Liu Ze laughed secretly, let alone ten years, in another two years, the yellow turban will be in chaos, I am afraid that there will be no grass left in this Quyang, and immediately said: "This cross-county dispatch of troops must require Zhang Guoxiang to issue a military order, so as not to cause misunderstanding on the side of Changshan Country." "Although the cross-border military operation is to suppress bandits, if there is no military order, I am afraid that the army of Changshan Country will be disadvantageous to itself.

Cheng County Ling nodded and said: "This is natural, Zhang Guoxiang's military order is here, and those who hold this order can act cheaply, and Zhang Guoxiang has already branched Changshan Guoxiang, Changshan has repeatedly suppressed the bandits of Crouching Tiger Mountain, this time Zhongshan sent troops, Changshan can enjoy its success." There is also Zhang Guoxiang personally appointed Gongzi as the general of the false tooth gate, and led the army to march, if this time Shun lì took Wohu Mountain and rescued Zhang Gongzi, I believe that Liu Gongzi's career is bright. ”

Although Liu Ze is not a rare Yamen general, it is indeed much more convenient to hang this title now, and immediately took over the military order, declined the banquet of the county order, and hurried back to Phoenix Valley.

The group of squires and wealthy people in the lobby looked at each other, and Zhang Yuanwai opened his mouth bravely: "Cheng County Order-"

Cheng Xian Ling snorted through his nostrils and walked away, leaving only the group of people standing there stupidly.

On the way, Liu Ze asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, what do you think about this?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "The lord wants to train these bandits, right?" ”

Liu Ze laughed, this Jia Xu really deserves his reputation, he can also see his own careful thoughts, and said: "Yes, most of the soldiers in Phoenix Valley have not been in actual combat, and they are looking for an opportunity to let them practice, after all, no matter how high the training intensity is, it can't compare to the effect of actual combat, let them experience the cruelty of war as soon as possible in order to better survive in the troubled times, as for the son of the thief, if he can save it, it will be a favor." ”

"Anti-thief?" Jia Xu was puzzled, Liu Ze secretly laughed, Zhang Chun's rebellion was a matter of the fourth year of Zhongping, and now he is the minister of Zhongshan. Liu Ze didn't answer, and rushed to the front.

Returning to Phoenix Valley, Liu Ze immediately deployed a military operation to Wohu Mountain. First of all, he learned about the situation of Wohu Mountain from Guan Hai, but Guan Hai's main work energy was focused on the internal management of Phoenix Valley, and he didn't know much about the situation in the surrounding area, only knowing that Wohu Mountain was in Zhending County, Changshan Country, and it was about more than 120 miles away from Phoenix Valley, and the specific situation of this gang of bandits was not clear. Liu Ze immediately asked Pan Feng to send reconnaissance personnel to get the information from Crouching Tiger Mountain, and only then could he not be defeated in a hundred battles. He then ordered all the men of the Earth and Sky Teams to assemble, equipped with horses, armor, and weapons, ready to go on the expedition at any time. Wu Anguo and Pan Feng took the order and went down to assemble the team.

As soon as he heard that there was a battle to be fought, Zhang Fei immediately became excited, and he put on his swarthy armor early, and pulled out the snow kicking black cone horse, full of energy. Guan Yu is naturally also full of saddle armor.

"Second brother and third brother, this attack on Woniu Mountain is just a training exercise, although there are thousands of thieves in Woniu Mountain, but they are just some rabble, you two don't have to go on the expedition, the third brother stayed in the camp, and the second brother escorted grain and grass this time, all of which are heavy responsibilities, and they must not be sloppy." Liu Ze assigned tasks to the two of them.

Guan Yu was silent, Zhang Fei didn't do it, and shouted: "What, let me guard the camp, I won't do it!" Why don't you let me go into battle to kill the enemy, big brother, you should tell me, there are several battles in the Western Regions, and that one of my old Zhang has embarrassed you? ”

Liu Ze said with a smile: "Third brother, it is precisely because you are so capable of fighting, so the eldest brother won't let you go, just a few bandits, who were killed by you in a round, were all poked to death, what should I take to train the army?" ”

Zhang Fei muttered: "Anyway, I don't want to stay in the camp, or the second brother and I will change, I will escort the grain and grass, how about you guard the camp, second brother?" ”

Liu Ze patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Third brother, the eldest brother asked you to guard the camp to exercise your talents, as a general, not only can you charge into battle, but also know how to strategize." Besides, do you think this big camp is not heavy? Phoenix Valley is our foundation, not only the training camp, but also a large number of workshops are the foundation of our survival, the army expedition, if the Phoenix Valley is lost, we don't even have a way to retreat, leaving you here to guard, it is also my thoughtful, with your ability, if there are bandits from other places to attack, it is enough to resist. ”

Zhang Fei had no choice, although he was reluctant, he had to agree.

Two days later, the scouts who had gone to reconnoiter came back and reported in detail the situation in Crouching Tiger Mountain. Crouching Tiger Mountain is at the junction of Zhending County and Lingshou County, the mountain is steep, its east and west are narrow and narrow from north to south, its shape is like a crouching tiger, so it gets its name, only there is a narrow path in front of the mountain that can lead to the top of the mountain, the other three sides are the cliffs of dozens of zhang, it can be said that it is a man who is a pass, ten thousand people can not open, it is no wonder that the officers and soldiers can not win many times to attack.

