Chapter 34: Guojiabao

Liu Tong stood at the door of the tent, watching the red carp helping Cao Xian over, Liu Tong took a step away and let them in, Cao Xian pouted and gave himself a provocative look, and Xiahou Juan smiled sweetly at Liu Tong, which was regarded as a thank you.

Liu Tong walked to the edge of the cliff, Liu Zi, Liu Shen and others gathered from around the camp tent, and followed behind, Liu Si was directing a group of people to arrange fortifications at the head of the cliff.

"Childe, why don't you rest?" Wu Ji jumped out of nowhere.

"Where do you sleep? Take me there. ”

Liu Tong is indeed very tired, after a bowl of hot porridge, the whole body is comfortable, the warm whole body is relaxed, it is a good time to sleep.

Wu Ji took Liu Tong to a low and simple shed made of simple branches and hay, and Liu Tong got into it. There was still a surplus while lying alone, Liu Tong stretched out his head, "Dawu, you can come in too!" ”

At this time, seeing the red carp also coming, this girl was really ready to share the joys and sorrows with herself.

"Red carp, go and sleep in the tent, do you want to squeeze with me and Dawu?"

When the red carp heard this, she couldn't see her face clearly, so she was probably shy, so she stomped her feet and turned away.

Wu Ji was still hesitating.

"Idiot, it's too late, don't toss anymore, come in and sleep."

Liu informed Dao that Wu Ji wanted to build another one, so he let him in.

"Childe, go to sleep, I'll go and squeeze with Mr. Pang."

"That's a good feeling!"

Liu Tong was happy in his heart, Wu Ji was sleeping and snoring, and it was a pleasant thing for him to torture Pang Tong.

After Wu Ji left, Liu Tong felt tired, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. Maybe it's because of Xuan Cheng and Xuan Song's jealousy, or maybe it's because of the worry about the red carp's martial arts, since he saw that the red carp was tired of dealing with Xuan Song and Chu Yang who didn't use internal force, Liu Tong no longer had the confidence he had before.

According to the red carp, her swift body is due to the consumption of Che Ma Zhi, but the improvement of internal strength is not much, and now it seems that the Nine Dragons Whip has its miraculous features, just like Duan Yu's six-vein divine sword, but it is not effective at all times. Xuancheng, as the senior brother of the red carp, is the most understandable. When encountering a master, even if you don't use internal force, the red carp can only eat deflated......

In a daze, Liu Tong still fell asleep.

At about the end of the day, Liu Tong was suddenly awakened by the sound of stone and wood rolling and shouting! Liu Tong instinctively sat up, his head touched the branch above, Liu Tong overturned the shed, stood up, and saw Wu Ji and Liu Zi already guarding his side.

"What's going on?"

"The enemy went uphill from below, causing a trap, and Shi Mu rolled down and killed many of them, and Liu Si has already led people to fight them." Wu Ji reported.

"And got the trap?" Liu Tong thought that the guards had just sent people to keep guard. Liu Tong said and walked towards the cliff. I saw fifty or sixty guards, and some people were constantly moving stones and logs in front of them, and some balls made of shrub branches.

Liu Tong saw that Liu Si was looking down, so he also looked over, and saw that there were four or five hundred people gathered at the bottom of a shady valley below, and they were putting out the fire, and some fiery rattan balls illuminated the valley floor clearly. The steep mountain road from the bottom of the valley to the top of the cliff was littered with stones and trees, leaving behind a lot of corpses and a few villagers who were still howling with serious injuries.

"Liu Si, what kind of mechanism did you get?" Liu Tong was very curious.

"I guess they are going to attack us, they must come up in the dark, I use branches to support the stones and logs, connected with rattans, they go uphill, they will naturally support the branches and rattans, and they will also stumble on the rattans, so that the mechanism is triggered, these stones and logs are enough for them to drink a pot."

"You kid, you're a little clever!" Liu Tong patted Liu Si on the shoulder, it turned out that they had done so much when they were eating and resting.

"Why don't you smash it?"

"It's too far to reach, rocks, logs, and fireballs are limited, so save a little."

Liu Tong also agrees. It is estimated that this group of people will not be able to attack for a while and a half, but it is still not advisable to stay here for a long time, first, there is no need to consume, second, it is difficult to leave when it is dawn, and more importantly, there may be an enemy behind them.

"Liu Si, get some more traps, it's almost dawn, let's retreat after we get it!"

"Okay, Master Hou, anyway, we also rested for most of the night, the enemy shouldn't have rested much, take advantage of the darkness to go, let them think that they are in a stalemate with me."

Put more fireballs before leaving, so that they will panic for a while, and they will not be able to see the situation clearly.

Liu Tong said that he returned to the tent and saw that Cao Xian, Xiahou Juan and others had already dressed and sat on the mat.

