On the way back, Yu Ban severely reprimanded Zhang Pre, and said that he would tell Zhang Yuan and Zu Zhao about his disobedience to military orders, and let them transfer him, the left vanguard, back. Zhang Yu begged and apologized and was willing to accept the scolding, Yu Ban said that he didn't care about it this time, if there was a next time, if he didn't listen to the military order, then he must tell Zu Zhao and Zhang Yuan, and let them transfer him back, he must be responsible for the army, and he must also be responsible for his life.

And when Zhang asked about the order to withdraw the army, Yu Ban was very unhappy and said that he learned from the guide that it was full of traps, and when he came back, he learned that he had taken the soldiers to hunt, and he couldn't send people in to find them, so he could only let people blow the horn of withdrawal, hoping that he would return to the barracks immediately after hearing it.

Zhang pre-sighed, fortunately, Yu Ban was clever, and Zhilu Dao urged him to go back with the horn of withdrawal, otherwise he would have been burned by the fire at this moment. I am grateful for the forbidden life-saving grace, and said that I will listen to the arrangement of the ban in the future, and I dare not disobey the slightest. Yu Ban was also excited in his heart, fortunately he thought of this method in time, otherwise if Zhang Yu had an accident, it would be really difficult to explain it to Zu Zhao and Zhang Yuan. He was greatly trusted by Zu Zhao, and was ordered to be the right vanguard and general of the prisoner, so that Zhang Pre, who had outstanding military achievements, was under his command and dispatch, which was an absolute affirmation and trust, if this first battle made Zhang Pre die, although he did not obey military orders, but a general who could not discipline his subordinates, how could he be a good general.

After returning to the camp, seeing that the fire was about to burn, Yu Ban ordered the soldiers to immediately make a barrier in front of him to prevent the fire from spreading. Thousands of soldiers immediately went into battle and cut down all the small trees that could be cut down, and all the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and the big trees that were difficult to cut down climbed up and cut down the branches until the flames could not reach the height.

In the end, the fire in this direction was controlled, but the fire in the other three directions could not be controlled, and it continued to burn wantonly. During this period, there was an explosion on the ground from time to time, and the ground shook the mountain. Eventually, the fire lasted for more than ten days, and was eventually blocked by a river in the east and north, and the fire was extinguished in the west due to the fading forests and heavy rains. Faced with such an explosive and burning cave, when Yu Ban asked the local people why this happened, the locals also said they didn't know. I had no choice but to forbid it, so I could only repair the book to Zu Zhao, who led the army behind.

After Zu Zhao received the letter, he thought about it carefully, such a natural pit must be produced in natural gas, so it will burn when it encounters fire, and because of the narrow space, it will naturally explode. So Zu Zhaoxiu wrote back, saying that there was a burning gas in the cave, and they should try to avoid it, and this gas would explode in a small space.

Yu Ban got Zu Zhao's reply, although it was very difficult to understand how this gas could burn and explode, but he had seen the power of the explosion in this cave, so he also listened to Zu Zhao's words, and stayed away from such a cave during the march, especially when he set up camp to burn the fire and cook, he had to explore carefully for a few miles to make sure that there was no such cave, and he just went down to the village with peace of mind.

Zhang pre-detonated the cave and burned the forest, and the spies had already reported the situation to the Xianbei pioneer Wei Jia Sixiong. They then reported that they were very happy about Zhang Yu's recklessness, and the old captain Tuwu Ha Lu Ha Da Lu said with a smile: "The Han army said that we are the northern barbarians, and I think they are the real slow people, and they actually detonated the ghost qi, and they must have killed a lot of their people, or many people have already fallen into the pit and died." ”

The spies' words are not very clear, but the Han army has a good control of the fire, they stopped the barrier, and the fire did not burn their barracks, so it is not known whether they have suffered heavy casualties. The boss smiled and said: "There is no need to check this, since the ghost qi has been detonated, then the person who detonated it must have died, God help me, I think the Han army should be scared." ”

