Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 40 The Battle of Dagushan, Treating Guests
In the evening, Yuan Shao left the Chengmu camp with 2 people as planned. When he led his men into the winding mountain road, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who were ambushing on the right side of Chengmou County, saw the right moment and immediately confronted Chengmu. Mou Granary launched a surprise attack.

Yuan Shao, a major granary, left 1 guards, while Cheng Pu had only 5000 people. Although the initial raid was quite effective, the gap in numbers and combat power made them gradually lose the wind.

Suddenly the situation changed, and another army came out from the left side of the granary. Zhang Liao took the lead, holding a gun in his right hand and a torch in his left, and rushed to the main gate of the granary.

After killing a small phalanx of dozens of people, he threw the torch in his left hand onto the grain pile, and the fire burned instantly.

The fire spread rapidly, not only burning the food and grass, but also burning the enemy soldiers guarding the food without fighting spirit.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Zhang Liao handed over the finishing work to Cheng Pu, and he led his soldiers to the narrow road at the northernmost section of Dagu Mountain.

At this time, Yuan Shao led 2 people along the narrow road for more than half an hour. When he suddenly saw the fire in Chengmu's direction, he immediately ordered the rear army to change and the front team to quickly withdraw to Chengmu.

But the army didn't go far and couldn't go any further. It turned out that the exit of the narrow road in the northern section was blocked by Zhang Liao's people. It didn't take long for the mountains on both sides to catch fire. Yuan Jun was kicked back.

Yuan Shao knew it was a trick, but the fire was too big to put out, so he had to change from the rear team to the forward again, biting the bullet and heading towards Cao Cao to avoid the fire.

Misfortunes never come singly. Yuan Shaojun encountered Guan Yu and Gao Shun's ambush soldiers before he had gone far. Hulaoguan officers and soldiers kept throwing stones and rolling logs into the narrow road.

On the other hand, the path down the mountain was too narrow and there was no way to avoid it, Yuan Bing was killed and injured immediately.

Yuan Shao saw that hiding here could only wait for death, so he ordered the whole army to venture up the mountain.

At this time, Guan Yu asked the soldiers to pour the kerosene prepared in advance into the bottom of the mountain. After a round of fire arrows, the mountain road became a sea of ​​flames, and those Yuan Jun who wanted to climb the mountain were thrown back into the sea of ​​flames by boulders and rolling logs.

Blazing fire, sharp arrows, blood, severed limbs, in just half an hour, the narrow road below the mountain turned into a Shura field full of corpses.

As the fire gradually weakened, less than [-]% of Yuan Jun survived. In order to survive, they threw away their weapons to signal their surrender.

……

Zhang Fei and Dian Wei fought from dusk until dark, and now that the bonfire was burning, they were still tied.

"I just said that it's not easy for these two to decide the winner. Looking at the sky, I guess Yuan Shao will arrive soon. Meng De also helped to use some large square stones as seats. We will start BBQ as soon as Yuan Shao arrives!"

Strange BBQ, even more strange Liu Yu, which made Cao Cao involuntarily follow his instructions to move stones.

As soon as the stone table and chairs were set up, a small soldier came to report the military situation to Liu Yu.

"Reporting to my lord, the two generals Guan Yu and Gao Shun won a great victory, and Yuan Shao, the leader of the enemy, was also captured alive!"

The overall situation has been settled and Liu Yu is very happy, "Send an order to Guan Yu to escort Yuan Shaohaosheng here!"

Cao Cao's heart sank when he heard this, but he had already guessed from the thick smoke from the northern section that Yuan Shao might be attacked, but now after hearing the pawn's report, he still couldn't accept this reality in his heart.

"Don't be dumbfounded, Meng De, tell Zhang Fei and Dian Wei to give up. This game is a tie between the two of them!"

Zhang Fei and Dian Wei fought for a total of [-] rounds and were still tied. If they continued to fight, they would lose their strength.

At this time, Cao Cao was also disheartened, thinking that even Yuan Shao had been captured, and there was no point in continuing the competition, so he stopped the competition first.

