It took Zhang Lang another ten days or so before he came out of the treacherous mountains.

When standing on the top of the peak of Yuzhu Mountain, looking at the white lake under the mountain in the distance, shrinking into a winding extension like an earthworm, Zhang Lang was excited and just wanted to shout loudly. Finally walked out of this barren barren mountain, in the ten days of the cloud peak, I didn't see a single tribe, I didn't see a living person, only endless rocks and plants, boring and boring. It's just that Zhang Lang feels fortunate that after the dry food brought by the army is finished, the beasts and tree fruits in the mountains have become the biggest highlight of this trip, so that he and the soldiers will not starve to death. It's just that when Zhang Lang was in the mood to come and see his soldiers, he found a ridiculous thing, except for Zhang Ning's skeleton soldiers, almost ninety percent of the soldiers, wearing clothes are no longer considered battle armor, almost can be called a hundred shutters, there are a few big holes here, a large piece is torn there, and some are even worse, and there are simple animal skins wrapped on their bodies, if you don't look carefully, you really think that the barbarian army that came out of the mountains.

But none of this matters anymore, what matters is that the soldier finally got out of that ghost place after a difficult trek. Although Zhang Lang breathed a sigh of relief, nearly 100 soldiers died in this march, which still made Zhang Lang sad.

When he was about to walk out of the Yuzhu Mountain Range, Zhang Lang specially rested here for three days, organizing three or four thousand soldiers to hunt fiercely every day, and then drying the animal meat as dry food for the march. As soon as Zhang Lang's order was issued, Yuzhu Mountain was surging, up to the tiger, down to the hares and pheasants, all of which were killed. Mao Ying Mao Jie's Shanyue soldiers are in the front, and the soldiers behind clean up the "battlefield", every time they return, no matter which soldier is carrying, clamping, and carrying countless prey, everyone is addicted. Fortunately, Zhang Lang only organized hunting for three or four days, otherwise such a large-scale sweep would have no more wild beasts in Yuzhu Mountain, and it would become a place where birds do not pull repeatedly.

After resting for a few days, most of the soldiers' physical strength and spirit recovered, and Zhang Lang saw that everything was almost ready, so he started the next move, letting the army start to secretly move closer to Baqiu along the north bank of Yunmengze.

In Liu Biao's army, Cai Zhong, Cai He's unexpected soldiers were divided into two routes, one route was Cai Zhong with 5,000 sailors, from Baqiu to Dongting Cave by boat to Dongshan Town, and a large area was searched along the way. The other route was Cai He by land, broken down into small detachments, ranging from 1,800 to 1,800 per team, intending to discover his whereabouts. Cai He arrived in Dongshan Town about five or six days apart. Judging from the purpose of the two of them's actions, it is not difficult to see that Cai Zhong and Cai He are eager to make meritorious contributions, and they want to find out their whereabouts as soon as possible so that they can take the lead.

And the news from Wuling and the public security, seven or eight days ago, Liu Jun became extremely cautious about his sudden disappearance in the Huarong area, and the three roads of people, except for the troops guarding the public security area in Xiaoling did not dare to search too far, Jin Xuan had already led the troops into Anxiang County, and the 10,000 troops led by Wenpin had arrived in Jianli County, and they could pass through the Yunmeng Swamp and reach Huarong directly. Because several military horses seem to be scattered, and the strength does not have any obvious advantage, Liu Biao is determined to eat Zhang Lang, and specially sent 10,000 Janissaries from Jiangling to garrison the city, led by Kuai Liang's son Kuai Qi and in and out of the public security, of course, Liu Biao will not be stupid to send this 10,000 Praetorian Guards directly to participate in the war, but to garrison the public security, wait and see, even if Zhang Lang really has the ability to steal to the Nanjun City, the Praetorian Guards from the public security can also rush back within two days to protect the Nanjun. The combat effectiveness of these 10,000 Praetorian Guards is quite strong, except for the southern county city, the other counties of Jingzhou have no Praetorian Guards at all except for the standing army. This move shows Liu Biao's determination, but at the same time, it also shows that it is really difficult for Liu Biao to deploy more troops for a while.

In fact, after careful analysis, the total number of Jingzhou infantry and water army is about 300,000, and the number of troops that can be mobilized normally is about 250,000. At this point, the Jiangdong Army actually did not suffer a loss, Zhang Lang's existing troops were about 200,000, but the key was to take away 100,000 under Zhao Yunnan, Xuzhou was an important town, and the defense against the invasion of the north was 30,000 or 40,000, and now it can mobilize about 50,000 soldiers, which is already very good for Zhang Lang. Among the 50,000 now, more than 30,000 live in the Xiakou and Chibi areas, attracting Liu Biao's troops of nearly 100,000. And after he went south, at least 50,000 troops were mobilized by Liu Biao, you must know that Liu Biao first sent 100,000 this time, then increased 50,000, and 50,000 are still gathered in Wuling County, and it will take at least more than ten years before they can be put into the battlefield.

