Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 247

During the break, Liu He asked a few captives who were familiar with the terrain to inquire about the situation of the Black Mountain army. Yang Feng took the initiative to lead the soldiers to a mountain spring to drink horses and feed grass, and Hua Xiong sent scouts to investigate the enemy's situation.

In order to show their merits, the bandit army who had just surrendered took out all the food and made a meal of the most famous fried noodles.

They saved a lot of millet, which is the most productive grain in Bingzhou, and with some buckwheat noodles and miscellaneous grains, a hearty and delicious pasta meal was ready.

Served with wild prickly ash and garlic, each person ate two large bowls of fried noodles. After a night of hard work, they rested for half a day to avoid the scorching sun, and continued their journey to the mountains in the afternoon.

This time, Zhang Fei was replaced as the vanguard, and in the evening, they arrived at Manger Mountain, the first pass for the bandits in Heishan.

Along the way, most of the mountain roads have cliffs on one side and water on the other, but here is a valley, shaped like a manger, with towering cliffs on both sides, and the bandit army is stationed on the mountain.

The black mountain bandits had already detected the officers and soldiers entering the mountain, and they arranged rocks and wooden piles to block the way. There were bandit troops guarding the mountains on both sides, with archers waiting in full force, and there were also many huge stones and wooden piles placed on the cliffs.

Zhang Fei yelled at the foot of the mountain for a long time, but the bandit army could not hold out, so he had no choice but to wait for Liu He to arrive and discuss how to defeat the enemy.

Liu He observed at the mouth of the valley for a while, and ordered the soldiers to rest at the foot of the mountain, drink horses and feed grass.

Zhang Fei said anxiously: "One day has passed, if we don't speed up the passage, there will be no enough dry food."

Liu He chewed a piece of stuffed pie, and said, "Haste makes waste. I have my own way to get through here, and let everyone get enough energy first."

After eating and drinking, the sky was getting dark. Liu He asked Yang Feng to pick out more than 30 horses from the bandit camp just now and the horses injured on the road, find branches and long grass, and tie them into bundles, and drag them behind the horses with ropes. .

After another two hours, the moon had not yet risen, and the valley was completely dark. Liu He ordered the horses to be divided into two groups, lit the hay with fire, and drove the horses into the upper valley.

After the first group ran out more than ten feet, the second group drove forward again, and so on, one after another toward the valley.

The flames and the sound of galloping horses alarmed the defenders on the mountain. In the darkness, they could only see the flames flickering in the valley, filled with smoke and dust, and no one could be seen clearly. They hurriedly fired arrows and pushed all the stones and wooden stakes down.

All of a sudden, the valley became chaotic and the sound was like thunder. It lasted for a full meal. When the last few horses ran over, there was no movement on the mountain, only the shouts of the bandits.

"Let's go, rush over!"

Liu He gave an order, and the soldiers who had been hiding behind the col immediately urged their horses forward and rushed into the upper valley.

Although the road was full of rocks and wooden piles at this time, it was barely passable. The firewood was burned, and the black smoke and dust blocked the view from above. The movement was a little slower, but it passed the valley quickly.

The missing moon rose to the east mountain, and the bandit army saw so many cavalry passing through the valley, they immediately shouted and chased them up.

After Liu He ordered Zhang Fei to die, the rest of the troops went straight to the next mountain stronghold, Wangyue Mountain, and captured it while the bandits were off guard.

The bandit general guarding Manger Mountain was named Ku Li, he was born of the Huns and the Han people, he was tall and powerful, he could wield a mace, even the leader Yang Feng was no match for him.

He originally boasted that he would not let Liu He pass through Haikou, but he was deceived by him unexpectedly. The whole army passed safely, and he immediately led his men and horses down the mountain to pursue him.

As soon as they came down the mountain, they saw a group of cavalry blocking the way ahead. Hundreds of people were blocking the middle of the mountain road. The moonlight reflected half of their faces, like ghosts.

Seeing that there were only a few hundred cavalry behind them, Kushu smiled coldly and shouted: "My sons, kill them for me, seize their horses and reward them to you!"

