Royal road

This is much faster than expected!Before setting off, Liang Feng did make some strategic arrangements, especially setting up trench traps for cavalry raids before the Taihang Pass.In addition, the team of the Liang Mansion, which was placed in the Wuling army, should be able to withstand the cavalry siege.At the same time, both the Liang Mansion and Gaodu City have also raised their security levels, and anyone who comes to commit an offense will have a fight.

But who would have expected that the Xiongnu Jingqi would give up this tough bone so simply.He didn't even stay for half a day, so he rode back directly.If the speed of seizing the city on my side is a little slower, I am afraid that I will be surrounded and suppressed directly.

"Go back to the mansion quickly and tell Master Duan to let him harvest the autumn grain as soon as possible. I have captured Lucheng here, so don't worry." Liang Feng told the messenger.

"My lord, don't you want to send troops from the Liang residence?" Yi Yan only slept for two hours, then got up and guarded Liang Feng's side.Hearing this news, he naturally became nervous.

"It's too late. This is the news from the sentry post. I'm afraid the enemy soldiers will arrive in Lucheng tomorrow." Liang Feng shook his head.

The guard post in the Liang Mansion is a communication method formulated by him with reference to the concept of "message tree" during the Anti-Japanese War.Relying on the falling of the trees on the top of the mountain as a signal, a few sentry posts in a row can send back messages forty or fifty miles away, and it is not easy for the enemy to detect.But no matter how easy it is to use, it can only be advanced half a day, which is really nothing to the cavalry.

This time when he traveled to Lucheng, he brought a lot of elite soldiers with him.What's more, the cavalry of the Liang Mansion are newly trained, and they can barely fight against ordinary cavalry, but they are too reluctant to deal with the fine cavalry of the Xiongnu.

The only one I can rely on now is myself.

After thinking for a moment, Liang Feng said, "Sun Yan is invited to come here."

After what happened yesterday, Sun Yi has completely subdued.Lead troops to attack and kill the prefect, and capture three passes in one day, and can also be kind and powerful, and recover the county officials.Such a character is rare in the court, how can he fight against him?Since he was lucky enough to survive, he had to obediently obey orders and make himself useful.

"Sun Yan, what kind of character is the cavalry general of the Xiongnu who led the team to Shangdang this time? What's his temper?" Liang Feng asked.

"It's a captain of thousands of cavalry under the command of the northern captain, named Liu Meng. He smiles all day long, but he acts crisply and neatly. He is a ruthless character! When he captured the prefect's mansion, he was in command." Say one, dare not neglect.

If you can't hit a single blow, you can turn around immediately, which shows that the opponent is decisive.Liang Feng asked again: "Did he leave the county after hearing me coming?"

"Exactly. As soon as Marquis Liang arrived in the mansion, Liu Meng led his troops to Taihang Pass. This, I'm afraid he wanted to plot evil against Taihang Pass..." Sun Tie replied cautiously.

Thoughtful, and Liu Xuan's capable general, I'm afraid he doesn't know much about himself.What would you think when you saw the Taihang Pass and Gaodu City this time?Liang Feng looked at Yiyan: "You said he rushed back, what is he going to do?"

Yiyan pondered for a moment and replied: "I'm afraid we need to strengthen the defense of Huguan and wait for the Xiongnu to increase their troops."

Among the three passes captured, the two passes of Baixing are relatively small, as long as the original troops are sufficient to guard them.But Huguan is different. As an important town, 50 people can barely guard the gate.If you return to the army, of course you will go straight to Huguan.

"More than that. I'm afraid this person won't let me go." Liang Feng sneered.

This time, he completely exposed his strength. Anyone with a bit of strategic thinking will be wary of the Liang Mansion after seeing the situation in Taihang Pass and Gaodu City.And this kind of vigilance, if placed on a thoughtful and vicious person, will turn into murderous intent.If there is no mistake, Liu Meng is very likely to attack him!

Yiyan's eyes showed a murderous look: "This subordinate will lead the troops to intercept and kill this beast!"

"No need. Please enter the urn."

Into the urn, into what urn?Listening to the chilling voice, Sun Yi lowered his head and shrugged like a quail, not daring to make a sound.

