That night.

Xu Zhen led the army to set off first, from Anhui County to Shu County.

arrived in Shucheng overnight, and he had to lead the army with Dian Wei to the checkpoint outside Shucheng.

Personally investigate the military situation and terrain.

and look for favorable terrain to ambush Liu Xun's vanguard army.

Lujiang is less than 200 miles away from Hefei, Liu Xun will definitely send a vanguard army to explore the way, if he can make meritorious service, he will take the pass and wait, if he can't take it, he will consume the confrontation, and wait for the army to come and attack.

Therefore, since the military situation has already been detected in the marching strategy, it is necessary to start as soon as possible, and there must be no delay.

However, after Xu Zhen said this, Cao Ang immediately disagreed, and pulled Xu Zhen to speak in the main hall.

"I can't go!"

Cao Ang's expression was extremely sincere, his eyes stared at Xu Zhen, and he said sincerely: "What if my brother goes, and he works hard all the way, but is ambushed?" ”

"Liu Xun claimed that 80,000 soldiers and horses came to attack, and the local people in Shucheng were so frightened that they retreated to Anhui County, and now there are only 10,000 of us in the city."

"In the first battle, there must be a brother in the center! Don't take risks. ”

"What if something happens? How do I explain to my father? How can you hold the Lujiang River! At this time, almost all the military strategies were waiting for the elder brother. ”

"I hope that my brother will focus on the overall situation!"

Xu Zhen and Dian Wei glanced at each other, walked quickly to help Cao Ang, and said with a smile on their faces: "Zixuan, I personally led the army to go, which can inspire the morale of the soldiers even more, so I have to go to this battle." ”

"Brother! But don't forget, you're a minister of civil rule! Cao Ang was so bitter that he almost pulled Xu Zhen to cry.

What kind of vanguard are you Wenchen!

The matter of charging into battle will be handed over to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, what are you going to do in person? Is fighting a war addictive?

You weren't like that before.

When have we ever been in danger, the key is that our current situation has not yet reached this point.

You'll need to go there yourself.

"I'm pretty steady now."

Xu Zhen slapped Cao Ang's shoulder heavily at the moment and smiled.

"I stayed in the guard camp with 1,000 people, went to the pass to check the ambush first, and waited for an opportunity in the mountains and forests along the way."

"We already know the topography of the Lujiang River, especially in Shucheng, I have explored it four or five times early, and it will definitely be fine, so don't worry!" Dian Wei also spoke out to persuade.

"Not really!"

Cao Ang pulled Xu Zhen's arm, this is not a southern expedition to Anhui City.

That time was because Dian Wei was charging in front, and he had broken through most of the passes, leaving soldiers and horses to guide him along the way, and Xu Zhen sat in the middle of the army, and there were 6,000 tigers and leopards riding on the side to follow.

It's different now, he brings a thousand soldiers and horses, isn't that nonsense! It's not really to rely on any military exploits to gain fame and merit, so why bother so much!

"It's okay, Ziyu doesn't have to worry, I'll go this time."

Xu Zhen motioned to Dian Wei to hurry up and put on his armor and skirt robe for himself, and at the same time comforted Cao Ang with words in his mouth.

For a while, Cao Ang couldn't do anything about him.

Liu Xun's soldiers and horses should already be on the road, but it is not easy to find them now, and he will definitely not march along the main road.

It should be that Xiaolu will also send troops, so that when thousands of troops go out, it is easy to be discovered and ambushed.

In fact, you shouldn't go out anymore, just wait for work in the city.

"I'm going, Zi Wei guards the city!"

Xu Zhen patted him very much, and the expression on his face was quite relaxed.

I just went out and met Zhuge Liang who came in a hurry.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Zhuge Liang was also stunned, why did he suddenly change into a battle armor, looking like he was going to go up and charge in person.

"Go out to camp."

"Still going?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes widened, staring at him incredulously, "You don't have to go in person, do you?" ”

"No, you have to go in person!"

"Alas!" Inside, Cao Ang sighed again, "Brother insisted on this, and I didn't persuade him, so let Zhao Yun lead two thousand tigers and leopards to act together." ”

"It's good to defend it, there is no room for loss in this battle, and there should be no such risky behavior."

Cao Ang had the complete order to station tigers and leopards in Lujiang, so these soldiers and horses were also dispatched by him.

If my father was here, I would have scolded him a long time ago, and I would have visited the camp in person, why didn't you just go and kill Liu Xun!

It's a pity that Cao Ang didn't dare to scold him.

can only let Xu Zhen go out a little wayward, everyone knows that the main purpose of sending soldiers and horses to explore the camp at this time is not to make meritorious contributions.

It should be to break Liu Xun's march and know where his soldiers and horses are, so that he can make arrangements before he is not stationed in the camp.

