"Yes, absolutely."

Ye Wuchen praised: "Your idea is very good, our Dragon Shadow Guard is the most suitable place to survive and fight in that kind of place." ”

"It's surrounded by mountains, stretching for hundreds of miles."

"As long as we hide in the mountains, it will be absolutely impossible for the Shu army to find us."

"Even if they found us, we would have left long ago before we mobilized the army to encircle and suppress us."

"What's more, with the intelligence ability of our Dragon Shadow Guard, we can completely avoid the eyes of the Shu army, and even capture or kill them directly."

"Leave no trace."

After a moment of silence, Ye Wuchen continued: "The most critical point now is to persuade Pang Rong and Gu Cheng to let them cooperate with us to send troops. ”

"Let's go, then."

Lu Fan put away the exercises and said with a smile: "Let's go to them now to discuss, make a battle plan overnight tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay."

……

……

Five days later.

The morning of the third day of April.

Two hundred miles southwest of Cangyun City, the mountains are majestic and endless.

The mountains are lush with vegetation and flowers.

It is a large mountain range that runs from east to west and stretches for hundreds of miles.

There happened to be a road passing through the middle of the mountain range, as if it had been cut down by a heavenly sword, splitting the mountain in two.

This road leads to Cangyun City in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty and reaches the Sunset City of Shu Kingdom in the south.

In normal times, it is a prosperous trade route, and it is traders from all over the world.

But now that it was wartime, no merchant dared to take this path anymore.

"Da-da, da-da-da!"

The crisp sound of horses' hooves came from afar, especially clear in the silent wilderness.

"It's coming!"

Ye Wuchen glanced at Lu Fan beside him.

"Hmm."

Lu Fan nodded.

He had already heard it, and he could tell that the convoy carrying grain was at least ten miles away.

According to the plan, two dragon shadow guards have set up an ambush here.

The Zhennan Army's Long Yingwei was in the west, and the Southwest Army's Long Yingwei was in the east, lying in ambush on the hills on both sides of the road, waiting for the grain transport team to send them to the door.

Grab food first, kill the enemy secondary.

"Da-da, da-da-da!"

The sound of horses' hooves is getting louder and closer.

A group of centaurs came from a distance.

In the front were dozens of officers on horseback, then soldiers on foot, and then behind were carriages, guarded by many soldiers, with no end in sight.

The Shu army's grain transport team is here.

The soldiers laughed and laughed as they walked, their expressions relaxed, unaware of the danger they were approaching.

The dragon shadow guard of the Zhennan Army was hidden on the mountain, lined up, without making any sound, his eyes were fixed on the grain transport team under the mountain, and the sharp arrows had quietly mounted the bowstring.

Lu Fan was on the very edge, and he also began to draw his bow and arrows, aiming at the Shu grain officer.

From the military uniform and style worn by the other party, he could easily judge that this person was Xu Liang, a master of first-class cultivation.

As long as this person can be shot, the Shu army will be chaotic.

Lu Fan had already discussed with Ye Wuchen and Gu Cheng in advance, and Xu Liang handed it over to him to deal with.

Several second-grade masters of the Shu army were handed over to Ye Wuchen and Gu Cheng.

And so on.

The opponents chosen by Long Yingwei were all one realm weaker than him.

As for the slightly inferior Dragon Shadow Guard, he is only responsible for dealing with those ordinary soldiers.

This minimizes losses.

Moreover, the Southwest Army Long Yingwei on the opposite mountain deliberately staggered its position with the Zhennan Army Long Yingwei, just to give the Shu army the greatest damage.

You can also hunt down enemies better.

Seeing Xu Liang pass in front of him, Lu Fan let go of the arrow string in his hand.

"Whew!"

A powerful sound of breaking the air sounded.

Sharp arrows come out of the string.

Well?

Xu Liang sensed the danger and turned back suddenly, only to see a flash of cold light, and the sharp arrow had come to him.

There was no time to draw the knife, he could only punch out.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Xu Liang flew out of his horse.

Blood was sprinkled in the air.

Screams rang out.

Xu Liang's fists became bloody and blurred, and half of his body was covered in blood.

What shocked him even more was that the arrow didn't stop, and under his stunned eyes, it hit him in the heart fiercely.

