The sun sets and night falls.

Mingyue Camp, Situ Rui’s Central Army’s tent.

Du Yuxingse hurried into the tent and reported to Situ Rui: "Governor General, I just found a horse and reported that the Guanghui Empire Army is less than twenty miles away from our ambush site. Our scouts have begun to retreat in full swing. Now they have lost contact with the army ambushed in the arms pit."

"Um."

Situ Rui nodded gently and comforted, "Du Yu, you don't have to be nervous at all. You are doing your work very carefully. The Guanghui Empire Army is coming in a hurry again. They can't find any flaws!"

"yes."

Du Yu said respectfully, "I have been too worried about my humble position."

Situ Rui waved and signaled Du Yu to walk to the side of the case, then pointed to the map on the case and said, "Du Yu, look, this is the ambush circle we have reserved. In another hour, the Guanghui Empire Army will enter the central area of ​​this hilly land. At that time, the five divisions ambushed in the Tibetan soldiers' cave will break out of the ground and cut off their retreat!"

"The other five divisions will also set off from the camp half an hour in advance and crush the hilly areas from west to east. The two armies will finally form an east-west attack situation at the scheduled ambush point!"

"Finally, with Yao Mingyuan and Qin Qi's two light cavalry divisions working with Hao'er's Scythe Knights to attack from south to north, Zhao Yue's western legion could not cope with attacks from three directions at the same time. In this way, he only had one way to go, that is, shrink to the north!"

"And north..."

Situ Rui finally took a picture of the map and smiled, "It's the Soul-Breaking Valley, it was the tomb that I dug for him, Zhao Yue and the Western Legion!"

Du Yu said with some concern: "But in this way, there are only less than two divisions left in the camp. These two divisions are responsible for the safety of food, supplies, siege equipment, and protect your safety. You must always be alert to threats from Hexi Fortress. Is there too little force?"

If someone else was guarding the Hexi Fortress, Du Yu would never have such concerns.

But now the tiger is squatting in the Hexi Fortress. This guy can kill Situ Biao among thousands of troops and can wipe out Tuoba Tao's 20,000 troops with less than two thousand mobs. Du Yu dare not take it lightly! As an experienced veteran chief of staff, Du Yu knows that any negligence on the battlefield may lead to an irreversible tragedy!

"The most important thing now is to encircle and annihilate the main force of Zhao Yue's army. There must be more than three times the advantage of troops there to ensure that there is no accident!"

Situ Rui said this and continued, "As for the Hexi Fortress, our governor has secretly transferred two heavy infantry corpses to the periphery of the Daying. If there is any abnormal movement in the defenders in the Hexi Fortress, these two corps will immediately press up and block the door! The door is narrow and cannot be used for too many soldiers to pass at the same time. How many troops can come out of the gate in a short time? The strength of the two corps is enough to block them back!"

Du Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this and nodded, "I am worthy of being the Governor, so I will be foolproof!"

Situ Rui nodded happily, called Situ Hao to his side, and reminded him: "Haoer, your Scythe Knights' sermon has a heavy responsibility in this battle. Your performance will directly determine whether you can force Zhao Yue's Western Legion into the Soul-Breaking Valley. In order to ensure success, you will bring the father's flag with you!"

Situ Hao changed his expression slightly: "Father, this handsome flag is the emperor's emperor's imperial xi, which represents the supreme glory of your old man's decades of military career. How dare you accept it?"

"childish!"

Situ Rui shouted in a deep voice, "Give you the flag of commander for your father, first to encourage the morale of the soldiers of the three armies, second to shock the enemy, not to let you show off!"

"yes."

Situ Hao hurriedly said, "Since that's the case, then the child will accept it!"

"Go."

Situ Rui waved his hand and said solemnly, "When I will beat the drums in the Central Army camp, and cheer for you!"

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Hexi Fortress.

Lei Ming and Meng Hu were standing in the wind on the towering watchtower, peeking at the movements of the bright moon camp outside the pass.

There was a dead silence under the dark night sky, no movement was seen or any sound was heard, only the bitter north wind was howling...

Suddenly, Meng Hu's brow suddenly jumped and asked, "Lao Lei, did you hear it?"

"Um?"

Lei Ming listened, but heard nothing.

"The sound of horse hooves!"

Meng Hu said in a deep voice, "The sound of countless iron hooves knocking on the earth!"

Although the horse hooves of the Mingyue Imperial Army were already wrapped in cotton cloth, Meng Hu still keenly judged that the cavalry of the Mingyue Imperial Army was dispatching with the slight sound from the wind and the slight trembling of the watchtower beneath his feet.

Lei Ming said in a narrow voice: "The Mingyue Army has been dispatched? So the Governor's army is about to arrive?"

When he said that, Lei Ming looked at the dark sky in the east, as if he wanted to find something from the endless darkness. Unfortunately, he had not noticed anything except darkness or darkness.

Meng Hu took a deep breath of cold air and said, "It should be tonight!"

"Hu Zi."

Lei Mingran looked back and asked in an inexplicably painful tone, "Is there really no way for the Governor and the main force of the Western Legion?"

Meng Hu nodded very coldly and said nothing.

Lei Ming suddenly clenched his fists and said excitedly: "How about we try our best to get it? When the main force of the Governor's Western Legion was fighting fiercely with Situ Rui's Mingyue Empire Army, we suddenly came out from the side. This would definitely kill the enemy off guard and would definitely turn defeat into victory. Hu Zi, why don't we try?"

Meng Hu retorted cruelly: "That's asking for death!"

Meng Hu did not lie. If Lei Ming led his troops to save Zhao Yue, he would be seeking death!

What's more, Meng Hu's intention to leave was decided. Now he just wanted to take advantage of the empty troops of Mingyue Camp outside the city to lead Lei Ming and the Fourth Division to break through the siege. As for Zhao Yue and the main force of the Western Legion, what does it have to do with him Meng Hu? Meng Hu has never been a savior, so why bother to take risks for irrelevant people?

Lei Ming said anxiously: "Hu Zi, how do you know that you are going to die if you haven't tried it?"

"No need to try, that's definitely a death!"

Meng Hu said coldly, "Old Lei, don't forget that your 4th Division is just a newly rebuilt new recruit division. Any division under Situ Rui's subordinates can only crush us into powder! What's more, Situ Rui's army is hundreds of thousands this time. With such a large-scale decisive battle, what can you change in a mere recruit division? Nothing can be changed, and in the end, you can only save your life in vain!"

"Okay, since that's the case, then break through as planned."

The burning on Lei Ming's face gradually dissipated, but a trace of undetectable resoluteness faintly flashed through his eyes.

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The remnants of Qingyun Mountain, hilly areas.

A few dozen miles further ahead is the Hexi Fortress. The Mingyue Empire Army's rangers began to increase, and even large groups of rangers appeared. In order to prevent the attacks of the Mingyue Empire's light cavalry, the more than 70,000 troops of the Western Legion were arranged into three large dense phalanxes, moving forward slowly in three large dense formations.

Although this effectively curbed the attacks of the light cavalry of the Mingyue Empire, it also greatly slowed down the speed of the march. Zhao Yue originally planned to camp in the hilly areas of the Qingyun Mountains before dark, but he did not arrive barely until midnight.

While Zhao Yue was hesitating whether to continue moving forward or camp on the spot for rest, Ye Wentian hurried to Zhao Yue's chariot in his company, seeing Li Mingfeng and Wu Qida together. Seeing Li Mingfeng and Wu Qida with his uncle and nephew of the Ye family, a cloud immediately appeared on Zhao Yue's face.

"Governor General, the situation is a bit abnormal."

Ye Wentian no longer cared about the rift between him and Zhao Yue and said worriedly, "Situ Rui's Qingzhou Legion does not have a built-in cavalry team. If he dies, there will be thousands of scouts and cavalry. But just now, we were attacked by a large group of light cavalry in the Mingyue Empire Army. This is a bit abnormal."

