Chapter 31 Alone on the Evergreen Mountains
Zhang Guang and Dian Wei had two war horses for one person, plus extra weapons, and by the time Shouzhang arrived, it was already dark.
Pang Tong and Gan Ning led nearly 1,000 people to camp outside the city and wait.
"Pang Tong, Gan Ning, why did you run away from the city?"
"Lord, it was Pang Tong who said, you will definitely come to us in the next two days, Lejin, who was sent by Cao Cao to garrison Shouzhang, will close the city gate at night."
"So, let's just go out of the city and wait for the lord."
When Gan Ning spoke, he looked very depressed, and glanced at Pang Tong from time to time.
Zhang Guang estimated that Gan Ning must have made a bet and lost to Pang Tong.
Pang Tong is a good person, only Gan Ning and Dian Wei are stupid, and they often bet and lose to him.
The five hundred war horses plus those obtained on the battlefield were all given to nearly 1,000 new joiners, one for each person, and a few more.
The unified battle armor and weapons given by Cao Cao were also given to nearly 1,000 new members.
"Those who have just joined, their combat effectiveness is weak, and when they encounter a tough opponent, the veterans of our ninth regiment will go first."
"What do you mean, my lord? Underestimate us? ”
"Yes, the armor and weapons were all given to us new ones, but the war made us hide behind, what did we think of us?"
"If that's the case, let's go now, and don't drag your Ninth Regiment back."
Zhang Guang originally wanted to take care of the newcomer, but he didn't expect to almost cause public anger.
It seems that the nearly 1,000 people selected by Pang Tong and Gan Ning are indeed not bad breeds.
"Okay, follow you, Pang Tong, Gan Ning, they will be led by you for the time being."
"Yes!"
"Assemble the team and go!"
Zhang Guang led the team to set off overnight and climbed through the Golden Line Ridge.
"Big brother, aren't you going north to Jinan and other places to fight the Yellow Turban Army? How did you climb the Golden Line Ridge and go southwest? ”
Dian Wei Ke knew that Zhang Guang proposed that the Ninth Regiment go north to get Cao Cao's war horses and equipment.
"Let's go west, go to Dongjun, and then go north, and go to Changshan to arrest people first?"
"Arrest?" Dian Wei was even more confused.
"That's right, you'll know when you get there."
"Gan Ning, do you know who the eldest brother is going to arrest?"
"I don't know, Pang Tong, you kid is the best, tell me, who is the lord going to arrest?"
"Zhang Yan." Pang Tong said a name lightly.
"The leader of the Montenegrin Army, Zhang Yan, known as 'Feiyan'?" Gan Ning is very familiar with Zhang Yan, who was born in the bandit army at the same time, and it should be said that he is Gan Ning's former idol.
The year before last, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, and the world raised troops to fight, Zhang Yan took his Black Mountain Army to form an alliance with the princes of all walks of life, and he was also a prince of a town.
Last year, he helped Gongsun Zan to fight against Yuan Shao, but was defeated by Yuan Shao, and later by Cao Cao, and now he is stationed in his hometown of Changshan.
"Big brother, although Zhang Yan has been defeated again and again in the past two years, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, who are guarding in danger in the area of Fengshan Changgu, and outsiders don't even know where their nest is, it will be difficult for us to deal with it for a while, right?"
After Pang Tong followed Zhang Guang, he did a very detailed investigation and analysis of the original eighteen town princes plus Liu Bei's nineteen towns.
"Just Feiyan, what are you afraid of? Rest assured, there are masters of the reconnaissance platoon, and I am not afraid that I will not find his nest. ”
"The lord is right, there are people from our reconnaissance platoon, even if you find an ant nest, I will find it for you."
Being praised by Zhang Guangyi, the people of the reconnaissance platoon were immediately happy, and they all praised Haikou.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhang Guang picked a small road and spent five days to come to the foot of Fengshan Mountain in the southwest of Changshan.
