Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1496 Who listens to whose call

  On the mountain ridge, Huang Cheng sat cross-legged on a rock, like a statue. The soldiers of the mountain battalion under him are scattered and seem to be messy, but if you look carefully, you will find that these soldiers are actually divided into three parts, some are responsible for vigilance, some are sorting out weapons, and the rest It's like Huang Cheng who is recharging his energy.

   Waited until the faint screaming sound of some people came, Huang Cheng seemed to be awakened, opened his eyes, and then stood up.

Sichuan and Sichuan are not good at this point. Looking around, there are mountains, strange shapes, big and small, climbable and impossible, wooded and bald, and there are all kinds of mountains. Firstly, it also obscured the line of sight, even if Huang Cheng looked far away, he could faintly see some black smoke rising behind the opposite mountain ridge.

  However, the screams of the men and horses gradually increased. It seemed that more and more voices joined in, shaking the valley, as if to wake up this sleeping area completely.

  This sound, to the ears of ordinary people, most people would feel scared, but to Huang Cheng's ears, he felt that the blood in his whole body seemed to start to surge along with the sound, hitting the heart and hands and feet, bursting out with infinite power.

   "It's finally here!"

Huang Cheng took out a bamboo whistle about one finger in length from his bosom, put it in his mouth, and blew it. The small beads inside the bamboo whistle were shaken by the airflow, rolled up and down, and made a sound like a sharp and rapid bird song. sound. Immediately, more whistles and birdsong sounded, and these sounds gathered in one place, like a flock of birds in the mountains and forests, or like the mountains and mist eagerly blowing and swaying before the storm treetops.

As soldiers who mainly run between the mountains, carrying tall tooth flags and huge horn drums is undoubtedly a thankless type in the dense forests and bushes. Therefore, the main contact method and transmission method of the mountain camp One method of ordering is whistle, and the other is such a bamboo whistle.

The soldiers of the Xishan camp in the mountain depression were also ordered to put on their armor and hold their swords. Then, under the command of Shi Changhe and the team, according to the previous arrangement, they climbed the mountain wall one after another, or hid behind the rocks. Or hiding in the bushes, it was like a large group of people disappeared on both sides of the mountain in a blink of an eye.

The long-term training and familiarity with the mountain terrain are fully displayed at this moment. Without too many orders and adjustments, these Huang Cheng's men are like old hunters in the mountains for many years. Ya is waiting for the prey to come...

   Zhengxi became famous because of the cavalry who conquered the west.

Zhengxi cavalry started from the north, and then turned to the north and south, becoming larger and more elite and tough, but even though the cavalry has many advantages, it also has many disadvantages. At least in the mountains and forests, the cavalry seems Unusually heavy and slow, cavalry without enough space to gallop, under such extreme conditions, may not even be able to beat a pikeman...

With the expansion of the Western Conquest territory, more types of soldiers are necessary. Of course, it is not impossible to develop ordinary soldiers like Panacea Oil, but General Fei Qian of the Western Conquest thinks that the soldiers can be leaner and more dedicated. Bigger ones, don't randomly pull a long gun into someone's head and count it as a soldier.

When Huang Cheng was training these mountain soldiers in Shangyong, although Fei Qian did not personally guide Shangyong, he and Huang Cheng exchanged ideas through official documents and letters, which allowed Huang Cheng to get rid of the original old habits during the training process. The ordinary soldier training mode created a new soldier concept, and now is the time to test the results.

Although Huang Cheng's riding skills are not bad, it doesn't mean that he can be a good cavalier if he is good at riding skills. He and those Zhang Liao who hang around on horseback every day have almost intuitive knowledge of horses, the distance between ranks, the distance of battle formations, and the speed of horses. , Zhang Ji, Gan Feng and others, Huang Cheng is still a lot worse. Therefore, Huang Cheng can only become a general who can ride a horse, not a cavalry general.

And to have a certain status under Zhengxi's command, one must either be like Xun Chen, who is outstanding in literature and political affairs, and can sit in the rear to plan strategies, or be like Xu Shu, capable of writing and martial arts, and can be a front-line commander. Either he has extraordinary martial prowess, he can kill the enemy in front of the battle and lead the soldiers and horses, and Huang Cheng seems to be lacking in that aspect. Apart from the Huang's brand on his body, there seems to be not much Advantage.

