The deputy general of the Qin army, Changxinhou Wangjian, guessed correctly. As he led the Iron Eagle Army along the river towards Luocheng, there were indeed spies from the Wei army watching their every move.
In addition to the cavalry scouts led by Zhendan, the leader of the Lun clan, there were also the Green Crows who had been lurking in the nearby area earlier.
Compared with the former, the eyes of the Green Crows were more vicious, so much so that before the Iron Eagle Army led by Wang Jian had gone more than ten miles, the intelligence about this Qin army had been sent to a certain place by the Green Crows.
It is in the hands of His Royal Highness King Su.
"The Marquis of Changxin, Wang Jian... seems to be a big shot."
Just as the Iron Eagle Army was on their way, in the nearby mountain forest, among the crows, a young man who looked like he was in his twenties was biting a grass stem and leaning on the side of a tree.
Next to the tree trunk, he frowned slightly and looked at the Qin Army cavalry in the distance.
As an assassin's intuition, he felt that the Qin soldiers in the distance might have noticed the existence of their Blue Crows.
Of course, this was just a feeling. After all, the Qin army did not send cavalry scouts to inquire about the situation. Therefore, Ya Bajiu was not sure.
But no matter what, as long as they keep an eye on the Qin army's movements, they will have completed their mission.
Suddenly, the Qin army's cavalry in the distance sped up.
"Discovered?"
Ya Bajiu's heart tightened, thinking that the Qin cavalry had noticed the movement and was preparing to get rid of them.
But after thinking about it carefully, Crow felt relieved.
"Maybe it's because it's going to rain?"
Crow 89 raised his head and glanced at the sky, thinking to himself.
Sure enough, when the Qing Crows caught up with the Qin cavalry, the Qin Iron Eagle cavalry was camping on the plain terrain on the north side of Changhao Mountain, setting up military tents that they carried with them.
Take shelter from rain.
Perhaps due to the lack of time, the Iron Eagle Army did not set up any fences for the camp, but only set up thousands of military tents on the plain terrain. Then, they hid in their respective military tents due to the sudden thunderstorm.
"It's a pity that there is no army of Wei Dynasty around here..."
Hiding in the mountain forest, Ya Bajiu looked at the Qin army's almost undefended camp in the distance with regret.
If a Wei army suddenly entered the camp at this time, the unprepared Qin army would be defeated.
"How about we try to assassinate the enemy general? This is a good opportunity to assassinate the enemy general."
From the side, one of the accompanying Blue Crows joked, causing the other Blue Crows to agree in a joking manner.
But joking aside, night raids and assassinations are not the strengths of the Blue Crows. After all, the Green Crows focus on gathering intelligence. Things like assassinating enemy generals are what the Black Crows are good at.
Thinking of the Black Crows, the Green Crows, who were once quite jealous of their colleagues, laughed secretly in their hearts.
It's no wonder, after all, news from the Yangxia area has already reached here. Who would have thought that the Hidden Thieves Village, which the Black Crows had been running for several years, had to be abandoned recently due to the invasion of the Chu Army?
Although the Black Crows moved all the people in their hidden bandit village to Shangshui City in advance, and there was not much loss in personnel, the loss of face was an indisputable fact.
"Rumble--"
After a flash of lightning, a burst of thunder resounded across the sky, and then the rain became heavier and heavier, turning into a torrential downpour in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Ya Bajiu and other blue crows no longer bothered to tease the black crows, and one by one they hid in the simple rain shelters they had just built with branches and grass leaves. They hid in the sheds and endured the humidity and wind.
With the rain hitting my face, I waited in boredom for the rain to stop.
They wanted to chat to relieve their boredom, but unfortunately, the rain was so heavy that they couldn't hear what their companions were saying even if they were not far apart.
At this time, in the simple military camp of the Qin army, Changxinhou Wangjian did not rest as Ya Bajiu and others thought. He summoned his generals to his military tent and waited outside.
With thunder roaring, he issued orders to his subordinates.
"...Half an hour later, the entire army will set off and head straight for Mount Wei! Be sure not to alert the nearby Wei army..."
After hearing what Changxinhou Wangjian said, all the generals in the tent were secretly shocked.
Or a general advised: "General, the heavy rain is pouring at the moment, which is not conducive to marching..."
That is true. Since ancient times, it has been rare to march under the overwhelming force of the army. After all, in such bad weather and the muddy and slippery roads, it is impossible to march.
But Wang Jian's attitude was very resolute, because he knew very well that if he wanted to attack the Wei army by surprise, he could only attack the enemy unprepared by moving dangerously. Only by using surprise troops could he attack the enemy unprepared.
Although traveling in the rain may cause many soldiers to catch wind and cold, as long as this surprise army can catch the Wei army (Yanling army) who is attacking the Ling tribe by surprise, then it will be worth it!
"I have made up my mind, no need to say any more!... Half an hour later, we will abandon the tents and set off with the whole army!" Wang Jian waved his hand and ordered.
The generals looked at each other and did not dare to disobey.
Half an hour later, the rain only weakened slightly, but the rain was still as heavy as cardamom. While the Green Crows who were monitoring the Iron Eagle Army were still hiding in awnings or caves in the mountains and forests to take shelter from the rain, Wang
The Iron Eagle Army led by Jian quietly left the camp amidst the sound of thunderstorms and galloped away on horseback.
Because the sound of the thunderstorm obscured the movements of the Iron Eagle Army, the Green Crows who were monitoring the Qin Army did not notice that the Qin Cavalry had quietly left.
At midnight, when the rain subsided, Ya Bajiu and others peeked into Wang Jian's simple camp and vaguely saw the military tents, but did not notice anything was wrong.
