Yuncheng is located in the southeast of Xiangcheng, choking the throat road connecting Runing, like Xiangcheng, just located between Kaifeng, Nanyang and Runing, and the geographical location is very important in Zhongzhou.

At this time, on the mountain road south of Yuncheng, nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses were braving the drizzle, stepping on the mud, pushing the vehicles, and advancing with difficulty.

Zhao Yingyuan was delayed, and he arrived in Chenzhou two days late to meet, which made the time for the thieves from Guide Mansion to rush to Yuncheng tense.

At this time, it began to rain in the sky again, which made the intruders who set out from Chenzhou and rushed to intercept the official troops in the south of Yuzhou miserable.

At this time, Gao Yihuan's nearly 3,000 people were at the forefront of the army, and the soldiers' clothes and armor were already covered with muddy water, looking a little embarrassed.

Gao Yihuan cherished horsepower, did not ride his yellow-haired old horse, and led the reins of the horse on the road with the soldiers who were deep and shallow.

"Qiyu is in the capital, and in front of it is the intersection of the official roads of Nanyang and Runing!" Several soldiers wearing robes came to Gao Yihuan in the direction of the army's advance, and reported with their fists in their fists.

Gao Yihuan stopped with some breath, "Order, let the army stop!" ”

The flag-bearer behind him immediately raised the banner high, and then lowered it again, and the team on the mountain road gradually stopped.

"Pillar, follow me up the mountain to check the terrain!" Gao Yihuan handed over the reins of the horse to a personal guard, and then waved his hand and beckoned Zhao Zhuzi and others to climb up a hill next to the road.

At this time, Gao Yihuan and the others had already left the plains of southeastern Henan and entered the mountains and forests of Runan, and the terrain began to be complicated and dangerous.

This is the remnant vein of the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain, which is dominated by hilly terrain, and further south is Dabie Mountain.

Gao Yihuan's clothes and leather boots had long been stained with mud, and he stood on the top of the mountain a little embarrassed, and saw that between the mountains in the south, the two roads converged and formed one, forming a "human" character, and his forward had reached the junction of the strokes.

These two official roads, one is connected to Wuyang County in Nanyang Prefecture, and the other is connected to Xiping County in Runing Prefecture, and the two official roads converge and lead to Yuncheng County in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Gao Yihuan and their ambush here, they can block the officers and troops in the two directions of Nanyang and Runan from outflanking Xiangcheng and prevent them from sneaking up on Li Zicheng's back road.

"Let the brethren all take refuge in the mountains and forests on the right side of the mountain road, and take a safe time to camp and rest. Shi Zhao, go and command the brothers, don't leave a trace on the road! Gao Yihuan looked at the winding mountain road, gave Wu Shizhao an order, and then turned his head and said, "Zhuzi, you go and inform Liu Heizi and Zhao Yingyuan, and let their people go to the left side of the mountain road." ”

Wu Shizhao and Zhao Zhuzi immediately clenched their fists, and then pressed their war knives and went down the hill.

After a short time, the Gao Jiajun on the mountain road entered the mountain forest on the right side one after another, and the vehicles were also pushed in, leaving only hundreds of soldiers on the road, smoothing out the footprints and traces of wheels.

Two days later, on the mountain road from Wuyang County, Nanyang Prefecture, a group of soldiers and horses came from the south, marching extremely slowly, stretching for several miles.

There were about seven or eight thousand people in this army, divided into three parts, with less than a thousand people in front, who were the forward of the men, and more than a thousand people in the back, who were the rear team of escorting supplies.

There are the most people and horses in the middle, and it is the main force of the army, a general wearing silver armor, riding a black horse, walking in front of the centaurs in the middle, followed by more than a dozen generals wearing iron armor, and a large banner with a height of three feet.

In the middle of the banner is written the word "left" of Douda, and there is a vertical line of small characters in the corner, which reads "Prince Shaobao, General Ping Thief".

This team is the commander of Zuo Liangyu from Xiangyang, he has been cut by the imperial court, let him make meritorious service and atone for his crimes, but it actually has little impact on him, he still plays the original banner.

After Zuo Liangyu arrived in Xiangyang, he was afraid that the court would pursue him, so he collected the defeated army and the displaced people, totaling more than 200,000.

Because it was impossible for the imperial court to help him raise 200,000 people, he wanted to eat, so he went around collecting grain, and what he did was actually a rogue's thing, so that later Li Zicheng attacked Xiangyang, and the gentry and villagers all burned incense to welcome him.

This time, after receiving Sun Chuanting's order, he quickly selected more than 8,000 people from the 200,000 rabble and went north to Nanyang, but he did not continue to go north, but waited for news from the north.

He learned that Sun Chuanting had won a series of big victories, and he almost captured Li Zicheng in Jiaxian, so he extorted some money and grain from Tang Fan and entered Wuyang County, and then stopped, preparing to wait for Sun Chuanting and the Chuang army to fight a decisive battle in Xiangcheng, and then come out to pick up a bargain.

Two days ago, he received an order from Sun Chuanting again, and finally made up his mind to go north to participate in the war.

After all, Sun Chuanting is a ruthless man and a master who is willing to fight, Zuo Liangyu is still a little afraid of him in his heart.

At this time, most of the soldiers were holding their weapons and bowing their heads, their eyes paying attention to the puddles on the road, and the generals on horseback were also relatively sluggish, looking up from time to time to look around.

On a hill in the distance, Zhao Zhuzi pushed aside the dry grass, looked down, and looked at the men and horses marching down the mountain, and found that there were seven or eight thousand people, but there were only about half of the soldiers, which was not much.

Zuo Liangyu has just experienced the defeat of Zhuxian Town, there are many discarded levels of materials and armor, and the loss of soldiers is not small.

Zhao Zhuzi observed for a while, carefully retreated, and then quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests. After a short time, he appeared behind a hill, which was backed by an official road, and there were gray tents scattered all over the hillside, and Gao Yihuan had been waiting here for two days.

He was originally worried about Zhao Yingyuan's loss, but he didn't want the official army to be more frictional than Zhao Yingyuan, so he actually came later.

"Second brother, Zuo Liangyu's people are here!" Zhao Zhuzi ran to Gao Yihuan and reported urgently.

Gao Yihuan was sitting on a big rock, holding a dead branch in his hand, and was drawing a map on the ground, when he heard the words, he couldn't help but break the dead branch and throw it aside, "How many people are coming, and how long is the line?" ”

"There were about seven or eight thousand people, and the line was very long, about three or four miles." Zhao Zhuzi thought about it for a while and replied affirmatively.

"How's the gear?" Gao Yihuan didn't let go of any details and continued to ask.

These details are very important, you can judge the elite level of the enemy army, so as to estimate whether you can eat Zuo Liangyu's men and horses. If they rush out and can't beat it, then it's a joke.

"Half of them are armor-wearing, half of them are torn jackets, and their morale doesn't seem to be very good, so they shouldn't be considered elite."

Gao Yihuan nodded, pondered slightly, then stood up according to the war knife, and while climbing towards the mountain, he ordered: "Pass Lao Tzu's military order, let all departments be in place, and send a signal to Liu Heizi on the opposite side, let them pay attention to concealment, don't expose it in advance, you must put Zuo Liangyu in and fight again, Lao Tzu will capture that guy alive!" ”

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