Liu Hou, the garrison captain of Yangquanfu Township Army, was both a subordinate of Fenyang Hou Mingren and his sworn brother. Liu Hou was simple-minded but loyal to Liu Hou. He was mostly responsible for quelling civil unrest in Daizhou or suppressing bandits. He was known as Daizhou.
The first brave general in the state. Liu Hou’s three major hobbies in his life: one
Good wine, secondly lust, and thirdly good wealth, so Ming Ren gave him fine wine, beautiful women, and gave him the power to collect fees and city entry taxes. Liu Hou also reciprocated the favor and obeyed Ming Ren's words. After receiving his letter,
Liu Hou immediately gathered his troops to avenge his adopted brother.
Liu Hou read the letter before and said that Zhang Xiaowu and Ming Ren fought for 200 rounds with no outcome, and an inadvertent person was defeated by his dirty tricks. Of course Liu Hou knew that Ming Ren's martial arts were ordinary, so he thought that the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu was famous for his reputation.
It’s actually hard to match.
He knew nothing about Zhang Xiaowu. He only knew that Zhang Xiaowu was famous in the northern part of the country and that the Ghost Guard had defeated the Dog Yi many times. But the Wolf Guard had also defeated the Dog Yi many times. As a former Wolf Guard captain, Liu Hou really looked down on the Tartar Dogs.
Yi and those horse bandits.
"But this is the case. This person has deceived the world and stolen his reputation. If he meets the most powerful general in Daizhou, his true colors will be exposed." Liu Hou thought proudly in his heart.
There were 300 rural troops in Yangquan Prefecture. Liu Hou also transferred 500 rural troops from other surrounding counties and borrowed 500 nursing homes from local lords' homes. After temporarily forming a team of 1,300 people, Liu Hou
Confidence is overwhelming.
"I'm afraid that as soon as my army appears, their team of eighty people will be scared to death." Liu Hou said to the people around him.
The Ghost Guard Mian Sage team did not move very fast because they were carrying goods, and the weather was hot and it was difficult to walk on the road. After walking for three days, the team finally arrived at Liusu County, Yangquan Prefecture. The official road in Liusu County passed through a mountain forest, and
There were high mountains in the surrounding area, so Zhang Xiaowu immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare their horses and armor to prepare for battle, and then sent Xia Ming to lead people to explore the way, so as not to lose care in Jingzhou and be besieged by short-sighted bandits and cause losses.
Although everyone they saw along the way gave way to the bandits, the mountains and terrain were really a dangerous place for military strategists to defeat many with less. However, when Xia Ming was about to move forward, he suddenly saw the opposite side.
A large group of people appeared, with their flags clear and condescending, and they were looking at the ghost guards triumphantly.
At present, there was a man with a fat body and a head as big as a bucket. He had a full beard and a turban on his head. He was holding a big ax. He was riding a horse with one hand and pointed the tip of the ax directly at Zhang Xiaowu. He shouted three times and said: "Daizhou Yangquan Mansion Guard School"
Lieutenant Liu Hou, respectfully welcome the ghost general and his party."
Zhang Xiaowu suddenly frowned. There were thousands of people on the other side, holding weapons and blades from a high position, with murderous intent in their eyes. They didn't look like a welcoming team at all. Zhang Xiaowu thought to himself that his popularity was not good enough for someone to show such a big show.
The formation greeted him, and he knew nothing about Liu Hou. He said to his left and right: "Get ready to fight."
"Here!"
Wang Yijin immediately took out the whistle and blew the whistle. After hearing the news, the ghost guard opened the guard plate on the sword, raised the blade, and put the horse behind him.
When Liu Hou saw the other party showing his knife, he immediately taunted loudly: "General Zhang, are you feeling guilty and cowardly? We are a group of people who are not ready to welcome you, so how can we harm you? You are really - you should know this
Although there are not many bandits in Daizhou, everyone is a good player. If your team encounters a large group of bandits, you will be worse than others. So I came to escort, no need to thank you, no need to thank you."
