Although the snow did not fall much, it still turned the sky and the earth white. A large bird flew in from afar and landed on the top of a large tree, and as it landed, the branches trembled a few times, and the snow powder fell, revealing the verdant inside. After observing the surroundings vigilantly at the top of the tree, the big bird fell lightly to the ground, leaving a long paw print on the snow, and the long beak took it left and right on the ground, and after a while, it actually found an insect from the snow, and held it in its mouth, and the big bird flapped its wings again and landed on the canopy, and it did not eat the hard-found insects, but held one in its mouth, as if there were family members in the family who needed to be fed.

Suddenly there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the big bird turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, and several black shadows appeared in his field of vision, getting closer and closer. There was the whistling sound of feathered arrows in the air, and the big bird did not hesitate at all, flapping its wings and flying high, and flew away into the distance without looking back.

The sound of the bowstring vibrating is not unfamiliar to it, but many of its companions have fallen with this sound, and they have never been able to fly freely in the air again.

The knights on horseback, of course, did not have the energy to pay attention to the big bird, because they were running for their lives. Behind them, a cavalry contingent was in hot pursuit.

Chen Fu pulled out the iron bow in his hand, and with the whistling sound of feather arrows, a knight fell off his horse.

Chen Fu's real name is Chen Changfu, and although his archery skills are not as divine as his brother Chen Changping, he is also outstanding among archers.

Arrows rang out, and the last of the fleeing knights fell from their horses.

The cavalrymen stopped, turned over and dismounted, walked up to the fallen knights, and mercilessly swung their swords to make up for the men before dragging the bodies aside.

Chen Fu made a gesture, and the cavalry that had caught up behind scattered in all directions, and after a while, they disappeared into the vast snowfield.

Zhu Youzhen led 15,000 men and horses to raid Wuning with Cao Bin as the main commander, and it was Tian Guofeng who was the vanguard.

In the first battle, Tian Guofeng quickly took the unprepared Wuningquan County, and then the three thousand cavalry did not stop at all, running all the way, rushing towards the direction of Guide.

Guide City, Guide County, is the main target of their cavalry team this time. Where, there is a regular army of more than 10,000 people stationed in the town of Wuningjie.

Taking Guide and defeating this team can be regarded as opening the door to attack Xuzhou.

In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, this cavalry team rushed in the direction of Guide almost day and night. Along the way, the cavalry advanced by leaps and bounds, and in some small towns and towns, Tian Guofeng didn't bother to take a look at it at all.

And after the initial shock, these places that were skipped by Tian Guofeng remembered to send someone to report in the direction of Guide. However, firstly, they had fallen behind the cavalry, and secondly, even if someone with excellent riding skills copied the trail and surpassed Tian Guofeng's brigade of cavalry, they could not bypass the scout team led by Chen Fu. These people, in the end, fell under the swords and arrows of these scouts.

Thousands of cavalry approached Guide in the wind and snow, but Guide was still ignorant of all this.

Zhou Qun, the county guard of Guide County, and the patriarch of the Zhou family, the largest wealthy family in Guide, is not in Guide City at the moment, but in the manor outside the city to celebrate the birthday of his seventy-year-old mother.

Located in Zhouzhuang's Zhou's luxurious manor, the lanterns are colorful, a joyful atmosphere, the red lanterns are hung from the place several miles away from the village to the village, and the big trees that have fallen all the leaves are also wrapped in festive silk and tied with beautiful silk flowers.

The roads were swept clean, and a constant stream of convoys of horses was converging here from all directions.

People live for 70 years, and this year, Zhou Qun celebrated the old lady's birthday with great fanfare. But those who felt that they had some status and could enter the manor were all carrying carefully prepared gifts and rushing to the door.

Many of them are afraid that Zhou Qun will not recognize them at all.

Of course, it doesn't really matter to the person giving the gift. The key is that your name is on the gift list. It's right to send it, if you don't send it, or you will be in trouble when the time comes.

Zhou Zhen, the eldest son of Zhou Qun, stood at the gate with a happy face to greet the guests.

But all the important people, he will personally welcome them to the inner hall, and then received by his father, and those small people or people who are purely here to stammer, he also greeted them with a smile and then handed them over to the housekeeper to take them to the newly erected shed in the manor.

The horse's hooves in the distance were obtained, and Zhou Zhen immediately greeted him with a smile on his face. If there is anyone in Guide who can be on an equal footing with his father, it naturally can only belong to the person in front of him, Lu Meng, the Zhonglang general of the Wuning Army stationed in Guide.

Lu Meng, who is in his early forties, is in the prime of life, excellent in martial arts, and is the confidant and favorite general of Pang Xun of Wuning Jiedu, commanding 10,000 Wuning troops, sitting in Guide City, guarding the south gate of Xuzhou.

"Uncle Shi, it's been hard all the way, and in such weather, you came here in the wind and snow." Zhou Zhen greeted him with a smile, grabbed the reins of the horse for Lu Meng, and personally helped Lu Meng turn over and dismount.

