Feiyuan Gorge has completely become Zhang Yu's nightmare.
There was only a narrow mountain road between the two stone walls. Countless stones fell, and both the armor and the shield were smashed into a puddle of flesh.
Even if Guo Ning risked his own life and rushed forward, he would face hundreds of spears stabbing him from all directions...
After seventeen fierce attacks, they were still unable to break through. The casualties had reached a thousand people, and Zhang Yu felt a pain in his body. These were all veterans who had followed him to fight in the north and south.
What worries Zhang Yu even more is that the weather is getting colder day by day.
"Such a dangerous mountain fortress could have been defended for ten and a half days even if hundreds of dogs and hogs were sent there. How did you lose it?" Zhang Yu hated it.
He thought of everything he could think of, including fire attacks, night attacks, small road raids, and dead men's charges, but he just couldn't break through this mountain gorge.
The more casualties among his subordinates, the more dissatisfied Zhang Yu was with Zheng Sheng.
"D-The situation that day was special... I didn't expect the thief to come at any time..." Cui Jin's face appeared in Zheng Sheng's mind.
"The fall of Xuanyuan Mountain and the failure of the siege of Heiyun Mountain are all the fault of your Zheng family!" Zhang Yu had to consider his options.
"Your Majesty..." Zheng Sheng also knew that this was a difficult situation to deal with. His uncle Zheng Du could not let him go, and the Zheng family would not let him go.
Zhang Yu waved his hand and said, "No need to say more."
Zheng Sheng's legs weakened and he almost fell to the ground. He gritted his teeth and said: "General, there is still a chance. The traitors will be exhausted after defending for several days. Please concentrate your elite forces and attack again!"
As soon as the words came out, the flags on the gorge were waving, and the curses and the sound of gongs and drums were rolling down together, "Zhang encountered a dog thief, and he was a turtle. He surrendered quickly. The governor of Yuzhou must give up his throne. My general is stronger than you..."
The curses followed the rhythm of the gongs and drums. Not only were they sung, but they were also jumping up and down. It was extremely cheerful and did not mean that they were exhausted at all.
Zhang Yu was a prince after all, but he was actually pointed at and scolded by the bandits, and his face turned red with anger.
Zheng Sheng remained silent and huddled aside, fearing that Zhang Yu's anger would be vented on him.
The more he cursed in the gorge, the happier he became, followed by bursts of laughter that shook the mountains.
The people at the foot of the mountain gorge bowed their heads as if they were mourning their heirs.
Just when everyone thought Zhang Yu was about to get angry, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "What a thief, what a pity. If I had been born twenty years earlier, I would have been able to gallop around the world and compete with the big Hu in the Central Plains. If I couldn't capture and kill this Son, he will be a big trouble for me one day!"
His demeanor impressed the surrounding generals.
"Guo Ning, I accept you as my adopted son, okay?" Zhang Yuxiong glowed.
Seventeen times he attacked the mountain, and Guo Ning led the charge nine times.
The heavy armor was stained with blood, but he refused to retreat. He almost broke through the enemy's camp three times, but was suppressed by the combined efforts of two thieves.
This kind of fierce man is naturally a hot commodity among the major forces.
"Your Majesty..." Zheng Sheng obviously had something to say.
But his words were ignored by everyone.
Guo Ning didn't even look at Zheng Sheng. He knelt in front of Zhang Yu and said, "Zhang Ning pays my respects to you, sir."
"Haha, okay! From today on, you will be the tent commander!"
"Thank you for your cultivation!" Guo Ning was overjoyed. The adopted son of the governor of Yuzhou is still the governor of the army, and he is much better than the captain of Xingyang.
The two of them sang together, and Zheng Sheng had nothing to do with them.
"When a thief insults you, you are insulting me. I am willing to kill you again!" Guo Ning said positively.
Zhang Yu looked at the lively figures on the gorge, his eyes flashed, "No need, this mountain cannot be broken with a sword."
Li Yue on the mountain hadn't heard the sound of fighting for two days.
The cold wind is getting colder day by day.
Once the weather changes, there will be heavy snow.