"The weasel has no good intentions when it comes to wishing the rooster a New Year greeting." Bao Yin said, taking off the horsetail and saying, "General, I'll go meet him."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Let them stay within a stone's throw of us, otherwise they will be killed without mercy."
Bao Yin rode over and told them that there was no need to escort them, and that if they came close to a stone's throw away, they would be killed without mercy.
Liu Hou sneered and looked around and said: "Liu Dong, take your people over. I just want to see what happened just a stone's throw away from them. I don't believe they dare to take action."
Liu Dong was Liu Hou's cousin. After receiving the order, he immediately led his troops out. Xu Xu walked over first and said with an arrogant smile: "The Ghost Guards of Saibei are nothing more than that."
Bao Yin rode his horse and turned back to the formation. The soldiers laughed loudly. At this moment, they suddenly saw the ghost guards forming a group and setting up their bows. The soldiers felt nervous.
Liu Dong turned around and glanced at his cousin, Liu Hou said: "Go over." With Liu Hou's support, Liu Dong shouted: "Don't be afraid, come closer to me, I don't believe it, they dare to confront us head-on."
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Zhang Xiaowu said: "In the Yanling formation, I am the leader, Xia Ming is on the left, Bao Yin is on the right, and Jia Siye and Wang Yijin are protecting me on the left and right."
"Here!"
"Prepare the arrows, slowly increase the speed, advance a hundred steps and then increase the speed, pay attention to the formation."
"Here!"
"Da da da da..."
The horses of the eighty-four Ghost Guards began to speed up. Although they were not a cavalry battalion, all the soldiers in Saibei could ride horses and shoot arrows. Although the cavalry and archery were not as good as the cavalry battalion, they were also skilled in bow and horse.
"Da da da da..."
As the sound of horse hooves got closer, Liu Dong became frightened. He frequently looked back at Liu Hou, but Liu Hou was still confident. Liu Hou's confidence lay in the fact that they were outnumbered and commanding, and in the name of welcoming him, he
"Escorting" the Holy Face Procession. Could it be that Zhang Xiaowu
So arrogant that he even dared to kill Pao Ze? Of course Liu Hou didn't know about the ghost guard killing the gate official in Daizhou City. Fenyang Marquis didn't tell him what happened to him at all. If Liu Hou knew Zhang Xiaowu's character, he would probably
He will not make this decision that he will regret.
"Three hundred steps away." Wang Yijin shouted.
"Two hundred and fifty steps."
"Two hundred steps."
"One hundred and fifty steps."
"One hundred steps."
"Eighty steps—shoot!"
"Whoosh——"
"Whoosh——"
"Whoosh——"
Nearly a hundred arrows flew away, and the accurate and fierce arrows immediately enveloped the group of twenty-six people. The arrow tip and the speed of the cavalry charge made the arrows extremely fast. The twenty-six people were immediately struck.
They were shot into a sieve, each person was hit by six or seven feather arrows, and they were nailed to death before they even had time to scream.
Liu Hou was dumbfounded. He immediately realized that the other party regarded them as dog barbarians. He had practiced this kind of fighting method in the Wolf Guard Army at Lianglangguan. Liu Hou also served in the Wolf Guard Army for five years.
He returned home a year later and was discovered and promoted by Hou Mingren of Fenyang. The opponent's Yanling Formation was the most suitable for breaking the formation, but the most emphasis was placed on the leader of the formation, who was not only a dead soldier but also the most courageous person in the entire army.
However, how could the person who dared to be the leader of the formation be so skilled in martial arts? In just a blink of an eye, the opponent was already close, and his cousin Liu Dong and twenty-five of his men were all dead.
The ghost guard then fired three rounds of arrows. After three rounds, Zhang Xiaowu ordered: "Hide the bow! Draw the sword!"
"Draw the sword!"
"Holy Han——"
"Ten thousand years——"
"kill--"
"kill--"
Zhang Xiaowu took the lead and rushed over. Behind him, the eyes of the rest of the army guards were full of fighting spirit and a desperate aura. They passed over twenty-six corpses and directly killed Yang Quan's manor who came forward to defend the township army.