Chapter 247 Liu Wu rushed to Longxi at night!

Chapter 247: Liu Wu rushed to Longxi at night!

The night is dark,

The bright moonlight shines on Liangzhou, which has been torn by war for a hundred years.

It also sprinkled on the vast Longshan Mountains...

Densely packed torches illuminated the entire camp.

The patrol soldiers, while inspecting the camp, complained in a low voice:

"What exactly is your highness the King of Chu planning? It seems that in just twenty miles, they will pass Longshan, enter Tianshui, and reach Longxi. Why did the army stop again?"

"Alas, with this kind of stop-and-go movement, I don't know when I can reach Longxi and fight Ma Chao."

"What do you think? Does the King of Chu want to withdraw his troops?"

"What nonsense! The army has come this far, how can we retreat?"

"Haha, the King of Chu even captured Cao Cao alive, so what does a mere Ma Chao matter?"

The soldiers patrolling the camp were discussing various issues.

Central Army Tent,

The large tallow candles illuminated the interior of the tent as bright as day.

Liu Wu, however, was wearing armor and sitting behind his desk with his eyes closed to rest...

Along the way, the army stopped and walked, and procrastinated. It was more like sightseeing than marching. Not only were the soldiers in the army full of doubts, but even the generals under his command were also giving advice and urging the army to march, either openly or secretly.

But Liu Wu still went his own way. Today, as he was about to cross Longshan and enter Tianshui, he once again set up camp early.

Now that the army has reached Longshan, I think Ma Chao is almost ready.
"My king..." Gao Shun bowed and walked in from outside the tent.

He was the patrol commander tonight. Seeing that it was already late at night and the lights were still on in the central army tent, he entered the tent to see him.

only……

Gao Shun looked at Liu Wu, who was wearing full armor, with a bewildered look on his face: "At this late hour, my king has not rested yet, but is still wearing armor. What is this..."

"Waiting for someone." Liu Wu's eyes were slightly closed, with no intention of opening them.

Gao Shun was stunned: "Waiting for someone, this..."

"King Chu!"

Gao Shun was interrupted when a soldier hurried into the tent and said, "There is a cavalry soldier who wants to see the King of Chu. He said... he was ordered to come from Longxi County!"

Coming from Longxi County?

Is this the person the King of Chu is waiting for tonight?
Boom~
Liu Wu suddenly opened his eyes: "Call him in quickly..."

"Gao Shun!"

Gao Shun: "I am here!"

Liu Wu: "You lead the guards to surround the central army tent twenty steps away. No one is allowed to approach except those from Longxi."

Gao Shun's expression became serious. He instantly realized that the identity of the visitor must be extraordinary: "Yes!"

After one stick of incense,
A figure hurried into the central military tent.

After another stick of incense, the figure hurriedly left the central military tent, and no one knew what that person said to the King of Chu.

Someone coming from Longxi County?

Who is this person and whose person is he?
Gao Shun, who was outside the tent, looked at the figure coming and going in a hurry, full of confusion.

"Gao Shun..." Liu Wu's voice came from inside the tent.

Gao Shun bowed to the big tent and said, "My king."

Liu Wu: "Pass on my military order, quickly gather all the generals in the army for a military meeting!"

In the dead of night, the King of Chu suddenly summoned all the generals for a discussion?

Something big is bound to happen!
"Yes, sir..."

Soon, Gan Ning, Taishi Ci, Chen Dao, Lu Meng and others entered the central army tent.

They all looked confused, not understanding why the King of Chu suddenly wanted to hold a military meeting in the middle of the night...

"I have received news that Ma Chao has led 350,000 Qiang and Hu allied forces to set up an ambush at Longshan Mountain."

Ma Chao set an ambush in Longshan?!

The general in the tent was suddenly startled, and all his sleepiness and confusion disappeared in an instant.

This, when did this happen?
None of the scouts in the army got the news, so how did the King of Chu know it?

"King of Chu!" Gan Ning was impatient and jumped up from his seat: "Forgive Gan Ning for being rude, but is this news, is this news true?"

Liu Wu's voice was as calm as ever: "The news cannot be wrong. The one who brought this news is..."

crackle~
Inside the big tent, except for the crackling of the tallow candles and the voice of Liu Wu, everything was quiet. All the generals looked stunned, and they could hardly believe their ears.

Tonight, the King of Chu unexpectedly revealed such a secret to them that caught them off guard!

Gan Ning even murmured to himself: "So that's how it is! So that's how it is! No wonder that day..."