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Non-stop, the return journey only took two days.Seeing that Lucheng was just ahead, Liu Meng ordered: "The soldiers will follow me to the county town, and the others will pass through Huguan and stick to the city!"

This trip to Gaodu really made him make up his mind that Liang Zixi must get rid of him!Even if he wants to turn against Yan Ji, he must solve this disaster as soon as possible.Only in this way, when the army arrives, can Sima Teng's return route be successfully cut off and Xiangguo's deployment completed.

And now Liu Meng also has doubts in his heart.The man surnamed Liang went to the county city, probably with bad intentions.That being the case, don't blame him for being ruthless under the knife.

The two teams parted ways, and Liu Meng personally led a dozen of them, galloping towards the county town at high speed.After all, there are fifty elite knights guarding the county mansion, so he will not waste more time planning or discussing this matter with Yan Ji.Instead, Thunderclap is the best choice.A few hours ago, he had sent scouts back to the prefect's mansion first, and then he would be able to wipe out all the people in Liang's mansion with just one order.

But the scout came back too slowly.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied, Liu Meng did not stop at all, galloped into the city gate, and headed for the prefect's mansion along the road.He had walked this road many times, but when he reached the last row of houses in front of the prefect's mansion, several large carts parked on the side of the road abruptly, so the horse had to slow down.This was an insignificant matter, but a chill hit my heart.That kind of cold chill that can only be felt on the battlefield, like maggots attached to bones!

What's wrong!Others may only have such a thought, but Liu Meng is a battle-hardened warrior who immediately discovered the problem.There are too few people on the street!It's noon now, even if you are afraid of the changes in the prefect's mansion, there shouldn't be only so few people.Since no one is there, why is there a car parked on the side of the road?

Liu Meng pulled the reins suddenly, the horse neighed and raised its hooves.

"careful!"

He only had time to say these two words.

Almost at the same time, from the houses on both sides of the road, arrow feathers shot out like locusts!

The road ahead was blocked, and he couldn't turn around for a while, standing in the middle of the road, just like a target.Liu Meng shouted loudly and swung his knife to block the flying arrows, but how could a mortal body block such an ambush? !

Why is there an ambush?Shouldn't the county be in their hands?Shocked and angry, there was no smile on Liu Meng's round face anymore, his eyes were wide open like a mad tiger, suddenly turned his horse's head, and rushed towards the house on one side!You can't move forward, you can't retreat, only by crashing into the house can you have a chance!

This move was not crazy, but before him, a short and thick iron arrow passed through layers of arrow rain, and pierced Liu Meng's neck with a sound of "Du".Blood splattered, his figure shook, and he fell off the horse.

Lost the leader, also lost the last chance of escape.The dozen or so knights were shot like hedgehogs, falling off their horses one after another.Blood covered the stone slabs of the street like red springs.

In the nearby dwelling, Zhang He breathed out and put down the shoulder crossbow in his hand.This thing was found from the arsenal of the prefect's mansion. It is really not as easy to use as the hand crossbow in the mansion.But now is not the time to seize the mansion for the first time. It is better not to expose contraband such as bows and crossbows.

Fortunately, there were not many Xiongnu soldiers entering the city. If a few more came, it would be impossible to stop them one by one.Whether he can successfully complete the task here depends on how the battle is going on at Yingzheng's side.

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Huguan is not too far from Lucheng, and at this moment the Qingqi has arrived before closing the gate.Seeing that it was his family, he opened the city gate from a distance, as if to welcome the cavalry.After a few days of raiding, many people relaxed at the thought of having a good rest in the pass.

Even if it is Xiongguan, the width of the Hukou city gate will not be too large. The leading captain slowed down his horse and led the rear to the city.However, just after more than two hundred people entered the small half, there was a sudden screaming sound in the city.

what happened? !

The soldiers behind immediately drew their swords and wanted to rush in, but there was already a shout from the front: "Retreat! Retreat quickly! Get out of the city!"

Why do you want to withdraw?Even if someone in the city rebels and seizes the city, he should rush in and retake it back!Wouldn't it be a complete loss of opportunity if you quit? !

However, the people in front had no time to explain, so they turned around and rushed out.I really have to withdraw.Just less than a hundred paces from the gate of the city, the floating soil on the ground disappeared, and a deep trench appeared in the middle of the road.This ditch is two feet wide and one foot deep, if you rush into it, you will be turned on your back, and you can't jump over it.What's even more hateful is that a group of soldiers with shields in their hands and rockets on their strings blocked the ditch.

