At Lieyang Pass, four days after the Northern Liang people left, the Great Xia mission also embarked on the return journey.

But this return trip is fake.

Because he wanted to grasp the situation of Beiliang at the first time and maintain communication with Yelushi at any time in order to complete this plan to determine the fate of the north and south, Xia Jingyun did not plan to return to Zhongjing directly, but would quietly continue to tease in Qingchuan Pass.

Baiyunbian and Honglu Temple Qing Lang Yukun will lead a large army to continue to return south, in order to prevent them from continuing to stay and not returning, so as to arouse the alarm of the Northern Liang people.

On the way from Lieyang Pass to Qingchuan Pass, Bai Yunbian and Xia Jingyun sat in the same carriage.

Bai Yunbian looked at Xia Jingyun, "That reckless man went to Swift State, how is the situation?" ”

Xia Jingyun didn't dwell on the question of his title, and said softly: "Didn't there be news yesterday, Dongfang Ping attacked Xia on the fifth road, plundered countless people, and slaughtered many of my people in Great Xia. ”

"Phew! I get angry when I mention this, because he was still my prince of Great Xia, this kind of behavior is not as good as even a foreign race! It's a thousand cuts! ”

Bai Gongzi, as always, maintained the dignity of an angry young man, and angrily sprayed Dongfang Ping.

Xia Jingyun also felt that this was the case, if you have the ability, you are coming to the official army, what is the matter of slaughtering civilians, but since you are an enemy, don't have too many moral illusions about the enemy, he said calmly: "King Jing has gone to Yuyan Prefecture, my eldest brother is also here, the two of them work together, Dongfang Ping can't escape, when the time comes, settle accounts with him together." ”

Bai Yunbian hesitated: "But now Dongfang Ping not only has more than 20,000 troops on the eastern road, but now it has absorbed thousands of elite Harrier Eagle Riders, and more than 20,000 Swift troops can do dirty work, look at the military newspaper Your cousin has an army of about 20,000, and there are only 3,000 reckless people."

"What about the 100,000 absolute elite cavalry of Beiliang at the beginning?" Xia Jingyun smiled, "And according to my conjecture, my cousin's soldiers and horses are mainly infantry, and he is also the main force on the surface, he should raise troops to the north and directly attack the big city of Swift Prefecture to attract the main force that binds Dongfang Ping." Because King Jing sneaked in, he would not reveal his whereabouts, and it is estimated that he would still adopt a surprise attack strategy, either joining the battle at a critical moment, or directly attacking the empty rear of Dongfang Ping. ”

Bai Yunbian couldn't help but snort after hearing this, "It's true, as if you really know about military affairs, how many military books have you read?" ”

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, "Brother Le Xian, the real genius generals don't learn the art of war, because they know that soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and it is enough to know the basic strategy of governing the army." ”

——

Swift State, Fanyang County.

After a slow trek of two days, Xia Yunfei's soldiers and horses arrived outside the city of Fanyang County.

He did not immediately give the order to attack the city walls, but began to set up camp in the open space outside the city and organize the siege equipment.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the soldiers showed concern, "General, will the Swift Army suddenly attack?" ”

Xia Yunfei calmly looked at the topographic map, "Didn't you send scouts and police posts?" ”

"What if their army comes straight in?"

"No, it won't."

Xia Yunfei opened his mouth to say a word, but did not explain too much.

If the East is not encircled, it will not be moved.

And once the encirclement is successful, it is time for them to launch a thunderous offensive.

In this battle, he is the bait, and what he wants is to use himself and the soldiers under his command to catch the big fish of Dongfang Ping.

And the fishing rod was held in Jiang Yuhu's hand.

Can Jiang Yuhu do it?

Is it worth his bet?

The answer is obvious.

He lifted the curtain and walked out, and began to inspect the defenses of the camp.

All this was also seen by Dongfang Ping at the head of Fanyang City.

After guessing that Xia Yunfei already knew his thoughts, he gave up the idea of secretly controlling the city defense, and stood up openly and presided over the entire war.

Beside him, Fan Yang Taishou, who was weak about his lawlessness, tried hard to earn a little performance points for himself, and whispered: "Your Highness, they are now encamped and have an unstable foothold, why don't we send troops to attack them?" ”

Dongfang Pingtou didn't reply, "Don't worry." ”

Get! I didn't say it right!

Fan Yang was too worried in his heart, but Dongfang Ping didn't have the heart to think about what a subordinate was thinking, he just looked at the huge camp opposite, and looked at the people who were working hard like ants inside, and his heart was both excited and nervous.