The spy said: "General Hui, the Han army did not withdraw, but continued to advance for a hundred miles, and now it is less than a hundred miles away from our camp." And according to our investigation, the Han army has a village every ten miles, and it seems that they dare not rush in. ”

The old fourth lieutenant Tuwen said: "The Han army has always been cautious when marching, and it has suffered a ghostly loss before, so it will naturally not advance blindly. And they are not familiar with the terrain, the army behind has not arrived, naturally do not dare to go deep alone, they are ten miles and a village, just to explore the terrain, in order to meet the arrival of the large army behind. ”

When the second child heard this, he said: "Since they can't join forces together, then we can divide and attack them, they don't have a large army, and they are not familiar with the terrain, so they are naturally not our opponents, as long as I go with an army, I will pull out all their camps, so that the Han army does not dare to come again." ”

Wei Tuwen shook his head and said: "The Han army has always been scheming, and now that they are attacking my Xianbei, they naturally take it step by step and dare not rush forward." However, if we attack rashly, we are afraid that we will fall for their scheme, so it is better to be cautious, and it is not too late to send troops to attack when everything is clear. ”

The third child was very unconvinced and said: "Fourth brother, I see that you have read too many books, but you are cowardly, how can you destroy your prestige with such a long enemy's ambition." Since you are afraid, then let me take an army to charge and kill, and your two brothers will stay in the rear, and when I kill them, you will lead a large army to pursue them, is this feasible? ”

Listening to the third child's words, the two elder brothers are also vying to make this achievement, since the Han army did not gather a large army, but separated the forces, then to break them, it must be very easy to get, this vanguard work, who doesn't want it.

The three of them finally quarreled, but there was an awkward quarrel between the brothers, and it actually developed to the point of going to a contest, and whoever won would go. But this immediately attracted the scolding of the old fourth lieutenant Tuwen, although he is the fourth, he is only the one with the highest official position, and the three elder brothers naturally have to listen to him.

But now the three elder brothers are fighting fiercely, and they don't listen to the words of the fourth brother, and they also ask him to use his official position to drink them, they are just to prove that they are also powerful. The fourth brother was finally helpless, how could he watch his brothers fight for merit with each other and make trouble, and said: "Three elder brothers, listen to me, I didn't use any official position to order you, but now that the enemy is coming to the city, our brothers don't want to unite to fight the enemy together, but their own brothers want to fight and kill first, which makes the Han army know the way, doesn't it make them laugh off their big teeth?" Since the three brothers are going, then it is up to heaven to see who goes, and we will draw lots to decide? Those who draw go and the rest stay. ”

The three elder brothers listened to Wei Tuwen's words, and they all nodded in agreement, and finally chose the form of drawing lots to decide who would take the first credit. After the last draw, the second lieutenant suddenly won the lot, and the eldest and third won the lot. Although the two of them were not convinced, they had already said that no matter what the outcome was, they could no longer argue.

After Wei Tuling won the lottery, he set out with 10,000 horses from his headquarters. Before leaving, the fourth brother Wei Tuwen handed him two tips, saying that if he encountered danger, he could open it, and there was a plan in it to save him. The third child took it with disdain, saying that how could he encounter danger, he must have killed the Han army, how could he need the fourth child's clever plan. However, under the persuasion of the fourth child, he still took it with him.

Wei Tuling led 10,000 soldiers and horses directly to attack the Han army camp, and when he arrived at the gate of the first camp, he held a mace and directly commanded the army to rush and kill. In front of the gate of Zhengdao Village, a team rushed out, headed by a general, with a black beard and white face, holding a long knife, who was a person from Qingzhou, surnamed Zhao Minghua.

"Whoever comes, report the name." Zhao Hua dragged the long knife and asked sharply.

Wei Tuling didn't say anything, and rushed over directly, Zhao Hua saw it, and dragged a long knife to meet the general. I saw Yu Tuling brandishing a mace and smashing it down, Zhao Hua dodged, raised the long knife and cut it down, Yu Tuling held a mace to block, the two fought each other on horseback, and after separation, they fought for about twenty rounds, and Zhao Hua was defeated.

