Chapter 44 Ambush in the Forest

Liang Wu was scolded by his father for no clue. The chief Xue Moer quickly explained: "Young Master, although Zhang Xu has formed an alliance with us, if the prince falls into his hands, it will be very detrimental to us."

Liang Wu said oh, but he was still confused. Although Liang Shiyan had given up on his son, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of regret. He thought of his second son, Liang Gang, the current Duke of Tongzheng County and the governor of Jingzhou, Liang Shiyan, had a headache. This son was the best among his five sons and had the greatest achievements, but he just disagreed with his own opinions.

"No, the prince must be in my hands." Liang Shiyan said fiercely, his beard fluttering under his jaw.

"Sir, Liang Mo is not here. Could it be that sir, you want to lead the team in person?" Xue Moer asked.

Liang Shiyan nodded, and Xue Moer reminded: "Sir, there are only 500 cavalrymen in Puzhou now. If you want to succeed, you must be ahead of Zhang Xu."

"No," Liang Shiyan turned around and ordered: "Tell me the order, gather the entire army immediately and set off for Wanrong County."

"Yes." A general next to Liang Shiyan responded loudly.

As soon as Pei Tong walked out of the small courtyard where he lived, he immediately found that today's governor's mansion was a little different from the past. From time to time, soldiers walked past him. He hurriedly grabbed a general and asked, "What happened?"

The general of the family was suddenly stopped and was about to scold him, but when he saw that it was Pei Tong, he quickly changed his smile: "Cousin Master, the master received the imperial edict of the prince and led his troops to Wanrong County to pay homage to the prince."

"Wanrong County? The prince is in Wanrong County." Pei Tong was shocked and suddenly was shocked: "No, my uncle is going to kidnap the prince. What should I do?" He didn't know that the information he had passed up had reached Yang Yong's hands, so he couldn't help but be anxious. The secret guards were loyal to the court and naturally they were loyal to the prince. Seeing that the prince was in trouble, there was no reason to be unsuccessful.

"Young Master, the young man is still gathering." Seeing Pei Tong's expression a little unthinkable, the general was secretly surprised.

"Go." Pei Tong waved his hand weakly.

After the general of the family left, Pei Tong thought about it and said secretly: "No, I must follow my uncle to Wanrong County." He made up his mind and immediately went to the direction where the soldiers gathered.

Outside the Puzhou governor's mansion, five hundred cavalry had already assembled. Liang Shiyan stood in front of him, holding a long spear, and his long white beards fluttered in the wind. Although he was nearly 70 years old, he was still strong. The soldiers around him seemed to see their commander taking him to charge towards the enemy again.

Liang Shiyan looked at his subordinates with satisfaction. Half of these people were elite soldiers who had followed him for many years, and were between thirty and forty years. The other half was to absorb bandits from all over the world and selected them to record them. They had many lives in their hands. Although they were not as good as his elite subordinates, they were also rare elite soldiers. After he was transferred to the governor of Puzhou, although he knew that Puzhou was not a place to raise troops, he still used his savings to form this army. Now it is time to gain. As long as he can capture the prince, everything is worth it.

Looking at these soldiers, Liang Shiyan still felt a little regretful. Unfortunately, Liang Mo and the other 500 soldiers were not in Puzhou and could not be recovered for a while. Otherwise, this operation would be even more foolproof.

"Set out." Liang Shiyan's long spear stretched forward, and hundreds of people knocked their horses lightly at the same time, and the sound of booming hooves suddenly rang out.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Everyone turned around in surprise and saw a man riding a horse from the governor's mansion.

"Who dares to be so bold?" Liang Shiyan was so old that his eyes were not good.

"Sir, I'm a cousin." Xue Moer hurriedly returned.

Seeing that it was Pei Tong, the soldiers did not stop him. As they spoke, Pei Tong had already come to Liang Shiyan: "Uncle, I heard that the prince is in Wanrong, and Tong'er also wanted to visit the prince in Wanrong County."

Liang Shiyan was about to refuse, but Xue Moer said gently in Liang Shiyan's ear: "Pei Family."

