Early the next morning, Wei Yan led an army of 10,000 to set off first.

The 10,000-strong army, which consisted of 2,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry, had not fought for several months, and had long been gearing up, eager to rush to the battlefield immediately and fight the enemy, so these soldiers were all in high spirits, and one by one, like rabbits with spread legs, ran out forty miles in one hour.

Wei Yan estimated the distance, ordered the army to stop and rest, bury the pot on the spot to make food, and at the same time ordered a dozen capable scouts to go to the front to investigate the enemy's situation.

The scouts agreed, and immediately rode their horses and prepared to set off.

"Wait." Wei Yan suddenly said loudly on his horse.

"I wonder what the general commands?" A diminutive scout asked.

"You've been running for most of the day, and the rice hasn't been touched, how can this work?" Wei Yan casually removed a weed from the helmet for the scout, then took out a dozen Hu cakes from the pocket next to the saddle, and said with a smile: "Eat a Hu Bing mat to make up for the mat first, and when you come back, I will let you eat meat." ”

The dozen or so scouts all took the Hu cake given to them by Wei Yan with tears in their eyes, and after gobbling it up, they respectfully gave a military salute to Wei Yan, and then turned over their horses and walked away.

A group of more than ten horsemen ran for fifty miles in one breath, and suddenly found that dozens of birds and sparrows flew in the dense forest in front of them.

But the dozen or so scouts were all safe and sound, sitting firmly on horseback, which shows their superb riding skills.

"The birds are frightened, there must be something strange in the dense forest ahead, but we are not sure if there is really an ambush where it is, so everyone must find out and report to the general." The short scout Wei Chuang thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's rest in place first, and then we will act in the evening." ”

"No."

The rest of the scouts were all Wei Chuang's subordinates, and they all said respectfully.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of Shen Shi, and the sky was already dark, at this moment, Wei Chuang turned over and said in a deep voice: "Wang Zhang, Liu Yu, you two immediately rode back on horseback, ran thirty miles away, and did not see us back after an hour, which means that there is an ambush ahead, and you go back to see the general immediately, indicating that this is where the enemy's ambush is located." The others followed me to the side of the road to cut down the branches, tied them to the tail of the horse, and then beat the drums and went together into the dense forest ahead. ”

"No." Except for the two young cavalrymen who looked relatively immature, all the others agreed and immediately went to the side to cut down the branches.

"Chief, why are we going to see the general? You are our captain and the most experienced, so you should go back. Wang Zhang and Liu Yu knew what it meant for Wei Chuang to go like this, so they stepped forward to stop Wei Chuang, held back the tears that were about to flow, and said unconvinced.

"Hehe, you two little rabbit cubs, you dare to tell Lao Tzu about the conditions. Lao Tzu sued you, first, Lao Tzu is the captain, and there is no possibility of leaving his brother and running by himself; Second, Lao Tzu is the general's personal soldier, how can the general's personal soldier be a deserter? Third, both of you are only children, and you haven't married yet, and there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, so the two of you must give Lao Tzu back. Okay, don't talk nonsense, I've delayed Lao Tzu's big event, even if I am a ghost, I won't let you go. ”

Wei Chuang turned around, a teardrop quietly slipped over his resolute face, and then silently went to cut the branch.

Wang Zhang and Liu Yu knelt solemnly in front of Wei Chuang's figure, kowtowed a few times, then wiped the tears on their faces, and resolutely got on the horse and turned back.

It wasn't until the sound of the horse's hooves was far away that Wei Chuang turned around, dragged a luxuriant branch, skillfully tied it to the horse's tail, and glanced at the front silently, and then said in a deep voice: "Brothers, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, the general treats us so generously on weekdays, today is the time for us to repay our kindness, even if we try our best, we must find out whether there is the main force of the enemy lurking in the dense forest in front, I don't know if everyone is afraid?" ”

The scouts all said firmly, "Don't be afraid. The general is kind to our parents, General Liu treats us the families of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives so favorably, and we all have wives and children, what else do we have to worry about? ”

"Okay, in that case, everyone will kill with me, hehe, although once there is an ambush in front, we will die, but even if we die, we can't die in vain, we always have to pull a few cushions." Wei Chuang's face was a little hideous, and he took out two small war drums from his horse, and then began to beat them vigorously.

The others were also like Wei Chuang, and each took out the war drum and beat it.

Although the number of "Dong Dong Dong ......" was small, the drums sounded uniform, which sounded shocking, but the dozen or so of them felt invigorated.

"If that's right, this should be the last time we'll hear the drums of war." Wei Chuang and the others clamped their legs, drove down the horse in unison, and roared loudly to kill the past.