Wei Tuling was victorious, and he was very happy in his heart, and he smiled and said: "Just this skilled person, is he also qualified to be stationed in the first village, it seems that there is no one in the Han army, guys, follow me to rush and kill, kill the Han army back in one fell swoop, and take them directly to Kyoto." After listening to Wei Tuling's words, the sergeants were also burning with passion, high morale, and wanted to do a great job.

Wei Tuling sent 500 soldiers to defend the camp and led the others to continue to charge. Walking less than five miles, I saw a Han military camp, which was larger than the one I had encountered before, so Wei Tuling was naturally fearless and rushed up. At the opening of the gate, a team of more than 500 Han troops rushed out, headed by a general, with round eyes and high nose, not very beautiful, but it looked very brave, holding a giant axe, weighing more than 100 catties. This person's surname is Cheng Mingheng, his ancestral home is Tai'an, and he followed Zu Zhao with Yu Ban. He came out first, and asked, "Who is coming, who dares to rush my camp and doesn't want to live?" ”

Wei Tuling shouted, and directly took the lead to kill the general. When Cheng Huang saw it, he roared and held the axe to meet him, and the mace hit the axe, making a violent sound. The two fought on horseback for more than 30 rounds, Cheng Heng had a flaw, and was almost hit by a mace by Yu Tuling, and he returned from his horse and fled with the soldiers to abandon the camp.

Wei Tuling smiled and said: "A village is not as good as a village, I will pull out the camp they have worked hard to build today, and see how their rear army can rush to help." After saying that, he ordered 500 people to stay behind, and immediately chased away with military horses. Cheng Heng's team threw away their armor and fled all the way, not daring to stop at all.

Walking less than five miles, I saw that there was a Han army flag on a high mountain, and the book was written to the thief in the X general Maguan. Wei Tuling asked someone what official position this was in the Han Dynasty, and someone who knew the Tao told him that this was a small general in the Han army, a small military general after the seventh or eighth level, and a centurion was about the same.

Wei Tuling said with a smile: "Such a young general dares to hang out his flag, I really don't know whether to live or die." However, he is entrenched here, and if we want to storm it, we are afraid that we will lose some soldiers and delay some time. I see that there is no water in the mountains, and they cannot hold out for long. You lead 800 soldiers to surround this place, and if they dare to come down, kill them, but if they don't, then don't attack, and let them die without water on it. ”

"It's the general." The young general received the order and surrounded the small hill with 800 military horses. Wei Tuling smiled and said that the Han army was clever and thought that it had chosen a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but in fact, it was just that it had fallen into death and did not know it. He took the rest of his horses and continued on his way.

In this way, Wei Tuling rushed all the way to kill, and by sunset, he had successively captured ten villages of the Han army, and the 10,000 soldiers he had brought with him, because he had to leave people to guard each village, as little as two hundred, as many as eight hundred, but at the moment there were only a little more than 5,000 troops around him. However, he brought people who could fight well, and he was not afraid to see the Han army so poor along the way. At night, the spies were invited to ask, and there were three Han army camps in front, compared to the previous pathfinder villages, which seemed to be stationed the main force of the Han army.

"It doesn't matter what kind of troops he has, tomorrow we will capture their last three villages in one fell swoop, and then drive them out of our country, and then we will attack their country with a large army. It is said that the Han army is brave, and I think it is nothing more than that. Yu Tuling said with a smile.

One of his advisers said: "General, the Han army has always been scheming, and they can easily annex Goguryeo, which has many soldiers, but I am afraid that they will have traps waiting for us, so it is better to be careful and not to underestimate the enemy." ”

Wei Tuling said: "It's not that I want to underestimate them, but they really don't have any ability, these ten village defenders, there is no general who can fight, and no one can take over my fifty rounds." Not to mention one by one, even if they are together, I am not afraid at all. You don't want to learn from my brother, you read too much and you're afraid of this and that all day long. Give me any tips for me to use in an emergency, I never believe in these things, can a bag bring heavenly soldiers and generals, it's really ridiculous. As he spoke, he took out the bag that his brother Wei Tuwen had given him, smiled very detergently, threw the bag to the counselor, and said:

"You can take this thing, I don't think it's going to be needed, when we kill the Han army, open it again and see what my lovely brother has written in it."

