No matter how reckless Chen Fu was, when he heard that the commander of the Han army was Guan Yu, he also knew that he had been tricked.

Today's Guan Yu's prestige is much greater than that of the same period in history. After all, in the two battles of Huaiyin and Chaisang, they both fought the record of commanding 10,000 people and defeating three times the enemy. Zhenrong's opponent may be a bit rubbish, but Ji Ling and Liu Xun are barely decent.

In this era, two consecutive victories of more than 10,000 people and more victories with less can already be regarded as famous generals.

When Zu Shan, who was traveling with him, heard that Guan Yu was coming, he quickly panicked, and immediately discussed: "Brother Chen, what should I do?" Do you want to defend Le'an Mountain and fight with Guan Yu with ease? ”

Provoked by Zu Shan's words, Chen Fu finally came back to his senses and immediately denied the idea: "Stay here and defend the danger? That's not fast enough! Immediately let the subordinates bring the smelted copper, and the ore was gone, and went down the mountain to strive to return to Yixian in a roundabout way. ”

While ordering the troops to pack up as soon as possible, Chen Fu took the precious map and explained to Zu Shan:

"You don't want to think about it, on the way we came, we went down Lin Lishan, and then went down the Poshui River until the confluence of Poshui and the Le'an River, and then went up along the Le'an River against the current, all the way to the end of this tributary, which is the copper mountain.

After Guan Yu passed through the mouth of the Poshui and Le'an rivers, he sent troops from the downstream county seat of Poyang and came up against the current to block us. Now that we are returning the same way, we will directly bump into Guan Yu in the river valley and meet on a narrow road.

The later we go, the farther Guan Yu can swim against the current and meet us. In that case, how can we not rush back as soon as possible! And there will be more scouts along the way, once we find that Guan Yu is approaching, we will give up taking the river valley road and go to the north to climb the mountains.

As for staying here, it is looking for death, a barren mountain, a copper mountain, how much food can be obtained by fishing, hunting, and picking? Can feed so many of us? Guan Yu blocked the river valley, and even if we held the danger, we would have to starve to death! ”

Chen Servant's words, Zu Shan naturally understood it as soon as he heard it.

If other people don't look at the map, they may be a little blinded, but with a little analogy, it is easy to understand - Poshui and Le'an River are like forming a T-shaped intersection.

When they came, they followed the T-shaped side to the south, and then turned east to the vertical fork in the road. And as soon as they arrived at the bottom of the vertical road, the T-junction of the coming road was blocked by Guan Yu, and they couldn't go back the same way. You can only try to get close to the intersection as soon as possible, and then go over the mountain and take a detour to a steep place.

Even if it is a Shanyue person, in the mountains around Huangshan, it is impossible to casually climb the mountains and march one after another.

It is better to march along the valley, especially the one with large rivers, so that the terrain is relatively flat and easy to navigate. Forcibly climbing over the ridge is something that is only done when forced to do so.

Zu Shan understood this Taoist ideal, so he decisively followed Chen Fu's advice, gathered his main force of the people, and immediately fled back the same way.

Jin Qi and Mao Gan, who followed them to cheer for each day, each had one or two thousand people, and they also hurriedly ran together.

However, even if the situation was critical, the four major tribes did not consider immediately giving in to the government, or surrendering and cooperating and serving the government.

It's not that Guan Yu's prestige is not enough, they have to fight. It's Chen Fu and others, who have been too confident in the precipitousness of their hometown for generations.

They knew very well that from the Qin Dynasty onwards, the army of the government could not go deep into the Huangshan Mountains to pursue these Shanyue tribes. As long as you can return to your nest safely, defend yourself in danger on the Yellow Mountain, and be isolated from the world and be free, you can still do it.

