There is a saying in later generations, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants took advantage of the shade, and on the way from Chenxian County to Yangshanguan (Yangshan County, Guangdong), Heifu felt deeply.

"General Jia is still dedicated to the country, and this road has been built well, which has saved me a lot of trouble."

Sitting on the back of a mule, after crossing the "Qitian Ridge", looking back at the road winding up in the green jungle behind him, Heifu sighed so emotionally.

Although the riding field ridge is the smaller and shorter of the five ridges, but the same peaks and peaks are stacked, ten thousand trees fly green, there is no road in the past, only the flying ape bird road, limited to the high mountains, the people are inaccessible, the carriages and horses are not passable, and it is not easy for the army to cross it.

The reason for the failure of the first expedition to Vietnam was that in addition to the fact that the northern soldiers did not adapt to the Lingnan climate and many of them died of illness, transportation difficulties were also one of the reasons. If the grain from Nanjun and Changsha wants to be sent to Panyu, it can only be carried over by people to ride over the Tianling Ridge, and then take the waterway in Yangshanguan, which is extremely inefficient and unsustainable.

Jia He learned this lesson, and during his stay in Chenxian County, he did nothing else, and spent more than half a year driving the soldiers to serve in the army, digging mountains and opening up dangers, and widening this sheep intestine trail to feasible carriages and horses, which was really not easy.

It's a pity that Lao Jia is too sincere and dedicated to the country, but in the end, everyone blames him, and he loses his head, not to mention, this road opened up with blood and sweat has all been made a wedding dress for Heifu.

Every time he thought of this, Heifu wanted to shed two crocodile tears, mourning for General Jia.

Heifu promised to send people to chaos after the winter, so that everyone could go back to Nanjun and Hengshan for the New Year, and after selling a big favor from the soldiers, it was natural to select elite soldiers to recover Yangshan Pass.

After crossing the Qitian Ridge, the army rested for a day, marched along the Huangshui (Lianjiang), but saw that the river was fierce, and the stones of the transverse waves were everywhere, and there was no way to sail at all, but after the water turned a corner, the front suddenly opened up......

This is a valley of about 30,000 acres wide, backed by Yangshan Ridge, the water flows from northwest to southeast, and a small pass built of stone is close to the mountain and water, lying in the narrow place at the south end.

This is Yangshan Pass, which is still controlled by a thousand rebels, the gate is closed, and the city is crowded with people.

Heifu looked at the bank of the Yangshanguan River, there was a small wharf, but the boats had been burned.

On the other side of the river, there is a wide field, at least half of which has been planted with grain, and the millet seedlings are already verdant, and there are a few houses and villages dotted with them.

On the other side of the flat ground, there is a mountain peak about six or seven hundred meters high, and a beacon tower is built on it, and it is emitting beacon smoke......

A small boat rowed up from the downstream with the joint efforts of the slender man and the prop penny, and then moored to the opposite bank, but it was Li Cang, who was sent by Heifu to contact the defenders of Huangxi Pass, and a short Qin military official.

Before he could get to him, the military officer was a little embarrassed, stumbled a few steps, fell to the ground, and choked up: "Sima! ”

No need to ask, this must be an old subordinate.

The old part of the Black Husband followed him for a different period of time, so the name was also different.

The earliest group of people called him "Pavilion Chief", and those who participated in the first war of Chu were called "Baichang", and those who fought in Yuzhang together in the second war of Chu were habitually called "Sima".

Hefu stepped forward to pick the man up and slapped him the shoulder.

"Anpu, I haven't seen you in almost ten years!"

This person is the Huangxi guard Anpu, he and Heifu had a very early friendship, when Heifu was the pavilion chief in Anlu, Anpu was a captain, and he helped a lot. He later followed Heifu to conquer Chu, went to Yuzhang, and became a thief Cao Peng in Fanyang County, and later went to Changsha County as a county lieutenant. When the first expedition to Baiyue, he was also drafted, and when the army was defeated last year, the Qin army wanted to return to Lingbei, but Anpu took the initiative to stay in Huangxi Pass.

"Is there any reason to abandon robes? I'm going to wait for Xiao Tao here! ”

This is one year.

An Pu told Heifu with some excitement: "I sent people to search several times, but were blocked back by the South Vietnamese tribes, and in winter, it was not easy, a team of men and horses went to Longchuan, but found that the camp was empty, and the ashes in the stove were probably abandoned for more than a month, and Xiao Tao and the three thousand people were nowhere to be found......

Heifu nodded, he had heard about these situations from Licang, although he was puzzled about Xiao Tao's whereabouts, but the matter at the moment was more urgent, and after comforting Anpu, he asked about the battle situation.

Anpu is very confident: "There are 1,000 soldiers and 2,000 soldiers in Huangxi Pass, and I have always followed Sima's teachings to love soldiers like sons and treat them well, so no one rebelled." Heard about Sima ...... When the prince came here, he left 1,000 people to guard the pass, and the remaining 2,000 people came to block the south gate of Yangshan Pass, and seized the high place of Fengsui, condescending, you can know the truth in the pass. ”

According to An Pu, the 1,000 rebels were raised 20 days ago, but because of the embarrassing terrain of Yangshan Pass, there are only two roads, go to Qitianling in the north and go to Huangxi Pass in the south. After realizing that he had no way out, a thousand rebels all stayed in Yangshan Pass.

