It didn't take long for all the soldiers in the front battalion to retreat to the back gate of the Qi army's grain and grass battalion. Zhou Bo asked the officers of the escort teams to assemble their teams, put on a posture of preparing for battle, and then watched the troops of the other battalions of the Dong family army retreat one after another.

When Dong Hao's middle camp passed by Zhou Bo's front camp team, he shouted to Zhou Bo: "Don't break the back, withdraw immediately." ”

Zhou Bo rode on the horse and said to Dong Hao resolutely: "Dong Shuai, there are many cavalry in the Qi army, and my Dong family army has too many foot soldiers. I also asked Dong Shuai to go first, and a certain family was here to cover the brothers in other battalions. ”

Dong Hao was a little anxious in his heart, he raised his head and looked at the Qi army's grain and grass camp that had become a sea of fire in the rear, only to see that the cavalry at the vanguard of the Qi army had already entered the main gate of the grain and grass camp. He knew that Zhou Bo was a talent, and even if he wanted to break off at this time, he should let others be responsible, and he must not let Zhou Bo come. In case the week is broken, it will be a big loss for Dong Jiajun.

However, after receiving the order to retreat, the soldiers of the other battalions of the Dong family army scattered and fled, and there was no way to find other battalion commanders to carry out the characters in this mixed scene. What's more, Zhou Bo has already set up a formation, even if he finds other battalion commanders, he won't have time to line up anymore.

He sighed, pointed at Zhou Bo with a horsewhip and said, "Listen well, don't make any mistakes, the great merit of this sneak attack is still on your head!"

Hearing this, Zhou Bo was very moved in his heart, many coaches throughout the ages were very jealous, for fear that the reputation and merits of their subordinates would surpass him, but he didn't expect Dong Hao to care about himself so much. He immediately arched his hand to Dong Hao and said solemnly: "Thank you Dong Shuai for lifting up, the last general will definitely not disappoint Dong Shuai." ”

Dong Hao sighed, didn't say anything more, and took his subordinates to the west.

A moment later. As soon as the rest of the Dong family's army withdrew from the grain and grass camp, the cavalry of the Qi army came one after another. However, because of the raging fire in the grain and grass camp, these cavalry were also very worried when they sprinted, and the speed was not very fast.

When Zhou Bo saw the cavalry of the Qi army appear in the field of vision, he immediately shouted: "The spear array meets the enemy!"

Four of the seven infantry units of the front battalion were guns. Because of the continuous war between the Song and Jin, the best thing for the Jin people was cavalry. Therefore, in order to deal with this kind of highly mobile troops, most of the Song army mainly used long weapons. It can be seen in "Water Margin" that most of the forbidden infantry in the imperial court in the late Northern Song Dynasty were spears.

Chen Tai immediately roared: "Brothers, prepare!"

The cavalry of the Qi army rushed out of the fire, and when their eyes were still too hot to open their eyes, they did not expect that the Song army would dare to counterattack at the gate of the camp. As soon as the cavalry opened their eyes, they saw hundreds of spear soldiers lined up and rushed towards this side. Suddenly, everyone was taken aback. Because the speed of the horses was not fast, they naturally knew that with the current impact force, they could not break through these spear soldiers, so they could only quickly hold on to the reins.

However, the cavalry that followed closely behind did not know what was happening in front of them, and they were still squeezing forward. The front and back immediately collided together, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Chen Tai saw the opportunity and shouted again: "Brothers, cover up for me!"

The pikemen of the Song army rushed forward and blocked the back door of the Qi army's grain and grass camp. Aiming a spear at those chaotic Qi cavalry was a messy stab, even if it didn't hit anyone. The horses were almost crippled.

Zhou Bo sneered, he didn't plan to continue killing, this time was definitely not a good time to fight, as long as he could scare the Qi cavalry. He immediately commanded: "Brothers, withdraw!"

The soldiers of the front battalion immediately began to turn around and began to withdraw to the west.

Only then did the cavalry of the Qi army react, it turned out that it was just a small harassment just now. But they want to rectify the time when the people chase them out again. only to find that the team was already in chaos. In addition, the grain and grass camp is on fire, if the fire is not extinguished as soon as possible, I am afraid that the 50,000 army will have to go to the northwest in a few days.

Eventually, the vanguard had to be divided into several squads. Part of the team went to continue to chase the Song army, mainly to determine whether these Song troops really retreated. The other teams immediately began to extinguish the camp.

