Everyone responded and made a fire outside the forest to rest.

After dawn, Xie Tong was woken up, he stretched his waist, and slept very sweetly this night, as if he had made a great decision, and everything became clear.

The sky seems to be brighter, the early spring has arrived, the temperature is gradually warming, and even the air is unusually fresh.

He looked around, carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and the first key to marching and fighting was to understand the importance of the terrain and the woods they were in. There is a grassland in front of you, and a hill in the back, last night, Yi Wuxing and others crossed this mountain, all the way to the northeast, and this mountain is the nearest road to Sizhou, if you want to bypass this mountain, you have to waste at least a day or two, and guarding this mountain is equivalent to guarding the throat. The woods spread along the slope of the hill to the top of the hill, and the only winding path left in the forest was a one-zhang wide path that could be used by two horses in parallel.

After eating breakfast, Xie Tong took a brief turn in the forest and began to make arrangements. He ordered more than forty large trees to be cut down, and every ten of them gathered together to form a barrier, and placed them on the forest path to block the onslaught of the light horsemen, and set up one every hundred paces, a total of four barriers, and selected one hundred archers from among the five hundred men, divided into two parts, fifty men were stationed at the first barrier to attack the enemy who rushed into the forest, fifty men were stationed at the fourth barrier to meet the retreating comrades, two hundred men were guarded behind the second barrier, responsible for engaging the enemy who crossed the first barrier, one hundred and fifty men were stationed on the mountainside for use as a reserve, and the remaining fifty men were responsible for moving the horses to the other side of the mountain and taking care of the horses。 Wait for the whole army to retreat.

After assigning the task, Xie Tong sat lazily under the big tree to rest. As a commander, he obviously can't do such menial work. For this arrangement. He was satisfied that the enemy, even if he was ferocious, could not pass through the barrier he had lightly laid out.

A middle-aged man hurriedly walked up to him, hugged his fists and said, "General Xie, if the enemy abandons his horse and walks through the woods, the barrier we have set up may be completely useless, or even become a burden, if the enemy rushes up from all directions." Most likely, it will last less than an hour."

Xie Tong jumped up suddenly, he carefully looked at this weathered middle-aged man, this middle-aged man was about forty years old, tall and burly, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a robber, but he was a robber in Xitong Ancient Village.

Xie Tong never thought that the enemy would give up on the horse, the mountain road was narrow, and if he couldn't charge, he would have to change his strategy. In this way, his men and horses will be encircled, and it will be difficult to hold out for long before retreating, and his aim is to delay the enemy here. Buying time for the team, as long as two days, it can completely guarantee that Yi Wuxing and others can arrive in Sizhou safely. It was a strategy that really left him helpless, he had never fought as a soldier. But the initial idea was too naïve, and it was simply child's play to march and fight. It's really not good to have no experience. He hurriedly said, "What does this big brother think!"

The middle-aged man said, "General Xie, the old man used to be a hunter, and he has a very good set of traps, as long as he lays large and small traps in this forest, he can effectively target the infantry charge, but now I'm afraid that time is pressing, and it is too late to make much!"

Xie Tong said, "What do you call big brother!"

The middle-aged man said, "The old man's surname is Duan, and his name is Yuanjing!"

Xie Tong said excitedly, "Brother Duan, if you block the enemy's attack this time, Brother Duan should be the first to take the lead!" He directly called over a hundred people and followed Duan Yuanjing to set traps around.

Xie Tong looked at the trap traps they had laid out, and the forms were really varied. Some dig a big pit directly in the mountain forest, the pit is full of sharp wooden thorns, as long as they fall into it, they will definitely die, and the pit is covered with some weeds, which is very difficult for people to detect. Some put sharp animal traps in the grass, and when people step on them, I am afraid that the whole bare foot will be clipped. There are also some Xie Tong who can't understand at all, and it's even more unheard of, this Duan Yuanjing's methods are indeed endless.

Xie Tong walked to the back mountain, the back mountain was covered with dense dry branches, and when he stepped on it, he made a creaking sound, Xie Tong bent down and picked up a branch, the branch was very dry, Xie Tong was overjoyed after seeing it, and hurriedly called someone again!

After everything was arranged, everyone had lunch and rested lazily in the woods, enjoying the peace and quiet before the war.

Xie Tong suddenly thought of Hong Shan at this moment, Hong Shan's infatuated love made him truly enjoy the taste of love, the skin that was as fat as jade, and the warm and moist lips made him unforgettable for a long time. I don't know how she is doing in Song Wenyuan's army, and when she will be able to meet them, all of this is still unknown. Immediately, he thought of Shang Caiwei, the beautiful and brave female snitch, she who had no news, and she didn't know where she was! Xie Tong felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, for Shang Caiwei's disappearance, every time he remembered it, he felt deep self-blame, and the scene of Shang Caiwei on the road alone was also a memory that he could never erase. If he can't find her, he will hate himself forever, after all, only those who dare to love and hate can understand the taste, there is no doubt that Shang Caiwei is such a person, a macho person.

