In the early morning, the autumn wind blows, the sky is without moon, the stars are twinkling, and the wilderness is pitch black.

Near Huoshui, in the large woods that stretched for miles, it was also pitch black, with a faint figure shaking and touching the forest.

This was a group of soldiers wearing armor who slowly came to the edge of the woods, stopped and looked out.

However, their eyes could not penetrate the night, and they could not see anything unusual in the weeds outside. After a while, they hugged and walked out carefully.

After walking out of the woods for about a hundred steps and confirming that there were no abnormalities around them, they learned a few bird calls.

After a moment, more people walked out of the woods, walking northwards with the "forwards" who came out of the woods first, one after another.

After walking for a while, shouts suddenly sounded around him, but Qi soldiers lying ambushed on the periphery shot arrows at these two uninvited guests.

In the chaos, Liang Bing, who was risking breaking through, had to retreat to the woods because it was covered in darkness and he didn't know how casualties were.

The Qi soldiers did not pursue and stayed there, shot arrows at the figures vaguely in the grass, watching the prey escape back the same way.

I don’t know how long it took, but the grasses returned to peace, and there was no other sound except the sound of wind blowing the grass and trees.

It is said that some birds and birds cried at night in the woods at night, but there was no sound in the large woods in front of you. The soldiers of the Qi army knew that it was not that the birds fell asleep, but that the birds were eaten up.

Liang Bing, who fled into the woods and the water seeds next to him, had been besieged by them for ten days, so even Liang Bing had already finished eating it with dry food on his body.

This forest has a water radius of more than ten miles. It is said that there are tens of thousands of Liang Bing who hide in it. Apart from catching birds and beasts, swimming fish, eating bark and grass roots, there is no source of food.

A few days ago, some smoke rose in the woods sooner or later. It was thought that Liang Bing had fired to burn prey. After that, there was no movement in the woods.

I think Liang Bing has eaten everything he can eat, and there are people everywhere in the woods, and birds dare not fall into the forest. Where does the night cry come from at night?

The east was faintly white, and the sky gradually became brighter. Qi soldiers who had been waiting all night felt relieved.

This forest, outside the water, is a large wilderness. During the day, cavalrymen take turns to cruise outside, which is enough to force the Liang soldiers to shrink into the woods and unable to break through.

Therefore, they can rest during the day, but they have to stay up late to guard against Liang Bing breaking through at night.

For the past ten days, Liang Bing has been trying to break through, but it all ended in failure.

To the east, there were also sporadic Liang troops trying to approach, but they were all repelled by Qi cavalry.

In a short time, the Qi army infantry coming from Yucheng to the west will soon arrive at this place named "Jiulizha". At that time, it will be the end of the Liang soldiers in the forest.

The Qi soldiers were confident in the battle that followed. Although the Liang soldiers were large in number, they were hungry for a few days and probably didn't have much strength to fight.

On the south side, on the south bank of Huoshui, Qi cavalry camped in. When he got up early, Zhu Hunyuan looked at the east side of Lubai, and then looked at the large forest stretching for miles north, thinking about it.

He is old and wakes up early, gets up and moves his muscles and bones, and thinks about the current situation.

The Liang army cavalry trapped in Longqiaogu could not escape because they had no horses. However, after Zhu Hunyuan and other infantry caught up, they quickly took down Longqiaogu and captured all the remaining Liang army soldiers in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, Li Li is not among them.

Through interrogation of different prisoners, it was confirmed that Li Li did not lead the army.

So he led the cavalry to catch Jiulizha, which was underwater. The infantry followed him and waited for the infantry and cavalry to meet, and they wanted to "eat" the Liang soldiers of Jiulizha.

There were more than 10,000 Liang soldiers trapped in front of me, and they were already cages. They had been hungry for a few days and should not have much strength and it would be difficult to annihilate them.

But Zhu Hunyuan was wary of the powerful weapons that the opponent might have, and did not intend to attack forcefully, but set fire.

It is now autumn, and the plants and trees are beginning to wither. They set fire on the upper wind direction, and the smoke is scattered, which can make Liang soldiers hiding in the woods and water shui in the lower wind direction.

As a result, nearly 30,000 Liang army infantry and cavalry were wiped out by him, and the opponent must have suffered severe damage to his vitality.

If there are reinforcements coming from Xuzhou, he will clean up together.

After thinking about it, Zhu Hunyuan didn't think that the Liang army had any chance to turn defeat into victory. The scouts he sent were moving within a radius of dozens of miles of camping place at night, and would not give the Liang army an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But Zhu Hunyuan, who had fought for decades, vaguely felt something was wrong.

What's wrong?

I couldn't say it, but this feeling made him feel a little restless, but after thinking about it, I really couldn't think of the situation so far, and there was something wrong with it.

The Liang army had nearly 30,000 infantry and cavalry, and the cavalry that came forward was annihilated by him. The infantry lost their baggage and were trapped in the woods and water marsh, and hungry for ten days.

