174. Pursuit
I saw Wang Xiang take out a piece of raw meat from the pocket pinned to his waist, and the falcon hanging on Wang Xiang's arm let out a happy leap, and couldn't wait to look at Wang Xiang, the corner of Wang Xiang's mouth patted the falcon's back quite affectionately, and the piece of raw meat the size of a palm in his hand was gently thrown, and the black shadow flashed, and after a few turns, it completely entered the falcon's belly.
For its appetite, Wang Xiang has always known in his heart, the palm-sized meat is not enough to eat a meal, and a piece of the same fresh meat is thrown, the falcon is not polite, the speed is extremely fast, suddenly grasped, three times two divided by two to wipe it out, and another piece of fresh meat is thrown out, Wang Xiang stopped.
All this happened only in an instant, and the few people who had never seen a falcon before were quite curious to look at it a few more times, and their hearts were greatly moved by the beast's mighty appearance.
"My mother, the consumption of this meal can withstand the amount of food that ordinary people eat for a day, it is too delicious." Behind him, the juniors of the same clan exclaimed a little.
Several people around him also nodded, this falcon does look very powerful, but the amount of food is indeed a bit excessive, three pieces of fresh meat the size of a palm, swallowed all of them with a grunt, it looks like there is no trace of fullness, but it is amazing.
Shan Jing didn't say much, and asked, "Has that enemy cavalry ever left?" ”
Wang Xiang gently stroked the falcon's back a few times, and after releasing it, he said: "It has not left yet, and the falcon is still lingering in this area, which proves that the enemy horse must still be behind the mountains and forests." ”
Shan Jing nodded his head slightly when he heard this: "What is the topography of that valley?" ”
Hearing this, Wang Xiang waved his hand to an officer, pointed at the subordinate and said, "His name is Luo Yan, and he once lurked in two hours ago. As for the topography of that valley, General Shan, just ask him. ”
Luo Yan was a young man. The face is slightly pale. The body is thin and small, except for the sparkling eyes, which make a deep impression, but it is like Wang Xiang, extremely ordinary.
Seeing Shan Jing looking at himself, Luo Yan didn't have a trace of twisting, and said cleanly: "Behind the mountains and forests is the small valley, and if it is said to be a valley, it is actually impossible to talk about it." It is a hillside with shelter all around, the slope is slightly gentle, there are not many places to cover around, and it is very difficult to approach the small valley without alarming the enemy army, and it is very difficult for me to approach the small valley without alarming the enemy, and the enemy thousands of light horsemen are resting in it, and they are very cautious, even if they are resting, the weapons in their hands have not been put down, looking like that, it should be with the idea of attacking at any time. ”
"Oh?" Shan Jing's face froze. He said in a deep voice: "I have met a great enemy, and this enemy is so cautious." It seems that the plan is not small, the attack will not succeed, and it seems that there will only be a hard battle. ”
Luo Yan was noncommittal, glanced at Wang Xiang, and then retreated.
"General, let's kill, if you are worried about the shortage of manpower, it is better to transfer half of the two thousand veterans in Ma Yi, and there are two thousand five hundred veterans of a hundred battles as the front arrows supplemented by three thousand service recruits, thinking about it, it is enough to wipe out this enemy cavalry." Xu Yi said loudly.
After hearing this, he shook his head and said: "No, you and I both know the importance of Ma Yi, two thousand veterans can't move easily, and they must not be exploited by Xiaoxiao." ”
Wang Xiang just listened, he didn't mean to give advice, Shan Jing is also a veteran of a hundred battles, if he can't even command such a battle, if he wants to come, no matter how close he is to Yuan Shang, he can't get this rank of major general.
But seeing that his eyes were shining, looking at the mountains and forests in front of him, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked again: "If the enemy cavalry wants to go out of the valley, can it only go out of the mountains and forests?" ”
Luo Yan thought for a moment when he heard this: "Yes and no." ”
"How?" Shan Jing's face condensed slightly and asked.
"If you go out of the valley, under normal circumstances, you must indeed pass through the mountain forest path, but it is not only from the mountain forest, after careful exploration, behind the valley, there is a stream, the enemy cavalry is buried and camped by the stream, the span of the creek is about more than 30 zhang of appearance, if you want to break through, relying on the advantage of the war horse, you can break through."
"Creek?" Shan Jing's face moved slightly, and he asked again, "Have you ever explored where the creek leads?" ”
Luo Yan was stunned for a moment, but after a while, his face changed, and he exclaimed: "It's not good, it's a horse farm." ”
"What?"
Not only was Shan Jing shocked, but even Xu Yi and Wang Xiang were shocked.
