In the hazy fog, only the sound of the iron hooves of the cold iron hooves was heard, and the neighing of horses from the cold air vaguely echoed in the ears, and the soldiers stared at the front with their eyes, and waited for the military order to be issued, and the 100,000 troops poured out of the nest in an instant......

Chang Yuchun walked out of the camp tent wearing battle armor, looked at the strict army and high morale, and nodded with satisfaction. He personally walked in front of the army with a long sword in his hand, revealing a deep and calm look in the cold wind. Silent and silent, a shot and alarmed, 100,000 troops waved to the tent, and immediately came out.

The generals under his command rode to Chang Yuchun's side, and Zhengyan asked: "General, leading an army of 100,000 across Qiling Mountain, the troops will march slowly, how to deal with the grain and grass for backup?"

Chang Yuchun looked back at the lineup of the army behind him, and said with a certain look in his eyes: "There is no turning back arrow when the bow is opened, the 100,000 army is divided into left and right sides to cross the land of Cage Lake, and the grain and grass for the reinforcements are left behind at this Qiling Pass." Since the Mengyuan enemy army has not set up an ambush in this area, our army does not need to worry-"

The chief general next to him immediately nodded and was ordered, and crossed the cage lake on both sides of the main mountain road with the main force, while the grain and grass in the backyard were left behind at the Qiling Pass......

The 100,000-strong army set off immediately, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps shook the entire Qiling Mountain Plain, the neat and orderly pace, the torches neatly arranged in the fog, and the army officially divided into two sides and marched to the ......

"Jing'er, look, there's movement under the dense fog—" Tang Zhan noticed the flames that were constantly moving and jumping in the dense fog below the mountain, and couldn't help but point out.

Lu Jing and Zhao Zichuan immediately turned their heads to look, and the situation was just as Tang Zhan said. The flames of the army dragon were neatly and orderly separated on both sides of the mountain road.

"After being stationed for two days, General Chang Yuchun really acted today-" Lu Jing seemed to have guessed it a long time ago. However, he did not show his usual confident smile, but said with a slight seriousness. "The spies must be like us, they have detected that there is no Mengyuan ambush army in the area of the Qiling Mountain Range, so they dare to use the main army so directly......"

"Could it be that all the 100,000 troops went out to fight?" Zhao Zichuan couldn't help but ask.

Since he knew that there was no ambush, Chang Yuchun also knew that his army had delayed the military plane for two days, and it was very likely that Xuzhou would take the opportunity to have reinforcements first and defend the city pass...... If you want to really take Xuzhou, you must use all the main forces, after all, what Chang Yuchun is about to face may be a siege battle......" Lu Jing said as he looked at the troops under the mountain......

About an hour. Only then did the 100,000 army completely leave the position and go to Xuzhou Chengguan together. However, there was still a part of the army left on the original position, that is, the backup grain and grass and military supplies that Chang Yuchun ordered to be stationed in the same place before......

"Jing'er, what are the remaining troops for?" Tang Zhan also noticed this, and couldn't help asking.

Lu Jing looked at the firelight of the original garrison position at the foot of the mountain, and then said: "If I guess correctly, these troops should be the grain and grass military support troops left by Chang Yuchun......"

"What do you say?" Zhao Zichuan also kept asking on the side.

Lu Jing patiently replied: "Although Chang Yuchun led an army of 100,000 troops, the defenders of Xuzhou are not in the minority, and there are reinforcements from Huaibei and other places. In addition, Tai Shouyan is a very tricky person, and General Chang also knows that if he wants to take Xuzhou, it will not be possible to do it overnight, and this will be a protracted war...... It is a protracted war. Then it is inevitable that the back-up food and grass will be replenished. At present, the position of this unit is stationed at the narrow Qiling Pass, which is connected with the main force of our army, and the grain and grass and military supplies will arrive at any time. This is the basic guarantee that Chang Yuchun has the confidence to win Xuzhou in a protracted war-"

"Since the Mengyuan army did not set up an ambush in this area, the protracted war is getting worse and worse. I'm afraid it's a matter of time before Xuzhou is captured, right?" Zhao Zichuan asked with a smile again.

