Qin Feng immediately summoned his subordinates, ordered a ten-day rest here, and ordered Juniper, Huang Yi and others to train their soldiers during this period, and not to slack off.

Don't look at the old Taoist priest who has been blind all the time, and he is also old, but he is walking like flying between the mountains and forests, Qin Feng and a few people with tiger bones, whips and other materials on their backs are panting, and they have been left far behind several times.

After walking for a day and a half, everyone followed the old road and finally arrived at their destination.

"Does this mountain have a name?" Qin Feng looked at the towering mountain peak and couldn't help asking.

Lao Dao smiled: "This is Tianzhu Mountain, and Lao Dao's dojo is on this mountain!" ”

With, Qin Feng took a few armor soldiers to follow the old road with materials on their backs to the top of Tianzhu Mountain, there is a Taoist temple here, which is not grandiose, but it is quite old, and it seems to have experienced vicissitudes, except for the old Taoist, there is no one else.

The square in front of the Taoist temple is quite large, paved with bluestone, there are fine carved patterns, in front of the square is the cliff, according to the bottom of the cliff there are thousands of zhang deep.

Qin Feng and a few soldiers stayed in the Taoist temple, the scenery here is good, and it is quite pleasant to walk around after eating and having nothing to do.

The old Taoist priest soon began to alchemy, he put the materials into the alchemy furnace, ordered Qin Feng to burn the fire, and then he went to the furnace to throw a piece of extraterrestrial meteorite into it for calcination.

In his spare time for alchemy and forging weapons, Lao Dao also instructed Qin Feng to practice sword techniques and qi training methods on the side, although the two were trading news, but Lao Dao obviously didn't want Qin Feng to learn half-heartedly, so he still tried his best to teach.

The pill was refined for seven days, and the weapon was also refined for seven days.

When the Dan furnace was opened, a strange medicinal fragrance hit the nostrils, and with a wave of the old Dao's big sleeves, the pills in the Dan furnace flew up in a spiral shape and were loaded into the porcelain bottle.

Qin Feng's eyes widened, how many brushes does this old miscellaneous hair have, what kind of kung fu is this?

"Take it, take one pill every seven days, during which you practice martial arts every day, at least two hours a day, without interruption!" After Lao Dao finished speaking, he threw the porcelain vase to Qin Feng.

A few baskets of tiger bones, tiger whips, and many medicinal herbs were used to refine a small bottle of pills.

Qin Feng caught it and stuffed it into his arms.

In the afternoon of this day, the weapon was also on fire, and after polishing, it entered the final process, and Lao Dao used the last bit of tiger blood to quench the blade and blade, and in an instant, a fierce aura spread in the forging room.

"This ······" Qin Feng couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at this three-pointed two-edged knife, the body of the knife was fiery red, and it seemed to be burning flames.

Lao Dao said: "This weapon is too fierce, and it has a deterrent effect on the enemy, so it can be called the 'Tiger Evil Three-Pointed Knife'!" ”

Qin Feng took the Tiger Evil Three-Pointed Knife from Lao Dao's hand and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and praised it again and again with a smile: "Good weapon, good weapon!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Feng practiced qi for an hour, practiced swordsmanship for an hour, and said goodbye to the old Taoist after breakfast.

Lao Dao sent Qin Feng and the others outside the three gates, Qin Feng walked for a while, stopped and turned around and asked loudly: "Old Dao, don't you know if you have a name?" ”

Lao Dao laughed: "Hahaha······ Poor Dao also thought that you would never ask, and listen to it, the old Taoist family surname Zuo Mingci, the word Yuan Fang, Tianzhu Mountain Wujiao Taoist is also, you have been poor Dao teaching, if you meet the same Taoist in the future, you can report the name of the poor Dao, and live in it as a named disciple! ”

The two were dozens of feet apart, and the sound of conversation resounded through the valley.

Qin Feng's throat moved, and he lifted his skirt and bowed down: "The master is above, and the disciple will worship him!" ”

Zuo Ci stood under the mountain gate, smiled and waved his hand, and turned to leave.

Qin Feng and the others left Tianzhu Mountain and it took two days to rush back to the camp.

On the way, Qin Feng instructed a few soldiers accompanying him: "My teacher's name is secret, you must not mention it to others, if there is a leak, you will be severely punished!" ”

Several armor soldiers hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

When they returned to the camp, Juniper, Huang Yi and other lieutenants were training their soldiers, and the camp was full of enthusiasm and vitality.

At this time, it is the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an, and in mid-February, the cold wave is gradually gone, and it is almost the time when the spring flowers are blooming.

The next day, Qin Feng ordered the camp to set off and led the team all the way north.

After several days of continuous marching, the army reached the northern edge of the Dabie Mountains, and on this day, the team stopped and camped in a valley, and Qin Feng sent scouts to the north to explore the terrain and inquire about the local situation.

In the afternoon of the next day, the scouts returned to report that they had arrived in Runan, and that the nearest city was a small city called Yuanlu, thirty miles away, and the population of this small city was not large, and the total population of the area under its jurisdiction was only more than 10,000 people, and there were only about 4,000 people in the city.

Inside the camp tent.

