This is a valley. The width of the valley mouth is about a hundred meters, and the inside is roughly the shape of a gourd with an exposed bottom.
It's more suitable for an ambush. The only drawback is that the mountain is not steep enough.
The slope is gentle and the opening is too large.
However, within ten miles, there was only one place that met the requirements.
Cao Bin had no choice but to make do with it.
At this time, Shi Qian was squatting on the mountain wall and looking into the distance. When he saw Cao Bin and his party arriving, he jumped down quickly, knelt down on one knee and said:
"Uncle, according to your instructions, everything is ready."
Cao Bin nodded and asked, "Have you notified Yang Zongbao?"
Shi Qian nodded and said, "Don't worry, uncle, my subordinates sent a messenger three days ago."
"Let's go into the valley!"
Shi Qian quickly led the way.
Entering the valley, he saw hundreds of men in short clothes ambushing on both sides of the valley. Di Qing looked around and asked with some worry:
"Uncle, Yuan Hao has brought at least several thousand troops. Our strength may be a bit weak."
At this time, in addition to the two hundred Yulongzhi soldiers, they also had less than a thousand warriors from the Muyi tribe.
The people of the Nabuyi clan are mixed, and they cannot exert much combat power.
And these people who are ambushing are all commoners, and they are all members of the Jianghu no matter what.
How could these people stop Yuan Hao's elite troops?
I am afraid that if they are charged by the cavalry, they will immediately collapse.
Zhang Dun heard this and took the opportunity to persuade:
"Uncle, since we have set up an ambush here, we can resist Yuan Hao for a while."
"I think you'd better not take the risk yourself."
Cao Bin laughed and said:
"Zihou, Hanchen, don't worry, I cherish life most and will not take risks easily."
"I once wrote a letter to the court saying that Yuanhao must die."
"Wouldn't it be very shameful if we didn't send his soul to the West before leaving Xixia?"
He glanced at the valleys on both sides and said:
"It's a pity that the court didn't want to start the war lightly, so Cao could only make do with it."
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said:
"It is said that it is not a gentleman to not avenge a grudge. As soon as Yuan Hao saw me, he shouted at me to beat him and kill him. If I didn't teach him a lesson, he would think that I am easy to bully."
Di Qing was speechless. It turns out you want revenge.
Zhang Dun has a tough personality and has always been known for his ruthlessness. Hearing these words, he no longer hesitated:
"In this case, Zhang and Uncle will advance and retreat together."
"The princes in the court are too cowardly and always fear the enemy like a tiger, which makes people feel cold."
"We should treat these barbarians a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye."
Cao Bin led people to the hillside in front of the valley, looked at a mountain road in the middle of the hillside, smiled to the left and right and said:
"Let's just watch the battle here. If something goes wrong, we can escape, right?
Zhang Dun laughed loudly, gave a thumbs up and said, "Uncle, I admire your thoughtfulness!"
Seeing that Cao Bin was not innocent, Zhang Dun immediately felt relieved.
If they fled directly, they might not be able to outrun Yuan Hao's pursuers, so they might as well strike back.
At this time, even he didn't expect Cao Bin's plan, so Yuan Hao would definitely be caught off guard.
Seeing that Cao Bin had made a decision, Di Qing quickly commanded his subordinates to replenish their troops in the middle of the Hulu Valley and trap them.
At this moment, Wu Yijie Shan and his clansmen ran into the valley in embarrassment.
After seeing Cao Bin, he said with resentment on his face: "Uncle Cao, since you have set up an ambush, why did you let my people go and die?"
Cao Bin rolled his eyes and ignored him, just looking out of the valley.
On the contrary, Zhang Dun said seriously:
"Clan Chief Wu Yi, since you want to join me, the Song Dynasty, you must obey my command."
"No matter what orders my uncle gives, you must obey..."
