"Huh?"

Guo Jia's voice changed when he heard this, and he exclaimed: "Outside the valley mouth in the south is the official road leading to Hangu Pass, how did these people run in front of me?" ”

Li Lijian's eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes narrowed slightly to the south of the canyon, which was the direction of Feiyundu's exit.

The whole mountain stream meanders and extends, with a total length of about 17 miles, and there are more than 40 miles of detour, so Li Li chose this shortcut for this trip and took a shortcut to Hangu Pass.

If they didn't stop for a moment after crossing the river, Li Li and his entourage of more than 20,000 men and horses had already walked out of the mountain stream at this moment and were on their way to Hangu Pass. Then the suspicious unknown people and horses that appeared in the southern mountain stream at this moment will not only not reveal their whereabouts, but will also appear behind Li Li and his party, and then follow them to Hangu Pass.

Unexpectedly, the will of heaven is unpredictable.

Teng Xiao and his 500 personal soldiers did not cross the river with Li Li and others, and insisted on staying behind the north bank hall, delaying for half an hour, delaying back and forth for an hour, and then belatedly late. As a result, Li Li led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to stay at the northern entrance of Feiyundu, dragging it from evening to dark, and never entered the mountain stream for a long time, but only sent scouts to explore the road first. Unexpectedly, the scouts really accidentally discovered that an unidentified group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in front of Li Li and his party, and it happened that the two sides were blocking both ends of the Feiyun Mountain Stream, one south and one north.

It's a strange thing that happens every year, especially this year.

The south bank of the Yellow River was under the jurisdiction of Li Lizhi, and at least until this moment, it had not fallen into the hands of the princes' allies. All the soldiers and horses in the territory, whether they are county soldiers or the main battle camp, are all soldiers under Li Li's command. As the commander of the army, any movement of troops and horses must be approved by him before it can be dispatched, but the one in front of him to the south of the mountain stream is extremely strange, and suddenly appears next to the official road fifty miles outside Hangu Pass. And they came here at night, not only did they not take the official road, but lurked in the mountain stream on the north side of the official road.

Li Li was very sure that this army was definitely not ordered to come to meet him, because he had not given an order to answer before.

In that case, where did this group of soldiers and horses come from, and what is their intention?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li suddenly thought that it might be a certain general under his command who was plotting against him, and after learning of his whereabouts, he led his troops in advance to the mouth of the valley south of Feiyundu to set up an ambush. I want to put myself to death. However, he secretly sorted out all the main generals stationed in Hangu Pass in his heart, and found that there were not many generals who really had the power to mobilize the army out of the pass, and they were all cronies and generals whom he trusted very much. Because the master of Hangu Pass will be Gao Shun. Except for a limited number of people such as Huan Fei, Xu Rong, Jia Xu, Li Xuan, and Jin Gu, who have the right to temporarily transfer troops and horses, no one else has the right to mobilize a single soldier without authorization. Even if these people resist the unauthorized transfer of troops. Gao Shun will not be allowed to open and close.

That being the case, where did the soldiers and horses at the southern end of the mountain stream come from?

There is nothing more strange than this.

After pondering for a moment, Li Li beckoned the scout to step forward, and said in a deep voice: "You just said that this group of soldiers and horses did not play a banner and acted sneakily. Very suspicious. Then have you seen clearly how many men and horses they have, what kind of armor they are wearing, and is it possible that our army came out of the customs to meet the soldiers and horses? ”

"Ugh!" The scout was stunned when he heard this, and then said urgently, "The lord forgives the sins." When the last general led fifty scouts to explore the way, he found that the other party also spread scout vigilance, and there were quite a few of them, more than 1,000 scouts, so we did not dare to approach and investigate for fear of revealing our whereabouts. However, the opponent has a lot of soldiers and horses, and they are scattered in turn, occupying the four-mile mountain stream, and the terrain of the valley mouth at the southern end is relatively open, and the four-mile-long mountain stream can lurk forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses. Also, the armor they wore was not the dark blue half-body armor of our army, but gray-black armor. Therefore, the last general is sure that these people are not our soldiers, but most likely the soldiers and horses under the command of one of the princes in the alliance of the princes. ”

"Oh?" Li Li groaned, and only then did he notice that the scout in front of him was not an ordinary soldier, but a captain, and he looked familiar, he should be a captain-level general in the Jin Qiwei battalion.

