That night, a cavalry set out from the stone entrance, flew to Yanmen, and threw a letter from Li Mu. The Taoist had brought the Princess of Yan, Murong Zhe, without any injuries, and asked to welcome the eldest princess and his son back as soon as possible.

Ugan agreed immediately, but an additional condition was attached, saying that the King of Heaven expressed his sincerity to welcome the princess, and that Li Mu was relieved. Three days later, he only sent a thousand cavalry personnel. Correspondingly, there were no more people asking Li Mu to come to welcome the eldest princess than him. The army stopped at Shikou and was not allowed to move forward before Princess Murong arrived at Yanmen safely.

Li Mu promised.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

According to the original agreement, each of the two sides sent a thousand troops to join Fangzhen to exchange hostages.

The thousand cavalrymen who followed Gao Huan to Fang Town were all young and elite. Before setting off, they lined up neatly in front of the gate of Shikou Camp. The armor was bright and fully armed. The scorching sun was as bright as fire, and the white light of the armor and swords reflected on their faces, and they were full of murderous death.

Before Li Mu arrived at the queue, he poured wine for the soldiers and made a strong journey.

A bowl full of strong wine.

His eyes passed over the rows of young and high-spirited faces in front of him, and finally fell on Gao Huan who was standing in front of the cavalry. He looked at him, saying word by word: "This is crucial for the first battle. If you can fight quickly as I expected, the credit will lie with you and these thousand soldiers. Before leaving, drink this cup full of energy and make a strong move!"

Gao Huan had a firm face, bright eyes, raised the wine bowl with both hands, and replied loudly: "We swear to serve our lives to the death and live up to our responsibilities!"

The soldiers behind him all followed his oath, and their voices were as loud as thunder, drinking the wine of storm together.

The tall war horses lined up behind them, as if they felt the inspiring atmosphere before the war, jumping and neighing, and the sound was like a dragon, as if they wished they could break free from the reins and rushed to the battlefield the next moment.

After practicing the wine, Gao Huan raised his arms and shouted, turned over the war horse, and led the thousand horses toward Fang Zhen.

The car that was escorting Murong Zhe passed by Li Mu. A woman's voice was filled with resentment and hatred, and it came out of the car: "Li Mu, I, Murong Zhe, swore that from now on, I will..."

But before the words were finished, they were suppressed by the generous singing made by the soldiers around them, and they were gone without trace.

Li Mu looked calm and watched the figures of the teams galloping away in front of him, and finally looked into the distance.

In the distance, the Yanmen City Pass standing at the end that could not reach is the battle

...

Gao Huan led these thousand cavalry to Fangzhen in half a day. Before the Ugans arrived, there was no one in the town.

Although the abandoned corpses were buried two days ago, under the scorching sun, there were yellow sand, abandoned city walls, collapsed walls, and from a distance in the daytime, it was like a cemetery in the desert, with awesome ghosts.

Gao Huan was not in a hurry, so he led the soldiers to the north of the town and set up a formation on a flat ground several miles away.

The sun gradually tilted westward.

The soldiers waited under the scorching sun for half a day, but the Ugans's troops were still not showing up. They began to be unable to control themselves and their emotions became anxious. The queue was no longer as strict as they were at the beginning, and gradually loosened. Some people cursed, some people loosened their collars and blew the wind, some people took off their boots, shook out the sand in their shoes, and some soldiers in the back row simply put down their long spears and sat on the ground to rest. When Gao Huan saw it, he scolded him sternly, and then lined up again.

Although the queue returned to its original appearance, its military appearance was loose and the thirsty expression of the warriors could no longer be seen on the sergeant's face.

All of this was ambushed in the eyes of the nearby spies and reported to Ugan one by one.

The Ugans had actually arrived a long time ago. After getting up early, she hid in a sand dune outside the book of Fang Zhen, and she didn't show up for a long time. When she heard the reward, she laughed and said to the people beside her: "Li Mu is also famous, but that's all! He must have been esteemed and looked down on me, so he sent his brother-in-law who had never even grown hair on his lips! Look, how can I deal with them later! It's so Li Mu knows that the king of heaven is not something that Murong can compare with, and Yanmen is not a place where he can go. This time, I will definitely go there and be buried here!"

One person echoed: "Two days ago, the spy reported that the baby general led his men to dig a pit outside the town and buried all the rotten corpses. But I wonder if he had dug a few more holes so that he could also leave a burial place for himself!"

Laughing was everywhere, and Ugan's subordinates were all proud, as if they had seen the scene of the other party's impending defeat.

"General Zuo, I have been waiting for a day. Can you go out?" asked a deputy general.

