Chapter 324 Waiting for Change

The moment Yang Feng drew his bow, Yuan Xi's hair stood up.

Danger!

This was the only thought in his mind at the moment.

Yuan Xi felt that the soldiers around him were as slow-moving as scarecrows, and they could not protect themselves at all in front of this gun!

He had a premonition that his throat would be pierced in the next moment!

How could the Montenegrin Army have such a master!

Yuan Xi was shrouded in the fear of death. If it were a few years ago, he might not be able to move.

But although Yuan Xi was not good at martial arts, he still had some knowledge. His experience of watching the fight between Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others allowed him to barely keep a clear mind.

He bit the tip of his teeth and rubbed it hard. The smell of blood instantly spread from his mouth. His mind, which had been oppressed by the other party's murderous aura, suddenly became much clearer.

The ring-handled knife in his hand was naturally raised up, blocking the center line between his throat and face. He swept his toes to the ground, and a large cloud of dust flew towards Yang Feng!

Yang Feng opened his eyes wide, as if the dust that was about to hit his face didn't exist. He slightly tilted the gun with his wrist, and the tip of the gun passed over Yuan Xi's blade like lightning, and still stabbed towards Yuan Xi's forehead!

Yuan Xi only had time to turn his body slightly, but was unable to block the opponent's gun tip!

Yang Feng then tilted his head slightly to avoid the dust kicked by Yuan Xi, and exerted force with his fingers, accelerating the tip of the gun again!

However, at this moment, a ring-handled knife appeared silently on Yang Feng's side and stabbed towards her armpit!

Sun Li seized the opportunity when Yang Feng tilted his head to the side, which limited his vision, and struck with his sword at the perfect moment!

Yang Feng had been keeping an eye on all directions, but had some flaws in avoiding the dust. When he woke up, Sun Li's blade was about to hit his body, and he didn't have many options to respond.

If she still wanted to stab Yuan Xi, then the ring-handled sword would definitely pierce her soft spot which was not protected by armor!

She made a quick decision in her mind and slightly tilted her body to avoid Sun Li's blade, but the force of her gun was slowed down by a moment.

However, this moment was enough. Yuan Xi swung the ring-handled sword horizontally with all his might. With a ding, it hit the tip of Yang Feng's spear and split the spear crooked!

Yang Feng raised her eyebrows and shook her hands, wanting to take the opportunity to chase, but she heard the whistling of wind behind her. Tian Yu had already rushed back with a knife and chopped her hard on the back!

Yang Feng turned his body, and the long spear circled around his body like a long snake. With two clangs, he blocked the ring-handled swords that were stabbing at Tian Yu and Sun Li.

At the same time, she heard the whistling of the wind and subconsciously tilted her head. With a ding, a crossbow arrow hit her helmet, and the recoil force made her head tilt back.

She took two steps back and looked back, only to see Yuan Xi's face was gloomy. He pulled the small crossbow in his hand again and aimed it at Yang Feng.

Yuan Xi was really furious. Problems arose as soon as he went into battle. The martial arts skills of this female general of the Black Mountain Army were completely beyond his expectations!

Seeing Tian Yu, Sun Li and his soldiers approaching, and Yuan Xi's crossbow pointing at his vital parts shaking constantly, Yang Feng knew that he had missed the best opportunity and the purpose of the surprise attack could not be achieved. He made a prompt decision, turned sideways, and broke into the group of Youzhou soldiers.

She was extremely agile, dashing left and right in the crowd. The Youzhou soldiers were afraid of hurting their own people by mistake, so they were restrained when they drew their swords. Yang Feng took the opportunity to get close to Dahong, and with her spear she scattered the besieging soldiers into pieces.

Yang Feng shouted, "Go!"

Dahong woke up as if from a dream, and hurriedly followed Yang Feng to break out of the encirclement and escape down the mountain. Tian Yu and Sun Li were unable to stop them, and the two people opposite had already rushed down the hillside, and looked at Yuan Xi at the same time.

Yuan Xi gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get some wood, pour some oil, and start a fire!"

After hearing this, the soldiers rushed to the edge of the camp fence, found the notches that had been cut in the middle of each piece of wood, and several of them grabbed them with force and pulled the wooden stakes out of the ground.

In a short while, more than a hundred wooden stakes, each one holding its own, were carried out and pushed to the side of the hillside. Soldiers had already come out carrying large jars. When they opened the lids, they were filled with tung oil.

The soldiers poured tung oil on the wooden stakes, took out torches and lit them, and the logs immediately burned fiercely.

Yuan Xi shouted: "Light the fire and push it down!"

Yang Feng was leading Dahong retreating down the mountain. She looked down and realized that she had been fighting on the top of the mountain for so long, and there were still many soldiers behind her who were still looking up and climbing the mountain. She couldn't help but want them to turn back and go down the mountain.

At this moment, she found that the soldiers who were climbing the mountain below were looking behind her with fear on their faces. She quickly turned around and cursed out loud.

All I saw were huge, burning logs rolling down from the top of the mountain!

Yang Feng cursed inwardly and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers, "Get out of the way!"

However, it was too late. A large pile of battering rams swept down like a torrent, submerging everything on the hillside and sweeping away the Black Mountain Army soldiers who were climbing the mountain, rushing them down the mountain.

The fire was raging on the hillside, the flames were rolling, the mountain was echoing with screams, the black smoke blocked the vision, and the smell of burnt meat rose up. Yuan Xi's face remained unchanged, and he turned back and shouted: "Keep throwing!"

After hearing this, the soldiers dismantled the camp fence, poured tung oil on it, lit it, and pushed it down again.

He built the camp so crudely just to use the wooden stakes as battering rams at this moment!

These hills are mostly soil with few stones, so the Black Mountain Army didn't even think about rolling stones and battering rams, so they climbed the hillside with confidence, but they were severely tricked by Yuan Xi.

And all of this was wasted dozens of jars of tung oil, which was not cheap. Now, pouring it on the wood to start a fire was just like burning money.

If Yuan Xi didn't have the maritime trade routes to make money, he wouldn't dare to do this.

Yang Feng raised her spear and stabbed a battering ram that was rolling down towards her. Her wrist suddenly sank, and she gritted her teeth and exerted force with her arm to bounce the battering ram away.

The battering ram changed direction and flew down, hitting two Black Mountain Army soldiers who were running downstairs. They screamed and rolled down the hillside with the battering ram.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the hillside and Dahong having disappeared long ago, Yang Feng was so angry that he gritted his teeth. The soldiers who climbed the mountain this time were the most elite ones of the Black Mountain Army, but they suffered heavy casualties due to this vicious trick!

Yang Feng had no choice but to retreat down the mountain while dodging the flaming logs that kept rolling down. Only then did she realize that the other party was actually using this mountain as a city!

This is clearly a tactic for defending the city!

She looked back at the top of the mountain with hatred. The ferocious tiger that she had almost killed was looking down. At that moment, Yang Feng felt that the tiger seemed to be laughing?

Looking at the mountain below which had turned into a sea of ​​fire, Yuan Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I never hold grudges overnight. If possible, I also want to kill the female general in red armor. She is too big a threat!

His martial arts skills may not be as good as Zhao Yun's, but his spear skills are extremely tricky, completely different from Zhao Yun's style, and no one knows how he practiced it.

However, it is not easy to escape unscathed in this situation of being beaten with a wooden stick. I am afraid he is already dead, right?

While Yuan Xi was cursing Yang Feng in his heart, Yang Feng, who had already retreated back to the forest at the foot of the mountain, had an extremely ugly expression on his face.

Dahong's body was found under several wooden stakes.

He spent a lot of effort to attack the mountain, but ended up not being able to rescue Dahong, and even lost hundreds of elite soldiers!

Realizing that everyone's morale was dampened, Yang Feng knew that he should withdraw his troops and rebuild their morale.

