Big Dog took some flying fish robes and went out for a day and a night, and didn't come back until the next day. Originally, one of the things that Mou Liangbi announced after he took office was to withdraw the troops. The army was already preparing to march back to the village, but because of Fang Xie's worries, it was postponed for another day. Sun Kaidao thought that if Li Xiaozong wanted to murder Liangbi, he could only do it with the knives of the rebels, and Jiazigou was the most suitable place for an ambush. The road was narrow and had a large arc. just can't see it.
If the rebels set up an ambush here, it would be very difficult to rescue Li Xiaozong once Mo Liang Bi was in ambush, let alone Li Xiaozong would not provide timely support, even if he would.
"We don't need to go to Jiazigou. Although it's a long way around on the main road, it's flat. Unless Chen Bing intercepts the rebels and fights in the open. Jiazigou will save at least ten days of the road, but if there is an ambush, we are really bad. Cope with that terrain... The team couldn't move at all, they were pulled apart like a line, and they couldn't look at each other from head to tail. Once they were attacked, it would be difficult to support them. The few miles at the entrance of Jiazigou is narrow. The stomach-like terrain is the most dangerous, once the rebels close the door and block it, they will only be slaughtered."
Cui Zhongzhen pointed to the map and said, "According to me, I would rather not have this credit than go through Jiazigou."
Mou Liangbi nodded: "The terrain is indeed too dangerous."
He glanced at Fang Xie and said, "Although the hills on both sides of Jiazigou are not too high and the slopes are not too steep, if the rebels are condescending, just letting down the feather arrows is enough to cause heavy losses to our people. General Fang, we The people who know you are well-trained, but if this battle can be avoided, try not to fight it. Our food and grass will last for more than ten days, and we will be rich even if we take a detour back to the village."
Fang Jie nodded, glanced at Da Quan and said, "Tell Mr. Mou what you found out."
Big Dog responded, cleared his throat, and said, "I took a few flying fish robes and touched them quietly, and indeed found traces of the rebels in Jiazigou. But it's not clear how many troops there are. The forest on the hillside is very dense. My people didn't dare to get too close. I can be sure that the Jiazigou rebels must have an ambush."
Fang Jie pointed to Sun Kaidao: "Mr. Sun speculated before that if Li Xiaozong wanted to absolutely control the team, he would definitely want to kill you, sir. He first planned to let General Cui lead a Zhechong battalion to attack the rebels. Meng Wansui has contacts, and General Cui must be killed in this battle. But because Li Xiaozong was defeated, General Cui did not fight this battle, and Meng Wansui must be alert."
"Even if we controlled most of Li Xiaozong's cronies, the news of Li Xiaozong's killing did not spread. Since Meng Wansui is more important under Li Yuanshan than Yin Poshan, it means that this person is not an ordinary person. .Since this is the case, he will definitely think, is the ambush in Jiazigou still necessary?"
After Fang Jie finished speaking, Cui Zhongzhen and Mou Liangbi were taken aback for a moment, as were the other generals of the Sui Army, all of them turned their attention to Fang Jie.
"Li Xiaozong first arranged for General Cui to lead troops to attack the rebel Xi Daying, and took the opportunity to get rid of General Cui. Then he asked Mr. Mou to withdraw from Jiazigou with the logistics and take the opportunity to kill Mr. Murder. Let's just think that Li Xiaozong This is how it was arranged... "
Fang Jie glanced at everyone: "Then, General Cui should have led troops to attack the rebel camp the day before yesterday, but General Cui did not go. Meng Wansui waited for a day, and if he did not wait, he would definitely send someone to contact Li Xiaozong to inquire. Li Xiaozong There is a confidant named Liu Silang by his side. He was not found when he was searching for Li Xiaozong's people. He asked the soldiers on duty at the camp. This person had left the camp the day before. Emperor Xiaozong ordered to go out to investigate the enemy's situation. This Liu Silang has never returned..."
"If Li Xiaozong sent this Liu Silang to contact Meng Wansui, then Meng Wansui will definitely send him back to inquire. Liu Silang has never appeared, so there is only one possibility... The rebels already know about Li Xiaozong's murder. I There are quite a few experts from the Ouchi Guards Department, they are the best at investigating cases. I asked them to investigate carefully, and it turns out that Li Xiaozong's personal soldiers did not kill all of them."
"When I was fighting with Li Xiaozong, maybe some people felt that the situation was not good and ran away."
Fang Jie concluded: "So, when Meng Wansui already knew that Li Xiaozong was dead, why did he set up an ambush in Jiazigou?"
"Why?"
Cui Zhongzhen repeated it in a murmur, looked at Fang Jie and waited for the answer.
"Actually, thinking of this, it's not hard to guess what will happen next."
Fang Jie smiled.
He stood up and said: "Under the banner of revenge for the prince, Li Xiaozong has been fighting the rebels here for more than a month. The rebels have lost consecutive battles. Although the loss of manpower is not too many, Meng Wansui must also feel distressed. Therefore, He will never just watch us go back. When Li Xiaozong was around, he colluded with Li Xiaozong, and this revenge is simply a drama for you to see. But now that Li Xiaozong is dead, how can Meng Wansui return? Will it allow us to go calmly?"
"This battle is inevitable."
Mou Liangbi frowned and said: "There is that Liu Silang in Meng Wansui's army, even if he knows our team well, it's not much worse. Knowing ourselves and the enemy, Meng Wansui still has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands. If he lets us go It would be weird to go back."
Everyone in the big tent frowned, their faces a little heavy.
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"Jiazigou is narrow and long from north to south, and it is a canyon in Houwu Mountain. But because this mountain is relatively gentle, it is called Jiazigou by the locals. Houwu Mountain and Langru Mountain run from east to west and from north to south, and are not connected."
