Chapter 157： ambush

Zhang Yunzheng bowed his head and looked at the Beirong army at the bottom of the mountain. They were all cavalry, with strong horses and sturdy soldiers.

The rose chuckled on one side and said: "They are all very powerful."

Zhang Yunzheng sneered: "Don't be lenient for a while."

The rose has a chest: "How come! I have become an iron arm, and I can't get soft if I want to be soft!"

Zhang Yunzheng stopped talking to him, turned his head and said to the people behind him: "The twenty people in front are all in their positions, as long as you hold them, you can not let them come up, and the others should be hidden!" Everyone responded.

Zhang Yunzheng stared at the cliff again, and muttered silently: "You have to come in! Don't leave..." In a trance, he remembered that he had seen in the eyes of the sky he chased his father and brother outside the capital, watching them go away, heartache It was unbearable, but now, he was standing on the front line of the battlefield, facing the aggressor, completely ready. A deep sense of satisfaction fills his mind, Zhang Yunzheng's lips have a proud smile, his eyes are bright, and he says in his heart: Little liar, thanks to you...

The rose on one side whispered: "My son, why are you smiling so charmingly? Bei Rong can't see them again..."

Zhang Yunzheng sternly said: "Stop kidding! Go and watch over the barrel! Get ready to work! Don't be lazy!"

The rose complained: "The kitchen has been withdrawn for several days, and I can only eat dry food, I am hungry..."

Zhang Yunzheng looked at his back and said, "If you don't work well, don't even think about eating in this life!"

The rose muttered as he walked: "It's still Xiaodingzi being kind to me..."

He Da was also looking at the mouth of the blocked valley among the iron cavalry. According to the guide, after leaving the valley, there were not many mountains. He entered the hilly plain area in half a day, and the horses could gallop instead of winding like they are now. Walk slowly in the mountains. In front of the cliff, the big characters were written in red lacquer, and the translator told He Duo that Bei Rong would die when he entered the valley. He Duo almost laughed: They encountered this red-painted warning several times along the way, all at the entrance of some valleys and ravines, saying that Beirong would die as soon as he entered, but there was nothing inside! These people also write in Chinese! They didn't write the Bei Rong language, and they had to have a score to deceive people. How could they write words that the other party didn't know? It can be seen that some literati who were unprepared for Bei Rong's offensive did it. The Southerners are already weak to this point-they can only stop the Beirong cavalry by writing a few threatening words! He didn't know that Zhang Yunzheng asked Yulan to write these slogans purely to cope with Shen Wen's guilt. He didn't care whether Bei Rong could read it or not. Anyway, it was considered that Ji Wenzhao's suggestion was put into practice. That was enough.

The horse-traveling report from the front showed that the Taniguchi was blocked by twigs, weeds and other objects. There were a dozen people on the cliffs with bows and arrows to defend.

He Da is so pitiful for these southerners! He himself rode up to the front of the battle, and found that there was indeed damp vegetation at the mouth of the valley. He made people ignite, and replied that those things were too wet to start a fire at all. He Duo ordered the people to remove these obstacles, and hundreds of soldiers stepped forward, threw them with long-fork shovel, and worked for a day before finally opening a narrow path in the middle of the pile of vegetation.

The other Northern Army cavalry camped and rested on the spot. It was impossible for the people on the cliff to come down. They could only sometimes throw cold arrows at the Northern Army soldiers who were working, and shot down a few people who were close to the cliff. Try to stay away from the cliff where they are. Heta asked people to find the way up the cliff and wanted to clear the southerners on the cliff, but the mountain road was destroyed, the **** was steep and the rock was straight, the opponent was precise, the soldiers who attacked up could not get close at all, 100% casualties. After attacking two or three times, night fell, Taniguchi was opened, and He Duo made it unnecessary to attack. He sent a detective horse to explore the situation in the valley and the road outside the valley. You have to wait for the horse to come back to see if these people have support.

Without a word for a night, the Tan Ma who came back in the morning said that there were no ambushes in the valley, and there were not too many trees to attack by fire. There was no one hundred miles away from the valley. As the guide said, the terrain tended to be flat, making it easy for horses to run.

