Chapter five hundred and seventy seventh rebel leader
In a hurry, the events of the year are renewed again, and the vitality returns to Wan Muchun.
Only Jiangmei is completely unaware, and the awe-inspiring ice and snow illuminate the poet.
——"Two Poems and Rhymes by Liu Renshe Carrying Wine" Du Fan (Song Dynasty)
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Li E took Bai Fu up the mountain.
After walking through Niubei Peak, climbing over the watershed, crossing the Dayan Pond, and climbing up the Zhulong Terrace, I looked forward and saw that there was no forest in front of me, and it was all a large rocky mountain with sharp wolf teeth.
Along the way, he met many armed secret sentries. Li E sent out signals and gave the password, and then he passed smoothly. At the same time, the secret sentries used pigeon messages to promptly report the situation of the people entering the mountain to the stronghold.
When you come to the foot of Dashi Mountain, you will be faced with a huge stone forest, which is like a maze. There are hidden traps in the stone forest. Without a guide, you will be in danger of getting here.
Li E led Bai Fu around seven times and eight times through the giant stone forest.
In the center of the giant stone forest is a mountain peak rising from the ground, which is also a hundred feet high. All you can see are green mountains and forests of pines and cypresses.
There is a company camp on the mountainside with dense fences and dense deer villages. In addition, there is a Diao Dou flagpole standing high. There is a black flag fluttering with white characters embroidered on it, which reads "Husi Village". It was blown by the wind and suddenly There was a lot of noise. What a majestic mountain village!
There is only one way to go up to the top of the mountain, which is on the south wall of the giant peak. This way has step-by-step stairs, as if they were chiselled by humans. There are nine sections in total, and each section has hundreds of levels. It is called the Nine Heavens.
There is only one path to the Nine Heavens, and there are steep cliffs on both sides. Up and down the mountain peaks, if you don't pass through the Nine Heavens, you can't go up or down.
There are ridge walls on both sides of the mountain road, all made of mountain stones. There are nine ridges from top to bottom.
Behind the sill wall can hide crossbowmen, gray bottles, rolling wood and stones.
The soldiers of Husi Village looked down through the holes in the ridge wall and saw everything clearly; when they looked up from the bottom of the mountain, they could see nothing.
There is nothing behind the three sill walls at the bottom, in order to lure the attackers up.
Bai Fu secretly praised: "It is such a natural danger, easy to defend but difficult to attack. If there is enough food and water, it will be difficult to attack the top of the mountain. This is a good place for the leader of the single village!"
There is a courtyard with three entrances under the mountain peak, a mighty gate in the south, four locust trees in front of the gate, and a screen wall behind the gate.
There were seven or eight sturdy guards at the gate, with swords in their hands, guarding majestically.
Li E asked the guard to report quickly, and after receiving the promise, he took Bai Fu into the gate.
Bai Fu followed Li E into the gate, walked around the screen wall and saw a large and neat courtyard, with east and west rooms and five rooms in the north, connected by a corridor. The large courtyard in the middle was a small martial arts arena. , on the east and west sides are placed swords, spears, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks and forks.
A big man sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, instructing the brothers to practice martial arts.
Bai Fu took a look at this big man, and saw that he was nine feet tall, with broad arms and a round waist, a head like a wheat bucket, two red eyebrows that went straight into his temples, yellow eyes, a flat nose, big ears and a wide mouth, and a steel beard under his chin. He was in his youth, with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and a heroic spirit, typical of the heroes of Yan and Zhao.
This person is wearing a blue satin scarf, a green satin strip wrapped around his head, rubbing arrowhead leaves on the top of his head, wearing a plain sapphire blue cape with a green collar, white sleeves, and a green satin middle coat underneath. , green boots. Dressed more like a local squire than a village owner who dominates the mountain.
Li E stepped forward and introduced him: "This is my eldest brother, the leader of Husi Village!"
Bai Fu hurried forward, clasped his fists and raised his hands, saying, "Master Shan is here to invite you."
Shan Yunheng had already received the pigeon message from the secret post and came down from Husi Village to wait for Bai Fu.
When Shan Yunheng looked at him, he saw that although he was wearing the uniform of the Yan army and covered in blood, he was handsome, majestic and majestic. Although he was in danger, he was calm and calm.
Shan Yunheng secretly praised it, he liked it from the bottom of his heart.
When Bai Fu informed General Bai about the failed surprise attack on the Yan army's camp, Shan Yunheng said: "Brother Bai, don't worry, we have many hidden lines within the Yan army.
Because Lone Wolf has a special status, none of your brothers are in danger." After that, he told Bai Fu that Lone Wolf sacrificed his life to save Tie Hammer.
Bai Fu bowed and said: "In this case, there should be some time to move around. I also ask the village leader Shan for your support to rescue my elder brothers!"
Shan Yunheng nodded and said: "Don't worry. To be honest, even if these brothers were not captured, I would have attacked the camp.
According to the intelligence report, the main force of Shi Siming's army has passed through this place and moved south, so I no longer have any worries.
Qinghe County is known as the "Northern Treasury of the World", and the Yan army's supplies are right in front of us. There is no reason why the geese should not pluck their feathers. I plan to take my brothers down the mountain in the next two days to sweep up all this batch of supplies.
However, the Yan army is powerful and this batch of supplies is extremely rich. I can't eat it all by myself, so I specially invited the leaders of several rebel armies from nearby counties to gather here at noon today to discuss the strategy."
Shan Yunheng and Bai Fu hit it off immediately. During the conversation, Shan Yunheng mentioned his life experience. He was originally a powerful man in Hebei Province and owned many fields and manors.
