Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 291 I advise you not to listen
"Mr. Chen is indeed resourceful and has captured these 40,000 war horses so easily. The news from Yang Luo has been reported back. Those 40,000 war horses are indeed fat and strong, and are rare and excellent war horses in the Central Plains!"

"I heard that Liu He destroyed a medium-sized Xianbei tribe and three small tribes. It is reasonable for him to have such a harvest. I just didn't expect it to fall into our hands so soon. It's great!"

Everyone was immersed in joy.

Chen Ji also raised a smile.

"Liu He, you are probably too excited to sleep because of these 6.5 million dan of grain, right? Don't worry, I will give you another big gift tonight."

The one-eyed man, with dozens of followers and hundreds of thousands of laborers, left Yinguan City. Not long after he went away, he dismissed the laborers, leaving only dozens of himself and more than a thousand people who were responsible for supervising and driving the laborers, driving the war horses forward.

The group came to a fork in the road, and someone came over and asked, "Sir, there are two roads ahead. One is to go south from Yanmen Pass, passing through counties with better public security and wider roads. The other road is a mountain road that leads to Changshan County in Jizhou. Should we take the Yanmen Pass road?"

The one-eyed man narrowed his eyes and asked him back, "Why?"

The man smiled and said, "This is an easy choice. Bandits are rampant in the mountain roads, and it is too far to go from Jizhou to Yanzhou. Going south through Yanmen Pass is shorter and much safer. We don't have to worry about the intrusion of bandits. After all, there are only more than a thousand of us. It would be very bad if we really encountered black bandits."

The one-eyed man seemed to have different ideas. He was about to speak when he heard the attendant who had just spoken suddenly shout, "Sir, look, there's someone running over here."

The man pointed to the mountain path leading to Jizhou. Everyone looked and saw two men running towards them in a panic, as if they were running for their lives.

"Just go over and take a look."

The one-eyed man ordered.

The follower rode forward and stopped the two men.

"Why are you two so frightened? Did you encounter a tiger?"

The two men stopped, but kept looking back as if they were still frightened.

"If it were a tiger, it would be fine. Those people are... they are a hundred times more ferocious than a tiger..."

"Yeah, you guys should run too, this road is not passable!"

The attendant stopped the two who wanted to continue to escape and asked, "Who is so scary?"

"Hey, why... why don't you listen to my advice? Bandits, bandits everywhere in the mountains, there are hundreds... hundreds of people in our group, and there are only two of us left. You only have so many people, and you have so many horses... horses, they will definitely come to rob you, run away..."

The two men clasped their fists to the follower, then walked over to clasp their fists to the one-eyed man, and quickly ran away.

The attendant came over and said, "Sir, look, there are indeed bandits ahead. I'm afraid it's Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army. I heard that he is now entrenched in Taihang Mountain and has great power. We are too big a target, so let's go through Yanmen Pass."

The one-eyed man turned around to look at the two people who had escaped, frowned, and said nothing for a while.

Not long after, his brows suddenly relaxed.

"Hehe, if you want to deceive me, it's easier said than done. Just take the mountain road to Jizhou!"

The attendant was shocked: "Sir, those two people just now..."

The one-eyed man waved his hand to interrupt him. "Don't you find anything suspicious? Those two said they were desperate all the way here, and they seemed exhausted. But when I looked closely, they ran away with steady steps. And although they deliberately let their hair down to try to cover their faces, their bright eyes and ruddy complexion could not be hidden from me."

The attendant asked, "Your Excellency means that these two people are pretending? But what is the point of them doing this?"

"Hehe, what's the meaning? It's very simple. Of course, it's to scare us and make us take the Yanmen Avenue."

The attendant still looked puzzled: "If we take the Yanmen Pass official road, it will be safe, what's the problem?"

The one-eyed man sneered a few times: "From Yanmen Pass, go south, pass Guangwu County, Yuanping County, Luwei County, Yangqu County, Yu County, Langdiao County, and then enter Jinyang City. Except for Jinyang City, which of these cities is not under the control of Liu He?"

The follower suddenly woke up!

"Your Excellency means that those two were sent by Liu He to confuse us and make us go through Yanmen Pass, so that he can kill us in his own territory and take back the warhorse?"

The one-eyed man nodded and said, "Mr. Chen has already told me that Liu He has been eyeing the major families for this transaction, and wants them to be the scapegoats. They have to provide food but not get war horses, so he told me to be careful in everything. Although Liu He is hateful, he is a rare talent in terms of his ability to govern the local area. It is easy for him to kill and rob us in the cities under his jurisdiction."

When the followers heard what he said, they found that every word he said made sense.

