The words say:

How many prosperous and declining things in the world are left with idle people. The dervishes came together to talk. The ancient and modern roads are endless, and the absurdity is endless.

What can the heavens do? It is nothing more than cultivating immortals. At this time, I didn't know how to cultivate Jindan. The smoke is everywhere, and the bloody battle has not left the saddle.

The small words said, and that night, Nan Lizhi was ordered by Yang Qingcai to lead the troops to attack Li Shijian's camp at night.

Nan Lizhi shouted loudly, led 3,000 troops to shout and kill, but at a glance, it was an empty camp!

Nan Lizhi was shocked: "It's not good, our army has been tricked! Quickly retreat!"

When he was withdrawing, he could only hear it from a distance, shouting on all sides:

- "Rush!" "Kill!" "The enemy is plotting!" "Brothers, the meritorious service is tonight, catch Yang Qingcai!"

Nan Lizhi retreated in a panic, but Yang Qingcai's army also arrived. In the darkness, the two armies were mixed together, the ranks and formations were chaotic, and the orders could not be issued smoothly-

The three armies of the Yang clan were all nested in front of Li Shijian's camp at this time, retreating in confusion, but there were high ground on both sides here; on the high ground, Li Shijian had already been ambushed by Qin Wu, with a total of 4,000 troops. At this time, the 4,000 troops were high and lowered their arrows, and they did not need to aim, but only looked at the noisy place where the man was messing around in the dark night!

So arrows rained down, and Yang Qingcai's own military horses trampled on each other, and they couldn't get along, and I don't know how many people and horses were broken.

The defeated troops were in chaos, and the army was even more chaotic for a while, and it was difficult to withdraw in an orderly manner in a hurry.

When he was in a hurry, Yang Qingcai suddenly heard the horn cannon behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that in his camp, the fire was rising again: this is Li Shijian going to forcibly kick the camp again!

Yang Qingcai didn't know how many enemy soldiers there were, and he was worried about the big battalion, so he had to try to lead the troops back the way he came, and he heard the feather arrows swishing on both sides, but he didn't hear a shout.

- It turned out that the 4,000 people of Gao Yuan and Qin Yuan, on the orders of Li Shijian, let go of the enemy army to rob the camp, but when they retreated, they only let go of arrows and shoot them, but they were not allowed to make a sound, and said that this was called "making a fortune in a muffled voice".

When the arrows rained down, Yang Qingcai had already been shocked, and he didn't know the reality of the ambush, and he didn't dare to stop at all.

When Yang Qingcai led the defeated soldiers to rush back to his old camp, the sky was bright, and the Taiping army that came to steal the camp at night had retreated, counting their own losses, but they were burned several large camps and thousands of men and horses.

What's even more hateful is that the two sneak attack soldiers led by himself and Nan Lizhi have broken nearly 10,000 people, and even Nan Lizhi was killed by random arrows!

It was the next hour. Yang Qingcai gathered the defeated generals and discussed the military situation in the big tent, and it happened that Fang County had an urgent report from the horses: Yang Jin and Ruan Ting's second general recaptured Fang County, but lost tens of thousands of horses.

Yang Qingcai said: "Although there are losses, it is also a credit to recapture Fang County." ”

However, Tanma reported again: "The enemy army retreated from Fang County in two directions, but I don't know where they went!"

Yang Qingcai heard this, and said angrily: "Although Li Shijian used his soldiers to be paradoxical and did not play cards according to common sense, but our army still has 70,000 horses here, and I vow to fight him to the death today!"

So Yang Qingcai did not listen to the advice of the strategists, and then rectified the remnants of the army, took out four horses and horses, and attacked Li Shijian's camp. I came all the way, but when I saw the dead bodies piling up, they were all soldiers of my own men who died last night.

This scene made the 40,000 people depressed, and it was precisely at this time that Fu Liming, an old battalion, sent people to urgently report the situation of the 100,000 urgent army, and asked the king to return quickly! Yang Qingcai saw the report, sighed, and did not retreat, and returned to the camp in vain.

