Gaobiling, south of the Bird Mouse Valley, is where the main camp of the Western Wei Forward Division is located at present. When Hou Mo Chen Xiang of the north summed up the results, Gao Le was also summarizing the gains and losses with the generals.

"In today's fighting, it is not enough to show weakness. Don't think that you will be arrogant when you go straight to the heart of the enemy's land, because if you enter the land of no one before, it is because the Lord expects the enemy's clever calculations, so that the enemy's forces will be wasted elsewhere. But now the Valley of the Sparrow is a key road that thieves must defend, and since I have entered the base, thieves will come and attack it."

When he heard that he had fought and retreated more than thirty miles south since the battle today, Gao Ledang frowned, but it was not because the fighting spirit of his subordinates was not tenacious enough, but because they were still too warlike: "The Bird Mouse Valley and the Thousand Miles Path are the two main roads for the thieves to come south. But I don't have enough troops now, so I can only garrison one, and the Jinyang apprentices on the opposite side must be the same.

If the thief sees that I am weak, he will be anxious to recover the Bird Mouse Valley, and will not divide the men and horses to detour to attack the other way. But if my division and brigade hinder it too much in the valley and make it difficult for them to enter, the thief will not help but make other plans. At the moment, although we are brave but stupid, when our army comes to the rescue, it is the time to truly defeat the enemy!"

Because of the light travel all the way, the forward division and brigade are slightly disconnected from the rear men, which is naturally quite dangerous. Therefore, after seizing the passage of the Bird Mouse Valley, Gao Le also needs to attract the enemy's counterattack force to the Bird Mouse Valley by showing the enemy weakness.

As for the Qianli Trail as a backup passage for the Sparrow Mouse Valley, the road condition itself is even worse, and the enemy army is eager to recover the Sparrow Mouse Valley when there are not enough troops to divert the way, so of course it is necessary to concentrate the main combat power on the first line of the Sparrow Mouse Valley.

Therefore, Gao Le wanted to create a feeling that the enemy was weak and deceitful, so that they would not take a dangerous road and divide their troops to attack from a detour of thousands of miles.

"Generals, generals, and others know what is at stake, but the scale is really difficult to grasp."

After hearing this, the generals couldn't help but look bitter, after all, their main profession is still fighting rather than acting, plus the narrow road in the Bird Mouse Valley, the enemy is too close, they also need to give corresponding counterattack stubborn resistance to slightly stabilize the rhythm of retreat, as for how to perform more realistically, it is really difficult to grasp.

When Gao Le heard this, he groaned a little, and then said, "Tomorrow will be a battle, and after receiving the enemy, we will retreat ten miles first, and after bringing in the thieves, we will fight at the prison of Ma Ling, and we must not evacuate before evening!"

Prison Horse Ridge is a dangerous place in the Bird Mouse Valley, since you want to lure the main force of the enemy army to work hard here, you must be familiar with it. Early in the morning, the enemy attack was put in, and after holding out for most of the day, they were given a decoy in the evening to give them more confidence in the next battle.

Therefore, after receiving Gao Le's order, at the beginning of the battle the next morning, the soldiers of the Wei army at the forefront directly withdrew from the front line and fled south along the rugged mountain road. The soldiers of the Qi army in the north were overjoyed when they saw this, and they even strode after them.

Nearly an hour passed between the two sides fleeing and chasing, and although the mountain road was rugged and difficult, they had already arrived at the prison horse ridge where the Wei army's position was located. The Wei army built a relatively complete fortified defense line here, and after arriving here, they did not retreat, but stayed in the camp and launched a counterattack against the enemy army who was soon approaching.

Most of the Qi soldiers who pursued in the forefront did not wear armor that affected the climbing action, and as the battle between them began, because the Wei army occupied the advantage of the camp and the bow and arrow, it immediately caused a lot of casualties to the Qi army, and many soldiers were directly thrown on the spot after the counterattack, and for a time even the Fenshui River stirred at the bottom of the valley was stained red with blood.

Due to the limitations of age and physical strength, Hou Mo Chen Xiang was slowly advancing under the arch of the rear brigade, and when he learned that the front road was subject to a fierce counterattack, he sent a team of elite soldiers to attack the fortification.

When he finally arrived at the front line of the battle, his brows suddenly furrowed deeply when he saw the fortified fort set up by the enemy on Prison Horse Ridge, this fort was completely different from the few simple defenses that he had captured before, and the location of Prison Horse Ridge was also very cleverly chosen.

If the defenses in the north were still hastily established, then from the moment they arrived here, it was already clear that the enemy army had a very clear idea of defending in the Bird Mouse Valley.

At this time, the battle between the two sides has entered a white heat, despite the Qi army

The heavily armored soldiers can attack and destroy the enemy's camp regardless of the attack, but because the enemy's fortress facilities are relatively perfect, and there are even counterattack facilities such as shooting wood, when the heavy armored foot soldiers of the Qi army finally rushed to the wall, a huge wood fell head-on, and directly smashed the flesh and blood of the brave soldiers wrapped in armor!

Hou Mo Chen Xiang couldn't help frowning tightly when he saw these bloody and tragic battle pictures, judging from the stubborn resistance of the enemy army during this time, most of his previous judgments of these enemy troops were a little miscalculated.

