The rain was falling in the west, from the light and soft like needle hair at the beginning to now as heavy as a soybean, and the water curtain splashed under the gray sky was getting bigger and bigger. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info It covers the whole world in a hazy way, so that people who are deep in it can only see the place of nearly ten zhang to the left. Although it is not night at the moment, the realization of people under the barrier of the rain curtain is not much better than the night.

When Zhao Shun and the two brothers Cao Er and Liu Jing braved the heavy rain to cross the mountain and head to the Huai River crossing, Wei Yan also led his 1,000 men to dive down in the heavy rain and ambushed on both sides of the mountain road. Although they were clad in rain-proof robes, they were still low under the order to let the rain from the sky flow into their interiors along the neckline of their pockets. Their clothes were also wet at the moment, and they felt the coldness of their bones tightly against their bodies.

They also felt uncomfortable, and they also wanted to twist their bodies to make themselves more comfortable, like the soldiers advancing in the mountain path. But they didn't. Because they have been trained to endure it very well. They knew what their task was, and they weren't lost. When their goals were exposed in front of their eyes, they felt that the battle was about to begin, and under the tension of their emotions, they simply forgot all the discomfort in their bodies.

"It's going to be over soon. The waiting that has come these days will also have an explanation later. Looking at the bloated and slow team of Zhao Shun and the others, Wei Yan, who was wearing a straw circle hat, couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face. He has already arranged everything, as long as he waits for the opponent's army to pass halfway, he can quickly kill it, and teach the other party not to care about each other and fall into the situation of annihilation. He had been planning all this for a long time. Because he has been here for a long time, and he has been hiding in this mountain, he has long understood everything about this mountain. He didn't say anything else about the outcome of this plan, but at least he dared to pat his chest and promise that he would never let Zhao Shun and the other thieves get away.

"There's nothing wrong with working towards a goal." Wei Yan retracted his gaze from afar, and a gossip that Li Sheng had said before involuntarily came to his heart. Wei Yan was very satisfied with his apprentice and master. He thinks he is a genius, although he doesn't spend much effort on studying every day, but he can always understand what he sees quickly, and from time to time burst out some "gossip", and these "gossip" are often thought-provoking.

"He really deserves to be my apprentice." Wei Yan thought with admiration. Although Li Sheng's level really has nothing to do with him, a martial arts master, he is still proud of this apprentice. Of course, what he values more than Li Sheng's verbal level is Li Sheng's attention to him, as well as this apprentice's ambition for the whole world - Li Sheng attaches importance to himself, so he can lead the soldiers and horses to fight; Li Sheng has ambitions for the world, so he will continue to develop his strength.

Wei Yan knows that strength is the foundation for realizing ambition, and he also understands that ambition is the driving force for the development of strength. He admired Li Sheng's ambition very much, because he saw in that ambition that he would have a vast world and a brilliant future in the future. Although everything seemed a little far away now, Wei Yan knew that as long as Li Sheng continued to work hard, there would be a day when it would be realized. Therefore, Wei Yancai willingly recognized Li Sheng as his lord. Unlike Huang Zhong's pure righteousness, Wei Yan's loyalty to Li Sheng is both for righteousness and profit.

Most of the troops on the mountain road had already passed, and the middle formation, which was obviously the enemy's main general, gradually appeared in Wei Yan's words. Looking at the barely full set of bronze armor on the other party's body, Wei Yan smiled contemptuously and held the big knife in his hand tightly. He stared at the other man's apparently different figure, quietly waiting for him to give up his back to him. He knew that the best time to attack was only to let the opponent's general go through for a while. Because at that time, it was difficult for the opposing generals to fight back, and they could not resist the sharp blades that came from the rear.

"One step...... Two-step ...... Three steps...... Wei Yan stared at his target without blinking, silently counting the approximate steps they took. He was at the forefront of the ambush procession, about seven feet away from the enemy's ranks. Although his vision was severely affected by the heavy rain, he was able to firmly lock on the three figures riding on horses in armor with his excellent eyesight.

"Ten steps!" At this point, Wei Yan stood up suddenly, the essence in his eyes skyrocketed, and a terrifying murderous aura penetrated the armor on his body, through the clothes on his body, and directly emitted outside.

