Chapter 69 Ambush Cheng Kong

In a hill more than ten miles away from Gan County, thousands of soldiers were lying on both sides holding their breath. Gan County was in the middle of the capital and Renshou Palace. The official road between this hill was the only way to Renshou Palace.

This time, the troops were sent together Daxing Temple and more than a dozen families. Of course, it would not be possible without unified command. Yang Guang was not here, so they could only elect temporary leaders. Many of these families who sent troops sent were just confidants. The heads of the family did not come in person. Those who were qualified to compete for the position of command were Huangfu Xiaoxie, Zhao Shizhu, Murong Chi Li, Zhixuan and others, while Yuwen Shu, Yuwen Mi, Lu Kai, Guo Yan and others were unable to come because they had too big goals.

If it is about age or qualification, these people are of course led by Elder Zhixuan and Mrs. Murong in Daxing Temple. However, in the end, they cannot rely on age or qualifications. In the end, the command of the troops was handed over to General Huangfu Xiaoxie.

Although Huangfu Xiaoxie has a poor character, he has been fighting with General Wang Shiji for many years and has rich experience. His military strategy is the best choice. At first glance, he has naturally benefited from this hill. This hill has few trees, uneven heights and stretches for dozens of miles. The official road in the middle is curved and crooked, which has natural restrictions for cavalry and is definitely conducive to ambushing one side with a large number of people.

Many of these family soldiers have been dependent on various aristocratic families for generations or even dozens of generations. For them, the orders of the head of the family are the greatest. If the head of the family is unlucky, they will also be unlucky, and changing dynasties will not even affect them. Therefore, although they are dealing with the crown prince of the current dynasty, they will inevitably feel a little uneasy, but no one does not obey the orders of the head of the family.

Since the Jin Dynasty moved eastward, wars have lasted for hundreds of years in the north, with only a handful of peaceful days. The powerful households built docks to protect themselves. Although many large households died when dynasties changed, all the powerful households knew that the soldiers in their hands were their most important guarantees after all. Speaking of which, the combat effectiveness of these family soldiers was stronger than that of ordinary troops.

However, family soldiers are family soldiers, and they are not regular soldiers after all. In addition, the people and horses of each family are not subordinate to each other. So many people gather together, and the friction and chaos can be imagined. These family soldiers have left the city one after another. The long waited for more than a day, and the short waited for less than half a day. They could not make fire in the mountains and could only chew dry food. Some family soldiers were so angry that they couldn't help but curse. Many horses who had been kneeling even shook their heads. If the war horses had not been covered with their mouths, they would definitely make neighing.

It is now Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather is getting colder, especially the mountains are even more pleasant. The pedestrians on the official road have been constantly connected to the post station. The sound of family soldiers lying in the hills floating on the official road, which makes some people unable to help but look up, and they can't stand the figure and leave with confusion.

Murong Chi Li couldn't help but frown and said to Huangfu Xiaoxie: "General, this will not work. Everyone must be kept quiet. Otherwise, if someone discovers, our ambush will be wasted."

Huangfu Xiaoxie's face was even longer than Murong Chili's family. If his subordinates dared to make noise, they would soon implement military laws. However, even though the number of private soldiers from more than a dozen families gathered together, there would still be no longer a long time when someone disrespected the order. Unfortunately, he could not mobilize his 4,000 imperial guards to ambush them, otherwise what would he do to these mobs?

Huangfu Xiaoxie could only look at the soldiers who led each family and asked, "Everyone, please restrain some of their respective families. If this failure occurs, you and I will die without a place to bury you and I."

Everyone naturally knew the seriousness of Huangfu Xiaoxie's request. They all turned their faces with a slight look on their faces. The buzzing sound suddenly disappeared, and the entire hill became quiet again.

At the speed of the cavalry, it was more than an hour after the prince left the capital, but now almost two hours have passed. As the sun sets little by little, the prince still has not appeared.

"Why haven't you come yet?" The fat and fat Zhao Shizhu waited impatiently and couldn't help but complain.

