The main road in Changshan Country is in the north-south direction, because the west of the county is mountainous, so after the camp was pulled out of the camp in the west of the county, Wen Chou and others walked mostly on the small road, and after this closed mountain, there was a good road to go in front of it

Wen Chou stationed his horse, raised his whip and pointed to the south side of the closed mountain, and said: "Tell the various departments, go from there, bypass the closed mountain and continue westward."

Although the mountain is steep and rocky, it is flat in its pángbiān, which can be cultivated, and the mountain is very close to Luancheng County, and the mountain is not big, so there is no need to go into the mountain to suppress bandits, and the flat area next to the tōngguò mountain goes around the west

The herald took the order and left

Wen Chou and Xun Yu, Yuan, Rong, Xu Rong, Cen Zhudianwei, Li Diandian, Wei and others drove their horses to the foot of Fengshan, dismounted and walked up the mountain

It rained for days, the soil on the hillside was poured soft and muddy, and it was a pit under the foot, and there were stones under the soil from time to time, but these stones were washed down by the rain from the mountain and buried by the soil washed down later, it was very difficult to walk, Xun Yu was careless, stepped on a stone hidden in the mud, and almost stopped his foot, but Xu Rong was quick and helped him

By the time they reached the top of the mountain, their black lacquered shoes and the hems of their robes were covered with mud

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking eastward, you can faintly see Luancheng County

Looking down to the south, it is a relatively gentle hilly wilderness, and nearly 2,000 righteous riders are marching forward in turn on the orders of Wen Chou, passing through it and marching westward

Looking to the west, it is an endless mountain range, in the misty morning light, these distant mountains are black and oppressive, wave after wave, undulating, like an angry sea

Xu Rongyao pointed to the mountains to the west. Said: "This is the West Mountain"

From the closed mountain to the west, the west mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, directly to the Taihang Mountain

I don't know how many thieves and bandits are hidden in the hundreds of miles of the western mountains, if you want to ask them about the specific distribution of their numbers, not to mention Wen Chou and others, even these thieves in the mountains are probably not qīngchǔ Huang Haired Department is the largest of them. Wen Chou had already inquired about qīngchǔ, zhīdào, and his hiding place was in a mountain range about forty or fifty miles west of Fengshan

Wen Chou looked at the mountains to the west, trying to find the mountain where Huang Fei was hiding, but because there were too many mountains near and far, he couldn't tell which one was he turned to Xu Rong: "Chen Jun, can you tell which is the mountain where Huang Fei is hiding?" ”

Xu Rong shook his head and said, "It's too far away, and there are too many mountains, so you can't see it here."

"Tell me about the specific situation of the yellow hair's hiding place."

"Yes....... The hiding place of Huang Fei is called Luling, the mountain is more than 200 zhang high, covers an area of more than 20 miles, the left is Shimen Mountain, the right is Tenglong Ridge, and then it is precipitous, the wall stands steeply, there is no way to go. There is only a mountain road leading to the mountain in front of the mountain."

The shíhòu, who had just gone up the mountain, was covered with mud on the bottom of the black lacquered shoes. The walk is heavy

Wen Chou found a stone, walked to the side, raised his foot to scrape the soil at the bottom of his shoes, and sighed while scraping: "Although the mountain is steep, you can go up the mountain on all sides." Compared to the Luling Ridge, which only has one side to enter the mountain, it is not too steep, Rao is so, the mountain road is already difficult to walk, just now when he went up the mountain, Wen Ruo was almost slipped by a stone, so he didn't róngyì go up to the mountain. The bottom of this shoe is also covered with mud, and it is difficult to walk, let alone fighting...... Wen Ruo, Gongzai, the battle of Luling in the coming day may be a hard battle."

Xun Yu Yuan's honor is so

Wen Chou smiled and asked Xu Rong: "Chen Jun, you are familiar with the shape of the Luling Mountain, because I made you and Junchang as the front, and you have the confidence to complete the task of our department's first attack on the mountain this time?" ”

Junchang is Guo Jia, and there are two advantages to Guo Jia and Xu Rong as pioneers, one is that the two Xintun led by them are composed of bandits from Toucheng and strong soldiers from Luancheng County, all of whom are familiar with mountain fights; One is that Xu Rong is a native of Luancheng County, familiar with the topography of Luling, although Guo Jia is not from Luancheng County, but he is not a native of Zhao County, and he is no stranger to the mountainous area

However, there is also a drawback, that is: although those bandits and the strong soldiers of Luancheng County have not been on the battlefield, most of them have seen blood before, or they have fought with the county guards of Shou County, or they have fought with the robbers of Montenegro and the Kou who plundered down the mountain, but in the end, Xintun, which has not been formed for a long time, only probably has the military law, and there is still a lack of formal drills

