Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Chen Ying, and Li Dian each gathered their troops and horses, each led two armies, and went to the ambush site respectively.

According to Zhang Yan and Jia Xu's arrangement, the place where Xu Huang wanted to ambush was on the road from Shouchun to Xiquyang City, thirty miles away from Xiquyang City, and it was also the farthest two of all the ambush sites.

Xu Huang took 5,000 soldiers and horses, immediately rushed to the ambush site, all the way to the west, walked less than three miles, the originally flat and spacious road, suddenly became muddy, this is the reason for the sudden rainfall in the previous two days.

Seeing such a muddy road, Xu Huang frowned, such a road, to quickly rush to the ambush site, I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort.

However, Xu Huang was not intimidated by the difficulties, but stepped into the muddy road with the soldiers without hesitation.

Although the speed of the army's advance has slowed down, the morale of the soldiers is high, and no one has any complaints, and they are all gearing up, looking forward to this upcoming big battle.

Half an hour later, the army only walked fifteen miles, Xu Huang was at the front of the team, saw a narrow fork in the road in front, immediately called the general Yang Lie, let him take a soldier and horse to Wang Village to ambush, and repeatedly told and instructed that it must be hidden very closely.

Yang Lie is Xu Huang's confidant, originally a member of Yang Feng's clan, but because he couldn't get used to what Yang Feng did, he followed Xu Huang to Zhang Yan's account, and since he joined the army, he has been serving as a general under Xu Huang's account. Xu Huang and Yang Lie are also very good-tempered, the relationship between the two is good, and Xu Huang usually loves Yang Lie very much, and over time, Yang Lie has become Xu Huang's confidant.

Yang Lie received the order. With two thousand infantry. Five hundred cavalry. separated from Xu Huang, led this army, and ambushed Wang Village.

Wangcun is still five miles away from here, biased to the northwest of Xiquyang City, but it is also very close to the official road, only two miles away.

What is really dangerous is that Xu Huang is about to ambush Gaojiahe, which is located on the official road. It is the only way to go to Xiquyang.

Xu Huang continued to move forward with the army, and it took another half an hour to finally arrive at Gaojiahe.

It was only then that Xu Huang knew that Weishenme Zhang Yan said that this was the most dangerous place.

In front of Xu Huang is a long river with a twist and turn, the river surface is about five zhang wide, the river water is clear, the water is not turbulent, and there is a small wooden bridge on the river.

The deck of the wooden bridge is not very spacious, and can only accommodate one horse-drawn carriage. Underneath the wooden bridge are stone piers. Firmly buried in the bottom of the water, looking at the stone piers covered with moss, it should have been some years.

The whole small bridge, except for the piers are made of stones, the rest are all built with wooden planks, and when people walk up, the whole wooden bridge does not make some "creaking" sounds.

On the shore near the wooden bridge, there are some broken walls, which can be vaguely seen that people once lived here, and the broken walls and ruins are connected together, stretching far along the banks of the Gaojia River.

Except for this wooden bridge and these broken walls, Xu Huang's eyes could no longer see anything else that could be eye-catching. It was empty and endless, and there were no dense woods on either side of the river, nor patches of reeds, nor bushes, nor a place to hide except for this wooden bridge that led freely to both banks, and the ruins of the broken walls.

Xu Huang was dumbfounded, his subordinates were also dumbfounded, within a radius of three miles, it was all bare, and there was not even a place to hide, how could he ambush?

At this time, Xu Huang couldn't help but have some impulses to scold, he wanted to scold those scouts, how did they survey the terrain, how could such a place set up an ambush?

This ghost place, as long as you take a look, within the range that Shili can reach, even a small black dot can be seen at a glance.

At this time, fifty scouts galloped from a distance on war horses, and after getting closer, the captain of a scout team hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "See the general!" ”

"You came just in time, this place has an unobstructed view, it is bare within a radius of three miles, how did you explore the terrain, and how did we ambush?" Xu Huang was angry, and when he saw this scout captain coming, he immediately accused him.

The scout captain also looked wronged, and when he heard Xu Huang shouting like this, he immediately clasped his fists and said: "The general is angry, the place that his subordinates and others are exploring is not originally here, but in a forest five miles to the south. Later, the lord and the military advisor rode horses to this place to explore, and they didn't know Weishenme, so the lord chose this place as an ambush location, and even his subordinates were very puzzled. ”

After hearing this, Xu Huang immediately frowned, and thought to himself: "Since it is the place chosen by the lord, then the lord must have a reason for him to choose this place, is the lord deliberately testing my ability?" No, I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders this time, and I must not let the rest of the people look down on me, I must find a way to hide here and complete the task of the main bus, otherwise, the lord will not give me any difficult tasks in the future! Isn't that credit for being snatched away by others? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Huang stretched his brows and said to the scout captain: "Since this is the decision of the lord, there must be a reason for the lord, you can tell me about the situation in the area of the Gaojia River!" ”

"Whoa!" The scout captain said loudly.

The scout captain told Xu Huang in detail about the situation of Gaojiahe, and Xu Huang listened attentively and listened very carefully, only then did he know that Gaojiahe is not only the name of the river, but also the name of a village on both sides of the river.