   Now, it is time to prove that he does not only have the name Huang...

Huang Cheng took a deep breath, and tightly held the handle of the saber. The veins on the back of his hand were tense, and then he relaxed again. He moved a little, narrowed his eyes slightly, and stared at the mountain road ahead. I felt the blood in my heart constantly tumbling, tumbling, like a suppressed crater, just waiting for the moment to erupt.

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   Wei Yan fled in a bit of a panic. The reason for the embarrassment was not that he wanted to pretend to be defeated. After all, it was really impossible for the second-rate and third-rate Guanghan soldiers leading Zhao Wei to resist the joint attack of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's level of battlefield heroes, so it was impossible for Wei Yan to retreat. I feel that there is something too aggrieved, and the main reason why Wei Yan feels very upset is because Zhang Fei, who is closely behind him, yells along the way...

   "You **** who put cold arrows in the air! You have the guts to stop and fight Sanbaihe with the third master!"

   "The dwarf with the black face! He escaped quite quickly! All his skills are in his legs!"

   "Wu that man! You can only move and run when you are on the battlefield!"

  Zhang Fei drank all the way, his voice was extremely loud, as if he was talking behind Wei Yan, and he didn't say that his breath was unstable or his voice attenuated due to chasing and running.

"..." Wei Yan was about to grit his teeth in anger, but he couldn't be like Zhang Fei. He could still have such a large lung capacity while running, and he could still shout. He could only admit it with a stinky face. Zhang Fei was so talented that he couldn't fight in this aspect, so he buried his head and pretended not to hear.

   Zhang Fei shouted and cursed happily, but he didn't notice that the gap between the soldiers of the two sides was reflected little by little. Although Zhang Fei's soldiers had traveled long distances, and they did not have much advantage in terms of physical strength compared to Wei Yan's soldiers, but normally, within three to five miles, the gap would not be so obvious...

At first, I felt that it was a little bit close, as if I could grab it with my hand, and then when I swung my saber to slash, I found that it was a little bit short. Only the long spear could get it. , the bow and arrow can be shot, but when I took the arrow and put it on the bow, I found that the arrow was almost a little bit...

The two sides unknowingly changed from a staggered state to one in front and one behind. Zhang Fei's soldiers chased hard, but found that his speed had not dropped, and he even worked harder than before, but Wei Yan's soldiers were still ahead. There is a piece of sand, but I can't catch up.

"Three generals! Three... generals... army..." A messenger chased after Zhang Fei from behind with all his strength, and said with difficulty while following Zhang Fei, "...Guan, General Guan... said, Say...no, stop chasing...back, back..."

   "Huh?" Zhang Fei rolled his eyes, feeling that he still couldn't swallow his anger, "What did you say? Speak up!"

"...Hoo...cough cough cough..." Just as the orderly wanted to take a breath and repeat it, Zhang Fei slapped him on the back, and suddenly his breath stopped, and he coughed and couldn't help but stop. After coming down, there was no way to follow Zhang Fei and continue to chase forward.

"Go back and tell General Guan, wait for a certain hour! Someone will definitely take the head of this thief! Hahahaha! Boys, work harder, after tonight's big victory, I will invite everyone to drink!" Zhang Fei yelled, Abandoning the messenger, he led his men straight forward to chase after him.

   "Cough cough, cough cough..." The messenger huffed, and after finally straightening out his breath, he looked helplessly at the figures of Zhang Fei and others going away, so he could only turn around and go back to report.

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At this moment, Guan Yu was at the place where Wei Yan had built a small half of the camp. Seeing the camp that had begun to take shape and the piles of wood and some equipment beside it, he brushed his long beard and narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that this attack had a good effect. , just right. If Zhengxi had really built up the camp before attacking, I'm afraid it would not be as smooth as it is today.

   "General, are these... going to be burned?" A sergeant pointed to Wei Yan's half-built camp and said.

Guan Yu and the others did not plan to occupy this camp, because the main function of this camp is to block the exit of Wulijian, and the back of the camp is very wide. If Guan Yu and others set up camp here, it is actually equivalent to Abandoning the advantageous location, and exposing oneself to a relatively open place.

  As for the enemy's camp that cannot be occupied, it is normally set on fire, and the opponent is not given a chance to get it again for free.

