After leaving Chang'an, Long Tao and Linglongjiao took a boat in the east of the river and went north along the Yellow River.

There were about 100 envoys accompanying Tuli, Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie each brought more than 500 cronies from their headquarters, Wang Shichong pretended to send 500 more to them, plus 300 people from Fu Qian and 200 people from Pei Xingyan, a total of more than 2,000 people.

According to the plan agreed in advance, they will follow the route given by Wang Shichong to the north by land, and then set up traps at key places to meet Liu Wuzhou's troops who are preparing to ambush them.

Therefore, although they went north more than a day earlier than Long Tao, because they took the land route, they sometimes had to bypass various checkpoints, which was naturally much slower than taking a boat.

Long Tao and the two disembarked at Yulin, where the Yellow River turned and could no longer continue north by water.

However, in terms of time, it is time for them to catch up with the Tuli team.

After disembarking from the ship, Long Tao released his spiritual sense, and finally found the tent of Tuli and others thirty miles to the north.

The two immediately unfolded their methods and chased after them.

In the tent, Tuli, Fu Qian, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie and Pei Xingyan and others were sitting on the sheep felt to rest, and after seeing Long Tao enter, they all stood up and happily welcomed him, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.

Long Tao saw that although they were tired, their spirits were uplifted and their morale was high, and he asked with a smile: "It seems that you are in a good mood, have you ever taught Liu Wu a hard lesson?" ”

Tu Li smiled: "Brother Yan is too late and missed a big victory." ”

Cheng Zhijie shouted with a broken gong: "According to the road map given by Wang Shichong, I guess that Liu Wuzhou's old boy will intercept us near Jingle, and sure enough, let Lao Cheng and I guess correctly!" We set up an ambush to lure this old boy to attack, and as a result, we killed more than 1,000 of him at once, haha......"

"Congratulations to all of you!" Long Tao smiled, then frowned: "However, it seems that Liu Wuzhou has not given up and has been chasing you, right?" ”

When he was exploring with his spiritual sense just now, he also found a troop in the south of Yulin, and the banner was that of Liu Wuzhou, the Khan of Dingyang.

Tuli patted the dust on his clothes and said with a smile: "He has indeed been chasing behind, and he has been chasing for more than three days, otherwise we wouldn't have to run so tired, but we have been throwing them off for more than forty miles, so we don't have to worry too much." ”

Fu Qian said with a smile: "Liu Wuzhou is just unwilling to suffer defeat, he can't swallow this breath, we just need to go north for another seventy miles, and after passing through a mountainous area, there will be a grassland, what can he do to us at that time?" ”

Long Tao continued to ask, "When you passed near his hometown of Mayi, Liu Wuzhou didn't send someone to intercept you?" ”

Seeing that his expression was different, Qin Shubao took the lead in putting away his smile and frowned: "We walked the mountain road thirty miles west of Mayi, and we marched at night, and no one intercepted us. ”

Cheng Zhijie said: "Liu Wuzhou was defeated by our mere 2,000 men, it is estimated that he has been mad and has been chasing us behind, how can he have the heart to arrange a volley?" ”

Long Tao shook his head and said: "Liu Wuzhou may be a straw bag, but Song Jingang is a brave and resourceful general, and he will never make such a mistake." ”

Several people finally realized that something was unusual, and the smiles on their faces disappeared.

Tuli frowned and asked, "What does Brother Yan mean is that they deliberately did not volley near Ma Yi and chased after them all the way, did they have other means to deal with us?" But as long as we speed up the march and enter the grassland tomorrow evening, what other means can Liu Wuzhou have? ”

Long Tao did not answer, but asked: "If the Khan wants to enter the grassland, is there only one way to the north?" ”

Tu Li nodded and said: "The east is Liu Wuzhou's territory, and the west is Liang Shidu's territory, he is Jieli's other dog, naturally he will not let me go, and now I really have only one way to go north." ”

Long Tao smiled and said: "No need to ask, their methods are naturally on this path that the Khan must pass." ”

Fu Qian was shocked and said: "I understand, it must be Jieli's people who are waiting for us in ambush in front!" ”

Long Tao praised: "The prince is really quick-minded! When we finally get rid of Liu Wuzhou's pursuers and set foot on the prairie, it must be the moment when our guard is the most lax, and it will also be the best moment for the enemy to raid us! ”

Several people couldn't help but change their faces.

