"General, there is Yangqu water ahead!"

"Is it, the water in the Yang Canal has arrived?"

Chen Nuo opened his ears to listen, and the sound of the water flowing in the yang canal was like the beating of a pulse, which was already clearly audible. "Bang Bang Bang", the water is constantly flowing, and there is no gap. It was pitch black in front of him, and he couldn't see anything clearly, and he could only hear a thing or two by calming down and listening. Chen Nuo smiled, once the Yang Canal Water was crossed, then their goal tonight would not be far away. He walked cautiously, not only did he not let people light the torches, but also deliberately detoured to the middle of nowhere. He also believes that it is not superfluous for him to do so.

Anyway, they were not in a hurry to get on the road, and almost all of them were infantry, and it was the same whether they had torches or not. In the dark night, as long as you stay longer, when your eyes get used to this kind of light without light, you will naturally be able to see clearly, and there is not much inconvenience.

Chen Nuo, standing on horseback, said: "Order, the troops temporarily stop advancing!" Let General Zhu Ling come to see me! ”

"No!"

Not long after the soldiers went down, a horse came up from there and bowed his hand: "I don't know what the general has to say to the last general?" ”

Chen Nuo glanced at Zhu Ling and asked, "Wenbo doesn't need to be polite. By the way, I asked you to prepare earlier, have you ever been ready? ”

So that's what happened! Zhu Ling hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The general can rest assured, according to the general's orders, thousands of people and horses have all been counted and are ready to be called at any time!" ”

Chen Nuo nodded: "Okay, General Ben ordered your department, now, immediately, immediately, immediately, immediately lead this group of men and horses to turn back, and light torches along the road, the bigger the movement, the better, and go straight to the southwest of Luoyang, have you ever understood?" ”

“…… Be! ”

Zhu Ling had just received the order, and frowned again: "But, what does the general mean by this?" Thinking that the thieves are coming from the direction of the Yanshi from the east, and there are not many people in your department, the general is already very nervous, and it seems inappropriate to divide the troops at this time. ”

"Huh? Wenbo, do you think so too? ”

Chen Nuo knew that he would have this question, so he told him: "That's it, I'll tell you honestly, you don't have to worry about this side of the corpse country, what I'm worried about is that the thieves won't come." Although Dian Jun personally went out and brought my handwritten letter, I was afraid that Zhang Ji, this kid, would suddenly see the terrain of the corpse country and be too timid to move forward, which would inevitably ruin my big thing. There is no way, in order to be able to win his trust, I have to increase the weight again, so that he has to believe, or let him forget his righteousness, and there is no longer any hesitation. And as long as he hears that such a force of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in the southwest of Luoyang, what do you think he will think? Right! He must have thought that our army would escape from Yique Pass, so he didn't care about it anymore and came all the way to kill. Hehe, then I just need to stay in the corpse country, catch him off guard, and let him have thousands of troops, and I will pry him up. General'! So this extra thousand people is not more, less is not less, Wenbo can understand? ”

When Zhu Ling heard Chen Nuo say this, he immediately understood.

"But...... Since I can get away with this thousand, why don't the general come up with a plan and take advantage of the confusion of the thieves to rush all the men and horses to Yique Pass, and not meet the thieves, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble? ”

“……”

Chen Nuo sighed lightly and immediately shut up.

It's still an old problem, he hasn't thought about the route of Yique Pass, and with the advantages of his more than 3,000 men and horses as infantry, he is not afraid to take the mountain road to detour to Yangcheng. But the reason why he chose the path of Yanshi is naturally because he is implementing the 'dragon killing' plan step by step. What he is afraid of is that if these people don't come, where is the reason to hide?

Of course, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he naturally couldn't tell them about this plan at once, even if it was Zhu Ling and other generals, if they knew that he was holding 3,000 men and horses to stir up the 10,000 Xiliang defenders of Chen Liu and Yingchuan, wouldn't it be a joke for them? At that time, let alone the layout, I am afraid that I have been timid by three points before the battle, so how can I drive them and continue the plan?

What's more, if he acts according to his plan, if he leaves like this with his men and horses, then where will Pan Zhang and Dian Wei be in the rear? Have you just abandoned them? How vicious it is! Of course, he also understood that Zhu Ling was unintentional, and he couldn't talk about 'vicious'.