Feeling the change in the main general, several guards on his side also stood up straight at the same time. Under the murderous aura exuded by Wei Yan, their blood boiled at the moment. They stared at Wei Yan, quietly waiting for the majestic order.

"Kill!" Wei Yan took a deep breath and drank these words violently. Like a tiger descending from a mountain, he swung the long knife in his hand and swooped fiercely towards his target. Ten zhang behind him, the deputy general Chen Yanzheng beckoned the archers to use the sharp arrows to cover the main general in front.

"Whoosh...... Whoosh...... "This is the sound of flying feathers breaking through the air." Although the water curtain created by the heavy rain blocked the archers' view and made them unable to see the enemy, they understood that the enemy was marching on the mountain path in the forest, so they directly targeted the mountain path as their target. Under the requirements of the pre-calculated angle and strength, waves of arrows continued to fly out, pouring another layer of arrow rain on the already rainy enemy. At this time, the rain was heavy, but the wind was not strong, and the arrows that were speeding in the rain curtain were barely assigned to the predetermined section of the road under the predictable interference, and sprinkled down.

"Enemy attack!" Zhao Shun shouted loudly. As a "wise man", he is indeed a little more exciting than others. When Wei Yan's low voice came faintly from the rain, but it was not very real to hear, and when it was filtered out, his heart had already been lifted. He reminded his brothers as soon as possible, so that they could quickly understand the current crisis.

But this is already a bit late. The enemy would actually ambush here, this is something Zhao Shun couldn't imagine. He thought that the enemy was ambushing south of the Huai River, so he did not strengthen the search around his city at all. This time, because of the heavy rain, the marquis was reprimanded. Of course, this is not conducive to reconnaissance because of the bad weather, but more importantly, because of Zhao Shun's own negligence. Because of this loss of thought, Wei Yanneng lurked in the mountains very calmly, and completely arranged everything for today. This was originally just a small mistake for Zhao Shun, but now such a small mistake has become the cause of his death.

The rain of arrows and rain fell violently, submerging into the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and quickly splashed a lot of brilliant blood flowers. Although Wei Yan's side was in accordance with the original direction, when the enemy was completely invisible, according to the calculated strength and angle to cover the enemy's position, its hit rate was a little worse than when he saw the enemy directly, but for Zhao Shunjun, who had already twisted the team into a group, this difference was simply negligible. Because these archers under Wei Yan were all good at Huang Zhong, their archery level was originally much higher than that of ordinary armies under Huang Zhong's teaching—if each of them was brought to other armies, it would definitely be enough to be a marksman. This unexpected rain of arrows baptized it, and several open places were quickly vacated on the huge mountain road. Many people fell like this, and the blood quickly mixed with the rain.

"Enemy attack!" The same words were shouted out of the mouths of the soldiers, and they quickly spread throughout the army.

All of a sudden, Zhao Shun's army was in chaos. A look of dazed and frightened quickly crept up the soldiers' faces. They had not fought for a few years, far from being elite, and they suddenly panicked, and they were at a loss for what to do about the inexplicable arrows that suddenly fell from the sky, until countless robes dressed in green grass were killed in the woods on both sides of the road, and they vaguely reacted and began to scream and flee for their lives.

Perhaps they have simply lost the purpose of fighting because of the scheming, or perhaps they themselves panicked in the face of a sudden arrival of the enemy, and instinctively look for a safe place to hide from the sword. But in any case, their actions made Zhao Shunjun even more chaotic and unbearable. If Zhao Shun still had the idea of regrouping at the moment of the surprise attack, then when he saw that his team could easily mutiny, Zhao Shun only thought about giving up and thinking about leaving here as far away as possible.

Of course, this is not because Zhao Shun is timid, but because Zhao Shun has clearly understood that the current thing cannot be done. "The enemy attacked the rear of the Chinese army and has completely disrupted the Chinese army. In this way, our army can only completely abandon the already chaotic Chinese army and the rear army that has been blocked behind, and retain the existence of the front army as much as possible. He was still a little capable, but he quickly saw the enemy's arrangement and made such a decision-for-tat.

Regardless of whether this decision was the right one. Just because Zhao Shun can make such a clear judgment at such a critical and chaotic moment, and quickly make up his mind to break the wrist of this strong man, it can be clearly understood that Zhao Shun is not an ordinary general. Although such a decision is a bit cruel for those who are abandoned, it is indeed the best way to give up the whole mess at the moment. After all, after the initial chaos had passed, the enemy and his own troops were already in a scuffle. Although it was only a one-sided slaughter at the moment, it was not easy to eliminate all the people in such chaos.