Xu Rong served as the pavilion chief under Yao Sheng's hands for several years, although he got the name of talent, but he had no way out, he traveled to the pavilions in the county, and once he got into the eyes of Wen Chou, he was promoted to the official of the lieutenant's mansion, and he had already saved the ardent desire to repay Wen Chou for meritorious service to be promoted again, and when he heard Wen Chou ask him, he replied without hesitation: "Yes!" ”

The answer to the word "have" was categorical, Wen Chou mǎnyì nodded, looked at the troops marching south of the mountain, saw that half of them had bypassed the southern foot of the mountain, and said to Xun Yu Yuan's Rong people: "I'll wait to go down the mountain."

The morning sun erupted from the eastern sky, and the top of the mountain suddenly brightened

Yuan Shirong looked back at the sky in the east, the red glow, and looked far to the west, the mountains were black and reckless, and said: "You can go to Luling tomorrow night at the latest, and you can launch an attack the morning after tomorrow at the latest."

……

In the Luling Mountains, Huang Hu got the military report and urgently summoned his subordinates

Being able to break out of the heavy encirclement of Huangfu Song from Julu County and escape to the mountains of Changshan Country, Huang Hu still has some ability, unlike Zuo Xu, who mainly relies on his own ability

Huang Hair is a nickname, his real name is Qian, his big name is called Huang Qian, and he is forty years old this year

He is good at using iron spears, famous for his bravery in the Montenegrin army, not only brave, but also his calm personality, can win the public, in the early years in the countryside he was willing to give, Zhou is anxious to help the poor, there is a ranger style, after joining the Montenegro, he is generous and does not love money, and has a good reputation in the army

Yongwu has a good reputation, and his appearance is also very good, with a dignified appearance and a beautiful beard, just like Guan Yu was called "髯" yīyàng by Zhuge Liang because of his beautiful beard, and his nickname "髯" was also derived from his beautiful beard

The thousands of Black Mountain soldiers who fled with him to Luling in Xishan were mostly his villagers, although they were defeated troops, but they were far stronger than Zuosu's troops in terms of military cohesion

The Luling mountain is steep, and the mountain road is narrow and difficult to walk. However, on the top of the hill, there was a large open space, enough for nearly 10,000 people to be stationed, and they were camped on the top of the hill in a hastily built hut, and Huang Hu held a military meeting with the subordinate officers who came one after another

"The eyeliner planted outside the mountain came to report, saying that the Xun thief led two thousand horsemen to attack my mountain"

Huang Hai's words fell to the ground, and there was an uproar in the hut

There was surprise: "Xun thief is coming?" ”

There was a horror: "Oops." I'll go down the mountain and retreat."

There was a surprise: "Just as he was about to avenge the great sage and good teacher, he took the initiative to send it to the door?" ”

Huang Fei coughed, suppressed the chaotic voice, looked around at everyone, and said: "Xun thief is a famous general under the command of Huangfu Song, after arriving in Changshan Kingdom, he ambushed the left whisker not long ago, and he is really a great enemy of our way!" Now he is coming with great momentum, not to be underestimated"

Everyone said: "Yes"

"What do you think we should do to meet the enemy? Is it a war? Is it to go? Let's talk about it."

Some of them proposed to abandon the mountain and flee. There are proposals to go down the mountain to counterattack, but there are different opinions, and finally ask Huang Fei to decide

Huang Fu had already made up his mind, and said at the moment: "There are mountains around Luling, and we are from other counties, and we are not familiar with the surrounding geographical mountains, so we abandon the mountains and retreat, and only two Xia Chao are either confused in the mountains." Either the military spirit is in turmoil, no matter which one of them is superordinate, etc., they will die without a burial. In my opinion, it is absolutely impossible to abandon the mountain."

He analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and me, and said: "Although there are few people and horses in our department, only a thousand people, but there are not many parts brought by Xun thieves, and it is only 2,000 paces to ride. The mountains are difficult to walk, and the cavalry he brought with him are not used when attacking the mountains, and all he can use is that the infantry of less than 2,000 men can attack my army of 1,000 men with less than 2,000 foot soldiers, and in my opinion, it is not easy for him to win."

