Although the future is difficult, Han Zhan is not willing to sit still, since the future is not clear, then consider returning the same way, find a suitable place to cross the Yellow River, and return to Jizhou. But the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to get something to eat, otherwise everyone will starve to death before they get out of the mountains.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan arched his hand towards the hunter and asked politely, "Dare to ask the old man, is there anyone nearby?" ”

From the tone of Han Zhan's speech, the hunter guessed his thoughts, shook his head and said, "Master Jun doesn't know, even the closest person from here is a hundred miles away. The mountains are no better than the plains, and you have to walk for at least two days for such a journey. And they are all small villages with more than a dozen families, and I am afraid that they will not be able to provide you with enough food. ”

Han Zhan knew that what the hunter said was the truth, not to mention the current sparsely populated dynasty, even in the later generations, some villages located in the deep mountains and old forests did not have a few families. He saluted the hunter with a fist and said politely, "Thank you for your advice." After speaking, he looked at the horses in the distance, and thought to himself, "If you are really cornered, you can only kill the horses to satisfy the hunger of the soldiers." ”

The hunter turned around and walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, took out a hare from the bag, and said to Han Zhan, "This military master, little old man has a rabbit here, which he just found in the mountains today. If the military master doesn't dislike it, he will send it to the military master. ”

Although a rabbit cannot feed nineteen people, it is better than nothing. Han Zhan was still grateful for the hunter's gesture of sending charcoal in the snow, and after he gave the hunter a deep look, he glanced at the Qin team. The latter hurriedly stepped forward and took the hare from the hunter's hand.

The Qin team led people to the stream that had not yet frozen, skinned the rabbits, cleaned them, skewered them on a thick branch, and roasted them on the fire. Before the rabbit was ripe, the two horsemen who had gone to explore the way hurried back, and then they did not find the village nearby, but they were unexpectedly confronted by two wolves.

For the battle-hardened cavalry, the two wolves were nothing to be afraid of, on the contrary, their eyes lit up with excitement. For the hungry, it's a door-to-door treat. The two took off their bows and arrows on their shoulders and shot the wolf to the ground, fearing that the other party was not dead, and went up to make up for it.

Seeing the two wolves brought back by the cavalry who explored the path, Han Zhan's heart suddenly became much more steady, although the wolf meat was not delicious, but at least it could fill everyone's stomachs. After complimenting the two horsemen, he ordered the wolf meat to be cleaned up and roasted on the fire.

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And at this moment, far away in the camp by the Yellow River, Huang Zhong finally made up his mind and decided to attack Yang Feng's military camp overnight. As long as you find a way to defeat this army and rush to the revolving gate to find the lord, you don't have to worry about being cut off by others.

At the third watch, Huang Zhong quietly approached Yang Feng's military camp with the cavalry who had removed the bell and wrapped the horse's hooves. Although Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses were close to a stone's throw away, they were still unaware.

Seeing that Yang Feng's soldiers and horses were unaware, Huang Zhong couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, he raised the big sword high above his head and shouted: "Kill!" He urged his crotch mount and rushed towards the gate.

The two small soldiers standing guard outside the gate saw a cavalry roaring towards them, and hurriedly raised their weapons in their hands to try to stop the other party. Huang Zhong stretched out his broadsword forward and wiped it on the neck of one of the soldiers, because the speed was too fast, Huang Zhong's mounts collapsed the gate and rushed into the camp, and the head of the soldier rolled off his neck, and after a while, blood spurted out of his neck cavity and splashed on the cavalry who rushed past him.

The soldiers and horses in the barracks were sleeping soundly, and only a few woke up to the sound of horses' hooves, and they rushed out of their tents in disheveled clothes, and before they could figure out the situation, they were cut down by the galloping knights, or the horses were knocked away. Wherever Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses passed, there was not a single person who could stand.

Yang Feng, who was staying in the big tent, was awakened by the shouting and killing outside, he quickly turned over from the couch and sat up, and angrily asked the soldiers who had just run in: "What's the noise outside?" "There's a reason why he's so angry, it's so noisy in the middle of the night, it's easy to get a roar, and then it's out of control.

The soldiers didn't bother to salute him, so they said loudly: "General, the big thing is not good, there are thieves who have entered the camp and are coming towards us, so let's go quickly." If you don't leave, it will be too late. ”

Yang Feng, who had just woken up, was still a little confused, according to his thoughts, within a radius of dozens of miles, there were all his own soldiers and horses, where would any enemies emerge. "Thief soldiers, where did the thieves come from?"

