The tenth day of October in the forty-fourth year of the Taiqing Dynasty

Ji Yue replied that he was willing to belong to the imperial court, but it would take time to prepare for going down the mountain, and the sect marshal was willing to send elite soldiers in the clan to help the government attack Yanshan in order to show his sincerity.

Wei Ze readily agreed when he heard the news, and sent the chief bookkeeper Zhang Jian to Zhuang County to lead the Yue people to join the preparations.

Zhuang County is a small county in the northwest of Jin'an County, the city is not big and there are not many people, but its position is very critical. Because there is a canyon between Yanshan and Yishan, the local people call it 'Shengnu Gorge', and Zhuang County is just not far from Shengnu Gorge, and Chengxian County in the east is the horn of each other, which is the barrier of the north of Jin'an.

Peng Cao's sneak attack on Zhuang County before was the reason for the invitation of the Meng Dynasty, but Peng Cao actually had his own abacus, that is, to destroy Zhuang and Cheng counties so that the government would lose the support for attacking Yanshan, but what was unexpected was that the county commander of Zhuang County was too vigilant and wise, and he not only did not find a bargain, but was also defeated by Wu Yue, who came to help, because of the hesitation to advance and retreat.

At the head of Zhuang County, Zhang Jian, Wu Jian, Ji Chi and the county order system all looked at the smoky Yanshan Mountain in the north with solemn faces.

"Ah Chi, you Yue people grew up in Yanshan since childhood, do you say this Yanshan is easy to attack?"

Ji Chi listened to Zhang Jian's inquiry and shook his head: "Yanshan is more than two hundred miles east and west, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, if you are not familiar with the terrain, let alone a few thousand, even tens of thousands of people are also looking for needles in the sea and are dizzy. ”

Zhang Jian smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Now that you have help, it is like a tiger with wings, where do you think these mountain bandits will be entrenched?" ”

Ji Chi sneered, pointed at Yanshan, and said firmly: "Panlongling! ”

Then he explained: "Although this Yanshan is big, Peng Cao can't be like our Yue people, his people and horses will not be scattered in the mountains but will gather together, and this best place is Panlong Ridge." The terrain of Panlong Ridge is gentle, but there is a danger of mountain streams around, and more importantly, there is a way to retreat behind the ridge, I believe that Peng Cao will definitely choose here. ”

Wu Jian, who was on the side, looked at the vast mountain and put away his contempt: "I didn't think anything about it before, but now it seems that this attack is really not an easy task, if you can't find the place where the thieves gather, it's really a wasted job, if only they could come out." ”

Wu Jian said casually, but the county order Fang system was intentional to listen, Fang Ji thought for a while and said: "It is not impossible to let Peng Cao go out of the mountain, as long as we cut off the road to the mountain, it will not be long before the grain and grass in the mountain commit suicide, and Peng Cao will have to come out if he can't come out at that time." However, with the current situation of friend and foe, it is difficult to implement. ”

The methodical approach is a good way, but it is also difficult to implement, as he said. According to Ji Chi, this Peng Cao had three or four thousand people under his command when he first arrived in Yanshan, and now after so long, there must be no less than five thousand people, but there are only eight thousand people on his side, and once they are scattered in many places, they are afraid that there will be a risk of being broken by each other.

Now Wei Ze is sitting in Feng County, and the commander-in-chief of the soldiers and horses in front is the county Sima Wu Yue, and Wu Yue's strategic deployment is to stabilize the defense of Zhuang and Cheng two counties, and then use the Yue people to familiarize themselves with the terrain of Yanshan, and finally watch the situation and wait for an opportunity. Anyway, what is anxious now is that he Peng Cao is not us, if Peng Cao really can't hold his breath and go down the mountain, it will be better.

In the following month, everyone performed their duties, Ji Chi and Wu Jian practiced the new army in the camp, and Zhang Jian ran between Min County, Zhuang County and Feng County to prepare for the Yue people to descend the mountain.

