"It's also possible that they will turn to Pan County in Chengting?"

Heng Sai thought for a moment and said.

"How many miles are we from Chengting?" Li Hong asked.

"About thirty miles."

Lu Huanyang, Jade and a few soldiers, the tun chief rushed to hear the news. After listening to the introduction of the Karasuma scout and the Heng Festival, Jade suddenly said, "My lord, we can ambush them in Chengting. ”

"No matter what the Xianbei people plan to do, there are less than a thousand of them, and they will definitely go to Chengting. This is a good opportunity. ”

Li Hong laughed: "What are we going to do?" ”

Everyone was silent, and their faces showed a look of pity.

"We're going to attack the enemy's supplies, we're going to hit their seven inches. If we destroy this group of enemies in the hope of a momentary pleasure, our whereabouts will be revealed immediately, and how will the task be accomplished? Don't let the small be the big one. ”

"Ordered the troops to leave immediately. Heng sacrifice, immediately sent more scouts to Chengting to monitor the enemy's movements. ”

A bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the entire mountain. Then the thunder exploded from afar, and the rumbling sound was deafening from far and near.

"It's going to rain. Let's go. Li Hong shouted.

Early in the morning, the heavy rain finally hit. The rain was so heavy and dense that it seemed as if the sky had fallen, and it was endless. The mountains in the distance loom in the thick mist. The lush trees lining the mountain road seemed to be moistened with nectar, and suddenly became more fresh and beautiful. The rich fragrance permeates the mist and wafts in the air with the wind, refreshing the heart. The grass on the ground quietly changed into a fresh green skin, like congealed jade dew, which made people intoxicated and couldn't bear to touch it.

Li Hong let the rain hit his face. Like a child, he jumped and jumped in the pouring rain, as if he had a treasure, and shouted and screamed, without the appearance of a military horse.

From time to time, he stopped and pulled Lei Zi and a few guards to look at the enchanting scenery around him, and cheered from time to time. He breathed the fresh air greedily, and felt as if he had turned into air, and he was intoxicated with the rain, mist, and heaven and earth in front of him.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the loud sound gradually became a roaring sound. The water droplets were so big and fierce that they hurt faintly when they hit their faces. The rain flows into countless streams that jump from mountain to field.

"Your Excellency......" Heng Sai shouted three times in a row.

Li Hong turned his head and said excitedly, "How is it?" Where did the enemy of Sangan City go? ”

"They went in the direction of Pan County."

"Haha......" Li Hong laughed, "As Heng Sacrifice Xiaoshuai expected, the enemy turned around in Chengting. Why do you look nervous, what's the matter? ”

Heng Xi wiped a handful of water droplets from his face, opened his eyes wide, and shouted again: "My lord, such a heavy rain will definitely cause a flash flood, and then the water of the Sangqian River will soar, and it will be dangerous for us to cross the river." ”

Li Hong was taken aback. He looked up and squinted at the gloomy sky. The sky was covered with dark clouds, thick and hazy.

"How far are we from the Sangqian River?"

"About forty miles."

At this time, Lu Huanyang also hurriedly drove his horse over. He also meant to speed up the march, take a shortcut, and try to cross the river by noon.

"How long do you think this rain will take?" Li Hong asked.

The two men shook their heads blankly.

"The rainy season in the north is generally between July and August, with heavy rains but short rainy seasons. It is rare to see such heavy rains in May. Heng said.

"Order the troops to speed up and be sure to rush to the Sangqian River at noon." Li Hong ordered loudly.

Tuoba Tao pushed away the guards in front of him and leaned out from the castle tower to look down.

In the heavy rain, Lu Pofeng's army lined up under the city with great force, and the low sound of bull's horns tore through the rain curtain and sounded everywhere, suppressing the huge sound of rain. At the forefront of the procession, there were ten Xianbei captives kneeling in one line.

Today, this is the fourth time that the people of the White Deer tribe have demonstrated in front of the battle and killed the Xianbei captives.

