Danger, it’s really too dangerous! Li Zhen looked back at Kaiyang City from a distance, and when he saw the Baye Gubu cavalry swarming out of the city gate, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his vest - Li Zhen
Zhen's original plan did not take away the idea of these young men. According to Li Zhen's idea, he planned to put the armor replaced by the Tang cavalry army on the straw men, and then use the strategy of "hanging the goat upside down to beat the drum" to confuse Kaiyang
The enemy of the city took advantage of the darkness and led the guards to escape. But what Li Zhen didn't expect was that there was a lot of grass and sheep, but there was no time to prick the grass people. Without him, the ancient tribe left the city.
The battle wasted a lot of Li Zhen's time. By the time Hou Guozhong led the cavalry to leave, it was almost dawn. Let alone the grass-roots men, he wanted to lead a group of young men with little fighting ability.
It was too late for Zhuang to escape, so Li Zhen had no choice but to imitate his ancestor Li Guang's trick of "repelling the Huns with false troops".
Pursuit? At this time, Li Zhen was not too worried that the Baye Ancient Tribe would raise troops to pursue him with all their strength, not to mention that the Baye Ancient Tribe might not be able to catch up with Li Zhen and his party at this time. Even if they could, the Baye Ancient Tribe would
There is no possibility that they will come after them. Apart from the captured young men who were taken away by Li Zhen, all the property plundered from Kaiyang by the Beye Ancient Tribe is still well stored in the camp. For the grassland tribes,
Generally speaking, the harvest is the first priority, and other things can be ignored. With those belongings and the armor left by the Tang Cavalry, how could the Baye Gubu have the intention to hunt down the Tang Cavalry that had gone far away?
, But, this is the truth, but Li Zhen is not completely sure. God knows whether the ancient tribe of Ba Ye will suddenly have a personality explosion, and will chase him to death at all costs. Therefore, as soon as he sees Ba Ye,
Gubu rushed out of the city, and Li Zhen didn't wait much at all, urging his gang of miscellaneous fish to run towards Fosu Mountain as quickly as possible.
Fosu Mountain is also known as Caoduo Mountain. According to legend, Manjusri Bodhisattva stayed in this mountain twice, so it is named Fosu Mountain. It is closely connected with Mantou Mountain and stretches for more than a hundred miles. These two mountains are not very famous, unlike Mount Wutai and Mount Heng.
They are just two nameless mountains, but there is one thing that is not under those famous mountains, and that is height - both Fosu Mountain and Mantou Mountain are large mountains with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters, with dense vegetation and ravines.
There are many of them. The south of the mountain belongs to Daizhou and the north of the mountain belongs to Shuozhou. The ancient county Shenwu is at the foot of Fosu Mountain, and the road from Shenwu to Kaiyang must pass in front of the mountain.
It was already past noon. On a hillside of Fosu Mountain, the deputy pioneer Qin Huaiyu was looking anxiously at both ends of the mountain road. He was restless and worried that the Pugu troops in the direction of Shenwu would not separate their troops.
They are worried that the soldiers and horses of the Pugu tribe will pass by here before Li Zhen and his party. If this is the case, no matter whether Li Zhen and his party have deceived the Ba Yegu tribe, the entire plan of this trip will be ruined. Without him, if Li Zhen really
There was something wrong, and Qin Huaiyu couldn't explain it to the emperor at all. As he watched the sun gradually rise to the center, not only did he not see Li Zhen coming, but he also didn't see the reinforcements from the Pugu Department. Qin Huaiyu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely down his face.
The place where I live is dripping, but I don't dare to act rashly, the torment in my heart is so uncomfortable.
Just when Qin Huaiyu was looking forward, there was suddenly a rumble of horse hoofbeats on the road in the direction of Kaiyang. A group of army horses turned around the foot of the mountain in the billowing smoke and were heading towards the valley. The person for them was Li Zhen, the king of Yue.
Seeing that Li Zhen was safe and sound, Qin Huaiyu finally put his worried heart back into his stomach. But when he looked at the hundreds of Tang troops riding behind Li Zhen, his heart suddenly thumped, and he hurriedly jumped on the horse without caring about hiding.
He rushed down the hillside and headed towards the direction where Li Zhen came.
"Your Highness, you are finally back. Could it be that..." Qin Huaiyu just said this when he suddenly realized that the cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty following Li Zhen were disheveled and had unfamiliar faces. He was stunned.
I didn't realize what was going on for a while, so I stopped talking.
Li Zhen knew Qin Huaiyu's doubts, smiled, and without explaining much, waved her hand and said, "Huaiyu, is there any movement in the direction of Shenwu?"
Qin Huaiyu came to his senses, shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's just..." Before Qin Huaiyu finished speaking, he saw that the lookout post on the top of the hillside was waving the flag vigorously, so he immediately changed his words: "Your Highness,
There is movement in the direction of Shenwu."
Damn, he’s finally here. He fucked and almost got people stuck on the road! Li Zhen was so anxious that she didn’t dare to delay any longer. She hurriedly ordered: “Go up the mountain, enter the forest, move quickly!”
After Li Zhen gave the order, a group of miscellaneous fish soldiers immediately swarmed up the hillside and burrowed into the woods on the hillside. They moved very quickly, but the problem was that although this group of miscellaneous soldiers could ride and shoot, they had never received military training.
They were crowded into a ball, and after a lot of people yelling and neighing, it was finally over. Many people, young and old, fell off their horses because of this. Qin Huaiyu's eyes widened when he saw it, and he couldn't understand Li Zhen.
Where did they find this bunch of stupid soldiers?
