Three Kingdoms

In the forest, Wei Yan was sitting on a big rock, holding the Badong map that had been handed out before, and was concentrating on identifying the difference between the markings on the map in his hand and his actual location.

Although Wei Yan had ventured through the mountain roads before, it did not mean that he would be able to walk on plain ground in Badong County after walking through the mountain roads in Brazil County. However, the same thing was that Du Hu took him last time and this time too.

As the king of the people, although Du Hu couldn't understand the map in Wei Yan's hand, he was familiar with the surrounding terrain. In the early winter, although the mountain was already a bit cold, it was not likely to encounter a heavy snowfall, so he fast forwarded It is still necessary to get out quickly.

Wei Yan had been walking for three days from Anhan into the mountains. Except for the scouts who had to be specially sent out to survey the terrain, the rest of the soldiers gathered their belongings as much as possible. , reduce the possibility of exposure of whereabouts.

The flat map slowly formed a three-dimensional shape in Wei Yan's mind. He took his men and horses and took a false shot at Anhan, but the target was actually Yufu on the bank of the Han River.

In order to cover up the marching route of the army, it was not uncommon to massacre and exterminate the villages along the way. However, Wei Yan still kept an open mind and used a ridiculous-sounding excuse to expel the people in the villages along the way, thus concealing the actual direction of the army's march. , and also tempted Liu Qi and others to misjudge Wei Yan's offensive choice.

Wei Yan is more adventurous, perhaps because of his natural tendency. He has an irresistible impulse towards this kind of action that involves gambling on luck. However, the interesting thing is that Wei Yan does not like pure gambling, and even many nobles cannot like it. Wei Yan didn't even bother to take a look at the fighting cock lackey.

If you want to know about cockfighting, don’t think that it seems that later generations are not very high-end, and it cannot be compared with the Stud, Mahjong, Pai Gow and so on. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, this was a grand record in Zuo Zhuan, and it even stated how the two sides fought. , details on how to cheat, etc…

Even in the historical records, it is recorded that "Yuan An was at home when he was ill, and he followed him up and down in his village, fighting cocks and lackeys." Throughout the Han Dynasty, from the ministers to the common people, they all liked cockfighting and lackeys. . Even after the fall of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, it was still loved by some people in the upper class. Emperor Wei Ming Cao Rui not only liked cockfighting, but also built a cockfighting venue specifically for this purpose and conducted large-scale cockfighting betting. This habit lasted until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was still a hobby of "high-end people".

Wei Yan may have had a poor family before and had no chance to participate. Although he no longer worries about money, he doesn't like small scenes like that, so he has no love at all. He can only show his love when facing a duel in a war. Wei Yan's blood surged and he was extremely excited.

The excellent logistics and huge financial investment of the expedition to the west brought enough cold-proof blankets and high-calorie dry food. As long as you find a clean water source, you can travel and camp in the mountains. This may not be possible for any other princes. The method is easy to do.

Thanks to this, Wei Yan's march in the mountains has been relatively easy in the past few days, and it has not consumed a lot of physical strength of the soldiers. However, as Yufu approaches, the most difficult part of the journey is about to come.

"In terms of the shortest path...over these two mountains, you will be able to find a way out!" Du Hu pointed to the mountains in front of him and said, "But these two mountains are not easy to walk, and there are only some hunting trails in the mountains. There is no established road…”

Timing, time is opportunity.

Wei Yan looked at the two mountains in front of him, was silent for a moment, and decided not to take a detour and go directly over the two mountains. The previous expulsion of the people around Anhan involved Liu Qi, Kuaiqi and others, creating a period of time in which Yufu's troops were empty. Naturally, it could not be let go in vain.

"Hey, General, wait, wait a minute..." Seeing Wei Yan seeming to give an order, Du Hu quickly grabbed Wei Yan's arm and said, "Climbing the mountain to Yufu is difficult, but it will also consume Erlang's physical strength. What if...? Has the general thought of a way out?"

Wei Yan glanced at Du Hu, "Why, do you think it's because of a certain defender who can't defeat Yu Fu?"

Du Hu quickly put a lot of smiles on his face: "How could it be possible? I'm just worried about my men... After all, there is still a gap between this and the general Tiger Wolf Soldier... Besides, although Yufu's city is small, but It's also an important town in Badong, and... we didn't bring any siege equipment... Could it be that the general brought something like that, some sky-shaking divine thunder?"

