Jiang Qing

The one-line valley is like a tunnel, with no skylight everywhere, only a line above the head, stretching between the north and the south.

The south side was Qin Chengze's current tent built by the river, and the north side was originally his follow-up troops left in place. Last night, taking advantage of the darkness, they all sneaked through the valley and reached the south side.

The traces of the bonfire left by the hastily mobilized army are still there, and the messy stove and crooked iron pots are dumped in front of the open tent. Li An squatted down and twirled in the black ash of the stove. The rest of the supply troops have all been withdrawn, and now there is no Liangbing in the north of Yixian Valley.

He shook off the wood ash on his fingertips, stood up in front of the deserted Liangbing camp, and stared at the entrance of a valley ahead for a long time. At this time, the sun was approaching the hollow, and he was about to climb to the top of the valley.

Li An spread out his fan to block the skylight that fell on his eyelashes when he raised his eyes, and waved casually at the horse-riding team behind him, "Clean it up, don't block the way home for the prince of our friendly country."

The soldiers behind him got off their horses and began to clear the road. Li An rode his horse up the mountain road alone, circling and winding for a while before arriving at a place in the mountain that was level with the top of the valley.

And this place is connected with the top of the valley. Li An looked around and saw the crossbows, catapults and firearms surrounded by the top of the valley, and then walked to the person who was staring down at the jade wrench in his hand. Beside him, he asked: "These weapons seem to be new. I have never seen them in Li country before. Are they new gadgets researched by Tong Shen?"

They only knew about Tong Can, the governor of Wudu, but they didn't know that there was an Yindu on the island outside Wudu, so they naturally assumed that these weapons were all made by Tongcan in Wudu.

Mei Shao was still in a daze, as if he didn't hear Li An's words, he replied as if talking to himself.

"It's... cracked."

Li An followed his words and looked down, Mei Shao was caressing a tiny crack on the jade wrench finger, with a bit of bewilderment in his eyes.

Inexplicably, his heart skipped a beat, Li An moved his eyes away, and comforted him, "It's just the weather, cracks on the jade are also possible."

"Really?" Mei Shao seemed to have found words of comfort, her eyes lit up briefly, and she stared straight at Li An.

Li An felt a little guilty. Just two hours ago, he got the news that Bai Bingchen had died in Pingdu.

But Mei Shao didn't know about it at all, or the entire Li army didn't know, even Tong Can, who had just rushed over from Pingdu two days ago, didn't reveal a word, which shows that the emperor of the Li country deliberately Hid it.

The situation in Pingdu was turbulent, and the secret letter Li An received was only about Bai Bingchen's death, and it seemed that someone had deliberately cut it off afterwards, and he would never get any news about Pingdu.

Now the news that Mei Shao is alive will naturally not come out. In the eyes of others, the Shenyang Army is an army abandoned in a remote area without a commander. They have lost their core backbone and contact with Pingdu long ago. He is still here fighting a battle with no outcome.

Li An nodded with his conscience on his back, looked at Mei Shao and let out a long sigh as if he was relieved from a heavy burden, his gaze towards the south was filled with worries that couldn't be concealed, his heart was faintly sour, and he felt a little pity for the person in front of him.

Mei Shao had a big appetite, and waited until the main force of Qin Chengze's entire Liang army had passed the first-line valley before starting to ambush on both sides. It was obvious that he wanted the Li army in the north to push them all into the first-line valley and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

It's just that this strategy has a very fatal weakness - Yixiangu is not the only way for Qin Chengze to return to Liangdi.

On both sides of the south entrance of Yiyi Valley, you can go around Fangning Ridge on the left, cross the Simi River, and then return to the main road and return to Wangting; the right is a little farther, you need to cross two high mountains, and then return to the road leading to Liangguo.

Yixian Valley has always been an ambush place for military strategists. When Mei Shao was young and frivolous, he suffered a big loss in the battle with Li Chengji in the Yixian Valley battle. Shao will die here.