Zhou Bo rode his horse and kept moving back and forth in the front camp, he was checking to see if there were any brothers who had fallen behind, but everything was lucky, and the brothers followed.

Bi Jin rode a horse to accompany Zhou Bo, and he asked with some confusion: "Battalion commander, how did you know that the brothers were able to scare off the chasing soldiers of the Qi army just now?"

Zhou Bohaha smiled and deliberately said loudly: "I once told you that the Qi army is just a rabble, and in terms of marching operations and commanding generals, all of them are just wine bags and rice bags. If it weren't for the fact that there were golden dogs behind them, these rabble would not be our opponents at all. Hmph, Qi Gou thought that he had won a game against us in Xiangyang, so he regarded himself as invincible in the world!"

After all, he nodded deeply, he had fought with the Qi army in Henan, so he naturally knew that what Zhou Bo said was true. However, he still felt that Zhou Bo was very courageous, there were no less than a few thousand people chased by the cavalry of the Qi army just now, and with only five hundred people in the front battalion to deal with so many enemies, not only the timing was very important, but the courage of the main general was also very important.

The front battalion retreated about three miles to the west, and encountered a group of men and horses left behind by Dong Jiajun to meet them. So the two people joined together and continued westward.

An hour later, Zhou Bo finally led his subordinates to catch up with the main force of the Dong family's army. Dong Hao was very happy when he heard that Zhou Bo had returned safely, and immediately rode to the back of the team to greet Zhou Bo.

"Zhou Chengjie, you not only have great wisdom, but also great bravery, my Great Song Dynasty needs a young hero like Zhou Chengjie to revitalize. Dong Hao rode on the horse and said proudly, his face full of joy. Although there were not many enemies killed in the battle tonight, it burned down the Qi army's grain and grass camp, and the Dong family army was finally able to retire, which also won a considerable amount of face for Zhai Xuan.

"Dong Shuai has won the award, and when he first arrived at Dong Jiajun, he should naturally do his best, so as not to let the brothers misunderstand that Dong Shuai is not allowed to see people. Zhou Bo said bluntly, he felt that although Dong Hao had a city government, he was always a coach with a good character, and sometimes there was no need to hide some of his inner words.

Dong Hao smiled and said, "Zhou Chengjie, you are really a straightforward person. Ha ha. ”

Dong Jiajun continued to march seven or eight miles to the west. Then turn southeast and detour back to Hancheon. When crossing Hanchuan, Zhou Bo was still secretly sneering in his heart, if there was a little bit of a general in the Qi army who knew how to strategize, it should not be difficult to guess that after the Dong family army robbed the camp, he would return to Hanchuan and return to Ezhou again. At this time, as long as an ambush is laid near Hanchuan, it will inevitably catch the Dong family army off guard.

After crossing the Hanchuan River, Dong Jiajun bypassed Sizhou and went straight south to Xingou. Xingou is only more than 20 miles away from Sizhou, and Dong Xian's army stationed here earlier received a letter from Ezhou, informing him that the Qi army had been pressed by the enemy, so Dong Xian's army had laid a tight defense in Xingou from daytime.

After Dong Jiajun came to Xingou, he immediately spread the news of the night attack on the grain and grass camp of the Qi army throughout the army, which immediately aroused the morale of all the soldiers of the Song army. After the defeat of Xiangyang. This night attack was the first large-scale victory.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, Dong first arranged a camp for Dong Jiajun to rest temporarily, and then asked Dong Hao to come to his account to inquire about the situation tonight. Dong Hao also brought Wang Wenshou and Zhou Bo two battalion commanders to go together, although his official rank is one level lower than Dong Xian, but after all, Dong's army is an independent army, and its military power is similar to Dong Xian's Fifth Route Army in form, so it is always better to do enough on the field.

"The last general, Dong Hao, has seen Dong Commandery. "After entering Dong Xian's battalion commander. Dong Hao gave Dong a slight salute.

"Oh, Zixian is here. You and I are both surnamed Dong, so you don't have to be so formal, please take a seat. Dong Xian was resting, but he temporarily received Dong Hao to come, and immediately put on another coat and got up. He is over fifty years old, but his vicissitudes of life still have enough domineering on his face. At first glance, people know that it is a fierce general-type character.

