Along the way, Li Chengzhong and his men stayed one to two miles behind the Bian army. Zhou Qidao tried to rush up with red eyes several times, but Li Chengzhong stopped him by shouting. The Bian army had obviously stepped up their vigilance. There were people on the road.
Two good opportunities to attack were eventually given up because of the vigilance of the Bian army. Once, the Bian army entered the woods, but arranged two crossbowmen to stand guard outside the woods; once, when passing by a river, the Bian army stopped.
He went down to wash up, but there were a few soldiers guarding him by the river.
Li Chengzhong was also a little anxious. He assessed the direction and simply detoured along the southward route of the Bian army. When passing through a small forest, he asked everyone to get in and ambush in advance.
It was dusk now, the sun was setting in the west, and everyone was waiting in the forest. Wang Dalang muttered a little, and asked: "Boss, will the Bian army come in? They won't go around, right?"
Li Chengzhong said in a deep voice: "Probably not. Judging from the sky, it's time to take a rest. This forest is more suitable for camping. But it's hard to say...it depends on luck."
Everyone said nothing after hearing this, and just stared nervously outside the forest.
After a while, Bianjun's figure appeared outside the forest, driving the ox cart lazily this way. As they got closer, the ox cart stopped, and the two crossbowmen came towards the forest with crossbows in hand. Li Chengzhong signaled
Everyone hid, and everyone's hearts tightened. The one who was leaning behind the tree shrank, the one who was hiding behind the bushes shrunk, and the one who was riding on the tree carefully retracted his legs that were hanging in the air.
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The two crossbowmen came in cautiously, took a brief look, and then went back to greet their companions. Li Chengzhong hid in the tree, just where the two crossbowmen were retreating, and saw the crossbowmen passing under his feet.
, gritted his teeth, shouted: "Do it!" and jumped down from the tree.
Originally, according to the previous plan, Li Chengzhong planned to wait for the Bian army to enter the woods and attack from all sides. In the plan, these two crossbowmen were the greatest threat to Youdu and were the key points to be eliminated. He specially arranged for Zhou Machete to
Zhou Xiaolang, Wang Dalang and another brother Xue Fei took care of these two people. But at this moment, the situation changed. The Bian Army officer actually arranged for two long-range attack crossbowmen to go into the forest to investigate. He didn't know what the Bian Army officer had done.
Such an arrangement, but how could he let go of such a God-given opportunity? So he temporarily changed his plan, issued an order, and jumped down first.
Two Bianjun crossbowmen were leaning very close to each other. Suddenly they heard a shout from the tree. They couldn't help but startled. They trembled and turned to look up. They saw a black shadow pressing down in an instant.
The effect of Li Chengzhong's pounce was surprisingly good, and he immediately threw the two Bian Army crossbowmen to the ground. Zhou Qidao and Zhou Xiaolang, who rushed over immediately, also rushed forward and held down the hands and feet of the two Bian Army crossbowmen. Wang Dalang and Xue
Fei Ze pointed out his gun and plunged it into the gap. Hearing a few screams, the two crossbowmen immediately took action!
Li Chengzhong picked up the two crossbows that the crossbowman had left on the ground. Seeing that there were still two short crossbow arrows on them, ready for shooting at any time, he turned around and handed the crossbows to the two brothers who were good at shooting and then called to everyone.
He rushed out of the woods.
Before Li Chengzhong could even say hello, Zhou Maidao and Zhou Xiaolang had already rushed out of the forest and killed the group of Bian soldiers.
The Bian army outside the forest had long heard the miserable cries coming from the forest, and they all drew their swords in confusion. The leading officer asked a few questions loudly. Before hearing the responses from their companions in the forest, they saw a group of people coming out of the forest.
When they came to kill them, it was difficult to tell how many people there were in the darkness.
The Bian Army is worthy of being a veteran army that has experienced many battles. If it were another army, it would have turned around and fled for its life in this situation. But these Bian Army did not escape, and moved closer together, forming a semi-arc.
