Qingdang Mountain, Deng Mao Cottage.

It is said that it is a cottage that really lifts Deng Mao, at best it is just a large simple shack covering the valley, even if it is Deng Mao's village owner's lobby, it is also windy, cold and biting, if it is not for the huge fire in the center of the lobby, it can simply freeze people.

In the spring of the second year of Zhongping (185 AD), the snow in the mountains began to melt, and it was the coldest time of the year.

A huge clay pot was set on the fire, the heat rose from the clay pot, the smell of horse meat and wild vegetables filled the hall, and in order to welcome Ma Yue's arrival, Deng Mao specially slaughtered a war horse. Deng Mao is the kind of man with one intestine, which is completely consistent with his appearance, such a person has a surname and only admires true heroes, so his admiration for Eight Hundred Liukou and Ma Yue is from the heart, and there is no falsehood.

Ma Yue was not polite, pulled out the dagger from the leg gang, cut a large piece of boiled horse meat in the clay pot, and was about to send it to his mouth, but suddenly found that there were a lot of "bandits" gathered around Dazhai, most of these "bandits" are children and women, as well as a few old people, everyone is ragged, with vegetables, looking at the horse meat in Ma Yue's hands, his eyes have revealed a greedy look.

Ma Yue swallowed the horse meat viciously into his mouth, chewed it in a big gulp, and the three people who were sitting next to Ma Yue, Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, and Zhou Cang also did the same, each cut a large piece of horse meat, and devoured it, speaking of which, even a leader like them had not eaten a full meal for several days.

A sigh of disappointment sounded around Dazhai, and even Deng Mao looked at the rapidly decreasing horse meat in the crockpot, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, in fact, ...... Deng Mao hadn't tasted meat for three months. Ma Yue turned a blind eye to all this and feasted with peace of mind. In a troubled world, the overflow of compassion will only make people die faster, and only if the heart is ruthless and hard enough can they live to the end!

Cao Ying's guy even eats human flesh, but he is a peerless hero who will go down in history!

Ma Yue's four people were like a whirlwind and clouds, and soon wiped out a large jar of horse meat, leaving only a place of broken bones and ruins. Satisfied, Ma Yue said to Deng Mao while picking his teeth with a dagger: "Deng Da is in charge, the cottage doesn't seem to be very easy?" ”

Deng Mao sighed and said gloomily: "Since the defeat of Bo Shuai, the villain took thousands of brothers to Qingdang Mountain and fell into the grass, and at first he lived a leisurely life, from time to time he went down the mountain to rob his house and rob his house, and he was happy to grow grain in the mountains in his spare time. But a few years ago, Zhao Qian's old thief didn't know where to recruit a dog-headed military division, this guy is so powerful, the brothers have suffered a big loss several times when they go down the mountain, and thousands of brothers have almost lost everything, only six hundred are left, and then there are mountains full of old and young women and children, alas~~"

Ma Yue patted Deng Mao's shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, Deng Da is in charge, in a few days, I will ensure that the brothers in Qingdangshan will enter the city to eat fragrant food and drink spicy food!" ”

Deng Mao said excitedly: "The leader of Ma Da once captured Nanyang County Zhiwan City with a mere 800 people, this matter is known to the world, and the villain and the elite soldiers in the village are willing to drive. ”

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Very good, in this way, you can take all the grain stored in the mountains for our soldiers to have a full meal, wait for the spirit to be sufficient, and then make plans after meeting Liao Hua and Peng Tuo." ”

Deng Mao arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

When Deng Mao was about to go to make arrangements, there were suddenly bandits in front of him hurriedly came to report, and Liao Hua, the big boss of Qingniuping, and Peng Tuo, the big boss of Baihulin, led the crowd to vote.

"Oh, so fast?"

Deng Mao's eyes showed a look of surprise, the people he sent out had just set off, why did the two of them lead the crowd here? In terms of time, it shouldn't be so fast.

"I'm afraid I'm going to be defeated." Ma Yue's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a deep voice, "Guan Hai! ”

"Yes."

