Previously, Zhang Yan learned that reinforcements from Jizhou had arrived and would launch an attack at any time, so he called someone to call Yang Feng to discuss how to deal with it. He went around a few times and only said that all the generals from Hebei had arrived. If he wanted to resist the attack, it was Yang Feng who No.
While he was talking, he saw that Yang Feng's complexion was not as good as before. Even his normally upright body seemed to have a slight stoop. For a moment, he hesitated and couldn't continue.
Yang Feng did not refuse, but said: "I will be a pioneer tomorrow, it doesn't matter."
"But General Zhonglang thinks that the Black Mountain Army can really stop the Jizhou Army?"
Zhang Yan naturally knows the truth. In the past few days, the army has begun to run out of food. Many soldiers can only find ways to dig out some strange things from everywhere to eat. If this continues, in less than ten days, the Montenegro Army will not fight. Collapsed.
Zhang Yan also sent people to sneak attacks on the enemy's grain storage areas, but the enemy's generals were tightly guarded. The Montenegrin Army tried several times but failed.
Now, the result of his previous plan to fight a war of attrition with the Jizhou Army ended with the Black Mountain Army being the first to run out of food.
Zhang Yan said: "Colonel Yang, Heishan can no longer stay."
"In tomorrow's battle, if we can kill the enemy general or even the coach, there might be a glimmer of hope."
"If we are defeated, we will have no choice but to withdraw from Montenegro immediately. We may not be able to make a comeback in the future."
Yang Feng frowned and said, "Let's go, where are we going?"
Zhang Yan sighed: "We can't go to Bingzhou. With so many people, even if we go to join the Southern Huns, they may not be willing to do so."
"So I want to escape to the southwest and enter the east of the river."
"That place was originally the territory of the White Wave Army, but the White Wave Army was dispersed and now no one controls it, which just gave the Black Mountain Army an opportunity."
"If we can occupy the east of the river and wait for an opportunity to express our gratitude to the court in the future, we may not be unable to gain the support of the Han court again."
Yang Feng frowned and said, "General Zhonglang still wants to believe in the unprincipled Han court?"
"We only took refuge in the Han court for expediency. Over the years, every day has been for the purpose of changing the sky and the earth. The yellow sky is above, replacing the blue sky!"
"Now that Zhonglang will bring people to join the Han court, are they going to sacrifice their lives for them?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yan's face darkened and she said rather displeasedly: "Colonel Yang, the world has changed!"
"Didn't you also admit that Cao Shijun is the person who will succeed the Heavenly Master?"
"Even if we want to change the world, it will be done step by step. Now we need to rely on Han Ting to regain our strength, not to mention that we can't protect ourselves now!"
"Do you know, Lieutenant Colonel, how much pressure does it put on me to feed hundreds of thousands of mouths without surrendering to the Han court and becoming an enemy of the Yuan family?"
Yang Feng was silent.
After a long time, she stared at Zhang Yan and said, "I understand."
"If Mr. Zhonglang still has Huang Tian in his heart, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Yang Feng's gaze was so sharp that Zhang Yan unconsciously looked away and said, "Please feel at ease, Captain Yang."
Yang Feng nodded, "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first."
Seeing Yang Feng turn around, Zhang Yan couldn't help but said: "Taiping Qingling Shu"
Yang Feng suddenly turned around and said, "Master Zhonglang, this is the last time I will say it."
"The Taiping Qingling Book is nothing special."
"The martial arts inside are all evil ways that harm the body and life, and are not suitable for practice."
Zhang Yan stood up excitedly after hearing this, "But I can't understand the secret contained in Qingling's book!"
"Since the death of the Heavenly Master, the connection between us and Huang Tian has been cut off!"
"If there is no way to reach Huang Tian in the Qingling Book, how do we know how the Celestial Master communicated with Huang Tian in the first place?"
"How do we know if the Heavenly Master is lying to us?"
Yang Feng's steps stagnated, "I don't know either."