"Bang!"

Xu Liang fell heavily to the ground and remained motionless.

"Woohoo!"

A continuous sound of breaking the air sounded.

Arrows rained down.

When they were defenseless, the Shu army fell in pieces.

The arrows in Lu Fan's hands kept shooting, shooting at several other officers continuously.

No one could stop him from an arrow.

Coupled with Ye Wuchen beside him, the two of them had no arrows, and in a moment, half of the dozens of officers at the front had fallen.

Gu Cheng on the opposite mountain, and his masters, stayed at the far end, focusing on shooting the Shu army masters behind the palace.

"Ahh

Screams and wails were heard in unison, accompanied by screams.

The soldiers of Shu were panicked and scurried around.

But because in the middle of the team, no matter where you run, you can't avoid the attack of the rain of arrows.

Several rounds of arrow rain came down, and most of the Shu army was killed and wounded.

"Withdraw!"

One song and one end, the Shu army at both ends of the team ran towards Cangyun City and Sunset City respectively.

He didn't dare to stay even for a moment, let alone stay and fight.

They were already frightened.

After all, those who are stronger than them are dead, and they can only be sent to death if they stay.

"Woohoo!"

The rain of arrows did not stop, and continued to shoot at the Shu army under the mountain.

This is a pre-determined strategy.

Let's ignore the fleeing Shu army, and shoot the Shu army blocked in the middle.

After a long time.

Lu Fan put away his bow and arrows and jumped down the mountain.

Ye Wuchen followed.

The two led the Zhennan Army Dragon Shadow Guard to chase and kill in the direction of Cangyun City.

Gu Cheng took the Dragon Shadow Guard of the Southwest Army and chased and killed in the direction of Sunset City.

"Kill!"

The shouts of killing shook the sky.

The chase lasted for more than half an hour, and the two dragon shadow guards returned almost simultaneously, meeting up at the location of the previous ambush.

The wagons carrying the grain were all parked in place, blocked by the corpses around them, unable to move.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

"Yes."

Lu Fan gave an order, and everyone began to clean up the battlefield.

Soon the road was cleared, and the people replenished their arrows, drove the carriage, and followed the mountain road into the mountains.

Halfway through, the grain was brought down, leaving a hundred men to drive the empty wagons on.

The rest of the people changed directions and transported grain to the mountains on the other side.

Doing so is not easy to leave a mark.

Even if the Shu army came to investigate, they could only follow the traces of the chariots and horses and enter the deep mountains.

But in fact, it is far away from the hiding place of the Dragon Shadow Guards.

……

……

Outside Cangyun City, the military camp of Shu State.

Xue Ren, the commander of the Shu army, was discussing with several generals in the camp tent.

"Report!"

A soldier hurriedly ran in, "My lord, the military rations have been robbed." ”

"What?"

Xue Ren stood up in shock and shouted, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

"Yes."

The soldier said loudly: "In the southwest of the barracks, about two hundred miles, our army's grain transport team was intercepted and killed, and the grain transport officer Lord Xu was killed on the spot, and several other generals were also killed in battle, and all the military rations were lost. ”

"Huh?"

Xue Ren was stunned and muttered, "How is it possible? Is that in the territory of my Shu Kingdom? How dare the Great Zhou army do it there? ”

"How many people are left?"

Deputy Commander Fan Li got up and asked, "How many people did the Great Zhou send?" ”

"There are less than a thousand left."

The soldier said: "As for how many people Da Zhou sent, I don't know. ”

"This bunch of garbage!"

Xue Ren was so angry that he scolded, "I can't even do this little thing." ”

"Your Excellency is angry."

Fan Li persuaded: "The top priority is to think of a way to deal with it. ”

"Alas!"

Xue Ren sighed lightly and said, "Most of the military rations have been burned last time, and this time the military rations have been robbed again, and it will be difficult to collect the military rations we need." ”

"I estimate that there is not enough food in the vicinity and that we have to borrow it from afar."

"It takes a long time, plus the transportation on the road, at least a month, and it's not even enough."

Speaking of this, he frowned, "With the military rations that our army is storing now, it can last ten days at most, right?" ”

"yes."

