Great Han Empire

Chapter 337 The Swordsman
At dusk, Li Hong stood at the gate of Yanmen with a heavy heart, looking at the rolling hills in the twilight, speechless for a long time.

Today, he first received the news that the Yellow Turban Guo Taibu had captured Pingyang City.After the military discussion ended, Zhu Mu and Song Wen found him immediately and advised him to suspend his journey northward and wait to see how the situation develops.

Then he received an urgent letter from Qu Yi, the Hun Zhonglang general.Qu Yi said in the letter that since the emperor issued an order to recruit the Xiongnu cavalry and Zuo Xianwang led his troops to the expedition, rumors began to spread all over the Huns. Rumors said that the emperor of the Han Dynasty would successively recruit more Huns soldiers to fight in Youzhou. Rebellion, saying that the purpose of the emperor of the Han Dynasty was to completely wipe out the Huns. The Huns were therefore panicked and their hearts fluttered. The leaders of various tribes often gathered for business, and the atmosphere seemed very tense.Qu Yi also heard from Da Shanyu Qiang Qu that the Tuge tribe, the You tribe, and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe have been in close contact recently, and the two sides have frequent contacts, and there seems to be some conspiracy.What Qu Yi meant was to tell him to stop going north and wait.

But following the emperor's decree came.The emperor urged him to go north immediately. Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, had assembled [-] troops and set off to attack Zhuojun.

Li Hong was worried about the safety of Bingzhou and the war situation in Youzhou. It was difficult to make a choice for a while, and he wavered between whether to go or not to go.

"Ding, has Yanmen County always been this desolate?" Li Hong asked suddenly.

Zhu Mu shook his head and said: "There was a time when this place was very prosperous. It was the time of Emperor Yuan of this dynasty. At that time, this dynasty used the policy of "marriage" in exchange for the tranquility of the border. The two sides had not fought for decades. It is said that this place was here at that time. The remote city is closed, the cattle and horses are in the wild, the third generation has no policemen barking dogs, and the common people have no battles of war. The people live in prosperity and live and work in peace and contentment, but it is a pity..."

Zhu Mu sighed: "After the first emperor of Qin unified the six kingdoms, he sent General Meng Tian with 30 troops to attack the Xiongnu from Yanmen to the north of the Great Wall, took over the land of Henan (that is, the Hetao area), and drove the Xiongnu to the north of Yinshan Mountain. , and built the Great Wall, but still failed to stop the invasion of the Huns. In this dynasty, the land of Yanmen was even more turbulent. During Emperor Gaozu, the Huns had repeatedly crossed Gouzhu south, invaded Jinyang, entered and exited The territory of our great Han Dynasty was like a land of no one, until the time of Emperor Wu, there were peerless famous generals such as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Guang, etc., who galloped the Yanmen Ancient Fortress, attacked the desert, defeated the Xiongnu many times, and barely stabilized the situation in northern Xinjiang."

"However, I am incompetent to wait for the younger generation. Hundreds of years have passed, and the disaster of the Xiongnu has not been eliminated, but the disaster of Xianbei has been added. Now it is the time when our great Han country is in turmoil, and this northern border..."

Li Hong smiled helplessly, and asked, "If the Huns take the opportunity to rebel and the Xianbei come here, can we hold the northern border?"

Zhu Mu and Song Wen looked at each other and smiled wryly.

"Go, or not to go, my lord has to make a decision early." Song Wen said, "Defending Bingzhou is far more important than suppressing the rebellion in Youzhou. In my opinion, now is not the best time to go north to suppress the rebellion."

"My lord, if we fail to take care of both ends, we may lose both places." Zhu Mu reminded in a low voice.

Li Hong looked up to the sky and sighed.

"The sacred order must not be violated, let's go north."

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At the southern foot of Luliang Mountain, there is a place called Feiyan Valley, which is the gathering place of the Baibo Yellow Turban Army.This place is very hidden. In the past when Hu Cai and Li Le were bandits, it was their lair.All the preparations for Mrs. Guo's flag-raising uprising were done here.After the success of the Baibo Valley uprising, Feiyan Valley immediately became a stronghold for the Yellow Turban Army to hoard supplies.

Last autumn, the Yellow Turban Army was first defeated by Yan Rou and fled to Mount Luliang, and then the Baibo Valley located in the lower reaches of the Fen River was occupied by Qu Yi. In desperation, they had to hide in Feiyan Valley, trying to make a comeback.

At the end of last month, Mrs. Guo was very happy when she learned that Li Hong, General of Zhenbei, had set up a camp for the Northern Expedition at Yanmen Pass and assembled a large army to fight the rebellion.