Then she left without looking back.
Zhang Yan stood on the ground blankly, with a look of struggle flashing in his eyes.
She doesn't know either?
So what is true and what is false?
After all these years, is the Yellow Turban Rebellion just a dream or a scam?
He clenched his fists, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, then uncorked the bottle, put it under his nose and took a few sips.
In the dark, he seemed to hear Huang Tian's whisper.
Yuan Xi woke up from the tent, turned over and sat up.
Under him was a bundle of straw, with a piece of linen laid on top to serve as a bed. The autumn weather was already a bit cold, so almost everyone lay down with their clothes on, wrapped themselves in a felt, and spent the night together.
He stretched out and reached out to touch the armor beside him, only to see Lu Lingqi huddled in a ball next to her, sleeping soundly, with plant ash still on her face.
Yuan Xi couldn't help but secretly laugh. During the continuous march, she couldn't rest well and couldn't eat well. Lu Lingqi was tortured so much that she no longer looked as lively as she did before setting off. She fell asleep whenever she had the chance.
But what impressed Yuan Xi was that Lu Lingqi had a stubborn temper and persisted through gritted teeth. He didn't know whether to praise her for being tough-minded or thin-skinned.
At this moment, his expression suddenly condensed, and there was a faint sound of a horn in his ears, which seemed to be coming from the distant mountains. The sergeants in the camp began to commotion. The soldiers quickly put on their armor and rushed out with weapons.
Yuan Xi stretched out his hand to explore Lu Lingqi's chest, changed direction midway, and shook her shoulder a few times. Lu Lingqi reluctantly opened her eyes and said in a daze: "Is there a war?"
She was shaken suddenly, turned over and sat up. She picked up the armor beside her and put it on her body. She yawned while putting it on. When Yuan Xi saw it, he couldn't bear it and said: "It's okay, the horn sound is very loud." It’s not far away, it’s not that the camp here is under attack, you can just sleep for a while.”
Lu Lingqi shook her head, "No, it's too embarrassing."
"I was living a very good life before. I didn't expect you to be living like this on weekdays. Before the war, I was in such a mess. It's really embarrassing for my father."
While she was talking, she quickly put on her upper body armor and was struggling to put on her leather boots. Yuan Xi caught a glimpse of her and couldn't take his eyes away.
Because of years of exercise, Lu Lingqi's curves from her toes to her ankles and then to her calves are excellent.
Different from Zhen Mi's slightly slender lines, Lu Lingqi's calf muscles are stronger. Compared with Zhen Mi's jade-white skin, Lu Lingqi's skin color shows a light wheat color, with a slightly shiny healthy luster. Seems very energetic.
Although Zhen Mi also climbed stairs from time to time, she obviously couldn't compare with Lu Lingqi, who practiced martial arts every day. Yuan Xi's nose twitched, and he could even faintly smell the sour smell of sweat coming from the gaps between Lu Lingqi's toes.
Why do you feel that this smell has an inexplicable attraction?
Without realizing it, Lu Lingqi tied the armor leggings on the leather boots and jumped up. She found that Yuan Xi was still hunching over and slowly piercing the armor. She said proudly: "Well, at least the armor is faster than you!"
The two walked out of the camp. At this time, the morning light was not yet bright, and the sun had not even completely jumped out of the mountain side. The sound of fighting on the mountain in the distance could already be heard faintly. The soldiers in the camp were all dressed up and ready to go.
Yuan Xi said to Lu Lingqi: "Let's go up to the watchtower and have a look."
Not long after, the two men stood on the top of the watchtower and saw through the telescope that on the mountain in the distance, the Jizhou Army and the Black Mountain Army were already fighting.
This pass in Heishan is located in the middle of Heishan. There are three hilltops. Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi each occupied one of the Black Mountain passes. Yuan Xi did not know what it would be called in later generations, but according to the terrain, it was located near the three passes of the Great Wall in later generations. The terrain was dangerous. Extremely difficult to defeat.
