At three o'clock, the Black Flag Army, which had been running all day, finally caught up with the footsteps of the Northern Wuwei, and the 300 cavalry of the forward battalion of the Black Flag Army, which was the fastest, was the first to arrive near the canyon where the Wei army was stationed.

Three hundred men, nine hundred horses blended with the night and appeared on the horizon like ghosts.

Liu Qing, a hundred households of the Black Flag Army, was in charge of commanding this strong army, and at this time he was sitting on a horse, holding a map, and carefully looking at the surrounding environment.

Today, the clouds are thick, the bright moon is hidden above the clouds, the land is dark, the visibility is extremely low, and it is only black from a distance.

"Where is this?"

Liu Qing asked.

"Lord Qiyu, this place is the Valley of Crying Graves!"

Someone on the left and right recognized this place and hurriedly replied.

"Crying Grave Valley?"

"Exactly, this place is a valley, legend has it that there are often Yin soldiers crossing the border, ghosts crying wolves howling, so the people nearby call this place the Valley of Crying Graves, and avoid it."

The more ignorant the society, the more deeply rooted the ghosts and gods are in the hearts of the people, and the more awe they have.

Liu Qing sneered: "Hmph, what kind of Yin soldiers cross the border, with false rumors, a bunch of nonsense." ”

Left and right hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, when I was young, I went to Jingyang with my father to do business, and I passed by the Valley of Crying Graves on the way, and I did hear ghosts crying wolves.

Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and there is a statue of Yin soldiers crossing the border, and it is unlucky to go on the expedition, so it is better to wait until dawn to pass here, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong......"

"Shut up!"

Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, Liu Qing waved his hand and said: "The Yishui guard is incompetent and let go of 50,000 Wei State fat sheep, and now my general is chasing after me in the starry night, how can I, as a subordinate, be frightened away by such absurd legends?" Even if there are really any Yin soldiers and heavenly soldiers, under the king's soldiers, they will be kept and there will be no return! ”

At this time, a scout rushed into the team and said, "My lord, there is rutted horse manure ahead, and the army of Wei should have just passed through this place, in less than three hours." ”

"Good!"

Liu Qing's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "The Wei army set off last night, it will be impossible to continue to rush tonight, they should be camped on the other side of the valley, the whole army listens to the order, there may be Wei army spies in the valley, we will take it lightly, quietly bypass the valley from the east woods to catch up with the Wei army, and set off!" ”

At the sound of the order, the three hundred black flags immediately turned back into a cold war machine, like a black torrent rushing up the gentle slope, and there was no murmur except for the "rumble" of heavy horses' hooves.

Although the hills on both sides of the Valley of the Crying Grave are not steep, they are overgrown with dead trees, and it is difficult to ride a horse, and the Black Flag Army marches at night, so they dare not light torches for fear of exposing the target, and the speed is more than twice as slow.

The 300 battle-hardened soldiers of the Black Flag were terrified, firstly, because they were afraid that the horses' hooves would step on the air and fall down the steep slopes, and secondly, they were more or less affected by the so-called "Yin Soldier Crossing", and they saw that the undense trees had lost their leaves, and their teeth and claws were like ghosts, and their hearts were even more uneasy.

"My lord, you don't hear the birdsong around, isn't there an ambush nearby?"

Halfway through, someone suddenly whispered to Liu Qing.

Liu Qing was slightly stunned, and his heart was a little unsteady.

"What do you see that?!"

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed, and everyone looked at his fingers, only to see a cloud of black shadows swaying in the wind on the branches of the trees in front of them, as if a group of soldiers were wearing armor and holding blades, marching forward in formation.

"Ahh Yin soldiers, it's Yin soldiers! ”

There was a sudden exclamation from the team, as if feeling the uneasiness of the master, and even the war horses began to stir.

"Shut up, if you dare to bewitch the public again, and disturb the hearts of our army, military law will be engaged!"

Liu Qing turned around and shouted, but saw the deputy general pointing behind him with a frightened expression.

"My lord, there's a ghost fire over there!"

Liu Qing was startled, and hurriedly turned around, only to see that the hillside was dark, and there was no ghost fire.

But the lieutenant general and the soldiers on the left and right all said conclusively: "Really, my lord, just as you turned around, a red ghost fire burst out of the mountain, and at once it jumped from one end of the mountain to the other, and finally fell into the valley!" ”

The people who spoke were all born and died with Liu Qing, and the people who rolled over in the sea of corpses and blood, they would never believe it.

As soon as they said it, Liu Qing trembled, and he couldn't help but believe it.

After thinking about it for a while, he pulled out his saber and shouted: "Don't scare yourself here, come here and be brave enough, follow me over there to see what the Yin soldiers look like." ”

In the end, the Black Flag Army was full of warriors, but at this time, he aroused a little courage, drew his saber one after another, and stepped forward with Liu Qing to check.

In the valley at the same time, Su, Yang Weiyuan, and Cao Gongcheng stood in front of a huge piece of cloth.

