Chapter 67: Internal Mutiny
Sheep Waist Ridge, as the name suggests, is a stone wall as smooth as a sheep's waist.
There is only one trail that can be climbed over the Sheep's Waist Ridge.
To everyone's surprise, it was Xiu Nan, the county shou of Tianshuo County, who was dismissed by Wu Shaoguang, who guarded the Yangyin Ridge.
Feng Qingluan knew that Yuan Xiunan would never give way.
"King Chu, can we take a detour to Yangyi Ridge?" Lu Jingfei asked.
"Sheepwaist Ridge is hundreds of miles in circumference, and one side is Sushui, if we take a detour, we will inevitably walk a lot more!" Feng Qingluan said.
"Then we only have one road to go, and where can we go after we cross Yangyin Ridge?" Single-minded questioning.
"Indeed, we only have the road of Sheepwaist Ridge to walk, as for where to go after Sheepwaist Ridge, we still have to take one step at a time!" Feng Qingluan said.
"King Chu, it's up to us to attack Yangyin Ridge!" Peng Zhenlei asked for battle.
"You can attack Yangyin Ridge, but you can't attack it, you have to outwit it, we don't have much time, Luo Hu's hundreds of thousands of troops will be able to catch up with us in less than three days!"
Feng Qingluan then said the reason why he had to cross the Sheep's Waist Ridge, and there was no way back.
"The King of Chu has made it clear, we have no way out, if we don't go to Yangyi Ridge and turn back, how can our more than 10,000 people be their opponents of more than 200,000 people!" Lu Jingfei explained again.
Everyone looked serious, knowing that this was a critical juncture.
"Peng Zhenlei, give you two days, and you will definitely take the Sheep Waist Ridge!" Feng Qingluan ordered.
Peng Zhenlei agreed, and selected elite soldiers to attack Yangyin Ridge.
Feng Qingluan and Lu Jingfei knew that the stakes were very high, and they came to the battlefield to command.
Looking at the smooth stone walls of Sheepwaist Ridge, Feng Qingluan frowned.
A path leads to the top of the mountain, and there is a walled wall on the top of the mountain, and the gate is closed.
If it is attacked from the front, it will be a one-man pass, and it will never succeed.
They hurriedly found Peng Zhenlei and discussed a strategy to break the enemy.
Peng Zhenlei said: "We can feint and take a look at Yuan Xiunan's virtual reality!" ”
Feng Qingluan agreed, and Peng Zhenlei immediately found fifty sergeants to attack the defenders of Yangyi Ridge from the sheep intestine path.
Fifty sergeants meandered up the path and attacked the Sheep Waist Ridge.
They climbed upwards without making any movement, and when they reached the gate of the village, the gate suddenly opened wide, and several carts full of stones were pushed out of it.
The cart rushed down the path, and several sergeants could not avoid it and fell off the cliff. Feng Qingluan hurriedly asked them to withdraw.
"If it's a strong attack, even a million men won't help!" Lu Jingfei said.
Feng Qingluan thought for a moment, and couldn't think of a good idea for a while.
Sheepwaist Ridge, garrison.
"Let these rebels know how good I am!" Yuan Xiunan said viciously.
From a party leader to the leader of a small cottage, Yuan Xiunan held back a vicious anger in his heart.
"Master Yuan, don't worry, these chaotic parties can't be attacked!" His deputy.
"It's not that they can't come up, it's that I want to kill them all!"
"Why should Lord Yuan be angry, as long as they can't attack the cottage, when Luo Hu's army comes, we don't need to clean it up!"
Yuan Xiunan listened to his words, and his face softened slightly.
"Yuan-sama, Yuan-sama, you let my brother go! He won't dare anymore! As he spoke, a man burst in.
This person is a small colonel under Yuan Xiunan, his name is Zhang Qing, and he has a younger brother named Zhang He.
"Zhang Qing, Zhang He committed a capital crime, if you intercede for him, I will punish you together!"
"My lord, my brother is not sensible, you spare him this time, I am willing to be a cow and a horse for adults!"
Yuan Xiunan reprimanded him and told him to get out quickly.
Zhang Qing was still begging for mercy, and Yuan Xiunan called a few soldiers and beat him out with sticks.
Zhang Qing received several blows, and the pain was unbearable.
He was the defender of the cottage and lived in the barracks behind the gate.
He lay on the ground, rubbing the place where he had been beaten with a stick, and his heart was depressed.
"Yuan Xiunan doesn't treat us as human beings, so Brother Zhang He argued a few words with him, and he was condemned to death!"
It was Zhang Qing's confidant brother who spoke, whose name was Yan Shikun.
"What can we do, just now I went to intercede with Zhang He, but I was beaten by Yuan Xiunan more than a dozen times!"
"Yuan Xiu Nanke deducted our military salary, and he simply didn't let us live!" Yan Shikun said angrily.
"What's the solution, Yuan Xiunan is a big official, he is used to it, who dares to say half a word!"
Yan Shikun looked around, and there was no one else.
He said mysteriously: "Do you want to save Brother Zhang He?" ”
"Of course I want to, we are brothers of the same mother, when we came together as soldiers to eat food, my family asked me to take care of him, who knew that he would be arrested by Yuan Xiunan!"
"It's not difficult to save Zhang He, we can't save it, someone can save it, see if you see it, the Chuxia National Salvation Army under the mountain may be our savior!"
"Don't say this, the two of us can't do such a big thing!" Zhang Qing hurriedly stopped.
"Brother Zhang, what are you afraid of, your brother is still in prison!" As he spoke, a few more people came in from outside the door.
