Zhang Xuan led 2,500 soldiers to the Mingtangshan area east of Luxiang County after two days of rapid march.

Mingtang Mountain is a lonely mountain with a radius of more than 30 miles, with high mountains and dense forests and ravines. It is the second largest mountain in Donglai County after Sanggou Mountain. However, there are no bandits on this mountain. Its depth is too small, which is not conducive to hiding the army.

Zhang Xuan found a hidden valley for the soldiers to rest. He had sent a message to contact Zhang Xutuo, and news should be heard soon.

A marching tent was built in the valley. Zhang Xuanzheng, Pei Xingyan, Yuchi Gong and others discussed the next step. There was a detailed map on the table. Zhang Xuan pointed to the mouth of the tile and said, "The Grand Marshal's garrison is here, about fifty miles away, and the bandit camp confronted the Grand Marshal several miles away."

Zhang Xuan pointed to a mountain with red marks in the distance, "This is Zuo Xiaoyou's old nest, Squat Dog Mountain. Although the name is vulgar, it is a strategic place with rich resources and can accommodate millions of troops. If Zuo Xiaoyou stayed in the mountains and did not fight, we really had no choice but to do it. But he led the army down the mountain to fight the Sui army, which violated a military taboo."

Yuchi Gong smiled and said, "Is it because of Zuo Yunshan's instigation?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I think Zuo Yunshan will advise him not to go down the mountain, so as not to disturb us and annihilate Meng Rang's army. It should be Zuo Xiaoyou's ambition to take the opportunity to destroy us and occupy the entire Qingzhou."

Pei Xingyan next to him sneered, "This person has always overestimated his abilities. He has obvious martial arts skills and insists on boasting that he is the number one general in Shandong. Sooner or later, he will die on his arrogance."

Yuchi Gong grinned, "Don't be angry, Xiao Pei, maybe you heard it wrong, he just said that he was the number one fierce general in a squatting dog."

Yuchi Gong's humor made Zhang Xuan laugh. Pei Xingyan frowned. He didn't like Yuchi Gong calling him Xiao Pei, but he was not easy to get angry when he was the leader, so he had to glar at Yuchi Gong with dissatisfaction.

At this time, someone outside the tent reported. "General, the newsman is back."

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, "Let him in!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, the soldiers came back from Zhang Xutuo to report the news quickly walked in, knelt down on one knee and said, "I have seen the general, fortunately I have not humiliated my fate!"

"Thank you for your hard work. Is there a command from the Grand Marshal?" Zhang Xuan asked anxiously.

"have!"

The report soldier took out a letter and presented it to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan opened it and read it, and smiled at Pei Xingyan and Yuchi Gong who were stretching their necks, saying, "The General said that this bandits do not cause much harm to Donglai County. Let us kill as little as possible and force them to surrender as much as possible."

"Does the Grand Marshal have specific requirements for us?" Pei Xingyan asked.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "The General is just asking us to be a surprise soldier and harass the enemy on the periphery."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan's eyes fell on the map. The enemy camp at Wadangkou was about 100 miles away from Sangou Mountain. How should their logistics be guaranteed?

Zuo Xiaoyou built the camp at the entrance of Tile, because Tile, the intersection of two official roads, north and south and east. The geographical location is very important, especially a straight official road that leads directly to Sangou Mountain, which is wide and flat. It is conducive to the logistics transportation of the army.

For Zuo Xiaoyou, the most important thing is the transportation of military food. He has an army of 50,000, and his food consumption is huge every day. He is also preparing to attack Beihai County and obtain military food supplies in Beihai County. So he has almost no baggage.

However, the attack on Beihai County failed, so he retreated to Donglai County. He was stationed at Wadangkou and his request for military rations was extremely urgent.

That morning, on the official road about fifty miles from the entrance of the Wadang, a convoy full of food was slowly walking along the official road.

There are hundreds of ox carts, and they are lined up in a long row on the official road. Each ox cart is neatly piled up with dozens of bags of grain, and there are more than a thousand soldiers on both sides. This is Zuo Xiaoyou's grain convoy. They are responsible for the logistics support of 50,000 soldiers. They travel back and forth every day, continuously transporting the grain from Shougou Mountain to the camp a hundred miles away.

In order to prevent the Sui army from surrounding his grain team, Zuo Xiaoyou sent hundreds of posts to monitor the Sui army camp. Once the Sui army had any abnormal movement, he would immediately send troops to intercept. Not only that, Zuo Xiaoyou sent three thousand troops to set up defenses along the way, establishing six post battalions, responsible for receiving the grain team, and the guard was very tight, which was foolproof.

But all Zuo Xiaoyou's defense was against Zhang Xutuo's Sui army camp. He never expected that another Sui army would quietly come from Gaomi County and rush straight behind him.

Zhang Xuan led thousands of soldiers to hide on a hill about forty-five miles from the entrance of Wadang. It was located between two sentry camps, only five miles away from the closest sentry camp.

The leaves of large woods on the hills have withered, and the entire forest has shown a gray-black depression.

Two thousand soldiers were patiently ambushed in the woods about fifty steps away from the official road, and thick leaves and undulating mounds blocked their figures.

At this time, the rattle of crows came from the top of a big tree. At this time, the signal of the arrival of the grain team, all the soldiers were excited and grabbed the crossbow in their hands. Zhang Xuan ordered in a deep voice: "I repeat again, no cattle are allowed, no cattle are allowed, no cattle are allowed, no cattle are allowed, only guard soldiers are allowed!"