The battle line is prepared to meet the enemy.
Seeing Zhou Qidao and Zhou Xiaolang foolishly about to collide with each other, Li Chengzhong became anxious and hurriedly ordered the two crossbow-wielding brothers to attack with crossbows. These two men were backgrounds of rangers outside the Pass. They were particularly good at bows and arrows, and their accuracy was very good.
It was a crossbow fired, how could it miss at such a close distance? Two crossbow arrows were shot out quickly, accurately knocking over two Bian soldiers. After the crossbow arrows were fired, the two people threw the empty crossbow tools on the
On the ground, he took off the bow from his back and attached the feather arrow.
When the Bian army saw that there was a good long-range shooter here, their morale was finally lost. The leading officer shouted and ran backwards. The remaining five also turned around and ran away. They saw several more arrows shot at them.
After two flips, the remaining four Bian soldiers were already out of the range of their bows and arrows.
Li Chengzhong hurriedly called for everyone to pursue him. Zhou Qidao held a waist knife and roared, and chased him first. He was chasing at the front, but the Bian army dropped their swords, and the weight on their bodies was much lighter, so they could run much faster.
Shao. The gap between the two sides gradually widened, and he could no longer catch up with him. The angry Zhou Machete was furious, shouting "bastards! Thieves Bianjun!" He kept shouting, but he could only watch helplessly as the Bianjun gradually ran away.
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Just when Li Chengzhong thought he couldn't catch up and was about to call Zhou Maidao back, seven or eight people suddenly rushed over from the opposite side and blocked the Bian army's escape route. They slashed with their swords and stabbed with their guns. The Bian army quickly dispersed.
He drove away and ran in a circle. At this time, Li Chengzhong and his men also chased after him. They surrounded several Bianjun soldiers with swords and guns raised, and they were immediately reduced to flesh. The leading Bianjun officer also begged loudly for mercy. Zhou
The machete didn't listen at all and slashed him dozens of times before stopping.
The person coming from the other side was not someone else, but a brother from Zhang Xingzhong's group. The two sides met, looking at each other breathlessly, and then burst into laughter. This great victory made everyone's frustration of fleeing all the way disappear.
After leaving, everyone felt much more relaxed.
Wang Dalang changed his previous resentment, pointed at Zhang Xingzhong and laughed and scolded: "Good boy, come here and take advantage now! The credit will be halved!"
Zhou Qidao went over and gave Zhang Xingzhong a bear hug, without saying anything.
Zhang Xing patted Zhou Qidao's shoulder again and said, "Zhou Da, are you going to strangle someone? Let go!" He broke free from Zhou Qidao's arms, nodded to Li Chengzhong, and opened his mouth to explain something.
Li Chengzhong waved his hand, indicating that Zhang Xingzhong did not need to say anything, and both of them smiled at each other.
After accompanying Zhou to bury all the heads on the bullock cart with a machete, everyone began to count the harvest.
No one was injured in this battle. Ten Bian troops were wiped out and the villagers of Zhougezhuang were avenged. It was a great victory. In addition, the things captured also made everyone excited. This group
The Bian army was very elite and well-equipped. There were ten pairs of leather armors and helmets, which made You, who had never been issued armor, burst with joy. The Jianzu camp was hastily organized, and only officers above the rank of captain and a few veterans had armor.
Therefore, these ten pieces of armor are considered rare items for the brothers in the Jianzu camp.
But in Li Chengzhong's opinion, the rarest thing was the two arm-opening crossbows. Li Chengzhong had seen such things in Lu Long's army, and he had used some silver gourds when shooting against the Weizhou City defenders, but the number was not large. It is said that hundreds of
Many years ago when the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, there were a large number of standard crossbows in the army, which were really powerful weapons for killing enemies. In the current troubled times, the cost of making crossbows was too expensive, so the Lulong army was equipped with very few. Unexpectedly, this group of Bian soldiers
We were equipped with two of them. It seems that the Bian army killed this time must have been elite.
