The panther hissed a few times and slowly stopped its sturdy body.

Li Hong threw the spear in his hand to the ground, slid under the horse with difficulty, and lay down on the ground. He was so tired that he kept attacking with his cavalry, slashing and slashing, and his whole body was as sore and painful as if he had fallen apart. Several wounds on his body had not stopped bleeding due to the fierce fighting, and the oozing blood had stained his armor red.

Due to the crazy attack of the Xianbei people, the natural danger of Fanting Mountain has been lost. The Han army paid the price of nearly 10,000 people and finally held out until the fourth day. Li Hong was worried, waiting for news from Xian Yufu day and night.

"My lord, would you like to drink some water?" Pound carried the cowhide bag filled with water, walked to Li Hong's side, and shouted in a low voice.

Li Hong opened his eyes and slowly sat up. The long hair that was scattered was stained with blood, sticking to his face one by one, and Li Hong casually pulled his hair together, revealing that resolute face.

"You drank?"

"Adults drink first, shall you?" Pound said as he handed over the water bladder.

Li Hong shook his head, "You drink first, and then give it to me when you drink it." He turned his head to look at the righteous soldiers lying around, and asked very tiredly, "Do you see Lord Zheng?" ”

Pang De raised his head and drank a few sips of water, wiped a handful of blood from his beard, looked around, and smiled reluctantly: "Lord Zheng didn't come, which means that Lord Xianyu still has no news." ”

Li Hong sighed, took the water bladder, and looked at the mountains in the distance, with a heavy heart.

If this kind of tragic resistance war continues, the casualties of the soldiers will become greater and greater, and in addition, the stock of food, grass and weapons will become less and less, and once it is exhausted, the army will inevitably be weak and unable to support it, and at that time, the army will have to withdraw if it does not withdraw.

Hasn't Yan Liang's 20,000 Jizhou troops arrived in Linjing yet?

＝＝＝

Li Hong heard Zheng Xin's voice in a daze, he was startled and opened his eyes.

"Shouyan, is there any news of Yuxing?"

Zheng Xin was standing in the distance and chatting with Pound. He hurriedly ran to Li Hong, shook his head and said, "There is no news from Lord Xianyu, it is the holy decree of the imperial court that has arrived." ”

Li Hong got up from the ground and asked with a smile, "What did Your Majesty say?" Agree to abandon Liupan Mountain? ”

"Your Majesty ordered us to defend Liupan Mountain, and Your Majesty said that if we let go of a Xianbei person, all the officers above the military Sima level will be killed!"

Li Hong didn't seem to be surprised at all as if he had known about it for a long time. He patted the ashes on his body with his horsewhip and said without hesitation, "The general is outside, the king's order is not subject to anything, don't listen to him." ”

"You put away the decree and don't leak this news." Li Hong approached Zheng Xin with a smile and whispered, "If someone asks about the Holy Decree, you will say that Your Majesty rewarded the army." ”

Zheng Xin nodded in comprehension and said with a smile: "What do the people of the imperial court know?" have the ability to ask them to come and fight the Xianbei people. ”

"Did you send someone to ask Yu Xing?" Li Hong asked, "His army hasn't arrived yet?" ”

"It's time to arrive." Zheng Xin comforted Li Hong: "Lord Xianyu needs time to prepare, he is acting safely and will not delay the military plane." ”

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood.

He Lian convened the leaders of various departments to discuss the matter of marching into Chang'an.

"Due to our fierce attacks day and night, continuous charging and killing, we have now completely occupied Fanting Mountain." He Lian said happily, "The gate of Guanzhong has been completely opened by us. ”

Tuoba Feng glanced at him and congratulated him: "The king is resolute and decisive, his command is determined, and his soldiers are like gods, which is really admirable. Now Chang'an City is just around the corner, and the king will make great achievements and build a thousand years of meritorious deeds. ”

The law day deduction and the banquet Li You looked at Tuoba Feng, and his eyes were full of mockery. Although the two of them didn't think so, they also had to follow Tuoba Feng and say a few words of flattery.