If there are problems with these tens of thousands of people, then what is the problem?

The captured Liang army horses were all good and the cavalry were well equipped.

The fired, the seized supplies, food and food were genuine, and they did not use mud and sand to pretend to be food, and the military wars were also well-made.

The Liang army infantry killed were wearing many armor. Although this armor was a bit strange, it was decorated with armor leaves on the inside of the cloth clothes, but the armor leaves were well-made and not the kind of rust iron sheets used to recharge.

The Liang army infantry hid in the woods, leaning on the little dry food they carried, and couldn't last long. Now ten days have passed, and the other party may have eaten up all the food in the woods.

In a few more days, the morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos.

All signs show that the Liang army, which has nearly 30,000 people, is not a weak soldier and is well equipped. It is about to reach the end of the road and there is nothing to doubt.

The sky was getting brighter and the dawn was shining on the ground, but Zhu Hunyuan looked at the seemingly endless forest in the distance and calmed down.

Perhaps, people tend to be suspicious when they get older, but they were not like this before.

More than 30 years ago, the six towns were in chaos, but Zhu Hunyuan followed the rebels to uprising, conquered cities and territories, made many military achievements, and was also named the king.

But the good times did not last long. The imperial army that came to quell the rebellion was unstoppable. However, after Zhu Hunyuan was defeated, he defected to the powerful minister Erzhu Rong.

A few years later, he followed Yongzhou Governor Erzhu Tianguang to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion. He then served as the governor of Weizhou and became an official in Guanzhong.

Later, the Erzhu family was defeated, and Gao Huan became a powerful minister who controlled the government. Hebayue, who occupied Guanzhong, was dissatisfied, but was assassinated by the Qinzhou Marquis Mo Chenyue. His confidant, Xiazhou Governor Yuwen Tai, gained power and soon occupied Guanzhong.

However, Zhu Hunyuan assisted Hou Mo Chenyue's family to escape and occupied Qinzhou. After repelling Yuwen Tai's attack, he could not stay in Guanzhong and could only travel thousands of miles to detour Heshuo and seek eastward for Gao Huan.

Since then, as the general of Wei (Eastern Wei), he has fought with the generals everywhere, made great achievements in military affairs, and was awarded the title of king. Now he has been promoted to the Grand Tutor.

Over the past thirty years, Zhu Hunyuan has fought countless battles and experienced countless ups and downs. Now he really can't imagine how Liang Jun can turn the tables.

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In the woods, the beam soldiers who were logging as gates divided their responsibilities. Some were responsible for guarding the periphery, some were quick to sleep, and some were gathered together to chat and eat instant noodles.

Although there is no fire or boiling water to soak the instant noodles, eating instant noodles dry is also very comfortable.

Instant noodles are fried foods, so they can be eaten without cooking. And because they are salty and oily, they feel particularly satisfied when eaten.

So all fingers that are stained with oil have to suck them cleanly and you cannot waste a drop of oil.

Ten days after the attack, all the supplies were lost. Liang Bing, who was hiding in the woods, did not carry much dry food. The reason why he stayed in the woods and water ponds for ten days was that he had never stopped three meals a day.

The reason is naturally "prepared".

The chief general Wu Xiang was eating instant noodles at this moment while patrolling the simple camp in the forest. He watched the soldiers all in full spirit and were very satisfied.

Looking at Huang Cancan’s instant noodles in his hand, Wu Xiang really felt that this thing was good and could come in handy at critical moments.

But although the things are good, he has no magical power to retrieve things from a distance and can bring a large amount of instant noodles from other places.

When they arrived deep in the woods, Wu Xiang looked at the empty pits and remembered the situation when everyone followed the mark to "dig treasures" on the night they first entered the woods.

The large amount of "canned instant noodles" buried in the woods in advance and various supplies greatly increased the confidence of the soldiers who "defeated" into the woods.

It is precisely because of sufficient material support that they can persist in the woods until now.

The Qi army probably was concerned about the powerful weapons they had, so they did not dare to enter the forest rashly, so they just guarded the outside world. It seemed that they were going to wait for the infantry to arrive.

Then set fire, burn the woods, or burn them to the point of being too hot to bear, and run out on their own.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiang looked up at the canopy of a big tree in front of him. At the top of the canopy, there was a 'observation post', and the trees were high above the trees.

In the observation post, the sentry can observe the situation around the woods through a telescope.

There is not much time left for them. Once the Qi army and cavalry gather together and set fire to the woods, they really can't stay.

However, Wu Xiang knew that the task of him and his soldiers was to nail the Jiulizha, and he had to persevere no matter what.

Wu Xiang climbed to the top of the tree, looked at the rising sun outside, and remembered Li Li's words:

"When it comes to riding, we are not as good as them, but when it comes to fishing, it's different."
Chapter completed!