"Definitely not." The crowd spoke in unison.

Zhang Lang shook his head with a wry smile, bowed his head and said nothing.

The officials didn't have any good ideas for a while, and the village became dull again.

After a long time, Tian Feng broke the dull situation and said: "The only thing that is beneficial to our army now is that the Shanyue army did not send a large army to guard Qiyun Mountain, and there are only some people left here, which greatly facilitates our army to advance the Lianjiang area and confront the Shanyue army at the foot of Wuliao Mountain." ”

Guo Jia nodded first, then shook his head and said: "Shanyue didn't send a large army to guard Qiyun Mountain, because he didn't want to divide the forces too much, so that our army could be broken one by one." You must know that although Qiyun Mountain is steep, there are several passages, unlike Wuliao Mountain and Huiqin Mountain, there are only one or two so pitiful, if you want to block our army, the only way is to set up troops on each road to strictly guard, in this way, it is better to send an elite but not too many troops, hiding in Qiyun Mountain, ready to cooperate with the army to give us a fatal blow. ”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "The military advisor is reasonable. ”

Tian Feng also sighed and nodded.

Zhang Lang saw that everyone was silent again, knowing that things could not be rushed, and besides, the pacification of Shanyue this time was definitely not something that could be completed in a day or two, so he couldn't help but comfort: "Since this is the case, you should go down first, and go back to think about what strategies to break the enemy." ”

Tian Feng and Guo Jia glanced at each other and took the lead in saying, "That subordinate will retire first." ”

Zhang Lang nodded, and Tian Feng, Guo Jia and others withdrew from the Chinese army Dazhai, leaving only Yang Rong and Zhao Yu.

Zhang Lang leaned lazily on the handsome chair, staring at the top of the canopy in a daze, not knowing what to think.

Yang Rong stepped forward to Zhang Lang's side and said cautiously: "Husband, don't be in a hurry, you will always come up with a way." ”

Zhang Lang pointed to his shoulder with a finger, moved his mouth lightly twice, and slowly closed his eyes, thinking hard about a good plan.

Yang Rong stepped forward to gently massage him.

In the middle of the ring, Zhang Lang suddenly opened his eyes and asked Yang Rong: "Rong'er, if you are the leader of Shanyue, will you easily go out of the mountain to fight?" ”

Yang Rong shook his head and said, "If I were the leader of the Shanyue army, I would only find a way to lead you into the mountains." I don't think about how to get out and beat you. ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said: "That's right, Lian Rong was lured by the enemy, went deep into the mountains, and was ambushed everywhere in the middle of Wuliao Mountain and Huiqin Mountain, and was defeated again and again, which is a good proof, it can be seen that there are many smart and talented people in the Shanyue army. ”

"If that's the case, it's going to be a tough battle. If I am the leader of the mountains, as long as I do not go out of the mountains, I will be invincible; If it is possible, lure you into the mountain, take advantage of the position of the mountain, set up an ambush and attack, and destroy you step by step; If not, then hold your ground, and you can't do anything about me. Yang Rong analyzed.

Zhang Lang smiled bitterly: "We think like this, and the other party is not far behind." Now the big question is, how to lure the snake out of the hole? ”

Yang Rong gently pinched Zhang Lang's hard shoulders, and said softly: "Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, there will be a way." ”

Zhang Lang knew that Yang Rong was saying comforting words, and couldn't help but sigh with a sigh.

And Yang Rong and Zhao Yu are more than willing but not enough, and they don't know how to help if they want to.

That night, Ding Feng, who returned from a great victory, was full of smiles, and while accepting everyone's congratulations, he couldn't close his mouth happily. You must know that this is the first time that he has played the role of leading troops in such a large-scale battle, how can he not be happy?

After the victory over the Shanyue army in the first battle, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted. In their eyes, there are only two words, victory or defeat, and they are completely unaware of the worries of senior leaders.

At five o'clock the next morning, when the sky was almost dawn, Zhang Lang ordered the Shiba camp to go south, march thirty miles, and approach Qiyun Mountain step by step.

Halfway to the road, the pioneer Ding Feng reported, there was a triangular road fork in front, there was an official road, two mountain roads, I don't know which one to take, so stop the march, and wait for Zhang Lang's army to go up to discuss.

A few hours later, Zhang Lang's army arrived, and while observing the terrain, he summoned the generals to discuss.

Guo Jia took two steps forward, looked at the zigzag road in the distance, took out the map again, looked at it carefully for a while, and then pointed to the middle road and introduced: "Among the three roads, the middle one of the official roads was built in the second year of Guangwu in the Western Han Dynasty, directly passing through the middle of Qiyun Mountain, reaching the Lianjiang Ferry, and going over the mountain to Shexian. It should be the closest of the three. But the problem is that this official road has been unrepaired for a long time, the distance is bumpy, and there are mountains and rivers on both sides, strange rocks and huge rocks, towering forests, and many branch roads, which are very easy for the other party to ambush. ”

Tian Feng pondered: "According to Fengxiao, this road is not passable. ”

"In principle, the lower officials do not approve of this path." Guo Jia didn't want to blurt out.

