Three Kingdoms King of the North

The old man nodded, raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears, and was about to leave with his donkey, when he suddenly remembered something, stopped in his tracks, looked at Han Zhan and asked, "I don't know what to call your son?"

"This is the new State-related Order." Zhao Yun introduced first: "He is about to go to Sheguo County to take office."

"See the envoy." The old man knelt down in front of Han Zhan again, and at the same time said, "Little old man has something urgent to report to the envoy."

Chapter 0039 Destroy the Bandit

An hour later, Han Zhan's team came to a long canyon.

If you observe carefully, you will find that there are many fewer people in the team.Of the original two hundred infantry, now there are only 100 left, and even the military marquis Zhao Yun is nowhere to be found.

When there was still a hundred feet away from the entrance of the canyon, Han Zhan stopped the team, and he and Rob came to the front of the team, looking at the dangerous canyon that ran from east to west.The canyon is so deep that it can't see the end. The cliffs on both sides are as high as 40 meters. The stone walls on the north are exposed and there is no grass;If it weren't for the old man driving the donkey cart, telling Han Zhan that bandits were ambushing, this would be a good place to see the scenery.

When Rob saw such a dangerous terrain, he couldn't help but sucked in a breath of air.Don't look at how he once took the initiative to go down the dry well when he was saving the old man's donkey, but he kept complaining in his heart that Han Zhan was meddling in his own business; When the procession attacked them as they passed, he also thought it impossible.

At this moment, he couldn't help feeling grateful in his heart. Fortunately, Shijun Han was enthusiastic and willing to help a strange old man. Otherwise, there would really be bandits ambushing on the canyon. When the team entered the valley, they would throw stones and shoot arrows from above. If you rush over, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Rob approached Han Zhan and asked in a low voice, "Master, I don't know where the army and the others have gone?"

Han Zhan habitually raised his hand to look at his watch, wanting to see what time it was.When he saw the empty wrist, he remembered that he was not in the modern era of 2017, but the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in 191.He coughed heavily, and said with some embarrassment: "I think Zilong and the others should have reached their position. After they finish off the bandits, let's pass through the canyon."

Back to an hour ago, when the old man driving the donkey cart learned of Han Zhan's identity, he immediately reported to him: "Mr. Han, the little old man met you when he passed Hengjing in front of you before entering the county yesterday. A group of bandits, one of whom was an old acquaintance of the little old man. He told the little old man that he was going to ambush a group of officers and soldiers from Jizhou in Hengjing."

Han Zhan knew that the Hengjing mentioned by the old man was the canyon in the mountains. If the bandits wanted to attack his team, it would be the most suitable place.But he didn't believe the old man's words, but asked instead: "Old man, didn't the bandits make things difficult for you?"

The old man grinned, "You don't know, the little old man has been on this road all year round, and he has already known these bandits. Besides, they are a bunch of mountain people who can't survive, so they fall into bandits. Although Li also engages in robbing houses, it’s just to kill the rich and help the poor, how can he embarrass people like the little old man.”

The old man's words dispelled the doubts in Han Zhan's heart, and he continued to ask: "Old man, do you know that the bandit is hiding on the cliff on the side of Hengjing?"

"There is no grass growing on the cliff in the north, so it would be easy to be discovered by Tibetans." The old man replied thoughtfully, "There are lush vegetation on the south slope, so it should be hidden there."

"How many are there?" Zhao Yun suddenly asked.

"There are more than forty people." The old man probably guessed what Zhao Yun would ask next, so he said first: "Except for five or six people who have knives and guns in their hands, the rest of them are unarmed."

Hearing that the bandits had such shabby equipment and wanted to attack the team, Rob couldn't help sneering: "It turns out that there are only five or six people with weapons in their hands. That's easy, I can kill them all by myself."

"Leader Luo, don't be reckless." Seeing that Rob is so underestimated, Han Zhan hurriedly stopped him: "The bandits are hiding on Hengjing, let alone five or six of them have weapons in their hands, even if they are all unarmed, we will pass by In Hengjing, throwing stones from above is enough to make us overwhelmed."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Yun said to Han Zhan: "My lord, Yun is willing to lead a hundred soldiers to go around behind the bandits and attack them. Only when these bandits are cleared can we pass through Hengjing safely."

