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Chapter 707: Timid Bian Xi

Liang State: After Zhao Zhen sent away the people from Dali State, he forgot about this matter.

All his energy was focused on the governance of Fujian Road, Shicheng Prefecture, Dongchuan Prefecture, and the world invasion of [Yellow Turban Bian Xi of Sishui Pass].

[Shan Du Jian] Shan Shiqi and [Chang Jiao Long] Zhou Bi have led their troops to meet the Marquis outside the city. In addition to these two, [Gu Shang Zao] Shi Qian also came to help. According to the plan, the three of them are going to fight with Bian Xi on the border.

As the invading party, they would certainly send out troops and plunder, and then switch to defense. After a month, they would be able to leave with the looted supplies and occupied territory.

It was for this reason that Zhao Zhen and others decided to ambush Bian Xi to reduce casualties.

The two worlds are connected, and Shan Shiqi and Zhou Bi have already set up camp on the border.

Bian Xi was gazing far away in the direction of Liang State from the pass. Since coming to the [Floating Continent], Bian Xi had invaded many other countries and had also been invaded by other countries. Relying on the strategic location of Sishui Pass, big countries were unwilling to attack and small countries could not attack him, so he lived a comfortable life.

The only bad thing is that as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer soldiers in Guanzhong.

Now there are less than 3,000 soldiers in the entire Sishui Pass, and the only able-bodied ones are the 30-odd monks in the Zhenguo Temple in front of the pass.

These people grew their own vegetables and grains, and never followed him to invade other countries. He could tolerate them because the monks in the temple had good medical skills, and many soldiers in Guanzhong were saved by them.

Therefore, Bian Xi could not forcibly conscript the monks to serve in the army.

After several expeditions, he was unable to expand his territory. To be honest, Bian Xi himself didn't know when this kind of life would end, and he sometimes felt tired of it.

This time, I saw a new enemy country in my world. When I checked, I found that Liang State was only established for about half a year.

He launched the war without even bothering to investigate the Liang forces.

After the two worlds met, Bian Xi shouted loudly: "Soldiers, follow me and fight your way out. There are many women and wealth at the pass. Half of the looted wealth will be confiscated and the other half will be kept by us."

After saying that, he asked the soldiers to open the wall.

As the gate opened, two thousand soldiers who were going to the battle cheered and rushed out.

After the two thousand soldiers left the city, they followed their own military marquises and military commanders. Bian Xi, who was on the top of the city wall, saw this and ordered people to close the city gates.

After being shot by an arrow on the battlefield, Bian Xi no longer led the charge. Every time he went to war, he would order his army and military officers to plunder separately. Even if one or two of his troops were wiped out, the men, women, and treasures he plundered would be enough to make up for the losses.

Bian Xi would only take action if he encountered a weak opponent.

Gather the soldiers and attack the county. But it won't be long, at most three years, and the city will be captured. It was only because of the steepness of Sishui Pass that they were able to stay at ease.

At the border, Shan Shiqi and Zhou Bi were stationed in the camp. Shi Qian had already led his men to sneak into the Sishui Pass area for reconnaissance.

Seeing the enemy troops rushing out of the pass, Shi Qian counted them and found that there were only two thousand of them. He muttered in his heart: This guy dares to go down the mountain with such a small number of troops. He is really like a dung beetle leaving its cave - looking for death.

After observing for a while, they saw that the two thousand soldiers dispersed after coming down the mountain, with the least number of people being more than 200 and the most being 400 to 500, divided into five or seven teams.

When Shi Qian saw this, he did not dare to neglect it and hurried back to the camp to inform Shan Shiqi and Zhou Bi.

After hearing this, Shan Shiqi said, "He doesn't want to fight with us head-on, and wants to rob and leave. This is easy to do. We have 5,000 people here. 500 people will stay to guard the camp, and the rest will be divided into nine battalions. The three of us will lead a team each, and the rest will be led by the battalion commanders. We will bring signal cannons and fire when we encounter the enemy, and the nearby teams will go to rescue. He only has 2,000 soldiers, how can he be a match for us?"

