"Why?"

Yang Ji was stunned, and he hurriedly said: "If you don't implement this plan, how can Zhang Xuan be fooled." ”

"Don't worry, sir, let's have a drink first."

Zhang Jin said that he poured two glasses of wine and handed one of them to Yang Ji, "Drink this glass of wine first to suppress the shock, and then I will explain the reason to my husband." ”

Yang Ji was anxious, seeing that the Sui army had already left the city, but at the critical time, Zhang Jin said that there was no movement here, which would make his plan fall short.

Yang Ji took the wine glass and drank it all, looking at Zhang Jincheng anxiously, waiting for him to explain to himself.

Zhang Jin said that he was not in a hurry to drink the wine in the glass, he put the wine glass back on the table, and said coldly: "I think you also know that one soldier escaping will lead ten soldiers to escape, once two thousand soldiers break up and flee, even if it is disguised, it will cause instability in the army's morale, and then lead to more serious consequences, Yang Juncheng, I think you should know this better than me." ”

"As long as you plan well, this kind of problem should not occur"

Speaking of this, Yang Ji stopped abruptly, looked at Zhang Jin in surprise and said, "Wang, what did you call me just now?" ”

"Qinghe County Yang Juncheng, this official position is good, it suits you very well." Zhang Jincheng's gaze gradually became cruel.

Yang Ji took a few steps back, a look of horror in his eyes, "King, I don't have this kind of thought, it's just to make Zhang Xuan believe in our plan." ”

"Really?"

Zhang Jincheng snorted lightly in his nose, glanced at the wine glass on the table, and shot at Yang Ji like an arrow, "Maybe this is what you really think, there is no future with me!" I don't even have a reputation, so what should I do? Yang Juncheng! ”

Yang Ji's eyes fell on the wine glass, the wine in the glass turned turquoise, Zhang Jin said that he didn't get a drop of wine, he suddenly understood, grabbed his throat suddenly, and slowly knelt on the ground, his face turned red, and his eyes bulged. I can't say a word.

"I'm so remorseful!"

Yang Ji squeezed out a sentence in his throat, fell to the ground and shrunk his whole body, his legs twitched a few times, and his face turned pitch black. There was no more sound.

Zhang Jin said that he had no mercy at all, he walked out of the big tent and shouted: "Let all the generals come to see me immediately!" ”

In a short time, an army of about 3,000 men left the camp of the thieves and quickly headed west. After walking more than ten miles to the west, this army turned south and killed the back of the Sui army.

This army of thieves went extremely secretively, lest they be discovered by the Sui army scouts, and once discovered by the Sui army scouts, Zhang Jin's plan would be frustrated

Zhang Xuan led an army of 5,000 to follow Zhang Jincheng's army from afar, and when Zhang Jincheng's army was stationed, the Sui army also stopped advancing and hid in a pine forest to rest, waiting for the opportunity to attack.

Jang Hyun stood in front of the woods and watched the movement in the distance. He knew very well that the purpose of Zhang Jin's northern retreat was to recapture Wucheng County, so annihilating himself became the top priority of Zhang Jin's northern retreat.

Most likely, Zhang Jincheng sent a team to kill behind him, cut off his retreat, and then the army turned around to kill, Zhang Xuan looked at the night sky and sneered, fighting wits and courage, just to see who can have the last laugh in this battle of lure.

At this moment, the sentry in the treetop suddenly pointed to the north and shouted, "General." There's a fire ahead! ”

Not only Zhang Xuan, but many others saw it, and the flames were soaring into the sky ten miles ahead, and the raging flames spread into one. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the flames soared into the sky, and it was clearly visible dozens of miles away.

Wei Chigong slowly walked to Zhang Xuan's side and said in a deep voice: "This should be the thief army camp on fire, I don't know if Xiao Pei can succeed." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly: "General Pei's success does not lie in himself, but in the scouts. As long as the scout can find his target, then he will succeed, let's try to buy him time! ”

In a moment, a scout cavalry galloped in and reported in a loud voice: "General, the thief army camp is on fire, and the ranks are in disarray. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, Zhang Jin said that in order to lead himself north, he did not hesitate to put such a heavy bait, and he didn't go, wouldn't he fail him.

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to assemble and march north!" ”

Thousands of Sui troops quickly assembled and continued their march north along the official road, but the team did not move quickly, but walked slowly

At the same time that the thief army camp was on fire and Zhang Xuan began to lead his troops north, another Sui army of more than 1,000 people, under the leadership of Pei Xingyan, was speeding north, and they had already crossed the burning thief army camp and outflanked the thieves.

A team of scouts rushed on horseback, and the first team was reporting to Pei Xingyan with their fists hugged: "General Pei, I have discovered the logistics of the thieves, and it is in the woods two miles away. ”

"How many army escorts are there?" Pei Xingyan asked.

