A large Sui army of nearly two thousand people marched rapidly northeast on the muddy official road. The autumn rain hit their faces, and piles of dark gray clouds pressed the earth low. ←,. Oh dear

It was already late autumn, and the endless forests in the forest were bare, and rows of old trees stood gloomy on both sides of the official road. The ruthless autumn wind and rain stripped off their beautiful coats, revealing their unconcealed old bark and deep wrinkles on the trunks.

The crops in the millet fields have been harvested, and the fields have become particularly desolate, with only groups of black crows hovering on the fields for food.

The Sui army led by Zhang Xuan had arrived in the Feicheng County area of ​​Jibei County. After walking more than a hundred miles, they entered Qi County.

At the front of the team, Zhang Xuan rode on the tall horse, looking at the surrounding environment and laughed at Wei Yunqi beside him, "It's not the first time sir," he said.

Wei Yunqi has resigned as the position of Luoyang County Magistrate and is currently the chief of staff in Zhang Xuan's army. He is in charge of military affairs for Zhang Xuan, while Liu Ling is transferred to the position of the warehouse manager to serve as military officer, in charge of material resources and supplies. The two of them perform their respective duties.

Wei Yunqi smiled bitterly and said, "I came to Qufu, Lu County to study for more than 20 years ago. I often traveled to this area. At that time, this area was very prosperous. Unlike now, there was no trace of people walking hundreds of miles."

"Is there any bandits in this area?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"Which county in Shandong has no riots? This is the territory of Xu Yuanlang, the thief general of Lu County. It was originally the territory called by Zhang Jin. After Zhang Jin said that he had withdrawn south of the Yellow River, Xu Yuanlang, the Lu County, took advantage of the opportunity to enter."

Zhang Xuan was a little surprised. Wei Yunqi was just a small Luoyang county magistrate. How could he know so many things that the Ministry of War might not know.

Wei Yunqi understood Zhang Xuan's confusion and smiled and said, "Although I am in a humble position, I am paying attention to the situation of bandits in various places every day and asking for information from various channels. What I said is what refugees who fled to the capital told me."

So that's it. Zhang Xuan suddenly realized that Wei Yunqi was a person who was interested and was not willing to be lonely. No wonder he agreed to himself so happily.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. Two cavalrymen who were sent to investigate the situation rushed over. Seeing that they were running anxiously, Zhang Xuan immediately waved his hand and "stop moving forward"

The army stopped moving forward. Zhang Xuan urged him to come forward and asked loudly, "What happened?"

Two spies rushed forward and strangled their horses to report: "Report to the general, there are troops fighting in front of them."

This is surprising. Zhang Xuan asked again: "What is the specific situation?"

A spy pointed to the distance and said, "Just on a hill twenty miles ahead, not far from the county town, a Sui army was surrounded by thousands of chaotic bandits. The Sui army is currently on a high place, and it is estimated that there are not many people."

At this time, this was not the first time that Zhang Xuan was so blind in Goguryeo. That time he was not experienced enough. Before he understood the terrain, he sent Chen Xu down the mountain from behind to attack the enemy. If it weren't for the help of Shen Guang, their situation would be dangerous. Zhang Xuan learned his lesson, and no matter how anxious he was, he could not fight blindly.

At this time, Wei Yunqi next to him suggested: "General, you might as well send a scout to inform the Sui army that there are reinforcements coming, so that they can hold on and buy us time."

Zhang Xuan nodded. Wei Yunqi's suggestion came with him, and he immediately ordered his personal soldiers: "Go and invite Captain Shen to come quickly."

The personal soldiers turned their horses and ran towards the back army. Soon, Chen Guang led a few subordinates to come on horseback. Chen Guang bowed and said, "Please give me instructions."

"I found thousands of chaotic bandits surrounding the hills, and there were very likely Sui troops on the hills. I want Master Chen to go up the mountain to contact the Sui army first."

Zhang Xuan whispered a few more words, Chen Guang clasped his fists and said, "I'll go now."

Chen Guang waved his hand and "Come with me." He rode away with his horse and several of his men.

Zhang Xuan led his army to leave the official road and continued to march along a path next to the woods. At the same time, he sent more than a dozen scouts to investigate the situation along the way to prevent the enemy from ambushing in the woods.

The hill where the war broke out was located five miles southwest of Feicheng County. It was an unknown hill, standing abruptly on the field like a small steamed bun. The hill was only three or four miles in a radius, with bushes and messy trees on the hill.

At this time, nearly 5,000 rioters surrounded Shangang, led by bandit leader Xu Yuanlang himself, attempting to trap the 200 Sui army who came to Feicheng County to urge grain to death on Shangang.

Chen Guang led his men to lurk on the north side of the hill. There were large cliffs and the terrain was very dangerous. It was almost impossible to go up and down from here.

It is also for this reason that there are no bandits surrounding this cliff that is more than 50 meters long. Chen Guang chose the way up the mountain here. For him, the cliff is no different from the ordinary road up the mountain.

"Captain Shen, I'm afraid I can't go up the mountain here," said a man looking at the straight cliff and looking at the straight cliff.

Chen Guang looked at the vines growing on the cliff and smiled and said, "I can just go up alone. After contacting the Sui army, I will shoot the letter and arrows. You can report to the general."

