Wu Nian talked a lot around the old man Chen Shantu's parents and family members, observing Chen Shantu's speech, behavior, and subtle changes in his expression, and gained a glimpse into the man's heart.
It wasn't until Wu Nian was convinced that he said to Chen Shantu: "Old man, since you have nothing to do at home, please come with me. I will break out tomorrow."
"This matter is serious. You are alone again. If you are captured by the Mongolian soldiers on your way home and tortured by them, then I will be in great trouble."
Chen Shantu claimed that after the plague, he still had two sons and three daughters-in-law at home. The sons are brothers and sisters, nothing important matters.
"Okay." Chen Shantu had a look of fear on his face, but after thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and nodded.
Wu Nian nodded, with appreciation in his eyes. It was a great courage for this old man to dare to come to the mountain alone to meet him.
Dare to risk your life and break out with him. This is no longer something that courage can explain. This is what the old man feels is the right thing to do even if it means abandoning his life.
Although along the way, many Liaodong Han people are weak. Some people need him to rush and beat them with a whip in order to fight against the Mongolian people.
Only then can we not be so-called obedient people.
But there are also warriors like old people, and there are many, many.
Wu Nian called the soldiers to come in and told the soldiers to take the old man down and take good care of him. Then he took a deep breath and stood up with a smile on his face.
God still treats me well. If I choose to break out from Hulu Valley tomorrow, I am afraid that all the more than 20,000 people on this mountain will be killed or injured.
I might be able to escape, but I'm afraid Beishan Fort can't be saved.
But God will not stop me, Chen Shantu brought news.
This mountain belongs to my Yanhan people, and the people living on this mountain are our Liaodong Han people.
This is my home court.
How could I be so easily surrounded and defeated by the four of you, Meng Yuan Ten Thousand Households?
Go and have the spring and autumn dream of special codes.
After putting away his thoughts, Wu Nian called to the soldiers again and asked Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng to come over.
Wu Nian sat and waited for a while. Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng walked in from outside. Wu Nian raised his right hand and said, "No need to be polite, sit down."
The two people who were about to salute immediately sat down as instructed, then looked up at Wu Nian, waiting for Wu Nian's explanation.
Everyone had discussed it before, but Wu Nian suddenly asked them to come back, which was really weird.
Wu Nian smiled and told the two of them what happened.
The expressions of the two men changed drastically. The Meng Yuan people were ambushing them in Hulu Valley? If this is true, then if we send troops tomorrow, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?
But why did an old man happen to see this incident? Is there any fraud involved?
"General. Can this old man's words be trusted?" Wang Gui looked suspicious, raised his head and asked.
"Yes, General. This is too much of a coincidence. I think what the old man said is worth debating." Zhang Sheng also nodded, with a look of suspicion on his face.
"I don't believe it" is the last three words.
"I'm not 100% sure, but maybe 80%. I've asked the old man's parents about the situation at home. Among other things, the old man knows the date of his parents' death, the anniversary of their death, and how old they were. What he liked to eat during his lifetime. It comes out of the blue.”
"This proves that the elderly care about their parents and are very filial."
"This is a virtue that only we Han people have."
"filial piety."
"The grassland people and the Mongolian people are different. When they are short of food, they will drive away their parents and elderly people and let them freeze to death or starve to death."
"And people generally believe that people who are filial to their parents are probably not bad. They may even be loyal people."
"Confucius said: Among ten households, there must be a loyal person."
"Whether the Meng Yuan people are lying in wait in Calabash Valley? I can't confirm it. It's too late to send spies now, and it's just to scare the snake. But I believe in Chen Shantu."
While talking, Wu Nian took out a map and spread it on the ground. He pointed in another direction to a place called [Shi Valley] and said, "We will break out from here tomorrow."
Wu Nian did not present any evidence, but his words convinced Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng. They are also very proud, with their heads held high and their brows beaming with joy.
yes.
Only we, Yan Han, have filial piety and loyalty.
A person who is filial to his parents may not be a good person. But it's probably not bad.
Chen Shantu, you can take a gamble.
"Yes." Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng responded loudly and confidently without any doubts. Then they discussed with Wu Nian the details of sending troops tomorrow, then clasped their fists, got up and left the tent.
When dinner started in the evening, Wu Nian invited Chen Shantu to have dinner with him.
That night, after washing himself, he went to bed early. Early the next morning, it was still dark.
The Huotou Army followed the military order and buried the pot to make rice. After Wu Nian got up to eat, the genius was just shining.
Before that, the direction from which to break out was a secret. Only Wu Nian, Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng knew. At this time, the ordering soldiers passed on the direction of the breakout, so that the people and horses could be mentally prepared.
Later, Wu Nian led two elite soldiers from Qianhu, wearing armor and riding horses, down the mountain first and headed towards the Shi Valley.
Wang Gui led two thousand-household militiamen in the middle, and Zhang Sheng led two thousand-household militiamen at the rear. Including the common people, there were more than 20,000 people in the group, which was a huge force.
The four generals of the Mongolian Yuan people with ten thousand households pursued and intercepted Wu Nian, blocking him at Hu Haishan, but the encirclement had not yet been formed.
[Shi Valley] This direction is not empty of people, but there are very few Meng Yuan troops, and there are only two Meng Yuan commanders nearby.
Wu Nian killed a lot of Meng Yuan's captains, they were notorious for their ferocity, and there were too many men and horses. The two Meng Yuan captains did not dare to stop him at all, and watched helplessly as Wu Nian left [Shi Valley] and walked away.
The first siege by Wan Yanxian, Jin Ruiyun, Jin Huanshan, and Puguli, and Wan Yanxian also planned an ambush in Hulu Valley to kill Wu Nian, failed.
Bad people.
It was an ordinary old man, Chen Shantu.
Near Calabash Valley. An extremely remote and inaccessible place. Wan Yanxian led his troops to ambush here for more than three days.
In order to hide, he asked the soldiers not to light fires and hid among the trees, waiting for Wu Nian to break out from this direction.
Because he drank raw water, the soldiers suffered from diarrhea.
Not to mention mosquitoes. Although Wanyanxian contains mosquito repellent, it is effective when applied on the body. But I also got a lot of big bites, which made me itchy.
Such a hard ambush.
As a result, Wu Nian actually left Shi Valley. After receiving the news, Wan Yanxian was immediately furious.
