Zhang Lun led the 500 elite soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion to the east, and it stands to reason that he should arrive at Niulan Mountain, which is seven or eight miles east of the Daxiao Field; However, Zhang Lun considered that Xu Guangzuo's pro-army camp was in the southeast direction, and the two armies were on the same official road when they left, and they were likely to encounter it in the dark.

Xu Guangzuo was scheming and left half an hour earlier than Zhang Lun's Fenwu camp when he set off, because Xu Guangzuo gave up a lot of materials and moved forward lightly, saving time for preparation, which is allowed by the rules. The time of the three armies is unified, but the rest of materials and equipment is counted in the departure time, and those who move fast can go first, and those who move slowly will fall behind; Xu Guangzuo can abandon the tent, pot stove and other things, and pull it out with fried noodles and water, but Zhang Lun can't. The characteristic of Zhang Lun's army is that everything is ready, and everything should be brought indispensable, whether it is combat equipment or logistics support, Zhang Lun attaches great importance to it, which is the experience that the old man taught to Zhang Lun when he was alive.

However, in this situation, Zhang Lun had to be careful, Xu Guangzuo's personal guard battalion set off in advance, and his own Fenwu battalion originally walked on the same official road, so it cannot be ruled out that Xu Guangzuo would ambush in front of him and surprise himself. After thinking about it again and again, Zhang Lun temporarily changed his route and pretended to march according to the original plan, but after leaving the school field, he immediately turned to the northeast, marched for three hours, and arrived at the Eagle Mountain Valley in the northeast and camped.

Zhang Lun didn't think that Song Nan would let him go, in fact, the two had already agreed that this time they would not let each other have a real competition, and if there was a chance to attack Song Nan, Zhang Lun would not be merciful. Walking in the northeast direction, there is no doubt that he will be closer to Song Nan, and the opportunity for the two sides to discover each other is also greater; But Zhang Lun firmly believed that Song Nan and Xu Guangzuo were kept in the dark about their temporary change of route, and they didn't know their location at all.

After camping in the Eagle Mountain Valley, Zhang Lun decided to let the soldiers recharge their energy tonight, and he was in the dark, and he would have a good chance to find out Song Nan's direction tomorrow, give Song Nan a surprise attack, and send this brother-in-law who couldn't jump out first. Then go back and compare with Xu Guangzuo to see who is more qualified to serve as the governor of the regiment and battalion.

After setting up camp, Zhang Lun arranged sentry posts on the top of the small hills on the east and west sides, and ordered the rest of the soldiers to rest on the spot to relieve the fatigue of the march.

In the dark and dreary night of the second half of the night, the cold dew of late autumn slowly filled the heavens and the earth, and the temperature suddenly cooled, and the soldiers curled up in their tents covered with thin blankets shivering with cold, and many soldiers woke up from the cold, because of this, they were able to avoid the destruction of the whole army.

The footsteps at the mouth of the valley are never heard while you are asleep, and the sound of the wind whirring in the middle of the night and the sound of the grass being blown by the wind is well hidden. But in their waking state, the sounds of nature were very different from those made by man, and when several soldiers who had woken up from the cold poked their heads out to look at them, they saw in the dim light of the campfire the sound of a large group of men running with blades in hand.

"Enemy attack ......!" One soldier reacted quickly and shouted at the top of his throat, like a wolf howl in the valley, and the whole battalion immediately boiled.

The commander of the Fenwu battalion, who was in charge of the night patrol, responded as soon as possible, and organized a defense within the tea time. After dozens of soldiers near the edge of the camp to the south were killed, the formation quickly shrank to the inner camp line; With a small dirt slope as a defensive stronghold, he began to counterattack the incoming enemy.

When Zhang Lun arrived neatly, the situation had already been controlled, Wang Qing had already led seventy or eighty archers to fight back with arrows behind the small soil slope, and the soldiers and horses on both sides of the camp had also shrunk back, ready to concentrate on fighting.

"Who's on the other side?" Zhang Lun lay on the wet grassy slope and looked south, a feather arrow broke through the air, Zhang Lun reacted quickly and swung his knife to split horizontally, splitting the feather arrow, reached out and grabbed it and looked carefully on the torch, saw the black paint on the cloth strip wrapped in the arrow, and said in amazement: "It's Song Nan, this kid, who moves so fast." ”

Wang Qingyu reported: "It is indeed the soldiers and horses of the Shenshu battalion, our sentry was touched, they entered the sneak attack from the valley mouth, and we have forty-three brothers who have been sentenced out, they came too fast, they should be damned, and they didn't notice it." ”

Zhang Lun nodded and said: "You have done a good job, forty-three people are out of the game is already a small loss, if they are unknowingly touched into the camp, the Fenwu camp will be out, now in this situation, they can't succeed, we still have the strength to fight." ”

A hundred steps below the dirt slope was lit a bonfire, and in the firelight, hundreds of soldiers and horses of the Shenshu battalion stood behind the bonfire, and the person who was currently standing in full armor and not burly was not Song Nan or who was it?