Fan Li also sighed, "This is still when the soldiers can't eat enough, so they can barely last for ten days." ”

"Otherwise, we'll fight!"

Another general, Pan Ning, interjected: "At all costs, take Cangyun City within ten days, then we will have food." ”

"Let me think about it."

Xue Ren fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he shook his head slightly, "It's too risky, what if you can't take it in ten days?" What are we going to do? At that time, we can only withdraw the army, if the Great Zhou Southwest Army takes the opportunity to rush out, how can we resist? ”

"That's true."

Fan Li continued: "When our army's morale was at its peak, it didn't take Cangyun City in ten days, and now that the morale is low, how can it be taken?" ”

"What then?"

Pan Ning said: "We can't do nothing, why wait?" ”

"Withdraw!"

Xue Ren made up his mind, "Let's go back and rest and come back!" ”

"Oh?"

Pan Ning was stunned for a moment and asked, "When will the troops be withdrawn?" ”

"Early tomorrow morning."

Xue Ren said: "Since you plan to withdraw the army, it must be as soon as possible, and you will send an order later, so that the armies can prepare early, and they will set off after breakfast tomorrow." ”

"I agree."

Fan Li thought for a while and said, "It's just that there is one thing that has to be guarded against." ”

"The Great Zhou army tried every means to burn our grain and grass and rob our grain, and the purpose was probably to force us to withdraw our troops."

"Moreover, it is possible that they will carry out a surprise attack on our army while we are withdrawing."

Speaking of this, Fan Li glanced at Xue Ren, "My lord, we have to take good precautions." ”

"If they dare to come, it's what I want."

Xue Ren snorted coldly: "I will leave an ambush and give them a fatal blow when the Great Zhou army pursues." ”

"That's right."

Fan Li nodded in agreement, "Maybe in this case, we can still take the opportunity to enter Cangyun City." ”

"Yes."

"Exactly."

"Great idea!"

Several other generals chimed in.

At this moment, they were filled with hope again.

As long as you seize the opportunity, you can turn defeat into victory, and even take Cangyun City in one fell swoop.

At this time, on a high mountain less than two hundred miles from the barracks.

The dragon shadow guards were sitting in groups of three or five, eating together.

Everyone looked excited, and their faces were full of joy.

While eating, I didn't forget to laugh out loud.

"Happy!"

"Enjoyable!"

"Well done."

This was an unprecedented victory, more than 10,000 Shu troops, only less than 2,000 escaped, and the remaining 8,000 people were all killed.

Including Xu Liang, the grain transportation officer, as well as several second-grade masters, and more than a dozen third-grade masters, almost all of them were killed.

The seized grain was piled up like a mountain, enough for them to feed the Dragon Shadow Guards for years.

Lu Fan, Ye Wuchen, Gu Cheng, the three of them sat together, talking and laughing.

"Sure enough, it's still the commander of Lu."

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "This battle has laid a victory for us." ”

"It's far from time to relax."

Lu Fan shook his head, "The Shu army still has more than 200,000 troops, and there are countless masters, if they fight with us, we will also suffer heavy losses." ”

"I trust your plan, foolproof."

Gu Cheng was not worried, "After all, you have already speculated on various possibilities, and you have dealt with them accordingly, no matter what the Chu army chooses, you will not be able to avoid defeat." ”

"Hmm."

Ye Wuchen continued: "The most important thing is intelligence, as long as we can grasp the things of the Shu army in time, we will make the most appropriate response and be invincible." ”

"That's up to you."

Lu Fan smiled: "No one is more suitable than you." ”

"Okay, leave it to me."

Ye Wuchen should take a sip.

"That's right."

Gu Cheng asked, "Do you think the Shu army will be desperate?" Or will they choose to withdraw? ”

"In my estimation, they will choose to withdraw."

Ye Wuchen had been thinking about this for a long time, and blurted out at this time, "This is the safest way, after all, the siege is too dangerous, and if they can't take it, it will put them in danger, or even a desperate situation." ”

"yes."

Gu Cheng nodded approvingly, "But in this way, they will be calm when they evacuate, and their combat effectiveness will not drop too much." ”

"Just like Lu Fan said, if they retreat tomorrow, they will definitely leave an ambush, first, to break the rear, and secondly, to take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on us and turn the tide of the battle."

