Outside Yanling City, cavalry and foot soldiers were everywhere, the former was running fast, and the latter was an outlaw, and soon opened a distance from the latter.

There were no foot soldiers, and it was difficult for the cavalry alone to ensure that the officers and soldiers would not be suspicious, so it was decided to let the foot soldiers who were slow in the rear get out of the city, and then ran straight to the forest with high mountains and dense trees.

The officers and soldiers have always been in the middle of the mountains, and the light cavalry often does not easily enter the mountains, and the number of soldiers in the battalion in front of them is not too much, so at this critical juncture of pursuit, rashly dividing the troops to chase the foot soldiers scattered over the mountains and fields will inevitably cause them to pursue the front and rush out of the city The rogue cavalry ranks are empty.

Although they looked down on the undisciplined and thieving team of thieves, they had to admit that under certain circumstances, they did not have enough troops under them.

That's it, those people should be left to the team that follows behind, Luo Dai's mind turned sharply, and he immediately made up his mind, and ordered the soldiers behind him to follow the team and chase after Yang Kai.

Therefore, the foot soldiers who rushed to the dense forest with rolling and crawling temporarily got a chance to survive, and the hundred households who followed Yang Kai had already thrown down the flag of the left camp that he was carrying on his shoulders, and saw him frequently looking at the rear, and rode his horse closer:

"Boss, they really followed, now what do we do?"

Yang Kai once again turned his head to look at the situation on both sides behind him, and saw that the foot soldiers on the south side broke away quite quickly, and did not lead the official to chase after him, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart:

"Run ten miles further, let those who have no bows and arrows continue to go forward, tell everyone to take charge of the plates, and begin to discard the first batch of supplies left, and then quickly run forward, and the remaining brothers with bows and arrows on their backs stop their horses, shoot a few arrows, and then give me a loud greeting to his old lady!"

"Yes!" The hundred households were stunned for a moment, greeting the old lady of the official army, what kind of operation was this, he had never thought about it. After thinking about it for a while, he also knew that this was not a problem for him to think about, and took the order.

After a while, Yang Kai in front ordered to stop the horse, and the pursuers in the rear galloped up, entering the range of bows and arrows, and the archers on both sides opened their bows and arrows, shooting a few rounds from a distance, and the dense arrows were overwhelming, and at the same time, the soldiers standing behind Yang Kai scolded loudly while using their meager strength.

After a brief confrontation between the two sides, Yang Kai and the others quickly circled around and patted their horses away, the officials and soldiers had no merits, and the reputation of the second old lady was damaged, so they were furious and chased after them.

After half a day, they pursued for more than 30 miles, but they came from afar, entered the city without supplementation, and the mounts were tired, and the pursuit speed was slightly inferior to the thieves who had been prepared earlier, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers never lost the whereabouts of the thieves.

Yang Kai successfully contacted the large camp in front in the evening, and after nightfall, he briefly discussed the next position selection and marching matters on horseback, and the three parties formed a unified opinion.

On the second day, the march was slightly accelerated, and at noon it bypassed Changge, and in the evening it officially circled into the mountain and came to the foot of a hill between the Dakui Mountain and the mountain.

This position, located between the two mountains, is surprisingly flat compared to other positions, which is very suitable for them to stop and reorganize the army, and a team of 100 people is sent to guard the entrance of each mountain road.

Yang Kai explained to the old masters that he could order the soldiers who did not have tasks on them for the time being to rest first, but they could not disarm at night, and they could not leave their bodies in the sleep, and if there was a situation, they could enter the combat state at any time.

The three battalions were divided into three camps, all with cavalry in the center, foot soldiers around the perimeter, and a few muskeoners in an array between the two armies.

At the various intersections into the mountain, in addition to sending soldiers to guard the mountain and the road, they also prepared a cowhide drum on the mountain, which was the only extra thing they carried out of the city, but it was also hostile, and the drum sounded to warn.

The men and horses are there, the positions are properly arranged, and there is only one problem left. Although they chose young and strong soldiers to come here, they also knew that with an army of nearly 20,000, new soldiers naturally accounted for the majority, and it was inevitable that there would be a mixture of intelligence and foolishness, good and bad, and there was no time to practice, so it was nothing less than a fantasy to want them to put on a formation.

With Yang Kai's current status, of course, it is impossible to give orders to the three armies to change anything, for the sake of today's plan, to lure the enemy in, and to add another layer of protection to them, there is only one word "brave".

How can you listen to the courage of the whole army?

The many coins they had plundered before were put to good use, and the thieves were able to gather together, and they are still prosperous today, but the people of the world are too poor to live?

In today's situation, distinguishing the power by life and death, and using silver money to motivate the army, should dispel the fear in the hearts of the people and let them live to death. Thinking about this, Yang Kai turned around and said to the discussion behind him:

"Lord Shang, listen to the following words, find a way to draft a document, and pass it on to the hands of the three armed forces. In this era without a horn, the halberd has sunk into the sand, the sky is about to knock on the door of the earth, and survival has become the only long road we seek.