Song Nan ordered his subordinates to stop shooting, took two steps forward and shouted with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, don't come unharmed." ”

Zhang Lun rolled his eyes and shouted, "You and I have only been away for a few hours, what do you say don't come harm?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "Uncle, surrender, you have been surrounded, hurry up and surrender and go home, don't hold on." ”

Zhang Lun smiled and retorted: "It's too outrageous for you to tell a lie, what do you only have five hundred people to surround me?" But I occupy a geographical advantage, and you are afraid that there is nothing you can do, or you will attack it? I've only lost forty or so people, and that's not a big deal. ”

Song Nan shouted: "Losing one is also a loss, I am full of five hundred, and you are only more than four hundred, do I have an advantage in a fight?" But what you said is also true, you have a good location, it is really difficult for me to win if I can't sneak attack, and it's hard to say that the result is not good, you know that I won't take this risk. ”

"It's good that you know, even if you're not stupid, if you and I can't reduce the number of troops by sixty percent, no one will be out, and then we won't have the opportunity to replenish our troops, Xu Guangzuo will laugh."

Song Nan smiled: "That's right, then I'll take someone away, don't chase after you; I'm leaving, uncle, you don't have to send me. ”

Zhang Lun shouted: "I won't send it far." ”

Song Nan really disappeared into the darkness behind the bonfire with the soldiers and horses of the Shenshu battalion, and at first there was still the sound of footsteps to be heard, and soon there was only the sound of the wind blowing the barren grass and the sound of the bonfire.

"They really retreated, Grandpa Zhang, shouldn't we leave here immediately, since we have been discovered by Song Nan, the news of tonight's fight will be transmitted back to the camp, Xu Guangzuo will definitely know our location, if his soldiers and horses move closer here, won't we be surrounded by both sides? The location is the most disadvantageous for us. Wang Qing analyzed.

Zhang Lun nodded slowly, looked at the sky and said: "There is still more than an hour before dawn, we should be able to leave, but it is not from the mouth of the valley, we have to go out from the mountain behind, brothers are afraid that it will be hard." ”

Wang Qing said: "Why can't you go out of the valley?" Song Houye's soldiers and horses have been withdrawn, we can withdraw from the valley with just one meal, and then we will simply go south, go straight to the colonel's field, and find a place to cat's first. ”

Zhang Lun smiled and said: "You still don't know my brother-in-law, he let me reduce the number of more than forty people, and he has already taken the advantage, how can he withdraw lightly?" Although there are not many people in 40, our total number is only 500, which is nearly 10% of the troops. Naturally, he has nothing to do about us on the dirt slope, and once we go down to the valley, he will cover up and kill, and nine times out of ten we will be out. ”

Wang Qing was stunned and said, "Isn't it, is Marquis Song so cunning?" Didn't he take his leave? ”

Zhang Lun laughed and said: "General Wang, others have seven tricks, Song Nan has nine tricks, if you don't have a heart for him, it will be too late to regret it." If he does not set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley, and I will invite you to drink wine for three days when he returns, and no one else knows him, and I do not know him. Passing on my order, the whole army concealed the camp and climbed over the back hillside to get out of trouble. ”

Wang Qing agreed, but he was a little suspicious in his heart, so he quietly ordered two soldiers to go to the valley mouth to investigate, and the two soldiers did not see any trace of coming back until the army crossed the top of the back mountain.

The early morning sun sprinkled down on the mountains, the mountains and fields in the late autumn in the north were gloomy, at the mouth of the Eagle Valley, the soldiers of the Shenshu Battalion were still asleep, and when the two soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion who were exploring the way were solved last night, Song Nan knew that the ambush plan had failed, Zhang Lun was really careful enough, he would not leave from the valley.

So Song Nan simply ordered the soldiers and horses to camp on the spot to rest and make up for sleep, he knew that Zhang Lun was so cautious, it was absolutely impossible to take the initiative to attack the camp.

After breakfast, Song Nan climbed the left slope and looked into the valley, the sun shone in the valley, and there was no trace of the soldiers and horses of the Fenwu battalion in the valley.

"As the adults expected, Grandpa Zhang went over the mountain overnight, but he was decisive." Xu Tai smacked his lips.

Song Nan smiled and said: "My eldest brother is not a straw bag, he made the most appropriate choice, and after getting out and recuperating, his strength has not lost much." ”

"Yes, the little grandfather has matured a lot, and compared with other Xun Qi's children, the little grandfather obviously outperforms them too much. I saw it in the Battle of Xinpingbao that year. Jiang Bin said with admiration on his face.

Song Nan said with a smile: "It's more fun now, I think Xu Guangzuo's old thing's soldiers and horses must be on the way to the north, and the three soldiers and horses are also walking around on the left side of this Eagle Mountain, and it is only a matter of time before they fight." ”

"My lord, let's just go to find Xu Guangzuo's bad luck, he goes north, we go south to find him, and kill him if we meet him." Jiang Bin shouted.

"That's not good, Xu Guangzuo must have the intention of taking advantage, even if he leads the army to come, his whereabouts must be secretive, instead of catching cats with him, why don't we target the Fenwu camp? The little grandfather thought he had seen through my plan, and he played a golden cicada last night, but in fact, I asked him to do it; You think, his men and horses must be tired by not sleeping all night last night, and then they have withdrawn over the mountains and mountains. We bite them and toss them for another three or two days, and my eldest brother will have to go home. ”

"Huh? It turned out that the adults were still under the idea of Grandpa Zhang. Jiang Bin and Xu Tai both felt a little unbearable.

Song Nan said: "My Shenshu Battalion must get the first place in this big competition, and no one can take it away from me." ”