As if to prove Du Ji's conjecture, the Gaoshun camp has been quiet these days, but on the surface it is still heavily guarded.

Du Ji and Han Hao sneered in their hearts, thinking that they had anticipated the movement of Gao Shun's army, so the two of them strictly guarded the city on the surface, but secretly sent people to go out of the city at the south gate of Wenxi City, detour through Anyi and Xia County, and sneak behind Gao Shun's camp along the northwest foot of Zhongtiao Mountain to observe Gao Shun's camp. Of course, the results obtained are exactly the same as Du Ji expected.

Han Hao was naturally overjoyed when he got the news, and he was going to send a large group of men and horses to ambush the grain route of Gao Shun's army. Du Ji had an extra mind, just in case, Du Ji sent people to reconnoiter the activities of Gao Shun's army through the narrow land north of Wenxi City, and saw an astonishing number of horseshoe prints of cavalry horses that continued to the north, and according to the size of the horseshoe prints, it was immediately judged that it was Yanzhou's war horse.

Du Yi was also completely relieved at this time, knowing that things were as he expected, so he and Han Hao jointly reported to Wang Kuang, who was in Anyi, that Gao Shun's army was likely to have gone north.

After hearing the news, he hurriedly sent a letter to Xinjiang and Pi's, asking Wei Gu, Fan Xian, Zhang Sheng and others to be careful, the three of them heard that this was Han Hao's opinion, where were they willing to be convinced, and jointly wrote a letter to Wang Kuang, asking Wang Kuang to uphold justice, saying that it was the enemy at present, Han Hao was obviously facing the Gao Shun army, but he was inexplicably saying that the Yanzhou army was in the north of Xinjiang, which was simply inexplicable.

Wang Kuang has always trusted the three of them, so he blamed Han Hao heavily, and asked him to keep his duty, but Han Hao only talked about it on the surface. But he didn't take this matter to heart at all, but became more and more convinced of the correctness of Du Ji's guess.

That's when it happened. A large force of Yanzhou troops suddenly appeared in the north of Xinjiang City, and there were not only cavalry. And there are more strong archers, on the first day of the siege, Yanzhou's strong bow shot the defenders of Wenxi City on their backs, and the defenders in Xinjiang City were horrified to find that the range of the longbow in the Yanzhou army was far beyond their cognition, and standing at the head of the city was undoubtedly self-defeating.

Wei Gu was a natural coward, and seeing such a strong attack by the Yanzhou army strictly ordered the arrogant Fan Xian not to fight. Fan Xian was unconvinced and went out of the city to invite the battle, but he was sent by the other party to lead 3,000 cavalry to fight by a man named Zhou Li, whose name had not even been heard, and when he fought more than ten moves, he hit his shoulder and ran back in pain. Only then did I know that the strength of the Yanzhou Army did not lie only in those well-known generals, but in the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger of the Yanzhou Army.

Of course, Fan Xian didn't know what to do, Zhou Lenai was a rare master among the elite troops of Yanzhou Phantom Shadow, and his martial arts and Yu Ban, who had been injured and recuperating before, were all in the middle of the world, where could Fan Xian be his opponent?

However, in this way, Fan Xian and Wei Gu were even more persistent.

After a few days of testing, Wei Gu and Fan Xian found that the other army's not only cavalry, but also other arms were also very complete. All of them are well-trained, and they have won the essence of all arms. Only then did it be certain that the army on the opposite side was the main force of the army under Gao Shun, and then he panicked. Hurriedly sent people to Anyi to ventilate the news, saying that the north was attacked, and it was the main force of Gao Shun's army.

Wang Kuang was shocked when he heard the news. Hurriedly summoned the heads of Anyi, Wenxi, and Xia counties to discuss this matter, and Han Hao took the opportunity to speak to Wang Kuang. Prepare to say Du Ji's plan to rob the grain road. Wang Kuang thought so and ordered Han Hao to take charge of this matter. At the same time, Wang Kuang ordered his subordinate Wang Yi to send 5,000 men and horses from Wenxi and Xia counties to Xinjiang to support Wei Gu and Fan Xian.

After Han Hao returned to Wenxi City, he transferred 5,000 men and horses to Wang Yi to lead to support Xinjiang, and on the other hand, he began to secretly start to deploy manpower, secretly sneaking out of the north city of Wenxi City, led by Du Ji 5,000 elite soldiers, ready to attack them after figuring out the grain route in Yanzhou. And there are only 5,000 soldiers left in Wenxi City, and only 3,000 soldiers left in Xia County.

