Shanduwei He Hei Tie is a rough man, a farmer who is not a good job and an ambitious hunter. Although he has fertile land at home, he never willing to farm honestly. He just goes deep into the mountains and forests to hunt and gather ginseng every day.

What he is best at is fighting people or beasts, and his favorite thing is to put yourself in difficulty and go wherever there is danger. He dares to climb cliffs that others dare not climb, and he dares to fight beasts that others dare not fight.

He Hei Tie was injured many times, but he always survived the disaster. He once fell off the cliff because the leaves below were too thick and he was lucky to die. He once spent the night alone in the mountains, surrounded by wolves, and his shoulder was bitten to death, but he still escaped. When the hunters entering the mountains found him, he found He Hei Tie tied himself to an old tree, under which was a broken bow and the seven evil wolves he killed.

Because he is extremely brave and dares to fight to the death, all the mountain hunters are convinced by him, and a considerable group of people are willing to follow He Hei Tie.

A You Fang once showed him a picture and said that he had a noble appearance and was not an ordinary person in the future. As for how expensive it was, the man couldn't explain it clearly. He just looked at his mighty appearance and said casually: "You can be a general!"

This positioning is very consistent with He Hei Tie's imagination of his future, so he firmly believes in it. From then on, the belief in becoming a general was firmly engraved in He Hei Tie's heart.

He is a commoner, without the family background bonus of the powerful and gentry, but he is truly famous in Shangdang for his bravery. In this mountain, the name Hei Tie is famous.

The Han Intelligence Bureau established a special training camp near Lu County. The prefect Tian Yi personally recommended him, and He Hei Tie was very happy to have such an opportunity to take the first step towards his general's career.

After several months of special training, He Hei Tie graduated. He recruited people on his own, pulled up a team, and started fighting guerrillas in the mountains. His attack focused on Fukou Xing, on the channel for transporting grain for Shexian County.

He Hei Tie repeatedly staged a good show of robbing the enemy's food route, attacking the grain team and burning the grain trucks, which made Hebei's side very worried. For this reason, Liu Xiu ordered troops from Wu'an to increase the efforts to suppress the bandits, and attacked Shanduwei in the Shangdang area several times.

Like Chang Shanbian, Shangdang bandits are also masters of guerrilla warfare. They were hunters and were very familiar with the paths in the mountains. Even if there was no road, they could walk and would not get lost. Faced with heavy troops, He Hei Tie took his brothers to hide in the mountains and not go out. When the army left, He Hei Tie and others came out to move again.

The Shangdang bandits are more difficult to deal with than the Changshan bandits, because the source of Changshan bandits is mainly refugees in Changshan County, and the identity of the gang members is difficult to identify. Liu Xiu can send people to infiltrate them and find out their background. The Shangdang area is close to Handan, and it is also near the imperial capital. The people live a relatively good life, with very few refugees and cannot form a source of soldiers. The Shangdang bandits are mainly the mountain villagers in Shangdang County, which is difficult to penetrate.

Therefore, the moves that Liu Xiu used in Changshan area are not very useful when it comes to Shangdang.

Fortunately, there are many troops stationed near Handan, so there is no need for special heavy troops to deploy. Shangdang bandits rarely dare to go out to Taihang Mountain to make trouble. The larger cities nearby are Wu'an, and Wu'an is full of soldiers. There are a row of military towns and fortresses around. The bandits go there to seek death. The main areas where He Hei Tie and others are active are these mountain basins, mountain roads dominated by Wukou Xing, and roads and villages close to the east of Taihang Mountain.

Because of the existence of these mountain commanders, it is not easy for these 6,000 soldiers in Shexian County to be stationed. If you want to farm, you may have harassed the bandits. If you have planted them, some bandits will come to rob them, transport grain from the mountains, and some bandits will have robbed them.

There was no way, so the official army had to use a trick to start building infrastructure on the eighty-mile road from entering Taihang Mountain to Shexian County. A total of more than 30 strongholds were built, and military facilities were built according to local conditions.

Some were just wooden houses, some were made of mud, and the small ones were only a dozen soldiers guarding them, and the large ones were hundreds of them. About two thousand people were stationed along the way to protect the safety of this food road.

Now this grain road is strictly monitored. Whenever there are bandits on the road, nearby strongholds can be discovered quickly. Scattered ones go up and beat them up. Large ones quickly send letters to large strongholds nearby and concentrate their efforts to attack. If the bandits escape back to the mountains, they will not chase them. Wherever you like, I just need to ensure that the grain road is unobstructed.

