Chapter 345

Ziying led his troops to march slowly, and after only two days of marching, they received a report that Ning's army was encamped in Dingyuan City, twenty miles ahead. Read the full text.

After receiving the news, the generals of the Sky Eagle Army came to Ziying one after another, including Juno.

Juno said seriously to Ziying: "General, the enemy is strong and we are weak. It is difficult to win in a head-on confrontation. Our army can adopt the tactic of sneak attack. Tonight, our army will attack the Ning army camp at night. By taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared, we will definitely achieve miraculous results. "

Ziying smiled after hearing this. He nodded first and then shook his head. It can be heard that Juno is not a reckless man who only knows how to go into battle to kill the enemy, but also a general who knows how to lead troops to fight. He said: "The commander-in-chief of Ning Army is Zhan Wushuang. He is very good at using troops and is a rare general. It will not be easy for our army to sneak attack on Ning Army's camp."

After hearing this, Juno frowned and asked, "What does the general mean..."

Ziying said quietly: "From Dingyuan to Yancheng, you must pass through Qiangu Valley. The terrain of Qiangu Valley is steep and it is easy to set up an ambush. It is less than ten miles away from our army's camp. Our army should rush to Qiangu Valley first and set up an ambush to wait for Ning's army. Come closer!" Ziying is so familiar with the geography of Feng Country that she knows it well even if she doesn't have to explore it in person.

After hearing this, everyone secretly thought it was reasonable and nodded one after another: "Just follow the general's opinion!"

According to Ziying's plan, the entire 70,000-strong Sky Eagle Army lurked into Qiangu Valley. As Ziying said, the terrain of Qiangu Valley is steep and changeable, surrounded by mountains, and the roads pass through the mountains. If an ambush is set up in the mountains, it will be both hidden and conducive to attack.

Ziying chose a place with cliffs on both sides of the road, and then divided the Sky Eagle Army into two and ambush them on the hills on both sides of the road. Then he asked people to use local materials and prepare more rocks for the challenge. The use of stone.

He knew very well where his side's weaknesses were. Most of the soldiers of the Sky Eagle Army were ordinary people who didn't know how to use bows and arrows. Even if they were ambushed, the lethality of arrows was very small. It was better to use stone-pounding as long as they had the strength. A weapon that can pose a huge threat, and the official road is at the foot of the mountain, so the effect of using stone beating is also good.

Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi had no idea that the Sky Eagle Army had set up an ambush in Qiangu Valley. When dawn the next day, the two commanded their men to continue marching towards Yancheng.

The 150,000-strong Ning army was not without eyesight when marching. Before the main force of Ning's army arrived, Tanma entered Qiangu Valley first.

Seeing the Ning Army cavalry wearing silver helmets and silver armor entering their ambush site, everyone in the Sky Eagle Army was nervous. Even the generals lying next to Ziying subconsciously touched the swords at their waists. At this time, Ziying could not speak, so she used her eyes to signal the generals on the left and right not to be nervous and not to make any noise.

They were lying on the edge of the top of the mountain, watching helplessly as the approaching team of Ning Jun's detective horses swaggered past under their noses.

Ning Jun's scout horse circled around Qiangu Valley and found no enemy. Then he turned the horse's head and retreated to the original route to report the situation to Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi.

Although he received the report that the front of the exploration horse was safe, when Ning's army reached the edge of Qiangu Valley, Zhan Wushuang still issued an order to stop the advance of the army.

He and Zhan Wudi urged their horses forward and ran to the forefront of their own army, looking up at the thousands of valleys with mountains and mountains. After reading it, Zhan Wushuang frowned and thought to himself that this place is really a dangerous place! This was not his first time traveling through Thousand Valleys, but he would be very careful every time he passed by this place.

"Brother, what's so good about this?" Zhan Wudi asked in confusion.

"Invincible, this place is very dangerous. If there are enemy troops ambushing here, the consequences will be disastrous." Zhan Wushuang said seriously.

Zhan Wudi smiled and asked: "Where did the enemy troops come from? The enemy troops are now stationed in the north of Yancheng. How could they appear here?"

Zhan Wushuang nodded, he also understood this truth, but looking at Qiangu Valley in front of him, he felt that there was a lot of danger in his heart.

After a pause, Zhan Wushuang said: "Let the front army pass first. After the front army passes smoothly, the Chinese army will continue to advance."

Zhan Wudi was already accustomed to his eldest brother's cautious personality. He grinned and said nothing more, nodding: "Okay! Boss, I will listen to you."

Under Zhan Wushuang's instructions, the Ning army was divided into two parts. The 50,000-strong front army was the leading force and passed through Qian Valley first, while the remaining 100,000 Ning army stayed outside the valley.

Ziying didn't know anything about Zhan Wushuang's arrangement. Seeing the large number of Ning troops coming down the mountain, the Sky Eagle troops ambushing on the mountain began to get nervous again, their heartbeats accelerated, and their adrenal glands surged, as if their mouths were open. , as if my heart would jump out of my throat.

Boom, boom, boom - not only did Ning's army march in neat formation, but even their steps were almost the same, making waves of rhythmic roars, and the dull echo lingered in the valley for a long time. Looking towards the Ning Army camp, one can see a field of white flowers. The steel armor is particularly dazzling under the reflection of the sun. The military flags are fluttering and the embroidery ribbons are fluttering. Tens of thousands of people are walking on the narrow mountain road without any confusion. The troops are in uniform appearance. The strictness of military discipline is astonishing.

