On this day, a junior colonel came to report: "The Xiongnu army has arrived in Qingyun County, which is only more than 200 miles away. Li Mingyuan hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss how to meet the enemy.

The military advisor spoke first, "The Hun army is menacing and unstoppable, we must avoid its edge, tacit one, hold our city, and then, when their sharp spirit is wiped out, and then, if we strike at them again, we will definitely be able to defeat them." ”

Before he finished speaking, the general Ali stood up, and he shouted loudly: "The Hun army is coming, let's go out to fight, we have an army of 30,000 now, what are you afraid of him doing?" ”

He also said: "Our army of 30,000 can be compared to an army of 100,000, and as soon as we rush up, we will defeat them to the ground." I am willing to be the first to lead a large army and rush through first. ”

The military advisor shook his head and said: "The general is too reckless, we obviously have 30,000 soldiers and horses, but there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses available, and the recruits have just been gathered, so they can't be used, in fact, we can only count 20,000 soldiers and horses, and fight 50,000 with 20,000, so it is equivalent to sending mutton into the tiger's mouth." Ask for your own hardships. The commander must not listen to him. ”

The military advisor said: "The plan for today is to strengthen the city wall, grasp the city wall with a strong bow, as long as the enemy's army comes to attack, we have arrows to deal with, they can't rush up, no matter how many men and horses there are, it is useless." ”

Li Mingyuan summoned the spy over and asked, the Huns' army ran for several days in a row and rushed here, otherwise, it would not be so fast.

The spy reported: "The Xiongnu army has been running for ten days in a row, and is now taking a break in Qingqu County. The next time, I will pounce on our Liangzhou. Our sixteen counties are about to be threatened. ”

Li Mingyuan waved his hand and arranged: "You go, carefully observe the enemy's situation." "The spy left. Li Mingyuan ordered again: "Ding Ningxing, you immediately take a team, disguise yourself as a Huns, and go to find out the truth." Ding Ningxing quickly left with the team.

Li Mingyuan turned around and said to the generals. "Let's meet the challenge again, and come to the head-on!" Destroy their sharpness in one fell swoop. ”

When the military advisor heard this, he shook his head again and again. "The Hun army has just arrived. The sharpness is unstoppable, and when we meet the challenge, it is equivalent to hitting the chest with a sharp knife. and they will suffer. ”

But. Li Mingyuan asked lightly: "Military division." How many days has the Hun army come? Ran for days on end"

The military advisor hesitated, and Huang Jiu preemptively said: "The Hun army has been running for ten days in a row. ”

Li Mingyuan waved his big hand and analyzed: "Labor is far away, and soldiers are taboo." Right now. The Huns were anxious for revenge, and they hurried continuously, which was a taboo for soldiers. As long as we ambush the army, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy. ”

Li Mingyuan asked his subordinates to spread out the drawings, he had already gone out in person, drew a map of the vicinity, and he pointed to a dangerous area. "This place is called Tiger Ridge Mountain, the power is sinister, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is only forty miles away from Qingyun City, and it is the necessary road for Qingyun City to lead to us here. Let's ambush a large army here and sneak attack the enemy, and we will definitely be able to get results.

Their army is overworked, and our army takes advantage of it.

Li Mingyuan's words were convincing. The generals agreed to this one thing.

Only the military advisor Sai Zhuge was a little worried. He said to Li Mingyuan: "Marshal, we only have 20,000 soldiers and horses, how can we deal with their 50,000 troops." ”

Li Mingyuan said, this time, let's not use 20,000 soldiers and horses, as long as 10,000 elite soldiers are enough, we are not seeking to defeat them in a battle, but just to kill their spirit.

The sneak attack can only be simple and to the point, hit and leave, and before they can turn around, we will run away. If they come back to their senses, we'll suffer.

So, Li Mingyuan personally went out and led an army of 10,000 to eat in advance that night, and after eating, each person brought dry food and water, and after a rapid march of forty miles, he came to the Tiger Ridge. Li Mingyuan commanded the people and set up an ambush in advance. They put on their clothes made of green grass and crawled in the green grass, and when they looked at it from a distance, they could not see anyone at all.

