The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 247 Lure the enemy to go deep
Five miles north of Pinggao County, three thousand party troops stopped advancing.

The terrain here is relatively gentle, the field of view is broad, and it is surrounded by gentle and low hills on all sides. It is suitable for the party's soldiers and horses to be flexible and mobile and good at field battles.

Among the Wuyuan soldiers, Dangxiang people accounted for two-thirds, and the rest were Shatuo and Han people, as well as a small number of Tubo people.

The proportion of cavalry accounts for half, and even every two infantrymen can be assigned a horse carrying equipment.

Li Guangyan looked at the corner of Pinggao County Tower from a distance, his dark face under his helmet showed a bit of fanaticism, and he sneered: "The county sentry noticed us just now, so the city must have known about our army's arrival by now."

Li Guangrui said disdainfully: "The soldiers stationed here by the Zhangyi Army are all idiots. They are not good at fighting. They are very active in standing guard."

Li Guangyan pointed to a poplar forest under a bare loess hill a hundred feet away and said with a smile: "You lead the infantry to rest in that forest. I will lead the cavalry to the city to provoke. We will first explore the actual conditions in the city."

Li Guangrui shook his head and said: "I will go to the city to challenge you. You lead the infantry into the woods and wait for me."

Li Guangyan said dissatisfied: "As I said before, all actions will be subject to my orders. Besides, I am the general of Wuyuan Town, and these are my soldiers and horses."

Li Guangrui said unconvinced: "I am the young master of the Dingnan Army, and the Wuyuan Town Soldiers are also affiliated with the Dingnan Army. You should obey my command."

The two stared at each other, neither of them able to convince the other.

"Then follow the old rules!" Li Guangrui waved, and a Dangxiang sergeant walked up to him escorting a Han herdsman he had captured earlier.

"Let him go." Li Guangrui rode on horseback, took out his bow and arrows, and glanced coldly at the Han citizen who was wearing only a ragged single coat, disheveled hair, and a face full of fear.

Sergeant Dangxiang cut off the ropes tied to the Han people's feet, kicked them over hard, and cursed in Dangxiang dialect.

Li Guangrui said calmly: "Han slave, you can go, run as fast as you can, and run as far as you can."

The Han people endured the pain and fell to the ground, begging for mercy with tears streaming down their faces.

Li Guangrui pointed his gleaming arrow cluster at him and cursed fiercely: "Damn Han slave, if you don't run away, I, the general, will shoot you right now!"

The Han people were terrified. He knew that the Dangxiang people did not really want to let him go, but wanted to treat him as prey and hunt him for fun.

As long as he ran far away, the two party nobles would shoot arrows at him until he was shot to death.

But if you don't run, you will die now.

The Han people gritted their teeth, got up and fled in panic towards the woods to the southeast.

Barefoot, he ran desperately on the dirt road full of gravel, and within a few steps, his feet were cut by sharp stones, leaving bloodstains all the way.

He looked back while running, and the deadly cold arrow would shoot from behind at some point.

Li Guangrui opened his bow and nocked an arrow, slowly took aim, licked his lips, and his eyes were filled with a cruel smile.

"Whoops~" An arrow was shot. When the Han people turned around and saw Li Guangrui releasing the arrow, they subconsciously lay down, holding their heads in their hands, and yelled in fear.

The feather arrow passed over his head and nailed hard into the soil in front of him.

The Han people were so frightened that they burst into tears. Regardless of their fear, they got up and continued running away.

"Damn it!" Li Guangrui cursed fiercely.

Li Guangyan sneered unceremoniously: "It seems that the women in Xiazhou have dazzled you, and you can't even find the right point for archery."

Li Guangrui gritted his teeth and stared fiercely at the fleeing Han people in the distance. He wanted to rush forward, cut off his head with a knife, and hang it on the tip of a spear.

Li Guangyan drew his bow like a full moon, took aim briefly, and took advantage of the moment when the Han people were running forward without turning back. He loosened the bow string, and with a buzzing sound, sharp arrows shot like a rainbow at the Han people.