"The old lady is 70 years old, why do you want to come to be happy." Lu Meng laughed: "What about your father? ”

"Father is talking to Hu Changshi and a few of them, and the little nephew has already asked people to call their father." Zhou Zhendao.

"Why bother, let's go!" Lu Meng took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to Zhou Zhendao: "This is a pair of Zhongtang written by Pang Jiezhen himself, and I gave it to the old lady to celebrate his seventieth birthday." ”

Zhou Zhen hurriedly held the scroll with both hands and said, "I didn't expect that my old lady's birthday would even alarm the festival handsome, I was really scared." ”

"Zhou Fujun has always been the most powerful and trusted person of the festival marshal, the old lady has a big birthday, and the festival marshal naturally has to show something." Lu Meng laughed and pointed to a carriage behind him: "I also have a little bit of a gift." ”

"General Lu can come, it is the blessing of the Zhou Mansion." Zhou Zhen waved his hand, and a group of servants hurried over and took over the work of driving the carriage from the soldiers: "Prepare a room for these brothers, and serve them with good wine and food." ”

Lu Meng nodded with satisfaction, and as soon as Zhou Zhen stepped into the door, he saw Zhou Qun, the monarch of the Guide Mansion, with a group of officials and squires from the big and small levels of Guide coming out of the lobby.

In Zhou's manor, between the staggered plans, laughter and laughter are endless. At this time, only thirty miles away from Guide City, the three thousand cavalry led by Tian Guofeng were making their final rest. After serving their horses, the soldiers sat on the ground, took out dry food from their bosoms, scooped up some snowflakes from the ground, a mouthful of snowflakes and a mouthful of dry food, quickly finished eating, and then wrapped themselves in their cloaks, and fell asleep.

The battle was about to begin, and they had to seize any time they could to rest and regain their strength.

Of course, the generals could not rest.

At this moment, Tian Guofeng, Chen Fu and others gathered together to discuss the final attack plan.

According to the information provided by Shi Hong, there are a total of 10,000 garrisons in Guide, and these 10,000 people belong to the Wuning Army, and are led by Lu Meng, the lieutenant of the Wuning Army. Well, Shi Hong said, this Lu Meng is a very powerful general. In addition, there were about 1,000 soldiers under Guide's own control. Chen Fudao.

"It's not powerful, I've asked my big knife first!" Tian Guofeng smiled.

Chen Fu ignored him, and continued: "Of these 10,000 people, 1,000 of them belong to Lu Meng's pro-army and are stationed in Guide City, and the other 9,000 people are stationed in Sugezhuang, which is about ten miles away from Guide City. This time, the focus of our battle is not to take the city of Guide, but to use lightning speed to level the Sugezhuang military camp and annihilate this Wuning army. As long as this Wuning army is defeated, Guide City will definitely be in our pocket. ”

"Sugezhuang is forty miles away from us, and half an hour later, when our whole army marched out, and when we arrived at Sugezhuang, it was just dark, and this time should be the time for them to eat. Remember, after storming the enemy barracks, the first priority is to defeat them, drive them out of the barracks, and then pursue them. These 9,000 people, all of them are foot soldiers, as long as they are driven out of the barracks and into the wilderness, haha, then we will be left to eat. ”

"That's it." Tian Guofeng stretched his waist, "Hurry up and get some sleep, nourish your spirits, and do a great job." ”

"Sleep, I'll be on duty, and I'll wake you up in half an hour." Chen Fu said with a smile.

"Then there is Lao Laosan." Tian Guofeng laughed and lay down on the spot.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, Chen Fu stood up, and in the distance, two horses rushed quickly, one was the scout he threw out, and the other was dressed in civilian clothes.

The two horsemen went straight to Chen Fu and the others, and the man in civilian clothes took the lead in turning over and dismounting, holding up a sign in his hand high, and said: "The villain is a subordinate of General Shi Hong, lurking in Guide City, and has important military reports. ”

"Say!" Took the sign from the man's hand and examined it carefully, Chen Fudao.

"Today happens to be the seventieth birthday of Zhou Qun's mother, the monarch of Guide Mansion, and almost all the officials of Guide Mansion have all gone to the Zhou manor outside the city to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Zhou, and even Lu Meng has gone." Careful work.

Tian Guofeng, who was lying on the ground, jumped up.

Chen Fu's eyes also lit up, and he said, "Do you know where Zhou's manor is?" ”

"Yes. Because of Zhou's celebration, Zhou Qun also mobilized hundreds of soldiers to help prepare. "Carefully said.

"I'll go to Zhou's Manor!" Tian Guofeng said: "I want to kill that Lu Meng with my own hands." I only need 500 cavalry, and the remaining 2,500 cavalry, you will take them to Sugezhuang and kick their old camp. ”

"Don't be in a hurry over there." Chen Fu nodded and said: "When I launch it, someone will inevitably run to report it, and when the time comes, after these people come out of the manor, you will launch a surprise attack." A place like Zhou's Manor must be a deep trench and a hard fight, which is not a good choice. ”

"I know! In the past, when we were still Taishan bandits, we fought Wu Kejin's manor, and we were repeatedly attacked, and many brothers were buried in vain, of course I won't do it hard this time! Tian Guofeng said.