Ten sets of armor, two crossbows, ten waist knives, and four boxes of crossbow arrows on the ox cart. These things made Youdu change his clothes. Zhao Da cleaned the battlefield cleanly, even the clothes on the Bian army
They all took it off, which made Li Chengzhong's scalp numb and he avoided Zhao Da for several steps. Others seemed to have been accustomed to it. Zhou Xiaolang took the Bianjun clothes that Zhao Da handed over, made some gestures on his body, and then said with satisfaction
The words "appropriate" really left Li Chengzhong speechless.
Li Chengzhong's prestige was greatly enhanced after this battle. After the harvest was counted, everyone looked at him eagerly, waiting for him to order the distribution.
Lieutenant General Li Cheng pulled out two brothers from outside Guan who were good at shooting and distributed them with crossbows to become the long-range shooting force of Youdu. He also asked Zhao Da to return to his old job and take care of the cooking and other logistical matters for the Youdu brothers.
Responsible for taking care of the ox cart. At this point, his subordinates directly commanded Wang Dalang, Zhao Da and the two archers.
The remaining eighteen brothers were slightly adjusted, and were mainly composed of the original team, divided into three groups, still led by Zhang Xingzhong, Zhou Maidao and Jiang Miao. Zhang Xingzhong and Jiang Miao each led four men, specially equipped with spears and wearing leather armor.
During the war, two groups of gun formations were formed to stand on the front line; the remaining eight people were led by Zhou Maidao, and all were equipped with waist knives. They guarded the gun formation during the war, and when facing the enemy, they fought hand-to-hand.
After such adjustments, the staff of Zhang Xingzhong and Jiang Miao were reduced, and Jiang Miao collapsed. However, Li Chengzhong was worried about what Zhang Xingzhong had in mind. Just when he was about to go over and explain, Zhang Xingzhong smiled at him: "Li Lang, there is no need to say anything.
I understand that this distribution is good for both parties."
Zhou Qidao was very grateful to Li Chengzhong, not to mention that he preferred to fight on the front line, so he had no objection at all.
As a result, another change in Youdu was successfully completed, and Li Chengzhong breathed a sigh of relief and rested in the woods that night.
Early the next morning, Youdu continued to head north. With the freed ox cart, everyone piled armor, swords and guns and other heavy objects on the cart, and their feet became more relaxed. After yesterday's side-by-side fighting, there was no invisible difference between everyone.
They became much closer, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time on the march.
Nothing happened in the past two days. You encountered two large groups of Bian Army infantry, but they all took a detour or avoided it in advance, so they safely arrived at the Yongji Canal at the northernmost point of Jizhou. After crossing the Yongji Canal, you will reach the
Entering Yingzhou and then heading north through Mozhou, you can reach Youzhou, and then you will truly be back to a safe place.
Wang Dalang was very surprised. Logically speaking, even if the army passed by, there should be a ferry on the shore of the extremely busy Yongji Canal in the past. However, after searching for a whole morning, there was not even a trace of people. So he suggested that Li Chengzhong continue eastward along the south bank.
There is a ferry over there, and you may be able to find a boat. If there is no boatman yet, there should be shallow water nearby where you can wade.
Wang Dalang was well-informed and was from Shenzhou. Jizhou was close to Shenzhou and he was quite familiar with it. After discussing it with Zhou Qidao and Zhou Xiaolang, both natives of Jizhou, Li Chengzhong immediately adopted his suggestion. So the capital of Youdu was along the south bank of the river.
Head east.
However, the further we walked, the more desolate we felt. The few small villages we passed on the road were deserted, and everyone was a little nervous. After walking not far, when we arrived at the ferry pointed by Wang Dalang, we saw a huge battle in front of us.
On the battlefield that followed, the corpses of countless Lulong soldiers covered the entire field and river ditches.