Xie Tong was pondering, and sparse cavalry figures appeared in the depths of the grassland, more and more, almost occupying the entire grassland, speeding towards this dense forest. Xie Tong was almost taken aback, this cavalry was really as he expected, there were about two or three thousand people, a dense area, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and me was too great, Zhu Wen was too ruthless, he almost wanted to eat them in one bite, and he didn't intend to give him any chance.

Xie Tong raised his eyes and looked, in this team of flying horses, the leader was Pang Shigu, the guy who seemed to be Sven but was full of bad water, this person was extremely scheming, until now, Xie Tong was still quite impressed by him. However, to Xie Tong's relief, the pursuing light cavalry army was not led by Zhu Wen, otherwise, with his unpredictable opportunity, Xie Tong really couldn't think of any good way to resist! In the face of Pang Shigu, it was different, and Xie Tong's heart was filled with the idea of repairing him. He whispered, "Inform all personnel to enter a state of alert, and do not act rashly without my orders."

The news had already come out, and in the face of an enemy several times their size, these five hundred people were once again deflated, but at the moment of the big war, no one dared to flee rashly.

Pang Shigu waved his hand, and the light cavalry stopped two hundred steps outside the dense forest, only to see him withdraw his head and say something to the general on the other horse, and then more than ten horsemen slowly came towards the dense forest.

Xie Tong said in his heart that it was a pity, this Pang Shigu really had some experience, although he was outnumbered by the crowd, he still did not rush forward easily, for fear of being ambushed, these ten or so horsemen were obviously sentinels, checking the terrain of the woods and other information.

Xie Tong said in a low voice, "Tell the brothers to go down, tell the brothers to hide all, not to attack these sentries, and everything is subject to my orders!" After everyone received the order, they all hid in the grass.

More than ten horsemen slowly stepped into the dense forest, and as soon as they entered the forest, they found tree obstacles across the road, but these sentries did not withdraw directly, but rode directly to the first barrier, and after lingering for a long time, Shi Shiran retreated.

Xie Tong's tense heart finally relaxed, and the enemy did not find their ambush troops, and all the soldiers were very cleverly hidden.

The sentry returned to Pang Shigu and said in a loud voice, "Lord Qiqi, there are four barriers set up in the dense forest, and the only road is completely blocked!"

Pang Shigu thought for a moment and said, "Dispatch five hundred cavalry and quickly clear the obstacles,"

Although Xie Tong couldn't hear what Pang Shigu said, just looking at the movement of soldiers and horses, he knew that this person was very cautious, he did not blindly wave his troops into the forest, but obtained a step-by-step way, very stable, after all, it doesn't take much time to dismantle obstacles!

Sure enough, a group of men and horses rushed into the forest, and five hundred soldiers came in to move the barricade with their bare hands, Xie Tong ordered, "Aim at the enemy who moves the barricade for me, shoot hard!"

With that, he drew his bow and arrows, and faced the enemy who rushed towards him, and the sound of breaking through the air began to hear a scream resounding through the mountains and forests, and the arrow fell to the ground on his back, and the bamboo arrow carried a puddle of blood through the enemy's body and nailed to a large tree.

Everyone was stunned, what a force this was, and it took a while to react, and the soldiers shot arrows with their bows and arrows, shooting at the enemy, picking on the enemy who was moving the barricades, and they were bare-handed, and they had no power to resist.

The enemy knew that there was an ambush here, and the enemies who were moving the barricades were shot one after another, and fled out of the woods with a wail, and a commanding general shouted on horseback, "What are you panicking, find the woods and hide", but he had already galloped out of the woods.

Xie Tong shot arrows with his bow again, this time he fired three arrows at once, and he achieved three different targets, and three screams came from the woods again.

The soldiers of the cottage saw that the enemy was ambushed, and shot very cheerfully, and they shot one arrow after another, although the first barrier was only fifty people, but because of the terrain, those who had already shot turned on their backs.

Pang Shigu heard the screams at first glance and knew that there was an ambush in the forest, but he didn't know the other party's strength and arrangement, so he hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

After all the enemies withdrew from the woods, with just a stick of incense, seventy or eighty corpses had been left behind, and they fled from the woods in great embarrassment.

The people in the cottage immediately shouted, although it was only a short encounter, but without losing a single person, they repelled the enemy's first attack, how could they not be happy!

Pang Shi's ancient anger was like thunder, he had already done it cautiously enough, but he still fell into the enemy's way, he said angrily, "A group of Wang Ba hiding in the woods, there is a kind of Lao Tzu to come out, see that Lao Tzu will not destroy you!"

The enemies shouted and scolded one after another, and the scolding was more and more ugly than the other, and they simply scolded the ancestors of the cottage for eighteen generations. There are already cottage brothers who can't hear it, and they are about to rush out with a horse chopping knife.

Xie Tong said, "Brothers, don't do it, the enemy is called luring the snake out of the hole, we will be fooled when we go out, wouldn't it be much better to wait for the rabbit here." (To be continued.) )