Bingzhou Thorn Shi Ding Yuan with a cavalry lieutenant and five hundred elite cavalry to exterminate the Qiang Hu cavalry deep into the hinterland of Bingzhou, came to Shangdang County to report that the Qiang Hu cavalry was in the scourge village, so Pegasus wanted to save, but unexpectedly had a misunderstanding with Chen Lin who was here, and let Zhou Cang and the cavalry captain Lu Bu have a big battle, that battle ended with flying sand and stones, which was dazzling. In the end, Chen Lin and others said that they would pursue Qiang Hu with Ding Yuan, so they went on the road together to chase after them.

After traveling less than two miles, Chen Lin said to Ding Yuan: "Lord Assassin Shi, we are pursuing the Qianghu squad like this, and it is said that there are more than 300 people in that group, I don't know how powerful it is?" Ding Yuan: "Qianghu was originally a mixture of various ethnic groups in the north, collectively known as Qianghu, living in Hexi, also known as Henan, south of the Yellow River bend, and north of the Great Wall. Good at running horses and shooting, everyone in the clan inherits the style of the ancestors, even women and children can bend bows and arrows. The official suspected that these 300 people were from the same tribe, and the harsh winter was coming, so they stole across the Great Wall of the Yellow River and came here to plunder and kill, which is not easy to deal with. ”

The northern nations are brave and good at fighting, and the Han Dynasty has always relied on the interests of the soldiers to deal with it, Ding Yuan's 500 cavalry against 300 Qianghu cavalry, even if they win, they don't know the casualties, so Ding Yuan sighed and said. Ding Yuan is also helpless, Bingzhou was originally a barren and impoverished place, and the imperial court had to allocate funds for grain relief every year, and in recent years, Xianbei Tanshikui attacked Bingzhou, and the soldiers of Bingzhou have been killed and wounded. Now he has to defend the north with heavy troops, and the infantry is excellent for defense, but he can't pursue the Qianghu squad, Ding Yuan has to take a few cavalry to fight, and he doesn't dare to draw too many soldiers and horses.

As soon as Chen Lin heard Ding Yuan say this, he also knew that Ding Yuan was also helpless, presumably this loyal minister of the Han Dynasty was also exhausted in recent years to defend and merge the state for the Han Dynasty. Wouldn't it be a good thing if it could be designed in Qianghu, Chen Lin's brain moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and shouted to Ding Yuan excitedly: "Lord Ding, the lower officials have a plan, and if they are used properly, they can make the three hundred Qianghu cavalry become infantry without a single soldier, and there is nothing to fear from the Qianghu without horses." ”

Ding Yuan was also very moved when he heard it, could it be that Chen Lin wanted to get close to the Qianghu camp in the dark and steal the horses, it was difficult, so he hurriedly asked: "Oh, I don't know what Lord Chen's plan is, but if he wants to steal the Qianghu horses, it is impossible." Chen Lin grinned: "Lord Ding, if the subordinate can make three hundred Qiang Hu become infantry without spending a single soldier, I hope that Lord Assassin Shi can respond to the matter of the subordinate official." ”

Ding Yuan saw that what Chen Lin said was serious, it didn't seem to be false, could it be that this young man really had a way, and he thought about it again, but he didn't see any way, if Chen Lin could really make the three hundred Qianghu become pawns, then his own casualties would definitely be greatly reduced, and it would be up to him to see what he wanted. So Ding Yuan asked: "Oh, if you really let Qiang Hu get off the horse, if this official can help Lord Chen, he will definitely help?" ”

Chen Lin smiled slyly: "The lower official wants one hundred of the three hundred Qiang Hu horses, I wonder if the adults may agree?" When Ding Yuan heard this, he secretly said that this person is so smart, these Qianghu horses are coveted even by Bingzhou, and they need a hundred horses in one bite. But what is more precious to Ding Yuan is these hundred battle elite horses behind him, so Ding Yuan said: "Okay, according to Lord Chen, this official will not only let Lord Chen have a hundred horses, but also kill these Qiang Hu, and this official will set up a banquet for Lord Chen in Shangdang City, how about it?" ”

When Chen Lin heard this, he counted Ding Yuan not agreeing, Chen Lin also wanted to help him kill this gang of Qiang Hu for the sake of the country's righteousness, and now he has a hundred good horses, but Ding Yuan didn't know Chen Lin's calculations. So Chen Lin said: "It's a word, it's just an adult, but if you act like this, you want the Qianghu team to live a few more days, and Lord Ding wants to help the officials prepare some good things so that they can be handed over to the Qianghu cavalry." Chen Lin said mysteriously, Ding Yuan asked urgently, and Chen Lin had no choice but to tell the plans in his heart one by one.