Yang Hong said: "Du Wei, I think it is a good choice to settle down this time, if there are officers and soldiers to attack, you can retreat into the mountains and forests!" ”

Qin Feng asked, "How do the soldiers prepare for the food and grass and military needs?" The population of this county is too small, even if more than 10,000 people here are allowed to work day and night, they will not be able to support no less than 3,000 warriors! ”

Yang Hong said: "This radius of a hundred miles is such a small city, our army can send people to ask for it at will, let the counties pay food and wages regularly, if not, they will send troops to attack, the city walls of the county are short, and there are many collapsed gaps, it can be easily broken, and the grain and grass in the city are not taken and taken?" ”

Yan Xiang touched his beard and looked at the look on Qin Feng's face.

Qin Feng said, "We are not born bandits, how can we always make a living by looting?" ”

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang glanced at each other, got up and arched their hands to Qin Feng and said, "In this way, there is a strategy for the next step!" ”

"What does the gentleman teach me?"

Yang Hong said: "In this case, the commander simply led the army to capture a city, and served as the county commander himself, or directly hit Runan City, the seat of Runan County, and appointed Taishou to govern the people under his jurisdiction, and used the money and grain produced under his jurisdiction to raise troops and train soldiers!" ”

Yan Xiang got up at this time and said: "Yang Hong's strategy is not in a hurry, our army is not much, we can first take a county seat, solve the shelter, and then recruit soldiers and horses, and then slowly encroach on the surrounding cities, as our army controls more cities, there will be more and more soldiers and horses!" ”

Qin Feng asked, "If the Cao army comes to attack, how will our army respond?" ”

Yang Hong said at this time: "This matter is quite tricky, but now Runan seems to be under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, but in fact it is controlled by the Yuan family, and it is recommended that the commander surrender to the Yuan family, with the strength in the hands of the captain, he can have a place in the Yuan family, just wait for Hebei Yuan Benchu to wave his troops to the south, and the captain can follow the Yuan family to attack Cao Cao from the south, and when the victory comes, the Yuan family will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the position of general is not a problem!" ”

Qin Feng looked at Yang Hong, could it be that this person's mind has always been in the Yuan family? Back then, he and Yan Xiang and others took Yuan Shu's coffin and his wife to Jiangdong, but it was just an expedient measure?

Qin Feng sneered in his heart, but said on his lips: "The Yuan family's face, I have seen enough, I don't want to see it anymore, if the two gentlemen want to serve the Yuan family, I will not stop it, I can leave at any time!" ”

Yang Hong hurriedly got up and saluted: "Du Wei said that he was laughing, we have no such thoughts!" ”

"In that case, don't mention the matter of serving the Yuan family again!"

Night.

Yang Hong sat opposite Yan Xiang.

Yan Xiang said: "Yang Gong, it's time for me to make a choice, and now there is still a chance to leave, whether it is to vote for Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, it is not difficult, there must be a place for us in the hall of these two people!" ”

Yang Hong laughed quite self-deprecatingly, "Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are now all strategists, what kind of treatment will I receive when I go?" ”

"What does Yang Gong mean······" Yan Xiang asked.

Yang Hong kept weighing and making trade-offs in his mind, and finally said: "Yan Gong, I want to gamble!" Qin Wuyi is resolute and ruthless, but he is not reckless, he is still a corporal of courtesy, and he has the posture of a hero, the only flaw is his background, but how can this not be his advantage? For example, although Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Ce have a good background, this is their shackles, and they are constrained too much! ”

"Qin Wuyi is a blank piece of paper, you can paint at will!"

Yan Xiang pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Yang Gong, once you make a choice, you can't go back, you and I are people who have read poetry and books, the two ends of the snake and mouse are not the work of a gentleman, if you choose to stay to assist Qin Wuyi, you can't be half-hearted, otherwise you will be laughed at by the world, and we will not have the face to go underground to see our ancestors and ancestors after a hundred years!" ”

Yang Hong picked up the wine jug and poured it full of wine, picked up the wine cup and signaled to Yan Xiang, and drank it all.

Yan Xiang nodded, "This county spends his old age comfortably, I don't want Yang Gong to have ambitions, and I will gamble with you!" ”

The two drank wine and immediately came to the Chinese army's big tent to find Qin Feng.

"I've seen the Captain!"

Qin Feng asked, "The two gentlemen went and returned, what is this?" ”

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang bowed down: "Hong (Xiang) to meet the lord!" ”

Qin Feng was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately helped the two of them up: "Two gentlemen, please get up quickly, it is a blessing for the wind to get the sincere help of the two gentlemen!" ”

"Thank you, my lord! Previously, the two of us didn't really give advice to the lord, at first they just wanted to leave Lujiang to go to Jiangxia, and through Jiangxia to go to Hebei, these days, we only learned that the lord is a big thing, and is willing to follow the left and right after a little effort! Yang Hong said.

Qin Feng smiled and said, "Okay, please sit down and talk about it!" ”

The two of them immediately took their seats, and Yang Hong said: "I think that the lord is not a person who is willing to live under the people, and now he is weak, and he can also take advantage of the situation!" ”

Qin Feng immediately asked, "How to borrow?" Who's the way to do it? ”

Yang Hong said with a smile: "First take advantage of Cao Cao's momentum, and when you capture Runan to eradicate the Yuan family's forces, the lord will pay tribute to the imperial court to show his submission!" Cao Cao and Yuan Shao of Hebei Province competed, and he did not want to be attacked in the back, and he would definitely canonize the lord in the name of the imperial court. ”