With the sound of a bull's horn, the executioner's broadsword slashed down, and a head fell to the ground, blood spurting. The maroon blood immediately melted into the rain and overflowed everywhere. The shouts of excitement from the Karasuma people rose to the sky.

"Hao Shuai, we rushed out and slaughtered the bastard Lu Pofeng." Xiao Shuai Tuoba raccoon dog was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead throbbed violently, and his black face turned red. He was ordered to return to Zhuolu with a thousand men yesterday, thinking that he would not be able to get the battle merits to attack Fuyang, and he was angry and had nowhere to go.

Tuoba Tao frowned, his face was gloomy, and he was silent.

Lu Pofeng's behavior was very unreasonable, and he felt that there must be a conspiracy in this. The Xianbei people dispatched more than 10,000 troops to capture the city all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, sweeping through the entire western part of Shanggu County. In such a situation, whether it is the Han government, the army or the people, they all flee when they hear the news. Although the Bailu tribe of Lu Pofeng had three thousand men and horses, he could not shake the Xianbei army at all, and he knew that he was invincible, so he fled into Taihang Mountain with the entire tribe. In this case, he suddenly went down the mountain again, and united the sparsely numbered Han army to brush the tiger's whiskers, either mad or conspiratorial.

Although Tuoba Feng led the main force to cross the Sangqian River to attack Fuyang, there were only two or three thousand troops left in the Zhuolu area, but it was not too difficult to deal with the Lu Pofeng Division, which was almost the same in number. Even if you can't annihilate Lu Pofeng, it is more than enough to beat him and drive him into Taihang Mountain. So Tuoba Tao thought that Lu Pofeng must be trying to lure him out of the city and ambush him somewhere. He strictly ordered his subordinates not to go out of the city to engage in battle.

He thought that tomorrow the supplies from the rear would be transported to Xialuo, and his troops would form a defensive formation in Panxian, Zhuolu, and Luxian by the Sangqian River to protect all the supplies and send them all the way to Fuyang. Nothing could be more important than the lives of more than 10,000 people.

"Hao Shuai, Lu Pofeng has killed our brother for the fourth time today. Give me a thousand men, and I will bring back to you his head. ”

"If you don't attack again, the brothers in the city will make trouble."

"Hao Shuai, I can't help it, I'm going to take someone out."

Tuoba Tao was surrounded by more than a dozen large and small generals, all of them were filled with righteous indignation, and their anger was so angry that the roar almost deafened Tuoba Tao's ears.

There was another dense burst of horns and cheers from under the city, and you didn't need to look at it to know that a human head had landed again.

The scolding and roaring on the city tower rang out, and countless long arrows whistled away. Although I can't shoot it, it's also a way to vent my anger.

"Handsome...... Hao Shuai ......" cries were joined together.

Tuoba Tao suddenly turned around, with a murderous expression. The subordinates immediately shut up and eagerly awaited his orders.

Tuoba Tao's sharp eyes swept over the faces of each general, and he said word by word:

"Whoever dares to fight, there will be no mercy!"

The crowd was immediately angry.

Tuoba Feng's troops braved the pouring rain and rushed to the foot of Fuyang City.

Surrounded by a group of generals, Ti Tu stood in his big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the Xianbei people in the distance in a hurry.

"It's still prescient adults. We arrived yesterday and just escaped the rain. Otherwise, you will be as embarrassed as the Xianbei people. A subordinate who had been relieved looked at the Xianbei soldiers who were busy in the heavy rain and said happily.

Titus smirked. Ti Tu is not tall, very rich, and has a round face covered with a thick beard, and the distribution of facial features is almost invisible. Only those eyes, half-squinted and half-closed, always show a trace of weirdness, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"Tuoba Feng was grinding in Zhuolu, a small city for eight days. He wants to hurt me, hum......" Tito smiled coldly, "Being dishonest and always calculating others, sooner or later you will suffer." ”

"You go to Tuoba Feng's camp immediately and ask him for food and horse grass."

