Mushroom Ridge is the remnant vein of Qinba Mountain Range, a good mountain range in the vast expanse, lying in the northwest of Yiyang County.

In the middle of the ridge, there is a zigzag canyon, which passes through the middle of the mushroom ridge and breaks the mushroom ridge at the waist.

At this time, Liu Cong took Liang Zhu'er Lai Fat Ma Pole and more than a dozen personal soldiers, who were standing under the Mushroom Ridge, and when he looked up, he was amazed by the dangerous mountains of the Mushroom Ridge, Liu Cong shouted loudly: "My God, what a majestic mountain!" ”

After the shouting passed, Liu Cong listened carefully, but he didn't hear the sound of fighting at all. Liu Cong was suspicious: "What? Didn't Cao Bing come? Where did all the 5,000 elite soldiers Wei Yan go? Why don't you hear a sound at all? Thinking of this, he turned his face to look at the soldiers, and saw that everyone was also puzzled, so Liu Cong asked the guide scout: "Did you go wrong?" ”

The scout said, "My lord, that's right. General Wei: They were in ambush on this ridge. You can see it when you go up to the top of the mountain. ”

When Liu Cong looked at this mushroom ridge, he saw a murderous aura up and down the ridge, and the heavens and the earth suddenly became solemn.

Liu Cong's chest suddenly surged with passion, he took a deep breath, and ordered: "Go up the mountain!" "Shouting and beating the horses to go ahead, along the narrow mountain road, to the top of the ridge.

Seeing that he was about to come to the edge of the canyon, the guide whispered: "Lord, there is an ambush place for our army ahead." Look at those big trees, General Wei is there to command. Well, get off the horse and go. ”

So everyone dismounted and walked to the bottom of the big tree on foot.

At this time, Wei Yan was staring nervously at the entrance of the canyon there, and when he heard the secret whistle report, he hurriedly turned around and saw that it was Liu Cong who brought someone over, so he greeted him.

Liu Cong asked eagerly: "Cao Bing didn't come over?" ”

Wei Yan bent his waist and pointed to the entrance of the canyon with his finger and said, "Lord, look! ”

Liu Cong took a closer look, and through the sparse bush gap, he vaguely saw a group of Cao soldiers parked in the open space, about a few thousand men and horses. There were several flags erected in the ranks, and the corners of the flags hung down, and it was impossible to see the names of the generals with the troops embroidered on the flags.

Liu Cong saw it and asked, "Why don't you act?" How long have they been here? ”

"It's a meal. When I came to Taniguchi, I stopped. Presumably it was suspicion, well, presumably because it was worried that there was an ambush. ”

"No striker scouts into the canyon?"

"Twenty or so horsemen came in and walked three or five miles, looked at the two walls, found nothing, and went back. I went back for this meeting, but I didn't see the brigade coming. Wei Yan replied.

When Liu Cong looked closely, he saw dozens of officers riding on horses under the flag, pointing and saying something towards the canyon.

Liu Cong smiled and said, "Grass! They are there to discuss it! It is indeed afraid of being ambushed. Well, don't worry about it, just hide it. This Cao Bing can't die here! ”

Liu Cong turned his face to look at Wei Yan when he said this, and saw that Wei Yan's face showed a confused look, so Liu Cong asked, "Wei Yan!" What's wrong? Not confident? ”

Before Wei Yan could answer, Liu Cong continued: "Seeing the fat in your mouth, you just grind your teeth and eat it, right?" What do you think? Do you want to cook it? ”

Liu Cong pushed Wei Yan when he said this, and said with a smile: "Say!" Do you want to eat it cooked? ”

Wei Yan was not happy, and said to Liu Cong with a lot of heart: "Lord, the matter is troublesome, and the news of the scout is not accurate. Trouble. ”

Liu Cong stared at him vigilantly and asked, "What's wrong?" Say it. ”

