Li Huai looked like a generous master and led Cao Cao and others along the mountain path inward. After walking dozens of steps, they suddenly became enlightened.
I saw layers of military tents and new wooden houses, set against the twilight bonfires, and dotted with beautiful mulberry and bamboo ponds, making it appear full of vitality.
It turns out that this valley is a naturally occurring Gourd Valley: the valley where the huge rocks were piled up on the two cliffs was the front valley, just like the upper belly of the gourd, and the valley where soldiers are hidden here is the back valley, just like the lower belly of the gourd. .
The back valley is more than three to five times larger than the front valley, and even an iron cavalry can ride on it.
Du Bo looked at it and curled his lips and said: "What a hiding place for troops, it is rare for you to find it. But if the enemy army blocks the exit, is it not like catching a turtle in a jar?"
Xiao Jiasui stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance: "General Du, please look at the cliff. If Xiao's guess is correct, there should be a path behind the cliff leading to the deep mountain."
Li Huai was secretly surprised when he heard this. How did this guy know?
He had just seen Xiao Jiasui, but he was depressed and did not say hello. When he was in charge of Jingnan, he heard about Xiao Jiasui's reputation and was interested in the story of three visits to the thatched cottage. He went to visit him again and again and invited Xiao Jiasui to help, but Xiao Jiasui just ignored him. After all, seeing him following Cao Cao now made Li Huai feel a little bit disgusted.
The saying "I chased you like a fool, but you knitted a sweater for him" is roughly what it means.
But now that Xiao Jiasui had spoken, he could no longer pretend not to see it, and said with a smile: "As expected of Mr. Xiao, if you don't get close to the cliff, you will never find the road hidden behind it. Has Sir been here before?"
Xiao Jiasui shook his head and said with a smile: "Although Xiao doesn't know the geography here, he can know the people. How can a dignified 'life-killing scholar' be willing to hide his troops in a desperate place? If General Li chooses to site here, there must be a way out here."
Li Huai felt a little proud, cupped his fists and said, "Sir, that's a ridiculous compliment."
Xiao Jiasui was regarded as an expert by Li Huai, and now that he received his praise, his heart suddenly felt so happy that it was beyond words.
The saying "You are holding the baby, I am still thinking about you!" This is roughly what it means.
Suppressing his emotions, Li Huai invited everyone to go forward and came to the Chinese army's tent. He opened the curtain and saw that a banquet had been set up, but four people had already taken their seats. When they saw everyone coming, they sat there arrogantly. Do not move.
Zuo Mou, Que Zhu, Qian Gu, and Feng Tai.
The four people had expressionless faces and eight eyes, looking at Cao Cao provocatively.
It's just that although the eyes of Sui and Feng were fierce, the eyes of Zuo Mou and Que Zhu were twinkling and seemed quite nervous.
Seeing the bad behavior of several people, Li Huai's expression changed, and Du Bo's eyes widened. Just as he was about to get angry, Cao Cao smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to stop everyone's movements, walked to the opposite side of these people, sat down grandly, his face darkened, and he looked cold. Ice-like eyes glanced straight at his four faces.
Ten eyes looked at each other in the air, but for a moment, Zuo Mou quickly lowered his head, Que Zhu quickly turned his face, and at the same time breathed out a long breath, he felt his heart beating like a drum, and secretly said in surprise: Why is this guy's eyes like this? sharp?
The remaining two, Guiying and Fengtai, felt a little uncomfortable facing Lao Cao's sharp, knife-like eyes. However, they were ferocious by nature, and their lifelong fear in their hearts immediately turned into anger.
Feng Tai slapped the table hard, and all the dishes, bowls, pots and cups jumped up, and he shouted angrily: "Who are you trying to scare with your glare?"
Cao Cao refused to give in and said in a cold voice: "Wu's life, he only loved to convince others with virtue. However, if morality is not enough to educate, and he has no choice but to use force to suppress him or bully him.
Fengtai laughed angrily: "Haha, I want to see how you bully me today?"
Cao Cao said solemnly: "I came here today just to recruit you to surrender. If you don't want to surrender, I have to kill you."
After hearing this, he took out a big ax from under the table, kicked over the chair and jumped up. His ugly face became more and more purple, and he shouted: "My head is here, I want to see which one can take it."
Fengtai also took out his mace from under the table and stood side by side with him.
Zuo Mou and Que Zhu were startled. Feng and Wei came to invite them, only to give Cao Cao a warning. They were afraid of their fierce power, so they had to come together, but they didn't know that the two of them had hidden it in advance. Weapon.
The two people quickly stood up and backed away, shouting in panic: "Don't do anything to me."
Yuan Lang and other five tigers, none of whom had ever led soldiers, were shocked when they saw this, and they all drew their swords.
Du Bo also drew his sword in his hand and strode in front of Cao Cao.
Xiao Jiasui and Xu Guanzhong looked on with cold eyes. They looked at each other and saw each other's smiles: How wonderful! Ji Shanjun and the two generals Sui and Feng were indeed not of the same mind. The two of them moved slightly, ready to take action at any time.
Seeing the tense situation in the tent, Li Huai quickly shouted: "Don't do anything!"