Precisely because of occupying this natural danger, the father and son of the Yu family conquered the Li clan during the first emperor's time. It took several years to pass the Yiyi Valley and lay down the territory of the Li clan. The Yiyi Valley naturally became a natural danger in the north of Li. After surrendering and rebelling, he escaped in a hurry, and even if he used the power of Liang State to re-establish Jiang State, he only separated the territory of Jiang and Li from Han Que Pass. Since then, Yiyi Valley has become a natural danger in Li State and Han Que Pass.

If Mei Shao wanted to lure the enemy deep and catch them all, he first had to cut off all their escape routes. Li An originally thought that he would ask someone to block the other two routes, forcing Qin Chengze to choose to take the first line of valleys in desperation.

However, Qin Chengze's main force had already passed through a valley, and the two roads next to it were clean, with nothing blocking them.

Li An only responded here, but he didn't know the specific arrangement on the other side. At this moment, he heard a loud noise from the other side of the valley, and then the sound of Jin Ge interacting, and he knew that a fight had started in the south.

Li An only thought that Zhao Yuansheng was fighting in the south of the valley right now, and was listening with his ears upright, when he suddenly saw a group of cavalry, about 300 people, passing through a valley under his nose, heading south And the leader is Zhao Yuansheng.

"This..." Li An widened his eyes, looked at Mei Shao, and said after a while, "What's going on?"

"The people fighting in the south are led by Tong Can." Mei Shao replied lightly.

"Since there are troops there, why do you have to go there?" Li An saw with his own eyes that Zhao Yuansheng was only followed by [-] cavalry. Could such a small number of people be able to attack from two directions?

Mei Shao seemed to see what he was thinking, and replied: "They are not going to besiege, they are going to give Qin Chengze a reason to go to the first-line valley. You may not have noticed just now, Zhao Yuansheng drove a messenger into the first-line valley , will be delivered to Qin Chengze immediately."

"Last night, Zhao Yunsheng went to the post station to ambush, and this morning he fought out in the middle of the road, and it took half a day to drive the messenger to Qin Chengze at this time. With just a cup of tea, Qin Chengze will definitely withdraw his troops and rush away. "

"Even if his father is dead, he might not be willing to stop right away, right?" Li An sneered, and said, "What can happen in Liangguo to make him stop in such a time? Even if the Qin family's royal family is dead. , he won't take a second look."

Li An sneered, "His heart is so cold, no one..."

"Meng Ye." Mei Shao sighed very lightly, and said, "Meng Ye is going to die."

Li An was stunned for a moment, before turning his head around, he murmured, "How is it possible...you...Meng Ye..."

"Meng Ye has not eaten or watered in the royal court for two days and two nights, and now he hangs his breath and says that he wants to see him. Do you think Qin Chengze will see him for the last time? He is still thinking about what to choose at this time The road? Naturally, whichever road is the closest, he has no choice but Yiyigu."

Even if he went back by the fastest way, Qin Chengze would have to go back in the middle of the night. It was unknown whether Meng Ye could last until then. He would never choose the other two that would take a few days to go back. road.

"It was the last time when Chu Yan went to Liang Wang's court...you guys discussed it..." Li An gasped, his voice trembling slightly.

The only time he and Meng Ye met was when he deliberately teased Qin Chengze, which attracted Meng Ye to attack him.In Li An's eyes, he is just a young man with fresh blood, clear eyes, clear love and hate, and high spirits, as if his life has been going well, without parting, without changes, facing the wind of Yanbei to grow such a remarkable The appearance of Huazi.

He couldn't imagine Meng Ye's scheming, and he used the most vicious, ruthless and decisive trick.

"Actually, he can also choose not to look back." Hearing the sounds of fighting in the south, Li An was silent for a while before saying.