Li Mingyuan likes this feeling, sneak attack. Give an unexpected blow, and the blow will retreat, cleanly. It's hard to guard against.

Insects kept crawling out, some insects crawled onto Bing's legs and arms, and some mosquitoes kept biting, but Li Mingyuan gave a death order, no one can move, let alone be outstanding, otherwise, they will be killed on the spot. An army of 10,000 lay motionless on Tiger Ridge as if there was no one.

They slowly soared and waited, and the red sun finally set. It's nighttime. This is the most critical time, because the Huns still have spies, in case the enemy discovers it, a counter-encirclement will be wasted, so at this time, there can be no small mistakes. Any small mistake can ruin this army of 10,000.

Ali quietly asked: "Marshal, the brothers have been hungry for a long time, and they are already so hungry that they can't stand it, can you eat something." Actually, he himself was hungry for a long time, he was a big man, he ate a lot, but he was also hungry fast. He screamed with hunger. He pressed his stomach tightly with one hand.

Li Mingyuan thought about it and arranged: "Li Longfei, you take a team of men and horses to patrol outside, and if you find anyone, report to me immediately, and no one is allowed to go up the mountain, and no one is allowed to go down the mountain." Never reveal any news, otherwise, your head will fall to the ground. ”

Li Longfei led the team and quietly went to the periphery.

Li Mingyuan ordered in a low voice: "Other people should report on the spot, remember not to make any noise when eating, otherwise they will disobey the military order and be beheaded." ”

They began to eat, and when they were done, they laid an ambush on the spot.

Li Longfei took his brothers and quietly walked to the periphery of Tiger Ridge. They patrol cautiously outside. Li Longfei is a cautious person, so Li Mingyuan will send him on a mission.

After a while, I saw more than a dozen people carrying some things up the mountain, and they didn't know what they were holding in their hands, and they looked very careful.

Li Longfei hurriedly surrounded his brothers.

Li Longfei raised his sword and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?" Why go here? ”

The leader was a white man in his thirties. He said with his hands clasped into his fists. "I haven't heard, what kind of mountain king is there in this mountain, where did you come from?"

Li Longfei glared, "Lao Tzu is the king of the mountain, do you want to report to you?" ”

The two eyes stared, and the two eyes flashed a murderous light.

The white man knelt down and kowtowed. "Grandpa spared our lives, my name is Zhang San, I am a businessman, these people are my buddies. I'm a salt smuggler. Beg grandpa to spare the order.

According to the Daning Order, smuggling salt is a felony because salt and iron are controlled by the government. No one is allowed to sell salt without permission. But. Because of this, salt is particularly expensive, in general. Ordinary people can't afford to eat salt at all, and people will die if they don't eat salt all year round, so private salt is prevalent. Private salt is much cheaper than official salt. Therefore, the common people generally buy private salt.

Those who smuggle salt have become rich. One by one. Because, they often collude with the government. Only in this way can smuggling be able to last for a long time.

As he spoke, as soon as he clapped his hands, two people came over, and the two of them closed a bag, and Li Longfei opened it to see that it was full of white silver. It's a few hundred taels.

A little meaning, don't eat respect, invite a few grandfathers to tea.

Li Longfei raised the big knife, the cold light flashed, and he said: "The silver is left, and the life is also left." ”

Zhang San said. "Don't kill me, I'm the nephew of the general Zhang Hu, if you want to kill me, my uncle won't let you go." Zhang Hu is indeed one of Li Mingyuan's generals, in terms of position than Li Longfei, Li Longfei is just a thousand-commander, and Zhang Hu is a general, moreover, Zhang Hu himself is a bearded head, he has been killing people for many years, and he killed him with a knife to see who is not pleasing to the eye, and now, although he has returned to Li Mingyuan, his character has not changed.

Li Longfei raised his sword with a big move, "Lao Tzu doesn't care, whose relative you are, you have to kill!" He picked up his broadsword, and he was about to cut it down.

Porphym, the big knife had just been cut down, but his deputy Li Yi blocked it, and he whispered to Li Longfei. : 'I'd better report this to the marshal.'