Zhao Shun's calculation is very simple, that is, after rushing to the team in front of him without chaos, he will change depending on the changes of the enemy behind him: "If the enemy is still entangled with our army, you can lead the team to kill back; If the enemy has already wiped out our army, there is only a rapid advance and a direct crossing of the Huai River. Zhao Shun didn't think about returning directly to his county seat, because in his opinion, his Yuxin City was like a huge prison at the moment, and going back could only make him completely entangled in the enemy's chains.

Zhao Shun wanted to move forward, but after running a few steps, it was Le Ma who turned around and came back, with a wry smile on his face. It's not that he doesn't want to go. It's just that his two brothers actually stupidly turned around and killed the enemy, so he had to go back. He Zhao Shun is a "wise man", and he is a bold person, and he also takes righteousness very seriously. He couldn't leave his brother behind, so he could only give up what he thought was the best way to deal with the place, and turned to fight with his brother. I saw him waving the spear in his hand, and quickly plunged into the chaotic battle situation with more than a dozen guards who followed closely beside him. He was ruthless, and he was so bent on finding his brother that anyone who stood in his way, whether it was his own minions or the enemy's sneak attackers, fell in the shaking spear. For a while, he killed more than ten people one after another, slightly opening up the originally chaotic and closed situation.

Wei Yan's eyes widened, and he tightly locked Zhao Shun's figure rushing left and right, feeling both disappointed and a little excited in his heart: his disappointment was that Zhao Shun would be so reflexive to join the battle situation that was already five days; He was excited because none of the enemy's generals had escaped after all, and everything in the current battle situation was still under his control.

Seeing that Zhao Shunzhen was fighting on the battlefield smoothly as his name, quite like entering a no-man's land, Wei Yandeng couldn't stand it anymore. With his arrogant personality, he simply can't tolerate someone showing off his might on the battlefield of his existence. I saw him rushing forward with a sword, shouting loudly: "The thief will be rampant, let your grandfather Wei Yan teach you a lesson." Then he ran straight towards Zhao Shun.

People borrow the power of horses, horses help people, Wei Yan is only more than ten steps away from Zhao Shun, where is it not an overnight thing. Although it was impossible to complete a set of sharp longitudinal horse raids at such a distance, Wei Yan's sword momentum with his superb martial arts was still terrifying in such a gentle trot. The three-stop broadsword drew a semicircular arc in the air under the force of Wei Yan's one-handed hand, and the blade that shone with cold light roared to sweep away a fierce wind, directly sending the death note to Zhao Shun's face.

Although Wei Yan had shouted before he rode his horse, Zhao Shun was still surprised by the fact that he suddenly rushed in front of Zhao Shun so quickly and swung such a sharp knife momentum. Faced with a knife that directly beckoned to his head, Zhao Shun couldn't resist it at all, he could only quickly turn his head and make his body a little shorter in an instant.

The blade whirred past his ears, and Zhao Shun only felt a chill on the top of his head, and a very painful one came - although Wei Yan's blow just now was dodged by him, the knife wind formed by the sharp knife momentum still harvested a few strands of black hair and a piece of scalp on his head. That's where his headaches come from.

"Damn!" Blood slowly seeped down his face, and he suffered some minor injuries, although it was not yet time when he could not fight, but the pain from the top of his head was unbearable for Zhao Shun. He blushed, annoyed at what he had just done. Facing Wei Yan, who had passed by by the wrong horse, the flame in his chest burned violently. The spear in his hand was clenched tightly, but it swept backwards violently, and as he swept, he quickly turned around taking advantage of the current unfast situation. That sweep obviously didn't cause much trouble to Wei Yan, and he quickly returned to his horse. When Zhao Shun's figure was straightened, the first thing he met was Wei Yan's slightly mocking smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhao Shunhu asked with a blank face, his head a little dizzy.

"Laugh, you've already lost." Wei Yan said lightly.

"What?" Zhao Shun was slightly surprised.