Knowing that these people were fighting alone, Heta made another attack on the cliff at Shitaguchi. He was also shot back by the crossbow arrows, so he didn't want to continue the attack-the most urgent thing is to get out of the mountains! On the plains, his cavalry is unstoppable and can quickly reach the capital. The trick of these southerners is to let him waste more time here! So that the mainland tangled up with military forces to stop him. He is not worth one more day here now! He decided not to pester these people, what else could they do except shoot some cold arrows!

He Da ordered the army to pull out the camp, the cavalry mounted, and marched into the valley, leaving only a small group of people under the cliff to confront the people on the cliff.

Zhang Yunzheng let people shoot arrows sporadically from the cliff to the bottom of the cliff, seemingly trying to prevent the advance of the army. But compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops, their arrows are not as good as a drop in the bucket, at best they are just a drop in the bucket. The soldiers of Beirong under the cliff also shot arrows at the cliff, but the terrain suffered a loss and could not completely suppress the southerners. Heta ordered the troops to avoid the cliffs over there and rushed into the valley quickly to avoid casualties.

On the stone wall at the exit of the valley, Xiaoyao was guarded by the explosive line of fire, holding a few thick incense sticks that had been ignited. He had already seen Bei Rong’s vanguard approaching here, and twisted his neck to look north, cursing: "Little bastard, how come these people are going out of the valley without a signal! I am most annoying to smell the smell of burning incense. My nose is blocked!"

On the top of the mountain behind Duke Xiaoyao, Zhang Ding and Yulan stretched their necks to look into the distance. Zhang Ding whispered: "Is it possible to do this, son?" Magnolia said, "It is possible to do it! We have moved so many wine barrels, almost a thousand! My waist is about to be broken after only a day of work, fortunately I am a master I’m going to paint, and I don’t need to do these hard work." Zhang Ding asked: "Is the wine barrel useful?" Magnolia said: "Yes!" Zhang Ding looked at him as if she didn't believe it, Magnolia said in a very low voice, "I tell you, don't tell Others..."

Zhang Ding looked left and right, "This barren mountain, I tell who to go!"

Magnolia still leaned to Zhang Ding's ear: "Wine can catch fire!"

Zhang Ding looked at the valley below where the rocks were exposed again and shook his head and said, "Those people have left the valley to the north. There are not many trees in this valley. Even if it catches fire, many people will not die."

Magnolia was also worried: "Then I don't understand. The son hoarded all the wine barrels and cans on the northern cliff mouth, and piled up a lot of wet vegetation."

Zhang Ding's eyes widened: "It's just dry, it can be burnt, how can it be wet!"

At the entrance of the valley, the cavalry of Beirong still rode in in groups, and the soldiers on the cliff stopped shooting arrows that were of little use. Seeing the tail of the army gradually coming into sight, Zhang Yunzheng shouted: "They are going to pass! Put the teleportation board out!" The bracket was already buried on the ground, and a few people started to connect several wooden boards to the already built teleportation wood. At the end of the trough, the trough frame became a round hook shape with a rock cliff protruding from the end. Above them, the top of the shelf was near the cave. People had rolled out the wine barrels from the cave and placed them in rows at the entrance of the wooden trough. The rose shouted to Zhang Yunzheng: "All are ready!"

The northern soldiers in the valley noticed a piece of wood sticking out of the cliff, and did not feel any threat. Someone bent their bow and shot a few arrows upward. Seeing that the brigade was about to pass by, they mounted their horses and kicked their stirrups, preparing to follow the team.

This northern army was full of cavalry, there were no soldiers on foot. The team moved quickly. Seeing the last few soldiers of the northern army rode into the valley entrance, Zhang Yunzheng shouted at the mountain: "Roses! Hands!" Although everyone was used to it. The name of the rose, but at this extremely tense moment, I suddenly heard this shout, goodbye the big-waisted rose rolled the barrels into the trough one by one, and some people still laughed. The rose is angry: "What a smile! Express the bucket!"

The wooden barrel containing the wine rolled down the wooden trough, and the end of the wooden trough was tilted toward the sky. The wooden barrel accumulated speed by gravity and was thrown into the air at once, then fell from the sky and fell into the valley. Those who had entered the valley looked back and saw that the barrels were falling down over the valley, somewhat inexplicable. The wooden barrels hit the ground, most of them fell apart, and some fell on the vegetation without breaking.

