In the big tent, Gao Shun frowned, looked at the map in a daze, and asked again after the guards still didn't come back, Gao Shun's expression was solemn, he was not stupid, and now it was obvious that the other party had the absolute upper hand, since the other party was able to block such a vast area, there were two possibilities, first, it was Ling Hu and Pang Ying who escaped, and the other party used this way to encircle and search, and second, the other party had already solved Ling Hu and Pang Ying's department, and now they were fighting their own ideas.

Two possibilities, two completely different choices, whether to continue to wait or should retreat to Guangyuan City in a hurry, Gao Shun was difficult to choose for a while.

After pondering for a long time, Gao Shun decided to wait one more night, and on the last night, if there was still no news of Ling Hu and Pang Ying at dawn tomorrow, he would immediately retreat to Guangyuan City, although his 10,000 heavy infantry had been in full battle, and Gao Shun was not afraid of the other party's light cavalry, but Yuan Fang's magic did not make him very jealous, who knows if there will be any changes, and what worries him the most is that the other party has his own hidden strength that is difficult to match, otherwise, Pang Ying and Ling Hu's almost 20,000 horses will not be defeated so quickly.

The night was getting deeper, and the tense atmosphere of Xiongshi Mountain was different, Wanmuling was full of people at this time, and in almost two days, Yuan Fang mobilized the troops near Kaiyuan County and Yuhong County to Wanmuling, temporarily abandoning the two county seats, leaving only a small number of troops to continue to block their contact, because Yuan Fang had a new idea.

After receiving Yuan Fang's order, although he had doubts, the generals still set off overnight and marched all the way to Wanmuling, which is why it was so lively.

Tang Jian arrived at dawn, and it was also the last, not because Tang Jian was dragging it, but because his troops were carrying a lot of baggage, and the speed was really not uplifted, and he had done his best to arrive on time.

Before, Yuan Fang's idea was to lure the enemy out of the hole to ambush, so the troops did not carry much grain and grass, and now that such a long time has passed, everyone's remaining food is stretched, although Tang Jian's grain and grass is not much, but it also solves the urgent need, in addition, Tang Jian also brought a lot of heavy engineering weapons, which is specially explained by Yuan Fang, through this detail, Tang Jian faintly guessed Yuan Fang's plan.

Everyone gathered, and Wanmuling had gathered almost 60,000 horses, and its strength had skyrocketed, and its morale had reached its peak.

Without too many greetings, and without letting Tang Jian trim, Yuan Fang gave an order, and the troops set off, because there was movement on Gao Shun's side, and he still chose to retreat. The troops were drawn in the southeast direction, and the troops pointed directly in the direction of Guangyuan City.

Yuan Fang's Taiji Legion and Shi Ping, as well as some other cavalry troops, about 20,000 light cavalry, set out first, and their goal was very clear, that is, the Tianxing River south of Xiongshi Mountain, and they wanted to occupy the only wooden bridge there before Gao Shun crossed the river, and block Gao Shun's retreat.

Tianxing River is not wide, the river water is about one meter two or three, the water flow is gentle, there is only a small amount of silt at the bottom of the river, such a small river is like nothing for the cavalry, it is easy to cross the river with water, but it is such a river, for Gao Shun's heavy infantry is like a natural danger, an insurmountable chasm, once the soldiers wearing heavy armor enter the water, it becomes a scale, plus the impact of the water flow and the silt at the bottom of the river, it is almost impossible to go ashore, so the wooden bridge has become the only way to cross the river.

Of course, if you let the soldier take off the heavy armor, you can swim across the river, but then without the heavy armor, once you encounter the enemy's sneak attack, the consequences are unimaginable, even if there is no enemy sneak attack, the soldier passes, and you can't throw away all the heavy armor. Gao Shun's heart was very chaotic, leaving the Lion Mountain, Gao Shun kept looking back, hoping to see Pang Ying and Ling Hu, but he was disappointed, the whole morning was only a few sporadic horse returns, and there was no news of Pang Ying.

Gao Shun sighed secretly, no longer hesitated, and ordered the troops to advance at full speed, and at this moment, Tanma brought back a very bad news, a large number of enemy cavalry were found on the banks of the Tianxing River. Hearing this news, Gao Shun was anxious to inquire about the situation of the wooden bridge, and after learning that the wooden bridge had been controlled by the enemy, and the five hundred heavy infantry left behind were nowhere to be found, Gao Shun sighed, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

Guangyuan County is the territory of the Ningyuan Empire, and it is Gao Shun's home field, he knows the topography here very well, the Tianxing River runs for hundreds of miles, of course, there will not be only one bridge, but the other bridges are not close to where they are, and most of them are mountain roads, detour back, I'm afraid it's not realistic, more importantly, the other party occupies the wooden bridge instead of attacking directly This has already explained the problem, the other party must have a way to deal with himself or have other conspiracies, Gao Shun must rush back to Guangyuan County as soon as possible, so, Gao Shun decisively ordered to continue to advance, and was ready for battle, and at all costs to seize the wooden bridge and return as soon as possible.

At this time, Yuan Fangzheng was standing on the wooden bridge looking at the clear river water under the bridge, pointing to a group of small fish in the river and saying to Yuqing with a smile: "This place is good, I will have the opportunity to catch some fish and make soup in the future." ”

The big war was imminent, Yuan Fang was still thinking about eating, Yuqing pouted and said, "Haven't you eaten fish every day these days, haven't you eaten enough?" ”

Yuan Fang innocently said: "Those fish were eaten by Xia Yi and a few of them, so I mixed a few fish heads, not to mention the soup, and I didn't drink a sip." ”

Xia Yi retorted: "Brother-in-law, how can you say that, I left you a bowl of soup yesterday." ”

Ye Qingru was stunned when she heard this, her pretty face was slightly red and said, "That, that, I thought that the soup was left for no one to drink, so I will." ”

Xia Yi's eyes widened and said, "Did you drink that bowl of soup?" Ye Qingru nodded embarrassedly.

Yuan Fang craned his neck and looked at the sky and said, "How is it?" I'm not lying, am I? ”

Lin Menghan said with a smile: "Okay, brother-in-law, don't be wronged, get more fish at night, so that you can eat enough." ”

Shi Ping and a group of officers couldn't help but pout their lips when they saw that Yuan Fang and the others were still talking about eating and drinking in such a leisurely manner, the enemy was about to arrive, and several officers discussed and looked at Shi Ping. Shi Ping was very helpless, but he couldn't resist the eyes of the officers, so he walked to Yuan Fang's side and asked softly: "Doctor Yuan, the heavy infantry who returned to Gao Shun is almost here, are we also ready to prepare?" ”

Yuan Fang shrugged and said, "What is there to prepare." ”

Shi Ping frowned and said: "The other party is a heavy infantry, the best at attacking fortifications, let's fight guerrilla with them is okay, head-on battle is not an opponent, especially this wooden bridge is so big, I am worried that it will not be able to hold it, once they break through the defense line and then want to intercept it, it will not be easy." ”

Yuan Fang smiled and said: "It's okay, don't worry, if they dare to attack, we will set fire to this wooden bridge, I will see how they will come." ”