Jue Shanhu rushed towards Cheng Jin who was closest to him, and Cheng Jin hurriedly waved his sword to parry, and the two immediately started fighting fiercely.
If it were on flat ground, the two of them would have been a dozen. But Cheng Jin had only practiced riding for more than a month. He was fighting on horseback against an opponent who was not Jue Shanhu. With his right hand clumsy, he couldn't dodge the fourth sword, so he had no choice but to abandon his saddle and leave the horse, rolling off the horse's back.
Seeing that a gap had opened, Jueshanhu couldn't help but be overjoyed. He didn't care to pursue Cheng Jin anymore and hurriedly rode his horse to escape from the gap. Unexpectedly, before the war horse could escape even two steps, he felt a bump on his shoulder and an arrow from nowhere. Flying from outside, he was shot on his right shoulder. Then the horse let out a whine and fell to the ground. It turned out that the horse's neck was also hit by an arrow.
These two arrows were naturally shot by Shang Yi. He is a special forces soldier and knows that when besieging the enemy, if that side can be equipped with a blocker, it will definitely have a great advantage. At this time, only he can do the job. This character. Therefore, when Zhou Shaohuan and others attacked, he did not rush forward. Instead, he stopped his horse aside, took out his crossbow, loaded the arrow box, and stood ready. Jue Shanhu just happened to kill Cheng Jin. To escape, Shang Yi took action immediately. His crossbow was a modern product, so he had to put the arrow box on it and fire it in succession. Therefore, he shot two arrows in a row, one hitting Jue Shanhu, and the other hitting Jue Shanhu. The war horse that defeated the mountain tiger.
Jueshanhu was caught off guard and fell down with his horse. When he landed, his right shoulder happened to hit the ground first. The arrow stuck in his right shoulder penetrated a little further into his flesh. The pain was so painful that Jueshanhu almost fainted. .At this time, Cheng Jin also climbed up from the ground. Seeing Jueshanhu being shot off his horse by Shang Yi, he hurried up and without any explanation, he punched Jueshanhu a few times, only to make Jueshanhu dizzy. , unable to struggle anymore. Then Cheng Jin took out the rope and tied Jueshanhu.
At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, Tong Dayong and several cavalry were fighting against the Patron Bear. Zhou Shaohuan also fought with two bandit soldiers. Only the Mountain Rat was very clever. He kept hiding behind the Patron Bear and others, looking for opportunities. As soon as he saw Jueshanhu opening a gap, he immediately knew that the opportunity had come. He hurriedly urged his horse and followed him through the gap.
But at this time, Zhou Shaohuan happened to kill two bandit soldiers and rushed up from the thorn. Seeing that the mountain rat was about to escape, and seeing that he could not catch up, he hurriedly pulled out a double-edged ax from behind the saddle. Suddenly he threw it at the Mountain Rat. The flying ax happened to be nailed on the head of the Mountain Rat. The horse's limbs went limp and fell to the ground. The Mountain Rat was also thrown down. Zhou Shaohuan also flew up and caught up with him. The mountain rat was held down with a spear, and two more soldiers came over and tied up the mountain rat.
Now only one person, Backer Bear, is left. This guy is true to his name. He is as strong as a bear. He wields a pair of big axes and is very brave. He can defeat Tong Dayong and three cavalry with one man, but he is not losing at all.
In fact, Tong Dayong has been very strong since he was a child, and he started helping his father, Tong Fang, in blacksmithing at the age of twelve, and his strength became stronger and stronger through training. The machete he used was also a thick-backed machete that added weight. In terms of strength, , was not inferior to the patron bear, but he also had poor riding skills, so he was very passive in the fight. The other three cavalry were even worse. After a while, two of them were hacked to death by the patron bear, and the other one was also shot off his horse. Down.
However, after there were fewer people attacking the patron bear, the gap became larger. Shang Yi immediately raised his crossbow and shot an arrow into one of the patron bear's eyes. The pain caused the patron bear to throw away his ax and cover his eyes.
