On the second day, Liu Mo led the vanguard troops to climb the mountain.

The hills rise abruptly from the dense forest, isolated and abrupt, and the wind-blown peaks can be seen for miles. The Xingluo people say that this mountain peak is called Fist Peak.

It did resemble a fist, Liu Mo thought to himself, standing tall from the ground and the trees, the bare brown hillside covered with rocks.

The way up the mountain is steep and rugged, with a chest-high wall of rocks surrounding the summit. They had to make a great circle to the west to find a gap for horses.

"The terrain is good, Lord Liu," Sun Kan announced after the summit. "I couldn't find a better place to do it, so we're camping here!"

The scenery from the top of the mountain is very good, but what really attracts Liu Mo is the surrounding wall: patches of pale lichen crawl on the weathered gray stone, and green moss gently swayes.

Legend has it that this stone wall was built by the Zhou Dynasty to defend against harassment by the Xingluo people.

However, time passed, civilization made the Zhou Dynasty a powerful country, and the Xingluo people moved their capital to Ille as early as 300 years ago, and the stone wall was abandoned.

"It's old, but it's still strong," Hoayi said.

Considering that the troops of the Zhou Dynasty might cross the Angula Mountain and cut off the back road of the Great Xia coalition army, Liu Mo went up the mountain from the west side of the Angula Mountain according to the terrain and waited for the rabbit!

Cause? Quite simply, the fist peak on the west side is the only way to cross the Angula Mountain, and the ambush here is "very fragrant"!

At the same time, the altitude is not too high, the retreat is easy, and the view is excellent, the surrounding area is in view, and the slopes are very steep on the north and west sides, but slightly soothing in the east.

"This high ground is easy to defend when necessary," Sun Kan pointed out as he rode his horse around the ring wall, the black cloak stirring in minutes.

"That's right, this place is fine!" Liu Mo also agrees with them.

"How to solve the problem of water? Lord Liu! Tang Die asked.

"At the foot of the mountain, didn't we just wade through a stream?"

"There's a long climb between the two places," Tang Die points out, "and the stream is beyond the stone barrier." ”

"You can carry water up the hill to make sure you have enough supplies." Sun Kandao.

Carrying water? Liu Mo frowned, this will be a hidden danger. But other than that, there are no other drawbacks.

"Not only that, but we have to store a lot more water than we need today. For this reason, I recommend that the excavation of the reservoir be started immediately. Heavy labor may displease the soldiers at the moment, but in the end it will be life-threatening for us. ”

"Fortifications should be prepared first, spikes and traps should be set up, and the hillsides should be covered with thistles, and every breach should be repaired." Hoayi made a different suggestion.

"At the same time, we also need to set up a cordon near the camp and on both sides of the riverbank, and report if we see something unidentified approaching."

"Both at the same time." Liu Mo said, "This is Xingluo, Huo Ayi, you find some people with keen observation to be in charge of guarding." Sun Kan, you are responsible for leading people to dig the reservoir. Without further ado, let's get started now. ”

So Liu Mo's order was issued, and the combined forces of Great Xia and Xingluo quickly set up tents behind the stone wall. Tents sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, blankets and blankets covered the bare ground.

They lined up in long queues of pack horses and fed them fodder and water.

In addition, Liu Mo also ordered to take advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to pick up an axe and go to the woods to cut wood for the needs of the night.

After nightfall, new problems began to arise.

The severe cold halfway up the mountain was unbearable for the warriors of Xingluo, not to mention the cavalry from Great Xia.

Bad weather is not a big problem, and the battle-hardened soldiers can quickly overcome it.

And the enemy who has not been seen for a long time is Liu Mo's biggest headache.

The last time the movements of the Zhou army were detected was two days ago in the morning, when scouts reported that the enemy had set up camp a day's ride from here. And after that day, he suddenly disappeared inexplicably.

On the third night after camping, the cold made it difficult for Liu Mo to sleep.

For this reason, he simply put on his armor and led Tang Die to patrol the camp.

And this night, the wind blew strongly.

"It seems that in the early morning, the snow will cover the land, and the tent ropes will freeze and stiff." He thought to himself.

In the camp, the soldiers on duty at night have already taken up their posts. The torch swayed along the ring wall. It was a moonless night, with only a thousand stars hanging overhead.

There was a howl in the darkness, faint and distant, but certainly - it was the howl of a pack of wolves. Their voices rose and fell, like a mournful and lonely ballad, and made his hairs stand on end.

Suddenly, Tang Die grabbed the corner of his clothes, "Lord Liu, there is a situation!" ”

She pointed not far away, across the campfire, in the shadows, as if a pair of eyes were staring at them.

"Enemy spies?" Liu Mo immediately realized. "Tang Die, stay alive!" He ordered softly.

"Understood!" Tang Die responded, and then quickly dived into the shadows.

In less than a moment, there were bursts of miserable screams.

The Zhou Dynasty spies who were hiding in the shadows were thrown out one by one and thrown in front of Liu Mo.

"This girl tamed by Tang Qingfeng is really easy to use!" Liu Mo couldn't help but sigh.

"Lord Liu, what should we do with these spies!" Tang Die walked out of the shadows and pointed to the people and asked.

"Wait until I ask a few questions." Liu Modao. "Where is your army?"

A Zhou Dynasty spy spat, "Phew, miscellaneous, we won't say anything!" ”

"Oh, it's useless to keep that tongue!" Liu Mo's face sank, "Tang Die, cut off his tongue." ”

Tang Die grinned, then stepped forward and grabbed the man's throat, and with a sudden force, he pulled out his vocal cords and tongue.

How bloody it was.

"I asked you to cut your tongue, I didn't let you be so rough!" Liu Mo thought to himself.

"How's it going, can I get you to speak?"

The rest of the Zhou Dynasty spies swallowed their saliva, frightened, however, the nature of the soldiers made them still grit their teeth.

"The mouth is hard enough, not bad, not bad!" Liu Mo laughed, "You're all married, right?" ”

This question made the Zhou Dynasty spies stupid.

And the next words definitely made them tremble.

"It looks like they're all married, and they enjoy being a man." Liu Mo turned his head, "Tang Die, I don't know if you have seen castration?" ”

"What?" Even Tang Die couldn't have imagined that Liu Mo would say such a thing. "Your Excellency, do you want to?"

"Emasculated them and sent them to the palace as eunuchs!"

Being a eunuch in a society where men are inferior to women doesn't need to be explained.

Sure enough, one of the spies gave in.

"His Royal Highness the Prince leads an army of 50,000 at the foot of Mount Angula, and 40,000 troops..."

"Go on!"

"I'm going to climb over the Angula Mountains, make a detour behind you, and attack back and forth!"

I guessed right!

As Liu Mo predicted, this "god of war" of the Zhou Dynasty also likes to do crazy things that ordinary people dare not imagine.

"How many recon units are there?" Liu Mo asked again.

"There are about seven or eight of them." The spy replied. "But it's only us when it comes to your camp!"

The snow-capped mountains that eagles can't fly, but such efficiency is understandable.

"So what have you found? How many soldiers and horses do I have in Great Xia? How much military rations? ”

"Probably... There are seventy or eighty thousand soldiers! The spy replied tremblingly.

This number is obviously wrong, the total number of coalition troops does not exceed 40,000, and half of them are stationed at the foot of the mountain.

But because it is on the snowy mountain, and it is night, it is normal to "look away".

"Haha, a little skillful!" Liu Mo deliberately made an expression of being probed, "Go back and bring a message to your prince, I, Liu Mo, are waiting for him here!" ”

The spy secretly rejoiced in his heart, "Can I go back?" ”

"That's right! But, it's just you! Liu Mo said, "The others didn't say anything." Tang Die, you know what to do! ”

Tang Die grinned, "Subordinates understand!" ”

"You... Didn't you say..."

"What did I say? Leave you alone? Liu Mo's face sank, then he waved his hand and left directly.

Is this crazy? Send the spies back?

Of course not, isn't it fragrant to let the other party bring back the wrong information and scare Yang Yizhi?

Upon learning the information of 780,000 people, the Zhou Dynasty was determined to urgently convene a military meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Let the other party have chaos, and Liu Mo will have a chance.

At the same time, Liu Mo already had a clever plan in his heart at this time!

~~~

The day after the spies were caught, Liu Mo ordered all the troops stationed halfway up the mountain to evacuate.

Why?

As a qualified commander-in-chief, you must learn to adapt to changes on the battlefield.

Yang Yizhi is not an iron-headed baby, he knows that he will be ambushed after crossing Angu Ladelete, and he will send the head iron over?

In this case, the only option is to attack head-on.

Moreover, according to Yang Yizhi's ability to lead troops, most of them will send a vanguard to test a wave of attacks as soon as they receive the news.

After retreating to the bottom of the mountain, Liu Mo immediately convened an emergency military meeting.

"Hoayi, you lead a thousand soldiers and horses to garrison the eastern side of Angula Mountain, and do not allow the enemy to cross the river. When the other party is attacking, you must not fight with them, but only to delay time, and if an enemy crosses the river, do not come to see me. ”

Hoayi was immediately ordered to leave.

Liu Mo said again: "Amuhe, you lead the men and horses of your headquarters to lead the enemy army to chase westward, and you can only defeat but not win in the battle along the way, and flee into the west, the farther the better." ”

Amuhe has always been fierce and competitive, and he was not convinced by Liu Mo, so he said proudly: "My Xingluo warrior will only win battles, and I won't defeat battles." ”

Liu Mo frowned: "This is my order." Not only do you have to defeat, but you also have to carry your own cattle, sheep, supplies, grain and grass and throw them away all the way to cause them to loot. ”

"What?" Amuhe's face changed, "Do you want me to send the cattle and sheep supplies from my headquarters to the enemy?" Lord, I can't do that! ”

Liu Mo's lips tightened, and he asked in a deep voice, "You don't listen to this king's orders?" ”

Amuhe snorted, "Lord, you lead us to victory, and I will listen to your orders." You told me to defeat the battle, and I refused to accept it. He said, "Before, it was you who let us run to the mountains to blow the cold wind, and now it is you who let us send supplies."

Lord, I ask you, is this like a battle to be won? ”

"Okay, question me openly!" When Liu Mo heard this, his murderous intent arose!