Although everyone was just as anxious, no one wanted to accept Zhao Shizhu's words. After all, no one had a good impression of a person who seduced his brother-in-law's concubine and finally sued him for rebellion. Some people even thought maliciously, and they really didn't know how to seduce Yu Qingze's concubine with his body.

Zhao Shizhu knew that he would definitely be disgusted by the prince if he killed Yu Qingze. He has been actively promoting the support of King Jin to the throne. This time he brought 600 family soldiers, second only to Murong's mansion. Seeing everyone ignoring them, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Zhixuan shouted the Buddha's name, breaking Zhao Shizhu's embarrassment: "Lord Zhu Guo is a little restless. The prince has left the capital and may be here soon."

As soon as Zhixuan's words fell, a ray of smoke rose from the official road, and a fast horse ran from a distance. Several sharp-eyed people immediately recognized it. It was the snooping horse they sent out.

"Please note that the prince may appear soon and prepare to fight." Huangfu Xiaoxie ordered.

Everyone's eyes were filled with excitement, and Murong Chi Li made his teeth even louder, wishing he could bite the prince to death immediately.

The explorer quickly turned into the hills on the official road and came to everyone: "Report, General, the prince's team is less than five miles away."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, go down and receive the reward." Huangfu Xiaoxie said in a shocked mood.

"Yes, General Thank you!" The horse hiding went down to receive the reward happily, and Huangfu Xiaoyi's order was also passed. The family soldiers who seemed to be messy and scattered just now suddenly became nervous and held their hands on their weapons. The murderous aura rose as if it were physically raised. The cicadas around seemed to feel, and the hilly areas became extremely quiet.

The five miles away, the cavalry had less than a cup of tea. However, this cup of tea seemed particularly long for the thousands of people lying in ambush. The sun in the distance was about to set. If the battle could not be finished within half an hour, it would have to drag the battle until night. For them, night battles were the most troublesome. Although there were many people, what should I do if the prince escaped accidentally?

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a rippling roar of smoke and dust came, and four Eastern Palace guards in black armor appeared first on the official road, followed by eight and twelve... Although only hundreds of people, they were like thousands of troops, and with this momentum, they could be regarded as the word "elite".

All the people who were lying in ambush did not even dare to let out the atmosphere, for fear of alarming the cavalry on the official road. Looking at the detours ahead, the cavalry's horse speed obviously slowed down and gradually stopped moving forward.

"What's going on? Did you find out? Why did you stop?" Everyone couldn't help but ask a question.

"Don't worry, the prince traveled to and from the East Palace many times. The terrain here is very clear, and the guards of the East Palace are very suitable for ambushing. But they don't have time to search at all. They may have to make a gesture when they stop. If they don't pass here, they can only return to Gan County to rest." Huangfu Xiaoxie explained.

Sure enough, the guard in front just looked around and did not feel anything wrong. He immediately waved his hand back, and everyone had restarted their horse stance and walked into the ambush circle.

Murong Chi Li showed his missing mouth, smiled twice before saying, "General Huangfu is indeed true, and he can even guess the thoughts of these guards."

"The old lady praised it, but it was nothing to say. How could the prince expect that someone was so bold that he dared to ambush here? In addition, time is tight, so he naturally would not check it out in detail. But the prince should have arrived one hour ago, so why did he delay an hour on the road?" Huangfu Xiaoxie couldn't help but ask a question.

"No matter why he delayed for an hour, he wouldn't be able to leave as long as he came. See if the prince is in the middle of the matter?" Zhao Shizhu said disapprovingly.

Zhao Shizhu's words were recognized by several people this time. Zhixuan and Murong Chi Li both opened their eyes and looked at the official road. More than 100 guards from the East Palace had appeared on the official road, but these people were still a certain distance, and everyone was dressed the same. It was really difficult to tell whether there was a prince from so many people.

"General Huangfu, order to attack. I have seen the prince." Zhao Shizhu said proudly.