In the original history, the record of "the old nest of Huangshan could not be broken" could not be maintained until the thirteenth year of Jian'an, when it was broken by He Qi of Eastern Wu. And in history, the greatest contribution of He Qi's life was to destroy this Chen Servant and Ancestral Mountain. It's just that now Chen Fu and Zu Shan have happened eleven years in advance, and they have provoked people who shouldn't be provoked.

But in any case, from their own point of view: this distress is entirely due to greed. took the initiative to attack from the old nest of Huangshan Mountain, which is dangerous, and came to the Poshui Basin, which is relatively easy to be packed, to commit crimes.

As long as you can go back, there is still hope! Give it a try.

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After Chen Fu and Zushan made up their minds, the speed of withdrawal in the mountainous area was still very fast, which was enough to amaze the Han army.

The speed of the Shanyue people walking the mountain road was more than double that of the Han people, and Chen Fu also had an idea, so that the soldiers sharpened their knives and did not cut wood, and before escaping, they spent some time cutting down a lot of wood and bamboo in Le'an Mountain, and then used the temporary grass bundle grass to bundle out rafts and bamboo rafts, and let the soldiers drift along the Le'an River Valley.

The mountains are steep, the rivers have a large drop, and the water flows very fast. Guan Yujun climbed the mountain from the downstream upstream, but Chen Fu rushed down from a high place, and the speed difference reached more than three or five times-

In later generations, all tourists who have played "rafting in the Grand Canyon of Western Zhejiang" should not be difficult to understand. The speed of rushing down the river can be many times faster than when you go to the mountain.

It only took Chen Fu and the others less than a day to drift out for nearly a hundred miles, which can be called a god speed. And he saw that it was already the first moment of Shen Shi (half past three in the afternoon), and estimated that the distance between him and Guan Yujun might not be far, so he let the troops rest for a while.

And send the most robust scouts, drift downstream to reconnoitre, and once they find the enemy, they abandon the raft and run back to report the news.

After waiting for half an hour, the scout came back and reported that he had found that Guan Yu's troops had only gone upriver from the mouth of the Poshui and Le'an rivers, and had walked more than 20 miles, and there were still more than 20 miles of mountain roads from our army.

When Chen Fu got the news, he was also slightly surprised: "Our army has traveled nearly 100 miles downstream, and Guan Yu has only walked out of more than 20 miles?" Sure enough, these Han people are not good at mountaineering, and they have only climbed more than 20 miles of mountains from early morning to now. ”

When Zu Shan heard the words beside him, he discussed: "Since we are still twenty or thirty miles away, do we still have to continue to drift downstream?" ”

Chen Fu's eyes were white: "Of course not!" If the two armies continue to approach, if we want to go north over the mountains, we will be rushed up by Guan Yu to bite the rear army, and we will inevitably suffer heavy losses at that time!

The reason why I stopped here to let the soldiers rest is because there is a pass in this area, which can cross the north ridge of Le'an Mountain, bypass Lengshuijian, and go directly to Changnan Town (now Jingdezhen) on the bank of Poshui, so as to bypass Guan Yu's volley! ”

After Chen Fu finished speaking, he did not allow Zushan to question it, and immediately ordered the troops who had rested enough to abandon all the bamboo rafts and rafts, or push down along the mountain stream to see if they could mislead and block the enemy army.

Then all the soldiers were lightly armed, ready to climb over the pass near the tip of the cold water.

……

After Chen Fu's troops began to prepare to climb the mountain, the relevant situation was quickly discovered by Guan Yujun's scouts.

Even Guan Yujun's scouts came back faster than Chen Fu's scouts - because when Chen Fu's scouts went west to investigate, they could drift down the river, but when they returned to report the news, they had to climb the mountain on two legs.

Guan Yu's scouts were just the opposite, when he went east to reconnoitre, he needed to climb the mountain, and when he arrived at the place, he could set up a raft in advance and hide in the dark, and only after discovering the movement of Chen's army did he drift west and return.