If Qin Chengze chose not to go back, then he would not have made half a point of waiting in the dead end of Yixiangu.Qin Chengze was deep in his thoughts. He received a letter from Wang Ting at such an opportune time. He is a transparent person, and he probably already knew that a line of valleys is not an easy way to go.

Knowing that the road ahead is a dead end, who would willingly bump into it?

"Actually, you can also choose not to cooperate with me." Mei Shao said with a faint smile: "You killed Li Chengji and ascended to the position of Lord Jiang. I can't help you. You could have really borrowed Liangguo, that In time, not only will you be able to get back the original territory of your Li clan, but you will even be able to carve up half of the country of Li with Qin Chengze. You have helped me, and there is no benefit, so why did you choose this way?"

Mei Shao didn't answer him directly, just such an understatement, but it seemed to touch Li An's heartstrings, with a slight shock, his limbs went numb.

Li An let out a breath of white air with a wry smile, and laughed at himself: "If I do that, there will be no possibility of being with my brother-in-law. See you someday, only life and death, I don't want to do this."

What Mei Shao asked was a question, but it was also an answer.

If you think about it in your own place, Zhao Yuansheng waited with a sigh of relief to see him for the last time, even if he knew that the road ahead would be difficult, Li An would go.

So what happened when Mei Shao knew that Bai Bingchen had died in Pingdu?What will he look like when he knows that even if he goes to die, he will never see that person for the last time?

"Attacking the city is the bottom line, and attacking the heart is the top priority." Li An murmured a few words in a low voice, and the expression on Mei Shao's face implied pity. Isn't this an act of punishment by those people in Pingdu against Mei Shao.

All desperation turned into Li An's sigh: "This is killing one's heart, and it is more fearsome than the talent of seizing a city and the courage of slaughtering people."

Mei Shao indifferently listened to the howling and crying that broke through the valley, and then the sound of the golden horn sounded, even the upper valley trembled faintly.

"He's here." Mei Shao said softly.

Li An's eyes moved slightly, thinking that Zhao Yuansheng only led three hundred cavalry, once Qin Chengze transferred, the rear army would be the front army, and Zhao Yuansheng became a target in Qin Chengze's eyes, so he hurried down the mountain to lead the troops to meet him.

After stepping on the ground, Li An really felt the smell of blood and the sound of horseshoes vibrating from the ground.

He led two troops to ambush on both sides of the valley exit, and calculated that Zhao Yuansheng would be able to leave the valley after about a stick of incense. Rocks were rolled down from above to seal the valley, and then they were strangled in the urn.

While holding his breath, Li An heard his heart beating faster and faster while waiting, and the time was stretched longer and longer by anxiety, until Li An began to feel that something was wrong.

The sound of horseshoes that were getting closer and closer stopped at the same place. It was as chaotic as a summer rainstorm, without any structure. Li An listened intently for a while, but he didn't hear the sound of walking here again.

The time for a stick of incense has passed long ago, Li An sensed that something might have changed, he ran out from hiding, just as the shadows of black armor and red armor were fighting twenty steps away from the corner of his eyes, he suddenly yelled and came towards him , but not to him.

"Put stones!" Zhao Yuansheng glanced at the distance of twenty steps away from the exit of Yixian Valley, and suddenly shouted upwards.

Mo hesitated for about two seconds. In the tremor of the valley, huge stones and wooden stakes volleyed down, rolling up dust as high as a person, and Li An's horse under his crotch took a step back in shock.

Then the overwhelming flint rockets were launched towards the valley, Li An blankly watched the flames falling into the valley where he buried the gunpowder, the deafening explosion roared in his ears, rolled up the monstrous flames, mixed with the more and more people in front of him. The higher rocks pushed Zhao Yuansheng and Qin Chengze together into the valley.

"Brother Yi!" Li An's eyes were about to split, his voice was hoarse as if it didn't come from his mouth, he reined in his horse and swung his whip, and rushed in through the unfinished gap.