Langya State is located at the junction of Qingdao and Xuzhou Prefectures, and has been under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou since the early Han Dynasty.

But a few years ago, Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, defeated Gongsun Zhan's Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai in Qingzhou, completely occupied Qingzhou, and went south to Langya to drive away the Qingzhou Yellow Turban entrenched here, and took Langya Kingdom into his hands.

Yuan Shao wrote to the imperial court and assigned Langya to Qingzhou, at that time, Li Dao and Guo Yan were still in control of the government, and they did not dare to offend Yuan Shao, who was becoming stronger and stronger, so he approved Yuan Shao's invitation in the name of the imperial court. Since then, the Langya State has been under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou and is under the rule of Yuan Tan, the assassin of Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan's number one strategist, Guo Tu, had a very good personal relationship with Fu Zhu, so he recommended Fu Zhu's son Fu Hu to serve as Langya's minister. Yuan Tan was very satisfied with the frustration who could not only govern the local area but also command the army, so he appointed him as the minister of Langya.

The mountains in Langya County are continuous, and then to the south is the Donghai Kingdom of Xuzhou, where the junction of the two states often has the activities of the Yellow Turban Yukou, so the garrison of Langya County is more than the general county, reaching the scale of more than 5,000 people, and often enters the mountains to clear out the thieves.

Since Lu Yi led troops from Hanoi into Cao Cao's territory, Yuan Mai was afraid that Tian Feng's letter would not be good, so he left Hao Zhao, Wang Shuang, Tian Chou and others to sit in Hanoi, and he brought Tian Feng and Zhou Cang to lead hundreds of light horsemen to Langya to meet the prime minister. Frustrated Hu is a student of Tian Feng, so he naturally treats his teacher and his party warmly, and is even more respectful to his son Yuan Mai.

While waiting for the return of Liyi and Zhang Liao in Langya, Yuan Mai sent various scouts to Xuzhou to inquire about the news. In the early morning of the day before yesterday, it was learned that Cao's army had captured Xiapi. And Koyi had already waved his army north to retreat in the direction of Langya, but tens of thousands of Cao troops were in hot pursuit.

Yuan Mai discussed with Tian Feng, borrowed 3,000 elite soldiers from Fu Hu, and brought Zhou Cang to the valley thirty-five or six miles south of Kaiyang in Langya to ambush, preparing to meet the returning Koyi Department and ambush Cao's army.

The continuous autumn rain finally dissipated, the autumn air was high and refreshing, and the sky was high and the clouds were light. From time to time, geese in the sky flew south, making a series of crisp chirps.

It is a valley more than ten feet wide, and the road is lined with mountains on both sides. The trees are luxuriant. Although the leaves of the trees have drifted away, the grass has withered and yellowed. But the half-foot tall dead grass is still very suitable for ambushes.

Yuan Jun scattered among the grass, and prepared bows and arrows, stones, and wood. Just waiting for the arrival of Cao Jun. A drum sounded. Launch an ambush.

From morning to noon, there was still no army coming, and Yuan Mai reminded the team to be vigilant. On the one hand, he continued to send scouts to find out the whereabouts of the team and the location of Cao's forwards.

Bored sitting on the pile of dry grass, Yuan Mai began to ponder the situation in Xuzhou, according to the development of history, Cao Cao captured Xiapi the day before yesterday, it is estimated that Lu Bu, the tiger, has been strangled at this moment, right? A generation of fierce generals has finally come to an end, which is a little regrettable.

In fact, in Yuan Mai's heart, he also thought about recruiting Lu Bu. Lu Bu, who is at the end of his rope, will not refuse in the face of the olive branch he throws, as long as there is a place to go, he definitely does not want to die. But after thinking about it, thinking about Lu Bu's capricious nature, Yuan Mai finally gave up this idea.

Liu Bei's two fierce generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, were still occupied by his magpie's nest and captured Xuzhou. If you really get him to Hanoi, maybe you will lure the wolf into the house. If this guy has a critical hit on any day, he will hang up if he can't get it, so it's better not to take this risk!

Besides, if Lu Bu is by his side, he will definitely make Zhang Liao difficult, and he will not die for himself. Therefore, after weighing it repeatedly, Yuan Mai still gave up the idea of encircling Lu Bu and let history continue to write the story of the Baimen Tower.

It's a pity that the scouts have heard limited information after all, but they only know that Cao Cao has captured Xuzhou, and they have not yet found out about Lu Bu's life and death. Detailed information is being collected, and it will take some time to know the specific situation.

"According to the trend of history, at this time, Lu Bu should have hung up!" Yuan Mai broke off a piece of dead grass from the ground, chewed it in his mouth, and muttered to himself, "By the way, I don't know what happened to Gao Shun and Chen Gong?" According to the development of history, Gao Shun and Chen Gong should also be hanging, right? ”

Thinking of Gao Shun and Chen Gong, Yuan Mai regretted it. Gao Shun's ability can be regarded as outstanding in this era, but unfortunately his fate is not good, and he mistakenly voted for Lu Bu, the unscrupulous lord; and loyalty, he would rather die than surrender, and finally died under Cao's saber. And Chen Gong is also an excellent thinker, because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's personality and followed Lu Bu, but unfortunately Lu Bu refused to adopt his opinion, and finally the three of them went to Huangquan together, which is really regrettable!

"It's a pity that these two people, if they can be collected together, it will definitely greatly increase the strength of our army, but it's a pity that these two people are very stubborn, I'm afraid that they have already gone to hell with Lu Bu at this moment!" Yuan Mai shook his head and sighed.

