Chapter 115 Wudang Flying Army(1/2)
Under the Luo River, a fierce general got up from the river, fled into the mountains and forests, hunted wild animals for food, and survived by chance.
If Zhang Hua were here, he would definitely recognize that this person was Shan Xiongxin, a flying general in the Wagang Army who was raiding him.
Because Zhang Hua suddenly used lime powder, Shan Xiongxin was caught off guard and one of his eyes was damaged, so he had to hide in the forest to recuperate.
After the injury was almost healed, Shan Xiongxin limped away from the Luoyang Basin.
Everyone thought Shan Xiongxin had drowned, so even Zhang Hua did not want Shan Xiongxin.
Dazhong Town, Yuan Shu's territory, Yuan Shu upgraded the main city to a second-level town, and the Dazhong Town he worked hard to build became more and more prosperous.
Yuan Shu recruited Jin Wushu, with tens of thousands of troops, and was full of energy, as if he was back when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo.
At that time, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were secretly competing, thinking that the world's general belonged to the Yuan family, but unexpectedly, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were all trapped in Cao Cao's hands.
"Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde, don't let me meet you two again, otherwise I, Yuan Gaolu, will let you know what cruelty is."
Yuan Shu led people to inspect the territory and was even more confident.
Yuan Shu has learned his lesson now and will not be called emperor. He recruits soldiers and waits for a good opportunity.
Yuan Shu thought of Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao might not have his own power and was in a good mood.
The chief clerk Yan Xiang was highly valued by Yuan Shu.
In history, Yan Xiang was dissatisfied with dissuasion from Yuan Shu for dissuading him to become emperor. However, when Yuan Shu knew his ending, he felt deeply guilty, so he still appointed Yan Xiang as the chief clerk and entrusted him with important tasks.
Yan Xiang came over worriedly and found Yuan Shu.
"The Dazhong I established has a population of 400,000 and has recruited dozens of good generals. I am about to achieve the hegemony of the king. Why do you worry so much?"
Yuan Shu saw Yan Xiang’s pace in a hurry and asked on his own initiative.
Yan Xiang replied: "There are two things."
"explain."
"First, Zhang Hua, Xia Zhen, has occupied all the land in Luoyang. As long as he is given some time, this person will be unprecedented in strength and become a threat."
"Secondly, a group of mountain barbarians occupied the northern road of Wushan, blocking our trade with Luoyang, and also attacking our mines in the northern part of Wushan. This group of mountain barbarians must be eliminated or incorporated as soon as possible."
After being valued by Yuan Shu, Yan Xiang tried his best to assist Yuan Shu, making Yuan Shu notice two forces.
The princes in the Luoyang Basin have already won and actively cultivated farms, while the princes in the Guanzhong Plain are still fighting in a melee.
In time, the power occupying Luoyang will inevitably become bigger.
The active mountain barbarians in the north of Wushan also pose a threat to Yuan Shu's power.
This group of mountain barbarians did not dare to directly attack the Yuan Shu forces with a population of 400,000, so they blocked the North Road of Wushan and plundered goods from time to time.
A lot of Yuan Shu's income comes from trade with the Luoyang Basin. If Wushan North Road is blocked, the financial source of Yuan Shu's power will inevitably be affected.
"Let Jin Wushu lead his troops to attack this group of mountain barbarians and Ji Ling supervisors. I will take Jin Wushu and his group of people and cannot waste my food and grass."
Yuan Shu is not a fool either. After taking in Jin Wushu and others, he will squeeze their value.
In Jin Wushu's camp, Jin Wushu received the order from Yuan Shu to send troops to attack the mountain barbarians, and immediately summoned Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Yinshuke and other Jurchen generals to discuss.
"Yin Shuke, can you find out where the Khan is?"
Jin Wushu looked at Wanyan Yinshuke.
Resigning to Yuan Shu was just Jin Wushu's temporary plan.
Jin Wushu's group of Jurchen cavalry needed food and grass, and there was no better place to go for a while, so they settled in Yuan Shu's power.
In order to strengthen his power as soon as possible, Yuan Shu never refused all the military generals and bandits from all dynasties.
For some reason, many bandits in Qinchuan were attracted by Yuan Shu, so that Yuan Shu grew rapidly and his troops were strong in the early stage.
Yuan Shu seemed to have inexplicable attraction to bandits.
Jin Wushu has been inquiring about where Emperor Jin Wanyan Aguda is.
With the amazing war talent of the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda, as long as Wanyan Aguda is not bad, he can establish forces in this troubled times, recruit soldiers and compete for the Central Plains.
Jin Wushu believed that there were not many princes who could defeat the forces established by Wanyan Aguda.
Wanyan Yinshu shook his head: "The great sweat does not seem to be in Qinchuan at the 800-li Qinchuan."
"What a pity."
Jin Wushu and Wanyan Zonghan called it a pity.
The Jurchen cavalry of the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda was quite terrible. If Wanyan Aguda established a force in Qinchuan, Jin Wushu, Wanyan Zonghan and his group went to surrender, and then the Jurchens expanded rapidly, it was not impossible to occupy the eight hundred Qinchuans.
Qinchuan is wider than Luoyang Basin.
Dominating Qinchuan and marching eastward can often unify the world.
The potential of the Luoyang Basin is not as strong as that of Qinchuan, but the advantage of the Luoyang Basin is that establishing the capital of Luoyang can strengthen control over the heroes of Kanto.