There were about 3,000 to 4,000 people on the mountain, and the head of the thief was surnamed Zhou, whose name was unknown, and his weapons and equipment were mainly broadswords and spears, with a small number of archers, and his clothes were mainly linen, with almost no armor. Most of this information was obtained from the periphery, and due to the fierce investigation of the wall, the scouts were unable to penetrate deep into the enemy's village.

Liu Ze once again inquired about the situation of the cliffs on three sides, the two cliffs in the north and south are not only thirty or forty zhang high, but also extremely steep, and they cannot be climbed at all, although the mountain behind the west is the same steep, but the overall height is only more than ten zhang, and there are two very small gentle slopes in the middle that can be used. Liu Ze laughed and said: "It is said that the tiger's butt can't be touched, and today we want to touch it." ”

Frankly speaking, Liu Ze didn't take this group of bandits seriously, and purely regarded them as a rare opportunity to train his troops. However, strategic contempt is not equal to tactical contempt, although the bandits in Crouching Tiger Mountain are a rabble, but they have a clear advantage in numbers, although the weapons and equipment are inferior, but they can still resist stubbornly by relying on geographical advantages.

Liu Ze first consulted Jia Xu's opinion, although Liu Ze had not yet appointed Jia Xu as a strategist, but Jia Xu, who had an annual salary of 2,000 stones, naturally had to do his best to give advice to Liu Ze.

Then Liu Ze ordered Guan Hai to lead 1,000 infantry, Wu Anguo to lead 200 cavalry, starting from the Phoenix Valley, taking the main road through Tang Lingshou to Wohu Mountain to find an attack, all the infantry cavalry are wearing armor, mostly archers. Originally, there were not a few war horses in Phoenix Valley, but considering that the attack was a cottage, the cavalry was not very useful, so only 200 cavalry were dispatched, mainly for peripheral vigilance and mobile reinforcements. The main force of this attack on the mountain is mainly long-range attack class archers. Liu Ze's intention is obvious, the opponent relies on the mountain for defense, in order to avoid the death of a large number of their own soldiers attacking the mountain, the choice of long-range attack troops can effectively hit the enemy to save themselves, especially when the enemy does not have a large number of archers, this advantage is even more obvious.

Of course, this is an open road, and the other way is led by Pan Feng 200 people to secretly walk the path and approach the back mountain of Wohu Mountain. Pan Feng led all the members of the Heavenly Team, many of them were rock climbing masters, they carried a large number of flying claws and ropes, dressed in soft leather armor, in addition to lancets, daggers, darts and other weapons, Liu Ze also specially equipped them with more than 100 sets of wire crossbows that had just been produced by the blacksmith shop.

These crossbows are made of imitation of the bronze crossbows used by the Han Dynasty army, but the bowstring used is a high-quality steel wire, which is also a three-stone crossbow used by individual soldiers, the range is increased by three percent compared with the bronze crossbow, the rate of fire is faster, and the penetration is stronger, and the weight is only half of the bronze crossbow.

However, Liu Ze still has a little regret, the most prestigious crossbow machine in the Three Kingdoms period is the Zhuge crossbow, ten arrows, infinite power, but it is a pity that the later generations have lost, Liu Ze searched all over the ghost encyclopedia and did not find the manufacturing process of Zhuge repeater, it seems that it is possible to see this kind of powerful crossbow machine after Zhuge Liang comes out of the mountain.

Liu Ze equipped his Heavenly Team with these latest weapons, and his requirements for them were also quite strict: climb from the back mountain to Crouching Tiger Mountain, launch a surprise attack on the bandits, and rescue Zhang Gongzi, who was kidnapped by the bandits.

Guan Yu's task was to escort the grain and grass, and Zhang Fei was responsible for staying in the camp. Guan Yu's task is very easy, the distance from Phoenix Valley to Wohu Mountain is only one hundred and ten miles, and the amount of grain and grass supply for more than 1,000 people is not too large, just a little caution against the bandits in Wohu Mountain or nearby may be prepared to rob grain and grass. After more than 1,000 main forces all went out to fight, there were not many fighters left for Zhang Fei, and the rest were all civilian or technicians from various workshops, but just because Zhang Fei was like a god, those bandits who tried to come were probably not coming back, which Liu Ze was completely relieved of.

Arrange a stop, open the way with Wu Anguo's 200 cavalry, Liu Zejia Xu accompanied Guan Hai's 1,000 foot soldiers to the expedition, and the brigade marched towards Wohu Mountain. Passing through Tang and Lingshou along the way, although there were officers and soldiers, Liu Ze had Zhang Chun's handwritten military order in his hand, presumably the officials of Tang Lingshou also got the orders of their superiors, and did not make any obstruction to this strange army that suddenly appeared in the county, and went all the way to Wohu Mountain.

Before Liu Ze set up camp at the foot of the mountain, he saw a rumbling war drum in the cottage, and a group of men and horses came down the mountain. Presumably, those bandits had already gotten the news, and when they heard that an army was coming, there were only more than 1,000 people under inquiring, so they immediately didn't take Liu Ze's men and horses in their eyes, and poured out, wanting to kill Liu Ze by surprise. I only saw the dust on the avenue, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and I didn't know how many people and horses rushed down from the mountain.

Guan Hai, as a pioneer officer, immediately stood at the crossing, saw the bandits swarming, without the slightest panic, and shouted with full anger: "Immovable as a mountain!" Spears like a forest! ”