The consequence of the failure is to give their lives to the mountains, everyone is resting and concentrating, but there is an irrepressible excitement in their hearts, this is a first-class merit, especially the heart of the pawn is pounding.
Hou Zhao turned his head and looked at it, and reminded: "Don't be excited, the great credit must also be your own." ” The five of them shook slightly, and hurriedly calmed down.
Ding Jian gratefully gave a gift: "It's me who got carried away, thank you for the reminder from the general."
Hou Zhao waved his hand and said: "The time for you to join Qianniuwei is still short, and you will get used to it if you have seen more in the future, so let's go." ” As he spoke, Hou Zhao bent his waist and walked forward cautiously, and the other nine people followed closely.
The ten men did not just walk along the mountain road, but stopped and went, sometimes in circles, sometimes from the basket to pick up a small animal such as wild animals or wild cats caught along the way, and after about half an hour, the group climbed to the top of a mountain again.
Ding Jian's face was full of admiration, and he sighed with palpitations: "This trip is also thanks to General Hou and the brothers, if we come by ourselves, I am afraid that most of them will be captured by the Goguryeo, even if they are lucky to escape, they will also startle the snake." ” Hou Zhao smiled and shook his head: "You don't have to be presumptuous, I will have followed the king for several years, and I gradually learned some skills, in fact, you are already very good, you are worthy of being a scout, come, look for it." ” Ten people bent down and looked down at the cliff, faintly, there were large black shadows in the valley, but they couldn't tell whether it was a forest or a camp.
Although a bright moon hung high in the sky, the shadow of the mountain blocked the moonlight, and even if the military camp was hidden in the valley, it was difficult to notice.
On the mountain, the stench is already very smoky, but the problem is that it is impossible to tell the specific source, because only by detecting the exact location of the Goguryeo ambush can Yang Yan make a correct judgment.
One of the soldiers shook his confidence and whispered: "If the Goguryeo people are hiding in this valley, how can no one not make a movement when a horse neighs, but horses are different, and even a well-trained war horse will make a sound when bitten by mosquitoes." ” Qian Niuwei beside him said uncertainly: "Or hide somewhere else, after all, people and horses hide the same grain, and no one can bear it."
Hou Zhao's eyebrows were slightly locked, at this moment, or the mountain wind changed due to the terrain, a whirlwind suddenly rushed out of the valley, bringing out a foul smell, smelling nauseous, although it was originally following the smell of feces, but this stench is different, clearly mixed with the smell of sweat that has not been bathed for a long time.
It is impossible for the smell of one person's sweat to be carried out so far by the mountain wind, so what about the smell of tens of thousands of people gathered together In an instant, Ding Jian showed a look of ecstasy and shouted: "The Goguryeo people are down there, General Hou, do we want to go down and see if the terrain here can trap the Goguryeo people to death."
Hou Zhao stared closely at the bottom of the valley for a long time before he shook his head and said: "The Goguryeo people must be tightly arranged, you and I have almost no possibility of approaching, if the whereabouts are exposed, the death is small, the Goguryeo people may retreat because of this, and the king will take a lot of effort to attack the mountain castle of Marudu, so we must not startle the snake, and we must report this matter to the king as quickly as possible." ” Ding Jian did not give up and said: "General Hou, please forgive the last general's words, isn't it in vain to give up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Goguryeo people in vain, the last general is not greedy for merit, but thinks that the king is most likely to lure the Goguryeo people out of the valley to carry out a surprise attack, in comparison, is it easier to be trapped in the valley to gather and annihilate?"
Hou Zhao patiently persuaded: "The king trains Qianniuwei, not only in terms of physical and technical training, but also often teaches the truth of being a man, for example, we have climbed to the top of the mountain now, but as long as we take one more step forward, we will fall into the abyss, do you understand this truth?"
Ding Jian's face turned red, and he said ashamedly: "The last general understands, it is to accept it when it is good, just like when you win money when you gamble, you must stop it in time, if you gamble red-eyed, you will lose all the money, and the last general proposes to go to the bottom of the valley to investigate, it is clearly a gamble with red eyes, it is a move beyond your ability, not to mention that the Goguryeo people dare to use this valley to hide soldiers, how can they not consider the danger of exposure, maybe many traps have been set, thank you General Hou for your guidance" Hou Zhao smiled dumbly: "It's almost like gambling, let's go back and report to the king." ” The ten people retreated along the way they came, and from time to time they pretended to be night owls to call, summoning their companions in the mountains to retreat, and gradually, there were night owls in the distance to respond, and after a while, the night owl's cry sounded in the distance.