"What about the other two paths?" Zhang Lang asked.

Guo Jia said a little strangely: "The one on the right is called piercing the intestines, as the name suggests, walking on this road is like piercing the intestines, which is crowded and difficult." ”

Xu Huang frowned and said, "Isn't that more difficult to walk?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Not only that, but this road is a cliff with a thousand blades on one side, and a dangerous cliff and deep valley on the other. ”

Yang Rong was shocked when she heard this: "Then this one can't be left." ”

Ding Feng also asked anxiously: "Strategist, what about the last one, is it okay?" ”

Everyone looked at Guo Jia impatiently, even Zhang Lang was no exception. They all hope that the third road can be taken better, so that the soldiers can take fewer detours, suffer less unnecessary, and at least be better than the first two. ”

Who knew that Guo Jia shook his head, which disappointed everyone.

Dian Wei Daqi said: "Strategist, what do you mean by shaking your head, is it as difficult to walk as before, I still don't know." ”

Guo Jia didn't care at all and said: "Xia Guan is also wondering, there are only two roads marked on this map, why is there one more at once?" The subordinates are also puzzled. ”

"Ahh Everyone screamed at the same time.

Zhang Lang looked up and took a closer look, the road was about two meters wide, and both sides were covered with dense forests and weeds. The road seemed to be fairly smooth, and it zigzagged forward, skirting halfway through a mountain range, and disappearing into the mountains.

Zhao Yu glared at him dissatisfiedly, and said fiercely: "I thought you really had such a good ability, it turns out that there are times when you make mistakes, hum." ”

Guo Jiake had palpitations for Zhao Yu, and his whole body trembled when he heard the sound, especially after she snorted, he was even more creepy, and hurriedly smiled, arched again, and said: "Miss Zhao is serious, Jia Yijie scholar, where is there so much harm as you say." ”

Guo Jia's move shocked everyone and stunned.

Zhao Yu stared at the big black eyes, and turned around, Guo Jia's heart stood upright, but fortunately, Zhang Lang spoke out to help him out at this time: "Don't make trouble Xiaoyu." ”

Zhao Yu spit out his cute tongue and stopped talking.

Zhang Langhun pondered: "Why don't our army settle here first, ask the locals about the situation, and then wait for the road to be explored." ”

Tian Feng nodded and said, "That's okay, it's better than rushing forward." ”

Zhang Lang said: "In this case, send a few teams to explore this official road and the new road to see how the situation is." ”

Soon several detachments were ordered to leave and disappeared into the vast mountains.

Then the team retreated a few miles, Xu Huang chose a better terrain, went down to the mountain, and set up camps.

Soon the spies reported that the middle official road was relatively good at first, but after halfway through, piles of miscellaneous trees and rocks blocked the road, and the water became a pool, making it extremely difficult to pass. On the contrary, it was the new road, and the spies reported that the distance was stable, the vision was broad, and the local dialect was also the road leading to Qiyun Mountain. And there was not a trace of suspicious places found, which was suitable for marching.

Only then did everyone agree that it was good to take a new path.

However, Zhang Lang hesitated at this time, and called the spies over to ask them clearly, fearing that it was a trick of the Shanyue people. After feeling that there was no problem, he ordered the soldiers to move forward.

The pioneer Ding Feng led 3,000 troops, took the lead in opening the road, opening the road in the mountains and building bridges in the water.

Then he left Zhu Huan to lead 5,000 troops to guard the foot of Qiyun Mountain, and one to protect the grain and grass of the reinforcements; second, it can form favorable support for Zhang Lang; The three stubbornly choke the three routes, in case the situation is unfavorable, they can retreat in time.

Zhang Lang's forcible entry into Qiyun Mountain was also a last resort. If you don't go in, you won't come out. The Central Plains form does not allow itself to fight a protracted war here. Now only by taking advantage of the fact that Qiyun Mountain is not heavily guarded by Shanyue and pushing the army to the area of Lianjiang, it may be convenient to fight.

Zhang Lang's army was like a snake, a long dragon, slowly advancing into the hinterland of the mountains.

A few hours later, it was nearly dark, and some of the soldiers had begun to prepare torches for the march.

Zhang Lang didn't dare to relax for a moment, and sent people to reconnoiter the surrounding situation from time to time.

The road ahead seemed to be getting harder and harder, the mountains were getting steeper, and the forests were getting thicker and thicker, almost obscuring half of the sky.

