As the old saying goes: the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people!

In the eyes of countless people, in this westward expedition, Wang Xu occupied the time of the day, gained the general trend, and also had the hearts of the people because of the strength of the whole country and the obedience of the people, but there was no geographical advantage. Although Ma Teng of Liangzhou does not occupy the time of the day and does not know the situation, he occupies the geographical advantage and the people of Xiliang.

But in fact, few people know that this is a completely wrong understanding, Wang Xu is not only familiar with the geographical environment in Liangzhou, but also has a very complete topographic map, which may be slightly inferior to what the Ma family has mastered, but it can definitely be called very well understood.

No one knew that as early as more than ten years ago, Wang Xu had asked the branch of the Spy Shadow Department in Xiliang to comprehensively collect a topographic map of Liangzhou, and had conducted careful investigation and confirmation over the years.

The southern part of Longguan is a high mountain range, dangerous and abnormal, even birds and beasts are difficult to really pass through, this is well known to the vast majority of people, but few people know that in the mountains about thirty or forty miles away from Longguan, there is actually a small road, although it is rugged, but it can be completely passed.

This trail was not built, but because this generation is inhabited by many hunters, who often go into the mountains to hunt, and for safety, they will continue to explore safer and smoother roads into the mountains, so that over the years, they will gradually step out of the mountain road one after another. One of them was a little winding, but they inadvertently stepped on it, gradually forming a road through the mountains.

Of course, this road is difficult to navigate, and it is unrealistic to use it for commercial traffic or large-scale marches. Perennial, except for hunters. Not many people dare to take this path. Locals often call it Long'er Road.

It was late at night. The tranquility of the mountains is broken by the sound of messy footsteps, which can be heard from the dense sound of footsteps, and the number of people is not small. Under the moonlight, you can see that these people are all wearing standard light armor and holding sharp blades, although they are light, they still reveal their identity, this is an army.

"Quick! Speed up! The leader lowered his voice. constantly urging the soldiers forward, his accent is obviously from Xiliang.

"General Zhang, what kind of errand is this! The young master actually let us go to such a ghost place? The adjutant who followed General Zhang closely complained again and again, and his face was full of depression.

"Alas! Who told you not to fight, and it is always better to compete with others on weekdays? ”

General Zhang scolded angrily, and walked slowly with heavy steps on his legs. "However, if you cross Long'er Road this time, the plan to sneak attack the front of King Chu can be successful. Then the brothers will no longer have to suffer like this, and let others do this kind of drudgery! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! ”

Speaking of successfully completing tasks. The lieutenant's eyes lit up in an instant, full of anticipation. "If General Zhang captures the King of Chu alive in one fell swoop this time, wouldn't he become the biggest hero of Liangzhou, and at that time, Su Ze and their few would dare to speak ill of the general."

"What kind of thing is Suze?" General Zhang was disdainful, and his eyes showed a fierce light: "If General Ben attacks and kills the King of Chu, he will become a general of Liangzhou, don't say that he is Suze, even if General Pang De and General Ma Dai see me, they must be polite and give three points!" ”

"That's, that's!" The lieutenant general seemed to be quite unexpected, and nodded again and again to flatter: "After this battle, if General Zhang is glorious, don't forget the brothers!" ”

When General Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but look back at the deputy general, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry! Huang Hua, if you have this general, you must have you, but don't be careless in this battle, you should be careful for me, the Chu army is not so easy to deal with, we have suffered the losses of Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and others over the years, do we still eat less! ”

"This subordinate understands and won't make a mistake!" Deputy General Huang Hua patted his chest and reassured.

These two people are none other than the Xiliang generals Zhang Jin and Huang Hua, who are now under the order of Ma Yi and quietly pass through this Long'er Road with a thousand elite soldiers, intending to suddenly kill from behind the Chu army when Ma Yi and the Chu army are fighting, and break the enemy in one fell swoop.

This Zhang Jin and Huang Hua are both from Jiuquan, and they are also a little famous in the Xiliang Army, they are relatively outstanding generals, with good martial arts, they are not afraid of death when they fight, and more importantly, they are cunning enough, you must know that the Xiliang Army has no shortage of warriors, but they lack people who use their brains to fight, so they are outstanding. It's just that the two of them are too greedy for power and property, and they have small bellies, so they are not liked by the middle and high ranks of the army, of course, they themselves don't think so.

These two people also left a name in history, but unfortunately it is not a good reputation, in May of the first year of Yankang, Xiping Koji Yan connected the side county to make a rebellion, this Zhang Jin also captured Taishou Du Tong, Jiuquan Huanghua was not subject to Taishou Xinji's control, and they all claimed to be too Shou to respond to the rebellion of Lu Yan.

At that time, Su Ze, the captain of Jincheng Taishou and Huqiang, led the generals Hao Zhao, Wei Ping and Wuwei Taishou Wuqiu Xing to attack Zhangye. Soon after, Su Ze and the other armies joined forces to surround Zhangye, and soon broke the city, so Zhang Jin was beheaded by the Wei army, and Huang Hua surrendered.

At this time, Zhang Jin and Huang Hua had led the army into Long'er Road for five days, but they still did not fully understand Guò, as the soldiers became more and more tired, he became more and more anxious, knowing that Ma Yi set a time limit for them within six days, and they must arrive at the designated location, and in due course Ma Yi would use the firecrackers he developed as a signal to make them attack.

