Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Revolving Door Pass?!" Han Zhan was startled into a cold sweat when he heard the name of the place: "Old Man, what you're talking about is Hulao Pass?"

Hearing Han Zhan's question, the man thought for a while, then nodded and replied, "Young old man seems to have heard people call him this before. The Revolving Gate Pass seems to have another name, which is Hulao Pass."

Han Zhan naturally knew very well in his heart that the soldiers and horses guarding Hulao Pass were all loyal to Dong Zhuo.Although Dong Zhuo is dead, it is still unknown whether the other party will let him pass if he rushes to pass the level rashly.This is out of this consideration, so he asked people cautiously: "Old man, do you know if there is another way to leave this place besides this way?"

"It's hard!" The man sighed and said, "If it was summer, there would be wild animals to eat and wild fruits to satisfy our hunger. But at this time, there is ice and snow everywhere, and you can't find anything. If you are like this, if you want to cross this mountain , It’s even harder than climbing to the sky.”

Han Zhan, who was originally full of hope, was immediately discouraged when he heard people say this.

Chapter 225

Although the future is difficult and dangerous, Han Zhan is not willing to sit still. Since the future is not clear, he will consider going back the same way, looking for a suitable place to cross the Yellow River, and return to Jizhou.But the most important thing right now is to find a way to get something to eat, otherwise everyone will starve to death before they get out of the mountains.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan cupped his hands and asked politely: "Dare to ask my father, is there anyone nearby?"

From the tone of Han Zhan's words, people guessed his thoughts, shook his head and said: "Master Jun doesn't know something, even the nearest people here are hundreds of miles away. The mountains are no different from the plains. Such a journey, you It takes at least two days to walk. And they are all small villages with more than a dozen families, so I may not be able to provide you with enough food."

Han Zhan knew that people were telling the truth. Not to mention the sparsely populated dynasty, even in later generations, there were few families in some villages located in deep mountains and old forests.He cupped his fists and saluted the person, and said politely, "Thank you, old man, for your advice." After speaking, he turned his gaze to the horses in the distance, thinking to himself, "If there is really no way out, I can only kill the horses to feed the generals."

The man turned around and walked a few steps, then stopped suddenly, took out a hare from his bag, faced Han Zhan and said, "Master, there is a rabbit here, little old man, it was just caught in the mountains today. Yes. If the military master doesn't dislike it, I will give it to the military master."

Although one rabbit cannot feed nineteen people, it is better than nothing.Han Zhan was still very grateful for the man's act of giving charcoal in a timely manner. After he gave the man a deep bow, he winked at the Qin team leader.The latter hurried forward and took the hare from the man.

Team Qin led people to the unfrozen stream, skinned the rabbit, cleaned it, strung it on a thick branch, and roasted it over the fire.Before the rabbits were cooked, the two cavalry who went to explore the road hurried back. Then they did not find a village nearby, but unexpectedly encountered two wolves.

For the experienced cavalry, the two wolves were not scary at all, on the contrary, their eyes lit up with excitement.For the hungry, this is home delivery.The two took off the bows and arrows on their shoulders, shot the wolf to the ground, fearing that the other party was not dead, so they went up to make up a few times.

Seeing the two wolves brought back by the cavalry who explored the road, Han Zhan suddenly felt more at ease. Although the wolf meat was not delicious, at least it could fill everyone's stomachs.After he praised the two cavalrymen, he ordered people to pack up the wolf meat, and then roasted it on the fire.

But at this moment, far away in the camp by the Yellow River, Huang Zhong finally made up his mind and decided to attack Yang Feng's camp overnight.As long as he finds a way to defeat this army and rush to the revolving door to find the lord, he doesn't have to worry about being cut off.

At three o'clock, Huang Zhong quietly approached Yang Feng's barracks with cavalrymen who had taken off their bells and wrapped their horseshoes.Although Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses were close to an arrow, they still didn't notice it.

Seeing that Yang Feng's soldiers and horses were unaware, Huang Zhong couldn't help but secretly rejoiced. He raised his sword high above his head and shouted: "Kill!" He urged his mount and rushed towards the gate.

The two soldiers standing guard outside the gate saw a cavalry roaring towards them, and hurriedly raised the weapons in their hands, trying to stop the opponent.Huang Zhong stretched out his broadsword and wiped it on the neck of one of the soldiers. Because of the speed, Huang Zhong's mount collapsed the gate and rushed into the camp. The soldier's head just rolled off his neck. , Moments later, more than a foot high blood spurted from the neck cavity, splashing on the cavalry rushing past him.

