From Luoyang Beimang Mountain to the west to Shenwei Mountain, there are thirty-three peaks, passing through six counties of Mianchi, Xin'an, Luoyang, Mengjin, Yanshi and Gongxian, with a length of more than 380 miles.
Shouyang Mountain in the north of Yanshi City is named after Boyi and Shuqi, but the name of the small peak where Yang Anxuan is located is unknown.
Standing on the mountain peak and looking into the distance, thick smoke billows in the Yanshi area, and black smoke pillars shoot straight into the sky, indicating that another village has been destroyed.
Yang Anxuan had been lurking near Yanshi City for six days. Yao Chong led his army towards the east, and Tan Ma quickly reported into the city.
Seeing that the Qin army no longer attacked the city, Xiahou Zong was overjoyed and thought that the Qin army had retreated due to difficulties.
Yang Anxuan tried hard to recall the records in the history books. The history books record that Yao Chong was unable to capture Jinyong City, so he turned east to the Pingbai Valley area of Yanshi and kidnapped more than 20,000 households and returned westward.
There are more than 20,000 households, nearly 100,000 people, and there are less than 10,000 households in the entire city of Luoyang. Only one person has everything, and the Qin army must not be allowed to kidnap the people.
After finding Xiahou Zongzhi, Yang Anxuan said: "Master Qin is moving eastward, and I want to sneak out of the city to find out the news."
Xiahou Zongzhi shook his head like a rattle and refused continuously: "General Yang is a general sent by the imperial court to defend Luoyang. The military's morale is so high that we can't leave lightly. If Yao Chong kills and turns around, who will command for you?"
Yang Anxuan patiently explained: "The Xiahou Prefect, the Qin army has divided its forces and has no intention of attacking the city. I went out of the city to find out Yao Chong's movements, so I can deal with it accordingly. As for defending the city, Huang Sima and Hu Counselor are there, so there is no problem." "
The Qin army attacked Jin Yong, which gave Hu Fan a place to use his force. Many Qin soldiers were killed or injured under his arrows, and he killed several Qin soldiers who climbed the city. His bravery was not inferior to that of Yang Anxuan.
Regarding the siege methods devised by the Qin army, Hu Fan cracked them one by one, showing his wisdom and winning the respect of the soldiers.
Xiahou Zongzhi thought for a moment and asked, "How many people will General Yang take out of the city?"
"If there are too many people, it will be easy to be discovered. You only need to bring Yu Fei and Huang Fu with you."
Knowing that Yang Anxuan was going out of the city to explore the enemy, Zhang Feng had to follow him life and death.
At midnight, the moonlight was covered by dark clouds. A basket was placed on the city, and the four people quietly left the city and disappeared into the darkness.
Without horses, the four of them walked eastward, chasing the tail of Yao Chong's rear army and arriving outside Yanshi City.
From the mouths of the people who fled into the mountains, Yang Anxuan learned that Yanshi City surrendered without a fight. Only County Wei Shanchang and more than 20 people died under the sword of the Qin army for their loyalty to the country. Immediately afterwards, the Qin army sent troops to massacre Zhoujiabao and Shajiabao, and the Pei and Yan families were forced to surrender.
These days, the Qin army drove the people to gather outside Yanshi City. A large amount of materials were transported into the city and piled up like mountains.
There was originally a small village of about 200 households under Hutou Peak. During the day, the Qin army found it and drove the villagers to Yanshi to gather.
The rebels were killed by swords and guns, and the barking dogs became delicacies in the cauldron of the Qin army. With a fire, the hard work of generations of ancestors was reduced to ashes.
Yang Anxuan was hiding in the mountains and forests, watching the people dragging men and women, crying and shouting, to leave their homes driven by the Qin army. The raging fire made Yang Anxuan extremely anxious, and he wished he could kill and go down the mountain to rescue these innocent people.
The night wind blew his hairband, and Yang Anxuan frowned. How could he save these people?
He has sent Huang Fu to Mengjin Pass to borrow troops from his third uncle Yang Siping. Mengjin Pass only has three thousand soldiers and horses, and it still needs to guard the Yellow River Pass. At most, more than a thousand people can be mobilized.
Yang Anxuan requested that his Anxuan army be mobilized for support, but even if they were as brave as Anxuan's army, with a thousand men facing more than 10,000 Qin troops, they could only harass and harass, how could they save 100,000 people.
He sneaked into Yanshi City in the dark at night, and the bonfires outside the city were like stars in the sky. The Qin people planned an area of more than ten miles west of Yanshi City and drove the people into a camp surrounded by hedges. The Qin army camped outside the camp to guard the people.
One hundred thousand people were in dire straits, just like today. Seeing the people down the mountain being killed by the Qin army and driving the people away without being able to do anything, Yang Anxuan felt powerless in his heart.
