Now that the road map for the horse thief to leave has been obtained, it is natural that the team can be deployed immediately, and the team can be deployed in advance to the place where the horse thief must pass, wait for the horse thief to enter the ambush circle, and then easily surround them, so that they don't even have a chance to resist.

Lao Chen and Lao Guo both chose the most favorable valley area, and setting up an ambush on this terrain could better hit the enemy, while they would hardly have any decent losses.

Li An also felt that the terrain they chose was good, and in addition, some soldiers and horses should also be left near the horse thieves' new lair, so that after the horse thieves left, when the caravans in the city came to pull food, they could take them all down in one fell swoop, which would save a lot of trouble.

"There are many people during the day, so I plan to set off after dark, and use one day and one night to reach the river valley west of Yinzhou, where I will wait for the arrival of the horse thieves after an ambush."

Lao Chen said.

Lao Guo said with a smile: "There is a valley on the west side of Lushui in the north of Yinzhou, and I have been to this valley before, and it is a good place to ambush!" However, the distance is relatively long, and it may not be possible to reach it in one day and one night, but as long as you set off immediately, you will definitely be able to arrive one step ahead of the horse thief. ”

"The most important thing in this expedition is to hide from the horse thieves, so as not to let the horse thieves' scouts find out, I think not only must we march at night, but also march in batches, so that even if the horse thieves see something, they will not suspect it, maybe they think our army is patrolling?"

Ang Lee said.

"It's enough for me to bring five hundred soldiers and horses, a team of one hundred people, set off in five batches one after another, and you can stay away from Qiwu Mountain in one night, and the horse thieves will never be able to find out."

Lao Chen said.

Lao Guo looked at Li An and said: "We have more horse thieves along the way, we need to bring more soldiers and horses, I think one thousand is enough, divided into ten teams to take two different roads to leave Qiwu Mountain, in this way, we still have more than 2,000 soldiers and horses left in Qiwu Mountain, patrolling in the mountains day and night, completely able to confuse horse thieves, so that they can't find anything abnormal." ”

"In that case, then immediately arrange the soldiers and horses, let the soldiers have a full meal and rest, and set off as soon as it gets dark."

Ang Lee said.

More than 1,000 soldiers and horses were quickly selected, and after the soldiers had eaten their fill, they went back to their rooms to rest, so that they could have strength when they were acting at night.

Li An naturally rested after lunch, this time to encircle and suppress the horse thieves, Li An didn't plan to let Li Hanlu follow, just let him stay in the camp to recuperate.

"It's only two days at most, and it's not that hard, so why didn't my husband let me go? I'm going. ”

"It's just a horse thief, where do you need Mrs. to go out in person, Mrs. still stays here honestly, and by the way, she can be responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses here, and take down the horse thief caravan from Xiazhou City in one fell swoop."

Ang Lee said.

"Alright! In that case, then I won't go. ”

Li Hanlu responded obediently.

In the horse thief's new lair, the leader of the horse thieves is feasting on the thieves, they have already planned, and set off in batches early the next morning, the thin monkey has no pressure all the way, and the leader and one-eyed need to carry a lot of treasure, which is relatively hard.

Among them, the most important task of carrying treasures is the responsibility of One-Eye, and the leader of the horse thieves is only responsible for carrying the most valuable treasures, and the one-eyed person must lead more than 100 people to walk in front, and the more than 100 people of the leader of the horse thieves are walking behind, about five miles apart, so that they can take care of each other and avoid getting together to achieve too big a goal.

The leader of the horse thieves looked at the horse thieves around him, and said: "Brothers, early tomorrow morning, we are going to set off for Hedong, this road will be more hard, I hope the brothers can overcome the difficulties, arrive in Hedong as soon as possible, tonight, let us relax, eat meat and drink wine, eat as much as you can, drink as much as you can, I am afraid that you will not be able to eat so many good things on the way, however, brothers do not have to worry, when we arrive at Hedong Hutu Mountain, we can eat fragrant and spicy again." ”

"Yes, we will always listen to big brother, come, drink."

One-Eyed said loyally.

