Not long after Guan Hai captured the mountain camp, he counted the grain and rice in the camp and found that there were as many as 150,000 hu of dendrobium. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and said to his generals: "I didn't expect to have such a harvest. If we seize food here, the thieves will definitely lose their morale." In the turmoil, there will soon be a large army competing with me for territory. Those sent must be elites, and we should not force them to attack. Everyone, move quickly and take away everything you can, and burn everything that is difficult to take away! "
All the generals responded accordingly and took all the pickled fish and meat with them, and used the plundered packhorses to carry some rice, filling them to the brim, but the remaining grain and grass were still piled up in mountains. Most of Gengcang's troops were farmers. When it came time to burn the food, they couldn't bear the thought of burning so much food into nothing. No one came forward for a while.
Guan Hai took the lead personally, piled horse feed and wheat crumbs together, and threw the lit flints in. The 80,000 dendrobium grains suddenly rose into the sky, and the blazing fire created waves of heat, which soon spread to the entire building. camp. By the time Zhang Fei arrived with his troops, the place had turned into a pile of ashes, and it had been three hours since the Cang army had withdrawn carrying food.
When Liu Bei received the news that the mountain camp had fallen and Liu Deran had been beheaded, he was speechless for a while. After a long time, he said to the people around him: "Oh, is Deran just dead like this?" After a while, he said to himself again: "My uncle asked, what should I tell him?" No one dared to answer. Only Xu Shu reminded him: "The general is the courage of the three armies, and the thieves are on the side. It is when we are waiting to fight back, how can we show such an attitude!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei immediately calmed down his sad expression, gathered his spirits, summoned Fazheng Wen and said: "I didn't obey the words of filial piety before, which led to today's defeat. But now the enemy is in Beishan, and we cannot withdraw." But when it comes to how to fight, I have no idea. Does Xiaozhi have a plan?"
Fazheng was silent for a moment, looking at Liu Bei's expression, and then replied: "Does Duke Ming want revenge? Or does he want to win?"
"What is revenge? What is victory?"
"If you want to take revenge, you can leave Snake Hill and go north, cut off your own way, show the people that you will win, and attack Feicheng. Feicheng is a small city, but the bandit army came in a hurry and did not have time to repair it. When you see the general coming with revenge, you must leave the city. Decisive battle. At that time, it will be time for the general to take revenge."
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Liu Bei was quite moved when he heard this, but he took off the water bottle from his waist, took a sip of water, thought for a while, walked slowly between the tents for a few steps, then shook his head and said: "It's too risky, the Baibo army on the south road doesn't know where it's going." , if I lead the army in a decisive battle, it would be fun and satisfying, but it would put the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in danger and ignore the overall situation. I understand what Xiaozhi means, so how can Xiaozhi win?"
Fa Zheng stood at attention and said: "If we want to win, it is nothing more than playing four words steadily. Since Ming Gong wants to focus on the overall situation, he still has to rebuild the mountain camp, stabilize the grain road, and break the city first. No matter how harassed the thieves are, our army They are as immobile as a mountain, and they are determined to attack the city. Once the Snake Hill is broken, the rebel army will naturally return without success."
Liu Bei was silent for a long time, and he sighed: "I understand the meaning of filial piety. I sent Deran to guard the camp before, but it was because of my nepotism and unwise appointment of generals. This led to the burning of the camp and Deran's defeat. The so-called best policy , It’s just a matter of choosing a good general based on precedent to ensure that the fortress is safe!”
He thought about himself for a long time, then ordered Zhang Xian to enter the account, and said to him: "The general guarded the White Horse before, and the bandit army attacked for several months without retreating. Everyone in the army admired him and called him the Tiger of Nanyang. Today, I want the general to guard the mountain." Camp, I wonder if I dare to take on this responsibility?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xian immediately drew his sword and asked for his orders: "Since we are sharing the worries of the country, how can we refuse? If we want to let the camp be destroyed again, we have to die!"
The next day, Zhang Xian returned to the camp and ordered his troops and generals. With Huang Zhong, Yin Xuan, Wu Xiu and others as fighting generals, he asked Liu Bei to take over ten carts and luggage, and then led 7,000 people back to the foot of Yunmeng Mountain. He thought that the original location of the camp was too close to the road and there were no barriers around it, so it could be easily breached, so he set up camps at the foot of Yunmeng Mountain and the mountainside.
The fortress was rebuilt, and all the wood used was taken from Yunmeng Mountain. In three days, they had chopped down all the lush mountain forests, which actually disturbed the sleeping bears on the mountain. One of them was particularly tall and knocked out a soldier with one palm. If the people around him hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been killed. The random arrows scared Xiong Zhi away, and I am afraid that the man died on the spot.
When some people heard about this, they couldn't help but be a little scared, and said everywhere: "They say that tigers are the overlords of the mountains, and Xiong Zong is the god of the mountains. Could it be that Captain Dongping lost the battle here because he disturbed the mountain spirits?" reason?"
Huang Zhong was very amused after hearing this, so he personally led a few elite soldiers to the mountains to shoot hunting the next morning. He was originally from Nanyang, and this was the first time he came to Yanzhou in his life. The enemy was on the side, and no one knew when the enemy army would attack. He actually had the spare time to hunt, and his colleagues all dissuaded him. But Huang Zhong said: "If even the mountain spirits are afraid, how can we talk about counterinsurgency? Don't you know that the rebels are all demons?"