After hearing the movements of the Chen servant reported by the scout, Guan Yu finally lifted his spirits and ordered the troops to speed up the march. The 6,000-strong troops changed their slow performance in the morning, and began to intensify their forced march, and after walking the last twenty miles, they were ready to bite Chen Fu's rear army and attack hard.

At this point, it is not difficult to see that Guan Yu is actually fishing. Deliberately pretending that the expeditionary troops, mainly Han Chinese, were not good at climbing mountains, and moved slowly, forcing Chen Fu to the vicinity of Lengshuijian, he had to climb north over the mountains and dangers.

The other officers under his command also didn't understand this decision, and couldn't help but remind: "General Guan, even if we climb at full speed now, we will have to walk a lot of time for this twenty-mile road, and by then Chen Fu's vanguard and the Chinese army have already run away, right?" Even if it is blocked, it can only block a rear army. ”

Guan Yu was very sure: "Don't worry, Chen Servant can't turn over the cold water." ”

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At the same time, at the mountain pass near Lengshuijian, Gan Ning with more than 2,000 Danyang soldiers, as well as his own Jinfan battalion, a total of 3,000 people, had already arrived in advance and was waiting for work to ambush.

Don't underestimate Gan Ning's descendants, although the Jinfan Battalion is a sailor, after all, they are all from Ba County, and climbing the mountain is unambiguous - just like the Chongqing people in later generations, which one can't climb the mountain?

Guan Yu's side was in the light, and the reason why he was so slow to climb the mountain against the current was to pull the time difference and the distance difference for Gan Ning, so that Gan Ning, who was in the dark, could return to his position in advance.

All of this was ordered by Zhuge Jin in advance before the war. Of course, it is inseparable from Guan Yu and Gan Ning's on-the-spot execution, otherwise no matter how well the rear plan is thought, the rhythm of the actual combat troops in front will not be able to keep up, and it will be in vain.

Chen Fu didn't know that there were so many climbers in the Han army who were good at mountain warfare, and it was normal for them to misjudge the speed and trajectory of the two armies.

After climbing for more than half an hour, the vanguard of Chen's army entered the mountainous area, and when he saw that the sky was getting dark (five o'clock in the afternoon), and he was about to escape from the encirclement, the golden drums on the slopes on both sides suddenly shook violently, arrows flew wildly, and branches and rocks fell one after another.

Countless Shanyue tribesmen were instantly stunned, and hundreds of soldiers fell down one after another with arrows and stones, and blood stained pits and valleys.

Chen Fu was undoubtedly lucky, because the Shanyue people did not ride horses when they fought, and they could not ride horses when marching over the mountains, so Chen Fu was not like the Zhen family a few months ago, because he was too conspicuous, and was sniped by the Gan Ning army.

In addition, Chen Fu likes to take the lead and personally march in front of the vanguard troops, and when Gan Ning rushed out, he was already intercepted in the middle and front of Chen Fu's army, and Chen Fu was able to escape the initial interception.

Gan Ning's army originally wanted to continue to inflict casualties and weaken the enemy army with arrows and stones on the top of the slope, but seeing that the enemy army was in chaos and tried to rush through the pass in a hurry, Gan Ning finally made up his mind and personally led the team to rush down.

"Bajun Gan Xingba is here! Those who descend will not be killed! Gan Ning descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, flying with two knives in his hands, and when he was invincible, he slashed and killed more than a dozen Shanyue soldiers in a moment.

"You have fallen for Captain Zhuge 's scheme! Don't fast drop yet! "The Danyang soldiers all walked down like flying down, and the vigorous posture of climbing the mountain wall was exactly the same as that of the Shanyue soldiers.

Who made them originally also Shanyue people, but they were just Shanyue people who took the money of the Han people and changed their careers to become professional mercenaries.

When the Shanyue soldiers saw the offensive of the Danyang soldiers, their morale was immediately furious, and many soldiers chose to kneel and surrender.