Li Mingfeng also said: "Yes, sir, I'm sure that these cavalrymen are definitely not from the Qingzhou Legion."

"This is no trivial matter!"

Ip Mantian looked around everyone and shouted, "There were suddenly cavalry teams outside the Qingzhou Legion, which shows that there was more than one Qingzhou Legion that invaded this time! Governor General, we have not even figured out the exact strength of the enemy's army, so is it too risky to come rashly to fight?"

"Ip Man-tti, what do you mean?"

Zhao Yue said angrily, "Do you suspect that this governor has ulterior motives and deliberately conceals the true military information?"

"Oh." Ye Wentian said anxiously, "I am definitely not the case with Beizhi. Besides, when is it now? Beizhi can still care about these things? Beizhi just thinks that the atmosphere around us is wrong. We may have fallen into Situ Rui's trap. According to Beizhi's foolish opinion, it would be better to withdraw Sanjiang as soon as possible!"

“Woo woo woo woo…”

As soon as Ip Mantian finished speaking, a continuous sound of horns suddenly sounded behind him.

When Zhao Yue and a group of senior generals of the Western Army officers looked back quickly, the light of fire had already appeared ghostly from the endless darkness behind him. In less than a moment, dozens of low hills not far away were completely illuminated by the fire.

In the bright firelight as bright as the day, countless soldiers of the Mingyue Empire crawled out like ghosts below the ground. Zhao Yue couldn't believe his eyes. He reached out and rubbed his eyes hard, and then opened his eyes hard. The scene was still the same. More soldiers of the Mingyue Empire were like black ants, surging out from the ground!

That’s right, there’s no mistake. The Mingyue Empire soldiers really emerged from the ground!

In less than a meal, at least more than 20,000 Mingyue Empire soldiers had emerged from the ground, and the retreat route for the Guanghui Empire Army to return to Sanjiang was completely blocked.

"This is impossible!"

Zhao Yue screamed in horror, "How could the damn Mingyue bandits emerge from the ground? Could it be that they really won't escape from the ground? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Train, this is clearly a trap!"

Ye Wentian stamped his feet and sighed, "We have been trapped in Situ Rui again. This guy clearly had dug a hole in the ground, and then hid the army underground, waiting for us to drill into the trap he set!"

"What's the panic!"

Zhao Yue suddenly pulled out the battle knife and shouted loudly, "Do you still have the appearance of a chief of staff? Isn't it just tens of thousands of Mingyue Empire soldiers? What's there to shout..."

“Woo woo woo woo…”

As Zhao Yue finished speaking, the low and powerful horn sounded from behind again.

Including Zhao Yue and Ye Wentian, all the soldiers of the Western Legion looked back quickly and saw a cold and faint fire suddenly appearing behind the hills to the west. Soon, the fire light was divided into two and four. In less than a moment, it turned into countless sparks, gradually spreading into a long river of fire.

Countless Mingyue Empire soldiers were swaying in the jumping fire. Although they were still far away, Zhao Yue clearly felt the murderous aura that was coming to his face. Judging from this posture, there was almost the strength of a legion! Looking back at the direction of Sanjiang City, more Mingyue Empire soldiers had gathered, and they were almost the strength of a legion!

In an instant, Zhao Yue's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. The east and west were the army of the Mingyue Empire, and the north was the endless Qingyun Mountains. Situ Rui, an old man, was really calculating. He actually ambushed an army in a place where the ambush was impossible. Will the tragedy of the Despair Valley repeat today?

Almost instinctively, Zhao Yue turned his head and looked at the peaceful south.

The originally calm river beach suddenly began to hustle and bustle. Countless torches were ignited like ghosts. A large group of cavalry wrapped in black iron armor, like monsters suddenly jumped out of the darkness, and they were almost within five miles of the Glorious Empire Army. In other words, this cavalry had actually been waiting here for a long time, but the Glorious Empire Army had not noticed it!

Amid the bright light of daylight, a bright moon flag with gold edges is floating in the cold wind.
Chapter completed!