Chapter 38: A Clever Plan to Capture the Horses

  The wife of Yang Feng, the leader of Bailang Valley, was kidnapped. This incident shook Bailang Valley like an earthquake. Everyone who knew about it panicked and all the leaders gathered in the mountain cave to discuss a plan. According to Hu Cai's account, he saw Big Sister leave when she went out to find Shouwu, but she never returned. He also asked the mountain patrol and lookout guards, but no suspicious activity was found.

  "Second brother, have you checked around us, is there anything unusual?" Yang Feng did not believe that his wife would disappear for no reason.

  Li Le shook his head: "None, no trace at all. All the traps we set around us are still intact!"

  "Where is she going?" Yang Feng was like a madman. As husband and wife in good times and bad, their love for each other did not need to be said, although her appearance had been ruined, but her intelligence Yang Feng acknowledged he could not match, without her from now on White Wolf Valley what to do and where to go even he himself did not dare guarantee: "All of you go find! Quick go! Don't let any clues slip away, even if it means digging three feet underground we must find her, alive or dead!"

  The next day, the guards at the gate of the stronghold hastily went up the mountain, holding a letter in their hands. It was discovered at the entrance of the stronghold early this morning and was shot onto the gate with an arrow. Nobody saw who did it. Yang Feng unfolded the letter and after reading it, he collapsed to the ground. The crowd rushed over and Li Le took the letter from Yang Feng's hand. The content was very polite, saying that his sister was at his place, if they wanted her back, then Yang Feng must go to Luoyang City tomorrow at noon to welcome her back in person, otherwise the consequences would be their own responsibility. The signature was indeed Long Fei.

  Han Qiang was furious: "Big brother, this Long Fei is too detestable, actually using such a despicable trick. I can immediately gather the troops and kill my way into Luoyang City, and personally rescue Big Sister!"

  Li Le hastily stopped him: "Don't be reckless, whether you can rescue Eldest Sister is a minor matter, but can Luoyang City be taken so easily?"

  "What should we do then?" Han Qian asked.

  Li Le let out a long sigh: "Big brother, Long Fei is using big sister as a hostage in order to lure you to Luoyang and capture you, fulfilling our bet with him. In my opinion, he won't harm big sister! As long as big brother doesn't go, after the day after tomorrow, he will release big sister."

  "Hmph!" Hu Cai snorted: "This is not easy to say, Long Fei that kid is ruthless, sneaking into our White Wolf Valley without a sound, using so much effort to abduct Eldest Sister, how could he easily let her go?"

  Yang Feng slowly came back to his senses, looking at the group of leaders: "The White Wolf Mountain can have today, Madam's contribution cannot be ignored. How can we big men let her, a weak woman, be alone in the wolf's den? Tomorrow I plan to go to Xianyang!"

  "Big brother..."

  "You don't have to persuade me anymore, my mind is made up, I must rescue the lady!" Yang Feng stood up and said to everyone: "If something happens to me, please take care of the mountain stronghold for me!"

  "Big Head, I'll go with you!" Xu Huan stepped forward. Yang Feng nodded, feeling quite relieved.

  The next day at noon, Long Fei brought Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others to the agreed location early. They also specially asked Huang Zhong to ambush on the second floor opposite just in case. Long Fei really didn't care about Yang Feng's wife, and after a lot of effort, he sent the woman back to Luoyang, arranged for her to live in a separate room, got two servants from Wang Yun to serve her, and everything was the best, only she couldn't go out.

  Just past noon, Yang Feng's deadpan face appeared at the agreed wine shop door, accompanied by Xu Huang. Long Fei hastily smiled and welcomed: "General Yang, you've finally arrived! Please sit down quickly! Waiter, bring wine!"

  Yang Feng's face was no longer so good, originally a deadpan, now turned iron-green due to anger: "Where is my wife? What have you done with her?"

  "General Yang, rest assured, General Yang's wife, I wouldn't dare do anything!" With a wave of his hand, Wang Wei hurried the carriage to the wine shop, opened the curtain, and two servants helped the woman down from the carriage. Yang Feng hastily ran over to ask about her well-being, and only after learning that everything was fine did he slightly relax. Long Fei said: "Sister-in-law is my guest for a temporary stay, how could we dare do anything to General Yang's wife? Now that General Yang has arrived, it seems our bet..."

  "Hmph!" Yang Feng coldly snorted: "Long Fei, you use such despicable means, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the whole world?"

  "Haha!" Long Fei laughed: "This kind of thing, no matter how you say it, if it sounds bad, it's called a trick or a scheme. If it sounds good, it's called a clever strategy. Attacking where the enemy must defend, I could see at a glance that General Yang would never abandon his wife. If General Yang didn't come today, I would have lost. But since he did come, I won! This is also a kind of competition, and it's called psychological warfare!"

  "Nonsense! You think I'd fall for such a lowly trick? Even if I die, I, Yang Feng, will never agree!" Yang Feng straightened his neck.

  "Husband!" The woman smiled slightly, her originally unattractive face becoming even more distorted: "War is a treacherous way, Long Xiao Wei was able to sneak into White Wolf Valley and bring me out, it's clear that he really has the ability to kill you. If husband doesn't admit defeat, there are still seven hours until midnight, if husband doesn't return to the mountain, something will definitely happen on the mountain!"

  Yang Feng took a glance at his wife's unpleasant face and turned his head to wait for Long Fei: "Do you have any other tricks?"