He looked at Feng and Tai two angrily, and said sternly: "General Feng, you said it yourself yesterday, 'I would rather lead a horse with a good man than be the father of a lecherous man.' It was you who said that if 'Wu Mengde' dares to come, Seeing that he has the courage and sincerity, we can discuss a charter with gongs and drums face to face! Li went to invite me alone, and Wu Gong also came to my place in person, why do you have to be so arrogant? Pretending? Could it be that what you said yesterday was just a trick on me?"
Fengtai snorted coldly and looked at Li Huaidao: "You Jishan Army decided to surrender even if they didn't offer any conditions. Isn't it mean? Li Xuanfu, you say I'm teasing you, have you forgotten that when we started the uprising? The oath of alliance? I would rather die than be demoted to the army! Could it be that these words are like farting and will break up after being spoken?"
Li Huai was appointed as the envoy of Xuanfu by Wang Qing, so Fengtai called him Li Xuanfu.
Yuan Lang said angrily: "You know what you are asking! 'Mr. Jinjian' has made it clear before that Liangshan is Wu Dalang's inheritance. He only infiltrated the officers and soldiers to get some benefits. Do you know better than 'Mr. Jinjian'?" ?”
Fengtai said disdainfully: "'Mr. Jinjian' can figure things out, but he is not a real immortal after all! My family, including me and the young and old, were all forced to death by the government, and we have a sworn feud with the dog court. Now he is How can I surrender when the dog court fights?"
Cao Cao pushed Du Chuo away, looked at the two of them with a frown, and suddenly said: "Cai Jing's fifth son and ninth son both died under Wu's scheme; Taiwei Gao Qiu and his son were killed by me to avenge Liangshan brother Lin Chong. The prefect of Xuzhou, the prefect of Huazhou, the prefect of Gaotang Prefecture, the prefect of Qingzhou...there are countless dog officials who died in our hands."
His words were so loud that everyone in the tent except Xu Guanzhong could not help but be shocked.
Fengtai and Sui looked at each other, and Sui said: "Hmph, who knows whether what you said is true or not, but we only saw you fighting for the soldiers. If not for you, how could you win against Chu with that child's body?"
Fengtai also said: "You are a real hero, why do you want to open your eyes for the traitors and kill the rebels?"
"Rebels?" Cao Cao sneered: "It has only been two years since Wang Qing captured the three states. Except for Jingnan, which is under the jurisdiction of Mr. Li, more than half of the population of the other two states has been lost. You call this a rebel army? They are clearly rebels. Although the court is corrupt and incompetent. , but it’s better than you and others.”
Du Bo couldn't help but blush when he thought of all the tragedies his men had committed in Jingnan City. Li Huai and others looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.
Yuan Lang shouted: "Fengtai, Guan, we respect your martial arts skills and respect you as heroes, but you have to know that we, the five tigers of Jishan, all received the kindness of 'Mr. Golden Sword', but now he has passed away." Liangshan, we have seen Wu Mengde's courage and sincerity, so we are willing to surrender. If you two were unwilling to surrender, you should have left long ago. For the sake of this, would it be difficult for you? But you shouldn't be scheming. , take advantage of us, now you just say something, it’s surrender, it’s death!”
The other four tigers shouted in unison: "Not bad!"
Cao Cao glanced at him and nodded secretly: This 'red-faced tiger' is not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also has clear thoughts and decisive actions. If there is an opportunity, he may be reused.
When Fengtai and Dian heard this, they felt a chill in their hearts. They had secretly discussed it and tricked Li Huai into tricking Cao Cao. They took advantage of the situation and got into trouble. They killed Cao Cao indiscriminately, leaving Jishan's army without a successor. Road, we can only hang out together, and then slowly plan to seize his military power.
But they didn't expect that Li Huai and the Five Tigers would decide to surrender to Cao so quickly, causing chaos in the area.
He suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, that's ridiculous! Is Ji Shanjun going to compete for favor in front of the new master so soon? Since the paths are different, let's just make a clean break."
Suddenly, the tent was cut open with an axe, and the two of them jumped out and rushed straight to the back of the valley.
Cao Cao's expression turned cold, and he cupped his fists and said: "Mr. Xiao Li, the Five Tiger Brothers are not ruthless because of Wu. It's just that those words just now will cause the world to fall and the earth to fall, ruining a big thing. Therefore, these two people cannot live apart." "
Xiao Jiasui looked on coldly, took a breath, and thought to himself: My brother is so ruthless. If he didn't tell those things together, Ji Shanjun would immediately turn his back and kill his colleagues. Ji Shanjun would inevitably die in grief, but now it is a matter of course.
Li Huai nodded repeatedly: "Such a major event cannot be spread to outsiders! Kill two people!"
Yuan Lang and the other five nodded in unison - with murderous aura steaming from their bodies, they turned around and left the tent. Du Bo said, "I'll go with you, too!" Seeing Cao Cao nod, he immediately chased after him.
Cao Cao sighed: "It's a pity that there are only two tiger generals. Mr. Li, come and have a drink and wait for the good news."
Li Huai's face turned green and he forced a smile and said: "When I saw Duke Wu today, I realized what it means to have a thunder in the chest and a face as flat as a lake. But Xiao Ke doesn't know whether he can achieve such a state in this life!" Yan Bi suddenly drew his sword, whoosh. With two swishes, Zuo Mou and Que Zhu, who were all shocked, were knocked to the ground.
There are different teachings: arrogant, arrogant, and murderous. Since we have gathered a group of tigers, why should we cherish two sheep?
(End of chapter)
