The state army formed a fortress in the mountains, occupied various dangerous positions, set up sentry towers and arrow towers, built fences, and connected several mountain defenses in the Baiyun Mountain Range, and then let Wei Yan lead 50,000 horses and heavy troops to garrison both sides of Heping Gorge, intending to control the water source land.

On the mountain.

On a wide platform at the top of the hill, a few simple watchtowers were erected. The line of sight here is extremely broad, looking into the distance, the eastern Xiangguo plain hills, tens of thousands of fertile fields are in full view. In the north, there is a continuous Baiyun Mountain, with flags fluttering on it, and many soldiers can be seen patrolling faintly. The slurry water meanders in, straight through the Wolf Mountain, the middle of the Rabbit Mountain, the Heping Gorge passes, the cliffs on both sides of the bank stand in a forest, the birds are difficult to cross, there is only a line of heaven and earth in the middle. Wei Yan's heavy troops occupied one or two hills.

He Chen took all of this in his eyes, retracted his eyes, and his eyes were full of smiles. Although there were still fine beads of sweat on my forehead, under the shade of the tall trees, the cool mountain breeze blew, and the feeling of heat disappeared a lot.

Guo Jia stood tall, and the mountain wind blew his green clothes, showing his thin body at a glance. His far-reaching gaze stared at the south, looking at the looming or appearing Hebei Army, his thin and moderate lips pulled out a faint amplitude, and his smile was extremely weird.

He Chen stood there quietly, his slightly low voice, and he couldn't stop the excited tone and said: "Feng Xiao's expectations are not bad, Yuan Shao's army really entered Lingxiao Mountain. ”

"Hehe, this Lingxiao Mountain is a good place, it was the main village in the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The location chosen by Zhang Jiao is excellent, the landscape is magnificent, it is said that in the golden autumn and October, the goshawk hovers on the cliff, the wild chrysanthemum blooms, the colorful is colorful, the green pine and cypress are covered in the meantime, the red leaves are like fire, the forest is dyed, and the beauty is magnificent. There are still the Yellow Turban Army's point generals' platform, training ground, stockade gate, camp site, etc., which saved Yuan Shao's effort. Guo Jia sighed and praised, and then changed his voice and said: "The entire Baiyun Mountain Range, except for a few peaks occupied by our army, is the most dangerous and steep Lingxiao Mountain. Now Heping Gorge is occupied by our army, unless Yuan Shao goes around to the other side of the mountain to set up a village, otherwise he can only choose this place. Lingxiao Mountain has its own mountain spring under water, but it is obviously difficult to supply more than 100,000 troops, so Yuan Shao will definitely start to send people to attack Weiyan Dazhai on the one hand; On the other hand, if we want to complete this task, even if we gather half of our troops, we will not be able to complete it in three or five days. So give us no more than three days at most. Otherwise, all the work done will be wasted. ”

"General ......" At this time, there was a pleasant and crisp sound, still wearing a purple knee-length short skirt, Tianxiang, whose beauty was proportional to her wisdom, walked along the mountain road. She didn't see anything special about He Chen on her face, it was no different from usual.

He Chen's eyes fell on her, his eyes showed a glint of admiration, and then he smiled: "Tianxiang Great Toast, have the Banton warriors sent out have been prepared?" ”

Tianxiang looked businesslike, and a pair of bright eyes just glanced at He Chen, and said lightly: "I've already prepared, wait for the signal at any time." ”

Although the two of them behaved normally, Guo Jia still found a strange light in Tianxiang's eyes, and the smile on his lips was even worse, and he said with a somewhat unpredictable tone: "Da Tusi doesn't need to personally lead the soldiers to the front line, this thing is not difficult to say, it is not easy to say, in case there is a mistake, someone is going to jump." ”

It is estimated that only Guo Jia can say this in the whole world, openly teasing He Chen, so can it be repaid? If you were someone else, ten heads would probably not be enough to cut off. From this, you can also understand what kind of surname Guo Jia is, and how Uncle He covers up and connives. In the sky and on the ground, there is only one person, not even Jia Xu.

According to the locals, there are at least two waterfalls, several mountain springs converge, and there is also the "Tianhu" pond water flowing down, and finally meeting the slurry water, how can this plan succeed? "Although Tianxiang Bing Xue is smart, in terms of intrigue and trickery, even if he is a horse, he can catch up with Guo Jia.

Guo Jia smiled indifferently, and only after He Chen nodded slightly did he explain: "If it is in other seasons, it may not be possible." But don't forget, it's midsummer, the hottest time of the year, the weather in the north is not as good as in the south, the sun is exposed to the sun for ten days and a half months, the earth cracks, the river dries up, and even the water level of the "Tianhu" drops by one-third. Not to mention the stream, mountain spring and waterfall, the big toast is waiting to watch the show. ”

Tianxiang came to her senses at this time, glanced at He Chen lightly, and snorted in her red lips: "Two vicious people." First expressed his inner opinion, and then said: "In this way, in the next two or three days, the military division will soon make some moves." ”

Guo Jia stroked his hands and praised: "Not bad, not bad." The big toast really drew inferences. ”

"Then we'll see." Tianxiang also faintly looked forward to it.

