Chapter 119 Crossing the Qinling Mountains
Lantian County is a small city, with a three-match wall and a moat about two-match wide. However, it does not have a urn city.
Wei Feng, dressed as a rebel, rode his horse across the suspension bridge, followed by seven or eight personal soldiers. The other scouts were waiting at the other end of the suspension bridge.
Wei Feng saw the military officer who came to inspect the other party, but he did not dismount, but he politely bowed to the other party, and then handed over a package and said, "The token and warrant are all in it. Please check it with your brother."
Seeing that he didn't get off the horse, the other party was very dissatisfied and took the package with no good looks. After the package was opened, there was nothing inside.
The military officer was about to be furious, and he had already found the world spinning, and he seemed to have flew up. He saw a headless corpse in the air, spewing blood fountains, falling from the saddle. But the mount was obviously his own, and the corpse was also his own! Then he fell down and finally sank into nothingness.
When the military officer's head fell to the ground, Wei Feng's sabre had pierced into the body of another soldier, and the other scouts who followed him into the city also attacked. The top ten soldiers in the city gate were caught off guard, and in just a few blinks, they were killed completely.
Wei Feng did not stop and rode his horse to the city with several cavalry beside him. More than a hundred Feng Yu's army scouts were waiting on the other end of the suspension bridge, and they also rode their horses to the city. A sound arrow soared into the sky, making a low-frequency scream that could spread far away.
Then, hundreds of tigers and leopards immediately rushed out of the woods in the distance, and rushed towards Lantian City like lightning.
At the city of Lantian County, the team leader who was responsible for guarding the city was already aware of a change and shouted repeatedly: "Enemy attack! If an enemy attacks, please make a drum sound, and make a warning!" While he was shouting, dozens of scouts who dismounted their horses rushed to the city with their shields and began to slash the defenders at the city...
On the streets of the city, there were several drunken rebel soldiers walking on the bluestone streets. One of them said incoherently: "Why... what sounds...who is smashing stones with a hammer?"
Then, in their drunken eyes, they saw seven or eight iron armored knights riding on the "ghost-faced monster" roaring and whistling. A few squeaks, a few bloody heads and a few wine gourds fell to the ground, and the blood and wine were mixed together...
When the sun left the last light between heaven and earth, Wei Feng led more than a hundred scouts and three teams of tiger and leopard cavalry to occupy Lantian County with lightning speed.
The gate of Lantian County was still closed. More than a dozen rebel soldiers who escaped from the city were also chased by scouts and killed on the spot. Wei Feng wanted to ensure that the news did not reach the Chang'an rebels. Because tomorrow evening, Feng Yu's main force could pass through the valley and arrive in Lantian.
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Three hours ago, Feng Yu's army captured Shangluo and learned from the prisoners that there were only more than 800 defenders in Lantian and the order to enter the city.
Feng Yu responded to the situation and decided to take Lantian unexpectedly before the news reached the Lantian defenders. He immediately sent a team of scouts, and three teams of tiger and leopard cavalry walked towards Lantian along the valley, and indeed succeeded in one blow.
The biggest risk of this move is that there may be rebel ambushings hidden in the valley. However, Feng Yu believes that even if there are ambushings, the risk of sending small groups of troops is still affordable.
In the early morning of the next day, a scout came back to Shangluo on Yeluo and sent back the news that Lantian had been conquered by Wei Feng. At dawn, Feng Yu left Liao Hua to guard Shangluo and Zhao Yundianqing and his main force continued to march towards Lantian.
Although Wei Feng's small troops successfully passed through the valley, this does not prove that there were no enemy ambushes in the valley.
Feng Yu was still careful when he marched. In addition to the mountain scouts taking dogs into the forest and conducting front-line investigations, Feng Yu himself opened the system panel from time to time and carefully observed the possible abnormal situations around him. Thousands of troops took their baggage and walked along the valley road towards Lantian.
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There was a mansion in Chang'an City, and Lu Bu and the generals gathered together. Everyone's eyes were covered with blood and his face was full of fatigue. Outside the hall, the soldiers standing in the courtyard were covered in blood, without any injuries. The morale was naturally extremely depressed.
The captain Wei Xu said, "Qi Zhu Wen Hou, after the enemy's repeated attacks over the past few days, our army has only 3,200 troops."
Hou Cheng also said, "Wen Hou, our army really can't stand it now. Let's retreat to Jizhou according to the previous plan and defect to Yuan Shao."
Some generals also agreed, but Lu Bu did not respond immediately, but turned to Cheng Lian and asked: "Will the scouts sent outside the city be rewarded?"
Cheng Liangong bowed and replied: "You reported to Mr. Wen, our scout came back to the city last night, saying that no trace of Feng Yu's army was found in Chang'an, whether in the southeast or southwest direction. When they arrived in Lantian County, they did not find any abnormal movements in the city. When they returned, Lantian was still in the hands of the rebels!"
Lu Bu frowned, and the situation was as bad as he expected. He stretched out his big hand and stuck it on his temples, rubbing it while thinking.
Finally he made up his mind and said in an unwilling tone: "Transfer our military orders and the entire army is ready to evacuate Chang'an immediately. Let's set off in half an hour."
Then, he said, "Zhang Liao, Gao Shun obeyed the order, and ordered you and the two of you to lead five hundred elite troops to cut off the rear. Try to hold the rebels for a certain period of time, and exit Chang'an at the right time to meet with my main force!"
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun came out and said in unison: "The last general is destined!"
Then, Zhang Liao asked with some doubts: "Wen Hou, where will we go to search for Wen Hou after we withdraw from Chang'an?"
Lu Bu sighed and said, "This withdrawal from Chang'an is definitely not a predetermined fixed route, and it will definitely be adaptable to the situation. So I can only know that the approximate direction of travel is to Jizhou, but the specific route is indeed impossible to determine. If..."
Lu Bu paused and continued, "If we lose contact, you can act according to the opportunity. You can occupy the mountain and become king, you can go to Jizhou to find us, or you can temporarily join Feng Yu."
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun nodded and bowed to Lu Bu, "Take care for you, and there will be a date in the future."
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In the mansion, Yan and Diao Chan received a notice from Lu Bu that they had already put on their clothes and waited in the hall with Lu Bu's daughter. When they saw Lu Bu enter the hall, they all stood up to greet him. Lu Bu looked ashamed and sighed, "I'm really ashamed to let my wife and concubine suffer from displaced..."
Yan quickly said, "My husband, don't talk nonsense. As long as I can get together, it doesn't matter if I live together."
Diao Chan also spoke, "I am grateful to the general for his kindness, and I swear to be with the general for life and death. General should not say this again."
At sunset, Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army lined up and quietly left the outer city of Chang'an, retreated to the northeast, and disappeared into the vast night...
Chapter completed!