"About two thousand people."

Pei Xingyan pondered for a moment, and resolutely shouted: "Hurry forward!" ”

The Sui army suddenly picked up speed and swooped down on the woods two miles away

Zhang Jin said that in order to lure the Sui army to the north, he did not hesitate to set fire to his camp, but his grain and grass baggage could not be lost, they were hidden in a forest in the northwest of the camp, guarded by Zhang Jin's confidant Zheng Long with 2,000 men, and Zhang Jin said that he himself led 20,000 troops to lay a net south of the camp, waiting for the Sui army to go north.

The time had gradually come to a watch, the woods were extremely cold, two thousand soldiers and hundreds of mules and horses huddled together, shivering from the cold, hundreds of mules and horses and livestock in the woods, five thousand stone of grain and thousands of loads of forage, as well as a lot of weapons and military flags, gongs and drums and other materials.

Perhaps because Zhang Jin said that the army had laid an ambush to the south, the baggage team was not well guarded, and they did not realize that the danger was slowly approaching.

Pei Xingyan led the army to quickly approach the woods from the north, the time was very tight, they had no time to slowly look for fighters, almost straight to the woods, just when they were still thirty steps away from the woods, they were finally discovered by the outskirts of the thieves.

"There is an enemy!"

The thief soldier shouted at the sentry, Pei Xing stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow swished away, killing the sentry named Shouting.

"Kill!"

Pei Xingyan shouted, carrying out a sneak attack mission, he did not carry a sledgehammer, but used a family heirloom horse lance, he rushed on horseback, brandished the horse lance and took the lead into the woods, a thousand Sui soldiers shouted, followed him into the woods.

The sudden attack caused a great chaos among the two thousand thieves guarding the baggage, and the thieves turned Zheng Long on his horse and responded in a hurry, but met Pei Xingyan head-on.

"The thief will die!"

Pei Xingyan shouted, and the horse lance in his hand stabbed at the enemy general like lightning, Zheng Long couldn't dodge, was stabbed by the horse lance, turned over and fell off the horse, Pei Xingyan regained a lance, and stabbed the thief to death on the ground.

At this time, the Sui army has been killed into the baggage, the thief soldiers were killed crying and screaming, and they were defeated and retreated, Pei Xingyan galloped around the baggage and galloped on the horse, the horse lance was like a pear blossom, assassinating the resisting thief soldiers, where they passed, the thief soldiers were assassinated and fell to the ground, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

In less than a quarter of an hour, more than half of the 2,000 thieves had been killed or wounded, and the rest of the thieves fled desperately out of the woods.

Pei Xingyan drank the Sui army who was trying to chase the thieves, and ordered: "Burn the grain baggage!" ”

The Sui army piled up the war drums and flags, as well as the forage and grain, and ignited the extremely flammable forage, and the fire began to burn rapidly, countless torches were thrown into the fire, and the Sui soldiers drove the mules and horses to the woods and quickly evacuated to the west

At the same time, the Sui army led by Zhang Xuan marched extremely slowly, stopping and walking, and it took less than half an hour to walk less than two miles.

"General!"

A scout cavalry galloped forward and reported to Jang Xuan with his fist in his fist: "The interception of the enemy has reached a distance of about 3,000 people three miles behind us, and they are following us very slowly. ”

Zhang Xuan pondered and asked, "Where is it?" ”

"Just south of us!"

Zhang Xuan knew very well that Zhang Jincheng had laid a net in front of him, but he marched as slowly as possible to buy time for Pei Xingyan, who was secretly attacking the thieves and soldiers.

But now that the thief army has appeared directly south of them, it means that Zhang Jin's layout has been put in place, and his own layout has not yet been completed, and the situation has begun to be unfavorable to them.

"General, why don't we withdraw first."

Wei Chigong also began to get anxious, once Zhang Jin said that he knew that the thief army had been deployed in the south, he would immediately send troops to kill him, no matter whether the thief army in the south or the north, as long as they encountered any of them, it would be difficult for them to escape this catastrophe.

"Wait a little longer!"

Zhang Xuan shook his head slowly, he stopped his horse and looked at the fire in the north, at this time, the fire in the thief camp had gradually weakened, and the flames were no longer visible on the official road, but the flames he was expecting had not yet appeared.

Suddenly, a flame was reflected in Zhang Xuan's black pupils, Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Stop moving forward!" ”

The army stopped, and Zhang Xuan stared sharply into the distance, only to see that behind the thief camp, another fire was ignited, and the flames soared into the sky.

Wei Chigong was suddenly excited, "General, they succeeded!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and immediately ordered the whole army, "Turn around and retreat west!" ”

Thousands of Sui troops immediately left the official road, suddenly picked up their speed, and rushed westward, gradually disappearing into the night

(To be continued.) )