"That's not necessarily—" Lu Jing suddenly reversed, "Yan Jitai Bazar is a scheming and scheming person. Taking advantage of the fog covering the sky and the vain array of ecstasy to slow down the march of our army, in fact, he asked for reinforcements to defend Xuzhou Chengguan, this kind of life-and-death strategy without a follow-up move, Yan Jitai will not be so 'dull'. If it were him, there must have been a trick that we didn't anticipate...... I always have a hunch that there is a conspiracy in this, but I just can't guess it......" Lu Jing was very anxious at this time, and felt that it was wrong, but she couldn't guess the omission.

"Jing'er, you think too much, how can you say that General Chang Yuchun led an army of 100,000 people, and he went out like a tiger, no matter how powerful he was in Jitai, he wanted to defeat our army with a plan when there was no ambush in the front mountain, unless he could steal the sky and change the day......" Tang Zhan felt that Lu Jing was thinking too much, so he simply said comfortingly.

"Maybe he really has a plan to change the sky...... Lu Jing said secretly in his heart, in short, his heart has not calmed down.

"Regardless of whether there is an abruptness or not, we shouldn't continue to stay here now, right?" At this time, Lao Jiu suddenly spoke, "If you are still worried, follow Chang Yuchun's troops to find out, maybe you can find something ...... with you."

"That's the only way to do it at the moment......" Lu Jing first nodded slightly in response, and then said to Lao Jiu, "Lao Jiu, we will outflank the side of the mountain later, and then you give me the map of the three-way road drawn before, compared to General Chang's troops, we have the advantage of being familiar with the mountain roads in this area." ”

"Okay, military advisor, I'll take it out when I get to the three-way path of the Seven Mountains Dividing Veins that I mentioned earlier—" Lao Jiu echoed and replied.

So, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others also walked along the trail on the top of the mountain, following the pace of Chang Yuchun's troops, and slowly walked to ......

Although there was no ambush by the Mengyuan army, and Chang Yuchun's troops were also unimpeded, the Qiling Mountain area was complex and rugged, and it would take a lot of effort for the 100,000 army to spend a lot of effort if they wanted to spend it completely. In addition, the fog obscured the vision and could not clear the movement ahead, and the marching speed of the troops was invisibly slowed down for a long time, and it took another day and a night for 100,000 horses to cross the land of the cage lake......

Needless to say, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and the others had no burden, and they had to passively follow the speed of the army on the top of the mountain, and everywhere they passed, they would observe the movements of Chang Yuchun's troops. But it was in vain for a day and a night. There is no other discovery, not to mention, and I and the others have wasted too much energy in vain. Zhao Zichuan was even more impatient. On weekdays, most of the expeditions are cavalry charges, but now they have followed the army for three days and three nights. He couldn't help but shiver in the cold wind after not moving his muscles for many days, and he didn't know whether it was the cold weather or the boredom in his heart.

"It's been three days, and now the army has only come to the three-way crossing, at such a slow speed, can Xuzhou still fight?" Zhao Zichuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out.

"There is no way, the passage of 100,000 troops through the Qiling Pass is not something that can be completed in one or two days...... Previously, it was because of dense fog and speculation that slowed down the march. I think General Chang Yuchun has the same idea as us, he wants to cross this mountain as soon as possible, suppress the city of Xuzhou with a large army, receive reinforcements from the rear team, and then take Xuzhou in a few days-" Lu Jing said on the side, "But this matter is not in a hurry, although General Chang Yuchun is quick to use his troops, he is also cautious, and no one can guess what action the Mengyuan defenders will take now......"

