At the Xizhou border, both sides are trying their best to maintain restraint, and at the same time, they are ready to go to war at any time.
Zhang Liang divided the bodyguards into two squads, with half of the elite fully armed on standby at any time. If there was any abnormality on the front line, the bodyguards on duty could instantly enter combat status.
The same goes for Party items. Li Lingrui also divided the most elite cavalry into two squads to prevent Zhang Liang from sneak attacks.81Zw.????m
The air pressure at the border seemed to have dropped, and the officers on both sides did not dare to let go of their voices when reprimanding the soldiers, for fear of causing misunderstandings.
Luolinggou, dozens of miles away, was extremely lively.
The 10,000 cavalrymen of the Black Cloud tribe traveled day and night, and finally arrived at Luolinggou before the date requested by Li Lingrui, and met up with the scouts arranged by the intelligence chief.
The leader of the Heiyun tribe immediately called for the scouts and asked, "Where is Jin Feng?"
"We've arrived at Goat Slope. According to their current speed, they will pass here in three days!" the scout replied.
"Three days later...that's good, that's good!"
The leader let out a long sigh of relief when he heard this.
Three days were enough for him to prepare for an ambush.
But the leader still asked again: "Are you sure that Jin Feng and others only have more than a thousand people, right?"
"One thousand and seventy-seven people, let's count them one by one!" The scout directly stated the accurate number.
For the sake of safety, Jin Feng asked Tiehuying to send all the scouts out, with someone in front to explore the way and someone behind to guard.
The Dangxiang scouts hid in the rubble a day in advance, then piled rubble on their bodies and waited for a day and night, successfully evading the detection of the Tiehuying scouts.
When the female worker and Tiehu camp passed by, the Dangxiang scout followed the cracks in the stones and counted them one by one to get the accurate number.
Jin Feng is very famous in Dangxiang, because Dangxiang has suffered several losses at his hands in the past two years. Leader Heiyun felt a little guilty when he received Li Lingrui's order to stop Jin Feng.
But when the scouts said that Jin Feng only had a thousand men, Leader Heiyun finally felt relieved.
In order to deal with Jin Feng, he brought 10,000 of the most elite men from the tribe, and they arrived in advance to ambush him. If he couldn't kill Jin Feng's 1,000 men, he wouldn't wait for Li Lingrui to be punished. Heiyun
The leader simply committed suicide.
Therefore, this ambush operation can only succeed, not fail!
Leader Heiyun did not dare to be careless and looked around with squinted eyes.
There are many deserts in the northwest. Luolinggou is a ravine with steep and high mountains on both sides. More than a hundred years ago, several hunters chased a group of antelopes and forced the antelopes to the cliff on the top of the ravine. All the antelopes jumped off the cliff.
He fell to death, hence the name.
This kind of terrain is the most suitable for an ambush, and it is also the place where the female workers and Tiehuying must pass on their way to Xizhou, so Li Lingrui chose to ambush Jin Feng here.
"Ahu, take four thousand people to the front of the valley and block it!"
Leader Heiyun issued orders one after another: "A Bao, you lead a thousand people to send the heavy crossbow catapult to the top of the cliff. If Jin Feng and others dare to enter the valley, you will smash them to death!"
Li Lingrui took this ambush very seriously and took apart the heavy crossbow catapults in stock and sent them to the Black Cloud tribe.
Install the catapult on the cliff above Luoling Valley, and it can easily cover the entire valley from a high position.
"Brother, I heard that Jin Feng is cautious by nature. Every time he travels, he will send scouts to explore the road ahead. They will definitely come to the top of the cliff in advance and find us." Abao said worriedly.
Leader Heiyun did not answer Abao's question, but turned to look at the scout at the joint: "Where is the cave that the king mentioned in the letter?"
"Did you see that red stone mountain in front of you? It's right there!"
The scout pointed to a large brown mountain a few miles away: "There is a crack at the bottom of that mountain, leading to a big cave at the bottom of the mountain. That cave is very, very big, and it can hide thousands of people without any problem!"
In fact, there are many mountains on the way from Sichuan and Sichuan to Dangxiang, and there are many places suitable for ambush. Some places are closer to the Heiyun tribe, but the person in charge of Dangxiang intelligence did not choose, and finally chose the ambush point here.
The main reason for making this decision was because of this cave.
The scope of scout exploration is also limited, and it is impossible to be too far ahead of the main force.
Through the observations of the Dangxiang scouts these days, it has been confirmed that the scope of the Tiehuying scouts' advance exploration is three to five miles.
If there is an unexpected situation, this distance is enough for Tiehuying and the female workers to respond.
It is foggy in the mountains in winter. If the scouts run too far, even if the scouts discover something unexpected and fire an arrow, the female workers behind may not be able to see it.
Red Stone Mountain is seven or eight miles away from Luolinggou. Even if Jin Fengan waited to explore the route in advance and discovered the Heiyun tribe ambushing Luolinggou, their retreat would have been blocked by the party members hiding in the cave.
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The section between Hongshitou Mountain and Luolinggou is either a ravine or a stone mountain. Jin Feng has no other choice but to fight.
Leader Heiyun left five thousand people behind to prepare for the cave.
"Won't Jin Feng's scouts discover this cave?" Ah Xiong asked Dangxiang's scouts.
"Don't worry, this crack is behind a big rock. It's very hidden. Almost no one in the area knows about it. When the time comes, we will pile some rocks outside. Unless Jin Feng's scouts run over and move the rocks away, they won't be able to find it at all!
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The scout patted his chest and assured: "If you don't believe it, just go and take a look and you will know."
"Then go and see!"
This matter was related to the survival of the tribe. Leader Heiyun was also very cautious and directly signaled the scouts to lead the way.
The scout didn't complain at all and simply jumped on his horse.
Soon, several people rushed to the foot of Red Stone Mountain on horseback. Under the leadership of the scout, they arrived at an inconspicuous corner at the foot of the mountain.
After walking all the way here, no one from the Black Cloud Tribe noticed anything unusual. Seeing that Axiong was about to reach the end of the mountain, he couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you take us to the cave? What are you doing here?"
"The cave is right here!"
The scout jumped off his horse, walked a few steps quickly, and disappeared behind a boulder.
Leader Heiyun quickly led people to follow him, and then discovered that there was actually a crack behind the boulder.
Sure enough, as the scout said, this crack is too hidden, and you really can't find it unless you go behind the boulder yourself.
The crack is neither too big nor too small, and can accommodate four or five people passing through it side by side. After walking down the crack for dozens of steps, you will come to a cave.
Because of the light, the cave is very dark, but the visible area is very large and can indeed accommodate a lot of people.
"We have prepared food and water in advance. You will be fine if you hide here for ten or eight days."
The scout said as he walked into the cave, took a torch from the wall and lit it.
Holding a torch, he walked nearly a hundred steps inside and lit a bonfire.
Now the whole cave was illuminated.
"Hahaha, with this cave, Jin Feng will definitely die!"