The moonlight is cool and the wind is howling.

On a hillside in the grassland, Qin Huaidao stopped and stood, looking ahead, his sharp gaze could penetrate the hazy moonlight, and see the end, motionless, like a sculpture.

A scout hurriedly hit his horse over, hugged his fists and said: "General, the counterinsurgency army has sent 20,000 additional troops to defend the periphery, plus the internal garrison is as high as more than 30,000, and in addition, it has been found that there are five carrier pigeons in the counterinsurgency army flying into the rebels." ”

"Revisit." Qin Huaidao Gujing did not wave, but he had a little more doubts in his heart.

"Obey!"

Fang Yiai hesitated for a moment, then hugged his fists and said: "General, tonight's night attack on the grain and grass of the rebellious army, the last general implores to take the lead, and also asks the general to complete." ”

"The last general will also be the same." Not to be outdone, Li Yixie said.

Qin Huaidao turned around and looked at Su Dingfang: "The news from the scout is a bit interesting, tell me your opinion." ”

"Back to the general, the last general thought that the rebel army would increase the protection of grain and grass, it should be afraid of the rebels' sneak attack, the rebel army came from afar, the grain and grass are the most important, Hou Junji is experienced, it is impossible to make mistakes, as for the carrier pigeon, it needs to be familiar with the rebels to receive it, it can be seen that there are people in the rebel army who are lurking, and there are many, the prince is preparing to win over some forces in the rebels." Su Dingfang hurriedly said.

"Good analysis."

Qin Huaidao nodded with satisfaction, looked at Fang Yiai and Li Yixie and continued to add: "The war can't be fought by blood and bravery, you need to use more brains, since the prince has protected the food and is pulling together all the forces in the rebel army, it can be seen that the contest between the two sides has begun, let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, pass the order, tonight's night attack will be canceled, and the army will enter the mountain, so that the rebels on both sides can rest assured and concentrate on dog eat dog." ”

Everyone's eyes lit up and they smiled.

There is no danger at the foot of the mountain, which is not conducive to camping, it doesn't matter if you want to attack at night at night, just take a temporary rest, but if the night attack is canceled, the army must find a new place to set up camp, and the army quickly moved and went straight to the depths of the mountain that the scouts had already explored.

The moonlight was hazy, visibility was not high, and the army walked slowly.

In about half an hour, the army came to an open hillside, the terrain was flat, the height was more than 30 meters around, and there was a small lake, which looked like an alpine meadow terrain, as long as it was guarded, no one could easily kill it, the army was distributed in front and back, left and right, and the Chinese army tent was set up next to the small lake.

The army fought one after another, tired and tired, and soon fell asleep.

Next to the small lake, Qin Huaidao admired the moonlight, and while thinking about his thoughts, Su Dingfang came over, hugged his fists and said: "General, the last general is ready to wait for the investigation around, I don't know how much the scope of the investigation is appropriate?" Please instruct the General. ”

"Fifty miles, take the squad as a unit, tell the brothers, don't fall in love with the enemy when you encounter it, don't be greedy for merit, send the intelligence back is the right way, send as many as possible, and don't miss any direction."

"Obey." Su Dingfang hurriedly went to make arrangements, told him, sent out hundreds of people, and when he came back, Qin Huaidao was still thinking about something in place, waiting beside him, and he didn't bother.

After a while, Qin Huaidao suddenly asked, "Su Dingfang, what do you think the imperial court will do when it hears the news?" ”

"This ...... The last general is incompetent and does not dare to speculate. ”

Qin Huaidao smiled, didn't ask again, walked towards the Chinese military tent, and admonished: "Send more people to keep an eye on the rebels on the two roads, and any disturbance must be reported as soon as possible." ”

"Obey." Su Dingfang saw Qin Huaidao enter the Chinese military tent, and sent two more people over.

After Qin Huaidao entered the military tent, he fell asleep.

There are too many things, but there are too few clues, and it is difficult to decide, so I simply don't want to think about it.

……

Trap in the pit position, on the hillside, inside the big tent.

Li Jiancheng sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly looking at the small campfire beating in front of him, and the roast leg of lamb that was bubbling with oil, but he couldn't calm down for a long time in his mind, thinking about his thoughts, and there was a man standing behind him, wearing a mask and carrying a knife on his back, but missing an arm, it was Lei Wu.

Lei Wu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he suddenly said: "Master, Li Chengqian's army suddenly came over, could it be a deliberate calculation, so that Qin Huaidao can break your identity, he sees that we have suffered a big loss, and he doesn't want to cooperate, so it is better to start the assassination plan if he annexes us instead?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll think about it." Li Jiancheng said indifferently.

