"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

The drums of war roared, low, thick, and intimidating.

A large number of rebel cavalry slowly walked out of the Chinese army, divided into phalanxes and advanced forward, each phalanx was about 2,000 people, looking at the past, densely packed, covering a large grassland, behind the cavalry were archers, the same five phalanxes, each phalanx had a thousand people.

"Whew-"

A low bull's horn sounded suddenly, and the rebels stopped and waited solemnly.

Countless banners hunted with the wind, making a crackling sound, and the neat military formation, the ghostly battle armor, and the war horses roaring in a low voice invisibly converged into a chilling killing intent and rushed forward.

In the distance, Qin Huaidao felt this murderous intent, and his eyes lit up - is this Li Jiancheng's hole card? Sure enough, there are some doorways, and there are quite a few people.

"What is he going to do, desperately?" The puzzled voice of Fang Yi's love sounded next to him.

Su Dingfang glanced at Qin Huaidao and explained in a low voice: "It should be a trick and want to scare us away, it is not so easy for the 100,000 rebel army of the imperial court to swallow it, there are too many unstable factors, even if there is a combination between the Zheng family and the Cui family, it will take time to digest." ”

"Will Lao Tzu be afraid of them scare?" Fang Yiai looked at Qin Huaidao as he spoke, raised his voice and said, "General, the last general will lead people to rush and kill for a while, maybe he can still take a batch out." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, don't do loss-making transactions." Qin Huaidao refused.

Fang Yiai wanted to say more, but when he saw Su Dingfang's dissuasive eyes, he couldn't help it.

The two sides confronted each other, and the war horse was a little weird.

Seeing that the rebels would not attack, Qin Huaidao wished to delay time, nor did he order to attack, and time passed slowly in the strange confrontation until a fast horse came over.

"Report - General Niu asked the humble post to come and report that the government soldiers have withdrawn from a safe distance, please make a decision."

Qin Huaidao looked back, the soldiers really walked away, on a hillside, the hillside is about twenty or thirty meters above the ground, there is some slope, people go up is not a big problem, the war horse is not easy to rush up, it is not conducive to the cavalry to rush up the terrain, my heart is very happy, this Niu General is really old and fine, know the soldiers.

Without worries, Qin Huaidao sent people to transport back the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle, led the army to retreat slowly, and saw that the rebels did not chase and kill, it was really a deterrent, and there was no decisive battle in mind, so he was determined to lead the army to accelerate the retreat, and after the convergence with General Niu, the army went straight to Yinshan.

Half an hour later, the team came to the foot of Yin Mountain, and did not see the pursuers coming, as for the scouts, they did not care, the team continued to trot forward, the soldiers did not know why, but no one complained, and it was fortunate that they could get rid of suspicion alive.

Running for an hour, the soldiers were not tired, but fortunately, the Valley of Ghost Cry was not far ahead, the last time everyone came over was the route they took, the terrain was quite familiar, Qin Huaidao chose a fairly soothing hillside, and with an order, the soldiers began to climb.

The army dismounted one after another, handed over the horses and corpses to the wounded, and continued along the road in the direction of the Devil's Crying Valley, while the others began to climb the slope with weapons.

The slope was gentle, but a little high, and the army climbed for half an hour before they all went up, and continued to walk forward along the ridge for about half an hour, and a narrow valley appeared in front of them, with steep cliffs, about thirty meters high, full of loess and dead grass, and there was not even a decent big tree, which was not conducive to climbing.

The widest part of the canyon is only twenty meters, the narrowest place is only seven or eight meters, which is not conducive to the development of the army, but it is five or six miles long, like a long giant python lying horizontally, it is said that a long time ago someone had seen the giant python cross the catastrophe and soar, and was thundered and fell here to form a canyon, it is called the giant python valley, but once the wind rises, the ghost cry will be heard in the giant python valley, gloomy, weird, no one called the name of the giant python valley, changed to the ghost crying valley.

Qin Huaidao was not interested in the legend, but his eyes lit up when he saw the terrain, this was an excellent place for ambushes, and he quickly ordered the troops to deploy and lay an ambush.

The leaders of the various departments came over and gathered around Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao sat on the ground, pulled out the dog-legged knife and drew a line on the ground, and explained: "Suppose this is the Ghost Crying Valley, the chasing soldiers will come over for a while, let them pass, anyway, our people are waiting in front, and when they see the troops behind the chasing army, they will shoot." ”

"How do you fight?" Fang Yiai asked curiously.

