After receiving Emperor Li's secret order, Xu Han was afraid that there would be extraneous branches, so he selected a thousand light horsemen to go south on the same day and took Ling Zirui south.

Xu Han originally asked Emperor Li for 3,000 light cavalry, but Emperor Li was reluctant to give him precious cavalry, and only promised to allocate 1,000 cavalry to Xu Han.

Xu Han selected a thousand elite knights from them, and most of these thousand people had no family in Yiguo, so that when Xu Han broke away from Emperor Li in the future, he was not afraid that they would not follow because of their worries.

With this thousand light cavalry, Xu Han broke away from the camp of the Yi army, and the starry night doubled, and soon got out of the control of the Yi army.

"Driving~"

The horse galloped briskly on the vast field of the Central Plains, and Xu Han's mind suddenly became extremely open.

With a thousand elite soldiers in his hand, Xu Han believed that as long as he could reach the south smoothly, he would be able to use this as the backbone to gather a considerable number of soldiers and horses.

However, the south was only the beginning of Xu Han's self-reliance, and Xu Han's final destination was Luoyang City.

If you want to occupy a place in the troubled times, it is not enough to rely on soldiers and horses, the most important thing is talent.

Wenchen military generals are indispensable!

With the current general trend of the world, wizards are all officials in the court under Xuan Guo or Yi Guo, and it is impossible to dig them up.

As for other regions, many vassal kings cut off the king, and it is impossible to recruit talents easily, looking at the world, only there are still many people in the wild in Luoyang City who have not yet returned to the master.

The rulers of Luoyang City, King Han, Han Zhaofu, are old and mediocre, have no ambitions, are good at raising soldiers but not good at using soldiers, including their henchmen, they only regard Han Zhaofu as a temporary ruler, as long as they meet the right strong people, these people can have a new master at any time.

Xu Han thought, instead of keeping the fat of Luoyang City for Xuan or Yiguo, why not take it into his own pocket.

The light horse rode quickly, crossed the two major states in a few days, and entered the boundary of Chengzhou.

Although the Xuan State nominally occupied Chengzhou, its territory was located in the easternmost part of the territory, and most of the local forces were flat and difficult to set up passes. Then Chengzhou, after several massacres, the local people are sparsely populated, the people are not convinced, Chengzhou is the weakest place in the rule of the Xuan State.

At this time, the main forces of Xuan State were concentrated in Shanchun City to confront the Yi army, and the local garrison of Chengzhou was weak, so Xu Han relied on the speed of the cavalry to easily cross Chengzhou and enter the south of Bianzhou.

Early in the morning, the team was about to enter a valley.

"General Xu, there is an ambush ahead, and the soldiers and horses are ordered to stop advancing." Ling Zirui, who didn't talk much all the way, suddenly opened his mouth.

Xu Han looked far away, but saw a mountain lying on the side of the avenue in front of him, and there was no dust between the forest roads passing through the mountain.

"Mr. Ling Zirui, how can you judge that there is an ambush ahead?" Xu Hanhu said suspiciously.

Ling Zirui stroked his sparse beard and said lightly: "You see the birds and finches hovering in the sky above the mountain forest, but they refuse to fall on the branches for a long time, unless there are ambushes buried in the forest, how can so many birds be scared that they dare not fall." ”

The corners of Ling Zirui's mouth rose, revealing confidence.

Xu Han raised his head and observed carefully, the situation on the other side of the mountain forest was indeed as Ling Zirui said.

"Such a sharp observation, this Ling Zirui looks listless on the surface, but he is so alert in his heart, it seems that I turned him out on the right ......"

Xu Han admired it in his heart, but he didn't show it for the time being, so he only ordered the soldiers and horses to stay, and sent a team of scouts to investigate.

After a while, the scouts reported that in the forests on both sides of the avenue, there were indeed many people and horses in ambush, which looked like a chaotic army here.

"What is lacking, anyway, it is not a gain to lead the rebellious army here, and to subdue some on the way."

Xu Han thought that he was short of soldiers and horses at the moment, and when he thought of this, he had an idea and said: "Pass my general order, the whole army will camp on the spot, and spend the night here tonight." ”

Ling Zirui, who was originally proud, was stroking his beard, waiting for Xu Han to ask him for advice on how to break the enemy, who wanted Xu Han to ignore it, but suddenly ordered to set up camp.

