Lingnan Gang

At that time, Wu Weiyang was riding on a tall horse, and when he heard this, he looked slightly far away, and the army behind him stopped together with him, waiting for his instructions.

Wu Weiyang's spear was on the horse's back, his eyes moved down, he looked at the scout kneeling on the ground and said, "Are you sure it's an army of tens of thousands?"

When the scout was asked by him, he was obviously taken aback, and said hesitantly: "The army is still more than twenty miles away from me. I stood on the high ground and watched from a distance. I saw people crowded in the mountains and forests, and the flags were flying. Commander, the others didn't look carefully."

"Wearing court clothes?"

The scout nodded and said yes, "The word Zhao is still written on the flag, it should be Zhao Qichuan's troops."

Wu Weiyang sneered, "It's a mystery, Zhao Qichuan arrived in Ezhou not long ago, I'm afraid the troops haven't been properly arranged yet, how can we send tens of thousands of people here to intercept me."

"It's better to be careful, the general," Zhou Guangcheng advised, "It's better to send another team to investigate, and it won't be too late to attack."

Wu Weiyang murmured: "The imperial army has just arrived in Ezhou, and it has not yet been properly deployed. I originally planned to attack when their defenses were weakest. Otherwise, the big city of Ezhou may not be captured in a short time. If you want to check the situation, at least you have to delay it." Three days is too long, I am afraid that Ezhou will change."

The generals saw Zhou Guangcheng frowning and hesitating, Gao Chengping took the lead and said: "Even if the opponent really has an army of tens of thousands, at most they are on par with us, even if they can't win completely, they won't suffer much."

Zhou Guangcheng shook his head, "There are continuous high mountains on both sides. We have to pass through the mountain road. If they set up an ambush in the mountains, even if we can win, we will lose troops and generals. The master has always calculated properly. I am afraid that this loss-making deal will not happen. do it?"

Wu Weiyang's temperament was cleared up by this sentence, Wu Weiyang chuckled, "Just as General Zhou said, let Qin Han lead a team of people to go around the mountain road to spy, Taiping, you take your subordinates, and continue to walk along the mountain road. , as a cover for Qin and Han, as for Ezhou, let’s make another plan.”

As Zhou Guangcheng said, an ambush was set up on the high mountains on both sides. Fortunately, Gao Chengping had prepared for it and only lost a few people. However, after passing this section of the mountain road, the road was flat. There was no attack at all, and it only took half a day for Qin Han to figure out the situation on the mountain. Those shadowy figures were all scarecrows, and there were only more than 1000 real officers and soldiers.

These more than 1000 people are not enough for Wu Weiyang's army to squeeze between their teeth. Wu Weiyang naturally didn't even look straight, but just ordered a few centurions to go up the mountain to grab their tongues to ask about the situation, and the large army continued to move forward. However, after an hour, A centurion stumbled over and said that he found Zhao Qichuan's men and horses in front. The leader was dressed in general's clothes, and there were lieutenants on the left and right. I don't know if it was Zhao Qichuan.

Wu Weiyang rode up the mountain himself, and at the mountainside, he saw the mighty army. Soldiers in imperial costumes were moving quickly, forming a crane wing formation, and coming towards Wu Weiyang.

"Fish scale formation, prepare to fight!"

The sound of war drums sounded, and the army received an order. They immediately separated into more than a dozen prismatic square formations with their own generals as the center, and waited for them. In the formation, Su Beiqin's carriage drove from Yin Buzai to behind Wu Weiyang.

"What's going on?" Su Beiqin opened the curtain of the car and asked, "Didn't you say there were only a thousand people? Why did you suddenly resort to such a big battle?"

"There is an ambush ahead." Yin Buzai replied, "It is said that Zhao Qichuan personally brought people to intercept him."

"How is it possible?" Su Beiqin was a little unbelievable, "Shouldn't he be guarding Ezhou?"

Yin Buzai shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know about that, maybe this newly promoted general is very courageous and wants to take us down in one fell swoop before we occupy Jingzhou."

The beating of war drums is getting faster and faster, and the frequent drumbeats make the heart beating suddenly. Under the command of Wu Weiyang, the originally stationary army moved quickly, and the killing sound shook the sky in an instant. Qin couldn't open his eyes, and Yin Buzai pushed Su Beiqin back into the carriage, while he himself held a long sword and stood guard outside the carriage.

The men and horses on both sides were fighting each other, Wu Weiyang observed for a while, and suddenly ordered the whole army to retreat for more than ten li.

"Lead them into the mountain path," Wu Weiyang said, "The mountain path is narrow and tight, the crane wings will shrink, and the defense ability will be halved. The left wing smashed violently, Tianhe led a team of elites, and quickly rushed in from the remaining wing."

In this series of things, if one link is not done well, it will not be able to win. Jiang Tianhe received the order, and the prismatic square formed into a line, swimming like a water snake. After the crane wings were damaged, the enemy When Fangzheng was about to renew his troops, he rushed in from the remaining wings with lightning speed, and Zhao Qichuan was caught off guard, so he had to temporarily order to retreat.

