The news that Xiazhou has been obtained spread all over the army, the crowd is turbulent, the morale is greatly boosted, and when it is beginning to prepare for a counteroffensive, Li Guangrui's actions are also one after another, and he quickly made various reactions, for his abnormal style of play, so that Dezhi Yuxun and Yang Chongxun are a little confused, and then the news came, Li Jiyun led the army straight to Linfu, and the foundation of the two was attacked, although it was expected that Li Jiyun did not have the ability to capture the base camp that the two had worked hard to operate for many years, but the concern was chaotic, and the two immediately rushed to meet Yang Hao.

As soon as he saw Yang Hao, Zhi Yuxun hurriedly said: "Third child, doesn't Li Guangrui still know that Xiazhou has been lost?" He stationed troops under the city of Yinzhou, and in the past few days, he has made frequent moves and sent troops everywhere, I don't know what his intentions are. ”

"Two brothers, I'm also thinking about this, you see, what does Li Guangrui's actions mean."

In front of Yang Hao was a sand table made of sand, soil and stones, on which the branches represented the deployment of the enemy and our armies.

Yang Hao faced the sand table and said: "Li Jiyun's soldiers are divided into three ways to attack Fengzhou, Liangu, and Zhenchuan Fort. It is not surprising that Li Guangrui sent out two more armies to occupy the Jialu River and the Turbidity River respectively. ”

Yang Hao said as he plucked small wooden sticks from Li Guangrui's camp and inserted them into the places he had instructed.

Judging from the map, Li Guangrui is dividing his troops, and he is dividing his troops without a clue, originally his strategic intention was to encircle Yinzhou City and eliminate reinforcements, so the army took Yinzhou as the core, and the two wings of soldiers and horses were deployed, just to facilitate the closing at any time, and surround Yang Hao's side of the army and horses that broke into too deep. And Li Jiyun's division of troops to attack the two states of Linzhou was also in line with his combat intentions.

Because he has an army of 100,000 troops, he is mainly besieging Yinzhou for the time being, although the offensive is fierce, in fact, it is only to force Yang Hao to launch a general offensive and a decisive battle with it, and he does not really want to destroy Yinzhou at present, but instead prompts Yang Hao's three-way reinforcements to abandon Yinzhou. His appetite is no smaller than Yang Hao, and he also wants to completely pacify the northwest once and for all.

However, his current way of playing, dividing the way of the army, blossoming everywhere, does not want to continue to fight Yinzhou, but his soldiers and horses attacked Fengzhou, Liangu, Zhenchuan Fort respectively, and occupied Jialuchuan and Turquorum River, it is like a nouveau riche who has money and does not know how to spend it, and is squandering everywhere, these places do not seem to be too important from a strategic point of view.

Zhe Yuxun is not incompetent, he looked down at the map for a long time, and suddenly realized, and said in a deep voice: "Third child, in my opinion, Li Guangrui should already know that Xiazhou has fallen into your hands." ”

This judgment is consistent with Yang Hao's analysis, Yang Hao sighed, and said quietly: "Big brother, you continue." ”

Zhi Yuxun said: "Li Guangrui's movements seem to be chaotic and clueless, but at least it can show that he is already planning to give up the siege of Yinzhou. If he gives up the siege of Yinzhou, he will not be able to force us to fight a decisive battle with it, and he will not be able to achieve the strategic intention of destroying the main force of our army. What can make Li Guangrui react like this, in addition to the fall of Xiazhou, can there be a second reason? ”

Yang Chongxun nodded, and his nervous expression eased a little: "I agree, Li Guangruijun is not distracted, presumably he has controlled the spread of the news in time." However, the news could not have spread to the ears of the soldiers, but it was impossible for his henchmen and generals to hide it, Xiazhou fell, and Li Guangrui himself wanted to say that he was not panicked was false, not to mention his subordinates, the generals had no intention of fighting, and the commander of this battle could not fight. If I were Lee Kuan Rui, I would do my best to ensure that the secret would not be leaked under such circumstances, and the only purpose would be to retreat to a safe area in an orderly manner while the army was still in turmoil, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

Yang Hao nodded thoughtfully: "We can spread the news of the fall of Xiazhou, but without their internal recognition, it is difficult to gain the trust of the Xiazhou soldiers, and it will not have much effect on shaking the morale of their troops." However, as the second brother said, they can hide this matter for a while, they can't hide it for a lifetime, they can hide it from the soldiers, they can't hide it from the generals, and the only function of temporary concealment can only have one effect: to ensure that the three armies will not collapse without a fight on the way to retreat, and they will be completely defeated by me. ”

Zhi Yuxun pointed to the sand table and said, "In this way, we can make a preliminary analysis of Li Guangrui's seemingly chaotic behavior. He is now divided into six routes, attacking the three-way army of Fengzhou, Liangu, and Zhenchuanbao, the purpose of which should be to divide us and force me and Zhongwen to go to help. ”

The two prefectures of Linzhou controlled a territory in the east and southeast to the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Guye River and the Balwei River in the west, and Fengzhou, which Li Jiyun was attacking, was north of the two prefectures of Linzhou and Fuzhou, and was connected to the Zihe River under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou, which was a settlement mainly inhabited by the Tubo people in the north. The leader's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Moming. Wang Moming intermarried with the Zhe family and was a vassal of Fuzhou. Fengzhou is narrow and has few people, and the state city is despicable, and it has always relied on the two states of Linfu to rely on it, and it is protected by the Zhe clan, so it can survive in the environment of strong enemies.

