On the sixth day of the ninth month, the dog head is parked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The situation on the steppe deteriorated rapidly, the sound of the horn of retreat sounded on both sides of the Lightning River, the tribes of all kinds galloped away in the direction of Qishuibo, the people who controlled the strings gathered under the tooth flag, ready to start, the clouds of war quickly hung over the southeast of the moraine, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

At the same time, the king of Qi in Middle-earth led his army to the Great Wall, and the garrison of the Great Wall was strengthened, and a large number of Weifu troops flocked out of the fortress to kill the traitors. The situation of the Huaihuang War was quickly overturned, and the rebels of Middle-earth were attacked by the enemy, and they were defeated and fled north under the attack of the Weifu army.

At the same time, the horse thief coalition army faced the "big fat sheep" at their fingertips but couldn't eat, couldn't eat into the stomach, the anxiety of the inner torment can be imagined, the emotions up and down became more and more irritable, and the military spirit gradually became unstable, but fortunately, the leader of the coalition led by the four big Kou was still calm, and he could restrain his subordinates who were ready to move, plus the big fat sheep of the merchant army was in front of him, which could be seen and touched, and had a fatal temptation to the hungry horse thieves, and no one wanted to give up, making the "hunter" They can still retain the last shred of patience and sanity, and can barely maintain the boring "hunting" action.

But the horse thief is not a hunter after all, patience is limited, impulse is greater than reason, in addition to the various tribes on both sides of the lightning river are gathering, the Turkic army will soon roar, leaving less and less time for the horse thief alliance to eat the prey, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the horse thief alliance, if there is no action, no attack on the prey, then this temporary patchwork team will inevitably fall apart, the timid will flee, the bold will fight alone, and the result of each battle must be nothing.

After noon, Chi Xiaodou Tieyi gathered several horse thief leaders to attack Gao Hu together, and the two conditions were either to attack immediately, or to disperse in a hurry, and each fight his own.

Gao Hu was also hesitant and refused. The big fat sheep in front of him is too fat, if you eat it in one bite, it is enough to help the horse thieves and robbers survive the winter, and you can also have a surplus to recruit troops and buy horses, just now the horse thieves are gathered together, there are many people, and they have the strength to eat the big fat sheep, so this opportunity in front of them is too rare, no matter what, you can't let it go, even if you can't eat it, you have to tear off a few pieces of meat, otherwise you are sorry for yourself, sorry for this opportunity given by God for nothing.

However, it is very difficult to seize this opportunity, the situation is not good now, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, the rebels in front of Middle-earth, and the Turks in the back, any one of which is enough to kill the horse thief coalition, so the horse thief alliance can only take a dangerous fight, and can only seize the tiger before the Turks and the Middle-earth people fight. The risk is indeed greater, but once successful, the harvest is also great, and the big risk can have great benefits.

Gao Hu did not respond to Chi Xiaodou Tieyi immediately, but summoned the leaders of the horse thieves such as Di Luo Bachao, Hu Yanjian, and Jingjiang Liujin Fei together to discuss together.

Chi Xiaodou Tieyi has a resolute attitude, either fight immediately, and if you don't fight the Turks, you will come, and you will give protection to the Shangjia army, and this rare opportunity in front of you will be missed in vain, or the gang will be scattered, and he will lead people to fight by himself. He was very confident, thinking that with a few hundred control strings, he could also tear through the defensive battle formation of the merchant army, loot it on a large scale, and return with a full load.

Jingjiang Liujin immediately asked, "According to your strategy, if we launch an attack and the Middle-earth people take the opportunity to rush up, won't we be in danger of being wiped out?" ”

Chi Xiaodou sneered, "What you are afraid of is nothing more than the Middle-earth people taking advantage of the fire to rob and profit, but have you thought about it, after the Middle-earth people go deep into the desert, there is also something to fear, that is the army of the Turks, so if we send a large army of men and horses pretending to be Turks, we will be able to deter the Middle-earthers, firmly contain them, and let them look forward and backward in the unclear situation, and dare not attack rashly, so that we can attack the merchant team with the main force, and fight quickly, and leave after grabbing." ”

"Good plan!" Jing Jiang Liujin praised, "You can give it a try." The situation is becoming more and more critical, we have less and less time, and our brothers are becoming more and more anxious. ”

Di Luo Bachao followed suit and expressed his support, but neither Gao Hu nor Hu Yanjian spoke. If the two strongest leaders of the four major Kou do not express their position, this matter will be troublesome. Chi Xiaodou Tieyi was very anxious, and his fingers Hu Yanjian asked directly, "What questions do you have?" ”

Hu Yanjian's face was like frost, his eyes were cold, he looked at Chi Xiaodou Tieyi, and asked in a cold voice, "What benefits did the Turks give you?" ”

Chi Xiaodou Tieyi was stunned for a moment? Immediately, he was furious, and yelled at Hu Yanjian, "If you don't want to fight, then break up, I'll fight myself, don't deliberately frame people, blood spews." ”

Gao Hu and the other horse thief leaders looked at each other, without saying a word, and they all knew each other, knowing that there was a shadow of a tooth flag behind the red bean iron coat. The reason why Red Bean Tieyi actively asked to attack the merchant team must have been to provoke a war to slow down the northward march of the Middle-earth people and give the Turks more time to counterattack, but this did not conflict with the horse thief alliance attacking the merchant team.

