Red Luopu, the three thousand Wei troops rushed all the way to the south, and the main general Hong Qi and the two lieutenant generals got together, while marching, while discussing the next strategy.

Tian Zhong turned his head slightly, glanced at Shangguan Buda, who was coerced by the cavalry, and snorted coldly: "The general won't really believe the nonsense of the barbarian of the Southern Dynasty, right?" According to me, the hearts of those who are not of my race will be different, and if they slash him with a sword, it will always be a curse to keep them. ”

Hong Qi put away the map and said with a smile: "Brother Tian doesn't have to worry too much, how can I not know that little Jiujiu in the heart of that old man who has led troops for many years?" Keep him just in case. ”

Tian Zhong was stunned: "Just in case?" What does Brother Hong want to guard against? ”

Hong Qi sighed: "The two of you have also seen it, the seventh bag let us go all the way south, and we must arrive at Longyang Town on the bank of the Yishui River within two days, saying that the army will be there to pick us up and return to Great Wei." ”

"What's wrong with that?"

Tian Zhong was puzzled.

Zhang Beijiang interjected: "General Hong is worried that the army will not be able to come to help. ”

"Really?"

Tian Zhong asked.

Hong Qi nodded: "The words in the bag are unknown, saying that if reinforcements arrive within three days, the mission of our army will be over, and there is no need to open the follow-up bag."

If the reinforcements do not come within three days, it means that something has happened to the army, and you can open the next seven tips one after another and continue to fight according to the tricks.

Having said that, Hong was stupid, and he really couldn't think that our army had gone all the way to the south, and had already gone deep into the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty, so how could the little marquis with 50,000 infantry cross nearly 300 miles in two days and arrive in Longyang Town to meet us? Could he still be able to make the army fly over? ”

"Hiss......"

Tian Zhong gasped: "That's why you kept that old thing in case of an emergency?" ”

"Yes, if our army can really return north, capturing the four-grade prefect alive will also be a great achievement for you and me, but if something goes wrong in the middle, my three thousand sons will be besieged, and when the time comes, I will have to point to that old man to break out of a way to live."

"That being the case, but that old thief has eyebrows and rat eyes, two sides and three knives, listening to what he said, I am afraid that he will drink to quench his thirst and die faster!"

"Brother Tian doesn't have to worry, it's just that he is familiar with the military and political geography of the Southern Dynasties, so that it is convenient for us to act, and when the time comes, he will catch more tongues, and under the confirmation of the two phases, he will not be able to play any tricks."

Dozens of meters later, Shangguan Buda changed into rags, wore an old leather armor of the Wei cavalry, and his old slave and horse, and was carried forward by the army.

Shangguan Buda is a civil official, there are sedan chairs in and out, although he can ride a horse, but he has never traveled so long distances, and he has been turned upside down for half a day, and he feels that his internal organs have moved his position.

His old slave was in his fifties, not much better than him, but he still barely took care of him.

"Master, are we really going to lower this class of Northern Dynasty barbarians?"

The old servant took the reins of the horse, cautiously leaned over to Shangguan's side, and asked in a low voice.

Shangguan Buda smiled bitterly: "What else can you do if you don't do this?" I wanted to rush to the nearby city quickly, and sue him Zhong Qingyuan first, but I didn't expect that the sky would not fulfill people's wishes, and now the prince is afraid that he has already known about the destruction of Yishui City, even if he escapes, he will inevitably be killed, it is better to go north to Wei with this lone army, if he can wait for the opportunity to get out, maybe there is still a glimmer of life. ”

"But aren't you afraid of the prince's secret chess? They have always been cruel to traitors, and if we are found to have fled to the Northern Dynasty, we may die a miserable death! ”

Shangguan Buda sighed: "At the moment, you can only take one step at a time, you can only take one step at a time, you are optimistic about the burden, there is the net worth that the master and I have accumulated over the years, if you can get out, you have to rely on them to live incognito." ”

The old servant nodded, and took the burden that had been hanging on the horse in his arms, and touched his fingers back and forth on the bag several times, as if to confirm the contents of the contents.

