Late Tang

The new wind has risen again!

When Mrs. Liu rode her horse up a small hill, the north wind blew the corner of her war robe.She looked up at the sky, and in the dark and gloomy sky, a group of black crows were circling overhead.The crows on the battlefield are an ominous omen, but her husband's most elite tooth soldiers are also called the crow army. Does the appearance of crows here indicate a good omen or a bad omen?

Liu Yuniang suddenly felt as if she was in an ice cave, surrounded by cold, wanted to struggle, but became more and more powerless.She had the thought of letting out a long sigh, but she restrained it immediately.Because she knew very well that if the generals saw her sighing at this time, it might make the already uneasy soldiers even more flustered.She stopped thinking about it and rode up to the top of the hill.

This high slope is a watchtower with a very wide view. Jing Shisanniang, a general of the Women's Army, has been standing there for most of the day.Seeing Liu Yunniang coming, Jing Shisanniang stepped forward and saluted, "Ma'am, why are you here?"

Mrs. Liu replied: "Just now I went to inspect and shut down the guards. Is there any movement?"

"Never." Jing Shisanniang thought that a tiger's husband has no dog's wife, Li Keyong is extremely brave, and his wife is also a hero among women, a heroine.As a woman, she commanded an elite army of women with one hand, and now she is even more brave to help, personally leading troops to stop the world-famous "Sirius" Li Jing.You know, there are not many people in the world who have been defeated by Li Jing's men, even the famous generals Gao Pian and Li Keyong have been defeated by Li Jing's sword one after another. Unexpectedly, when they were in Yanmen, they heard that Li Jing was attacking with his troops. Mrs. Liu led the troops without hesitation.

Standing on this high slope, you can see the Kwalu River ten miles to the north from a distance. On the opposite side of the river is Guangling Township, which is a small market town on the north bank of the Kwalu River.Kwalu River is a river in Weizhou. It originates from Mount Heng and finally flows into Sanggan River from west to east.The three rivers of Kualu River, Laishui and Fushui are the center of Weizhou. Along the banks of these three rivers are the three cities of Lingqiu, Feihu and Anbian.

Liu Yunniang looked to the north for a long time on the horse, and whispered: "General, please continue to strengthen your vigilance and pay attention to the movement in the north at any time!"

Jing Shisanniang was in her early thirties. She used to be the wife of a big fur merchant. Later, her husband was killed by a horse bandit in the grassland. Jing Shisanniang was born in the army and knew martial arts. He killed thirteen horse bandits with his sword.Afterwards, Jing Shisanniang did not return to the Central Plains, but stayed with Liu Shi, and now she has become a general of the Women's Army.Jing Shisanniang agreed, and then asked doubtfully: "Madam, will Li Jing really come?"

"Definitely!" Liu said affirmatively, and immediately answered: "This person is not someone to wait for, so be careful not to be tricked by him."

Liu Yunniang, who was only 20 years old at this time, already had a three-year-old daughter, Li Keyong's regular wife, Princess Jin, Shatuo Kehe Dun.Her ancestor was a descendant of a wealthy family in Daibei, a general girl who was good at riding and shooting swords, bold and cautious.At the beginning of marrying Li Keyong, she didn't like him. She only thought that Li Keyong was a rude and ugly half-blind man.However, although she is a child of the frontier fortress, but influenced by the thoughts of the Han family, she believes in the concept of obeying her father at home, obeying her husband when married, obeying a chicken when marrying a chicken, and following a dog when marrying a dog.

Over the past few years, she has gradually accepted Li Keyong, and wholeheartedly helped and assisted this man.After experiencing the Battle of Daibei, fleeing to Mobei, and returning to the Central Plains, with her extraordinary perseverance and bravery, Liu is no longer just the wife of Li Keyong among the Shatuo tribe. And gradually won the respect of many people.Up to now, she has already become a princess respected and admired by the entire Shatuo tribe, especially because she trained an elite female army single-handedly, which made her highly respected among the Shatuo generals.

Over the past few years, she has trained female soldiers, participated in battles and escapes, and fought again. At this time, she has become a female general who does not give up.

The husband sent troops to Hebei, and the adopted sons also went on an expedition with the army. The father-in-law had just been assassinated and died, and many generals Shatuo also fell.Sha Tuo faced a situation where he had no generals to use, otherwise he would not have let the frail Li Kexiu command the four prefectures in front of the mountain, which resulted in the loss of the four prefectures in an instant.

The four states in front of the mountain are lost, and Weizhou can no longer be lost.

Facing Li Jing's unstoppable momentum, Liu could only stand up.

This is not only about the territory, nor is it about worrying about the foundation of Yanmen. The most important thing is that Weizhou is not only the northeast gateway of Yanmen Town, but also the way for her husband to return from Hebei.If Weizhou is lost, Feihu Dao will fall into Li Jing's hands, and her husband Li Keyong will be cut off from retreat.