He entered the forest at Chen time and had not returned until Shen time in the afternoon. Several people were worried about him and went to the forest to look for him. But after three quarters of an hour, the sky was getting dark, and they couldn't find it, so they had to go back the way they came. The soldiers under Huang Zhong's command worried and said: "It's dark, how can they survive in the wild forest? Could it be that they were attacked by jackals?"
After another two hours, many soldiers went to rest, but Huang Zhong had not returned yet. So someone reported Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian was shocked when he learned the news. During the Battle of White Horse, Huang Zhong fought hard and defeated the rebels many times. He was regarded by Zhang Xian as a man of courage and courage. How could he be allowed to disappear like this? Immediately, another sixty people were ordered to form a team to search in the mountains.
Just as they were about to go up the mountain, a man suddenly came down from the mountain, with a cheerful look on his face. Someone recognized him as the personal entourage who had followed General Huang into the mountain, and asked him where were the others? The officer said, "You don't know. Today, the captain shot two old bears and a tiger in the mountains. One of the old bears was more than a foot tall. The captain couldn't take it away, so he stayed there and asked me to call someone." Come and move!
Everyone was surprised when they heard this. Zhang Xian took a long time to say, Han Sheng is really a ferocious tiger in my tent! So he asked the sixty or so people to follow him to carry it, while he waited in the mountain camp. At this time, many people heard the news and woke up their sleeping comrades one after another and asked them to come out to see the tigers and bears. So the people in the mountain camp woke up and gathered on the shade of the mountain like clouds. .
Zhang Xian was very angry when he saw the soldiers crowded together in a mess. He scolded them and said, "It's not a war. Why are you joining in the fun? If there is a bandit army coming to fight, how can you fight like this?" After that, he drove them away. gone. That's what it says. But after an hour, the moon in the sky was almost overhead. A group of people walked out of the forest with fire sticks, and were immediately surrounded by soldiers again.
As the previous person said, they really brought back two old bears and one tiger. Among them, there were two big bears, one big and one small. The small one was seven feet tall. The big one was four feet tall and weighed three thousand kilograms. So they made three frames out of forest trees and it took eight people to lift one frame and then they carried it back together. Everyone gathered around to watch, curious and scared at the same time. Some people touched the bear's paws and tiger teeth, but quickly retracted their hands. After all, such a big beast, even if it is dead, seems to have a murderous aura about it.
The leader, Huang Zhong, stood aside with a smile on his face and allowed the soldiers to watch the beast's body. He was wearing a black military uniform, but it was somewhat torn, and there were brown blood stains and a strong fishy smell. Zhang Xian noticed that he was limping when he came back, so he stepped forward and asked if he was injured.
Huang Zhong first untied his trousers and saw a few scratches on his legs. Then he took out his bow from behind, only to see that the bowstring was broken. Finally he took out his knife and showed it to Zhang Xian. There were actually many gaps on it. .
Huang Zhong said with a smile: "When we started walking in, we met a tiger, but seeing that there were so many of us, the tiger roared twice and ran away. Then we walked in again, just to find this and that Who would have thought that when we met a big bear, there were two, an old one and a small one. This bear was really a ferocious beast. It didn’t run away after seeing more than a dozen of us. When it hit us, it was so scary! I shot repeatedly. He shot three armor-piercing arrows and broke all the strings before killing him."
The people nearby all complimented and said, "What's the matter? We shot more than ten arrows at such a big beast, but it was of no use. Only the captain shot the arrow into its mouth. This is a miracle." Cum!"
After hearing this, everyone hurriedly opened the big bear's mouth to take a look. Sure enough, there was a huge gap, and there was an arrow stuck in the bone that could not be pulled out. But that's okay. A complete bear skin is rare and can be peeled off to show off one's martial arts skills. However, the cub next to it is riddled with holes, and I'm afraid it won't be able to peel off a good skin.
Zhang Xian clicked his tongue in surprise, then pointed at the tiger and asked Huang Zhong: "What's going on?"
A soldier replied: "After killing the bear, the tiger saw that we were exhausted and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack us! The captain did not have a bow, so he rushed forward with a knife, holding his waist with one hand and attacking with the other. The tiger's mouth was slashed, and everyone was afraid of hurting the captain, so they didn't dare to shoot arrows, so they could only poke it with a long stick. As a result, the captain fell down the hillside and was scratched by a stone. The tiger's mouth was bleeding, and it was shaking on the ground in pain. We I just killed it. It was so dangerous!"
Huang Zhong also smiled and said: "Yes, it's so dangerous!" Even so, everyone looked at him as if he were a god. Zhang Xian couldn't help but forget his feelings and said loudly: "Everyone says that I am the Tiger of Nanyang. With Han Sheng here, how can I dare to call him a tiger? I heard that General Guan has the experience of killing tigers, so everyone also calls him Guan Hu. I didn’t expect there was a tiger under my tent!”
After that, he took off the jade weapon from his finger and put it on Huang Zhong's right thumb, which still smelled of blood. This jade stone is emerald green, deep and clear, and is a rare product in the world. Zhang Xian said to Huang Zhong: "This is the gift of Huangfu Gui, the former general who conquered the Liao Dynasty. My uncle Zhang Jiu used to be the music director in his tent at that time, and he gave it to my family. My family is famous for it, so today I give this gift to Huang Zhong." Here it is, I hope you can be like my uncle, perform meritorious service on the battlefield, and then become famous!"
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