However, three years ago, the river flooded, and most of the villages were flooded because they were built along the low-lying shores, and the houses collapsed, and all the people in the village were drowned, and not a single one of them lived.

Later, this place was gradually deserted, and people who passed by here, as long as it was at night, the legend would encounter all kinds of bizarre things, and people in several nearby villages said that this was the ghost of the people in this village, who refused to leave this village, and came back to ask for their lives. Therefore, Gaojiahe has also become a well-known ghost village in this area.

After Xu Huang heard this. I don't think so. He never believed in ghosts. Only if these are rumors. So, he asked, "So, how far is Yuan Shu's army from here?" Where is it now? ”

The captain of the scout reported: "The Yuan army is on the way, but it is very slow, and it is estimated that it will arrive here at the time of the unitary. ”

Xu Huang looked at the sky for a moment and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"Three quarters of the hour!"

After Xu Huang heard this, he secretly thought, "When Yuan Jun arrived here. It was already dark, and it was bare within a radius of three miles, which was very suitable for a large army. And this is a famous ghost village, there should be people among the soldiers of the Yuan army who know about it, and when the time comes, I can use the name of the ghost village to hide in this broken wall, and those soldiers of the Yuan army will not dare to come down to search! ”

Thinking of this, Xu Huang finally understood that Weishenme Zhang Yan had to choose this place as an ambush location.

Xu Huang immediately rode his horse to the ruins near the wooden bridge to take a look. Although the surrounding area is bare, this wall is in ruins. But it can hide soldiers, as long as it is well disguised, Yuan Jun will definitely not find anything.

So, Xu Huang gave an order to let all the infantry hide in the ruins, while the five hundred cavalry stayed away from here and went to hide elsewhere, while he stayed here and waited for Yuan's army to appear with the infantry.

In addition, he sent scouts to keep a close eye on Yuan's movements.

As the night gradually fell, Xu Huang and the others were already hiding in the ruins, and he personally inspected to make sure that the hiding position would not be exposed to the eyes of the enemy, so he hid.

When the scout returned, Xu Huang hurriedly asked, "How far is Yuan Jun from here?" ”

"Less than five miles! You'll arrive in a moment! ”

"Okay, let's ambush here, no need to probe anymore!"

About three quarters of an hour later, Xu Huang and the others could already vaguely hear Yuan Jun's footsteps, which were already noisy.

At this time, it was already dark, the soldiers of the Yuan army were tired and hungry, and Lei Xu, who was in charge of leading the army, was at the front of the army, and saw that there was a large open field here, and it was close to the river, so he ordered the soldiers to camp here and rest temporarily.

Li Feng heard that Lei Xu wanted people to set up camp here, so he hurriedly rode his horse to the front army and said to Lei Xu: "The general wants to spend the night here?" ”

"What's wrong?" Lei Xu asked.

Li Feng quietly pulled Lei Xu aside and whispered, "Don't you know? This is Gaojiahe, a famous ghost village, but you let the army spend the night here, it's too unlucky, why don't we go forward again, away from Gaojiahe, and then set up camp? ”

"Haha...... What should I have done, so this is it. I've heard of the name of Gaojiahe Ghost Village for a long time, but on this shijie, where are there any ghosts? If it's a ghost, it's a human being. Besides, there are more than 60,000 of us, how many ghosts can there be in a village? Brother Li, you are still a general, why are you so timid? Lei Xu Daxiao said.

Li Feng said: "It's not that I'm cowardly, but you're too bold, I heard that anyone who spends the night here will die, and this is the evil ghost who came to ask for his life...... Brother Lei, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise, we will wake up tomorrow and don't know how many people will die! ”

"Shut up!" Lei Xu said angrily, "Li Feng, don't use this matter to bewitch the public here." Someone's coming. ”

"What does the general command?"

"Send the order down, the whole army will camp here, rest for the night, and leave tomorrow." Lei Xu said.

"Whoa!"

Li Feng is only a deputy general, but Lei Xu is a leading general, so he can only stay hard.

However, Lei Xu is also a thoughtful person, and he sent scouts to investigate outside, for fear that something would happen. After all, it's been almost a day since they've lost contact with Ji Ling's department.

The scouts of the Yuan army all knew that this was a ghost village, and they were very afraid of this place, but the military order was like a mountain, and after the scouts received the order, they went out away from the Yuan army, and should have gone to the ruins on the bank of the Gaojia River to search carefully, but because of the ghosts and monsters in their hearts, and the sky was dark, the scouts did not dare to enter here at all, and turned around and went elsewhere.

When these Yuan scouts returned to the barracks, they reported to Lei Xu that everything was normal here, and no trace of the enemy army was found.

Only then did Lei Xu settle down and rest assured that he would set up camp here. However, Li Feng's heart was up and down, and he was restless, always feeling that someone was watching him behind him.

Li Feng was most afraid of ghosts, and when he mentioned ghosts, he was so frightened that he trembled. After he returned to his main formation, he was also angry, and immediately gathered the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, preparing to stay away from Gaojiahe, away from this ghost place, and go to another place to choose another place to set up camp...... (To be continued......)