Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 36 The enemy of the enemy can be a friend
Facing the sudden information, Liu Chan began to think and calculate quickly in his heart.

First of all, he almost immediately ruled out that the opponent was Wu Jun who came to support him.

First, the direction is wrong.

If a large group of Wu troops come, they will either come from the direction of Baqiu in the southwest, or from the direction of Lukou in the northeast, or in the direction of Hunan in the south and west.

But it will not be the southeast alone.

Secondly, the banner is wrong, Wu Jun is mobilized in his own territory, it is impossible not to show the banner.

The few Wu soldiers who had just been released to report the news had already been "tailed" by themselves, so naturally they would not be the rescuers they invited.

This is interesting.

"Go into the mountains to hide, let them come over."

"Yes!"

At present, the enemy and friends are unknown, and there are few people on our side, so it is natural to occupy a favorable terrain and wait for work.

Liu Chan ordered people to drag the corpses out again, pile them up at the gate of the village as a roadblock, and put the crossbowmen on the two wings.

Behind the gate of the village, the soldiers lined up and waited.

Hu Li led the nine and ten teams back into the forest, ready to make tactical detours at any time.

The scouts are lurking at various high points beside the mountain road, and the horses and luggage at the foot of the mountain have all gone into the valley on the side of the mountain to hide.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the enemy to come.

But the people on the other side didn't know that they hadn't entered the mountain yet, so they had been under the surveillance and observation of Liu Chan's troops.

"Report! The enemy army has entered the mountain, with different costumes and weapons, not like the Wu army."

Sure enough, just as I guessed.

Thinking about this empty village, Liu Chan thought of a possibility.

If that's the case, it saves me trouble.

……

Chai Rong felt uneasy since he left the village.

Recently, the government and the army have continued to take actions, and they have not stopped using troops against cottages in various places.

Once it is breached, it will be forcibly relocated, farming and taxation, and strong men will be forcibly conscripted into the army.

The situation in Changsha County is better, because the elite Wu army dare not move rashly because they have to guard against Guan Yu's heavy troops in Jingzhou.

Even so, life is getting harder for them.

They scattered around as before, fighting each other, and what awaited them was the fate of being defeated individually.

So this time he brought people out of the mountain to contact the leaders of the big and small cottages, and sent troops together. First, they caught the officers and soldiers by surprise and plundered them.

The trip was exceptionally smooth, and under increasing pressure, people from other villages hit it off with him and agreed to send troops.

It's just that the longer the time, the more frightened he felt in his heart.

Finally, I couldn't bear to take a large group of people and went back to the village to check on the grounds of supplies.

how do you know...

Looking at the broken gate of the village, corpses are piled up, blood is continuously flowing out, and the smell is pungent.

Seeing this scene, Chai Rong's eyes were tearing apart, and he was about to lead his men up to take back the stockade, when he suddenly heard someone shouting.

"If you go forward again, don't blame our arrows for being ruthless!"

With a slightly hoarse voice, Chai Rong was planning to ignore the call and order an attack.

But they heard the soldiers in the village yelling in unison: "The one who gets close to the front dies!"

The chilling roar echoed in the mountains, with a fearless aura, and because of the killing just now, the murderous aura that has not yet dissipated.

But it was very different from Wu Jun that Chai Rong had seen before.

Many soldiers on the left and right were intimidated by the momentum and retreated timidly.

He immediately (forced) to calm down.

After regaining his senses, he observed carefully, and it seemed that the corpses of Wu Jun were piled up at the gate of the village, and he did not see any familiar people in the village.

He calmed down a little, and then looked at the wall of the village, a young general wearing black armor and standing with a spear, majestic and fearless, he seemed to be the leader of these troops.

"Who are you waiting for? Why did you attack my stronghold and slaughter my people!" Chai Rong had a naturally loud voice, and this one was as loud as Fangcai's roar.

But in terms of momentum, it was a little bit worse.

"Husband? It's my husband! It's wrong, don't fight!" Among the guarded crowd in the village, the girl in Wu Jun's robe suddenly screamed and ran out, but was stopped by the soldiers and couldn't go forward.

Others also reacted and talked one after another.

"The village master?"

"The village master is back!"

Seeing this, Liu Chan waved to the soldier and said, "Let her come here."

