Baishou loses Shaohua

The evenly matched confrontation between Yu Chenglie and Yu Chenglin lasted from early summer to midsummer. Although Yu Chenglie didn't let Yu Chenglin take half a step across the city for a whole month, he didn't force him to retreat a mile either.The hot weather in midsummer brought the battle between the two sides into a stalemate.

"We can't wait like this any longer. The longer the war here is delayed, the easier it will be for the foreign races on the border to take advantage of the loopholes." In the Chongque Palace, Yu Chenglie frowned and thought.He had to admire from the bottom of his heart that his 19-year-old brother had accumulated such terrifying strength during his absence in Li'an. If he came back a year or two later, the throne might be in his hands. thing.

"Your Highness is right." Lin Xiao agreed, "Now that the rebels are in the east, if the aliens from the north take advantage of it, we will suffer from the enemy."

"General Yilin, do you think there is any good way?" Yu Chenglie asked Lin Xiao.

"The weather is so hot this time, I'm afraid it's hard to get any benefits from fighting in the daytime." Lin Xiao said.

"Uncle mean to attack at night?" Lin Pu asked.

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean." Lin Xiao nodded towards Lin Pu, then looked at Yu Chenglie, "I don't know what your highness wants?"

"That's a way." Yu Chenglie nodded thoughtfully, "I just don't know how General Lin plans to implement it?"

"Your Highness, please look here." Lin Xiao pointed to the map spread out on the table and said, "The place where the rebels were stationed was a high ground, and there was originally a forest to the south. It was probably to prevent our army from sneaking a month ago. The army cut down the entire forest and turned it into a plain. But further south there is the Lingjiang River. Some of Zhang Zheng's soldiers are his own soldiers, and the other part are soldiers from the original Liuqi. None of them are familiar with water. They will never run south until the raid. The north of the highland is a mountainous area with steep slopes and deep valleys, which is not conducive to marching, and it is easy for us to block the way out and cut off the food and grass. Therefore, they have only one way to the east to retreat."

"The east is a plain, and there is no obstacle to go all the way. They will definitely choose the east." Lin Pu nodded.

"But there is a trough here." Yu Chenglie pointed to a location on the map.

"That's right." Lin Xiao nodded, "If they want to reach the plain to the east, they have to go through this trough first."

"If our army can go around this mountain in the north and lie in ambush on the other side of the trough, they can attack from both sides when they go down to the trough." Yu Chenglie said clearly.

"This is exactly what I mean." Lin Xiao said.

"How long will it take for the army to go around?" Yu Chenglie asked.

"It will take three days." Lin Xiao said.

Yu Chenglie thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, just three days. Lin Pu quietly assembled an army of [-] and set off overnight. Three days later, at Zishi, General Lin Xiao and I led an army of [-] to attack from the front, and the remaining [-] army Stationed in Li'an City."

"The minister obeys the order." Everyone took orders.

Three days later, it was approaching midnight.

"Fourth Highness!"

Hearing the voice outside the tent, Yu Chenglin immediately turned over, straightened his somewhat messy skirt, and said to the outside: "Come in."

"Your Highness." Zhang Zheng hastily opened the curtain and walked in.

"What's the matter?" Yu Chenglin frowned, seeing Zhang Zheng's appearance, something must have happened.

"The spies reported that there was a change in the Lin family's army." Zhang Zheng said.

"Pass down the order and be on alert immediately!" Yu Chenglin said.

"Yes." Zhang Zheng went out and immediately ordered the lieutenant to wake up the soldiers and put the whole army on alert.

"Yunqiu, it's just as you expected. They really couldn't bear it and launched a night attack." Yu Chenglin helped Yunqiu who woke up after hearing the sound and carried him into the wheelchair.

"Because they are much more anxious than us." Yun Qie said with a slight smile.When the two sides were in a stalemate ten days ago, he was worried that the other party would not be able to resist the night attack, so he would send three groups of spies to take turns to investigate the other party's actions every day, and asked them to report every two hours even if there was no abnormality.

"It's my cloud and predicts things like a god." The corners of Yu Chenglin's mouth twitched triumphantly, his eyes full of admiration, like a child.

"Yun Qi, Cheng Lin." While speaking, Ji Yinghan walked in, followed by Mo Wei, "I heard that the enemy army has changed?"

"Yes, they are probably going to attack at night." Yu Chenglin nodded, and before he finished speaking, he heard the voices of soldiers outside.

"Report-"

"Come in." Yu Chenglin said.

"The enemy's army is less than five miles away from our army!" The soldier who reported the message was panting, obviously running very anxiously.

"How many people are in the enemy?" Yu Chenglin asked the soldier who reported the letter.

"The night is too dark to see clearly, but there should be at least 6 or [-] people." The soldier replied.

"Explore again." Yu Chenglin ordered.

"Yes." The soldier took the order and left.

"Your Highness!" Zhang Zheng came in again, "The army has assembled."

"Okay." Yu Chenglin nodded and then turned to ask Yunqie, "Do you think we are going to fight?"

"Facing a battle is of course a battle. Retiring without a fight will hurt morale. But..." Yun Qi frowned.

"What's wrong?" Yu Chenglin asked.

"Whether the opponent is attacking at night or marching in a hurry, they obviously want to take us down in one fell swoop." Yun Qi thought thoughtfully, "The opponent has about [-] troops, why did they only dispatch half of them?"

"Could it be that they left [-] to [-] troops to garrison Li'an?" Zhang Zheng pondered, judging from his years of experience, this was a bit redundant.

"How many troops does General Zhang need to guard Li'an City?" Yun Qie asked Zhang Zheng.