After eating this army, he will be able to carry the prestige of the great victory and let go of the purge of Swift Prefecture into a monolith;

Eat this army, and the Wolf's Tooth State will be open and easy to obtain;

Eat this army, he will be able to sit on two states, dominate Hebei, and the future will be bright;

Eating this army, even if he offends Beiliang and Great Xia at the same time, he can still have the possibility and confidence to survive in the cracks and establish a country's foundation.

But the premise is to eat this army.

This army, led by Xia Yunfei, had defeated him with fewer men.

His hand pressed against the cold city wall, his muscles flared up, and his heart was churning with murderous intent.

"Report!"

The herald came quickly, "Your Highness, General Xu, they have arrived!" ”

The east plane froze, turned around and hurriedly walked down the city wall.

Taishou Mansion, which is also the temporary combat command center of the Swift Army today, in the lobby, an adjutant general reported to Dongfang Pingyu: "Your Highness, the last general and General Tong each led 5,000 people to take up positions around the Xia army, General Huyan led 5,000 harrier eagle cavalry to cut off the return route of the Xia army, and the rest of the departments have also arrived at the designated place in accordance with His Royal Highness's instructions!" ”

"Good!"

Dongfang Ping patted the armrest of the seat, "Hard work, this time will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" ”

The generals in the room were also excited and spoke one after another.

"Your Highness, rest assured, this time we are surrounded by others, Xia Yunfei will not escape!"

"The shame of the defeat at the beginning, I will definitely wash away the snow this time!"

"Your Highness's clever plan has created such a good situation, if I miss again, I can only apologize for my own crimes! Your Highness rest assured, this time the discipline of Xia Jun will not come back! ”

Dongfang Ping nodded again and again, his excitement overflowing, and he immediately pulled everyone to discuss the battle strategy.

After some discussion, Dongfang Ping spoke: "In this case, let's prepare according to the arrangement of the party!" ”

Everyone stood up in unison and said yes.

Dongfang Ping's gaze swept over their faces, "With this victory, gold and silver, beauties, fields, officials, wives and shadows, and eternal inheritance are all at your fingertips!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, when we meet again, we will be after the great victory! I'm waiting for you! Waiting to celebrate you! ”

"Whoa!"

When everyone left, the fanatical color on Dongfang Ping's face gradually subsided and turned solemn.

Judging from Xia Yunfei's performance today, he knew that this battle was not easy to fight, and he thought of his appearance, so why did he choose to send troops here?

is just a state pastor of Langya Prefecture, with the support of Xia Jingyun and the Queen Mother behind him, is he really so afraid?

What is his trust?

Dongfang Ping instinctively felt a little uneasy.

But on second thought, he couldn't figure out what could have gone wrong.

That's it, no matter how much, in the face of absolute strength, in the face of real swords and guns, any conspiracy and tricks are useless.

As long as he defeats Xia Yunfei, he will naturally know what he thinks, or it doesn't matter what he thinks at that time.

At this thought, he summoned his guards and ordered: "The scouts release thirty miles, oh no, fifty miles, to scout all possible reinforcements!" ”

After the guards were ordered to leave, his heart was a little more settled.

All he needs to do now is try to swallow Xia Yunfei's troops.

——

At the same time, in the barracks of the Great Xia Army, Xia Yunfei was also discussing with his lieutenants and lieutenants.

He was usually silent, but at this moment, he looked at the people in the tent and said slowly: "Everyone, originally, we should have waited for the imperial court to slowly restore calm, and then gathered a large army to set off to recover Swift Prefecture with a thunderous crush, but at this time, we raised troops to the north and took the initiative to meet the battle. It's a tough battle, but we have to fight, do you know why? ”

Everyone did not answer, and waited with grim expressions to hear the next words of their general.

"Because, the thieves dare to invade my territory and slaughter my people in Great Xia, as soldiers of Great Xia, the people of Li pay us with taxes, and we have the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people, how can we sit idly by?"

Xia Yunfei's expression suddenly became excited, "Dongfang Ping colluded with foreign thieves and brutalized Li Min, the crime is extremely evil, should we kill him?" Despite all the difficulties and dangers, should we rise to the occasion? ”

"Yes!" Everyone finally erupted in a roar of rage.

Xia Yunfei continued in a deep voice: "If there is turmoil today, it is the time when my generation of martial artists use force, and the general has been crowned a marquis by virtue of his military merits, don't you have a heart to make meritorious contributions?" It's a difficulty, but it's also an opportunity that you don't come across a few times in a lifetime! You don't want to seal your wives and sons, and glorify the lintel; Don't you want to proudly tell your children and grandchildren about their heroism in the bloody battlefield in the twilight of the future? ”

"Yes!" The eyes of the crowd were beating with the flame of hope.

Xia Yunfei continued: "For those who die in this battle, the pension will be doubled!" Ben Hou personally supervised, no greed! For the disabled, Ben Hou is responsible for ensuring that every brother is properly settled! May you join me in winning this difficult battle for my Great Xia, for the territory and the people, and for my lifelong ambitions! ”

"I want to listen to the general's orders!"

The neat shouts, the flushed face, and the blazing eyes told Xia Yunfei that the battle was high-spirited and the military spirit was available.

Xia Yunfei nodded, "Next, I will bother you, convene the subordinates, and appease them at all levels, so as to ensure the fighting spirit and morale of the brothers, and tell them that this battle is for the country, for ourselves, and even for the homeland and relatives behind us!" ”

"Whoa!"

Everyone took the order and left, and the guards couldn't help but praise: "General, I used to think that you were good at military strategy and weak in words, but I didn't expect you to hide it deeply!" ”

Xia Yunfei shook his head and chuckled, "I learned it all from Erlang." I used to think that eloquence was useless, but now I know that it is not that eloquence is useless, but that bad eloquence is useless, and it is useless because it is not right. ”

Before the guards wanted to praise a few more words, Xia Yunfei had already stood up, "Let's go, follow me to patrol the camp." ”

The night came quietly in the midst of such a confrontation.

In the dark night when you can't see your fingers, the lights of the tent flicker on and off, as if the faint protection of this small world.

The sergeant on duty was wearing a thick winter coat, and felt the wind creeping in through every crevice of the garment, and then did evil in the cracks of the bones,

But Xia Yunfei's pacification still had an effect, and the sentries all looked around intently, vigilant against all the wind and grass.

In the distant shadows, there seemed to be black clouds floating.

Suddenly, a firework exploded into the night sky.

By that fleeting light, the sentinels saw in front of their eyes, an enemy army that was quietly approaching, ready to attack!

The black clouds became real in the moment after the fireworks, and the iron hooves slammed the earth with a dull sound, and the iron knights accelerated and rushed forward.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The sentinels to the east, west, and north shouted in unison.

The soldiers in the battalion, who had been ordered to sleep in advance and dressed in clothes, immediately arrived in place quickly under the shouts of the generals.

horses, ditches, and tripping ropes on the ground;

bows and javelins on arrow towers and earthen slopes;

After that, the infantry shield array and gun array;

Layers of defense, built on all sides of the camp.

The fierce cavalry of the Swift Frontier Army and the Harrier Eagle Cavalry rushed from the east and west sides, and slammed into the fortifications built by the Wolf Tooth Army.

The sorrow of the war horses and the miserable howls of the people ignited the silent night sky in an instant.

The bowstring thumped, and arrows were thrown, making graceful arcs in the air that no one could see, and landed on the attacker.

Xia Yunfei was dressed in armor and holding a spear, standing in front of the military tent, watching silently, with no joy on his face, because it was impossible for the attack of Swift Prefecture to be blocked like this.

Sure enough, after paying the price of more than a hundred lives, the cavalry on both sides had already rushed through the immobile and unchanging fortifications, and they crouched on horseback, holding small shields, rushed to the front of the camp gate, and collided with the shield array again.

The spear stabbed through the gap in the shield, sending a cloud of flesh flying.

In front of the big camp in the north, there were 10,000 Swift State infantry troops, stepping on neat steps, and they also came in formation.

Xia Yunfei personally walked to the war drum, picked up the drumstick from the drummer's hand, and struck it heavily.

The drumbeat, which was stronger than before, boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Army.

What made them even more excited was that their cavalry, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, rushed out of the quietly open camp and faced the enemy army in the waving of the big flag on the Chinese flag tower.

The battle became fierce and stalemate in an instant.

The Swift Army, besieged on three sides, is like a monstrous tide, rushing forward.

But the wolf tooth army that stuck to the camp was like a reef in the waves, seemingly submerged by the tide, but when the waves passed, they still showed their tenacious figures.

Dongfang Ping sat on the city wall, watching the battle in the camp in the distance, and watched calmly for two hours.

In the darkness of the night, he sighed softly, "Tell me to go down and collect the troops." Send a message to the generals to come to the city to discuss matters. ”

After a while, the swift army withdrew its troops, and it really faded like a tide.

And the camp of the imperial court officials and soldiers is really like a reef in the waves, tenaciously existing.

About an hour later, in the city of Fanyang County at dawn, Dongfang Ping looked at the generals and said with a smile: "What are you doing with your sad face?" ”

A lieutenant general stood up and pleaded guilty, "Your Highness, it's the last general who is incompetent, and the night attack has not been able to take down the other party!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Dongfang Ping laughed twice, making everyone laugh for a while, "You guys, you're so optimistic!" ”

He looked at the crowd, "Who is across from you?" is not a mediocre and stupid pig, but Xia Yunfei, who came from the Wudang Army, defeated Xiao Fengshan, beheaded Murong Hu, and was made a marquis at the age of twenty-three for his military exploits! Do you really expect to win them in just one battle? ”

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and Dongfang Ping continued: "Why do I want to attack at night tonight, why do I want to surround three and lack one, what I want is to create panic in the night, so that his soldiers will panic, from holding on to fleeing, once the team's formation collapses, let alone Xia Yunfei, even if Jiang Yuhu comes, it will be difficult to save." ”

"But, Your Highness, we didn't make it!"

Dongfang smiled indifferently, "If you can't fight a battle, then let's fight again, what Xia Yunfei leads, after all, is only dominated by the Wolf Tooth Army, and the battle damage exceeds a certain number, no matter how much you say, it is useless, it will definitely be defeated, and when they are defeated, you will cooperate with them to divide and slaughter them!" In your opinion, will they be able to hold on to such a fight again? ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and the dark clouds in their hearts dispersed.

——

"General, if we come back to such a battle, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it."

In the big tent of the imperial court officials and soldiers, after counting the battle damage, placing the wounded and defensive measures, all the generals gathered to report the situation to Xia Yunfei.

Xia Yunfei looked at the numbers on the paper in his hand, and his heart was also solemn, just the battle damage of Fang Cai's battle had reached one percent.

The Wolf Tooth Army was able to carry it down, and it showed no signs of collapse, and it was already much better than the ordinary local army.

But after all, he only took them to practice for a month, and the military discipline and ability were enhanced to a limited extent, which was not as good as the real Wudang army, and once the battle loss exceeded two achievements, there was a great risk that it would collapse, and the battle loss exceeded thirty percent, it would inevitably collapse, and the gods would not be able to save it.

Will Dongfang Ping not see this?

Will it give him a respite?

Again, the answer is obvious.

Xia Yunfei was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "First collect the corpses, treat the wounded, and then pacify the soldiers and record the military exploits." In tomorrow's battle, I personally led the army to attack, and I replaced defense with offense! Try to kill and wound the enemy and reduce the losses of our guards. ”

The main general is desperate, and the three armies are killed, how can they withstand one more battle!

"General! I can't help it! ”

All the generals spoke in unison, some were sincerely worried about Xia Yunfei's safety, and some were thinking that if something happened to Xia Yunfei, Xia Jingyun, the Marquis of Jianning, could let them go!

Xia Yunfei shook his head firmly, "I have made up my mind, everyone, we can't afford to lose this battle!" Would you like to fight with my life? ”

Seeing this, the generals couldn't help but be a little moved in their hearts, and immediately nodded, "Please rest assured, general!" ”

After everyone left, Xia Yunfei walked out of the big tent and looked at the sky, his eyes solemn.

Childe, where are you?

When he was at a loss, he couldn't help but think again, what would Erlang do if he was in a situation like mine?

Xia Yunfei pondered silently, and suddenly his heart moved, called his personal guards, and commanded in a deep voice: "If the war is slightly unfavorable at that time, you will lead a team of people and shout in the camp."

——

Halfway through the day, when the afternoon arrives and everyone wakes up to the aroma of food, a great battle is about to begin.

Dongfang walked slowly up to the city tower, although he really wanted to risk the arrow stone and win this battle with his own hands, but he was afraid that he would become Xia Yunfei's target, follow in the footsteps of Murong Hu, and eventually become the key to turning the tide of the battle, so he still chose to watch from the city wall.

However, even without him, on the battlefield below, his own 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, surrounded on three sides, Xia Yunfei only has more than 20,000 people, and there are many people and servant troops mixed in, the advantage is in my hands, I tested the opponent's combat strength last night, and victory is certain.

He looked at the solemn military camp two or three miles away, imagining that he would patrol it with the attitude of a victor, and then ride his horse south and enter the Langya Prefecture.

But things in the world are often like this, since ancient times, there is love and hatred, and good dreams are the easiest to wake up.

Just as the great battle was about to break out, just as he seemed to hear the triumphant song of victory, a panicked voice hurried to the city, came to his side, and smashed everything to pieces like a blow to the head.

"General! Guangyang County reported urgently, and a large number of cavalry of the Wudang Army passed by Guangyang County and went straight to the state city! Intent: Surprise attack on the state city! (End of chapter)