Evening.

The sunset is cloudy.

Yumu Village, 7,000 miles away...

Jin Ge iron horses came all over the mountains, and the soldiers were overturned in eight ways.

The 8,000 men of the Kyoto Imperial Family should be regarded as the slowest camp in the march since the beginning of the examination. Other forces, such as Tang Men, Ma Kui, Xia Xun and others, have led their respective forces to entrench themselves in dangerous places as early as a few days ago, and even Chunyang, who set off the slowest to start, also killed the Xiliang Ma clan earlier today and entered Huishan. Only the Kyoto Imperial Family, the largest team of the year, is still staggering westward.

"Drive..."

In the dense forest, a flaming horse galloped quickly, crossed the front line of the march, and drove straight to the middle of the army. The two jade lion beasts trotted side by side, their heavy iron hooves imprinting the messy path into deep potholes, but their speed was not slow at all, and they kept the same distance in the fast galloping team.

"Royal..."

"Childe, please take a look. ”

The Flame Horse drove up to the Jade Lion Beast, and the black-armored sergeant of the Imperial Horse handed Long Gongzi a palm-sized note. The note was full of small characters as thin as grains of rice, and at first glance it looked like a black patch, which was obviously a lot of information.

Long Gongzi took the note, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then silently handed the note to Bai Lingyun, who was following the Jade Lion Beast by the side of the Royal Horse. Bai Lingyun took the note and looked at it carefully for a long time.

Without saying anything to each other, the second son of Long narrowed his tiger eyes slightly, faintly noticed something strange, and asked, "Brother Huang, is something wrong?"

Bai Lingyun read the note and handed it back to Long Gongzi, who then handed the note to Long Er Gongzi: "You can read it yourself." ”

The second son of Long took the note and looked at it, and his face gradually became solemn.

The content of the letter is described in detail, and it is all the inside story of Yumu Village at this time...

After reading the contents of the note, Long Ergongzi's face was slightly surprised, and he said in a deep voice: "Gu Fan and Wuji are actually not in Yumu Village? ”

"They're not the same. Long Gongzi said lightly.

"No matter how different it is, it's a shot..."

As he spoke, Long Er Gongzi looked at the note, and his words changed slightly: "Moreover, this Xia Xun's method of marching and arranging the formation is also so attained, the strong wall is clear, the fire oil is scorched the mountain, and the logging fence can be said to be the best use." I really underestimated him before. ”

"Indeed..."

Bai Lingyun took over the words quite meaningfully: "The second son's words are quite agreeable with him. The world only knows that only the national teacher under the immortal sect can monopolize the thirty-six veins of inheritance, but they don't know that the most complicated knowledge in the eighteen saints in the world is the ghost scheme. Celestial phenomena and geography, humanities and life and death, military strategy and military law, and even flowers, birds, fish and insects are all refined. Since Xia Xun inherited the ghost plot, it is natural that he has a deep understanding of the art of war and strategy. ”

Long Gongzi turned his face slightly: "What do you think, how does he compare with Yu Youran?"

Bai Lingyun should have had an answer to this question, because he replied without thinking about it: "It should be Yu Youran who is better." ”

"Although Xia Xun's plan is treacherous, he always has a glimmer of life, and he lacks a bit of ruthlessness. The gentleman's scheming is his most fatal weakness, which is really a pity. For example, yesterday he ambushed the second son, if he could have ambushed with heavy troops before the plot and killed with all his strength with the fire, the second son's life might be in danger..."

"Hmph! Yesterday he just got away with it!"

Before the words were finished, the scandal was revealed, and the second son of Long was displeased.

Long Gongzi immediately raised his hand to stop talking: "Second brother, don't interject, Lingyun, you continue to speak." ”

"Yes. ”

Bai Lingyun continued to say: "Compared to Xia Xun's flaws, Yu Youran is quite perfect. Since she came out of the immortal line, she has not consulted many times, but every time she kills decisively, she is simply and neatly, and there has never been a leak. For example, the strategy she showed in the battle of Huishan this morning, although I don't know how she used to eliminate the secret post arranged in the forest by the horse valve, but she made Dao Rong disguise herself as a spy to calculate the false information, and then easily executed the lore, and the Huishan army was instantly defeated. Such a calculation is really unguardable and unguardable. In the future, Huishan, which she will be in charge of, may be really ironclad. ”

"Oh?"