The enemy army started to be thorough, and the morale of one's own side increased greatly. Soldiers holding spears and spears chased the enemy army. Although the imperial army was defeated in this battle, the formation did not change when they fled. It seemed that they were trying their best to cover something. Wu Weiyang squinted and looked at the enemy. The opponent suddenly saw the soldiers at the rear of the formation quickly replenishing, and they exchanged wings with Cai Cai's just now.

"Don't chase after poor bandits, stop quickly," Wu Weiyang turned his head and shouted loudly: "Shield soldiers come up, hurry up."

"But the general, if we don't defeat them at this time, I'm afraid..." Before the general finished speaking, he was frightened by Wu Weiyang's glare and dared not speak, so he had to pass on the order.

The shield side blocked in front, and the enemy's bows and arrows followed one after another. The soldiers who had no time to evade even had time to shout and fell down. The arrow rain was several times more ferocious than any of their previous battles, and there was no chance to fight back. Zhao Qichuan took advantage of this rain of arrows to suppress Wu Weiyang's too fierce attack, and pressed Wu Weiyang's army in front of the mountain road and could not move.

Wu Weiyang's troops stationed in front of the mountain road, facing Zhao Qichuan far away, if there is any trouble in the other party, they can be seen clearly at a glance.

"You're used to going smoothly all the way, and it's inevitable that you suffer a loss occasionally on the battlefield." Su Beiqin comforted.

Wu Weiyang didn't speak, just huddled in his chair, gnawing the wild fruit from the tree outside with a melancholy expression.

Su Beiqin sighed, "But Zhao Qichuan is smart, no one would have thought that those 1000 people would be the bait to lure you into the bait."

Wu Weiyang shook his head, "Not necessarily."

Su Beiqin was a little surprised, "Why?"

Wu Weiyang then moved to the tufted cattail beside Su Beiqin, and stood next to him, and seemed to feel better, and the expression on his face also relaxed, "When I saw Zhao Qichuan halfway up the mountain, his troops were still scattered. Yes, if he was waiting for me there on purpose, he should have been prepared long ago, not to mention that after passing this mountain road, it is a flat road. If he wants to ambush me, he only needs to set up heavy troops on these two mountains, even if I If you can break through, you will also be seriously injured, and you will not be able to attack Ezhou in a short time."

"You mean, Zhao Qichuan also met you by chance?" Su Beiqin narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, "It's possible that these 1000 people were delaying you so that Ezhou could deploy its troops as soon as possible. About Zhao Qichuan I didn't expect you to break through them so quickly, but Zhao Qichuan shouldn't be guarding Ezhou, why did he come here again?"

Wu Weiyang fiddled with the wick of the oil lamp boredly, "It's autumn now, and after two months the autumn grass outside the Great Wall will wither and turn yellow, and the Turks will disturb the border again and again. It's just that this time there are no capable generals outside the Great Wall. I'm afraid they will directly attack. Internal troubles and external troubles, maybe the country that is about to be handed over to others, the traitor must be in a hurry, probably ordered Zhao Qichuan to kill the grass and roots."

The lights flickered on and off, very much like Su Beiqin's current mood. He held Wu Weiyang's hands, "This may not be a good thing for you. Ezhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. A wide moat is enough." It's a headache, and it's not a good time for him to come to your door now."

Wu Weiyang took advantage of the situation and leaned into Su Beiqin's arms, "I have won today's battle on the surface, but in fact, there is a big river where Zhao Qichuan is stationed, so he is naturally not worried. There are only two big pools behind us. In less than half a month, although we occupy a favorable place, if he just sticks to it, we can't do anything to him, once the water source is exhausted, we have to go back to Hengyang."

Su Beiqin patted his cheek, "Why are you depressed all of a sudden? On weekdays, you would have been grinning and shouting funny."

"I need comfort." Wu Weiyang said pitifully.

Su Beiqin knew that his worries at the moment were not just pretending. Whether it was fighting to the death with Zhao Qichuan or going back home, there was no delay in terms of time. If he had a headache, even Wu Weiyang would be anxious. He wanted to help, but his ability was limited.

Su Beiqin lowered his head and kissed Wu Weiyang's brows and eyes lightly. The delicate kisses landed between his brows and the corners of his eyes. Compared with those reluctant kisses before, this kiss was indeed genuine.

The corners of Wu Weiyang's mouth curled up, he suddenly raised his head and kissed Su Beiqin, and said with a smile: "Hey, Beiqin is the best, he calmed down my troubled thoughts, and suddenly thought of a way."

This guy is actually pretending...

Su Beiqin stood up and pushed him away mercilessly, "I'll sleep with Si'er tonight, so that you can smooth out the method and explain it clearly to everyone tomorrow morning."

"Bei Qin, I was wrong, hey, it's okay if I was wrong..."