However, he had just touched it twice, and his face suddenly changed.

"It's broken! The gold bars are gone! ”

The old servant exclaimed, hurriedly opened the baggage, reached out, and the place where the gold bars were placed was indeed empty, and the full fifteen thumb-thick gold bars were missing.

"If you look for it carefully, the burden has always been on you, how can you say that if you don't see it, you won't see it?"

Shangguan Buda was also anxious, if they didn't have these gold bars, even if they could get out, they would be on the streets and end miserably.

The old servant touched it a few more times, and his face became more and more pale.

"Huh?"

Just when he was about to despair, he suddenly felt something the size of a fingernail in his baggage, and when he took it out, it was a black wooden chess piece.

"It's ......"

The old servant was slightly stunned when he held the chess piece, Shangguan Buda was shocked when he saw this, and he didn't care about riding on the horse, leaned over, and snatched the chess piece over and looked at it carefully.

"Dark chess, it's dark chess, and there are dark chess in the army!"

Shangguan Buda let out a low snort, shocked that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped.

He held the chess piece, looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he carefully stuffed the chess piece into the cuff, and his face was no longer abnormal, but his two eyes seemed to shoot a strange light.

On the other side, after converging with the 30,000 rhino horn army, the Southern Dynasty army was shocked, and Zhong Qingyuan immediately sent 10,000 infantry to the east for 100 miles, enriching the garrisons in various places, and tightening the pockets to prevent the Northern Guards from escaping again.

He personally led the remaining 20,000 cavalry and 3,000 Black Flag troops to chase after Beiwuwei, forming a situation of closing the door and fighting dogs, vowing to block the 50,000 horses of Beiwuwei on the bank of the Yishui River and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

In the army, Zhong Qingyuan, who was in black horse and black armor, and Lu Dongqing, the deputy general of the Rhino Horn Army, who was wearing bright armor and standing proudly on a white horse, walked side by side.

"Brother Qingxuanxian, the Northern Martial Guards are only 50,000 horses, not only isolated but also full of infantry, one field battle is enough to wipe out, why are you so cautious, set up a position and plan slowly?"

Lu Dongqing asked puzzled.

Zhong Qingyuan said: "Brother Lu doesn't know, there seems to be a master in the Northern Guard, who has repeatedly seen through our army's intentions, and often acts unexpectedly, so I can't help but be imprudent." ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

Zhong Qingyuan smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for that, the Yishui Battle would have already defeated it, so why bother Brother Lu to make this trip?"

Not afraid of Brother Lu's jokes, the battle of Crying Grave Valley could have been a battle of life and death, but the general had a bad view of the situation and did not dare to attack, it was the only time in more than ten years that the army retreated without a fight, and he is still deeply ashamed to this day. ”

"Going to the army to fight and plotting, I can force the first young brave general of the Southern Dynasty to this part, that person is definitely the dragon and phoenix among the people, the genius of the sky, foolish brother, I really want to meet this master in your mouth."

Lu Dongqing smiled slightly, seeing that Zhong Qingyuan wanted to speak and stopped, he seemed to have something to say, and said: "Brother Xian has something to say, you and I are born and die, why bother to be so different." ”

Zhong Qingyuan laughed three times when he heard this, as if he was venting all his depression, and then he said loudly: "Brother Lu laughed, the younger brother did have something to ask for, when Beiwuwei retreated south, he had divided an army, but with only 3,000 men and horses, he took Yishui without blood, and almost ruined the prince's big thing.

Now it's finally my turn to make a move, I've laid a net, just wait for the head of the rat to throw himself into the net, and he will be able to complete the battle, but this man is still free, always a flaw, every time I think about it, I feel a little restless. ”

Lu Dongqing understood what he meant, and raised his eyebrows: "Qingxuan, don't worry, this man and horse will be handed over to Brother Yu, and Brother Yu will give the next five thousand cavalry, and Brother Yu will definitely send those three thousand heads to you one by one!" ”

Zhong Qingyuan solemnly arched his hand towards him.

