Early the next morning, a man dressed as a young scribe hurriedly left the city of Jiangyi and headed north along the Fenshui River.

At noon, 500 infantry rushed out of the city of Jiangyi, looking for the traces of the young scribe in the early morning, and pursued all the way to the shore of Fenshui.

Jia Kui carried a small burden through the hills and valleys on the bank of the Fen River, although his face showed a look of nervousness and anxiety, but his heart was extremely calm and sober. After a day's walking, he finally walked into the white wave valley at noon the next day, which made people near and far talk about it.

Jia Kui walked less than a few miles in the valley with complex terrain when he was blocked by several hidden piles scattered by the Bai Bo army on the periphery.

One of them, a sturdy man holding a ring-headed knife, raised his hand and pointed at Jia Kui with the tip of the knife, and shouted: "Bah! You scholar, you are so bold! My family has an order, no one is allowed to enter this valley, and trespassers are killed! ”

Jia Kui's face showed timidity, and he said to the man "tremblingly": "Please also ask the good man to calm his anger, a certain is a small official in Hedong County, because he offended Shangguan Duan Xuan, causing the disaster of killing, I heard that Yang Dashuai in the valley treats the scholar well, so he came to the valley to avoid trouble." ”

The big man with the knife rolled his eyes a few times, and felt that the scholar in front of him seemed to be praising his handsome, and he also had face to follow, so he said viciously to the minions around him: "You guys will watch him here, and I will go to the valley to report this to the handsome." If there is any abnormality and abnormal movement in this person, he will directly cut and feed the wolf! ”

Jia Kui pretended to be panicked and stayed in place, not daring to make a slight move.

The knife-wielding minion leader trotted all the way back to the valley, came to the residence where the marshal Yang Feng was, and reported to Yang Feng that Taniguchi had stopped a suspicious scholar.

After Yang Feng heard this, he looked impatient, and reprimanded the little leader and said, "I'm bothered by something big!" Directly chop up this guy with a suspicious origin and throw it into the forest to feed the wolves, and we only raise strong men in the Baibo army. When have you ever raised a scholar who has no power to tie the chicken! ”

The little leader was reprimanded in a cold sweat, and was about to turn around and leave, but saw a burly strong man beside Yang Feng hurriedly said, "Wait! Da Shuai listened to Huang first, and then ordered to deal with the scholar. ”

The strong man who stopped him was Xu Huang, a native of Yang County, Hedong.

Xu Huang dissuaded Yang Feng and said: "Since Guo Dashuai died in battle, although Dashuai you have taken over his authority and become the leader of the Baibo army, there are still more than seventy percent of the Baibo soldiers in the army, such as Guo Dashuai's old generals Li Le, Han Xian and Hu Cai. At the same time, it can also make Li Le, Han Xian and others relax their vigilance, and further consolidate your position and prestige in the White Wave Army. Besides, now there is a lack of some people with real talent and learning in the Baibo Army to serve as military advisors, if this scholar is really capable, he can just serve as the commander's staff secretary! ”

Yang Feng frowned and thought for a moment, feeling that Xu Huang's words were reasonable. Don't look at the illiterate peasants in the Bai Bo army, but they also respect the scholars who read poetry and books, and they rose up to create a rebellion against the imperial court, but they didn't want to kill all the scholars in the world.

Gongming is right. I think you were still a small official in Yang County. As a result, after I was taken captive into the valley, I was obviously much more capable than the others! ”

Xu Huang was praised by Yang Feng for a few words, and his face showed a look of sincere fear, but he was slandering in his heart: Yang Feng. Peat! If it weren't for Lao Tzu's reputation being ruined by your bandits, wouldn't Lao Tzu be able to hide in this valley and dare not see anyone?

Yang Feng then said to the leader who came to report the news: "You go and bring me the scholar who escaped from the disaster, if you encounter Li Le and Han Xian's people on the way to interrogate and block you, say that this person is the military advisor I invited from outside the valley!" ”

Xu Huang said to Yang Feng again: "Handsome." In order to avoid accidents, I implore me to go there in person and touch the bottom of this scribe who dared to come to Baibo Valley. lest he take advantage of it. ”

"Okay, if Gongming can go in person, Ben Shuai will be more at ease!" Yang Feng nodded and agreed to Xu Huang's request.

Not long after, Xu Huang followed the little leader to Gukou and saw Jia Kui, who had a thin face and a good temperament.

"In Xu Gongming, Xiayang County, dare to ask what Mr. is called?" Xu Huang asked without a trace in an authentic Yang County accent.

"In Jia Liang Road, Xia Jiangyi County, I have seen Brother Gongming!" Jia Kui answered Xu Huang's question with an authentic Jiangyi accent, and he couldn't hear anything wrong.

Xu Huang asked Jia Kui how to offend Duan Xuan, and Jia Kui also replied calmly, without leakage.

Jia Kui was recruited by Liu He into the Taifu Mansion for only a few months, and before that, he served as a county official in Anyi, the administrative office of Hedong County, and Xu Huang also served as a county official in Yang County a few years ago, so after some conversations, Xu Huang no longer doubted Jia Kui's identity.

Xu Huang personally led Jia Kui to see Yang Feng, thinking that if Jia Kui could be left in the valley in the future, the two of them would be able to support each other, and they would be less excluded by Han Xian and Li Le and others, and it could be regarded as a friendship in advance.

After all, Xu Huang and Jia Kui are both people who have read books, and they are prone to common topics and language.

As everyone knows, Jia Kui, who was walking behind Xu Huang, was secretly thinking about how to fool him out of the valley at this time, so that Zhao Yun could catch him and get out of touch with the Baibo bandits.