When Zhang Qing looked up, they were all his brothers in life and death.
"Why are you here, don't you be afraid that Yuan Xiunan will see the flaws!" Zhang Qing exclaimed.
"Brother Zhang, you don't have to worry, see it, the Chuxia National Salvation Army under the mountain must be staring at us and thinking of countermeasures, as long as we open the gate of the village, they can rush up, in fact, there is not much time left for them!" Yan Shikun said.
"How can we make trouble, if the matter is revealed, we will definitely die!"
Yan Shikun said in a low voice: "We will raise the white flag and open the gate of the village, if the Chuxia National Salvation Army arrives at the cottage within half an hour, we will be sure that we can succeed." ”
"If Yuan Xiunan comes to attack, what should we do?"
"This is easy to do, Yuan Xiunan's military camp is halfway up the mountain, as long as he attacks us, we will turn the cart loaded with stones and support it for half an hour, it will not be a problem!" Yan Shikun seems to have been prepared.
"In that case, let's just make a Bo!" Zhang Qing finally made up his mind.
"Okay, we'll get up now!" Yan Shikun said, and a few people came to the back of the walled gate.
Yan Shikun found a few more familiar sergeants, who had long been dissatisfied with Yuan Xiunan.
Yan Shikun shouted: "Yuan Xiunan has harmed us a lot, we won't serve him anymore, everyone open the gate of the village and raise the white flag!" ”
Yan Shikun said, someone had already opened the gate of the village and waved a white flag.
Peng Zhenlei has been watching the gate of the village, thinking about the way to break the village. Suddenly, a white flag was raised on the gate of the village.
Feng Qingluan shouted: "The defenders in the cottage mutinied, this is our chance, everyone hurry up and rush up!" ”
Lu Jingfei said: "I'm afraid it's Yuan Xiunan's trick!" ”
"Brother Lu, I can't care so much, this is our only chance," as he spoke, Feng Qingluan rushed forward.
"Everyone rush up and protect the King of Chu!" Peng Zhenlei shouted.
Yuan Xiunan is a simple residence on the mountainside.
"Lord Yuan, it's no good, Yan Shikun and Zhang Qing led the sergeants in the cottage to mutiny, and they have already opened the gate of the village!" His deputy hurried over and said.
"What," these words suddenly stunned Yuan Xiunan.
"Hurry up and organize people and take down the cottage!" Yuan Xiunan commanded.
His lieutenant summoned the sergeant on the mountainside and rushed to the top of the mountain.
"Brother Yan, Yuan Xiunan is rushing over with the people!" Someone reported it to Yan Shikun.
"Good time!" Yan Shikun shouted: "Zhang Qing, you take a few people to force Yuan Xiunan's men and horses down with a cart!" ”
Zhang Qing agreed, and pushed a small cart full of stones to the back door of the cottage.
Yuan Xiunan's men and horses have arrived at the gate of the village.
Zhang Qing shouted, someone took the gate of the village, and the small cart pushed out.
The path was already narrow, making it difficult for the sergeant to hide. They were driven down the cliff by small carts.
Yuan Xiunan was in a hurry, watching the small cart he had carefully arranged to deal with him.
"Everyone rush to me, who can rush to the cottage to reward a hundred taels of silver!" Yuan Xiunan shouted.
"Under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man." Then the sergeant rushed up the hill again.
They weren't far away, and Zhang Qing could hear his shouting.
"Don't listen to Yuan Xiunan's nonsense, he has withheld all the military salaries we should get, can he really give you the silver?" Zhang Qing shouted.
"Zhang Qing, you dare to rebel, think about it carefully, your brother Zhang He is still in my hands, I will cut him with a thousand knives!" Yuan Xiunan said angrily.
"Yuan Xiunan, I pleaded with you, you didn't agree to spare him, since he can't escape your clutches, it's best for me to rebel, as long as I kill you, I'll be content!"
Yuan Xiu Nanqi shouted wow.
Zhang Qing saw the sergeants rushing up, and put the cart down, and the sergeants retreated one after another.
"Don't worry, there are only a few carts up there, and they won't last long!" Yuan Xiunan shouted.
Zhang Qing knew that what he said was the truth, and indeed there were still a few carts in the cottage.
Yuan Xiunan urged everyone to rush up.
Zhang Qing had no choice but to put the cart down to stop Yuan Xiunan from attacking.
"Brother Yan, we don't have a cart, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop Yuan Xiunan!" Zhang Qing shouted.
Yan Shikun watched as the Chu Xia National Salvation Army was rushing up the mountain. shouted: "Zhang Qing, if we hold on for a while, the Chuxia National Salvation Army will attack immediately!" ”
Zhang Qing agreed, and a few sergeants picked up the stone and threw it down.
"Their cart is running out, let's hurry up, it's still the same sentence, whoever can rush up, a hundred taels of silver!"
The reward was so generous that some sergeants were eager to try it.
Zhang Qing was anxious and secretly prayed that the Chuxia National Salvation Army would hurry up and attack.
Yan Shikun said: "Everyone tear off the left sleeve, and when the Chuxia National Salvation Army comes up, they will say that we are our own people!" ”
Everyone agreed, tearing off their sleeves.
"Let's hold on for a while, so that Yuan Xiunan can't attack!" Yan Shikun said and picked up the knife.
Yuan Xiunan's sergeant had already attacked.
There were few defenders in the cottage, and in an instant, they fell into the wind and were cut down a few sergeants.
"Brother Zhang Qing, it's time to be desperate!"