In September of the eighth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, it was already the season of high autumn and the autumn harvest had just passed, which was a good time for the army to start up. As arranged by Qiao Ren, Fei Zhan accepted the positions of Zhonglang General and Du Lieutenant, and sent all the Yue people under his command down the mountain. Since this leader is a Han person, the 50,000 Yue people of Fei Zhan are more or less inclined to the Han court, and the degree of sinicization is very high. Therefore, Qiao Ren did not read the Li books alone like the previous Yue people, but included them in the household Qi people of each county. At the same time, Fei Zhan also streamlined the Yue warriors under his command, and selected 6,000 brave and obedient people to become his subordinates. Fei Zhan's subordinates already had some standard weapons and leather armor, and Qiao Ren didn't deliberately consume Fei Zhan's soldiers and horses, so Qiao Ren ordered the arsenal to also transport a batch of equipment to Fei Zhan, so that Fei Zhan finally succeeded in equipping more than 3,000 soldiers. Qiao Ren now personally brought the Dai Gang Department and the Gan Ning Department of the Right Battalion, plus Fei Zhan's 6,000 soldiers and horses, a full 13,000 troops were stationed at the foot of the mountain where Zu Xi was located.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, as before, Qiao Ren, together with the generals and strategists accompanying the army, was holding a pre-war meeting. This time, Qiao Ren didn't want to delay the war any longer, because the food in Xindu County was no longer enough, and the two military campaigns in a year could not be supported by a newly formed small county in Xindu. "Ladies and gentlemen. Everyone must know that this battle only needs to be won and not lost. And to settle the battle before the onset of winter. "It's not the first time that Qiao Ren has been the main general, and he is very familiar with speaking.

Pan Jun, who was the marching Sima, first said: "General. Now our soldiers are twice as many as the enemy, and whether it is General Gan's headquarters or General Fei's headquarters, when it comes to mountain warfare, they are stronger than Zuxi's men and horses. The only thing to worry about is that there are crossbow arrows provided by Cao Ying in Zuxi Mountain. ”

Hearing this, all the generals were thinking in their hearts. To tell the truth, Zu Xi's men and horses were all left by Zu Lang in the past who were unwilling to serve Sun Ce, and they were not too elite. Otherwise, the first force in Shanyue in the past would not have fallen to the third place in Xindu County, and the Yue people were poorly equipped, and the only one who bullied the Han army was only that the Han army was not very familiar with mountain warfare, but if they were familiar with mountain warfare like Shangfeizhan and Gan Ning, and their subordinates were a regular army composed of a mixture of mountain Han and Yue people, Zuxi's Yue warriors might have a victory rate of almost zero.

Qiao Ren thought for a while and said, "Unlikely. Cao Ying does not have a strong naval army, and the river is full of our military buildings, and contraband such as bows and crossbows cannot be transported. After a pause, Qiao Ren stood up with his sword and said: "The general has decided that the army will attack the mountain tomorrow." Where is Pan Jun? ”

Pan Jun replied: "In"

"Now, it's time for your subordinates to show off their work." Qiao Ren said with a smile

Pan Jun also smiled when he heard this: "Back to General, I have already corrected the three leaders under Zu Xi." Today, ten guides have been sent, and it is said that they will attack the mountain until they don't get lost; And when the army attacks the mountain, those three will open the gate of the village to welcome our army in. ”

Qiao Ren and Pan Jun's smiles were so cold in Fei Zhan's eyes, and he even wondered if he also had Qiao Ren's meticulous work in his army. This is also the reason why Qiao Ren and Pan Jun said these things in front of him, just to scare Fei Zhan. However, he didn't want to think about it, if it wasn't for Zu Lang still being there, and the Zu clan was basically still in Zu Lang's hands, would Pan Jun be able to rebel against the three leaders so easily? The ancestral clan of the Yue people has a close relationship with the ancestral family of Wu County, and the ancestor of the ancestral family of Wu County joined Sun Jian's army, and most of the ancestral clan also came out of Sun Ce. The relationship between this is easy to sort out, but Zu Xi is not self-sufficient, and wants to resist Sun Ce, and his fate can be imagined.

Just as Qiao Ren and the others were discussing in the big tent, a report came from outside the tent. A personal guard entered and said to Qiao Ren: "My lord, there is an envoy from Zu Xi outside the tent who asks to see you. ”

"Haha." Gan Ning smiled: "The battle has not yet been fought, so I surrendered." I knew this was the case, why did I go before? ”

Gan Ning, who didn't have a haircut and scratched it firmly, Dai Gang asked, "Brother, can you see it." ”

"Hmph." Qiao Ren's eyes flashed with a fierce color, "See what he did." Someone dragged the messenger out for me and beheaded him. ”

Dai Gang never thought that Qiao Ren would do such a desperate job, and suddenly felt that it was not appropriate: "Brother, the two armies will not fight each other." In the past, it was said that the old lord had Dong Thief to ask for marriage, but he only cut off one of his ears as punishment, and the big thief of Dong Thief's country only cut off his ears. Now the people of Yue...

Looking at Dai Gang, who was chattering, Qiao Ren also felt that it was not appropriate to change his words: "Then cut off one of his ears and let him bring a message to Ben General." Ben will only have the head of Zu Xi, and will never surrender. ”

"Brother, this is not appropriate. The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, so I was afraid that it would arouse Zu Xi's ambition to break the kettle. Dai Gang still felt that it was inappropriate.