The faint moonlight enveloped the earth, covering it with silver frost. Yang Anxuan's eyes were sharp and he vaguely noticed that there were figures moving in the ruined village at the foot of the mountain. Could it be that the escaped people had returned.
Taking Yu Fei and Zhang Feng down the mountain towards the village, they could still feel the scorching heat even half a mile away.
Before he could get close to the village, several black shadows flashed out from behind the trees and from the hollows, and the swords glinted coldly under the moonlight.
Yang Anxuan raised his hands to signal and said: "You are a passing merchant who abandoned his goods when encountering the Qin army and fled here."
The tall man in the lead saw clearly that Yang Anxuan was dressed in Jin attire, and that there was a half-year-old child among the three, so he sheathed his sword.
The man said to Yang Anxuan: "The Qin people's reconnaissance cavalry is still active at night. It is not safe here. You guys come here as fools."
With that said, he turned around and walked towards the village. After entering the village, Yang Anxuan found many people digging through the burned ruins, apparently searching for hidden food. There were more than a dozen bags piled up in an open space.
"Almost, let's go."
The man stepped forward, picked up a bag, and carried it. Yang Anxuan Shiqu stepped forward and also carried a bag, and followed the thirty or forty men toward the mountains.
There were many twists and turns, and the night was dim. Yang Anxuan wanted to identify the road at first, but gave up the plan after walking for a quarter of an hour.
After walking for half an hour and passing several hidden obstacles, the man led everyone to a cave. The entrance of the cave was located low on the cliff. There were vines hanging down in front of the cave. It was impossible to detect it unless you got close.
Yang Anxuan followed the man into the cave. Someone got the notice and came to greet him holding a torch.
The wind blew, making the torches roar loudly, and the chill suddenly set in. Not far away, the vision suddenly brightened, and a deep and wide cave appeared in front of us.
The cave was large enough, with dozens of bonfires burning. Yang Anxuan glanced at it and estimated that there were seven to eight hundred people hiding here.
Follow the man towards higher ground and stack the grain bags. By the light of the torch, Yang Anxuan could clearly see that the man was old, with a white face and a slight beard, and serious eyes.
The man smiled at Yang Anxuan and said: "Besides the stupid tribesmen here, they are the people who escaped from the Qin army. You can settle here for the time being, and then try to return home after the Qin army leaves."
The people who were awake in the cave greeted the man one after another, and Yang Anxuan followed him silently. From the comments, he learned that this man's name was Yan Ke, and he was the leader of these people.
Yang Anxuan murmured in his heart, could his surname be Yan, a descendant of the Yan family in Xihe? Both the Pei and Yan families surrendered to the Qin people. This man escaped from the Yan family, and it seems that he brought many clan members with him.
Sitting next to the bonfire, someone approached to inquire about the situation outside. Yan Ke said in a low voice: "The Qin army is doing evil everywhere, destroying my home and killing my people. It is really abominable."
Everyone sighed and couldn't do anything.
"I wonder if General Mengjin Guanyang can send troops to help?" A famous strong man said: "The people sent to ask for help have been gone for three days and there is no reply yet."
"Master Yan Shaowu, there are only more than 3,000 Jin troops at Mengjing Pass. Even if they all come here, they still can't defeat the Qin army. Alas, this is all fate. We should have this calamity."
When Yang Anxuan heard someone call him "Master Yan Shaowu", he was almost certain that the man in front of him was Yan An's son.
After listening to the discussion quietly for a while, I learned that this group of people were probably part of the group who escaped from the Yan family. The man was Yan Ke, the son of the owner of the Yan family's dock.
Yan Ke followed his father's orders and led his tribe to leave Wubao and come here. This cave was originally the place where the Yan family stored food. It was very secret. In order to avoid the Qin army's reconnaissance cavalry, Yan Ke took his tribe to hide here. He went out to inquire about the news at night and brought back the escaped people after finding them.
"I heard that the second brother of the Pei family, Pei Qiang, also fled into the mountains with hundreds of people. I will send people around tomorrow to find out. If they can be gathered together, there will be more than a thousand people. If they encounter a small group of Qin troops, they will be destroyed. , revenge for blood and hatred." Yan Ke high-fived with hatred.
It seems that these people are determined to resist Qin. Yang Anxuan said: "With the combined strength of everyone, plus the reinforcements from Mengjinguan, we should be able to harass the Qin army. The Qin army is not familiar with the terrain, and they are stupid enough to fight guerrillas."
Yan Ke looked at Yang Anxuan in surprise and asked, "Who are you?"
Yang Anxuan took out the official seal from his arms, handed it over and said: "Yu is Fubo General Yang Anxuan. The court sent Yu to lead the army to reinforce Luoyang."
Yan Ke glanced at the official seal and asked with interest: "General Yang, is he the Yang Anxuan who was born in the Hongnong Yang family and wrote the song "Asking the Moon"?"