"Let's go, don't clean up." Liu Tong saw that the red carp was cleaning up the tent, so he said.

"After Liu Chou led a few people to break, he left two horses at the head of the cliff, and Wu Ji took them first." Liu Tong pointed to Pang Tong with a worried face and said.

Liu informed Dao Xuancheng that they were bound to win Cao Xian, Pang Tong and others, and after being deflated a few times, they were already furious, and they would definitely be entangled to the end. It is estimated that Xuan Cheng would have regretted it a long time ago, why bother with demeanor in the previous ambush, why should he take care of the safety of Cao Xian and others? Let's sneak attack Liu Tong's cavalry first and weaken its strength.

Liu Tong is still a little funny thinking about this now, but he also understands Xuan Cheng, after all, Cao Xian and the others followed Liu Tong, as if they had become his talisman, and all the actions of the other party still had to take into account the safety of Cao Xian and others, which was also Liu Tong's advantage. Hostage in hand, I have a way out.

Liu Tong walked quickly with about 90 people, but at dawn he found that there was a basin under the mountain. It is about ten kilometers long, and at its widest point, it is seven or eight kilometers, forming a ship-type. Some villages are scattered on it, and there is a large dock fort at the foot of the mountain!

Liu Tong looked at the guards, and after the first battle of the two hundred people brought out, only these eighty-seven people remained, and this is his own personal soldiers, all of whom are elite! Liu Tong's heart ached, since there is a dock fort, eat and drink enough first! The bottom of the mountain is also conducive to cavalry fighting or running away.

The guards carefully led the horses down the mountain. After this period of tossing, now that I saw a place to rest and eat, I suddenly came to my senses, and I forced to the dock fort with majesty and high spirits.

Wubao is a special existence, "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" explained: Wu, small barriers, a city also. This means that the Dock Fort is a small fortified city. The most famous is Dong Zhuo's Yiwu built in Guanzhong, which is seven zhang high and thick, and is called Long Live Dock. The so-called Dock Fort, probably so.

Liu Tong was surprised that there was such a small dock fort in this small place. However, it is also understandable that in this troubled era, whether it is the Yellow Turban Army, bandits or warlords from all walks of life before the defense, it is not surprising that the big families build dock forts. Since it is in their own jurisdiction, they should be able to beg for a meal, and with the defense of Wubao, maybe Xuancheng and they will have no way to take it themselves.

When the crowd approached, they could hear people running and shouting inside the fort, presumably sensing that an army was coming.

This dock fort is not small. The exterior is rectangular, mainly built with rammed earth plates, some key and vital places are wrapped with stones, the four corners of the dock wall are provided with tall watchtowers, and the houses in the dock fort are lined up one after another, and the layers are deep. Liu Tong looked from the outside, according to the scale he saw, there should be no problem for this dock fort to accommodate thousands of people and eight hundred.

The dock fort generally relies on the manpower of the big families, and every year when the farmers are slack, they repair the gates, strengthen training, and set up guards, mainly to defend against homeless people and grass bandits. Every year when there is a hunger in spring and a cold winter, there are some rogues, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion is even larger. At this time, the surrounding people often take refuge in the dock fort. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the subsequent wars of the princes, this dock fort is still intact, which is estimated to be related to its remoteness, and may also be related to the power of this master.

Liu Tong asked the guards to wait in the open space at the main gate of Wubao, and asked Liu Si and Liu Shen to negotiate.

Liu Shen was young and vigorous, and his voice was quite loud, "Please ask the person in charge of Wubao to come out and answer!" ”

There was a commotion behind the door, and after a while, an old man stood out behind the female wall, with raised eyebrows and a sharp voice, "Xiaomin Guo Da'an, is in charge, which way of soldiers and horses are here outside the door, what are the requirements?" ”

Liu Si hugged his fists and rushed forward, "Champion Hou is here, please open the door to welcome him!" Liu Si paused for a moment and asked again: "Dare to ask which family is the main family?" ”

Guo Da'an replied: "My master is a descendant of the Guo family in Yangqu, Taiyuan, and has lived in Yingchuan for many years, so this will open the door to the military master." ”

Liu Tong doesn't know the situation of the Yangqu Guo family, it is estimated that it is a big family with origins, and it is not easy to move to Yingchuan and have such strength.

At this time, seeing Guo Da'an get off the women's wall, there was a panicked footstep inside, and as the inside gradually quieted down, Liu Tong saw that the gate of the dock fort was also slowly opened.

The gate was wide open, Liu Tong clamped his legs, and the red rabbit horse went first, leading the team to the gate. Seeing this, Liu Si nodded to Liu Shen, and the two took the lead in hitting the horses and running into the depths to investigate. Liu Tong approached, and the three big characters "Guojiabao" on the front door clearly came into view.