"Look!" Wei Yan's hand swung back, and he compared the scene that made Zhao Shun frustrated: he saw a few big men like wolves and tigers pressing the two people in leather armor backwards. Obviously, under the general attack of Wei Yan's department, the battle on this side has ended, and although the shouting and killing in other places still continues, the battlefield has begun to be cleaned here.

"Second brother, third brother?" Zhao Shun shouted loudly, and he recognized the identities of the two from their armor.

"Boss?" The two of them listened to Zhao Shun's call, and involuntarily raised their heads to look at this side, and quickly lowered their heads. They thought of the current desperate situation, and they no longer had the slightest radiance.

"What do you want?" Zhao Shun glared at Wei Yan: "Do you want my name?" If you let my brother go, I will cut myself off from this. Seeing that the two people who were hands and feet were captured, Zhao Shun was suddenly a little at a loss.

"Self-destruction? How can it be that serious. Wei Yan put away the ridicule, and couldn't help but be moved by Zhao Shun's righteousness towards the two: "Don't keep thinking about whether it's good to look for death and life." You're men, so naturally you're going to have to take care of it. This battle is not over, but you have already lost. In the ensuing unilateral massacre of you, I am just that. It may be brutal, but it is a must when it comes to dealing with the enemy. But if you're willing to surrender, that's a different story. Death or surrender, you decide quickly. Wei Yan said his conditions with a cold face.

"Surrender ......? This ......" Zhao Shun hesitated a little. He was a strong man. If Wei Yan let him kill himself on the spot or be captured, he would definitely do it immediately if his brother was guaranteed to survive. But surrender, that is a matter of dignity for warriors. For this, Zhao Shun was naturally a little reluctant.

"You decide. Otherwise, I will behead your brother." Wei Yan coldly threatened, he raised his hand and made it look like he was about to wave his arm to give an order.

"Don't be like this, don't be like this." Zhao Shun was concerned about his two brothers, and quickly rolled off the horse, and said tightly on the ground. Under Wei Yanna's real threat, he could only choose to surrender in the end.

The rain was still falling, but the fighting had stopped. Half an hour after Wei Yan's attack, the battle ended. At the cost of 26 dead and 90 wounded, Wei Yan achieved the perfect result of defeating 380 enemies and 2,650 enemies. Zhao Shunjun, and the generals below Zhao Shun himself all surrendered. At this point, the three county towns north of Huaishui, Caoxin, Fubo, and Yuanlu, completely fell into the hands of Li Sheng—for Li Sheng, the situation of the entire Northern Expedition had greatly improved.

The rain finally cleared, and news of the battlefield became known to all forces a few days later. Although this news is good and bad for different forces, whether it is good or bad, they all have the same smile on their faces: Huang Zhong and they are happy because their army has won another victory, and with the start of the three cities of Yuxin, Fubo, and Yuanlu, their side has not only increased a part of the troops that can respond to emergencies, but more importantly, there is room for further strategic maneuver, which is really important to Li Shengjun at the moment;

Gong Du was happy because he saw the enemy's hidden forces. In his opinion, he undoubtedly used the sacrifice of three disobedient fellows to expose the enemy's secret power. Although the sacrifice was a bit greater, it was worth it to be able to figure out everything about the enemy. "The enemy that has been exposed is not to be feared." Gong Du, who understood this, ignored the melancholy on the face of the military advisor Mao Ying under the joy in his heart, and quickly gave the order to send troops. On May 6, the sixth year of Jian'an, he led 10,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army to send troops to a new rest.

However, not long after he sent out his army, something troublesome happened.

Runan is mountainous, from Anyang to Xinxi all the way, there are no mountains, but the hills are one after another, and the woods on the mountains are one after another. The mountains were densely forested, the roads went south, and the rain came one after another in the spring, so that Gongdu's 10,000-strong army did not march quickly—they had been out of the city for two days, and they were only sixty miles away from the city.

This is a valley with a prescription and a circle of two miles. Although there are mountains around, the slope is slow, and the vegetation on the slope is not flourishing, so there is no possibility of ambush. A murmuring stream flowed not far from the mouth of the valley, and its water was extremely clear, but it was a good water. Gong Du camped here, quietly waiting for the sky to clear.

It's been raining a lot lately. The previous rain that lasted for more than ten days had just ended, and I thought that I could go out of the city smoothly and directly to the other party's city, but I didn't want to be trapped here by such a sudden heavy rain after only two days out of the city.

