Chapter 603 : Meet again, the great thief Huan Hu!
After solemnly entrusting the matter to Zhao Hongrun, the head of the Wang family in Zhengcheng and the head of the current dynasty, Wang Yu, left Anling under the protection of the family soldiers.
Zhao Hongrun knew very well why Wang Yu was in such a hurry. It was just because the Wei Dynasty was currently renting and selling land in Shangdang, Hedong and other lands bordering South Korea and Beidi. As long as they purchased a piece of land, the Wang family in Zhengcheng could legitimately command the imperial army.
It was converted into an army and even expanded again. With this army, they could earn military honors in future wars with Wei and Korea, allowing the Wang family in Zhengcheng to have a real fiefdom.
Therefore, although Wang Yu loved his youngest son Wang Ting very much, he could not be distracted at this critical moment, because if the Wang family in Zhengcheng could not take the lead, they would be killed by the Shi family of the uncle of King Yong Hongyu.
He was far behind, thus affecting the battle between the East Palace and King Yong.
But as soon as Wang Yu left, it was not easy to speak frankly in front of the head of the state, so Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei, fell out.
"Your Highness, Wang Ming was kidnapped by the bandit Kou Huanhu. He was destined to suffer such a catastrophe. What does it have to do with Your Highness? Your Highness must not put himself in danger."
After him, Zongwei Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, and Mu Qing all agreed, and all three believed that there was no need for their Highness to risk Wang Ting's life.
This is no wonder. After all, when they were at the camping ground in Sanchuan, Zhao Hongrun and his ten clan guards had personally experienced Huan Hu’s night attack on the camping ground, and they knew very well what Huan Hu was capable of: this audacious thief actually
He led hundreds of cavalrymen to attack the camp where thousands of Sanchuan people and Wei troops were stationed. With a numerical gap that was dozens of times larger than his own, and surrounded by Huben guards, he came quietly and left calmly. It was really shocking.
Some people stayed.
Then, facing the encirclement and suppression by the Chenggao Army, the Huanhu Cavalry bandits advanced and retreated in a good manner. It is hard to imagine that the Chenggao Army, one of the six garrison battalions and a border garrison of more than 10,000 people, actually took a few hundred men.
The cavalry had no choice.
And in the end, he was actually dumped by Huan Hu and sneaked into the Wei Kingdom.
This is simply a replica of "Dangjun Youma": The original "Youma" army of Dangjun played tricks on the Song army and harassed the Song Dynasty.
But after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun decided to meet Na Huan Hu.
This was not because of Wang Ming, but because he was simply curious about Huan Hu and wanted to see what Huan Hu's purpose was.
Furthermore, if there is a chance, see if you can recruit this person. After all, this person is really capable.
If everything goes well, with Huan Hu and You Ma, Zhao Hongrun seems to have seen an opportunity for the rise of the Wei cavalry.
"Zhou Pu, you stay in Anling and take charge of the overall situation for me." Zhao Hongrun told Zongwei Zhou Pu: "The match between the two counties is of great importance. Remember not to make the slightest mistake... To prevent Huan Hu from diverting the tiger from the mountain, you will immediately start from
Shang Shui mobilized five thousand soldiers and stationed them near Anling."
Zhao Hongrun did not say it clearly. In fact, in addition to worrying about the progress of the "Two Counties Tournament", he was also worried that the five sons of the Zhao family would relapse into their old ways. After all, how could the bad habits developed by these bad boys for more than ten or twenty years really come true?
Because he disappeared after being imprisoned in the county jail for a month?
However, Zhao Hongrun believed that as long as Zongwei Zhou Pu was in charge of Anling, the five sons of the Zhao family would never dare to disobey: these five boys had already been tortured by Zhou Pu and left a psychological shadow.
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."
Seeing that His Highness had made up his mind, Zhou Pu had no choice but to clasp his fists in agreement, but he still suggested: "Your Highness, if you really want to negotiate with Huan Hu, please be sure to bring the Shang Shui Army and the Green Crows with you."
Zhao Hongrun smiled when he heard this, nodded and said: "I will summon Xiang Li, Ran Teng, and Zhang Ming to go together with three thousand-man teams...Duan Pei, you also call two hundred green crows from Shangshui to go with me.
go."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Duan Pei knocked on the ground and cupped his fists.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun left Zongwei Zhou Pu behind to take charge of Anling, and then left the city to the north with Wei Jiao, Chu Heng, Lu Mu, and Mu Qing under the secret protection of the Green Crows.
In the middle of the journey, Zhao Hongrun summoned the three thousand-man troops of Xiang Li, Ran Teng, and Zhang Ming that he had sent to search for Huan Hu's traces, and ordered them to break into pieces and disperse their troops to the place where they were negotiating with Huan Hu, so as not to alert the enemy.
I have to say that the great thief Huan Hu is indeed very courageous. Where do you think he is?
He is near Jiaocheng in the northwest of Anling. In the northwest mountain forest about eight miles away from the city, the low hills are called "Bali Temple" by the locals. Zhao Hongrun doesn't know what this naming is about.
It is the mountain god believed by the locals who is enshrined on the mountain.
"You simply don't pay attention to the county soldiers in Jiaocheng. This group of cavalry bandits only has a few hundred people!"
When mentioning this matter, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao said in an incomprehensible tone.