Fengzhou and Fuzhou rescued each other, lips and teeth depended on each other, now Fengzhou is attacked, bound to ask Fuzhou for help, Fold Yuqing sits in Fuzhou, has the responsibility of protecting the territory and defending the territory, his eldest brother is in command of the army, he is difficult to send a large army to help, the responsibility of going to help, will fall on the head of Fold Yuxun, for this little brother who has been bullied, he can not see death no matter what.

Liangu is an important jurisdiction of Linzhou, Linzhou is located in the eastern section of the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Mu Us Desert, the north is the wind-blown sand grassland area, the terrain is flat, the sand dunes and sand beams are undulating and extended, there are many wet flats and seas, the water is abundant and the grass is beautiful, and it is suitable for animal husbandry. The southern part is the loess hilly and gully area, the terrain is low and flat, the soil is fertile, suitable for farming, and it is the main production area of grain. The importance of Lian Gu to the Yang family in Linzhou is not known, now it has just passed the spring ploughing season, and the grain has just grown tender seedlings, if it is wantonly destroyed by Li Jiyun, the weight of the blow to Linzhou can be imagined.

These two places are attacked and saved, even if Zhi Yuxun and Yang Chongxun can hold out for a while, they will return to help as soon as possible, Li Guangrui is determined to divide his troops to attack the two states of Linfu, and he will be able to force Yang Hao's three armies to divide, which is based on evidence. As for Zhenchuan Fort, it is between the two states of Linfu, which is a key point of communication, and controls here, which can not only prevent the two states of Linfu from joining forces to help each other, but also timely mobilize the troops to help the side in crisis.

The three commanders present all knew these truths, and there was no need for anyone to explain them, Yang Chongxun nodded solemnly and said: "Li Guangrui must be saved if he attacks it, and he has to be saved." If we can't solve the problem quickly, Shilong and I will have to go back to the division to help. Lao San, Liangu and Fengzhou are no less important to us than Yinzhou is to you. ”

Yang Hao's face also became heavy, and he nodded slowly: "Second brother, I understand." ”

Zhi Yuxun said: "If Li Guangrui already knows about the fall of Xiazhou and is preparing to plan a great retreat, then what will be the role of the two people he sent to Jialuchuan and Xunlunchuan?" ”

Yang Hao's eyes flashed, and gradually brightened: "Open the road, guard, cover, nothing more." ”

Zhi Yuxun nodded, pointed to the two places, and said: "These two places are long and narrow, and it is not easy to arrange a large army, but they are vulnerable to attack. Here are two nails wedged first, and the role of guarding and covering the retreat of the army is greater, so can we judge where Lee Guangrui is going to retreat? ”

Yang Hao and Yang Chongxun's eyes looked at the front of the two flat areas of Jialuchuan and Xunlun River at the same time, and both hands pointed to the same place at the same time, Yang Hao had already blurted out: "Camel Ridge, the only possibility is this place, Camel Ridge, from Camel Ridge, there is no dangerous pass that can attack such a huge army from such a suitable place as Jialu River, Turbidity Wheel River, and Camel Ridge." Then, even if Lee Kuang Rui's army is distraught and has no intention of fighting, after passing through this place, he can only make the army desperately stand on the camel ridge, and my army can sigh and withdraw smoothly to ......."

Yang Chongxun's big hand pressed above Suizhou, and said with a cruel smile: "Suizhou! ”

Zhi Yuxun raised his head with a smile: "Yes, so Li Guangrui's moves seem to be chaotic, but in fact they are not chaotic at all, he has his purpose, so, now...... We should know what to do, right? ”

Yang Hao and Yang Chongxun looked at each other and smiled, nodded......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Yang Chongxun's department quietly shifted on a starry night, and rushed to Camel Ridge under the starry night. As soon as the army arrived at Camel Ridge, Yang Chongxun set up camp overnight, dug fortifications, and placed horses and thorns on the hillside to prepare to resist Lee Kuan-rui's army.

Twilight was slanting to the west, and for a whole day, the fortifications on the hillside had begun to take shape. Yang Chongxun looked at the fortifications in front of him, and his heart was heavy: he knew that his Fenggu was suffering from the ravages of Li Jiyun, but now was a good opportunity to destroy Li Guangrui's main force that could never be regained, and if it could be done once and for all, so much sacrifice would be worth it.