Zhang Lang thought about it carefully, but felt that Guo Jia was really not untargeted, as long as he won Baqiu, he could put his eyes on Nanjun to make a fuss, and when the time came, Xiakou's danger could be solved at his fingertips.

In the past few days, Zhang Lang has been in a good mood, and there is a special news that makes Zhang Lang feel very excited: Baqiu no longer has the 20,000 soldiers he has always imagined, but after he left Changsha and ran to the public security, Wang Wei sent 3,000 soldiers south to take over Changsha City, although 3,000 soldiers are nothing to Wang Wei, but for Zhang Lang, this meaning is extremely significant.

Cai Zhong was in a hurry to approach, and without waiting for Cai He and Wenpin's troops to come up, he left Dongshan Town and came to Huarong. This gave Zhang Lang a major opportunity to break the enemy.

Two days later, Zhang Lang made Cai Zhong's location and troops clear.

And Cai Zhong seemed to be beginning to notice, slowed down the speed of the march, and began to wait for Cai He's infantry to come up.

Zhang Lang didn't want to wait, he wanted to rob the village at night and take Cai Zhong. But Guo Jia was surprisingly opposed. Zhang Lang was puzzled by Zhida: "Fengxiao, it was you who advocated that I take Cai Zhong and Cai He's troops, why are you now opposing me to send troops?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Yes, the subordinates want the lord to pull out Cai Zhong and Cai He, but the method needs to be discussed." Besides, seeing that Cai Zhong is now taking steps forward, it is obvious that he has strengthened his precautions, and the lord still thinks of a foolproof strategy. ”

Zhang Lang pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Are you afraid that I will startle the snake and pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon?" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means." If the lord takes Cai Zhong at this time, he is afraid that Cai He will notice it, and he will not dare to approach, and wait for Wen to come down or return to Baqiu, then it will be all over. ”

"So what to do?" Zhang Lang asked.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Since Cai Zhong is vigilant, then the lord will naturally dispel his vigilance." ”

Zhang Lang asked, "How can I get rid of his vigilance?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "When Cai He came up, it was the time when Cai Zhong said goodbye to the world. ”

Zhang Lang suddenly woke up, laughed heartily, and couldn't help but sigh again and again: "Sure enough, it is worthy of Guo Fengxiao, in fact, you can go off the rails, which time is not to catch the flaws in other people's psychology?" Usually when a person walks in the middle of nowhere, he is very cautious, for fear that bad people will appear. But this man walks with a group of people at night, and he is bold enough to be a bad guy. Wonderful, wonderful, so in this way, Feng Xiao wants to serve the two nests together in one go? ”

Guo Jia smiled and nodded: "The world can know everything about me, and the lord is also." ”

Zhang Lang shook his head and sighed: "Fengxiao, every time you are so bold, every time you will make people worry, every time your appetite is so big, I can't wait to swallow the whole world at once." Cai Zhongcai and the two are united, how can it be said that there are also 10,000 troops, how to end? ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and excused himself: "The lord has already spoken, and he said so politely to Cai Zhongcai and the two shrimp soldiers and crab generals." Even if it is attacked, the lord has such strength. Besides, we're just trying to use conspiracy. ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "That's good, then how to take concrete action?" ”

Guo Jia came to Zhang Lang's side and whispered some words into his ear, only tickling the hearts of Huang Zhong and Huang Xuhang, who were standing on the side, and their ears were so long that they could hardly hear a fart except for seeing their lips move. Guo Jia's words are lighter than mosquitoes.

Zhang Lang only listened and nodded again and again, smiling from ear to ear.

Cai Zhong's right eyelid has been jumping non-stop for the past two days, and his intuition tells him that he is already in danger.

Cai Zhongzhi can quickly become a partial general, Gu Ran has a lot to do with Cai Mao's promotion, but a bit of ghost thoughts in his stomach also make Cai Mao value it very much. Cai Zhong is also an old man, his eyelids keep jumping when he sees it, and he has nightmares at night, so he simply walks a few miles every day, and then chooses a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and waits for Cai He to come up.

At this time, as usual, he went down to camp and set up camp.

