The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Cheng Jia came down from the mountainside, found Xun Zhen, and said, "Lieutenant, I have a plan that might be able to break the thief!"

Xun Zhen asked, "What's the plan?"

"The mountain road is slippery and narrow, and our troops are attacking from the back. Huangbeard's reinforcements have arrived. I am afraid that a hard attack will be difficult to overcome. In Jia's humble opinion, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of Huangbeard to rush to the mountainside, the top of the mountain is empty, and send people around to the back mountain. , climbed from the back mountain to the top of the mountain, and hit it from the back."

Xun Zhen was overjoyed and said, "Do you know that there is a mountain road leading to the top of Back Mountain?"

Cheng Jia shook his head and said, "As far as Jia knows, there is only one mountain road in Luling." He pointed to the narrow mountain road under his feet, "It's this one, and there is no other way."

Handan Rong said stunned: "If there is no road, how can you go around the top of the mountain from the back mountain?"

The front of Luling Mountain is still good, at least there is a feasible road, but the back is very dangerous, the steep cliffs stand, not only steep, but also covered with moss. Apes are difficult to climb over.

Cheng Jia said: "I asked Chen Wu, and he said that he can use Tie Ge Tuo Mountain to climb to the top."

"Tie Ge Tuoshan", which means using iron Ge to chisel a foothold on the mountain wall, and people climb up along it.

Although Luling is not too high, the highest point is more than 200 zhang. Just imagine, if you are climbing a hole on a cliff that is more than 200 zhang high, steep and slippery, if you don't pay attention, it may be from high Falling from place to place, was smashed to pieces. This scene is creepy just thinking about it.

Xunzhen was a Pingyuan person in his previous life, and he is still a Pingyuan person in this life. Xun You, Xuan Kang, etc. were also born and raised in the plain, and seldom came to the mountains. Climbing to the top" This sentence, whether surprised or astonished, whether surprised or astonished, turned into admiration in the end.

Xun Zhen said, "How dare Chen Jun be so brave?"

He sent people to the front line, recalled Chen Wu, and asked him face-to-face: "I heard Jun Changyan said that Jun suggested 'Tie Ge Tuoshan, climb to the top'?"

Chen Wu replied calmly, "Yes."

"The back mountain is dangerous and steep, and the monkeys are not allowed to go through it. How confident are you?"

"Wu's family is in Huangyuling, and the danger of Huangyuling may be slightly less than that of the back mountain of Luling, but when Wu was in Huangyuling, he was used to climbing over mountains and cliffs, and I dare not say that I am very sure, five or six points of certainty. There are still."

"Five or six points of confidence? The mountain behind is very steep. If you miss, the gods will be hard to save, do you know?"

Chen Wu's face was as usual, and he replied, "I know."

"Now that you know, you still want to climb?"

"The lieutenant Wu received a lot of favors. Without the lieutenant, Wu may have been a food pavilion leader in his life. Now that the lieutenant has been promoted, how can he not die? If Wu can succeed this time, he will break a big thief for the lieutenant. Zhao County is only missing one old pavilion chief."

Chen Wu wanted to repay his kindness. If he succeeded, Xun Zhen would be able to defeat Huangbeard. If he did not succeed, there would be no loss to Xun Zhen or Zhao Jun, except for the loss of a former Doushi Pavilion chief.

Xun Zhen looked at him for a long time. Seeing his calmness and calmness, he admired his courage and said, "Okay! You have such daring and courageous ambitions, and I will be a success. What do you need to climb the back mountain this time? Whatever you say."

"Although Huang Beard brought most of the thieves to the mountainside, there should be some guards on the top of the mountain. It's definitely not possible to go alone at noon."

"How many people do you need to bring with you?"

"Noon has selected 20 people from fellow villagers, guests and soldiers from Bentun."

"Do you want me to choose some light and agile walkers from other ministries?"

"No need, these twenty people are enough! All I need for the afternoon is the first twenty of Bai Liange."

"Twenty isn't enough, I'll give you sixty!"

