The villagers had a very good impression of Longtan Village. Everyone cheered and went home to pack their things.
When Zhao Desheng heard that Guo Niansheng had come to pick him up, he felt at ease. Seeing that Li Er was so benevolent and righteous, he felt close to him.
"Brother Li, you stay here to help everyone move, and I will guard the path Liu Ju left to prevent him from coming back!"
Li Er hurriedly said: "No, your number is too small. If he really comes back, you will all be killed!"
Taigong He followed: "Yes, young man, you can't go and die!"
Zhao Desheng insisted: "At least I can stop them for a while and let you leave, otherwise everyone will be killed by them!"
Li Er took off the black wooden bow he was carrying and said, "It's better for me to go. We will ambush on the roadside. If we can kill Liu Ju with one arrow, they will naturally disperse in a rush."
Without waiting for Zhao Desheng's response, he took the people away, leaving only a few dozen horses.
Zhao Desheng stared at Li Er's back and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, let's build a few carriages together and help the villagers move!"
Everyone responded, asked the villagers for a one-wheeled wooden cart, and assembled it into a carriage.
Taigong He watched silently and nodded secretly. He originally planned to move to the city, but then he changed his mind and decided to visit Longtan Village.
There are more than 500 households in Shangshui Village. Under Zhao Desheng's urging, everyone took the time to carry their luggage.
In less than an hour, everyone brought their most important belongings, formed a new convoy, and fled towards the north.
Zhao Desheng asked half of the people to escort the convoy first, and took the other half towards the south path to find Li Er. Unexpectedly, he saw a fierce battle ahead just a few miles away.
The setting sun set on a short slope in front, and Li Er and others were seen surrounded by Liu Ju's men and horses on the short slope. Seven or eight corpses of Longtan Village soldiers were already lying on the ground.
It turned out that Li Er had been walking all the way and saw that the low slope here was the best place for an ambush, so he led his people to ambush on the slope.
Liu Ju over there ran for a while, and he became suspicious. He sent someone back to Shangshui Village to check the situation, but the person he sent was shot to death by Li Er.
After Liu Ju experienced what happened last time, he became even less courageous. Although he knew something was going on, he did not dare to go back directly to check the situation and asked Chang Yuchun to lead 300 people first.
When passing by the short slope, Li Er had no choice but to shoot an arrow at Chang Yuchun, but Chang Yuchun dodged it, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
Liu Ju behind him was quite scared when he saw an ambush at first, but later saw that there were only more than thirty people, so he immediately rushed over with his brigade and surrounded Li Er.
Fortunately, Li's second-hand soldiers all used long spears and were quite skilled in marksmanship. They formed a small square formation and were able to resist for a while from a high position.
When Zhao Desheng saw this scene, he roared like a tiger and rushed towards Liu Ju. Liu Ju was very afraid of him. When he saw him killing seven or eight people in a row, he kept approaching him, turned his horse's head, and ran away.
He originally just wanted to retreat a little and keep a distance from Zhao Desheng. However, most of these newly captured bandits were strong men who had not been trained for a long time. When they saw the leader running away, they all turned around and ran away.
Chang Yuchun was fighting fiercely with Li Er. Li Er barely managed to hold off for more than ten rounds. He only felt his arms were sore and numb and his strength was low. He just thought he was going to die here.
Suddenly, a dark-faced man appeared next to him. He held up Chang Yuchun's spear and attacked fiercely, forcing Chang Yuchun to take a step back. It was Zhao Desheng.
"Brother Li, please leave quickly, I will stop you."
Li Er did not dare to show off his strength at this time, and quickly retreated with more than 20 of his men.
At this time, there were only a hundred or so people left around Chang Yuchun, all of whom were former Qingyi Village bandits. They blocked the most ferocious offensive by Zhao Desheng and others.
Liu Ju in the back took the opportunity to gather his troops, and the organizing team rushed forward again.
Zhao Desheng led his men to resist desperately. The road was narrow and it was difficult for Liu Ju to deploy his troops. It looked like a floodgate blocking the surging torrent.
Zhao Desheng stood at the front and fought fiercely with Chang Yuchun for more than sixty rounds, but he couldn't help but feel tired.
He knew very well that once he died, everyone else would definitely die, so he roared angrily, and did not dodge Chang Yuchun's shot, and swept it across with a spear.
"Chi!"
