After a few days of rest, the main force of the Yan army divided into five routes, occupied various key roads in the mountains, and marched north to force the other two cottages of the Seven Star Gang.

The honor of the right army is magnanimous, and the rewards and punishments for the soldiers under his command are clear, and he is a rare good general in this era.

Before nightfall, 3,000 men of the right army camped on the back hill and rested for a while.

Shang Zhirong personally inspected it before returning to the camp with confidence.

There was a palpable look of exhaustion on his face, and Guy couldn't get a good night's rest these nights.

Wen Xiguang's words were not false, after the Yan army decided to continue its northward advance, there was hardly a night to sleep peacefully, and from time to time there would be the noise of the enemy.

Until today, the Seven Star Army has not launched a real sneak attack, but has only sent some people with strong martial arts to harass them.

Shang Zhirong still remembered that on the first night, he had just laid down with his clothes, and there was an extremely harsh sound of gongs and drums outside the camp, and when he sent his elite subordinates to check, it was empty, and the masters of the Seven Star Gang disappeared without a trace.

The next night was even more hateful, about three o'clock in the morning, when the sound of fireworks exploded outside the camp, and all the soldiers were awakened.

Although Shang Zhirong had set up very strict light and dark sentry posts outside the camp, in this night in the mountains, the masters of the Seven Star Gang came and went freely, although they did not dare to get too close to the Yan army camp, it was easy to create some noise or movement.

Through the transmission of news from those Jinglian people, Shang Zhirong learned that several other armies were also suffering the same thing, and it was said that the soldiers had quite complaints, but fortunately, the morale of the army was stable for the time being.

After all, this kind of thing can be reluctantly accepted after getting used to it.

Even though the Seven Star Army never made a big move, Shang Zhirong did not dare to be careless, because he could encounter a real sneak attack at any time during the march. If he is dismissive because of the enemy's bravado these days, it is difficult to guarantee that he will suffer a loss one night, so he has become more strict in the control of his soldiers and more cautious about the defense at night.

After dinner, Shang Zhirong lay on the marching bed in armor, although his body was very tired, it was difficult to sleep.

He pondered a crucial question, if the enemy could only maintain this level of harassment, how would they break the game?

The night filled the world, and in the forest more than ten miles northeast of the Yan Army camp, thousands of energetic Seven Star Army soldiers sat on the ground, eating dry food with clear water unhurriedly.

Everyone chewed slowly and carefully, no one whispered to each other, and the expressions on their faces were calm and calm.

Since the battle in the valley a few days ago, the main force of the Seven Star Army has been hiding in the mountains to recuperate, and the task of attacking and harassing the Yan Army these days has been handed over to the masters of the gang to complete, they just need to wait quietly.

After the tempering of the war, the Seven Star Army gradually gained the momentum of slaughter, and compared with when they first became an army, they are now more elite in equipment.

This is thanks to the generous gift of the 3,000 people of the Yan army.

At the end of the Battle of the Valley, the Seven Star Army captured a large number of armor and weapons, and immediately changed them to themselves, which was quite refreshed.

Of course, Lu Shen would not make some superficial mistakes, he had already asked Ran Xuanzhi to prepare thousands of red cloths, and the soldiers each tied one to their right arm for easy identification, no matter whether they remained as they were or changed into Yan Army equipment, there would be no absurd scene of their own people beating their own people.

Under the elegant starlight, Lu Shen stood at the edge of the dense forest, looking at the southwest.

Li Chengen, Yu Dajun, Chu Zhu, Lou Chengyuan and other fierce generals stood solemnly.

"Have you noticed any anomalies in the enemy these days?"

In the silence, Lu Shen asked calmly.

Everyone fell into deep thought, and Li Chengen spoke first: "They seem to have expected that we would send people to attack and harass us late at night, and they have never expanded the area to establish a battle line, but just maintained about the same speed to the north every day, this kind of performance looks very stupid." Lieutenant, the Admiral thinks that the enemy seems to be waiting for us to take the initiative. ”

Lu Shen bowed slightly, looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Yu Dajun muttered: "The last general agrees with Commander Li's opinion, now that our army is in the dark, the enemy is in the open, and they obviously don't want to maintain this situation all the time. If our army is exposed and caught up by the enemy, this may be their only chance to seek a decisive battle. However, there are several puzzles in the end, first, how can they determine the target of our army's sneak attack, and second, even if our army's sneak attack fails, how can they build a formation of encirclement and annihilation in the vast mountains? ”

Lu Shen smiled and said softly: "The first question is unsolvable, even I can't decide which way to attack before tonight, how can they guess?" ”

Everyone laughed.

Lu Shen said again: "As for the second question, in fact, as long as the Yan army that was attacked by the sneak attack bit us to the death, and then through some convenient means of communication, the enemy can naturally calmly dispatch other troops to surround and intercept us. ”

Lou Chengyuan was blessed to his heart, and said tentatively: "Du Wei took the initiative to tell the enemy about the plan of the night attack, did he want them to prepare in advance?" ”

Lu Shen's eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "That's right, in fact, what I'm worried about is that the enemy won't do this. The enemy commander made a fatal mistake, and their best response was to gather the main force and go straight north, ignoring our attacks on the way, and taking our headquarters directly. These cottages on the periphery can be given up because they only have the responsibility of guarding, and the main village is our last line of defense, and if we take refuge in the depths of the mountains, the situation will become extremely difficult. ”

The crowd listened quietly.

