The blazing three-pillar wolf smoke reached Youzhou City, this kind of beacon smoke is a defense against Turkic offensive settings, it has never burned for decades, today is the first time that an alarm has been issued to Youzhou City, and it is also Huairong County asking for help from Youzhou.

At the head of Youzhou City, Yang Yuanqing stared at the three-pillar wolf smoke in the north, the million Sui army was in Liaodong, and it was impossible for the Turks to attack Youzhou at this time, this could only be dispatched by Yanshan Lu Mingyue.

This is an obvious plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but Yang Yuanqing also has to admire Lu Mingyue for having a strategy, if he didn't know that Lu Mingyue had gone to Wang Bahu, he would probably fall for this.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time, and then ordered left and right, "Find Yang Jiachen to see me!" ”

After a while, Yang Jiachen rushed up to the city wall, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the chief manager!" ”

Yang Yuanqing thought about it again and said: "General Yang, you can lead 3,000 people in your headquarters to pretend to be 10,000 people, use my banner, and go to rescue Huairong County, don't be too anxious, be strong, and let the other party know that it is me who personally led the army to come to the rescue." ”

Yang Jiachen understood the intention of the governor, and he immediately responded: "Obey the order!" ”

Yang Jiachen went down to the city, half an hour later, a cavalry team composed of 3,000 Sui troops marched to the north, waving the flag, overwhelming, like more than 10,000 people, as the first Youzhou governor flag fluttering in the wind.

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The north of Youzhou City is the Mangmang Yan Mountain, the mountain is majestic and high, the Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles is built on the ridge, effectively defending against the invasion of the Hu people in the north, and the Sanganshui is like a giant dragon through the mountains, from north to south, the Sanggan River Valley is also a shortcut into the hinterland of Youzhou, the forests on both sides are dense, the concealment is very strong, this night, on the east bank of the Sanggan River fifty miles north of Youzhou City, an army is marching silently and quickly.

This army is the main force of 7,000 led by Lu Mingyue personally, the goal is to go straight to a warehouse in the east of Youzhou City, at noon, they have passed by the Youzhou cavalry who went north to rescue Huairong County, the Sui army is on the west bank, they are on the east bank, the specific number of the Sui army is unknown, but in terms of scale and banner, the Sui army is not less than 10,000 people, and it is Yang Yuanqing who personally led the army to the north.

At this time, Lu Mingyue was in a very nervous mood, he knew that he was taking a risk, robbing the warehouse of the Sui army was undoubtedly a tiger's mouth, but the tens of thousands of sets of armor and weapons stored in the warehouse strongly attracted him, once he got these equipment, his army would become the strongest of all the rebel armies, and would attract countless small groups of rebels to come to him, and he would become the leader of the world's righteous army, this was Lu Mingyue's dream, to compete for the Great Sui world.

Lu Mingyue has a clear strategic plan, he has decided to give up the Yanshan nest, and after seizing the equipment, he will immediately go south to Douzigang, looking for development opportunities there, he knows very well that Yang Yuanqing will not tolerate their existence in Zhuo County, and sooner or later they will be wiped out, and their current strength is far from being comparable to Yang Yuanqing's army.

Last winter, Yang Yuanqing sent troops to Shanggu County, obviously, he attaches more importance to Wang Pawhis, as long as Wang Basu's army goes down the mountain, it will inevitably attract the main force of the Youzhou army, and the role of his brother Lu Xingxing is to tell the Sui army that he is still in Yanshan and has not left the old nest.

He made an appointment with Wang Basu on March 20, but he went down the mountain two days early.

At the third watch, his army left Sangganshui, headed east, and arrived at a mountain forest thirty miles north of Youzhou, Lu Mingyue looked at the map by moonlight on the horse, he had reached the hiding place, Lu Mingyue immediately ordered: "The army enters the dense forest to rest!" ”

The soldiers were already exhausted and went into the dense forest to rest, and a large number of resident birds in the dense forest were frightened.

On a big tree two miles away, a Sui army scout spotted a large number of birds that had been frightened, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "There is a situation in the old mountain forest two miles away, it seems that a large group of people and horses are stationed. ”

There were also nine Sui scouts under the tree, one of the twenty-four scouts sent by Yang Yuanqing, whose mission was to find the enemy troops within a fifty-mile radius of Youzhou City.

Hearing that the companions on the tree had discovered, the Sui army scouts who were resting under the big tree got up one after another, and the surname of the leader was Yan, and he immediately ordered the two scouts: "Go and check the situation quickly, don't be careless!" ”

The two scouts moved quickly, like two night monkeys, and rushed towards the old mountain forest two miles away, and after half an hour, the two of them excitedly ran back to report: "Huo Chang, there are seven or eight thousand people resting in the old mountain forest, it should be the Yanshan bandits." ”

Yan Huo was overjoyed, they found the main force of the Yanshan bandits, and they would receive meritorious service awards, he immediately ordered one to go back to the city to report, and he led the other soldiers to stay in place to monitor.

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At the time of the fifth watch, the lights in the Youzhou Governor's Mansion were still bright, dozens of officials did not go home to rest, and many major events will occur in the border of Youzhou in the past few days.

Just after the fifth watch, a scout cavalry galloped in from a distance, he turned over and dismounted at the chief manager's yamen, and said to the soldiers on the steps: "Report to the chief quickly, there is an emergency!" ”

A soldier rushed towards Yang Yuanqing's office, and at this time, Yang Yuanqing had just fallen asleep in the room, and he was not completely asleep, when a quick knock on the door suddenly woke him up.

"Chief, scouts have found an emergency!"

