Li Xian summoned all the officers and men of the army to gather in the school field, and 12 soldiers who robbed the people's food were tied to the school platform.

These twelve people were all brought by Zhao Yun from the mountain, and now they can't eat enough every day, so they go out of the camp to steal the people's food. Not much was grabbed, not even half of it, because the local people themselves had little food.

After all the people were gathered, Li Xian stood on the school platform and shouted to everyone: "We have sent the army to suppress the thieves to make the people stable, not to harm the people. There are four iron laws and regulations in this army, and the fourth is that whoever robs the people will have a hundred rods. No matter who it is, the military regulations can't be broken, so ......"

Then he turned to the twelve soldiers and said, "Do you want to be punished or not?" ”

The twelve soldiers knew that Li Xie's military rules were very strict, and since they had committed a crime, they could only admit punishment, and said in unison: "I am willing to be punished." ”

The soldiers who enforced the military rules made the twelve fall to the ground, ready to be beaten with rods.

Li Xian shouted loudly: "Slow, you are robbing food because there is a shortage of food in the army, and it is my responsibility that I am the chief general, and there is no food in the army." Therefore I am punished with you. ”

So saying, he went to the twelve, and fell on his face, that he might take the rod with them.

Everyone was shocked, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "General, by all means, the big battle is imminent, how can the general be able to accept the rod." The last general is willing to receive the rod for the general. ”

Gao Shun and Zhao Yun also walked to the side and knelt on the ground, ready to accept the cane for Li Xian.

The sergeant who carried out the military regulations was blinded, how could these three generals be able to fight, and they all stood and did not dare to move.

Seeing this, Zhang He said: "General Li, these soldiers are excusable for snatching food, it is better to spare them for the time being today, let them go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and then use their merits to atone for their crimes." ”

Tian Feng saw what Li Xian meant by doing this, and also said: "Yes, General Li, it is better to record the crime first, and after they kill the enemy, they will use their merits to repay the crime, and if they do not have merit, it will not be too late to punish them." ”

At this time, more than 3,000 people below all knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Please let the general let them atone for their crimes with merit, please let them atone for their crimes with merit, please let them atone for their crimes with merit." ”

Li Xian saw that the crowd was excited, so he was satisfied but stood up without showing a face, and helped Zhao Yun and Gao Shun who were lying next to him.

Then he lifted up the twelve soldiers, untied the ropes from them, and said, "Since you have pleaded for mercy, I will first record your sins, and if the thieves are in vain, I will be punished with you." ”

The twelve knelt down and said, "I am willing to fight to the death for the general." ”

The more than 3,000 people below also shouted in unison: "I am willing to fight to the death for the general." ”

Seeing this scene, Tian Feng smiled, he felt that Li Xian knew too much about condensing and gathering the hearts of the soldiers, and this person would definitely be the person of the hero in the future.

Zhang He was also infected by this heroic emotion, he was not reused with Yuan Shao, and he was still only a school captain, and was even sent by Yuan Shao to follow Li Xian to death.

Although Yuan Shao had told him before leaving, let him wait for the opportunity to kill Li Xian, but now that Yuan Shao has run out of military rations, wouldn't he also starve to death here.

Compared with Li Xianyuan's punishment with the soldiers, this is really a world of difference.

Zhang He secretly acquiesced in his heart that Li Xian was his main general, and felt that he was willing to fight to the death for him.

Li Xian is now ready for everything, only Zhang Yan is missing.

In fact, Zhang Yan had already received the news when Li Xian set off, but he thought that Li Xian had only brought 4,000 men and horses, and he didn't take him seriously.

didn't come to attack Li Xian, because he felt that it was unnecessary, because Li Xian didn't move his troops when he came, and everyone didn't offend each other.

Although Li Xian had been training for a month, he had already sent people deep into the mountains to investigate the situation in the mountains.

Many of the soldiers were also bandits, and they could easily blend in with the mountains.

There are only more than 3,000 people, and he definitely can't go head-to-head with Zhang Yan, so he can only outwit him.

There are three entrances to Jingcheng Mountain, and Zhang Yan's people also live in three places in the mountain.

They are Wind Rock Valley, Lion Sound Valley, and Falling Rock Valley.

Zhang Yan's main force, Ma Tun, lives in the Lion Sound Valley, with more than 20,000 people, and Fengyan Valley is mainly a place where grain is stored, with 8,000 people guarding it. Because of the danger of Falling Rock Valley, there are usually few people in it, mainly when they are fleeing.

