The Huluxia Fortress is stuck on the main road between the Liuqing River and the Hulu Mountain.

Located in the mountain cliff county of Yangyuan Prefecture, the gourd mountain is named because the shape resembles a gourd, the north and south are wide and the middle is narrow, there is a Liuqing River flowing along the foot of the mountain in the west, the terrain between the mountain and the river is narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, and the Hulu Gorge fortress is built in the upper reaches of the Liuqing River.

At noon that day, a team of men and horses ran into the fortress in embarrassment, and the fortress commander Fan Dongci came out to see that all of them had blue noses, swollen faces, and untidy clothes, and they didn't even have weapons in their hands.

"What's the matter? Where are the enemy troops coming?" Fan Dongci was vigilant.

"Brother-in-law, you have to help me vent my anger this time!" The leader of that team turned out to be Fan Dongci's brother-in-law, "We were beaten by the people of the Tenth Legion, they were quite unreasonable!"

The brother-in-law is the captain of the Qingliujiang ferry, which is about twenty miles away from the fortress.

There are two roads to get around Hulu Mountain, namely the east and west banks of the Qingliu River. Because the gate of the fortress is a little narrower, only four horses can walk side by side, and if a team goes north, it will cause a blockage, so those who do not want to pass through the fortress can turn to the east bank from the ferry.

"People from the Tenth Legion, why do they want to beat you?" Fan Dongci became more and more confused the more he listened.

"They want to cross the river, but they have more than 200,000 horses, where will we prepare so many boats at the ferry?

I had no choice but to tell the truth, but unexpectedly, a lieutenant who looked like a lieutenant scolded us for colluding with the traitorous party, deliberately delaying the military plane, and also threatened that he would kill my head. "My brother-in-law is swollen like a pig's head.

"It's too much to deceive people!" Fan Dongci was furious, "Why did their cavalry regiment cross the river? Can't they pass through the fortress honestly? If they want to hurry, they have to discuss with us, what is the reason for being arrogant?"

"Brother-in-law, how can they discuss with you because of the strength of the crowd! They will definitely not be able to cross the river, and they will have to come here when they turn back, so you must help me vent my anger." "My brother-in-law is also a local tyrant, with hundreds of people under him, and he has never been beaten so badly.

"Hmph, when I close the gate, can they still attack the fortress?" Fan Dongci turned his head and ordered his men to close the door.

The fortress usually opens during the day and closes at night, but Fan Dongci can adjust the opening time at will, and he has to charge when he encounters foreign merchants, so it can be said that he is the emperor here.

"They really dare to attack!" the brother-in-law had learned the arrogance of the Tenth Legion, "You have less than 800 people here, plus my more than 100 numbers are less than 1,000, and the forward troops of other people have two divisions and regiments, don't you dare to fight in the name of rebellion?"

Fan Dongci frowned, looked at the passage connecting the north and south in the fortress, and asked, "Is there any way to prevent them from riding on our heads to make a fortune?"

He has heard more or less of the virtue of the royal legion, once he provokes a dispute, it is not easy to control, he can't really let people live, but people may attack him, no matter how he suffers.

The brother-in-law held his face and said, "I have a way, I wonder if you want to listen to it?"

"If you have something to say, let go of a fart!" Fan Dongci raised his foot and wanted to kick, but he endured it again when he saw him.

"They are in a hurry, they just want to go to Nanmarsh Prefecture as soon as possible to fight the eldest princess, this is an internal matter of the royal family and has nothing to do with us, so we are justified in not letting them pass the fortress, but people are strong and I am weak, and we have to obey them. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about the point!" Fan Dongci couldn't get used to seeing his brother-in-law talking eloquently, and he was ugly!

"Oh, good. ”

The brother-in-law accidentally touched the wound when he nodded and took a deep breath in pain.

"Huh. Well, we can't twist our arms around our thighs, and we can't always afford to hide. You see, their purpose is to hurry, we can't stop it, but we can add some blockage, Huluxia Fortress is such a big place, as long as the large army is blocked, it is difficult to pass. At this he smiled sinisterly.

He's beaten like this, it's weird to laugh so good.

"Blocking the fortress? It is indeed possible to do this in wartime, and now we have a thousand men smaller, and we can move quickly, but what should we do? The fortress can't hide it, and if you annoy them, they will definitely trouble us. "Fan Dongci knows the way to block the fortress.

The fortress is close to the gourd mountain, broken wood, stones and everything else, the passage that is only four horses wide inside is not too easy to block, and the fortress itself has fences and horses to block the road, which is prepared for a large number of enemy troops to attack the fortress.

"There are a large number of bandits on Hulu Mountain, you and I have the responsibility to lead the troops to exterminate them, the supplies in the fortress are enough for us to stay in the mountain for a month, right?"

Seeing Fan Dongci nodding and continuing to say: "They don't have time to waste their anger on us, they will go south immediately when the road is opened, and then we will go down the mountain and go back here to clean up the mess." ”

Fan Dongci thought about it carefully, and then asked, "They won't set fire to the fortress in a fit of anger, right?"

