Everyone crawled out of the bed when they heard the sound, and when they saw that the house was really set on fire, they all put on their clothes and picked up their weapons to open the door and rushed out, Han Xiong was the second to come out, and the first to rush out was Ma Tong, an arrow shot directly into his chest, Han Xiong exclaimed in surprise and thought that the child was dead, who knew that he pulled out the arrow inserted in the skin unscathed, and ran to save his grandfather with a scream. Han Xiong saw clearly that it was the group of horse thieves who besieged him during the day, and he was really a thief who chased him here.

The people present were stunned, even the horse thieves besieging them were stupid, there is really a King Kong incorruptible body in this world?! I heard someone shouting: "Kill me the house and kill them, so that they dare to meddle in their affairs." Han Xiong understood in his heart that he was here to seek revenge. Immediately danced the cooked copper stick and beckoned the two people behind him: "Come out quickly, there is danger in the house!" I saw the two followers running out one after the other, and before they went out of the door, they were shot by a bow and arrow and fell to the ground and died, Han Xiong was even more angry and killed the thieves.

The horse master was picked up by the horse and ran out of the house, but he could not be unfolded with a person on his back, and several horse thieves took a horse rope to cover his hands, feet and neck, and he was all with great strength and these horse thieves were in a stalemate. Han Xiong saw that the situation was critical and wanted to help him, but the leader of the horse thieves spoke again: "Kill the merchant first, and this big man will take his time." Han Xiong was angry in his heart, and said secretly: Fuck me first. The so-called capture the thief first captures the king, Han Xiong turned around and ran towards the leader of the Han horse thieves, all the obstacles along the way were overturned by his stick, the leader of the horse thieves rode on the horse and saw Han Xiong rushing over, he turned around and wanted to turn the horse and leave, where was Han Xiong willing to let him run, shouted "on", the stick in his hand flew out like a sharp arrow, and pierced the leader's chest with a snort.

The leader of the horse thieves was killed by Han Xiong, but Ma Tong also howled and screamed over there, Han Xiong looked back, it turned out that there was a thief who went around his back and stabbed Ma Fu in the back, Ma Tong saw that someone had hurt his grandfather, so he grabbed the thief angrily and slapped his head away. Several thieves around him were frightened when they saw this, and they threw away the horse ropes and fled, and the thieves here also scattered as birds and beasts when they saw that the leader was dead, and in an instant none of the horse thieves were left.

Han Xiong rushed to the side of the horseman, only to see that the old man was dying with bloodshot on the corner of his mouth, and he anxiously grabbed the horseman's hand and shouted, "Old man, are you okay?" Elderly? It was strange that Ma Tong was whimpering and wailing, but he did not shed tears, but only howled. Ma Fuzi woke up slowly, looked at Han Xiong and said, "I'm dying, I have a wish before I die, I want you to promise me." Han Xiong hurriedly agreed: "Okay, I promise you, as long as you are fine, I will promise you whatever you say." ”

Ma Fuzi looked at Ma Tong and then at Han Xiong, and then said with worry: "My grandson is usually a little stupid, there is nothing else wrong, he is strong and strong, I hope you can take care of him for me after I die, what dirty work just ask him to do, just ask him to eat, just ask him to eat, this child has been miserable since he was a child, and I am staying in this mountain valley with the old man, and now I am relieved when I die." Han Xiong was moved, he was very touched by the care of this horse master on his deathbed, and immediately nodded and comforted: "I promise you will take care of him, as long as I Han Xiong has a bite to eat, I will definitely leave half a bite for this child, you can rest assured!" ”

Ma Fuzi turned his head to Ma Tong with all his strength and said: "Child, grandpa is dying, after I die, you will follow this Master Han well, you listen to him, he can make you full, you have to serve Master Han like me, you know?" Ma Tong nodded as if he didn't understand, shook his head and said, "I, don't want you, die." I want, Grandpa, to live. Ma Fuzi smiled when he heard his words, and passed away with a smile, and Han Xiong left tears at that time. He has never felt like this: he has been moved by an emotion, he can't stop crying at the moment, crying like a girl, and he doesn't know why.