"Command, all the brethren have a full meal, hurry up and rest, and soon a bad battle will be fought!"

Guan Hai Senran said: "Obey!" ”

Deng Mao looked at Guan Hai in a daze, turned around and left proudly, and asked sneeringly, "Big leader, is this...... You're on your way!? ”

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Deng Da is in charge, not to go on an expedition, but to face the battle, as expected, Zhao Qian's old thief is afraid that he has already exhausted the elite of Yingchuan and came to attack Qingdang Mountain." ”

……

Yingchuan County, a radius of only a few hundred miles, the area is not as large as Nanyang County 41, but the population in the heyday has reached millions, which shows the dense population and the prosperity of the society at that time. In the first year of Zhongping, Yingchuan first suffered a major drought, and then encountered a locust plague, and the people had no harvest.

And Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun led the army to quell the rebellion, wantonly killed the Yellow Turban rebels, a large number of innocent people suffered from the pond fish, the war subsided, the livelihood of Yingchuan County withered, and the people went to one of them.

However, the official army of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun only defeated Bocai's Yellow Turban Army, and did not kill all the Yellow Turban thieves, and when the Han army retreated, the remnants of the Yellow Turban revived, or gathered in the mountains and forests, occupied the mountains as kings, or built a dock fort to resist the imperial court, and the entire Yingchuan fell into chaos.

Yingchuan Taishou Zhao Qian led the army to crusade everywhere, without any achievements, and then obeyed the strategy of the long history Guo Tu, first easy and then difficult, one by one to break, to the spring of the second year of Zhongping, most of the remaining yellow turbans in Yingchuan County have been leveled, only the mountains and dense forests at the junction of Yingchuan and Nanyang are still entrenched in Deng Mao, Liao Hua and Peng Tuo and other three of the most tenacious thieves, although Deng Mao and others are stubbornly resisting, but they are already at the end of the road, and the destruction is only in the morning and night.

……

Zhao Qian was dressed in military uniform, straddling a horse, staring deeply at the mountains in front of him, the mountains were lonely, birds and beasts were extinct, and there was a slaughter between heaven and earth.

This is the last battle against the bandits.

The surrendered envoy had been up the mountain for a full hour, but there was no response in the mountain for a long time, and Zhao Qian said in a dark voice: "It seems that the thieves are ready to resist to the end." ”

Guo Tu rode forward lightly and said, "This is expected, the surrender is not really for the sake of surrender, but actually to break the determination of the thieves to resist. ”

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "The public rule is very good, and it is expected to be successful." ”

The voice fell, a burst of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the mountain beam in front of him, and after a while, a war horse came down from the mountain road, the sound of hooves was obtained, and he came straight to the Han army formation, and a Han knight was riding on horseback, and a gust of wind blew by, and the knight's shoulder was hunting, and the shoulder was empty, and the head was gone.

Zhao Qian's eyes suddenly showed a cold light, this knight was clearly the messenger sent up the mountain.

"Roar~~"

A very loud roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests ahead, like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, which could be heard for ten miles! The soldiers of the Han army who were waiting for the battle looked sideways, and a big man had appeared at the edge of the dense forest at some point, holding a single knife in his right hand, and holding a human head high above the top in his left hand, waving fiercely, waving, and roaring hoarsely.

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

An even louder roar sounded in a deep voice, and hundreds of thieves and thieves emerged one after another, gradually gathering behind the leader of the big man, following the example of the big man, frantically waving all kinds of strange weapons in his hands, shouting and demonstrating to the Han army hundreds of paces away in every way imaginable.

The Han soldiers were waiting for the battle, their expressions were indifferent, and they turned a blind eye to this scene, only the cold wind blew through their pitch-black iron armor, and let out a dull low howl.

Guo Tu frowned and said in a low voice: "This gang of bandits is really tenacious. ”

"Then let these ignorant thieves perish with the grass and trees of Qingdang Mountain." Zhao Qian's face turned cold, and he shouted, "Start attacking!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

Lieutenant Yingchuan, who was standing next to Zhao Qian, put his helmet on his head, and then roared violently.

