"Are you serious?" In the highlands of Jinjun, at the barracks of the vanguard army, the commander Tang Zhan was standing in front of the gate of the cavalry camp and asked Murong Ying loudly, "Brother Murong himself has led the main force of the cavalry towards the north of the Wolf Pass?" Listening to Tang Zhan's tone, he seemed to be quite unkind, and he was also very anxious, and he had some meaning of reprimanding Murong Ying.

Murong Ying lowered her head and said ashamedly: "My brother said that he was worried about the safety of Brother Nangong, so he was alone...... I know him, in terms of his character...... I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I should try my best to stop him......" Murong Ying also knew that her connivance with her brother might lead to a big mistake.

"Why don't you report it?" Sure enough, Tang Zhan's voice became louder and louder, obviously a little angry, and continued to reprimand Murong Ying, "You know that your brother is taking risks alone for the sake of brotherly affection...... But this is a war, not the righteousness of the rivers and lakes! Now the vanguard army is tired several times in the Wolf Pass, and the battle damage is not small, and at this time, the main force is divided into elite cavalry adventures, once it is ambushed by the enemy, do you know the consequences?"

Murong Ying understood her mistake, closed her eyes and said softly: "I'm sorry, I disobeyed the military order without authorization, and I am willing to bear the punishment......"

Tang Zhan was already a little angry with his eyebrows, and his tone of voice was never more anxious. Xiao Tian saw Tang Zhan's somewhat uncalm expression on the side, and immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Don't be impulsive yet, I'm not sure that Brother Nangong must have fallen into an ambush by the enemy...... Let's talk about the matter of military law afterwards, what needs to be done now is to find the two Nangong Murong brothers as soon as possible-"

"Such a big wolf pass, we have been fighting for a day......" Tang Zhan lowered his tone slightly, but his mood was still anxious, "A mountain road comparable to a labyrinth." Brother Nangong has no news so far, what is it if he is not in an ambush by the enemy?"

"The fool is right-" Lu Jing suddenly interjected. "Before entering the Wolf Pass, I made it clear when dividing the troops. The goal of the troops is to bypass the main force of the enemy's ambush army and go to the county as soon as possible to converge...... But now a day has passed, and even the cavalry units of the Zichuan brothers and the Murong brothers have rushed to Jinjun in the exchange of fire with the enemy army of Mengyuan, and there is no news from the troops of the Nangong brothers, and eighty percent of them have been ambushed by the enemy troops on the Xuzhou side——"

"Xuzhou side...... You mean Yan Ji Tai Ba Za Duo?" mentioned Xuzhou Tai Shou Yan Ji Tai, Xiao Tian asked a little nervously.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be right......" Lu Jing held her breath and condensed, as if she was still calculating in her heart.

Tang Zhan's meaning is very clear, no matter what, he must ensure the safe return of the two generals, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei. As well as their troops. Tang Zhan tightened the bandage on his wrist and said righteously: "The matter has come to this point, there is no need to blame anyone, since the Murong brothers went to the North Road of Wolf Ziguan to rescue the Nangong brothers, then we can't take it lightly...... Jing'er, you immediately ordered to organize the elite of the vanguard military department to march two thousand cavalry, and rush to the North Road with me and Brother Xiao Tian to pick up the Nangong Murong brothers back, and the other troops continue to guard the important places in Jinjun-"

Lu Jing thought about it. turned to say: "No, if you want to save it, the whole army will go out together!" Lu Jing's tone was very sure.

"What are you talking about?" Tang Zhan has always been obedient to Lu Jingyan, especially in military affairs. But this time, Tang Zhan didn't expect Lu Jing to say such a thing, and said with some hesitation. "All the troops dispatched to Kezhen County are an important natural danger place in Wolf Pass, although they repelled the reinforcements from Huaibei. But the Wolf Pass is so big, and I am not sure if there is still an ambush by the Mengyuan enemy army...... If in order to rescue the Nangong Murong brothers, all the troops are dispatched. If the enemy army takes the opportunity to forcibly occupy the high and low areas of the county, and our army has no place to settle, will it not be difficult to suffer and be surrounded by the enemy's army?"

Lu Jing did not hesitate, and her tone was very firm: "Listen to me, send an order to the whole army, march to the North Road of Wolf Ziguan, and abandon the heights of Jinjun-"

"But why?" Tang Zhan wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Lu Jingzheng looked at Tang Zhan and said, "We have seen the use of troops in Yan Jitai, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the trap...... Yan Jitai is good at scheming, if he still divides the army at this time, he is afraid that he will be broken one by one. Although the Nangong Murong brothers can be warlike, even if they encounter an ambush, they can hold each other for a while, but the holding time will not be too long, if we don't send enough people to rescue in time, let alone rescue, we ourselves are in danger of falling into the trap of the enemy...... Although it is also risky to give up the highlands of Jinjun, believe me, my decision will not be wrong!" Lu Jing's last sentence was heavy but full of confidence.