A gust of mountain wind blew by, slightly bringing a hint of coolness, blowing the woods "whoosh" straight out.

From time to time, the sound of wolf roars and tiger roars can be heard in the distance. The timid soldier began to feel a little uneasy. From time to time, there are rare birds and beasts jumping and roaring around, hostile to Zhang Lang's army.

Ding Feng hurriedly ran over on horseback at this time, and asked Zhang Lang with some puzzlement: "Lord, the sky is nearly dark, and the mountain night is not conducive to marching. And the more dangerous it is, I'm afraid there will be mistakes. ”

Zhang Lang, who was dressed in Ugin armor, with tall and healthy horses, was very imposing. I saw that he was also a little distressed and said: "I also know, but you look at this terrain, surrounded by canyons on three sides, two reeds and grasses are nearly a foot high, and there is no water source flat terrain, how can you tell me to rest assured to go down to the village." ”

Ding Feng rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, just now the scout came back and said that there is an open area in the canyon ahead, where you can camp." ”

Zhang Lang also nodded a little anxiously and said, "That's very good." ”

The soldiers were then ordered to cross the valley at full speed.

By this time the soldiers had lit torches and lit up the valley.

This valley is eerie and long, and the silence is terrible.

The mouth of the valley is like the mouth of a gourd, small on the outside and wide on the inside, and there is a landslide on one side and a cliff on the other.

In Gukou, Tian Feng and Guo Jia were silent after observing the half-ring, and everyone could see that they had scruples in their chests.

Ding Fengnian was a young man, and volunteered: "Lord, if you are afraid of ambushes, it is better to let your subordinates lead an army to explore first, and the lord will protect you behind." ”

Everyone thought about it, this idea is good, Zhang Lang thought about it, looked at the somewhat tired people again, and agreed with Ding Feng's method.

Ding Feng excitedly led 3,000 men and horses, took the lead himself, and rushed over.

When he reached the middle of the valley, Zhang Lang suddenly woke up, the entrance of this valley is long, but the middle of the valley is extremely wide, and it is easy for people to get stuck at both ends and be besieged again. In addition, there are a lot of piles of rocks, weeds, etc., if Shanyue really has people who can use soldiers, he will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

Zhang Lang thought about today's uneasy thoughts again, and immediately glanced at everyone, and saw that the generals on the side were also looking around with a wary face, as well as Tian Feng, Guo Jia, and others all had worried expressions, it seemed that they all had the same feeling as themselves.

Zhang Lang didn't think about it, and immediately said: "Immediately send an order to go down and ask Ding Feng's soldiers to retreat." ”

Everyone immediately reacted vigilantly and paid attention to the surrounding situation.

Just as Ding Feng was ordered to retreat, the earth-shattering sound of drums and trumpets suddenly sounded in the valley.

At the same time, the originally quiet valley suddenly sounded like a storm coming, and the sound of killing was everywhere.

"Kill the kids." A particularly high-pitched, mighty roar was heard far away in the valley.

Tian Fengda exclaimed: "Oh no, there are indeed ambush soldiers." ”

"What about the lord?" The generals looked at Zhang Lang urgently.

Zhang Lang's face remained shocked, and he first quickly looked at the valley mouth on both sides, and decisively ordered: "Huang Xu." ”

"The end will be." Huang Xu quickly drove his horse to Zhang Lang's side, lifted the pear flower knife with one hand, and answered loudly.

Zhang Lang said in a deep voice: "I order you to bring a thousand soldiers, whether there are enemy troops or not, you must defend the right valley to the death, and if you win, you will be credited." ”

"The last will be ordered." Huang Xu turned around and ordered his troops to leave.

"Zhu Huan."

"The end will be." With a horizontal body and a beard, about thirty years ago, Zhu Huan was crowned the first person in the Zhu family's armed forces a few years ago, and his name was spread in Jiangdong.

"Let you lead a thousand men to guard the left valley, and don't be careless."

"My subordinates understand." Zhu Huan's words were like Hong Zhong, he raised his head and chest, and said with confidence. ”

Zhang Lang quickly glanced at the generals on the side, and then ordered: "Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang, you lead 5,000 men and horses, which will protect the safety of all gentlemen and military divisions, and be ready to support the valley mouths on both sides at any time." The rest of the soldiers will be slain with me. ”

Just when Zhang Lang gave the order, Gu Zhong had already screamed and shook the sky.

The valley was in chaos, and from time to time boulders, rockets, wooden fences, etc. rolled down the hillside, smashing over the soldiers.

For a while, the boulders in the valley roared, and the flames jumped around, screaming and screaming.

Ding Feng watched the soldiers on the side keep falling down after the battle, only to feel that his blood was boiling, and the fire was smoking, and while dodging the falling objects, he waved his gun and roared: "Brothers, go back." ”

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