"Ziwei, do you dare to go?" Seeing Guan Yu say this, Liu Bei knew that Liu Feng had to suppress the bandits this time, but he still had to try Liu Feng's courage, so he did not give an order in a hurry, only this is the only question.

Liu Feng waited for this sentence, so he stood up, hugged his fists and bowed and said: "Feng is willing to go, I hope that my father will give me 200 horses, and Feng will immediately rush to Mangdang Mountain, and swear to break the thief, otherwise the military law will be engaged!" ”

Liu Feng, who was eighteen years old, not only gladly accepted the order, made a military order, and only led 200 cavalry, Guan Zhang and the others were also stunned when they heard this, only Xu Shu smiled and said nothing.

"Although the combat strength of the mountain bandits is not enough to fear, two hundred cavalry is also afraid of a difference, if you have three hundred infantry and make up the number of five hundred, you can win the battle." Liu Bei was obviously worried that Liu Feng was young and vigorous, and he couldn't stand Guan Yu's verbal agitation, once he had fewer enemies and more enemies, and used his troops improperly, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he suggested that he bring more than 300 foot soldiers, so that even if he fought hard, he could defeat hundreds of mountain bandits.

But Liu Bei didn't expect that Liu Feng didn't take Guan Yu's words to heart, he just wanted to use this battle to further consolidate his position in Liu Bei's heart, and winning more with less is the biggest highlight of this battle, so Liu Feng bowed down again and thanked him: "Thank you for your father's good intentions, but Feng has a plan in his heart to suppress the bandits, the foot soldiers are slow, I am afraid it will be difficult to perform, and the soldiers are more in Fancheng, and there are still many foot soldiers in Xinye to defend it, so it is enough to bring two hundred horses!" ”

Liu Feng's words were categorical, Liu Bei couldn't help nodding after hearing this, and then he was no longer reluctant, and ordered Liu Feng to choose 200 cavalry in the army at will, and then set off to Mangdang Mountain to suppress bandits.

Two hundred cavalry were ordered in the army, and when they were ready, they were already well-dressed and well-armed, and the banners were ready, Liu Feng said goodbye to Liu Bei and others, and left Xinye with an order.

"Military advisor, with the power of Ziwei, with only 200 cavalry, can you conquer those hundreds of stubborn bandits, after all, our army knows omin......ous about the bandits" After Liu Feng left the camp, Liu Bei was obviously not completely relieved, so he expressed his worries to Xu Shu.

"So that you don't know, this stubborn bandit has been entrenched in Jingzhou for a long time, and it is rumored that Liu Biao has sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, but he has no way, so the little general is here, and the bad luck is unpredictable."

When Liu Bei heard this, his face was very surprised, and he asked puzzledly: "In this case, why didn't the military advisor say it earlier?" ”。

"The envoy has the intention to temper the little general, this gang of mountain bandits is the touchstone of the heaven-given envoy, if it is broken in person, I am afraid that the two generals of Guan Zhang will not give this opportunity to the little general."

Liu Bei listened, just bowed his head slightly, no longer made a sound, and only ordered Xu Shu to prepare a team of soldiers and horses, always probe the progress of the march in the direction of Mangdang Mountain, once Liu Feng was found to be invincible, he could send troops to support.

Liu Feng left Xinye, but did not rush to Mangdang Mountain, where the bandits were located, but inquired about the refugees all the way along the way, and came to a village that had been attacked by bandits before, there were still some old and weak people in the village, and they did not flee to Xinye because of their inconvenient legs and feet.

After that, Liu Feng led the army to trace to several villages that were attacked by bandits, all talked with the survivors in the villages for a while, and after leaving three or four villages, the sky became a little darker, and when they arrived at the nearest village to Namangdang Mountain, Liu Feng ordered to make a meal, strictly guarded, and stayed overnight in this small village.

After talking to several people who had been attacked, Liu Feng learned that the bandits had always only plundered grain and grass, but did not hurt people's lives, and would leave a few days of surplus food for the village name so that they would not starve to death, and the villages they attacked were all near Xinye, and the refugees could reach Xinye in two days at most on foot.

As a result, Liu Feng analyzed that most of the bandits looting the village were done as a last resort, gathering hundreds of people without harming people's lives, and the discipline of this bandit was strict, comparable to the army, so that Liu Feng felt that it was not a good strategy to rush and attack, on the contrary, Liu Feng had curiosity about this disciplined bandit leader.

The next day before dawn, Liu Feng set off with the whole army, went straight to the Mangdang Mountain, with the remaining night, Liu Feng ordered two hundred horsemen to move forward at full speed, it took less than two hours, Mangdang Mountain was faintly visible.

At this time, Liu Feng ordered the cavalry to slow down, and at the same time sent a small team of scouts to investigate, while he led the rear army to move forward slowly.

After only a while, the scout reported back: "Little general, there are no bandits around this Mangdang Mountain, and I vaguely see that its cottage is located on the mountainside, but there are no bandits!" ”

Liu Feng thought about it for a while, and then ordered the two hundred sergeants to put away all the flags, speed up and march forward, and go straight to the foot of Namangdang Mountain!

Staying in front of the mountain, sure enough, there was no one under the mountain, Liu Feng observed around, and concluded that there was no ambush in the mountains within a radius of several miles, through the previous understanding of this group of mountain bandits, Liu Feng could almost be sure that this group of mountain bandits was not a generation that abandoned the mountain without a fight, but the empty city plan in front of him made him feel a little worried.

But only hesitated for a moment, Liu Feng ordered 200 horsemen to carry war horses uphill, although the cavalry is not good at mountain combat, but Liu Fengguan that mountainside terrain is flat, once the war started, the cavalry still has a huge advantage. At this time, the enemy army could not retreat, and Liu Feng had to continue to move forward, otherwise how could he say that he would suppress the bandits.

Although the mountain road is winding, but it is better than the flat, Liu Feng led two hundred horsemen to move forward carefully, and before he knew it, two hours had passed, and at this time, Liu Feng found something wrong.

Before the Three Kingdoms period, marching was a compulsory course in Liu Feng's training, and he was keenly aware that the code that had been marked before had reappeared in the place where he had walked in the past two circles, and seeing that the two hundred sergeants had not noticed anything wrong, Liu Feng did not make a noise, but intensified his observation of the place he had passed, and sure enough, soon after, they returned to the place where they had walked before, where the trees on both sides of the road were towering, almost blocking the daylight.

Seeing this, Liu Feng stopped his mount and waved his hand to order the sergeant behind him to stop moving. At this time, several older sergeants had already arrived in front of Liu Feng, and it was obvious that they had also noticed the abnormality of this road.

"Little general, I'm afraid we've fallen into a maze set up by thieves." A sergeant approached Liu Feng and whispered.

"Dismount and rest, strengthen your vigilance, and you will follow me to explore the way." Liu Feng glanced at the sergeant and led the older sergeant along the road on foot.

"Since it is a maze, it can be seen that there must be people in the mountains who are proficient in the formation, can you and others know this formation?" After walking for several miles, several people really arrived at the place marked by Liu Feng before.

Several people looked at each other when they heard this, but no one answered, although Liu Feng didn't know the subtleties of this formation, but he vaguely guessed that the principle or most of them made people have visual misunderstandings, but he had already observed several circles and did not find where the misunderstanding was, so he asked this question.