Yang Qingcai returned to Daying to inquire, and it turned out that there was another Fang County meteor scouting Ma urgent report: Li Shijian's two route armies, led by Yan Junping and Yang Can, and led by Wen Ziming and Zhang Li, echoed left and right, and attacked the main city of Benzhou!

Yang Qingcai listened, speechless, and sighed for a long time: "I, Yang Qingcai, am not as good as Li Shijian in terms of soldiers!"

Therefore, Yang Qingcai ordered the three armies, and the drums in the camp were constantly beating to confuse the enemy, but the army relieved the siege of Shangguan County and returned to protect Mazhou.

Li Shijian's side had already expected a series of attacks and harassments, and Yang Qingcai would inevitably break the siege and retreat after losing his troops, and the meteor scouts kept probing, and when he heard that Yang Qingcai's camp was beating drums non-stop, he smiled and said: "Yang Qingcai's army has retreated! Our army is just rushing to the camp to chase and kill!"

So Li Shijian released a cannon in the camp, led Li Shilong and Miao Hui to command a thousand troops, and attacked Yang Qingcai's rear army.

The four thousand men and horses of the two armies of Gao Yuan and Qin Yuan also came to converge and pursue together. In Shangguan City, Song Yi led 3,000 troops, Liu Wuming, and Wei Xin led 3,000 troops, and they also fired artillery out of the city.

Not long after, Li Shijian joined with Song Yi, Liu Wuming, and Wei Xin, and killed Yang Qingcai's rear army.

After Yang Qingcai's main generals Zhang Yao and Meng Ping led 10,000 troops, these two generals did not have time to get away in the future, and were surrounded by Li Shijian's men and horses on all sides.

Zhang Yao said: "How can his more than 10,000 men and horses surround our army's 10,000 horses? General Meng, let's break through!"

Meng Ping said: "General Zhang, it's not that I, Meng Ping, am disloyal, the 120,000 troops of the King of Heaven have come here to surround Shangguan County, and there are only 5,000 defenders in the county, but they can't attack it for many days; Li Shijian's Taiping army has 20,000 horses, but our army has to withdraw and return to Baozhou, according to me, we might as well surrender Li Shijian." ”

Zhang Yao said: "I think this Li Shijian is invincible, and it will be this person who will level the countries and unify the world in the future." Since General Meng advocates surrender, then surrender. ”

So generals Zhang Yao and Meng Ping led the troops to surrender. Li Shijian said with a smile: "Welcome to the two generals! Our Taiping Army wants to save Li Shu and reopen Taiping." Yang Qingcai's front army is not far away, and the two generals can lead their troops to chase after them in order to make meritorious deeds!"

So Zhang Yao and Meng Ping pursued against each other.

Yang Qingcai's front army fled to the junction of Shangguan County, Shunyi Prefecture, and was about to take a breath, when he heard shouts of killing on both sides, but it was Yang Rong and Chen Tong's two generals who invited the ambush soldiers from the side and rear.

Yang Qingcai said angrily: "I, Yang Qingcai, can't beat Li Shijian, can't I beat his subordinates, these two nameless generals?"

Yang Qingcai ordered the two generals of the Chinese army, Wang Han and Ma Ming, each to lead 5,000 men and horses, to meet Yang Rong and Chen Tong. The two armies were about to fight, and they heard a lot of noise from a distance, the sound of killing was very loud, and the smoke and dust flew into the air, and it turned out that Li Shijian's troops were chasing after them together!

Yang Qingcai saw it, and he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he led the remnants of the soldiers all the way to the county seat of Fangxian County, and closed the door. Li Shijian's troops arrived, and with more than 30,000 horses, Yang Qingcai's 80,000 people were tightly surrounded in Fangxian City!

Li Shijian besieged the city for half a day, and the two armies of Yan Junping and Yang Can, Wen Ziming and Zhang Li were ordered to withdraw and come closer.

Yan Junping suggested: "My lord Emperor Khan, the total strength of our army is only 40,000 people, but in the city of Fangxian City, there are 80,000 enemy troops.