Zhang Yunzheng shouted: "Shoot a rocket!" Several soldiers tied the ignited cotton wool to the arrow and shot into the valley under the cliff. At first, there was no movement. Finally, the flame on an arrow ignited the liquor that leaked from the wooden barrel. With a puff, the blue flame suddenly swept away like a layer of silk.

Seeing the fire broke out, Zhang Yunzheng said to everyone: "Ready for the crossbow!" He shouted to the top: "Chinese rose! Hurry up!"

The rose also shouted: "I will throw myself down sooner!"

Everyone laughed again.

The grass and trees under the mountain were too wet. After being ignited by white wine, they couldn't burn. At first, there was only a white smoke. The valley was like a chimney. The smoke was blown by the north wind, diffused and drifted into the valley...

The reserve soldiers who had entered the valley did not react for a while, but soon felt that something was wrong, and immediately turned their heads and walked back to put out the fireworks. Zhang Yunzheng shouted: "Shoot a crossbow!" For a moment, the crossbows were all fired, and the Bei Rong sergeant found in horror that, unlike the original scattered arrows, this time the arrows were as dense as rain, completely covering the road of Taniguchi. The cavalry charged several times, but they were all shot upside down, unable to approach the haystack. Not long after, the Chinese rose and others had dropped more than a hundred wooden barrels, and the fire ignited by alcohol on the grass and wood piles was finally big. The dark red flames grilled the damp vegetation, and the white smoke turned into thick smoke, like a ferocious monster. , Tumbling towards the people in the valley...

The cavalry could no longer rush into the wind, they could only turn and ran towards the mouth of the valley.

Duke Xiaoyao looked at the north anxiously. Below him, Bei Rong's pioneer had already left the valley! At this moment, Zhang Ding and Yulan shouted from his head: "Smoke is up! Master! Smoke is up!"

Duke Xiaoyao only glanced at the smoke in the north, and hurriedly lit the fire twist with incense. As soon as the fire twisted, it burned extremely quickly, and it was a few inches shorter in the blink of an eye! Duke Xiaoyao didn't dare to be careless, turned around and ran, and went straight to the top of the mountain with light effort. When he reached the top of the mountain, he heard a loud noise below, and both he and Zhang Ding Yulan were shaken to the ground. Then I saw a cloud of dust rising into the air, reaching the middle of the mountain, completely covering the line of sight. When the dust settled, the three climbed to the top of the mountain and looked down. They saw that the cliff where Mr. Xiaoyao was located was gone. The valley mouth under the mountain was a large pile of rocks, half a person high, almost completely blocking the valley mouth. , The sergeants before and after the rock pile are scattered and fleeing.

Father Xiaoyao shook his head: "It's pretty loud, but it didn't kill a few people. The people behind can still crawl out."

Zhang Ding said: "But at least horses are more strenuous."

Duke Xiaoyao sneezed, and said with tears, "What is this smell so choking? I hate the smell of smoke the most..."

Zhang Ding and Yulan also started to sneeze. Looking down, a black smoke in the valley was spreading upwards along the mountain. Duke Xiaoyao understood: "I know why you shouldn't be here! You are really a burden, and I have to take you! Run! Don't forget to hold my wine!" After that, he stretched his hand with one hand. Ding and Yulan, from the back of the mountain, picked up the slightly gentle slope, and when they reached the dangerous place, they had to take Zhang Ding and Yulan down the mountain in turn, avoiding those Beirong people who had gone out of the valley, and ran toward the plain to find Ping Yuanhou. .

Sergeant Bei Rong in the valley was not as lucky as Duke Xiaoyao. The black smoke in the north of the valley became thicker and thicker, and after a loud noise in the south, the team could not move forward, and the army was soon drowned in thick smoke.

In later generations, the straw burned on the peasant plains can be seen at high altitudes because of its rich texture. There are a lot of fiber dust in the vegetation smoke, sticking to the nasal mucosa, causing breathing difficulties and even suffocation. Horses’ noses are more sensitive and are more irritated by smoke and dust. People can cover their noses with their sleeves, but horses cannot escape the smoke. Soon, many horses in the valley were irritated by the thick smoke and began to scream and jump. Some horses jumped wildly and ran around in the valley, trying to break through the thick smoke, but the south exit was blocked by gravel, and the horses couldn’t. Galloping out of the valley, one can only walk carefully over the gravel. During the crowding, a man and horse in Taniguchi was pushed to the ground and became a barrier, making it even more difficult for the people in the valley to run out. The horses and horses were tumbling and struggling in the valley, and the whole valley was black. In the smoke, it becomes a meat grinder...