With a wry smile, Li Zhen looked at the embarrassed appearance of the group of miscellaneous fish soldiers. Apart from a wry smile, Li Zhen really didn't know what to say. She shook her head and didn't bother to explain to Qin Huaiyu. She led the guards and rushed towards the hillside in front.
As they walked up the hill, they saw smoke and dust rising from the road in the distance. It looked like there were many people coming. Li Zhen's eyes immediately narrowed, and she kept making calculations in her heart.
To be honest, Li Zhen did not expect that the reinforcements of the Pugu tribe would be sent out so late - according to Li Zhen's expectation, the reinforcements of the Pugu tribe should have passed here long ago. On the way back here, Li Zhen
Zhen also deliberately took a detour to avoid the reinforcements from the Pugu tribe. Unexpectedly, Li Zhen returned several hours later than planned, but the reinforcements from the Pugu tribe had just been dispatched. Instead, Li Zhen returned
Zhen was troubled - when Li Zhenlin went to Kaiyang, he gave Qin Huaiyu a death order: If Li Zhen didn't come back and Pugu reinforcements had appeared, then there would be no attack. Everything would be discussed after Li Zhen came back. But now Pushi
Reinforcements from the Ministry of Defense arrived belatedly. Whether to fight or not, and how to fight became a big question before Li Zhen.
The road from Shenwu to Kaiyang is fairly flat. The only difficult part is where Li Zhen and others are - the originally straight road turns into the hills here, and the road is winding and narrow.
Quite clearly, both sides of the road are lined with cliffs several feet high. Even if there are occasional gentle slopes, the slopes are covered with dense forests. It is really a good place for an ambush. At this moment, Li Zhen's 2,500 infantrymen have already been in position to ambush.
Ambush weapons such as logs, rolling stones, and crossbows are also ready. As soon as the enemy enters this area, they can attack immediately. Because the roads here are narrow and winding, the cavalry will inevitably be unable to gallop. For the ambush party, the immobile cavalry is simply a waste of time.
It's a living target, so it's great to hit it, but you have to worry about how to hit it.
Annihilating all the enemies? That is neither realistic nor time-consuming. Looking at the smoke and dust, there are at least four or five thousand enemy troops coming. Even if Li Zhen's troops occupy the right time and location, it is impossible to think of it.
It is obviously not an easy task to completely wipe out the enemy. Otherwise, the road here is narrow and the cavalry brigade cannot rush in. It will inevitably spread its formation. Li Zhen's troops will not be able to defeat the tail if they hit the head. It is easy to defeat the enemy.
, completely annihilated; besides, Li Zhen’s original intention was not to annihilate this enemy force trying to reinforce Kaiyang, but to take advantage of the situation to join Shenwu. Even if Li Zhen spent all his efforts to annihilate them all,
This enemy force, despite the passage of time, has not been able to achieve the strategic goal of resolving the crisis in Shenwu. It is basically a matter of picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon. What's more, this place is only less than ten miles away from Shenwu. Once the war is delayed,
, if a large enemy force arrives, we won’t know who will annihilate whom by then.
"Your Highness." Seeing the enemy troops getting closer and closer, but Li Zhen never issued a battle order, Qin Huaiyu, who was standing beside Li Zhen, finally couldn't help but remind him.
"Oh." Li Zhen came back from her thoughts, glanced at Qin Huaiyu who looked anxious, gritted his teeth and said: "Hit! Send the order, let go of the enemy's front line, and follow my instructions in all actions."
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Although Qin Huaiyu has been promoted to the position of Zhonglang General and has good martial arts skills, he has never actually fought in a war. Generally speaking, he relied on the guidance of his father and the favor of Li Shimin. He also went on this expedition with Li Shimin.
Zhen, like an older girl, got on the sedan chair. When she saw that Li Zhen was determined to fight, her face suddenly showed excitement. Of course, there was also a trace of nervousness in it. She let out a sigh of relief and said nothing more.
What? I just glanced at Li Zhen, nodded heavily, and rode down the hill to the other side of the road...
Ba Yetuo, who was sprinting at the forefront of the army, was so anxious that he wished he could grow wings from his side and rush to Kaiyang City as soon as possible to rescue his people. Unfortunately, he was in a hurry, but the Pugu people were not very anxious. At least the Pugu reinforcements were beside him.
The commander, Zijin Dagu, was not in a hurry. He was procrastinating for more than half an hour when he came out. The horses on the way were also very slow, and they always looked unhurried, which made Ba Ye Tuo hate it.
His teeth were itching, but it was a pity that at this time, Ba Ye Gubu wanted to ask for help, but he couldn't tolerate Ba Ye Tuo's temper. He could only accompany Xin Xin and keep saying good things, trying to make Pu Gubu speed up the march, but unfortunately it didn't work.
But it was pitifully small. No, they had just entered the mountain. Jin Dagu immediately used the excuse that the Tang army might have an ambush here. Not only did he not speed up the march, he also claimed that he would send people in to search first before the whole army could pass.
Ba Yetuo was so angry that his eyes were filled with stars. When he thought about all the nonsense that happened between last night's request for help and today's dispatch of troops at noon, he became even more angry.
He just threw out one sentence - our troops went into the mountains to conduct reconnaissance first, and your army followed up, so they led the Ba Yegu tribe and rushed into the mountain path.
Faced with Ba Ye Tuo's rude behavior, Zijin Dagu didn't say much, he just shrugged his shoulders and stared at the team of Ba Ye Tuo's tribe entering the mountain with his eyes, his face was terrifyingly gloomy... dd