"Childe, you see someone passing by below." Just when Yuan Mai was full of melancholy, Zhou Cang called him softly, reminding someone passing by at the bottom of the valley.

Staring at it, I saw a carriage shuttling between the valleys, the horses were thin horses, and the carts were broken, showing the owner's down-and-out situation. The carriage was followed by two mules and horses, carrying two servants and some luggage.

In front of the carriage was a young man, dressed in a light blue robe and wrapped in a navy blue scarf, and he rode his horse slowly while chanting: "Pi Huang is gone, Pi Ji is a seedling." Who is this? Those who know me say that I am worried; Those who don't know me say what I want! Shaking his head, he looked like a scholar, unaware of the war that was about to happen.

Yuan Mai frowned slightly, and instructed Zhou Cangdao: "Send someone down immediately, inform the family to return to Langya, and then go south after the battle, if you meet Cao Bing, I'm afraid that you won't even be able to save your life!" ”

"No!"

Zhou Cang agreed, and was about to arrange manpower, when he suddenly heard a shout of killing from the south, so he stopped watching. I saw a group of rogues, about two or three hundred people, fifty or sixty horses in front, and more than 200 bandits in the back, under the banner of "Mount Tai", rushing and pounced on the carriage and the blue-robed soldiers.

"It's not good, I've met a thief, everyone run back!"

The blue-robed scholar was shocked, turned his horse's head, beckoned the coachman of the carriage to turn the carriage, and everyone ran towards Kaiyang.

It's just that the carriage is cumbersome, and before the coachman has time to turn around, he is surrounded by the cavalry of the thieves, and shouts in unison: "Put down the carriage, the belongings and the women, spare you from death, otherwise, just kill and bury!" ”

The blue-robed scholar turned over and dismounted, begging bitterly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I can leave the carriage and belongings to you, please let Xiaosheng and his family live, how about it?" ”

This thief is a small leader under Taishan Kou Changxuan, called Liang Zhu, who has been robbing houses and houses at the junction of the East China Sea and Langya, and robbing merchants who come and go. After listening to the words of the scholar, he said impatiently: "Grandpa is doing the business of robbing the house, do you think he is doing charity?" Spare the lives of your master and servant today, the net is already open, if you don't get out quickly, you will be hacked to death! ”

As he spoke, he rode his horse to the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked inside, and saw a young woman, about sixteen or seventeen years old, who was quite beautiful, and couldn't help laughing lewdly: "Wahaha...... Good Peugeot little lady, from today onwards, you are mine! ”

Yuan Mai saw it really on the top of the valley, waved his hand at Zhou Cang, and ordered: "Take a group of men and horses down the mountain to kill the bandits and save people!" ”

Zhou Cang has not yet moved, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves in the valley rises again, only to see more than a dozen horses galloping from north to south, all of them are young men, one by one under the crotch of the horse, holding a strong bow, hanging a quiver on their backs, rushing towards Taishan Kou.

Although there are only a dozen people, they are not afraid of more than 20 times more thieves. One by one, they took their bows and arrows and shot towards the Taishan thieves, only to hear the sound of the bowstrings, and all the responders fell off their horses, and shot more than a dozen bandits in an instant. rushed forward and protected the blue-robed scholar and his family servants in the center.

The first young man, about twenty-four or five years old, seven feet eight inches tall, dignified appearance, dressed in a gray suit, carrying a strong bow in one hand, and a stainless steel horse lance in the other hand pointed at the thief's head, and scolded: "Lang Lang Qiankun, even in broad daylight, dare to block the road and plunder, in my Langya territory, how can you be presumptuous!" ”

Liang Zhu saw that more than a dozen brothers had been shot and killed, and he bullied the other party, so he shouted angrily: "The brothers rushed up, hacked this group to death, robbed their horses, and avenged the dead brothers, which is also a big gain!" ”

The thieves listened to the order, shouted, brandished the swords and guns in their hands, and pounced on them, surrounding a dozen rangers and blue-robed warriors, masters and servants, intending to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

"The brothers will escort this gentleman and his family out first, and then come and break off!"

The young man with the lance rode forward, killed a thief who pounced on him, and gave orders to his brother behind him.

A few people had already agreed, picked up the blue-robed scholar and threw it on the carriage, brandished the knife and gun in his hand to resist the thief, and ordered the coachman to turn the head of the car and flee for his life to Kaiyang in the north.

"Hugh wants to let them get out of the way!" Liang Zhu waved the machete in his hand and commanded his subordinates to form an encirclement to prevent the other party from breaking through.

The two sides fought together, although more than a dozen rangers were skilled in martial arts, but the number was too small, and they had to protect the carriage, and it was difficult to break through for a while, although they assassinated more than 20 thieves and thieves, and one of them was also killed by a knife.

Seeing that a brother died under the thief's knife, the young man who used the horse lance was furious, his eyes were red, and he yelled: "Guo San, my brother has avenged you!" ”

After roaring, fighting to the death, a horse lance waved like a pear blossom in the sky, and in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen thieves were assassinated. The thief couldn't resist it, and he was killed directly in front of the beam, and there were three battles, and a lance stabbed the opponent's throat, knocked over the horse, and died with a whimper.

At this time, there was a shout on the valley, Zhou Cang had led three hundred officers and soldiers to kill, and the Taishan thieves saw that there were suddenly officers and soldiers killed, and their souls were scattered, and the leader was dead, and they were scattered. He left behind one hundred and forty or fifty corpses, and each fled for his life.

"Several, my son-in-law, please go up the mountain for a while!" After killing the thieves, Zhou Cang sent an invitation to the blue-robed scholars and the young men who made the horses, and invited them to go up the mountain to talk to Yuan Mai. (To be continued......)