  But isn’t it…

  Guan Yu squinted his eyes and looked at the supplies and equipment in the camp, "No, wait, don't set fire to it, let someone go to the back to send some horses and horses, and take away everything that can be transported!"

These years, I followed Liu Bei to travel north and south. Although he is called a general now, in fact, most of the time he is holding on to the little supplies on hand, calculating and calculating, and now he sees Zhengxi Weiyan. How can you be willing to burn all these items and equipment in it like this?

  If it hadn’t been time-consuming and labor-intensive to dismantle these walls, Guan Yu would have taken away even the wood and nails on them.

Some soldiers found some grain and grass to eat in the camp, as well as some dried meat, and they happily reported to Guan Yu. Guan Yu also smiled, arranged for some soldiers to cook, and then took turns to eat some. Did you win the battle? Celebrating the enemy's supplies, food and grass can be regarded as a small reward for these soldiers under him, and it can also gather the morale of these soldiers from Sichuan and Shu who have been newly organized into their ranks.

  Just as the smell of dried meat and wild vegetable porridge gradually permeated the camp, the messenger came back out of breath and reported Zhang Fei's situation to Guan Yu.

  Guan Yu frowned, feeling a little bad in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he stood up, "Come here, send an order! Gather your troops and follow a certain general to meet the three generals!"

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  The wind in the mountains seems to be getting stronger, blowing the surrounding treetops and shrubs for a while. There were vague and urgent birdsong, as if some birds were disturbed by Zhang Fei and his party.

Zhang Fei looked at the gradually blurred figure in the smoke and dust rising in front of him, and then turned his head to look at the mountains on both sides. He didn't know why he suddenly felt a little uneasy, and his steps gradually slowed down. From the leading position at the front, fell to a place farther back.

   "The whole army, stop..."

  Zhang Fei raised his spear, and was just about to issue an order when he heard the howling of mountains and haze!

No!

   This is not the sound of wind in the mountains, but the scream of arrows and crossbows!

  In the mountain road, a series of bouncing and bouncing sounds suddenly sounded!

On the mountains on both sides, at some point, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared, kneeling or standing, some holding bows, or holding crossbows. Crossbow arrows, splashed down like raindrops!

  These "raindrops", with a shimmering cold light and a sharp whistling, fell from the sky along with the mountains and haze, falling rapidly!

   "Be careful! There's an ambush!" Zhang Fei waved his long lance like a windmill, and knocked away more than a dozen arrows and crossbow bolts that were coming towards him, "Quick retreat! Quick retreat!"

For the convenience of movement, Huang Cheng's mountain battalion soldiers did not carry a large number of heavy crossbows, but basically used bows and arrows or hand crossbows. The arrow is also a heavy blow that is difficult to resist for the unsuspecting Zhang Fei soldiers.

  Zhang Fei's soldiers suddenly wailed and screamed again and again, and the soldiers near the sides of the mountain were directly like the leaves of vegetables that had been peeled off, and one layer was missing!

  Huang Cheng held his own longbow, half of his body was exposed from the bushes, he put on a spiked arrow, and aimed at Zhang Fei...

  Zhang Fei suddenly felt as if he was being targeted by some wild beast, and suddenly felt chills all over his body, and immediately jumped back without saying a word!

  An arrow roared towards Zhang Fei, and pierced Zhang Fei's eyes with a sound of "Puff". If Zhang Fei hadn't changed his figure just now, he might have been shot by now...

   "Tsk..." Although Huang Cheng knew that he missed the first blow and the opponent became vigilant, he still hit the second arrow. Anyway, it was like a lottery. How would you know if you won the prize if you didn't try it?

   Sure enough, most of the lottery draws will not win.

Zhang Fei bowed his back and hid his figure among the guards. Huang Cheng quickly lost the window to shoot. He could only regretfully throw the longbow to his own guards at the side, then raised his saber, whistled, and took The soldiers began to charge down the mountain.

   Wei Yan, who had turned around the mountain road, also rushed back with his soldiers again, and gathered together with Huang Cheng. While beheading Zhang Fei's soldiers who fled in embarrassment, he shouted loudly:

   "That man! You only know how to run when you are on the battlefield! You have the guts to stop and fight Sanbaihe with a certain one!"

   "Big beard with a black face! He escaped quite quickly! It's impossible to grow on your legs!"

  (end of this chapter)