"As expected of Lord Yang Luo, you are really thoughtful! But the Black Mountain Army of Zhang Yan on the other side of the mountain road is not fake. Even if we haven't seen them just now, this mountain road is long and we are carrying so many war horses. It is indeed easy for the Black Mountain Army to target us." The one-eyed man said with disdain: "Mr. Chen said that Zhang Yan is greedy for money but cowardly. He was defeated by Liu He twice, and since then he has taken a detour when he sees Liu He's flag. Let's borrow Liu He's name this time, what's wrong with that?"

The attendant suddenly slapped his head and said, "Ah, I remember now. Before we came, the master specifically asked us to bring a cloth bag. We were wondering what was inside. I'm afraid it's the big flag with the word Liu on it."

"Yes, take out the flag and cut a tree trunk of suitable thickness."

The attendant said happily, "Okay! Let's use Liu He's name to take away his war horses and break his trick. Hehe, if he finds out in the future, I'm afraid he will be so angry that he will vomit blood! These are a full 40,000 top-quality war horses. Any one of them can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars in Yanzhou. Anyone who is cheated of such a large fortune will vomit blood, haha!"

A flag with the word "Liu" written on it fluttered up. Its color and shape were almost exactly the same as the flag of Liu He's army.

The saying "using a tiger's skin to make a big banner" is very suitable to describe Yang Luo and others at the moment.

The sky gradually darkened.

Thousands of people may sound like a lot, but driving 40,000 war horses is already a tough job, not to mention driving on a mountain road for half a day.

Yang Luo himself was a little tired, so he waved his hand behind him, signaling everyone to dismount and rest, and to let the war horses eat some grass.

"Sir, if we go another twenty or thirty miles, we will be out of Yanmen and enter Jizhou."

Upon hearing this, Yang Luo looked at the dim mountain road ahead.

"Well, the governor of Changshan County is a student of Master Chen Ji. As long as we get out of this mountain road, we will be completely safe. After that, the governor will send troops to escort us to Yingchuan."

His words made his followers, who were originally a little nervous, relax.

"Master Yang is really smart. This mountain road is indeed peaceful. If we had gone through Yanmen Pass, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to get out of it, and our entire army would have been wiped out, right?"

"That's for sure. Liu He is despicable and shameless. He can do anything despicable. Lord Yuan and Lord Chen have made so many contributions to our Han Dynasty. Many scholars and officials in the world are from their schools. If it weren't for them, I'm afraid the Han Dynasty would have been in chaos long ago. Liu He doesn't know what's good for him. He actually dares to go against them."

"That's right, they keep saying the people are the people, bah, the people are nothing!"

"Hey, that's why he ended up like this. It's a good thing for our brothers. We have made a great contribution this time. We will definitely be rewarded when we return!"

When the reward was mentioned, everyone's emotions became a little excited.

"Let's hurry up and get to Yingchuan as soon as possible so that we can get our rewards sooner. Anyway, I think this mountain road is very safe. I'm afraid those black mountain bandits have been scared away long ago."

"Hahaha, well said! But I didn't expect that Liu He's name is so effective. It really makes the bandits dare not come to attack us. If a group of bandits really dares to come and rob us, we brothers will not be afraid of one or two thousand people. But if there are thousands or even tens of thousands of people, we will have to die here this time."

As soon as the man finished speaking, he suddenly heard shouts coming from the woods on both sides.

"Haha, since you are looking forward to our arrival so much, we brothers should not refuse to give you this honor."

Torches appeared on both sides like stars, stretching for miles. At a glance, there were thousands of them!

"Oh my god, there really are bandits, so many of them, oh my god..."

"Sir, I...I..."

The man who had just spoken had a bitter look on his face.

Yang Luo frowned and ignored him, instead looking at the man who had spoken before and looked like the bandit leader.

"Who are you? Are you a subordinate of Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army? Didn't you see our banner? How dare you attack the army of our Lord Liu He of Yanmen?"

However, the other people did not respond to him with the panic he had imagined, but instead sneered.

At this time, two people came out and came to a place only a few dozen steps away from Yang Luo.

"Why, sir, you don't recognize us so quickly? We have long told you that there are bandits on this mountain road, and they are extremely vicious. But why don't you listen to our advice and insist on falling into their trap? It really makes things difficult for our brothers!"

In the light of the torch, Yang Luo saw the faces of the two people clearly, and his pupils dilated in shock!
"It's you!"

"Hehe, yes, it's us two. We have long advised you not to go this way, but why didn't you listen? Sigh, this really makes it difficult for us."

(End of this chapter)