At present, the location of the prison horse ridge is only in the middle of the Bird Mouse Valley, even if the fortress in front of you is captured at any cost, then between the dozens of miles of the southward back road, the enemy army does not know how many such strong strongholds have been set up, especially in the distance from Fenshui Pass to the high wall, it is more difficult to pass, and if you want to follow this route to open up the Bird Mouse Valley in a short time, the difficulty is much greater than the previous estimate!

As soon as he thought of this, Hou Mo Chen Xiang ordered his subordinates to continue to launch a fierce attack on the front fortress, and on the other hand, he summoned his henchmen and ordered five hundred elite soldiers to withdraw from the Bird Mouse Valley, and join the Qianli Path to garrison men and horses, and go south along the Qianli Path, detouring Yong'an City to counterattack Fenshui Pass, wanting to create a dilemma for the enemy army.

Hou Mo Chen Xiang's sense of crisis and insight into the battlefield were much sharper than Gao Le's imagination, and he did not expect that the spur of the moment would make his people vigilant, so he made some tactical adjustments.

At this time, Gao Le was still busy constructing a new defensive line south of the Bird Mouse Valley to meet the soldiers who had withdrawn from the front line of Prison Horse Ridge in the evening, unaware that the enemy had already come south from the Qianli Trail Mountain Road on the other side.

But in many cases, there is a very clear gap between mastering the initiative in war and being passive, and a very important element in this is the coordination of timing.

After Hou Mo Chen Xiang learned the information from Jinyang, he decided to lead the army south after discussion, and after a day of fierce fighting, he entered the Bird Mouse Valley, and made tactical adjustments through the observation of the enemy on the battlefield, a series of changes can be described as timely, but that is only from his perspective.

For the party that occupies the initiative, many opportunities do not need to be deliberately scrambled, but only need to be carried out step by step, and they can naturally be one step ahead.

Nearly in the evening, a cavalry team of about 5,000 men arrived at the Jiqi Plain south of the Bird Mouse Valley, which was the hill in the northeast of Yong'an City that Gao Le and his party had captured when they marched north.

The main general of this team is He Ruodun, when he arrived in Jiqiyuan, he met Gao Le's soldiers stationed here nearby, when he heard that Gao Le and his party had already entered and penetrated into the Bird Mouse Valley, He Ruodun couldn't help frowning and said: "The Lord also asked me to go north to Yong'an City to join the forward, and then part ways, I don't want this group of long-legged donkeys to travel so quickly!"

Only 3,000 forward light cavalry was naturally not enough to hold the roads from Jinyang to the south, and there were many enemy strongholds from Pingyang to the north, Li Tai did not ensure that Gao Le and his party could reach the Bird Mouse Valley smoothly when formulating the battle plan, so a team of men and horses was arranged to assist in completing the task of blocking the enemy.

Although He Ruodun was not the first batch of generals to march north, after Li Tai led the main army to cross the river into the east of the river, he sent his men to the war zone first, and after gathering with Wei Xiaokuan and other people and horses south of Pingyang to understand the situation, he led 5,000 elite cavalry to continue to march north, and arrived at Jiqiyuan smoothly.

The expected picture of appearing as a hero and saving the robe from a bitter battle did not appear, but made He Ruodun determine the fact that he was chasing all the way to the ashes, and his mood was naturally unwilling.

So he didn't bother to go to the direction of Fenshui Pass to join Gao Le, seeing that there was still some time before it was dark, so he ordered the group to camp in Jiqiyuan for the time being, while he led dozens of soldiers to enter the Qianli Trail through the east mountain pass, preparing to make a little reconnaissance to prepare for the next Qianli Trail.

Although the Qianli Trail does not have the turbulent Fenshui turbulence, the mountain road is more winding than the Bird Mouse Valley, so after wandering into the mountain for a distance, He Ruodun and his party unsurprisingly found themselves lost.

He did not go in and out of the valley as often as Gaulle, and did not deliberately lead the locals as guides, so he wandered around the valley, and as the day became darker and darker, he accepted this fact honestly, and found a leeward col to get up, and so on

Continue to look for a way out at dawn tomorrow, or wait for people from outside the mountain to find it.

He Ruodun's son He Ruobi was too young to be elected to the third guard, and after two years of growth, he encountered a war before he could run for the election, so he repeatedly begged his father to take him into the army.

Jin Ge Iron Horse's heroic military career had not yet begun, and as a result, he had such a bad experience first, and He Ruobi's heart was also greatly shocked, but seeing that his father's face was also gloomy and not very good-looking, he still comforted in a thoughtful whisper: "The mountain road is winding, and it is inevitable to get lost. Although Li Guang is a man, he is not brave. Aye, please look at the ......."

"Shut up!"

It was difficult for He Ruodun to understand his son's admiration, and without waiting for He Ruobi to finish speaking, he glared and scolded, and then pulled the felt blanket to wrap his whole body, and fell asleep in the grass.

This night sleeping in the mountains is not a good experience, He Ruobi woke up from time to time all night, and fell asleep in a daze until nearly dawn, but he felt that he didn't sleep for long before he was woken up by two snaps, his vision was still a little confused, and his cheeks were already hot and painful.

He Ruodun woke up his son with two slaps, then covered the boy's mouth and clamped it under his armpit, and whispered, "There is an enemy approaching, ready to fight!"

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