Young Master Long seemed to hear the meaning of Bai Lingyun's words.

"So, do you think Xia Xun's Yumu Village is still missing?"

Bai Lingyun laughed self-deprecatingly: "The omission is not counted, it just means that compared to Yu Youran's perfection, Xia Xun is just a little flawed, but even if there is a slight flaw, it is far from being comparable to it." ”

"Ling Yun is too modest, you are the chief of the Hanlin Academy, I am afraid that you are not necessarily worse than him in terms of strategy. As he spoke, Long Gongzi paused, turned back to the topic, and said: "It takes twice as much strength as the enemy to attack the city, and twice as many troops to conquer dangerous places." Xia Xun has now arranged the Yumu Village into an iron barrel, making the danger even more dangerous, and if our army rashly attacked, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties. Do you have a siege strategy in mind?"

Bai Lingyun thought for a while, then clasped his fists with both hands, and said ashamedly: "Xia Xun is not an ordinary strategist, and there must be demons in his plots." Don't wait and see before the battle, even if you have a strategy in your heart, you don't dare to offer it to your son at this time, and ask your son to forgive me. ”

Long Gongzi smiled lightly: "Then the enemy can't move, I won't move?"

"Yes and no..."

Bai Lingyun said: "The so-called soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth." The general strategy needs to be considered in the long run, but the small strategy can still be one step ahead. Since Xia Xun has made the walls clear the wilderness at this time, cutting off the barren forests outside the mountains to block the pace of our army, the prince might as well send a 500-person elite cavalry surprise soldier to drive directly to the Yumu Village with lightning speed, and repel all the people in the wilderness on the periphery. If Yumu Village counterattacks, the surprise army will retreat. The night was dark, and Xia Xun would not dare to send troops to pursue. If Yumuzhai does not fight back, the road will be cleared overnight, which will also facilitate our army's action tomorrow. ”

"What is the success rate of this strategy?" asked Long Gongzi

"Little Zel, nine out of ten. Bai Lingyun said confidently.

Long Gongzi's smile gradually sank, and he turned to look at the black-armored sergeant who sent the note: "Did you hear it clearly?"

"Hear me clearly. Sergeant Black Armor replied.

Long Gongzi said again: "Ordered Yin Tianci to lead five hundred days of fine riding. ”

"Yes. ”

"Drive!"

The black-armored sergeant answered and rode away.

Soon after, the royal army flanked the road, and five hundred iron cavalry, led by two generals, accelerated in vain to turn arrows and swept out!

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

I have to say that Bai Lingyun, the chief of the Hanlin Academy, is indeed an expert in military strategy, and he deserves the name of insult. Before the arrival of the army, the small plan took the lead, and there was both strategic calmness and calmness, as well as tactical boldness and decisiveness, and it was just right to grasp the measure of seizing the first opportunity. Perhaps, even Xia Xun never expected that his careful thoughts that he fiddled with at will would be turned into nothingness without much effort, and he would have to suffer a small loss.

After all, no one is perfect, and there is always a mistake in Baimi.

No matter how high Xia Xunmou is, it is impossible to count everyone clearly. On the contrary, although Long Gongzi is not as good as Xia Xun, he has a unique vision of employing people. Bai Lingyun was born in Hanlin, and Hanlin was the head of the world's military strategy, and it was undoubtedly the most suitable for him to make a decision. Therefore, I did not hesitate to follow the policy. This is not doubtful in employing people, and not using suspicious people, which not only reflects the temperament of the commander, but also wins the hearts of the people, and there is a measure of the king in the faint atmosphere.

In the evening, it was three o'clock.

Five hundred iron horsemen rushed to 7,000 miles and drove straight to Yumu Village.

The quiet night was then torn apart by the sound of fighting. Due to the defenselessness and the darkness of the night, the raid of the comers at night was extremely hidden, and when they were caught off guard, the northerners scattered in the forest and clearing the fields were caught off guard...

"Knock knock!!"

"Toot..."

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"the guys!"

Drums and trumpets sounded.

The fish and wood company camp, the lights are bright, and the noise is at a loss.