"It's the cavalry that escaped during the day."

"Aren't they crushed by us?" Yang Feng thought of the cavalry that was repelled by himself during the day, and said angrily: "Do they still have the courage to sneak attack us?" ”

Hearing the shouting and killing outside, the soldiers knew that it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so they immediately called in a companion and dragged Yang Feng outside. Yang Feng was carried out of the tent by his own soldiers, and sure enough, he saw a large number of cavalry outside, galloping back and forth with soot, killing people along the way, and setting fire to the tent when he saw it, and the whole camp was in chaos.

Yang Feng was so frightened that he was scattered, and with the support of two personal soldiers, he got on his mount and fled. At this time, Huang Zhong was leading people back and forth in the camp to kill, and he didn't notice that Yang Feng didn't even wear armor, so he escaped from the camp under the escort of two personal soldiers.

Huang Zhong led the soldiers and horses to rush and kill in the camp for more than half an hour, and felt that some people were sleepy and tired, so he turned the horse's head and rushed out from the direction from which he came.

The military camps of Li Dao and Guo Yan were only ten miles away from Yang Feng's military camp. Li Guo and the two were sleeping until midnight, when they were suddenly woken up by Jia Xu, saying that they saw that Yang Feng's military camp was blazing, and it must have been an enemy army stealing the camp.

Knowing that Yang Feng's camp had been attacked, Li Dao immediately summoned men and horses to go to the rescue. But he was stopped by Guo Yan: "Naïve and slow, the enemy army knows that our army and Yang Fengbu are only ten miles apart, but they dare to steal the camp, there may be ambushes along the way, let's wait for dawn." ”

"By the time dawn comes, Yang Feng's department is estimated to have collapsed long ago." Li Dao called his subordinates with a straight face and asked him to pick up the men and prepare to go out of the camp to meet Yang Feng.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Li Wei, Guo Yan turned his attention to Jia Xu for help: "Mr. Jia, what do you think?" ”

"General Guo don't worry," Jia Xu saw Guo Yan asking for help from him, and hurriedly said: "In Jia's opinion, the attack on Yang Feng's military camp is just a lone army, and General Li will lead his troops to go, and he will definitely kill them and flee." ”

"Alone?" Hearing Jia Xu say this, Li Wei also became interested: "Mr. Jia, tell me, where did this lone soldier come from?" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "General Mou has forgotten that the Han family has 3,000 cavalry under Xiao'er, and they were flanked by us and Yang Feng's army, and they were beaten to the ground?" ”

After Jia Xu's reminder, Li Wei also recalled: "That's right, that's right, the Han family's cavalry is quite powerful, and they can actually stand up on horseback and assassinate, so even if we have a numerical advantage, it will be difficult for us to win." ”

"General Li, Jia carefully inspected the war horses in Jizhou and found that the soles of the horses were staring at a circular iron ring." Jia Xu said thoughtfully: "And on the saddle, there is a ring on each side that can be kicked on. These things can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of cavalry. ”

Li Wei was not interested in what Jia Xu said, he was only worried that if he went late, Yang Feng's soldiers and horses would be wiped out. Therefore, when the rescue men and horses were gathered, they immediately took the soldiers and horses out of the camp.

"Mr. Jia," looking at the soldiers and horses led by Li Dao, leaving the camp in a hurry, Guo Yan asked Jia Xu: "Is it really not dangerous to lead the troops to meet Yang Feng?" ”

Jia Xu smiled faintly and replied, "Please rest assured General Guo, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou will definitely retreat immediately after attacking Yang Feng's camp." Even if General Li Dao does not come out of the horse, there will be no danger of the entire army being wiped out. After saying that, Jia Xu said goodbye to Guo Yan, returned to his tent, and continued to study the horseshoe and stirrup he had found.

Li Dao took 5,000 cavalry, and less than five miles away from the camp, he saw several horsemen approaching in front of him. He hurriedly ordered one of his cavalry governors to lead people to stop the other party.

