Originally, Li Yue had some respect for Xuanyuan Mountain, but they had no good intentions towards Black Cloud Mountain.
Cui Jin's last message two months ago said that everything was under control, and expressed Heiyunshan's goodwill to Guo Shi in a subtle way.
I don’t know why Xuanyuan Mountain would send someone to spy on him.
Could it be that Cui Jin was discovered by Guo Shi?
Thinking about it carefully, the possibility is unlikely. If Guo Shi finds out the clues, the best way is to pretend not to know, pretend to form an alliance, and then take over Heiyun Mountain. There is no need to expose hostility prematurely.
Li Yue could only continue to wait for news from the scouts.
Xuanyuan Mountain is related to the next development of Heiyun Mountain.
Don't worry about the north and east. Under Yecheng's nose, there are all military towns controlled by the Jie people. Expanding to the north is tantamount to hitting an egg against a stone.
To the west is Luochuan, which is also a key area for Jie Zhao's operations, so he can only go south.
Gao Gao and Mi County are connected to Heiyun Mountain. They are both mountainous areas and have huge development potential.
After dredging these two places, the route south to Luyang Tieshan was opened.
When we have iron, coal, and people, Heiyun Mountain will rise in one fell swoop.
But now something has happened in Xuanyuan Mountain, and the plan can only be interrupted.
As the autumn harvest approached, the two groups in the south were ready to move. They sent a small force across the Mishui River to plunder the grain south of the Sishui Fort. Some young men who were busy in the fields were also plundered by them.
It wasn't until the scout battalion was assembled that more than a hundred of them were killed in eleven small battles in one day, and more than forty of the scouts were killed, before they were driven back to the south of Lishui River.
But the opponent did not restrain themselves, but instead gathered a large number of troops to attack Sishui Fort.
The atmosphere of war permeated the air.
Li Yue personally led his troops down the mountain and faced off on both sides of the Mishui River.
The red flags on the north bank are like blood, the spears are like reeds, and the array is dense.
There are two groups of people on the south bank, one on the east and the other on the west. There are two thousand people on the west side, but they are ragged and listless. Some of them are hunched over and coughing constantly. It doesn't feel like an army, but a group of people carrying sticks everywhere. A beggar begging for food.
Xuanyuan Mountain has been trapped in Gushan for nearly twenty years and has never taken the initiative to expand, leading to the tragic situation it has today.
Since the annexation of Jijiabao, Heiyun Mountain has never stopped for a day, crazily annexing the surrounding forces. This has also caused the top and bottom of Heiyun Mountain to be extremely enterprising.
The east side is somewhat imposing, with a mixture of infantry and cavalry. There are more than a hundred shields and spears in the front row, a group of archers in the middle, and more than a hundred cavalry on each side.
They are real cavalry. Everyone rides back and forth on their horses, as if they are looking for their own weaknesses, and occasionally shoots an arrow to test the North Bank's reaction.
The two sides were facing each other like this. Li Yue didn't dare to cross the river, nor did the other side dare to come over.
"Please come out and talk to Master Guo!" Li Yue shouted to the other side in unison, but there was no response.
The dull confrontation lasted all day and night.
The soldiers did not move, and the scouts strangled them fiercely.
The scouts in Heiyun Mountain were not just scouts. They fired all their arrows and had a tenacious fighting spirit. However, there were horses on the opposite side, coming and going like the wind. The donkeys and mules were still a little behind in front of the horses, and they were barely evenly matched.
Li Yue became angry and asked someone to shout: "Fight and not fight, retreat and not retreat, but why?"
Wei Shan said angrily: "Damn it, you really think we are afraid of him! I am willing to lead 300 soldiers to cross the river and fight!"
Li Yue looked at the south bank and saw that the people and horses of Mi County in the east could not bear it anymore. After all, they had not slept all day and night.
The people in Xuanyuan Mountain to the west were even more dejected. They even moved back dozens of steps, as if they didn't want to be on the front line.
