Walking and walking, walking and stopping, the mighty grain transportation team stopped in front of the two nameless mountains, and a family scout ran to Zhang Xian on a fast horse, knelt on one foot, clenched his fists with both hands, and said loudly:

"Report! My lord, the road ahead is dangerous, you must pass through the narrow line of heaven between the two mountains, although the mountain is not high, but it is rugged and steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we have spent a lot of physical strength and time to explore the road, and we have not completely explored whether there is danger in front of us, so I have come to ask you to decide. ”

Zhang Xian looked at the wide hills in front of him, which were endless, nodded, and said:

"Your spies are understaffed, and this mountain is so easy to ambush ambushes, you are right to be cautious, you go down and rest first!"

After sending the spies away, Zhang Xian continued:

"Niu Dameng, you let Jiang Wei and Fang Kun come over, you discuss countermeasures on your own, before you set off, how to warn, how to arrange spies, how to arrange bright and slightly bright, dark whistles, how to defend against the enemy, how to attack, this official has already taught you, now this official will be a watcher, let you wait for the decision!"

Niu Dameng hugged his fist at Zhang Xian and shouted: "Order!" ”

After a while, Jiang Wei and Fang Kun gathered around Zhang Xian, and after some etiquette, they began to discuss countermeasures. Zhang Xian was happy to be idle, Fang Kun was quite reliable, and arranged the soldiers of the nine counties in the middle of the grain and grass team, and there were inspectors walking back and forth around him; If the enemy is found at this early warning distance, the grain and grass team can immediately form a formation to defend themselves, and the archers in the array can suppress the archery at a distance for the first time.

But what made Zhang Xian shake his head was that the Jiading team basically practiced red tassel guns, and temporarily collected more than a dozen bows and arrows, most of which were hunters' animal tendon bows, and the range and power were far less than the real bows and crossbows in the army, especially the famous divine arm bow in this era, the record of the Yuan Dynasty's "History of the Song Dynasty" The highest record of the maximum range of the divine arm bow is 340 steps (about 510 meters), even if the light type of the divine arm bow that reduced the tensile strength in the later period, the maximum range is up to 240 steps (about 360 meters). But what made Zhang Xian depressed was that the maximum range of the hunting bow was only 150 steps (225 meters), excluding the parabola, the effective range was only 150 meters, which could only be better than nothing.

Just when Zhang Xian was thinking in his heart, Niu Dameng and the two deputy captains came over and said to Zhang Xian:

"My lord, we have decided to discuss it, and in the face of such a situation, there is really no other way than to send more spies to collect the mountain and guard it!"

Zhang Xian smiled at the three of them and said:

"None of the three of you have thought of a great idea? Then follow your plan, eat a trench and grow wise, all victories are learned from defeat, you say how to go, the official will follow you. ”

Niu Dameng and the others listened to Zhang Xian's words, their old faces turned red, and they felt that something was wrong, but they didn't know what was wrong, Niu Dameng shook his head, and had to immediately arrange for the team to pass through the first line of heaven.

On one side, fifteen family members were placed on the mountain as outpost spies, slowly overcoming thorns and thorns, searching and advancing, and the people drove the grain and grass carts into the front line of the sky slowly.

Zhang Xian glanced sideways at the nine county soldiers gathered behind him, the eyes of these people began to drift and dodge, and they kept looking back and forth in the mountains, Zhang Xian sneered in his heart, dare to play tricks, there are times when you regret it.

Just when the grain and grass escort team just entered the middle of the valley of the first line of heaven, suddenly a gong sounded in mid-air, the surrounding mountainside was suddenly full of people, there were about 100 people who could see it, the surrounding grass and trees sounded rustling and shaking, it seemed that there were thousands of people's posture, huhula was everywhere shouting and killing, echoing in the valley for a long time, at both ends of the first line of the sky, the rolling stone and the wood fell, and the entrance and exit of the two ends were completely blocked, and the fool also understood that the grain and grass escort team was wrapped in dumplings by the mountain bandits, as long as the firewood and hay were rolled down on the mountain, All will be wiped out.

Niu Dameng and the two deputy captains ran to Zhang Xian in a hurry and said loudly:

"My lord, my subordinates should be damned, I didn't find out that there are so many mountain bandits in the mountains, I'm afraid there are no less than a thousand people, and now we are surrounded by mountain bandits in this narrow line of sky, it seems that it is difficult to be good, but my lord can rest assured, even if his subordinates fight for this cheap life, they will definitely protect the adults!"

Fang Kun and Jiang Wei also blushed and said:

"The subordinates are ashamed, and we will fight to the death to keep the adults safe!"

Zhang Xian stared at Niu Dameng and the three of them, and said:

"I really didn't expect that you would be on this point, this official said before, no matter what danger you encounter, the first thing you should do is not to run to the official to show your loyalty, but to take your brothers with low hands, do a good job of combat readiness and defense, and be able to lead the brothers to escape and reduce casualties, that is what the generals should do! If he loses his brother, can he escape and ascend to heaven? You see that some of your subordinates are already frightened, why are they all stunned? Don't hurry up yet! Even if you die, you have to die vigorously and deservedly! ”

Niu Dameng and the three of them were reprimanded by Zhang Xian, and they were even more ashamed in their hearts, and they immediately took their places, according to the drill standards, in a group of three, and put on a defensive posture, although it is impossible to put out any effective defensive formation in the valley, but at least it can play a role in stabilizing people's hearts and preventing the team from collapsing and bombing the camp.

