Chapter 538: Crouching Tiger Mountain

On August 21, in Pengcheng County, ten miles outside of Guanqiu City, a team of caravans dressed in a large number of goods slowly moved forward. The number was about hundreds of people, and they stopped ten miles away from Guanqiu City.

"General Xiang, I wonder how far away is from Wohu Mountain now?" This team of men was the 500 elite troops led by Xiang Quan and Guan Ling. Under the cover of Yongping Guard, they crossed the Zhao army's defense line. After more than ten days of moving forward, they finally arrived in Pengcheng County.

In the past ten days, the front lines of the Central Plains were in full swing. First, in the direction of Guangling, the sudden attack of the Deng army caught the Zhao army off guard. In the end, the Zhao army was forced to evacuate Guangling and retreat to Yuguo. The Deng army also took the opportunity to move the defense line forward, causing Guangling City to escape from danger.

On the other hand, Kou Fei's army in Xiapi County continued to attack the Jinwu Guards in Dongcheng, but with the full defense of the Jinwu Guards, they returned in vain.

As for Chen Liu, the two famous generals of the world, Yue Fei and Li Rubing, were very cautious and had been in a state of confrontation. Apart from a few irrelevant tests, there has not yet been a large-scale war.

"General Guan, the city of Guan is ahead of him. After passing Guanqiu, you can reach Wohu Mountain in another two days." As a Chu person, Xiang Quan was very familiar with the terrain of Pengcheng County. It was precisely because of Xiang Quan's guidance that they could avoid the spies of Zhao's army and successfully arrive at Guanqiu.

Guan Ling nodded and said, "Since that's the case, we will rest here for a while and then continue to rush to avoid the long nights and dreams. We will not go to the city to spend the night, but just rush to the road overnight."

Now he has entered the territory of Zhao State, and every step forward is full of danger. In order to reach Wohu Mountain as soon as possible, Guan Ling suggested not to go to the city to spend the night, so he rushed to Wohu Mountain overnight.

Xiang Quan also agreed with Guan Ling's proposal. Every time they entered the city to replenish supplies, they had to be very cautious, for fear of arousing the suspicion of Zhao Jun. After finally coming here, there was no reason to fail.

"Okay, let's listen to General Guan." Xiang Quan nodded and said.

After resting for about half an hour, they set off again. After passing the Steakqiu, they finally arrived at the foot of Wohu Mountain.

Looking at the Wohu Mountain in front of him, Xiang Quan said to Guan Ling: "General Guan, this is Wohu Mountain, but according to the people here, since Li Fang and Dong Ning occupied Wohu Mountain, this place has become a forbidden area. Ordinary people have no way to go up the mountain. There are hundreds of people here. In order not to cause misunderstandings, I plan to go up the mountain alone. General Guan will wait for my news here."

Guan Ling thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay, but for General Xiang's safety, I will ask the ten elite troops in the army to accompany General Xiang up the mountain. If something happens, the general can also protect himself."

Xiang Quan did not refuse Guan Ling, so he picked up ten strong soldiers to go up the mountain. Guan Ling also took the rest of the people to rest on the spot, waiting for news.

Before they reached the mountainside, a team of minions rushed out to surround Xiang Quan and others, and the leader came out and said, "Who are you? What's the matter with coming to Wohu Mountain?" In fact, Xiang Quan and the others were already known by the people of Wohu Mountain when they arrived at Wohu Mountain, but they were not wearing Zhao Jun's clothes and did not try to go up the mountain, so they did not launch an attack.

Xiang Quan said calmly: "You go up the mountain to tell Li Fang and Dong Ning, and say that Xiang Quan is coming to visit. This is a token. You will understand if you hand it over to Li Fang and Dong Ning." After that, Xiang Quan took out a token and handed it to the leader.

The minion took the token and saw a big Xiang word written on it. He glanced at Xiang Quan, and then said, "You are waiting here!" After that, he turned around and turned to the mountain. Before leaving, the minions who had ordered them to stay were looking at Xiang Quan and others, and immediately took action whenever there was any trouble.

The minion came to the mountain village, and Li Fang and Dong Ning had a literati drinking. The minion walked in and bowed and said, "Report to General Li, General Dong, Military Commander Fan, there is a man named Xiang Quan at the foot of the mountain who wants to see the two generals. This is a token. He said that the two generals will understand after seeing them." After that, he handed Xiang Quan's token to Li Fang.

When Li Fang and Dong Ning heard this, they were stunned. Xiang Quan was their old boss, but after the demise of Chu, they never contacted each other again. Now they suddenly appeared, which really makes people suspicious. However, Li Fang still took the token and looked carefully in his hand. After confirming, he said to Dong Ning and Military Commander Fan: "It's really General Xiang's token."

Dong Ning and Military Supervisor Fan looked at each other, and then said to the minions: "Let them come up."

"Here!" the minion replied, and then left.

After the minion left, Li Fang said to Dong Ning and Military Supervisor Fan: "Didn't General Xiang surrender to Deng State with the third prince? How could he appear in Wohu Mountain?"

Dong Ning shook his head, but he didn't know.

Military Secretary Fan said: "No matter what General Xiang's purpose is, since he is visiting an old friend and has no malice, we cannot turn it out. As for General Xiang's purpose, won't you know it clearly after seeing General Xiang?"

