Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 246 Soldiers enter Taihang Mountain

After an autumn rain, the wheat in the field is golden, and it is time for autumn harvest.

Along the way, Liu He and others were also deeply pleased to see people busy in the fields and stacks of wheat of various sizes piled up in the fields.

In the evening of this day, I finally came to the foot of Huoshan Mountain, and flowed eastward along the Qinshui along the deep canyon. This is the entrance of Baixing in the east of the river.

Taihang Eight Xing, from south to north in Hanoi, there are three roads into the mountain: Zhiguan Xing, Taihang Xing and Baixing. The third Xing Baixing starts from Nanshan Pass of Taihang Mountain in Hui County and leads to Shangdang territory.

The road Liu He and others took was actually just an extension of Baixing. It ran from Huoshan in the east of Hedong along the Qinshui River, and finally connected with Baixing at the eldest son.

Looking at the weeds growing on the valley road, it can be seen that this official and commercial road leading to Shangdang has been abandoned for a long time because of the bandit chaos, and few people pass through it.

On a rock in the valley, there were three whole sheep, two whole pigs, and a large piece of beef. The cattle and sheep were bought from Yicheng, and the two wild boars were just hunted in the mountains this morning.

The bonfire is burning, the barbecue is sizzling, and with a little seasoning, it is mouth-watering. These meats seem to be a lot, but for 3000 people, each can only eat one piece.

This time into the mountain, each soldier brought three days of dry food, ready to cross Huoshan to kill Shangdang in one go, without giving the enemy a chance to prepare.

Liu He held the only jug of wine left in his hand, and said to the soldiers by the river: "Back when Huo Qubing was sick, he poured the imperial wine into the river for the soldiers of the three armies to drink. People, drink this jar of wine together. When you return to Fanyang, each of you will compensate you ten altars of Xinghua Village."

Hearing Xinghua Village, all the soldiers cheered. Zhang Fei and Dian Wei even swallowed their saliva. They hadn't drank that kind of strong wine for nearly half a year. Now these dirty wines are really hard to swallow.

Liu He held the wine jar in his hand and said to everyone: "This wine is for strong conduct, and this battle will be won!"

"Will win, win!"

Amid the shouts, Liu He poured the wine into the river, and everyone took bowls or rushed to drink it with their hands. These are elite soldiers from Youzhou, who have lived and died with Liu He many times, and there is no need to say more to boost morale.

Liu He raised his bowl and said to Hua Xiong and others: "I was able to raise an army to fight against the rebellion, and the situation gradually became possible because of your generous help. Today, we are in trouble together, and I will not let you down. Please!"

Among these few people, Zhang Fei and Dian Wei needless to say, Hua Xiong and Yang Feng were newcomers to the army, they were all infected by Liu He's bearing, and they drank their bowls in one gulp.

Liu Heman drank water and wine, cupped his hands to thank the whole army, and asked each battalion to go forward and divide the meat to eat.

Hua Xiong arranged for the [-] Xiliang Army he had brought with him. These were the elite he had selected from the surrendered army. Most of them were his old troops. Ever since Dong Zhuo's riot, he had been deeply disappointed with the Xiliang Army and had already given up his allegiance. Liu He.

He has worked with Liu He not long ago, and he has heard for a long time that Corporal Liu He is a valiant and wise man, capable of selecting talents and appointing talents, and his subordinates are willing to work hard. After several months of contact, he knew that the rumors were true.

Among the busy crowd, Yang Feng also looked at Liu He who was joking with the soldiers from time to time. Seeing the awe and affection of those soldiers, he couldn't help but feel his blood boil.

After returning to Liu He, Yang Feng suddenly found that he had a goal, and he knew exactly what he should do and how to do it. Once he had a direction, his whole body felt warm and full of energy.

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon and stars were sparse, and 3000 people had a full meal. Taking advantage of the moonlight, they traveled all night. The weather was cool at night and it was convenient to march.

