The west entrance of Feihuxing is called Hongshiyuan, which belongs to Lingqiu County of Daizhou. It is less than twenty miles away from the county seat. Hongshiyuan is a hilly area with gentle undulations and dense forests. If it weren't for the eye-catching "Flying Fox" standing on the roadside,

"Xing" stone monument, it is hard to imagine that the entrance to Feihu Xing, the most steep among the eight Taihang mountains, is so gentle.

An unusually eye-catching military camp has been set up at the entrance, with a thousand soldiers stationed inside. The leader of this army, Xue Cui, is a descendant of the Xue family in Hedong, and is also Xiao Mohe's confidant general. He was ordered by Xiao Maha to lead a thousand soldiers.

Besieged Yang Ji from Taiyuan. Since he set out later than Yang Ji, Yang Ji entered

After Feihuxing for a long time, he arrived at Hongshiyan, but he was not in a hurry, because Xiao Mohe said in the letter that the east entrance had been blocked by Dou Kang's five thousand soldiers, and Yang Ji's only way was to retreat.

, it was not too late to kill them. So Xue Cui set up camp at the entrance, preparing to wait for him to come.

This arrangement is not because Xiao Mohe does not want Xue Cui to chase him all the way, but because he is worried that Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou, will kill Xue Cui from behind; if so, not only will Xue Cui not be able to kill Yang Ji, but he will be killed by Li Jing.

Jing and Yang Ji joined forces to fight back. So Xiao Mohe had no choice but to ask Xue Cui to adopt the stupid method of "waiting for the rabbit".

Xiao Mohe knew that although Yang Ji only had more than a hundred people, Yang Ji was a lunatic who used his troops in an eclectic manner, and he could not judge him by common sense. He asked Xue Cui to be careful to avoid being killed by Yang Ji.

Xue Cui didn't take this explanation to heart: on the one hand, the strength gap between the two sides was there. Now that they had finally escaped from the encirclement of the King of Han, how could they rush back? On the other hand, Yang Ji had a heavy responsibility and did not have too much responsibility.

They have wasted so much time on the road, and now they are definitely heading forward with a dull head. If they are intercepted by the Youzhou Army and retreat, it will only be four or five days later.

Compared with Yang Ji, who has a small army and a large number of responsibilities, Xue Cui pays more attention to and worries about the Daizhou Army.

Li Jingxiao, the general manager of Daizhou, was brave and good at fighting, and was good at riding and shooting. As early as the battle to destroy Qi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Jing had already emerged and was awarded the post of Yitong Sansi. Later, he achieved brilliant results in pacifying the rebellion of Yuchi Jiong and was promoted to Kaifu.

Yi and the three divisions were united and won the Ping Kou Kai

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he accompanied Wang Shiji to attack Nanchen as the commander-in-chief of the army, and was promoted to Kaifu for meritorious service. When Gao Zhihui and others rebelled, Li Jing followed Yang Su and must have pacified the Jiangnan

After the rebellion, he was awarded the title of governor of Yanzhou.

Later, he accompanied Wang Shiji on an expedition to Goguryeo. Although the Sui Dynasty was defeated without a fight this time, Li Jing fought against the Turks many times afterwards and killed a large number of Turks. The late emperor Yang Jian was full of praise after hearing his deeds.

, and was successively awarded the positions of governor of Hanzhou and general manager of Daizhou.

How can such a person with rich practical experience be compared to his peers? And how can he be compared to Yang Ji, who is just so unlucky?

Moreover, although Yang Liang has not yet raised the banner of rebellion, many things have been known to everyone for a long time. Based on Xue Cui's understanding of Li Jing, if he learns that he has led troops to break into Daizhou, he will definitely lead troops to fight hard.

To expel himself, he only has a thousand soldiers here. If he and Li Jing were to quarrel, the chance of winning would be slim.

It was precisely because of this obvious tendency in Xue Cui's mind that the establishment of camps and sentry towers, the arrangement of the army, and the distribution of scouts were all biased towards Daizhou, while Feihuxing did not even arrange many scouts.

However, danger often occurs in unexpected places.

The moonlight is bright tonight, and the bright moonlight illuminates the vegetation on the hills extremely clearly, and even the vegetation on the roadside can be distinguished clearly. At midnight, Yang Ji had already brought more than a hundred of his guards.

In the woods a hundred steps away from the military camp, a pair of eyes like evil wolves were paying close attention to the military camp not far away.

Xue Cui's military camp was built on the south bank of Laishui. Due to the narrow terrain, dozens of tents were distributed one after another along the Laishui river bed, showing an east-west arc, with the protruding parts pointing to Lingqiu County in the distance.

direction, and the southeast of Feihuxing entrance is full of spears

, used as a horse-rejecting formation to defend against stolen camps, but there were no spears in the north and southwest of the water. On the one hand, they only had a thousand light cavalry and did not bring so many spears. On the other hand, their generals had a sense of defense.