"Concentrate your forces to kill the tail first, don't let one run away, the canyon is steep, they can't come up, they can only run forward, our people are waiting in front of the net, the terrain is so wide, the advantage of more people can't be played, even if it is 50,000, it can be eaten." Qin Huaidao said confidently.

"General, the last general is worried that the Jieli Department will not come back." Su Dingfang reminded.

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and smiled: "No, they will definitely come back." ”

"Why take the risk when you know it's death?" Fang Yiai asked curiously.

"There is a Qibi Shamen deliberately leaked to attack the Jieli Ministry, plus our whereabouts were public, and we marched all the way over, with a posture of impatience for revenge, even if I thought that it might be ambushed, I had to come, because the Jieli Ministry was afraid that the old nest would be terminated and lose its roots." Qin Huaidao solemnly explained that the war is imminent, and it is necessary to unify everyone's thinking.

"But what if they don't go down this path?"

Li Yixie raised doubts.

"They can only go here, and they must go here, because this is the fastest way, if they take a detour, they will walk for more than three days, three days is enough for us to slaughter the Jieli Department, they can't afford to wait, they can only desperately chase after them." Qin Huaidao said confidently.

"But what if they also went up the mountain?" Fang Yiai asked.

"Yes, if we can go up the mountain, so can they." Li Yixie agreed.

"You two are really ......" Qin Huaidao wanted to scold the word "stupid", but considering the face of the two of them, he held back and looked at Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang explained knowingly: "The following is the only way to ride a horse, if you give up the war horse and take the mountain road to detour, it will take longer, if you chase here and climb up the mountain, we just need to hold the position they climb, die faster, the only thing to do is to send more scouts, closely watch their every move, from where to send, where to fight." ”

"Yes, take the pro-army out and keep an eye on the places along the way, try not to expose your whereabouts, startle the snakes, and let the pursuers come here to fight." Qin Huaidao looked at Su Dingfang with satisfaction and said.

"Obey." Su Dingfang left in a hurry with people.

Niu Jinda watched Su Dingfang leave, and exclaimed: "This guy is a talent, he will be able to do something in time, you two have to study hard and ask some stupid things." As he spoke, he glared at Fang Yiai and Li Yixie.

The two lowered their heads depressedly, after all, they were elders, and it was difficult to refute, and they were very unconvinced.

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "General Niu, they all have their own strengths, in terms of rushing into battle and fighting, killing generals and capturing the flag, Fang Yiai and Li Yixie are rare generals, and Su Dingfang is inferior." ”

"It is rumored that the hussar general knows how to make good use of people, and uses soldiers like gods, the old man was originally not convinced, these days are considered to be a long experience, compared with the general, the old man is not as good, there are not many archers in the army, and he can't help when he fights for a while, I don't know what I can do?" General Niu said politely.

"If the chasing soldiers climb up the mountain from other places, it will be necessary for General Niu to lead the troops to block it, and there are many government soldiers who defected this time, all of which will be handed over to General Niu to command, and they will be reorganized into an army as soon as possible to form a combat effectiveness, and the Jieli Department may arrive soon."

"Thank you, General, for making it happen." Niu Jinda was overjoyed, solemnly hugged his fists and saluted, and mastered the government soldiers, which means that he can make meritorious service for his crimes, atone for his crimes, and leave in a hurry with a group of subordinates.

"General, it doesn't matter, right?" Fang Yiai looked at the back of the departing Niu Jinda worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, General Niu is loyal to the saint, he was killed this time, he needs to make meritorious service to prove his innocence, and he also has the ability, and the government soldiers are relieved to hand them over, and if I take so many government soldiers with me, it is easy to spread gossip and cause suspicion." Qin Huaidao explained in a low voice, the prince is all reversed, with Li Er's character, can he not doubt others? threw the government soldiers to Niu Jinda, and he was light.

Fang Yiai and Li Yi nodded meaningfully and said no more.

Waiting was boring, and everyone sat on the floor chatting without saying a word.

"Gah-"

Suddenly, a sharp call was made from above.

Qin Huaidao saw an eagle circling, flying around, and did not leave, so he suddenly thought of something, and said: "It's not good, it's the flying eagle of the Jieli Department, our whereabouts have been exposed." ”

The people on the grassland are good at raising eagles, and like to use eagles to transmit messages, hunt, and even reconnaissance.

The eagle cannot speak, but it can warn.

"Is this big fish here?" Fang Yi's love was overjoyed, and he got up.

"Where?" Li Yixie also got up, picked up the horse lance, and looked around.