The rocks are hard, and drilling a hole requires physical strength and sharp tools. One manpower may not be enough. To avoid the cracking of the head during climbing, one person must bring at least two spares.

The reason why Chen Wu only wanted the "Getou", not the "spearhead", nor the treasure knife or anything, is because the "Ge" has its own unique advantages when digging holes, which is different from the straight edge of the knife and spear. , Ge is a "curved head" weapon. This part of the "Ge head" has both a straight handle that can be held and a chisel that can dig holes, which is very convenient.

Most of the soldiers who used long weapons in Xun Zhen's army used spears, but there were also Ge.

With a single order, he selected sixty swords made of hundred-refined iron from the entire army, took off the heads of the swords, and handed them over to Chen Wu.

At the same time, Xun You and Xuankang organized manpower to fabricate five long ropes out of clothes and cloth. These five long ropes are more than 200 zhang long, but they are intended to be used by the soldiers who follow up the mountain. With only Chen Wu and other thirty-one people, even if they climbed to the top of the mountain without any loss, it is estimated that it would be difficult to pose a big threat to the guards on the top of the mountain, so there must be follow-up troops. Not every soldier has the courage and skill of Chen Wu and others, which requires a rope, and subsequent soldiers can climb up by pulling the rope.

The rope was too long, more than 200 feet long. Chen Wu and the others only had thirty-one people. It was impossible for them to carry all five ropes. Xun Zhen ordered them to carry only one rope. Can be brought up by subsequent soldiers.

Xuankang chose the strongest rope and divided it into thirty sections, each six or seven zhang long, and Chen Wu and other thirty-one people shouldered the rope.

Xun Zhen also ordered Xun You to select 200 brave and agile soldiers from the army at the rear as the follow-up soldiers for mountain climbing.

After all these preparations were done, it was already afternoon, the soldiers had already eaten their lunch, and Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Xin Ai and others in front had already started a new attack.

Chen Wu and the 30 people he had selected had a full meal before reaching Xun Zhen.

There was no wine in the army, so Xun Zhen ordered a mountain spring to replace the wine, filled a bowl for each of the thirty-one people including Chen Wu, brought a bowl for himself, looked at them one by one, and said, "I used to be in Ying. I have heard for a long time in Sichuan that there were many people who were generous and elegiac in Yan and Zhao. Now, all the lords voluntarily chisel mountains from Chen Jun, climb cliffs and attack thieves. , And it is rich in precious swords and swords. Anyone who wants to make precious swords and famous swords must use cold spring water to sharpen them. This is the water of the mountain spring in Luling. The sharpness of the famous sword, I will use this water to wish you all success!"

He drank it all and threw the bowl to the ground.

Chen Wu and the thirty others also drank it and threw the bowl to the ground.

The drums were thundering on the mountainside, and the shouts of killing shook the distance and the echoes were endless. Chen Wu and the thirty men gave a military salute to Xun Zhen. Chen Wu took the lead and turned around, and the thirty men followed closely behind, with soldiers on both sides of the mountain road. In their eyes, they were carrying rope bundles and belts on their shoulders, and they went down the mountain reluctantly.

Xun Zhen was the main general and could not leave here. Chen Dao was in charge of this strange army going to the back mountain. Chen Dao is steady and can take on this important task. He also bid farewell to Xun Zhen with the 200 soldiers he had chosen, and went down the mountain from Chen Wu.

Watching these two hundred people rush down the narrow mountain road, Xun Zhen hopes that they will succeed. This strategy was first proposed by Cheng Jia. He asked Cheng Jia and said, "Junchang, do you think Chen Jun, Shuzhi and the others go here, what chance of success do you have?"

"I haven't known Chen Wu for a long time, but in my opinion, this person is not a big talker, and he is the first to climb the back mountain this time. It is expected that he will not joke about his life. Say to the lieutenant five or six points of certainty, then at least five or six points of certainty."

Xun Zhen nodded, watched Chen Wu, Chen Dao and the others go away, and turned to Cheng Jia and said, "It's still early in the evening, Chen Jun and others will go around the back of the mountain and won't climb the mountain for a while, Jun Chang , in order to avoid causing Huang Beard suspicion, the offensive on the mountainside cannot be stopped, you go back to the front line and tell Bo Qin, A Deng, Li Xiang, and He Yi, and order them to take turns!"