Once the layout is completed, the garrison will be simpler, hold for a few days without losing, and when the morale and strength of the enemy army are all weakened, then you can counterattack and then pursue.

A recoil is formed.

Persuaded to no avail, Xu Zhen went out of the camp, personally led a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city, Cao Ang was sent to the door, before leaving, he still took Xu Zhen's hand and persuaded bitterly: "Brother wants to go, and remember not to go too far." ”

"I'll be back after a little investigation!"

"Okay, don't worry, Zixuan, I'll patrol the surroundings for a week, and if I can't find Liu Xun's soldiers and horses, I'll come back immediately!" Xu Zhen showed a cheerful smile, "Definitely not go far." ”

……

A day and a night later.

Shucheng Beidi is close to the border of Hefei, Xu Zhen led people out of the trail, during which he encountered Liu Xun's soldiers and horses three times, but did not move.

Instead, he lurked in the mountains and took the horses away from here, because Xu Zhen did not see Liu Xun's backbone soldiers and horses.

This means that he has not yet appeared.

However, Zhao Yun found this trail on the left, which was most likely the route of the Hefei army after that.

The vanguard army was divided into three groups, with a total of more than 10,000 men, and marched through the mountains.

They all take this road, and then they are divided into three roads, and along the way they should also check whether there is a place worth ambushing, or whether there are ambushes.

And Zhao Yun's cronies have been staring here for the past few days.

The method of concealment, pulling the war horse away from this road, and then staring at the intersection day and night, secretly investigating, and not daring to move.

These methods are all the measurements of bandits.

The same is true for climbing trees and checking.

Zhao Yun's cronies and soldiers and horses, there are hundreds of bandits who were originally from Woniu Mountain.

These skills of evading search, but investigating from a distance, and judging the way of soldiers and horses according to the clues of the appearance of personnel, can now be said to be vividly played.

At this time, in the mountain col, the hidden mountain covered thousands of people lurking, and Xu Zhen's guard camp carried swords, not long soldiers, in addition to a bow, hundreds of arrows.

There was also three days' worth of dry food and water.

Xu Zhen sat on the lawn, lowered his body and listened to the current situation reported by the thieves under Zhao Yun's command.

"Junhou, there is still half a day, and the soldiers and horses in the past should be able to go outside Shucheng."

"10,000 people, without the weapons of heavy siege, it will be impossible to conquer Shucheng."

"The gate of Shucheng is not high, but it is easy to ambush soldiers on both sides, as long as the defense is properly deployed, you just need to wait for Liu Xun to arrive."

"Junhou, do you want to wait?"

Zhao Yun turned his head and asked Xu Zhendao.

"Wait a little longer," Xu Zhen touched his chin, "We have a thousand elite horsemen here, there will be no road march here, if someone comes in and kills them, then you can flee outside and return to Shucheng." ”

"If they make a noise and are chased, they will definitely not attack the city."

"When these thieves attack the city and are defeated, and then pass through this necessary place, we will start to kill."

"You don't have to worry about Shucheng, Zhong Kang alone can guard thousands of Gepi thieves, not to mention that he still has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands."

"Okay, then listen to the prince."

At this time, Dian Wei came in from outside, lowered his body all the way, his eyebrows fluttered, as if he had found a treasure, and he immediately laughed when he arrived in front of Xu Zhen.

"Junhou, there is food, I found Liu Xun's grain and grass cart."

"Tsk."

Xu Zhen frowned, this is a bit difficult to choose, if you do it, you can loot its grain and grass, and even burn a large amount of marching food.

made Liu Xun's soldiers and horses delay for several days.

But nature was exposed.

I don't know if there's a fight.

"Keep an eye on it!"

"Eyeing it," Dian Wei patted his thigh and smiled, "There are only a dozen grain trucks, and hundreds of people are escorted, which is estimated to be for those vanguards, and at the same time, they are brought as much as possible." ”

"As soon as Shucheng fights, let's grab it."

Zhao Yun and Xu Zhen looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Dian Wei is the only one who has the courage of a pioneer general, but sometimes resembles a bandit.

"I want to get closer."

After Dian Wei finished speaking, he said seriously to Xu Zhen.

"If the guess is good, Liu Xun should have arrived, and if he wants to make a meritorious contribution and gain fame, he will fight in the first battle."

"If you are brave, you can be surprised."

"Am I right?"

Xu Zhen nodded, "Yes, that's right." ”

"The prince and Zilong together, shoot it with a bow and arrow, mess up its position, I will take the guards to stick it, and cut it down."

"Well, if that's the case, it will work, so that we can come out and really achieve our goal."

Zhao Yun also asked Xu Zhen to fight.

"Okay."

The second half of the night.

Liu Xun's soldiers and horses really appeared at the corner of the road, although this place is not a steep terrain, with many hills and forests, but you can also see that the road is narrow, and many places are not easy to run at the same time.

