At dusk, the mountains and forests of Lugu Mountain are red and yellow. The camp tent at the foot of the mountain was connected, and in the camp tent of Yuan Shao, which was far away from the foot of the mountain, a staff member and soldier went in and out from time to time, and occasionally there was a quarrel, and it didn't take long for him to be stopped by the cheers, "I want you to give me advice!" I didn't ask you to quarrel! Every woman in the market is generally sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed! I repeat! Yuzhou wants to be saved! Lugut Mountain will also be taken! I'm going to attack Luoyang! I—all—all—want! ”

There was silence in the tent for a while, and soon a slightly softer voice said, "Let's all go out...... I'll talk to the Alliance Leader again. ”

After many staff officers and soldiers went out, in the camp tent with gorgeous decorations, bamboo slips, calligraphy and paintings, desks, and screens, Yuan Shao poured a glass of wine: "As the leader of the alliance, I also told me to take care of one thing and lose the other, and I can't use it...... A bunch of rubbish! With a "bang", the wine jug was smashed on the desk.

The middle-aged man named Wang Kuang stabilized the chilled wine jug, covered the tilted lid, and said, "Don't worry, the alliance leader. Xu is Zhang Fei and Yu Poison disagree. ”

"Disagreement? You didn't hear the scouts say that the gang was farming, patrolling, and singing in the hills...... It's very comfortable! ”

"Twenty or thirty thousand people, suddenly surrender, there must be a discussion, and the decision will be made within a day, won't you doubt the alliance leader?"

The clear liquor swallowed the cold air, and Yuan Shao's hand was stunned and blinked, "Makes sense." ”

He took a sip of wine, his mouth was cold, his expression was soothed, he walked over and leaned against the edge of the ice canopy, and said in a deep voice: "It's not a way to wait." The timing of Liu Chong's attack on Yang Zhai was too coincidental, and Cao Mengde also said that Yuan Shu might have intervened in this matter...... Although Yuan Shu is greedy, Sun Jian under his command is not in vain. If I don't hurry down, Yingchuan County will be theirs. At that time, I will be disgraced, and I don't know how many people will switch to Yuan Shu. ”

Wang Kuang nodded and hesitated: "What do the alliance leaders think of the opinions of the generals and military divisions?" There must always be a decision. ”

"Tiger Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is definitely not possible to attack strongly. The fire attack is against the peace of the heavens, as the leader of the alliance, it can't be like this, twenty or thirty thousand people die here, and it will not benefit us and others. The water source is cut off...... There are a lot of mountains in this Tiger Mountain, they can connect into a village on the top of the valley, there are a lot of water sources, Guo Tu is right, divide troops to block the water source, although it is to force them to go down the mountain, but I can't wait for more than 10,000 people, how much is appropriate? ”

Yuan Shao pinched Bingjian hard with his left hand, "It's really forcing them to be anxious, take the opportunity to attack us and others, we may not be able to please them." It's best to let me persuade them as Xu Yu said. Even Yuzhou, I have to go over as soon as possible...... Tsk, didn't Zhang Fei say that he listened to Liu Zheng's words? Why haven't you heard a message yet! ”

Yuan Shao raised his head vigorously and drank all the wine in the wine bottle, his throat moved, his face gradually turned cold, Wang Kuang said: "I'll send someone in to urge again?" Use the letter prepared by Dong Zhao? ”

"It's okay, you can discuss with Xu You who to send...... I wonder if I want to go south immediately for sour dates. Yuan Shao pressed his temples, took the wine jug and walked to the bed, "These fools, analyzing the pros and cons are still fierce and brave." It's good now, which side is said to be very important, so that Yuan doesn't know whether to go to sour dates. It's just not perfect......" He raised his head and said, "There is still a shortage of people!" On the public day, you will send people to recruit people from all over the country, and you will sing songs, Jixian, and dangyin...... It's good anywhere, it's fast! Then send someone to contact Shangdang County and ask if Yu Fuluo and Zhang Yang are interested in attaching themselves to me. ”

Wang Kuang bowed his hand and said: "The alliance leader is relieved, and now he has sent someone to make Zhang Yan and Yu Fuluo generals, and Shan Yu, and soon, they will definitely come!" ”

"It's better to be so. Yuan has only been the leader of the alliance for a month, and if something goes wrong again, he can only drink wine every day in sour dates, so as to keep his light and recuperate. ”

Yuan Shao shook his head a little discouraged, Wang Kuang expressed his determination again, comforted a few words, and then went out to Xu You's camp, and soon after, there were staff members in the camp who went towards Guo Tu's camp, so after a while, Guo Tu took Guo Jia, Xun Chen and a few guards, and began to march towards Tiger Mountain.