  Long Fei smiled slightly: "Maybe! Does General Yang want to give it a try?"

  "YOU!" Yang's teeth chattered with a "ka-ka" sound: "How many troops do you want in the end?"

  "Haha!" Long Fei said: "Not much, 20,000 is enough, if General Yang is not willing to give, 10,000 will do, but this Xu Huan must stay behind!"

  "Ten thousand troops?" Yang Feng almost fell over backwards.

  Long Fei said: "I know General Yang has 50,000 elite soldiers in White Wolf Valley. I only need one-fifth of that number. For General Yang, it won't be a significant loss, and he can still negotiate with Li Jue. If General Yang agrees, I can put in a good word for him to Li Jue, who might reappoint General Yang. You are all ambitious people, are you really willing to spend the rest of your lives hiding in the mountains of White Wolf Valley?"

  Back at the mountain stronghold, Yang Feng told them about Long Fei's demand for 10,000 troops. The first to object was Han Xian: "This little brat used despicable means to abduct our sister-in-law and now wants us to give him 10,000 troops? This is even more ruthless than open robbery! Big brother, you absolutely cannot agree to this!"

  "That's right! Third Brother is right!" Hu Cai also said: "In this chaotic world, having soldiers and horses means being the master. Why should we give them 10,000 for no reason? These are all brothers who have followed us for many years, we can't easily give them up!"

  Li Le shook his head: "I think this matter is not so simple, according to what Big Sister said, Long Fei has gained Dong Zhuo's trust, and was appointed as a Xiwei as soon as he joined Dong Zhuo. If he says a few words in front of Dong Zhuo, our White Wolf Valley will be in danger!"

  "Second brother's words are right!" The woman sitting beside him said while weaving: "These two days I've been staying at Longfei's place, although Longfei now has no soldiers under his command, but those few people following Longfei all have the talent of great generals. Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun are not ordinary warriors. If these four join hands, let alone us, even Dong Zhuo will fall into their hands!"

  Yang Feng nodded: "Not bad! I've seen those few people, each of them is a good fellow, our brothers are not their opponents. I have inquired carefully, originally these few people were all school lieutenants, but within a short period of ten or so days, Long Fei suddenly became their leader. This kid is not simple and absolutely cannot be underestimated!"

  "What does big brother mean?"

  "Give it up! This Long Fei is best left unprovoked!" Yang Feng calmly said, "Let's talk about this after we've also entered Dong Zhuo's military camp!"

  "Give it to the good people, give those who are about to be executed, and all the old, weak, sick and disabled to them!" Han Zhan said as he walked out, muttering to himself: "Grandfather wants to see what you can do with these thorns and the old and weak!"

  The 50,000 troops in White Wolf Valley were not all followers of Yang Feng. Many were the result of Yang Feng's integration of bandits and thieves around Luoyang over the past few years. To stabilize these people, Yang Feng used various means to win them over or kill those who refused to surrender. Under his rule, the current situation was established. However, White Wolf Valley was still divided into three factions: the largest group followed Yang Feng in rebellion, the second were former Yellow Turbans who defected to Yang Feng, and the third were bandits who had been absorbed. Fortunately, White Wolf Valley had three mountain peaks, so Yang Feng arranged each faction on a separate peak to avoid internal conflicts. This time, Han Shao's goal was not only to help Yang Feng but also to thoroughly destroy the original bandit forces. Most of the people he handed over to Long Fei were from this group of bandits.

  To prevent accidents, Yang Feng sent 10,000 soldiers to escort. When they arrived at the handover location, the handover was completed quickly, and Han Jue led his men back to the mountain. Bringing these people into the big camp. Zhang Liao took a glance, all the excitement from earlier was gone: "This Yang Feng is clearly fooling us! This one, and this beard are both one foot long and can still fight, look at that one, with one leg can kill the enemy?"

  Long Fei sighed: "Forget it, having is better than nothing. Let's divide the 10,000 troops among Gao Da Ge and Zhang brothers! I'll think of another way with my second brother!"

  "How can this be?" Zhang Liao hastily said: "This is what you have worked hard to get, if you give it to us, what will you do?"

  "I don't know! Let's take it one step at a time!" With that, he led Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others away.

  "Hey?" a loud voice shouted: "When's dinner? I'm starving!" At the back of the team, a sturdy man who was tied up with five flowers suddenly stood up and shouted loudly. The voice was very loud, and it could be heard clearly in every corner of the barracks. Long Fei was also startled by this voice, turned his head to see that guy, and was shocked in his heart. What kind of person is this? It's obviously a big gorilla. His head is very big, his whole body is hairy, his hair and beard are all messy, he's not wearing a shirt in the cold winter, with his bare back, staring at himself with cow-like eyes.

  "Who is he?" Long Fei asked Xu Huang.

  Xu Huan said, "This man's surname is Dian and his name is Wei. He was originally the leader of a group of bandits in Dongling. Last year, we defeated him, but this little devil has never been honest. He always causes trouble in the mountains, so the Big Leader ordered to lock him up. Unexpectedly, the Third Leader also sent him here! This man is incredibly strong and can lift heavy objects weighing over 100 jin with his bare hands. His weapons are two iron spears, each weighing 80 jin! When we caught him, hundreds of our brothers died!"

  Only heard the name of Dian Wei, Long Fei was petrified again. He didn't hear a word of what Xu Huang said behind him. As if enchanted, he walked towards Dian Wei in a daze. He looked up at Dian Wei's dark face and chuckled foolishly.