Seeing Yang Anxuan nodding, Yan Ke said excitedly: "I have heard of General Yang's name, but I didn't expect to meet him here."
Taking the official seal and putting it back in his arms, Yang Anxuan said: "The military situation is urgent. Tens of thousands of people in Yanshi City are in danger. Let's discuss how to rescue them first."
Yan Ke blushed and said, "General Yang has taught you a lesson."
"The journey of the wandering army is sometimes moving and sometimes quiet, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, looking at the weak and prosperous, forming formations and heading towards the ground, cutting off the four paths, and the momentum is unstable." This paragraph comes from "A Summary of the Eight Formations of the Holding Qi Jing*" The text was narrated by Ma Long, the Marquis of Gaoxian County in the Western Jin Dynasty and the captain of the Qiang Protectorate School. More than a hundred years have passed, but it is still an undisclosed secret among military strategists.
Yan Ke liked the art of war. Yan An had people collect many military books, but he had never heard of this passage. Hearing these twenty-four words was like an enlightenment in Yan Ke's ears, giving him an idea.
Yan Ke smiled and said: "I like hunting and am very familiar with the terrain around Yanshi. According to what General Yang said, 'Avoid the real and attack the weak, see the weak and the strong, form formations and go to the ground, cut off the four paths', and there will be a big attack." Gather the Qin army and lead them into an ambush."
After clapping his hands, Yan Ke sighed: "It's a pity that I met General Yang too late. Otherwise, why would the Yan and Pei families have surrendered to the Qin army? They could have relied on the terrain to fight with him."
"What you see on paper is ultimately shallow. Tomorrow Yu and Brother Yan will go around to look at the terrain and look for opportunities." Yang Anxuan said.
In the next three days, Yang Anxuan followed Yan Ke to explore the terrain, and drew a map in his mind of where to ambush, set up ambushes, and take advantage of the situation.
Within three days, Pei Qiang was found first and led everyone to join him. Pei Qiang led nearly 600 troops, and together with Yan Ke's troops, there were nearly 1,500 people.
Then another piece of good news came. Thousands of mengjinguan reinforcements had arrived and were stationed in the north of the mountain, only more than ten miles away.
Knowing that the second brother Yang Anyuan was leading the army, Yang Anxuan decided to get up overnight and Yan Ke personally led the way. When Haishi arrived, Yang Anxuan saw the light of fire at the foot of the mountain, which was the camp where Yang Anyuan had set up camp.
The soldiers of the camp had just rested. When they heard that Yang Anxuan had arrived, the soldiers of Anxuan's army, led by Zhao Tian, came to greet him, cheering one after another. Yan Ke is jealous of others, as a man should be.
Yang Anyuan felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Yang Anxuan. Back then, the two were tit for tat, but now Yang Anxuan left him far behind. He is still an eighth-grade captain, while his third brother is already a sixth-grade general Fubo.
In the past two years, after receiving letters from his mother Dong, Yang Anyuan knew that his third brother had done a lot for his sister Li'er, even better than his biological brother.
In the letter, Dong no longer asked him to compete for the position of head of the family, but asked him to be like his uncle Yang Guang, who would be able to take control of one party in the future with the help of the Yang family's power.
There were no brothers in the army, so Yang Anxuan showed his seal as General Fubo and took over the Anyuan Army and Anxuan Army brought by Yang Anyuan in the name of General Fubo.
Zhao Tian, Yin Ji, Kuai Si, Xu Xiaozhong and others were particularly friendly when they saw Yang Anxuan. They heard at Mengjinguan that their lord had been promoted from captain to general Fubo, and was appointed by the court to unite the Beifu army to rescue Luoyang. If not I have an appointment with military discipline, and I really wish I could fly to Luoyang City to meet my lord.
Yang Anxuan saw the eagerness in the eyes of Zhao Tian and others, and said with a smile: "After two years of separation, I can finally fight the enemy side by side with you all again."
Including Yang Anyuan, Cen Minghu and others, everyone in the tent clasped their fists and said, "I am willing to listen to the general's orders."
Qi Ke hesitated for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "The common people are also willing to obey General Yang's orders."
The military situation was urgent and no more greetings could be made. Yang Anxuan asked someone to get a map and described the situation in Yanshi City.
I heard that the Qin army had as many as ten thousand people, and there were three thousand light cavalry. Everyone looked solemn. How could it be possible for a thousand Jin troops plus more than a thousand refugees to defeat the Qin army?
"Of course you can't go head-to-head," Yang Anxuan said loudly, "The Art of War says: outwit the strong and capture the weak alive."
Yang Anxuan explained the guerrilla tactics, and everyone looked happy.
Yin Ji smiled and said: "General Yang said that the situation is unpredictable, and he has learned the essence of the art of war. The Qin army has one hundred thousand, and it is difficult to stop us from attacking."
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