Chapter 193 Battle of Daxing Mountain

The seventh day of the seventh month is the Qiqiao Festival.

The whole Zhao State was dressed in red and green, decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. Men and women went out to visit the streets, busy worshipping the Weaver Girl and seeking marriage.

Comet City began setting off fireworks as soon as the sun set. The brilliant colors exploded in the sky, illuminating the faces of young men and women longing for love.

At the same time, the Big Star Mountain and the Small Star Mountain outside the city are like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, entangled and inseparable.

Huo Gannian led 500 people from Xiaoxingshan to raid the bandit camp of Daxingshan at night.

Although the number of troops on Daxing Mountain was ten times that of those on Xiaoxing Mountain, and the strength between the enemy and us was quite different, and Daxing Mountain occupied an extremely advantageous position surrounded by water on three sides, it could not withstand the surprise attack of Huo Gan'an's troops.

He first blocked the only land route in front of the enemy's village with hundreds of oil and fire barrels. While the bandits in Daxing Mountain were busy putting out the fire and fighting, he ordered eighty people to take straw boats to feign an attack on the rear of the village.

Dozens of ships were filled with straw shields, with only two people driving each ship, and the rest were scarecrows.

Under the cover of night, at first glance, the place was crowded with people.

Seeing this, Daxingshan thought he was being attacked from the east while making a feint to the west, so he quickly gathered his main forces and engaged in an archery battle on the water in the rear.

Unexpectedly, the straw boat owner was prepared for a weak attack, and the sharp arrows pierced the straw shield on the bow like cotton, and could not do anything to the people on the boat.

Seeing the bandits from Daxing Mountain being humiliated, a man with a small mustache on a boat from Xiaoxing Mountain jumped onto a straw shield, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, cursing:

"Hahahaha - you never thought we had this ability! You must be humiliated! You must be uncomfortable! You must be embarrassed! Hahahaha -"

Just as he was showing off, a long arrow came flying and almost hit the mustache man's foot, scaring him so much that he fell down on his butt.

Above the village, between several rows of archers, stood the bandit leader of Daxing Mountain, stroking his full beard and cursing:

"Damn it! Do you feel good after taking my arrow?!"

The man with the mustache slapped his butt and jumped up, continuing to curse: "Fuck you! Come down and talk if you dare!"

"Stop swearing! If you keep swearing, I'll curse your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

"Let me greet your ancestors for eighteen generations first!"

The man with the big beard and the man with the small beard were one in the high camp and the other in the low camp. Amidst the rain of arrows, they pointed at each other's noses and cursed, cursing each other's ancestors for eighteen generations.

On the other side, Huo Gannian led the real 400 Xiaoxingshan main force to attack from the flank. They connected a hundred small boats with flat surfaces. The boats were flat and wide, like giant turtles floating on the water. They advanced rapidly to the shore and killed the bandits on the shore by surprise.

Three hundred men jumped off the boat on horseback, shouting loudly as they advanced, heading straight for the bandit's lair in the center of the stronghold.

While another hundred people were clearing out the prisoners, they searched for the grain storehouse in the village and set it on fire.

Soon, the entire Daxingshan stronghold was engulfed in flames, horses and men were neighing, and chaos arose everywhere.

Huo Gannian looked everywhere for Yun Chen, but only saw an empty iron cage on a water island.

"Yun Chen—Yun Chen—"

Huo Gannian reined in his horse and ran, shouting continuously.

But after searching for a long time, there was no trace of Yun Chen.

Even though he had guessed the truth of the situation from Shan Ji's gesture and knew that Yun Chen's life would not be in any danger, Huo Gannian was still very anxious.

At this time, a small bandit was carrying a fat sheep that he had looted from the grain warehouse in Daxing Mountain and said to Huo Gan:

"Military Advisor! The village is burning almost everywhere! Didn't you say we should retreat immediately? Are you going?"

After taking another look around to make sure Yun Chen was nowhere to be found, Huo Gannian turned his horse around and shouted:

"Walk!"

So, when the bearded man who was busy shooting arrows in the back village finally realized that he had fallen into a trap and hurried back to the village, the entire village had been looted and burned down.

The bandits from Xiaoxingshan fled by water, loaded with food and fodder belonging to Daxingshan.

The bearded man was horrified and asked anxiously:

"Have the kerosene barrels on the main road been extinguished? Is the road open?"

“It’s working!!”

"Chase the enemy quickly!"

