Ling Xiao slowly walked to the window, looking at the crescent moon hanging in the night sky, she remembered General Wei Ruiwei, who had been away from Beijing for several months, and I don't know where he had arrived at this time? Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Xiao Ni, is the weather slowly getting warmer in the north at this time?" she asked softly.

"Madame, at this time the north should be warmer. Xiao Ni replied to her softly.

"......" Ling Xiao suddenly couldn't ask anymore, no matter how much language there was at this time, it seemed so redundant.

General Wei, do you have any news of my son?" she muttered silently in her heart.

Wei Rui's army, when the march to the vicinity of Hefei, it was the middle of April, the weather at this time gradually turned hot, most of the soldiers with the army have changed into single clothes, and at this time Wei Rui, because of the weak body when the march, has not seen the better, just chicken head rice and lotus seed porridge, but he must eat every day, plus some unknown pills made by Mrs. before leaving, take one every day, and the body is quite comfortable. Along the way, although his body did not improve as quickly as Ling Xiao said, his condition did not worsen because of the day and night march.

It was always difficult for him to sleep at night, which was only a few dozen miles away from Shaoyang, and when he reached Shaoyang City, he could meet with General Cao Jingzong to discuss how to repel the Northern Wei army. At this time, he was worried, and the scout in front came to report that Xiao Hong, the sixth king, was forced by the pressure of the imperial brother some time ago to recapture Liangcheng, which had become a ruin, but was ambushed by Yang Dayan, and almost couldn't return to Zhongli, and now this sixth prince is the second time to retreat to Zhongli. Liangcheng is the throat of Zhongli City, Changyi must be extremely uncomfortable at this moment, Zhongli Portal is now directly facing the Northern Wei army, the Northern Wei Dynasty general Yuan Ying's big tent, just afraid that Changyi can be seen from a distance above the city gate, Zhongli's danger is the danger of Liang, Wei Rui is particularly sober at this time, he rushed to Shaoyang day and night, it is to protect Zhongli's grain and grass reserves.

"General. Li Zhong, the deputy general of the night patrol, broke into the tent.

"What's the matter?" Wei Rui frowned, the name of General Li Zhong under his command was not wrong, he was absolutely loyal to himself, but he couldn't change his hairy temper.

"On the north side of the barracks, the last general found a small group of soldiers when he was patrolling at night, the terrain here is complicated, and the small group of soldiers suddenly disappeared, and the last general was worried that it was the scouts of the Northern Wei Dynasty who came to spy on the military situation. Li Zhong was extremely anxious at this time, this prince had repeatedly suffered defeats, and his soldiers had not yet arrived at the battlefield, so they had no morale to fight, which made him angry and anxious in his heart, coupled with the sudden discovery of this small group of enemy troops, which made people even more incomprehensible, this Wei army is also too amazing, how can it be said that it will arrive?

Wei Rui pondered for a while, at this time, if it was said that it was the vanguard of the Northern Wei Dynasty who came to spy on the military situation, I was afraid that the conclusion would be earlier, after all, the northeast of the military camp was Shaoyang City, and Cao Jingzong's army had been stationed in Shaoyang.

"Don't alarm them first, send three small teams of elite soldiers to outflank them separately and see who sent them. Wei Rui groaned for a moment and commanded him in a low voice.

"Yes, General Wei. ”

"Wait, help me get my horse ready, I'd like to see it myself. Wei Rui thought about it, and then made a decision.

"General, you are now a general of Pingbei, and you must not make the slightest mistake. Li Zhong was shocked in his heart, how could such a trivial matter allow the general to go?

"I just want to see the terrain around Shaoyang, lead the troops to fight, observe and observe the terrain, why not?" Wei Rui's words are half true and half false, reconnoitring the terrain can completely allow Li Zhong to go, he is really unclear about the surrounding enemy situation now, and deep down he really wants to explore it, he has always been thoughtful, and he will never move forward without a bottom in his heart.

"The topographical map of the surrounding area has been ordered by the general to be drawn, and it will be sent to the general tomorrow. ”

"Looking at the picture is looking at the picture, and the picture is not a substitute for the real terrain. In this case, you will bring General Hurio and ask him to pay attention to the situation around the barracks and be ready to fight. Wei Rui glared at him, and without saying anything, he put on his cloak and walked out of the big tent.