"Maybe it's going to turn defeat into victory."

"But what they don't know is that Lu Fan has already thought of it and has a way to deal with it."

"It is impossible for the Shu army to withdraw to Shu unscathed."

"Even if you go back, you have to take off a layer of skin."

"Humph!"

Gu Cheng snorted coldly and said, "This is the price they should pay!" ”

"The total strength of the Shu army is still more than 200,000."

Lu Fan analyzed: "Among them, there are at least 70,000 or 80,000 baggage troops, and these people have almost no combat power, and after they are removed, there are only 130,000 or 40,000 left, including tens of thousands of wounded soldiers." ”

"In other words, the real combat strength of the Shu army is only 100,000 people."

"If they divide 50,000 troops and ambush them in the rear, they will give us a chance for the Dragon Shadow Guard."

"We only need to face the elite of the 50,000 Shu army."

"Another 50,000 people, just let them wait."

"Anyway, we have already made a plan with the huge people before, and we must receive the signal of our attack before we can send troops."

"The ambush of the Shu army is useless."

After a pause, Lu Fan continued: "We just need to follow the original plan and keep harassing the Shu army during their retreat. ”

"That's right."

Gu Cheng continued: "According to what you said, they still ambushed the Shu army at the location last time, they suffered a loss there, they must not have imagined that we would dare to ambush there." ”

"Even if you think about it, it doesn't matter."

Lu Fan said: "Because it is the best place to ambush, the Shu army can only be beaten passively at the foot of the mountain, but it can't be repaid. If they chase us, we'll withdraw. If they leave, we will chase after them. ”

"After all, we have few people and move fast."

"As long as you drag the Shu army hard and grind him for a few days, the ambush soldiers of the Shu army will naturally be unable to hold their breath and will retreat hastily."

"When the time comes, we will send a signal again, and the huge army will send troops from the city, and we will be flanked before and after, and the Shu army will be chaotic."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan glanced at Ye Wuchen, "You go and keep an eye on the Shu army's ambush, as soon as they retreat, you will immediately send a signal." ”

"No problem."

Ye Wuchen said with a smile: "This plan is very good, we will definitely be able to defeat the Shu army." ”

"yes."

Gu Cheng echoed: "Maybe after this battle, they can establish a victory and kill the Shu army to the cold, if they want to attack my Da Zhou again, I'm afraid they will have to think about it." ”

"I hope so."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, "No matter what, as long as we can win this battle, the Shu army will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it will be impossible to recover within a few months, which will undoubtedly give us more time." ”

"That's right."

Gu Cheng agreed, "When the time comes, we can free up our hands to support Zhennan Pass and Wind Thunder City." ”

"Hmm."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the hero saw the same thing.

The battle side by side in the past few days has made the two dragon shadow guards sympathize with each other.

The victory in today's battle made them extremely trusting and had a little more tacit understanding with each other.

……

……

The next day, in the morning.

The army of Shu marched on the avenue outside Cangyun City, heading in the direction of Sunset City.

Commander Xue Ren and several generals rode in the middle of the procession.

"Report!"

A young officer rode up and said loudly, "General, none of the scouts we sent out have returned. ”

"What?"

Xue Ren and several generals glanced at each other, and they all understood what the other party meant, there were ambushes ahead.

The Great Zhou Army is really whimsical, it actually bypassed layers of defenses and sneaked into the territory of Shu, so he was not afraid that he would die here?

Either way, this trick is extremely effective.

It really makes them feel bad.

The most important thing is that they don't know how many people Da Zhou has sent.

And the Great Zhou army seemed to be well aware of their actions.

How can this battle be fought?

If you don't fight, you can't do it.

Ahead is the way they must pass, if they detour, it is too far, I am afraid that they will starve to death if they can't reach Sunset City.

What's more, with so much baggage, you can't walk from the mountains at all.

"My lord, what should I do?"

Several generals were looking at Xue Ren, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Xue Ren knew that he had to make a decision immediately, and he couldn't wait or delay.

But he still thought about it and looked at the two generals beside him, "Master Pan, Master Ma, the two of you each bring 20,000 elite soldiers to the mountains to encircle and suppress the Great Zhou army, remember to be careful." ”

"If the enemy is strong, you must protect yourselves, just hold them back."