Sure enough, not long after, the hussars battalion stationed in Anyi hurried northward to Yanmen, and what surprised him most was that three thousand soldiers from the county in Hedong had also gone away.

Li Hong had been busy in Hedong for half a year, and suddenly he withdrew all his troops, which was very abnormal.Mrs. Guo was a little worried, so she specially sent someone down the mountain to secretly contact a few old acquaintances in Yang Fengjun, wanting to confirm whether her information was accurate.The person who inquired about the news came back soon, saying that Li Hong had handed over the defense of Hedong to Yang Feng, and he had taken the army to Youzhou. The news was true.

Guo is overjoyed.Yang Feng's 20 field soldiers are still the Yellow Turban Army. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to conflict with Yang Feng, Yang Feng will not care about him. Besides, as long as Yang Feng has [-] soldiers with weapons, he may not dare to provoke him.Mrs. Guo has great ambitions. He not only wants to occupy Anyi and plunder Hedong, but also wants to cut off the transportation to Bingzhou and force Zhang Yan and his Yellow Turban Army to rebel again.As long as Zhang Yan rebelled, would he be afraid that Yang Feng, the nine-headed bird, would not rebel?

In the first ten days of March, he took the lead in attacking Pingyang City with an army of [-].The man stationed in Pingyang is Li Yao, Yang Feng's young commander. This man is handsome and good at martial arts, but he is lustful. He seems to be unable to live without women.When Li Yao had nothing to do, he would take a maid with strong martial arts skills everywhere to mess around, and sometimes he would do some bad things by the way.Mrs. Guo did what she liked and gave him several beautiful women, and he immediately ran back to Linfen camp happily with his troops.

After Guo Taibing took Pingyang City without bloodshed, he left Yang Feng to defend the city with 5000 people. He and Han Xian (read Xian) and others led the army to cross the river and attack Xiangling City. At the same time, they cut off the land and water roads leading to Bingzhou. transportation.Merchants from all over the country saw that there were ants and thieves in the east of the river, and immediately stopped the transportation of materials to avoid heavy losses.

It was Liang Baiwu who guarded Xiangling City.This kid seems to have taken the wrong medicine, and he didn't sell Mrs. Guo's account at all. Not only did he not let go of the city, he even got into a fight with Mrs. Guo.Mrs. Guo was very angry, pointed at Hu Cai and cursed: "If you and Yang Feng hadn't stopped him and killed him that day, how could there be any trouble today?" Hu Cai didn't dare to reply, thinking in his heart, you killed him , it is Yang Feng who is fighting with you today.

Mrs. Guo's Yellow Turban Army was defeated by Yan Rou just after the incident, and they never had a chance to get weapons to replenish, so the siege was very difficult, and they couldn't take it down for a few days, and the time dragged on day by day.

How did Mrs. Guo know that Feiyan Valley, his old nest, is now surrounded by the hussar battalion.

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When the hussar battalion was stationed in Anyi last month, Li Hong repeatedly urged Sheyingtong to get ready to attack Baibo Yellow Turbans as soon as possible, and asked him to finish off the Yellow Turbans by the end of March.

She Yingtong discussed with several subordinates every day, and all of them thought it was unrealistic to encircle and suppress Luliang Mountain directly, so where can we find the Yellow Turban Army in such a large mountain?Even if it is found, the cavalry will not be able to use their strengths. Fighting in mountainous areas, the cavalry must be the one who suffers.To fight, it is better to lure the Yellow Turban Army across the Fen River and wipe them out in the plains on the south bank of the Fen River.

At this time, Xiaolan, who had been carrying scouts around looking for the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, came back.He was born as an Orion and had worked as a scout, so he was familiar with this job.He found a few hunters around Luliang Mountain, and immediately claimed that he was a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army. After making insinuations, he knew about Feiyan Valley.He led people to Feiyan Valley, found out the situation, and rushed back immediately.

She Yingtong told him about luring the enemy south and asked his opinion.Xiaolan said that it is possible to lure the enemy south, but it needs Yang Feng's cooperation, without his cooperation it will not work at all, but the question is, will Yang Feng and his men tip off the news?In addition, if we can't eat Mrs. Guo and he runs back to Luliang Mountain, what should we do?
Huzi smiled and said, "Sheyingtong and the others are all from Xianbei, and they are not familiar with the affairs of our Great Han Kingdom. If you have an idea, just say it, don't hesitate."