Qin Shubao said: "What the Divine Sword King said is very reasonable, I have heard that Song Jingang is both wise and brave, Liu Wuzhou's territory depends on him, with his ability, it really shouldn't let us escape so easily." ”

Cheng Zhijie frowned and said, "His grandmother's!" I thought I would be able to go to the Khan's hometown to drink soon, but who knew that it was a dangerous situation where there was interception in front and chasing soldiers in the back, and the men and horses on both sides must have far surpassed us, so how should we deal with it?

"Now we have two paths to choose from." Long Tao smiled slightly.

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect him to have a solution so quickly, and there were as many as two.

Long Tao continued: "First, we will disband on the spot, break into pieces, and flee in all directions, the Khan will be personally escorted by me, even in the face of thousands of troops, Yan can guarantee that the Khan will be sent back to his hometown safely, because their target is the Khan, as long as we disperse, we still have a great chance of escaping, but it is inevitable that some brothers will be lost." ”

Tuli asked, "What about the second?" ”

"The second way is for everyone to still walk together." Long Tao pointed to his head and said with a smile: "Take a risk, just use our two thousand men and horses to fight the coalition army of Jieli and Liu Wuzhou." ”

Fu Qian's eyes lit up, and he asked in a deep voice, "Will Ji An'an come out?" ”

Long Tao said calmly: "Liu Wuzhou is knowing that there is a trap waiting for us in front of him, so he will be so unhurried behind, we will immediately set off now, secretly throw off Liu Wuzhou, and rush to the northern mountains as fast as possible, but we have to leave a few empty tents here, so that Liu Wuzhou's spies think that we are still resting." And after we enter the mountains, we can first hide, from light to dark, and then calmly arrange, the mountains are no more than the plains, there is always a place to ambush, and at that time there are many people may not be able to win! ”

Tu Li's eyes shot a sharp light, and he gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "Okay! Let's choose the second way! You have escorted all the way here, how can Tuli bear to have a brother die because of me, even if he wants to die, everyone will die together! ”

……

The troops arrived at the foot of the mountain at dusk, and Liu Wuzhou's pursuers did not follow suit.

After driving for more than 70 miles, the men and horses were sleepy, and the 2,000 men and horses immediately went into the mountains, found a small valley, and rested on the spot.

Long Tao, Tuli and the others went to check the terrain to see if there was a place to set up an ambush.

Six people climbed a mountain and looked at the surrounding mountains covered in a layer of white mist in the night.

Long Tao suddenly pointed to the fog on the mountainside and asked, "Is there such a big fog here all year round?" ”

Tuli replied: "It is not very old, and it is only at this time of year, when the humidity is heavy, that such a thick fog appears. ”

Long Tao frowned and said, "I remember that the Khan once said that Kang Sheli has always followed you before, so he should also be familiar with the climate in this area, right?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"With such a thick fog, the harrier's vision will also be obscured, right?"

Tuli nodded, "Exactly." If it was at night, in such an environment, the eagle would not be able to play the role of reconnaissance at all. ”

With a gleam in his eyes, he continued: "Brother Yan, do you want to say that if Jieli knew that Liu Wuzhou had chased and lost us, he might not have entered the mountain to search for us at all, but would have stayed outside the mountain. This mountainous area is too large for Jieli to defend, and if we take advantage of the dense fog to go east from the mountains, we may be able to easily find an exit and enter the grassland safely. ”

Then he whispered: "I also thought about this at the time, so I felt that I could come here to take a risk, and when I was in Luoyang, I had already sent someone to sneak back to the tribe through Hebei to report the news, as long as my people came to the mountain in time to respond, we can also evacuate safely." ”

Long Tao said quietly: "I'm just wondering, why did Zhao Deyan and Kang Yili set up this plan when they knew that they couldn't use eagles to monitor here...... Who did the Khan send back to report the news? ”

Tuli said: "There happened to be a Xi tribesman in Mohe'er's envoy group, and I sent him to detour Xi into my territory to report the news." ”

Long Tao said lightly: "Zhao Deyan is such a scheming person, how can he do something that he is not sure of, I dare to assert that Jieli must have a way to accurately grasp our location." ”

Tu Li asked in surprise: "Brother Yan is saying that there are moles in us?" ”

The rest of the people also looked at the two of them.