After burying Ma Fuzi, Ma Tong brought the only ration in the family: a little stick noodles, and took the only two clothes and a pair of pants in the family, and followed Han Xiong's horse team all the way to Jingyang. Han Xiong treated him as his confidant, he originally didn't want Ma Tong to bring some things, he had everything in Jingyang, why did he want these things, but Ma Tong was reluctant, this child was kind-hearted, he had suffered hardships and hunger, and he knew how to cherish food.

The three of them finally arrived in Jingyang City before dark this day, and when they arrived at the official office yamen, the Taishou inside hurriedly came out to greet them, but the two sides were opposite, and the Taishou didn't believe that Han Xiong, who was in rags and embarrassed in front of him, was the Lord of the Thorn History, and when Han Xiong showed the waist card and seal of the Thorn Shi, the Taishou hurriedly welcomed them in, and arranged a bath and dinner.

Han Xiong said that Qualcomm was his own personal soldier, and wherever he went, people smacked their tongues when they looked at this giant, and they also had a lot of admiration for Han Xiong, Han Xing loved Qualcomm even more, and he had to take him with him when he ate and slept. This kid doesn't like to talk, and his honest personality is also very compatible with Han Xiong.

Because he almost died at the hands of horse thieves, the first thing Han Xiong did after arriving in Jingyang was to lead his troops to eliminate the bandits and horse bandits in this area. There is a mountain called Liantun Mountain at the junction of Jingyang and Gaoping Town in Jingzhou, this mountain is not high but the road is dangerous, there are two paths up and down the mountain, there are seventy-two caves in a chain on the mountain, entrenched in the bandit force that has taken root here from the time of Wan Qian Chounu, Xiahou Chen.

This Xiahou Chenmo's father was a clan leader of the Di tribe in Longxi in his early years, and later gathered in the Gaopingjing Prefecture area because of the rebellion against the tyranny of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the momentum was once very huge, so that the emperor and officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty could not sleep, and later due to the emergence of traitors within the rebel army, which led to the failure of the uprising, his father was heroic and righteous, and Xiahou Chenmo took over his father's position and became the tribal leader, but because of the government's wanted, he could only take the clansmen to the grass. In the area of the Guantun Mountain, he relied on the terrain to fight guerrillas, and ambushed the grain teams of the officers and soldiers and the passing caravans.

Although Xiahou Chenmo's strength is not as good as before, there are still nearly 3,000 rebel troops stationed on Guantun Mountain, and the strength of this armed force is definitely not worse than that of the official army, and the official army in Jingyang does not dare to move them at all, because the number and equipment are not comparable to them. Now that this bandit is the strongest in Jingzhou, Han Xiong feels that as long as this group of people is eliminated, the other bandits will definitely flee or surrender.

However, this point of official army in Jingyang City alone could not defeat Xiahou Chenmo, so he had to mobilize men and horses from the state administration office, Zhaoping County, Xinping County and even Pingliang County, a total of nearly 14,000 troops, plus nearby tribal soldiers, the number was almost 20,000 in total, which was already the largest mobilization of troops for a small Jingzhou.

Xiahou Chenmo was in front of the 3,000 men and horses in Liantun Mountain, and he would definitely not be able to defeat Han Xiong, so he had already prepared grain and grass on the mountain, planning to stick to it and fight a protracted battle. Relying on the topography of the Qiantun Mountain, as long as he does not take it lightly, the official army will definitely not be able to attack it, he can be on the mountain as before for a long time to slowly spend time with the officials and soldiers, the officers and soldiers will definitely not defend the Qiantun Mountain for a long time, as long as they withdraw, they will be considered a great success.

In order to end this battle as soon as possible, Han Xiong did not hesitate to buy two artillery pieces from Chang'an, saying that the artillery is actually a clay cannon, a very primitive tile earthen cannon, each cannon can also shoot three or four shells and it can't be used, because the temperature is too high when the cannon is fired, the tile barrel is broken and cannot be used. Han Xiong thought about it, these two cannons must be used on the blade, one is used to hit the front door, and the other is used to bombard the back door, what is needed is to kill Xiahou Chenmo with front and back strikes.