When Chen Fu saw that something was wrong, he didn't dare to try to save his main force again, but took advantage of the time when Gan Ning was dragged by the main force, and frantically climbed forward to help and escape.

The four of them have a total of 10,000 people - when they came this time, the original plan was to kill the Le'an Ministry, and then repel the Han army that dared to support the Le'an Ministry, so as to deter them. And there are thousands of households in the Le'an Department, and if Chen Fu does not bring superior forces, he will not be sure to win.

And Gan Ning only has more than 3,000 people, and it is impossible to block everyone if he really wants to block them.

However, Chen Fu's act of abandoning the army and fleeing naturally further disintegrated the morale of the army.

Gan Ning's side didn't think of shouting the slogan "Your boss has fled" to hit the enemy's morale at first, but after fighting, the Shanyue soldiers found that the boss was gone, and they were in chaos.

After Gan Ning figured out the situation, he hurriedly asked the Danyang soldiers to shout to further accelerate the collapse of the enemy army.

After a while, as the front became more and more chaotic, the Guan Yu army in the rear finally arrived, and launched a tail-end pursuit against the rear army of Chen Fu, who had not yet crossed the mountain.

This last straw completely crushed the Shanyue army, Guan Yu had more than 6,000 fresh troops, twice as many troops as Gan Ning, or directly kicked at the tail of an army that was about to collapse, and the last will to resist also completely collapsed.

About an hour later, the battle was completely over, and the mountains and valleys of the Shanyue soldiers put down their weapons or knelt or sat or lay down, not daring to resist any longer.

Because it was already dark, Guan Yu didn't have time to count, so he simply searched for weapons, and then surrounded these Shanyue people, lit a bonfire in the mountain, and camped on the spot to rest for the night (of course, he would cut down the grass and trees near the campfire first to prevent the fire)

Now it is the fourth day of the lunar calendar, and I am not afraid of the cold when I spend the night in the mountains, but all kinds of mosquitoes, poisonous ants and even snakes, toads, and centipedes have gradually increased.

After staying up all night, Guan Yu and Gan Ning took advantage of the early morning to recount the prisoners and booty.

In the end, it was estimated that about 17,000 Shanyue people were annihilated in this battle, nearly 4,000 people were killed or wounded, and 13,000 people were captured and surrendered. Thousands of people have managed to escape over the mountains, and the number is too far to count.

The only pity is that Chen Fu still didn't catch this guy and actually let him run away.

However, from another point of view, thanks to Chen Fu's escape, the Han army easily annihilated twice as many enemies as itself, otherwise the enemy's will to resist would definitely be stronger.

After some search and interrogation, Guan Yu finally found that the highest status among the captives was a tribal leader named Zushan.

Knowing that the other party was the head of the second largest tribe in Yixian County, and was also a distant cousin of the handsome Zulang of Jing County, Guan Yu frowned, realizing that this captive was still of great use.

So according to Zhuge Jin's prisoner policy that he had instructed him before the war, he brought Zushan and knocked him out:

"You covet the Le'anshan Copper Mine, and you dare to fight against the imperial soldiers, your sin is unforgivable! However, for the sake of Brother Ling's face, let you go back today, and persuade your brother to immediately put down his weapons and return to the court, then he will not be blamed for the past. Our army will counterattack Lin Lishan on the same day and uproot the thief's nest! If you are still obsessed, you know the end! ”

Guan Yu knew that this ancestral mountain was a straw bag, and it didn't make a difference whether he was caught or not, anyway, even if he was released, he would only be released, and the thousands of civilian prisoners of war he brought would not be released.

Let Zu Shan go back and bring a word, if Zu Lang knows that it is powerful and submits directly, it is the best, if he does not surrender, it can be regarded as burning the cause of evil on Zu Lang.

Zu Shan couldn't figure out these truths, but when he heard that he could let him go back, he hurriedly thanked him, so he wanted to slip away directly.