Following the order from the bearded man, the remaining bandits immediately jumped over the kerosene barrels and chased along the shore.

Seeing Huo Gannian and the bandits from Xiaoxing Mountain not far ahead, the bearded man shouted:

"Be smart, damn! Don't embarrass yourself! Go ahead—"

The bandits of Daxing Mountain were greatly encouraged and ran and roared, but something seemed to be wrong as they ran.

The road under their feet became wider and wider. It was not the main road in and out of the village. Huo Gannian and others led them to an unfamiliar open space.

Just when the bearded man had a bad premonition, Huo Gannian and others, who had abandoned their boat and gone ashore not far away and rode fast horses, suddenly turned their horses around and rushed back.

The bearded man realized that he had fallen into another trap and immediately reined in his horse to escape. However, he saw that the bearded man had caught up with him from behind and had surrounded the bearded man and his men with Huo Gannian and others, one in front and one behind.

The bearded man was a little panicked, but relying on his large number of people, he said proudly:

"Xiao Xingshan's strategy is good. It has indeed trapped our main force in the village. But I still have more than a thousand people here, and you have only five hundred. Let's see how you fight!"

The mustache man chuckled, "Don't try to show off! Stick your butt up and get ready to get spanked! This slap is a gift from God!"

As he finished speaking, Huo Gannian in front had already approached completely.

He was seen holding the Hidden Moon Sword high, riding his horse and charging in front, looking heroic and majestic.

Running along with him were the Xiaoxingshan bandits who were riding their horses equally bravely, as well as the dark night clouds slowly approaching the sky, and the killing gale from the north that swept across the men and horses.

Two stars accompany the moon, clouds move to the east, and gusts of wind blow.

This aura that covers the sky and the moon is as if assisted by God. Who would not be afraid when seeing it?

Even the bearded man couldn't help but praise: "So handsome!"

In the blink of an eye, a fierce northeast wind swept away bandits including Big Beard.

This strange wind came so suddenly and fiercely that it almost made it impossible to open one's eyes.

For a moment, sand and stones were flying everywhere, and the wind was howling like ghosts.

The strong wind caught Big Beard and the others off guard. The horses screamed and fled, and the people on horseback could only steady the horses with one hand and cover their eyes with the other.

Huo Gannian and others, who had calculated the astronomical phenomena and wind strength, were well prepared. They immediately took out gauze masks to ensure a clear vision, and in an instant they knocked down the Daxingshan bandits who had no power to fight back.

Only the bearded man was still resisting with all his might, fighting with Huo Gannian.

Just as everyone was fighting against the strong wind, suddenly, a dirty figure rushed out from the nearby woods, jumped onto the horse's head as lightly as a monkey, and grabbed the bearded man's neck.

Yun Chen locked the bearded man's arms, strangled him tightly, and forced him to fall off his horse. Then he raised the Crocodile Finger Knife in his hand and was about to stab it into his neck.

The bearded man was so frightened that he kicked his feet wildly. Even though he was being strangled so hard that his eyes rolled back, he still managed to squeeze out a few words from his throat:

"Brother... don't kill... your own people..."

Unfortunately, the wind was too strong and Yun Chen couldn't hear anything at all. When she was about to poke out the brass knuckles, Huo Gannian shouted, "Chen'er, stop!" and she subconsciously loosened her arm.

At dawn, the strange, fierce wind finally died down.

When the last gust of wind passed over the bearded man's face, mercilessly taking away his "beard", a young and somewhat familiar face finally appeared in front of Yun Chen.

"Brother, your beard has fallen off." Yun Chen reminded.

She always felt that she had seen this man somewhere, and looked for an answer at Huo Gannian who jumped off his horse and rushed over to help her.

Looking around, the area was in shambles. The bandits from Daxing Mountain were lying on the ground. The young man with a bandage on the back of his head was wailing to the sky:

"Oh my god...it's finally over...I almost died of exhaustion during the training before I could even go to the battlefield..."

The young man was so tired that he was out of breath. He stretched out his trembling hands to Yun Chen and sighed to himself:

"I knew it... It wouldn't work to move Yun Lao Hu to the forest and lock him up. He'll still be able to escape... I was right, right?"

Yun Chen was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on. He let Huo Gannian ignore him and half-hug her in front of everyone.

"Ah Nian, what's going on?"

Huo Gannian didn't even have the time to look at the bearded man who was about to be strangled to death. He just held Yun Chen's dirty face in his hands with a lingering look.

"Chen'er, you have suffered."