The strategist was startled, hurriedly dodged a step, bowed down and said, "Don't you, General, this is given to you by General Zhonglang, how can I accept it." ”

Wei Tuling smiled and said: "You follow me, it's the same to help me carry it, I will kill on the battlefield, it will inevitably be left behind, or you should take it." ”

When the strategist heard this, he trembled and took the bag and carefully stored it. Wei Tuling asked the soldiers to continue to expand the camp area on the camp of the former Han army and set up camp here. The strategist looked at this place, and there were high mountains on all sides, and there was a waterfall on the mountain that rushed down through a narrow canyon to the outside. In the past, the waterfall was rushing down, but now it can't help but be so majestic, only a little water flows down.

"General, the terrain here is low, if we camp here, I'm afraid something will be wrong." The advisor said.

Wei Tuling asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The strategist said: "I always feel that camping on this low terrain is not a good strategy, could it be a trap shot by the Han army, deliberately letting us camp here?" ”

Wei Tuling looked around and said: "This was originally the camp of the Han army, and they naturally thought about it before going down to the village, and the cliffs on both sides here, can the Han army still fly down to besiege us?" Even if we come, we can resist, what are you afraid of? Order the soldiers, set up camp quickly, and then send a team of people to patrol in the distance, if anything is wrong, immediately Mingjin, the Han army is coming, and I will kill them. ”

The strategists themselves can't say what's wrong here, if two armies with similar strength fight here, the most common thing is that both sides will lose, and the Han army will naturally not choose this kind of lose-lose tactic when they come from afar. So he could only order the soldiers to camp here, and ordered a group of soldiers to divide into four small groups and patrol in the distance, and for safety reasons, he also sent a team of 500 troops to ambush at the intersection where the Han army must have passed.

The news of Wei Tuling's encampment under the waterfall had already been reported to Yu Ban and Zhang Yu, and they were overjoyed when they got the news, and sighed that the Xianbei pioneer would definitely die this time. Zhang Yu said: "Wen Ze is really talented, as long as the embankment is dug and the flood outlet below is blocked, then that Wei Tuling will definitely die." Being able to wipe out more than 10,000 of their troops so easily is really strategic, and I am so impressed that I throw myself to the ground. ”

Yu Ban said: "Don't say anything like admiration, everyone is for the lord." But we can't kill Wei Tuling like this. ”

"Why?" Zhang asked puzzled.

Yu Ban said: "The lord has explained before, we want to conquer these small countries in the north, but we can't slaughter them at will, in the end, they still have to govern it, but they are dependent on us in terms of power." ”

Zhang Yu said: "If they don't die, how can they be obedient, as long as we leave, they will definitely rebel, so won't we sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain this expedition?" ”

Yu Ban said: "To conquer the enemy, the most important thing is to conquer their hearts. If they don't accept it, if you kill one, a second one will jump out, can you kill hundreds of thousands of people in their country? Therefore, we must make them fear from the heart, and let their rulers submit to us in their hearts, and dare not make a mistake in the rear, which is the ultimate goal of the lord. ”

Zhang thought about it and felt that there was some truth, but he still didn't agree with it, and asked, "What if this Wei Tuling is killed and doesn't surrender?" ”

"That would only be captured alive and then used to threaten his three brothers. If we kill him, we are afraid that it will arouse the feelings of other people to resist the enemy, which is not good for us, and if we can use him, this is the best. Yu Ban said.

In the end, Zhang Yu could only agree, but if the water was blowing, then the Xianbei sergeant would definitely be killed and injured, as for that Wei Tuling, whether he would be washed to death by the water, then it depends on his creation, which Yu Ban can't control, but if he catches Wei Tuling, he can't kill him. If he was directly washed to death by the water, it can only be said that his life should be like this.