "The army rushed overnight, tired, and the general thought that he should camp on the spot, rest for a while, and make plans at night!" ”

Yan Xing nodded, and immediately ordered the army to set up camp and rest on the spot.

In the main tent of the coalition army, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Yan Xing sat opposite each other, discussing battle strategies against the map.

"Ma Chao has few soldiers, but more than 10,000 people, although he relies on the geographical advantage, it is not impossible to conquer, it just depends on how much he loses!" Li Dao said: "It's just that Ma Chao's army is a cavalry, and if he waves his army and escapes, it will be difficult to do." ”

"It can't be helped!"

Guo Yan pointed to the map and frowned: "If you want to cross Lingzun Mountain, this is the only passage, if you don't break Ma Chao, you can't move forward!" ”

The implication is that regardless of losses, we must advance to attack Ma Chao.

Yan Xing didn't have a good idea.

To say that the total number of troops of his three-person alliance was nearly 200,000, he was blocked by Ma Chao 10,000 here. Helplessly, there is only one passage here, that is, if you want to divide the troops and detour, Ma Chao can't do it behind him!

In the end, the three of them made up their minds to attack tonight, and they must take down Ma Chao and enter Hanyang County!

The sky gradually darkened, and at three o'clock, Ma Chaojun finished resting and feasting, waiting for the enemy to attack.

At this time, the guards sent by Ma Chao to Longguan to report the news returned.

Ma Chao hurriedly called him into the tent and said hurriedly: "What? ”

"Major General, the Second Major General received a letter from his subordinates, so he immediately sent people to Qi County to inform the Third Major General and immediately assemble a large army. The subordinates were worried about the major general, so they immediately rushed back. ”

Ma Chao looked at his face full of dust and exhaustion, his heart warmed, and said, "You are tired all day, go and rest first." ”

The guard's face was full of feelings, and he immediately clenched his fists and withdrew from the big tent.

Ma Chao looked pensive: According to what the guards said, the army of Ma Xiu in Longguan should assemble and set off at the hour, and the army of Ma Tie in Qixian County may not receive the news until three o'clock in the afternoon.

In this way, when the two armies gather in Hanyang Fox Sheath Tiger Valley, it will be at least until tomorrow afternoon!

In other words, Ma Chao must block the enemy army here until tomorrow afternoon, and then he can retreat.

But Ma Chao is not worried.

Although the enemy army is large, with 200,000 men, this place is dangerously narrow, and the enemy army can attack head-on no more than 3,000 people! As long as Ma Chao divides the army into two groups and takes turns to guard.

In addition, this is winter, the trees are dead and the leaves are falling, and the fire plan will never succeed, so there is no fear of the enemy setting fire to the mountain.

In general, if you want to block the onslaught of the enemy army for a few days, according to his Ma Chao's ability, it is still more than enough.

Ma Chao was relieved and immediately ordered the army to lift their spirits and wait for the enemy to attack.

At three o'clock, about 5,000 military horses galloped along the narrow mountain road.

On the Ma Chao camp, the alarm bell suddenly rang wildly!

Yan Xing looked behind him hatefully, and secretly scolded Li Dao and Guo Yan in his heart, but they were so powerful that he couldn't refute them, so he had to be this pioneer and take the edge of Ma Chao first.

Yan Xing rode on his war horse, looking up at the tall camp on the hillside, his heart full of unhappiness.

"Infantry archers array!"

Yan Xing shouted, with a wave of the iron spear, the heads of the soldiers behind him were crowded, and in a moment, five thousand people crowded one after another, lined up behind Yan Xing. A row of foot soldiers, a row of archers, intersecting.

"Kill!"

As soon as the military order was given, all the foot soldiers raised their wooden shields on their heads, and the archers wound their arrows, crossed Yan Xing, and climbed up the hillside in unison.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Yan Xing's army had just climbed the slope, and Ma Chaozhai gave an order, and suddenly, a dense rain of arrows fell in the air, covering the entire slope!

Puff puff

The sound of arrows entering the wood and flesh sounded, and the clanging was mixed with a few screams.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The first wave of arrows has just fallen, and the second wave has followed.

Then the third wave, the fourth wave

The rain of arrows shot from the camp on the slope completely suppressed Yan Xing's army, not to mention counterattacking, even taking a step forward was very difficult. The slightest person who emerges from behind the wooden shield will be shot like a hedgehog.