There are many cliffs everywhere in the mountains, and the terrain is extremely steep.
"Gan Ning, there is only one way to go up and down in Fengshan, you lead the people of the reconnaissance platoon to look everywhere, Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army must have other ways to enter and exit Fengshan."
"Okay, he Zhang Yan is the three holes of the cunning rabbit, and I will dig them out for him."
The soldiers of the more than 30 reconnaissance platoons, together with Gan Ning, scattered into the mountains and mud cattle into the sea, without making a splash.
"General Gan, has the lord been to Fengshan before?"
"I don't know, I shouldn't have been here, what's wrong?"
"Then how does the lord know that there is only one way to go in and out of the mountains?"
"Who is the lord? When the gods descend to earth, what can't he calculate? ”
The reconnaissance platoon under Gan Ning was extremely efficient, and in less than three days, it had a clear understanding of the area around the mountains and valleys.
Late at night on the third day, Gan Ning returned to the Ninth Army camp with a few people.
"Lord, this place is northeast, another valley, there are thousands of elite soldiers stationed in the valley, there is a mountain spring behind the valley, and the road next to the mountain spring should be the main path in and out of the mountain."
"We caught a few lone soldiers and found a waterfall with a path next to the waterfall that was difficult to walk, and that was the secret path of the Montenegrin army."
"Okay, you take the guard platoon and the people of the first battalion bow and arrow battalion to guard the path next to the waterfall, Dian Wei, Pang Tong, follow me to the valley and capture the thousands of Black Mountain troops."
More than 1,000 people of the Ninth Regiment, under the personal leadership of Zhang Guang, directly captured thousands of Montenegrin troops without any accidents.
"Those who are willing to stay, stay, and those who are unwilling, let you go."
Zhang Guang didn't have time to talk to these captives, most of them were released, and less than 500 remained.
It is better, because the captured war horses are less than five hundred.
Zhang Guang is now mainly attacking camps and pulling out villages, and he wants cavalry troops, and the speed of the attack is fast.
"Big brother, this mountain is so dangerous, it's hard to attack it!"
Looking at the steep mountain road, Pang Tong was very worried, how many casualties did he have to pay to attack this mountain?
"Don't attack, I'll go up alone!"
"No, by all means, Zhang Yan, known as Feiyan, is quite skilled, and is good at arranging formations and using troops flexibly, in case the eldest brother makes any mistakes, we will not be able to save each other!" Pang Tong strongly objected.
"Big brother, I'll go up the mountain with you, what Feiyan doesn't fly in, and I can't fly out of my Five Finger Mountain." Dian Wei held a double iron sword, and shook it whirring.
"No, you inform Gan Ning that the path on the other side of the waterfall must be blocked, as long as it is a member of the Black Mountain Army, it is okay to scratch or injure, and you must not shoot to death, and you must not let them run out."
"Okay, big brother, be sure to pay attention to safety!" Pang Tongyi told again.
"Pang Tong, why did you become a mother-in-law's mother-in-law's housekeeper? Your wife won't annoy you anymore? Let's go, take care of this valley! ”
Zhang Guang led a thin horse, dressed in civilian clothes, with a strong bow on his shoulder, two short guns and a quiver on his back.
"General Feiyan, more than a thousand people in the valley below have been captured by a cavalry that suddenly appeared!"
"What? Captive? These are all my elite soldiers, all captured? "A sturdy general with curly hair and a beard on his face rose up to take the case.
"Yes, our sentry halfway up the mountain, I can see it clearly, the cavalry of the other side, such as the general from the sky, broke into the camp while it was dark, and the soldiers in our camp were captured before they could react."
"Brewed, when did Changshan have such an army? What about Sun Qing? With his skills, he shouldn't be unable to escape, right? ”
"I don't know, it's dark, I can't see who hasn't been arrested, I guess they've all been arrested."
"Assemble the team, go down the mountain overnight, and do it!"