There was a scream in the distance. The Han people were not lucky again. They were shot through the chest by arrows and died on the spot.

"Roar! Roar!~"

The Dang Xiang sergeant shouted frantically, held up his long knife, and cheered Li Guangyan's name.

Li Guangrui's face was filled with annoyance and unwillingness, and he looked murderously at the remaining Han people who were tied up with ropes.

Li Guangyan put away his bow and arrow, smiled and comforted him: "I would like to accept the bet. You will immediately lead the infantry to the woods and wait for the military order in front of me."

Seeing that Li Guangrui's face was extremely gloomy, Li Guangyan smiled again and said: "You rest in the woods and prepare to meet me. You see, that forest is a good place for an ambush. If I guard Pinggao County, I will definitely ambush someone inside." A soldier and horse, ready to attack the passing enemy army. If you go, you may meet the enemy head-on and have a good fight."

Li Guangrui muttered angrily: "The Zhangyi army is just a coward. They don't even dare to leave the city, so how can they send people to ambush them?"

Just as Li Guangyan was about to speak, the sound of drums and horns suddenly came from the woods to the southeast. He looked with astonishment on his face and saw flags fluttering in the woods. A team of less than a thousand people rushed out of the woods and was heading towards them to kill them. Come.

The one who charged forward was a mighty man holding a long-handled flower knife, wearing a hairpin helmet, and chainmail. The most eye-catching thing was the fluttering beard on this man's chin, as if Guan Gong was still alive.

"Is this the soldiers and horses of the Zhangyi Army?"

Li Guangyan rubbed his eyes and saw clearly the Changyi flag flying in the enemy's formation, as well as a large general's flag with the word "Pan" in it.

"The Zhangyi Army really dared to go out of the city to fight in the field?" Li Guangyan still found it a bit incredible.

"Well done!" Li Guangrui was overjoyed. He took the iron spear from the guard's hand, patted his horse and rushed forward to fight.

"Don't act rashly!" Li Guangyan was startled and shouted a reminder, but unfortunately Li Guangrui didn't listen and rushed out.

"The cavalry followed me to meet the enemy, and the rest of the soldiers and horses lined up!" Li Guangyan roared, and raised his horse to lead the cavalry to follow closely.

The two armies suddenly met and charged face to face in the open field.

"A certain person is the vanguard of the Chang Yi Army, General Pan Mei is also the same! The general will be named! A certain person will not kill an unknown person with his sword!"

There was a roar like thunder, Pan Mei pointed his sword at an angle, and galloped wildly, the strong wind blowing his beard fluttering.

Li Guangrui was furious: "What an arrogant bearded thief! General Li Guangrui is here! Come forward quickly and die!"

"Turns out he's a bastard of the Dangxiang Li family! Haha~ Grandpa Pan will operate on you, the little turtle grandson, today! I'll chop off your dog's head and send it to Xiazhou to drink wine for that old dog Li Yiyin!"

Pan Mei laughed wildly and cursed ungratefully.

Li Guangrui was so angry that he clamped the horse's belly with his legs, manipulated the spear with both hands, and the moment they collided head-on, he raised the gun and stabbed Pan Mei in the chest!

"Ouch!~ The little boy has some skills!" Pan Mei barely avoided it, and the two horses rushed past each other.

The cavalry from both sides also collided head-on in an instant, and fierce fighting broke out, with the sound of weapons clashing.

Li Guangrui turned his horse's head, and with a livid face, he held a gun in both hands and killed Pan Mei again: "The long-bearded thief! I will take your head today!"

"Little turtle grandson! Just let your horse come over!" Pan Mei laughed wildly and waved her flower knife to meet him.

For a moment, broadswords were flying, spears were like dragons, and the two war horses were leaning closely against each other, biting each other, and the two generals were fighting fiercely.Seeing that Pan Mei's martial arts was not weak, Li Guangyan was worried that Li Guangrui would make a mistake, so he patted his horse and rushed forward to help in the battle.

Pan Mei was one against two, and was beaten back and forth. She was at a disadvantage, and her horse screamed in agony, and the fierce impacts made it unbearable for the horse.

"Wow~ Two little turtles teamed up to fight Grandpa Pan. Grandpa Pan couldn't resist it! Withdraw the troops!~"

Pan Mei was panting and cursing for a while, then she turned around and slapped her horse and ran away to the west, shouting as she ran.

Some sergeants caught up carrying the banner of the Changyi Army, and some sergeants sounded the gong for withdrawal. With a clanging sound, the cavalry abandoned a large number of flags and weapons and desperately followed the army flag to escape.

The actual battle between the two armies lasted only a stick of incense, and the Changyi Army showed signs of defeat.

"Fifth brother blames you. I obviously had the upper hand and was about to knock down the long-bearded thief, but you came to cause trouble and scared the thief away!"

Li Guangrui was very dissatisfied and complained.

Li Guangyan frowned and said: "The enemy general is not weak in martial arts, I am worried that you will make a mistake."

Li Guangrui said angrily: "You are afraid that I will kill the thief first and make you lose face in front of your subordinates! Humph~ Fifth brother, you are too unkind! I don't care, I will take that thief no matter what I say today. My head! Drive~"

With an angry shout, Li Guangrui clapped his horse and rushed out, chasing the fleeing enemy troops.

Li Guangyan couldn't stop him and was so angry that he yelled and cursed a few words. He quickly waved his hand and led the cavalry to follow, and then sent a general to lead the infantry to follow.

The two soldiers and horses, one in front and one behind, bypassed the hills and headed towards Xiashan all the way.

The traces of the enemy army never left Li Guangrui's sight, and behind him, Li Guangyan led the party's cavalry in hot pursuit.

Less than half an hour later, they came to an unknown valley. The terrain became narrow. There was a narrow road about ten feet wide between two mountains. Zhangyi's cavalry fled into the valley.

Li Guangrui looked up and saw two steep barren mountains standing on the left and right like door gods. The low-lying road in the middle of the valley went deep behind them. There was a vague mist rising, making it difficult to see the scene in the valley.

Li Guangrui was shocked and hurriedly reined in his horse.

The terrain here is dangerous, the visibility is extremely poor, and it is easy to be ambushed.

"Woo ~ woo ~"

There was a sound of shouting to stop the war horses, and Li Guangyan also led his army to catch up.

"Don't pursue any more, lest you fall into an ambush!" Li Guangyan looked solemn, surrounded by barren mountains and cliffs, jagged rocks, and dangerous terrain, which was not conducive to party cavalry's field battles.

Li Guangrui was unwilling to give up, but he also knew that it would be dangerous to continue chasing.

Suddenly, a high-pitched donkey brayed in the mist of the valley, and a young man wearing a turban, a feather fan in his hand, and a white robe rode out slowly on a slightly fat gray donkey.

The gray donkey turned its thick lips and chewed some soybeans. Its watery eyes glanced at the party cavalry waiting in formation outside the valley, and barked in a low voice, with a look that seemed very disdainful.

Zhu Xiu patted the donkey's head, took out a handful of beans from his sack and stuffed them into the donkey's mouth, then shook his feather fan and looked at the party members twenty feet away with a smile.

Li Guangyan and Li Guangrui looked at each other with doubts on their faces. Who is this guy walking out of the smoke?Is he a man or a ghost?

Zhu Xiu cleared her throat and shouted loudly: "You two should be brothers Li Guangrui and Li Guangyan, who are hated by people, notorious, and like rats on the street, right?"

The two of them were stunned and furious.

"Young man riding a donkey, you are seeking death!"

Li Guangrui raised the iron gun in his hand and shouted back.

Li Guangyan took off his bow and arrow and stared at him with cold eyes.

Zhu Xiu laughed loudly and said: "Let me introduce myself, I am Zhu Xiu!"

Li Guangrui and Li Guangyan looked at each other, stunned, and did not respond.

Zhu Xiu curled her lips and said loudly: "Which one of you is Li Guangyan? Stand up and let me see! Have you forgotten that I was the one who killed Li Guangbo! And your short-lived sister Li was also a member of my family. Burn it to death!"

Li Guangyan's eyes turned red instantly, his teeth chattered loudly, and he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

Li Guangyan's hard bow is quite powerful. At such a long distance, the arrow speed is not slow at all, and it reaches him in the blink of an eye.

When Zhu Xiu saw him raising his hand, he immediately lay down to dodge. Unexpectedly, the arrow came so fast. He was so frightened that he tilted his body and fell off the donkey's back, falling down.

The sharp arrow was shot in the air, and the arrow cluster was nailed to the rock wall nearby, and the tail feathers were still buzzing and trembling.

Zhu Xiu felt a chill in her heart. She hurriedly got up and took the donkey back a few steps. She yelled angrily: "Li Guangyan, hiding in the distance and shooting cold arrows is not a good man. If you want to avenge your dead brother and short-lived sister, just let him go." Come here! I tell you clearly that there are ten thousand soldiers and horses ambushed in this valley. As long as you dare to come in, I will keep you safe and never come back. I will send you to reunite with Li Guangbo and the Li family!"

After swearing arrogantly for a while, Zhu Xiu led the donkey back to the valley and disappeared into the mist.

Li Guangyan's face was ashen, he clenched the tree pole tightly and stared at the entrance of the valley where the mist was rising.

Li Guangrui chuckled and said: "What a scoundrel, telling lies to scare us. This valley is narrow, let alone ten thousand soldiers and horses, even a thousand soldiers can't hide it! Fifth brother, don't listen to his nonsense, let's rush in now and arrest him Stop him from scratching and cramping, and take revenge!"

Li Guangyan gritted his teeth and hesitated.

"Oh my fifth brother, what's there to be afraid of? It's not like you and I don't know how capable the Zhangyi Army is! Even if Skuangwei came in person, we can still call him back! Zhu Xiu's dog thief is right in front of us, can't we let him go? ?" Li Guangrui encouraged.

Li Guangyan's eyes flashed, and he made up his mind and said: "Send orders to Jie Bili to lead the infantry to stand by and check the situation in the valley at all times. If there is an accident, let him lead the army to rescue immediately!

Brother Rui is behind and I am in front. We divide into two armies and enter the valley one after another. Once we find something wrong, we will retreat immediately! "

"Fifth brother will do whatever he says! Let's go!"

Li Guangrui laughed loudly and led half of the cavalry to follow. Li Guangyan moved forward and cautiously entered the valley.

Passing through the mist-shrouded valley mouth and entering the valley, the narrow valley is dimly lit and somewhat cold and humid. The cliffs on both sides are extremely steep. The bare brown rocks are exposed and there are no people at all.

"Let me tell you, there is no way to hide soldiers in this damn place. But where did the Zhu Xiu dog thief go? Why did he disappear in just a short while?" Li Guangrui asked doubtfully.

Li Guangyan also relaxed a little and continued to lead the cavalry forward, deep into the valley.

This deep valley looks dangerous, but in fact there is no possibility of hiding soldiers. The cliffs on both sides have an unobstructed view. Unless the enemy is invisible, he will be discovered once he emerges.

Suddenly, Li Guangyan saw not far ahead, behind the rock wall, the long-bearded enemy general wielding a broadsword appeared again, followed by soldiers of the Zhangyi Army.

Strangely, they had no one on horseback and were reduced to a group of foot soldiers.

"The long-bearded thief!" Li Guangrui's eyes were full of anger, and he was about to leap forward.

Pan Mei looked coldly at the party cavalry who met on the narrow road, grinned, and two sergeants holding torches lit the fuses buried on both sides.
(End of this chapter)