Between this county and the inverted Mazhou, Yang Qingcai must go to the Sword Peak, under the Sword Peak, there is a section of valley road, high mountains on both sides, and the exits at both ends are narrow, it is better to surround three and lack one here, let them out of the city, and lay pockets over there, then you can completely annihilate Yang Qingcai!"

Li Shijian said: "Mr. Yan is reasonable!"

So Li Shijian, Yan Junping, Wen Ziming and others discussed repeatedly, carefully designed, secretly sent troops, and set up a pocket array in the dangerous place under the Sword Peak.

However, Yang Qingcai was depressed in Fangxian County, and discussed with Jia Mouyuan, the former army counselor, and Fu Liming, the left army counselor: "The enemy army is besieging the city on all sides, and the grain and grass in the city are burned, and our army can't support it, what should I do?"

Jia Mouyuan said: "Heavenly King, there is no food and grass, it is difficult to hold on! Our army is 80,000, and they are only 40,000, if our army rushes out of the city, it will be able to break out of the siege, I don't know if the King of Heaven has this intention?"

Suddenly, the Malay report was that the enemy had given way to the north gate, and I didn't know what it meant.

Fu Liming said: "In the art of war, it is said that there is a lack of one of the three encirclements, and it seems that Li Shijian did it on purpose, and he was afraid that our army would hold on! The art of war also said that the truth is false, and the truth is false, and it is estimated that they let us go all the way on the surface, precisely because they wanted to ambush our army! According to the minister, although it is not the best policy for our army to hold on, it is better to hold out for two more days at this time, and find out the enemy's situation clearly before making a decision. ”

Jia Mouyuan and Fu Liming had different opinions, and Jia Mouyuan said: "Fu joined the army, but there was no food and grass in the city, and there was no foreign aid, how could he hold on? In such a situation, the more he delayed and indecisive, the lower the morale of the army became.

Fu Liming said: "I also know that it will be difficult to defend for a long time, but I expect that they will be surrounded by three and lack one, and there will be ambush soldiers!" After our army left the city, he ambushed his troops on the road to intercept and chase him, but I am afraid that if our army cannot go to the main city of Mazhou, there is a risk of destruction!"

Jia Mouyuan said: "I'm afraid that there will be an ambush, we can divide the army." ”

Fu Liming said: "How to divide the army? From Fang County to the main city of Mazhou, take a shortcut, you must go to the bottom of the Jian Peak, where there is a section of the valley road is very dangerous; take another road, detour to Lujiao County, it will take more than 80 miles, it is very easy to encounter enemy soldiers to intercept and ambush, it is also difficult to ensure the safety of the army, what should I do?"

Just like verifying Fu Liming's words, there is a report from Tanma: On the road from Fang County to Lujiao County to Baomazhou, there is an ambush by Li Shijian's army!

- In fact, this is Li Shijian ordering a partial general, leading 3,000 soldiers, planting more flags everywhere to be suspicious soldiers, and setting up more beacon fires and camping stoves at the intersection of the main road, which seems to be a heavy ambush, but in fact it is just a bluff.

Yang Qing only got the report of exploring the horse, so he sighed: "It seems that we really have to take a shortcut to the side of Sword Peak!"

Jia Mouyuan said: "What Fu said in the army, Jia also knows. I mean, divide our army into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, Jia Mou leads the front army, first explores the valley road, the king of heaven leads the middle army, and the Fu Senate leads the rear army to escort the formation, so that the king of heaven can reach the main city of Baomazhou safely, how about it?"

In the end, Yang Qingcai decided to leave 10,000 horses behind, leaving Jia Zhang, the general of the left army, to stick to Fang County, so as to attract Li Shijian's Taiping army; Jia Mouyuan, the former army counselor, and a group of generals, led 30,000 troops to rush out of the city; Yang Qingcai led 20,000 horses from the Chinese army, and Fu Liming led 20,000 horses and horses to delay.

When the troops were about to be dispatched, Fu Liming emphasized again: "Heavenly King, Senator Jia, the section of the valley road under the Sword Peak is extremely dangerous, we must be very careful!"

On the last day of November in the first year of Kaiping, on the day of Bingzi, Yang Qingcai's army rushed out of the north gate of Zhifang County, and the front, middle and rear armies were separated by several miles, and they went to the main city of Mazhou.