The scout suddenly hurriedly reported: "General, we are in a very secluded village about thirty miles south of Dongshan Town, and we have unexpectedly found a large number of stoves, broken knife pins, and some blunt arrows, obviously people and horses have rested here. And judging by the form, it happened during this time. ”

Cai Zhong was startled, and the whole person jumped up and said, "Could it be Zhang Lang and his troops?" ”

The scout was not sure: "For a while, I can't be sure if it's Zhang Lang's troops." However, our scout team is still carefully surveying the scene, and as soon as there is any new news, we will report back to the general. ”

Cai Zhong waved his hand and said to himself with some annoyance: This must be Zhang Lang's troops, how could he appear here so quickly? Is it ......? Cai Zhong remembered that he had been having nightmares recently, his eyelids kept jumping, his face became more and more iron-blue, and he roared repeatedly: "Soldier, hurry, go to Cai He to deliver a letter, let him speed up, he must arrive within three days, just say that General Ben has discovered Zhang Langjun's whereabouts, and at the same time send the news to all the generals, so that they can hurry up." Before that, Cai Zhong didn't feel a little unstable, and ordered again: "In the past three days, everyone must give me a good warning, and you must not be careless." ”

Cai Zhong spent three days in a panic. Caizhong's 5,000 soldiers were also nervous for three days.

It was only when a soldier came that Cai He was about to make peace with him a few hours later, and Cai Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he was a little nervous. Just when he was secretly laughing at himself, the messenger came with the news that shocked him, Cai He had been killed by Zhang Lang's ambush army, and now he had been fighting hard for nearly half an hour on an official road in the north of Dongshan Town.

Cai Zhong's breath was only relieved for half an hour, and the whole person's spirit collapsed again, no matter how scared he was, it was impossible for his brother to die without help. In less than a moment, Cai Zhong took all the 5,000 soldiers and horses, abandoned the village, and went straight to the battlefield.

The road was hurried, not noticing that the sky had become dark.

Just as they were rushing forward on the village road, and they could faintly hear the sound of killing coming from a distance, they passed by the gate of a village.

Suddenly a fire broke out in the village, and as you listened, you could hear a series of terrible screams. Cai Zhong's footsteps slowed, wanting to see what was going on, while the other soldiers couldn't help but gasp at the screams.

What's going on?

Above the seven or eight burning houses, each of them floated a terrifying image. Like a ghost, the white and gloomy skeleton bones were faintly visible in the firelight. The eyeholes shone with a faint green glow, and the phantom's body was surrounded by a faint gray smoke.

All the soldiers were stunned, their eyes wide, barely believing what they were seeing.

At this time, a desolate flute suddenly sounded in the village, and the voice seemed to carry countless resentment, countless murderous aura, accompanied by gusts of yin wind, so that all the soldiers in Cai Zhong did not feel the heat of midsummer at all, but felt cold in their hearts.

Suddenly, all the burning houses burst open, and sparks burst into the air.

Then hundreds of terrifying skeletons began to drill out of the ground, each skeleton left with a sword, under the care of the fire, the white skull face, the eyes were bloody and frightened, and the yin qi on the body was circling.

Cai Zhong's soldier was timid and softened on the spot, his pants were all wet, and a smell of scratching came to him.

And everyone who can stand has uncontrollable trembling in their legs.

The cowardly, terrified so much that he could no longer care about the military order, screamed and screamed, "Hell." ”

One shouted, a hundred shouted, a thousand shouted, and every soldier's mind was blank, and he only knew how to withdraw his legs and run wildly, running faster than a horse.

Cai Zhong was also frightened and didn't know how to do it.

However, the soldier couldn't run if he wanted to, and there was a gloomy scream in the air: "You guys...... Dare to run...... The bones were also eaten. ”

A few soldiers who were running fast suddenly screamed, and somehow fell in a pool of blood.

Then a few skeletons slowly went up, and then turned the corpses around, and under the eyelids of thousands of soldiers, they dug out the hearts and bones, and all the internal organs of the people were wholeed out, and the flowers were green and bloody.

Seeing this scene, everyone was frightened and fell to the ground, and some even vomited, vomiting all the things they had eaten for a few days. Crying dad and calling mother, scared.

I don't know when, there were skeletons on all sides.

The skeleton soldier raised his sword, looking at it slowly, but few of Cai Zhong's five thousand soldiers resisted, and they ran around in a panic, and those who couldn't run could only watch the skeleton sword after sword, stabbing and slashing, without a trace of backhand power.

The situation of the skeleton eating people's internal organs and picking tendons and skins is really too shocking and terrifying.

It was a one-sided massacre.

(To be continued)