If you can't arrive on time, of course, there is only one result, and that is - chop!

"Huang Hua, you go to the back and urge the brothers, you must speed up, this damn mountain road, if we can't finish it, we will die!" Zhang Jin was in an irritable mood, and his voice was unnaturally raised, and it was heard far away in the silent mountains.

"Okay, my subordinates will urge me!" Huang Hua was still very neat in doing things, and when he heard this, he immediately turned around and flew backwards.

At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded, the voice seemed very young, but it was full of momentum, startling the birds in the entire mountain forest to scatter, especially abrupt in the moonlight.

"Hahaha...... You don't need to rush, even if you don't finish this road, you will die! ”

When everyone was still a little confused and couldn't react, Zhang Jin and Huang Hua's expressions changed drastically first, and they looked in the direction where the voice came from in horror.

"Who?" Zhang Jin asked in a panic.

"The left general of the Second Guards Regiment of the Chu State, Dian Wei, the Zhonglang general, Zhao Tong!" With this young voice, many fires lit up in the depths of the dense grass on both sides of the mountain road.

The person who ambushed this place was none other than the eldest son of the hussar general Zhao Yun, Zhao Tong!

Although judging from the number of these fires, the number of people in the Chu army ambush is not much, but Zhang Jin's heart instantly sank to the bottom, his face was pale, on this narrow mountain road, it was very difficult to walk, and he was ambushed at this moment, and he couldn't think of the final ending.

At such times, whoever lies in ambush first will surely be the victor.

But before he could recover from the cold and cold hands and feet of the frightened, Zhao Tong was already screaming: "Shoot!" ”

Sharp arrows swarmed down from the dense grass of the mountains on both sides, and no matter how elite the Xiliang army was on the mountain road, they had no power to resist at this moment, and they screamed again and again in an instant, shaking the mountains and fields, and the scene was like cutting wheat, and the long and narrow line fell in rows.

"Disperse, everyone disperse, brethren looking for cover, quick!"

Zhang Jin roared hoarsely, and the person also ran behind a big tree, next to a boulder, not daring to raise his head.

"General Zhang, what should I do?" Huang Hua didn't know where to hide, and asked loudly.

"Hide first! Hide first! ”

Zhang Jin screamed in a panic, where did he know what to do now? Don't talk about him, it's useless to change anyone in this situation, and he only has to complain resentfully: "Damn, how could Chu State know about such a mountain road?" I have long said that this way is not easy to walk, it is not easy to walk, the young master will not listen, today it really killed us! ”

During the period when he complained, the Xiliang soldiers had already suffered heavy casualties under the greeting of the rain of arrows, and this was a complete massacre!

A moment later, the Xiliang soldiers on the mountain road had left hundreds of corpses, most of the 1,000 elite were killed and wounded, and the rest were also hiding in the grass, behind the boulders, trembling.

It's just that this road is really difficult, and the five hundred soldiers led by Zhao Tong can't carry too many arrows because of their limited load, and they have gradually thinned down at this time.

Zhang Jin noticed this, and instantly perked up, and without thinking about it, he jumped up and shouted: "Living brothers, break through quickly, retreat!" ”

"Soldiers of the Chu State, kill with me!"

Zhao Tong immediately made a decision, raised his breath, and flew down the slope with a spear in his hand.

At this moment, there are not many Xiliang soldiers left, where do they still have the heart to resist, they have fled for their lives, or to the mountains, or to the return, lost their souls!

………………

"King Qiyu, King Chu, Zhonglang will ask Zhao Tong to see!"

Wang Xu was sitting alone in the military tent, and was writing something with a pen, but was interrupted by the guards who suddenly walked into the tent, and when he heard that it was Zhao Tong who had returned, he couldn't help but show a slight smile on his face: "Xuan!" ”

After a while, Zhao Tong walked into the tent with two round cloth bags and respectfully knelt on the ground to salute.

"The last general, Zhao Tong, meet the King of Chu!"

"Get up! How's the war going? Wang Xu asked with a gentle smile.

Zhao Tong got up, his young face was full of excitement: "Back to the King of Chu, the last general was ordered to lead five hundred people to secretly go to the Long'er Mountain Pass to set up an ambush, as expected by the King of Chu, there were more than 1,000 elite people in Xiliang who came over the mountains and mountains, and were ambushed by the last general last night, killing seven or eight hundred, and beheading two enemy generals, according to the captive, named Zhang Jin and Huang Hua, the head is here, and he came to give orders to the king of Chu!" ”

"Zhang Jin, Huang Hua?" Wang Xu thought about it slightly, and felt quite familiar, but he really couldn't remember it, so he couldn't help waving his hand and laughing: "Okay, go down and rest!" The corpses of the two generals should not be moved, properly disposed of, and returned to Liangzhou in person by the king of Japan the next day. ”

"No!" Zhao Tong responded to the order and withdrew from the tent with a happy face.

"Ma Yi! Ma Yi! Why bother with all this thought? Does it make sense? ”

Wang Xu muttered to himself silently for a moment, then stopped caring too much about the matter, picked up the pen, and after a while, folded the silk silk, sealed it, and commanded loudly: "Someone!" ”

"In!"

"Han Long, you send this secret letter to Feng Yi and hand it over to the general Gao Shun, and order him to act according to his orders, and there must be no mistakes!"

"No!" Han Long, the leader of the Dragon Tiger Guard's Dragon Group, responded loudly. (To be continued......)