"They don't dare! The fortress in Yangyuan Prefecture was burned when they said they would burn it, if they really dared to burn it, it would be just right, we could sue the state pastor, and we would be the one who took advantage of it. ”

"Okay, what else are you talking about? You quickly lead people up the mountain to carry stones. ”

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Shao Diantai rushed to the ferry of the Liuqing River, looked at the churning waves of the river and the few boats on the bank, suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Why is it so difficult to cross the river every time?"

He pointed at Shaodian and scolded: "You just opened the way for me, I can't even find a ferry boat in my own place!"

"The subordinates are incompetent, please surrender the sin!" Shaodian Cang knelt down on one knee.

Now you should hurry to the Huluxia Fortress, dredge the main road west of the river, let all the caravans on the road stop at the roadside, and wait for the large army of our army to pass before going on the road!"

The main road to the west of the river is very busy, there are many groups of caravans passing through every day, Fan Dongci did not think about blocking the fortress at first for this reason, Shao Dian Tai also knew this situation before he planned to cross the river and take the main road to the east of the river.

"Yes!" the subordinate went immediately. Shao Diancang retreated with shame.

He led the 91st Division to the Huluxia fortress at full speed, "Why didn't you run into travelers and caravans?" When he was about to reach the fortress, he felt that something was not right, the avenue was empty, only his troops were running south.

The sun is setting in the west, the shadows of the trees on the shore cross the main road to the west, and a majestic castle tower is quietly bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

A scout ran back: "Report, General Qiqi, the gate of the Huluxia Fortress is closed, and no one is closed, and no one has answered after shouting for a long time." ”

"What?" Shaodian Cang was taken aback, if the Huluxia Fortress had another situation, it would be difficult for him to explain to Shaodiantai, "No one answered, won't you climb into the fortress to have a look?"

"Well, the lowly rank did not carry the equipment of the city. ”

The Ten Legions are all cavalry, and the cavalry can climb the ordinary city wall with bare hands, but the fortress-level city wall cannot be climbed empty-handed, and must use iron hooks and ropes.

"Damn!" Shaodian Cang whipped in the open space in front of the scout, "Hurry up and follow me to have a look, the three teams are preparing to attack the city." ”

He was so anxious that he gave the order to siege the city before he fully understood the situation.

The main road to the west of the river is at the foot of Hulu Mountain, and under normal circumstances, it is not suitable for marching at night, and there is nothing wrong with the fortress closing in the evening, but Shao Diancang knows that the commander of the army is in a hurry, and he will definitely ask the troops to pass through the fortress overnight.

He rushed to the front with hundreds of people, came to the Huluxia fortress, and looked at it with the help of the sunset, a huge fortress connected to the mountain wall and the river was quiet, and the closed flag was still fluttering in the wind, but half of the figure could not be seen.

"Three teams attacking the city!" he didn't ask, and directly ordered to do it.

The three teams immediately took out their iron hooks and chains, jumped off their horses, and cautiously ran through the thorny defensive area, bypassing the criss-crossing barricades and rejecting horses, and finally rushed to the foot of the wall.

Shaodian Cangtie blushed and stared at his subordinates who began to climb the wall, "Please ask the magician group to take to the air to observe." He was sure that there really wasn't anyone on the fortress who would dare to send a magician.

A magician will not attack his own army and civilians for no reason, he can let his subordinates attack the city, but he can't let the magician take action, it doesn't hurt to observe the enemy's situation.

Several magicians rose into the air and flew directly into the fortress.

Not long after, soldiers climbed the city wall one after another, and saw the magicians fly out again, and one of them fell in front of Shaodiancang, saying, "There is no one inside, but the gate and the passage inside are blocked by stones and wood." ”

"What?" Shaodian was stunned.

It was reasonable for the officers and soldiers in the fortress to close the door and hide, he remembered that the local army at the ferry in the morning ran here, and it was understandable that he deliberately made some small movements, but he didn't expect that the entire fortress was blocked.

Then the three captains came to report back, and the situation was exactly the same as the magician said.

"Damn the local army misunderstood me!" Shaodian was so angry that he slashed a sword at the castle tower.

When Shaodiantai arrived, the 91st Division was still busy clearing the stones in the fortress, and Shaodiancang knelt on the side of the road.

"There's no boat at the ferry, what's going on? You'd better give me a reasonable explanation. Shao Diantai broke out, raised his horsewhip and slapped Shao Diancang on his head and face.

From the beginning of the transfer to the front, he did not encounter any pleasant things, and there were people everywhere along the way who blocked him, either he could not find ships or there was not enough forage, and those people in the local area always had a reason to drag him back. Today, a new trick was played, and a military fortress was blocked, and it was simply done everything.

Fan Dongci and his subordinates have gone deep into Hulu Mountain, and found a deserted cottage to settle down before nightfall.

"There's a fire on the other side of the fortress, but it's not the kind that burns up, and the Ten Legions are blocked. The brother-in-law ran back excitedly, and just went out to observe the situation of the fortress.

Fan Dongci said listlessly: "Why are you so happy? In any case, you and I have already violated military discipline, and I don't know what the higher authorities will do with us when we look back?"

"What are you afraid of! It's a big deal to take off this military uniform. Don't you have relatives on 'that' side?"