"They are not going to storm it, but they are going to force their way across the creek and go around to our army's horse farm." Wang Xiang's face was slightly gloomy, he glanced at Shan Jing, and added again: "No, we must take a step ahead of them and inform the two thousand defenders of Ma Yi to quickly block the horse farm and prepare for battle." ”
The horse farm of Ma Yi is not inside the city, but more than ten kilometers behind Ma Yi, but I did not expect that the valley stretch can go around the edge of Ma Yi and go to the horse farm.
"Shan Ran, take my warrant, and immediately hurry up and inform the two thousand veterans stationed in Mayi, and don't delay and rush to the horse farm immediately." Shan Jing's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly summoned a junior general in the clan and ordered.
"Whoa." Shan Ran, who was only eighteen years old, naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and did not delay, leading more than a dozen riders, carrying a warrant from Shan Jing, and heading to Mayi.
At this time, he saw the falcon that had just flounced away in the mountains and forests flying high again, and Wang Xiang, who had been watching the changes in the mountains and forests, changed his face slightly, and said angrily: "It's not good, the enemy army has begun to move." ”
Shan Jing's face sank, but there was no trace of panic, and after years of fighting, he had developed a good mentality, and after a little thought, he ordered again: "The generals will listen to the order." ”
"The end will be." Several lieutenants, ranks, and non-commissioned officers responded with a bang.
"Attack and kill the enemy while the array has not yet taken shape." Shan Jing is also a veteran of a hundred battles, his eyes are cold, and he is the first to charge.
"Crossing the river is not successful, hitting its upper stream" Wang Xiang glanced at Shan Jing and muttered this sentence from the "Left Turn" record of the art of war.
Passing through the mountains and forests, the field of vision is closed, the path in the forest is winding, the face is slightly gloomy, thousands of cavalry are pouring in, and hundreds of birds are frightened, and there is no trace of hidden traces at all.
Gao Lan, who was commanding the soldiers to cross the river, changed his face, and a masked man behind him walked over in a bit of a panic, and said in a somewhat panicked tone: "Oh no, it must be the defenders of Ma Yi who have noticed it." ”
Gao Ran's slightly sallow face sank slightly, and he glanced at the masked man with some disdain, and said in a tone that was not polite: "What a panic, calm down, you are still a man." “
The masked man, although he couldn't see his face, the corners of his bare mouth twitched slightly, and he hated in his heart, but he could only swallow it unwillingly, and said in a somewhat dry tone: "General Gao, the two thousand defenders of Ma Yi are not weak, they are all composed of veterans of a hundred battles, on weekdays, even the head of my family does not dare to despise it, and now your department is crossing the river, if it is intercepted by Bandu, the consequences are really unimaginable." ”
Gao Ran frowned, and said coldly: "Do I need you to teach?" ”
The masked man heard this, his chest floated slightly, with his identity, in the Mayi, relying on the power of the master, who dared to provoke, now he was troubled by Gao Ran in every way, but there was no word, Gao Ran left and right Some cronies and generals saw this, all of them showed mockery, this person looked arrogant when he first met, but was picked up by Gao Ran for a while, these generals were happy in their eyes, and the men in the army couldn't see this kind of bullying dog leg the most, so they wished that Gao Ran would pick him up a little worse.
Seeing that the masked man's mouth was tight and he didn't say anything, Gao Ran sneered, restrained the meanness, looked at the ordinary soldiers who crossed the river, and said in a deep voice: "Speed up the crossing of the river, and within half an hour, the whole army must cross." ”
Seeming a little uneasy, he added again: "Where is Cen Bi?" ”
In the crowd, a general armed with an iron gun rode out and shouted like thunder: "The end will be." ”
"After you lead 500 elites to break down, you don't need to fight to the death, just buy time for the soldiers who cross the river." Gao Ran ordered.
"The last general commands." When Cen Bi heard this, there was no trace of hesitation and cowardice, and the iron gun shook and promised.
Hearing this, Gao Ran nodded with satisfaction, pulled the reins of the horse, left Cen Bi and five hundred elite soldiers, and forcibly crossed the river with the rest of the troops.
The smoke and dust are billowing, the birds are frightened, Shan Jing takes the lead, the vision is bright, along the flat path, just see the enemy army who is forcibly crossing the river, seeing that the enemy cavalry is in front of him, Shan Jing and Xu Yi and other generals are furious.
"Don't go, thief, your grandfather Xu is here." Xu Yi let out an angry shout, and the cold light of the iron halberd appeared.
The eyes of several people were also cold, and before the people arrived, the longbow had been opened, and waves of cold arrows rained down towards Gao Ran's headquarters. (To be continued......)