After a short time, the Riding Governor returned with one man. The man came to Li Dao's horse, turned over and dismounted, prostrated on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Humble Yang Feng, I have seen the general!" ”

When Li Wei heard that the person who was kneeling on the horse was Yang Feng, he was immediately angry, and he rushed to the other party and asked angrily: "Yang Feng, I came to ask you, where is your camp?" What about your horses? ”

"General Qiyu," Yang Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled with fright when he heard Li Dao getting angry, "There are thieves stealing the camp, and his subordinates are panicked for a while, and they get on the horse and escape." ”

Knowing that Yang Feng had lost his soldiers and horses and the camp and fled back alone, Li Dao couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered left and right: "Come on, drag Yang Feng out and behead him!" ”

When Yang Feng heard that Li Dao was going to kill him, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life!" ”

"Uncle," Li Bei, Li Dao's nephew, persuaded in a low voice: "If you kill Yang Feng, I'm afraid that his soldiers and horses will not obey the constraints, so it's better to let him go for the time being, and let him continue to chase and kill the Han family children for us with the soldiers and horses." ”

Li Wei felt that what his nephew said made some sense, so he nodded and said to Yang Feng, who was kneeling on the ground: "Yang Feng, since don't intercede for you, I will let you go for the time being." Immediately you go back with me to put your troops in order. ”

Yang Feng, who escaped, was worried that the soldiers and horses who stole the camp had not left, and he couldn't help but be afraid. But he considered that it was dangerous to return to the camp at this moment, but if he didn't agree to Li Dao and go back to the camp with him to rectify the soldiers and horses, then he would immediately fall to the ground. After weighing the benefits and disadvantages, Yang Feng agreed to return to the camp to regroup his troops.

When Yang Feng followed Li Wei's soldiers and horses and returned to the camp, Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses had already withdrawn, and the camp was still in chaos, the tents in many places were still burning, and some soldiers were desperately fighting the fire.

Seeing the arrival of soldiers and horses, the soldiers in the camp couldn't help but be surprised, and when they saw Yang Feng in the crowd clearly, they thought that Yang Feng, who had been missing, was moving to rescue the soldiers, and the soldiers immediately cheered again.

Let's say that Huang Zhong quickly withdrew after making a big fuss in Yang Feng's camp with his soldiers and horses. When he returned to the camp to count the number of people, he was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to the two dozen cavalrymen who had suffered minor injuries, all the 2,000 cavalry who had gone out had returned.

After waiting for Huang Zhong to finish counting the numbers, the cavalry governor said to him with a smile: "Captain Huang, I believe that after tonight's battle, the thieves will not dare to fight us again in a short time, so that we can free up our hands and go south to find the whereabouts of the lord." ”

And Jia Xu, who studied horseshoes and stirrups in the tent, suddenly thought of a question, the cavalry of the Han family was chased by Li Guo's soldiers and horses and fled in all directions, but they did not cross the Yellow River, on the contrary, they also took advantage of the night to sneak attack Yang Feng's camp, what is the reason for this? After a while, Jia Xu figured out what the problem was, quickly put down the horseshoe and stirrup in his hand, got up and walked out of the tent, and headed for the big tent.

Guo Yan, who was sitting and dozing off in the big tent, saw Jia Xu coming in from outside in a hurry, quickly got up, and asked politely: "Mr. Jia came in a hurry, otherwise what is the matter?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and replied affirmatively, "That's right, I just thought of something important, so I came here to see you." ”

Seeing Jia Xu's serious expression, Guo Yan hurriedly sat down and asked, "Mr. Jia, if you have something, just talk about it!" ”

"Jia Mou knows why the Han family's cavalry is attacking Yang Feng's camp tonight."

"Mr. Jia," Guo Yan wanted to hear what the reason was analyzed by Jia Xu, and hurriedly said politely: "What is the reason, please tell me quickly!" ”

"The Han family child fled to the area of the revolving gate pass in a panic when our army was blocking and chasing, and lost contact with his soldiers and horses." Jia Xu said slowly: "According to Jia's judgment, this must be the general who commanded the army, and planned to lead his troops to the south to find the Han family's children, but he was afraid that our army would cut off the back road, so he had to risk a night attack, so as to make Yang Feng's soldiers and horses timid and dare not cut off his back road." ”

After Guo Yan heard this, he frowned and thought about it, this is indeed the case. He nodded and said, "What the gentleman said is very true, so what should we do?" ”

"It's very simple, immediately pull out the camp and go to join General Zhiran." Jia Xu sneered and said: "If the generals of the Han family's cavalry are eager to find the Han family's children, we might as well fulfill them, so that on the Huangquan Road, their master and servant can also be companions." ”

"Since Mr. said so, so-and-so immediately pulled out the camp and rushed to join Zhiran." After Guo Yan finished speaking, he stood up and said outside: "Someone! ”

With Guo Yan's shout, a military Sima walked in and bowed. Guo Yan instructed him: "After the order is given, the whole army will immediately pack up and prepare to leave the camp and go to join General Zhiran." ”