Today's weather is good, the sun is shining, and the view is very good. In the afternoon, Chen Wu will definitely not be able to climb immediately after going around the back mountain, at least until the evening, so as to avoid being discovered by the guards at the top of the mountain. One was to avoid suspicion from Huang Beard, and the other was to be unsure whether Chen Wu and others would succeed, so the offensive on the mountainside had to continue.

Cheng Jia took the order and went to the mountainside.

Xun Zhen looked at him and thought in her heart, "Jun Chang has great scheming and courage, but he is not strong enough and tenacious. He is not a leader of troops."

Although Xun Zhen did not go to the mountainside to personally direct the battle, but he looked up from below, but he was able to see the battle on the mountainside clearly.

When Cheng Jia and Chen Wu were attacking the mountain earlier, Xun Zhen's performance was in Xun Zhen's eyes.

Compared with Chen Wu's courage and courage, Cheng Jia seemed hesitant, slow, and not decisive enough in command, especially after falling into a hard battle, his slowness and hesitation became more obvious.

Anyone can fight against the wind. To really see if a person has the material to lead troops is only when fighting hard. A general is the courage of an army, and suspicion is a disaster for the three armies, but Cheng Jia's "slowness and hesitation" is not the material to lead the army.

Of course, this does not mean that Cheng Jia is cowardly, he is also courageous, otherwise he would not take the initiative to invite Ying to recruit old friends in the mountains, and he would not drive hundreds of miles to go deep into Wang Dang's department to check the situation, but his " Courage", but it doesn't seem to be brave at the moment.

No one is perfect, everyone has advantages and disadvantages.

Qin Wuyang dared to kill people in the market when he was twelve years old, but when he entered the palace of Qin Wang, his expression changed and he was terrified. Qin Wuyang's courage is not as good as Jing Ke's. Although Jing Ke is brave, he will not change his color until death, but if he is asked to command the three armies and fight hard against the enemy, he may not be able to. The bravery of a soldier and the bravery of a general are both brave, but they are not the same thing.

Therefore, there is a saying: Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

Through this mountain attack, we can see the strengths and weaknesses of Cheng Jia and Chen Wu, but it is also a harvest.

...

At the end of October, it was already Mengdong, the days were short and the nights were long, and it was in the mountains, surrounded by mountains, and the sky darkened earlier.

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Li Xiang, He Yi, Cheng Jia, Xin Ai and others on the mountainside organized several attacks and returned without success.

Since Xun Zhen started the army, except when he fought against Bo Cai and He Man in Yingchuan County, he had never fought such a difficult battle since then. Two of the three barriers that Huang Beard had set up on the mountainside had already been knocked down, but the last one that remained had been fighting hard for almost a day and still could not overcome it. Xuankang sighed and said: "The mountain road is dangerous, this battle in the mountains is very different from the battle in the plains!"

There are inherent reasons why mountain warfare is different from plain warfare, but the main factor of "people" cannot be ruled out.

Xun Zhen looked at the yellow-bearded military flag on the mountainside from afar, and said, "In front of the mountain this morning, Uncle Zhi led his people to capture a yellow-bearded scout, tortured him in every possible way, and asked him about his thief, but the scout refused to spit out half a word; he attacked the mountain. So far, our troops have suffered a lot of casualties, and the bandit soldiers have suffered even more casualties, but the morale of the bandits doesn't seem to have suffered much because of this.

Xuankang nodded again and again and said, "Yes, not only is he able to stand out from the crowd, but this thief is also quite brave. He fought against Liu Deng before, but it is rare for him to retreat completely."

Huang Beard fought against Liu Deng before, although it was an advantage to take advantage of the location, Liu Deng attacked from the back and was stumbled again, but with Liu Deng's bravery, this Huang Beard was able to retreat without dying, but it also showed that he was a bit brave. people.