Yang Yuanqing turned over and sat up, opened the door and asked, "Where are the scouts?" ”

"It's just outside the yamen!"

"Bring him to me!"

A personal soldier entered the room and lit the candles in the room, and the soft light immediately filled the entire room, Yang Yuanqing sat down, and the scouts entered the room under the leadership of two personal guards.

The scout knelt down on one knee and said, "Chief Qiqi, we have discovered the main force of the Yanshan bandits. ”

Yang Yuanqing perked up and hurriedly asked, "Where did you find it?" ”

"Thirty miles north of Youzhou City, there is a hill called the Old Mountain Forest, and in that mountain forest, we found more than 7,000 Yan Mountain thieves at the third watch, and now the fire chief and the brothers are still monitoring them."

"Well done!"

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered left and right: "Reward this scout team with a thousand hanging money!" ”

The scout was overjoyed, "Thank you, Steward, for the reward." ”

The soldiers took the scouts down to receive the reward, and Yang Yuanqing ordered: "Please go to the meeting room to discuss the military situation!" ”

Not long after, Changshi Zhao Yuanyi, Sima Li Jing, and Pei Jin, who joined the army, and Li Yuan, who was temporarily the Taishou Taishou, also did not go home in the county office, and they were also invited, and more than a dozen Cao soldiers also came to attend the meeting, and everyone gathered together and sat on both sides of the long table.

Yang Yuanqing hung out the map of the governor of Youzhou, he picked up a wooden pole, pointed to a black boundary in the north of Youzhou City, and he had marked the map with a pen.

This hill is called Laoshan Forest, and just over an hour ago, one of our scouts found more than 7,000 Yanshan thieves here.

When everyone heard that the Yanshan thieves had arrived thirty miles away, they all whispered, these Yanshan thieves were indeed bold and reckless.

Yang Yuanqing continued: "The thief leader Lu Mingyue used to be the guard of the King of Qi, I dealt with him, this person is quite courageous, compared to Wang Pawhis, I am more worried that he colluded with the Turks, if he gets the support of the Turks, it is very likely to become a big problem for Youzhou, we must not be careless, we must eradicate him as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Yuanwei pondered for a moment and asked: "Manager Yang, speaking of which, the Yanshan thieves' attack on Huairong County is Lu Mingyue's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, right?" ”

"Exactly!"

Yang Yuanqing also praised slightly: "It can also be seen that Lu Mingyue is good at using tactics, but I have sent Yang Jiachen to lead 3,000 cavalry to pretend to be 10,000 people to rescue, under my banner, since Lu Mingyue wants to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, then I will hide it from the sky and cross the sea." ”

At this time, Li Jing said: "Since Lu Mingyue went to meet Wang Basu, then they will agree on a time to act together, and now that Lu Mingyue has arrived thirty miles outside Youzhou City, what about Wang Basu's army?" Where will they be? ”

"They should still be in Wuhuiling, Su Lie led 3,000 troops in Shanggu County, they don't dare to act rashly, but it is not ruled out that they will make a detour to Youzhou City, so I will send an army to Shanggu County to intercept it."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing analyzed to everyone again: "Now there are 30,000 garrisons in Youzhou City, and I have sent two armies with a total of 6,000 people to Huairong County and Shanggu County, and now there are still 24,000 garrisons, I plan to personally lead 10,000 people to intercept Lu Mingyue, and he is not allowed to get close to the warehouse, Shanggu County." ”

Yang Yuanqing's gaze fell on Li Jing, "Let Li Sima lead 7,000 people to Shanggu County and join Su Liebu, Li Sima, I will hand it over to you over there in Shanggu County." ”

Li Jing nodded silently, he had never led his troops to fight alone in his life, and attacking Wang Bashu would be the first battle in his life.

Yang Yuanqing said to the rest of the people: "In order to prevent accidents, the remaining 7,000 troops will be transferred into the city to garrison, and the city gate will no longer be opened tomorrow morning, Zhao Changshi, Pei joined the army, and Li Taishou ......"

Yang Yuanqing smiled at Li Yuan and arched his hand, "The defense of Youzhou City is up to you!" ”

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On a desolate and narrow mountain road, a man on horseback was galloping fast, wearing a hat on his head, most of his face was covered, and a long scar was faintly visible on his face.

On both sides of the mountain road is a large pine forest of black and swarthy, the straight trunk goes straight to the sky, the shadow of the tree covers the mountain road, so that the mountain road gives people a gloomy feeling, this is an extremely low hill, there is a black pine forest about ten miles long, this area is named the old mountain forest, also called the black mountain forest, it is a famous forest in the north of Youzhou City.

The man on horseback rushed up the pine forest through a gap and ran into the depths of the black pine forest, about five or six miles, when five or six people jumped down from the trees, raised their bows and arrows at him, and blocked his way.

"I'm looking for you!"

The man on horseback took off his hat, revealing a hideous face, and a long scar extending from his forehead to the bottom was shocking.

This person's surname is Wei, and his real name has been forgotten, because of the scar on his face, everyone calls him Wei Dao'er, and he is also from Shanggu County, he is Wang Basu's general, strong in martial arts, and is the scout leader in Wang Basu's cottage.

Wei Dao'er because he had a feud with Song Jingang, he was not tolerated by Song Jingang, and he was very unsatisfactory in Wang Basu's army, if he hadn't been related to Wang Basu, Song Jingang would have killed him a long time ago, this time he was sent by Wang Basu to find Lu Mingyue and coordinate the actions of the two sides.

In a moment, a soldier came out and said, "The king of my family has summoned you!" ”