Helian's heart became more and more comfortable and full of spirit.

"After the Han army withdraws from Fanting Mountain, there is no danger to defend, and it is only a matter of time before it retreats." He Lian pointed to the map and said, "We followed the Han army all the way down Jingshui until the Boluo Valley. ”

"If the Han army wants to ambush us, this is the best place." He Lian said, "Out of the Boluo Valley, we can pour down until Guanzhong." ”

He Lian looked up at a few people, and said with a smile: "I invited you here to discuss how to use Boluo Valley to annihilate the army of leopards." ”

"The king is sure that the leopard will ambush us in Boluo Valley?" Yan Liyou habitually touched his bare head and asked suspiciously, "Their 70,000 army has already been defeated by us more than 10,000 people, and the remaining army of less than 60,000 people is still more than 20,000 infantry, in this disadvantageous situation, he is too slow to retreat, and will he stop to ambush us?" Is the king thinking too much? ”

"King, I think the leopard will definitely retreat directly to Guanzhong." "The difference between his strength and ours is too great, and once he is surrounded by us, he will either be wiped out or suffer heavy losses." His army is over, what should Chang'an City do? Don't want soldiers to defend anymore? ”

"Judging from the current strength of the Han army blocking us, the army of leopards has basically rushed to Fanting Mountain." Ritsu said with a smile, "Yesterday, we saw the battle flags of Xian Yufu and Xu Rong, that is to say, the three captains under him have all arrived now, and there are so many leopards. He pointed to the Boluo Valley on the map, "If the leopard wants to ambush us here, he must concentrate at least several times my forces, otherwise what will he use to attack us?" But now the Han State has hundreds of thousands of troops? Do leopards have them? ”

"I think the king's guess is very reasonable." Tuoba Feng retorted to everyone: "You only took into account the disparity in the strength of the two sides, but you didn't expect that we couldn't march together in Liupan Mountain, everyone must have a first and a last." If the leopard attacks one of us with 60,000 men, he will win. ”

Ri Ri sneered: "If you don't save yourself when you see death, then of course the first one will be wiped out." ”

Tuoba Feng laughed angrily, he pointed to the Ritsuri deduction and said, "It must be you who can't be saved when you see death." ”

Seeing the tense appearance of the two, He Lian hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it: "Okay, okay, we are about to enter Chang'an City, and what we need most at this time is to work together." I don't think you want to go home empty-handed, do you? ”

After motioning for the two to sit down, He Lian continued: "Actually, there is not only a question of the order of the march, but also the problem of rations. Because the leopard set fire to Guandai Mountain, we had to go around the road to Van Ting Mountain. The army is coming, but our livestock are still stranded in the area of Guandai Mountain, and we have not been able to follow up for a long time. ”

"We can't go to Chang'an with dry food." He Lian said with a smile, "On the other hand, we must also rush to Chang'an City as quickly as possible, so as not to let the Han people get the news of the loss of Liupan Mountain, and send the Luoyang Northern Army to support Guanzhong in advance." So I intend to wait for some of the cattle to come over, and then the army will set out for part of it. ”

He Lian looked at everyone, shook his head helplessly, and said: "This is a helpless thing, the leopard's fire makes us so uncomfortable, so I can't help but consider that the leopard's burning of the crown belt mountain has another purpose." ”

"The king thinks that the leopard burned the crown belt mountain in order to widen the distance between our various tribes so that they can ambush us in the Boluo Valley?" Yan Liyou asked with a smile, the mockery in his eyes that everyone could see.

"I'm just guessing that the leopards might be ambushing us in Bolok Valley." He Lian was unimpressed and explained, "In order to prevent the leopard from attacking us, of course I have to prepare in advance. ”

"The king must have a solution?" Ri Ri said with a smile, "The king will arrange it directly, we will listen to the king." ”

＝＝＝

He Lian prepared to take the lead in rushing to Boluo Valley with 30,000 men as the front. If the army of leopards did have an ambush in Boluo Valley, 30,000 iron cavalry could support the 60,000 army of the Han army for a long time.