"Not bad!" Long Tao nodded, looked around at everyone, and said calmly: "There should be no problem with a few people here, if I am correct, the Khan will definitely be able to find fireworks and rockets and other messengers in Mo He'er's envoy group, and your clansmen will not receive your news at all, this is the most ruthless part of Jieli and Zhao Deyan's tricks!" ”

Tuli's face sank, and he turned and hurried away.

When Long Tao and the others returned to Xiaogu, Tuli was sitting at the door of a camp tent, with two bamboo tubes for flares at his feet.

"It's Mo He'er himself!" Tuli sighed, "I didn't kill him, alas! He said that his family was all arrested by Jieli, and he couldn't do anything about it. ”

Long Tao walked over and picked up the bamboo tube on the ground, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, Khan didn't destroy this thing, now we can make Jieli and Liu Wuzhou suffer a little." ”

……

Late that night, the troops moved to a larger valley five miles to the east, which had narrow entrances at both ends and a vast hinterland, which Long Tao had specially selected with his spiritual sense.

After daybreak, more than 2,000 soldiers all went out to cut down tree branches, collect fallen leaves and weeds, transport them back to the valley to be exposed, and after drying, some of them were spread on the ground, and some of them were piled up next to the weeds on both sides of the valley mouth.

It was late at night again, and a bright red firework exploded over the valley.

After a while, a large group of enemies poured into the valley mouth on both sides, and they were killing the camps in the hinterland of the valley, which were none other than Liu Wuzhou and Jieli's men.

The two men and horses met in the hinterland of the valley, and after entering the camp, of course, there was no human figure to be seen, only bundles of branches and firewood.

At this time, rockets shot down from the mountains on both sides, first ignited the firewood at the mouth of the valley, and then fired arrows into the valley, the valley suddenly became a sea of fire, and there were logs and boulders rolling down on the mountain, and the enemy was killed and wounded countless times, and the screams of terror went straight to the sky.

Long Tao and others led the team to concentrate their forces to kill the enemy on the Jieli side at the northern end, and the other party suffered heavy losses under the fire attack, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting, so they only knew how to flee for their lives outside the mountain.

Everyone rushed out of the mountain with a clenched bite on the defeated army, reached the plain grassland, and pursued for nearly ten miles, seeing that the other party began to slowly gather, they did not dare to chase anymore, and turned around and quickly withdrew in the direction of the eastern Tuli territory.

Jieli did not appear in this battle, and only Zhao Deyan and Kang Sheli were sent to command the overall situation.

With the help of Long Tao, the turbulent lieutenant general Kang Sheli was assassinated with one shot.

Everyone ran for more than thirty miles, knowing that Jieli was not chasing, and stopped.

After the big victory, everyone looked excited, and they could enter the territory of Tuli after walking fifty miles, and this escort mission could be said to have been successfully completed.

Fu Qian laughed and said, "In today's battle, I finally know why the Divine Sword King can rise in such a short period of time, and no one can beat him in Middle-earth!" Fu Qian admires it so much! ”

"The Divine Sword King is indeed like a god!"

Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie also admired together.

Long Tao smiled and asked, "The Khan will go home soon, what are the plans of the two generals?" ”

Cheng Zhijie said: "We want to go to the Khan's hometown and learn their cavalry tactics." ”

Tuli laughed and said: "Come together, let me do the friendship of the landlord in the next place, thank you brothers!" ”

Long Tao glanced back at Linglongjiao, who was at the back of the team and mixed in the middle of several women in the envoy group, shook his head, and said, "You guys go with the Khan first, Yan has other important matters, and we will meet later." ”

Tuli was stunned and said: "It's all at the door of the little brother's house, how can Brother Yan not enter the door?" ”

Long Tao said with a smile: "Don't worry, Khan, I will still wander outside the plug for a few days, and sooner or later I will go to bother you, but now I have to go to Yuyang first." ”

"Yuyang? It's the territory of Gao Kai Road. Tuli asked, "What is Brother Yan doing there?" Need help from my little brother? Gao Kaidao still wants to give me some face. ”

Long Tao shook his head and said, "Thank you Khan, but you may not be able to help with this matter, so don't bother!" He looked at Fu Qian, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Zhijie again, and hugged his fists and said, "Three, there will be a period later!" ”

"There will be a date later!" The three of them returned the salute together.

Long Tao shook his horse's head and galloped away from the team.

Pei Xingyan took two hundred knights and galloped behind him, and Linglongjiao also rode over on his horse.

waved his hand to Tuli and the others, Long Tao roared, and galloped away.