Xun You also agreed with Xun Zhen's words, saying: "When Huang Beard was fighting against Liu Deng, I saw his appearance, beautiful beard and beard, and a dignified appearance. He has both appearance and bravery, and can win the crowd, such a person is very good. It is rare to be placed in the county, so why not thieves!"

"Judging people by their appearance, they will lose their children." If a person has a good appearance, he will first give a good impression.

The reason why Huang Yan was able to win the crowd and the support of his followers was partly because he used righteousness and wealth to help the poor and the needy when he was in the village in his early years.

Because of his beautiful beard and his own abilities, even Xun You, the enemy, couldn't help but express the regret of "How to be a thief".

Xun Zhen raised her head, looked at the sky, and said, "It's getting dark, Chen Wu and Shuzhi should have already started climbing the mountain."

...

Back Mountain.

Chen Dao led two hundred brave men to line up at the foot of the mountain, all looking up at the mountain wall.

Under the gloomy twilight, on the steep and slippery mountain wall, Chen Wu and other thirty-one people were swinging barefoot, digging holes for climbing.

Chen Wu's position was at the forefront. He stepped on the hole he had just dug with his feet, his left hand was digging into the gap in the mountain, and his right hand was holding the spearhead.

The place where he tapped was pre-selected. Compared with other places, it was slightly concave, with a small gap, which could easily dig a small hole. As he tapped, the small stones kept falling, and the small hole gradually formed.

After the small hole could fit a finger or toe, he put away his head, glanced up, and chose a protruding rock not far from the upper right, his left arm and legs suddenly exerted force, and his body rushed up. .

At the moment when he rushed up, his body was almost completely unsupported. If he missed, he couldn't catch the raised rock in time, and the fate would be self-evident.

Chen Dao and the two hundred brave men, who were looking up at the foot of the mountain, were immediately reminded, and many people clenched their fists involuntarily.

It was too late, but it was too soon. I saw Chen Wu's eyes fixed on the rock, his right arm stretched forward, and before his body fell, he firmly grasped the rock. The hearts of the people below Chen Zhi fell, and many people let out a sigh of relief.

Chen Dao is a very calm person. A gust of mountain wind blows, and his back is cold, but he just watched Chen Wu climb for such a short while, and he was already in a cold sweat.

Chen Wu was half-hanging on the wall, he breathed a sigh of relief, his body bent, and the thumb of his right foot inserted into the small hole just cut out, stabilized his body with his right hand and right foot, took out the head with his left hand, I selected a small gap on the left side of the mountain wall, which was almost at the same level as the waist, and then digged with a ge head.

He had just chiseled it twice, when he suddenly heard someone whispering from below, and looked down at it, but the person behind him failed to grasp the place where his hand fell when he jumped up, and fell down.

In order not to startle the guards at the top of the mountain, before climbing the mountain, Chen Wu gave a military order to the 30 people who climbed the mountain from him, ordering them not to make a sound when climbing the mountain, and even if they fell, they could not make a scream. Voice. This person who fell was one of his villagers, and obeyed his military orders. Although his face was pale during the fall, he tightly pursed his lips until he fell to the bottom of the mountain, without saying a word.

Chen Wu and others had just climbed, and the tallest Chen Wu was only five or six feet above the ground. The person who fell fell from four or five feet above the ground. Compared with the mountain wall of more than 200 zhang, it is not high at four or five zhang, but if one falls from this height, even if there are thick cotton pads and other materials prepared underneath, it is expected that they will not die or die.

The person who fell and Chen Wu had known each other since childhood, and the two had an excellent relationship.

Chen Wu looked down for a moment, and saw that he fell to the ground, lying motionless on the cotton pad, knowing that he might fall to his death, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, he had already withdrawn his eyes, and re-emphasized. Focus on the mountain wall and continue to dig holes.

The twilight is getting deeper and deeper, the mountain moon rises on the top of the mountain, and night comes.

The mountain wind was getting stronger, whistling and whistling. Chen Dao and others standing at the foot of the mountain were blown away by the wind. The wind was blown by Chen Wu and others who were climbing on the mountain wall.

Chen Dao was deeply sweating for Chen Wu and so on.