Wei Yan nodded and said: "I brought some with me, but we used too much some time ago, so there isn't much left now..."

"Ah?" Du Hu blinked and said, "There are at least two thousand soldiers in this Yufu. If we can't conquer the city gate... this... that... I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry!" Wei Yan glanced at the map one last time, then put it in his arms, "It's nothing. I'm afraid of this, I'm afraid of that. There is a risk of choking to death if you eat or drink at home. I'm afraid of this or that. What else can I do? Battle formation! I know it well, don’t worry! When did I deceive you, the king of human beings!"

Du Hu chewed a piece of toothpaste and said, "Okay, you are the general... I will listen to you..."

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The fish is restored, by the Han River.

Because the current is so fast, fish will capsize when they swim here, so it means that the fish will recover. However, now that it is winter, the water level, both in terms of flow and water level, has dropped a lot, and it is not necessarily as turbulent and shocking as it was in spring and summer.

In the south of Yufu City, there is a semi-artificial and semi-natural harbor. The locals call it Pebble Bay because it originally looked like a half-moon arc depression. The water flows stirred up each other here, making the place relatively calm and unlike The river is so turbulent that it is used as a ferry.

Later, Yufu garrisoned and a large number of warships came in. Liu Qi and Kuaiqi renovated and refitted the Sichuan and Sichuan ships. Pebble Bay was immediately expanded into a large water village, and basically all the ships in Yufu were gathered here.

The water stronghold is surrounded by water on one side, and the south city gate facing Yufu on the other side. If there are no ships and we attack the water stronghold alone, we can only bear the arrows on the south city of Yufu and risk being attacked by fish at any time. There is a risk of the defenders copying the rear, so unless Yufu City falls, there is no big risk for the water village in Pebble Bay.

Therefore, Meng Da in Yufu was also relieved and did not specifically increase the defensive strength of Pebble Bay Water Village, because in Meng Da's view, there was no need.

In addition, when Liu Qi and Kuai Qi went north to attack Nanchong, although they were defeated, it also proved that there was no navy in the expedition to the west. Otherwise, Xu Huang in Nanchong would not have built intercepting wooden blocks in the waterways. Piles or something, if Zhengxi really had navy ships, wouldn't it be equivalent to blocking himself?

Therefore, the key now is to Anhan. Liu Qi and Kuai Qi led the troops there for many days, but they did not hear any movement. This made Meng Da have some doubts. Could it be that the people who conquered the west have withdrawn again?

But after all, Yu Fu and An Han were still some distance apart, so they might have started fighting, but they just hadn't had time to get the news.

There was no timely news or any other additional sources of information. Mengda spent several days in a daze. He didn't know why. He couldn't let go of some things and couldn't sleep well. This night, he was in a daze again. The feeling had just touched the pillow, and before I fell asleep, I heard a sudden noise in the night sky. The dull sound of horns and the sharp sound of warning gongs shook the entire Yufu!

Enemy attack!

But the question is, where did the enemy attack come from?

Meng Da was woken up and rolled off the bed. He found that his legs were a little weak, whether due to blood blockage or other reasons. He staggered for a while before he could stand still. While asking: "Where did the enemy come from! Is it the people who conquer the west?"

"Replying to your Majesty, I haven't seen the battle flag of Zhengxi..." the guard on the side responded, "It looks like a man..."

"Human?!" Meng Da suddenly felt that his waist and legs were getting stronger, and he shouted angrily, "Come here! Go check how many people there are! Come and report quickly!"

Damn it, are even people so arrogant?

How dare you attack the city at night?

Meng Da angrily climbed onto the Yufu city wall and looked out.

The winter night is dark, and the howling cold wind blows the torches, which only drives away the darkness that is so thick that it seems to have quality. If it is further away, the light is defeated, and it is powerless and falls under the claws of the night.

With the light of the swaying torches above and below the city, we did not see any battle flags. There were only some people wearing human clothes standing on the spot where the light shined. They stood incomprehensibly. There seemed to be a lot of them, looking at them coldly. Yu Fu looked at Meng Da.

What a fool!

Meng Da was furious when he saw this. Although it was at night, he still didn't dare to open the city gate like this, but if he was forced by these people under the city and didn't even fight back, then what dignity would Meng Da have!