"Are you sure that these 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses are not our soldiers, but enemy troops?" Li Li asked in a deep voice.

"This 、、、" After a little hesitation, the lieutenant nodded in affirmation: "Although the last general is not sure where this group of men and horses comes from, he can be sure that these people are not my Xiliang soldiers, they must be enemy troops. ”

"Hmm." Li Li bowed slightly, and then beckoned Li Zhi and Chen Zhi to step forward, and commanded in a low voice: "Zicheng immediately led two hundred personal soldiers to climb the western cliff, touch it from the top of the mountain, and find out the number and identity of the enemy army. If it is really the enemy army lurking here, and there are many men and horses, Zicheng can send his own soldiers back to report the news, and you must immediately rush to Hangu Pass, order the Shuofeng battalion to come lightly armed and fast horses to intercept this enemy army, be sure to block the valley mouth, and mobilize the flying bear heavy cavalry of Huanfei's headquarters to rush to reinforcements later. Remember, at most an hour, I will be attacking with 20,000 cavalry, so you must reach Hangu Pass within an hour and then gather a large army to help me. Tonight I will let these arrogant people come and go, and they will all die here! ”

"This 、、、 promise, the last general commands!" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and he had the intention to stay by Li Li's side to protect the safety of his lord, but he also knew that he was the fastest and good at climbing cliffs, so he had to accept his life.

"Zicheng doesn't have to worry." Li Li chuckled and said: "Feiyundu has a unique terrain, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it is in vain, and it can't be used at all, so our army's 20,000 soldiers and horses are too much." Now my main concern is whether I can block this enemy army in the mountain stream and annihilate it all in one fell swoop, and it depends on the speed of your troop deployment!

If you can lead the Shuofeng Battalion to block the valley mouth in time within an hour and a half, and wait for the Flying Bear Soldiers to arrive, then this Feiyundu will be the burial place of this enemy army, making it impossible for them to escape. If they can't arrive in time, the enemy will definitely flee when they see the wrong opportunity. In this way, even if we then send troops to chase and kill them, I am afraid that it will be difficult to catch them all. It's a pity, the few flying eagles that were left by my side before have all been released, otherwise they will be able to attack back and forth tonight, so that the thief army will have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, and they will definitely be able to kill them all! ”

"Take care, the lord will set off immediately!" After listening to Li Li's explanation of the stakes, Li Zhi did not hesitate anymore and waved his hand to take away the two hundred personal soldiers. Look for a cliff with a slight terrain and climb up the mountain.

Seeing Li Zhi leave, Li Li ordered Chen Zhi: "Shuzhi, you immediately lead five hundred scouts to the front to keep an eye on the enemy for me, pay attention to their whereabouts, and not be discovered by them." In addition, you try to catch one or two alive to find out where this thief army of thieves came from and who the generals are. Remember, you must pay attention to concealment, and never expose the whereabouts of our army! ”

"No. The last general commands! Chen Zhi replied respectfully, and then took three hundred scouts and the scout captain and went straight to the southern end of the mountain stream.

After Chen Zhi and the others left, Li Li turned his head to look at the generals beside him, and found that they were all happy and ready to go. Stir.