With just this small move, Li Yue knew that they were not united.
Looking back at the formation, the soldiers' eyes were blood red, just waiting to be killed and crossed the bank.
The intense training during this period was not in vain, and the soldiers were all really young and strong men under fifty or fifteen years old, so staying up all night was nothing.
The officers constantly boosted morale.
Xu Chengdao: "They came to rob and gain profit. Now they are against our army. There is no profit to be made, but they will not leave. There must be fraud!"
This confrontation was full of weirdness.
Wei Shan was surprised and asked: "Could it be that he is attacking from the east and attacking from the west?"
This possibility is very high, because the Mishui River cannot be moved, they can go around Jingxian County in the west. Jingxian County and Sishui Fort are on the same plain, and they can directly attack the empty Sishui Fort.
From this point of view, the other party did not come for the food in the fields at all, but to attack Heiyun Mountain!
"Send the order, the scouts will strengthen the sentries near Jing County."
"Obey the order!" Zhang Shengye led more than a hundred scouts on donkeys and headed northeast.
"Beat the drums and shout, Xu Cheng led three hundred soldiers across the river to attack the bandits in Xuanyuan Mountain on the west bank!" Li Yue decided to break the deadlock. He always felt that it would not be that simple this time.
If you continue to delay, the situation will become even more unfavorable.
"I have the order!" Xu Cheng picked up the long sword and went down to the river with three hundred swords and shields.
Drums and shouts rang out.
The river here is not deep, and can only be up to the neck. Wearing heavy armor is not easy to be washed away by the river.
Seeing the 300 men and horses from Heiyun Mountain approaching with great vigor and arrogance, the people on the other side were obviously in disbelief. After a moment of confusion, Xu Chengcheng led his men to the shore.
"Come and fight to the death!" Xu Cheng raised his sword and roared together with the soldiers.
Although he is short in stature, he is extremely fierce, with long strides, a shield in his left hand, and a knife in his right hand, walking in front.
Li Yue was always paying attention to the movements of Mi County's troops on the north bank. As long as they dared to move, Li Yue immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
However, the Mi County troops remained motionless.
The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. Everyone wants to be a fisherman, not a snipe and a clam.
Just as Xu Cheng rushed over with murderous intent, the Xuanyuan Mountain troops suddenly dispersed, turned around and ran away...
Li Yue remembered that Cui Jin had said that Xuanyuan Mountain was quite capable of fighting, but he did not expect it to be so messed up, which made Li Yue even more sure that something must have happened on Xuanyuan Mountain.
"Good opportunity!" Li Yue asked the flag bearer to wave the flag to the west.
Xu Cheng chased for a while, then changed direction and killed the Mi County troops.
"Cross the river!" Li Yue drew his sword and jumped into the river first, Wei Shan was the second.
The soldiers rushed into the water, and the water splashed.
This group of people came to steal their food and destroy their fields, and they had a sworn hatred.
Fighting for oneself, of course everyone fought bravely, shouting and killing the people from Mi County to the east.
"Die to death! Die to death!" the soldiers shouted over and over again.
A rain of arrows fell. The soldiers squatted in the water and easily avoided the rain of arrows. They were all people who had narrowly escaped death. They had been fighting for many years and had extremely rich experience. There were many things that Li Yue did not expect, and they had already formed a habit.
"Xu..."
When the soldiers walked out of the river, the horses were aroused by murderous intent and kept retreating. No matter how beaten they were by the cavalry, they did not dare to move forward.
The competition these days is about who wants to lose his life.
Forgetting home for generals, forgetting relatives for crossing the border, forgetting oneself for the sake of enemies, living if one must die. Hundreds of people were killed, trapped in chaotic formations, thousands of people were killed, enemies were captured and generals killed, ten thousand people were killed, and they were rampant all over the world!
Only now did Li Yue understand the essence of this art of war. If ten thousand people risk their lives, they can dominate the world.