Guo Jia looked at the time of the day, and then calculated in his heart, and then said calmly: "Lord, the time is almost up, you can act according to the plan." ”

He Chen nodded, and then in Tianxiang's scorching gaze, he waved his hand and beckoned a guard and said, "Inform Gan Ning, lead the scaly armor sailors into Heping Gorge to prepare, and at the same time let Xu Huang and Hao Zhao start attacking." ”

"No."

...... "Huh? Did He Chen send Xu Huang to attack Han Meng's camp? ”

In the afternoon, Yuan Shao, who was enjoying the cool under the big tree, suddenly heard the sound of drums in the distance, the horns sounded in unison, and there seemed to be a sound of tearing and killing, so he asked people to check the situation.

"How many soldiers and horses did He Chen dispatch?" Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.

"According to preliminary estimates, it is about 20,000 horses."

Yuan Shao waved his hand, signaling that he knew, and let the guards go down. Then he pondered for a moment, and then asked the strategist on the side: "Zhengnan, He Chen attacked Han Mengzhai, did he have other intentions?" ”

There was also a hint of confusion on his face: "The subordinates are also a little confused, if they want to attack, the southern Sharong soldiers are only five thousand, which is the weakest; At the foot of Xiaotian Mountain, Gao Lan sent decent people to divert water and open canals, which is related to the overall situation; At the foot of Lingxiao Mountain, there is the Zhengzhai Chinese Army, no matter what, these three positions may be the most attacked, why did He Chen go the opposite way, but hit Han Mengjianzhai? ”

"Could it be that there is something special about Han Mengzhai?" Yuan Shao asked with some confusion.

"A special place?" The trial pondered and meditated, and Guo Tu on the side also racked his brains.

"Could it be ......" The judge suddenly woke up, picked up his head and said in a lost voice.

"What is it?" Yuan Shao felt a little bad and hurriedly asked.

"Location." The trial was almost at the same time as Guo Tu's exit.

"Location?" For a while, Yuan Shao was a little puzzled, and his face was full of doubts.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it became, and he said urgently: "General Han's Dazhai is our army's front fortress, and the people of the peaks, if they occupy a position, they can be high and down, and the surrounding dense forests are stacked, if they scatter with rockets and fat burning, it is very likely to cause a forest fire, although it will not burn our army back, but how can it also create chaos and prevent our army from sending troops to support the speed." Then with points and areas, attack everywhere, and because the gaps in our army's fortifications have been opened, Zhuzhai is very likely to be broken one by one. ”

Yuan Shaomeng stood up and shouted: "Summons Chun Yuqiong, quickly lead the people of the headquarters to support Han Meng, no matter what, you must resist their attack." ”

"No."

After the guards left, Yuan Shao did not feel at ease, listening to the sound of the battlefield tearing and killing with mountains and tsunamis one after another, but became more impatient, tossing back and forth several times, showing great anxiety, and added: "Let the Ministry of Literature and Chou be ready to support at any time." Let's go, let's take a look. ”

…… The Hebei army did not think that Xu Huang's offensive would be so fierce, and the state army was very different from the previous performance, everyone was not afraid of death, fierce and abnormal, wave after wave of impact, like a tide of silver, pervasive attack, almost let Han Meng have signs of being unable to resist, even if Chun Yuqiong supported the battlefield, the entire Dazhai was still precarious, several times the Hebei army broke into the village, if it were not for Han Meng personally led the loyal Qu Wei to the front line, inspiring the soldiers of the three armies, plus the subsequent Wenchou brigade came up, I'm afraid that Xu Huang has already planted his military flag on this high ground.

Xu Huang and Hao Zhao spent three hours, lost thousands of soldiers, and still couldn't attack for a long time, so Mingjin had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong and other generals looked at the Bingzhou army that was retreating like a tide, and then they looked at each other in some shock.

At the same time, most of the Hebei army that protected the water source in Lingxiao Mountain and Xiaotianshan Tianhu passed through the ground, streams, and waterfalls, and most of them had nothing to do, either listening to the movement under the mountain, or directly being bored and dozing there, and a bunch of people gathered around and discussed the battle situation under the mountain with great interest, and only a few people followed the direction of the water flow, meticulously inspecting and protecting. It's just that the mountain road is crooked, the woods are dense, the weeds are overgrown, and the strange rocks are craggy, and the range of sight is too narrow.

In the hidden water curtain holes of waterfalls, in the recesses of boulder mountain walls, under overgrown shrubs, on tall and dense giant trees, and even under the soft earth, almost at the same time, a dozen or so strong and sturdy savages with figures almost the same color as the environment appeared. Taking advantage of the soldiers' laziness and sleep, or the turning opportunities that they could not see, they untied two large packages from their backs, and then, with a sinister smile, poured the yellow powder with a spicy smell into the water, and then quickly disappeared into the mountain. The time before and after adds up to only two or three minutes, and the whole movement is extremely skillful. After about ten minutes, after the patrol soldiers passed, these figures came out again, and the heavy burden began to move, if repeated three times, it disappeared into the depths of the Lingxiao Mountain forest, and never appeared again.

And the Hebei army, which was a little careless from beginning to end, did not find these ghost figures at all.

(To be continued)