Ugan looked up at the sun and said, "Wait a minute! They are eager to welcome people, not we are eager to pick them up. They are grinding their morale again. And if the sun goes down, it will be beneficial to action."

Everyone understood the meaning of his words. Since he wanted to deceive the other party with a pretender, the dimmer the better. So he responded in unison and waited patiently until the sun went down the mountain and the light in the fields dimmed. After Wugan gave the order, he took a thousand people and rushed straight towards Fangzhen from behind the hill.

"General Gao, the Huns are here!"

The post found the movement ahead and came back to report immediately.

Gao Huan looked ahead.

In the twilight, on the horizon, a group of crows appeared, coming in this direction.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he kept silent and ordered people to convey the order. When Ugan brought his people closer, he rode out without waiting for the other party to stop and shouted sternly: "Ugan! I promised to exchange hostages today. I came early, but why didn't you wait? I told me to wait for a day! I'm not trusting, what kind of hero is it?"

Ugan sat on the horse, squinted his eyes and looked at the opposite side. Seeing a white-robed young general with red lips and white teeth rushing out of the other party's cavalry formation, he glared at him, knowing that this person was Li Mu's brother-in-law, a gentry prince from the Gao clan of the Southern Dynasty. He looked at him again, and the soldiers were all cold-eyed, obviously impatient. He couldn't help but feel more and more proud, and he smiled secretly that the other party was still too tender and could not hold back. He showed an apology on his face and asked a follower who knew the words of the Han people to pass the message, saying that he had been ordered by the Heavenly King early in the morning, and did not want to delay any trouble halfway, so he came late and told him not to be surprised.

Gao Huan looked impatient and said loudly: "I won't say much to you! Since you are here, where are my aunt and my son? Princess Murong, I've brought it here!" After that, he ordered someone to take Murong Zhe out.

Ugan looked closely and saw two soldiers pushing a beautiful woman behind him, and asked the Beiyan envoy who was following him to carefully identify it. It was Murong Zhe, so he felt relieved and laughed: "Okay! I just admire a person as cheerful as General Gao! I will naturally bring you your aunt and the others." After that, he ordered the soldiers to take them out.

After sunset, not only the light quickly dimmed, but the wind also became stronger. A gust of wind, wrapped in fine sand, and charming eyes. A woman dressed in a man with a scattered head and a hunched waist, holding a three or four-year-old child in her hand. She was escorted by several Hun soldiers and staggered out of the queue. She paused and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Liu Lang... It's Aunt... You save me..."

Her voice was filled with fear. The child beside him was pushed by the Hun soldiers behind him with a knife, and was so scared that he burst into tears.

Gao Huan was excited and angry. After a moment of "leap", he jumped off the horse's back and said loudly: "Auntie, don't be afraid! My nephew is here to save you!" As he said that, he was about to rush over.

This woman was found by Liu Jian. She looks a little similar to the eldest princess's appearance and figure. She used this dull twilight to expose the person to exchange.

Gao Huan was so excited that he was obviously blinded.

Ugan suppressed his complacent feelings in his heart and shook his eyes at the entourage. The man understood and hurriedly stopped him, "General Gao, be at ease. For the sake of safety, both of you and me should exchange hostages at the same time. What do you think?"

Gao Huan stopped forcibly and urged his subordinates to bring Murong Zhe up.

The opponent also did the same. Wait until the hostages on both sides stood up and at the command, they walked towards the opposite side.

"Go over quickly! Why are you still standing there?"

Gao Huan shouted at Murong Zhe.

Murong Zhe disguised his hair and walked towards the opposite side.

She and the oncoming mother and son were getting closer and closer. She glanced at her, suddenly turned around, stared at Gao Huan, and a sneer appeared on her lips. Then she turned around, accelerated her pace, and walked forward.

Gao Huan seemed to be impatient. The woman walked slowly and slowly, her head always lowered, and when she was approaching, she stopped.

He couldn't help but ran forward to greet him. When he got closer, he suddenly stopped and stared at the woman who still didn't dare to look up. His face changed suddenly and he shouted at Ugan opposite him: "Ugan! She is not my aunt! You dare to lie to me!"

Ugan's subordinates had already connected Murong Zhe into the formation and removed the ropes.

He was extremely proud: "Child Gao, you are not dry. In the words of you Han people, you just rely on your little nepotism with Li Mu to get the title of general, right? Li Mu has a false reputation, and you are not my opponent. I thought there would be some twists and turns, but I didn't expect it to be so easy, so I took Princess Murong back. It's too late! You know it too late!"