The girl ran over staggeringly, first bowed her head to Liu Chan, and then climbed up the wall.

Looking at the husband who brought people here from a distance, all the fright and grievances he had suffered before burst out, tears streaming down his face, and he cried out in a crying voice: "Husband! Husband!"

Chai Rong was overjoyed when he heard the voice: "Madam, are you alright?!"

The girl quickly shook her head and shouted: "I'm fine, you guys misunderstood! It was this general who led people to save us, let's get rid of the sword!"

"……what?"

……

After confirming his identity, Liu Chan ordered someone to move the corpse out of the gap at the gate of the village.

Although the girl was terrified, her longing for her husband finally overcame her fear, and she stumbled and ran out.

When they came to her husband, the two held hands and looked at each other, talking in low voices.

Later, the woman walked into the village with her husband.

Liu Chan came down and walked up to look at the man.

Chai Rong was also looking at Liu Chan, he was far away just now, and now he realizes that the general is so young.

"You are a bit courageous, dare to come in alone."

Hearing this, Chai Rong took his wife and bowed down, "If the general wants to kill me, he doesn't need to spare the lives of all the people in this village."

Liu Chan helped him up with a smile: "Get up. When the road is uneven, it is the right thing to draw your sword to help."

This person is not stupid, but also has some courage.

It was decided to be you.

A plan is gradually taking shape in Liu Chan's mind, but it still takes time to perfect and supplement it.

"Seeing injustice... draw your sword to help?"

Chai Rong tasted this phrase he had never heard before, and he felt that the words were full of heroism, and he couldn't help but feel more fond of the young man in front of him.

He bowed again and said, "The general saved the lives of the young and old in our village. If there is a mission in the future, Chai Rong will definitely die in return. I don't know... General Gao's name?"

Liu Chan paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "My name is Song Jiang, and my name is Gongming."

"It turned out to be General Gongming. I don't know what General Gongming is talking about here, and how did he save my Chaijiazhai?"

Chai Rong seemed to feel that saying this was a bit of a cross-examination, and Chai Rong quickly explained, "If General Gongming comes here and can use my place in Chaijiazhai, although we can't compare with General Tianbing, we can also do the work of dogs and horses."

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Since we are friends rather than enemies, let's stop fighting first, and talk before it's too late after drinking to suppress the shock."

……

By the time the stronghold was cleared out, the sun had already set.

A torch was lit in the middle of the village, and Chai Ronggong asked Liu Chan to sit at the head of the hall, while himself and the other five chiefs of each village took their seats below.

The bandit leaders who had seen Liu Chan's military appearance up close had no objection to this.

What's more, they were surprised to find that Liu Chan had hidden an ambush soldier in the forest when they just retreated.

If our side attacked the cottage from behind...

After thinking about it for a while, several people couldn't help being afraid, and broke out in cold sweat.

It's a good thing they didn't fight, otherwise, although there are many of them, they might not be able to get a bargain.

Chai Rong took out the few meat and rice wine in the village to entertain, and they toasted Liu Chan in turn.

Then asked about the previous thing.

Knowing Liu Chan's drinking capacity, he quickly took the opportunity to put down the wine bowl: "I came from Wu County. Because of the strong military forces there, I was forced to abandon the stronghold and fight here."

Chai Rong and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

... Are you a bandit too?

General, do you have any misunderstanding about the bandit profession?
Liu Chan saw the expressions of several people, and said again: "My family is also a big family in the Central Plains. In the past, because of avoiding the disaster of war, I moved to Yangzhou. I didn't want to pay his grandson's tax, so I went up the mountain."

Only then did Chai Rong and the others feel relieved.

There are quite a few big clans who have gone to the mountains to avoid disaster these years, and there are also some elite private soldiers among them.

"The general is so powerful that he was forced to abandon the stronghold... Is the situation so difficult?"

Seeing that they were a little frustrated, Liu Chan hurriedly said: "The four great families of Sun and Wu are all in Wu County. Although our army is strong, it is ultimately outnumbered. If we can unite and rely on the dangers of the mountains and forests, what are we afraid of?"

My plan still needs the cooperation of these Dongwu Shanyue, so I can't let them be discouraged at this time...

(End of this chapter)