Zhou Bi said, "I'm afraid there will be some who slip through the net and enter the imperial city and plunder the villages." Shi Qian said, "If that's the case, take out thirty to fifty of the five hundred cavalrymen in the camp and send them to each camp as scouts to pass on messages. The rest will be divided into two teams to patrol along the border. We just need to move quickly."

The three of them divided their troops and led the charge into the Sishui Pass area. In addition, they sent a message to Shi Yan, the magistrate of Chaocheng, and others to be careful and alert.

The cavalry went back and forth to search for the enemy, and the camps were divided or united to pursue and intercept them. After a day of raiding, most of the 2,000 Sishui Pass defenders who came down the mountain were killed, and the rest were captured.

The price was that except for the five hundred soldiers guarding the village, the rest of the soldiers were exhausted.

The defenders returned to the camp to rest, and Shan Shiqi and the other two sat together to discuss the matter.

"Two brothers, after we have dealt with these two thousand soldiers who have come down the mountain, do you have any idea on how to capture Sishui Pass?" Shan Shiqi said.

Zhou Bi said, "I heard from the captives today that Sishui Pass has been through many battles and has never been captured. Although there are only a thousand people at the pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture. Tomorrow I will go around the front and back of the pass to see if I can find any loopholes."

Shi Qian said: "I will accompany my brother. If we can find a flaw, that's great. If not, we can worry about it later."

The next day, Zhou Bi and Shi Qian disguised themselves as hunters and sneaked into the territory of Sishui Pass.

Along the way, there was not a single living person to be seen, and the occasional villages had long been abandoned. One of the two was very good at light work, and the other walked along mountain roads, looking for secluded places to walk.

After two days, they did not get any news. Fearing that Shan Shiqi might get impatient, they turned back to the village.

At this time, Chaocheng County had received a report from Shan Shiqi that 2,000 invading soldiers had been wiped out. When the Chaocheng County lieutenant heard about Zhishang, he was ordered to escort wine and meat to the army to comfort them.

Shi Qian and Zhou Bi happened to be returning to the camp, so Shan Shiqi called Wen Zhishang to discuss the matter.

Wen Zhishang was a brother of Wen Da, the Great Sword Master. He was originally a militia commander in Daming Prefecture, but was later injured and had his left arm cut off. Wen Da recommended him to Zhao Zhen and he became the lieutenant of Chaocheng County, responsible for arresting thieves.

After listening to Shi Qian's description, Wen Zhishang frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Perhaps we can have someone pretend to be a defeated soldier and flee, and we can lead the army to chase them. As long as we can open the gate in a moment and rush in, we won't be afraid of not being able to take down the gate."

Shi Qian said: "In this case, we need the captured Yellow Turban Army to cooperate."

After discussing it, the four of them split up and took action. Wen Zhishang rode back to Chaocheng County as fast as he could, and after discussing it with Shi Yan, the county magistrate, he issued an official document to recruit three to five hundred red jacket soldiers from the city, disguised them as farmers who had been robbed, and marched all the way to the camp.

Shan Shiqi also recruited some Yellow Turbans to surrender, mixed into the Liangshan army, and then led the recruited men and women to Sishui Pass. Five miles away from Sishui Pass, four hundred Yellow Turbans led farmers, drove cattle and sheep, and pushed carts all the way to the pass, waiting to walk two miles away.

Shi Qian led a thousand soldiers and chased after them shouting.

Shan Shiqi and Zhou Bi mixed in with the Yellow Turban Army, urging them to drive the men and women farmers away. Along the way, they pretended to be in a hurry to escape, and captured farmers, cattle and sheep were often left behind.

After three miles, most of the men, women and property had been left behind, and the Yellow Turban Army had long since dispersed and mixed in with the captured men.

There were shouting, cursing, crying and chaos.

When Bian Xi saw the door, he felt distressed and twitched. Without waiting to identify who was coming, he asked to open the door.

When Shan Shiqi and Zhou Bi saw this, they lowered their heads, ran as fast as they could, and ran into the city before everyone else. On the top of the city wall, Bian Xi saw the two men holding weapons and carrying two pieces of cloth on their backs, and said to his confidant, "These two men are quite capable."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard several screams coming from the city gate. Several soldiers guarding the gate shouted, "Close the city gate quickly."

(End of this chapter)