Zhang Yunzheng adjusted the direction of the bracket and let the sliding barrel thrown into another area. Although he was on the upper wind and covered his face with a cloth towel, he was almost out of breath due to the rising black smoke. Can take people on the cliff to the entrance of the wooden trough above. Half an hour later, even the people on the cliff had to cover their faces with wet wipes. All of them were dizzy, fast heartbeat, and the rose was too early to support it. Everyone got the wind from the other side of the mountain, and a dozen people took turns holding their breath. Rush into the smoke and push down the barrel.

After another period of time, the damp vegetation was toasted dry by the flame ignited by alcohol, and some finally burned. The fire became stronger and roasted more vegetation... The smoke from Taniguchi also rose to the top of the mountain, Zhang Yunzheng and others I couldn't hold on anymore, so I had to leave Taniguchi Cliff, facing the north wind, climbing to escape. After coughing and walking for half an hour, he returned to the completely fresh air.

Everyone fell to the ground, panting for breath. The rose laughed: "It's done! We're done!" He fell to the ground with a crash, but after a while, he asked: "When shall we go back?"

Zhang Yunzheng frowned: "There is a lot of smoke over there, why are you going back?"

The rose said: "There is still a lot of wine left!"

Others also said: "Yes, there are more than two hundred cans left!"

"Yes, I heard that the wine in the can is delicious, so I picked up the wood and threw it down. You see how smart I am..."

"You are selfish!"

"What selfishness! Is the order good? Look, I am right, now I have good wine to drink!"

"It turned out that I was in charge of the son, so I couldn't drink it. This time I want to drink enough!"

"Don't just drink it by yourself, I have to take it to drink with the people in the house, and show it off..."

"That's it!"

Zhang Yunzheng coughed and said, "You have to be prudent! In the future, in front of those people, don't be too proud..." But when he finished speaking, he also grinned, thinking about how to return to Beijing to brag to the beloved little liar Let’s take a look at how easy it is to accomplish this task without hurting anyone.

The people on the cliff can't breathe yet, and the people in the valley below know how painful it is.

Heta coughed, got off his horse early and crawled on the ground to avoid the smoke and barely breathe. But the horse was tall and just in the smoke, and even if he lay down, he couldn't escape the thick smoke. He was surrounded by horrified horses hissing, and He Duo crawled to the mountain wall on all fours, avoiding the howling horses all the way. He saw some of the soldiers fainted and suffocated by the smoke, and some fell to the ground and were trampled to death by Ma Tengren. He Duo trembled with anger: He really regretted his death! It's really time to let people kill all the thieves in Taniguchi before entering the valley! Who would have thought that so few people would do such a bad thing!

He Da finally climbed to the bottom of the cliff. All the sergeants around him, all of them were smoked to dust. They dodged horseshoes and crawled over the corpses of people and horses. When they were approaching Taniguchi, a thick cloud of smoke rolled over. He Da was dizzy and almost fell to the ground. The guards in front dragged him back so that he could move on. When he arrived at Taniguchi, he followed the surviving soldiers and climbed up to the rock pile with hands and feet. The palms of his hands were bloodied by the sharp edges and corners of the stones, but he couldn't take care of it anymore. Once out of the valley, he stumbled and ran to the side. , Fleeing far away from the black smoke spit out from Taniguchi.

When he could finally stop breathing, Hedo looked up and found that the soldiers who had escaped from the valley were running in twos and threes, all throwing their helmets and unarmed, and coughing desperately. Someone came to report that before the cliff collapsed, the vanguard had passed more than 3,000 cavalry, but after the cliff collapsed, only a few hundred horses came out of the valley, and some were twisted while crossing the gravel belt at the mouth of the valley. ankle.

He Duo was full of grief and indignation, and with the experience of escaping from the top, his legs trembled and he could only fall to the ground. He asked people to call up the remnants as soon as possible: The southerners set up this trap to allow the troops coming here to gain the upper hand. He wanted to gather the troops as soon as possible.

