The mountains on both sides are very steep rock walls, and only one road that is not a road leads to the top, which is not suitable for a large number of sergeants to move and fight.

Huang Yuanwu led his soldiers forward on this rugged mountain road, and the speed was very slow. But since the location of the enemy army has been discovered and the existence of the ambush has been proven, it is impossible to ignore it, this matter must not be delayed, and Huang Yuanwu must take all the passes in the mountains and clear the mountains and forests before they have the next move.

On top of the steep rock face, a few thin trees grew alone, and the thousands of soldiers led by the flower slave park marched slowly on this road, all the way up. From time to time, there are sergeants stepping on the air, but no one has fallen, the 50,000 sergeants of the former army, all of them are veterans of the East Palace, and they are very experienced, and in such an environment, their value can be more reflected.

The sergeants worked in small squads to take care of each other, and although they marched slowly and dangerously, they did not have much trouble until they reached the top of the mountain.

The mountains of this pass are cultivated into a piece, and the mountains are overgrown with trees, and they are even more inaccessible. It's not suitable for combat at all, but it's definitely good for ambushes.

The moment he reached the top of the mountain, Huang Yuanwu squinted his eyes and looked forward at the mountain near the sixth pass, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't see clearly, and at this distance, he couldn't hear a clear shout of killing.

Huang Yuanwu didn't speak, just waved his hand lightly, and the sergeants on the left and right already understood, divided into several different directions, and marched towards the vicinity of the sixth level.

The road to the top of the mountain is much easier than the road uphill, but this is also a wilderness that has never been explored, and the speed of the march is not fast, and if you continue to march at the current pace, I am afraid that if you reach the battlefield, the battle will be over.

However, Huang Yuanwu was not panicked in his heart, he had already ordered all the defenders of the pass to attack, advance in stages, and reinforce the vanguard, and other troops would arrive faster than them. Huang Yuanwu's arrangement has two advantages, first, the front-line battlefield will be reinforced as soon as possible, because the sixth pass is also under the control of the East Palace, where 3,000 troops are sent to support the battlefield, which can solve the urgent need.

The sergeants in the later passes will also search the entire area along the way after entering the jungle at the top of the mountain, ensuring that no other enemy troops will enter from other places.

Coupled with Huang Yuanwu's center, the order of the latter two armies, the Chinese army fills the vacancies in the passes, ensures the absolute safety of the several checkpoints that have been occupied, and the rear army builds a camp in situ, relying on the first checkpoint to form an effective fortification, and there is no need to worry about the enemy sneak attack from the rear, even if the battle in front is not smooth, Huang Yuanwu can also immediately arrange reinforcements to support, so as to evacuate calmly.

This method of marching in sequence solves to the greatest extent possible an attack from any direction.

It's just that Huang Yuanwu didn't expect that Huang Zhengchu, the Northern Wang, would actually do it to himself here, and in such a way, there was almost no guessing what he wanted to do.

If Huang Yuanwu's estimate is good, the number of troops blocking the Dongwangfu this time will definitely not be too much, and its purpose is still the same, to delay the marching speed of the Dongwangfu.

As for why the defenders of the imperial capital cooperated with Huang Zhengchu's actions, it is unknown to Huang Yuanwu, but there is some kind of tacit understanding between Yang Qin of the imperial capital and Huang Zhengchu of the Northern Wang, which is certain.

The speed of the march was much faster than when he went up the mountain before, Huang Yuanwu led the army to move forward, the mountains were covered with dense jungles, the mountains and rocks were beautiful, all the soldiers stepped forward on foot, and this place was not suitable for war horses at all. While marching forward, all the sergeants were responsible for carefully inspecting the surroundings, this was the work that had to be done, and the troops entering the mountain range, led by Huang Yuanwu, were the absolute main force, and they had to make sure that they would not be attacked from behind, and the battle ahead could be won.

It was not until ten o'clock at noon that the main force led by Huang Yuanwu reached the edge of the battlefield.

Huang Yuanwu stood on top of a mountain, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, the sound of shouting and killing could be vaguely heard in the distance, and through the dense forest, he could vaguely see the battle in the distance, but a large number of trees blocked the line of sight, and he couldn't see too clearly.

The order was given, and the two brigades immediately stepped forward to support the front line, while the rest waited for the rest to stand by. Huang Yuanwu observed for a while, feeling that the battle in the distance was not the core point of the battlefield, he could feel that because of the order he gave to advance the attack, the Dongwangfu troops had obtained a steady stream of reinforcements, and at this moment on the battlefield, they had already achieved some advantages, and the other party could not suppress the Dongwangfu troops in the front.

The herald gave the order, and then the two brigades of sergeants entered the jungle and headed straight for the distant battlefield. Huang Yuanwu has been standing on a high place, constantly looking at the situation on the battlefield, and always feels that something is not right.

After a while, he clearly saw that the two teams of men and horses he had just sent had joined the battlefield, and the entire edge of the battlefield immediately advanced forward, and the Eastern Wangfu side had achieved an absolute advantage, pressing the other party to advance. Only then did Huang Yuanwu come down from the heights, and at the same time ordered: "All the sergeants obey the order, move forward slowly, make up their minds about the situation, and be ready to fight at any time." ”

Immediately, Huang Yuanwu drew the sword from his waist and walked in the front in the first place, and his escort team immediately followed him to his left and right to protect his safety.

The large army advanced slowly, and the closer they got to the battlefield they had just seen, the stronger the bloody aura in the surrounding jungle became, until Huang Yuanwu saw the dead bodies lying on the ground and a patch of blood, and the smell of blood in the forest reached a peak.

The battle, it seems, is over.