Li Fang and Dong Ning nodded and waited patiently.

A quarter of an hour later, the previous minion took Xiang Quan to the parody. When he saw Li Fang, Dong Ning and Fan Junshi were very excited, he immediately greeted him and saluted, "General Xiang, it's really you!"

Xiang Quan was also very happy. After greeting Li Fang and Dong Ning, he looked at Military Supervisor Fan in surprise and said, "Brother Fan, I didn't expect to see you here."

Military Commander Fan smiled and nodded, "Brother Xiang is fine!" Military Commander Fan saw that Fan Yang was the younger brother of Fan Ting, the former prime minister of Chu, and the son of Fan Shen, the first civil minister of Chu.

After several people sat down, Fan Yang said, "After my brother accompanied the king to sacrifice his country, I escaped from Pengcheng. Later, I met General Li and General Dong, so I came to Wohu Mountain together. I have been there for several years."

"Yes, the general doesn't know. It's still the suggestion of military commander Fan when we come to Wohu Mountain. And it's thanks to military commander Fan who has been able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Zhao army over the years. If it weren't for military commander Fan, we would have gone to see the king long ago." Dong Ning also said from the side.

"I won't say that anymore. By the way, did General Xiang go to Deng State with the third prince? How could he come to Wohu Mountain?" Fan Yang asked Xiang Quan.

"Oh..." Xiang Quan sighed and said, "It's a long story. I was entrusted by Fan Xiang to escort a group of old, weak, women and children to Guangling. Later, according to Fan Xiang's wishes, I successfully persuaded the third prince to join Deng's country with Guangling County. Fortunately, King Deng is also a trustee. After accepting us, he settled us in Wancheng. He has been doing well in the past few years. As for why I came here, I was actually entrusted by King Deng."

"What's going on?" This puzzled several people.

Xiang Quan said: "I believe you also know that Deng and Zhao are fighting in the Central Plains now."

Several people nodded and said, "There has been a lot of controversy in the past few years. We don't know. It was Deng and Zhao who fought fiercely in the Central Plains, and a large number of elite troops from Zhao came to Pengcheng. Our lives have become sad. However, during this period, we have been a little better because Kou Fei led his army south."

"Since you all know, I won't beat around the bush. Now that the Deng army is suppressed by the Zhao army in Guangling, it has been unable to break the situation, so I want me to persuade some of them to surrender to Deng, and to cause trouble in the rear of the Zhao army, disrupt the rear of the Zhao army, so as to help the Deng army win the battle of the Central Plains." Seeing that the few people knew the situation, Xiang Quan did not hide anything.

"This..." Li Fang and his men were a little hesitant. Although they didn't want to surrender to Zhao and chose to surrender to Deng, it does not mean that they just wanted to surrender to Deng. If an ordinary envoy from Deng came here, they could drive them out, but now it's Xiang Quan.

"General Xiang, the reason why we came to Wohu Mountain after Pengcheng was destroyed was that we did not want to surrender to Zhao, but surrender to Deng was not what we thought. You must know that the reason why the Great Chu was destroyed by Zhao was that Deng was also an accomplice." Dong Ning said hesitantly.

"Oh..." Xiang Quan also knew that things would not be so simple, so he said, "I also know what Deng did and understand the resentment in my heart. But to be fair, Deng has done his best to our great Chu. If Deng had not protected us, we would have been destroyed by Zhao. After I went to Wancheng with the third prince, Deng did not treat us unfairly. More importantly, the general trend of the world has basically stabilized now, and Qin has survived and cannot do anything. In the future, the world's ownership will be either Zhao or Deng. You can't stay in Wohu Mountain forever. You have to find a way out for yourself."

Xiang Quan's words made several people silent. Yes, the general trend of the world has become very clear. This world is either Zhao or Deng. However, compared to Zhao's victory over the world, they prefer Deng.

Li Fang and Dong Ning had no idea, so they subconsciously looked at Fan Yang. Fan Yang was their military advisor. At this time, Fan Yang's opinions were very important.

Fan Yang thought for a while, then said to Xiang Quan: "General Xiang, I wonder how Deng State plans to resettle us after we surrendered to Deng State?"

When Xiang Quan heard this, he knew there was a chance and hurriedly said, "I left Wancheng because the Secretary of the Deng Kingdom, Cui Hao, said that if several people could surrender to Deng Kingdom and help Deng Army open up the situation in the Central Plains, after returning to Wancheng in the future, several people could enter the Deng Kingdom's officialdom. If they really don't want to be an official, they can also do some small business, and Deng Kingdom will never make things difficult for them."

Fan Yang and the others looked at each other, then asked hesitantly: "General Xiang, is it trustworthy?"

Xiang Quan nodded and said, "I dare not say anything else, but there is still the most basic credit for Deng State. To be honest, this time, in addition to me, there is also a general of Deng army in Wohu Mountain. He is the general of Yongping Guard of Deng State and the nephew of Guan Yu, the general of Yongping Guard. It is said that he is a hero of Deng State, and his words are trustworthy."

"Since that's the case, please ask General Xiang to invite General Guan up." Hearing that there was a general Deng army at the foot of the mountain, the few of them did not dare to neglect at the moment, they hurriedly asked Xiang Quan to invite Guan Ling up.
Chapter completed!