However, in the field of war, the brave are born, and the cowardly die. Now, in order to survive, we should announce the three armies with the reward and punishment of 'not avoiding the minister for punishment, and rewarding the good and sparing no mercy'. If the soldiers follow the general to resist the enemy, those who kill the enemy will be credited with merit, and after breaking the enemy's army, they will be rewarded for their merits. If the cavalry loses its horse when facing the enemy, the foot soldier leaves his sword, and there is no merit in breaking the enemy's army, and he flees in a cowardly battle, and disturbs the heart of our army, he should be beheaded to show the public, so as to set an example! ”

Discuss it silently and turn away. has been in politics for many years, and picking up words into texts is what he is good at, and he also understands that although Yang Kai's words are beautiful, if he wants those palms to understand them thoroughly and understand the deep meaning, he also needs someone to gently remind him and guide him a little.

This is where his role lies.

After arranging the things in the camp, Yang Kai still couldn't sleep, and the night ranger returned, and he had already seen the official army parked more than thirty miles outside the mountain from a distance, and he didn't plan to advance, but chose to set up camp.

The camp of the officers and soldiers, which stretched for several acres, was full of fire, but on the other hand, there was silence and no sound of activity, only the flags planted in the camps crackled in the night wind.

At the mountain pass, a group of soldiers patrolling the night can be vaguely seen in the distance, holding torches to bypass, and the sound of armor and weapons colliding is not far away, and it is soon annihilated in the wind. The mountain breeze added a bit of chill to the hot night.

Yang Kai put himself in Zuo Liangyu's shoes, and according to the previous experience of the officials and soldiers in dealing with thieves in the mountains and forests, most of them used the method of closing mountains and encircling and suppressing them to solve problems.

Sealing the mountain is naturally the safest way to fight, but this also has a drawback, it requires a large number of troops, and it requires several times the enemy's troops, otherwise it is easy to easily break through the encirclement in the face of the fierce resistance of the thieves.

Earlier, in the area of Shangzhou, Qin Yiming took the advantage of advancing troops from Huguang to attack the enemy unprepared, so he unexpectedly surrounded the camp in the mountains and suppressed the group. However, in the end, with the help of foreign reinforcements, Lao Huihui was easily rescued.

Now, because a part of Zuo Liangyu's troops is stationed in the west of Luoyang, the Zhongzhou army led by Chen Yongfu, Kong Daoguang and others is not present, compared to Qin Yiming, they do not have an obvious advantage, and they have pursued all the way, they have probably seen the scale of this group of thieves, and in terms of numbers, they are almost equal to them.

Under such circumstances, it is tantamount to suicide that he dares to divide his troops to surround the mountain, and since he does not dare to divide his troops, it is not a way to let them be stationed outside the mountain, and they are fighting lightly this time, and it is better to fight quickly and quickly, not for a long time.

What's more, the officers and soldiers are tired from afar, and the predicament is even worse than theirs, and when they are repaired, it must be a different situation, how can they take advantage of their own slight advantage to eat this tired army?

Coming to the mountain pass in front, the mountain wind at night blew from the camp, this is the wind of victory, the wind direction is opposite to the enemy position, there is no need to worry about the problem of the official army setting fire to the mountain, after observing for a long time, Yang Xingxing suddenly had a bold idea.

Instead of sitting back and waiting, it is better to take the initiative.

Since the officials and soldiers want to repair, then give them repairs, Yang Kai is going to give them a bright plank road to repair and secretly Chen Cang. Anyway, they now have enough troops in their hands to divide into three routes, go all the way out of the mountain back to the camp and go around to the direction of Xinzheng, and the left camp all the way to the south and go to the direction of Yuzhou.

Between the two roads, the distance is only thirty or forty miles, branch to the rear of the side of the official army, and they are in front of the formation, if the official army comes out to meet the battle, they fight in the mountains to hold on for a period of time, the north and south armies, taking advantage of the emptiness of the camp behind the enemy, gather the strength of the two armies to gather back, the formation of an encirclement of the official army.

He suddenly turned around, explained a few words to the soldiers around him, and then returned to the mountain to pat his horse and rush back to the camp, and found Lao Huihui to discuss with Zuo Jinwang and the two.

"Brother Yang is so arranged, aren't you afraid that the other party will rush up and eat you first?"

Lao Huihui and Zuo Jin Wang didn't sleep, Yang Kai had asked him to discuss the official documents he brought after drafting, and he also spent a lot of effort to explain to them, and not long after leaving, Yang Kai came up.

Zuo Jin Wang He Jin yawned, looked at Yang Kai and asked.

Yang Kai had already thought about it maturely, and replied: "They don't dare, if they have enough self-confidence, they won't stop and set up camp on the plains, instead, I will let my subordinates go to their camp in batches to shout and scold and trap battles, and I can also prevent them from sending out a wide range of rangers to reconnoiter our army."

The two palms took this opportunity to bypass the past, and also had an extra layer of protection, we were so open-minded and luring the battle, how could the officers and soldiers not think that there was fraud in it? Therefore, they did not dare to attack with all their might to break into the mountain. But please be fast, the two palms must be fast, the military nobles are fast! ”

Ma Shouying blinked, admitting that what Yang Kai said was beneficial, but he still had to warn this young junior.

"Brother Yang is indeed a smart person, and he has more experience in the art of war, Zuo Liangyu is this person, the old man has fought with him a few times, he can endure his temperament, he can't afford to be unprofitable, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be in a hurry......" Speaking of this, he nodded, and the reaction on Yang Kai's expression was obviously that he had a plan for what he said, in this case, the young general Shang Yong, how could he be cowardly when he came back to the old age?

"Then we will cooperate with Brother Yang to fight this battle this time!"