On October 29th, at the end of the Chen Dynasty, Zhang Hongfan led the Yuan army's vanguard and the central army to a canyon. According to the information, after passing this canyon and entering the jungle, there was a village deep in the jungle, which was Hongdong Village. The remnants of the Song army, including the Song Dynasty crown prince Zhao Mengbei, were there.

From the entrance of the valley, you can see that the canyon passage is only a hundred feet wide, long and deep, full of weeds and rocks, and from time to time, gray fog surging, making people feel a sense of disappearance when they enter it. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon stand like screens, towering into the clouds, and flying apes are hard to climb... There is no need for any clever military vision, even if a general soldier is a general, it can be seen that this is a dangerous place.

"This is the battlefield that the marshal preset?" Zhang Jie and dozens of heavily armored cavalry and sanctuary rings protected Zhang Hongfan, who had abandoned his car and rode a horse, climbed up to look into the terrain in front of him and took a breath.

Zhang Hongfan smiled: "Is this terrain not good? It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a wide view and dense jungle on both sides. You can cut down wood and set up a village, wait for the Song army to come to the door. How is it not good?"

The terrain before the canyon was indeed as Zhang Hongfan said, a stream winding from the depths of the mountains swirling by the mountain road, with clear rivers, enough for the army to drink. The high mountains and low ridges on both sides of the mountain road were lush, and you could just carry two axes to cut them into a large handful of wood. Especially the terrain here is very open, enough to accommodate thousands of troops, and when you reach the entrance of the canyon, it immediately ends up like a trumpet.

Such a terrain is indeed an excellent place to set up an ambush. However, as long as the opponent is not fainting, no one will get into such a pocket.

The Yuan army did not even think about it, but still hoped that the Song army would learn it?

The Yuan general who was accompanying him was afraid to speak, and only looked at Zhang Jie. Under the power of the marshal, this one could speak.

Zhang Jie didn't have much scruples and said bluntly: "Such a dangerous first-line sky march is a taboo in military strategists. If we don't enter the valley, will the Song army dare to leave the valley?"

Zhang Hongfan said casually: "Zhao Meng Bei uses his body as bait to catch my 100,000 army. How can I not use his body as bait to catch his thousands of remaining soldiers? If he really talks about it, he still makes a profit. Whether this transaction is done or not."

Zhang Jie and other generals were surprised: "The Marshal's intention is that Zhao Mengbei dared to use thousands of remaining soldiers and a group of barbarians to actively attack our vanguard, the elite of the central army?"

Zhang Hongfan said: "I saw this son fighting with extraordinary courage and was happy to be in danger. He relied on the advantages of his weapons and often attacked the masses with fewer troops and succeeded repeatedly. If his troops were the same, he would not let him go. I, Zhang Hongfan, is the most important national hatred in the eyes of the Song people, and he must be eliminated and quickly. He has these thousands of elite combat powers. If he can destroy them in one battle, he will win this battle."

That's right. Zhang Hongfan was the Marshal of the Southern Expedition; while the Yuan army vanguard and the central army were the elite among the 100,000 troops in the Southern Expedition. Not to mention annihilation, even if it was defeated, the battle would be basically won.

So, Zhang Hongfan raised a big problem to Song Jun and Zhao Lie - I won't go in, I'm waiting for you here, three soldiers and two generals, fresh and delicious, do you dare to speak out?

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In the canyon, Zhao Lie, a group of generals and chiefs of the Eight-Span Barbarian tribes, all of whom were wearing armor and swords, waiting for the battle.

The news came soon. The Yuan army had 5,000 vanguards and 3,000 central troops, totaling 8,000 elite troops. They set up camps at the entrance of the valley, but had no intention of entering the valley. Instead, they blocked the entrance of the valley. Then, 15,000 troops were rushing towards them. The two armies were 50 miles away from the mountain road and could meet at noon tomorrow at the latest. Once the two armies merged, it would double the difficulty of defeating the Yuan army, not to mention that Li Heng, who was left behind in Qiongguan, would send a large number of reinforcements according to the battle situation at any time.

When the generals saw this move, they understood what tricks the Yuan army, or Zhang Hongfan played - to turn the tables.

The situation in front of Zhao Lie is that Zhang Hongfan also used his body as bait to provoke the Dragon Crimson Army - I will give you a chance, do you dare to eat it?

This is also an open conspiracy, an unavoidable plot!