The roaring continued. Tong Dayong took the opportunity to slash with his knife and cut off the head of the patron bear.
Two of the three masters were captured and one was killed. The bandits were already fearful. If they dared to resist any longer, they dispersed one after another. This battle lasted less than half an hour. After the formation of the Muling Army, it was also the first time that they went far away.
He fought on the road and achieved a perfect victory.
Shang Yi immediately ordered people to count the losses. Because the bandits ran fast in this battle, the results were not great. A total of 216 bandits were killed and 22 were captured alive, including of course the two bandit leaders.
Only twenty-seven horses were captured as trophies, and the rest were nothing to show for themselves. The Muling Army killed nineteen people, thirteen of whom were cavalry. Ten of them belonged to the cavalry, and
There are three people in the reconnaissance team.
Shang Yi immediately ordered that the heads of the killed bandits be cut off and the prisoners tied up, ready to be taken to Yanzhou Mansion to ask for credit from Zeng Hualong. At the same time, the bodies were buried and the battlefield was cleared.
At this moment, the city gate of Qufu County also opened, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers came out, all on foot. The leader announced his identity and said: "I am Liu Fangbo, the canon historian of Qufu County. I don't know where you are from. We were defeated."
The thief saved our entire county.
Shang Yi dismounted and said: "I am Shang Yi, the general manager of Mulingguan Qianqian of Qingzhou Prefecture. I was ordered by Governor Denglai to rescue Yanzhou Prefecture. I just passed by Qufu County and encountered bandit soldiers by chance and defeated them."
Liu Fangbo asked: "Shang Yi? Could it be that it was Shang Yi who led a militia group in Yishui County, Qingzhou Prefecture and wiped out the Qinglang Peak bandits?"
Shang Yi was startled. He didn't expect that his deeds would be reported to Yanzhou Prefecture. He said: "I don't dare to accept it, but now I have been appointed as the Qianzong of Mulingguan."
Liu Fangbo hurriedly saluted again and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Shang Qian, and I was rude just now. Mr. Shang Qian defeated the bandits, but saved the people of our county. Please go to the county to rest, Mr. Shang Qian."
Now, our county magistrate has prepared a banquet at the county government office and must express his gratitude to Mr. Shang Qian in person."
It turned out that bandits came to attack Qufu County, but they frightened some officials in the county. There were only more than 300 soldiers in the county, so they could not withstand the bandits' attack. The county magistrate, Wang Danwang, wanted to abandon the city and flee. Fortunately, this
At this time, someone came to report that an official army appeared outside the city and started fighting with the bandits. Wang Zhixian couldn't help being surprised and happy, and hurried to the city to wait and see. Sure enough, the officials defeated the bandits without any effort. Wang Dan looked at this
I breathed a sigh of relief and really wanted to thank God and thank people.
But while he was happy, Wang Zhixian was a little worried. Although the bandits were beaten away, the government troops came again. Although they didn't know where the government troops came from, the government troops these days are actually more powerful than the bandits.
Thieves are not much stronger. They kill, burn, and loot. Whatever thieves do, the officers and soldiers do it. Sometimes they are even more ruthless than bandits.
Moreover, this time he was helping himself to fight off the bandits, so he should show his respect no matter what. But with how much savings he had in a small county, the other party should not make a big deal out of him, otherwise it would be a big deal.
When chasing tigers at the front door, wolves came in at the back door. Therefore, Wang Zhixian immediately sent the official Liu Fangbo out of the city to find out the background and tone of this army. At the same time, he ordered Zhu Bo to check the warehouse to see how much inventory was left.
Just in case the officers and soldiers asked for it, I would have some peace of mind.
Of course Shang Yi didn't know the inside story. He thought he was really being invited and said with a smile: "Liu Dianshi, please turn to your county magistrate for me. The officers and soldiers are chasing thieves and arresting the thieves. It is still their job. I can't thank you enough. We still have to thank you."