He laughed wildly, and the cavalry behind him laughed loudly. The laughter was like waves, full of ridicule, and waves of waves surged.

Gao Huan's eyes shot out angry, gritted his teeth, and left the woman who was so scared that she was lying on the ground and kowtowed. He turned over and said with a command. The soldiers clamored and followed him onto the horse and rushed towards the Hun cavalry in front.

Ugan deliberately angered the white-robed young man on the other side, and was waiting for this situation. Seeing this, he made a gesture, and the people immediately followed him back and evacuated like a tide.

Gao Huan chased after him fiercely, and in one breath, he chased him for dozens of miles. When he chased him to the dunes where he had been hiding for a day, he saw the Hun cavalry team in front of him suddenly stopped. With a sharp whistle, countless Hun cavalrymen who were ambushing in advance came out after the dunes on both sides, and crows were everywhere.

"Child Gao, you not only sent it back to Princess Murong for nothing, but I didn't expect that I still have five thousand ambush soldiers here, right? Li Mukong is known as the God of War. Today is not going to be trapped in front of Yanmen Pass in Xiliang!"

Accompanied by Ugan's laughter, the cavalry behind him turned around and merged into the ambush array. With the deafening sound of killing, they rushed towards Gao Huan's cavalry.

The Huns' body odor that had not taken a bath for a long time mixed with the smell of sheep on their bodies, and they blew with the wind.

Gao Huan's eyes flashed, and with a whistle, the thousand cavalry behind him were ordered and turned around and headed towards Fang Zhen.

When Ugan saw the other party turning around and running away, he was even more proud.

This is a plan set by Liu Jian and him.

First, he exchanged the fake eldest princess for Murong Zhe. When Gao Huan finds out that he is deceived, he will be furious. Then he will use words to stimulate him and lure him to chase him here. The cavalry that ambushed in advance will kill him. From more to less, he will surely wipe out the cavalry.

But that is not the ultimate goal today.

The five thousand cavalry lying here are the cavalry among the cavalry that Liu Jian is proud of, and the elite among the elite.

His ultimate goal is to take advantage of today's opportunity to use Li Mu to surprise attack the opponent's camp with this elite cavalry, burn off the baggage and food, and then evacuate in a flash.

This was the tactic that the Western Liang cavalry was best at. By the time Li Mu realized that even though the cavalry's horses were strong enough, he had already retreated safely to Yanmen Pass before he could catch up with him.

He took back Princess Murong, destroyed Gao Huan's cavalry team, and then attacked Li Mu's camp, killing three goals in one go.

Once Li Mu's army loses supplies and food, then there is no need to join forces with Murong, Xiliang will be sure to win.

The plan that was in the plan was progressing so smoothly that he was ecstatic.

The opportunity to make great contributions is right in front of him. How could he let the cavalry team in front escape? He immediately issued an order, and led the six thousand cavalry behind him to chase him, gradually getting closer and recovering to Fangzhen. With the remaining sky light, he saw that the other party seemed to be desperate and all hid in the town. With the cover of the city wall that had not yet collapsed, he lined up the arrow formation behind the earthen wall, as if he wanted to fight with him here.

The opponent had only one thousand men, but he had six thousand elite soldiers. How could Ugan take it seriously? He brought the soldiers and made waves of war when the enemy was frightened by the sharp and strange roars, drew his sword and waved it, and rushed towards the entrance of the town.

The soldiers remained motionless, hid behind the earth wall, staring at the Hun cavalry as they were getting closer and closer, ready to go.

Gao Huan issued an order that he would not fire a feather arrow before receiving the signal.

The Hun cavalry is right in front of us.

The dim sunset light could not hide the ugly and ferocious faces of the Huns who were immediately opposite the opposite side.

Just as they screamed, waved their swords, drove their horses to the entrance of the town, preparing to cut off the heads of the thousand enemies hiding inside, they were unconscious and were not far ahead, and what was waiting for them was a huge trap.

Ugan only knew that two days ago, Gao Huan brought people here to dig a pit to bury the residents who were slaughtered by them.

But he never dreamed that this was just a trick.

Li Mu came here to observe the terrain that day, and after returning, he made a plan.

Taking advantage of digging a pit to bury the corpse, a trap was set up to bury the enemy under the cover of night.

At this moment, Gao Huan and dozens of soldiers were buried half of their bodies in the sand, lying on both sides of the entrance of the town, motionless.

A huge rope as thick as an arm was wrapped around everyone's arms.

The rope was buried shallowly under the sand and stretched all the way across the entrance of the town, and at the other end, it was held in the hands of the soldiers lying opposite the distance.

One hundred steps, sixty steps, fifty steps...
To be continued...