"When our army passes smoothly, you will also retreat in time."

After saying that, he waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes."

The two took the order and left.

"The army moves on."

"Yes."

The young officer took the order and left.

At this time, Lu Fan and the dragon shadow guards had already ambushed on the mountain in advance.

It's just that unlike the last time, the two Dragon Shadow Guards are in one place, and they are both on the same side of the mountain.

In this way, we can better deal with all kinds of unexpected situations.

"Your Excellency."

Qin Yu hurriedly ran over and said, "The Shu army sent two troops, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one went to the opposite mountain, and the other came to our side, it seems that they want to encircle and suppress us. ”

"Hmm."

Lu Fan nodded and asked, "How many people came?" ”

"Almost 40,000 people."

Qin Yu said his judgment, "Twenty thousand people per road." ”

"20,000?"

Gu Cheng on the side frowned, "If they find that there is no one on the opposite mountain, it is estimated that they will encircle and suppress this side at the same time, should we retreat?" Avoiding its edge for a while? ”

"Not necessarily."

Lu Fan didn't hesitate at all, "Since they dare to divide their troops, they are giving us a chance." ”

"Coming up from the opposite hill, after all, we have to make a detour, which can give us enough time to hit the enemy."

"In other words, we only need to face 20,000 enemy troops."

"With the position we occupy, we will be able to fire at least ten rounds of arrows when the enemy forces approach us."

"With such a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy, how can we give it up so easily?"

"What's more, we have already chosen a retreat route, and we are much more familiar with the vicinity than the Shu army."

"Even if the enemy forces surround us, we can retreat calmly."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan looked at Gu Cheng, "Also, the Shu army doesn't know our strength, so they may not dare to go too deep, maybe they are just to cover the retreat of the army and deliberately drag us down." ”

"Okay, listen to you."

Gu Cheng clenched his fists, "Then have a good fight with them!" ”

"Hmm."

Lu Fan nodded, and said to Qin Yu: "You go and inform everyone and prepare for battle." ”

"Yes."

Qin Yu trotted away.

"Let's go, change positions."

Lu Fan and Gu Cheng got up and came to the other side of the mountain, facing northeast.

I happened to see a group of Shu soldiers, showing their heads from a distance.

The soldiers abandoned the main road and took the mountain road instead, and slowly approached the mountain in a form of encirclement.

Dense, all over the mountains.

There are at least tens of thousands.

On this hillside, there were not many trees originally, and Lu Fan specially arranged for people to cut down all the trees.

In order to have a good field of vision, you can see the enemy clearly, and then there is no place for the enemy to hide from the bow and arrow.

In addition to this, the trees that are cut down are also used for other purposes.

At this time, the dragon shadow guards also changed positions and came to the same side as Lu Fan, lined up.

They held bows in their hands, mounted arrows, and aimed at the Shu army under the mountain.

The Shu army was slowly approaching their range.

"Whew!"

The sound of breaking the air sounded.

Lu Fan shot the first arrow, and a Shu soldier fell in response.

"Woohoo!"

The sound of breaking the air sounded continuously, and a round of arrow rain fell into the Shu army's formation when the Shu army had no reaction.

Hundreds of Shu troops fell in an instant.

"Ahh

Screams rang out.

The rest of the Shu army turned around and ran, and did not stop until they ran far out of range.

"Stop!"

Lu Fan gave an order, and the arrow rain suddenly stopped.

But the Shu army had no intention of moving, neither advancing nor retreating, but stayed in place, as if deliberately consuming with Long Yingwei.

"What should I do?"

Gu Cheng looked a little stunned, Shu Jun's reaction was completely unexpected.

"The other party obviously wants to drag us down, so that the army of Shu can pass smoothly."

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Fan understood the other party's intentions, and sneered: "How can I do what they want? ”

"Commander Gu, you take the Southwest Army Dragon Shadow Guard, and go to the location where we ambushed just now, and continue to ambush the Shu army."

"Our Zhennan Army Dragon Shadow Guard is still guarding here, keeping an eye on these people, as long as they dare to show their heads, they will definitely die!"

……

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(End of chapter)