At first, there was no interception, and the pursuers did not move, and Yang Qingcai's army was still stable, but after walking nearly ten miles away, he heard the pursuers behind, and the drums shook the sky!

On Li Shijian's side, the general Song Yi led 3,000 troops to intercept and kill. Yang Qingcai's soldiers had no fighting spirit and only fled.

Yang Qingcai's rear army Fu Liming finally retreated from Song Yi's people, and the front army, led by Jia Mouyuan, had already reached the foot of the sword peak.

Jia Mouyuan stopped the front army, sent scouts to investigate, and selected 2,000 soldiers, led by a partial general, and asked him to rush through the dangerous road in the valley to test the enemy's situation, and then defend the valley mouth.

The dangerous road in the valley was more than five miles long, and Jia Mouyuan saw that the two thousand soldiers were only left with shadows, and they left the valley road safely, so he was ready to order the front army to march.

At this time, Yang Qingcai led the Chinese army, and Fu Liming led the rear army.

Yang Qingcai was about to order the Chinese army to follow up, Fu Liming said: "Heavenly King, then Li Shijian is extremely good at using soldiers, if he deliberately let go of the soldiers I interviewed and probed before, but intercepted the main force of my army, what should I do?"

Yang Qingcai said: "Senator Jia's former army has been tested and is safe and sound, how can there be an ambush?"

Jia Mouyuan said: "That's it, the lord is driving the king umbrella in the car is very eye-catching, it is better for the lord to disguise, we will send three thousand people to try, the king of heaven took the opportunity to mix in the team and sneak over, if it is as safe as before, then my army will rush by." ”

Yang Qingcai said: "Senator Jia, this is too dangerous, if they have an ambush, wouldn't they trap this Heavenly King?"

Fu Liming said: "Don't worry, if there is no ambush, the king will naturally be able to pass safely; if there is an ambush, he must want to trap our main force, and if the main force does not enter the valley road, they will not attack, so in this way, the king can also pass safely." ”

Yang Qingcai said: "According to this, if they really have an ambush, what should I do when I get to the other end of the valley road?"

Jia Mouyuan said: "The king of heaven can lead three thousand troops and horses to quickly return to the city of Mazhou, and the minister is here, leading the main force to fight him in a decisive battle!"

Yang Qingcai nodded. Fu Liming was silent.

So Jia Mouyuan pretended to be Yang Qingcai, got into Yang Qingcai's car, sat under the umbrella of the Heavenly King, and said to Fu Liming:

"Senator Fu might as well go with the lord. You and I are the right-hand men of the king, and if the enemy is ambushed, you and I will not both die here. ”

Fu Liming nodded, bowed his hand to Jia Mouyuan, and mixed with Yang Qingcai in the three thousand army, all the way through the valley, and it was really safe.

At the other end of the valley road, Jia Mouyuan saw that Yang Qingcai and Fu Ziming's 3,000 men and horses had safely walked out of the dangerous road in the valley, so he ordered the whole army to march.

At the end of the valley road, Yang Qingcai and Fu Ziming converged with the previous 2,000 men and horses, and 5,000 soldiers guarded the valley mouth.

Fu Ziming said: "Heavenly King, now that you have passed this dangerous road, please lead 2,000 troops to Baomazhou quickly, and leave 3,000 soldiers to the ministers to guard the valley mouth to meet the army." ”

Yang Qingcai said: "Senator Fu, if the enemy army has another ambush in front, who will I rely on? This Heavenly King expects that the army will be safe under the leadership of Senator Jia!"

As a result, Fu Liming no longer insisted on his own opinion. Yang Qingcai and Fu Liming led 5,000 people to stay in the local area.

At the other end of the valley road, Jia Mouyuan gave an order, and the troops entered the valley road!

At this time, Yang Qingcai was very pleased.

However, suddenly, the four trumpets were in the sky, and the shouts of killing shook the four fields! When Yang Qing saw it, he saw Li Shijian's Taiping army divided into several ways and killed him in several ways!