As a result, unconsciously, the forces of the three counties have been dispersed......

At the northern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, a dense forest fifty miles west of Huze City.

Du Ji has been waiting here for a long time, and his calm face is full of confidence.

One of his subordinates is Han Hao's assistant Zhang Yan, this person is thin and withered, speaks easily and quickly, and is a steady person, listening to Han Hao said that this person is still a very good archer, and a bow and arrow in Wang Kuang's army is probably the first. But I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Du Ji doesn't like him very much, that's not because of what Lu can say, on the contrary, this Zhang Yan has a lot of respect for Du Yi, Du Yi doesn't like him It's just an intuition, and he feels that there are still some unknown secrets in his heart, but at this time, everyone is in the same boat, and Han Hao strongly recommends it to him, so he can only force down the weird feeling in his heart and cooperate with the other party.

Zhang Yan looked his face out of the dense forest, and on the other side of the dense forest was also Du Ji's ambushed manpower.

Zhang Yan looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but say to Du Yi respectfully: "Mr. Du Ji, why are you sure that the grain transportation team of Gao Shun's army will pass through here?" Now that Gao Shun's army is obviously besieging Xinjiang City, if I am Gao Shun, I will definitely choose the shortest way to transport grain. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued: "Gao Shun's army can go down the river from Jiexiu in Xihe County, which is already controlled by them, and pass through Yong'an in Pingyang County from Jiexiu through Lingshi, so that they can go down the river and reach Linfen, Linfen is north of Xinjiang, where is really a good place for Gao Shun's army to hoard grain." ”

Hearing this, Du Ji shook his head and said, "On the surface, it seems that this is indeed the shortest journey, but the question is whether there is food available for the Yanzhou army in Jiexiu?" Don't forget, Xihe County is the place where the Southern Xiongnu once entrenched in Fuluo, the Xiongnu are a people on horseback, although after the sinicization of the past dynasties, but the level of agricultural production is low, where is there excess grain in Xihe County? If the grain transport team of Gao Shun's army set off from Xihe County along the river, then the grain would need to be transferred to Xihe County from other places. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized why Du Qi was so sure that he had ruled out the grain transportation road.

Du Yi immediately said in a deep voice: "Everything on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and every second counts, so it is impossible for Gao Shun's army to transport grain from Yanzhou and Jizhou. What's more, now that there is chaos in Yanzhou, it is naturally impossible. Therefore, Gaoshun's grain and grass supply is already in the state, and throughout the state. Xihe County, Taiyuan County, Xinxing County, and Yanmen County are all war-torn places, and there is no food at all. If it is the Gao Shun army to transport grain, it should also start from Shangdang County, and the Gao Shun army sent a large number of carriages, that is the best proof of Lu, if it is to use river water to transport grain and grass, how can they use so many carriages? ”

Zhang Yan nodded again and again when he heard this.

Du Yi played with taste: "Jincheng is an important town in Shangdang County. It is also the place where the adults are most stubbornly guarded, and there should be a lot of grain and grass in this place. ”

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "That means from Jincheng to Yangcheng, and then to Huze, going straight to Linfen?" ”

Du Yi nodded and said: "That's right, if you go to Yang'a by water in Yangcheng, it is very unsafe, and if there are no guards along the way, it is very dangerous." ”

Zhang Yan nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "That's right." It's no wonder that Lord Han Hao admires Mr. Du Ji so much, and he can anticipate the enemy's opportunity. After a pause, he immediately said: "I think Lord Du Ji will definitely be able to soar under Lord Wang Kuang, and his future is limitless." Don't forget me. ”

Du Ji smiled noncommittally, but said in his heart: Yanque An knows the ambition of the bird, a little Wang Kuang. What is there to be nostalgic for?

Du Qi's face turned pale and he leaned down. whispered to Zhang Yan: "Be careful, the target is here." Then he looked hard ahead beyond the forest. Ignoring Zhang Yan anymore, Zhang Yan stopped making a sound.

However, Du Yi didn't see Zhang Yan's kind smiling face behind him become extremely gloomy, and the light in his eyes became even more cold, staring viciously at Du Ji's back who was unconscious.