Tito pointed to a well-mannered middle-aged man.

Yu Yu was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "According to the information we have received, Tuoba Feng only has five days of rations left. With this weather, it will be questionable whether his follow-up supplies will arrive as scheduled. Now, if you ask him for cattle and sheep, wouldn't it be ......?"

"According to the agreement with him in advance, after the troops arrived in Fuyang, the supplies were provided by him. Tuoba Feng was too calculating, and he didn't want to provide us with food and horse grass after he was frustrated. So he delayed the decisive battle in Zhuolu for a long time, and only arrived in Fuyang until now. Well, now he only has five days of food left, and the follow-up supplies will not arrive until six or seven days later, so naturally there will be no cattle and sheep for us to eat, and the reason is still high-sounding. This shameless villain. If we all had to believe in him, wouldn't we be defeated without a fight? Titoyin said with a smile.

"You go and ask for cattle and sheep, but he doesn't. Humiliate him on my behalf, and then tell him that the Karasuma people have nothing to eat, so they have to kill their horses. The horse is to be repaid. Also, the Karasuma people are hungry and don't have the strength to fight, so they naturally don't go to the battlefield. ”

Laughter erupted in the tent.

Li Hong looked at the surging river, listened to the thunderous roar of the river, and was anxious.

When it rains, it's big and it's small, and it still doesn't stop.

The soldiers of the Bailu tribe were more familiar with the terrain of the Sangqian River than Li Hong imagined. They walked as fast as they could, through the mountains and forests, and finally reached the river before noon. However, the river had risen and they missed the best time to wade across the river.

The soldiers gathered by the river, looking at the water and sighing.

Soon, the river began to swell. In the evening, flash floods finally broke out. Its earth-shattering, devastating momentum is jaw-dropping.

At this moment, news came from the scout stakes secretly arranged by Lu Pofeng along the Qiushui River. These people were left behind by Lu Pofeng when he withdrew from the Sangqian River, and they have been providing Lu Pofeng with the latest information.

At Jianguantun, eighty miles away from Lower Los Angeles, a supply convoy of Xianbei people was found. The convoy was huge, with tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and more than 2,000 soldiers escorted it. If you add the grooms and handymen of the convoy, there are also three or four thousand people.

What a blessing. As soon as the troops arrived at the Sangqian River, news of the enemy's supply came, as if God was helping them. Everyone was very excited. Li Hong immediately convened everyone to discuss how to deal with it. As a result, I was at a loss, and I couldn't find half a way to eliminate this convoy. Everyone had nothing to do, and their enthusiasm suddenly cooled down.

Because of the flash floods, the troops could not find a suitable place to cross the river for a while. Even if the river is crossed, the enemy's troops are more numerous than their own, and it is naturally impossible to encircle and annihilate them. There was no dangerous terrain on the way from Jianguantun to Xialuo, and the ambush could not find a location.

Li Hong asked everyone to convene the junior officers to discuss it again, and walked to the river alone, silently looking at the rushing river, thinking about his thoughts.

"Adult ......"

Lu Huanyang was afraid that something would happen to him, so he and Lei Zi followed.

"Last year, I was chased and killed by Tuoba Cambodia in the Ghost Mountain, and finally fell off a cliff with him and fell into the Weishui River. At that time, there was also a flash flood, and the water level of the Lishui River soared. I almost drowned. Luckily, I caught a big tree floating in the river, and I was lucky enough to save my life. ”

"Good luck, sir." Lu Huanyang said with a smile, "The Sangqian River is much narrower than the Lishui River, and the water flow is turbulent. It galloped all the way, from which it headed eastward, meeting Qiushui at Huangchen, and then suddenly made a big turn to the south in Luxian, heading straight for Guangyang County. If you fall from this, I'm afraid we won't be able to find you until we go to Luxian. ”

Li Hong and Lei Zi laughed.