"General Yimo thinks [-] is enough." Zhang Zheng said, "After all, unless we can completely defeat their army that came to attack at night, otherwise we will not be able to pose a threat to Li'an. It is really redundant to station [-] to [-] troops. .”

"General Zhang is right." Yunqie nodded, "We must guard against the enemy's tricks."

"Lin Xiao is known for his tactics when using troops, we must be careful." Zhang Zheng nodded.

"Yunqi..." Ji Yinghan, who had been silent for a while, stood in front of the map and frowned, "If we lose to the opponent after the battle, where should we withdraw our troops to hide?"

"Master Ji doesn't have to worry, even if the [-] to [-] troops are just the vanguard, and the remaining [-] troops are used as a backup, we are evenly matched in terms of strength." Zhang Zheng said confidently.

"Zhang Zheng is right, it's just that he planned the withdrawal route but he was prepared for it." Yu Chenglin said while pushing Yun and walked to Ji Yinghan's side.

"The enemy army is attacking from the west, and we can't go to the Lingjiang River in the south, so we only have the north and the east." Yun Qi said, looking at the map.

"The mountainous terrain in the north is steep, which is not conducive to marching, and it is easy to be cut off by the enemy's army." Zhang Zheng said, "In my opinion, the east is a plain, which is the most convenient for withdrawing troops to avoid, and it is also suitable for camping."

"On the surface, it does." Yun Qi nodded.

"Mr. Yunqie means it's inappropriate." Zhang Zheng asked, he had already experienced Yunqie's thoughtfulness and admiration for more than a month.

"I don't know if His Highness thinks the same as Yun Qi." Yun Qi looked at Ji Yinghan who had been thinking, and he still called him "Your Highness" even today.In Yunqie's heart, Ji Wuduan is always the master of his Yao family and his king.

"Although there is an open plain to the east, here..." Ji Yinghan pointed to a point on the map, "There is a low valley. If we want to reach this plain, we must pass through this low valley."

"That's right." Yun Qie nodded, "As I said earlier, the enemy only dispatched half of their troops. What if they didn't keep half of the troops to defend the city, but already dispatched part of them as an ambush?"

"That's really not good for us. The enemy's army is in the dark, but we are in the light." Ji Yinghan said, "If they didn't make a sudden night attack plan today, then they have time to bypass the mountain in the north Ambush in advance on our way of retreat. And this trough is precisely the best place to do an ambush."

"According to the words of the two, we cannot withdraw our troops to the east." Zhang Zheng also understood the pros and cons.

"Then now... we can only try the north side." Yu Chenglin said.

"Although the north is dangerous, it has vitality." Yun Qi said.

"Okay, that's the decision." Yu Chenglin nodded, and then ordered, "Zhang Zheng, let's fight!"

"Yes!" Zhang Zheng took the order and left.

The horn blew outside, and it didn't take long for the sound of fighting between the two armies to resound through the sky.

"I'm going to fight with General Zhang." After Ji Yinghan finished speaking, he took Mowei and hurried out.

"Your Highness is not in a hurry, Yun Qi dares to ask Your Highness for a favor." Yun Qi stopped Ji Yinghan.

"Why do you and I need to be like this, you can just speak directly." Ji Yinghan said.

"Yunqie needs His Royal Highness to bring a few experts to sneak into Li'an City while the two armies are fighting, and burn their food and grass." Yunqie thought for a while and said, "If there is time, then set fire to the tower."

"Surround Wei and save Zhao?" Yu Chenglin smiled wickedly.

"Not bad." Yun Qie nodded.

Yu Chenglie and Lin Xiao waited and watched from the rear of the fighting army, and soldiers came to report the battle situation from time to time.

"Report—" One of Lin Xiao's lieutenants came over, "His Royal Highness, General, the enemy has retreated."

"Okay." Lin Xiao clapped his palms and smiled, "Let the army pursue with all its strength."

Not long after, the deputy general came to report again, but his expression was not as excited as before: "His Royal Highness, General, the enemy army has withdrawn to the north."

Yu Chenglie frowned, he didn't expect that the enemy didn't get into the trap he had set up so hard.Standing aside, Lin Xiao was even more embarrassed.

"Order to continue chasing, divide the troops into several groups, and block the only way they must pass from all directions when they enter the mountain." Yu Chenglie made a decisive decision, "After sealing, we will only defend and not attack."

"Yes!" The deputy general led the order and left.

"Your Highness...will the army ambushing in the valley to the east be withdrawn?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Send someone to inform Lin Pu quickly, and ask him to lead the army to quickly encircle from the north of the mountain, and don't give them a chance to escape." Yu Chenglie said calmly.

"Your Highness!" Li Zixu, who had been by Yu Chenglie's side all the time, suddenly exclaimed. He was turning around to look in Li An's direction, with a very ugly expression on his face.

Yu Chenglie and Lin Xiao hurriedly turned their horses' heads, and the night sky not far away was illuminated by the fire, which was in the direction of Li'an, and a chill came from the bottom of their hearts.

"Retreat!" With a stiff face, Yu Chenglie lashed the horse's butt with a whip, and the horse neighed in pain and ran desperately in the direction of Li'an.Li Zixu followed closely behind.

Lin Xiao hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat, and the original high morale of the Lin family's army disappeared at the moment when they saw the flames of Li'an City soaring into the sky.

At this moment, in a small forest near Li'an, Ji Yinghan took off the armor and other things that he "borrowed" from a certain Lin family army in order to hide his eyes and ears, and looked back at the tower that was burning in raging flames not far away. , This situation made him feel a little bit of a world away.

"Young master." Mo Wei called out in a low voice.

Ji Yinghan came back to his senses, looked at the top killers in front of him, nodded towards them expressionlessly, and then everyone disappeared under the night without a sound.