Zhang Fei led Yan Yun to ride in the front to open the way. There were a hundred troops sent by Quyi to advance quickly along the mountain road. If they found anything abnormal, they would warn in time.

Liu He led the troops in the middle, while Hua Xiong and Yang Feng led the troops in the rear. Although they were marching on the mountain road, they tried to maintain a formation and a safe distance between the ranks to prevent any sneak attack by thieves.

On the second day, when I traveled to the deep mountains, I was about to rest in the valley, when I suddenly came to report that there was a village in the valley ahead, which was occupied by bandits and blocked the way.

Yang Fengyan said: "The Heishan bandits have their lairs in almost the entire Bingzhou mountains from Heishan to Nantaihang. To be honest, many of our brothers were forced to be homeless by these bandits, so we had no choice but to fall into the weeds."

Liu He smiled helplessly and said: "In troubled times, survival is difficult. No one cares about identity. The Black Mountain army gathered in Taihang, coupled with the looting of the Huns, and the people of Bingzhou scattered. Presumably Bingzhou is already empty."

Zhang Feiyan said: "The bandits are right in front, they must have discovered us too, why not take their camp in one go."

Liu He turned his head and glanced at the three armies, and saw that everyone was in high spirits, without the slightest sign of fatigue, but after hearing Zhang Fei's words, they were full of energy.

The 3000 men he led, in addition to Zhang Fei's Yan Yunqi, also had the elite allocated by Guan Yu, Zhang Ying, and Qu Yi, and Cheng Yu had selected from the army before leaving, and equipped them with the strongest army horses , everyone is proficient in bow and horse, and has the strength to deal with the bandit army.

Liu He saw that the army's spirit was available, so he immediately sent an order: "Hua Xiong obeys the order. I order you to be the vanguard and fight in front of the bandit camp. The rest of the troops will follow me!"

Hua Xiong was very happy to see him being the first to be employed, and stepped forward to take orders, and led five hundred Xiliang troops straight to the bandit camp.

At this time, it was already broad daylight, and most of the bandit army was still in the village, Hua Xiong urged the troops to come to the front of the village, only then was there a cry of exclamation in the camp.

"Slowly..." A thief general hurried out of the gate of the camp with hundreds of thieves, and shouted loudly while tying his belt: "Stop, stop, listen up—I drive this road, this tree is ..."

Hua Xiong spread out his men and horses at the crossroads, raised his knife and shouted: "Young thief, come out of the camp quickly and surrender. If you are half a step too late, watch your head!"

"Where are you from?" The thief's words were confused, his face turned red with anger, he rubbed his eyes and shouted: "The officers and soldiers around here don't dare to provoke us, but you dare to come here to seek death?"

"Looking for death!" When Hua Xiong turned his head, seeing that Liu He had arrived with his troops, he shouted and urged his horse to charge forward.

The thief was so angry that he also came to kill him on horseback. As soon as he raised his spear, Hua Xiong cut him off his horse with a knife.

The thieves in the rear were shocked when they saw this, they turned around and ran towards the camp, Hua Xiong led five hundred elite cavalry and rushed in, and there was a sound of wailing and screaming in the camp.

In less than a meal, the cottage was wiped out, and several prisoners were captured for interrogation. It turned out that they were not part of the Black Mountain Army, but they were excluded by the Black Mountain Army, so they did robbery here.

The thieves heard that it was Liu He who came, and they all asked to surrender. Liu He took the able-bodied men to make up for logistics, and the rest told them to return to Yicheng.

The whole army was cooking and resting in the cottage. The captives told them that thirty miles ahead was the territory of Yang Feng, the southern leader of the Black Mountain Army.

Yang Feng had three generals under his command, and on the way to Duan's, there were two cottages, each with 5000 troops, occupying the entire Huoshan Mountain, and no one dared to provoke them for a hundred miles.

(End of this chapter)