He was very shocked by Huan Hu's courage.
You said, if the Bali Temple is a stretch of rolling hills, like Geyang Mountain in Yangxia, or the hills where Anling and Yanling meet, that's fine. But the Bali Temple obviously only has two hills and covers an area of only about three miles.
How dare you kid to be stationed here?
Aren't you afraid that the encirclement and suppression army will send troops to surround you and kill you all in one fell swoop?
"Maybe it's because Huan Hu has Wang Ting as a hostage." Lu Mu thought for a while and said.
Not to mention, this may be the case. After all, Wang Ting is the legitimate son of the Wang family in Zhengcheng. He is very loved by the father-in-law Wang Yu, and the Queen Wang also loves this biological brother. Huan Hu has seized such a bargaining chip and believes that Jiao Cheng
The county magistrate really didn't dare to do anything to irritate Huan Hu.
Arriving at the foot of Balimiao Mountain, Zhao Hongrun stood still and watched for a while.
Unfortunately, it was May, the time when vegetation was in full bloom, so Zhao Hongrun had been observing for a while, but could not see what was going on on the mountain, as the dense vegetation had blocked his view.
"Wei Jiao." Zhao Hongrun called in a low voice.
Wei Jiao understood, took a few steps forward on his mount, and shouted towards the top of the mountain: "Huan Hu——!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several people came down from the forest on the mountain. Their clothes were similar to the horse thieves Zhao Hongrun saw when he camped in Sanchuan. They slowly walked to a position only about ten feet away from Zhao Hongrun. Among them.
One person asked with a frivolous expression: "Are you Ji Run, the Su King of Wei?"
Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand to stop Wei Jiao, who looked unhappy after hearing this, nodded and said calmly: "It's me!...Didn't Huan Hu want to see me? Where is he?"
"Our boss is on this mountain. You can go up to see him yourself." The bandit raised his right hand, pointed to the hill behind him with his thumb, and then pointed behind Zhao Hongrun and said: "But these people must stay.
Down!"
What he was referring to was a thousand-man merchant navy team led by Xiang Li, a thousand-man general behind Zhao Hongrun.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly and said with a smile: "Huan Hu's arrogance is even greater than this king's!"
The bandit shrugged and said nonchalantly: "I just relayed what our boss said. If you don't want to go up the mountain, you can go back."
After that, the thieves actually left on their own. Wei Jiao was so angry that he cursed in a low voice: "What a thief! How arrogant!"
"..." Zhao Hongrun didn't speak. He just raised his head and glanced at the hills a few more times, and then called softly: "Xiang Li."
After hearing this, Xiang Li, a general with thousands of people, turned around behind him, clasped his fists and saluted Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness."
"You and your thousand-man team, stay here... Just do what I ordered the three of you to do, surround the hill from a distance, and don't act rashly... If I send a signal on the mountain, then attack the top of the mountain in one go.
, Capture Huan Hu!"
"Someone will be sent to inform Ran Teng and Zhang Ming in the future." Xiang Li nodded, and then said worriedly: "But Your Highness, your safety will be in danger..."
"It doesn't matter, I have guards around me." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand, got off his horse, handed the reins to Xiang Li, and walked towards the hill with the four clan guards.
Behind him, about a dozen ordinary soldiers wearing leather armor lowered their heads and followed closely.
"These people don't seem to be Su Wangwei..."
Xiang Li looked at the dozen soldiers who followed Zhao Hongrun and secretly wondered.
He guessed right. These people were indeed not King Su's guards, but the Green Crows. After all, if he only brought Wei Jiao and four other Zongwei to the den of thieves, not to mention that the Zongwei would strongly oppose it, even Zhao Hongrun was afraid that
No bottom either.
But if there are green crows responding from the side, then the situation will naturally be different.
Oh, the Green Crows mentioned here do not just refer to these dozen or so people, more Green Crows have already quietly sneaked into the Bali Temple in front of them, and quietly moved towards where Huan Hu is.
As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and Zhao Hongrun would not place his own safety on the character of thieves like Huan Hu.
Zhao Hongrun led the Zongwei and a dozen Green Crows slowly up the mountain. Along the way, Zhao Hongrun saw many Huanhu Cavalrymen resting in the mountain forest. After noticing him, some of these people licked the blade of their swords with their tongues.
, deliberately showing a bluff; some were wiping their weapons; and more, they were lying lazily and resting, and some of them actually fell asleep soundly, making bursts of snoring sounds.
.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun's face looked a little solemn, because he felt that this was a very powerful cavalry bandit.
The pressure put on him by this group of people was no less than that of the Dangshan Army's hunting cavalry battalion, or even worse.
The hill of Bali Temple is not high. It didn't take long for Zhao Hongrun and his party to reach the top of the hill.
The top of the hill is naturally the mountain temple. There is a flat land in front of the temple, about ten feet in diameter. It is not as dense with plants and trees as in other places.
Huan Hu and many of his bandits were eating and drinking there.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun vaguely heard waves of women sobbing. Following the sound, he turned his head and saw about a dozen women, huddled together in a corner, crying silently.
Some of these women were covered with blankets, while others were naked, exposing their white bodies.
With their bleak looks, it is not difficult to guess that these poor women had probably been humiliated by Huan Hu and his cavalry bandits.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head silently, and then slowly walked forward under the different looks of the thieves.