Li Zhongzhi wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it for a while, so he had to invite the goalkeeper Hu Luo in.

Wei Rui came this time, and the generals who accompanied the army included Hu Luo, Wang Huaijing and other generals in the court, these generals have not followed him on the expedition for many years, and they are far away from the capital at this time.

"General Hu, tonight I will go out with General Li Zhong to inspect the surrounding terrain, you must be optimistic about the army, and you can send a message to me at any time if there is an urgent military situation. ”

"Rest assured, General, I will do what He says. "Hu Luo has always been known for his prudence, but Wei Rui can move forward with confidence.

Wei Rui looked at the topographic map placed in the big tent, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart, the topographic map drawn by the scout made him unable to look at it at all, and many years of marching and fighting made him develop the habit of setting up the formation of Yitu, but none of these topographic maps of the army could match the actual terrain. Thinking of this, instead of being depressed in the army, it is better to explore the surrounding terrain on the spot, and it is good to have a good idea.

Li Zhong saw that he couldn't persuade the general, so he had to prepare a carriage for him, Wei Rui saw the carriage he pulled out, and frowned slightly, after he was not in good health, he rarely rode a horse, and he also used a carriage instead of a horse on the battlefield, but this time they traveled at night, they couldn't make too much movement, this carriage was grunting along the way, if there was really an enemy, they would detect it early, and this trip would lose its meaning.

"Get me a horse. Wei Rui ordered Li Zhongdao.

"How can that be done? The general has not been in good health, how can he ride a horse?" Li Zhong said with a glare.

Wei Rui said patiently: "This time we went to investigate, if we drove there, wouldn't we report to them in advance?"

"yes, I didn't think of it. Li Zhong said embarrassedly.

Wei Rui shook his head slightly, he didn't know when this Li Zhong would become smarter, when he thought of being smart, he realized that recently, his mind had often become chaotic and unconscious, and it was difficult for him to make a decision on how to fight against the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

He ordered all the officers and soldiers who traveled to stop the horse's mouth, wrap the horse's hooves tightly, and all the soldiers went into battle lightly, without the slightest sound.

The group of them walked for about half an hour, and Wei Rui did not calculate, it was more than thirty miles away from the camp, and it was still about sixty or seventy miles away from Shaoyang. Wei Rui ordered the soldier to stop for a moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the environment in front of him.

At this time, the surrounding area was large and small lakes, and there were undulating mountains around the lakes, and the mountains were all dense with dense trees, and at this time the surroundings were silent, only the sound of breathing from the sergeants who accompanied him, and among the large and small lakes, there were occasional wild ducks chirping.

Li Zhong narrowed his eyes and ordered people to check carefully, it was late at night, the surroundings were dark and gloomy, and the silence was terrifying, and the soldiers who followed behind them were carefully controlling their breathing, afraid that if they were not careful, they would be discovered by the enemy immediately.

They were all quietly looking around, and the surroundings were very quiet, without the slightest sense of danger. Just as they gradually relaxed their vigilance and were about to hurry forward, a soldier on the right suddenly noticed a faint light in front of him, although it was only a slight flash, but it was still very obvious in the dark night. Li Zhong received the signal from the soldiers, and hurriedly whispered to Wei Rui, who ordered people to slowly move closer to the right front. When they approached, they found that this place was at the foot of a mountain, and at the foot of the mountain was a quiet pool, Wei Rui looked at it carefully, and was shocked, so if it was indeed ambushing the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was the enemy in the dark, and if the enemy launched an attack at this time, only a bright light was needed to illuminate the lake, and under the reflection of the bright lake, then he and his subordinates would become live targets.

Just as he had a flash of inspiration, several torches were suddenly thrown out of the woods at the foot of the mountain and landed at their feet. The torch was exceptionally bright in the dark night, Wei Rui was stunned, at this time, the water in the lake, under the reflection of the torch, Wei Rui saw himself and his subordinates, in the dark night, reflected on the surface of the lake, it was very clear......