The Chinese army, which followed closely behind the front army, was also 30,000 men. After receiving the request for help from the front army, the Chinese army immediately rushed to the Boluo Valley, striving to drag the army of leopards, and it was best to surround it.

After receiving the news, the 30,000 horses of the rear army quickly advanced and rushed to the Boluo Valley as fast as possible to participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the leopards.

There are still 10,000 people to stay in Sanguan and Fanting Mountain, this is the retreat of the army, and there must be no mistakes.

After several battles in Lingzhou, Fuping, Sanguan and Fanting Mountain, the Xianbei people have lost 20,000 people, and only 100,000 horses can be deployed.

As soon as He Lian finished speaking, Xu Gui, a native of Dongqiang, took the initiative to ask to stay in Sanguan and Fanting Mountain, saying that he wanted to stay north of Liupan Mountain and not go to Chang'an. He Lian was very strange and asked, "If you don't go, the loss will be great, and you want to go home empty-handed?" ”

"When he was in Gaoping City, he said that he would not go south of Liupan Mountain, and he said that the leopard would eat him." ”

Yan Liyou said with a smile: "It's good not to go, it's not good if you don't go, if he doesn't go, we can share a little more property, haha......"

Tuoba Feng also scolded with a smile, "You are so timid, why do you always attack the Great Han Kingdom?" ”

Xu Gui's face was expressionless, and he didn't say a word, letting them tease and joke.

"The former army is ......"

"Of course it's the king." Tuoba Feng didn't wait for He Lian to speak, and immediately smiled, "Such a heavy task belongs to the king. After the king defeated the leopard, he took the lead and led the army straight to Chang'an, achieving great achievements for thousands of years. ”

He Lian hesitated slightly. He didn't want to take risks himself, this kind of thing should be led by a fierce general like Ri Ri and Yan Liyou. These two tribes owed a lot of money to the royal court of Danhan Mountain, and he had written off these debts for this trip south. If you don't have to pay off your debts, you should make more efforts to fight the war. However, Tuoba Feng's words made it difficult for him to make this arrangement again, he was a king, and he could not let his subordinates think that he was cowardly and did not dare to charge into battle.

He Lian looked at Tuoba Feng and was very dissatisfied. If you don't want to take the lead, why are you pushing me to the front? What exactly does Tuobafeng mean? Does he want to......

"Okay, then the king himself will lead the army to Boluo Valley first." He Lian smiled casually, then turned his head to look at Twilight Gaiting, "Is the King of the Nine Plains with me?" ”

Twilight Gaiting glanced at Xu Qi disdainfully, and said loudly, "I want to see how the leopard eats me." Okay, I'll follow the king as the front army. ”

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

Boluo Valley is located at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, upstream of Jingshui River, and more than 100 miles away from Fanting Mountain.

He Lian and his army stopped outside the valley, anxiously waiting for news of the scouts.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the Han army suddenly withdrew from the battlefield, and its speed caught the Xianbei people off guard. He Lian did not hesitate and took the lead in chasing down with 30,000 people.

The scouts returned one after another, but no one found any trace of the Han army.

"Send more people, probe again, expand the search range to eight miles away, and don't miss every mountain forest in the Boluo Valley." He Lian thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Everyone return with a horn, fight for time, hurry, hurry ......"

＝＝＝

Twilight Gating patted his horse and walked to Helian's side, and said with a smile: "It seems that the king is indeed too worried, and the leopard has already fled when he sees that he is invincible." ”

"You think so too?" He Lian asked with a smile as he gently stroked the mane of the horse that sat down.