Looking at Lu Jing's confident gaze, Tang Zhan nodded—he still chose to believe in Lu Jing in the end. So, Tang Zhan changed the order and said: "Understood, then Jing'er, you immediately issue an order in the army, dispatch all the troops to evacuate Jinjun, go to the Wolf Ziguan North Road, and meet General Murong of Nangong!"

"Obey the order-" Lu Jing still replied in the tone of the words of the army......

In Zhao Zichuan's tent, Zhao Zichuan was slowly unwrapping the bandages wrapped around his body. It is said that Zhao Zichuan's body bones are really hard, the night before he was full of knife wounds, fighting until his physical strength was exhausted, he was full of energy this morning, his whole body was full of fighting spirit and vitality, and it seemed that the injury of the previous day was no big deal......

"There is an order in the army, the Murong brothers led the cavalry generals in the army, and went straight to the north of the Wolf Pass in violation of the order, and the Tang Zhan brothers immediately ordered the whole army to meet and rescue them...... "Zhao Zichuan stood up and put aside the untied bandages, and the knife wounds on his body stopped bleeding, but the scars were still vivid.

Li Yuru was already sad when she saw it, and after listening to Zhao Zichuan's words, she seemed to understand what Zhao Zichuan meant, and said with a worried look: "Are you going to ......?"

Zhao Zichuan did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Yes, Brother Nangong did not come back, and Brother Murong led the main force of the cavalry in the army to go first, and I was the only one left with the main cavalry of the vanguard army's five unique formations...... On this expedition, I still took the lead with the two generals Li Xian and Li Gong to rescue the Nangong Murong brothers-"

"No!" However, Li Yuru resolutely objected, "You almost died in battle yesterday due to physical exhaustion, and your injuries have not improved when you escape from life and death, so you can't go to the front line!"

"Yuru, Brother Nangong Murong is in trouble, I can't sit idly by!" Zhao Zichuan was also straight, and said in a bloody tone, "Although he was injured. But these are sword wounds, nothing at all! will definitely kill Meng Yuanyidi's soul to pieces!"

"No, you absolutely can't! Absolutely can't—absolutely can'......t," Li Yuru said in her usual pungent tone. But at some point, tears appeared in his eyes, and the tone of blocking became smaller and smaller, and in the end it became a tender feeling with water.

Zhao Zichuan saw that his pregnant wife Li Yuru was afraid that he would have three long and two short on the battlefield, and he almost died on the battlefield last night, which scared Li Yuru to lose his soul. Li Yuru and their unborn child will be sad for the rest of their lives......

Zhao Zichuan thought about it, and also withdrew his previous tough tone, half-squatting in front of Li Yuru, and his eyes became softer. Every time Li Yuru sheds tears, Zhao Zichuan will retract his previous hard breath and comfort him with tenderness, this is the case when he escaped from the Emei faction in the southern suburbs of Bianliang before, and now the battlefield is facing life and death......

Zhao Zichuan smiled slightly and gently wiped away Li Yuru's tears with his hand. He comforted: "I know, Yuru, you are worried about what accidents I will encounter when I go out to fight...... However, we are all descendants of heroes, and our ancestors were not afraid of life and death for the sake of national righteousness when they resisted the Mongol Yuan in the pre-Song Dynasty. Then our descendants also have to inherit the legacy of our ancestors, don't you? Don't worry, I will definitely come back safely, and I won't let Yuru and your children worry......" he said. Zhao Zichuan gently stroked Li Yuru's slightly bulging belly.

"You really promise to be able to ...... Come back safely......" Li Yuru also withdrew her tears and asked softly.

"What I said to Yuru you. There is never a ...... that doesn't count," Zhao Zichuan continued, "when I was in Bianliang. I said that I would definitely save you from the hands of Master Aur. You didn't believe me before, and even disdained me, but didn't I do it in the end? Then this time it's the same, I swear to you Yuru that this time not only will you come back safely, but also promise not to be hurt at all?"

"That'...... How is that possible?" Li Yuru asked, a little incredulous.

"I, Zhao Zichuan, speak for granted!" Zhao Zichuan said confidently and slowly in front of Li Yuru.

"That'...... So what if you break your promise?" Li Yuru asked with a hint of playfulness in her worry.

Zhao Zichuan took a deep breath, and then smiled: "If I break my promise and I have one more wound on my body, you will bite me hard, how about it?"

"Hmph, who is rare......" Li Yuru blushed and replied with a hint of pungent tone. But obviously, Zhao Zichuan's comfort has made Li Yuru stop being sad.

"By the way, if the whole army is dispatched this time, Yuru you will also come with you......" Zhao Zichuan continued, "You can follow the reinforcements, I will charge in front of the formation, how about sending someone to report the news to you at any time?"

Li Yuru thought about it for a while, and said on a whim: "It doesn't matter...... But yesterday, the cavalry killed the formation, and I saw that your horse was also a little injured, so why don't I lend you my jujube red horse this time......"

When Zhao Zichuan heard this, he couldn't help but joke: "Yo, the sun is coming out in the west? Don't you regard your jujube red horse as more important than my life, why did you change your mind today?"