In Mengda's mind, these bastards were originally low-class untouchables and uncivilized barbarians. Now they dared to gather outside the city at night. It was simply something that my uncle couldn't tolerate but my aunt couldn't tolerate!

Meng Da decided to at least kill these thieves in order to boost the morale of his own soldiers.

Amidst the sound of war drums, Mengda sent a group of soldiers to the front and hung down from the city wall as a frontal attack. At the same time, he secretly sent a group of soldiers to hang down from the side wall quietly without lighting up, preparing to attack these traitors. A lesson, let these barbarians who are ignorant of literature and art of war know how powerful they are!

Of course, Meng Da also had a few doubts in his mind for a moment, but he was soon blinded by anger. He had not slept well in the past two days, and he had a lot of anxiety in his heart, both for himself and for Sichuan and Shu. of. After all, with the changes in the war situation, Liu Bei and Liu Qi's troops, who originally thought they could at least be evenly matched, seemed to be completely at a disadvantage. What if in the future...

No one can relieve such worries, which have been accumulating in Mengda's heart. Seeing the Taoists attacking the city immediately triggered all the emotions he had been feeling for the past few days. Fortunately, he is still somewhat sane and does not have to worry about the unknown situation at night. Open the city gate and go out to fight...

The person hanging down the city from the front along the rope was Mengda's nephew, Deng Xian. As a more important military commander under Meng Da, Deng Xian naturally had to show his bravery and show that he not only relied on nepotism, but also had considerable personal strength.

Deng Xian knew that Meng Da had also sent other soldiers on the flank, so after getting off the city wall, he calmly gathered the soldiers first, then organized the queue, and dilly-dallyed for a while, leaving some time for the soldiers on the flank, but Worried that the enemy on the other side would notice something was wrong, he viciously slapped the shield with his sword, and then ordered the formation to cross the drawbridge and advance forward.

One hundred steps.

The man seemed a little flustered.

Deng Xian burst out laughing and shouted loudly: "That's all these animals can do! Don't be afraid. Once these animals are defeated, I will treat my brothers to wine and meat!"

Yu Fu's soldiers responded, their morale rising.

Eighty steps...

From this distance, Deng Xian could roughly see that there seemed to be a lot of people on the opposite side, but in fact they were standing very far apart, with several bodies separated from each other!

"I'll show you the immortal Banban in your house!" Deng Xian was furious when he saw this situation, "This god-born Guawazi is putting on a show!"

"Kill! Throw these turtles to death!"

Deng Xian yelled, not even thinking that he didn't have to wait for the flanking attack. He was acting like this, wasn't he just setting up a tactic to deceive the enemy, but if he was killed in front of him, what use would this tactic have?

Just when Deng Xian was shouting and leading his soldiers to rush forward, preparing to scatter the enemy array in one fell swoop, he suddenly saw some figures shaking in the darkness, and then heard a familiar voice...

"Boom, boom boom boom!"

Deng Xian had spent some time in the army, so he was naturally very familiar with this sound. The sound of a series of bow strings sounded densely in the darkness, as if there were hundreds of crossbowmen firing in unison!

Deng Xian howled and threw himself to the ground!

At this moment, Deng Xian couldn't care about any great achievements or majestic demeanor. He just wanted to survive under the cover of powerful bows and crossbows!

Before the Yufu soldiers who were sprinting with Deng Xian could react, they were already knocked down in a row by arrows and crossbows shot from the darkness! The soldiers screamed and fell to the ground as blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the soldiers who followed behind could not stop their steps. Some of them directly hit the arrows, and some trampled on the bodies of the soldiers in front. The entire front line suddenly became chaotic. !

In the deep night, arrows and crossbows flew out of the darkness one after another, making Deng Xian and others scream in agony! Under the sole illumination of the torch, the light and shadow swayed. When you saw the shadows of arrows and crossbows, most of them had already been shot in front of you, so there was no room for evasion. No matter how strong your personal bravery was, in such an environment Below, it is useless.

"Throw away the torch! Throw away the torch!" Deng Xian, who was lying on the ground with a shield on his head, screamed wildly.

Yufu's soldiers reacted and threw their torches far away...

Almost at the same time, Deng Xian's men threw torches, and the people on the opposite side also threw torches and disappeared into the night. As a result, another group of Yufu soldiers who were originally preparing to outflank were also lost. After reaching the target, he stopped where he was, somewhat at a loss...