At dawn, Yangzhou soldiers drove out of Qingyang Town one after another. Citizens are all looking forward to the excitement.

Wen Tingyu is not a waste of wine bags and rice bags, he has trained Xuzhou soldiers for many years, and he also has experience in commanding the army, so he is naturally full of confidence when he has made up his mind to send troops. A total of 22,000 troops were sent to Nanling during this expedition, and about 1,500 people were lost in the attack on Nanling Ferry. Wen Tingyu knew that the total strength of the Dragon Clan was only about 5,000 people, so he sent 15,000 troops, divided into four sections, separated by three miles from each other: the front army opened the road with 2,000 people, and he led 5,000 elites to follow behind, followed by two 4,000 elites who were ready to outflank left and right in case of emergencies.

The Nanling area is hilly, overlapping mountains, and rivers crisscross, and the most important thing is that there is no wide and smooth road, and the dragon and Han people are wary of each other, and the local area is very desolate and treacherous. The army meandered through the wilderness, although the drums shook the sky, the flags fluttered, and the people and horses neighed, but it seemed so lonely and depressed.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up the sand and dust in the sky, startling flocks of birds.

This is the famous sinister place in Nanling, Xikou. Several rivers twist and turn between the valleys, but the road curves low below the riverbed, which is so inconspicuous compared to the mountains and rivers.

In the hills and forests on both sides of the road lay thousands of dragon warriors. The appearance of Yangzhou soldiers was three hours later than everyone estimated. Ren Tianqi climbed high and looked into the distance at the Song army slowly coming down the mountain, and his emotions couldn't help but be excited, but after a few sighs, he suppressed it, how could he be emotional for a general.

Nanzi said with a smile: "The soldiers of the master are still neat, but the gongs and drums along the way are not like marching and fighting!"

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "Gongs and drums have always been a necessity for command and dispatch in the army, and the banner is a symbol of the marching formation; I'm afraid that it was not his intention to send troops, but it has its own bitterness!"

Ren Tianqi summoned Long Gongjing over, and pointed to Song Jun who was winding under the mountain and said, "Captain Iron Knife, take a look." What do you think?"

Long Gongjing said: "The terrain here is treacherous, and the road surface is curved and rugged, and it is not easy for large troops to deploy. The general is suspicious and conservative by nature, and it must be a long snake formation when he sends troops, and if his subordinates estimate it is good, it must be divided into troops or passed, which also gives us the opportunity to cut off in sections!"

Long Gongjing glanced up at Ren Tianqi and said, "It's just that the subordinates dare to say it, the bottom of the mountain is also the master's subordinates, and the master must not be biased and wantonly kill!"

Ren Tianqi was stunned, smiled, nodded and said, "The Iron Sword Captain is reasonable. It's just that your subordinates will never tolerate being idlers, and besides, if you don't kill your subordinates under the mountain, it will inevitably cause more casualties, and how can your general be willing to withdraw his troops!"

The captain of the iron knife said: "It's just that the old department of the lord who the general brought to Nanling this time still has four foot soldiers, who were originally left in the old camp of the Huaihe estuary, and later transferred to Yangzhou City to defend the elite of the city, and have always been regarded as the sharp knife in the army by the general, the pioneer, and I hope the lord will think twice!"

Nanzi said with a smile: "Could it be another trick to kill people with a knife? It sounds like this Second Master Wen is also a person with a small belly!"

Ren Tianqi smiled. glanced up at Nanzi.

How could Nanzi not understand Ren Tianqi's dissatisfaction, and was busy keeping silent, his face crimson.

Ren Tianqi was quite embarrassed when he heard what Long Gongjing said, he started with a family of 500 people and had little left when he became famous. The old troops who can be transferred back to Yangzhou City because of merit are basically warriors who have been born and died with them repeatedly, warriors are innocent, and warriors are the soul and fire of an army. Do you really want to destroy these brave men today? Cannibalism, isn't the price you have paid too great?

Ren Tianqi got up and blew the mountain wind. Look at the dragon soldiers who are in ambush on both sides of the mountain, one by one. Ragged clothes; Ren Tianqi knew that everyone had been ambushed here for a day and a night, and they had not been able to eat a full meal, but they still did not complain, what did everyone do this for, not for the safety of tens of thousands of dragon clansmen behind him!

Ren Tianqi's heart was uncomfortable for a while, he obviously understood that he couldn't take care of a lot, and he said to Long Gongjing: "Captain Iron Knife, you go down there and take a good look, if there are any new discoveries reported in time."

Long Gongjing was ordered to slide down the mountain in a flying step.

Nanzi said with a smile: "Lord Taiwei has moved his heart of compassion again, this palm and the back of his hand are all meat, I can understand Lord Taiwei's difficulties!"

Ren Tianqi turned a deaf ear and muttered: "The old genus of Sibiao, more than a thousand people, an amazing team!"

Yuan Kui said: "There are tens of thousands of troops under the mountain, where can we find the old subordinates of the master! Who can guarantee whether they will still be loyal to the lord if they are found as they wish! Moreover, at present, both sides have been tense, how can the change of the battle continue through? We do not have an advantage in troops, if we do not take advantage of the dangerous terrain, how can we be the opponent of the Yangzhou soldiers!"

Ren Tianqi nodded and said with a smile: "You don't need to worry, let's go!"

There are ambushes in the mountains, and flocks of birds are hovering in the air with their shouts.