Knowing that she was going to face Li Jing, the "Sirius", Liu had no choice but to lead an army of [-] women and [-] Shatuo troops to help Weizhou.

She came a bit late, and half of Weizhou had been lost.However, she came in time. Although most of Weizhou was lost, the crucial Zhigu Pass allowed her to take the lead in reinforcements.Zhigu Pass is an important pass in Weizhou, which divides Weizhou into two.Anbian City, Hengye Military City, Tiancheng Military City, and Qingsai Military City in the north of Zhigu Pass are connected with Datong Shuozhou and the four prefectures in front of the mountain, and are important passages out of the grassland, Datong and Youzhou.

And Zhigu Guannan is a relatively closed territory, but it is also very important.To the southeast of here is Feihu Xing, one of the Eight Xings of Taihang, which can directly lead to Yizhou, Hebei.To the southwest is Taixiguan, the northeast gateway of Daizhou.

Guarding the Zhigu Pass means guarding the first gate of Daizhou, and also guarding the important passage from Yanmen Town to Hebei.Especially after losing the four prefectures in front of the mountain, Zhiguguan became more and more important to the Jin army.If Zhiguguan falls, and the remaining half of Weizhou is lost, then the Jin army will really be completely passive and unable to fight back.From now on, the Shatuo army will be blocked in Yanmen, and there will be no way to enter Hebei.

In the battle of attacking and defending a city, only the most stupid defender would block the city gate with stones.Because even in the most disadvantaged situation, although the city gate will be the key breakthrough point of the enemy army, the city gate is also an important support for the defenders.When defending the city, it is extremely critical to send troops out of the city in a timely manner.Even if you can't really send troops out of the city, you have to keep this possibility.If you take the initiative to close your own city gates, then the attacking party can attack the city without any worries. Under such circumstances, it is definitely more detrimental to the defenders.

The situation in Yanmen Town is similar now. The four states in front of the mountain and Weizhou lead to Junduguan and Feihuxing respectively. The former can allow the Shatuo army to directly threaten Youzhou, while the latter can threaten Yizhou.And once these two roads are blocked by Li Jing, the Shatuo people and Li Jing will be at a complete disadvantage in the future confrontation.

No matter what, Weizhou has to hold on.

Liu Yunniang is not an ordinary woman, a woman who can command an army of tens of thousands is by no means ordinary.

She believes that the best defense is offense!

All the soldiers and horses in her hands now are no more than [-], plus [-] recruited young and strong auxiliary soldiers.And the news she got was that Li Jing, who was on the opposite side, had [-] elite soldiers and [-] auxiliary troops.Although the numbers of the two armies are equal, just because Li Jing led this army to wipe out Li Kexiu's [-] soldiers and horses in a few days, and won the record of four states, it can be seen that the strength of their two armies is not at the same level at all. superior.

Although Zhigu Pass is dangerous, it can't stop Li Jing's attack.Keeping at the gate is nothing more than repeating Li Kexiu's mistakes.

In Liu Yuniang's plan, passive defense is not feasible, only active attack.But in the face of Li Jing's elite Qin army, Liu will not attack blindly.The memory of being strangled by Li Jing led the town [***] in Daibei was still deeply in her mind.

Therefore, Liu Yuniang planned to defend and counterattack. There were not many soldiers and horses in Zhigu Pass, and they were just bluffing.Liu Yuniang led [-] elite troops to ambush at the mountain pass ten miles north of Zhigu Pass.If the Qin army attacked Zhigu Pass, then Liu Yunniang would lead his troops to outflank from behind and attack from both sides. The mountainous terrain in front of the pass restricted the elite cavalry of the Qin army, and used the terrain to fight against the Qin army.

If the plan is successful, Li Jing can be counterattacked.The Qin army is elite, but the Qin army who invaded this time also has a weakness, that is, they have few soldiers.Once their losses are too great, the Qin army may not dare to continue fighting with them in Yuzhou.

If the Qin army retreats, the husband must have returned to the army at that time, and they will join forces to fight back, and they can take back the four prefectures in front of the mountain.

This is like a ray of light in the dark night, and it is also their only chance.

It's just that the commander of the army on the opposite side is Li Jing.As the nemesis of the Shatuo people, Li Jing is by no means an idler.Li Jing likes to use surprise attacks and ambushes most when using troops. Now Liu Yuniang doesn't have much success in using ambushes to deal with Li Jing.

In Liu Yuniang's plan, several small groups of troops will be sent to lure the enemy, and then they will set up an ambush.These small troops that lured the enemy were almost sent to die. For two days in a row, the several small troops sent to lure the enemy were all wiped out.But the expected large army of Li Jing still did not appear!

