At the time of the fifth watch, the sky is not yet bright, it is the time when the night is the thickest, but once the fifth watch is over, the night will gradually become thinner, and a trace of blue-gray morning light will quietly appear.

Jang Xuan led a thousand soldiers to lie in ambush in the woods less than a mile from the mouth of the valley, and although he saw the Goguryeo messengers rushing into the valley several times, and the nearest was only a dozen steps away from them, Zhang Xuan always ordered the army not to act rashly, especially not to startle the snakes.

Once you alarm the other person too early and make the other person prepared, things are not good.

"General, there seems to be a secret whistle hidden in that big tree!" Li Shoujie pointed to a towering tree in front of the mouth of the valley.

Zhang Xuan nodded, he also saw it, the big tree branches were luxuriant, the pavilion was like a crown, and there was indeed a figure shaking on it, only excellent eyesight could find it.

"Let the lowly touch them and kill them!" Li Shoujie asked.

Zhang Xuan groaned for a while, and looked at the sky again, it was almost dawn, there was no movement in the valley, and there was no news from Chen Xu's side.

Zhang Xuan was a little worried that if Chen Xu and the others had been captured by the enemy, would the Goguryeo army create a false impression and lead them into the valley to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

There was indeed such a possibility, and he had to be steady, preferring not to fight this Goguryeo army than to risk losses.

"You can't act rashly for the time being, wait a little longer!"

Zhang Xuan was really a little worried in his heart, whether Chen Xu would be trapped because of the unfamiliar terrain

Chen Xu was really anxious, when everyone climbed down from the cliff, the time was almost close to the fifth watch, and more importantly, the terrain below was different from what he imagined, he didn't expect that the area under the valley was so wide, with a large area of forests, and he couldn't see where the Goguryeo army was stationed at all?

"Don't be in a hurry, the enemy garrison is already not far from us."

Shen Guang saw the eagerness in Chen Xu's eyes, and comforted him with a smile: "I know the terrain in the valley very well. Two miles further on, we will see an open field, where the Goguryeo army should be stationed. ”

"Let's go!"

Shen Guang waved his hand to everyone, and Chen Xu followed him towards the woods.

Shen Guang was indeed familiar with the terrain here. He quickly ran through the forest with a hundred soldiers, about a mile or two, when he suddenly waved his hand, and everyone stopped, and he stared ahead. Slowly wave your hand back and signal everyone to lie down.

In a moment, there was a voice from the front, and soon a group of patrol soldiers, about a dozen people, all wearing armor and holding spears, passed in front of them in a procession and walked to the other side.

The crowd held their breath and crawled among the bushes and grass. He didn't even dare to breathe, and when the patrol soldiers walked away, Chen Xu rushed forward and asked in a low voice, "What did you find?" ”

"Look ahead!" Shen Guang smiled slightly.

Chen Xu looked ahead through a few bushes, and he suddenly couldn't close his mouth, only to see that in front of him was a clearing covering several miles, with large tents densely arranged in the clearing, surrounded by a circle of wooden fences, and he could see it very clearly under a round of bright moonlight.

"What are you going to do?" Shen Guang asked in a low voice.

"We carry rockets and torches, ready to burn the enemy tent. This is also a signal. ”

"Let me light the fire! Shoot the enemy on the periphery, and when the fire is lit, send someone out of the valley to report. ”

Shen Guang's superb agility in climbing down the rock crevices was breathtaking. Chen Xu also knew that it was more likely that he would succeed in igniting the fire, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, it would be too late if he didn't act.

He immediately gave Shen Guang the leather bag behind him, "There are three torches in here, just one point." Everything is left to Captain Shen. ”

Shen Guang put the leather bag on his back and ran towards the enemy camp, he was as agile as an antelope, quickly ran to the wooden fence one zhang high, and crossed over with a slight jump, seeing Chen Xu and his men stunned.

One of Shen Guang's subordinates laughed proudly: "My captain's light kung fu can be called the best in the world, when he attacked Liaodong City, the Sui army could not capture the city with tens of thousands of deaths, and he only used a rope to climb the top of the city, and captured Liaodong City in one fell swoop, and even the emperor personally received him." ”

"Then why is he in Liaodong City?"

"No backstage, no background! In addition, our background is not very good, and we are not taken seriously, if there is no hope, we are all ready to go back to our hometowns to do our old jobs. ”

Chen Xu was about to ask them what their old job was, when a soldier pointed to the camp and shouted, "Look, there's a fire!" ”

Everyone saw it, only to see a ball of fire rising in the middle of the camp, Chen Xu was overjoyed and waved his hand, "Follow me!" ”

He led a hundred soldiers and galloped to the other side of the enemy camp

Yuan Wuning had just arranged for the soldiers to rush to Pyongyang to deliver the letter, and he was thinking about the details of his next move, when a shouting outside interrupted his train of thought, and he suddenly said angrily: "What happened again? ”

A personal soldier rushed in and shouted nervously: "General, there is a fire outside!" ”

Yuan Wuning was taken aback, stood up suddenly, strode out of the tent, and walked out of the tent, only to see a dozen big tents on the east side on fire, the flames soared into the sky, the sea of fire was practiced, and the soldiers were in a mess, stumbling out of the tent, crying and shouting.

Yuan Wuning was stunned, and then asked sharply, "What's going on?" ”

"I don't know why, did someone come in and set the fire?"