He leaned on Li Longfei's ear and whispered.

A few guys saw that the momentum was not right, turned around, and ran.

Li Longfei didn't listen to him, he picked up the big knife, and the big knife slashed down again and again, one by one, hacking several people to death, but one guy escaped.

Li Longfei reported the matter to Li Mingyuan.

Li Mingyuan ordered, "No matter what, kill him." You hurry up and hunt for it. ”

Li Longfei ordered to leave.

Whoa, zozole...... As expected, the Hun army came, it turned out that these Hun troops were cunning, they did not walk during the day, but walked at night. This time, he happened to be ambushed by Li Mingyuan.

Zuo Xianwang was leading the team to hurry, when suddenly there was a loud bang and collapsed...... Three cannons rang out, and a team of men and horses were killed from the Tiger Ridge, all in good spirits, one by one with silver helmets and silver armor. The leader is a general, this general is only in his twenties, but he is heroic and murderous.

This person is Li Mingyuan. Li Ming Yuandong glared and shouted loudly: "Bold Hun junior, you dare to invade my border with a large army. Today, I'm going to kill you without a piece of armor. “

He pointed his spear at the opponent's marshal, and quickly dismounted to be killed, Li Mingyuan saw that although the opponent's camp was marching, it was not chaotic at all, and it was very different from the previous Hun army, and he understood that this Hun prince was also a good hand at managing the army. One of the opposing generals held his weapon tightly, and the prince had a heroic face, a tall nose, and two large eyes that shone sharply.

The prince said, "Who are you that dare to stand in the way of this king?" ”

Li Mingyuan shook his big gun, "I am just a solidarity and mutual training envoy, Li Mingyuan, I am here to clean you up today."

The prince laughed. 'What kind of marshal should this king be, a small regimental training envoy also dares to act as a marshal, is there no one in your little Song Dynasty?'

Li Mingyuan shouted loudly: "To deal with people like you, only Ben Shuai alone is enough." ”

The prince was furious, and whoever went out of his horse beheaded this man for the king.

A general sprang out from behind, this general, his face was pitch black, and his two big eyes were shining.

Holding two Xuanhua axes tightly in his hands, this person shouted: "Li Mingyuan, come out and die!" The drums of war were pounding. …… The drums shook the sky,

Kill a general from here. This member of the general has yellow helmet and yellow armor. Holding a big knife tightly in his hand, this is none other than the general Zhang Hu, Zhang Hu danced the big knife and shouted: "Take the order...... "The big knife roared, and it went straight down. Straight to take the black face will. The two men fought for a few rounds. Zhang Hu's big knife slashed down, and this knife cut off the head of this black-faced general.

Then, another general was added. After fighting back and forth a few times in a row, Zhang Hu swept thousands of troops with one sword. Kill the general again.

King Zuo Xian was shocked. He shouted again and again, who is going to kill this man.

At this time, one appeared, it was Wang Sanli, it turned out. He has taken refuge in King Zuoxian. Wang Sanli said. I'm here to deal with this person. He had just surrendered to the enemy, of course he was going to make a meritorious service, Zhang Hu shouted: Rebel guy. Look for death. He suddenly swung out the big knife, slashing out one by one, the big knife flashed a sharp cold light, and this knife slashed at Wang Sanli's neck.

Wang Sanli is also from a bearded background, and his big stick is also very powerful. He danced his stick, and the big stick was raised, and it collapsed with a few loud sounds, and the two weapons slammed together, and the four flutes of Mars were slammed. The two generals danced their weapons, and they were easy to kill, and this time they were killed, and they were killed in the dark. Kill the sun and the moon. The two teams applauded together. Two people slaughtered fifty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.

Zhang Hu was able to kill, shouted to see the move, and the people cut out again and again. He slashed out three times in a row, and three slashes slashed down one after another, pressing down as hard as Mount Tai pressed down.

Wang Sanli didn't dare to deadlift, he patted his horse and left.