The really strong black smoke actually lasted for three hours, and then it became a white smoke mixed with ashes, but it had turned the valley into a valley of corpses of humans and horses. There were 130,000 to 440,000 soldiers in this road, but when He Duo asked the number of soldiers who escaped from the valley to be counted, there were more than 70,000 people left, only half of them, and many of them were injured, not by horses. Kicked and broke his arm, and fell into a leg or something. Only about 30,000 people can fight.

Thirty thousand people! He Duo was going crazy with hatred. He let the guide who followed the pioneer out of the valley alive! Let him lead the army into the ambush circle!

Then, he considered whether to withdraw.

He didn't want to go to this valley again. If he entered the valley, those people would set fire and smoke in it, and his soldiers would not even want to live. If you go north, you have to go a long way. I don’t know where there is this kind of ambush in this mountain. Retreating is actually very dangerous. There is no turning back arrow when you open your bow, or you will die! Moreover, the 30,000 people who can fight should not be underestimated! To escape from the most dangerous environment is the elite of the elite. The front is the plain. Although most of the horses have been lost, the Northern Army soldiers are brave and good at fighting. They are three thousand horses and thirty thousand people. With a military strength of one to ten, they can also deal with the mob of the opposing party. If he moves quickly and goes to the plain area as soon as possible, he has a chance of winning! At that time, a letter was sent that Tugu Khan led two hundred thousand people south to meet him. When the two armies joined together, they could still go straight to Dragon City!

Heta rectified his troops and marched towards the plains. What he worries most now is the grain and grass. There are not a few villages nearby, even if there are, the inside is empty. He Duo let the wounded stay behind, and the combat troops marched forward. When they reached the plain, they reached the rich area, and there was food and grass! Maybe you can take advantage of the opponent’s time to fight and lay down a big city.

Ping Yuan Hou saw the thick smoke in the distant sky, and felt uncomfortable: He was still late! His son has already met Bei Rong! Just as he was about to let someone to investigate, someone suddenly reported that someone had come from Zhang Er Gongzi. Ping Yuanhou immediately asked the leader to come over, and asked anxiously: "Why are you here! That's where you are most needed!"

The man replied: "The son asked us to find the general. He said that he only needs a hundred people, and it won't work if there are more."

Pingyuan Hou lost his voice: "A hundred people!"

Zhang Yunming came over and asked: "What kind of hundred people?"

The man saluted Zhang Yunming: "The eldest son, the son said that only a hundred people are needed, so let us come first..."

Zhang Yunming scolded angrily: "Hundred people! Hundreds of thousands to Bei Rong! That liar! I don't know what ecstasy soup was poured into him!..."

Ping Yuan Hou asked: "Who! What liar!"

Zhang Yunming frowned and said, "It's the designer, she...the mind is too secretive and vicious."

Ping Yuanhou also frowned his thick eyebrows: "No matter how secretive, you can't use a hundred people to stop an army of hundreds of thousands! Is he trying to kill my son!"

Zhang Yunming said: "Father, I let the man take the oath to live and die with my brother! If my brother is in trouble, she won't want to live!"

Ping Yuanhou was angry: "So what! I want your brother to live!"

They were so angry that they ordered the army to speed up the process. After walking for a day, someone reported to Ping Yuan Hou that Xiaoyao was here, and Ping Yuan Hou hurriedly said, "Please!"

Father Xiaoyao was unkempt, and brought Zhang Ding and Yulan who were also embarrassed. They came down from the other side of the mountain and walked out of the mountain. They took a shortcut, only one day later than those who left early.

Duke Xiaoyao came to bow to Ping Yuanhou, and Zhang Yunming asked anxiously: "Why are you here, how is my brother?"

Xiaoyao cursed: "What kind of errand did that kid send me! Almost knocked me to death! What a bastard! It should be regarded as a master killer!"

Ping Yuan Hou asked: "Where is he now?"

Xiaoyao said: "Oh, he should still be in the mountains now..."

Ping Yuan Hou was anxious: "Why didn't you bring him out!"

Duke Xiaoyao laughed: "Look at you! So worried!" Seeing that Ping Yuanhou's face was dark, Duke Xiaoyao said, "Don't be afraid, then the kid will die! You let these two boys tell you that I am I dare not say it, it's terrible!"

Ping Yuan Hou motioned to Zhang Ding. Zhang Ding was holding a wine can, and he smiled flatteringly and said, "Master Hou, it's my honor to be able to report to you! You look younger than before..."