Ponder it. Feeling that Huang Hai was right, the few people who shouted earlier to abandon the mountain and run away also changed their opinions, and they all nodded in agreement

"It is not feasible to abandon the mountain and retreat, but it is not feasible to counterattack down the mountain, and the counterattack down the mountain is equivalent to giving up the geographical advantage in my mountain, the troops of the Xun thieves are the elite who have gone through fierce battles, and they fight on the flat ground under the mountain, and our department will win against all odds, so the best policy should be to hold on to the mountain"

"What the general said is very true!"

"Although there are only a thousand people in our department, they are all young and strong, there are no women and children, they can all go into battle to kill the enemy, as long as we wait for thousands of people to work together, take advantage of the mountain shape to take advantage of me, and fight to the death, this battle, maybe we can still win! As long as we can win this battle, or even if we don't win, as long as we can force the Xun thief back, we will be able to gain a foothold in Changshan Country! In the spring of the next year, let's occupy Huangyuling again, operate with heart, and wait for three years and five years, no matter how much Changshan Country is said, but the mountains in the west of Changshan Country are all our world! ”

One of the people in the seat flattered and said: "Huang Yuling has the same surname as the general, and it is secretly the 'yellow' of Huang Tianzhi, and the mountain range north of Luling is also known as Tenglong, which is also an auspicious omen!" In the villain's humble opinion, this is clearly Huang Tian predicting the general: Luling will be the general's dragon, and Huangyuling will be the general's root base.

The yellow-haired beard stroked his beard and laughed

In the evening of the next day, Wen Chou led his troops to arrive at the foot of Luling Mountain

At the foot of the mountain, a relatively open valley was selected as a place to camp, and Wen Chou waited to look at the mountain of Luling from a close distance

The mountains are covered, the twilight is dark, the mountains are far and near, the Luling in front of you is towering and high, a path winds from the foot of the mountain to the mountain road is not wide, and the widest part can only accommodate two people in parallel, both sides are rocks and shrubs, at first it is quite gentle, and when it reaches the mountainside, it suddenly becomes dangerous, and then up, the road is covered by shrubs and rocks, and it is not qīngchǔ to see that the chapter of the novel is updated the fastest

Zhao Yun, Li Dian, Liu Qingqing, Wei Dongzhi, He Yi, Li Xuan, Xu Rong, and Zhu will follow in Wen Chou

Dong Zhi was steady, looking up at the dangerous mountain road, his face changed color slightly, and said: "If a thief has a hundred crossbowmen, lying on the mountainside, shooting at a high height, then even if I have thousands of troops and horses, it will be difficult for me to go up a step."

Li Dian said: "There are only a thousand thieves, and there are a hundred crossbowmen in difficulty, and at most there can be twenty or thirty strong bows and crossbows."

He Yi and Li Xuanjun are generals, familiar with the inside affairs of the Montenegrin Army, and agree with Li Dian's opinion

In the ambush of Zuo Xu, Li Xuan had a conflict with Li Dian, he glanced at Li Dian, and méiyǒu spoke

He Yi nodded and said: "Jiang Jun is right, a good bow and a good crossbow are not easy to obtain, and the Yellow Bearded Department is a defeated army, and it fled to Luling in a hurry. There are definitely not many strong bows and crossbows."

Xun Yu, Yuan, Rong, Guo Jiacen, Li Xuan, etc. also followed on the side

Xun Yu said: "There may not be many thieves' bows and crossbows, but they need to be prevented from pushing stones and trees down from the mountain."

The mountain road is already very narrow, and if the yellow-haired troops push stones and logs down from above, the attacking soldiers will definitely suffer heavy casualties

Wen Chou originally planned to let the soldiers rest for one night and attack the mountain again tomorrow morning, but after seeing the danger of the Luling mountain shape. Changing his original plan, he pondered for a moment and said: "Uncle Zhiwen is very worried about ......, our department has come from afar, Huang Hu must have received the message, and he must be ready, if he waits until tomorrow to launch an attack, even if he wins, the casualties will definitely be not small."

Yuan Shirong asked, "What does the lieutenant mean?" ”

"I'm going to attack early!"

Guo Jia clapped his hands and said, "Our department has walked the mountain road for two days. As soon as I arrived at the bottom of the mountain, it was about to get dark, and Huang Tou couldn't have imagined that our troops would attack the mountain overnight! Sun Ziyun: 'Attack it unprepared, surprise it', even this intention is also the lieutenant's plan is very good! ”

Yuanshi Rong frowned and said: "Attacking the mountain tonight is a surprise, but 'attacking with labor' is a taboo for soldiers."

Since the Wenchou Department left Yuanshi County, they marched for several days and walked the mountain road for two days in a row. The soldiers weren't too tired, but they weren't in the best shape right now. Looking at the yellow hair department on the other hand, they are sitting and waiting to guard the mountain, in contrast, the Wen Chou Department is "fighting with labor".