The sound of war drums, the dust raised in the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground all give people the illusion that thousands of troops and horses have been killed.

In fact, Wei Chuang's prediction was indeed good, there were indeed enemy soldiers in ambush, and it was a total of 10,000 horses from Xiangnan and Liling.

When they heard the rumbling of war drums, they immediately thought that someone was coming towards them, and judging from the large clouds of dust raised in the distance in the twilight, it must have been a large force this time.

The county lieutenants of the two counties who were ordered to set up ambushes here were originally born as thieves, the county lieutenants of southern Hunan were called Ouhu, and they were from the Xing clan of the Changsha thief district, and the county lieutenants of Liling were called Zhengkui, who were of mixed blood between barbarians and Han people. Seeing the dust rising and the drums of war beating suddenly, both of them were overjoyed, because they knew that the enemy had begun to enter the encirclement.

"Haha, it seems that there are quite a few centaurs in front of us, at least there should be thousands, it looks like it should be Liu Qi's vanguard, today we will swallow these thousands of centaurs first, and teach that Liu Qi a lesson."

Ou Hu squinted his eyes and looked at the dust flying high in front of him, and said to Zheng Kui.

"That's right, everyone get ready quickly, and when the enemy army comes nearby, the ambush soldiers on both flanks will be dispatched together, and the enemy will definitely not be left behind."

Zheng Kui was also looking forward to it, and laughed.

After a while, a team came into the field of view of the two county lieutenants, and they could no longer contain the excitement in their hearts, and immediately waved their knives and shouted, "Kill." I will definitely kill all the enemy soldiers and make this achievement. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ou Hu was the first to lead the army to rush out.

Zheng Kui was not far behind, and he also killed from the other direction.

But at this moment, they were disappointed to find that there were only a dozen people on the other side, each of whom was tied with a branch behind a horsetail and beating a war drum in his hand, and rushed over without fear of death.

"What a fucking disappointment, it's such a few people." Zheng Kui couldn't help but shake his head and said disappointedly,

But immediately after, he heard Ou Hu shouting, "Scout." These must be the scouts of the other side, and they are here to spy on the military. We must kill them all, or our ambush will be exposed. ”

When Zheng Kui heard this, he nodded hurriedly, commanded the soldiers to surround the dozen or so people, and then asked loudly, "Are you scouts sent by Liu Qi?" If anyone is the first to tell the official about the situation of your team, he will be spared death, hehe, only one of you has such a chance, of course, you can use the sword in your hand to seal the mouth of others. ”

The last sentence of Zheng Kui can be said to be a naked temptation, and the meaning is very clear, you can completely become the last survivor by slaughtering each other, so as to gain the right to tell me, only then can you live.

Because Zheng Kui has barbarian blood mixed with his body, he is more cruel by nature, and he likes to use this method to torture those surrounded enemy soldiers, so that the other party can kill each other in order to fight for the only place to survive, and then wait until the last person is left, and then kill that person, and tell the truth before the other party dies.

What he likes to see most is the despair and remorse on the face of the last man when he was dying.

Although his method is cruel, it has been tried and tested, and he has never failed, because he knows that no matter who he is, as long as he can see the hope of life, he will not be able to seek death, although there is only a very slim hope, but the will to survive still makes him choose the path of "life".

Zheng Kui had a cruel smile on his face, ready to watch the scouts kill each other.

But he was surprised to find that none of the soldiers moved half a step like a clay wooden relief. It's as if they didn't understand what they were just saying.

"I kindly remind you that this is the last time, and only one of you will survive in the end, and if one more person dies around you, you will have more hope of saving your life. Hehe, even if you don't do anything to the old robes, they will definitely do it to you, so you don't have to hesitate, do it quickly. ”

Zheng Kui saw that they didn't do anything, so he took the trouble to lure, he has seen a lot of such things, and there are indeed some teams that pay attention to affection, no one will do it at the beginning, but as long as someone moves the first knife, others will immediately fight for their lives.

At this moment, a scout of short stature came to him and said, "Let me tell you." ”

"Okay, since the others don't object, then you are the only survivor, and the others will be killed in a while, hehe, it's a pity, you people don't know the times, and you will inevitably die in the end.

Zheng Kui was also very proud to see that someone had finally cooperated with him, because in his opinion, a farce of cannibalism was about to begin.

At this time, Zheng Kui saw the short man slowly coming to him, and said with a smile: "I will tell you the secret of our army now, please listen, our general's name is ......"

When the short scout Wei Chuang said this, he suddenly took out a sword from his waist and slashed it at Zheng Kui's head.