The thieves were overjoyed and rushed forward, shouting.

Zhang Fei snorted coldly and urged his horse forward. Yan Yunqi roared out like a mountain torrent, unstoppable.

Kuli urged the horse to face the leading general, and slammed down the mace ruthlessly. Normally, if he smashed this stick, the enemy would be knocked off the horse, at least injured, and at worst killed.

bang——

There was a loud noise, and the mace in the hand of Kuli was bounced back by the shock, his arms were numb, and he almost fell out.

Kupi was taken aback, he didn't expect the opponent to be so powerful, so he pulled up his horse and fought again. After several rounds of fighting, he was startled, knowing that he was not his opponent, and was about to retreat, but Zhang Fei stabbed him under the horse with a spear.

With a scream of bitterness, he fell off his horse and died. The bandit army was also scattered and fled in all directions by Yan Yunqi. Zhang Fei was annoyed that the bandit army was blocking the way. In the middle, he reined in his horse and turned back.

At this time, Liu He had already led his troops close to Wangyue Mountain, and the bandit army camp was halfway up the mountain, patrolled by sparse torches.

The head of the bandit here is named Fuyun, because the moon-watching mountain is often shrouded in mist, so he took this name. This person is better at drinking alcohol, and he is lazy on weekdays, because his literacy is reused by Yang Feng.

Liu He knew that most of these people were useless, so when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he sent about two hundred elite soldiers to sneak into the back camp and set fire to the back camp.

There was a chaos on the mountain. Liu He, Hua Xiong, and Yang Feng each led an army into the stronghold. The bandits were caught off guard and fled each other. The bandit leader was still sleeping soundly in the thatched house, and he was carried to the front of the army in a daze.

The man looked at the murderous officers and soldiers around him, knelt on the ground and shook his head, and sighed helplessly: "Floating clouds, everything is floating clouds, the villain is willing to surrender!"

Liu He asked, "How many soldiers and horses do Yang Feng have under his command?"

Fu Yun replied: "Five thousand before the customs, and [-] after the customs. I heard that some people were borrowed from Shangdang."

Liu He saw that he seemed to be prepared for this journey, and asked directly, "Who ordered Yang Feng to stop me here?"

"Sui Gu!" Fu Yun shook his head and smiled: "I have said long ago that Sui Gu is capricious and untrustworthy, and now he is really in trouble."

"Sui Gu?" Liu He frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "So, Zhang Yang has secretly contacted you?"

This guy was also a Black Mountain bandit, he was as famous as Bai Rao and Yu Du in the Shangdang area, later he surrendered to Zhang Yang for some reason, and he met him a few times during the Battle of Hulao Pass.

"That's right, Zhang Yang has already led troops to guard the courtyard," Fu Yun replied, "I heard that there is still a group of troops from Hanoi going north, and they are here to block reinforcements."

"What a show!" Liu He gritted his teeth for a while. This was no longer a secret collusion, but a blatant cooperation.

Fu Yun said: "General Liu, the villain is willing to take people to Tianjingguan, and we should cooperate with each other to welcome the reinforcements."

Liu He glanced at Fuyun coldly, and said lightly: "Give me a reason to believe in you."

Fu Yun replied: "The villain was originally the accountant of a business in Jinyang. He was robbed by Yang Feng three years ago and killed the entire owner's family. Because the villain can read and write, he stayed in the mountains. After so many years, the little man I have always been on Wangyue Mountain, and I have never done anything harmful to nature, please be careful with the general."

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to turn over a new leaf!" Liu He nodded slightly, "If you lead someone to Tianjing Pass, if you can get Zhang Yang's head, it will be credited to you."

"Thank you!" Fu Yun was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her.

Liu He asked him to organize the captured thieves. As for the escaped people leaking the news, it depends on how Fu Yun explained to Zhang Yang.

At this time, the cottage had been burned to the ground, and Xu Rong's reinforcements along the way could not wait, leaving ten people waiting for Zhang Fei, while the other soldiers rushed to Duan's without stopping.

(End of this chapter)