"Brother Lu must not underestimate the enemy, the younger brother gave Brother Lu 10,000 cavalry, it is better to annihilate this lonely army, if the time does not allow it, then keep an eye on it, as long as it does not come to harm me, wait for me to sweep away the main force of the Northern Armed Guard and then free up my hands to deal with it slowly."

Lu Dongqing glanced at Zhong Qingyuan deeply, and also smiled at him: "It's rare to see you so cautious, so I'll help you keep an eye on this lonely army, and I promise that you won't have any worries." ”

In the evening, Beiwuwei hurriedly marched sixty miles to set up camp and bury the pot to make rice, but in the time of a stick of incense, the hot cakes were freshly baked.

In the White Tiger Camp, Han Baixing was beckoning soldiers to eat, when suddenly a personal soldier came to his ear, lowered his voice and said, "My lord, he is here again." ”

Han Baixing turned his head to look, and saw that there was really a dark-skinned lieutenant standing next to the camp gate, looking at him from a distance.

"Eat quickly, it's hard to say that there will be war at night, don't make a mistake!"

Han Baixing put down the cake, gave an order to the left and right, and glanced at the pro-soldier again, and then walked towards the camp gate quietly.

When he passed through the camp gate, the lieutenant wanted to come forward to speak, but he was stopped by him with a stern look, and the two of them went one after the other, pretending not to know each other, and did not stop until they went around to a remote place.

"Li Kuang, do you know that this is an extraordinary time, come to me at this time, what if you reveal your identity?"

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Han Baixing lowered his voice and scolded.

"My lord, I have to come here, why hasn't the news of Xu Rui's Guiguzi been passed on yet?"

Captain Li Kuang clenched his hands into fists and asked anxiously.

Han Baixing snorted coldly: "Spread it, what spread it?" Another high-ranking disciple was born in the Guigu Valley, how amazing, how can you determine the authenticity of the news? ”

"I have heard it with my own ears, Xu Rui's words do not seem to be fake, not to mention that even if the news is false, Shangfeng should know about it, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty!"

"Shut up! At present, the army is running around, and it has already deviated from the established plan, this is the top priority, you don't want to forge ahead, and you dare to question the official? ”

In the face of Han Baixing's reprimand, Li Kuang clenched his teeth, his chest rose and fell, obviously he was already angry, but now was not the time for infighting, he had to forcibly suppress his anger, and asked in a deep voice: "Then according to the opinion of adults, how should we deal with it?" ”

Han Baixing didn't want to make the relationship too stiff, and seeing that Li Kuang was soft, his tone softened a little.

"We can't let that kid do anything wrong, the plan must be implemented as soon as possible, get rid of him, it's over."

Li Kuang was stunned: "Implement the plan now?" No, the marshal has already obeyed his words and will never agree! ”

Han Baixing sneered: "The army is so unusual, how do you know that Yang Weiyuan has no different intentions?" What's more, the plan has already been set, Yang Weiyuan has been stopped for too long, if Shangfeng blames him, even he can't bear the guilt! ”

"But ......"

"It's nothing, but it's up to me here, you just have to prepare, and I'll give you a code when the time comes!"

After speaking, without waiting for Li Kuang to speak, Han Baixing took a step towards the crowd.

Li Kuang looked at his figure as he walked away, his teeth creaking.

"Speaking of which, aren't you afraid that I will take the first credit and replace you, Han Baixing...... Hum! ”

In the tent of the Chinese army, Yang Weiyuan frowned and was silent, Gonggong Cao was sweating profusely, Liu Yi was pacing back and forth in anger, only Xu Rui took a sip of the teacup from time to time, looking comfortable.