From a distance, more than three miles away from the east mountain of Yumu Village, there are sparks burning at the edge of the dense forest. Hundreds of iron horsemen were fighting with dozens of northerners, and the nearby loggers heard the sound and flew towards the battle area. At the pass of Yumuzhai Mountain, the fence was quickly withdrawn, and hundreds of northerners with big swords and giant axes rushed out of the fierce horses...

"Don't fight, withdraw!"

"Drive!"

"Son of a bitch, don't run!"

“......”

In the area of engagement, the sneak attackers saw that reinforcements had sailed out of the mountain pass, and the spear commander at the head did not hesitate to order a retreat. Hundreds of iron horsemen were extremely tacit, gave the order to drink, immediately tightened the reins, turned the horse's head, slapped the horse's buttocks, and drove the horse back sharply. The dozens of northerners who fought in the ensuing battle were very brave, even if they were invincible, they were not afraid, and they followed up in a fierce pursuit.

On the top of the east mountain of Yumu Village.

Xia Xun, Bai Xiu, Duxing and others were all awakened by the sound of drums in the early warning, and they didn't care about their pretenses, so they hurriedly ran to the top of the mountain in their nightgowns to watch the battle from afar. But by the time they reached the top of the mountain, the battle had already ended a few miles away, and there was still a shadow of the enemy?

Seeing this, Xia Xun hurriedly ordered: "Mingjin collects the troops, hurry up!"

"Boom!"

The piercing and rapid sound of the golden bell rang again and again, resounding through the silent night. The military orders are like a mountain, don't dare to disobey, the reinforcements who escaped into the dense forest, and the rest of the northerners and candidates who pursued the enemy army all heard the bell and turned back. Although he was unwilling, he had to turn back from the same way and walk out of the dense forest.

"Da Da Da..."

It won't be long...

Hundreds of northerners who came out of the mountain to rescue the royal horse returned to Yumu Village with dozens of wounded. In the team that returned, many of the northerners and candidates who were in charge of logging and clearing the fields were wounded, and some of them even needed to be supported to fall off their horses, covered in blood.

"Bastard, actually playing sneak attack!"

"His grandmother, don't let Lao Tzu catch them, otherwise I will peel them all and light the sky lanterns!"

was coldly attacked and stabbed, and it was indifferent to be angry.

Lei fiercely led the four generals down the mountain. Although there were not many losses in the battle tonight, the snobbery of the battle annoyed him to the extreme. If it weren't for Xia Xun's order to Mingjin, I'm afraid that even if he rode thousands of miles, he would have to fight with those sneak thieves endlessly.

Xia Xun didn't say much, put his hands on the sleeves of his nightgown, and asked, "Who are the people here?"

Lei Meng suppressed the anger in his heart and replied: "They all ride horses and carry guns, about four or five hundred people." The forest is too dark to see the appearance clearly, but these people have a brush in equestrian kung fu, and my horse galloped out of nearly dozens of miles, and I didn't even close the distance. ”

"Is it that the spear heads are all tied with red tassels?" asked Dushao.

"Yes, they all have red hairs on the heads of their guns. Lei Meng affirmed.

"The equestrian skills are exquisite, and the red tassel steel gun should be undoubtedly Tiance Mansion. ”

Du Shao gave a conclusion, Xia Xun didn't continue to study the comer, and then asked, "How about the battle damage?"

Lei Meng's face suddenly turned bitter, and he said helplessly: "The location of those dog cubs sneak attack is very good, and they specially chose a place with few trees to do it." We wounded seven people in one face, and two of them were seriously injured due to gaps. ”

"But you still have the strength to fight?" Xia Xun asked sternly.

Lei Meng shook his head helplessly: "The injury is very serious, although I can save my life, but I can't take a knife again without half a month of recuperation." ”

Xia Xun frowned slightly, and after not thinking about it, he made a decision: "Break the jade." ”

"Huh?"

Lei Meng was puzzled: "Broken jade, isn't it?" These two people have a solid foundation, as long as they recuperate for a month and a half, they can charge into battle when they stand up. Looking for less, we are now in a serious shortage of manpower, and we can keep one of them. ”

Xia Xun shook his head resolutely: "I'm afraid we won't be able to give them half a month of cultivation time." ”

"Why?" Lei Meng was even more puzzled.