The thin monkey drank a glass of wine and said, "Big brother, don't worry, the brothers won't embarrass you, isn't it just going over the mountains and mountains?" These are all trivial, brothers can endure any hardship, and they will definitely be able to go to Hutu Mountain in Hedong in half a month. ”

"Thin monkey, your men and horses are lightly armed, you will definitely be able to arrive at Hutu Mountain one step earlier, and after you arrive at Hutu Mountain, you must first find a good place to build a camp, and then send half of the people to meet us."

The leader of the horse thieves spoke.

"Big brother, don't worry, I know what to do."

The thin monkey spoke.

On the table near the corner, the foal and the fat man were eating meat, although they had already eaten half of the pheasant before, but the pheasant was not large, and the weight of half a pheasant was less than a pound after removing the feathers and internal organs, and besides, it was still lunch, and now it was dinner, and the stomach was naturally hungry again, and it was not a problem to eat meat.

The fat man eats with a mouth full of oil, and the mood is good, while the little pony's mood is more apprehensive, he is a traitor to this group, and his heart is naturally different from others, he doesn't have much appetite at all, but in order not to reveal his identity, he must also eat meat and drink like others.

"Brother Xiaoma, I still think the pheasants you hunt are more delicious, and the meat is also good, slightly worse than the pheasants."

The fat man said as he ate.

"Oh, is it? In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will hunt pheasants for you to eat every day. ”

The foal said casually.

The fat man nodded and said: "That's the best, when we get to Hutu Mountain, let's go hunting in the mountains every day and eat pheasant meat every day, but it would be better if we could catch it alive, so that we could breed pheasants, and eat as much as we wanted in the future, if we could steal a mother-in-law from the mountain down the mountain, it would be better." ”

"You still want your mother-in-law, you're crazy! Don't know what you're doing? ”

The foal retorted.

The fat man suddenly sighed, "Hey! Eat and drink well on the mountain with the brothers, it's really good, the only bad thing is that there is no mother-in-law, there is no one in the whole cottage, some people who can go to the county and the state city, but they can go to the Qinglou to sit, but those of us who chop wood and feed the horses can only be lonely in the mountains for a lifetime! ”

"Fatty, do you want to leave the cottage and go to the bottom of the mountain to beg for a mother-in-law, and live a life in peace."

The foal asked quietly.

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, how could I do such a thing?" No matter how good the mother-in-law is, she can't compare with her brothers! In order to be with the brothers, don't want a mother-in-law! ”

The foal whispered, "Don't be nervous, fatty, who is with whom we brothers!" Even if you have such thoughts, your brother will never betray you, everyone is a man, it is the most normal thing to think about your mother-in-law, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, at least, if you have the opportunity, let's go to a big city like the state city and go to find a little lady to play. ”

When the fat man heard this, his eyes were full of appreciation, and he said excitedly: "Brother is brother, I will follow you in this life, Brother Xiao Ma will always be my brother." ”

The foal patted the fat man on the back and told him to eat more so that he would not be hungry on the road.

It is estimated that it will take a month to walk this way, so it is necessary to carry a sufficient amount of rations, which are mainly based on sun-dried pasta and dried meat and pickles, which are not perishable easily and can be stored for a long time, and there is no need to make a fire to cook, you can eat it directly in your mouth.

According to a person who eats one pound of dry food a day to ration, each horse thief needs to carry fifteen pounds of dry food, these dry food can only meet the consumption of half a month, and the remaining half a month, you can eat rice and fresh horse meat, horse thieves can not eat dry food every day, cook some porridge every other day, kill a horse to make fresh meat can improve the diet, so that the horse thieves can eat better, so as not to eat dry food every day, and eat people out of trouble.

The horse thieves all know that they have to travel far away the next morning, and they will sleep in the open along the way, and the food will be simpler, and there is no door to drink, so this time the whole thief banquet, all the horse thieves are drinking and eating meat to their heart's content, especially the most active drinking, and they will not be able to drink for a month in the next month, which is a very tolerant thing for the horse thieves who are addicted to alcohol.

The feast of the thieves lasted until midnight, and the well-fed and well-fed horse thieves went back to their rooms to rest, and they fell asleep and seemed very relaxed, while the few horse thieves who did not drink needed to keep vigil for these horse thieves to prevent the horse thieves from being attacked by officers and soldiers.