When Qualcomm is fine, he likes to help in the back kitchen of the army, stealing a steamed bun from time to time and throwing it into his mouth, the guy Li Ergou has long found out that this kid looks stupid and stupid, but when it comes to eating, no one is better than him, he can take advantage of your turn to make a basket of white-flour steamed buns, so angry that Li Ergou jumps every time and scolds the street, if he can't beat Qualcomm, he would have gone up to bite him. The sergeant major knew that Qualcomm was Han Xiong's person, where did he dare to offend, just begged this grandfather not to drink and make trouble, what is it to eat a few steamed buns.

It's just that Li Ergou is also a brainless person, and he doesn't like others to touch the things in his kitchen the most, because he often reacts with his superiors. But those captains and governors all laughed, who would go to make trouble with Han Tingshi, he was a celebrity in front of Prime Minister Yuwen, and it was too late to stammer. So Li Ergou is really inexplicably helpless and annoyed with Qualcomm.

Han Xiong's 20,000 troops gathered at the foot of Liantun Mountain one after another, and the formation alone was enough for the bandits on the mountain to smack their tongues, and Xiahou had never been treated so "ceremoniously", he was both uneasy and a little proud in his heart. Looking at the dense tents under the mountain, the colorful flags, the wolf smoke floating around, and the army burying pots and cooking everywhere, 20,000 horses are indeed terrifying.

Xiahou Chenmo is not unseen in the world, he organized men and horses to start defense, and on the other hand, he also sent scouts to sneak out from the back mountain path to inquire about the intelligence of the official army, but the news that came back did not seem to be good, and Han Xiong's reinforcements were still pulling here. 20,000 people didn't seem to be Han Xiong's family background, but Xiahou Chenmo didn't care at all when he heard it, the more officers and soldiers consumed, the more time they spent was limited. He hoped that Han Xiong could send 100,000 horses to encircle and suppress him and make him famous.

The next morning, the officers and troops lined up at the foot of the mountain and prepared to start attacking the mountain head-on, and the whining horns under the mountain began to remember, and the troops in various uniforms began to come to the mountain path in an orderly manner, and the officers and soldiers broke through the two front fences with almost no effort, and then set fire to the forward post of the bandits, and pursued the defeated enemy army all the way up.

When it came to the first gate, the officers and soldiers began to be resisted, because the terrain was narrow, Ah Jun could not deploy, and could only advance in a small charge, but this was too easy for the defenders to deal with, as long as they hid behind the stone gate and threw arrows and stones, they could repel the attacks of the officers and soldiers, and the blind strong attack caused heavy losses to the officers and soldiers, and countless casualties.

Han Xiong received the report and personally went to the front line to survey the terrain, only to see that the stone gate was in the middle of the path up the mountain, and on both sides were shelves made of beech wood.

The arrows of fire fell on the beech shelf, the yak oil was almost flammable like gasoline, and after a while the beech wood shelf caught fire and burned, and the thieves behind the door saw that the first stone gate could no longer be guarded, so they simply scattered and retreated to the second stone gate. Seeing this, Han Xiong shouted, and was the first to rush up, at this time, if he didn't show a little bit of the spirit of taking the lead, the support troops behind him who were still watching the scenery at the foot of the mountain thought they were here for sightseeing.

The officers and soldiers crossed the first stone gate one after another, Han Xiong asked people to tear down the stone gate and move it to the bottom of the mountain, and the army went up to the second stone gate, this time the stone gate was stronger and stronger, and the door frame was also made of stone strips, which was integrated with the stone gate, and it seemed that the fire arrow could not work. Han Xiong suddenly remembered Qualcomm's trick of throwing bags, and he might be able to break through this door with this, so he asked people to call Zhou Tong, who was still stealing steamed buns in the back kitchen of the mountain. Li Ergou saw him leave, and his heart blossomed, which was a relief. (To be continued.) )