"Zhang Shuai, it's not proper, it's dark, we don't know how many soldiers and horses the other party has, and we are reckless and go down the mountain, in case we are ambushed, it will not be good." The one who spoke was a general as strong as Zhang Yan, with a big bald head.
"Wang Dang, what should you do?"
"Ask for help, I'll take someone down the mountain from the side of the waterfall and go to Gongsun Chan for help!"
"It's okay, you go down the mountain overnight, bring more people down, and let them find a way to find out the opponent's strength after dawn."
"Good!"
Not long after Wang Dang left, the sentry on the mountainside came to report.
"General Feiyan, there are people at the bottom of the mountain breaking into the mountain!"
"How many?"
"One man, one horse!"
"One man, one horse? Shoot it, wait, catch it, I'm going to see what they want to do! ”
"General Feiyan, you can't catch it. That person, like the eyes of a body, our secret sentinel shots, were all dodged by him, and as long as anyone who made a shot, he would shoot back and hurt people with an arrow. ”
"What? Are you dazzled? Okay, I'll do it myself! ”
"No need, General Feiyan, I'm already here!"
Zhang Guang's double guns turned into spears, and the head of the spear was stained with blood, it seemed that he was killed all the way, and there were many people from the Black Mountain Army, surrounding Zhang Guang, and followed him all the way.
"Alright, let's all step down."
More than 1,000 people who were captured, now alone, with one gun and one horse, must have come prepared, and there was no point in surrounding them, not to mention sitting down and listening to what he would say.
"Chu Yan, when your eldest brother Zhang Jiao raised the Yellow Turban, there were millions of people, if he hadn't been killed by random arrows, the Yellow Turban Army would not be today, you are good, Zhang Jiao pushed you to be handsome when he died, you see, with such a few people, nesting in the mountains here, even bandits are not as good."
"Who the hell are you?"
Zhang Yan didn't explain the intention when he saw the visitor, but instead dug out many things about his past and present, and he didn't understand.
Could it be that Zhang Dashuai was also a former subordinate? I've never seen it before!
"Before you speak, shouldn't you get some food and drink?"
"Come on, hurry up and get food and wine!"
Zhang Yan here, when did you miss wine?
One altar after another, ten altars, were brought to the main hall.
Zhang Guang picked up the spear, started the wine jar, and took another big sip after removing the seal.
"Well, what kind of wine is this? It's so unpalatable! ”
A whistle sounded, and the skinny horse appeared at the door, with two jars of wine on his back.
"Ah, taste what real wine is!"
Zhang Guang threw an altar to Zhang Yan, found a chair to sit on at random, opened the seal, and began to pour it violently.
Zhang Guang's arrogance also affected Zhang Yan, and Gu Long took a big gulp.
"Where did you get this wine? Is there such a good wine in the world? ”
"Haha, I brewed it myself, how's it? It's a lot better to be mixed with your drinks, right? ”
"Home-brewed? When the princes of the Eighteen Towns crusaded against Dong Zhuo, they only heard that there was a fortune teller named Zhang Guang in Chen Liucheng, who brewed a good wine. ”
"Since General Zhang Yan knows that Chen Liu's good wine is there, why don't you taste it?" Zhang Guang is already half of the belly.
"I originally wanted to taste it, but I didn't expect the sour jujube to fight, and then the princes of the eighteen towns went their separate ways, I also forgot about it, Your Excellency and Zhang Guang, but there is a relationship?"
"It's Zhang Guang below, Chen Liu's fortune teller Zhang Daxian!"
"Okay, you Zhang Daxian, you are counting your life in Chenliu, why are you coming to arrest me?"
Zhang Guang's wine content is high, Zhang Yan is already a little drunk, and with red bull's eyes, he began to scold the brew.
"Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan, I'm here to send you a way out, you don't know what to do, how many secret sentinels hurt me along the way? If it weren't for my good skills, I would have been a ghost under your Zhang Yan's subordinates! ”
"You arrested my subordinates for no reason, and broke into my mountains again, and said that I hurt you?"