Zhang Yunming pushed him away and said to Magnolia: "You tell me!"

Magnolia said: "Oh, the son asked me to run into the valley from the north and painted in scarlet letters, saying that Beirong will die when entering the valley..."

Ping Yuan Hou was going crazy: "Talk about the current situation!"

Magnolia frowned: "Well, everything has a beginning. Don't talk about the beginning, it's not like a story..."

Ping Yuan Hou gritted his teeth, and Zhang Yunming said, "Well, let’s talk about whether your son is still alive."

Magnolia nodded and said: "It should be, the smoke over there is so big that it chokes us all, Bei Rong shouldn't turn around..."

Zhang Yunming became annoyed rarely: "What is meant by it! If you don't make it clear, I hit you!"

Magnolia was a little aggrieved: "This matter really has to be said from the beginning. After I have finished talking, think about whether it should be."

Ping Yuan Hou Qi: "Go ahead, you little bastard!"

Magnolia was happy and said: "I painted all the way, and of course I wrote in the valley over there. The son also said that my handwriting was not good..." Seeing Ping Yuan Hou's murderous eyes, Magnolia said hurriedly: "Half a month ago, go up. Thousand wine barrels and wine jars have been moved to the cliff, and the wet wood and rotten grass leaves under the cliff are about to pile up into the sky..."

"Wait!" Ping Yuanhou shouted, Magnolia stopped, Ping Yuanhou looked at the smoke in the distance, thought for a moment, remembered that wine can burn, and laughed: "This kid!..." Then he longed. He exhaled and smiled bitterly: "It's really vicious."

Zhang Yunming also understood: "It's Smoke Attack!"

Xiaoyao said: "He asked me to blow up Taniguchi with gunpowder. The gravel was piled up in Taniguchi. The horse couldn't run out and could only be led out. So many people were blocked in the valley. We were on the mountain at the downwind. I can’t stand the smell of smoke. The horses are smoked, so how can they be in the valley, I’m afraid it’s a hell."

Ping Yuan Hou was surprised: "There is such a strong gunpowder"

Duke Xiaoyao had some lingering fears: "It's too strong, with a bang, the entire cliff fell."

Ping Yuan Hou nodded and said, "As a result, they will lose their horses... Pass the order and set up the defense." He asked Xiaoyao and others to rest, and Xiaoyao said to Zhang Ding, who was holding the wine jar, "Quick! I can drink now!"

Zhang Ding said: "I want to try too! I hugged all the way!"

Magnolia said: "There is still me!"...

The three of them walked away, and only Zhang Yunming was around Ping Yuanhou.

Zhang Yunming whispered: "This is really a poisonous trick. In this way, the Beirong cavalry will inevitably lose a lot of horses..."

Ping Yuanhou also whispered: "It seems that your brother does not have any worries about his life, and Bei Rong will not go into the valley again if he is killed. We only need to pay attention to the back now..."

Zhang Yunming nodded: "They have already followed."

Ping Yuanhou said: "We can divide our forces now."

Zhang Yunming looked at Ping Yuanhou: "Father, don't you bring more people from me"

Ping Yuan Hou shook his head: "No, your task will be heavier in the future."

As they were talking, the three princes came hurriedly and asked in a spirited voice: "Master Hou, I heard that Bei Rong came out of the mountainous area over there."

Ping Yuan Hou groaned and said, "We haven't come out yet, we are going to meet them."

The third prince's eyes lit up: "It's great, I can't wait!"

Ping Yuanhou shook his head and said: "Your Highness, our army cannot easily confront the other side. The enemy army is in full power, but you can remember that it will be exhausted after a single blow..."

The three princes exclaimed excitedly: "I know what I know, I know what to do!"

Ping Yuan Hou nodded and said, "I want to file the situation. I will only defend and not fight. I will drag him for a while."

The three princes clenched a fist and nodded and said, "Okay!"

Ping Yuan Hou also said: "Our army must separate some people and let the vanguard lead them so that they will be able to respond in the future."

The third prince said: "I believe in Lord Hou's dispatch, and I will listen to Lord Hou." He bid farewell to Ping Yuan Hou, winked at Zhang Yunming, and asked Zhang Yunming to follow him. He moved a little stiffly and took out a small bag from his arms and handed it to Zhang Yunming, and said awkwardly: "Um, this is my sister's. If I can't go back, you have to take care of her."

