Step on a branch

Chapter 206
Faint stars dotted the night sky, the north and south of Yushakou, and the camp was orderly.

Li Jie stood outside the tent, watching from afar.

Torches were lit outside each tent, so in the middle of the night, just by looking at the firelight, one could tell how big the camp was.

Marshal Shi Wei marched his army eastward, and the number of troops stationed in this area suddenly increased.

Taking advantage of the terrain, Yushakou is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It took Li Jie a lot of thought to win this place from the Zhou people before, and at the same time, luck was on their side.

When they took control of this place, the Zhou people wanted to fight back, but they suffered a defeat.

Li Jie strode forward, walked around to the bottom of the built tower, climbed up the ladder to the top, and looked east.

The torches in the Zhou people's camp also outlined the scope of their garrison.

A little more than expected.

When Li Jie went down the tower and walked back, he met Shi Wei.

Shi Wei's expression was extremely serious, and a spy was standing beside him, reporting the situation.

"The leader is Feng Zhong, Mao Gu'an went out with him, and Liu Ben was stationed on the flank."

Shi Wei asked: "Is there any news about the Qin family's father and son?"

"After Qin Yin fell down that day, it seemed that he hadn't left the account. Qin Wei should have stayed in Feimen Pass and didn't leave the pass with Feng Zhong."

Shi Wei asked again: "Where is Jin Fang?"

Jin Fang refers to An Beihou.

The spies replied, "He was not found."

"Continue to investigate," Shi Wei said, "and the team of cavalry led by Lin Fan, find out the location, and report it quickly."

The spies took orders.

Only then did Shi Wei nodded at Li Jie, and said, "It seems that our previous conjectures are in line with each other, and there are some problems within the Zhou people.

Mao Gu'an and Liu Ben were stationed at Feimenguan, and Feng Zhong was the commander appointed by the previous Zhou emperor.

They are the ones who are most dissatisfied with Qin Yin's sick seizure of power.

Qin Wei listened to his old man's words, Jin imitated his father's shade, was young and speechless, relied on Qin Yin, and was not the same as a veteran like Feng Zhong.

Lin Fan was in a similar situation.

The younger generation obeys Qin Yin and is waiting for Qin Yin to recover.

Feng Zhong and Mao Gu'an were unwilling to wait, let alone hand over power honestly, so they ran counter to Qin Yin and took the initiative to leave the customs. "

Li Jie blushed.

He was cautious before and contradicted Marshal Shi, but Marshal Shi didn't care about things and people, and he also used "we" when talking about military affairs.

Li Jie expressed his affection and said: "Mao Gu'an was in a hurry to counterattack Feimenguan earlier, he is such a person. First Feng Zhong, then Qin Yin, whoever the emperor of Zhou appoints, who he is dissatisfied with."

"That's right," Shi Wei was quite confident in this judgment, "This is beneficial to us."

Their Great Liang army pressed in with the aim of capturing Feimen Pass.

Or in other words, even if you can't attack, you must show your momentum and cause Zhou people to suffer heavy losses.

The terrain and construction of Yifeimenguan are more difficult to attack than Yushakou.

If the Zhou people stick to it, Shi Wei will injure [-] enemies, and it is very likely that he will only injure [-].

That's why he wanted to take advantage of Qin Yin's inability to control the situation and Zhou people's internal chaos, to fight.

Unexpectedly, the current situation is much more optimistic than imagined.

The Zhou people are out.

The two armies are facing each other, without Feimenguan as a support, why would Shi Wei not dare to fight?
As for why the Zhou people made such a "faint move"?
One is internal fighting, and the other is panic.

He, Shi Wei, has been exhausted by those things that are afraid of death in the court in the past few years. He seized the opportunity and sent troops, pushing himself and others. Mao Gu'an has been a coward in the pass for so many years, can he feel at ease?
Furthermore, although each is their master, the heroes cherish each other.

Qin Yin was a brave warrior when he was young, no one can underestimate him.

Feng Zhong and Mao Gu'an are not as good as Qin Yin, but they are by no means cowardly.

Rats can't become generals.

General Zhou Ren set up his formation, wanting to touch them with the soldiers of Great Liang.

"After dawn tomorrow," Shi Wei and Li Jie said, "Mao Gu'an will definitely come to call for the battle, and I will come to answer the battle."

When Li Jie heard this, he said urgently, "Let me go! I will definitely cut him off with one blow!"

"You arrange for me later," Shi Wei advised, "I just arrived at Yushakou, and you have been stationed here for a while, so you come to make arrangements, and when I defeat Mao Gu'an, the army rushes up, and in one fell swoop crush them!"

Hearing what he said, Li Jie couldn't say anything more, so he nodded in response.

After thinking about it, he added a few more sentences: "I don't know if we can find the exact traces of Jin Fang and Lin Fan before dawn."

"Jin Fang may still be in the pass." Shi Wei said, stroking his beard.

Mao Gu'an mobilized the garrison. After Feng Zhong was replaced by Qin Yin, there were not many active reinforcements, and they must all belong to him.

If Jin Fang listened to Feng Zhong's words with all his heart, it would be fine.

If it's a fool, where does Feng Zhong have soldiers for him?

"As for Lin Fan..." Shi Wei thought for a while, and said, "Qin Yin sent that team of cavalry because he noticed our army was advancing and wanted to contain us. We didn't retreat to the direction of the master's tent, Lin Fan must be nearby Show up."

After appearing, it disappears immediately.

Once Shi Wei led his troops to the main tent to garrison and defend, he fell into the hands of the Zhou people and was delayed in the rhythm of the attack.

As long as you don't see it and don't care about that cavalry, Lin Fan will be in a dilemma.

Hit the empty main account, but go back to rescue Feng Zhong and others...

"Let's do it this way," Shi Wei patted Li Jie's shoulder, "It's late at night, get a good rest, and let people in Zhou know how good we are tomorrow!"

Li Jie finally said nothing more, bowed his hands in salute, and returned to the tent.

After taking off his armor, he lay on the couch, tossing and turning, unsteady.

After squinting for a while, he heard movement outside, so he sat up quickly and asked aloud.

The garrison outside the tent responded and asked again before coming to report.

"The spies found the whereabouts of that group of cavalry," said the guard. "During the second watch, they appeared in the southeast of the main tent, but unfortunately lost them. I don't know where they went now."

Li Jie rubbed his temples.

It matched Dashuai Shi's conjecture.

Lin Fan and the others deliberately appeared near the main tent, and then got rid of the spies again, with the purpose of delaying.

Well now.

Where can they go?

The cavalry ran fast, and the terrain in that area was undulating, and there were many places to hide.

It must still be spinning there.

This realization completely relieved Li Jie's hanging heart.

He lay back down again, feeling drowsy.

It's time for a good night's sleep.

Sleep full, and have a battle with the Zhou people.

Li Jie, who had fallen into a deep sleep, did not know that on the other side of the tall cliff to the south of his tent, more than 100 cavalrymen were climbing to the top.

The night wind is very cool, but it is not cold when it blows.

It is not easy to climb the mountain with the horses. Everyone cheered up and even sweated.

At the beginning, you could ride your horse up, but when you got halfway up the mountain, you had to get off your horse and walk.

It was too dark, and they couldn't light the torches, so they walked in the dark, and occasionally some people slipped, but they finally set foot on the top of the cliff.

(End of this chapter)