This stupid method played a great role in ensuring the safety of grain transportation in Wukouxing, and once made He Hei Tie and others lose their business.

But slowly, the bandits also changed their tricks, changing from sneak attacks to grain transport teams to attack the garrison's strongholds and rob their stored grain. They picked up those small strongholds, concentrated their superior forces, and launched surprise attacks to remove the strongholds along the way one by one. Like the strongholds that were stationed with more than a dozen people, there were 180 bandits who would take advantage of their unprepared attacks and would most likely be quickly captured.

Among them, there were more than a hundred people stationed in a stronghold near Lijiazhuang. He Hei Tie took 400 brothers and touched his garrison. He killed the sentry without knowing it, then rushed in and captured all the enemy troops who were still sleeping. This battle made him famous and he was in the limelight for a while. He led the county thief, and Dayou became the second guerrilla general after Chang Zidu.

Under the attack of the bandits, the wind and cranes along the line of Wukou Xing were heard and the plants were all soldiers. The garrisons along the way rushed back and forth to rescue, and were very tired, but they still could not stop the attack of the bandits.

A year later, only one-third of the strongholds along the road in Fukou Xing were left, all of which were large fortresses with more than 100 troops. These fortresses occupy the advantage of the terrain and are difficult to capture, so they have been preserved to this day.

The removed strongholds even became temporary resting places for the bandits. Sometimes they rested there at night and waited until dawn to attack the grain teams along the way. Later, the official army destroyed all the small stronghold facilities, and only seven large strongholds were retained along the way. There was a military fortress almost every ten miles, with hundreds of troops garrisoning in each fortress.

The largest fortress is Pianling, located 30 miles northeast of She County.

Pianling is the narrowest part of this lifeline in Shexian County. Although it cannot be compared with the natural dangers like Hukou Pass, it is also a must-see.

Pianling is actually not a ridge. It is a ridge that extends downwardly from two high mountains on both sides of the road. The two ridges meet in the middle, as if they are connected, so they are called Pianling. The ridge is getting lower and lower from both sides to the middle, and the two mountains meet at the lowest point, and the Fukou Xing passes through the lowest point of this ridge.

The Jianwuhan Army set up a fortress on the hillside east of the road, with more than 500 officers and soldiers stationed in it. Because of its high terrain and a large number of people, it is difficult to attack with the strength of these mountain commanders. On the contrary, if you hear that there are bandits nearby, the Pianling will send troops to wipe out the enemy. Each time, at least one hundred people are left to guard the fort, and up to four hundred people can be dispatched. This is already a great force in guerrilla warfare.

He Hei Tie had long hated the Pianling Fortress, but he was suffering from insufficient strength and had no way to deal with it. But now the opportunity has come because the regular army is about to take action.

General Tian Wuji, the Pingliang general, led a thousand officers and soldiers from his eldest son to Lu County to replenish supplies. After taking a detour across the Qingzhang River, he traveled in the mountains for several days after a very arduous march. After finally bypassing the enemy in Shexian and came to the mountains in the enemy-occupied area, which is the area where the Shanduwei usually operates.

In one of He Hei Tie's nests, in Gaoquan Lok in the east of Pianling, Tian Wuji summoned five nearby mountain commanders to discuss joining forces to attack Pianling Fortress.

The regular army came to the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare, and He Hei Tie encountered it for the first time. He was very excited and was ready to make a big deal. In his opinion, Pianling was very suitable.

But the other mountain commanders did not have the confidence of him. They were worried. Someone said, "General Tian, ​​the Pianling Fortress was built on the ridge. The terrain is high and difficult to fight. There are more than 500 people inside. There are too many, so why don't you change the place!"

"Yes, Baixing is too close to Shexian County, only thirty miles away. The enemy reinforcements arrive in the blink of an eye. How can we fight?"

Tian Wuji ignored their objections and only focused on the Pianling and other fortresses, and did not consider them if they could break the sky. The Shanduwei was all rough, without as many rules as regular army, and without the iron discipline of the Yulin Army. They had to express their differences when they had different opinions, and they were all noisy and very noisy. Some even publicly stated that they could not do this and wanted to pull the team back to their territory.