Zhang Yunming took the packet and frowned slightly: "Why do I hear this a little familiar..." During the hunt, the three princes also said similar things.

The third prince laughed loudly, punched Zhang Yunming, and said: "Girls are sentimental. If you don't live alone, please don't have any trouble."

Zhang Yunming sighed secretly, smiled on the face, put the small bag in his arms, and said elegantly: "How can I take on the heavy responsibility of your Highness, I really dare not give up."

The third prince laughed again, waved his hand and said, "Don't be sour, it's darker than me, and you don't look like a literati at all!"

Zhang Yunming also smiled, the two saluted, and the three princes left with high spirits.

Ping Yuanhou said that he wanted to act conservatively, so Zhang Yunming asked Zhang Yunming to take 30,000 people, most of whom were left behind by his elite soldiers from the south, and he led other soldiers to advance to the Beirong side. His original marching route was diagonally opposite to the spot where Bei Rong would appear. Such a turn was like a straight corner. The Imperial Forest Army coming from behind, Zhang Yunming left in the middle, and Ping Yuan Hou ahead formed a triangle.

The Imperial Forest Army led by Cao Kai discovered the movement of Pingyuanhou’s main force, and naturally followed them. After all, the emperor’s order was the third prince of Pingyuanhou, and he could not leave Pingyuanhou’s handsome banner to chase others.

Ping Yuanhou’s brigade had gone for two days and met with the army headed by three thousand cavalrymen in Beirong. However, as soon as there was a confrontation, Ping Yuanhou quickly withdrew. Volunteers used carts as a battalion, relying on the guards of the wagons to establish temporary protective fortifications, and used strong crossbows to contain Bei Rong's impact. Hedo didn't want the soldiers to work hard either. Compared with the 100,000 horses he had before, now he only has 3,000, so he didn't want to waste it on attacking these grassroots camps.

His goal is to hurry to the rich and prosperous place in the south, and he does not want to entangle these volunteers more here. The opponent's lethality is too great, and he is always a little restrained. He tried to get the infantry to attack the fortifications of these volunteers. The volunteers did not fight, but the dense crossbow could completely repel the attack and blocked the road. He Duo didn’t want to sacrifice his soldiers, so he had to go around. He led the team and left. Ping Yuan Hou also got up and marched in the direction of He Duo. He intercepted him again. He still only defended but not attacked, but he did not let him go south. .

After tossing back and forth for more than ten days, He Duo's rations were long gone. He only relied on killing horses for food. If he didn't rush into the plains, the soldiers would starve to death.

Heta finally decided to make a strong impact, rushing through the arrow rain at any cost and heading south as soon as possible. Hou Ping Yuan also got news: The Yulin Army from the capital was no more than a hundred miles away from the rear army.

Cao Kai felt that Pingyuanhou’s volunteers fought Beirong for so many days, and both sides must have suffered many casualties. During this period, he sent a few letters to the capital to inform that Ping Yuan Hou was at war with the enemy. He just didn't know that after he signed each letter, it was privately dismantled by the clerk, and the important points were slightly changed, such as the intentional blank after the sentence "Ping Yuan Hou has fought with Bei Rong for ten days." At that time, the word "failure" was added.

It was estimated that the fire was almost there, and Cao Kai led the people to the retreat of Ping Yuanhou, thinking that if Ping Yuanhou was defeated, he could just clean them up and complete his imperial life. If Ping Yuan Hou wins, you have to take advantage of their slack when they win and take a surprise blow. Don't wait for them to return to the court. It will be difficult at that time. Only after the praying mantis catching the cicada and the oriole, he didn't know that Zhang Yunming, who led 30,000 people for nights and nights, also approached his back.

The day of the decisive battle was a sunny day. When the sun rose in the east, Bei Rong's cavalry attacked first. Because the volunteers were too powerful in the past, He Duo went all out this time, with three thousand horses at the head, ready to rush away from the other guards, and 30,000 people followed to kill. Don't love the fight, just go all the way south.

Although the southerners are numerous, they have no cavalry at all. The horseshoes of the three thousand cavalrymen of Beirong rushed out loudly, indeed looking aggressive.