It turned out that Chen Lin thought of this plan, but it was because of a serious illness in his childhood, that is, Chen Lin was full of abdominal distension and pain, and his stool was blocked, and he asked many famous doctors to no effect, but he met a line of doctors, only to see that Langzhong only picked a few wild bean-like fruits in the wild. After that, Chen Lin remembered one thing: wild croton. According to Na Langzhong, this thing is native to the land of Bashu, so it is called Croton. The people of the Central Plains went to Bashu and saw that this bean was suspected of being edible, so they brought it back to the Central Plains. However, this bean is hot, pungent in taste, and has great poison, and it does not take half an hour for people to have diarrhea after eating, until they can't stand, and their limbs are weak, even if they are eaten by animals.

Now that this thing can be seen everywhere, Chen Lin thought about collecting this thing, mixing it with a small amount of black beans, stir-frying it and smelling it, the horse must no longer recognize this thing, and the people of Qianghu are also rare. Chen Lin pretended to be a merchant transporting black beans, deliberately let Qiang Hu know, and let him rob him, so it was a great success.

As soon as Chen Lin finished speaking, Ding Yuan also knew about the wild croton, as Chen Lin said, the people of Qianghu were outside the border, and they probably didn't know about it. After hearing this, Lu Bu, the commander of the cavalry, said contemptuously in his heart: "Father-in-law, Xiao Xiao'er's one horse and one gun is enough, why do you have to make so much trouble." Ding Yuan turned his face and was angry: "There is no father and son in the army, you only know force, you don't think about strategy, there will always be a day when you will suffer, you are a hundred enemies, and your subordinate sergeants are not." Lu Buyang stepped back and didn't speak.

In the end, Ding Yuan thought about it, Qianghu looted for days, and enslaved many Han people as slaves to help them carry and loot goods, walking must not be fast, Chen Lin's plan is feasible, if it does not work, then it will be hard to fight with it. So Ding Yuan ordered to send scouts to closely monitor Qianghu's movements and not lose his trace. He also ordered the party officials to organize the people to prepare what Chen Lin said, and there should be no mistakes.

In the past two days, in Shangdang County, Chen Lin Ding Yuan and others have fried wild croton mixed with black beans and placed them on the ground, there are as many as fifty or sixty bags, Ding Yuan untied the sack, grabbed a handful of wild croton, only felt that the aroma was puffy, and he couldn't help but eat a handful. And because it is fried and burned, it is almost the same as black beans, and if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it. Ding Yuan laughed and said to Chen Lin: "Lord Chen, this thing is mixed with black beans, fried and burnt, it is so fragrant, if you don't know that this thing is wild croton, this official also wants to eat it, hahaha." The crowd laughed.

In the past two days, Ding Yuan's scouts have monitored the whole gang of Qianghu, and if there are really hundreds of Han people mixed in it, walking is not fast, and the gang of Qianghu is also swaggering towards the direction of Pingyang, not afraid of the possible pursuit of the Han army, it may be that after Qianghu defeated a Taishou, he became arrogant. It seems that this group of Qianghu wants to cross the river from the area of Xihe County and return to the Hexi Plain from Shangjun. Qianghu was so fearless, but it was better for Ding Yuan to act, and he urgently ordered each person to bring a bag, and when he got on the horse, he had to catch up with Qianghu before he crossed the river, and he also had to design it to plunder in advance.