Guan Yu grabbed him: "Why are you running so fast?" Did I say you're allowed to go faster than we do? Of course, we have to wait for us to march into Lin Lishan and surround Yixian to take it, and then talk about the rest.

Otherwise, instead of going to find your eldest brother, you will go directly to the Lin Lishan cottage and continue to resist the imperial court soldiers, where can I find you to settle accounts? ”

When Zu Shan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, when Guan Yu said that he wanted to release him just now, he did have this idea. If you can escape back to your lair, then if you defend the danger, you may not have no chance, what kind of big brother are you looking for?

It's a pity that Guan Yu is not pedantic, and he has long been guarding against this hand.

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After cleaning up the battlefield, Guan Yu handed over the 13,000 disarmed prisoners to Gan Ning, and asked Gan Ning to escort them back to Poyang County first.

And he himself took the main force of 6,000 men, returned to the shore of Poshui without stopping, and then marched upstream, traveling nearly 200 miles in a few days, and finally arrived at Yixian, the source of Poshui.

Because the mobile troops of Chen Fu and Zushan were hit hard, Yixian County did not have the strength of the Shanyue people to defend the city, Guan Yu only spent three days, a simple attack, and took the county seat, and then further marched into Lin Lishan, besieged Chen Fu and Zushan's tribes in the precipitous place of Huangshan.

Of course, Zushan himself did not return to the cottage, he had been monitored by Guan Yu, and only then was he allowed to go back to Zulang to report the news.

On the other hand, after Gan Ning transported the captives back to Poyang County, Zhuge Jin, who was in Poyang County, also assigned the local militia to temporarily guard the disarmed prisoners, and arranged for these people to do some hard labor to control them first.

Then, Gan Ning was going to take the Danyang soldiers back to join Guan Yu, preparing to attack Lin Lishan, or send reinforcements to the possible Zulang reinforcements.

However, just when Gan Ning hurriedly packed up and was about to set off to fight again, Zhuge Jin said that he could rest for one more night, and also set up a banquet in Poyang City to catch the wind and celebrate his achievements.

Gan Ning has been spinning around these days, and other things have turned a deaf ear, and he can't help but be a little confused: "Why are you happy?" Captain, it's still important to fight, come back and drink with the captain! ”

Zhuge Jin smiled slightly, clapped his hands, and a person turned out of the back hall of the county ya, and Gan Ning looked fixedly, it was Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming? You're back from Guangling? That's really ...... Congratulations, but now is not the time to say goodbye......"

Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning are also familiar with each other, after all, Gan Ning was brought by him, so he didn't see it, he took out a box directly from his arms and shook it in front of Gan Ning:

"Xingba, this is Your Majesty's will, you have been officially canonized as the Captain of Yuzhang, not for us. Also, from today onwards, you have to call the eldest brother 'Zhonglang' or 'Fujun', you can no longer call the school captain, and the eldest brother has also been officially canonized by His Majesty as Pingyue Zhonglang General and Danyang Taishou.

The will also mentions authorizing us to destroy the Danyang thief Zulang, and we are now begging for the thief by the edict of the Son of Heaven. Therefore, you can take this will to Yun Chang to see, and it will have a great effect on boosting the morale of our army and breaking the enemy's will to resist in the future. ”

Gan Ning, who was originally eager to make meritorious contributions, was suddenly completely attracted by this unexpected news: "What? How can I be known to the Son of Heaven and canonized to me? This...... Fu Jun, we don't seem to have shown the military exploits of Yuzhang, right? Can you kill and listen to the sky? ”

Zhuge Jin smiled slightly: "This is done by Xuande Gong under the pretense of Liu Yangzhou, follow us to work hard, and there is an opportunity for meritorious promotion." ”

Gan Ning's eyes were red, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Ning follows Dingfujun, makes meritorious contributions, and goes to the soup to fight the fire, and he will not give up!" ”