The terrain of Tiger Mountain is steep, the mountain peaks are steep, and the surroundings have been carefully designed by skilled craftsmen, and sentry towers and watchtowers can be seen everywhere.

From the foot of the mountain, there are countless fields on the continuous and steep mountain, which has the terraced style of Sichuan and Shu, which is unique. At this time, from the halfway up the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are many camps and villages with smoke curling, the fields and forests are rich in green to black, occasionally there are the figures of farmers and peasant women looming, and there are faint singing voices that are clear and swinging, under the warm glow, peaceful and quiet.

Guo Tu and the three of them took the soldiers to look up at the scenery, and along the way, they met two sentry Yu Xuan's subordinates, all of whom were five big men and three thick, holding wooden spears and wearing ringed knives at their waists, and after learning that Xun Chen and Zhang Fei were also distant relatives, the two big men's original angry expressions converged a lot, and they took Guo Tu and others up.

Along the way, Guo Tu became a supporting role, and the two big men always called Xun Chen "Xun Gongzi", and when they met the guards halfway, they introduced them and asked them to go up to report. Along the way, the sentry posts along the way mentioned that Xun Yu used to send people to guide this side to plant fields and trees, and set up private schools and workshops, all of which were grateful, and they also had a lot of compliments and thanks to Xun Chen.

Xun Chen enjoyed the scenery along the way, responding to a few words of compliment from time to time, and occasionally noticed the playful expression of Guo Jiawang, who was strolling leisurely, with an embarrassed face.

When they entered the halfway up the mountain, approaching the outermost cottage, the two big men handed them over to an old man in plain clothes who had been waiting outside the gate of the village, and the old man took more than ten big men and arched his hand, "Since it is Youruo Gongzi, Yu Qushuai said, let the old man take you there, and please follow me, don't move around at will." ”

Xun Chen returned the salute and followed the old man and started to move forward.

They first passed through a cottage, probably close to the periphery, there are few old and weak women and children here, most of them are middle-aged men training something, and occasionally some young people are training under the guidance of the big man from time to time, or patrolling, most of them look green, and their expressions are a little heavy.

Soon after going up, there are more women on the edge of the fields along the way, in early May, it is the time when the apricots are ripe, the apricot trees along the way are growing gratifyingly, the yellow apricots and green apricots are hanging all over the branches, there are also old people weeding in the fields, the spring wheat has passed the knees, the ears of wheat are full, and it will not be long before the harvest can be harvested.

When he learned the identity of Xun Chen and others, an old man took a few women to send a basket of apricots, Xun Chen hurriedly thanked him, and the old man's withered and dark hand bent down and raised it towards Xun Chen, "It's all the credit of Mr. Wenruo." As much as the son wants, I will be happy to give. It's just that...... Xiao Lao'er has something unclear, my family Yu Qushuai has Mr. Wenruo and they help each other, robbing the rich and helping the poor...... Oh, it's a robbership...... He didn't do that kind of bandit for a year and a half, and he made up for those who were persecuted by him in the past. Although he had committed a coma in the past, thousands of people were saved by him, and they did not sin to death, right? ”

A woman said sadly, "Yes." Now that we are all living in peace, can the prince persuade Wang Hanoi, why should he attack us? Or shall I give you all the food of my family? Can you spare Yu Qushuai and me? ”

"It's hard to get a good life for a few days...... Childe, whether it's conscription or paying taxes, can you stop looking for us? Who wants to send the children of the family to death? You have mercy on me...... Let me wait! ”

A woman knelt down in a hurry, and then the seven old men and women present knelt down, Xun Chen hurriedly supported the old man, looked left and right, and saw Guo Tu and a group of guards slightly solemn but did not intervene, Guo Jia looked around left and right, absent-minded, the old man who led the way was also silent, and the more than ten soldiers around the old man were all sad, but they did not persuade those who knelt.