The mountain stands tall, the bright moon hangs high, and on the moss-covered wall, Chen Wu and others are getting higher and higher. Looking at it from the bottom of the mountain, they can no longer see it clearly. After staring at it for a long time, only a little dark shadow can be seen slowly moving up.

On the top of the mountain, the fire was bright, but the guard on the top of the mountain lit the fire.

...

Front mountain, mountainside.

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Li Xiang, He Yi, Xin A, Cheng Jia and others started a night battle.

The enemy and we fought fiercely for a day, and the soldiers of Xunzhen’s clan were tired, and so were the soldiers of Huangbeard’s clan.

In the middle of the night, Xun Zhen noticed that the attacks of Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, etc. on the mountainside seemed to be slowing down, and immediately ordered the soldiers to go up and asked Jiang Qin, Liu Deng and others: "Can you still fight? If you can't, you should retreat. I will fight it myself."

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Li Xiang, He Yi, etc. are all blood-stained on their armor, and there are arrowheads left on the armor, or marks from knife cuts and spear stabs, and they are all dotted. , let alone ordinary soldiers.

When the commander arrived, Jiang Qin had just attacked for a while, but then retreated without success. He was leaning on his spear and standing among the soldiers, staring angrily at the enemy fortress in front of him, spit on the ground, spit mixed with blood, and cursed. : "After breaking the mountain, Nai Gong is going to pit Huang Beard and Shuzi!"

After listening to Xun Zhenzhi's question conveyed by the messenger, Liu Deng was inspired, swung his halberd and shouted, and led a dozen or two soldiers to jump into the battle, facing the arrows and rolling stones of the guards, and dashed forward to kill.

After the guard shot a burst of arrows and pushed down some rolling stones, seeing that Liu Dengzhi could not be stopped, a man jumped out from behind the barrier, armed with a two-edged spear, and also brought a dozen or two soldiers to meet him. This person is a warrior in the Yellowbeard's clan, and Jiang Qin's failure to return just now was because he was blocked by him. Seeing him coming out again, Liu Deng shouted for courage and rushed forward. Before he could get in front of him, he threw the short halberd first. While the man was retreating and dodging, he drew out his saber and slashed hard at the two-edged spear in this man's hand. .

The saber used by Liu Deng was given to him by Xun Zhen a few years ago. He was unforgiving, jumping forward, holding the knife in the back, and the blade slid across the armor of the man's left arm. Before this man could fight against Liu Deng formally, he lost the advantage and threw the broken spear in his right hand, hoping to suspend Liu Deng's offensive, but unexpectedly Liu Deng didn't care about the broken spear he threw at all. It hit his left shoulder, and the ring-head knife in his right hand lifted to a high place, slashed diagonally into the countryside, hit the man's neck, blood splattered, and cut off his head with one knife.

One slashed the spear, two stabbed the armor, and three slashed the head.

The 12 or 20 soldiers who followed this man were terrified and dared not meet Liu Dengzhifeng, so they turned and ran away.

...

Xun Zhen, Xun You, Handan Rong, Cen Rong, Xuan Kang and others saw this scene below.

Handan Rong looked happy and blurted out: "Come on!"

But he was talking about letting Liu Deng catch up.

Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, etc. are all brave generals. In fact, scenes similar to the current "slaying enemy generals" have occurred several times in today's battles, but each time they are chasing, they are immediately killed by Huang. The fine soldiers led by the bearded relatives were driven down.

Xun Zhen also hoped that Liu Deng could attack this time, but his mentality was relatively stable, not like Handan Rong's surprise. He smiled while paying attention to Liu Deng's pursuit. On the top of the mountain, there was a lot of noise and chaos.

Xun You suddenly raised his face and said in surprise, "The top of the mountain?"

"Chen Wu and Uncle Zhi are attacking!" Xun Zhen anxiously cast his eyes to the top of the mountain, and then fell to the mountainside, overjoyed, and ordered, "Play the drums, order Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, Li Xiang, He Yi, Cheng Jia and Xin Ai drove the warriors to attack!" (To be continued)