"Yan River bank is walking well, after tonight, there will be half a day to reach Liancheng Port, why let the army temporarily change the route? Do you know that if you go around the mountains, our army will be at least half a day late! ”

Liu Yi finally couldn't hold it back and roared at Xu Rui.

Xu Rui put down the teacup and said with a smile: "It's only half a day, I have calculated, as long as we arrive two hours earlier than the enemy, our army will be able to retreat safely." ”

Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily: "Do you think that only you can count, and everyone else is a fool?" Of course, the more time is abundant, the better, otherwise if there is any accident along the way, the 50,000-strong army will be in danger of capsizing immediately! ”

"General, let's calm your anger first, if you are the commander of the Southern Dynasty and learn that our army is rushing all the way to Liancheng Port, how will you arrange it?"

"Nonsense, of course, ambushes were set up along the way...... Wait, I know what you want to say, but at the moment, the main forces of the Southern Dynasties are all east of the Yishui River, and the Black Flag Army has been left behind by our army, and they have absolutely no extra troops to ambush our 50,000 troops. ”

"The general is right, the Southern Dynasty does not have extra troops to ambush our army, but what if it is just harassment along the way?"

Liu Yi was stunned, if it was just a small group of troops harassing along the way, the Northern Wuwei could not distinguish between the real and the false, and it was impossible to turn a blind eye, and every time they attacked and harassed, they had to stop and deploy it specially, and even counterattacked, so many times they would definitely be exhausted, and it was very likely that they would be dragged back, and then they would be caught up in the field by the Black Flag Army behind them.

If the infantry lacking equipment such as swords could not be defended and was directly exposed to the iron hooves of the cavalry, it would not be much different from 50,000 docile sheep. (See many examples of wars between ancient China and northern ethnic minorities)

And even if it is not caught up by the Black Flag Army, the army that has been rushing all the way is already very tired, and if it is further exhausted, it is likely to cause chaos and be eaten up by a small group of enemies.

Seeing Liu Yi's forehead sweating, Xu Rui took out a map and spread it on the table, the previous map was taken away by Yang Weiyuan, which he had stayed up all night to draw a new picture.

Xu Rui pointed to the map and said, "Look, on this road, as long as you conquer Yushan Pass, the army will be able to bypass all the enemy's arrangements and go straight to Liancheng Port." Even we ourselves can't imagine how the commander-in-chief of the Southern Dynasties could be on guard? ”

"It's ......"

Liu Yi's eyes lit up when he saw the map, and he immediately pulled it over and studied it carefully.

Liu Yi finally stopped talking, but Yang Weiyuan, who had never spoken, raised his eyelids and opened his mouth without being salty.

"The problem lies in the Yushan Pass, although the Yushan Pass is a small pass, the defenders are not more than a thousand, and the nearby cliffs are not steep, but this pass is extremely narrow, and the widest part is less than 100 zhang.

In this way, when our army attacked the city, it could rush up to one or two hundred people at a time, and the Northern Wuwei had an army of 50,000 people, but it could not be deployed, it could only be hard to wear, and the war would inevitably be protracted, not to mention that it would have to be blocked for several days.

At the moment, time is extremely tight, not to mention being blocked for a few days, even being blocked for three or five hours is a catastrophe, what is your best plan? ”

When Yang Weiyuan spoke, Liu Yi had already carefully folded the map and put it in his pocket, without a trace of shame on his face, but stared at Xu Rui with blazing eyes, as if waiting for his next step.

Yes, I met two live bandits, and this all-night was in vain......

Xu Rui smiled bitterly in his heart, put away his jokes, and said in a deep voice: "The two generals don't have to worry, if you dare to choose this route, I must have been prepared, but if you want to succeed, you need the two generals to borrow me a few things." ”

"What do you want to borrow?"

"The bravest generals and the most fearless soldiers, there are ...... Three hundred lives! ”

Xu Rui smiled evilly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, at this moment he remembered a magical general in the Three Kingdoms period.