In the intermittent chirping, Qianniuwei converged one after another, and after counting the number of people, he walked out of the Xiaoyan Mountain Pass from the side, walked ten miles, dived to a small forest, took out the war horse, and galloped away.
"Good" After listening to the report, Yang Yan shouted hello and set his eyes on the topographic map spread out on the case, and the generals gathered around.
This is a topographic map of mountains and rivers centered on Ji, with Xiaoyan Mountain in the west, Zhongshan in the south, Luxian County (Tongzhou District, Beijing) in the east, and Hunu and Anle Counties in the north (present-day Beijing City and Shunyi District, Beijing).
After looking at it for a while, Yang Yan opened his voice and said: "Hou Zhao Ding Jian did a good job, he didn't take the risk to explore the terrain of the valley, this credit will be sent first, and then the total merit will be counted after the annihilation of the Murong Ministry, and now it can be concluded that the Goguryeo people are ambushing in Xiaoyan Mountain, and it is not a problem to lead to it, the key is the choice of the ambush location, everyone will talk about it." ” Han Huang took the lead in surrendering his hand: "This weather is getting more and more stuffy, presumably there will be heavy rain in a day or two, Murong Department should take advantage of the rain to attack, because the time of the rain is unpredictable, so the ambush location should not be too close to thistle." ” Guan Shang also said: "Goguryeo ambush out of the valley, along the way are plains and low hills, all the way is smooth, the king, please see, there is an unknown river here, located in the west of the thistle forty miles, roughly north-south, the river is not wide, about ten zhang, the cavalry wading can pass, such as the Goguryeo people are in a hurry, must pass through here."
Again, there is a forest on the south side of the west bank of the river, where some troops can be hidden, and if it is a normal time, it can be found with a little search, but the last general thinks that the Goguryeo people may be negligent because they are busy on the road.
The other part of the army could be hidden behind a hill on the other side of the river, ten miles from the river.
Once the patrol sent the news that the Goguryeo people had crossed the river, they immediately met it, and then cooperated with the ambush soldiers in the forest, and attacked back and forth, but they could be defeated in a battle."
Yang Yan swept left and right and asked, "Is there anyone else to add?"
Yu Yao arched his hand: "General Guan's words are very true, and the last general seconded it." ” "The last general seconded" There were echoing voices one after another.
Yang Yan glanced at the hourglass, and nodded violently: "Murong Diao is waiting for the rain, we can't wait, we must hook Goguryeo out tonight, Han Huang Pu'an, you two each lead 10,000 fine horsemen, and ambush in the woods on the west side of the river."
"No" The two of them surrendered Yang Yan said again: "Guan Shang, you lead 30,000 troops out of the camp to set up a formation, make a gesture of blocking the Ji defenders from going out of the city to rescue, Lone Yu Yao and Yao Yisheng lead 40,000 horsemen to the rear of the hill on the east side of the river, it is two o'clock in the morning {two o'clock in the morning}, all the participants must rush to the predetermined place before dawn, otherwise the military law will be engaged" "No" The few people who were named solemnly responded.
Yang Yan waved his hand: "The trapped beast is still fighting, although Goguryeo has been defeated repeatedly, but at the moment of life and death, or the whole mind is united, fighting to the death, you can't be negligent at all, you don't have to despise it, now go and prepare, and set off within half an hour."
In a moment, the horn in the Ming military camp sounded continuously, the lights of the front village were lit one after another, less than half an hour, 60,000 horses with two horses, using the strong contrast between light and darkness, quietly out of the back village, and another 30,000 troops pushed thousands of cars to drive, quickly arranged the formation on the west side of the thistle.
The huge movement woke up Murong Diao, and immediately pulled Pei Wei and ran to the city, but saw that the Ming army position below was brightly lit, and the entire army formation was illuminated.
Murong Diao said with a calm face: "Yang Yanzhi, why is this why he wants to attack the city at night?"
Pei Wei's face was extremely calm, and his distant eyes patrolled the Ming army's position, and sighed: "The king of Ming will never disturb me for no reason, my lord, please see, although the Ming army's chariot array is defending the middle and Tibet, it is mainly defending, I am afraid that it is to prevent our army from leaving the village and going out of the city." ” "This" Murong Diao's face changed drastically, and he said in disbelief: "Could it be that Yuan Zhen has been discovered?"
Pei Wei said: "With the style of King Ming's plan, it is better for the lord to be careful." ” Murong Diao's expression was uncertain, and he walked back and forth in the city with his hands in his hands, and suddenly gritted his teeth: "Yang Yanzhi has probably discovered the traces of Yuan Zhen and King Michuan, and he will definitely send troops to set up an ambush, no, I can't sit idly by, I must immediately send troops to rescue." ”: