There were no generals in Shu, so Liao Hua was the vanguard.
Wang Ding has heard this proverb countless times.
He didn't know much about Liao Hua's life.
But Liao Hua can be regarded as a capable person if he can be the pioneer of the Shu Kingdom.
After Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others died, Liao Hua became the sole general in Shu.
Wang Ding did not expect that the person who robbed his food and grass would be Liao Hua.
But now that you have encountered it, you still have to conquer it if you can.
If Liao Hua did not want to surrender, Wang Ding could only kill him.
The foot of Qingfeng Mountain.
Five hundred cavalrymen looked up at the towering peaks.
According to the spies' previous information, there should be more than 700 bandits in Qingfeng Mountain now.
The number of bandits is not something Wang Ding is worried about.
It's just that the Qingfeng Mountain in front of him is more steep than Wang Ding expected.
Not to mention the cavalry he is leading now, even if the infantry enters Qingfeng Mountain, they may not be able to capture this bandit.
It's no wonder that despite Liu Biao's many conquests, he was able to continue to move around Jingzhou.
"We have to find a way to lure this bandit out of Qingfeng Mountain."
Wang Ding quickly left with five hundred cavalry.
I didn’t stop at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, it seemed like I was just passing by here.
In Qingfeng Mountain, Liao Hua looked at the horse thief leaving.
His eyes were filled with envy.
If he had so many horses in his hands, why was he kept being chased away by Liu Biao's people?
Over the years, he has stayed in almost every county in Jingzhou from Changsha to Jiangxia, from Jiangxia to Lingling.
But every time, it wouldn't take long before he would be defeated by Liu Biao's army.
If he hadn't been familiar with mountain warfare and could withdraw some of his men from the dense forest every time, he would have been destroyed by Liu Biao long ago.
Liao Hua also heard that there was a band of horse thieves in Jingzhou, running around and plundering a lot of food.
If he had such a group of horse thieves in his hands, Liao Hua was even confident that he could raise an army of 10,000 people in Jingzhou.
Although he had been chased away by Liu Biao's people, Liao Hua never thought of leaving Jingzhou.
Compared with other states, Jingzhou is now more stable and it is easier for him to obtain food.
Whether it was to rob manors, common people, or merchants passing by, it was enough for Liao Hua to feed the hundreds of people he currently had.
At times, there were more than 3,000 people under Liao Hua's command.
Just like a few days ago, he received news that a caravan came from Nanyang County and was purchasing a large amount of grain and grass.
So he led his men and plundered the caravan.
More than 10,000 stones of food and grass were obtained, which was enough for Liao Hua and others to consume for a long time.
After all, he only has more than 700 people in his hands now.
If he didn't expand his manpower, ten thousand shi of food and grass would be enough to feed 700 people for a year.
But with only 700 people, it was obvious that Liao Hua would not be satisfied.
But in recent years, every time he expanded his manpower to more than a thousand, he would soon be targeted by Liu Biao.
Liao Hua still doesn't know that the caravan he looted this time is Wang Ding's people, and the food he looted is also Wang Ding's food.
He also didn't know that the horse thieves who just passed by the foot of Qingfeng Mountain were actually elite cavalry from Luoyang.
Among them are powerful generals such as Ma Chao and Wei Yan.
Two days later, Liao Hua, who was in Qingfeng Mountain, received another message from his subordinate Ma Zai.
Another caravan passed by Qingfeng Mountain, which was only about twenty miles away.
Liao Hua immediately decided to take action again and loot the caravan.
He just recently settled in Qingfeng Mountain.
Liao Hua also knew very well that the time when the news of bandits in Qingfeng Mountain had not spread widely was the time when he felt most comfortable.
After a few months passed and the news spread completely, many caravans would rather take a detour and walk hundreds of miles longer than pass by the foot of Qingfeng Mountain.
He wanted to take advantage of this period to plunder more food, grass and property.
At that moment, Liao Hua led seven hundred bandits down the mountain and killed the caravan twenty miles away.
The journey of more than twenty miles would take these bandits only half an hour.
However, it would take them half an hour to get down from Qingfeng Mountain.
By the time Liao Hua led a group of bandits to the caravan, it was already an hour later.
"No, there are bandits, run away."
This caravan consisted of only a hundred people. When they saw a large group of bandits coming from a distance, they immediately dropped their goods and ran away.
Liao Hua did not chase the fleeing merchant, but led the people to the goods.
Just after opening a box, Liao Hua's expression immediately changed.
There were only stones in the cargo box, which were not food and grass at all, let alone valuable goods.
"Quickly, open the other boxes." Liao Hua still had luck in his heart.
It's just that other bandits opened the boxes one after another and found that they were all filled with useless rocks.
Liao Hua pushed the box down and all the stones inside rolled out.
There are still rocks under the rocks, nothing else is hidden.
"how so?"
"withdraw."
Liao Hua made a prompt decision.
There were just a few bandits, but they were reluctant to abandon the horses pulling the carriage, saying: "Master, please take these horses away."
Come here, even if there are only a dozen war horses, it is still a big harvest.
A fine horse can be worth at least 50,000 yuan, which is enough to exchange for hundreds of stones of food.
Especially in the south, the price of horses is higher than in the north.
"Walk."
If the goods on the carriage were normal, Liao Hua would have definitely pulled the carriage away directly.
But now, where does he have time to bring the carriage?
Tap tap tap tap...
On the road when he came, there was the sound of horse hooves.
Liao Hua's expression changed greatly.
"It's over, I fell into a trap."
On the road ahead, a group of cavalry rushed over. The person at the front was holding a big flag.
Seeing the big black flag, Liao Hua breathed a sigh of relief again.
It turned out to be a horse thief from Heifeng Village.
As long as he was not from the government, Liao Hua felt there was hope.
Those who came were horse thieves, and they were mountain bandits, and they were all the targets Liu Biao wanted to conquer.
As long as they talk nicely, Liao Hua feels that this horse thief will not embarrass them.
But where is this Black Wind Village?
The horse thieves of Black Wind Village ran rampant in Jingzhou and looted countless manors, but no one knew where the so-called Black Wind Village was.
They didn't know that there was no Black Wind Village at all, and even if it did exist, it had nothing to do with this horse thief.
To avoid conflict, Liao Hua and his men stopped after seeing the flag of Heifeng Village.
Wang Ding came to this group of bandits.
"Are you Liao Hua?"
He looked at the dark-skinned but tall Liao Hua and asked.
Liao Hua said: "A certain family is Liao Hua, who has met a brother from Heifeng Village. Is this brother also here for this caravan? These boxes are filled with stones."
Wang Ding said: "I know."
Liao Hua didn't understand for a while.
Wang Dingdao: "Are you willing to surrender to me?"
Liao Hua becomes more and more confused. They are all bandits. Now that they have met, do you want him to surrender?