Gan Xingba suddenly felt a little pity for Jin Ma Chao. He had taken great pains to gather the Northwestern Hu tribes, nearly 300,000 people, to kill the King of Chu, but he didn't know... all this was just a waste of his efforts.

All of Liangzhou's plans were doomed to fail when Ma Chao first started planning them...

Liu Wu's voice continued: "Tomorrow our army will fight Ma Chao in a decisive battle at Longshan. Gao Shun will take my place as the commander of the entire army to fight him."

Tomorrow's battle is related to the entire situation in Liangzhou and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides. Why would the King of Chu leave such a big battle to himself instead of leading the army?

Gao Shun blurted out: "Tomorrow's battle is of great importance, but my king is not supervising the battle in person. May I ask my king...do you have other plans?"

Wow~
Liu Wu slowly stood up, and the long sword at his waist flashed a deep light under the illumination of the tallow candle.

Tap tap tap~
Liu Wu stopped and looked at the bright moon outside the tent: "Ma Mengqi attacked Chang'an twice. It is not polite to not return the favor!"

That night,

A 10,000-man army, under the moonlight, rushed out of the Wu-Chu coalition camp...

……

The fiery red sun slowly rose from the east sky, illuminating the clouds.

The red-gold light seemed to have dyed the vast Longshan Mountain with a layer of gold powder.

Longshan, also known as Guanshan, is the boundary mountain between the Guanzhong Plain and the Longxi Loess Plateau. It is also the watershed between the Wei River and the Jing River. It is located north of Tianshui.

This is a truly dangerous place. When Liu Xiu conquered Wei Xiang in Longxi, he was trapped by Longshan for four whole years. Longshan is also famous throughout the world.

After a hundred years, Longshan, which has been peaceful for a long time, is finally about to usher in a new war.

Cross Long Mountain and enter Tianshui.

It is necessary to pass through an extremely long and wide valley.

This place is not only a wide valley, but also a very long passage, so it is called the Valley Road.

At this moment, a large army has already gathered behind this valley road...

The dark masses of soldiers had almost filled the back of the valley.

The Goering spears were densely packed.

The flags of various tribes converge like a river.

There are Qiang people.

There are Xianbei people,

There are also the Huns,
All these are the result of Ma Chao's painstaking efforts during this period.

But he couldn't care about the army behind him at all. He looked at the scene in the valley with excitement that he couldn't suppress...

But there were dense trees, thick reeds, and dry yellow autumn grass. It was indeed a good place to set a fire.

"I have already ordered people to spread large quantities of flammable materials such as saltpeter, sulfur, kerosene, etc. throughout the valley..." Han Sui mounted his horse and rode side by side with Ma Chao.

"As long as Liu Wu's army enters the valley, we will fire rockets and burn him to ashes!"

"Great!" Ma Chao clapped his legs excitedly: "If Liu Wu is burned to death today, my uncle will be the first to be credited..."

"According to the military discussion with the leaders of various tribes that day, the highlands on both sides of the entrance to the valley ahead are already filled with tens of thousands of ambushes from various tribes. I will personally lead the main force of the army to feign defeat and lure Liu Zilie into the valley..."

"As for the retreat route behind the valley, I will trouble you to lead your own 50,000 troops and the 50,000 Qiang troops that I will give you, a total of 100,000 troops, to defend the valley to the death!"

"When my uncle saw my nephew's troops coming, he let me out of the valley and then set fire to it immediately!"

"You and I, uncle and nephew, have joined forces to defend the retreat route behind the valley. Even if he has the power to soar into the sky, he will not be able to escape the blazing flames today!"

Han Sui laughed: "Liu Zilie is so ignorant that he wants to wipe out all the Qiang people and cut off the foundation of the Liangzhou warriors. So we have no choice but to cut off his survival first."

If we have common interests, we naturally have common enemies!
In Ma Chao's view, as long as their interests and enemies are the same, they are his own people. Therefore, Ma Chao left the retreat route behind the valley to Han Sui, who surrendered and then rebelled, and then rebelled and then surrendered again.

What else does Ma Chao have to say...

"General!" A horseman came over on a galloping horse, dismounted in front of Yu Machao's mount, and said, "The Wu-Chu coalition army is approaching the entrance to the valley!"

Liu Wu is here!

"Well done!"

Xilulu~
Ma Chao pulled the reins, looking excited.

The time has finally come for me to avenge my previous shame!

hum~
Ma Mengqi swung his spear towards the sky, and his voice echoed throughout the field: "Allied forces, leave the valley and meet the enemy!!"

(End of this chapter)