"I arrest your people, because if you don't catch them, you will have to fight fiercely, and you will die, I am alone in the mountains, to tell you that I have no malicious intentions, you can't see this thing, no wonder you can only nest in this ravine and be the king of the mountain."
"What did you say?" Zhang Yan put down the wine jar and rushed to Zhang Guang, looking desperate.
"What did I say, you don't understand?" Zhang Guang got up, his eyes were rounder than Zhang Yan, his whole body was full of energy, and the hem of his clothes was windless.
"Alas, I'm no match for you!"
Zhang Yan retreated, picked up the wine jar and poured it violently, wanting to extinguish his sulkness.
Zhang Guang is right, Zhang Yan has been defeated repeatedly over the years, and there are only more than 10,000 of the millions of troops left.
The territory of several states, and now there is a mountain.
The princes from all walks of life around it, it seems that anyone can be angry with themselves, and if they can't get used to seeing it, they will come and themselves.
Originally, on this steep mountain, he could still be called the king and comfort himself, but now he was provoked by Zhang Guang, and Zhang Yan even had the heart to die.
"Zhang Shuai, it's not good, that ......"
Wang Dang, who had already gone down the mountain, ran in in a panic, and when he saw Zhang Guang and Zhang Yan who were drinking, he was stunned on the spot, not knowing the situation.
"Haha, big bald head, you're the king, right? People who want to go down the mountain have been caught? How did you run back? With a big bald head, Gan Ning can't even catch you, so you have to teach you a good lesson when you go back. ”
"What do you say? Those people are your people? I'll kill you, baby! ”
Wang Dang raised his knife and was about to make a move, but was reprimanded by Zhang Yan.
"Don't you see we're drinking? Flustered, what does it look like? If you want to draw, sit down, otherwise, fuck off. ”
"Oh, Zhang Shuai, he, no, who the hell is he?"
"Zhang Guang!"
"Chen Liucheng's fortune teller Zhang Guang?"
"It's down there!" Zhang Guang said with a smile.
"Zhang Shuai, why is the wine jar in front of you different? Let me see! ”
"Fuck off, drink your own mix!"
"Haha, General Wang, if you want to drink, follow me down the mountain, drink as much as you want, our ninth regiment has brought hundreds of altars with the army."
Wang Dang looked at Zhang Guang and looked at Zhang Yan.
"Zhang Shuai, do you agree to go down the mountain?"
"If you don't go down the mountain, what else can you do? Now that the roads, large and small, have been blocked by Zhang Guang, and the more than 1,000 elite armor soldiers under the mountain have also been captured, are we waiting for death on this mountain? ”
"It's good to go down the mountain, in fact, I have long wanted to propose to go down the mountain, nesting in this mountain, sooner or later it will be eaten up by others, but there is one thing, I want to explain it on behalf of Zhang Shuai."
Zhang Guang didn't expect Wang Dang, who was rough on the surface and had no scheming, to think of such a thorough idea, and let Wang Dang say anything at the moment.
"Zhang Shuai, me, and Sun Qing, who was captured by you at the foot of the mountain, if you can win us head-on, we will obey you!"
"No problem, it just so happens that I also have three people here, me, Dian Wei and Gan Ning, you can choose from the three of you."
"In addition, there are 726 cavalry on my side, and all the cavalry on your side can be out, as long as you can win, the position of the main general is Zhang Yan's."
"Is that true? I have nearly 5,000 cavalry, minus nearly 500 of your captives, and 4,000. Zhang Yan didn't believe that Zhang Guang was telling the truth.
"When it comes to doing it, as long as you win a battle, the position of the main general is yours Zhang Yan."
"Brother Zhang Guang, I misunderstood you before, come. Drink. What about the dish? Stuffed, let you make the dishes, are you ready? ”