"Everyone, please. Xun is here for this matter, please hurry up. ”

The old men and women didn't listen to the persuasion, Xun Chen was a little at a loss, and in the end, it was the old man who led the way who persuaded them, and they reluctantly left.

Xun Chen held a basket of apricots and continued to follow the old man forward, originally wanted to find a chance to talk to Guo Jia, but saw Guo Jia looking for the old man to ask about the surrounding customs, although the old man said that he did not take the initiative to speak all the way, but Guo Jia asked, he would also respond a few words, Xun Chen saw Guo Jia's chat, and he could only retreat to Guo Tu's side.

Along the way, everyone passed by many cottages, and the higher they went, the more and more old and weak women and children in the village. It can be felt that the atmosphere of all the villages is peaceful and joyful, at least it shows that Shang was not affected by Yuan Shao's siege of the mountain.

The old people are busy with farm work, the women are drying crops and tending to the cattle pens, some men are training, some are helping the family with their children, and some are gathered to listen to a few teachers teach in the spacious field.

The classes were also interesting, with all sorts of things to teach weaving, martial arts, and farming. The most popular is still where a few Confucian students are, those Confucian scholars don't teach too many things, most of them are ordinary literacy and pronunciation, and there are also some other Mongolian learning, but where these Confucian students are, whether they are old and weak, women and children, or young and strong, they all sit quietly, that is, occasionally someone comes to find someone, and they also creep into the crowd, and then call someone to crept out together, as if they were thieves, but the people next to them are not very distracted, seeing those people either concentrate or pretend to be serious, It's like a group of good students who are extremely curious.

Guo Tu and the others were all seeing it for the first time, and some of the captives had said it simply, but they didn't care, and they hadn't heard that the messengers in the past had inquired about this, so they naturally felt novelty at this time, and they were full of interest when they saw it one by one.

Xun Chen also found out that in the rumors, Yu beat his house and robbed the house, acting like a bandit, or robbing the rich and helping the poor, and the style of a thief, but at this time, there is such a scene to verify that Yu Yao seems to have the ability to become the head of a county, so he was a little shocked.

However, he didn't feel that Yu Poison was looking for the old man to guide him, as if he wanted to let his mother walk slowly, so that they could carefully see the peaceful and harmonious life in the camp, but this scene really touched him, and made him more determined to persuade Yu Poison and Zhang Fei for a while.

Soon after, the sky was a little darker, probably the time was up, everyone went up along the mountain road, a group of children of about ten years old carried a small bookcase on their backs in the company of their parents and jumped down from the mountain, under the afterglow, a child was sweating profusely, but it was full of energy, chattering with great interest, down the stone steps, when I saw Guo Tuxunchen, there were children to discuss some of their clothes, and an old man said: "This is the sloop." It is often worn by readers. Those children seemed to be infected by an invisible force, and their expressions when they looked at Guo Tu and the others were full of solemnity.

There are children who throw their hands indecently, clasp their fists and shout "Mr.", "Master", "Teacher" and other titles to say hello, and there are also children who raise their heads and come over and ask in a chattering voice, most of them ask Guo Tu and others if they are teachers who came to teach them again, Guo Tu and others responded with a smile, Xun Chen also divided the apricots, those children cheered and hugged up, asking east and west, and some people took out simple paper, which was densely written something, not so much words, but like paintings, but I couldn't understand what it was, It's a pity that this paper was so violently destroyed.

However, feeling the respect and simplicity on the faces of the people of that family, everyone felt warm in their hearts, and even the soldiers who had been vigilant when they first went up the mountain, fearing that Guo Tu and the three would be injured, their expressions softened.

After a short while, we finally reached the top of the mountain.

The open space on the top of Tiger Mountain is huge, and the entire cottage definitely accommodates five or six thousand people, unlike other cottages, the guards around this cottage are obviously much more elite, and the people who patrol are ...... In the seemingly noisy and simple cottage culture, there is an extremely sophisticated guard force.

Xun Chen and others walked along a plain stone road, surrounded by many houses and fields, and a few small wine shops, the stream flowed through the side of the cottage from an unknown place, irrigating everywhere, there were also women and children washing clothes and playing by the stream, the houses were scattered everywhere, and the residents along the way were comfortable and leisurely, most of them had smiles on their faces.