"The fork in the road has arrived—" he said. Lao Jiu, who had been exploring here before, pointed ahead and said, "Strategist, please see, this is the map drawn by the old man and others before-as mentioned before, there are three crossings under the mountain road. The middle one is very spacious, and it should be an important artery for the two sides of the main city and lake of the Mengyuan army, while on both sides of the mountain road, the western crossing is relatively narrow. The section was not very flat and open, and it was difficult for the cavalry to play. I am afraid of an ambush of redundant infantry, and on the east side of the mountain road, it is a mountain road entirely. Not to mention the cavalry, even the infantry is very difficult to march, so it should be used for reconnaissance more...... However, no matter which road it is, the separated mountain range road is dangerous, and the majority of the army will generally not ambush in such a dangerous area, because they may not be able to move normally......"

Lao Jiu said this, and Lu Jing also looked through the fog in front of him and tried to look towards the mountain pass. Although it is not possible to see it completely, at least the middle avenue is in full view -- the road is wide and dusty, and the cavalry can spread out the phalanx more than once, so that the momentum of the phalanx can be easily retreated, and it can be said that it can attack and defend, and the formation is easy to collect, and the path on both sides is not clearly visible, but there is no clear road under the mountain, so I guess how rugged the road is, whether there is an ambush or not, at least the cavalry cannot play or ambush in its road.

"That's true, if you want to talk about attacking and defending in formation or marching and retreating, the dusty avenue in the middle is the first choice, even if there is an ambush on the avenue, it is difficult to do it......" Lu Jing looked at the east and west sides from time to time, and muttered, "What I'm worried about is whether there will be strange ...... on these two sides of the path."

"Don't worry, military advisor, the brothers of the Tang Ying Association have all carefully surveyed before, and the paths on both sides of the east and west have not found half a figure at all. The fog at the trail was already a little lighter, and the view from near was slightly better, even in the deep mountains and forests, there was no ambush by the Mengyuan enemy army, and General Chang's main army would not be ambushed here. Lao Jiu said comfortingly.

"I'm not worried about this time, if General Chang fails to take Xuzhou this time......" Lu Jing seemed to be worried about something else.

Tang Zhan saw that Lu Jing was too suspicious, so he smiled and said: "Jing'er, don't think too much, no matter how powerful Yan Jitai is, he is not an immortal, when Guo Zixing's Red Turban Army raised troops, didn't he also fight back and forth with Yan Jitai? Now that the 100,000 army is pressing Xuzhou, it is not us who should be nervous, but the Mengyuan defenders of Xuzhou, since there is no sign of ambush of the Mengyuan army in this area, it is only possible to reinforce Xuzhou, isn't it?"

"If only that were the case......" Lu Jing also tried to comfort herself constantly, but she couldn't calm down in her heart......

At the same moment, Chang Yuchun's 100,000 troops had already marched to the intersection of the three forks of the Qiling Branch. Zhang Xingling's reconnaissance troops also arrived at this place before, and they also had a little understanding of the terrain in this area. In the vanguard of the marching troops, most of them were cavalry, and they were good at battles on the plains, and Chang Yuchun chose the spacious avenue in the middle without thinking about it.

While deciding whether to drive straight into the avenue, the reconnaissance troops under Zhang Xing's subordinates came to report the situation again. Zhang Xingling personally came to Chang Yuchun's side, and replied: "General, the last general has sent someone to check the road ahead, and he will drive directly from the avenue, but twenty miles, he will reach the city pass of Xuzhou." And on the outskirts of the plain under the pass, not a single soldier of the Mengyuan army was found, so it seems that the main force of the Xuzhou defenders should be planning to defend the city pass to the death, and not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight our army-"

Chang Yuchun nodded, riding on a horse to take advantage of the situation to look at the distant scene, but his vision was obscured by the thick fog. Chang Yu was a little worried about spring, and then ordered: "The army has rushed to the mountain road for a day and a night, and the order is to go down, and order the whole army to set up camp at the Dadao Pass, and the army will drive straight in early tomorrow morning to attack Xuzhou!"