This piece of cloth is more than ten meters high, nearly thirty meters wide, and the four corners are tied to both ends of the canyon with ropes, which just completely covers the narrowest part of the canyon, and cuts off the mountain wind blowing from the waist, like a huge sail, blown by the wind.

"Dashuai, there is a light signal from outside the valley!"

A herald jumped down from the side of the canyon and ran to Yang Weiyuan to report loudly.

The ghost fire seen by the Black Flag Army is actually the red light signal of the Wei Army, and the red lantern is covered with black cloth, and the lights of each signal point flash away, passing layer by layer like a beacon tower, and then there will be a magical scene of lights flying from one end of the mountain to the other side of the mountain.

"Got it, probe again!"

Yang Weiyuan waved off the herald and asked, "Rui'er, you said that you could attack as soon as the signal arrived, and now that the signal has arrived, how do you let the forward battalion that is ambushed outside attack?" They couldn't see the red lantern. ”

Su smiled weirdly and said confidently: "Don't worry, Dashuai, cut the rope of this sail, and everything will be clear." ”

"Oh?"

Yang Weiyuan glanced at him deeply and nodded at the knife and axe hand beside him.

The knife and axe hand raised the big knife and slashed it fiercely, the straw rope with the thickness of the baby's fist was suddenly cut into two sections, and the sail-like giant cloth slid down with a "swish", and a gust of wind suddenly blew across the face, blowing everyone's clothes and robes, and they couldn't open their eyes.

Half a moment later, when the wind blew to the mouth of the valley, a creepy ghost crying wolf suddenly sounded outside the canyon, as if the door of the hell was wide open, and the ghosts crossed the border, and the people trembled when they heard it, and the horses roared and struggled uneasily, as if they were about to break free from the reins and flee away.

"Xu Rui, you can actually communicate yin and yang and dispatch a group of ghosts?!"

Gonggong Cao was suddenly shocked, and suddenly looked at Xu Rui, his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost.

Yang Weiyuan's complexion also changed slightly, and his eyes were full of brilliance.

Su looked around, and saw that the people around him, regardless of their status and status, looked at him with awe, and immediately laughed.

"Dispatch a group of ghosts? I can still transfer the heavenly soldiers and generals, do you believe it? ”

A gasping sound sounded, and the Ya Finch within a radius of 100 meters was silent.

Su Ben was joking, but he didn't expect the people around him to be even more shocked, and even a few familiar soldiers subconsciously took a half step back, and the others seemed to be looking at the Bodhisattva when they saw him.

Only then did he realize that there was a lack of science in this world, and all unexplained miracles would be named ghosts and gods, which would make people awe-inspired.

But the words have been spoken, and it is too late to regret it now, so Su has to smile bitterly.

Yang Weiyuan frowned and thought for a while, then pointed to the big tent of the Chinese army with a serious expression and said, "You come with me!" As he spoke, he took two quick steps and led the way.

Su had never seen Yang Weiyuan so solemn, he didn't dare to laugh, so he hurriedly followed him towards the Chinese army, ready to explain the principle of this matter.

Being made such a fuss, Jingwu Hou asked for a plan overnight, Xu Rui communicated Yin and Yang, sent Yin soldiers, and the deeds of fighting the Black Flag immediately spread in Beiwuwei.

Even the story of how he opened the Yin Gate and forcibly captured the Yin soldiers to fight for him was vividly depicted by the good deeds, as if it was true, and made him a ghost general from now on.

All of this is a matter of later information.

At that time, outside the valley, a group of black flag soldiers followed Liu Qing to the woods in front of them, only to see the figures on the trees crowded, the armor collided, and there was a "crackling" sound, as if there were more than 100 soldiers lined up in the air, and the courage of who had just given up on me was suddenly half discharged.

Liu Qing's eyelids jumped wildly, forcibly stabilized his right hand holding the knife, and bravely approached the nearest figure to take a closer look.

Through the extremely faint light, he could vaguely see a pair of feet hanging from the branches, hanging in the air, and when he looked up, the figure was actually wearing the heavy armor of the Black Flag Army.

Liu Qing was shocked and suspicious in his heart, his eyes continued to move up, only to see that the figure was missing half of his forehead, the blood from the wound was dry, the skin and flesh were turned out, a face was gray and defeated, his face was hideous, and his two eyes bulged out, as if he was staring at himself.

"Ah, dead man, it's really a Yin soldier, this forest is full of Yin soldiers!"

Liu Qing was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

At this moment, a huge ghost crying wolf howl suddenly sounded in everyone's ears, like a hundred ghosts haunted, screaming around the surroundings, nine hundred war horses were suddenly startled, like waves, one after another people stood up, threw the cavalry on their backs to the ground, and then spread their hooves and fled in all directions, completely uncontrollable.