"I'm afraid that this year's grain harvest will be in arrears again, but Fuzhou and Yang Hao will not sit idly by."

Yang Chongxun stood on the hillside, looking at the hot preparation scene and pondered.

The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, not to mention that even if Li Guangrui lost his nest, he was by no means a lost dog, but a fierce tiger, leading a group of hungry wolves, Yang Chongxun knew how difficult his task was, and how difficult it was to rely on this not very dangerous camel ridge to block the outlaw Li Guangrui's army, but the pressure borne by Yang Hao and Zhe Yuxun was not easier than him, and even a few points heavier, although he was the weakest among the three, how could he put forward any conditions.

Although he is far from the ability of his brother Yang Jiye to make full use of the terrain of Camel Ridge and the grass and trees, he can still do it.

Starting from the foot of the mountain, the horse pits, the ravines that hindered the passage of the horses, to the fortifications and fortresses halfway up the mountainside, to the huge boulders that were like walls on the top of the mountain, and the large logs that had been cut down, one can imagine how great the price Lee would have to pay if he wanted to force his way through the Camel Ridge.

An arrow broke through the air, Yang Chongxun raised his head in surprise, listening to the voice, the direction of the arrow was ahead, so ...... It was shot from behind?

Yang Chongxun Huo Ran turned to look at the rolling mountains behind him, and shouted, "What's going on, quick detective!" ”

There is no need for quick probing, the police post arranged in the back mountain is running towards the mountain desperately, and when he arrives in front of Yang Chongxun, he almost falls down, he panted and said: "Report, general, countless people and horses have suddenly appeared in the valley of the back mountain, and they are rushing towards the camel ridge." ”

Yang Chongxun was moved: "What kind of banner is played? ”

"The commander of the Yanei and the secretary of the inspection department of the school, Li!"

"Li Jiyun?"

Yang Chongxun almost couldn't believe his ears, Li Jiyun was attacking Fengzhou, Liangu, and Zhenchuan Fort, how could he come here so quickly? Could it be that Li Guangrui secretly told him that he also withdrew his troops in the starry night and rushed here?

Yang Chongxun looked back at the fortifications that had been built in the middle of the night and a day, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice: "Fortunately, fortunately, we made a quick decision and immediately began to deploy, if this camel ridge is occupied by Li Jiyun first, Li Guangrui, a big fish, will be unhooked." ”

As soon as he thought of this, he listened to the sound of fighting all over the mountains, and on the mountain beam in the back mountain, countless Xiazhou soldiers appeared, and they swooped down like a tide, Yang Chongxun saw such a mighty situation, and then looked at the slope of the back mountain without fortifications, and couldn't help but gasp, and quickly ordered: "Prepare for war, prepare for war immediately." Immediately inform Yang Shuai and Zhe Shuai! ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※" newspaper, Fengzhou news, Li Jiyun's troops suddenly stopped attacking the city, and the army camped ten miles away from the city, and did not move. On the second day, Fengzhou Wang Mo Mingbu sent spies to the outpost to snoop, only to find that the camp was full of straw men, and Li Jiyun's department was nowhere to be found. ”

"What?"

Yang Hao was taken aback, his face changed color, and Zhi Yuxun was also shocked, and the two were about to ask carefully, when another messenger hurried over: "Report, urgent news from Yang Chongxun's department, Li Jiyun suddenly drew troops from Fengzhou, Liangu, and Zhenchuanbao to Camel Ridge, and General Yang Chongxun arrived only one day earlier than him. The enemy situation was raging, but General Yang said that he could hold it there, and Li Jiyun waved his army to storm Camel Ridge, which further confirmed that Li Guangrui was going to flee to Suizhou, and asked the two Yang troops to sweep the two rivers according to the original plan, and be sure to completely annihilate Li Guangrui's troops in this battle. ”

"Got it, reply to General Yang Chongxun, and we will immediately send troops to sweep the two rivers."

Yang Hao and Zhi Yuxun hurried to the sand table, and just leaned down, another messenger arrived: "Report, news came from Zhenchuan Fort, Li Jiyun's department suddenly disappeared, I don't know what to ......do."

"We already know that." Zhi Yuxun straightened up and commanded lightly: "Order all fortresses to take strict precautions and not be slack." ”

Immediately afterwards, Mu Yu ran into the tent, still holding the reins of the horse in his hand, and said breathlessly: "Marshal, Li Guangrui's camp has moved, and it has begun to move in the southeast direction." ”

Yang Hao and Zhi Yuxun glanced at each other, and Zhi Yuxun said in a deep voice: "The old fox is going to slip away!" ”

Yang Hao said: "If the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, I will move first." Immediately send troops, grab ahead of him, sweep away the enemy of the two rivers, let's close the door and fight the dogs! ”