Sanbakou is a valley more than ten miles long, and it is also a must-pass road to Guangxin by land. On both sides of the valley are two steep mountains. On the mountain are vast primeval forests. The shade at the foot of the mountain is dense, and beasts appear. After years of walking by merchants and farmers, a flat official road was finally blazed into this valley.

The valley was wide in the south and narrow in the north, and the narrowest pass was less than twenty feet away. The Jiaozhou army then used materials to build a wooden village, with 300 troops stationed there.

The original intention of Jiaozhou to build a Muzhai here was not to defend. If the Han army marched south in large numbers, 300 people would not be able to resist it. The fundamental purpose of Jiaozhou to station troops here was to make the food in this area.

This place is under the jurisdiction of Fengyang County, the Han Dynasty, and the essence of Fengyang County is in these three basins covering an area of ​​more than 100,000 mu. This is also an important grain-producing area in Linhe County.

The Jiaozhou army did not dare to go north to seize Fengyang County and seize the land of the Han Dynasty. They had to seek benefits in one way. After the construction of Muzhai at Sanbakou, local farmers were threatened and could only hand over the grain tax to the Jiaozhou army, so that Jiaozhou could seize the interests of the Han Dynasty in disguise.

This situation has been maintained for three years. Just a few months ago after the autumn harvest, the Jiaozhou army here received another grain tax of tens of thousands of stones, and the grain was stored in the warehouse of Muzhai. Some of them had been transported to Guangxin County, and there were about 6,000 stones of grain in Muzhai.

The leader of the Jiaozhou Army guarding Sanbakou was a yashi general named Yang Jin, a native of Cangwu County. He was not smart and capable, nor was he stupid. He belonged to a very mediocre type. However, this family is a prominent clan of Cangwu County, which is the class that Liu Bei needs to win over. Yang Jin also benefited from it. In just three years, he was promoted from an ordinary garrison leader to a yashi general.

Yang Jin had already received a warning from Guan Yu to send someone to say that the Han army might go south by land, which made him extremely nervous. Once the Han army headed south by land, it would have to pass through Sanbakou, but he had only 300 people under him. If he could defend this wooden village.

For several days, Yang Jin couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. He was extremely anxious. Every day, he hoped that the Han army would not go by land, but would go south from Lishui by water. Five days have passed since Guan Yu's warning, and there was still no movement at the entrance of Sanba, and there was no sign of the Han army going south. This made Yang Jin think that perhaps it was because of heavy snow that the Han army could not go south.

Thinking of the heavy snow that happened every decade, Yang Jin let down his heart. Despite this, he was still very alert and ordered soldiers to patrol and monitor the village wall day and night, not daring to be careless.

Time gradually reached the fourth hour, which was a low period for the night patrol soldiers. After being alert in the middle of the night, the patrol soldiers finally became sleepy and their vigilance would disappear little by little. At this time, it was the best time to start the night battle.

Therefore, experienced generals will replace the patrol soldiers at the third update, so that soldiers in good spirits will continue to take over the patrol soldiers. Yang Jin obviously has no such experience. He sets the time for the soldiers to change their guards at dawn, which means that the patrol soldiers must guard the night of the night for a whole night.

However, although the patrol soldiers relaxed their vigilance, they were not completely lost. The soldiers were still patrolling the village walls, but they had become dull in the subtle noise outside.

For example, from time to time, there were slight sounds of branches breaking in the woods dozens of steps away. The dead branches on the ground were trampled. Perhaps it was a place of beasts, but it could also be dangerously approaching. In any case, the patrol soldiers should pay great attention.

During the two updates, they might be alert to attention, but now the soldiers are exhausted and yawning desperately, thinking about dawn early and no longer caring about the strange noises outside.

"Are there any bobcats outside?" A soldier heard the sound of branches breaking and finally felt a little suspicious.

"Who knows, maybe it's a bobcat! I'm hungry and come out to find food, but maybe it's because the snow is too heavy to crush the branches. Anyway, it won't be a Han army."

"It's right. It's such a cold day, and the heavy snow will not melt for ten days. Will the Han army go south? It's a joke. I think General Yang is a little fussy."

Everyone was talking, and someone shrewd, "Stop talking, he's here!"

Someone walked up to the wall of the village not far away, and the soldiers did not dare to speak anymore. The chief general Yang Jin walked over quickly, "Is there anything wrong?" Yang Jin asked loudly.

"Your Majesty General, there is nothing unusual."

"You must be more vigilant. Don't be lazy and sleepy. Whoever dares to be lazy can be executed immediately!"

Yang Jin was shouting the patrol soldiers. Just dozens of steps away, dozens of black shadows hid in the woods. Because some soldiers accidentally stepped on a few branches, the Han soldiers behind did not dare to move forward again. Only more than thirty soldiers approached Muzhai.

Behind a big tree, Liu Zheng stared at the officer who was scolding on the village wall with a bright eyes, with a hint of confusion in his eyes. He was not sure if this person was the enemy's commander. If it was the enemy's commander, they could shoot this person indiscriminately. If it was not the commander, they would start to act too early and alert the snake.

But at this moment, an accident happened. A wild beast roared above Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng suddenly looked up and a leopard hiding in the tree jumped over his head and threw down a soldier on the edge.

This is a hungry leopard. It was looking for food in the snow and had long discovered the man in black who was quietly approaching the wall of the village.

