Chapter 23: A Thousand Miles to Deliver Heads

Wei Shi and his entourage, dozens of carts, carrying wealth and valuables, traveled west along the official road from Xinye to Neixiang.

Wei Yan led five hundred Nanyang soldiers either behind him, or in front of him, or hidden, and so on, just for the bandits of Funiu Mountain.

Wang Zhong, Hou Yin, and Liao Hua are three bandits.

Who will become the meal on the plate of the Wei Shi and Wei Yan brothers depends on which of the three of them can't bear it and bites the bait and takes the bait.

The main peak of Funiu Mountain, Laojun Mountain.

The nest of Nanyang Tukou Wang Zhong was built on the mountain.

Here, it was the Yellow Turban Heavenly Gong General, the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jiao preached, and later the Yellow Turban was defeated, Wang Zhong waited for the opportunity to occupy Laojun Mountain, and took this as the foundation, gathered more than 1,000 mountain Kou for the disaster township.

Cai Min and Wang finally escaped from the westbound team, and they didn't dare to rest all the way, and walked for two days and nights day and night, and finally came to the foot of Laojun Mountain.

The minions patrolling the mountains informed Wang Zhong and introduced Cai and Wang into the cottage, and when they arrived on the mountain, Wang found that the atmosphere in the village was very tense, and the local robbers were even more dish-like, as if they had eaten wild vegetables for many days.

Wang Zhong was overjoyed when he saw the Wang family, this sister of the same clan, but his good ears and eyes, now he urgently needs to get accurate information about the Xinye area.

Before Liu Bei arrived in Xinye, the bandits of Funiu Mountain had a tacit understanding with the original county order, and they became prosperous and rich.

In the neighboring towns, there are also Cai An and other lieutenants who can be the eyes and ears, plus Liu Biao's Jingzhou army's main focus is on Jingnan, Wang Zhong is crisscrossing Nanyang, and there is no opponent for a while.

But such a good situation no longer exists with the arrival of Liu Bei.

In the first battle of Runan, in order to support Yuan Shao and form a north-south attack, Liu Bei gave up all his family resources.

After a fierce battle, Liu Beijun suffered huge losses, Liu Pi, Gong Du and other former Yellow Turban generals were killed, and his subordinates were scattered.

In the past few days, Guan, Zhang, Zhao and other generals have taken turns to train and suppress bandits, in the hope that the recruits will see blood and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Although Uncle Liu Huang has been defeated repeatedly, it depends on who the opponent is.

The opponent is Cao Cao, Liu Bei has few major generals, and his strategists are not outstanding, so naturally he can't beat Cao Cao, who is more treacherous and slippery.

But if the opponent is Wang Zhong, then there is no need for Liu Bei to take action personally, a group of ruthless people under him, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other fierce generals, can abuse Wang Zhong and cry.

Of course, Wang Zhong can also not go to Funiu Mountain, relying on the geographical advantages to defend the cottage.

However, although the stockade is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it cannot be eaten as a meal, and Wang Zhong used to be chic in the past, and did not have the habit of accumulating surplus grain, which made him anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Wang and Cai Min talked about the situation in Xinye in 1510, and also mentioned important information about Liu Bei's leading of the army north to Wancheng, although the two of them had no knowledge, they did not lack eyes and ears.

"Liu Bei has gone to Wancheng, this matter is important, we must inform General Xiahou immediately, and call Mr. Lou over quickly." When Wang Zhong heard the news of Liu Bei's movements, he threw the steamed cake in his hand and shouted at the minions.

Cao Cao's subordinates, the Jianwu general Xiahoudun garrisoned Yexian, not far from Funiu Mountain.

Wang Zhong couldn't gain a foothold in Nanyang during this time, and already had the idea of going to the north, so he forcibly kidnapped Lou Gui, a famous scholar in Nanyang, to contact Cao Cao on his behalf.

Lou Gui, the word uncle, intersected with Cao Cao when he was young, and ran a private school in Wancheng, and he was very famous, but he was extremely greedy for money, and then hid outlaws and was imprisoned and arrested.

With Lou Gui pulling the strings, it happened that Xiahoudun received Cao Cao's order to find Liu Bei's trouble, and as soon as the two sides were in tune, Wang Zhong was incorporated into a partial division of Cao's army.

Lou Gui sighed when he heard that there was important military information sent to Ye County, and hurried down the mountain with a bitter face under the escort of several of Wang Zhong's henchmen.

He didn't want to get on Wang Zhong's thief ship, but now he can't get off.

After Lou Gui left, Wang Zhong inquired about the situation in Yushu Bay, and when he heard that Cai An had been captured and Cai Guang was dead, he couldn't help but be angry.

"Sister, brother-in-law, this Weishi rural village husband, dare to act so arrogantly, I really don't know whether to live or die."

"Brother, your cousin Cai died a tragic death." Wang wiped a handful of tears, remembering Cai Guang's head, his heart ached.

Cai Min was accompanied by tears, and then cried: "Wei Shi is now going to the inner countryside to be the county lieutenant, when we came, the village was already loading things, and there were more than ten carts full of bulging, and the Wei family's wealth and silk were all in it. ”

Cai Min is cowardly but greedy for money, what Han Yan, Song Yuniang and other female dependents put on the cart, others don't care, but he always pays attention to it and doesn't let go of a thing.

As soon as Wang Zhong heard the word "wealth", his eyes immediately lit up.

"Sister, brother-in-law, don't worry, if Wei Pifu is allowed to go to the inner countryside safely, I will write the word backwards." Wang Zhong gulped down the steamed cakes brought by Wang, patting his chest to reassure.

Cai Min opened his mouth to want something, but finally swallowed it.

What he wanted to say was that the word king was written upside down.

In fact, it is still the word king.

Wang glared at Cai Min's wretched appearance fiercely and warned him not to talk nonsense.

Although Wang Zhong is a clansman, he is also the leader of the bandits, and if he is annoyed, it is not known whether the two of them will be alive or not.

After a while, the gongs and drums of the troops gathered at the foot of the mountain rang out.

Wang Zhong hurriedly gathered more than a thousand mountain robbers, roared down the mountain and ran in the direction of the inner countryside.

Cai Min was forced by Wang Zhong to be a guide, and the Wang family stayed on the mountain, which was regarded as a hostage.

Wang Zhong and the others marched lightly, at a very fast speed, and when they reached a place called Wuting thirty miles outside Neixiang County, they happened to intercept Wei Shi's team.

"Wei Pifu, send people for thousands of miles, you are really my Wang Zhong's savior, haha." Wang Zhong held a ring-headed sword, rode on a horse, and laughed out loud.

In front of him, Wei Shi led the villagers to cover the cart and protect the villagers in the middle.

In the car array, Wei Shi looked at Wang Zhong coldly, as if he was looking at a dead man.

Wang Zhong attacked and killed Wei's father back then, and Wei Shi had a grudge against his father, this time, Wei Shi deliberately released Wang's report, which was to lure Wang Zhong down the mountain, and then come to catch them all.

"Kill me, don't leave a single one, kill them all." Wang Zhong shouted frantically, judging from the number of people, the number of village soldiers was not even 200, and they were not their opponents at all.

When the thieves heard the order, they each shouted and moved forward.

The thieves who rushed ahead waved their swords and spears, and their eyes showed greed.

In the extreme excitement, they no longer cared about anything else, not even the danger under their feet.

Until one of the hapless bandits jumped to his feet and screamed.

"Tribulus terrestris, be careful."

When some of the thieves shouted out what was piercing the soles of their feet, Wang Zhong's first wave of attack wounded hundreds of people before he could rush to Wei Shi.