Outside the dense forest, a procession of horse-drawn carriages with the banner of the word Yanzhou was approaching lightly. The Asian Games grain and grass is a black-faced man, a pair of eyes are not big, but shining, a body of muscles and powerful, beside him is a thin but strong tall man, this person's face is quite handsome, both of them are in the tall Liaodong horse.

The accompanying army is about 2,000 people, there is no cavalry, but all pikemen, the line of this carriage is very long, divided into two columns on the left and right, leaving a large gap between the side by side carriages, enough to pass five people, look at the Yanzhou army to take two rows of grain transport, you can know that there is a lot of grain and grass in this carriage.

Thinking of this, Du Ji in the dense forest was extremely excited.

Not long after, the grain wagons of the Yanzhou army entered the encirclement.

Du Yi's heart in the dense forest beat twice without competitiveness, and he waved his hand violently, only to see Zhang Yan, who was already ready next to Du Ji, with a cold face, shooting arrows with a bow.

A carved arrow turned into a black light and shot viciously at the black-faced man who was obviously the leader.

At the same time, Du Yi shouted: "Do it!" ”

The soldiers in ambush in the dense forest on both sides began to shoot at the Yanzhou army outside the dense forest.

Unexpectedly, the black-faced man of the Yanzhou Army was extremely alert, and the bowstring of Zhang Yan only moved, and the black-faced man was aware of it, turned over and fell off the horse, as agile as a leopard. dodged Zhang Yan's killer blow, and Zhang Yan, who thought he was determined to win, was shocked.

The lean man beside the big man was also very alert, and when he saw this, he immediately shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

The Yanzhou army was obviously well-trained, and did not panic after hearing the sound, but passed through the gap between the two carriages in front of and behind each row in a certain order, and came between the two carriages. It can be seen that Du Ji is incredible, and I don't know why.

At this time, the archers under the ambush of Du Ji in the dense forest began to shoot arrows.

There were still many soldiers in the Yanzhou army who did not come to the carriage and the carriage, and there were still many people on the edge of the carriage. The bows and arrows fired by the archers arranged by Du Ji hit the back of the Yanzhou army like a torrential rain, and many bows and arrows were shot at the horses coming to the carriage.

According to common sense, the attacked army at this time should be turned on their horses, but who knows that the road is just the opposite, at this time, the carriage of Yanzhou for some reason, actually the wheels of each carriage fell off the carriage together, and the carriage of the carriage fell heavily on the ground, so that even if the war horse was shot to death, these carriages would not be taken down.

Those Yanzhou troops made Du Ji even more helpless, and he didn't expect that the last soldier of each Yanzhou army who was passing through the carriage was a heavy infantry of the Yanzhou army.

Behind each of the heavy infantry in Yanzhou was an iron shield that was two-thirds high. It is simply impossible for an ordinary bow and arrow to shoot through.

The bows and arrows fired by Du Ji's carefully arranged archers went to the back of these heavy infantry, and it was in vain. It's like a mosquito nailed to an iron plate.

After a short time, the Yanzhou army completely withdrew between the two wagons. Hiding behind the carriage of the carriage, the carriage at this time turned out to be a fortress, and Du Ji's archers had no chance to perform in this situation, and completely lost their effectiveness.

Du Yi was stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to turn over, and then sneered: "I see." ”

Zhang Yan completely lost his normalcy, and said repeatedly: "Impossible! How could the wheels of the carriage suddenly fall together? ”

Du Yi said coldly: "This is not simple? There must have been another mechanism for this carriage, and the Yanzhou soldiers who entered the carriage first moved the lightest, so they went first and left. Immediately open the mechanism of the carriage inside, so that the carriage immediately fell down and became a barrier for the Yanzhou army. ”

Zhang Yan was shocked and said, "The equipment of the Yanzhou Army is so advanced? Even a small carriage has such a doorway? ”

Du Ji's eyes flowed, and he said again and again: "Equipment is secondary, but the training and tactics of the Yanzhou army are really terrifying, this kind of tactics in front of me seems simple, but I don't know how many times Lu Dao has been trained to have such a level of proficiency today." ”

Zhang Yan nodded again and again, obviously agreeing with the same.

At this time, Du Ji snorted coldly and said, "I originally thought that the convoy of horses transporting grain had changed from one row to two, which could reduce the degree of danger in the event of an attack. To avoid the drawbacks of not being able to take care of each other, I didn't expect it to be so useful in the hands of the Yanzhou Army! Du Qi has been taught! ”

After a pause, he immediately sneered: "But I was prepared." He shouted, "Torch handle! ”

Immediately, the soldiers of Du Qi on both sides of the dense forest lit the torches that had been prepared for a long time. Roaring and rushing towards the carriage of Yanzhou, in a vain attempt to reach the edge of the jungle and throw torches at the carriage of Yanzhou.