At this time, a man with a demon mask stood out on the hillside, followed by seven or eight little minions, dressed in purple coats with plackets, holding waist knives, and shouting loudly below:

"Listen up, the thieves below, I am the flying leopard who is the master of Erwang Mountain here! The people killed by Lao Tzu in his hands, if not 10,000 children, but also 8,000, just you, now surrounded by more than 1,000 of our brothers, your retreat has also been cut off, as long as Lao Tzu is not happy, see no, these hay firewood will pour down, you will be burned ashes, hahaha! Those who know each other, leave all the ordnance and escorts, listen to Lao Tzu's orders, and hand over your leaders first, otherwise, Lao Tzu will let you see the king of Hades immediately! ”

Just as the bandit leader on the mountain was finishing speaking, the soldiers of the nine counties in the grain and grass array grinned, and several people quietly gathered together and muttered something.

"Brother Ergou? This is the Flying Leopard? It seems that our brother has found the flying leopard, and now, this dog official is dead! ”

"Brother Ergou, but we are also trapped below now, what should we do? If you forcibly contact the brothers on the mountain, I think these dog-legged family members will kill us first! ”

"What's the hurry? Since the flying leopard received the information, he must know that our brothers are all below, otherwise, it is estimated that he would have started a long time ago, Lao Tzu is strange, these two kings are fifty miles away, back and forth for a hundred miles, this is only one morning, so quickly contacted? An ambush was also arranged, which is too fast! ”

"Hey, Brother Ergou, I'm worried, this is a hundred miles away, and it is the sphere of influence of the Flying Leopard, maybe he has already intercepted the news, and he has already been prepared!"

"Damn, that's all I can think of! Pay attention to the mountain, if there are any brothers we sent out, we will find the right time to find a way to escape, but don't lose yourself! ”

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Zhang Xian looked up at the mountain bandits, jumped on a big rock, and said to the mountain bandits:

"The bandits on the mountain also listen well, this official escorted the imperial court military grain, today you are plundering the grain, committing a mortal crime, disaster to the nine clans, if you are interested, quickly send someone to clean up the front and back rolling stones and wood, and assist in escorting the grain and grass to the border pass, then give you and other generals."

A few frightened family members whispered:

"This, this, this adult won't be crazy, we have all become fish on other people's boards, why are adults still so confident in speaking?"

"Who knows? It's a pity that such a good adult, our good days have just begun, but our lives are not guaranteed! ”

"What are you talking about? Adults are the stars in the sky, before the wisdom of the housekeeper, the training of our family Ding team, which is not done impressively, people are impressed, anyway, I absolutely believe in adults! ”

"Even so, I believe that adults must have a way to get everyone out."

There were sighs of regret and cheering around, and the sound was in the ears, like drinking cold water in winter, dripping in his heart, Zhang Xian was also a little nervous in his heart, for fear that the group of starters he brought would not be able to stand the test.

"Hahaha, the food officer under the mountain, you're afraid you're scared stupid, right? Do you let Lao Tzu go or Lao Tzu let you go? You have to figure it out, now the life and death of all of you are in the mind of Lao Tzu! Since you want to be a hero, Lao Tzu will let you see, how many of your subordinates are willing to accompany you to death? ”

The flying leopard paused, and said in a fierce voice: "Listen well, now you are unable to fly with wings, there is no way out, anyone who is willing to follow the dog official to cut it in two, stand behind, Lao Tzu will spare you from death!" If you are willing to follow this dog official to death, you all go to the front, and a fire will burn you to the ground! Lao Tzu wants to see if there are many fools or smart people in this world! ”

As soon as the Flying Leopard's voice fell, the soldiers of the nine counties immediately stepped back to the back, still shouting:

"Brothers, it's important to save your life, don't be stupid! Who doesn't have a wife and children? There's no need to risk your own life! ”

Zhang Xian stood on the big stone, watching everyone face the difficult choice of life and death, the vast majority of people, resolutely stood in front of Zhang Xian, the core of feudal etiquette is loyalty and patriotism, preaching loyalty, these family members, have received the grace of the Zhang family, all know that Zhang Xian is benevolent and righteous, and knows the grace of the people, is the universal moral bottom line of people in this era, modern people are actually difficult to imagine, after the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhao Yu and Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea and martyred, hundreds of thousands of people and soldiers did not hesitate to follow the sea to die in the sea, and the corpses floated on the sea, covering the sky and the sun, This loyalty and patriotism are so shocking!

Of course, in any era, there must be traitors, the Southern Song Dynasty has both Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and other loyal and patriotic ministers, as well as Jia Rudao, Liumengyan and other giant traitorous ministers, just like the scene in front of Zhang Xian: there are seventy percent of the people, all of them went to the back, for the people, Zhang Xian has no psychological burden at all, without the payment of grace, it is difficult to have a loyal return, Zhang Xian is even moved, there are actually three percent of the people who are willing to live and die with themselves, in the future, these people, Zhang Xian will definitely absorb into the family team! But what makes Zhang Xian feel sad is that there are six families who hesitate in the transnational middle line, go to the back and defect to Zhang Xian, and these families are all tested and carefully selected, and they have given great favors, and the greater Zhang Xian's hope, the greater the disappointment.