"Drumming and trumpet~~"

"Woo~~"

"Knock knock~~"

"Archer ~~Ready~~"

"Sword and Shield Hand ~~ Forward~~"

The sound of trumpets and war drums suddenly rang out, and the air in the mountains and forests suddenly became blazing.

The sound of weapons clash and armor grinding became loud, and the archers, who had been sitting on the ground resting, stood up one after another, quickly lined up in a neat line under the shouts of the officers, nervously began to examine the arrows in the quiver, and then unloaded the longbow on their backs and held it in their hands.

"The Han army is mighty!"

Captain Yingchuan raised his arms and roared.

"The Han army is mighty!"

"The Han army is mighty!"

The soldiers of the Han army shouted in unison.

In the sound of neat and loud trumpets, a thousand sword and shield men took neat steps, stepped on the cold and damp ground, rolled forward, and when they were a hundred steps away from the edge of the dense forest, the officer's order, the footsteps of the Han army sword and shield hands stopped abruptly, and thousands of shields slammed into the ground at the same time, and instantly built a cold wall. The dense tip of the knife emerged from the gap in the shield, flashing the cold light of death, and the herald waved the command flag forward, and the thousand archers who were ready trotted forward, and began to draw their bows and arrows under the cover of the shield array, and one after another the cold arrows were already aimed at the dark void.

……

In the depths of the dense forest, a horse slowly moved forward, the horse leaped across the horse and crossed the knife, and the expression was frosty, this is the first battle after stepping into Yingchuan, which is not only related to the life and death of the Qingdang Mountain bandits, but also the life and death of the eight hundred Liukou, only victory, not defeat! The sound of the war horses came and went, and the eight hundred Liukou rode out of the dense forest one after another, gradually converging behind the horses, and slowly spreading out to the two wings, gradually forming an irregular fan.

……

"Wow~~"

On the mountain beam, at the edge of the dense forest, Deng Mao glanced at the deep jungle behind the left, and a trace of cold murder flashed in his eyes, and his howl intensified.

"Wow~~"

The bandits howled in response.

A sneer bloomed at the corner of Zhao Qian's mouth, what was the use of screaming louder? Could it be that the Han army will still hear the howl of the bandits and retreat? Soon, these arrogant bandits should be scurrying around the mountains like rabbits, he has seen too many scenes like this, and this time will certainly not be an exception!

"Yo~"

The captain of the Han army raised his right arm, and a thousand archers mechanically pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver and put it on the string, and then raised the longbow with both arms, and in the crunching bowstring, the longbow had been pulled into the shape of a full moon, and the first archer had a cold expression, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at the void in front of him without any emotion.

"Arrow~~"

"Huh~~"

"Huh~~"

The captain of the Han army gave an order, a thousand archers released their right hands at the same time, and the bowstring sounded, a piercing roar pierced the sky, and a thousand wolf arrows with a cold killing machine flew to the top of the thief array in an instant, and then fell viciously like raindrops, and the black rain almost covered the entire sky.

Deng Mao raised his head, his eyes widened, and he stared viciously at the "rain" falling from the sky, and there was an inexplicable cold stirring in his eyes, these damn Han soldiers always have an absolute advantage in equipment.

Suddenly, a miserable howl rushed into the night, and the poor bandits had neither shields nor armor to protect themselves, so they could only use their flesh and blood to resist the ravages of arrows, and the results can be imagined.

"Uh~~"

A terrible howl was close at hand, and a thief fell to the ground with a wail, his limbs twitching, and a sharp feathered arrow pierced through his left eye, piercing the entire skull and out of the back of his head, and a drop of crimson liquid dripped down the sharp and cold arrow, seeping into the cold and damp ground in an instant.

"Tuk~"

A muffled sound sounded from behind Deng Mao, and when he looked back, a thief happened to move a broken wooden plank from his head to the front, only to see that a feather arrow had been deeply pierced into the plank, and the arrow feather Wu trembled. The bandit was rejoicing when another sharp feathered arrow rained down from the sky and pierced his throat with precision and ruthlessness. The muscles of the bandit's face began to twist sharply, and great pain was enveloping him, but he could no longer make a sound, and his hands were stretched out, trying to pull out the damn feathered arrow, but he couldn't do it until he died.

