Eight thousand Wuping soldiers and horses were walking rapidly in the narrow and long mountain road. Although the morning light was still weak, you could still feel a little warmth through the sparse forest. The tops on both sides were always shrouded in clouds and mist, and it was difficult to see the true signs.

For the newcomer of Wuping Army, the feeling of being confused far and near is extremely depressing.

Perhaps it was because of the cunning experience of the barbarians for a long time. Even before setting off, they had clearly heard the conversation between Li Dashui and Chen Hong, but they could not help but be worried and followed the large army with their heads in their arms, hoping to walk out of the ancient road as soon as possible. The trees are vaguely passing by, but they always feel very gloomy. The strange screams of birds sound from time to time are even more uneasy to follow in the sky.

Luo Erhu was riding a horse and was surrounded by several side generals and more than a hundred personal guards and cavalrymen. These soldiers were specially selected from the army by the commander Li Yuanyun. Many of them were selected from the army after being personally selected. They are all old people who have served as personal soldiers in Li’s mansion in Jinling. They are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to say much about their feelings.

At this time, Luo Erhu was pulling the reins tightly and rode his horse quickly. The wind whistled in his ears, but his face was extremely calm, because he had always believed in the decision made by his elder brother Li Yuan. The scout had no idea from last night to dawn. At this moment, I saw with my own eyes that the mountains and forests on both sides were so sparse, and I felt even more relieved. If there were really barbarian soldiers hiding, the slightest movement of the breeze would have been exposed.

The ancient road is only more than ten miles away, and it seems to be as reported by the scout, and there is no war here.

The soldiers of Wuping Army were worried and were about to reach the end. From a distance, the vertical ancient road was like a sharp blade, cutting the low cliffs standing on both sides in half, and at the end of the road , it seems to be an empty place, with no overgrown weeds.

So the soldiers' faces became even slower, and they quickly followed the commander Wu Pingjun to slow down and galloped towards the end of the bright light.

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Outside the seventeenth place in Xizhou City is Huixi Village, known as the thoroughfare of Qixi. This seven stream is Maxi, Jiangyang Creek, Shuangrong Creek, and Grandmaxi, Taiping Creek, Qixi. It flows downstream from the You River and gathers here magically like a magical axe.

As early as the pre-Qin period, I knew which saint was looking for this and conveyed the idea of ​​the Dongxi barbarians such as "Heaven's One Life of Water", that is, all things in the world are generated by changes in water, and regard water as all things. The mother of Dongxi has since regarded Xizhai as a common holy place for all ethnic groups, and often worships ghosts and gods here to pray to the heavens.

Before entering Xizhou, although the Peng family insulted and followed local customs, they even moved the copper pillars that had been established with King Ma Xifan of Chu to the outside, and built a mountain pavilion to protect it to show that the Peng family respected the holy land, but at the same time He also keenly realized that the terrain here was a dangerous place and was the only way to Chenzhou, so he had no habit of placing soldiers to guard here for decades.

At this time, in Huixi Village, a seemingly luxurious small camp was built in the open space in the forest. It was covered by cutting trees for the first seven weeks, so it was very hidden. There was no such thing as a world inside the tent. There are rough tables and lifelike battlefield sand tables. The open space around the camp tent is not even a thousand tents made of forests and grass, which are densely spread throughout Huixi Village.

Eight days later, the Dongxi barbarians were waiting here for a while.

When the squad came to report and learned that the Tang army had already landed on the ancient road and set up camp, Xiang Zongyan, deputy governor of Xizhou, decisively issued a military order and appointed his younger brother Tian Hongyou and Luo Erhu, the leader of the Xiang tribe. In order to fight against the thief, the chief and deputy chief commander, he brought 10,000 barbarian soldiers out of the city to camp in Huixi Village.

For Xiang Zongyan, all my hopes are now placed under the strategy offered by Luo Erhu. If the lethality of the poisonous miasma can really be as I said, then Li Yuan from the Tang army will definitely fail here.

He returned to the tribe with Luo Erhu and witnessed the process of making the poison sac with his own eyes. Yin Pengjun finally felt anxious and his face showed great excitement. He immediately gave some of the military power to the Xiang clan member who had made enemies in the past.

Of course, Xiang Zongyan was not so easy to fool, and everything was unknown after the war started.

Just in case, he decisively placed Tian Hongyou, who had the most fierce fight with Yin Pengjun, under the position of the chief governor, and secretly granted the right to deal with the situation on the spot, saying, "The Xiang family is not different, There will be a pardon for immediate execution”.