If you want to break into the Black Mountain Mansion, you need to defeat the Black Mountain Army and occupy the top of the mountain to open up the valley passage leading inside. But except here, other places are too steep to climb over the mountain to bypass.
Yuan Shang has been fighting for this place for nearly a month, and both sides have invested a lot of lives here.
The reason why it was so difficult to capture was because the hilltop where the Black Mountain Army was located was relatively high, and it was not easy for the Jizhou Army to climb up, let alone form a formation to fight.
Yuan Xi saw the two sides fighting back and forth through the telescope. People kept falling down the mountain path, and the corpses smashed the people behind them and rolled down. He thought that this kind of vitality was really troublesome, and it was a bit like the sword pavilion in Shu where one man was in charge and ten thousand people were in charge. The taste of Mo Kai is gone.
However, if it was really Jiange, I am afraid that Yuan Shang would have withdrawn his army long ago. Now the two sides can still attack and defend back and forth, but Yuan Shang has made up his mind to consume the Black Mountain Army to death.
Although Yuan Xi came with an edict, it is impossible for both sides to stop fighting like this. At present, they can only fight until Zhang Yanshan is exhausted before the other party is willing to give in, right?
And he got the news that it was Zhong Yao sent by Liu Xie, not Wang Kuang as before. This made Yuan Xi feel a little uneasy. Was Liu Xie's change of candidate a coincidence or deliberate?
Heishan had colluded with Cao Cao. Yuan Xi was sure that Zhong Yao's mission was Cao Cao's handiwork. The key was what purpose did the other party want to achieve?
Is there anything worthy of Cao Cao's attention in Black Mountain? Is it just for the hundreds of thousands of people?
Wen Chou on the mountain over there took the lead, holding a long ax and rushing left and right. Two soldiers next to him held shields to block hidden arrows and cold shots, but even so, the effect was far less effective than fighting immediately.
When generals had horses, they could come and go when they wanted. Now that they fight on foot, the gap between generals and soldiers has been greatly reduced.
Wen Chou also felt aggrieved. Originally, cavalry was beyond the reach of most civilians. A general like him could bully small soldiers with his armor and horses, but now he was reduced to an infantryman. He couldn't even kill a single one for a long time!
After cutting down a few people, he took a breath and was stabbed continuously by the wooden spears of the opposing soldiers. Although he was protected by armor, he was still stabbed back repeatedly and almost fell down the mountain road.
Wen Chou barely managed to steady his body and cursed angrily. Behind him, Zhang He and Gao Lan took advantage of the situation and came up from both sides and said: "General, please step back first."
The two men were holding iron guns, one on the left and one on the right. They cooperated with each other in a tacit understanding, and they stabbed very quickly. Immediately, several soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were shot and fell to the ground. The two took advantage of the situation and led the soldiers forward. They saw that there were still dozens of steps left. , we have to climb the mountain.
At this time, a horn sounded, and Yang Feng appeared on the top of the mountain wearing red armor!
With a flick of the spear in her hand, she took the lead and rushed down from the top of the mountain.
Zhang He raised his head and saw Gao Lan, and cursed in his heart. At this time, the two of them were neither up nor down, and they had to face the attack of masters rushing down from high places!
You must know that the two of them are on a sloping mountain road at this time. Even if the two sides are evenly matched in strength, the person below is in a great disadvantage. As long as they are hit by the people rushing down from above, they will roll all the way to the bottom of the valley, either dead or disabled.
However, Yang Feng accelerated his pace, and the iron gun in his hand had already enveloped Zhang He and Gao Lan, and he was about to carry the two of them down the mountain road!
At this moment, Zhang He and Gao Lan's movements were surprisingly consistent. They thrust their iron guns into the ground at the same time. The gun tip was more than a foot into the ground. Then they stretched out their legs to hook the gun shaft, and pulled out the Huanshou knife from their waists with their backhands!
(End of chapter)