Regarding Zhao Yun's proposal, Han Zhan thinks it is still feasible. The only troublesome thing is that everyone is new here and is not familiar with the terrain here. Don't spend hours wandering around the mountains, not to mention getting lost, and startle the snake. At that time, it will really be difficult to ride a tiger.

When he was in trouble, Han Zhan suddenly saw the old man standing aside, his eyes lit up, and he asked politely, "Old man, we are new to this place, and we are not familiar with the place, so I wonder if you can be our guide?"

"I can't repay the kindness and virtue of the envoy." The old man replied very straightforwardly: "I would like to serve as a guide for the military masters to exterminate this group of bandits."

However, when Zhao Yun was about to set off with a hundred infantry, Han Zhan specifically stopped him and told him, "I just heard from the old man that most of these bandits took risks because their families were poor and difficult to make a living. Later When exterminating them, as long as it is not the most vicious people who are stubbornly resisting, try to capture them alive."

"Here!" Zhao Yun held his gun and saluted: "Yun will obey the order of the envoy!"

There are more than forty bandits hidden in the grass on the top of the cliff on the south side of the canyon.The leader, nicknamed Hei Yi, was originally a vicious person, because he had committed a crime in his hometown and had nowhere to go, so he fled here, got involved with four or five local ruffians, kidnapped a group of mountain people, and built a cottage in the nearby mountains .In addition to robbing houses and houses on weekdays, he also occasionally does some business in blocking roads and cutting paths.

A few days ago, one of Hei Yi's subordinates met Han Zhan's team. Seeing that there were more than a dozen fully loaded carriages behind him, he immediately took a small road and came back to report to Hei Yi.According to Xiao Luo's narration, Hei Yi analyzed that the team was going to Sheguo County, so he decided to ambush on the only way to the county seat, and chose this unnamed Hengjing as the ambush location.

Seeing the brigade led by Han Zhan approaching the canyon slowly, a bandit beside the black immediately cheered: "Brother, look quickly, here we come, the convoy is here."

The man in black patted the back of the head heavily, and said viciously: "What are you shouting for? If you alarm the officers and soldiers, I will kill you."

Seeing that the team was about to enter the canyon, Hei Yi ordered his men to make preparations. When all the team entered the canyon, he pushed down the huge boulders piled up on both sides at the same time, completely closing the road in the canyon, trapping the team in the canyon .

Unexpectedly, the team suddenly stopped advancing a hundred feet away from the canyon, and even two riders came to the front of the team, pointing in the direction of the canyon with their whips.

Seeing this situation, Heiyi couldn't help frowning, and the minion next to him whispered, "Brother, why did the officers and soldiers stop? Could it be that they noticed that we are ambush here?"

"Nonsense," as soon as he finished speaking, another minion retorted: "The officers and soldiers have just arrived and are not familiar with the place. How could they know that we are ambush here. I think they saw that the terrain here is too dangerous, so they stopped. Come down and see."

"I hope so." Although there was an ominous premonition in Heiyi's heart, but now he was on the verge of riding a tiger, so he could only bite the bullet and say to the minions around him: "Give me some energy, and when the officers and soldiers enter Hengjing, Just push the stones off the cliff, block the road first, and then slowly entertain them."

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "The officers and soldiers are coming!"

When Heiyi heard this voice, he was furious immediately, and turned his head to see who was so short-sighted and yelled at such a time. This person must be skinned and cramped.But when he saw the situation behind him clearly, he was frightened out of his wits. He saw a group of officers and soldiers holding knives and guns, forming a scattered formation, outflanking him.

He hurriedly picked it up from the grass, waved the machete in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, officers and soldiers are coming up from behind, kill everyone!" But he shouted loudly, but stood still He didn't move his nest, his eyes rolled around, and he was quickly looking for a way to escape.

Hearing the shouts in black, only those hooligans with weapons in their hands shouted and rushed towards the officers and soldiers downhill.For such a small thief, the soldiers holding the spears did not speak. Three or five people took up the spears in their hands at the same time and stabbed them out. Only the sound of the spear tip piercing the flesh was heard, and there was not even a scream. The bandit fell into a pool of blood.

Seeing several of the village lord's cronies fell under the guns of the officers and soldiers in an instant, the remaining bandits with only sticks in their hands dared to continue to charge forward, either lay down in the grass and pretended to be dead, or In a panic, he retreated towards the top of the cliff.Seeing that his subordinates were in a mess, Heiyi couldn't help becoming angry, and waved the machete in his hand and shouted, telling them to charge the officers and soldiers again immediately.