Silence returned to the tent, save for the sound of grease falling from the campfire.

Not long after, a middle-aged man hurriedly came in and saluted respectfully: "Prince, my father has sent news that he has persuaded the prince to win over our people and send someone to contact the Turks and ask the Turks to go down to Chang'an from the west to the east. ”

"There's a Patriarch of Lautri?" Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

"As it should be." The middle-aged man said politely.

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "That idiot Li Chengqian doesn't know that Patriarch Cui and Patriarch Zheng are His Royal Highness's people, and the biggest threat is Hou Junji, since he has agreed, then act according to the original plan, let the team pass tomorrow and take it in one fell swoop." ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "Everything is calculated

In the middle of the plan, when our army passes, Li Chengqian will inevitably come out to greet him, and if he suddenly makes a difficulty, he will definitely be able to go south, the only variable is Hou Junji, after all, he is a veteran of the battlefield, if he is on guard, there will be changes. ”

"It's okay, someone will be staring at him." Li Jiancheng smiled with satisfaction.

"Then it's no problem, in the next place, Prince Hexi will take Li Chengqian, strengthen his strength, and with that more 100,000 troops, the prince will have the capital to officially start a war with the imperial court, and there is good news, the 20,000 crossbows made by my Cui clan and Zheng clan will arrive tomorrow afternoon, just to improve combat power." The middle-aged man laughed.

"Hahaha, okay, with the help of the Cui family and the Zheng family, this prince is like a tiger with wings, and there will be retribution after the matter is completed." Li Jiancheng was overjoyed and gave a promise.

"Thank you, prince, I'm going down to prepare." The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction and left.

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, and said coldly: "Lei Wu, tomorrow the team that pretends to take refuge in Li Chengqian will do it at the meeting, and then the secret pile will also start to strangle Hou Junji, as for Li Chengqian's idiot, try to keep it alive, and it will be used in the future." ”

"Understood, let's arrange it!" Lei Wu agreed and hurried away.

The moonlight crept in through the doorway and fell to the ground, cold and silent.

The aroma of roast lamb leg overflowed, Li Jiancheng was in a good mood, and his appetite was much better, he picked up a knife and cut off a piece and chewed it in his mouth, his eyes were beating with indifference and coldness, he sneered, and muttered to himself: "Li Chengqian, I can't imagine that the Cui clan and the Zheng clan patriarch around me are my people, right?" I can't even imagine that all this is in my calculations, right? You are the first, and then it should be your turn Lao Tzu, the enemy of Xuanwumen, never die, and a brainless person like you will believe in the enemy, hum! ”

A gust of night wind blew in, and there was more chill in the tent.

……

Counterinsurgency army, baggage battalion.

A fire was lit inside a tent, and several bodies could be faintly seen sitting opposite each other, and a group of soldiers guarding the tent were staring coldly ahead.

Suddenly, a series of figures came out from several dark corners, stretched out their bows and arrows, and shot at the guards outside the tent, instantly putting down more than a dozen people, and without waiting for the guards to react, the second round of feather arrows flew, and put down a lot, and the black shadows swarmed up and killed the remaining guards.

A sturdy man shouted anxiously at the door of the big tent: "General, the last general is too late to rescue." ”

The door curtain was opened, Niu Jin Da came out, glanced at the corpses all over the ground, and the rescue soldiers, immediately reacted and scolded: "Nonsense, who asked you to come?" In the future, the court will investigate and say that it is not clear, so go back quickly. ”

The sturdy man hurriedly explained: "General, listen to me, the news has spread during the day, the rebel army is Li Jiancheng, the king of Xi, the prince not only does not attack, but also says that the protector is the thief, the general does not obey the military order, there is a suspicion of being a thief, and the general must take the general's sacrifice flag, and the general can't watch the general be killed." ”

"King Xi?"

Niu Jinda's face changed greatly, he quickly thought of a lot, looked at the other generals who came out, everyone nodded tacitly, Niu Jinda immediately said: "Leave here first, and then find a way to contact their respective armies, we must not let the imperial army be coerced by them, otherwise you and I are sinners, and we have no face to see the saint again, what is the retreat arrangement?" ”

"It's been arranged, it's all your own people, don't worry, general!" The sturdy man replied.

"Well done, withdraw!" Niu Jinda said with satisfaction.

The crowd quickly left, and soon disappeared into the moonlight.