Lei Yuan's expected ambush site is about thirty miles west of Yu County, between the continuous swamps in the north and the lush forests in the south. In the wild forests that cover the sky and the sun, not to mention the hidden thousands of people, even tens of thousands of people are hidden here, there is no clue outside.
Wu Ban and Lei Tong's subordinates were lurking deep in the mountain, while the two generals and several personal guards came forward a little. They spent some time looking for a steep slope with bushes and used the depressions under the two high and low rocks as observation points.
Through the thorny branches, Wu Ban saw the water in the high slopes and swamps, like a silver ribbon, sometimes sank into large yellow-green reed marshes. If you distinguish them carefully, you can see that there are occasionally several ruins of dilapidated houses in the water. Obviously, this place was originally a fertile field, but after the river was flooded and abandoned, it became a complex environment of wetlands, swamps and forests. Among them, the reeds were muddy and beasts were rampant. Even the most experienced locals dared not go deep.
If you want to pass from west to east, there is only one road, which is the official road at the foot of the Mount. This official road is about a meter wide and winds along the terrain. There are many collapsed places between the roads, which generally does not hinder the passage, but if you want to move forward and backward, it will inevitably be very troublesome.
"In terms of military tactics, there are scattered streams, courtyards, heavenly prisons, heavenly lurks, heavenly traps, and heavenly gaps. You must go there quickly and not get close to them. I see that this place has the characteristics of six dangers. Cao's army is going to suffer today." Wu Ban cheered himself up, and then said frustrated: "But why haven't they come yet?"
Lei Tong didn't care about it. He shook his water bag and found it was empty, so he made a gesture to his entourage. The entourage hurriedly presented his own inventory. Lei Tong leaned his neck and hugged him, whispering to ask the entourage to fetch water again.
It was the turn of spring and summer, and the weather was getting hot and hot. Lei Tong's face was soaked, and sweat in his hair continued to flow down. He lifted up his iron armor and let the air flow between his chest and abdomen. The fine pieces of armor collided with each other, making a slight sound.
Ambush is certainly a trick to win, but lurking itself is never easy. Because it is impossible to judge when Xiahou Dun's troops arrived, and the ambush must be in place in advance to avoid the Cao army scouts discovering it, Wu Ban and Lei Tong have been preparing for battle since the early morning of this morning, and have been waiting for more than four hours.
The soldiers were energetic at the beginning, but later they gradually became bored, and now they were napping in the forest. But they were still attacked by endless mosquitoes, and some soldiers had swollen half of their faces. Some people unconsciously scratched their skin, catching deep blood marks on their bodies.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the Yizhou army were suffering. They applied grass juice on their bodies, covered their bodies with leaves and long grass, and patiently sucked them without complaints.
Compared to the soldiers, Wu Ban seemed a little impatient.
There was a slight movement in front of him, so he couldn't help but press the hilt of the knife. Sometimes he simply turned back to a depression behind the rock and walked back and forth quickly.
He wants to make a contribution too much.
Unlike those Yizhou people who are satisfied with the small-scale quarrels within the Bashu mountains, Wu Ban has always been extremely enthusiastic and has a far greater horizon than his colleagues.
After all, his father Wu Kuang was a capable subordinate of General He Jin back then. He went in and out with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao to attack and kill eunuchs. Later, He Jin was killed by eunuchs, and Wu Kuang burned the palace gate with Yuan Cao and others. Then he rushed into the palace to kill him. Later, he was able to kill him easily and joined forces with Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Min to kill He Jin's brother and General He Miao.
How many people can do such a big thing in decades of troubled times? Not to mention how outsiders evaluate their actions; just by influence, it is indeed a temporary storm that disturbs the world's situation.
As the son of Wu Kuang, Wu Ban was nearly thirty years old, but he had no chance to make a comeback. He only led a thousand pieces of work in Jianwei, Yueli and other places to kill a few rebellious barbarians... How could this satisfy him?
That's why Wu Ban surrendered to Xuande Gong early. He was also the first general to respond to Xuande Gong's transfer of soldiers from Yizhou to Jingzhou. For him, anything is fine. As long as you get an opportunity as soon as possible, the Chenliu Wu family will become famous again in the Central Plains!
Seeing Wu Ban pace again, Lei Tong couldn't help but persuade: "Why are Yuan Xiong in a hurry... As long as our net is well laid, prey will rush in sooner or later. Why not relax a little and listen to the birds singing in the mountains. In a while, you won't have the intention!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of birds singing two long and two shorts came from the front. After a while, it was two long and two shorts.
Birds were singing constantly in the lush forest, and these two sounds were mixed in and did not attract attention. But they fell into Wu Ban and Lei Tong's ears and instantly made their blood rush.
Wu Ban lowered his voice and whispered: "Cao Jun is here! Get ready!"
Some entourages immediately bent their waists and ran to the forest to send orders. Several people quickly tied up the leather belts on Wu Ban's body with armor.
Lei Tong followed his entourage back to the woodland, took out the short wooden stick that had been prepared long ago and raised it to everyone, then bit it in his mouth. The soldiers followed suit, bit the short wooden stick one by one, and then scattered into multiple queues, leaning forward to the predetermined attack location.
About a moment later, a scout came from the west of the road.
It can be seen that these are all very experienced scouts. While they rode forward, they also carefully checked the road conditions, and scattered from time to time and went deep into the dense forest to explore.
Fortunately, Wu Ban and Lei Tong's troops walked around from the depths of the mountain, so there were no footprints, ruts, and wild grasses on the official road. After all, the mountains and forests were vast. Occasionally, there were a few cyclists who could not see any trace at all.
Soon, the scout continued to move forward.
Every time they advanced for several miles, they would send people back to report the news, and the light cavalry behind formed a team and moved forward one after another. The road seemed to be coming and going, as if it was a mess, and fell into the eyes of experienced warriors, and they were organized tightly like a finger of their arms.
After another half an hour, it was estimated that the scout at the front had crossed the water and almost arrived at the foot of Fengxian County. In the southwest of the road, dust slowly rose.
"Xiahou Dun is here!" Lei Tong said in a deep voice.
Wu Ban thought he had been a long battle formation and would be calm and calm on any occasion, but at this time, the excitement in his heart could not be curbed. He swallowed and repeated in a low voice: "Xiahou Dun is here!"
Thousands of war horses followed one after another, like a long dragon, or like a stream of iron rolling forward, with murderous aura. In the middle of the team, dozens of well-equipped generals surrounded a strong general and slowly rode their horses.
Cao's army did not display the flag during the march. He was a little farther away and could not see his face clearly. But the black eye mask under the eaves of the helmet was very obvious. That's right, that's Xiahou Dun!
Wu Ban subconsciously held his breath and watched Xiahou Dun's figure slowly pass by not far away in front of him.
According to the established combat plan, Wu Ban and Lei Tong lie here ambushed, waiting for the signal from our team. Once the Cao army's cavalry began to cross the river on a large scale, the main force of the Lei clan gang hidden on the other side of the river would take the lead in launching an attack; and when Cao's army was busy forward to reinforce, Wu Ban and Lei Tong started attacking from the flanks, and with the benefit of crossbows, they slaughtered the unavoidable enemy.
So, there is still need to wait.
Wu Ban could only stare at Xiahou Dun with bright eyes, as if this famous general of Cao's camp had become a piece of fat beef and would be fought over by many gluttons.
At this time, Xiahou Dun suddenly stopped his horse.
He looked into the deep mountains on his right and frowned.
Chapter completed!