After the news of Moyun's army marching into Yuxue and connecting the two cities reached the ears of Emperor Yuxue, Emperor Yuxue made a big fire in the early dynasty and scolded the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. How dare does this ghost king have, a few days ago he sent an envoy to ask for peace and was beaten back by her, and he didn't want any justice, he didn't settle accounts with her, but he dared to take the initiative to provoke a war, this time, he decided to fight with all his strength, go straight to the Moyun capital, and take this little Moyun into his pocket. As for this ghost king, after he was caught, Ling Chi was executed.

In terms of the selection of the commander of the army, several factions in the court competed, and the five princes asked for orders to personally lead the troops, vowing to catch the ghost king, and gave this evil breath for his father. The third prince recommended Marquis Jiang to lead the troops to the battle, and the Jiang family army has always been the strongest army in Yuxue, and the troops can be guaranteed to be foolproof. There were also some other ministers who suggested that General Cao should lead the troops. These two words naturally sound more pleasant to the ears of the five princes, and Yuxue Guojun is somewhat suspicious of the Jiang family, and the last time Jiang Ruizhen was put back, he always had a pimple in his heart. Therefore, in the end, he sent the five princes as the main general, and the Hou Ye of Cao as the deputy general, with 200,000 Cao family troops to meet the ghost king army.

Yun Yuhong discussed the attack plan with everyone on the night of the arrival of the Ghost King Army, and put forward a bold idea. Yun Yuhong pointed to the map and said: "Look at the location of Huacheng and Laocheng, they are on both sides of Kuicheng, and they are all horns with the army guarding Wangcheng, and Wangcheng is only a day's journey from Qiongcheng, and it is the last line of defense of Qiongcheng." If we attack one of Hwaseong and Laocheng alone, even if we take it, we will be outflanked by the other two, which will be unfavorable to our army. Now Yuxue's army should be almost here, and if it joins again, our army's chances of victory are not great. Therefore, my opinion is that the troops should be divided into two routes, taking Huacheng and Laocheng at the same time, and leaving the Yuxue reinforcements directly in Wangcheng. And Huacheng and Laocheng cooperate with each other, so they can contain the Yuxue army. ”

Mr. Ning frowned and said, "If Yuxue sends 200,000 troops from the Jiang family, plus 200,000 troops from the Cao family near Qiongcheng, our forces are too scattered, and I am afraid it will be even more disadvantageous." ”

Yun Yuhong smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry, I have my own arrangements." Now let's assign the staff. General Gao and General Wu each led a team. Wang Lekai, you and the Ghost King Army followed General Gao and sent troops to Huacheng. General Wu and stingy ghosts, you take the Yunyi Army and the Yunxiang Army to Laocheng. Remember, no matter what method you use, take these two cities for me as soon as possible. ”

All the people received the order in unison, and they all ran out to prepare. A few children were anxious and stepped forward and asked, "Then what should we do, shall we go with that side?" ”

Yun Yuhong smiled faintly and said: "You take those five hundred elite soldiers to stay and Mr. Ning to guard Kuicheng, and when we capture the town in front, you have to protect Mr. Ning in the past." ”

The eldest prince was so angry that his face turned red when he heard this, "How can this be, we don't want to defend the city, we want to go to the battlefield, we want military merits." ”

Yun Yuhong patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, there are many opportunities to fight, you first learn to defend the city with Mr. Ning, and then attack the city." Your 500 people will not join the Ghost King Army, they will be called the 'Yun Ao Army' in the future, with a strength of 100,000, under your command, don't you imagine that General Gao and General Wu are like that? I'll give you a chance, don't have a next time. ”

A few children listened to it with great joy, and they could fight again after the battle, and this opportunity to be a general was hard to find, and they couldn't help cheering happily when they thought that they would be the commander of the first army in the future. Yun Yuhong looked at Xiaoxiao from the side, and glanced deeply at Mr. Ning, Mr. Ning understood the meaning of this glance: once he failed, he would leave with these children, not to return to Moyun, but to bury his name incognito and flee to Ghost King Mountain.

Early the next morning, the two armies began to set out, dividing their troops into two places. Yun Yuhong and the clever ghost did not set off with the army, but left alone.

General Gao and Wang Lekai arrived at Hwaseong with their army in the evening and set up camp fifty miles outside Hwaseong. Wang Lekai, who has no experience in leading troops, is very modest, and asked General Gao all the way for combat experience, and the two rarely have a good temper and get along very happily. It's just that when it comes to how to attack the city, General Gao has no bottom in his heart. He defended the city well, but his siege experience was much worse, and he didn't think about how to attack him, so he could only decide to call the battle tomorrow morning and fight first.

And as soon as the morning dawned, before General Gao was ready, the defenders of Hwaseong came to call for battle. General Gao could only rush out with his soldiers to meet him, and for a time the two armies clashed and the fight was inseparable. The Yuxue Army is not weak, and this time it is also fully prepared, so the morale is high, on the other hand, the Moyun Army does not have the Ghost King to sit in the battle, so it is a little demoralized, and the situation on the battlefield is gradually unfavorable.