Zhao Yun saw the black clothes from a distance, and guessed that this might be the leader of the bandits, so he quickly aimed at the black clothes with his bow and arrows.Hearing the sound of "Swish!", the arrow shot out of the string flew towards the black clothes like a bolt of lightning. Before he could recover, he saw blood splatter on his chest and fell back!

It wasn't until the black clothes fell to the ground that the sharp-eyed minion next to him found an arrow with carved feathers sticking out of his village master's chest, and couldn't help shouting in panic: "The village master is dead, the village master is dead!"

Seeing that the bandits were in chaos, Zhao Yun recalled Han Zhan's order before he left, and after putting his bow and arrows on his shoulders again, he shouted loudly: "Those who abandon weapons will not be killed!"

When the surrounding soldiers heard Zhao Yun's order, they also shouted loudly at the same time: "Those who abandon weapons will not be killed! Surrender as soon as possible!"

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, the surviving bandits threw down their sticks one after another as if they were being pardoned, and shouted, "I will surrender!"

Chapter 0040 Heading to the cottage

The brigade that stayed outside the canyon continued to move forward after seeing Zhao Yun's signal of safety.Walking into the valley, Han Zhan found that the widest place here is only two or three feet, and the narrow place can only pass a carriage.

Rob, who was following him, said with lingering fear: "My lord, it's fortunate that you sent a military marquis to attack from behind the bandits and wipe them out. Otherwise, when we enter the valley, they will attack again, as long as the roads in front and behind us are blocked. Throw down the rocks again, and we may be in danger."

Patch, who had been following the rear team all this time, also followed at this moment. Looking at the dangerous terrain in the canyon, he asked tremblingly, "My lord, there won't be any more bandits ambushing ahead, right?"

"What are you afraid of?" Rob glared at him, and Ke Pu said, "You think bandits are everywhere, and they have their own territory. After we wipe out this group of bandits, there will be at least dozens of miles around, and there will be no other ones." Bandit."

"Die Luo is right," Han Zhan saw Patch's terrified look, and quickly comforted him, "Don't look at the small number of bandits, but this road of Hengjing should be their territory. Without their Inviting other bandits to come here means they have crossed the line, which is a big taboo for them. Therefore, we will not encounter new bandits before we reach the county seat."

When they left the valley, Zhao Yun, with a hundred soldiers and captured bandits, had already lined up outside the valley.Han Zhan sped up his horse and ran towards Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun rushed to meet him.

When there were five or six steps away, Zhao Yun reined in his horse, hung his spear on the saddle, and bowed his hands to Han Zhan: "I will report to the envoy, that Yun is lucky to live up to his fate, and all the bandits lying in ambush on the top of the cliff have been wiped out by Yun." .To kill 11 people and capture 35 people alive."

After listening to Zhao Yun's report, Han Zhan asked instinctively, "How about our casualties?" He glanced at the crowd in the distance, but did not see the old man driving the donkey cart, "What is the old man doing now?" place?"

"As the envoy said, there were no casualties in our army." Zhao Yun replied with a smile: "As for the old man, he led us to the foot of the mountain, saying that there were important matters at home, so he hurried away on his donkey."

Han Zhan knew in his heart that the old man was worried that he would lead the way, and would be discovered by bandits, which would bring about his own death.So he tacitly said: "It's a pity, I still want to reward him heavily."

"My lord, Yun has already inquired one by one. The criminals have been killed, and the rest are simple mountain people who have not done anything bad." The thief glanced at them and asked tentatively, "I don't know how the envoy intends to deal with them?"

Hearing that Zhao Yun handed over the right to deal with these people to himself, Han Zhan was also quite embarrassed, kill them, these are simple mountain people, but they were bewitched and coerced by others, so they robbed houses and blocked roads and cut paths here ; Don't kill them, put them all back, maybe one day they will go back to their old jobs.

Seeing that Han Zhan's eyebrows were furrowed, Zhao Yun didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't interrupt casually, just quietly waiting for him to make his own decision.After a long time, Han Zhan asked, "Zilong, what do you think should be done?"

"According to the bandit's confession, their village is only ten miles away from here, and their family members are all in the village." Zhao Yun said cautiously, "Otherwise, we will go to the village and have a look, and then decide how to deal with them."