The Black Flag Army immediately fell into extreme chaos, and in just a moment, more than ten people were directly trampled to death by the startled horses, and nearly 100 people were injured.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Liu Qing was frightened, but he had not lost his mind, he pulled the deputy general to avoid the startled horse, and at the same time shouted and commanded his subordinates to retreat.

However, the ghosts around him cried and howled very loudly, although he had used all his strength, but the sound was quickly drowned in the air, coupled with the panic in everyone's hearts, fighting on their own, it was difficult to hear the order, how could it be effectively organized?

With the sound of "dang", a string of sparks flew up on the breastplate of the deputy general, Liu Qing looked at it, and saw that an arrow feather pierced through the heart of the heavy armor, and the deputy general had been killed on the spot.

He looked back into the woods, and saw that it was so dark that he could see nothing but the corpses floating in the trees.

"Yin soldier, Yin soldier has come back to life, run!"

I don't know who screamed, and the remaining Black Flag army fled back like a frightened herd of horses, and dozens of people panicked, stepped into the air in the dark night, and fell down the gentle slope.

"Kill...... Kill ......"

The sound of killing was everywhere, mixed with the ghost crying wolf howl, as if coming from all directions, and at the same time there were crooked arrow feathers that fell, constantly harvesting panicked human lives.

Liu Qing was already frightened, and he no longer had the heart to gather the army, and fled frantically like everyone else.

He didn't notice that the arrows were sparse and inaccurate, and the shots were all by luck, and it was clear that the shots were shot by people who couldn't see the target as clearly as they did.

Along the way, Liu Qing was in a trance, only to feel that the Yin soldiers with torches were coming out of the woods on all sides, knocking down the Black Flag Army soldiers one by one in groups, and then cutting into the thin armor of the heavy armor with a sharp knife and cutting off the head.

Blood splattered everywhere, cries and screams kept crossing his ears, Liu Qing dragged a heavy armor, only knew to run forward, and then run forward, otherwise he would die, and he didn't know in what direction he was fleeing and how long he was going to escape.

The pursuit lasted for half an hour, but for Liu Qing it seemed like 10,000 years, and when he ran out of the woods and could no longer hear the shouts of killing, he found that there were only a few seriously injured soldiers left around him, and he couldn't help but feel sad and threw himself on the ground and cried.

In the woods, Mei Chuang, the deputy general of the forward battalion, stood in the middle of the torches, counting the achievements just now, and every time his subordinates read a number, he smiled with his eyebrows.

"General, there are two hundred and thirty-six corpses in total, and some of them have fallen into the canyon, and it is too dark at night to be found for the time being."

A soldier excitedly reported to him.

"Okay, good, look for it tomorrow, look for it tomorrow!"

Mei Chuang was overjoyed and waved his hand generously.

Although there were only less than 300 corpses left, this was the famous Black Flag Army, and it was unique that could wipe out the Black Flag Army in one fell swoop, even if it was only a small force.

From now on, his prestige in the Wei army will inevitably rise, and everyone will look sideways.

"General, I didn't expect that kid Xu Rui to be able to dispatch Yin soldiers, our army broke the black flag tonight and won a big victory!"

When Mei Chuang saw Liu Yi coming, he hurriedly hugged his fists, and his voice was full of joy.

Liu Yilang laughed loudly: "That kid said that tonight let my forward battalion break the Black Flag Army, and sure enough, he didn't frame me."

The little rabbit cub, not to mention the ghost ideas, even understands the art of yin and yang, ghosts and gods, and after a while, the old man will go back and ask how many means he still hid.

Saying that, Liu Yi called Mei Chuang aside and said in a deep voice: "Fuchun, now is not the time to be happy, quickly gather the soldiers, tomorrow's decisive battle with the main force of the Black Flag is the time to really decide the fate." ”

Mei Chuang was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Could it be that those three thousand black flags dare to fight again tomorrow?" ”

Liu Yi said: "The enemy and our armies always have to fight, not tomorrow but also in the next few days, so prepare early." ”

Mei Chuang smiled: "I'm afraid Xu Rui has a plan again, right?" ”

Liu Yi said angrily: "What kind of strategy, it's all some vicious ghost ideas, he will bring people to arrange the battlefield in a while, you cooperate with him well, try not to show your feet, so as not to let those barbarians of the Southern Dynasty see the flaws in advance." ”

"Setting up the battlefield?"

Mei Chuang was a little puzzled.

Liu Yi said hatefully: "You still don't know him? If you don't take advantage of opportunism, he won't be able to fight, and I don't know how Yang Weiyuan can teach such a righteous son in his upright life! ”

"Hahahaha"

Mei Chuang laughed and said: "Why should the general laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps, you are also upright all your life, don't you still plan to accept him as a righteous son?" ”

Liu Yi glared at him, but he couldn't help but laugh first.

This battle was fought beautifully, although it was a small victory, but it relieved the backlog of grievances of the Wei army for more than ten years, of course, these old generals couldn't help but smile, and their evaluation of Xu Rui naturally rose again and again, and they almost treated him as a baby bump in the palm of their hands.