Xiaolan thought for a while, and said: "The Yellow Turban Army staying in Luliang Mountain is always a threat to the transportation of water and land, so we have to drive them out of Luliang Mountain no matter what. To drive them out of Luliang Mountain, the most thorough The best way is to destroy Feiyan Valley, attack the Yellow Turban Army from behind, and drive the Yellow Turban Army to the south, toward Zhongtiao Mountain."

Xiaolaan talked about his plan, and several people made up their minds, and then decided to act according to the plan.

"Should we tell the Zhenbei General's Mansion about our strategy?" She Yingtong asked.

"No need." Xiaolan said with a smile, "Just complete what the adults have told you. If you ask for everything, what do you want us to do?"

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Xiaolan immediately called on Wang Han, the prefect of Hedong, and revealed a little bit about the killing plan, and then said: "Tomorrow we will go back to Bingzhou with great fanfare, and we also said that we will go north to Youzhou to suppress the rebellion. Don't be surprised if your lord hears something , as long as you have a plan in mind."

When the hussars battalion passed Linfen, Xiaolan greeted Yang Feng, saying that the hussars battalion was going to Bingzhou and wanted to lure Mrs. Guo out of Luliang Mountain. The cavalry battalion defeated Guo Tai's Yellow Turban Army.Yang Feng refused to agree, but he asked the hussars to surround Mrs. Guo as much as possible, and then he would come forward to appease Mrs. Guo, and not to kill wantonly.Little Lazy agreed.

No one knew that he was going to raid Feiyan Valley.

After the hussar battalion entered Bingzhou, it immediately turned around and rushed to Xihe County along the road to Shangjun, and then slowly went south from the northern foot of Luliang Mountain, quietly surrounding Feiyan Valley.At this time, Mrs. Guo had already led the Yellow Turban Army to attack Xiangling City.

The scouts reported that apart from [-] to [-] old and young women and children in Feiyan Valley, there were only [-] Yellow Turban soldiers.Sheyingtong and the others were overjoyed and gathered together to discuss how to attack Feiyan Valley.Little Lazy has already made up his mind and made arrangements calmly.

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The next morning, Huzi, Xiaolan and Shehu suddenly appeared at the entrance of Feiyan Valley with an army of [-].

The Yellow Turban Army was shocked, and the valley was in chaos.

Little Lazy calmly ordered all the cavalry soldiers to dismount and form three attacking phalanxes at the mouth of the valley. The frontmost attacking phalanx was composed of 2000 men from the Mu Tao Mu Li brothers.

Brother Mu Taomu Li knew that he couldn't go back after he was arrested. He would rather surrender to the Wuye tribe than cut off his head. At least he would save his life, so he became the two military lords of the hussar battalion.

The three phalanxes stood quietly at the entrance of the valley, waiting for the order to attack. Their huge lineup and formidable momentum made the Yellow Turbans in the valley terrified.

The horn of attack has not sounded for a long time, but the murderous aura shrouded in the upper valley of Feiyan Valley is getting more and more fierce. Many soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army can't bear the suffocating murderous aura, panting heavily.

The two sides confronted each other like this for an hour.

At this time, a Ming Dy suddenly shot out from the sky of Feiyan Valley, Xiaolan roared loudly, and all arrows were fired at once, and the attack began.Mu, Taomu and Li hold shields in their left hands and swords in their right, leading their troops forward with shouts.

The Yellow Turban soldiers rushed out from the woods in the valley shouting loudly. They held up all kinds of weapons, some of them were even a tree stick, but they all rushed forward without fear of death.

As soon as the two sides entered the melee, there was a dense sound of horseshoes coming from the back of the valley. She Yingtong, Hu Ding and Qi Chen led three thousand cavalry around to the back of Feiyan Valley and killed the Yellow Turban Army from behind.The Yellow Turban Army was attacked from the front and back, and suddenly the wolves ran wild, killing and wounding everywhere.

"Kill, kill them all, leave no one behind." Xiaolan swung his knife and slashed, while yelling loudly, "Get the reward with your head."

When the soldiers of the hussars battalion heard the call from their superiors, they were full of vigor, and the killing became even more bloody. All of them had red eyes, and they would chop anyone they met and grab their heads.

Soon, the family members of the Yellow Turban Army hiding in the cave at the southeast corner of the valley were discovered.

Shehu Feima found Sheyingtong and shouted: "That's a refugee, a refugee, you can't kill him."

She Yingtong turned to look at Xiaolan.Xiaolan sneered, and waved his hand vigorously, "Kill, leave no one behind."

"Little Lazy Brother..." She Hu looked at him in horror, unable to believe his ears.

"We don't have time, so we killed something." Xiaolan said expressionlessly, "After the killing, he burned the valley and attacked Pingyang City overnight."

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The hussars battalion surrounded Pingyang city overnight.