The order was quickly passed. At this time, Zhang Xuan looked at a valley in the distance again. His three hundred cavalry were ambushed in the valley, waiting for the order to attack.

The ox convoy finally appeared in their sight. There were as many as 500 ox convoys. They arrived during the day and drove back at night. After a day of rest, they transported grains on the third day. Only in this way can the food consumption of 50,000 soldiers be guaranteed.

In fact, another important reason why Zuo Xiaoyou was unwilling to fight against the Sui army in Goushan was that it was the time to sow winter wheat, and tens of thousands of elderly people and women worked in the fields.

The winter wheat planted will be his military ration next year. Zuo Xiaoyou is worried that the Sui army will affect the sowing of winter wheat, which will cause his army to fall into famine next year.

After all, Zuo Xiaoyou was born as a Sui general and a native of Donglai County. The harm he was far less cruel to Donglai County than Zhang Jincheng and Xu Yuanlang, but Zhang Xutuo would not let him go because of this. His existence seriously threatened the safety of the Sui army in Qi County. Once Zhang Xutuo led the army elsewhere to fight against the thieves, Zuo Xiaoyou would definitely take advantage of the situation.

Besides, he was just a little better to Donglai County. Once he entered Qi County, he would also be in charge of soldiers and burned, killing, looting, and the wealth and population of Qi County made all the bandits salivate.

The grain convoy had entered the ambush area of ​​the Sui army. They did not notice any abnormalities on the hills. The two teams of soldiers were on the side of the ox cart and lined up. Just as the middle section of the ox cart appeared on the official road, Zhang Xuan shouted loudly, "Shoot!"

The crisp sound of the clapper suddenly sounded, and two thousand soldiers fired crossbows and arrows at the same time. The arrows shot at the guards like rain. In an instant, the screams were loud. Five hundred guards were shot to the ground one after another. The official road was suddenly in chaos. Several ox carts were overturned in chaos, and grain bags were spread all over the ground.

Only one round of arrows was shot, two thousand soldiers jumped up from the ambush and rushed towards the official road dozens of steps away with their spears.

Most of the soldiers on the official road were killed and injured, while the soldiers on the other side were basically not losing. They were at a loss, not knowing whether to resist or escape. Several soldiers blew the horn of help, and the horn of "Woo" was blowing continuously, asking for help from the whistle camp five miles ahead.

Although the bandit soldiers were eager to get rescue from the sentry camp, they soon discovered that it was just an unrealistic fantasy.

The Sui army rushed into the convoy like a storm. They let the ox cart and the driver go, and pointed clearly at the soldiers of the escort grain convoy. Yuchi Gong and Pei Xingyan each led 1,000 people to block the retreat of the bandits from both sides of the north and south.

The Sui army had a fierce offensive. In just a moment, more than half of the remaining five or six hundred bandits were killed and injured. More than a hundred people were killed in fear. They turned around and rushed down the ramp and ran towards the wilderness to the west. Dozens of soldiers were desperate and kneeled down and surrendered.

At this moment, the sound of a horn suddenly came from the south, and the "Woo" seemed to respond to the horn of help just now.

Zhang Xuan turned around and looked south of the official road. He vaguely saw a group of black shadows running towards this side. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but sneer, a group of guys who didn't know how to live or die.

At this moment, a large group of cavalry rushed out like a strong wind in the valley and rushed towards the hundreds of sentries of the thief army who were supporting the grain team. Hundreds of sentries were stationed five miles away. They heard the sound of a trumpet for help and came to the grain team under the leadership of a general.

But two miles away from the grain team, an ambush cavalry suddenly arrived, and hundreds of bandits were immediately killed. They were frightened and frightened. They screamed and stumbled back and ran back. The cavalry was merciless and chased him all the way, running like a strong wind, and the spear and battle ruthlessly stabbed them to death and slashed them over.

Zhang Xuan didn't want to delay any more and immediately ordered: "Hurt them back!"

The sound of the deer antlers of the Sui army was particularly low. Three hundred cavalrymen strangled their horses and stopped pursuing the fleeing enemy. At Chen Xu's order, the cavalry turned around and ran towards the grain convoy.

Zhang Xuan was prepared for a long time. He pointed his sword to the north and said, "turn around and leave the small road!"

The coachmen got on the grain truck tremblingly, and the two overturned grain trucks were also straightened. The bodies on the road were quickly cleaned up. The ox carriage turned around and drove towards a small road to the north. They walked along the road around the hills and left the official road.

That night, Zhang Xuan led the Sui army to the front of the Sui army camp with a grain convoy from the south. Zhang Xutuo personally led the generals to greet him. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "I am here to deliver food to the general!"

Zhang Xutuo laughed loudly, hugged Zhang Xuan heavily, and joked to everyone: "General Zhang actually sent us thousands of stones of food. We should first thank General Zhang for his thoughtful thinking, and secondly, thank General Zuo for his generosity and saving rations for us."

Everyone laughed together, and the soldiers from the camp came out to transport the grain trucks into the camp. At this time, Zhang Xutuo pulled Zhang Xuan aside and whispered: "Zuo Xiaoyou should have known that the grain truck was intercepted at this time. In addition, they were defeated last night, and the morale of the army must be unstable. I think they are going to withdraw from Shougou Mountain. You can take one step first and directly take his nest, leaving him with no way out!"

"Abide by the order!"

Zhang Xuan bowed and turned over and ordered, "Brothers from the Sixth Battalion, come with me!"

He led 2,500 subordinates to leave the camp quickly and rush to Sangou Mountain by way of the small road
Chapter completed!