Not long after, a large courtyard surrounded by a wooden fence appeared in the field of view, this fence imitated the city wall, above the gate modeled after the city gate are three huge watchtowers, on which a team of sentry stands straight, there are guards at the door, and a large school field can be seen inside, at least thousands of soldiers are training. There is also a tall watchtower on the school field, Xun Chen roughly judged the height, from the location of the watchtower, you may see the foot of the mountain, but what is at the foot of the mountain, no one can see clearly.

Of course, there was no shortage of tiger-headed children outside the tent, sitting on the small dirt slope, looking over there with their hands on their cheeks, looking at it with envy.

The old man led everyone to the door, and a guard came up to disarm and search his body, and when everything was in order, the old man with incredible physical strength was welcomed in, and a middle-aged man was called out and asked, "I have already arranged a house, and you have worked hard all the way, so let's go and rest for the time being." ”

The big man glanced at a few times, then looked at Xun Chen, and arched his hand: "This face is quite similar to Mr. Xun, it should be Youruo's son?" Dare to ask who is Guo Jia Guo Gongzi? The two of you, my family Commander Zhang is invited. Oh, have you brought a letter from my father-in-law? It can also be handed over to the two sons and handed over to Commander Zhang. ”

Xun Chen was stunned, "Are you Brother Deran's retainer?" ”

The big man arched his hand and smiled: "Zhu Ming, the deputy commander of a certain Tiger Ben Guard." Please. ”

Xun Chen looked at Guo Tu, and after getting Guo Tu's nod and handing over the bamboo slips, he arched his hand and said, "I'm tired." ”

Guo Jiazheng looked at the people in the school field who were training with a clear eye, and also turned around and arched his hand, and then looked at Guo Tu and the others being taken to the house on the side of the school field, looked around and followed Zhu Ming, and whispered to Xun Chen: "I think those people are committed to you." Don't be soft-hearted. ”

Xun Chen squeezed the bamboo slip tightly, "Then I should persuade Brother Yide to surrender to the lord, otherwise, this scenery will be burned." ”

"I hope so." Guo Jia pouted and smiled, the two followed Zhu Ming forward, and then their expressions began to be confused, and they had to walk to the watchtower in the middle of the school field, the two were stunned, Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Commander Zhang is above, please go up." ”

Guo Jia looked at the vertical ladder that reached the top of the building, although the vertical ladder was erected on the inner wall of the wooden frame structure, there was also a hemp rope that could be pulled down, and the triangular structure could be seen everywhere to support the watchtower, and every two meters there was a simple platform that seemed to be used for resting, but his face was still unnatural, "Or, it's better for Zhang to lead down?" Guo is frail, and he really ......"

"Huh." Zhu Ming smiled and looked at the people who were training nearby, "Yu Qushuai is also upstairs." The two of them, to be honest, have only one chance. If you miss it, you don't have to have it again. Please hurry. ”

Xun Chen was stunned and looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "It's time to be healthy." Then he rolled up his sleeves and climbed up the ladder.

Xun Chen escorted all the way, and soon after the mountain peak blew, Guo Jia, who was already soft-footed, was pulled up by a handsome young man, and then Xun Chen was also pulled up by the young man.

When the two of them went up to the watchtower, they saw a burly bearded man standing on the south side of the watchtower, with his back to them, holding a cylindrical thing in front of him, facing the foot of the mountain, muttering something in his mouth.

Another handsome young man was holding a snake spear in his hand when he pulled them up, Xun Chen guessed that this person was Zhang Fei, seeing that Zhang Fei leaned the snake spear on one side at this time, there was a thick loud sound, Xun Chen's breath was stagnant, looking at the thigh-thick guardrail of the watchtower lined up, the protection was tight, and he was still a little weak.

Zhang Fei looked at them a few times, and then ignored the poison, "I'll look at it for a while, let me watch it for a while!" Protested, snatched the cylindrical thing, and handed it to Guo Jia, who was sitting on the wooden board panting, "Zhang saw that your face was pale and your breath was unstable, it should be Guo Gongzi who my eldest brother has been quite elevated, just now you also saw the scenery of the cottage, how about taking a look at this at this time?" ”

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, looked at Xun Chen, Xun Chen was taking out the bamboo slips, and also looked at Zhang Fei with some doubts, Zhang Fei took the bamboo slips with a smile, spread them out, and raised his eyes towards Guo Jia, "Look at yours, I'm not in a hurry." ”