However, there were continuous heavy rains in spring and summer this year, but after winter, there was no rain or snow.
"Has Zhang Yu retreated?"
"No, the enemy has set up camp on the mountainside, with deep ditches and high fortifications. There are also checkpoints at major intersections under the mountain." The scout came to report.
Li Yue frowned. Could it be that Zhang Yu wanted to use weapons to besiege Xuanyuan Mountain?
Food and grass for ten thousand people is not a small amount, but the Xuchang family has a big business, so it is not difficult for him.
In the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Wei moved the Han emperor to Xuchang and started farming in Xuxia. Millions of dendrobium were harvested that year. In the following nearly a hundred years, the farming in Xuchang was further expanded and connected with the farming in Huaibei, becoming a large granary in the Central Plains and the home of the Sima family. He made great contributions by pacifying the three rebellions in Huainan and suppressing Soochow.
If others are short of food, Zhang Yu will definitely not be short of food.
If he really stayed on the mountain, Li Yue really couldn't do anything to him.
In these few battles, Li Yue gradually figured out his strategy, which was extremely steady and upright in his use of troops without any flaws.
Cui Jin said: "If they surround the mountain, our army will lose contact for a long time. I am afraid that something will happen in Heiyun Mountain..."
It is very common these days to besiege a city and besiege it for a year and a half.
Black Cloud Mountain has absorbed so many refugees. Without the army, can Bo Wu and Zhou Qian suppress it?
"Two or three months should be fine! Let's take a look first. Maybe Zhang Yu deliberately lured me into fighting." Li Yue chose to believe Bo Wu and Zhou Qian.
Such a large Xuanyuan Mountain could not be completely blocked by Zhang Yu with ten thousand troops, and the scouts could still come and go normally.
It’s nothing more than consumption.
Li Yue didn't believe that Zhang Yu had been stuck in Xuanyuan Mountain, regardless of his hometown in Xuchang.
There are wolves everywhere these days that eat people without spitting out their bones. For a treasured land like Xuchang, there must be many people who miss him.
With Black Cloud Mountain lost, Li Yue could still continue to be the bandit leader in Xuanyuan, but if something happened to Zhang Yu's Xuchang, his position as the governor of Yuzhou would be over.
A Yuzhou governor definitely has more enemies and internal and external troubles than a bandit leader!
Li Yue adjusted his mentality and strictly prohibited the generals from going into battle, and An Xin became a tortoise.
The days just slipped away day by day.
Xuanyuan Mountain is a famous scenic tourist area. Even in winter, there is a different kind of scenery on the mountain, which is not difficult to endure.
During the day, Li Yue visited the main village to reassure people.
In the evening, I looked through the bamboo slips left by Guo Shi.
Different from the books in Heiyun Mountain, the books here are all within the Four Books and Five Classics, including military books and medical books. Li Yue is still interested in them, but he really can't understand the teachings of saints.
Firstly, there is no such leisure and elegance. Secondly, the current world situation is very different from that of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and the Chu-Han Dynasty.
It is no longer an internal struggle for hegemony, but an invasion by foreigners who want to destroy me in Zhongxia.
Etiquette, integrity, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice have long been put into the chamber pot by the Sima family.
Moreover, reading is not an easy task these days. There are no punctuation marks and all are traditional Chinese characters. The little thing in Li Yue's stomach is not enough to study these.
When I studied military and medical books, I was forced by the situation, and I was definitely not really eager to learn.
After flipping through a few volumes at random, I felt sleepy.
But among a pile of bamboo slips and paper rolls, Li Yue found something different.
Paper was promoted in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Not only did calligraphy flourish, but painting also began to develop. Various murals and portraits began in this era. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes originated from the Sixteen Kingdoms.
The man in the portrait is sitting and holding a sword, his eyes are sharp and substantial.
The portraits of the Wei and Jin Dynasties pay attention to the form, spirit and charm. There is not much ink on the whole face. After many months, the ink has become a little mottled. Only these eyes are unforgettable and make the whole character full of heroic spirit.
Looking at it, Li Yue suddenly felt that this face was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