Lu Shen continued: "Therefore, I just want them to accompany us to play a game of cat and mouse in the mountains. Now go and tell the soldiers that tonight's battle is still a temptation, and you will not fight the enemy to the death. However, the next step is to be mentally prepared to be pursued by the enemy. ”

"Obey!" Li Chengen and others responded awe-inspiringly.

Lu Shen turned his head to look at the southwest and chuckled, "I still have to force the other party to make a choice." ”

After another half an hour, when the most sleepy moment of the night came, more than a hundred masters quietly left the dense forest and moved towards the Yan army camp in the distance.

They had to quietly solve the Yan army's outposts as quietly as possible and clear the way for the advance of the main force.

The moonlight dissolves, and the murderous aura fills the mountains and fields.

Before the shouting broke out, Shang Zhirong seemed to have a premonition, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, and the next moment he heard the sound of noise in the distance, and then his own soldiers staggered into the tent, and hurriedly said: "Eunuch, the enemy army is attacking at night!" ”

At this time, Shang Zhirong calmed down and said calmly: "Order, the soldiers of the whole army should hold the camp firmly and not panic. ”

The soldiers immediately responded.

Shang Zhirong got up and walked out, and said at the same time: "Let those two Jinglian people send a message to General Fusan!" ”

"Yes!"

Shang Zhirong came to the tent, looked at the movement in the northeast direction, and sneered: "It's finally here." ”

This night attack happened very suddenly, and ended very quickly, when the Seven Star Army led by Lu Shen personally rushed to the outskirts of the camp, the Yan army's response was timely and steady, which can be seen that Shang Zhirong is quite good at training.

Although in front of the brave Seven Star Army, the Yan Army was at an obvious disadvantage at the beginning, but they relied on the camp and steady formation to stand tall and did not be scattered by the Seven Star Army.

A battle began, and the Seven Star Army had made some gains in the early stage, but Lu Shen soon found that the Yan Army had broken away from the panic, and immediately gave the order to retreat.

"Eunuch, the enemy has retreated!" A Commander came to the front to report.

Shang Zhirong hesitated for a moment, remembered the advice of the servant San'en, and said in a deep voice: "The whole army will follow me to pursue, remember to keep a certain distance from the enemy, as long as you can keep up, so as not to fall into the enemy's ambush!" ”

"Obey!"

……

When the war broke out in the north and all units of the Yan army took action, in the Shuangfeng Village in the south, Xiao Tongyuan, the capital of the rear army, could not sleep.

These days, he is responsible for guarding the cottage to protect the grain and grass, and for some reason he always feels uneasy.

It stands to reason that there will be no accidents here, this cottage is in a dangerous terrain, and it has been explored inside and out, so naturally there will be no jokes about being hidden here by the enemy.

Xiao Tongyuan has placed enough sentry posts outside the village, and no wind and grass can hide from his ears and eyes, and it is impossible for the Seven Star Army to appear out of thin air.

Before dawn, Xiao Tongyuan suddenly got up from the bed, put on his armor and walked outside the door. ”

Xiao Tongyuan bowed slightly, looking at the cottage in the night, it was quiet and abnormal, and there were braziers standing on the walls of the north and south walls, and the soldiers on duty could be seen walking back and forth.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "You come with me, don't alarm others." ”

"Yes!" Several pro-soldiers responded in unison.

The cottage is not big, those wooden and stone houses have become the residence of the Yan army, and there is a warehouse in the northwest direction, which is now full of grain and grass for the Yan army for the past two months.

Xiao Tongyuan subconsciously led people to walk over there.

The mountain breeze was slow, blowing on his face, and Xiao Tongyuan became more and more sober.

After walking out of more than 100 zhang, he came to the vicinity of the warehouse, and the soldiers guarding this place immediately bowed and saluted.

Xiao Tongyuan was about to open his mouth to soothe, but suddenly frowned.

"Both—" One of the soldiers shouted softly, only to be interrupted by him raising his hand.

A slight sound reached everyone's ears.

Xiao Tongyuan led everyone towards the south of the warehouse, and when they turned a corner, as if hallucinating, the grass-covered ground in the corner of the wall suddenly pushed away from bottom to top.

Then a figure leaped out from below.

Under the moonlight, Xiao Tongyuan and the man looked at each other.

Time seems to stand still.

Xiao Tongyuan suddenly shuddered, how could he not react at this time, the reason why the Seven Star Army gave up this cottage so easily was because they dug a tunnel that connected the inside and outside in advance, and the target was naturally the grain and grass of the Yan Army!

The next moment, a phantom appeared in the sight of Xiao Tongyuan and the others, and the man came to them in one step, and a pair of white hands indifferently probed into Xiao Tongyuan's chest.

Xiao Tongyuan subconsciously took a few steps back, and shouted sharply: "Enemy attack!" ”

A poignant sound tore through the night.

At the same moment, those hands pressed on Xiao Tongyuan's chest, Xiao Tongyuan struggled to block, but he was not the opponent of the person who came after all, and he fell backwards as if he was hit hard.

The person who came was the late return of the captain.

More and more people appeared from the entrance of the cave, and among them was a young woman with a slightly thin body, her eyes were as bright as stars, and she was naturally Lin Xi.

There was an uproar in the Shuangfeng Village, and countless Yan troops who had woken up rushed towards this corner, but before they could get closer, hundreds of top masters led by Wei Chigui and Lin Xi rushed to the warehouse.

They lit a pine oil torch and threw it at the grain and grass of the Yan army in the storehouse.

In a matter of moments, the fire lit up the night sky!

(End of chapter)