Wen Chou smiled: "Otherwise, although our department has been marching for days, the yellow-haired department can never be called a 'Yi' word."

Yuan's glory fell. Then he came to his senses and said, "The lieutenant is saying: The yellow hair is in the mountains? ”

"Yes, a few days ago, the mountains were still freezing, and the yellow hair was short of food and clothing. Their morale and combat strength must have dropped long ago, and they are a defeated army, and now that I am attacking, maybe the army has already panicked."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Lieutenant Company Commander, last month he ambushed the formation and cut off the left beard, but our morale is high, with my 'high' to hit the other 'panic', although our department came from afar, although he is waiting to guard the mountain, but it is not difficult for our department to win."

Wen Chou turned to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, what do you think?" ”

Xun Yu thought for a while, and said: "It is true that as the lieutenant said, the military spirit of the thief department should be unstable, and it is okay to attack the mountain tonight."

Wen Chou immediately issued an order, ordering all departments to take a break as soon as possible, and asked the man to bury the pot and cook, and wait until the fourth watch tonight to start attacking the mountain

There are two reasons for choosing the fourth watch to attack the mountain, one is that it is just evening, and there are still several hours before the fourth watch tonight, and there are enough shíjiāns for the soldiers to recover their energy and physical strength; One is that the fourth watch is the most sleepy shíhòu, the Wen Chou Department is stationed at the foot of the mountain with nearly 2,000 paces, and the guards on the mountain will not be able to rest well tonight, and the nàme will be tired when the fourth watch is coming, which is beneficial to the Wen Chou Department

In order to mislead the guards in the mountain and prevent them from seeing that their army had the intention of attacking the mountain tonight, Wen Chou ordered Zhao Yun to take his cavalry to cut down trees and take stones on all sides, pretending to build a camp for a long time

In order to prevent the guards in the mountains from sneaking down the mountain tonight, Wen Chou ordered Dong Zhi and Li Xuan to take a soldier to guard outside

……

Wen Chou has not yet entered the West Mountain, Huang Hu got the information, and now Wen Chou led nearly 2,000 steps to the bottom of the mountain, Huang Hu knew that he had sent a few capable soldiers to sneak to the foot of the mountain, watching the actions of Wen Chou

These soldiers watched for a long time, until night fell, then one of them returned to the mountain, reported to Huang Yan, and said: "After the Xun thief arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he first brought some people to watch the mountain, and then immediately ordered the soldiers to build a camp, and then divided a group of soldiers to guard outside."

A black-faced handsome man said, "Ordering the soldiers to build a camp? ......, this must be the Xun thief who saw that Luling was steep and difficult to win quickly, so he made a plan to attack for a long time."

Huang Fei thought so, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that the Xun thief actually divided a group of soldiers to guard outside, otherwise we would have gone down the mountain tonight to sneak attack!" ”

"Although it is a pity that you can't go down the mountain to sneak attack, but anyway, you can sleep well tonight, and you can raise enough jīngshén, so that the Xun thief will attack the mountain tomorrow!"

"Xun thieves are cunning, but we can't be careless tonight, order the guards on the mountainside, tell them to fight jīngshén, in case Xun thieves attack at night"

The caution of the yellow hair, the little marshals present disagreed, the army of the Wen Chou Department for a few days in a row, is a "labor army", and the mountain battle is not as good as the field battle, with the danger of Luling, it is not easy to climb and attack during the day, let alone at night? Most of the marshals believed that Wen Chou would never launch an offensive tonight, but Huang Hair's prestige in the army was very high, and they also spoke out against Huang Hair's order

There are not many people in the yellow-haired department. There were only nearly 1,000 people, and in order to concentrate his forces on defense, he gave up the mountain road in the lower half of the Luling Ridge, and mainly arranged two lines of defense, one on the mountainside, where the mountain road changed from gentle to dangerous. Or I don't dare to say that one husband is the key to ten thousand people, but it is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the other is in the dìfāng that is almost to the top of the mountain, the rúguǒ mountainside is broken through, and the second line of defense is the place of death

His order was soon spread to the mountainside

There were 300 guards on the mountainside, including 20 crossbowmen, and the rest were ordinary foot soldiers

Huang Fei sent people to clear the shrubs and rocks here on the mountainside in advance, and used trees and stones as barriers to build three barriers on the mountain road. Each barrier was fifty paces apart, and each had a hundred people guarding the mountain road in front of the first barrier, and placed a messy wood and stone, and dug a lot of pits, which was to dissipate energy to cause trouble for the attack of the Wenchou Department