Weak, I didn't expect Yang Hui to kill a "returning gun".

Yang Ji has been in Liangzhou for so long, and he has done many things in the military by himself. Although he is far from reaching the height of Yang Su, he is not the rookie or weakling he was when he fought against Yiwu. He can quickly see that

The flaw in the military camp. In fact, the terrain on the north bank of Laishui is wider and flatter, which is a good place for a garrison. However, this army chose to climb mountains and face the water instead. This shows that the enemy they are defending is the Daizhou Army from the north bank, not Feihu.

Xing's self.

Judging from the layout of this military camp, it also shows that the general has no overall view, or that he is overly cautious. After all, he only has a thousand soldiers. If Li Jing really leads an army to attack, no matter where he sets up camp, he will inevitably be destroyed.

The end of

How could Jing, the commander-in-chief of Xiazhou, rashly start a war with "friendly forces" without receiving orders from the imperial court? Therefore, if he were replaced by an experienced and courageous general, he would definitely camp on the other side of the river.

Not only does it have a wide field of vision, but it can also prevent enemies from attacking from hills and water.

"The opportunity to defeat the enemy is right in front of us. We will fight as a whole from the hill to the military camp." Yang Ji pointed at the army at the foot of the hill and said to the civil and military personnel around him: "In order to be different from the enemy soldiers,

We all wear white cloth on our heads."

White folding cloth is a cotton cloth specially used to bandage wounds. Just in case, all soldiers on the march have a roll. When the order was passed, the guards took out their armors from their horse bags and put them on, and tied their foreheads with white folding cloth.

Hold the sword and stand ready.

At the third watch, the military camp was already silent. Except for the three fire soldiers patrolling the camp, everyone else was asleep.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Yang Ji and others led the crowd to approach the army. He took off the wind and thunder bow and waved behind him. Thirty archers took off their bows and arrows one after another. When the wind and thunder bow buzzed and fired long arrows, thirty

An arrow also whizzed and shot at the patrolling soldiers.

"Ah!" A series of shrill screams suddenly sounded in the military camp. At the moment when the screams were heard, Xue Ju and Yuchi Gong, who were waiting in full formation, each led a team of cavalry to rush towards the military camp from the hill. Yang Ji

The others followed closely with sharp archers.

The three cavalrymen were like arrows, and they rushed into the camp in an instant.

More than a hundred riders rampaged through the camp, killing the soldiers in the camp and screaming. Soon, the entire camp was like a bombing. The soldiers who woke up from their sleep fled from the camp in panic. They did not know the invading enemy.

How many people feel that there are buildings everywhere?

There was a black shadow, as if there were enemies all around. Groups of soldiers were so frightened that they ran around like headless flies. Because the east and west of the military camp were blocked by spears, and the enemy troops were coming from the south, many soldiers fled towards Lai.

water, swimming desperately to the other side.

At this time, a raging fire was ignited in the southeast corner of the military camp. The tents were densely packed and the river breeze was strong at night. The fire quickly turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. More than a hundred warriors rushed left and right in the area where the military camp was not yet on fire, killing and defending.

Corpses of soldiers littered the fields, and rivers of blood flowed.

Xue Cui's tent was in the northwest corner. He was awakened by screams and shouts of killing in his sleep. He quickly rushed out of the camp with a knife. He thought it was the Daizhou Army attacking the camp at night, but when he saw the intruder clearly

When the enemy only had more than a hundred cavalry, he couldn't help but became furious and ordered: "Stabilize your position and surround them to death!"

Yang Ji and others originally came towards the side where the big flag was. Yuchi Gong, who was rushing in front, saw Xue Cui coming out to take command, so he flew towards this side with his horse, killing the soldiers who had gathered and dispersed.

He grabbed Xue Cui without stopping, the tip of the spear shone with a fierce luster, and stabbed at Xue Cui as fast as lightning. Before Xue Cui could react, the spear blade had already sunk into his chest.

"Your generals are dead, and those who surrender will not be killed." Yuchi Gong roared, and with a force of his hands, he threw Xue Cui's body away for more than ten feet.

The general was killed, and the unmanned soldiers of Yang Liang's army fled in fear.

This battle lasted less than half an hour. It could be said that it came and went in a hurry. Less than 300 soldiers were killed and burned to death in the military camp. However, Yang Ji and others captured more than 400 prisoners.

people, but none of them were injured or killed, not even seriously injured.