"I'm worried about you, so ......" Li Yuru said with a red face, in fact, in her heart, she was really worried about Zhao Zichuan.

Zhao Zichuan thought about it, but turned his head and refused: "No, you can keep the jujube red horse - you once said that unless you die, you will not lend me the horse...... I won't let you die, don't worry, I won't ride your horse again in my life. As long as I'm here, I won't let Yuru have anything to do with you—"

When Li Yuru heard this, she was infinitely moved in her heart, but she still couldn't let go of her worries.

Zhao Zichuan knew Li Yuru's worries, so he simply said: "Don't worry, my war horse is only a little injured, and it won't be able to fight anymore...... Besides, now that we are going to the northern road, we are not sure that there will be an enemy ambush. Even if there is, I swear that I will return safely, and you will have a good rest in the back, Yuru-"

After speaking, Zhao Zichuan walked out of the camp tent and prepared to organize his troops to go on the expedition.

"You must not have anything to ......do," Li Yuru said secretly in her heart......

After three quarters, the whole vanguard army was assembled, left the heights of Jinjun, and marched towards the north of Langziguan Road......

North Road Canyon ......

Nangong Jun's troops were forced to a high slope in the narrow pass, and Yan Jitai's troops set up a heavy siege at the foot of the mountain. However, the Meng Yuan army did not launch an onslaught on the defenders of the heights, but sat and defended it, as if they wanted to trap Nangong Jun's troops alive. In this way, from the beginning of dawn to the present, several hours passed, and by noon, there was no major movement on and off the mountain, and the two sides were deadlocked at the narrow pass......

In order to use Nangong Jun as bait to lure out the main force of the Tang War Lu Jing Vanguard Army, Yan Jitai deliberately did not continue to make things difficult for Nangong Jun, but just besieged it on a high slope that seemed to be in danger, waiting for the main force of the vanguard army to come to the rescue, and then annihilate them together.

For Nangong Jun, the troops who broke through the siege were already less than 1,000 people, and with the help of the terrain on the high slope, they could barely compete with the main force of Meng Yuan besieging them. However, since Yan Jitai had no intention of attacking, Nangong Jun's troops were able to buffer and recuperate, and there was still relatively sufficient food and water in the army, so it was no problem to persist for seven or eight days......

But Nangong Jun actually knew in his heart that Yan Jitai had the purpose of not attacking him for a long time. Although he occupies a dangerous terrain, the number of people is only in his early 800s, and the Mengyuan army in Xuzhou has tens of thousands of horses, and it is easy to besiege and take it. But Yan Jitai didn't do this, so Nangong Jun could more or less guess the purpose of Yan Jitai besieging him......

"General, why didn't the enemy attack by force?" Nangong Jun had been clinging to the mountain rock, observing the situation of the enemy army under the mountain, and the soldiers on the side asked softly from time to time, "Although there is a dangerous situation here, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the number of people is very different, Yan Jitai himself knows that it is not a problem at all if he wants to force the rest of our army......

Nangong Jun smiled softly, and then said: "The reason is very simple, Yan Jitai, this old fox, wants to catch a big fish...... We're just bait, tools for him to use......"

"What do you mean?" the soldier asked, not immediately aware.

Nangong Jun continued to chuckle and said, "Hmph, do you think that our breakthrough just now is really a ruin, if there is divine help? The difference in numbers is so huge, it is impossible to break through from the encirclement of tens of thousands of enemy troops so quickly...... Yan Jitai was obviously releasing water just now, and he deliberately let us break through from this direction, so that we could find this high place with dangerous terrain, so that we thought that we had found a temporary safe place, but in fact he wanted to trap us here...... We have not heard from us for so long, General Tang Zhan and the army division will definitely send troops to the rescue. It is precisely this that Yan Jitai takes advantage of and wants to wipe out our vanguard army......"

"But if that is the case, then why should we fall into their trap as if we were going to do it?" the soldier continued, "even if we see the enemy's scheme, and we are now besieged here, and we can't do anything, can we just watch the enemy's plot succeed?"

"We can't help it, but it doesn't mean that the army division can't ......" Nangong Jun showed a confident smile and said without worrying at all, "Jingmei is resourceful, I can see the problem, she can't not see it, so she must have expected Yan Jitai's hand a long time ago...... If it was Sister Jing, she would definitely be able to think of a way, not only to save us from the predicament, but also to make this old guy Yan Jitai suffer-"

When the soldier heard this, he said in disbelief: "The military division is indeed powerful, and the previous strategy in Qiling Pass has won a big victory...... But this time, we are not only surrounded by enemy troops, but also calculated by enemy troops, and the number of people is very different, can we really do it......

"Of course there is, and there must be ......" Nangong Jun didn't say anything this time, and muttered with a secret smile in his heart, "Yes, Sister Jing, I believe in you—just let me see what kind of strategy you will use, so that I and my enemies will be dumbfounded......"

However, at this moment, there was a sudden movement on the other side of the mountain pass...... (To be continued.) )