Tian Wuji said: "Your Majesty gives me full authority. Now you are all under Tian's control. Tian is willing to work with you to make great contributions, but if you do not obey my orders, Tian's military law is not a decoration!"

When the Shanduwei saw him with a serious face, he didn't seem to be joking, and he felt a little upset. After all, he has the greatest power and the strongest military force. He Hei Tie, who is usually well-deserved, has to listen to his mobilization.

He Hei Tie stood up at this time and shouted: "Don't you fuck me, you know nothing! General Tian has fought a big battle. Is it just to fight a small fortress? General Tian must have a big game of chess in his heart. Let me tell you, there may be great contributions here! His Majesty is such a wise man. He asked us to come under General Tian's command. Is that wrong? Just listen to General Tian, ​​and dare to say that he would not do it? If you don't do it, you will resist the order! If you don't have the chance to make great contributions, you will still have to resist the order. Are you stupid or tired of living?"

After he said this, the Shanduwei nodded.

He Hei Tie bowed to Tian Wuji, "General Tian, ​​our brothers are all rough people and have never seen anything. Don't be as good as them! There is no need to say anything, just give orders. He Hei Tie will hit him wherever you point, absolutely nothing is wrong!"

Several other Shantuwei also lowered their heads and said, "We all obey the general's orders!"

Seeing that He Hei Tie looked rude, his words were very reasonable and he was also very prestigious among the bandits, Tian Wuji asked him, "Person He, in your opinion, how should I fight this Pianling Fort?"

"It is definitely not possible to fight hard," He Hei Railway: "There are more than 1,000 troops together, and General Tian's troops, a total of more than 2,000 people. It is impossible to capture Pianling Fort within a few days! Thirty miles west of Pianling is Shexian County, and more than 10 miles east of Pianling, and reinforcements from both sides come over. We cannot delay, we must fight quickly... General Tian, ​​if you want to destroy Pianling Fort, you have to let them come out of that fortress and come out to fight."

Tian Wuji didn't say anything, just nodded. He looked down on these bandits a little, and didn't take them seriously. Unexpectedly, there were heroes among the bandits. He Hei Tie had a very extraordinary knowledge. He not only guessed that he not only wanted to hit a fortress, but also proposed the tactic of leading snakes out of the cave due to the local trait. This was almost the only way to quickly knock out the Pianling Fort.

He Hei Railway: "General Tian, ​​there is news just now that a grain transport team has entered the mountain. Maybe we can reach Pianling the day after tomorrow. As long as we raid the grain team, the soldiers in the fort will definitely come out to rescue each other. At that time, we will use our skills."

The Liewei of the Pianling Fortress was once a county lieutenant in Wei County. Because he offended his superiors, he was arrested for a mistake and demoted to this desolate mountain fortress as a Liewei. His life was very boring and he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.

On this day, Qian Lewei was drinking and cursing. A Lewei ran over to report: "Lewei, a grain team has arrived. There are more than 80 large trucks and more than 400 people escorted. I just passed Heipongling. I asked Lewei to send troops to help me!"

Qian Leiwei said: "Damn, people are fighting for a general and fighting for a marquis on the battlefield. But I am just in this broken valley. Every day I just pick up the grain team. What can I protect from the broken grain trucks? Do I have to let me pick up the grain?"

He cursed and scared the soldiers so much that they didn't dare to speak. He just stood beside him and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, although Qian Leiwei complained, he still remembered his responsibilities and began to arrange to pick up the food team.

He had just brought more than a hundred people out, and someone came to shout, "Liewei, the bandits are here! Some bandits are here to grab the grain!"

Qian Leiwei was startled and shouted: "Leave a hundred people to guard the Lue, and the rest will go out with me!"

The task of these fortresses is to defend the food road. Wherever the grain team is robbed, the Lenguard will bear the blame. Qian Lenguard is well aware of the benefits and interests here.

But he was not afraid of the bandits coming out. On the contrary, Qian Leiwei was always looking forward to their appearance. Because suppressing bandits was a real achievement, and the merits were determined by how many people were harvested. Qian Leiwei was also counting on cutting off a few more people and making contributions early to leave this broken valley.

The bandits were scattered soldiers and the number of people was limited at one time, but the soldiers who came to report said that there were many bandits this time. Qian Lewei did not dare to neglect them, and almost all the men he could take out of the Bailing Fort and hurried to the east to meet the enemy.
Chapter completed!