"Servant!"

The bandit fell straight down, his eyes wide open, his eyes gradually distracted, and he quickly threw himself into the arms of death.

Zhao Qian finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, this is the bandit he is familiar with, this familiar scene has been staged many times, and until today, it continues to be staged, these bandits have not learned a lesson at all, they are still the same ignorant and easy to deal with.

Behind Zhao Qian, Guo Tu also looked gloomy, but he was proud in his heart. First shooting with a longbow and then with infantry is only the most basic tactic in the war book, but if it were not for him Guo Tu, Zhao Qian might never have thought of it.

At the edge of the dense forest, the entire thief array was already in chaos, and the helpless thieves were running and fleeing in all directions, trying to avoid the terrifying arrow rain, but this was in vain, the coverage of the arrow rain was quite extensive, so people were constantly crucified to the ground, and the originally dense and considerable thief array soon thinned out a lot.

"Stop firing arrows~~"

Under the order of the captain of the Han army, the archers finally stopped the mechanical action of holding their bows and arrows, and each breathed a sigh of relief, and it also required a lot of physical strength to pull the bow continuously, and it was not as easy as people imagined to be an elite archer.

"Infantry ~~~ Advance ~~"

Although the archers' shooting was over, the Han army's attack had just begun, and with the order of the commander, 2,000 light infantry who had been waiting for a long time had already rushed up from the rear like a tide, and they were all over the mountains and fields towards the thieves at the edge of the dense forest. In the eyes of Zhao Qian and Guo Tu, this battle has actually ended, after experiencing the baptism of arrow rain just now, the will to resist of the bandits on the opposite side has already been frozen and disintegrated, and the two thousand infantry only need to rush up to clean up the mess.

"Whew~~"

Zhao Qian let out a long sigh of relief, turned his head to Guo Tu beside him and said, "The public rule, Yingchuan is determined." ”

Guo Tu smiled slightly, and said flatteringly: "Congratulations, congratulations, Congratulations, the position of Yuzhou Assassin is none other than an adult." ”

Zhao Qian stroked the willow whiskers under his chin, and was very proud in his heart.

……

In the middle of the jungle.

Ma Yue stretched out his greedy tongue, slowly licking from the blade of the thick-backed steel knife, the cold touch came from the tip of his tongue, making Ma Yue's whole person's consciousness clear, looking through the sparse woods, the edge of the dense forest was already in chaos, the bandits who survived the baptism of the Han army's arrow rain were regrouping, and on the opposite gentle slope, thousands of Han infantry were covering up all over the mountains, the flag was fluttering, the sword was dazzling, and the momentum was quite terrifying.

Ma Yue gently pulled the reins of the horse, turned around, and his cold gaze swept over each rogue, and everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Ma Yue. There is no need for words to motivate, nor to roar hoarsely, the eight hundred liukou are like a group of cruel and murderous wolves, and Ma Yue is the head wolf who controls the wolf pack!

The head wolf only needs to stand high under the moon, and all the wild wolves will follow behind the head wolf and launch a desperate attack on the prey!

"Drink."

Ma Yue shouted softly, turned the horse's head, the war horse slowly advanced with broken steps, behind Ma Yue, eight hundred Liukou rode forward at the same time, slowly followed, the sound of the war horse's nose sounded into a piece, startled the birds several lines, flapping their wings and flying into the distance.

"Drink!"

Ma Yue shouted angrily, his legs clamped the horse's belly hard, the war horse suddenly raised his head and neighed in pain, let go of the four hooves and began to accelerate, behind Ma Yue, the eight hundred Liukou also began to accelerate, thousands of iron hooves knocked heavily on the earth, and in a trance, the whole forest was trembling slightly.

"Drink ha~~"

Ma Yue roared hoarsely, his eyebrows were hideous, his eyes were burning, and the cold thick-backed steel knife had been raised high, reflecting the dark void.

(To be continued)