Seeing this, Li Li smiled dumbly and said, "Look at your posture, you are preparing to kill!" However, the situation is unclear at this time. It's too early to say. What I just made was just to prepare in advance, just to be prepared. Therefore you rejoice too soon, and if this sudden group of soldiers and horses has come to meet us, or if this group of men has come and gone in a hurry, then we will be overjoyed. Hehehe! ”

The generals were stunned when they heard this, and Ma Chao said eagerly: "Can't!" The scout has just said that. There are 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses at the southern end of the mountain stream, if it is a soldier of our army, who dares to mobilize so many soldiers and horses without a warrant from the lord, is he tired of being alive. Want to rebel? ”

After a pause in his tone, Ma Chao continued: "Therefore, after the arrangement of the lord just now, it is obvious that the soldiers and horses in front of us are not the soldiers of our army, but the princes and thieves who are planning to do wrong. Since it is a thief army, it is a good opportunity for me to wait for a shame. This evacuation of Hedong is really a bit of a nest, and everyone is holding their breath. I don't think about it, as soon as we crossed the river, the enemy army sent it to the door by itself, and there was such a good opportunity to kill the enemy to vent his anger, how could we miss it? Hehehe! ”

After speaking, Ma Chao, Teng Xiao, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Tie Xiao, Guo Meng, and other more than 30 generals above the rank of captain laughed heartily.

"Ahem, don't alarm the enemy, or you'll scare them away!" Guo Jia coughed lightly and reminded with a smile on his face.

"Ugh! Yes, the military advisor is right, everyone be quiet, otherwise there will be no battle tonight! Teng Xiao echoed when he heard this.

After the generals were silent, Li Li jumped down from the back of the Golden Lion Beast King, walked straight to the rock dozens of steps away and sat down, beckoning Teng Xiao to come over.

"Everything is arranged, and there are no flaws, right?" After Teng Xiao got closer, Li Li asked in a low voice.

Teng Xiao nodded happily and said softly: "Don't worry, my lord, everything has been arranged." Since the last time the lord returned from Jizhou, the last general and General Xu Rong began to prepare, Hedong was in charge of me, and the counties and counties in Henan were in charge of General Xu Rong. The last general left behind a thousand dead soldiers in Hedong, of which 500 dead soldiers were my own guards, and the other 500 dead soldiers were also warriors carefully selected by me. The Hedong Wei family has been eliminated by the last general this time, and the remaining gate lords are mainly concentrated in Hanoi County, and now that our army has withdrawn from Hedong, they can immediately start the purge plan. After completing the mission, all the gold, silver, money and food obtained will be hidden nearby, and they will also lurk and wait for our army to recover the lost territory in Hedong, and then recruit them into the army. In this way, God does not know the ghost, and does not leak any horses. The same is true for the counties of Henan, General Xu Rong screened out a total of more than 2,000 dead soldiers to carry out the cleansing mission, and once the allied troops crossed the river and reached the south bank, they immediately began to implement the plan, foolproof! ”

"Well, that's good." Li Li bowed his head lightly and said in a low voice: "Originally, I still wanted to leave room for doing things, hoping that they could truly surrender to me, but this incident of the Hedong Wei family proves that these people have too deep prejudices against me, and their interests are opposed, and they can't be reconciled at all. Since this is the case, then don't blame Li for being ruthless. However, this matter can not be said, as our territory grows larger, we need a large number of scribes to govern the county, once this matter is publicized, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will not have two ambitions and hidden evil intentions. ”

"The last general understands that this matter must be handled properly." Teng Xiao nodded in understanding.

"Hmm." Li Li nodded slightly, looked up at the starry sky, and muttered: "The world is unpredictable, who would have thought that we would actually bump into the enemy on the way home, and we are still in the same mountain stream. I vaguely feel that this enemy army is not simple, there are not many princes in the princes' alliance who dare to take risks alone, and there are only a handful of princes who are really inseparable from our army and have a great enmity with me Li Li. Therefore, when we meet in Feiyun Crossing tonight, it is definitely a narrow road for enemies, and enemies meet! ”

"The road is narrow?" Teng Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and his expression was shocked, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that the lord is saying that the enemy army that went deep alone this time is the 、、、、、、 that burned down our army's granary?"

Li Li waved his hand and interjected: "It's just speculation now, it's too early to say, when Chen comes back from the investigation, he will see immediately!" Now all we can do is recharge our energy and wait patiently.

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