Chen Guang stood up and ran towards the cliff a hundred steps away. He ran away with the help of half a man-high weeds, and in just a moment he ran to the bottom of the cliff.

He pressed his body against the depression of the cliff, observed vigilantly for a while, and turned around and climbed up the mountain like a spider, slowly climbing up the mountain like a spider. Then he grabbed a vine and rose faster.

The two whistle-snooping were stunned. At this moment, a group of about dozens of bandits were walking from afar and laughing. Several Sui soldiers immediately leaned into the weeds and looked nervously at the sunken light on the cliff.

At this time, the sunlight was located halfway up the cliff, about two feet away from the ground, surrounded by bare cliff walls, with no hiding place or vines covering them. Even his military uniform was very different from the gray-white cliff walls. As long as the bandits looked up, they could clearly see the people on the cliff walls.

Chen Guang pressed his body tightly against the stone wall and did not move at all. At this time, he could not move, and he would be discovered by the people below.

Chen Guang held the vine with his left hand and grabbed a rock crack with his right hand. His feet were hanging in the air and there was no place to stand. He gradually couldn't bear it. Sweat rolled down his forehead. Seeing a group of bandits having walked under him, the group of people actually sat down in front of the stone wall under him. As long as he raised his eyes, he could see the sunken light on his head.

Several Sui soldiers in the distance were so nervous that they were about to jump out, and they clasped their hands and prayed in a low voice, "Buddha bless, Buddha bless"

Chen Guang slowly bit the dagger in his mouth, and he could no longer support it. Instead of being shot to death by their arrows on the stone wall, it would be better to jump down and fight with these bandits.

He made up his mind and was about to jump off, when a bandit general rushed over on a horse and shouted: "You bastards, how dare you hiding here and being lazy. Go back and dig a trench, go quickly."

The bandit soldiers had no choice but to get up, pat their butts, and followed the officers to the place where they came and went, gradually moving away.

Chen Guang let out a long sigh. His back was soaked. He then grabbed the rattan and climbed up, and soon climbed up the cliff. His figure disappeared into the bushes, and several Sui soldiers in the distance breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xuan's army also arrived five miles away at this time. They were hiding in a vast mountain forest, and they could see the hill besieged by bandits from afar.

Zhang Xuan stood alone on a large rock and looked at the hills in the distance. The hills were only more than twenty feet high at most. Except for a few cliffs, the rest were surrounded by dense bandits. Obviously, the bandits were preparing to use the method of siege to force the Sui army to break through and then encircle and annihilate them.

If the other party does not have reinforcements, this is indeed a good tactic, but the bandits did not expect their own army to arrive.

At this time, a personal soldier ran to report, "General, Captain Chen's subordinates are back."

Zhang Xuan immediately turned around and returned to the soldier's garrison. A subordinate of Chen Guang handed a letter to Zhang Xuan, "Report to General, this is the handwritten letter from Captain Chen."

"How is the defense on the other side of Shangang?" Zhang Xuan took the letter and asked.

"I saw bandit soldiers digging trenches, probably to prevent the army from breaking through on the mountain. There was no defense in the rest. The soldiers were loose, the equipment was bad, and all kinds of weapons were available."

Zhang Xuan nodded and opened the letter. He was stunned. It turned out to be Luo Shixin, which was really beyond his expectations.

At this time, Wei Yunqi walked over and asked, "Has Captain Chen gone up the mountain?"

"The Sui army trapped on the mountain was actually Luo Shixin. There were only more than 180 people, and nearly half of them were injured." Zhang Xuan handed the letter to Wei Yunqi.

Wei Yunqi read the letter and said to Zhang Xuan: "I just thought about it, and I think it's probably not that simple."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Does Xu Yuanlang actually besieged the city and attacked the aid?"

Wei Yunqi nodded slowly, "I think so, there is no need to use siege to deal with 200 people. It is too time-consuming. Just go up the mountain and attack directly. You can even burn the mountain to force the Sui army down. The letter also made it clear that nearly half of the people were injured, and the Sui army no longer had any combat power. I think Xu Yuanlang knew that Zhang Xutuo would not watch Luo Shixin die, and would definitely come to rescue him."

After pausing, Wei Yunqi said again: "Maybe Xu Yuanlang and Zhang Jinsheng reached a tacit understanding and used the strategy of transferring tigers from the mountain to transfer Zhang Xutuo's main force from Qi County. Zhang Jinsheng said that the army took advantage of the situation to attack Licheng. You should know that the wealthy families in Qi County are concentrated in Licheng County. If Zhang Xutuo sent not many reinforcements, Xu Yuanlang would eat the reinforcements directly."

Zhang Xuan was secretly shocked. Wei Yunqi's analysis was indeed very impressive. It was very likely that he asked again: "With Mr. Na, what should I do?"

Wei Yunqi stroked his beard and smiled and said, "If the enemy was besieging the city and attacking reinforcements, then they would not attack the mountains easily. The Sui army was besieged for only one day, and there was still time. The key was reinforcements. We must notify General Zhang in time to tell him not to fall into a trap, and even use the trap."

Zhang Xuan laughed, "I think it's better to ask a sir to come."

Wei Yunqi agreed happily, and Zhang Xuan gave him a command arrow, then called Chen Xu, and said to him: "Start fifty cavalry guards to Qi County, be careful not to fall into the ambush of the enemy."

"Abide by the orders of low duties"
Chapter completed!