After this road converges, it can be divided into three ways to go out, two of which are plain marches, which is a smooth road.

Of course, where the vanguard army had already stepped on, Liu Xun certainly couldn't imagine that Xu Zhentang's prince could be entrenched in the mountains as hard as a bandit, and the war horse was in a more distant col.

Moreover, this place is closer to Hefei, not in the realm of Shucheng, and if Xu Zhen appears here, it is equivalent to going deep alone.

Liu Xun has a serious complexion, a thick and messy beard, and a very thin face that is close to his bones, making his outline extremely obvious.

Because of this, it is more serious on the war horse.

At this time, several lieutenants escorted him on his left and right, and when he arrived at the meeting place, he ordered the soldiers and horses to speed up the passage, and immediately went out of the mountains and into the plains in three ways.

At this time, when the thousands of people in front of his soldiers and horses turned into the mountain, and Liu Xun also approached, a round of arrows shot obliquely into the air, flying in the wind.

Immediately, the sound of the wind began to blow, and the screams of one after another were like violent winds, and a platoon of soldiers was shot.

Liu Xun's face changed greatly, and he grabbed the reins and looked directly into the forest on one side in horror.

"Shieldmen!"

He shouted loudly, and soon another round of arrows from the woods shot another group.

The guards are very fast with their bows and arrows, and they shoot as they walk, and their pace and posture are very stable.

Taking advantage of the night, they lowered their bodies and walked forward in the grass, so they didn't look at how many people were in front of them, and shot directly.

Xu Zhen was also in this team, slowly advancing with a bow, struggling to see the figure in front of him.

And Zhao Yun rushed to the back of the mountain, took a detour to the extremely long road to pass the order, and asked the next hundreds of people to ride on war horses and outflank them from later.

Everyone who raised the fire had now completely extinguished the fire, and only faint figures could be seen moving.

And where Liu Xun was, Xu Zhen glanced at it at the beginning, and his ability to never forget allowed him to still remember the direction.

And its movements can be speculated.

So Xu Zhen relied on his memory and shot several arrows in several possible directions.

until I saw arrows from the sky shooting at me.

before slowly retreating.

This is the advantage they occupy temporarily, and the range of the guards is much farther than that of these soldiers and horses under Liu Xun's command.

Therefore, although the arrows over there also shot back in mid-air, they landed almost halfway.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of the horses approaching.

And the constant shouting of the generals.

"The general has been shot!"

In the panic, someone shouted again.

This sentence filled Dian Wei's ears, and at this moment he shouted angrily, hit the flint, raised the fire from below, and immediately drew his knife and killed the crowd.

One person took the lead, and quickly fought his way out, breaking through the defense of the crowd and advancing all the time.

It wasn't until Dian Wei and hundreds of other dead soldiers raised fire that Liu Xun discovered that the real ambush soldiers were so close to him!

But it seems that it is too late to gather troops and horses to defend the left and right.

In the long and narrow road, the Chinese army was blocked by the mountains, and it was impossible to pounce at the first time, and the people who could really join the battle at this moment were not much different from Xu Zhen's side.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were blocked from the terrain, but the only advantage was that once someone died in battle, or let the position charge ahead, they could be replenished in a steady stream.

In this way, it is completely enough to kill Xu Zhen.

So Dian Wei understands that it must be fast.

"Kill it!"

At this moment, he strode forward like a madman, constantly slashing through the crowd, and the two armors on his body could defend against ordinary swords, and after his momentum rose up, he killed the enemy in the dark sky.

After dozens of breaths, it was no longer a battle with Dian Wei at all, but a bunch of dead people were still pulling Dian Wei's arms, calves, and so on.

But as if he was moving forward in the mud, he still struggled to slash at the people in front of him, and the rest of the guards did the same, killing the enemy in front of him.

This kind of momentum of sacrificing life and forgetting death is really more terrifying than the evil ghost urging life.

However, at this time, as soon as Zhao Zilong's white horse arrived, he came out of the oblique stab, and almost all the rest of the cavalry were left behind by him.

His war horse seemed to glow in the moonlight, and he crossed some obstacles with great spirituality, and fell to the ground to continue running.

Herod hissed.

Because almost all the attention was on Dian Wei, Zhao Yun turned around a few ways, bypassed a bunch of defenses, and tied his spear on the back of his horse, and at this time he pulled out a stab and took Liu Xun directly.

Liu Xun blocked with his big knife and swung the spear away, while Zhao Yun let him hit the spear to one side, and the more agile man took out the long sword from the other side of the horse's back, and with a flash of cold light, he directly cut off the handle of Liu Xun's big knife, and directly cut off his head by the way.

"What a sword!"

Zhao Yun sighed in his heart.

This sword was lent to him by the prince from Xia Houen.

(End of chapter)