Although Daniel Zhang plans to fight hard with Cheng Xiaolian, he does not plan to really face to face, after all, Daniel Zhang is the head of the four Han generals in Hexi, even if the battle has no chance of winning, he must make a sure look, no matter what, he will never give up until the last moment.

So he quickly began to deploy battle arrangements, and now although those Ming soldiers used some tricks to coax those people, Daniel Zhang also had another advantage, he was very familiar with the terrain of Gansu, so to speak, even with his eyes closed, he could remember the terrain and mountains of any place.

Daniel Zhang closed his eyes and carefully explored the surrounding terrain, and finally decided to fight in the valley thirty miles ahead. His cavalry was basically unorganized, and if he found a plain, not only his own numbers would be immediately exposed, but those cavalry would have to be chaotic with a charge.

So he chose this valley, the mountains on both sides are ambushed by people, as long as they want to attack Lintao Mansion, this is the most suitable route, and there are many rocks on the mountain, even if they can't beat it, they can still use the rocks to block their attack.

And soon Cheng Xiaolian also got the news, he frowned and did not speak, at this time Yang Youcai laughed: "Is this Daniel Zhang stupid?" He is guarding a broken valley, and we can go around and directly end his Lintao Mansion. ”

Chen Chengan laughed: "I'm afraid that Daniel Zhang has already got all the belongings out, if it is easy for us to defeat Lintao Mansion, they will become a rootless army, if these people kill into Sichuan Mansion, there will be trouble for us." Didn't Peng Yue use such a method to drag Xiang Yu to death? ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "That's right, as long as we kill Daniel Zhang, Gansu will fall into our hands, if we are just for Gansu, Daniel Zhang will have to take these people back and forth in our hinterland, and if he discovers the trick, he will have to drag us to death." ”

Yang Youcai raised his head: "Look at this mountain, if we want to attack it, people don't have to do anything, just throw stones below to kill us." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "What if we besiege and don't attack, isn't Ma Tan such a lost street pavilion in the first place?" Gansu is no better than other places, where it doesn't rain a few times a year, and they always run out of water one day. ”

Yang Youcai glanced at the Jinyi Wei beside him: "Jinyi Wei has already inquired just now, this is a valley, if we want to surround them, we have to go through the valley, but Daniel Zhang will definitely not let us go, so we definitely can't trap them." ”

Cheng Xiaolian frowned: "So troublesome? ”

Chen Chengan laughed: "Let's send a small team of people to investigate the actual situation for the time being, and then the team can also give it a try, if it is close to the side, will it be hit by stones, try a few more times to find a solution to the problem." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "That's right, Yang Youcai, you bring two hundred nimble brothers in to inquire about the news, remember that you are there to investigate, not to fight, once the situation is not right, run back immediately, don't joke with the lives of those brothers." ”

Yang Youcai nodded, picked out two hundred clever soldiers from the army and the Jinyi guard, and then touched the foot of the mountain towards the valley. This mountain is more than thirty zhang high, not too high, Daniel Zhang ambushed on the mountain as soon as he lowered his head and saw these two hundred soldiers of the Northern Sweeping Army, and then immediately shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

Daniel Zhang shouted: "Don't mess around, look at the number of enemy troops." ”

Soon the spies came and reported: "There are only 200 people below." ”

Daniel Zhang laughed: "These people are here to spy on intelligence, come to people, kill them for me." ”

He has been fighting for so many years, and he has long expected that this situation will occur, so not only are people ambushed on the mountain, but people are also ambushed under the mountain, in order to make sure that the army comes with big pockets, and small groups of people come with small pockets, so that there will never be fish that slip through the net.

The five hundred soldiers who had already sharpened their knives at the foot of the mountain immediately rushed up, Yang Youcai didn't have a panicked expression at first glance, their people rushed out, once they fought each other, there was no way to throw stones down the mountain, so their advantage would be gone.

However, although he thought so, Yang Youcai did not dare to call people outside to come in and fight, in case Daniel Zhang went crazy and did not care about the lives of his subordinates, it would be worth the loss.

Therefore, Yang Youcai gave an order: "Everyone listen to my command to fight, and once the situation is not right, immediately retreat to the valley with me without delay." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took out his crossbow, and the soldiers behind him also took out their crossbows and fired a volley at the opposite side. It's just that the hand crossbow can only deal with the people who rushed to the front, and soon those people rushed in front of Yang Youcai and them, and then the two teams of men and horses began to fight.

Cheng Xiaolian outside the valley was already in a hurry, and there was a loud shout of killing from inside, but Yang Youcai didn't call someone to go in to help, nor did he leave the valley, he could only wait.

The people led by Yang Youcai can be regarded as the elite of the sweeping northern army, and these people are not ambiguous when they fight each other, although there are five hundred people on the opposite side, but the two sides are still evenly matched.

This point was not expected by Daniel Zhang, where did the ordinary people who inquire about the news have such strong combat effectiveness, and they prepared five hundred people to have a tendency to suppress them.

But now it is very inappropriate to throw stones, stones are thrown down, and there are definitely more people killed by the stone than others, once they kill their own people on the battlefield, morale will definitely be affected, as the commander even kills his own people, who dares to listen to this order.

Seeing that the trap he had set up was likely to be counterattacked, Daniel Zhang roared angrily and rushed forward with the guards around him: "Brothers, kill all these people." ”

Yang Youcai's side also couldn't hold on, and now there are so many more than 2,000 people left around Daniel Zhang, it is definitely his old foundation, his own people can hold on for a while, but if he continues to fight, there is a danger of the entire army being destroyed, he doesn't want to leave these elites here just like that, so he shouted: "Withdraw." ”

When Daniel Zhang saw this situation, he immediately shouted: "Don't pursue." ”

There are only so many people under him, and if he chases him out and falls into an ambush, he won't even be able to defend this valley.

The people in front didn't have the heart to pursue, everyone could see that this was just a news inquiry, and if they chased out of the valley, they didn't know how many people were waiting for them.

Daniel Zhang sighed helplessly when he saw this situation, Daming's military combat effectiveness is really getting higher and higher, from the disadvantage at the beginning, to the current advantage, they are all fighting by themselves step by step, on the other hand, on their own side, the more people fight, the fewer people fight, is it really impossible to let Daming restore the country?

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