What a big deal to rebel? Even if Liang Shiyan and the Pei family are close relatives of nephews and uncles, Liang Shiyan did not communicate with the Pei family before she was fully confident. When Xue Moer mentioned this point, Liang Shiyan immediately reacted. This move was undoubtedly to drag the Pei family into the water. If Pei Tong was involved in the hijacking of the prince this time, unless the Pei family did not want this son, it would be unclear.

"Okay, the prince is young and is about to date a young man like you." Liang Shiyan said with a smile on his face.

Pei Tong had prepared a set of words, but he didn't expect his uncle to agree so easily. He felt his heart beating violently and felt a sense of shame. He just threw it behind his head immediately. Uncle could not succeed. I am loyal to the Pei family and the court.

Pei Tong's joining only made the army stop for a while and immediately started to set off again. The sound of horse hooves with "splashing, splashing" can be heard from afar. The people on the official road dodged one after another, looking at the backs of the cavalrymen who were leaving, and were talking a lot. I don't know what happened, but the governor needed to lead the army to set off in person.

Liang Shiyan had to sneak out when he asked Liang Mo to lead his troops to set off, but he didn't know it. This time, he didn't care about anything in order to hurry up. He rode his horse in the city, and even rushed out of the city gate. He walked around the morning and rushed toward Wanrong County.

In Wanrong County, Yang Yong, Lu Mulin and Liu Hu were discussing the current situation. Lu Mulin looked happy: "Your Highness, Zhang Xu only has dozens of servants, and he will arrive in Wanrong County one day."

"Okay, I guess Zhang Xu will not come to Wanrong County first, but will join the army in the valley. Will the army in the valley have abnormal movements in the past few days?"

"Your Highness let go, the Guzhong army has no abnormal movement. They have no leader and don't know how many of our troops. Maybe they still want to waste it. However, even so, Zhang Xu cannot be allowed to reach the entrance of the valley directly. Otherwise, the Guzhong army will hear the shouts of killing, and it is likely that the Guzhong army will rush to break the valley. Should we first draw dozens of people to ambush the distance and catch him off guard when Zhang Xu arrives."

"Well, this matter is feasible, but the escorts trapped in the valley cannot be reduced, so you can only draw fifty people from here to prepare." Yang Yong's eyes suddenly fell on Liu Hu: "Liu Hu, are you sure that you will be led by you to ambush Zhang Xu this time?"

Liu Hu stood up from the chair, his face flushed: "Don't worry, your highness, I am willing to write a military order. If you don't catch Zhang Xu, you are willing to come and see you."

"Remember, sit down, no matter how you live or not." Yang Yong gently patted Liu Hu on the shoulder.

Liu Hu's eyes turned red. Although he was one year older than Yang Yong, Yang Yong gave him the feeling of a brother everywhere. He was deeply grateful and wanted to show his feelings in front of Yang Yong, but he was chased and lost the person for the first time. Although this person did not escape in the end, he did not relieve his pressure and guilt. This time it was undoubtedly the prince who gave him the chance to make up for his merits.

"Is there any news between Yuwenxin and Liang Shiyan?" Yang Yong had turned to Lu Mulin.

Lu Mulin shook his head and said softly: "There is no news about the two people yet."

Yang Yong had no choice but to let go for the time being and said, "Then wait for the news and take down Zhang Xu first."

The news about Liang Shiyan did not make Yang Yong wait for long. That afternoon, Lu Mulin came to Yang Yong with the secret report of Liang Shiyan sending troops for 500.

After receiving the secret report, Yang Yong immediately felt the command of the commander. Liang Shiyan led the troops for decades and experienced many battles. His subordinates were elite. Even if both sides had the same force, Yang Yong would not dare to be sure to win against him. Moreover, Yang Yong now has only one hundred troops on hand, only one-fifth of Liang Shiyan's.

"How many days will Liang Shiyan arrive in Wanxian?"

"When you go back to Your Highness, Liang Shiyan has been rushing on the road. According to their previous journey, you can arrive as soon as the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"The day after tomorrow, it's only one day after Zhang Xu, and it's really fast!" Yang Yong couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, although Puzhou is connected to Hedong County, the distance is at least twice as many as Zhang Xu, and he brought more people than Zhang Xu. If he could arrive the day after tomorrow, it would be a day slower than Zhang Xu, which is indeed a very fast one.