She Yingtong and Huzi led an army to launch a fierce attack on Ximen, and Yang Feng, who was caught off guard, led his army to defend to the death.At this time, Xiaolan led people to dive and cut open the east gate sluice, occupying the east gate that Yang Feng thought was the safest.The east gate was facing the Fenshui River, and the east gate fell, and there was no hope of crossing the river and escaping.Hu Ding, Qi Chen and She Hu rushed into the city from the east gate with [-] iron cavalry, hacked and killed wantonly, and blood flowed like a river.

Seeing that the situation was over, Yang Feng jumped into the moat and fled.All five thousand Yellow Turban soldiers in the city were killed.

The hussar battalion captured Pingyang City in just half a day.

"Cross the river, cross the river immediately, and surprise Mrs. Guo." Xiaolan didn't let the soldiers rest at all, and immediately gave the order to cross the river.

She Yingtong looked at the tired soldiers, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Mrs. Guo must have known that we are attacking Pingyang, and he will come to support immediately, and cross the river at this time..."

Hu Zi stroked his beard and smiled, "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say that it would be enough to block Mrs. Guo to the south of the Fen River?"

"Mrs. Guo never thought that Pingyang would be lost in half a day. After he got the news that we attacked Pingyang, he must think about it. What is the purpose of our attack on Pingyang? Should we block him to the south of the Fen River or lure him back to help and take advantage of him?" A surprise attack was carried out while crossing the river, so he will definitely not rush to the Fen River tonight, and the rescue will be a matter of tomorrow." Xiaolan said very calmly, "We are crossing the river now and attacking his camp in the early morning."

Hu Zi patted him on the head, and praised: "You kid holds the book of war every day, so you have really learned some skills. Yingtong, what do you think? I think Xiaolan's idea is good."

She Yingtong pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, let Shehu stay and defend the city, and we will take 6000 people across the river."

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Xiaolan miscalculated this time, Guo Taiyuan is smarter than he imagined.

After Mrs. Guo received the news that the hussars had attacked Pingyang City, she immediately knew that she had been tricked.Yang Feng is no longer the Yellow Turban Army, but a complete rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army. He is a heinous person who hacked and killed his brother with a knife.He chose to retreat without hesitation, and retreated to Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast direction.As long as you go up the mountain, as long as there are people and horses, as long as you don't die, the banner of the Yellow Turban Army will not fall.When I arrived at Zhongtiao Mountain, if I got in touch with the Yellow Turban Army in Hanoi, I could still get support from all sides, and it would definitely not be a problem to persevere.He commanded his men and horses to set up camp and leave overnight.

In the early morning, when Sheyingtong, Xiaolan and others rushed to the Xiangling city on horseback, there was not a single Yellow Turban army left.Due to the continuous fighting, the soldiers of the Hussar Battalion were exhausted and had to stop to rest. They could only watch helplessly as Mrs. Guo ran away with the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Take a day off and start chasing tomorrow. I don't believe that four legs can't catch up with his two legs." Xiaolan said bitterly.

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On the second day after the Hussars battalion defeated the Baibo Yellow Turban Army, the Governor of Hedong, Wang Han, got the news. He immediately put up a notice everywhere, and the materials transported to Bingzhou were merged into two long transport dragons again.

Yang Feng was very upset. Not only did Xiaolan not tell the truth to him, but he also lied to him and killed Feiyangu and Pingyangcheng Yellow Turban Army completely.He was furious, and wrote a letter to scold Xiaolan, saying that you, Li Suli, are more murderous than Huangfusong now, even old and young, women and children are not spared, how could General Zhenbei teach you to be a bloody butcher.Xiaolan sneered when he saw the letter, and threw the bamboo slips into the ravine in front of Yang Feng's subordinates, "Go back and tell Nine-headed Bird to think about how many old and young he killed when he killed people in Jizhou. Women and children? Did he kill more or I did more?"

The hussars battalion chased madly all the way, and clung to Mrs. Guo's yellow scarf army.Mrs. Guo had no choice but to order Han Xian, Li Le and Hu Cai to take a team each, and everyone fled separately, but Xiaolan was born as a hunter, and his sense of smell was too sensitive, so he was ready to judge Mrs. Guo's escape direction , leading the hussar battalion to pursue madly.

At the end of this month, the hussars battalion surrounded Guo Tai and his [-] soldiers near Xicheng Mountain. Guo Tai led his troops to break through and was shot to death by random arrows.

Han Xian and others managed to escape to Zhongtiao Mountain, and Han Xian became the leader of the remnant Baibo Yellow Turbans.

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(End of this chapter)