Until the dawn of the next day, Ya Bajiu and other Green Crows saw that there was still no movement at the Iron Eagle Army camp on the plains at the foot of the mountain, and they felt a little uneasy in their hearts - it was already bright, but the Iron Eagle Army's camp was
There is not a single figure, which is not consistent with common sense.
After much deliberation, Ya Bajiu and others bravely headed to the Qin army's camp at the foot of the mountain. However, when they found that there was no one in the military tents, the expressions of the Qing Ya people suddenly changed.
"broken!"
Clenching his fists, Ya Bajiu said to his companions with an ugly expression: "You guys, hurry up and report back to His Highness!"
"Yes!" Several Green Crows clasped their fists and accepted the order, then flew away.
At the same time, King Su Zhao Hongrun was leading the Shangshui Army and the Sichuan-Luo Alliance's allied forces, heading towards Hanshan along the trail on the west side of Changhao Mountain.
Two days ago, Zhao Hongrun was overjoyed when he received the news that "Qin Army Vice General Xinhou Wangjian led the Iron Eagle Cavalry to quietly march out of Hangu".
Because in his opinion, if the Qin army left Hangu at this time, it could only be a sneak attack on Luocheng.
Although it is a pity that the Qin army did not move in full force, if the iron eagle army of Qin Changxin, Marquis and Wangjian could be swallowed up in one go, it would not be in vain for Zhao Hongrun's painstaking planning.
After all, among the Qin army, the Iron Eagle Army can be said to be the elite among the elite, with a status equivalent to that of the Wei soldiers of the Wei State. If this elite Qin army can be completely wiped out, I believe the morale of the Qin army will plummet.
So, Zhao Hongrun immediately ordered Lu Balong and other Yi tribe chiefs to lead the Yi cavalry back to Luocheng to support Luocheng, while he himself led the merchant navy along the trail on the west side of Changhao Mountain and headed straight for Hangu. All this.
, were all suspected by the Qin army's commander-in-chief, Wu Xinhou Gongsun.
On the first day of October, King Su Zhao Hongrun led about 80,000 combined troops, including the Shang Shui Army, to Hangu. While he ordered his soldiers to cut down trees nearby to build military camps, he was alert to the movements of the Qin army in Hangu.
After all, in his opinion, he had cut off the return route of Qin Changxin, Marquis and King Jian, and the Qin army in Hangu was bound to send troops to attack.
But unexpectedly, the Hangu Qin army did not make any movement, as if the opponent did not care at all that Zhao Hongrun led his army to cut off the retreat of Qin General Wang Jian.
"That's not quite right..."
While the army under his command was building the military camp, Zhao Hongrun, with Que'er and the sect guards, rode close to Han Valley and looked at the Qin army's company camps stretching for more than ten miles in Han Valley.
He found that the Qin army had no intention of going out to attack him, and even turned a blind eye to the Shang Shui army building a camp outside Hangu.
This is not common sense!
At the same time, at Qin Camp in Hanshan, Qin Shaojun had already noticed that Zhao Hongrun was leading a few people to peek at the foot of the mountain, and he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.
He had wanted to go down the mountain to meet the friend with whom he had once been in love, but after a second thought, he gave up.
Thinking about it, even if he goes down the mountain to meet each other at this moment, so what? They are in the enemy's and our camps. Even if they meet, they can't talk without any scruples like when they first met.
At this time, it is better to miss each other than to see each other.
"Is that person the Young Master Wei, His Highness Shaojun?"
I don't know how long it took, but Qin Shaojun heard a question from behind him. He subconsciously looked back and found that the commander of their Qin army, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, had arrived behind him at some point.
"It should be." He nodded and greeted Wu Xinhou Gongsun. Qin Shaojun looked at the small group of knights in the distance and said lightly: "Ji Run has a habit. He likes to use his own eyes to observe the enemy's strength.
…”
To be fair, at this distance, Qin Shaojun couldn't see clearly whether there was his missed friend Wei Gong Ji Run among the group of Wei knights. He just had this feeling.
"I see." Wu Xin Hou Gongsun Qi squinted his eyes and looked at the group of Wei knights in the distance, and asked as if teasingly: "Why don't you, Your Highness Shaojun, go down the mountain to see that friend?"
Qin Shaojun was very surprised that this serious Marquis Wu Xin could actually joke with him. After calming down, he shook his head and said, "It would be better not to meet each other now."
After that, he took the initiative to change the subject: "Marquis Wu Xin, won't you send troops to harass the Wei army and set up camp?"
After taking a look at Qin Shaojun, he understood that he didn't want to talk too much about the topic between him and Wei Gongzi Ji Run. Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi stopped talking and followed Qin Shaojun's words and said: "It makes no sense... No matter what Wei Junli said,
It makes no sense to set up a military camp, or to send troops to harass the Wei army.…
...In a few days, when General Wang Jian makes a sneak attack on the Wei Army (Yanling Army) in Yichuan, the Wei Master will most likely guess my intention. At that time, he will definitely return to the Lu family to support Wei General Sima An.
At that time, our army will send troops to cover up the enemy, and we will surely win... What is the significance of this Wei camp at the foot of the mountain?"
"That's it." Qin Shaojun nodded, quite impressed by the Marquis Wu Xin next to him.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun was observing Hangu's situation, but suddenly a member of the Qingya crowd came to him in a hurry, knocked on the ground and reported: "Your Highness, Crow 89 sent someone to send news that he followed Tie Ying the night before.
When the army arrived at the north of Changhao Mountain, it was discovered early yesterday morning that it had been escaped by Qin General Wang Jian, and now the latter and his army have disappeared."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this.
Immediately, he glanced thoughtfully at the Hanshan Qin Army Company Camp.