Taking the body as bait, everyone is serious.

Zhao Lie frowned: It is worthy of being Zhang Hongfan. He used his own way to give back to him, throwing back the problem of "not entering the valley" to himself, turning it into "not leaving the valley", and taking the initiative in the battle back in one go.

Fortunately, the Commander has also deduced this situation during the deduction of the battle situation, which is not too surprising. However, we must make up our minds and fight to the death!

The total number of troops that the Dragon Que Army can invest in combat is more than 5,800, plus the 3,500 Bafan barbarian soldiers led by Hongfan, with a force of nearly 10,000. There are still more than 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, which are indispensable logistics forces for a large army, but they cannot be brought to the battlefield.

In terms of force, it is similar to the Yuan army at Gukou, but according to the report of Jianshou Battalion, the Yuan army's vanguard and central army were all elite, with more than 70% of the combat soldiers, including the Red Army and Mongolian Army. Even the Han army and the new affiliated army were all wearing armor, strong and strong, and the entire army exuded a murderous aura, which was completely different from ordinary military soldiers.

"This is a powerful army with hundreds of battles. Its combat power is far above the 8,000 troops of the Humilius Hague that encircled the Wan'an army, and it is even no less than the elite Beiting army of Ali Hague." Ouyang Guanhou, who went to reconnaissance together, added with a solemn expression.

The Beiting Army in Ali Hague had seen and competed, and had a deep understanding of the strength of that army. At that time, the Beiting Army in Ali Hague had only a thousand people, but it had caused heavy losses to the Song army. Now, the Yuan army with the same combat power opposite has more than 6,000 (excluding non-combatants such as servicemen).

The generals lost their voices for a moment, especially the clan leaders of the Bafan Man. The elders looked at each other with panic expressions of fear and anxiety.

Zhao Lie looked at Jiang Fenglie, and the latter smiled indifferently: "Don't forget, Ali Hague was hit hard by the Song army in Yacheng, not our Dragon Que Army. On the contrary, Ali Hague and his Beiting army were eventually killed by our Dragon Que Army."

Jiang Fenglie's words immediately made everyone feel relieved. Isn't it? Since the founding of the Longque Army, it has repeatedly fought against strong enemies. Every time it has not been defeated by the weak, and by the few, it has never been defeated.

Zhao Lie looked around and said loudly: "The opponent is a famous general, and we choose a famous general! The opponent is a strong army with a hundred battles, and we fight a strong army with a hundred battles! I will swallow this bait from Zhang Hongfan!"

Zhao Lie made a decision and decided tone.

Zhao Lie signaled the generals and the eighth-part barbarians to come forward and form a circle, drawing their swords on the hard rocks, saying: "If you want to win this battle, you don't need any advanced military strategy. You only need to achieve two battle intentions. One is to clear the obstacles in front of the Yuan army camp at the Gukou, so that our army can build an artillery position and directly hit his central army. The other is to seize the peak behind the Yuan army's camp, establish a stable position here, block the Yuan army's retreat route, and at the same time intercept the Yuan army's rear army, prevent the two armies from gathering and Qiongguan reinforcements. As long as the purpose of these two battles is achieved, Zhang Hongfan will be dead!"

Zhao Lie's explanation is very simple, so simple that even the Bafan Barbarians who have no military knowledge can understand it at first glance, but what they don't understand is why they are fighting for huge risks to clear the obstacles in front of the Yuan army camp, but not taking advantage of the victory to rush the camp but building a "artillery position"... Also, if it is not a problem to ambush a force on that mountain to block the enemy before this, it is very necessary. But at this moment, when we are dispatching troops and horses, we can only go around the path because we cannot march from the valley entrance and can only send a small number of troops. With more people, not only will the march be slow, but we may not be able to place so many troops on the mountain. With fewer troops, how can we stop thousands of troops?

The clan elders said confusion, and Zhao Lie and all the generals under their command laughed. Hong Siniang looked at Zhao Lie, but when she said something, she still refused to say it.

Zhao Lie skipped and refused to answer the first question, anyway, they would naturally see and feel it. Zhao Lie also did not answer the second question: "Does that mountain have a name?"

Hong Siniang and the elders of all the clans shook their heads: "No."

"Then let's call it Wuming Peak for the time being." Zhao Lie's eyes were deep, "After this battle, it will definitely have a name that history will remember."
Chapter completed!