Many of the soldiers of the Eastern Wangfu who participated in the battle were tidying up the battlefield, and the corpses of enemy soldiers were piled aside, emitting a pungent bloody gas. The withered yellow grass in the forest was blood-stained red, whether it was the pungent smell of blood, or the corpses and broken limbs all over the ground, it stimulated everyone's nerves.

Huang Yuanwu ordered all the staff to stop advancing, and he himself led the escort team and walked forward.

The surrounding Dongwangfu sergeants saw Huang Yuanwu coming over and saluted one after another, and Huang Yuanwu walked forward expressionlessly, carefully checking the surrounding situation.

In the process of this observation, he discovered one thing, the ratio of battle losses between the enemy and the enemy seemed to be a little unbalanced. He could see a large number of corpses of enemy soldiers wearing improvised armor, but he could rarely see the corpses of soldiers killed in the battle of Dongwangfu. The armor on the enemy mountain is very ordinary, and it can even be described as inferior, this is not the regular army of the palace at all, and it is definitely not the defenders of the imperial capital, the identity of these people makes Huang Yuanwu very suspicious in his heart.

He slowly walked up to a corpse, crouched down, and carefully examined the armor on the body, his brow furrowing deeper and deeper.

"The last general, see the little prince. ”

When Huang Yuanwu was checking the corpse of the enemy soldier, a voice came from behind Huang Yuanwu, and he didn't need to look back to know that this was Ding Jiang.

Since the end of the last enclave, Ding Jiang has been building city walls under the hands of the rest of his life, and his life is also leisurely. However, the death of his friend Koron in the enclave has always been a knot in his heart, and he has been depressed for the past few months. In order to alleviate his emotions, Huang Yuanwu deliberately brought Ding Jiang with him on this expedition, this person's life belongs to the battlefield, if he doesn't find a way to relieve the boredom in his heart, this person is likely to be dull.

Huang Yuanwu didn't look back, just waved his hand behind him, pointed to the corpse of the enemy in front of him, and said: "This is not the standard armor of the heavens, nor is it the people and horses of the Northern Palace, do you know what the origin of these enemy troops is?"

"The Admiral has already double-checked. Ding Jiang came behind Huang Yuanwu and replied softly: "Judging from the clothes and combat effectiveness of these people, they are not regular troops, if they are a group of unorganized bandits, I believe it." ”

"Bandits?" Huang Yuanwu was stunned when he heard this, looked back at Ding Jiang, and asked, "How can you see it?"

Ding Jiang didn't speak, but just stepped forward, took off the helmet of the corpse in front of him, revealing a piece of fluffy and messy hair inside, and then moved again, took off the breastplate and wiped the blood on his chest with this person's clothes, and on the upper left side of his chest, a very peculiar mark was revealed.

The mark is small and looks like an arrow.

"Most of these people have this mark, I have seen this pattern before, more than ten years ago, when we were fighting, we put down a rebellion and wiped out a small effect royal family, and the royal family members of that royal family also have this mark on their bodies. Ding Jiang pointed to this peculiar and simple marker and explained to Huang Yuanwu: "Because of the strategy of my Eastern Palace, the royal family members of this small country were not wiped out at that time, but only the bad deeds of the common people at that time were killed, and this country finally surrendered to Qitian, and now it is a small province in Qitian, called Liang'an, and their royal family members continue to manage Liang'an, but under the supervision of the empire. ”

Huang Yuanwu listened to Ding Jiang's explanation and frowned slightly. When Qitian was expanding wildly, he wiped out countless such small countries, and most of these countries eventually joined Qitian's command, because Qitian's strategy was not to conquer the people, but only to target the royal family, only in this way could he conquer such a large territory in a short period of time, and then use some strategies to make the local people accept Qitian's rule.

Huang Yuanwu also personally led the team to annex many such places, but he had never seen this mark now.

"What do you mean to say......" Huang Yuanwu frowned and said the guess in his heart: "What does the enemy army that is blocking us now have anything to do with this Liang'an?"

"Not sure. Ding Jiang shook his head and said: "These people are more like bandits in the Wuthering Mountains and forests in terms of combat strength, clothing and style of conduct, rather than sergeants who have been stolen by others, even if they have anything to do with Liang'an, they must not be so deep, these people are used as cannon fodder." ”

When Huang Yuanwu heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he immediately asked, "The battle is over, how about the battle damage?"

"These people are almost vulnerable. Ding Jiang replied truthfully: "Our sergeants only suffered a large number of casualties when they were ambushed, according to the current simple statistics, in this battle, the enemy killed at least more than 2,000 people, and the rest were scattered, and we, only more than 100 casualties, and the combat strength between each other is not at the same level." ”

Huang Yuanwu nodded lightly: "Have you figured out the matter of the last pass?"

"The pass has been surrounded, and it has not yet been attacked. Ding Jiang replied truthfully: "I and several other generals felt that there was something wrong with this, so they did not order the siege of the city without authorization. ”

"Good. Huang Yuanwu responded, stood up, and said: "Clean up the battlefield, these enemy troops are buried on the spot, and three brigades are left on duty on the left and right mountain ranges, and the rest of the people will follow me down the mountain and gather before the sixth pass." ”

"Honorable Order!" Ding Jiang received the order and bowed down.

Huang Yuanwu's eyes were cold, this matter was indeed not as simple as it seemed, and a bad premonition appeared in his mind, giving him a feeling that he had fallen into someone else's trap.

The large army did not experience any fighting, and immediately followed Huang Yuanwu down the mountain road on the side.

And Huang Yuanwu's mind has been thinking about this battle that just happened.

This battle happened very strangely, these enemy troops who suddenly appeared, as if they were sent to the door for the Dongwang Mansion to kill, no matter who the person behind them was, this person's scheme, Huang Yuanwu could not be involved now.