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A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Shao was brought over, his arms were wrapped in bandages, and his forehead was covered with blood, it seemed that he had suffered a lot on the narrow road.

Although he is the loser, Yuan Shao still has the pride of the Yuan family.

He saw that the tableware had been set on the stone table, and Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian were sitting around one by one, so he sat down unceremoniously.

Liu Bei and Sun Jian were most disturbed when they were arranged to sit down. Both of them were regarded as Liu Yu's subordinates. How could they dare to sit down first if the lord did not sit down? Finally, Liu Yu ordered them to sit down.

Cao Cao was invited to sit down by Liu Yu. Cao Cao, who had lost hope of escape in his heart, only had the aura of a hero but lost the aura of a hero.

Compared with the three, Yuan Shao seemed to be the one who sat most calmly. Maybe it was because he had just experienced the Shura battlefield on the other side of the narrow road, which made Yuan Shao numb to the point where he could see everything.

There is another seat beside the stone table, which belongs to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu didn't sit down, because he still had to squat on the ground to work on the skewers in his hands. The lean and fat fresh meat was burnt by charcoal, and he saw Liu Yu flipping the bamboo sticks back and forth skillfully with both hands. Brush oil on it from time to time.

Soon there was a smell of meat, but Liu Yu yelled it was a pity.

"Hey! There is no cumin in this meat skewer, it's really not interesting!"

The four people around the stone table were all puzzled about what cumin he was talking about, but no one asked aloud.

As subordinates, Liu Bei and Sun Jian are inconvenient to ask.

Cao Cao was trapped in a desperate situation and lost his curiosity to inquire. He didn't know if he could save his life, but he still had the mood to be curious about others.

As for Yuan Shao, it was because of numbness.

No one asked Liu Yu, let alone take the initiative to explain. He took out a small packet of fine salt from his arms and sprinkled it evenly on the meat skewers, and then put the meat skewers into the tableware on the stone table one by one.

"The fresh Western Region mutton skewers are ready, guests, please try your handiwork!"

After Liu Yu divided the food among the four, he began to eat on his own, and then Liu Bei and Sun Jian also tried to take a bite.

The taste buds of the two were instantly overwhelmed by the delicious aroma of the meat skewers.

"This meat... skewers are really delicious!"

It was the first time for Sun Jian to eat this kind of charcoal-smoked meat. He thought it would be similar to ordinary barbecue, but after eating it, he realized that the taste was probably something that even the cooks in the palace could not make.

But soon Sun Jian realized that it was not Liu Yu's excellent craftsmanship, but the condiments he sprinkled at the end that made the barbecue so delicious.

"The last condiment King Zhongshan sprinkled on the meat skewers was...salt, right?"

"It's salt, but it's not ordinary salt, but refined salt that I've refined! This refined salt can not only improve the taste of ingredients, but also has no impurities. I plan to spread this method to the whole world so that people can use it. Delicious and inexpensive refined salt!"

Liu Yu's words sounded so heroic and great that even the originally silent Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were attracted.

After looking at each other, the two picked up a bunch to taste carefully.

"Sure enough, it's delicious food, especially this salt, which is indeed finer than ordinary!" Yuan Shao had a surprised expression on his face. He was born in the Yuan family of four generations and three fathers. I have never eaten such delicious meat.

While tasting the meat skewers, Cao Cao thought deeply about the huge benefits that refined salt can bring.

"Now Benchu ​​and I are prisoners of King Zhongshan, I'm afraid we won't see the day when all the people in the world will eat refined salt!"

Cao Cao sighed like a hero, but he also released an attitude that he would rather die than surrender.

At this time Yuan Shao also laughed, "How can I sigh with Meng De on the Yellow Springs Road?"

Both of these two are heroes in the world, and they would rather die than be imprisoned.

Liu Yu on the side shook his head in disappointment after seeing the attitude of the two, thinking that it would be impossible to recruit them at this time.

(End of this chapter)