Jin Wushu finally made a decision: "Before finding the Khan, please follow Yuan Shu's orders and go to attack this group of mountain barbarians."
Wanyan Yinshuke hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "I also found out that Zhang Hua had defeated Wagang Village and occupied all the land in Luoyang."
"What!"
Jin Wushu was furious.
He was defeated by Zhang Hua twice and hated Zhang Hua to the core. However, after defeating Jin Wushu, Zhang Hua quickly defeated Wagang Village and became a powerful force to separatist the Luoyang Basin, which made Jin Wushu jealous.
Jin Wushu became a vassal of Yuan Shu, and Zhang Hua's power was stronger than Yuan Shu. How could Jin Wushu not be jealous?
Yuan Shu has a population of 400,000, while Zhang Hua has a population of more than 500,000!
Wanyan Zonghan was older and said to Jin Wushu: "Wushu, calm down. If the Khan fought in this world, he would definitely be a large force with a population of hundreds of thousands or even a million. At that time, we may not be weaker than Zhang Hua when we return to the Khan's tent. Then we will seek revenge on him."
"It makes sense. If I am asked to defeat this person, I will collect all the previous two losses."
Jin Wushu could only hope to meet with Wanyan Aguda as soon as possible.
However, there were many princes everywhere, and there were forts built by local tyrants everywhere. The roads were blocked, and even if it was not easy to find out the news, let alone the long journey, Jin Wushu could not find Wanyan Aguda for a while.
Jin Wushu and Ji Ling sent 10,000 troops to attack the mountain barbarians in the northern road of Wushan.
North Koshan Road is one of the two mountain roads between Qinchuan and Luoyang Basin.
A group of mountain barbarians blocked the northern road of Wushan, so Yuan Shu sent troops to attack and plundered the population of mountain barbarians and enriched the territory.
"A mere group of mountain barbarians, I will definitely be able to capture the troops."
Ji Ling carried a three-pointed and two-edged sword, thinking that it was easy to break through the mountains of Wushan.
However, Ji Ling and Jin Wushu really fought with this group of mountain barbarians and were led into the depths of Mount Wu by mountain barbarians. Only then did they realize that something was wrong.
This group of mountain barbarians are equipped with armor and are good at using crossbows and poisonous arrows. They are steadily walking in the mountains and forests, elusive and invading enemy soldiers.
Jin Wushu's Tiefutu was useless in the mountains, and it was entirely up to Wanyan Zonghan's crutch horse and Ji Ling's infantry to barely defeat the mountain barbarians.
Wanyan Zonghan's talent of "strengthening riding and shooting" turned the crooked horse into a mobile arrow tower, constantly shooting arrows, and killing hundreds of mountain barbarians.
The other mountain barbarians saw Ji Ling and Jin Wushu, so they scattered and retreated deeper into the mountains.
In the mountains and forests where both sides were fighting, hundreds of corpses were everywhere.
There were only seven hundred mountain barbarians, Ji Ling and Jin Wushu worked together to kill two hundred mountain barbarians, while his own side lost 600 people.
Such a war loss ratio was unacceptable to Ji Ling.
Wanyan Zonghan led his troops to clean up the battlefield and checked the equipment of the mountain barbarians. A strange look appeared in his eyes.
"Have you discovered it?"
Jin Wushu noticed Wanyan Zonghan's strangeness and knew that Wanyan Zonghan must have guessed the origin of the mountain barbarians.
Wanyan Zonghan asked, "Wu Shu, don't you think the armor-breaking style of these mountain barbarians is very similar to a soldier in Xia Town?"
Jin Wushu suddenly realized: "It is exactly the same as the armor standard as the soldiers and horse equipment of Liao Hua of Shu Han, can it be..."
Wanyan Zonghan spoke solemnly: "This group of mountain barbarians is likely to be the Wudang Feijun of Shu Han."
Jin Wushu's eyes also became sharp: "If it is the Wudang Flying Army, then it can explain why we have to pay the price of 600 people when we kill two hundred people on the other side. It is not a wise move to fight the Wudang Flying Army in the mountains and forests. Fortunately, this Wudang Flying Army is not large, so we can win."
"What is the flying army without a chance?"
Ji Ling was confused.
He has never heard of any Wudang Flying Army.
Jin Wushu did not explain to Ji Ling either.
The Wudang Flying Army was an elite army formed by Zhuge Liang after pacifying Nanzhong, using the source of local barbarian troops. It was able to cross mountains and ridges and was an important force for the northern expedition to the Central Plains and cross the Qishan Mountains.
When Ji Ling died in battle, the Wudang Flying Army had not been formed yet, so naturally he did not know the origin of the Wudang Flying Army.
The Wudang Feijun's source of troops was originally a mountain barbarian, so they were treated as a barbarian by Yuan Shu's forces and suppressed them.
Ji Ling and Jin Wushu continued to encircle and suppress the mountain barbarians.
Ji Ling wanted to seek credit from Yuan Shu, and Jin Wushu was more interested in commanding this general who was in charge of the Wudang Flying Army.
Although Jin Wushu and Wanyan Zonghan's Jurchen cavalry were restricted in the mountains and forests, the seven hundred Wudang Flying Army beheaded 600 enemy troops, and only 200 of them were lost. Such a battle result was worthy of the identity of the elite troops in the mountains of Shu Han.
To be continued...