"King, the leopard led his troops to block the attack in Fanting Mountain, and we fought with real swords and guns, fighting for every inch of land, this is not fake, his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, everyone can see it." "If he wants to lure the enemy, if he wants to ambush us in Boluo Valley, will he need to fight us like this?" It would be better for him for the leopard to withdraw to Boluo Valley earlier? In my opinion, he couldn't continue to hold on to Fanting Mountain, so he had to retreat. ”

"He still has 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and he can continue to hold out for a while." He Lian said, "If he withdraws so suddenly, he must be famous." ”

"The king is too careful." "If you look at the camp of the Han army, there are disemboweling horses everywhere, it can be seen that they have run out of food, and they can't do it if they don't withdraw." In addition, if the Han army is short of food and grass, then the weapons of the Han army will definitely not be replenished. This kind of resistance war is very consuming of weapons, especially long arrows, how can you hold out without weapons? ”

He Lian thought about it for a moment and felt that what Twilight Gatetting said made sense, but he vaguely felt that he was not steady. The leopard still has fifty or sixty thousand men in his hands, and the cavalry is still intact, will he give up easily? Judging from the leopard's past record, he is a genius who fights with dangerous tactics, and he should fight back, but he is not in Boluo Valley, where will he fight back?

"It's better to be cautious." He Lian said cautiously, "As long as we get out of the Boluo Valley, we can leap our horses and whip up, and kill all the way to Chang'an City without hindrance, so we should be cautious at this time." ”

Twilight smiled helplessly, shaking her head disapprovingly.

＝＝＝

Lei sat on the grass and whispered to a few of his new comrades.

Yan Rou's battalion was finally finished, and the remaining 300 people reorganized into a tun and went to Xian Yuyin's troops, and the military Sima who directly commanded them was Xiao Lazy.

Lei Zhong retreated with the infantry army all the way, and after running more than a hundred miles of mountain roads, he did not enter the Boluo Valley and continued to retreat south, but turned a corner and went up to Shengtou Mountain. Lei Zhong is very strange, why didn't the army withdraw to Linjing City to defend it, what did they do in this barren mountain and wilderness? Could it be that the Xianbei people have already chased after them, and everyone has no time to escape and has to hide in the mountains?

If you don't understand something, you don't want to do it, just follow along, as long as you have food. He has always disliked to use his brain, and he is even more reluctant to ask around, he has become accustomed to this kind of life of being at ease and getting by. He doesn't know if he can see the sun tomorrow, so he never thinks about the future, he thinks he just needs to live today's life well. Of course, if he can eat enough, it will be even better, and he will be satisfied.

In the past few years, he has fought with different people, and the deepest feeling is walking, walking many, many different roads, endless roads, sometimes he thinks, if he goes on like this year after year, will he walk all the mountains and rivers of the Han Kingdom? He then rejected his ridiculous idea. He will die soon, he will be like thousands of comrades-in-arms around him, he will fall in any corner anytime and anywhere, he will not live to any day.

"Is Master Jun Sima twenty years old?"

Lei shook his head and smiled, "No, right? I've heard that he, like Lord Leopard, used to be a scout. He also participated in the Battle of Luronse and was a warrior. ”

"It's good to follow the leopard master, and he is a military master at such a young age." A soldier said enviously, "Lei Chong, you have been fighting for four or five years, why are you not even a long?" ”

Lei Zhong grinned, he didn't speak, his expression was gloomy.

He had also thought about this problem before, and he was indignant when he saw others promoted, but since he had experienced too many deaths and buried hundreds of his comrades-in-arms with his own hands, he no longer thought about this problem, he just wanted to live.

Look at how many of the soldiers who walked into the barracks with him are still alive now? Whether they were promoted or not, whether they were jealous or close to him, they were now lying in the cold ground and turned into a pile of white bones, and there were even many people whose bones were gone. He was able to survive, to live until now, not only luck, but also great happiness, everything else, in his eyes, is like the cold wind in the mountains, without any meaning.

"Lei Chong, why do you think we ran to the mountains?" A soldier patted Lei Chong on the shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to ambush the Xianbei people?" ”

"How is it possible, just a few of us?" Another soldier scoffed, "Didn't you see Lord Leopard go away with the cavalry?" ”

"This is the business of the officials, what are we worried about?" Lei Zhong smiled and lay down on the ground, stretching for a long time, "Sleep, go to sleep, live one more day." ”

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