"Yes, General—" Zhang Xingling agreed, and then reflexively instructed his soldiers.

Chang Yuchun really thought very steadily, in order to be able to take Xuzhou with full certainty, he not only found out the reality of the ambush in front of the Mengyuan enemy army, but also recuperated the day before yesterday, preparing to attack Xuzhou in one fell swoop on the second day. Compared with Lu Jing's suspicion, Chang Yuchun, who has experienced a hundred battles, has the intuition to deal with it decisively......

"General Chang's troops have begun to be stationed and rested-" The sky gradually darkened again, Tang Zhan took advantage of the movement of the fire under the fog, and said, "Jing'er, you really guessed correctly, General Chang's troops are not only fast, but also stable, 100,000 troops are all camped and stationed on the avenue, so it seems that they are preparing to fight desperately to attack the city tomorrow morning-"

"In this sense, although there was a little unexpected mistake in the middle, the whole plan was carried out in an orderly manner under the command of General Chang......" Zhao Zichuan also looked at the army under the mountain and muttered.

"That's why I said Jing'er, you think too much-tomorrow the 100,000-strong army will immediately suppress the city of Xuzhou, and Yan Jitai will secretly abandon the city and flee, not to mention what tricks are there to ambush, right?" Tang Zhan continued to use "empirical evidence" to alleviate the worries in Lu Jing's heart.

"If only that were the case, tossing and turning in this foggy day for a few days, and now that it is finally the day before the siege, I really hope that there will be no more chaos...... But I just can't let go of it in my heart, as if there is some negligence, what is it......" Lu Jing's heart was still entangled......

It was already dark, and Chang Yuchun's troops were stationed at the middle of the Qiling branch according to the order, and they were not moving, recuperating, while Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others continued to "monitor" every move of the troops stationed at the foot of the mountain, especially Lu Jing, she did not fall asleep again tonight, but always paid attention to everything in the army, and sometimes turned her head to the direction of Xuzhou City from time to time, which felt like she had been worried that the enemy army would suddenly fight for her life from the city pass......

And at this time in an unknown location......

Somewhere in the dark, Yan Jitai Bazardo and Li Chengsheng and the others were talking about things. Amazingly, it was so dark that everyone didn't light candles, as if they didn't want people to know about it......

"My lord, the spies have come back to report that the main force of Chang Yuchun's 100,000 troops has successfully passed through the Qiling Pass from the mountain roads on both sides ......of the cage lake, and has now stopped and set up camp at the three forks, it seems that they want to recuperate for the capture of our city," the detective soldier said suddenly.

"Are you sure it's the main force of the 100,000 army?" Li Chengsheng suddenly interjected at this time.

"Sure, these spies have been confirmed, and the army currently stationed at Zhongdaokou is indeed the main force of Chang Yuchun's 100,000-strong army-" The detective soldier affirmed.

"Hmph, they really fell for ......it" Suddenly, Li Chengsheng let out a secret smile in the dark.

Yan Jitai Baza knew more about Li Chengsheng's plan, and when he saw the tossing and turning of Chang Yuchun's 100,000 army in the past few days, Yan Jitai praised Li Chengsheng: "Wonderful, second, such a plan to steal the sky and change the day can finally succeed, thanks to the wisdom of the military advisor...... This time he fell into the trap of our army, even if he couldn't eat his troops raw, he had to let Chang Yuchun and Zhu Yuanzhang suffer. This time, even if Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and the others from the legendary 'Five Wonderful Methods' who interfered with our pursuit of the defeated army of Rongwu last time came, they couldn't help me-"

"General, now that it's dark, will we take action?" asked Li Chengsheng with a word.

"Pass my order, and the whole army will attack the designated place!" Yan Jitai Baza suddenly ordered to his troops......

However, the Chang Yuchun army, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others stationed at the mountain pass still seem to be completely ignorant of the hidden movements of the Yanzhijitai army...... (To be continued......)