What is Li Jing waiting for?

Li Jing's actions before were as swift as thunder, and before they could react, they had already broken through the four prefectures in one fell swoop and annihilated Li Kexiu's troops.But after entering Weizhou, Li Jing's actions slowed down.Especially after crossing the south of the Sangguo River and crossing Xiong'er Mountain, the movement became more and more sluggish.If it weren't for this, it would be impossible for Liu Yuniang to reinforce Zhiguguan before the Qin army.

Jing Shisanniang suggested that maybe the Qin army's previous offensive was too fast, which caused their logistics to fail to keep up, and the Qin army had to slow down.Moreover, Li Jing must have a lot of post-war affairs to deal with after winning four and a half states in a row.In any case, Li Jing was able to fight all the way from Junduguan to Zhiguguan in a few days, which can already be regarded as a swift soldier.

Maybe so!

But Liu Yuniang didn't fully believe this reason. In her opinion, it was more like a conspiracy and a trap by Li Jing.

Maybe Li Jing is trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain, or maybe he is making a fool of himself.

Maybe Li Jing has already set a trap in Weizhou and is trying to lure her to chase her.Maybe Li Jing just wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and then let the three parts of Datong go to fight Yanmen.

Mrs. Liu had already thought about and considered these things before sending out troops, but she still came in the end.

What exactly does Li Jing want to do?Liu couldn't help rubbing her fingers between her eyebrows.

She clearly remembered that at the beginning Li Jing was wearing sharp and sharp, taking the lead in the soldiers, unstoppable and unstoppable, and those who stood in his way were dressed in clothes.During the Battle of Daibei, Li Jing always saw the head and tail, and came and went without a trace, but every time he appeared, he must appear suddenly, and then launched a fatal blow.A few years have passed, and now the Qin army is more powerful and has more powerful soldiers and horses. It is impossible for Li Jing, the sharpest sword, to wear out its edge so quickly.

A deep feeling of uneasiness enveloped Liu's heart, but right now she couldn't retreat.Her husband has not yet returned from Hebei. Once she leaves, he will lose his way home.

Just as she was thinking, a horse suddenly came flying from the foot of the mountain.

It was a familiar figure. When the knight arrived in front of Liu Yuniang, he was exhausted and out of breath.

That was Jingniang, the commander of the bodyguard Liu sent to Hebei to report to her husband, "Report to Ma'am, the king has returned to his teacher, and now he has arrived at Lingqiu, Weizhou City!"

This news made Liu Shi and Jing Shisanniang present all surprised. After a moment of stunned, Jing Shisanniang was the first to say happily: "That's great, the king has come back, so we don't have to be afraid of Li Jing."

Liu Shi also felt a burst of relief in her heart, as if a heavy burden was put down at once.

"How many troops did King Jin bring back?" she asked.

"When the king of Jin heard the urgent report from here, he immediately rushed back from Hebei. First, he led [-] cavalry back to help, and then King Zhao led [-] infantry from the second town of Chengde Yanmen to follow. However, the king of Jin was worried Yanmen was in danger, and I was afraid that Li Jing would collude with the three tribes of Datong to take advantage of the fire and send troops to Yanmen, so General Li Siyuan led [-] cavalry to go back to Yanmen, and now the king of Jin is rushing here with [-] cavalry."

Hearing that there were only [-] reinforcements, everyone was a little disappointed.

Mrs. Liu asked the female sword guard to take out the map and looked at it carefully, "The king of Jin will take a day at the fastest to get here, and it will take a day and a half at the latest. The infantry will take three days to arrive at the fastest, and the weather is marching today, even if they When we arrive, the soldiers must be exhausted and have to rest for a day or two before they can fight."

Jing Shisanniang said with some concern: "Madam, is the plan still the same?"

"Well, if we abandon the ambush plan and retreat to Zhigu Pass at this time, and Li Jing launches an attack at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to last for a few days. We will continue to guard here until King Jin arrives!" Liu decided.

Li Jing has always been well-informed, and he will definitely know the news that her husband has returned to aid immediately.If Li Jing didn't plan to accept it as soon as it was good, and wanted to continue to attack and gain something, then these two days would be Li Jing's last great opportunity to attack and capture Zhigu Pass.

Perhaps the Qin army would think that the Jin army would hide in the city and wait for reinforcements after knowing the news that reinforcements were imminent, so that they could relax their vigilance and attack.

This, perhaps, is an opportunity for her. Although continuing with the original plan is a bit risky, the risk is high, and the possible rewards are also great. For this reason, she is willing to take this risk!

Now that the decision has been made, Mrs. Liu doesn't know whether her step is right or wrong. After a moment of relief, there is a sudden sense of uneasiness!