Yuan Wuning felt that it was impossible, he laid four sentry posts at the mouth of the valley, foolproof, if someone wanted to sneak in, he would definitely alarm the sentry post, as for the back, he was not worried, there were cliffs all around him, even apes couldn't climb down, let alone people.

Could it be that someone accidentally caught fire?

Just as he was thinking quickly, Yuan Wuning suddenly saw a suspicious figure running in the big tent, he was furious in his heart, and immediately rushed back to the tent to take out the big knife, turned over and got on the horse, and urged the horse to chase quickly to the place where the black shadow had fled

The fire burned very fast, the camp was already in chaos, and the Goguryeo soldiers who were sleeping were awakened one after another, and before they had time to put on their clothes and take their weapons, they rushed out of the big tent and rushed out of the camp fence, many of them were naked, barefoot, and in a state of embarrassment.

The chaos in the valley finally affected the outside of the valley, at this time the sky was clear, Zhang Xuan led a thousand soldiers were nervously waiting for news, they also felt the changes in the valley, at this time, the alarm bell at the mouth of the valley 'dang! While! When it rang, I saw more than a dozen Sui soldiers rushing out and shouting: "General, there is chaos in the valley, march quickly!" ”

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, and without hesitation, he immediately shouted: "Kill in!" ”

He caught his horse between his legs, and the horse rushed out, followed closely by a thousand soldiers and slaughtered towards the mouth of the valley.

The situation changed rapidly, they just rushed to the mouth of the valley, only to see a large group of Goguryeo soldiers rushing from the valley, there were hundreds of people, all of them were untidy, embarrassed, some people were holding weapons, some people were bare-handed, in the face of the sudden appearance of Sui soldiers, they were terrified, and retreated.

Jao Hyun shouted, "Kill!" ”

He took the lead and rushed into the enemy's group, killing with a halberd, slashing and assassinating, blood splashed everywhere he passed, limbs flew sideways, and wails were heard, and the Sui soldiers followed behind the main general to cover and kill, killing the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers all over the ground, and the blood flowed like a river.

The Goguryeo soldiers were all trembling, they saw that the escape road was blocked by the Sui army, so they had to turn around and flee in all directions in the valley, Zhang Xuan shouted, "The first regiment holds the valley mouth, and the rest of the soldiers follow me to kill it!" ”

He urged his horse, cut a bloody path, and rushed into the fiery valley.

As soon as he rushed into the valley, he saw dozens of Sui soldiers besieging an enemy general in a clearing, this enemy general was wearing armor, a strong war horse in his crotch, and a big knife in his hand, and his martial arts were very strong, but it could be seen that he had no intention of fighting, and just wanted to get rid of the entanglement of Sui soldiers.

But the Sui army that fought fiercely with this general was not Chen Xu and his subordinates, but another army, led by a young general, holding a war knife in his hand, his body was extremely agile, and he could always dodge at the last moment in the face of the tragic slashing of the enemy general's broadsword.

Zhang Xuan was a little stunned, where did this Sui army come from, and who is this Sui army general?

At this moment, Yuan Wuning saw Zhang Xuan at a glance, all the Sui army only this person riding a horse, must be the chief general of the Sui army, Yuan Wuning was anxious when he found the enemy general, so that a glimmer of hope rose in his heart, if they can kill the enemy general, maybe they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Yuan Wuning slashed several times in a row, forcing Shen Guang and several of his men back, Yuan Wuning turned his horse's head and rushed towards Zhang Xuan with his knife.

In the hazy morning light, Jang Hyun squinted slightly at the rushing enemy general, who was wearing a tapered golden helmet with two long pheasant tail feathers stuck in the helmet, which was said to be a sign of a high rank in Goguryeo.

Zhang Xuan had a plan in his heart, and without waiting for the enemy general to swing his sword, he seized the opportunity, his arms penetrated, and he stabbed with a halberd, and the halberd was like a black lightning, instantly stabbing Yuan Wuning's chest.

Yuan Wuning didn't expect the other party's speed to be so fast, he was secretly surprised in his heart, it was too late to dodge, and he held the knife stick with both hands and went outward.

Zhang Xuan's gun is the third move of the overlord's marksmanship, and he also used this trick when he fought with Song Jingang.

But after a month, Zhang Xuan has integrated the Ziyang halberd method and the overlord marksmanship, which contains subtle changes in strength.

When the tip of the halberd collided with the opponent's blade, the speed of the halberd suddenly slowed down, as if dragging a thousand catties of heavy objects, and the blade was heavily suppressed.

Yuan Wuning felt that the other party's halberd was as heavy as a thousand catties, he couldn't put the halberd out, seeing the tip of the halberd stabbing towards his chest little by little, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, and his body lay back, but the halberd pressed down on him like a mountain, and the tip of the halberd was aimed at his throat.

At this time, he had no choice, either he was pierced by the throat by the other party, or abandoned the horse, he screamed, his body turned over and fell off the horse, and the big knife was also taken off.

Yuan Wuning was just about to get up and run away, only to feel a sharp pain in his vest, he screamed miserably, killed on the spot, the sharp halberd tip pierced his back, and Zhang Xuan mercilessly stabbed the enemy general to the ground.

Not far away, Shen Guang saw Zhang Xuan's martial arts, and he couldn't help but feel frustrated in his heart, who was the other party, he fought with the enemy general for dozens of rounds, and was almost killed by the enemy general, but at this time, this enemy general with strong martial arts couldn't even resist one round. (To be continued.) )