Huangfu Xiaoxie opened his eyes wide, but he didn't notice the prince's figure. He hurriedly asked, "Where is the prince?"

"General, the big man who leads the horse in the middle must be the Mai Tie Staff. In addition to the prince, who else will Mai Tie Staff lead the horse?"

The Mai Tie Staff is tall and never riding a horse, but it runs faster than a horse. It is already well known that Huangfu Xiaoxie looked in the direction Zhao Shizhu pointed. Sure enough, a big man was sandwiched in the middle, holding the reins in his hand. Judging from his figure, it was Mai Tie Staff, the commander of the Eastern Palace guards. The Mai Tie Staff was there, and the person on the horse must be the prince.

Huangfu Xiaoxie breathed a sigh of relief: "Wait a minute, let's talk about it when they come in completely."

Murong Chi Li stared at the prince in the middle, wishing to rush down and cut off the prince's head to commemorate his son. He could barely suppress his anger when he heard Huangfu Xiaoxie's words, but a whimpering sound came from his nose.

"Amitabha, good! Good! In order to ensure that the Buddhist purity will not be destroyed, Prince, Lao Na has to send you a trip today." Zhixuan lowered his head and said.

"What's going on? Why don't they leave again?" Murong Chi Li said disappointedly.

Sure enough, the cavalry on the official road stopped moving forward again and pointed at the hills on both sides.

"No, maybe I've been discovered. General Huangfu, please order an attack." Zhao Shizhu urged.

Huangfu Xiaoxie frowned, watching the sun set, and the prince did not hurry up and rushed forward. Aren’t he afraid that the emperor would be angry and delayed the road for a day? He wanted to send the order out, but the position of the prince’s guard on the official road was too uncomfortable, and only half of the people stepped into the ambush circle. If the prince turned around in time and rushed out of the ambush circle, it would be a big problem. After all, this place is only a hundred miles away from the capital.

"General, if you don't give orders, the Murong Mansion will take action alone. I, the 800 dead soldiers of the Murong Mansion, will be more than enough to wipe out more than 200 people below."

"Mrs. Murong, don't be impulsive, wait a little longer."

"Wait, you can't wait, they're going to turn around." Zhao Shizhu shouted.

Everyone looked down the mountain. Sure enough, the cavalry at the foot of the mountain seemed to have realized the danger and began to turn around. Seeing that the enemy who had been suffering for more than ten years was about to slip away from his hands, Murong Chi Li did not hold back and shouted: "Murong's men, our enemies are below, shoot arrows!"

"Shoot the arrow!" Hearing the old lady's order, the ghost army of the Murong family bent his bow and arrow without hesitation and shot down.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" The arrows were raining. The guards of the East Palace on the official road were shocked when they heard the bowstrings. They had no shields on their bodies, so they could only turn around and run away in a hurry. They might be too panic. For a moment, people roared and neighed, collided, and became in chaos. Unfortunately, because the guards of the East Palace did not fully enter the range, many arrows were soft and weak when they reached the official road, and they were pushed away by weapons. The unplugged arrows fell on them and were blocked by armor. They could only insert some unimportant parts without armor. However, because the force of the arrows was exhausted, they could only be considered minor injuries. More arrows fell on the open space, or accidentally injured pedestrians on the official road.

"Kill!" Seeing that the bow and arrow were useless, Murong Chi Li simply threw the bow and arrow and ordered an attack. The eight hundred ghost soldiers behind her also stepped on the horse and rushed down the hills. Suddenly, the dust and smoke of the hills rolled.

"Kill!" Seeing that the troops from Murong Mansion had already set off, the other families had to order their subordinates to attack.

Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Huangfu Xiaoxie had no choice but to issue an order for the entire army to attack. When the ghost army in the front rushed out of the hills, the guards of the East Palace had turned around and ran along the official road. The ghost army of the Murong family just chased behind them. The pedestrians on the official road were stunned, and some pedestrians who could not dodge were all deviled. Fortunately, it was approaching dusk and there were not many pedestrians on the road.
Chapter completed!