Chen Nuo didn't want to explain, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

And Zhu Ling, when he looked up, suddenly saw the sharp gaze shot out of Chen Nuo's eyes, and he also reacted immediately. I suddenly realized that I was too reckless! And Chen Nuo didn't say anything, he was saving his face.

When Zhu Ling thought of this, he was secretly ashamed, no longer said half a word, hurriedly promised, turned the horse's head, and was about to go down to do something.

"Report!"

A horse came from the rear, fell far away, and bowed to Chen Nuo: "Report!" General, the group of villagers in the south of Luoyang City who were being monitored by our army suddenly disappeared and lost their trace! ”

"Disappear!"

Chen Nuo snorted, the woman in red and those people in the village who he deliberately let Dian Wei send someone to monitor before he left would actually disappear under the watchful eye of everyone, what the hell is this? Chen Nuo sneered, and before he could speak, another scout rode and reported to Chen Nuo: "Report!" General, a thousand-strong force suddenly appeared in the southwest of Luoyang! ”

"A thousand-man army? Southwest? ”

Chen Nuo smiled, glanced at Zhu Ling, beckoned Zhu Ling not to hurry away, and asked the detective: "Have you ever identified a certain group of people?" ”

The scout shook his head: "No flag!" ”

Chen Nuo's eyes narrowed, and he asked again: "Are you sure you went to the southwest of Luoyang?" ”

"Yes!"

Hearing the detective's answer, Chen Nuo's eyes rolled again and again. This is strange, the villagers in the city suddenly disappeared, and then a thousand troops without a banner appeared in the southwest of Luoyang, which is indeed a bit interesting. However, the emergence of this force is very timely. Whether he wants to go to Yique Pass or not, it is enough to lure the enemy, so it will be fine. With the sudden appearance of this team, it saved him from dividing his troops again.

For the two scouts, the first, let him continue to investigate and find out the 'disappeared' villager. Second, he was instructed to continue to follow the group and report the situation at any time. Sending the two scouts away, Chen Nuo glanced at Zhu Ling and patted him on the shoulder. Zhu Ling knew that with this sudden appearance of the centaurs, he didn't have to go anymore, and the operation was canceled accordingly.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

Chen Nuo gave an order, and the army marched again.

Crossing the Yangqu water, not far away is the outskirts of the corpse country. Here, miles of mountains are treacherous, and where the grass is buried, it is a hiding place. Under the silence of the night, the heads of people who were scurrying away finally stopped. They have found their own perfect spots, waiting for the thieves to enter.

In the dark night, Chen Nuo glanced back at the corpse country and sighed lightly.

As he passed by the corpse village, he could see that the foundations of the village were still there, and even some houses had not completely collapsed, leaving traces of the past. It's a pity that I don't hear the barking of dogs, the crowing of chickens, let alone the shadows of people. In the wilderness, the horse walked well, and he didn't want to step on a dry bone with the farrier under his feet, so he brought it up and almost lifted Chen Nuo off the horse. As soon as the soldiers on the left and right saw it, they would take out their anger with this dry bone and dismantle it into eight pieces. Looking at the pile of dry bones that were buried under the grass and inadvertently brought out, Chen Nuo couldn't bear it, scolded, and ordered his subordinates to dig a pit and bury it.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

There are more than 100 people, and the thought breaks people's intestines!

Chen Nuo was touched by the scene at that time, and suddenly remembered Cao Cao's "Artemisia Journey", how could he bear not to see it? In today's troubled times, if you can't even save your own life, then you can only end up in the wilderness of abandoned corpses. Therefore, in addition to sympathy, Chen Nuo is using this to motivate himself, no matter how difficult the road is, since he has embarked on it, he must not back down!

"General! You listen! ”

"Boom, boom!"

The trembling sound like thunder came from afar, and the earth was shaking, slamming people's hearts. Chen Nuo woke up from the 'compassion', looked up, and saw the eastern sky, with a long line of torches burning, like a giant dragon, looking at them and swimming firmly.

It's coming, Zhang Ji is finally here!

Chen Nuo's eyes roamed, looking at the dome above him. The dome was pitch black, and it was the darkest period before dawn. After this time, the sky will also dawn.

He arranged Pan Zhang, arranged Dian Wei, and used all his mind, just for the action of this moment!