We have rushed to Yanzhou for rescue and have to leave immediately, so we will not enter Guixian County. We will see you again when we have a chance. However, please ask Mr. Dianshi to bury the corpses on the battlefield for us."
Uncle Liu Fang said hurriedly: "It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk."
Shang Yi then ordered the soldiers to stop and clean up the battlefield, take the bodies of their companions, the heads of the bandits and prisoners, as well as the dead horses on the battlefield, and march towards Yanzhou Prefecture.
Seeing Shang Yi leading his troops away, Liu Fangbo also wiped his sweat and said: "Is this still an official army? Do we still have such an official army in the Ming Dynasty?"
Qufu County is very close to Yanzhou Prefecture, so after the Muling Army set off, it only took more than an hour to reach Yanzhou Prefecture.
At this time, the troops of Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and others were marching to the south city of Yanzhou Prefecture. Shang Yi did not want to alarm them, so he led his army around to the north gate of Yanzhou Prefecture and entered the city.
At this time, Zeng Hualongji led his army to Yanzhou Prefecture for three days. After receiving the news that Shang Yi had arrived in Yanzhou Prefecture, he was very happy and hurriedly went to Beicheng to greet Shang Yi in person.
The city gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and Shang Yi led his troops into the city. Only then did he find that Zeng Hualong and a group of generals were waiting for him at the city gate. He quickly dismounted, because he had the lowest official position, so he had to pay homage to everyone one by one. Among them was Shang.
Yi had seen Liu Tianxi, the garrison of Jiaozhou in Laizhou Prefecture, Ma Hanfu, the commander of Weihai Guard, Yang Mingyuan of the Thousand Households in the rear post of Xunshan, Feng Zhigang of the Thousand Households in the front post of Wangxuzhai and others.
Zeng Hualong helped him up and said harmoniously: "Shang Yi, it's been a hard journey."
Shang Yi said hurriedly: "The governor is still working hard for state affairs, how can we say it's hard work?"
Zeng Hualong smiled, then looked at the team entering the city, and said: "The soldiers you led are indeed unique. I am worthy of my recommendation."
Shang Yi said: "Your Excellency, I have given you such a reward. I feel ashamed that I don't deserve it."
Only then did Zeng Hualong notice that there was a large car filled with human heads, and dozens of bound prisoners were following behind the car. He couldn't help but ask, "Shang Yi, what's going on?"
Only then did Shang Yi tell the story of passing by Qufu County and defeating the bandits. Zeng Hualong couldn't help laughing after hearing this, patted Shang Yi on the back and said, "Okay! I didn't expect you haven't arrived yet.
Yanzhou Prefecture has made a great contribution and saved Qufu County. This contribution is not small! I will report it to the court truthfully in the future."
In fact, slaying the leader of more than 200 bandits is nothing. Even compared with Shang Yi's past achievements, it is much incompetent. But Qufu County is not an ordinary small county. It is the residence of Yan Shenggong in the past dynasties.
They were all highly valued by the court. Zeng Hualong was also a scholar, so he naturally had no respect for Confucius and his descendants. The status of Qufu County in his heart was no less than that of Jerusalem to Christians, so he heard that Shang Yi saved
After arriving in Qufu County and saving the holy land in his mind from being plundered by bandits, he was naturally overjoyed and he couldn't help but think more highly of Shang Yi.
The generals who came with Zeng Hualong had already heard of Shang Yi's name. They saw that Shang Yi had made great achievements on the way to Yanzhou Prefecture and was highly regarded by the governor, because they were all envied.
I was jealous, but I didn't dare to show it in front of Zeng Hualong.
At this time, all the teams entered Yanzhou City and the city gate was closed again. Zeng Hualong patted Shang Yi on his return and said: "Shang Yi, you go and arrange your troops first! I will be in the post tonight.
Setting up a banquet for you is also a celebration for you."