However, at this time, the officers and soldiers did not know that the horse thieves were drunk, Lao Guo and Lao Chen, as well as Li An, were leading more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to rush in batches, they had to rush to the appropriate ambush position in front of the horse thieves, and then wait for the fatal blow to the horse thieves, and it was best to be able to capture all these horse thieves.

Lao Chen had already set off first, and Ang Li and Lao Guo set off together half an hour later, so that they could take care of each other and have a good discussion together.

The night of Qiwu Mountain is very beautiful, the night march is not cool, but quite cold, however, the soldiers do not care about these, the opportunity for meritorious service is in front of them, as excellent soldiers of the Tang Empire, they can naturally overcome these difficulties, a little cold for an excellent soldier, is nothing at all.

Many groups of soldiers and horses marched at the fastest speed, and almost every few moments, a team of 100 people left Qiwu Mountain and headed for the ambush in Yinzhou.

"Lao Guo, tonight's night is good! With this moonlight, the team didn't even need to light torches. ”

Li An said.

"The night is good, we have taken such a long detour, we shouldn't alarm the horse thief!"

Lao Guo said.

Li An opened his mouth and said, "I don't know what the horse thieves are doing at the moment, are they sleeping?" ”

"It's so late, most of the horse thieves must be sleeping! In order to reduce the loss of some soldiers, we will also suffer hardships! If you listen to Lao Chen, the horse thieves have already been taken down by now, haha! ”

Lao Guo said.

"That's right! As long as you besiege the horse thief's lair and pull a few cannons over, you can wipe out all the horse thieves, but if you want to capture the horse thieves with all the beards and tails, and it is impossible to prevent our army from suffering casualties, I am really reluctant to give my soldiers their lives! This time in the battle of the old White City, two soldiers of our department were seriously injured and died, and dozens of others were not lightly injured, which made me very heartbroken! I take as many people as I want, and the death of any soldier is a great loss. ”

Li An said.

Lao Guo sighed: "In the entire Tang Dynasty, a person like Li Shilang who loves soldiers like a son, I'm afraid I can't find a second one, and it is really a blessing that a soldier can follow you!" ”

"Why can't you find a second person, isn't your old Guo also a person who loves soldiers like a son? If it weren't for the fact that you love soldiers like children and want to reduce casualties as much as possible, it is estimated that you would have set foot on Qiwu Mountain a few months ago. ”

Li An opened his mouth to compliment.

Lao Guo shook his head and said: "Where, where, even if you don't consider the casualties, then you have to find the horse thief's lair to level it!" Hasn't this been found all along? ”

Modesty is Lao Guo's characteristic, he has always been very modest, no matter under any circumstances, he will never forget to be modest, and Lao Guo will never let the soldiers under his command lose a lot of their lives for meritorious service.

Therefore, Lao Guo's reputation has always been so low, in history, his brother Shuhan and An Lushan, who are not as capable as him, have become feudal officials, and Lao Guo has always been a deputy position, although the official position is not low, but the deputy position will always be a deputy position, there is no real power in the army, only when he is in the main position can he have greater real power.

Before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Shuofang Jiedu was An Sishun, but An Sishun was the cousin of the traitor An Lushan, which made the emperor very uneasy, coupled with Ge Shuhan's frame, so An Sishun was unjustly killed.

And Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi two deputies, are An Sishun's subordinates, after they took the throne, they soon became the main force of the Tang Dynasty to quell the rebellion, since then, the old Guo Cai, as a genuine Shuofang Jiedu envoy, began to appear on the historical stage with a name and surname, and became the mainstay of the Tang Empire.

"Lao Guo! You are modest, if you can capture all the horse thieves this time, at least half of this credit will be given to you, but don't shirk it! ”

Li An said.

"I'm an old man, it's not interesting to have so much credit, Li Shilang is so young, it's always good to mix up more credit."

Lao Guo said.

Li An said unceremoniously: "Lao Guo! I have a lot more credit than you do! It's almost high, it really can't be higher, and now that it's meritorious, Your Majesty doesn't know what to reward. ”

This is boasting, a very proud boast, and only Ang Lee can praise himself so shamelessly, but he is telling the truth, Li Anli's merits are indeed a little too much, and Ang Lee himself can't remember how much.

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