……

At night on the third watch, the scout who lurked up the mountain returned to the Wenchou Department and reported to Wenchou: "The thieves are fortified on the mountainside, and there are three fortifications in front and back. Each base is spaced fifty paces apart, and each is guarded by about 100 men. Pile up wood and stones on the mountain road before the first base, and dig a pit"

Wen Chou saw that the mountain road was dangerous and narrow, and at this time, he heard the specific defensive deployment of the Yellow Hair Department, and he already had a prediction that it would not be easy to attack the mountain this time, and he confirmed this idea at this time, although he thought so in his heart. With a silent face, he smiled at Xun Yu Yuanshi Rong and the others, and said: "It's a barrier again, it's a pile of wood and stones digging a pit, and the yellow-haired old thief wants to fight to the death with my department!" ”

Huang is 40 years old. is nearly 20 years older than Wen Chou, and at the moment when the average life expectancy is not high, it is appropriate to call him an "old thief".

Xun Yu asked the scout: "Can the thieves be well guarded?" ”

"The villain and the others are two more points sneaking to the vicinity of the mountainside, at first the security of the thieves is still tight, the torches are bright, reflecting the mountain road, dozens of steps away are as bright as day, the guard behind the base is strict, the villain and so on can not get close, when they are about to the third watch, they relaxed, the torches were extinguished by the mountain wind a lot, no one went to the point again, the villain saw the thieves behind the base most of the sleeps"

Wen Chou asked Dong Zhi: "The thieves sent down the mountain to watch the sentinels of our department, but have they all figured out their èizhì?" ”

Although there is only one mountain road leading to the top of the mountain in Luling, the mountain covers a very wide area, and if there are only three or two people in Rúguǒ, you can go up the mountain from elsewhere, and the sentry sent by Huang Chou to watch the moves of the Wen Chou Department and the scouts sent by Wen Chou to observe the deployment of Huang Chou on the mountain are not the same way, so the Wen Chou Department found Huang Hu's sentry, but Huang Hai's sentry did not find the scout of the Wen Chou Department

Dong Zhiying said: "I have already figured it out"

"It's the third watch now, and in two quarters of an hour you send someone to clean them up, preferably alive"

The sentinels who can be sent by Huang Hu to spy on the Wen Chou Department must be the elite of the Yellow Hair Army, and they should know more about the inside story of the Huang Hair Department

"No"

"Cheng Jun Chen Jun"

Guo Jia Xu Rong responded: "In"

"Are the soldiers of Ru Ertun ready to attack the mountain?"

"It's done"

"Okay, attack the mountain in three quarters of an hour!"

"No!" Guo Jia and Xu Rong took the order and left, each returned to Bentun, gathered soldiers, and prepared to attack the mountain

"Uncle Deng of Manchester City, you also return to Bentun, Huang Beard has set up three barriers on the mountainside, Cheng Chen Erjun's Tun is a new pawn, although most of them are mountain people, good at mountain fighting, but it is also difficult to overcome, in case you don't win, you have to go up!"

Li Dian, Liu Qing, and Dong Zhi received the order: "No! ”

Liu Qing said disdainfully: "Guo Jia Xu Rong's new pawn is either a thief or a county citizen of Luancheng County, if there are three or five people fighting in the mountains, it may be worth mentioning, and if it is about killing the enemy, where can it compare to me?" Wen Jun, just send my department to attack first! "But it is the task of robbing Guo Jia and Xu Rong to strike first

Wen Chou said with a smile: "Mountain battles are not as good as field battles, and it is a night attack, which makes it more difficult, although the troops of Ru and others have received half a month of mountain training, they are not as good as Cheng Chen Erjun's troops, most of them are local mountain people, and they are better to take the task of attacking first When they attack, you can lead the soldiers of your headquarters to take a closer look at it, and it can be regarded as letting the soldiers warm up first."

"Yes"

Li Dian, Liu Qing, Dong Zhihe, He Yi, Li Xuan and others were ordered to return to Tun

"Yulang, you take the knights of your tribe to guard at the foot of the mountain, in case the bandits in the neighboring mountains come out to help Huang Hu and attack me from behind"

"No!"

The assignment has been decided, just waiting for the attack on the mountain

Wen Chou, Xun Yu, Yuan, Rong Li Xuan, under the guard of Dian Wei Dian Wei Li Dian and others, once again came to the foot of the mountain, and once again took the lead in watching the mountain

Tonight is a beautiful night, the moonlight is bright, like water flowing, enveloping the silent mountains near and far, and occasionally hearing the sound of birds and beasts (to be continued). )