This is, before Qiao Ren could speak, Pan Jun smiled and said to Dai Gang: General Dai is too worried. If Zu Xi had such determination, he would never have sent people here, and the king's move was to break the morale of the army. As he spoke, he saluted Qiao Ren again, "Fujun, it is better to send soldiers to shout in front of the mountain, and those who offer the head of Zuxi will be rewarded with money." ”

"Good!" Qiao Ren laughed when he heard this, "This is a big second." If you come, you will act according to what Master Pan said, and you will be responsible for Xingba. ”

"Well, a certain family loves to do this." In the past, when Gan Ning was a Jinfan thief, he shouted on the boat, and it was just right to hand it over to him.

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Early in the morning, Gan Ning and Fei Zhan were going to set off with their own troops and horses. Before leaving, Qiao Ren called Gan Ning aside and said in his ear: "Xingba, if there is a Yue person who wants to sacrifice Zu Xi's head, shoot him immediately." This kind of traitor seeking glory cannot be kept. Although Qiao Ren vowed to reward him, this was not the case. Although there is no loyalty in the troubled times, when things cannot be done, there is no big mistake in surrendering, such as Cao Wei's five good generals are not Cao Ying's starting team, and the five tiger generals of Shu Han have only one boss except Zhang Fei. But the traitor seeking glory is hated by others, and Cao Ying connived at Xu Chu to kill Xu You, which is the reason, and this kind of person cannot be kept.

That's why Qiao Ren asked Gan Ning, and Gan Ning was quite understanding. Gan Ning is a loyal and righteous person, and he is most unaccustomed to the seller's goods, which is why Qiao Ren only asked Gan Ning. It is said that it is please, but because in this kind of backsliding, it cannot be announced in the form of oral orders, but can only be privately pleased. After Fei Zhan and Gan Ning's army left, Qiao Ren was not idle, and Dai Gang each led a thousand soldiers, and repaired simple roadblocks and arrow towers on the main road at the time of going down the mountain to prevent fish from slipping through the net.

On the rugged mountain road, there is a white torrent moving fast. Gan Ning's subordinates are either Bashu people or local Yuedi Han people, and mountaineering is no problem. And the mountainous area where Fei Zhan is located is the steepest in the entire Xindu County, so the men under his command are not bad at climbing the mountain, and there are spies who are familiar with this place to lead the way. In less than two hours, he arrived at Zu Xi's cottage, just as Pan Jun expected, yesterday the messenger who cut off one ear returned to the village, and said Qiao Ren's words, and was slashed to death by the angry Zu Xi, and it was Yue Ren's simple words that he actually said in public, no wonder Zu Xi would slash him with a knife. After the night, Zu Xi couldn't sleep, for fear that as soon as he closed his eyes, someone would take his head and offer it to Qiao Ren.

Looking at the not tall village, Gan Ning began to think in his heart. And Fei Zhan on the side didn't dare to say much, he fought mostly in the wilderness, and he couldn't compare to a general like Gan Ning who was familiar with the art of war. "General Fei, this village is no more than a zhang high (about 2.3 meters in the Han Dynasty), and the Changge used in our army is almost the same, I want to hand over the bow and crossbow used to your department, use the crossbow in front of the village to use the crossbow on the village, shoot the soldiers in the village with a bow, do not seek to kill the enemy but only to attract all the enemies. I'm leading my headquarters sail over the wall from the flank. I don't know what General Fei thinks. Gan Ning was afraid that Fei Zhan would not understand, and he explained it in great detail.

Fei Zhan has nothing to do, so he loses less. "As General Gan said." When Gan Ning handed over all the bows and crossbows to his men, Fei Zhan turned to his soldiers and said, "Brothers, come with me. ”

When they got close to the wall, they started shooting. The Yue people were not good at using crossbow arrows, and the soldiers stationed on the wooden wall did not suffer much losses, but many of the bows and arrows that came to reinforce were wounded. Knowing that Qianzhai had been attacked, Zu Xi, who had a black eye, hurried over. "Quick, transfer all the soldiers in the village to prevent the enemy from breaking through the gate of the wall." A leader-like man shouted. At this time, Zu Xi found that something was wrong, "No, in case there are still enemy troops around, it will suffer." "But the leader's front village is almost unbearable, and judging from the density of arrows, there are tens of thousands of people." Indeed, Fei Zhan's 6,000 soldiers were indeed equipped with a number of bows and crossbows that only an army of tens of thousands of people had. "This" Zu Xi also felt that the little leader's words made sense, and the little leader still felt that the heat was not enough and said: "Chief, if there are too many arrows in the front village here, the brothers will not be able to go up the building. If this place is lost, there is nothing left to hold on to in the village. ”

"Alright! Quick, get everyone through the front door. In the end, Zu Xi still felt that this was safer, but he didn't know how much opportunity he created for Gan Ning.

"General, there's no one on the wall anymore. Why don't we attack first! After shooting Zu Xijun on the wall, Wu Jia, the captain under Fei Zhan, said. Fei Zhan glanced at the wooden wall full of arrows, and felt that it was also feasible, after all, there were only less than eight thousand in the village, and there were six thousand and fully equipped, but he was not afraid of him, "Okay." Someone quickly smeared the gate with oil, and we set it on fire. "There are no siege tools in the cottage, and there can only accommodate one person on the wooden wall, so it is better to burn the gate directly!

On a wooden wall on the left, there stood a group of soldiers wearing armor, with feathers on their heads and hanging bells on their waists, which were the Jinfan Army. "Look, General, the main entrance is on fire. Presumably General Fei was setting fire to the door. Gan Ning heard the words and saw that the fire at the main gate covered the sky. Although it is not clear why the defense on the flanks is so weak, Ganning is Ganning after all. "The little ones come with me, let these barbarians taste the power of the masters."

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