"The information sent by the scout said that it was a group of Cao soldiers, that is, four or five thousand people. However, as soon as we laid the ambush, another plainclothes scout came and said that there was a group behind us, also five or six thousand men. Isn't that a problem? We only have 5,000 men, and the two teams of Cao Bing together are tens of thousands! ”

Liu Cong listened but did not panic, lowered his head and looked into the distance carefully for a while, before turning around and saying: "I roughly estimated, that is, four or five thousand people, where did tens of thousands of Cao soldiers come from?" ”

"Ten miles away, there's another team. Not visible here. ”

Liu Cong put up his blindfold and looked into the distance, only to see that the mountains were continuous, and the sky was vast, where did he see another team of Cao soldiers? I thought: "Well, even if there is Cao Bing, it is too far away to be seen." "When I think about it, I think about it.

When Wei Yan saw it, he said, "Why don't we retreat?" Or is it hidden and let Cao Bing pass? ”

Liu Cong didn't reply, he was still thinking, he thought about a sentence said by a famous general who led troops in later generations, "Leading troops to fight, the five elements of every battle are, mission, terrain, time, enemy situation, and self-situation, which must be considered as a whole." ”

Liu Cong thought of this, and roughly estimated it, turned his face to Wei Yan and said, "Cao Bing is twice as many as ours. However, we occupy the advantage of the terrain and are condescending. This terrain is better than 100,000 soldiers! What are you afraid of? Beat! ”

"But ??????"

"But what? Listen to me, just fight! ”

"However, when more than 10,000 Cao soldiers pass through the canyon, the formation must be elongated, and once it is elongated, it is enough to have more than ten miles of road, and this canyon is also four or five miles of road. Once a fight starts, it will be difficult to win, and it will not be possible to ??????."

"I said Wei Yan, what's wrong with you? You just have to listen to me, Cao Bing entered the canyon, and he will do it immediately! How to lead troops to fight with so many concerns? ”

"Lord, do you want to ??????"

"Don't think about it! I am in the light, Cao Bing is in the dark, we know in our hearts, Cao Bing is confused in my heart, they know how many men and horses we have in ambush? Don't say it, listen to me! ”

"The last general just thinks that the first battle should be cautious. Otherwise, it will certainly affect the morale of our army. Besides, it is not good for the prestige of the Lord! ”

"Grass! Wei Yan, as soon as this battle starts, Cao Bing will mistakenly think that we have a million male soldiers here! Don't worry about it. Go and listen to me. ”

Wei Yan was encouraged by Liu Cong like this, and was immediately full of confidence, and shouted in a low voice: "Huh! Picking up his spear, he stood on the side, looking up into the distance, waiting for the signal from the sentry at the entrance to the canyon.

At this moment, he saw that the signal tree on the stone wall on the side of the canyon entrance shook three times, and Wei Yan hurriedly said, "Lord, Cao Bing has started to act." ”

"Yes! Let me see. Liu Cong straightened up as he spoke, and when he hid behind the tree and looked into the distance, he saw that in front of Cao's army, there were thirty or fifty cavalrymen, beating horses and walking into the canyon, so he asked Wei Yan: "When will the two ends be blocked?" ”

"The last general has ordered them to send me a signal when all the Cao soldiers have entered the canyon. I gave the order to start attacking. However, the team of Cao soldiers behind ?????? It's also five or six thousand people! ”

"Don't care so much, it's fifty or sixty thousand horses, and this battle will be fought!"

At this time, Cao Bing's forward cavalry had already come to the canyon under Liu Cong and Wei Yan, and the follow-up men and horses were following up.

Liu Cong and Wei Yan bent down to hide, staring at the signal tree in the distance. After waiting for another meal, the signal tree shook.

When Liu Cong saw it, he jumped onto a boulder beside him, pulled out the emperor's sword with a loud bang, and shouted: "Do it!" Turning his face and ordering: "Wei Yan sent people to inspect both ends of the valley, and ordered them to smash all the cannon stones and sassholes, and they must block both ends to prevent a single Cao soldier from escaping!" ”042