Not to mention whether the enemy would take advantage of the situation to attack him, if reinforcements from the enemy arrived in the valley, it would not be easy for him to escape.

She was afraid that the enemy would block the northern pass in advance, so she led her troops from the hinterland of Montenegro that day. They trekked for four days and three nights, traveling more than 200 miles in the mountainous area, and everyone was already exhausted.

But what she didn't expect was that the enemy not only entered the North Pass, but also went deep into the country for more than fifty miles and dug a camp in advance!

This means that although the distance between them is similar, the other party arrived at least one day earlier than him!

Yang Feng lost the initiative, so he tried to kill the opponent's commander Xionghu. Unexpectedly, the plan failed and he was met with fierce revenge.

She said to the leaders: "The situation is not favorable, retreat first and set up a stronghold for defense!"

Although the leaders were unwilling, they knew that nothing could be done, so they gathered their soldiers and slowly retreated along the way they came.

Tian Yu gathered his soldiers on the mountain, walked up to Yuan Xi and said, "It was a close call just now. The Black Mountain Army is indeed worthy of its reputation."

Yuan Xi also said with lingering fear: "The Yellow Turban Army was destroyed, but they are still alive today. They should not be underestimated."

Tian Yu sighed, "I didn't expect them to come so quickly. I had planned to build camps and fences along the way to block them near the central pass, so that we could respond to Yan Rou."

"The place we are meeting now is a hundred miles farther than expected. We are unable to respond to Yan Rou. Moreover, I am afraid that the other party will not be willing to retreat into the hinterland of Black Mountain and will only choose to block the road firmly."

Sun Li said, "The enemy has a lot of troops. I'm afraid we can only advance step by step. It's hard to win a quick victory."

"Do we have no choice but to rely on Brother Zhao and Brother Yan?"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "That's right, there's no rush for this."

"Anyway, if we fight on their territory, we won't be the ones who suffer the most."

"We have Beixin City at our back. As long as we ensure that the food supply routes are unobstructed and advance step by step, and bleed them, their morale will inevitably collapse over time."

"The next step is a stalemate between the two sides. Our mission is to block the northbound passage, spread rumors, undermine their will, and wait for the other two routes to move."

After hearing this, Tian Yu nodded and accepted the order. Yuan Xi turned his gaze towards the foot of the mountain again.

No one gained much advantage in this encounter, and both sides ended up in a stalemate. Yuan Xi estimated that it would take at least a month or two for the situation to change.

Yan Rou was mainly responsible for defending against the Black Mountain Army from cutting off their own food supply. In this way, Zhao Yun, who secretly broke into the area between Changshan and Shangdang to the south, became the breaking point.

This place is close to Hanoi and adjacent to Jizhou. The intervention of the two forces is crucial.

Yuan Shang and Lu Bu.

If Yuan Shang reacts and intervenes in the dispute in Montenegro, Yuan Xi will most likely be the one to reap the benefits.

Lu Bu's position is even more important. If he can decide to help himself, there will be no need to worry even if the Black Mountain Army has a large number of people.

Yuan Xi began to wonder what was going on with Qu Yi and Chen Gui.

At this time, Chen Gui, who was far away in Henei County, encountered a difficult problem.

He has said everything he should have said in the past few days, and there is no need to say anything he shouldn't have said. If he continues to stay in Hanoi County, the other party will probably guess Youzhou's urgency to join forces.

If this is true, it would be better to leave as soon as possible and play hard to get.

But what Chen Gui was unsure about was that Yuan Xi once told him that Chen Gui might get some help after arriving, but until the day before yesterday, it didn't seem like anyone had put any effort into this matter?

At the same time, a secret letter delivered today made him feel a little strange. The letter actually asked him to help take someone out of the city!

If there hadn't been a secret code for the meeting agreed upon in advance, Chen Gui would have thought that the other party had bad intentions. Was he sent by Lu Bu to test him?

But even so, it was still a headache for Chen Gui. Who should he bring?

Isn't this just adding to the complexity?