Ren Tianmin pointed to the flock of birds and said to Wen Tingyu: "Dashuai, I can see that the flock of birds over there has refused to leave for a long time, but they refuse to fall, it must be someone near the bird's nest! Look at this road is rugged and low, the grass and trees on both sides are thick, and there are strange rocks, I am afraid that there are ambush soldiers!"

Wen Tingyu laughed and said: "This place is called Xikou, the terrain is extremely treacherous, Ben Shuai has already heard about it and has taken precautions; if the Dragon Clan really sets up an ambush here, it is a hundred times better than if we are trapped in Qianyuanzhuang or trapped in the Dirty Dragon Pond and struggle alone; besides, we have 20,000 soldiers, and now the soldiers are divided into five routes, and the Dragon Clan soldiers have to worry about the outflanking and siege of the other four roads if they eat casually! I think they don't have such a good appetite!"

Ren Tianmin nodded and said, "If the Dragon Clan really sets up an ambush here, the commander guesses that the Dragon Clan will attack the section the most, is it the front section, our section, or the last two sections, or will it move troops to attack Qingyang Town?"

Wen Tingyu reined in his horse, looked back and forth on the horse, and then looked at the peaks on both sides, and said confidently: "If there are indeed capable people in the dragon clan, it is best not to attack any section, so as not to provoke the fire! Behind are four thousand foot soldiers, one thousand crossbowmen, and three thousand horse troops, composed of two large square formations, which can advance or retreat, and outflank them on both wings. It is the thousands of guards around me, the copper wall is impregnable, and it is also unshakable by the dragon clan. The Dragon Clan doesn't have such a good appetite either, and the attack on the ferry is just a fluke!"

Wen Tingyu's self-confidence is not unreasonable, Yangzhou soldiers are not comparable to the rangers of the Dragon tribe, not only are the troops neat, well-equipped, and well-trained, but they are also numerous, and if you want to compete face-to-face, the Dragon Clan is really not his opponent Wen Tingyu!

According to the Malay report, the Song army marched slowly in four directions separated by three miles, and left 5,000 troops stationed in Qingyang Town in case of accidents; all that was seen at the moment was the 2,000 foot soldiers of the Song army who had opened the road before.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the news, firstly, they didn't expect Wen Tingyu to come out of the nest, the 20,000-strong Song army was not something that thousands of warriors of the Dragon Clan could shake, let alone defeat, and secondly, they didn't expect Wen Tingyu to come prepared because he had already prevented the Dragon Clan's ambush in Xikou, and he had already planned to fight with the Dragon Clan at Xikou.

Tianqi originally thought that the Song army sneaked up through the crossing, Zhao Shuang was trapped, and the Song army was leaderless, and it would definitely not try its best to sneak out to rescue, even because of the blame of the imperial court, it was just a few thousand soldiers and horses. Ren Tianqi didn't expect that he, Wen Tingyu, would actually divide the army into four sections, and the sections would pass by slowly. Dragons are not a good way to attack and block any section.

Nanzi looked at Ren Tianqi hesitantly and worriedly.

Yuan Kui was even more anxious and stomped his feet in place in anger.

The generals looked at Ren Tianqi and Nanzi nervously.

Ren Tianqi was also very anxious, he prepared a table of wine and food, but a few tables of people came, it was not good to snub anyone, how could it be that he would not set up an ambush? Ren Tianqi was originally designed to block in front of the mouth of the stream, and then use water as a soldier to teach Wen Tingyu a good lesson so that he could retreat in the face of difficulties, and he could reap a lot of supplies. Now that Wen Tingyu has already taken precautions against his high moves, will he fight or not?

The Song army walked very slowly, and the troops in front of them had already entered under the noses of everyone. Two thousand foot soldiers, also spread for several miles. If Ren Tianqi doesn't make up his mind, it's too late. Ren Tianqi was heartbroken, even if Wen Tingyu could not be stopped, he had to slow down his support for Zhao Shuang, so that everyone could free up their hands to solve Zhao Shuang; Ren Tianqi was busy preparing to send a signal to open the embankment to release water into the flooded roadway. But I saw Long Gongjing running back gasping and shouting about good things. Ren Tianqi was busy telling people not to give the order to release the water first.

Long Gongjing came over and panted and said: "Lord Taiwei, the four Biao foot soldiers stationed in Yangzhou City are the four Biao foot soldiers stationed in Yangzhou City, and almost one Biao crossbowmen, can we let go of this group of men and horses just separate the army behind, and then ......?"

Long Gongjing didn't say anything more, because there were many dragon warriors present, there were some things that were inconvenient to say, what he meant was to let Ren Tianqi consider whether he could spare the lives of more than a thousand old generans.

Ren Tianqi was also shocked when he heard this, and suddenly a bold idea flashed in his mind, and he said to Long Gongjing: "There are more than 1,000 people who know your iron sword to captain?"

Long Gongjing was stunned for a moment and said, "They are all brothers in the past, and no one doesn't know about the affairs of their subordinates!"

Ren Tianqi slapped his thigh and ordered everyone: "That's it, but as soon as the Song army passes through in the previous section, immediately release water to flood the road to block the reinforcements behind;

Long Gongjing understood that his master had the intention of using these four foot soldiers, and he was also very happy.

Ren Tianqi commanded again: "The rest of you will go with me to stop him, Wen Tingyu will give him a little power, take a look!" (To be continued......)