Red bean iron coat is nothing more than killing two birds with one stone, first with the help of the horse thief alliance force to loot the merchants, and then attract the Middle-earth people to come up and rob, and wait until the Middle-earth people and the horse thief alliance fight, the red bean iron coat can also be regarded as indirectly helping the tooth banner. For the horse thief coalition, the crux of the matter is how to achieve the best of both worlds, successfully looting the merchants and avoiding the fight with the Middle-earthers.

"I'm against it." Hu Yanjian looked at Gao Hu and the others, shook his head and said, "This battle has to be fought, but it can't be fought here." This is a dog's head berth, an endless swamp, which is very unfavorable for warfare. If we attack the merchant forces here, they will inevitably retreat into the swamp, forcing us to dismount and fight, taking advantage of the favorable terrain to delay time and wait for the Turks to come to the rescue. ”

"It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Chi Xiaodou Tieyi laughed, "The reason why we want to fight in Goutoubo is to use the swamp here to put the merchant to death." As long as the merchants are driven into the swamp, they are fish on the chopping board, and they are allowed to be slaughtered. ”

Is the swampy terrain of Kotoubo conducive to warfare? Hu Yanjian and Chi Xiaodou Tieyi have different positions, and their views are very different. Hu Yanjian was not afraid of the Middle-earthers, but he was afraid of the Turks, and he feared that the horse thief coalition would be trapped in the swamp because of greed, and eventually be eaten by the roaring Turks. Red bean Tieyi not only wants to loot the merchants, but also wants to drag down the pace of the Middle-earth people going north, as for the life or death of the horse thief coalition, of course, it is not in his consideration, the dead friends do not die in the poor road, and the swamp is of course the best battlefield.

The reason why the leaders of the horse thieves such as Di Luo Bachao and Jingjiang Liujin Fei support Chi Xiaodou Tieyi is just to hold the psychology of "getting a vote and leaving", I will run away if I grab it, and I will not give you the opportunity to surround me, I will make all my money and not lose it.

Hu Yanjian opposed alone, and his strength was weak, and in the end, there was only one Gao Hu left, and Gao Hu's choice directly determined the fate of the horse thief alliance.

Under everyone's attention, Gao Hu pondered for a long time, looked at Hu Yanjian, and asked, "Under the current situation, if we don't fight in the dog's head, where else can we start?" ”

Hu Yanjian hesitated and was silent, and stopped talking.

"I know you want to say looking for opportunities in the Yangcheng and Xingxingyuan areas." Gao Hu shook his head and said, "This place is about two hundred miles away from Huaihuang, about two hundred miles away from the Lightning River, and about three hundred miles away from the Turkic Qishui Boya Banner, so let me ask you, how can you be sure that this merchant team has rushed to Xingyuan and is close to the Lightning River, and the Turkic army of Qishuibo has not yet crossed the river?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Hu's decision was about to come out, and he also supported an immediate attack.

Hu Yanjian thought for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, "In that case, let's fight, but I warn you, if the Middle-earth people who are following behind the merchant team decisively pounce and block us in the swamp, then the situation will be very unfavorable for us." ”

Chi Xiaodou Tieyi sneered, "Since you are so cautious, cowardly as a mouse, and afraid to fight, then it is up to you to disguise the Turkic army." Just wait for it to be done, the brothers keep their promises, what if they give you a copy for nothing? ”

Hu Yanjian laughed angrily, and his murderous intentions were revealed.

Chi Xiaodou Tieyi took advantage of the situation to exclude Hu Yanjian from the attacking team, not giving him the opportunity to directly attack Shang Jia and loot his property, but at the same time, he cleverly threw the containment task to Hu Yanjian. And in fact, no one will do this task, what credit is there for doing it well, and in the end, you have to look at other people's faces to get a little money, and if you don't do it well, you will get nothing and go home empty-handed, after all, everyone is a horse thief and thief, isn't it a joke to expect these people to keep their promises?

Before, when Chi Xiaodou proposed to attack, he had already set a trap, he knew that everyone couldn't wait, and they were all screaming to pounce, the general trend could not be stopped, at this time, whoever opposed, who could take on the task of containment, the wall fell down and everyone pushed, and the drum broke the 10,000 mallets, who will go if you don't go? As a result, the young and vigorous Hu Yanjian fell into the trap stupidly, and a group of horse thieves and thieves laughed secretly.

Gao Hu shook his hand at Hu Yanjian, signaling him to calm down, at this moment, turning against each other is the target of everyone, and losing his life in vain, "Since this morning, the pace of the Middle-earth people has slowed down. It is taboo for a soldier to go deep alone, and the people of Middle-earth must have some scruples, so at this time, under the banner of the Turks, you pretend to be the Turks' vanguard army to block the south, which will definitely play a deterrent and diversion role, and will definitely win us enough time to attack. ”

Hu Yanjian held back his anger and smiled gloomily, "You're not afraid that I'll run away?" ”

Gao Hu smiled slightly, turned his eyes to look at the leaders of the horse thieves such as Di Luo Ba's Nest and Red Xiaodou Tieyi, and his tone suddenly became fierce, "Brothers, I swear here, after the matter is completed, everyone will have a share, if there is a treacherous, surround and kill him." ”

The atmosphere froze. Gao Hu is the leader of the horse thieves with the highest prestige in the southeast of the moraine, and Hu Yanjian is the most powerful horse thief leader on both sides of the Lightning River.

"Order, attack before dusk, and take the food from the tiger's mouth."

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