As the number of casualties in Yan's marching array continued to grow, the 5,000-foot archer formation gradually dispersed.

Yan Xing saw it, although he was anxious, he was helpless!

"Shoot the arrows!"

On the camp, it seemed that the arrows were endless, and by the time Yan Xing's army approached the camp, nearly half of the people had already been lost!

On the wooden village, Ma Chao pressed the hilt of his sword, pointed his spear at the attacking enemy, and laughed while giving the order: "Yan Xing Xiao'er is so stupid that he actually mixed archers with his foot soldiers. Don't you know that this place is condescending, and no matter how many archers he has, he will give his surname in vain! ”

Seeing that the strategy was misguided, Yan Xing knew that the attack had failed, so he had to order the army to retreat.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground under the cottage, Ma Chao laughed, and ordered people to pay debts to clean up the battlefield and recover arrows, while letting the army rest and wait for the enemy's second attack.

On this night, the combined forces of Yan Xing, Guo Yan, and Li Dao attacked no less than 20 times, but they were defeated back by Ma Chaojun again and again, not only suffered serious losses, but also failed to make any contributions.

Helpless, Yan Xing and the three of them had no choice but to suppress the anger in their hearts and let the army rest, as for how to take this place, they had to make another plan!

In the assertion, the three of them had gloomy faces and were relatively speechless.

After a long time, Li Dao opened his mouth and said, "Brother Yan, do you know if there is a trail here?" ”

Yan Xing glanced at him and secretly said that this person asked more. If he knew there was a trail to copy, could he not say it?

Yan Xing shook his head and said nothing.

"If you ask someone to find a guide nearby, maybe some hunters know about the mountain trails. If you can send someone to outflank, Ma Chao will definitely be defeated! Guo Yan said.

The other two pondered for a moment, thinking that there was no other way but to nod their heads in agreement.

Half an hour later, Scout Li really caught a hunter from a nearby mountain village.

The Orion looked at the three stubborn generals in front of him with trepidation, as if he had seen a fierce god, and his heart was both frightened and angry.

"Vulna Orion, do you know this mountain path?"

Li Dao said in a deep voice: "As long as you can take my army over this mountain from the trail, this general will reward you with a thousand gold!" Otherwise, slaughter your whole village! ”

Orion trembled with fright, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes!" ”

The three of them were overjoyed, and immediately discussed that Yan Xing would lead 3,000 people to follow Orion on the trail, while Li Guo and the others still stormed Ma Chao's cottage to attract his attention

In the cottage, Ma Chao sat alone in the tent, looking at the appearance, but he was contemplating.

"Yan Xing and the others can't attack for a long time, so they will inevitably find another way. Maybe you can find a path in the mountains and outflank it from behind! ”

Ma Chao thought to himself: "If you are outflanked, you will definitely be defeated, how to deal with it"

It's just dawn, but it's not the end of the day. And his task was to keep it there, at least until noon. If you withdraw like this, the previous calculations will be in vain, and if the Yan Xing coalition army comes to Lingzuka Mountain, then Ma Teng, who is confronting Han Sui in Jincheng, will be in danger!

"Even if Yan Xing can find a trail, but a trail is a trail after all, and there must not be many troops that can pass through. That is to say" Ma Chao perked up and laughed: "My camp, 5,000 people can defend it properly, if you can find the outflanked enemy army first, hehe"

Ma Chao thought to himself, there must not be many troops who can go over the mountains and outflank them. As long as the enemy army can be discovered earlier and not allowed to attack from both sides, Ma Chao will leave 5,000 people to guard the camp to resist the frontal attack, while he will lead the remaining 5,000 people to intercept the outflanked army, so that Yan Xing and the others plan to be empty!

After making up his mind, Ma Chao immediately ordered two additional teams to patrol the rear and let them expand the patrol area, while gearing up to smash the enemy's plot.

Yan Xing led 3,000 people to follow the Orion, and walked on the sheep intestine mountain road with difficulty, although he was tired on the surface, he was very comfortable in his heart.

"Ma Chao, Ma Chao, General Ben is going to take your head this time!"

The corners of Yan Xing's mouth curled, and he immediately urged the army to speed up and outflank it.

(To be continued)