The soldiers and horses in the barracks were sleeping soundly, and only a few woke up when they heard the sound of horseshoes. They rushed out of the tent in disheveled clothes, and before they could figure out the situation, they were cut down by the galloping knights, or The horse crashed into the air.Wherever Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses passed, there was no one who could stand.

Yang Feng, who was staying in the big tent, was awakened by the shouts of killing outside. He quickly turned over from the couch and sat up, and angrily asked the soldiers who had just run in: "What's the noise outside?" There was a reason for him to be so angry. It is so noisy in the middle of the night, it is easy to have a camp noise, and it will be out of control by then.

The soldiers didn't bother to salute him, so they said loudly: "General, something is wrong. There are bandits who have entered the camp and are coming towards us. Let's go quickly. If we don't leave, it may be too late. "

Yang Feng, who had just woken up, was still a little confused. According to his thinking, there were soldiers and horses from his family within a radius of tens of miles, and no enemies would appear. "The bandits, where did the bandits come from?"

"It's the cavalry that escaped during the day."

"Aren't they defeated by us?" Yang Feng thought of the cavalry he had beaten back during the day, and said angrily, "Do they still have the guts to attack us?"

The soldiers heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, and knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so they immediately called in a companion and dragged Yang Feng to the outside.Yang Feng was dragged out of the tent by his own soldiers, and he saw a large number of cavalry outside, galloping back and forth, saw people killing people along the way, and set fire to the tent when they saw them, the whole camp was in chaos.

Yang Feng was frightened out of his wits, and with the support of two soldiers, he got on his horse and fled.At this time, Huang Zhong was rushing back and forth in the camp with his men, not realizing that Yang Feng was not even wearing armor, and escaped from the camp under the protection of two personal soldiers.

Huang Zhong led his soldiers and horses to charge in the camp for more than half an hour. He felt that some people were tired and tired, so he turned the horse's head and rushed out from the same direction.

The barracks of Li Jue and Guo Si are only ten miles away from Yang Feng's barracks.Li and Guo were sleeping until midnight, when they were suddenly woken up by Jia Xu, who said that they saw flames rising from the direction of Yang Feng's barracks, and the enemy must have stolen the camp.

Knowing that Yang Feng's camp had been attacked, Li Jue immediately summoned troops to rescue him.But was stopped by Guo Si: "Wait a minute. The enemy army knows that our army is only ten miles away from Yang Feng's troops, but they dare to steal the camp. There may be ambushes along the way. Let's wait until dawn."

"By dawn, Yang Feng's troops will probably have already collapsed." Li Jue called his subordinates with a straight face, and asked him to gather troops and prepare to leave the camp to meet Yang Feng.

Seeing that he could not persuade Li Jue, Guo Si turned to Jia Xu for help: "Mr. Jia, what do you think?"

"General Guo, don't worry." Seeing Guo Si asking for help, Jia Xu quickly said, "From Jia's point of view, the attack on Yang Feng's barracks was just a solitary army. General Li led his troops, and he would surely kill them all." Run away."

"A lone army?" Hearing what Jia Xu said, Li Jue also became interested: "Mr. Jia, tell me, where did this lone army come from?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said, "General, you must have forgotten that there are [-] cavalry under Han's son, who were pinched back and forth by us and Yang Feng's army, and were beaten to pieces?"

After being reminded by Jia Xu, Li Jue also recalled: "Yes, that's right, the cavalry of the Han family is quite powerful. They can stand up and assassinate on horseback, so that even if we have an advantage in numbers, it is difficult for us to attack." win."

"General Li, Jia has carefully inspected the war horses in Jizhou, and found that the soles of the horse's feet are staring at a circular iron ring." Jia Xu said thoughtfully: "And on the saddle, there is one on each side that can be pedaled on." Foot rings. These things can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of cavalry."

Li Jue was not interested in what Jia Xu said, he was only worried that Yang Feng's army would be wiped out if he went late.So wait for the rescuers to be all together, and immediately lead the soldiers out of the camp.

"Mr. Jia," Guo Si asked Jia Xu as he saw the soldiers and horses led by Li Jue leaving the camp in a single file, "Is it really not dangerous to lead the troops to meet Yang Feng?"

Jia Xu smiled lightly, and replied: "General Guo, don't worry, the soldiers and horses in Jizhou will definitely retreat immediately after they harass Yang Feng's camp. Even if General Li Jue doesn't go out, the whole army will not be in danger of being wiped out. After finishing speaking, Jia Xu bid farewell to Guo Bang, returned to his tent, and continued to study the horseshoe and stirrup he found.

