The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Ten miles away in a mountain valley, thousands of Han soldiers were secretly lying in ambush, led by Guan Xing.

After waiting for about half an hour, the scout returned and reported: "General, all units have arrived at their designated positions. With Black Dragon Ridge as the center, all entrances and exits within a ten-mile radius have been blocked, ensuring that not even a fly can get out of Black Dragon Ridge."

Guan Xing said excitedly, "That's great! Let's set off and wipe out the Yue tribes in the Kuaiji Mountains tonight!"

"Deng Hong, you take the scouts and go ahead. Pull out all the nails along the way."

Guan Xing has been busy building the assault team these days, bringing all three thousand elites he has selected. This means that tonight will be the final selection competition for the assault team, and the rankings will be based on combat merits after the battle.

Deng Hong was temporarily appointed as the captain of the assault team. After all, Deng Hong was a veteran who had followed Guan Yu for many years. His ability and experience were beyond question, and he was perfectly capable of leading the assault team.

More importantly, he is not going back to Guan Yu's side for the time being. Since that's the case, why not make good use of him?

“Look…” Deng Hong led more than ten scouts forward along the marks left by Wang Tao, easily took care of the hidden sentry ambush location, and then made two bird calls to signal Guan Xing to follow.

The military skills of the Yue people were even worse than those of the aristocratic private soldiers. They would have been fast asleep in their outposts by now. Deng Hong had no trouble dealing with such an enemy.

After clearing out eight hidden sentries, the army finally arrived at Heilongling Mountain Village. Standing on high ground and looking down, the village, surrounded by mountains, was as big as more than a dozen football fields, with most of it being farmland except for a few houses.

What's even more gratifying is that, in order to free up more farmland, the houses are built side by side, which is incredibly convenient for them.

However, the farmland is now full of Yue soldiers lying in the fields. The poor soldiers don't even have tents or beds. They just lie there all alone on the ground. The conditions are really rudimentary.

Guan Xing glanced around and then called over Deng Hong, Meng Jun, Ji Jie, and others, whispering, "You lead your teams to sneak over quietly. First, take care of the brick houses, then the thatched huts. Once you've dealt with the brick houses and thatched huts, the rest will be easy."

Even a fool would know that the person living in the house must be a leader. If we don't deal with the leader first, are we just going to indiscriminately slaughter the soldiers lying in the fields?

The generals nodded silently. Deng Hong led twenty men to set off first, stealthily making his way to the most magnificent brick house in the center, and waved in their direction.

At night, you can't see your hand when you wave, but you can see your shadow.

Upon seeing the signal, Guan Xing immediately said, "Go!"

Meng Jun nodded and led his twenty most elite soldiers quietly toward another brick house.

Then the third and fourth teams, the Han army transported them in batches, surrounding all the brick and tile houses without anyone noticing, and began to attack the thatched huts.

Just as the thatched hut was about a third surrounded, a bandit who was fast asleep in the field, whether having a nightmare or something, suddenly rolled over and kicked out. Unfortunately, the sole of his foot landed right on the face of the bandit next to him.

The bandit who was kicked thought he was being attacked and reflexively shouted, "Who goes there?"

The sleeping bandits were awakened, and the Han army was also on high alert. Some people couldn't help but scream when they heard the shouts, which triggered a chain reaction, and the bandits on the ground woke up one after another.

Seeing that he was almost surrounded, Guan Xing didn't care anymore and immediately brandished his sword and roared, "The Han army has arrived! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

After saying that, he rushed towards the houses in the distance, wielding his sword against anyone who tried to stop him, while the soldiers behind him shouted slogans and charged forward.

At the same time, the Han army that had been lying in ambush near the house also launched their operation. Deng Hong kicked open the door and rushed in, heading straight for the bed.

He didn't know that this was the bedroom of Qu Shuai Pan Lin, but after Pan Lin surrendered to Wu, he gave the bedroom to Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke in order to please them.

Since the decision has been made to go ashore, the rules on shore must be followed. The best things should be given to the leaders first, after all, Pan Lin still relies on Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke for protection in officialdom, so…

Even in the enemy camp, Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke dared not relax too much. They slept fully clothed at night, ready to fight at any moment. When they heard the door being kicked, they suddenly got up. Before they could figure out what was going on, they saw more than a dozen dark figures rushing towards them.

The two men's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly raised their swords to parry. However, neither of them were fierce warriors who relied on their martial prowess, and they were facing an enemy ten times their size. Suddenly, they had no chance to fight back and were quickly subdued by Deng Hong.

The two were held down tightly and struggled to break free, angrily cursing, "Damn Pan Lin, how could you betray me?"

Soldiers who had been in contact with the two men were nearby. Hearing the familiar shouts, they quickly approached to check. Upon recognizing the two men, they exclaimed in surprise, "Captain, these are Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke! We've caught a big fish!"

"Really?" Deng Hong exclaimed in surprise, and leaned closer to take a look. But he didn't recognize the two men, so he could only say, "Find a rope and tie them up. Make sure they don't break free."

Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke: "..."

Shouldn't you introduce yourselves first, like, "Who the hell are you?"

On the other side, Meng Jun kicked open the door almost simultaneously with Deng Hong. Inside, they found an old man living in the room, with two young girls in his arms.

Meng Jun said with a face full of jealousy, "You old codger, you know how to enjoy yourself. You must be Commander Pan Lin, right?"

Pan Lin, still shaken from being startled awake, instinctively said upon hearing this, "I'm not Pan Lin, he's next door."

Meng Jun sneered, "Since it's not Pan Lin, there's no point in keeping him around. Just chop him up."

Pan Lin was so frightened that he quickly changed his tune, saying, "No, I confess, I am Commander Pan Lin."

The Han army's early covert operations were so successful that the subsequent capture operation went exceptionally smoothly, allowing the mountain-high-rise man inside the brick house to be captured before he could even react.

This also left Wang Tao, who was disguised as an ordinary bandit and lying in the farmland waiting for a signal, completely astonished.

Seeing the bandits in the farmland instinctively rushing towards the Han army, Wang Tao hurriedly shouted, "I am Pan Tao, the seventh son of Chief Pan Lin. I surrender, brothers, surrender too! What's the point of fighting if Chief Pan Lin has been captured?"

He had just witnessed the Han army storming into the brick houses. The Han army arrogantly surrounded all the brick houses, and no matter which brick house Pan Lin lived in, he would not escape the fate of being captured. Therefore, he was not lying.

The sudden arrival of the Han army plunged the situation into unprecedented chaos. The bandits, who had just been awakened and saw the enemy army, were like startled rabbits. Their minds were even more confused than the situation itself. In this situation, they could not think at all and could only act on instinct, either charging or fleeing, each doing their own thing.

But if someone points out a clear path, most people will choose to follow it because they can't think for themselves and don't know what to do; they have no choice but to blindly follow.

So when Wang Tao shouted the slogan "Pan Lin has been captured, let's surrender!", the bandits around him almost instinctively knelt down with him.

Surrender is contagious. Seeing someone surrender, the other bandits followed suit, and soon most of them knelt down. The remaining few, waiting for orders from their leader Pan Lin and the leaders of the various villages, had no choice but to kneel down as well.

At this moment, Wang Tao stood up and shouted to the Han army, "I am Pan Tao, and I want to see General Guan Xing."

Wang Tao was quickly brought before Guan Xing, who patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "Well done, you deserve the greatest credit for this battle."

"Deng Hong just sent someone to say that they have captured Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke. Let's go, come with me to see our old friends."