For a time, the situation of the Yanzhou army was extremely dangerous.

At this time. The army transporting grain in Yanzhou seemed to be under siege, but between the two rows of carriages, it was a different scene.

The black-faced man and the lean man who had led the army earlier were learning from their soldiers to hide between the carriages.

"! Lao Tzu wants to go out and kill for a while now! The lean man muttered, "I knew that the other party had such a hand." Why don't we have more people in reserve? I won't suffer such a bird here! ”

"Pei Yuanshao, calm down for me! Before joining the Yanzhou Army, my Zhou Cang's temper was much hotter than yours. I didn't expect that in the past few years, I have become calm, but you are still the same, and you have learned everything you have learned over the years? The black-faced Zhou Cang said dissatisfiedly to his companion Pei Yuanshao.

The lean man was obviously afraid of Zhou Cang, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I know the Dao, in fact, our task is to lead the enemy to appear and then destroy it, and we also know that the Dao will be killed, but now I can't help it." ”

Zhou Cang said: "Hmph! It's really not growing! Our Yanzhou army has always used the smallest losses to achieve the greatest results, and now we are doing this to lure the enemy to appear, and when the enemy in the dense forest comes closer, we will strike hard. ”

Pei Yuanshao nodded, but couldn't help but smile: "But also, these things in our Yanzhou Army are really strange, although those gadgets are small, they have an extraordinary role at critical moments." ”

Zhou Cang nodded and said: "Of course, let's take these carriages in front of us as an example, who would have thought that there would be a small mechanism on both sides of the carriage, as long as you pull it up and press it again, the wheels of the carriage will fall off." ”

"Hehe," Pei Yuanshao said with a smile: "I heard that this mechanism was invented by the lord himself, I heard that he is now making some 'wooden ox flowing horse', I don't know what the road is, by the way, I heard that the legendary magical crossbow in my Yanzhou army was also an idea put forward by the lord and then made by those craftsmen." It's not easy! Ha Luha, the other party must be very surprised now, I really want to see their wonderful expressions. ”

Zhou Cang sneered, and before he could speak, he heard someone shouting: "Fire handle!" His face sank, and he waved his hand and said, "Raise your shield!" ”

When the Yanzhou army heard this, those heavy infantry raised their shields behind their backs, and with the help of other soldiers, they held them high above their heads, forming a steel barrier above their heads.

Pei Yuanshao couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "It's so stupid, if it were me, what torch would you use?" Wouldn't it be okay to use a rocket directly? ”

Zhou Cang knocked Pei Yuanshao's head and said hatefully: "You are really confused! The rocket was invented by Mr. Ma Jun of Yanzhou, except for the Yanzhou army, where do the armies of other princes use rockets? ”

Pei Yuanshao remembered it and couldn't help but laugh.

Zhou Cang then said coldly: "Hmph, with a torch? The inner layer of our carriage in Yanzhou is a fireproof layer made of terracotta, how can it be ignited? Even rockets can't shoot through. ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's more, where is there grain and grass in our carriage?" ”

Pei Yuanshao had already laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe.

At this time, Du Ji's torchbearers had already come to the Yanzhou carriage and threw torches at the carriage one after another, and it took a while to stop. On the surface, of course, it burned the surface of the carriage, and it burned magnificently, but in fact, there was no harm to the Yanzhou army at all, not to mention that those soldiers still had shields in their hands, and the most interesting thing was that the hands of these soldiers holding shields were equipped with gloves made of back cloth to prevent the heat from the torches from the iron shields from burning their hands.

Du Ji saw the soldier throw the torch in his hand, and from his point of view, he saw the Yanzhou carriage burned to the ground, his heart was overjoyed, and he shouted: "Attack!" ”

The soldiers in the dense forest poured out, and the soldiers with torches came closer to the front, shouting and killing.

At this moment, I only heard Zhou Cang's voice: "Do it!" ”

In an instant, the burning roof of each Yanzhou carriage was lifted, and a group of soldiers armed with crossbows and large yellow crossbows emerged from the top of the carport.

The crossbow sounds, and the bolts begin to fire! (To be continued......)