Li Jue led five thousand cavalry, and within five li of the camp, he saw several cavalry coming towards him.He quickly ordered one of his cavaliers to lead someone to stop him.

Not long after, the cavalier returned with one person.The man came to Li Jue's horse, got off the horse, prostrated himself on the ground, and said tremblingly, "Your lowly post, Yang Feng, I have seen the general!"

When Li Jue heard that the person who dismounted and knelt down was Yang Feng, he immediately became angry. He rushed to the other party and asked furiously, "Yang Feng, I'm here to ask you, where is your camp? Where are your soldiers and horses?"

"General Qi." Hearing that Li Jue was angry, Yang Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled with fear, "There were bandits stealing the camp, and my subordinates panicked for a moment. They got on their horses and escaped."

Knowing that Yang Feng had lost his troops and camp and fled back alone, Li Jue couldn't help being furious, and immediately ordered his left and right: "Come here, drag Yang Feng out and behead him!"

When Yang Feng heard that Li Jue was going to kill him, he was frightened out of his wits and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "General, please forgive me!"

"Uncle," Li Bie, Li Jue's nephew, persuaded in a low voice, "If you kill Yang Feng, I'm afraid his soldiers and horses will not obey the restraints. Why don't you let him go and let him continue to lead the soldiers and horses to hunt down Han for us?" little one."

Li Jue felt that what his nephew said was reasonable, so he nodded and said to Yang Feng who was kneeling on the ground: "Yang Feng, since Bie'er begged for you, I will let you go today. I'll go back and straighten out the soldiers and horses."

Yang Feng, who escaped from birth, was worried that the soldiers and horses who had stolen the camp hadn't left yet, so he couldn't help being frightened.But he considered that it was dangerous to return to the camp at this moment, but if he did not agree to Li Jue and went back to the camp with him to rectify the troops, then his head would fall immediately.After weighing the pros and cons, Yang Feng agreed to return to the camp to reorganize his troops.

When Yang Feng followed Li Jue's troops and returned to the camp, Huang Zhong's troops had already withdrawn, but the camp was still in chaos, tents were still burning in many places, and some soldiers were desperately putting out the fire.

Seeing soldiers and horses coming, the soldiers in the camp couldn't help being startled. When they saw Yang Feng in the crowd clearly, they thought that Yang Feng, who had been missing all this time, had moved to rescue soldiers, and the soldiers immediately cheered again.

Let's say that after Huang Zhong led his soldiers and horses to make a fuss in Yang Feng's camp, he quickly withdrew out.When he returned to the camp to count the number of people, he was pleasantly surprised to find that, except for some [-] cavalrymen who suffered minor injuries, all the [-] cavalrymen who attacked had come back one by one.

After waiting for Huang Zhong to count the number of people, the cavalry governor smiled and said to him: "Lieutenant Huang, I believe that after tonight's battle, the bandits will not dare to confront us again in a short time, so we can free up our hands. Go south to find the whereabouts of the lord."

Jia Xu, who was studying horseshoes and stirrups in the tent, suddenly thought of a problem. The cavalry of the Han family were chased by Li Guo's soldiers and horses and fled everywhere, but they did not cross the Yellow River. Camp, what is the reason for this?After a while, Jia Xu figured out what the problem was, quickly put down the horseshoe and stirrup in his hand, got up and left the tent, and headed for the big tent.

Sitting dozing off in the big tent, Guo Bang saw Jia Xu hurried in from the outside, got up quickly, and asked politely, "Mr. Jia came here in a hurry, otherwise what's the matter?"

Jia Xu nodded and replied affirmatively, "That's right, I just thought of something important, that's why I came here specifically to see you."

Seeing Jia Xu's serious expression, Guo Si quickly asked, "Mr. Jia, if you have anything to say, feel free to tell me!"

"Jia knows why the cavalry of the Han family will attack Yang Feng's camp tonight."

"Mr. Jia," Guo Bang wanted to hear the reason Jia Xu analyzed, and quickly said politely: "What is the reason, please tell me quickly!"

"The little boy of the Han family fled to the Rotary Gate Pass in a panic while our army was chasing after him, and lost contact with his soldiers and horses." Jia Xu said slowly: "Based on Jia's judgment, This must be the general in charge of the army. He intends to lead his troops to the south to look for the young son of the Han family. He is afraid that our army will cut off his retreat, so he has to take the risk of a night attack in order to make Yang Feng's soldiers timid and dare not cut him off again. back road."