However, although the Yangshan guards treated the soldiers harshly, at the last moment, they still knew that they had burned the ships at the wharf and the granaries in the city. Therefore, the rebels had no food and could not escape by water, and they were already in a dilemma. Anpu said that when he arrived with his army, the rebels had already pulled out green seedlings on the other side to cook, and they should have run out of food.

"Also, when our army first arrived yesterday, there was a person who entered the pass from the north, and I heard that it was a lobbyist sent by the prince?"

"His name is Lu Jia."

Heifu said: "It's the Huainan Chu people, and it's also the township party of the group of rebels." ”

He pointed to Yangshan Pass and said: "This pass is dangerous, and the terrain is narrow, it can really be said that a man is not open, the army is not good to attack, can only be attacked with wooden ladder ants, if they do the battle of trapped beasts, it is inevitable that there will be casualties." ”

Hefu looked back at the five thousand men whose morale was still languishing despite following him, and sighed:

"In the past three years, there have been enough people in Lingnan who have died in vain, and there can be one less, let's be one. Therefore, I sent Lu Jia to enter the customs with Jia and his head, and it is understandable that Jia He was mishandled for this mutiny. If everyone in the pass surrenders, they can avoid the death penalty, and even if it can't be done, it can also make many people feel lucky, and it also has the effect of encircling three and one, which can be discouraged. ”

An Pu made a gesture and praised: "I haven't seen it for many years, and the prince's use of soldiers is still in harmony." ”

Heifu shook his head: "Anpu, Anpu, how did you learn to slap the horse?" ”

An Pu smiled embarrassedly: "I have been mixed in the officialdom for more than ten years, and I am not the descendant of General Najia, if I don't know this, my subordinates, I'm afraid they won't live to see the prince again, Xiao Tao He is too upright, and he has repeatedly argued with Jia He, so he was abandoned outside the ......."

People are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, and there is endless bitterness in Anpu's words.

Heifu was a little ashamed and patted him: "It's different, from now on, I have the final say in the Southern Army!" ”

Having said that, but the preparation for the siege, Heifu did not delay at all, he asked Anpu to go back to the south of the pass, cut down wood to make wooden ladders, and in the evening, when the time agreed by Heifu and Lu Jia arrived, they attacked together.

At the time of the next market, the 5,000 people brought by Heifu had lined up in the north of the Guanbei, but this group of soldiers was reluctant to be the vanguard, and those who were unfortunately selected had a bitter face, and they could all see that Yangshan Pass was so dangerous.

What's more, most of the soldiers are from Chu, and it is okay to kill the Yue people, but this time, the blades are aimed at the same townspeople......

Seeing that the time was getting closer and closer, the soldiers kept looking up at the sun, and the Li Cang also stared at the wooden watch and the leaky pot.

As the shadow of the sun passed, Lycang became more and more impatient, constantly wiping the sweat from his eyebrows, and the soldiers became more and more nervous, their throats were dry, and there was no saliva in their mouths.

Only Heifu sat on the small horse under the military flag with a golden sword, and gently shook the fan in his hand, but unfortunately it was not a feather fan, but a puff fan for the old farmers in the field to enjoy the coolness.

Finally, the evening came.

Li Cang stepped forward and informed: "Prince, the time has come ......"

Heifu's pu fan can be regarded as stopped.

Then, it was slightly lifted and pointed at Yangshan Pass.

Hundreds of bows and crossbows were wound and followed, aiming at the head of the city.

Up and down the city, thousands of pairs of eyes are staring at this little fan.

As long as it is waved, the ten drums lined up behind Heifu will beat in unison, and after hearing this sound, thousands of soldiers on the north and south sides will be forced by the military judge to move forward and take this pass!

At this critical moment, the door of Yangshan closed suddenly opened!

A scribe rode out, and he didn't care about any etiquette, and with all his strength, he shouted loudly: "Prince, Yangshan Pass, descend!" ”

……

At the last moment before the siege, followed by Lu Jia, there were a thousand people who were dejected, and they rushed out of the city, according to Heifu's request, threw down their weapons at the gate of the city, and squatted on both sides of the road.

"Licang, give him water."

Heifu saw that Lu Jia's lips were dry and cracked, as if they were about to drip blood.

Lu Jia's mouth said that it was dry to have this result, and he took a sip of it, but it was so spicy that he grinned: "Ahem, how is it wine?" ”

Li Cang changed his words to Lu Jia, no longer calling him by his name, but said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you rely on your clever tongue to win this level, such a feat, of course, you have to have good wine." ”

Heifu bowed his head: "No wonder the sergeant of the army calls you Lu Lizui, if you can persuade your junior, and in a few days, write down your rhetoric, maybe it is a lobbying model article praised by a strategist." ”

Lu Jia smiled bitterly: "It's not that Lu Jia has a good mouth, but that his generation has no way out, and the food is exhausted, and if it doesn't fall, there will be only death." After they saw Jia He's head, they heard that the prince allowed the soldiers to rotate and go to Jianghan to rest, believing that the prince loved soldiers and would keep his promise, ask the court for his life, and forgive them......"

Speaking of this, Confucian scholar Lu Jia raised his head and stared at Heifu with some disbelief: "Prince...... Will you keep your word? ”

"It's nature."

Heifu smiled and looked at the rebels who surrendered, Li Cang had already led people to control everyone, and Anpu personally passed through the pass to report to Heifu, saying that the pass had been searched and there were no rebels.

Hearing that the situation was under control, the black man nodded with satisfaction, stepped forward, suddenly changed his face, and pointed to a thousand rebels and shouted:

"Take them all!"