But even with such a victory worthy of high-fives and celebrations, Yang Ji couldn't be happy, because this was a civil war that he hated deeply, but had to fight. Regardless of winning or losing, the casualties were his own people, not the Turks or Tyuhun people.

At this moment, hoofbeats rumbled on the other side of Laishui River, and flames shot into the sky. A large black army appeared in the night and surrounded the soldiers who had fled to the other side, making it impossible for anyone in Yang Liang's army to escape.

A general from the army rushed to the shore on horseback and shouted to the south bank: "I am Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou. Where did the soldiers on the other side come from?"

"Same journey!" Yang Ji knew that Li Jing was a loyal man who lived and died for the Sui Dynasty. In order to gain Li Jing's trust, he asked a guard to swim to the other side with his seal.

After Li Jing confirmed Yang Ji's identity, he swam back with the guard. He was wet and saluted and said: "Li Jing, a humble official, is here to see King Wei."

"Mr. Li, no courtesy!" Yang Ji took a look at the general manager of Daizhou by the firelight, and couldn't help but be amazed. This general who fought everywhere turned out to be an exaggeratedly handsome old guy, and he was tall but not thick.

, but very fit, just like a bodybuilder. At this time, he took off his armor and wore a soaked lining, which stretched the muscles on his body into clear lines and strong strength.

Seeing that there were not many people in Yang Ji, Li Jing couldn't help but ask: "Why did the king come to this Longtan Tiger's Den?"

"It's hard to explain in one sentence!" Yang Ji smiled bitterly and told his mission exactly. With things going this far, I'm afraid the key figures from all parties knew that they were going to Youzhou to arrest Dou Kang and seize military power. If it happened again,

I thought it was a secret and I was the big sb.

Besides, I have something that I need Li Jing to cooperate with. If he is secretive, how can he cooperate willingly?

"According to your Majesty's words, there is no doubt that the King of Han will rebel?" Li Jing said solemnly.

"It's 100% that he rebelled." Yang Ji nodded and reminded Li Jing: "If Brother Han Wang rebels, Daizhou will definitely bear the brunt. Please make preparations in advance, Manager Li."

"Moreover, it invades like fire and moves like thunder." Li Jing added with a wry smile, and then said: "It's just that there are only 5,000 soldiers in Daizhou, so I'm afraid they can't withstand the thunderous power of the King of Han."

"You have two lines of reinforcements!" Yang Ji said: "The first is the Youzhou army that I will bring over, but you must guard Feihuxing for me, otherwise I have millions of soldiers and can't come to Daizhou; the second is Shuozhou.

General Manager Yang Yichen, he is defending the border state of the Turks and has a lot of troops. You can contact him in advance and ask him to Chen Binglou and the Guan Pass area."

"It's easy to talk here, Your Majesty, but are Manager Yang willing to listen to me?" Li Jing said with some embarrassment. He and Yang Yichen had a very good personal relationship, but both of them were people with a clear distinction between public and private affairs. If there is no conclusive evidence that Yang Liang rebelled, Yang Yichen

Not necessarily willing to move from the north.

Yang Ji pondered for a long time and said, "I will write him a letter to clarify the relationship. You can just have someone send it to Shanyang County."

Li Jing was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."

"They are all serving the country! Manager Li, you don't have to be polite." Yang Ji changed the topic and said to Li Jing, "But I also have an unkind favor here."

Li Jing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."

"You lend me three hundred elite soldiers first!" Yang Ji's whereabouts have been exposed, and Dou Kang must also know that he is going to deal with him. If Dou Kang decides to follow Yang Liang all the way to the end and rise up to resist, he will

The number of men was not enough for the Youzhou army, so they decided to borrow some troops from Li Jing.

"This..." After Li Jing heard from Yang Ji that Yang Liang would definitely rebel, he felt that Daizhou's five thousand soldiers were stretched thin, no matter where they were deployed.

Somewhat embarrassed.

"What?" Yang Ji frowned and said, "Does Manager Li feel embarrassed?"

"Of course not. We can still clearly distinguish the important and the inferior. I will hand over three hundred soldiers to the king. What does the king think?" Li Jing knew that Yang Ji's mission was the most critical link in the northern battle of Bingzhou. Yang Ji

The success or failure of this mission is closely related to the safety of Daizhou.

Related: If a war breaks out and Daizhou does not receive timely assistance from the Youzhou Army, he will definitely be defeated. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is and how small the troops are, Daizhou must work hard to help Yang Ji complete this mission, let alone the three.

If it's a hundred, even three thousand, he still has to give it.

"Thank you, Mr. Li. I will remember your favor!" Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief. It was fun to talk to people who understood the truth. If it were someone who didn't have an overall view, he would definitely put his own interests first at this time.

No matter whether others live or die.
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