However, the mountain road was rugged, so we hurried and took our time, and it was already dusk when we arrived.
Seeing Cao Xiaoda reining in his horse outside the door, Cui Hongdu showed a relaxed look on his face. Cao Xiaoda was known for being steady and cautious, so when he saw Cao Xiaoda, Cui Hongdu felt relieved.
"Where is General He Lou?" Cao Xiaoda walked over quickly and saw only Cui Hongdu coming out to greet him. He suddenly understood, "Did he never lead his army to retreat?"
Cui Hongdu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was not polite to Cao Xiaoda at this juncture: "General He Lou announced that he had arrived at Liushugou before, and then there was no news at all. It has been three or four hours now, how can we Don’t make people anxious!”
Cao Xiaoda took a breath, the situation was obviously more difficult than he imagined. He had also seen the map before coming, and had a vague impression of Liushugou. He had to say that He Lou Ziqian had chosen a very correct entry point. , but the more such an entry point is, the easier it is for Li Xinchen to set a trap and provide opportunities.
It seems that He Lou Ziqian is attacking and Li Xingchen is defending, but He Lou Ziqian's offensive position is certain, while Li Xingchen's possible defensive position is uncertain, so this battle is definitely not as simple as a pure attack.
What's more, the journey from Liushugou to here is at most two hours. He Louzigan has not sent back any news for so long, which means that something is most likely going to happen.
Cao Xiaoda quickly walked into the meeting hall: "How many soldiers and horses are there here?"
Cui Hongdu hurriedly replied: "There are still three thousand people left to guard various checkpoints, but these soldiers and horses are guarding important places, and..."
Cui Hongdu did not continue, but Cao Xiaoda had already roughly understood that the generals guarding various checkpoints were obviously He Lou Zigan's cronies. Cui Hongdu could not command them at all, let alone let them obey Cao Xiaoda, an outsider, and everyone did not How do you like the orders of outsiders?
Cao Xiaoda frowned slightly, obviously the current situation was beyond his expectation, and it was obvious that there was no way to mobilize these troops. If Cao Xiaoda wanted to support He Lou Zigan, he could only mobilize troops from his own subordinates.
You must know that compared to He Lou Ziqian, Cao Xiaoda had fewer troops and horses, and once deployed, it would be a matter of mobilization from the south to the north. During this period, there were still many lawsuits to be fought. Now Cao Xiaoda does not have such leisure at all.
Of course, if Cao Xiaoda insisted on deploying troops, these generals led by He Louzi would not really stop him.
"Liu Shugou..." Cao Xiaoda muttered and repeated.
Faintly, he felt that he already understood why Li Xingchen focused on He Lou Ziqian's defense zone first.
With such a natural ambush place north of Liushugou, and with a hot-tempered man like He Lou Zigan sitting in charge, it was the best choice for Li Xingchen to lure the snake out of its hole after alerting it.
Compared with He Lou Ziqian, Cao Xiaoda prides himself on being stable, and he also knows that if he encounters such a situation, the more likely option is to send a large number of scouts to explore the way, while shrinking the defense and strengthening the communication between the remaining levels. Contact, instead of taking the initiative to catch Li Xingchen in this vast mountain.
Cao Xiaoda even suspected that Li Xingchen had not only plotted He Lou Ziqian, but also himself in his trap. For example, now Cao Xiaoda had to think about a question, that is, whether he should rescue He Lou Ziqian.
If saved, there is a high chance that they will fall into Li Xingchen's serial trap. If not rescued, wouldn't it mean that He Louzi's troops will be left to fend for themselves? By then, the whole army will really be wiped out. Cao Xiaoda will have no way to tell Yuchi Jiong.
Explain to Wei Xiaokuan.
"Without further delay, let's summon all the generals we can. We must tell them about this situation." Cao Xiaoda said in a deep voice.
Cui Hongdu responded hurriedly, and Cao Xiaoda immediately turned around and ordered his personal guards: "Quickly inform the two generals in Panlong County about the situation here, and inform all the ministries to assemble the troops and prepare for battle!"
After hearing Cao Xiaoda's instructions, Cui Hongdu paused slightly, but immediately he could only sigh secretly in his heart. He knew that no matter what Yuchijiong thought, at least Wei Xiaokuan would never allow He Lou Zigan to send troops if he were here.
Therefore, He Lou Ziqian's previous idea was to kill first and then show off, and return with the spoils and seizures. Even if Wei Xiaokuan was dissatisfied, he would not scold his beloved general. But if He Lou Ziqian was defeated, even if Wei Xiaokuan was reluctant, he would not
Something must be said to give an explanation to the imperial court and the generals below.
Therefore, it stands to reason that the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, especially Wei Xiaokuan, it is best to be the last to know. However, Cui Hongdu also knows that the matter is at this point, and trying to stop Cao Xiaoda is just a dream, and the top priority is to kill He Louzi
rescued.
If you don’t even have a life, saying these things will naturally become meaningless.
——————————————————-
Li Xingchen took three steps at a time and rushed up to a stone. Under the big stone on the roadside, He Lou Ziqian was fighting and retreating with his bodyguards.
It has to be said that this forest is a battlefield tailor-made for the Pakistanis. The Pakistani soldiers walked back and forth between the woods calmly. Any lone enemy will be noticed soon, and then two Pakistanis will immediately appear.
Surrounded from the left and right sides, it was easy to block the support of the Northern Zhou companions behind, while other Ba people came up quickly and pierced the chest of the prey with their swords and guns at the same time. Before the prey could completely die, these Ba people once again attacked each other.
The direction spreads out.
At this time, the Northern Zhou soldiers who rushed to support received nothing but a warm corpse.
Obviously, the generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty since Helou Zigan were aware of the hidden dangers caused by the scattered formations, but the big trees and rugged terrain in front of them undoubtedly defeated this attempt. The Ba people continued to penetrate, harass, and drive away, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty
The army could only think of retreating on more rugged and messy terrain.
"Go up!" Seeing that there were more and more Ba people in front, Helou Zigan shouted, urging the guards around him and the soldiers who were gradually gathering.
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly. He Lou Ziqian was trying to regain control of the entire battlefield situation. It was obvious that he had realized the root of the problem.
The rhythm of the entire battlefield is now in Li Xingchen's hands.
"Let's see if you have this ability." Li Xingchen sneered, shook the cloud gun in his hand, jumped down from the big stone on the roadside, held up a gun flower, and directly penetrated a man not far away.
The chest of a Northern Zhou soldier.
Li Pingping's personal guards did not hesitate and rushed to catch up with Li Xingchen. Although there were only a dozen of them, they were all old soldiers who had followed Li Xingchen all the way from Zhangshan. It can be said that they had experienced thousands of times.
Therefore, although there were many soldiers and horses in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, when they were suddenly faced with these killing gods, they quickly dispersed to both sides like a wave.