Therefore, since the two led their troops to retreat to Huixi Village, Luo Erhu faced the domineering Tian Hongyou, as disgusting as if he was choking with a fly in his throat, but in order to take care of the situation, he could only endure the words silently.

The news in the ancient road was ruined, and Tian Hongyou gradually learned about Li Yuan's actions. The barbarian squadrons were extremely cunning. We grew up in the mountains and forests and were good at walking. We were exactly the same as the Wuping scout heavy cavalry, almost all of them. When a single soldier goes out, he can hide his movements very well. The company of the Tang army's small army is brightly lit all night, and we can see clearly that it is already clear.

But Tian Hongyou was concerned about Li Yuan's small camp situation at all. After all, he was a talented general among the Tian clan. I understand very well that the ancient roads are very dense, and they are suitable for ambush attacks, and rely solely on the troops in my hands It is different from equipment to attack the Tang army's tightly garrisoned small camp, not to mention that Yin Pengjun's small number of scouts and heavy cavalry had already been scattered inside and could not be warned at any time.

As for the fire attack strategy offered by the generals, before hearing the scout's return, the Tang army smeared the thick soil and covered the animal skins in the wooden fence in the small camp, Tian Hongyou decisively agreed to the suggestion, whether it was not. In this Tang camp, Peng Shiyu really explained the barbarians' combat habits to Yin Peng thoroughly, which was very troublesome.

At this time, what Tian Hongyou cares about was that Yin Pengjun was coming, when to set off and retreat along the ancient road, once the other party dared to leave the ancient road, this was the beginning of a small battle and it was also a great opportunity for him to make achievements. After all, there was no such killing weapon as poisonous miasma. How can you be full of confidence in your hands?

"Report! Wu Ping scattered out to explore the horse and was exploring you along the ancient road!"

"Report! The Wupingshu Exploser has returned to the camp from the ancient road!"

"Report! The horns of Wuping small camp sounded together and gathered at the camp gate!"

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From dawn, the barbarians' sergeant reported the latest information to the generals of the camp like flowing water, and Tian Hongyou waved his hand and replied: "I understand! Explore again!"

Until he heard a sound: "Report! Yin Peng's troops have left the camp and are walking along the ancient road!"

Yin Pengjun suddenly shuddered, jumped up calmly, and asked in a low voice: "Have you seen a lot of soldiers?"

"Return to the commander-in-chief, Yin Peng's troops and horses were covered with flags and dense teams. Look at this formation, I'm afraid there will be less than 80,000 people! The lord dares to get too close, so he can only come back and report to the commander-in-chief first! ”

Tian Hongyou shouted excitedly in barbarian language, then his eyes were red and he shouted in a low voice: "Good come! I'll send you a military order and order the brothers behind the ancient road to prepare. When the Wuping army is over halfway, let us taste your Dongxi. The toxic miasma is so powerful! This battle must be annihilated all the invading enemies, and the Tang army will survive, and go up and accompany Ma Yuan from the Han Dynasty!"

Several barbarian generals were about to receive the order, but they saw Luo Erhu blocking the way and bowing and saying, "Master, Wu Ping retreats with such a powerful momentum, and the last general always feels nothing strange! This Tang army is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. If anyone comes Is it Yin Peng's main force, but a suspicious soldier. Isn't it was wasting poisonous miasma in vain? The powder for the drug production this time is very precious, and it is collected by your tribe boys, so it is extremely easy to get..."

Tian Hongyou glanced at Luo Erhu with a passion, and then said, "The enemy is the back of the small enemy, all the tribes in Dongxi need to share the same hatred of the enemy. Why are Xiang Dutong stingy with mere medicine powder? The detective has reported it clearly Wuping has at most 20,000 soldiers and horses, so is it the main force? Such a good opportunity, how dare he stop the commander of the commander's military order? What is his intention? Could it be that he is the inner person of the Peng family's rebellious son?!"

It was like a heart-killing act. Luo Erhu was about to slow down his argument, but he saw Tian Hongyou turn his head around and ask several barbarian generals: "Have you prepared a few poison capsules this time?"

A barbarian general replied quickly: "Return to the governor, the general hastily calculated that there are not a total of 7,000 little ones. The north wind was rising in those days, and the trees in the ancient road that were lowered by one zhang were all following the order. After all the poison bags are killed, it should be enough to deal with the 280,000 people in Wuping..."

Tian Hongyou waved his hand and shouted decisively: "It's a matter of little words! Then go quickly, there are so many poison sacs, and use up all the poisonous sacs! Together with the poisonous miasma, they must remember to take antidote powder, all The army rushed over and rushed! Whether it was the Tang army or the Peng family's rioters, the Wuping one was left!"
Chapter completed!