"General, the thieves are less than three miles away from me!"

"General, it's two miles!"

"General, it's only one mile!"

"General, the thieves have entered the ambush circle of our army, and they are coming here!"

"General......

"Don't talk nonsense, kill Lao Tzu!"

"Boom!" Chen Nuo pulled out his saber, and in the dark night, a cold light suddenly flashed.

……

Zhang Ji raised his head, and the corner of his eyes swept towards the mountain road in shock, and he broke out in a cold sweat. His chest was beating wildly, and suddenly he seemed to realize something!

"Get through quickly!"

If he goes a little further, maybe this difficult road will be over, so he can easily break through even if he has thousands of troops. It's a pity that Chen Nuo didn't give him a chance. The knife in Chen Nuo's hand flashed, and for a while, the boulders fell chaotically, and the crossfire of feather arrows and arrows quickly blocked the mountain road in front of him.

The army was in chaos, and Zhang Ji was angry and trembling.

Conspiracy, this is a conspiracy!

He didn't believe that Chen Nuo would 'greet' him in the corpse country, so he came. However, when he thought it was impossible, Chen Nuo was indeed here waiting for him. Therefore, if you insist on giving him the crime of 'conspiracy', you will inevitably wronged him. But if he hadn't said this, how could he have convinced him that Chen Nuo was uneasy and kind, so he rebelled psychologically, and he wanted to confirm it in person? Moreover, what about the said Yique Pass? Why didn't Chen Nuo go to Yique Pass, but put all the people here?

Poof, a splash of blood splashed on his face, cold and slippery.

He suddenly threw his head back and laughed out loud. It turned out that Chen Nuo was the one who underestimated him too much! There is no Yique Pass, it is Chen Nuo who is suspicious of the soldiers, deliberately letting him chase after him with confidence. There is no such thing as 'waiting', it is simply a joke, because it is never Chen Nuo's way of hospitality! Chen Nuo, this demon, after playing my 3,000 cavalry around, continued to 'lure the enemy deeper', so that I could not rest for a moment, just to lure me here, and then swallow me in one go!

Corpse Country! What a place to be! Could it be the hometown where I Zhang Ji buried his body?

Zhang Ji swung his knife and slashed wildly in anger, striking those flying arrows. After several sprints, knowing that the road ahead was impossible to rush through, Zhang Ji had no choice but to order the men and horses to turn back. But how could this narrow place accommodate room to turn around, and soon, the cavalry made a mess. These cavalrymen were physically exhausted and hungry, and when they suddenly encountered an ambush, they had already lost the strength to resist, and they only desperately escaped, but they were limited to a difficult situation and could not escape for a while.

There were screams repeatedly, torches were thrown to the ground, horses neighed, and the bottom of the mountain was tantamount to hell on earth.

Watching the men and horses fall one by one, Zhang Ji was also crazy, he couldn't move forward, he couldn't retreat, he could only command the men and horses to rush into the oblique spurs. Although the corpse country is steep, but because it is mostly a plain area, the mountains are not high, and there are many buffer areas, Zhang Ji took the men and horses to kill, and it was inconvenient for the people and horses above to continue to nest, and they drew their knives and waved their guns, and killed Zhang Ji's men and horses.

The night before dawn was short, and the sky began to brighten.

On both sides of the mountain road, there are mountains of corpses, whether they are horse corpses or human remains. In the early morning, the cool breeze blew, not smelling fresh, and it was more than ten miles in radius, but it carried a thick bloody atmosphere. It's a smell that can be disgusting and uplifting.

As soon as Zhu Ling's spear came out, he went straight to Zhang Ji like a swimming snake.

Zhang Ji was covered in blood, the big knife in his hand was missing, he picked up the iron spear placed next to the saddle, unfolded it hula, and killed four or five small soldiers beside him in a moment. On the battlefield, Zhang Ji had already forgotten his fatigue, hunger and thirst, but he was bent on killing the enemy, and he never raised his head. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the wind in my ears, and went straight to the door, coming domineeringly. The iron gun in Zhang Ji's hand never stopped. Stab a person, start at the hand, and then sweep it forward. While! Syllable! It's worth shooting crooked!