"That's bad luck." Gong Du looked at the pouring rain outside the tent and muttered in frustration.

The Yellow Turbans did not have enough supplies to protect against the rain. Although they have been living in Runan for several years, there is a shortage of supplies. Attack each other. The forests of various hills have made the Yellow Turban soldiers have a reputation for being strong, but they do not have the reality of being powerful. Usually in this rainy spring, they are probably nestled in themselves, and almost no one wants to send troops to fight at this time. Therefore, Gong Du and his subordinates are always at a loss for the current situation of heavy rain. They don't know what they're going to do right now.

They were bored, and except to spend their days in their tents looking out at the sky to see when the rain would stop, they were waiting for the report of the unfortunate ones who had been sent out.

To be honest, Gong Du didn't decide to send Hou Lu out at the beginning. In his words: "Even us locals can't stand such a bad rain, let alone others. ”

However, he was finally persuaded by Mao Ying: "The second master has forgotten about the letter?" It was also a day of heavy rain. ”

"This ......" Gong Du had to agree. It's just that although he agreed, he casually handed over the matter to his subordinates. He didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he didn't say anything to the reprimands in advance to calm people's hearts and boost morale. This made those who were sent out have a lot of resentment in their hearts, and they all think that they are unlucky people. The task assigned by the above is actually a kind of framing of oneself. Under this understanding, it is naturally impossible for them to complete things with their hearts, and the daily reports they get are only coping with things.

How can the information obtained in this way be accurate? Under such circumstances, it is normal for Gong Du and Mao Ying to be ignorant of the surrounding situation. Although Mao Ying was already very careful and constantly sent more people to protect the entire camp tightly, he never thought that the hostile side could not resist his actions.

It was nightfall, and the rain did not stop. The entire barracks was turned off early, and the lights fell into the darkness. The adaptability of man is extraordinary, and although he has only been here for two days, everyone from soldiers to generals has become accustomed to sleeping under the sound of the rain. When the lights in the camp were extinguished for two hours, the faint snoring sound was already very common throughout the camp.

About three miles from the valley was also a hill. Li Sheng's department, which had been hanging Gong Du's army from afar, was quietly stationed here. For fear of exposure, they did not even dare to set up their tents. But because they had considered such a situation when they set off in advance, and had already made corresponding preparations, they had rested somewhat peacefully.

Since the dispatch of the army, Li Sheng has taken his five hundred elite men to hide and wander around in Anyang. Although every time because of the elite of Hou and the accuracy of the intelligence, he can always stagger with the enemy before he arrives, but the thrill still makes several generals in the team afraid. In addition, Li Sheng has never given the order to fight, which makes them very incomprehensible about Li Sheng's venture into Anyang. "Didn't you say guerrilla guerrillas? Why is the lord always swimming here without fighting? "There has been no task issued, and every day is the only way to trek through mountains and rivers, which makes everyone, whether it is a soldier or a general, hold a dull breath in their hearts. And now, cooperating with Gong Dujun to be "trapped" in this heavy rain makes them hold their breath even more.

Of course, the upright Zhou Rui didn't understand the meaning of what Li Sheng did, so he directly asked Li Sheng why he was like this. But Li Sheng did not give Zhou Rui a satisfactory result. After Zhou Rui's questioning, Li Sheng directly issued such an order: "All the soldiers of the whole army must build embankments for me on both sides of this stream before sunset today." ”

"Why?" Some people find this strange.

"Not why. Don't you think it's too idle? Then let's just find something for you to do. Li Sheng's answer was strange.

The generals who know Li Sheng naturally understand that Li Sheng's true meaning is not so, but since he will answer like this, it means that Li Sheng, the lord, is not willing to tell himself the reason for the current matter. This made these generals have some guesses about some of the things hidden in this order while obeying the order.

At that time, it was raining heavily, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier. Li Sheng's order made the soldiers who thought they could rest until the end of the rain had to get busy quickly. Under the busy work, although it was completed in a hurry, everyone was drenched in rain.

Such a crime inevitably made them complain, but Li Sheng said lightly and beat them to complain without a trace: "It seems that this rain will continue for several days." When it rains heavily, there is more water. The enemy was stationed in the valley downstream, but it was easily flooded. Just wait two or three days, and we can break them for a while. ”

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized. Each pressed the topic, but it was this night.