Seeing that Ning Jun's formation had entered his own ambush site, Ziying slowly raised his hand, preparing to give the order to attack. At this time, even the herald behind him set up the rattle arrow and drew the bow string. , aiming in mid-air, as long as Ziying gives an order, he can immediately send out the signal to attack.

But Ziying's hand that had been raised slowly lowered it. He pressed his body close to the ground, stretched his head, and stared at Ning Jun passing down the mountain. His brows gradually furrowed, his face showed confusion, and his eyes dimmed.

Others may not have noticed anything, but Ziying was keenly aware that there was no general flag in this Ning army. You must know that the Ning army has extremely strict discipline, even to the point of dogma. No matter how negligent the Ning army soldiers are, it is impossible not to raise the general flag, unless the army in front of them is not the main force of the Ning army.

Thinking of this, Ziying carefully checked and soon found that the number of Ning army was wrong. This Ning army was at most 50,000 or 60,000, which was far from the 150,000 reported by the scout. Presumably, the main force of the Ning army had not entered the valley.

What a cunning Zhan Wushuang, so cautious in a place where there was no enemy! Ziying couldn't help but smile.

He understood what was going on, but the generals around him were still confused. Seeing that the Ning army was about to pass through, but Ziying had no intention of ordering an attack, the two generals on his left and right could not help it. They lowered their voices and asked, "General, give the order quickly! If you don't take action, the Ning army will pass!"

"Hehe!" Ziying chuckled and said, "This is not the main force of the enemy. If I am not mistaken, the main force of the enemy has not entered the valley yet!"

"Ah?" The generals on both sides were all shocked when they heard this. These Ning soldiers are not the main force? What kind of military appearance and formation should the main force of the Ning army have? Besides, how did the general judge that this group of Ning soldiers was not the main force? Everyone couldn't figure it out, but they didn't dare to ask more questions. They bit their lips and watched this large group of Ning soldiers walk out of the valley.

After waiting for about half an hour, they heard a roar at the entrance of the valley. People couldn't help but stretch their necks and look out.

Not long after, a group of square formations came out from the mountains. This Peng Army was larger in scale and had more people, as if it was endless. In the front of the camp, there were two large flags. The front one had a huge "Ning" character embroidered on it, and the back one had the "Zhan" character embroidered on it.

Seeing this, Ziying smiled. This was the main force of the Ning Army! Needless to say, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi were in this army.

He turned his head and looked at the messenger behind him, who waved to him, indicating that he was ready to send a signal.

Soon, the main force of the Ning Army arrived at the ambush site of the Sky Eagle Army. Ziying was a little nervous at this time. After all, the Ning Army was not a mob, and Zhong Tian almost worshipped the Ning Army as gods. He had been a general under Zhong Tian for so long, and it was inevitable that he was also affected by him. Deep in his heart, he would naturally develop a fear of the Ning Army.

When more than half of the main force of the Ning army had passed the ambush site, Ziying suddenly raised his arm, swung it downward with force, and shouted: "Kill!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream behind him, and a rattle arrow shot straight into the sky.

This scream was particularly harsh in the valley. Before the Ning army below the mountain could react to what was going on, they heard shouts and killings from the tops of the mountains on both sides of the road. Then, stones the size of basins were thrown down from the tops of the mountains. The stones were so dense that they were like hail, without gaps, and continuously.

In just an instant, the Ning army below the mountain was in chaos. The armor on the Ning soldiers could defend against arrows with insufficient power, but it could not defend against stones falling from the top of a mountain more than ten meters high. The huge pieces hit the Ning soldiers' armor, clanging, and the lighter ones broke bones and tendons, and the heavier ones had their heads cracked on the spot and died.

"There is an ambush! There is an ambush by the enemy..." A corps commander in the Ning army shouted repeatedly on his horse, but before he could finish two sentences, a huge rock fell on his shoulder. With a crack, the Ning general's shoulder blade and sternum were broken, and even the waist of the warhorse under him was broken. The poor corps commander died on the spot before he could even release his spiritual armor.

There were also many Ning generals with profound cultivation who were smashed to pieces by the huge rocks falling on their heads even if they released their spiritual armor. The Ning army in the ambush site was completely confused. The neat square formation had long disappeared. The soldiers screamed and fled in all directions, and squeezed to the foot of the mountain to avoid the rocks.

At this time, the more than 5,000 veterans that Ziying wanted to bring played a role. These veterans were separated on the hills on both sides, and each of them twisted their bows and shot arrows at the Ning soldiers at the foot of the opposite mountain. The veterans had received strict archery training. Now they were in a commanding position, and the power of their bows and arrows was fully exerted. In addition, there were too many Ning troops at the foot of the mountain and they were too chaotic. They didn't need to aim at all when shooting an arrow. As long as the force was enough, they could kill the enemy.

As the eagle feathers shot by more than 5,000 veterans flew over, the situation of the Ning army became even worse. There was almost no safe place in the entire valley. Either there were flying stones or arrows. The Ning soldiers who died in the accident were piled up in the valley, layer upon layer, and it was impossible to tell their number.