I thought that if he shot out, the other party would be shocked away by his strong strength, and he didn't dare to offend easily. As everyone knows, after a moment of consternation, the opponent did not give up, and then followed with a shot. Burst! A shot in the chest! Zhang Ji was either bleeding too much and he was sluggish, so he didn't count that there was another shot after his shot.

"Humph!"

Zhang Ji raised his head, stared at the person in front of him angrily, and the spear in his hand danced like the wind at the same time, smashing it wildly.

Zhang Ji's face was covered with blood, and he could barely see his eyes, but the anger that came out of his throat, as well as the fierce gaze that shot out from behind his 'blood', made Zhu Ling feel the domineering of Zhang Ji for a moment. This bloody man, unexpectedly, after being shot by him, looked even more unstoppable. Seeing that the other party was smashing wildly, Zhu Ling didn't dare to be careless, roared the tiger, and hurriedly attacked. But he didn't hold on for ten rounds, and he was picked by Zhang Ji with a shot, and he was shot in the thigh.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Ling snorted and looked down, the blood on his thigh was pouring out, obviously the injury was not light. He was furious. He prides himself on being skilled, except for one Dian Wei, who easily does not take others seriously. And now, he was actually injured by this person, how could he swallow this evil breath, and suddenly thundered again and again, raising his gun and smashing it.

The gun king Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew, and a gun in Zhang Ji's hand is naturally not weak, but he rushed down all night, and at this time, he was overworked, his body couldn't bear it, and some reaction abilities fell behind, and he was killed by Zhu Ling in a moment. That Zhu Ling, once the fire started, didn't care about anything else at all, and killed Zhang Ji all the way, killing Zhang Ji out of breath, and he had several gunshot wounds on his hands alone. Zhang Ji was annoyed, but he couldn't help Zhu Ling, and he fell behind everywhere, seeing that he was afraid that his life would be lost here if he continued to fight, he naturally panicked in his heart.

And beside him, I didn't think it at first, but at this time, I suddenly saw that a large number of people had fallen down, and there were few people who could still breathe at the moment.

Zhang Ji was shocked, is he going to throw his life here today?

"you!"

Zhang Ji shook a shot, got rid of Zhu Ling, carried the horse, shouted, and led everyone back. That Zhu Ling suddenly lost his opponent, so he was naturally unwilling, and he didn't care about anything else, and patted his horse to chase after him. It's just that he ran too hard and couldn't keep up behind, and the guards behind Zhang Ji had to quickly turn around and stop Zhu Ling when they saw that the situation was urgent, so that Zhang Ji could get out calmly. That Zhang Ji didn't dare to stay any longer, and rushed desperately in the direction of Yanshi with the rest of the men and horses.

Although Zhang Ji's men and horses lost more than half, his troops were all cavalry after all, and it was easy to run. And Zhu Ling and the others, who caught up from behind, even if they wanted to chase, they were already half a beat slower. Seeing that Zhang Ji was about to flee away, Zhu Ling was pulling his horse and galloping, waving a gun and scolding Zhang Ji all the way. Zhang Ji ignored him, it was important to escape, no matter what the loss was today, he would go back to Yanshi first. He leaned over his horse and turned his head to look behind him, leaving behind him a trail of dead bodies. In this battle, it can be described as a heavy loss.

He sighed softly, closed his eyes, and had no choice but to go first.

Zhang Ji turned his head and was about to pat the horse forward, but he didn't want to, but in the dense forest ahead, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses' hooves. This sound, like a drum, almost made Zhang Ji frightened and planted his horse: "Hurry up!" ”

"Where will the thief go, Pan Zhang is here!"

Pan Zhang's sudden appearance made Zhang Ji palpitate, and he was horrified: "This, is this the group of people who disappeared yesterday?" Chen Nuo, sure enough, I don't deceive me, they finally appeared behind me after I left! Zhang Ji smiled bitterly, there was nothing to be done, and at this point, he could only rush to kill desperately! However, these people don't seem to have the thousands of people in the legend, and they are only a few hundred! What's going on here? True and false, false and true, could it be that Chen Nuo really 'lied' me this time?

In the distance, Pan Zhang's timely appearance made Chen Nuo breathe a sigh of relief. But at the same time, he was suspicious in his heart, Pan Zhang had rushed over from a long distance, and Dian Wei should have arrived before them. What about Dian Wei? Why hasn't Dian Wei and his party appeared yet?