Xia Xun explained: "Judging from tonight's ambush, there must be a master in the royal army to help. Originally, 8,000 battles were 500, and it was already the limit that we could hold on for more than a month. Now that there are more experts in the hands to give advice, this time has to be cut in half to be insured. So let them break the jade out of the game, it will only be a burden to keep it. There is Huang Qi outside the examination room, so we can feel more at ease. ”

"This..."

"Don't mom, there's nothing to hesitate about. ”

"Hey... All right. ”

Lei Meng weighed it with a bitter face for a long time, although he really didn't want to give up the two of them in vain, but what Xia Xun said was not unreasonable. Therefore, in the end, he still followed Xia Xun's meaning, and glanced at a northerner general behind him, and the general Mingyi turned around and ran down the mountain.

"Ah Xun..."

"What?"

After the general left, Xiahou Yin, who was standing beside Xia Xun, gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "I think we have a spy of the royal family here. Otherwise, how could the Tiance army not come sooner or later, just wait for us to order people to clear the wilderness and enter the forest? If it is a coincidence, I don't believe it. Saying that, Xiahou glared fiercely at Fang Qingqiu not far away, and his meaning was very obvious, that is, he thought that Fang Qingqiu was the spy.

"Heh..."

Fang Qingqiu smiled disapprovingly.

Suddenly fanned the paper fan, and said contemptuously: "Catch the thief and take the dirty, catch the traitor and take the double, you don't spray people with blood." ”

"Heh, what else do you need to get dirty to catch a thief? You said that you wanted to mess with us when you were in Yueyang, don't think I don't know the little Jiujiu in your heart. Xiahou also said contemptuously.

"What's the trouble of wanting to add sin?"

"Don't give me these crepe things, I think you're a spy. ”

"Don't make any noise. ”

Seeing that the anger was about to rise, Xia Xun hurriedly raised his hand and patted Xia Hou on the shoulder, signaling him not to talk nonsense. Then he admonished in harmony: "Brother Hou, don't say anything about what you say tonight in the future." Everyone understands the truth of crossing the river in the same boat and capsizing the boat and dying, and there is no conspiracy in us. Besides, Brother Lei can take charge of the eagle and secretly peek at Huishan Mountain thousands of miles away, and the royal family will inevitably have people with hands and eyes, even if they know our calculations, it is not surprising. If you want to blame me, I underestimated the enemy, and I didn't expect them to sneak attack at night. ”

While Xia Xun was speaking, the tent in the belly of the mountain to deal with the wounded was filled with two wisps of broken jade, piercing the night and reaching the sky. Xiahou and Fang Qingqiu didn't say anything more. Everyone's mood also became heavy with the two rays of gloom.

It didn't take long for two mighty Peng birds to fly in the night sky in the east and slowly landed in the Yumu Village. Two invigilators dressed in military uniforms walked down from Peng's back, walked into the tent, skillfully carried out the two of them, and then returned to Peng's back, and flew high.

Lei Meng asked, "Xun Shao, what should we do next?"

Looking at the two birds that gradually disappeared into the night, Xia Xun thought for a long time, and then said: "Order the whole army to rest, only ten people will be left to keep vigil, and the rest will all be in the tent to rest until tomorrow morning." The brothers of the logistics will start to marinate and dry bacon, dried fish, dried vegetables, etc. from tomorrow. ”

Lei Meng's brows furrowed a little deeper: "Wouldn't this be too dangerous? After all, the enemy had just sneaked up, and I guess it would come again, so I think it would be better to leave more people to keep vigil, right? And why marinate bacon?"

"Not necessarily. ”

Xia Xun waved his hand: "They don't have a rear army, and their purpose is just to stop us from clearing the wilderness." As long as we don't go out of the army, we will have a peaceful night, and let the brothers rest their spirits while there is a break. If there are no accidents, I am afraid that the next battle will be quite tight, and there will inevitably be more damage. Prepare dry food just in case, you don't have to worry about it, just do it. ”

“......”

Lei Meng wanted to persuade again, but seeing Xia Xun waving his hand to stop talking, he had no choice but to swallow the words that had just come to his mouth back into his stomach.

Everyone was speechless for a moment, and Du Shao calculated the delicate little abacus, and reminded softly: "Advance and retreat resolutely, act vigorously and resolutely, and make plans like cooking small fresh, with a bit of the taste of martial arts." Xun Shao, the master you are talking about should be Bai Lingyun of the Hanlin Academy. ”

"It had to be him. ”

“......”