Although Jia Kui didn't worship the passing gods in the sky when he went out today, his luck was obviously better, and he bumped into Xu Huang as soon as he came up, which saved a lot of time, if he could trick Xu Huang out of the valley as quickly as possible, it would be a great achievement, and it would definitely make Gongzi feel satisfied.

There was still some distance from the mouth of the valley to Yang Feng's residence, so Jia Kui quietly observed the various arrangements in the valley, and if Gongzi led the troops to completely destroy this force in the future, he could contribute again.

Jia Kui took a closer look and found that the valley was actually the layout of a large village, and then built five huge dock forts according to the direction of the five elements, all of which were huge earthen forts with loess cliffs and rammed earth walls. The largest bunker was about 150 paces wide, and the smaller bunker in four directions was 100 paces wide.

To Jia Kui's surprise, the outer height of the walls of these dock forts reached more than three zhang, and the thickness of the walls was two and a half zhang, which was not inferior to some cities. There are tunnels built in these dock forts, there are more fort moats outside the forts, several castles are built according to dragging cliffs, as far as possible with the help of cliffs instead of slabs to build city walls, which is both dangerous and can save manpower in the structure, which shows that Guo Da was very ruthless and unique in the selection of the site.

Although Xu Huang never looked back, he felt Jia Kui's looking around and surprised, he suddenly turned his head to Jia Kui and said, "According to Brother Jia, if the official army wants to break through the entire Baibo Valley, how many troops do they need?" ”

Jia Kui knew that this was Xu Huang examining himself, and after a little thought, he replied: "If the grain and grass in the fort are sufficient, and the defenders are also ready to defend the fort, then with the arrangement in the valley, at least the siege of 50,000 troops can be blocked for half a year without breaking." However, if the forces in the fort are not united enough, and there is a situation of fighting in the nest, it will be difficult to say......"

Xu Huang was quite satisfied with Jia Kui's answer, and he sighed and said: "Alas, no matter how strong and steep the castle is, after all, it is afraid of internal division and destruction!" ”

When Jia Kui heard Xu Huang's words, his heart moved, and he said: "Listening to Brother Gongming's words, it seems that Guo Dashuai is not monolithic in the valley after being attacked and killed by Li Dao?" ”

Xu Huang nodded in acquiescence and no longer answered Jia Kui's question positively.

After a while, Xu Huang led Jia Kui to Yang Feng's tent.

"Jia Liangdao of Jiangyi County has seen Yang Dashuai, thank you for your kindness!" After seeing Yang Feng, Jia Kui reached the ground with a very low posture.

Being so thanked by a scholar, Yang Feng felt that Bei'er had face, so he helped Jia Kui up and said: "Since Mr. Jia can afford our Baibo Valley, then stay here, and when Duan Zhongming leads the army to leave Hedong County, you will go out of the valley again!" ”

The guest and the host sat down separately, seemingly unfazed, but in fact they secretly talked about it, and Jia Kui dealt with the past cautiously, without letting Yang Feng see that he was actually a person with ulterior motives.

Just as the conversation was starting, the leader of the guard in charge of Gukou suddenly rushed into the tent, glared at Jia Kui viciously, and then reported loudly: "Big handsome, it's not good, there is a group of officers and soldiers from outside the valley, and this surnamed Jia brought it here!" ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he pressed one hand on the handle of the knife hanging from his waist, stared at Jia Kui coldly, and said, "Mr. Jia, what do you say about this?" ”

Jia Kui looked at Xu Huang, who was touching the handle of the knife, and said with a flat face: "Those officers and soldiers outside must have been sent by Duan Xuan to arrest me, if the marshal is afraid that I will bring trouble to Baibo Valley, you might as well cut off this good head on Jia Mouxiang and give it to those officers and soldiers outside the valley, so you can naturally avoid trouble!" ”

When Jia Kui said this, he seemed to be talking about cutting off other people's heads, and this calm attitude made Yang Feng and Xu Huanggao look at it a few times.

Xu Huang frowned, slowly put down his right hand that was touching the handle of the knife, and asked the little minion: "Have you ever found out how many officers and soldiers are outside the valley?" ”

The little leader replied: "There are about 1,000 men, all infantry, under the banner of Duanzi." ”

Yang Feng learned that there were only 1,000 officers and soldiers outside the valley, and immediately said disdainfully: "Hmph, this group of soldiers under Duan Xuan is really bold, just a thousand people dare to come and stir up trouble, is it really a place where I want to come to Baibo Valley?" Back then, Li Dao was ordered by Dong Zhuo to lead an army of 20,000 to attack my Baibo Valley, and it was not the same as returning home! Since I don't know how good or bad this simmer is, I won't blame Ben Shuai for not giving him face today! ”

Xu Huang took the initiative to ask Ying and said: "Commander, humble and talented, I am willing to be the vanguard and lead three thousand brothers out of the valley to fight with these officers and soldiers who don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”

Jia Kui, who had been watching coldly, said unhurriedly: "Jia Mou thanks the marshal for taking him in, since these officers and soldiers are coming for me, I beg to go out of the valley with Commander Xu to kill the enemy, and it can be regarded as a complete line of demarcation with that section of simmering!" ”

Yang Feng saw that Jia Kui was going to take the initiative to submit a "letter of surrender" to Baibo Valley, and of course he would not stop him, so he personally allocated 3,000 soldiers to Xu Huang and ordered Xu Huang and Jia Kui to go out of the valley to meet the officers and soldiers outside the valley. (To be continued......)