On the mountain peak not far away, Yun Yuhong stood on a tree with a clever ghost, just taking the entire battlefield into his eyes, Yun Yuhong sighed, General Gao is good, but he can only be a good general, and this alone leading the army to fight is still a little worse. When the enemy's strength and numbers are superior to ours, such a direct confrontation with the enemy is to send them to death, and if the battle continues, these 60,000 men will be exhausted in less than two days.

General Gao also saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the troops to withdraw and retreat. Fortunately, the defenders of Hwaseong are not in love with war, and they just want to test it today, so they also withdrew their troops.

Yun Yuhong saw the people and horses on both sides returning to the camp, shook his head, and headed towards the east of the mountain with the clever ghost. Soon, the two of them heard the sound of gurgling water, and a large river appeared in front of them. Yun Yuhong walked along the riverbank for a while, had a plan in her heart, lowered her head and whispered a few words in the ear of the clever ghost, and left the clever ghost to leave by himself.

The Clever Ghost grinned and ran towards the army station. It's not too far from the mountain, but it will take some time to get there. When the clever ghost came to the gate of the camp, Wang Lekai had just finished reorganizing the army. Seeing the clever ghost, Wang Lekai hurriedly greeted him happily and asked, "Aren't you with the ghost king, and the ghost king has also arrived?" ”

The clever ghost smiled: "The ghost king has not arrived, but the ghost king's trick has arrived." ”

Wang Lekai was overjoyed when he heard this, ordered someone to call General Gao, and welcomed the clever ghost in.

General Gao is worried, today's battle can already show the strength of the two armies, it is not possible to fight like this, but he really has no way for a while, and when he heard that the clever ghost came with the order of the ghost king, he was both happy and ashamed, happy that this battle was possible, and he was ashamed that he was incompetent, and he had to wait for the ghost king's mention in everything.

On the other hand, General Wu and the stingy ghost arrived near Laocheng at noon the next day, in fact, the distance between the two sides is about the same according to the route, but there are many mountains and forests near Laocheng, and the road is inconvenient, so it delays the time. Along the way, the soldiers were already exhausted, and General Wu ordered people to set up camps so that the soldiers could recharge their energy and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At night, the north wind howled, and small snowflakes drifted. Before the first lunar month, the weather is still very cold, and Yuxue is already in the north, and the winter is longer than that of other countries, so it is still cold, and people are reluctant to go out at night. It's just that tonight, under the cover of the trees, a group of soldiers quietly approached the camp of the Ink Ghost King's army.

This is a well-trained army, the soldiers and queens are quiet when they walk, without making a sound, if it were not for the weapons in their hands occasionally emitting a few rays of white light under the reflection of the snow, it would be difficult for people to detect their existence. Not far away, the camp of the Ghost King Army was quiet, there was no sound at all, only a few fires for the night patrol soldiers to keep warm.

It's closer, it's getting closer and closer to the gate of the camp, and General Yuxue, who is the leader, sneered in his heart, The Ghost King Army is nothing more than that, no matter how powerful you are, what can you do, I let you go to see the King of Hades in your sleep. Looking around, he saw that his soldiers were all in place, waved his hand, and ordered: "Kill!" ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison and rushed towards the camp in unison. But the strange thing is that the camp is still quiet, and there is no sound at all. Seeing that the situation was wrong, General Yuxue shouted: "Quick, retreat, there is an ambush!" ”

It's just that his discovery was still a little late, a rain of arrows shot from all directions, General Yuxue looked up, only to find that he was in a valley, surrounded by hillsides on three sides, many black shadows loomed on the surrounding hillsides, people couldn't see clearly, but the arrow did not stop, and Yuxue soldiers fell down in rows. He secretly screamed in his heart: It's over. The Ghost King Army has been prepared for a long time, they have occupied a favorable position, and they have not wasted any troops, and this rain of arrows will solve us.

General Yuxue expected it well, and when Yun Yuhong sent General Wu out of the city, he reminded him to be careful of sneak attacks, and also told him to shoot arrows in case of sneak attacks to reduce unnecessary casualties. General Wu is now very convinced of the Ghost King, so as soon as he settled down, he began to prepare, and made up his mind, if the Yuxue Army doesn't come, he doesn't have to think about going back, he will cover as many as he comes.

This battle can no longer be called a battle, it is a one-sided massacre. The shooters of the Ghost King Army stood at a high place and shot downward, which can be described as high terrain, good vision, and the people below are concentrated, that is really a person who can shoot with their eyes closed, and the stingy ghosts are rare and generous to let them shoot all the arrows tonight before stopping, so they are all shooting very happily. But it was hard for the Yuxue army below, and it didn't take long for the 30,000 horses and horses who came to sneak attack to run out. As soon as General Wu arrived, he won a battle and laughed with joy.

The stingy ghost ordered people to clean up the battlefield, and General Wu really arranged for the soldiers to rest this time. It's just that his order has just been passed down, and a cold voice came, "What else to rest, won't you take advantage of such a good opportunity to pursue?" ”

General Wu was stunned for a moment and shouted, "What person? ”

A slender figure walked out of the shadows, and the stingy man exclaimed, "Master, you are here." ”