Among them, Wind Rock Valley is closer to the Lion's Sound Valley, and when there is something in the Wind Rock Valley, it only takes an hour to come from the Lion's Sound Valley.

If attacking from Rockfall Valley, you will be able to sneak up on them from behind. But if the sneak attack is unsuccessful, there is a high probability that you will be trapped in the valley and will not be able to escape.

Li Xian gathered the people to discuss in the military tent.

He took out a piece of cloth on which was drawn a map of the terrain of the mountains, drawn by spies who had blended into the mountains. Although the drawing is very rough, you can still see the path into the mountain and the location of the bandits.

Zhao Yun, Gao Shun and Zhang He all thought that they should attack from Fengyan Valley, because there was food there, after all, what they lacked most now was food.

Li Xian smiled, he looked at Tian Feng, who was also smiling next to him, and asked, "What is Yuan Hao's plan?" ”

Tian Feng laughed and said, "Doesn't the general already have a good plan?" ”

"Oh, you know I have a plan? Let's hear it. ”

"Wind Rock Valley is the grain of the bandits, and it is also the foundation of their survival, so the most difficult to attack is Wind Rock Valley. The general must attack the Wind Rock Valley in vain, and attack the Lion Sound Valley in reality. ”

Gao Shun said a little worriedly: "If it is to attack the Lion Sound Valley, then how will our food problem be solved?" ”

Tian Feng smiled and said to Gao Shun: "As long as we can win and kill the head of the bandits, we can win and return to the army." ”

Zhang He also said: "Yes, we only have three or four thousand people, can we still kill hundreds of thousands of bandits, as long as we win for a while, we can go back to Yuan." ”

Zhao Yun also said at this time: "If we return to the army, the food problem will no longer be a problem, and the counties and counties through which the return army will be able to collect grain." ”

"General Junyi, you take a thousand people to feint and attack Fengyan Valley, don't get close, just beat the drum and shout to attract the thieves from Lion's Sound Valley to come to the rescue."

"General Peping, you take five hundred elite soldiers and enter the mountain from the rockfall valley to ambush in advance. Zilong and I led 1,500 men to attack from the Valley of the Lion's Voice, and when Pepin waited for the Valley of the Lion's Voice to attack, he struck them from behind, caught them off guard, and made them wonder how many men and horses we had. ”

Li Xian gave military orders to the generals.

"No." Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Zhang He, Qi responded.

Li Xian said to Tian Feng again: "Yuan Hao led five hundred people to pick up General Ying Junyi at the mouth of Fengyan Valley. ”

"No." Tian Feng responded.

Early in the morning of the second day, Gao Shun carefully selected 500 people and entered the mountain from the rocky valley first.

Falling rock valley, as the name suggests, because there are often falling rocks and steep mountain roads, so there can not be many people.

Zhang He also took a thousand people, more with war drums, and entered the mountains from the Wind Rock Valley.

In addition to the Valley of Falling Rocks, there are bandit sentry posts at the mouth of the Valley of Wind Rock and Lion's Sound Valley, but they have been solved first by spies who have infiltrated the mountain.

According to the map, Zhang He was discovered when he was still a mile away from the grain storage place when he entered the valley, and suddenly the arrows rained down.

He hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat, blocking the arrows with shields, and at the same time beating the war drums, and the sound of a thousand people shouting and killing in unison resounded through the valley.

The bandits didn't know how the Han army attacked, and they didn't know how many people there were, so they didn't dare to rush into battle. Zhang Yan, who was in the Lion Sound Valley, heard the earth-shattering drums and shouts of killing in Fengyan Valley, and it was expected that the grain tun in Fengyan Valley had been attacked by the Han army.

He immediately ordered two thousand commanders to take 10,000 people to Fengyan Valley to help.

Although there were more than 100,000 people under the command of Zhang Yan, they were scattered all over the mountains of Changshan.

There are more than 30,000 people in Jingcheng Mountain, and not all of them live together, but they are divided into different places.

Zhang Yan's subordinates are also divided into 1,000 marshals and 100 marshals, with 1,000 marshals leading 5,000 people and 100 marshals commanding 500 people.

After he ordered two thousand marshals to lead 10,000 people to save the wind rock valley, he also gathered men and horses, and prepared to kill out from the lion's sound valley to intercept the back of the Han army.