"Isn't there a bend along the way? It's too far to Luxian, and I'm already dead. ”

"We're here with a steep bend, and there's another twenty miles down. That place is in the upper reaches of Pan County, and in the past, as long as it was the rainy season, it would break there, so the locals called it Shakou. When our Bailu tribe moved here, we had to suffer floods every year. Once the levee burst, the surging flood poured down for hundreds of miles, all the way to the Qiushui River, almost submerging the entire Xialuo County. Every year, many people die when there is a flood, and the people live in misery. Later, under the leadership of several Taishou of Shanggu County, the local people built and strengthened the embankment every year, repaired and stopped, stopped repairing, stopped repairing, and stopped repairing, for more than ten years, and it has not been fully completed. ”

"Will Shakou burst its levee in a flood like today?" Li Hong asked.

"If it rains like this for two days, it won't break, and that section of the embankment will probably collapse." Lu Huanyang said with a wry smile, "However, it doesn't matter if you break up. This year, in order to avoid disaster, everyone fled to the Zhuolu area, and a large part of them fled with us into the mountains. It is to drown, and it is also to drown the Xianbei people. ”

Lu Huanyang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he screamed wildly: "Yes, we can dig open the sand mouth and drown the Xianbei people." ”

Li Hong was stunned.

The next day, the rain was pouring down, and there was no sign of stopping.

In the morning, outside Zhuolu City, the 3,000 people of Lu Pofeng had nothing to do and started a horse race in the heavy rain.

At noon, in Xialuo City, on the north bank of the Sangqian River, 1,000 Xianbei soldiers rushed out of the city to Kanzigang, 30 miles away from the county seat, to meet the supply convoy from Jianguantun.

In the afternoon, in the city of Panxian on the south bank of the Sangqian River, 1,500 Xianbei soldiers went out of the city to the east, galloped along the Sangqian River, and rushed to the ferry on the other side of the city of Xia Luocheng to be on guard.

Almost at the same time, in Zhuolu City, which was more than 100 miles away from the south bank of the Sangqian River, the Xianbei people suddenly opened the north gate, and 3,000 soldiers, under the leadership of Tuoba Tao, walked out of Zhuolu City proudly. Lu Fengfeng, who was racing horses at the south gate, was frightened and hurriedly fled with his troops. When Tuoba Tao received the news, he smiled faintly and didn't care. Immediately, he ordered Tuoba Raccoon to rush to the Luxian ferry with 1,000 men and horses from his headquarters, and he led 2,000 cavalry to the direction of the Sangqian River in a hurry.

Later in the afternoon, the supply convoy, escorted by 3,000 cavalry, approached Lower Los Angeles.

In the evening, the rain gradually subsided and gradually stopped.

At this moment, an earth-shattering loud bang came from the direction of Shakou.

Tuoba Tao suddenly heard the news of the breach of the embankment at the mouth of the sand mouth, and his chest was hit like a heavy blow, and he was dizzy for a while, and he could barely breathe, and he almost fell off his horse.

"Hao Shuai......" The guards were shocked and hurriedly helped him off his horse.

Tuoba Tao barely managed to stabilize his mind, pointed to the herald, and said in a trembling voice:

"Immediately rushed to Panxian City, Zhuolucheng, ordered all troops, abandoned all baggage, and set off overnight to rush to Luxian."

"Hurry up and rush to Fuyang, and tell your lord that the embankment at Shakou will burst, and all the supplies of our army will be lost."

"We immediately rushed to Luxian and prepared to cross the river and retreat."

In the middle of the night, a light rain began to fall, as if someone was crying, resentful and sad.

Li Hong's troops followed closely behind the retreating Xianbei soldiers from Pan County, and quickly pursued.

The horses galloped wildly on the muddy road, splashing the sky full of black mud, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves resounded through the dark night sky. The knights on horseback were covered in mud and melted into the night like ghosts.

"My lord, a large group of cavalry appeared on the right side of the troops."

A scout suddenly emerged from the darkness and shouted at Li Hong.