The spear pierced his shoulder, but Zhao Desheng's shot was blocked by Chang Yuchun's gauntlet. However, he couldn't bear the force and took a few steps back. His arm felt sore and numb, but he withdrew the shot without being able to penetrate deeply.
At this moment, a large amount of dust rose up behind Zhao Desheng in the direction of Shangshui Village, and Liu Ju shouted: "No, the main force of Longtan Village is really here this time, retreat quickly!"
He turned around and ran away with others.
Chang Yuchun turned around and found that everyone was gone, so he also withdrew from the battlefield, bowed his hands to Zhao Desheng, and said: "We will fight next time!" He turned around and left.
Zhao Desheng knew that Li Er was bluffing again, so he bandaged the injury on his shoulder and evacuated quickly with the remaining people.
At this time, there were only about twenty people left around him. When everyone returned to the village, they saw Li Er and others taking some big brooms from the villagers and spreading dirt on the ground.
"Brother Li, you saved my life again!" Zhao Desheng said with cupped hands.
Li Er threw the broom and said with a wry smile: "I am also a dead horse doctor. I didn't expect that Liu Ju was so timid and actually ran away. Let's go quickly. When he sees you retreating, he will be suspicious and will chase you."
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The two of them headed towards the north path together and soon caught up with the convoy from Shangshui Village.
Li Er found that Monkey and others were not in the team, and asked Liu Wu: "Have you encountered a team of more than 20 people on the road?"
Liu Wu shook his head and said no.
Li Er's heart sank, and he thought to himself: "Brother Monkey, could it be that he escaped on his own after seeing me not going back for a long time?"
The convoy moved too slowly, and after a while, dust started flying behind it. It was obvious that Liu Ju was chasing after him again with his men.
Li Er and Zhao Desheng led the remaining hundreds of people to the rear and let the villagers go first.
After a while, Liu Ju's team arrived.
"Grandma's bear, you dare to tease me again and again. Today, none of you will survive!" Liu Ju shook the big ring knife and said viciously.
Li Er didn't talk nonsense to him and greeted him with an arrow.
Liu Ju swung his sword to block the arrows, pointed his sword forward, and was about to give the order to attack, when he suddenly saw dust rising from behind Li Er and others.
At first he thought they were villagers who were running away, but after a closer look, he found that the dust seemed to be approaching, and he yelled: "You guys, you guys, can't you change your tactics? Do you really think I will still be fooled?"
The broadsword pointed forward and said angrily: "Brothers, come on!"
The officers and soldiers immediately rushed forward.
The road here is not as narrow as the village road just now. Li Er and Zhao Desheng are surrounded by each other. Zhao Desheng fights Chang Yuchun alone, while Li Er organizes everyone to form a formation to resist.
After fighting for a long time, Zhao Desheng received another wound on his body. The camp of Li Er and others became more and more chaotic, and the number of casualties increased.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a cavalry force came from the north.
The people leading the way were none other than the Qin sisters, with Zhang Yangquan following behind.
The monkey was next to Zhang Yangquan and shouted: "Brother Li, I'm here to help!"
It turns out that the monkey followed Li Er's plan and raised a cloud of dust one mile away from Xiashui Village.
However, after waiting for a long time, Li Er didn't arrive, so he just thought he had been ambushed and turned around directly to Jiangdu to find reinforcements.
After Zhang Yangquan and the Qin sisters learned about it, they quickly led 200 cavalry to the rescue.
On the road, they met Zhao Desheng and other family members and the villagers of Shangshui Village. When they learned that the situation was dangerous, they immediately rode over to rescue them.
Before Lord Qin Ling arrived, the arrows arrived first, and with a rapid succession of arrows, five Ximen officers and soldiers fell off their horses one after another.
Liu Ju was so frightened that he lost his mind. He knew that Longtan Village had defeated Brother Wang Meng and that he could not deal with him, so he turned around and ran away.
"Brothers, pull it!"
The officers and soldiers fled faster this time than the previous two times. Chang Yuchun was about to escape when he suddenly heard a subtle sound of breaking through the air behind him. He quickly lowered his head and avoided Qin Lingjun's arrow.
Before he could straighten up, the sound of breaking through the air kept coming. Chang Yuchun rolled around on the ground, dodged three arrows, stood up like a carp, and knocked away another arrow with a swing of his gun.
At this moment, Zhao Desheng, Li Er and others stepped forward and surrounded him.