In fact, although Dong Xian and Dong Hao are both surnamed Dong, their backgrounds are completely different. Dong Hao was born in an official family, and when the Northern Song Dynasty was not dead, he was a military general of the Song Dynasty, and later after the Jin State supported the establishment of the Qi State, he became a member of the Qi State. And Dong Xian was active in the middle of the Yellow River Road from the beginning. Because he was one step ahead of Dong Hao and took refuge under Zhai Xuan, plus he had five or six thousand brothers in his hands, he was elected as the commander.

The commander is the superior official position of the adjutant general, and the number of troops under his jurisdiction is equivalent to two to four units like Dong Jiajun. In terms of official rank, he is already a member of the fifth grade.

Dong Hao sat down on the nearest seat under the handsome case, and Zhou Bo and Wang Wencode lined up behind him.

Dong Xian asked: "I just heard a rumor that Zixian's subordinates successfully attacked and destroyed the grain and grass camp of the Qi army, but is there such a thing?"

Dong Hao smiled slightly and said, "This is indeed the case." Now that the Qi army's grain and grass camp has been destroyed, it will inevitably cause great trauma to the morale of the Qi army, and it has finally saved some face for our Song army. ”

Zhou Bo, who was standing behind Dong Hao, bowed slightly, which could be regarded as modest.

Dong first glanced at Zhou Bo, and there was no appreciative look on his face, but a kind of indifference. This is not because he is jealous in his heart, but because he is reckless, and he instinctively looks down on those official people, not only for Zhou Bo, Dong Hao and others, but even Zhai Xuan does not have enough status in his heart.

Last year, if it weren't for the trend of the times, he would never have taken his men and horses to join the Song court. Especially after the Song army retreated all the way from Henan, he felt more and more that the Song army was a wreck.

"Oh, is it?" he replied indifferently, and then said, "It is indeed a great event. Zixian, what are you going to do next?"

In the face of Dong Xian's attitude, Dong Hao, Zhou Bo, and Wang Wenshou were a little uncomfortable, but after all, the other party was in control, and it was difficult to say anything on their side.

Dong Hao said: "I plan to report this good news to Ezhou first, and then Prime Minister Zhai will decide the next step." However, I thought that the Qi army suffered this big loss, and it would not dare to underestimate the strength of our Ezhou defenders. Judging from the current situation, the tens of thousands of Qi troops on the west bank of the Hanchuan River will only maintain a confrontation with us at most. ”

Dong Xian groaned deeply, and said in a slightly cold tone: "If it is really as Zixian said, then I will be stable for the rest of the day." ”

Zhou Bo didn't speak, but after listening to Dong Xian's words, he always felt that this old man was a little yin and yang. He could feel that Dong Xian had disdain for Dong Hao's words, maybe Dong Xian was thinking that a night attack by Dong Jiajun alone could scare all 50,000 Qi troops, which was definitely a fantasy.

Dong Hao's face also changed slightly, but he quickly recovered, pretending not to hear Dong Xian's voice, and then continued: "Since last year, my Song army has been chased and beaten by the Jin people and the Qi people. Today's Qi army has suffered heavy losses, and it has also won us a chance to rest. ”

Dong Xian laughed noncommittally twice, and then said, "If this is the case, it will naturally be good." Well, now that the Qi army is in chaos, if Zixian has nothing else to do, it is better to go to rest first, and after dawn, he will send someone to Ezhou to inform Zixian of the robbery of the camp tonight. ”

Dong Hao also felt that he had nothing to say to Dong Xian, anyway, he came to see Dong Xian, just to inform the other party of the news of his withdrawal from Sizhou. He sank his breath, stood up and bowed his hand to Dong Xian: "Since this is the case, then I will retire first." However, I would like to remind Dong Commander, now that the Dong family army is withdrawing from Sizhou, the vanguard of the Qi army of more than 10,000 people has occupied Sizhou, and I hope that Dong Commander will be more vigilant in the northwest direction. ”

After finishing speaking, he withdrew from the camp with Zhou Bo and Wang Wenshou, and the three of them felt a little depressed.

After Dong Hao and the others left, Dong Xian's face suddenly fell, and after snorting, he muttered: "What else did you say to deter the Qi army, don't you still let a certain family fortify in the northwest direction?"

Although he was dissatisfied, he was still quite cautious, and immediately called the heralds, and issued an order to send a group of soldiers and horses to be stationed at the pass south of Sizhou County, and be vigilant against the Wanqi army that had crossed the Hanchuan River.

Coming out of Dong Xian's tent, