In the evening of the same day, the army arrived in Xianyang County and successfully joined forces with Li Huaiguang's Shuofang army. Li Huaiguang didn't say a word, and distributed all his soldiers and horses evenly to the Seventh Army, so that Xiao Yunhe was uniformly assigned, and he only commanded the Left Army and the Zuo Yu Hou Army.

Li Sheng and Chu Yan were still a little worried at first, afraid that Li Huaiguang, who had always supported the army and respected himself, would not be willing to send troops.

Now it seems that a qiē worry is superfluous.

Li Huaiguang, an arrogant battlefield general, actually trusted a general of the Han King who had known each other for a short time in such a short period of time, which had to surprise them.

The Shuofang army was well-trained, and in a very short period of time, it was successively relocated to the designated military village, camped in Anma, and was in good order.

A team of more than 10,000 people instantly expanded to 40,000 people.

The compilation work, which was planned to take two or three days to complete, was completed overnight.

It can also be seen from this that Li Huaiguang does have some real skills in governing the army.

In the early morning of the next day, the army, which had been tired all night, did not delay its training.

The generals of all sides led the soldiers and horses of their headquarters and carried out daily training in the camp.

Xiao Yunhe, who had been busy all night and didn't close his eyes, watched the drills of the army everywhere, and he had a preliminary understanding of the soldiers and horses under his hands.

I have to say that after more than a hundred years, the army of Daqi has undergone some changes.

The equipment is better and the training is more reasonable.

Moreover, the soldiers now are all mercenaries and professional soldiers, and their personal combat effectiveness is a little stronger than that of the government soldiers who were 'agricultural and military in their spare time' in the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that Xiao Yunhe still faintly feels that this team is missing a spiritual head, and there is less fierceness, or domineering.

This kind of confidence is closely linked to the lifeblood of the country.

Now that the fortunes of the country are not good, the dynasty is out of unity, and those who serve in the army will inevitably have some trepidation in their hearts, and they will not have the super cohesion and belief in victory that they did when they were chaste.

Xiao Yunhe knows that this is not a problem that can be solved overnight.

The mental outlook of an army depends first of all on whether the country is rich and strong, whether it is open-minded or not.

The second is to be affected by the ability and personality of the general.

In contrast, Li Huaiguang's soldiers are more like a group of wolves from the wilderness, while Li Sheng's soldiers are more restrained and disciplined, like hunting dogs.

The two may be indistinguishable together, but the spirit is obviously different, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

After walking in the barracks, Xiao Yunhe had a bottom in his heart.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is an eternal topic in war.

Xiao Yunhe, who had just become the commander, could be regarded as having completed this preliminary task.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xiao Yunhe summoned Li Huaiguang and other core generals together and held the first military meeting.

There was a low table in the Chinese military tent, and a map was placed on it, and Xiao Yunhe and others sat next to it, and the meeting began.

Xiao Yunhe held a horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the map and said: "In the past two days, the scouts sent have reported again and again that Zhu Zhu has laid down three blockade lines and set up three military towns on the road ahead of us. The three places of Gaoling, Jingyang, and Liquan are like a triangle, with horns and no less than 20,000 troops. Now it seems that Zhu Zhu intends to keep us out of Chang'an and have a war of attrition with us. What do you think?"

Li Huaiguang snorted coldly and said, "Since I rushed to the rescue, I have defeated Zhu Zhu three times in a row, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and killed him so frightened that he didn't dare to confront me head-on." So this is the line of defense set up by the deep ditch and high fortress. These three military towns actually existed a long time ago. It's just that there weren't so many soldiers and horses before. A few days ago, I broke through Zhu Zhu's defense line in the Weishui area and captured Xianyang, but I stopped because the army was tired and lacked food and materials. After that, everyone will know, Zhu Jun'er was scared, so he sent someone to lobby me. ”

"I have a little doubt about Zhu Jun's troops. ”

Li Sheng, who has always been cautious, said at this time: "It stands to reason that there is no need for him to set up soldiers and horses in these three places to deal with us. The city of Chang'an is so strong, and the grain and grass that the imperial court has stored in Taicang in Chang'an are enough for him to use for several years, so why should he go to the wilderness to spend it with us? Therefore, I suspect that the recent increase in troops in these three military towns is his newly recruited rebels. With Zhu Jun's personality, the old capital is reluctant to lose, and he must hold on to his side. The newly summoned people were not distressed, so they let them build a line of defense in front of them. ”

"Liangqi has a point. ”

Chu Yan continued: "After the mutiny, Zhu Zhu and others recruited rebels to buy horses in the capital and Guannei, and their strength increased rapidly, from thousands of people at the beginning to tens of thousands. The army in front of us may have been summoned from somewhere. ”

Xiao Yunhe frowned, nodded slowly, and said, "That makes sense." If I were Zhu Zhu, I would also send a force to the front to explore the reality of our army, and I would be able to buy myself more time to prepare for the battle of defending the city. Therefore, we have to use the speed of lightning to quickly tear through his three lines of defense, go straight to Chang'an, and kill him by surprise. In this way, we will be able to take some initiative in the situation. ”

Li Huaiguang thought for a while and said: "Although the total of these three military towns is only 20,000 people, the situation is a little unclear now, and it is not easy to enter the army. I am conjecturing whether the 20,000 new horses will be the men and horses of Du Tao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu? I have heard Niu Dang, a lobbyist sent by Zhu Zhu, say that Hanoi will surrender sooner or later. Now that I think about it, it's very likely. ”

Xiao Yunhe continued: "Are you familiar with Du Tao?"

"Kind of impression, I've seen it twice. ”

Li Huaiguang said: "At that time, I was in the Suining Festival, which was very close to the Jingyuan Festival. Du Tao is Yao Lingyan's protégé, and he was also brought up from Jingyuan by Yao Lingyan. It is not surprising that he joined Zhu Jun's party. A few days ago, I heard that Dashuai shot Du Tao's mentor Yao Lingyan with an arrow, and he thought that this kid was coming to take revenge. I'm not very familiar with this kid, but I've only heard that he is very good at kung fu right away, making an iron spear, and once boasted that he would pick up all the heroes in the world. ”

Li Sheng sneered, and Chu Yan said disdainfully: "The toad yawns." ”

Everyone laughed a few times, and Xiao Yunhe said: "The enemy's reality is unknown, let's talk about it." The enemy is outnumbered, and it is impossible to blindly fight with them. Li Sheng, send a few more rounds of scouts out to scout their military situation, and report back early. And there is an important piece of information not to be left out - where their military rations are stationed. I think these three military towns form a triangle, and logically speaking, they should be stationed in Yunyang County, which is surrounded by the three counties. You see, the terrain of Yunyang is also more suitable for stockpiling grain, and there is a hillside, with a radius of dozens of miles, and the terrain is high, so that military rations are not vulnerable to the recent rains. ”

"Hmm. ”

Li Sheng nodded in agreement: "If I were a general, I would also hoard grain and grass here...... But Dashuai, do you want to destroy the enemy's grain and grass? This place, in the midst of the encirclement of the three counties, does not seem to be very easy to move his idea. ”

Xiao Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "Let's spy on the news first." Although the enemy army has only 20,000 men, if we keep defending deep ditches and high bases and delay our defense for a long time, it will be a great disadvantage to our army. At the moment, we have to think of a way to let them move first or mess up. Li Sheng, send an order scout, before the hourly midnight today, I want the details of the enemy's three military towns. ”

"Yes!"

Li Sheng clenched his fists and promised in a deep voice.

That night, the scouts sent by Li Sheng completed their mission and found out the situation of the enemy's three military towns and fortresses.

Gaoling, Jingyang, Liquan these three places, forming a triangle, Gaoling is the closest to Xianyang, Xiao Yunhe's settlement, only more than 40 miles apart.

The commander of the three military towns was the Hedong Jiedu envoy Du Tao that Li Huaiguang expected, with a total number of about 25,000 people.

With three military towns as the fulcrum, dozens of checkposts were tightly laid out on the entire triangular defensive line, and everyone was not allowed to pass.

This road in Gaoling is an important official road in the Guannai, and it is the only way for business travelers.

Outside Gaoling City, there was already a long queue of people, dozens of caravans and a large number of people who had fled the famine gathered together, complaining.

Du Tao ignored all of them, closed the city gate and did not open it, blocking these people from the outside of the city.

Impassable, scouts were unable to find out where the enemy was stockpiling food.

In response to this situation, Xiao Yunhe and others gathered together and discussed nervously.

Xiao Yunhe said to Li Huaiguang and others: "Du Tao's purpose is very clear, that is, to defend these three military towns to the death and fight a war of attrition with us. It can also be seen that their grain and grass are very abundant, and they want to exhaust our grain and grass to wait for work. When our army set out, although it brought out some grain and grass, and there were some in the Shuofang army before, it could be used for more than ten days at most. This also includes the use of attacking Chang'an in the future. If it takes too long to break through the defense line in the area of Gaoling, it will be a great disadvantage to our army. And obviously, Du Tao had a very clear assessment of the situation of our army. Tell me, what do you think?"

Li Sheng frowned, thought for a while, and then said: "The biggest problem at the moment is that I am afraid that he will not fight. But Da Shuai had shot Yao Lingyan before, and he had a grudge against him Du Tao. If our army goes to provoke, maybe he will come out to meet it. I see if we can seize this opportunity and open a breakthrough. ”

"Old garlic, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Huaiguang shouted: "What do you mean, let the generalissimo go to war? The generalissimo is a Confucian handsome, how can he fight hard with a reckless man like Du Tao? If you want to go, it can only be me! Du Tao's kid is crazy enough, Lao Tzu would have thought he would meet him!"

"Huh!"

Li Sheng laughed: "I'm afraid Vice Marshal Li still doesn't know the skills of Lord Han, right? That day at the north gate of Fengtian, the last general and Lord Han went hand in hand, and the adult's gun made ......"

Xiao Yunhe waved his hand, signaled Li Sheng not to continue, smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who fights. This first battle is also bound to be fought. Presumably, Du Tao will also want to try the depth of our army. Therefore, he may not shy away from this battle either. But I don't think that's the solution to the underlying problem. Maybe he Du Tao will come out to deal with it and test it, but his purpose is definitely to keep the pass. We must think of a good way to infiltrate the hinterland of Du Tao's army. ”

Li Sheng's heart lit up, and he immediately continued: "The marshal still wants to move the enemy's grain and grass?"

"Yes!"

Xiao Yunhe said categorically: "The current situation is obvious. Relying on the abundance of food and grass, the enemy army is bound to hold on without fighting, and our army is short of food and grass and can only fight in a hurry. To upset this balance, the only way to do it is to move on food. Just now, the scout came to report that in front of Gaoling City Pass, a large number of caravans and homeless people had gathered, and Du Tao blocked them from crossing the pass and entering the city. I thought, maybe we can use some of this. ”

"How?"

Li Huaiguang, Li Sheng, Chu Yan and others spoke in unison.

"If you want to break through the Gaoling defense line, it will fall on these merchants!"

Xiao Yunhe smiled confidently and said to everyone: "Tomorrow, Li Sheng, you will take a dozen or so soldiers and make up as a businessman." Go to the official road of Gaoling and meet the caravans blocking there. As long as it is a caravan selling grain and food, they will buy their things, no matter what the price, you can do it, there is no need to lower the price with them. The key is to be fast. Before Du Tao and the others could react, they would buy all the grain blocked in Gaoling. ”

"Then, you continue to lead people, and set up a porridge shed not far from Gaoling Guandao to help the people fleeing the famine. As much grain is collected, it is scattered. And you might as well let it go, just say that you will always buy grain and rice, and if you can't enter Gaoling, you will sell it to you. The price can be purchased according to the market price, and they will not be robbed while the fire is burning to suppress their price. ”

After hearing this, Li Sheng immediately laughed loudly: "Clever plan, wonderful plan! In this way, Du Tao will not be able to figure out the reality of our army." I thought that we had sufficient food, grass and military resources, and we were still helping the people nearby. ”

"And that's not all. ”

Xiao Yunhe smiled slyly: "It won't be long before Du Tao will become suspicious, afraid that we will buy too much grain in the hands of the caravan and confront them." At this time, we can disguise ourselves as a caravan selling rice and enter Gaoling safely. And if nothing else, it's easy to know where they're stockpiling food!"

"That makes sense!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and their faces were happy.

Xiao Yunhe immediately said: "This is just a miracle soldier, and it is difficult to say whether it can succeed or not." Before that, we must win one or two battles, so that Du Tao will not dare to fight lightly, and be willing to be a turtle that sticks to the turtle shell. Let him retreat and not fight a war of attrition, the belief is even stronger. Therefore, tomorrow, I will personally go to the battle and let him see the strength of our army!"

"It's not going to work!"

Li Huaiguang shouted: "How can you let the marshal do it himself, and what do you want us generals to do?"

Xiao Yunhe waved his hand: "I have made up my mind, no need to say more." Li Sheng, you look like this, you are the most suitable for pretending to be a rich businessman, and it will be up to you tomorrow. Tomorrow, three thousand light horsemen will be ordered, and I will personally lead the team to Liquan to challenge to attract Du Tao's attention, and you take the opportunity to negotiate with those caravans. Remember, after the fact, set up a porridge shed to help the people. First, it can make a big noise, and second, it can also evacuate the people. The big war is coming, and I don't want too many innocent people to die. Chu Yan, you lead an iron armor and faintly follow Li Sheng to respond, beware of soldiers and horses in Gaoling City suddenly killing out. If not, then stand still. Li Huaiguang, you are stationed in the camp and send troops to meet behind me. The people will do what they are told, and there will be no mistakes!"

"Order!"

The three of them stood up solemnly and clenched their fists in agreement.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Yunhe took Gao Gu and Song Liangchen, led three thousand light horses, and set off towards Liquan.

Liquan and Gaoling are separated by a group of mountains, dozens of miles apart.

Xiao Yunhe and the others walked along the foot of the mountain for a long time and arrived at Liquan.

In front of the city pass in Liquan County, a military village was built.

There are many arrow towers, and the avenue is full of antlers and horses.

As soon as the soldiers and horses of Xiao Yunhe and others appeared, the gongs and drums on the guard post of the arrow tower sounded loudly, and the generals in the enemy army quickly gathered and waited for the battle.

Xiao Yunhe was in a golden-armored red robe, holding an iron horse lance, looking at the city tower of Liquan and sneering faintly, and secretly thought to himself: Miss me Xiao Yunhe, and I am also a character who lives out of the shadows of thousands of swords.

For many years, I have never tried the taste of destroying cities and slaughtering enemy generals.

Liquan, here today, I want to get back to that exhilarating feeling back then!

Xiao Yunhe took the horsewhip and pointed forward, "Song Liangchen, go and scold the formation." ”

Song Liangchen suddenly came to his senses, Tima took a few steps forward, first spit a few mouthfuls of spitting and phlegm, took a full breath, and shouted like a roar: "Listen to the gutless rats in the enemy army's village! Which one has a bird in the crotch of his pants, come out and fight with his grandfather on horseback for a few rounds! If he didn't dare to come out, he cut into the palace as a eunuch, dug up the ancestral grave and told your ancestors, and said that your family has cut off its children and grandchildren!"

Everyone couldn't help but snicker: This rough guy, scolding is really damaging!

Song Liangchen's voice roared, like a heroic roar, and the enemy troops in the military village on the opposite side heard it clearly, and they were so angry that they screamed for a while, and they immediately exploded.

Seeing that some people were about to rush out and fight with Song Liangchen, at this moment, three flags were lined up, and the three generals led by them stopped these people.

Song Liangchen saw that these people still couldn't shrink, and there was a burst of light in his heart, and he drank in a deep voice: "Bring Lao Tzu's iron rod!"

Carrying an iron rod that was arm thick and more than one person long, two pawns walked up to Song Liangchen and handed it to him.

Song Liangchen grabbed the iron rod with one claw, checked it in his hand with satisfaction, and Tima took a few steps forward.

Xiao Yunhe didn't stop it, and let this reckless man provoke in front.

Song Liangchen has always been rude, and scolding people is like a common thing, and he doesn't need to search for dry intestines at all, he can pinch it out of his mouth.

After a few steps closer, he raised his throat and scolded: "The group of big turtles on the other side!

"Didn't your mother educate you? It's not right to peek at other people's baths, let alone peek at the mother turtle!"

"Your father must not have sued you, if you cut the bird in your crotch, you can't play with the girl, and you can't pass on the ancestry!"

Xiao Yunhe and the others finally couldn't help it and burst into laughter.

Song Liangchen may have been too far away to see clearly, otherwise he would have seen that everyone in the enemy army village had green faces, and many of them were trembling and almost crushing their teeth.

Many enemy soldiers shouted hatefully: "General, send troops! Kill this man who is full of dung spew!"

"Kill him!"

A crowd shouted.

As soon as Song Liangchen heard the shouts of these people, he suddenly became energetic, waved the iron rod in his hand, and shouted: "Okay, come, come! Lao Tzu just likes to fight turtles." Kill one to steam, kill a couple to cook soup, kill a nest of braised fried water and boil everything to have a bowl!"

The enemy was already screaming.

Xiao Yunhe and the others almost burst into tears of laughter.

The three generals of the enemy army were also itching with hatred, gathered together, and discussed urgently: "General Du has repeatedly ordered that we are not allowed to rush into battle. In my opinion, it's better to endure and don't fall for these people's tricks. ”

"This is the hinterland of our army, what are you afraid of! They are no more than three or four thousand, and we have eight thousand. Take some brothers out and meet them. ”

"That's it, it's not a problem to shrink here like this. If it spreads out, how can the prestige of our Hedong Sanjie remain? Otherwise, this will be the case. We only ordered 3,000 light horsemen to go out, leaving most of the brothers to guard the camp and put more arrows and crossbows. As soon as there is any abnormal movement, immediately return to the village, and the bow and arrow will block. ”

"Good!"

The three of them spoke in unison, and finally agreed on their opinions.

At this time, Song Liangchen was already wielding a big iron rod, slamming those huge horse antlers on the sinking road, and hitting the wooden pillars flying wildly, which was extremely rampant.

After scolding for a long time, these people didn't come out to breathe, and Song Liangchen himself became angry, his face turned red, and the more he scolded, the more fierce he became, and the more he scolded, the more energetic he became: "Your whole family is a turtle!"

"The whole family lives in a turtle shell!"

"Your father and mother hide in the turtle shell every day, hugging each other all day and night, and there is your group of little turtles!"

"Little turtle without birds!"

The door of the enemy fortress was wide open, and a group of people rushed out like wild dogs.

Anger rushed towards Song Liangchen.

"Ahh

Song Liangchen screamed, pulled out his horse and ran back.

It's not that I'm afraid of how powerful these people are, Xiao Yunhe has already told him that as long as he scolds people, he will retreat to his own position.

In the battle array, Xiao Yunhe stopped laughing and raised his hand: "Archer, prepare." ”

More than 1,000 bows and crossbows were immediately wound and ready for battle.

The enemy ran forward and stopped, and a large array of archers and shields were placed at the corners of the battle formation.

In the middle of the battle formation, the three generals waved the banner and took a few steps out of the horse.

The leader roared angrily: "Where did you come from, a madman! Dare to speak obscenities and play hooligans in front of the general's formation! Those who are not afraid of death should quickly get out and be stabbed by grandpa!"

Song Liangchen, who had just run back to Xiao Yunhe's side, was not convinced when he heard this, and he was about to rush out with a baton in his strange eyes.

As soon as Xiao Yunhe raised his hand, Song Liangchen was stunned, and his eyes were like spitting fire at the three people.

Xiao Yunhe pressed the horse lance on the horse, took a horse whip, and Shi Shiran took a few steps forward, sneering at the three people with a contemptuous face.

The three of them looked at the golden-armored and red-robed man together, and carefully identified it for a long time, but none of them recognized it, so they shouted loudly: "The other party is coming to report who is named." ”

Xiao Yunhe sneered, pointed at these people with a horsewhip and shouted: "The name of this commander, you shrimp soldiers and crab generals are not worthy of knowing. Where is Du Tao, let him get out and see me. You sue him, it was Ben Shuai who slaughtered Yao Lingyan, that idiot. If you want revenge, let the horse come. Ben Shuai is here to wait. ”

"A general!"

The three of them exclaimed in unison, and then one of them said angrily: "Okay, you unashamed gentleman, don't run away, eat a shot from grandpa!"

After that, the general stepped forward and killed Xiao Yunhe.

"Stop!"

Xiao Yunhe suddenly snorted loudly, stunned the man, and then said in a deep voice: "This handsome gun never kills unknown people." Put your name on it!"

"Humph!"

The general slashed the iron spear in his hand, "We are the three vanguard generals under the command of Du Dashuai, known as the 'Three Heroes of Hedong'! I Feng Xi, who makes the iron spear, the second brother Liu Ting, who makes the sword, and the eldest brother Jiao Wan who makes the iron hammer." If you don't dare to fight, you incompetent, get out of the way, and don't be embarrassed here—call that black-faced monster who swears the most of the people. I want to see if this monster's ability is as powerful as scolding!"

"***, call me a monster!"

Song Liangchen let out a strange scream, and rushed forward regardless of a qiē.

Xiao Yunhe wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Feng Xi, one of the three heroes who used the spear, was also extremely annoyed when he saw Song Liangchen, raised the spear in his hand, and roared angrily.

The two armies did not intend to fight, and there were archers who shot the horns of the formation before.

After a provocation at this time, there was a very rare 'heads-up before the battle'.

Song Liangchen's temper was originally fiery and abnormal, coupled with being insulted, he was already so angry that the three corpse gods exploded, and the big iron rod smashed into chaos and smashed towards Feng Xi.

Feng Xi rode his horse to approach Song Liangchen, and sneered in his heart: You are a rough man, your chest is full of flaws, see that your grandfather picked you with a shot - don't forget to tell your ancestors when you go underground, your family has lost its children and grandchildren!

Xiao Yunhe saw that the matter had come to this point, so he had to return to his own formation with a stupid horse, watching Song Liangchen and Feng Xi fight in front of the battle.

A voice came from the side of the cold: "Within three moves." ”

Xiao Yunhe looked sideways, Gao Gu, who had always been taciturn, was staring at the formation with a calm expression.

As if he hadn't said that sentence.

Xiao Yunhe knew very well in his heart: Gao Gu said that Song Liangchen could kill this Feng Xi within three moves, so he would definitely not use the fourth move.

The judgment of a master like him, especially a master who does not like to talk, has always been extremely accurate.

As soon as this flash of thought passed, there was already a scream in the array, Feng Xi was smashed in the chest, and the whole person flew backwards, hitting the pile of people on his side.

The enemy generals screamed strangely and hurriedly helped Feng Xi up.

The battle armor on Feng Xi's chest had been shattered, the broken bones and armor had been inserted into his body, and his internal organs were even more shaken.

At this time, he twitched frantically, spat out a thick stream of blood, and died of exhaustion, his eyes protruded and burst out, and he opened wide, which was very terrifying.

Song Liangchen laughed: "***, have you been beaten a little? Why is this kid finished with just one stick? It seems that this turtle shell is paper-paste, hahaha!"

Song Liangchen burst into a loud laugh like a huge thunderbolt, which made some people in the enemy formation angry and afraid.

Liu Ting gritted his teeth and made a bone crack, and he was about to rush out with a steel knife.

General Jiao Wanma* He blocked: "Second brother, the enemy is a trick to lure the troops, don't be fooled." This black-faced monster is extremely fierce, and it is not the best strategy to fight him. Now that we have lost the third brother before the battle, we still retreat and ask the marshal to think about it in the long run. ”

Liu Ting's face was flushed with anger, and he was extremely unwilling to snort angrily, so he had to pull out his horse and return to the camp.

The enemy roared and turned back like a whirlwind.

The side compartments of the camp and the sentry arrow tower were densely covered with crossbowmen, and the gate of the village was closed, and the dead and alive no longer came out.

Song Liangchen scolded again as if no one was around, and swung an iron rod to smash the antlers and horses placed on the road, and the enemy army would no longer come out.

I wanted to get closer, but I was blocked by a burst of bow and arrows, and I was depressed.

After tossing for a long time, he also felt bored, and patted the horse stupidly and returned to Xiao Yunhe.

Seeing such a formation, Xiao Yunhe secretly thought to himself: This Jiao Wan is also a cautious person.

If you suffer a loss, you will not be fooled.

Our army is alone in the depths, and we can't keep dangling in front of him.

Otherwise, the enemy troops will come to the aid from the side, and they will form a situation of encirclement...... "Signal the army, retreat fifteen miles." According to the mountain village, temporarily rest. ”

Xiao Yunhe decisively gave the order to let the army retreat.

He also asked Song Liangchen to lead hundreds of archers and horsemen, and slowly retreated behind the back hall, in case Jiao Wan led people to cover up and kill from behind.

The army retreated to the edge of a mountain forest and quickly set up a temporary camp.

Xiao Yunhe had just entered the military tent and sat down, and before he could take a sip of water, Gao Gu came in and said to Xiao Yunhe: "Marshal, our army is alone in the depths, and it is easy to be surrounded and ambushed by the enemy. Now it is a village under the mountain, and there is a dense forest behind it. If the enemy attacks from the left and right flanks and attacks with fire, won't our army be captured?"

"Well said. ”

Xiao Yunhe patted Gao Gu's shoulder and said appreciatively: "I didn't expect you to be good at words, but you are so observant and careful. At the foot of this mountain, located at the junction of Gaoling and Liquan, this piece of mountain forest behind is also a soil slope not far in front of it, although the terrain is not extremely high, but the area is quite broad, with a radius of dozens of miles. Our troops are stationed in this place, which resembles a narrow valley, and it is indeed easy to be ambushed. This place can also be called a dead place. ”

Gao Gu was puzzled: "Why is the big handsome still ......?"

Xiao Yunhe waved his hand lightly and said with a confident smile: "The enemy army has not started fighting today, and it has lost a general, and it will definitely not give up." If I were Jiao Wan, I would definitely tell Du Tao the news. Think about it, would a battlefield general like Du Tao not know that our army was encamped in a place of death? If you were Du Tao, what would you do?"

Gao Gu suddenly realized: "Understood! Dashuai is deliberately attracting Du Tao and Jiao Wan to lead the troops to attack our military camp?"

"Well said!"

Xiao Yunhe had a little more appreciation for this Gao Gu, who had always been taciturn, "Du Tao has a grudge against me for killing my teacher, and I can't wait to peel my skin and bones, file my bones and scatter them to ashes." And they have always looked down on me, thinking that I am a gentleman who is not diligent and does not know the art of war. This time, I deliberately set up camp like this, and invited you into the urn!"

"Handsome and smart!"

Gao Gu smiled with relief, "Then what should I do?"

Xiao Yunhe thought for a moment and said: "After the order goes down, after the army sets up the camp, bury the pot and cook to feed the whole army, and then raise a large bonfire, so that Song Liangchen can drink and celebrate with hundreds of brothers in the military village. The bigger the movement, the better, and the fire burns as hard as possible. But not a single brother lived in the barracks, and all abandoned their horses and went to the top of the hill in ambush. You send a few scouts to deliver a message to Li Huaiguang in the rear, and ask him to bring 3,000 iron horsemen and ambush them on the dirt slope five miles south of the village. Just wait for the shouts of killing in the military village, and the two of us will lead the troops to kill together. When the time comes, our army will charge condescendingly, like a rushing flood, and it will definitely be like a bamboo!"

"Order!"

Gao Gu agreed in a deep voice and strode away.

Xiao Yunhe turned around, looked at the map on this side, smiled alone, and said secretly: A little carving insect skills are enough to defeat these shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

If I want to achieve great things, how can I be blocked by you little characters?

Late that night, more than a dozen bonfires lit in Xiao Yunhe's military village, and Song Liangchen held a large wine jar and jumped around to drink with others.

An iron frame was erected on the fire, and several fat sheep were roasted with oil, and the fragrance wafted around.

The army sat together, drank wine and ate meat and made a loud noise, and from time to time sang a few military songs, and some people even danced Hu dance.

A qiē sight seems to be a celebration of victory.

Xiao Yunhe, with more than 2,000 people, lay in ambush on the mountainside, closely monitoring the movements at both ends of the narrow valley.

The autumn night is a little cooler, the bleak autumn wind blows, and the branches and leaves in the dense jungle dance wildly, adding a bit of a mysterious atmosphere.

It wasn't until the ugly time that Song Liangchen and the others returned to the military tent, but they were all energetic with knives and guns, waiting in wait.

What they drank just now was nothing more than white water, so they were afraid that drinking too much would be a bad thing.

On the sentry box of the east and west gates of the military village, the lanterns used for raising the whistle to warn are shaking, and the whole Dazhai is almost about to return to a quiet.

Occasionally, a patrol team walked by, leaving behind the sound of chattering footsteps.

Xiao Yunhe crouched on the mountain, didn't see any movement for a long time, and couldn't help but wonder: It's weird, why don't you come?

At this moment, two pawns quietly ran around, that is, the secret sentinels lying in ambush on the east and west mountainsides, and reported one after another: The enemy is coming!

There were three or four thousand men on the left and right, all lightly armed cavalry.

"Prepare for battle!"

Xiao Yunhe shouted in a low voice, and all the sergeants suddenly cheered up, like a tense bowstring, ready to go.

Song Liangchen, who was staring at the bull's eye in the military tent, was already a little impatient, and he had already scolded in a low voice.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came out from the side of the east and west camps, and the enemy army moved the antlers of the fence and rushed in!

Song Liangchen was happy for a while: It's finally here, waiting for Lao Tzu to die!

The one who came in from the west was Liu Ting, the general of Liquan.

Carrying a steel knife, he took the lead in rushing into the military village and shouted angrily: "Brothers, set fire!

At the same time, a group of cavalry also rushed into the military village in the east, and the first general rode a red horse and carried an iron spear, which was Du Tao.

I saw that with a gloomy face and a wave of his hand, the soldiers around him released a round of rockets.

The tents, grain, grass and other things in Xiao Yunhe's military village suddenly burst into flames, and a panicked scream came from all directions.

In the firelight, Liu Ting and Du Tao laughed in unison - "Rush in, kill!"

But what made them strange was that the Tang army did not have much turmoil, and the fire became bigger and bigger, but they did not see a few people fleeing in a hurry.

The two teams of light cavalry slaughtered the central military tent for a while, and each felt a little bad.

For there was only fire in all directions, but no one came out to fight!

Du Tao was shocked in his heart and shouted loudly: "It's not good, withdraw quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, earth-shattering shouts of killing came from the mountains, forests and soil slopes in the north and south, as if thousands of troops and horses rushed to kill.

Song Liangchen also rode on his war horse, rushed out of the Chinese army tent with dozens of brothers who were ambushed here together, brandished an iron rod and shouted: "Where is the enemy general? Come and die here grandpa!"

glanced at it, and just saw Liu Ting, who had been in Liquan during the day, and immediately rushed towards him like thunder.

Liu Ting saw that he had been ambushed, and he was already frightened, and then he ran into the fierce 'black-faced monster', and he was almost frightened, and he hurriedly slapped his horse and fled.

The soldiers around him were also panicked, and fled towards the outside of the village like wolves.

People and horses trampled and chaotic.

The situation on Du Tao's side was not much better, and when his soldiers heard the shouts of killing coming from all directions, they were already thinking about retreating.

At this time, Li Huaiguang's light cavalry in the south had already rushed to the front of the village, blocking Du Tao's men and horses at the gate of the east village like blocking the mouth of the urn.

Shuofang's cavalry was extremely good at flying and shooting, and Du Tao's men and horses were all carrying torches, as if they were live targets, and became the prey of Shuofang's iron cavalry.

Li Huaiguang carried a big knife on his waist, a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, and shot more than ten arrows in succession.

Every string is pulled out, and not one of them hits the short, and one of them falls in response to the string.

The big black horse that he stepped on, which was also battle-hardened, didn't need him to lift the reins to command at all, and he followed Li Huaiguang's meaning very spiritually and rushed towards the core of Du Tao's military formation.

The three thousand iron horsemen brought by Li Huaiguang were all good at riding and shooting, and they ran and shot together, causing Du Tao's team, which was already chaotic, to suffer heavy losses.

Xiao Yunhe carried the Chengying Sword, and rushed from the mountainside to kill, and together with Song Liangchen, he surrounded and suppressed Liu Ting's army in Xizhaimen.

In the Grand Canyon, it is already like a mountain of fire and a sword, and the sound of killing is shaking the sky.

Du Tao and Liu Ting's two teams were already panicked and lost in momentum first, and now they were being flanked again, and their vision was unclear in the night, and they didn't know how many enemy troops there were, they just wanted to break through and flee for their lives, and they had no intention of fighting at all.