In fact, the attitude of the Song Dynasty court was somewhat contradictory. Although they could not defeat the Khitan and Xixia, they were always full of a sense of superiority psychologically.
It is believed that Liao and Xia were both barbarian countries, and the Song Dynasty never talked about marriage, which was partly due to this.
As a scholar, Zhang Dun is no exception.
In his opinion, Bu Yijishan was just a barbarian chief. Since he had taken refuge in the Song Dynasty, he had no right to complain in front of him.
Hearing this, Buyijieshan felt a little angry. He was about to say something when he heard the rumble of thunder.
Zhang Dun said with a serious look on his face: "Here he comes!"
I saw countless war horses pouring into the canyon like a wave.
"Slimy..."
Hundreds of war horses fell to the ground, screaming in unison.
At this time, the Xixia talents looked carefully at the ground and saw that the canyon was densely filled with pits three inches in diameter and half a foot deep.
Under the cover of weeds, it is looming.
This kind of pit can only be easily trapped by a horse's hoof, but as long as the war horse falls into it, the horse's leg will be broken immediately.
"Uu..."
"No! There's an ambush, retreat quickly!"
At this moment, countless crossbow arrows were fired from both sides of the valley, like a violent storm. There were only a few hundred people in ambush, but the effect of the shots was thousands.
When they saw the Xixia cavalry coming, they were still a little scared, but now they were completely stunned.
"this......"
Zhang Dun had already understood and praised: "What a powerful repeating crossbow!"
There are various types of crossbows equipped in the Song Dynasty army, including the divine arm crossbow, the stepping crossbow, and the very powerful bed crossbow.
But a "continuous crossbow" of this quality has never been seen before.
At this time, the Xixia people were in chaos and running around in the valley.
Thanks to the wide enough entrance of the valley, the Xixia soldiers were allowed to withdraw. Otherwise, Yuan Hao would have been injured just by this move.
When he returned to the mouth of the valley, Yuan Hao's face suddenly darkened.
In just one wave, more than 2,000 people were directly killed or injured, including 700 to 800 iron kites.
These kites are treated as treasures on weekdays.
Even if he participated in a battle involving tens of thousands of people, he had never lost so many people at once.
Now that we haven't seen the enemy yet, we were tricked and lost one-fifth of them.
No matter how strong the soldiers were, they suffered bruises, bruises, broken bones and tendons due to the sudden fall from their horses.
He did not expect that Cao Bin would dare to attack back while escaping.
Yuan Hao looked into the valley with a gloomy face, only to see that the dust inside was already flying, and there were so many people there that he couldn't see the actual situation clearly.
A general next to him wiped his dusty sweat and said:
"My lord, judging from the arrows just fired, there are thousands of people ambushing in the mountains. Could it be that the Song Kingdom sent people to respond?"
"It's better to forget it. It's just a mission."
Yuan Hao suddenly turned his head and looked at him fiercely, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
The general's eyes dodge and he dare not persuade him.
How could he know Yuan Hao's mood at this time? Zhang Yuan died after taking the "elixir", proving that this was a scam.
If he hadn't been too eager, he wouldn't have easily stepped into Cao Bin's ambush.
Yuan Hao then waved his hand and said: "Shan Zouying, let's go explore the road."
Three hundred light horses suddenly ran out beside him. They put a little more force on their horses and flew up, quickly climbing up the rocks from the side of the valley.
After hearing the report, Wuyijishan said nervously:
"This is Xixia Shanzou Camp. They are all masters recruited by Yuan Hao with a lot of money. They all have extraordinary martial arts skills. They rarely take action on weekdays and only guard Yuan Hao."
"These people climb mountains and cross rivers as if they were walking on flat ground. They are very good at hand-to-hand combat. Is there any way for me to deal with them?"
Di Qing said: "Why don't you lead a group of generals to charge for a while? Although they are highly skilled in martial arts, we also have the skill to attack together."
Cao Bin waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. Just look at it..."