Returning to his military tent, Fang Jie pointed to the map and said to his subordinates, "If we don't go through Jiazigou, we will have to go around half of Mount Houwu and take ten more days."
Chen Qianshan looked at the map: "If the information Mr. Shang inquired is correct, it seems that Meng Wansui does not intend to give up control of Jiazigou. Thinking about it now, it was precisely because of Meng Wansui that the Sui army came from Jiazigou safely. Because of the collusion with Li Xiaozong. At first I didn’t understand why Meng Wansui didn’t take advantage of such a dangerous terrain when the Sui army first arrived?”
"Li Xiaozong is also from Li Yuanshan, so Meng Wansui didn't take action."
Lu Fenghou said: "But now Li Xiaozong is dead, so Meng Wansui has no reason not to do it."
He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are we really going to go to Jiazigou?"
"Walk."
Fang Jie nodded: "I have already discussed with General Cui, the murderer, and the team will march separately. Let's take the Jiazigou for the suspects, and the large group of people will go back by the main road. Of course, we don't have to go through the Jiazigou, as long as Just make a sign of going from Jiazigou to confuse the rebels."
Zhuo Buyi hesitated for a moment: "If... if the rebels know that we are just suspicious soldiers, and the brigade has already taken a detour to leave, then what we have to face is the crazy retaliation of the rebels. If it is different, I am Meng Wansui. After being deceived, we will never let these 5,000 people go. With the strength of the rebels' hundreds of thousands of troops, swallowing our 5,000 people... is easy."
"It's really too dangerous."
Sun Kaidao glanced at everyone: "But if you can trust me, I guarantee that we will have no problem walking through Jiazigou."
"Why?"
Lu Fenghou asked.
Sun Kaidao tightened his leather jacket, sat down next to the stove, and fiddled with the fire with fire chopsticks while saying: "If there is no accident, we will not be in any danger even if we walk through Jiazigou. If you are brave enough It’s okay to lead soldiers and sing songs and pass through Jiazigou.”
"God chattering..."
Lu Fenghou gave him a blank look. He didn't have a good impression of Sun Kaidao, who was born as a county magistrate. Although he was considered a good official, he was definitely not a clean official. As soon as he saw Sun Kaidao, he remembered that this guy even sacrificed his concubine to Yin Poshan in order to save his life. A straightforward man like Lu Fenghou would rather die than do such a thing. Although Fang Jie always called Sun Kaidao Mr. Lu Fenghou never regarded him as an expert.
"You said that Jiazigou is all right?"
Lu Fenghou said: "Not to mention that Mr. Shang has already found out the news of the rebels. Even if you don't find any rebels in Jiazigou, you can't take it lightly. Are you going to rush in because of your words? It's okay, if something happens How about it? Can you bear the weight of 5,000 human lives?"
Da Quan squatted aside and smirked, he didn't bother to pay attention to the wrong way between Lu Fenghou and Sun Kaidao. What's beautiful about him is that after all these years, someone finally gave him a proper title. Fang Jie and the others all called him Big Dog, but Fang Jie's subordinates obviously didn't dare to call him so casually, so they called him Mr. Shang. These three words made the big dog stunned for several months, and he still hasn't finished his addiction.
It was rare for Chen Qianshan to stand on the same side as Lu Fenghou: "The general ordered, and we naturally obeyed. It's nothing to walk through Jiazigou, but you must be well prepared. You can't just lead people into it just because someone says it's okay. At that time, if thousands of arrows are fired on the hillside, can someone save everyone if there is no problem?"
Sun Kaidao smiled, as if he didn't care about the ridicule of Lu Fenghou and Chen Qianshan.
Fang Jie glanced at Sun Kaidao, and felt a little relieved seeing that he was not angry.
"Since Mr. Sun is so determined, I don't think it's better than this."
Lu Fenghou looked directly into Sun Kaidao's eyes: "Mr. Sun can go first. If Mr. Sun passes through Jiazigou safely, it will not be too late for the army to pass by. Mr. Sun is very predictable, I can still trust you, so... What do you think of Mr. Sun?"
Just as Fang Jie was about to speak, Sun Kaidao stood up and said, "Okay!"
"Just do what General Lu says."
He clasped his fists at the opponent and said: "If the general trusts the humble position, the humble position is willing to take a thousand troops to pass first. After the humble position passes, the army will not be too late to move."
"one thousand?"
Chen Qianshan sneered and said: "That's 20% of the troops, if something goes wrong..."
"five hundred."
Sun Kaidao glanced at him: "Five hundred people are enough."
Lu Fenghou couldn't help laughing: "The five hundred people have to pretend to be tens of thousands of troops passing by, Mr. Sun doesn't know what to do, can you tell me first?"
"You will know when the time comes."
Sun Kaidao said lightly: "It's just...is this a bet?"
"Calculate!"
Lu Fenghou said loudly: "Of course!"
Sun Kaidao followed up and said, "Okay, what if Sun wins?"
"I lose my head to you!"
Sun Kaidao shook his head and smiled: "It's useless for me to ask for General Lu's head. If I really agree, the army will pass through Jiazigou safely. In the future, I will ask General Lu to respect Sun. Since we are all generals, we should It's better to be harmonious, otherwise, the general will be in trouble."
Lu Fenghou said: "If you really agree to your words, Lu will really be convinced to you in the future and obey your words!"
"good!"
Sun Kaidao took a step forward and stretched out his palm: "Will you clap your hands and swear?"
"Are you afraid?"
Lu Fenghou took a step forward and gave Sun Kaidao a high-five. Sun Kaidao looked at Chen Qianshan: "Where is General Chen?"
Chen Qianshan snorted coldly, and stepped forward to high-five Sun Kaidao: "Wait for Mr. Sun's good news!"