Ling Zirui was confused, and couldn't help but say: "It's just a group of grass cowards, you can clean it up with a little trick, why didn't General Xu stop." ”

What he meant by this was probably implying that Xu Han asked him for advice, but he didn't know that Xu Han had other ideas in his heart.

"Ben is here to collect the rebels, not to exterminate them. Mr. Ling Zirui must be tired after a day's journey, so it is better to sit down and drink a glass of wine and watch Fang Mou use a little trick. ”

The corners of Xu Han's mouth smiled slightly.

It was good for him to subdue Ling Zirui, but before that, he had to show Ling Zirui how extraordinary he was, so that Ling Zirui could realize that he was a top boss who could serve his life.

Ling Zirui's eyebrows flashed with a hint of suspicion, since the battle of Yunlin to the present, the original brave and unscrupulous Xu Han has become more and more unpredictable for him.

"This Xu Han is calm and calm, not as impatient as he was at the beginning, what is he thinking in his heart......" Ling Zirui looked at Xu Han's majestic back with a curious face.

……

The night is like splashing ink.

In the forest outside the camp, more than 2,000 people crawled in the grass.

Cheng Ping, whose face was like black charcoal, held a big knife in his hand, and looked coldly at the brightly lit camp outside the forest.

"Lao Cheng, did you say that this group of officers and soldiers discovered our ambush?" Pei Yuan next to him looked suspicious.

Cheng Ping snorted, "How many officers and soldiers have we ambushed on this road, and how have they ever been recognized, I don't believe that they can break our strategy when they first arrive." ”

As he spoke, the green tendons on the back of Cheng Ping's hand holding the steel knife protruded, and a trace of murderous aura surged on his hideous face.

"That's what I said, but the leader is the general Xu Han of Yiguo, this person has excellent martial arts, Yunlin fought a battle, and even Ji Fanqi of Xuanguo was defeated under him, how can you and I be opponents, I think let's forget about this vote."

The battle of Shanchun City is of great significance, it is a fierce collision between the two countries, and even the grass robbers like Cheng Ping who gather in the mountains and forests are always concerned about the progress of the war.

Those passers-by and traders who came from the city along the Wei River continued to spread the war in Shanchun City all over the north and south of the river.

In fact, Xu Han and Ji Fanqi only had a draw, but it was passed around, and after the processing of many mouths, a tie battle was rumored to be Xu Han's defeat of Ji Fanqi.

Cheng Ping, as the head of two thousand thieves, has always regarded Ji Fanqi, who exterminated Houliang, as his object of worship, and when he heard that Ji Fanqi was defeated by Xu Han, he naturally hated Xu Han deeply.

And this is the reason why he, a grassy coward, dared to go down the mountain to rob a team of heavily armed regular cavalry.

Cheng Ping wants to be ashamed of Ji Fan!

"Ji Fanqi is the god of war in our hearts, how can Xu Han be the enemy, what we hear must be rumors, tonight I will end this Xu Han, and I will break this rumor with my own hands!"

Cheng Pingyuan's eyes widened, and the murderous aura around him soared.

In his opinion, he is thousands of miles worse than Ji Fanqi, if even he can defeat Xu Han, how can Ji Fanqi be defeated by Xu Han, and the so-called rumors will naturally be self-defeating.

Pei Yuan wanted to wait for another word, but Cheng Ping raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, follow me into the camp, kill all the enemies, and take their horses, money and food!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cheng Ping grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out of the forest.

Behind him, two thousand chaotic thieves roared, and this group of untidy grass robbers, holding all kinds of weapons, rushed towards Xu Han's camp with great momentum.

Pei Yuan had no choice but to go out and follow him.

The 2,000 chaotic army was like a bamboo, and it broke through the camp without much effort, and Cheng Ping took the lead, waving his sword and rushing straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

It's just that what makes Cheng Ping feel strange is that all the way through are empty camp tents, and there is no shadow of half an enemy, just like an empty camp.

Cheng Ping gradually had a hint of foreboding in his heart, and he realized that he was very likely to be tricked.

At this moment, the red-lit Chinese army tent appeared in front of him, and he could even see that under the candlelight, a military general was reading by candlelight.

"This guy must be Xu Han, whether he is ambushed or not, I will kill him with a knife first." Cheng Ping's eyes were bloodshot, his blood was surging, he slapped his horse and danced with a knife, and rushed to the tent with a shout.