Where was Zhang Hu willing to let him go, with a wave of the big knife, he hurriedly pursued it, his horse was fast, and he caught up with Wang Sanli in a few moments, raised the big knife, and shouted for fear: "You go to death." The big knife slashed straight down, and the big knife turned into a cold light, directly taking Wang Sanli's head.

However, Wang Sanli had already prepared. opened his mouth and shot a ball out of his mouth, this ball flew out suddenly, which caught Zhang Hu off guard, well, this iron ball hit his head hard, and immediately, he turned over and dismounted. Wang Sanli grabbed it, and the big stick hit Zhang Hu's head hard.

Li Mingyuan saw that the momentum was not good, he waved the big gun, personally stepped out of the horse, and shouted: "The little thing looks at the gun, the spear will arrive with a finger, and this shot will go straight to Wang Sanli's throat."

Wang Sanli heard the gunshots coming, he didn't care about killing Zhang Hu, so he hurriedly returned to block it, collapsed, and fired the shot. He looked up and saw that it was Li Mingyuan.

Li Mingyuan shouted: "Wang Sanli took his life." ”

Wang Sanli understood that he was not Li Mingyuan's opponent, so he turned around and left, and Li Mingyuan rushed over.

Wang Sanli opened his mouth and hit three iron balls in succession, the three iron balls flew up, up and down, and hit Li Mingyuan in three ways. Li Mingyuan danced a big gun, collapsed, and flew three balls.

However, Wang Sanli took the opportunity to escape.

......He led the army to rush over, these soldiers picked up their spears and killed them straight out, their big guns swept straight to the other side's cavalry, they specialized in dealing with the enemy's horse legs, as long as the horse legs were broken, the horses fell, and then, the second team headquarters went out, and the second team was all holding short knives. This team was led by Huang Jiu, Huang Jiu held a short knife in his hand, and stabbed the cavalry who fell on his heels, and the others did the same, they killed such cavalry as easily as a knife.

Because the cavalry was carried on the ground, there was no time to struggle, and although some cavalry struggled, their bodies were covered with thick ancient and modern armor, and they suffered great losses when they fought on the ground. Moreover, Li Mingyuan's soldiers were well-trained and specialized in practicing how to kill these cavalrymen, so they killed them for a while, and killed these cavalrymen to the point of crying and wiping tears.

Li Mingyuan waved the big gun and went straight to King Zuoxian, there were already two generals blocking him, one of the generals on the left, called Hulong's head, his big axe was cut down, whirring wind, he had the courage to be unstoppable, his axe weighed a hundred catties, and if he smashed it down, even a mountain could be knocked down. However, Li Mingyuan's big gun broke down, and he set up the two axes. Another general, called Zhang Ya Wu Claw, he used a big knife. The big knife slashed at Li Mingyuan again and again.

Li Mingyuan killed one against two, and his big guns flew left and right, like ten thousand sharp flowers blooming, and one gun flower flew out one after another, piercing the two generals respectively. The two generals felt that this gun seemed to have become two, and the two generals gritted their teeth and reluctantly fought with Li Mingyuan.

However, Li Mingyuan's subordinates have already gained the upper hand in dealing with these Hun soldiers and slashing and killing them again and again. Because, Li Mingyuan's army rested enough, and although the Huns were heroic and belligerent, they had been running for ten days in a row, and they were already very tired. Therefore, the Huns suffered many casualties. There were many GIs who were killed after only a few strokes.

King Zuo Xian shouted loudly in anger: "Kill...... Anyway, they have to clean it all up. After all, he was a battle-hardened veteran marshal, and he had already seen that Li Mingyuan's troops were insufficient, and his troops were far inferior to his own, so he said loudly. "Brothers, there are many of us, as long as we hold on, the victory is still ours."

They ordered two people against one person.

Li Mingyuan looked back and saw that those Hun soldiers had gradually eased their breath. So, he waved his big gun and shouted: "Retreat." He took the army with him and retreated quickly.

King Zuo Xian never dreamed that Li Mingyuan would retreat, he pointed his spear and shouted, "Let's chase and kill them, we must defeat them." ”

In this battle, Li Mingyuan won a complete victory and wiped out thousands of Xiongnu. (To be continued......)