After the Anlu Mountain Rebellion, Hebei Taoist troops were in constant trouble and people were in ruins. Inspired by his brother Yan Zhenqing, Shan Yun raised the banner of anti-Yan. His sworn brother Li E came out of the mountain to help him make plans and arrange everything.
In the following years, he was elected by the rebels as the leader of the five green forests in the east, south, west, north and middle roads of Hebei Province.
At present, most of the copycats in Hebei Province are his allies, specializing in robbing puppet Yan officials and giving the money they robbed to the people of Hebei Province.
After Bai Fu heard this, he was filled with admiration.
While the three of them were talking, Xiao Junke, the leader of the rebel army from the West Road of Hebei Province, You Guxing, the leader from the East Road, Ding Jiuqu, the leader from both sides of the Yellow River from the South Road, and Sheng Hailiu arrived one after another, which was a lot of excitement.
Shan Yun smiled and said: "Brothers, you are here at the right time. Let me introduce to you a new friend of mine, a close disciple of Qingxuan Sect in Qingcheng, and the most valued person by Gang Leader Jiang of the Zhongchuan Gang among the young knights of Bashu—— The young hero Bai Fu.
Brother Bai is currently a scout of the Shuofang Army and the Tang Army, and is investigating the movements of the rebels here.
You have all come here to meet each other, and we should get closer to each other in the future."
Shan Yunheng replied to Bai: "Little brother, I will introduce some of my brothers to you."
Shan Yun pointed horizontally at Xiao Junke. This man was wearing parrot green clothes, with a face like a jujube and a slight black beard.
Shan Yunheng said: "This brother lives in Wuliuzhuang, Zhending. His surname is Xiao Minghan, and his courtesy name is Junke. He is nicknamed 'Jinpao Shuai'. He has a three-stop sword in his hand, which is very powerful in Heshuo."
Another point is You Guxing. This person is dressed in soap and satin, with a dark purple complexion and no beard under his chin.
Shan Yunheng said: "This brother lives in Wunanzhuang, Cangzhou. His surname is You Yuan, and his courtesy name is Guxing. His nickname is 'Iron-faced Judge'."
Then he pointed to two short strong men and said: "These two brothers, one is named Ding, named Ding Jiuqu, and the other is named Sheng, named Sheng Hailiu. They operate boats and sea boats, and they have occupied both sides of the Yellow River for a long time. All four of them are my close brothers."
Bai Fu hurriedly paid homage to the heroes of Hebei.
With the support of Leader Qingxuan and Leader Jiang of the Sichuan Clan, the heroes did not regard Bai Fu as an outsider. They met Bai Fu late and became extremely affectionate.
Shan Yunheng ordered the wine to be served, and everyone sat down to chat. Several heroes drank happily at this banquet and poured out their heart and soul.
Shan Yunheng said: "Brothers, this time Shi Siming re-activated the Qinghe Beiku for war preparation purposes.
Once the rebels and the Tang army entered a stalemate on Henan Road, Shi Siming would allocate this batch of materials and go south to support the front line.
I have investigated clearly that there are mountains of grain, grass, weapons and supplies in the Beiku. Once the rebels stationed in the Beiku are eaten, this batch of supplies will be enough to support the Hebei Rebel Army for three years."
Everyone looked at each other and were overjoyed.
Xiao Junke said: "I heard that the main force of the rebels has gone south, I don't know whether it is true or not?"
Ding Jiuqu said: "It is indeed true. The rebels are divided into four groups and have moved south. My men have been following the main force of the rebels and have made inquiries from various sources to verify that it is correct."
You Guxing said: "Since the main force of the rebels is no longer in Qinghe, we will take action immediately!"
Li E said: "Wait a minute. Although the main force of the rebels went south, Shi Siming also knew the importance of Beiku and the guards were extremely tight.
Brother Bai and I went to investigate separately last night. Not only did we get nothing, but three highly skilled scouts from the Tang army were captured.
In addition, although the rebels' defense is in the form of dots and lines, the prairie cavalry's rescue capabilities are very strong. Each of its camps is not defended in isolation. If a camp is attacked, other camps in the surrounding counties will rush to reinforce it regardless of life or death.
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If we do not capture the three core camps in Beikou within an hour, and the rebel reinforcements arrive, with our combat power, to be honest, we are not a match for the rebel cavalry."
What Li E said made sense, but as soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.
The various rebel armies are composed of green forest gangs and folk warriors, and have not received formal military training. They usually rob houses in the mountains, forests and countryside, and attack some small groups of rebels. Once the frontal fire is opened, whether it is military quality or weapons and equipment,
They are no match for the barbarian cavalry who are as fast as the wind, brave and fierce.
With the strength of Husi Village today, if we concentrate our superior forces, we can capture Beikuku. But we will definitely not be able to do it within an hour. If the rebel cavalry rushes for reinforcements, they will be sacked by the rebels before they can capture Beikku.
If the entire Hebei Province rebel army is mobilized to attack Beiku, it will not only take a long time, but also it will be difficult for the rebels to march from all directions without being discovered by rebel scouts.
"What, what should I do?" You Guxing scratched his head anxiously.
"Ahem!" Bai Fu coughed twice, turning everyone's attention to himself.
Bai Fu smiled slightly and said: "Since a head-on confrontation is not good for the rebels, as for Beiku, can we 'encircle the point and send reinforcements' without causing it?"
Li E's eyes lit up and he said: "Brother Bai, what's the plan?"