On this day, Zhang Jian came back from Min County and went straight to the new military camp in the east of Zhuang County, and as soon as he entered the camp gate, he saw from a distance that the school was full of people on the inside and outside of the three floors. Zhang Jian came up curiously, it turned out that Ji Chi and Wu Jian were discussing in the middle of the school field, and I saw the two of them holding wooden sticks. Wu Jian's martial arts Zhang Jian has seen it, and it may be an exaggeration to say that there are 10,000 enemies, but it is difficult for dozens of people to get close to each other.

Sure enough, the two walked for more than 20 rounds, and Ji Chi gradually came, and under Wu Jian's vigorous and fierce attack, Ji Chi had to give up the stick and admit defeat.

"No, no, General Wu Shenwu has lost."

Wu Jian also laughed and stopped the offensive.

"Rejoice! Joyfully! ”

"General Wu is really excellent in martial arts, and he should be the first among the people he has seen."

"What's the first and second, let's go drink."

The two walked out of the crowd with their shoulders hooked and ran into Zhang Jian, who was watching the excitement.

"Hey, when did you come back? So, let's go for a drink together. ”

Wu Jian was unimpressed, but Zhang Jian was embarrassed.

"Zili, this is the barracks and now that the situation is tense, how can you drink."

Wu Jian frowned slightly, looked at Zhang Jian, and then smiled: "It's very enjoyable to fight with Brother Chi today, drink less and don't get in the way." ”

"Zili!"

Seeing Zhang Jian's persistence, Wu Jian could only smile and say, "You, why are you becoming more and more like my brother, okay, okay, don't drink it." ”

Seeing this, Ji Chi on the side also hurriedly stepped forward to divert the topic: "General Wu, the infantry battle just now is under the lower hand, why don't we compare the cavalry and shoot again?" ”

Wu Jian was immediately interested when he heard this, and immediately asked the left and right to lead the horses.

Looking at the two people who were far away, Zhang Jian couldn't stop smiling bitterly and shook his head, thinking of Fang Cai, he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "What's wrong with you?" ”

It was night, just when the four fields were silent, a man and two horsemen on the east road rushed wildly, only to see that the people who came with the command flag on their backs and went straight into the Chinese army, and no one dared to stop them.

Wu Jian, who was in the Chinese military tent, looked at the military order sent by the herald, his face was extremely solemn, and he immediately ordered him to hurry up and invite Ji Chi and Zhang Jian to come over to discuss the matter.

By the time Zhang Jian got dressed and arrived at the Chinese military tent, Wu Jian had already been draped all over, and when he saw Zhang Jian coming, he told him the military order sent by Fang Chengxian straightforwardly. At dusk today, Peng Cao led the army to raid Chengxian, but fortunately, Wu Yue's quick reaction did not let them succeed, but Peng Cao confronted Wu Yue outside Chengxian, and Wu Yue ordered Wu Jian to lead the army to quickly reinforce and attack after the mountain bandits in order to annihilate them all.

Zhang Jian was taken aback and didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, Wu Jian put on his helmet and said in a deep voice: "Dao Zhen, I will take away most of the soldiers and horses in the camp this time, leaving only five hundred soldiers to defend the village, and the rest will be up to you." ”

Zhang Jian nodded happily: "Zili is careful all the way to guard against Peng Cao's ambush, you can rest assured about the affairs of Zhuang County." ”

Wu Jian and Ji Chi said goodbye to Zhang Jian and stepped on the war horse, and for a while, the camp was lit up by torches, people roared, horses neighed, and flags flew flying. Zhang Jian watched the brigade disappear from his sight and let out a long breath, and hurriedly sent a herald to report to the party system in the county, and then Zhuang County was under martial law.

But Zhang Jian has always wondered why Peng Cao wants to attack, why not attack Zhuang County? This Zhuang County is not the closest to Yanshan, and it is really incomprehensible to be so willing to seek the near and far to take the strong and abandon the weak.