If it were normal times, the leopard would not dare to attack so many humans, but at this time it was hungry and cold, and it threw down a Han soldier from behind desperately.

The sudden change also alarmed the defenders on the village wall. Dozens of people supported the village wall and looked out. They saw a leopard pounce on a man in black, and more than a dozen men in black were slashing the leopard around them.

The guard Yang Jin suddenly reacted and shouted: "It's the enemy, sound the alarm bell!"

‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’ The alarm bell on the village wall rang, and the defenders shouted. At this time, the leopard that sneaked into the Han army had been cut and injured by the soldiers. The soldiers left their prey and fled into the dense forest. Seeing that Liu Zheng failed, he was so angry that he punched the tree trunk, and the snow on the tree fell down.

This was the first time that the Eagle Strike Army had been discovered at night in so many years. It really made Liu Zheng angry and embarrassed. He immediately ordered: "Send an order to attack Muzhai!"

At this moment, a tooth general next to him advised: "I'm afraid General Ren has not been deployed to his position yet, so it's inappropriate to attack the city now!"

Liu Zheng suddenly woke up and immediately ordered: "Retreat!"

The Han soldiers at the entrance of the valley retreated one after another and retreated out of the entrance of the valley for a moment. At this time, all three hundred defenders went up to the walls of the village and shot arrows into the woods on both sides. They struggled for a long time before gradually calming down.

The Eagle Strike Army has always been to attack front and back, attack head-on, and support surprises. This time, the deputy general Ren Ping led 200 soldiers to detour from the mountain on the left to the back of the Muzhai, preparing to launch an attack on the enemy camp from behind.

For the Han army, it was easy to capture this Muzhai. Just use fire attack to burn the walls, but the consequence of the fire attack was that the food stored in the Muzhai would also be burned down. Seeing that Wang Ping led thousands of soldiers to support him, Liu Zheng had to consider leaving food for the reinforcements behind.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Liu Zheng and Ren Ping discussed and decided to let Ren Ping be the surprise soldier and first occupy the granary behind the enemy camp, and Liu Zhengcai attacked from the front.

As time passed little by little, the sky gradually became brighter. Liu Zheng sat on a big rock, waiting patiently for Ren Ping's news.

"General!"

A soldier rushed from a distance. Liu Zheng recognized him as the one who followed Ren Ping, and quickly jumped off the big stone and met him, "What's the situation?"

"General Qi reported to us that we have arrived at the predetermined position. General Ren said he could launch an attack."

Liu Zheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Prepare for attack!"

The three hundred Eagle Strike soldiers began to quickly form a team. They were arranged in thirty rows in one row. Each of them had a slashing sabre and a heavy shield. The heavy shield could withstand the shooting of crossbow arrows thirty steps away, while the sharp sabre could chop the enemy's spear.

Thirty soldiers were holding the thirty-year-old trees that were temporarily made of a hundred-year-old tree. They lined up at the end of the line. Liu Zheng waved his sword and pointed directly at the entrance of the valley two hundred steps away. Several soldiers blew the horns, and the long horn sounded sobbing and spread to the valley.

The alarm bells on the Mu Village were heard again. After a midnight, the Jiaozhou soldiers who were just about to rest were awakened one after another, rushed to the wall of the village and stared nervously at the entrance of the village. Yang Jin also rushed to the wall of the village with armor and helmet. He held a silver spear in his hand. At this time, he calmed down. He felt that the enemy was not many soldiers, and it seemed that there were only a few hundred people. Perhaps these were just patrol soldiers of the Han army. With these hundreds of soldiers, they could not break through the wall of the village.

"General, here we come!"

A soldier pointed at the entrance of the valley and shouted. Yang Jin also saw that there were black Han soldiers at the entrance of the valley a hundred steps away. There were dozens of people in a row, about ten rows, and the number was only three or four hundred. Yang Jin was a local. He didn't know the background of the Han army, nor did he know the most elite Hawk Strike Army of the Han army.

"Prepare crossbow arrows!"

He shouted, and the three hundred defenders raised their crossbow arrows together and aimed at the Han army in the distance. All the Jiaozhou army was on the wall of the village. They had never thought that there would be troops coming from behind. Only reinforcements came from behind. How could it be the Han army? Even the chief general Yang Jin had no intention.

At this time, the Han army was getting closer and closer, and entered the distance of eighty steps. Yang Jin shouted loudly, "Shoot!"

Three hundred military crossbows were fired at the same time, and dense arrows shot at the Han soldiers at the entrance of the valley. A series of sounds of breaking through the air were heard. The power was strong. The Han soldiers raised heavy shields almost at the same time, covering their bodies, but their feet did not stop and continued to slowly approach the village wall.

"Use rolling wood!"

Seeing that the first round of arrows had no effect, and even a wounded Han soldier did not appear, Yang Jin's eyes became anxious and shouted loudly again. The village wall was thirty degrees from the entrance of the valley. When the arrows had no lethality, the Jiaozhou Army finally used their powerful defensive weapons.

The rolling wood hit the entrance of the valley one after another, and the log rolled up, hitting the dense Han soldiers. The Han soldiers were caught off guard. More than a dozen soldiers were knocked over to the ground, and the soldiers behind dodged to both sides, and the entrance of the valley suddenly became empty.

Seeing that the rolling wood was effective, Yang Jin shouted excitedly, "Give up the bow and arrow, use the rolling wood!"
Chapter completed!