Ding Yuan Chen Lin Gu was chasing after him on a fast horse, so he naturally ran ahead in a short time, and made a big circle from a distance before he came to the front of the Qianghu cavalry. Chen Lin volunteered: "Lord Assassin Shi, this plan was conceived by the lower officials, so let the lower officials carry it out, and the appearance of the lower officials' guards is not easy to arouse suspicion in the eyes of Qiang Hu, and the meat is made by the adults' subordinates, but I am afraid that the murderous spirit of the long-term battlefield will not be hidden from Qiang Hu." When Ding Yuan heard this, he couldn't imagine that Chen Lin could be so thoughtful, so he agreed to Chen Lin's request.

Ding Yuan hurriedly found a few wooden carts from the neighboring county town, and left a few horses for Chen Lin to use as a cart, so he took the cavalry back to the neighboring county town to wait for the news. Chen Lin and Fang Yue twenty-one people, so they pretended to be a merchant horse team, but this group of merchants was everyone riding horses, and they didn't know that Qiang Hu might find out. Carrying a few carts full of black beans, he faced Qianghu head-on, but he didn't know.

I couldn't walk more than three or four miles, and I saw two or three horses from a distance, and after glancing at Chen Lin and his party, I turned around and ran away, it seemed that it was Qianghu's scout. Chen Lin hurriedly shouted: "I'm about to meet the Qianghu cavalry, everyone is in spirit, this time is not a battle, there is no need to fight with Qianghu, obey orders." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the thick smoke in front of him rolled, the thunder rumbled, Chen Lin hurriedly shouted: "Turn the horse's head" After a while, the cavalry ran less than a hundred zhang away, and even Qiang Hu's face could be seen clearly.

Chen Lin pretended to be flustered and shouted: "Hu people, it's Hu people, how can there be Hu people here, run." A group of people dropped the carriage and ran, a hundred zhang away, Qianghu chased after him, chased four or five miles, saw Chen Lin and others go to the county seat, Qianghu cavalry stopped and turned back, laughed from a distance, and muttered Qianghu language, presumably contempt for the Han people, insulting the Han people.

Chen Lin and his entourage ran back to the county seat, and there was thick smoke in the distance behind them, which frightened the city wall guards to order the city gate to be closed, and they were about to block Chen Lin and the others outside. Ding Yuan just rushed to the city before letting Chen Lin and his gang enter the city, Ding Yuan ran down from the wall and hurriedly asked Chen Lin: "Lord Chen, how is it?" Chen Lin touched the dust on his face and grinned: "There will be a good show tonight." Ding Yuan also laughed hahahaha, Qiang Hu snatched the fried wild croton, thinking it was black beans, and he would definitely feed the horses tonight, and he could attack the camp in the middle of the night.

At night, Ding Yuan led 500 cavalry and brought out the local 500 county soldiers, secretly crawling towards the route of Qianghu's advance and looking for the Qianghu camp. A report came from the front, saying that there seemed to be a Qiang Hu night sentry patrolling, Ding Yuan hurriedly ordered to stop, and Chen Lin and a few people went to the front to look, and sure enough, there were people swaying on the open ground a mile away. Qianghu is not used to camping in the mountains, is accustomed to the style of the grassland, and likes to pick open terrain for the night, and tonight is no exception. The whole camp is clear at a glance within a mile or two, and there is no obstruction.

Chen Lin said to Ding Yuan: "My lord, it's hard to get closer, it's dark and the distance is long, how can you tell if Qianghu uses wild croton?" Ding Yuan said decisively: "So far, even if Lord Chen's plan fails, he will have to do it, and I am a great man." Chen Lin thought about it, too, people were originally going to fight head-on, and now there are 500 foot soldiers to help. So Chen Lin was not ambiguous, and turned to Fang Yue: "Brother Dingguo, I want to kill Qianghu with my Han Jingqi, how about it?" Fang Yue laughed at the top of his voice: "How can there be no Fang Mou." ”

Ding Yuan saw that Chen Lin and the others were like this, and he liked it very much, so he got on the horse and ordered: "Get on the horse, the county lieutenant Zhao will lead the foot soldiers to rush and kill, and the sons of the state, let these Qianghu robbers taste our majesty, kill, and charge." Chen Lin was also enthusiastic, and rushed behind the neat ranks of the Bingzhou cavalry on his horse. I don't know what will happen to Qianghu on the other side.