Humans can barely cope with rockets, but Marcos can't!Originally panicked by the stumbled horses in front of them, and then disturbed by the rockets, even the Xiongnu cavalry who were proficient in riding and archery could not control their mounts.

In such a situation, there is only one dead end to stay in the city, so naturally we have to withdraw!

But how easy is it to turn and retreat in the narrow city gate?All of a sudden, the gate of the city turned into a pot of rotten porridge, horses neighed, people's voices were buzzing, the chaos was unbearable!

However, there is not only one trap waiting for these people.

The drums sounded.The soldiers ambushing on the side rushed out.Most of these were soldiers guarding the city of Huguan, only three or four hundred.In normal times, they would never dare to challenge the Xiongnu elite soldiers in field battles.But this moment was not normal, the group of Huns were in disarray, and they couldn't form a cavalry formation at all, let alone gallop and shoot.Can a cavalry who has lost the power to charge be considered a cavalry?

"Rush! Go up for me!" Linghu Kuang shouted loudly, leading his team to go up.

Seizing the city in one day brought him not only a city that changed hands, but also incomparable confidence and a desire to fight!And the soldiers behind him are also eager to clear themselves of the crime of being a thief. "Six Secret Teachings: Practitioners" has a saying: "If there are kings and officials who lose their power and want to see their merits again, they will gather together as a soldier, and they are called fighters of death."

This group of soldiers following Linghu Kuang is precisely the "death fighters"!

With such brave soldiers and cleverly set traps, how can we be afraid of the elite Huns?These hundreds of people rushed up fiercely!

Although a pack of wolves can also kill a tiger, a tiger is still a tiger after all.After a moment of panic, the Xiongnu elite who turned their horses' heads came to meet them. They could not use bows and arrows. They still had scimitars and long spears.Also standing desperately, their combat power is much stronger than these soldiers in front of them!

It was like bumping into the waves of a cliff, and the charge was blocked back.The Huns cavalry rushed towards the crowd with three to four hundred people, and they could tear through the camp in a few steps. As long as they rushed out, whether it was to escape or form a new formation, it would not be a problem!

However, such a breakout was only extinguished in an instant.More than ten fast horses rushed into the formation of the Huns!With spears, knives, and arrows, elite soldiers who are not inferior to them have joined the battle group!Those Huns found that there were more enemies with tall noses, deep eyes and strange hair colors in front of them.There is also a titan with blue eyes who looks like a Yaksha, rushing towards them!

This is definitely not the combat power that the Jin army should have!With just one touch, those Hun cavalry who had just adjusted their formation and were about to break through were dispersed.Some people fell off their horses, and more people were surrounded by ants like soldiers and tore off their horses.

Just like a strong wind blows away the dark clouds, the situation changes drastically!

Why are there Jie people in the Jin army?Why are these Capricorns so strong?No one can answer these questions for them!

The sword collided in one place, and Linghu Kuang tried hard to resist the brave general in front of him, but a black shadow passed by, and a cloud of blood splashed onto his face.Linghu Kuang opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.How could this Jie man surnamed Yi be so strong? !However, before he could react, the other party had already opened his mouth and said: "Captain Linghu, lead your troops to block the opening to the west. Once the measurements are released, the net is about to be collected."

"Obey!" Linghu Kuang responded loudly as if the condition was fired.He completely forgot that the other party was just a family soldier, while he was a dignified captain!

This must be a big victory, a big victory for annihilating a powerful enemy!Excitedly urging the horse, Linghu Kuang led his troops and charged in another direction!

The author has something to say: The idiom "please enter the urn" also comes from the Tang Dynasty.Someone reported that the cruel official Zhou Xing intended to rebel, and the queen sent Junchen to interrogate him.Lai Junchen hosted a banquet in honor of Zhou Xing and asked him how to extract a confession.Zhou Xing said that it is enough to put people in a large urn heated by charcoal fire, and Lai Junchen said: "Brother, if you have an internal investigation, please come into this urn."Zhou Xing had no choice but to kowtow in fear and plead guilty.

So Sun Yi didn't know this idiom.