"When will the army in Fenzhou arrive?" Yang Yong couldn't help but pin his hopes on the reinforcements in Fenzhou.

Lu Mulin's face was heavy: "Go back to Your Highness, the two thousand troops in Fenzhou have crossed the Fen River, but there are 1,500 infantrymen, and it will take five days to reach Wanrong."

"So, Wanrong County only needs to withstand Liang Shiyan's attack for three days. Liang Shiyan rushed all the way. It would probably take at least two days to build siege equipment in three days. Although there are only one hundred people around me, it is not difficult for Wanrong County to summon thousands of people with yamen runners and government soldiers. Liang Shiyan wants to break the city in one day, which is a delusion." Yang Yong's tight eyebrows stretched out.

However, Lu Mulin did not come down as easily as Yang Yong and raised a question: "Your Highness, if Liang Shiyan saw that Wan Rong was prepared and contacted the defenders in the valley, Duan Da and Yang Shi's two hundred guards could not withstand the front and back attacks. At that time, Your Highness would be in danger and must be guarded."

Yang Yong heard a sense of sternness. He subconsciously didn't think about Liang Shiyan's possible knowledge of the two thousand people in the valley. If Liang Shiyan rescued these two thousand people first, even the reinforcements from Fenzhou would not be able to resist the enemy. Yang Yong thought for a long time and said, "If this is true, I have to abandon Wan Rong and leave."

When Lu Mulin heard that the prince was willing to escape, he felt relieved. If the situation was really so dangerous, the escorts in the city would not be very dangerous, but the 200 guards who stayed in the valley would probably have suffered heavy casualties.

Just after Chen the next day, a sound of "pop, pop" came from the official road in the south of the city. A group of soldiers with more than 20 cavalry rushed past the official road and rushed straight to Wanrong County. What's strange is that when the city is still more than 20 miles away, the knights in front of them drove into the woods next to the road, and then everyone disappeared. If the people of Wanrong County saw it, they would definitely know that the area where these people were driving into was the place marked as a forbidden area by the county magistrate several years ago.

Of course, this group of people is Zhang Xu and his party. The prefect of Hezhong County is more than 200 miles away from Wanrong County. They rushed over from the Fucheng in three days. Their speed was not slow.

After entering the woods, although the road in the middle was still open, the speed of the group did not slow down. It was early in July, and everyone set off early in the morning. At this time, it had been more than an hour. No matter the people were a little tired, there was no sunshine in the forest, the air was fresh, and it was almost time to reach the ground, everyone relaxed rarely, and the simple nature let the mount take him to walk slowly.

"Sir, you can reach the valley in ten miles." An aide came to Zhang Xu with a smile and said.

The staff and the more than 20 famous generals in front of him are the people Zhang Xu trusted the most. He has been here several times, so he is not unfamiliar with the valley. Zhang Xu nodded, which was considered a response.

The staff continued: "I really don't know how timid Yuwen Cheng is. If he had led the troops out earlier, the prince would have been in our control."

"Yuwencheng is just a small county magistrate. Facing the prince, it is common to lose his power and retreat. This contribution is still given to Lord Taoist." Another aide flattered.

Zhang Xu was about to answer, but he suddenly felt something was wrong around him. This feeling seemed like he was often staring at by beasts when he was crossing mountains and ridges with his brother Zhang Bin before he became rich. Of course, both his brother Zhang Bin and himself have good martial arts skills and are not afraid of any beasts.

"Stop." Zhang Xu raised his hand, and the head-to-head generals pulled the reins, looking at Zhang Xu without any doubt.

"Sir, what happened?" an aide couldn't help asking.

"Listen, what's the sound?"

Everyone was firmly listening. Except for the gasping sound of the mounts under their bodies, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. A family general said, "Sir, there is no sound."

This is summer, the most active season for all kinds of insects. How come there is no insect chirping? An aide reacted: "Sir, retreat quickly!"
Chapter completed!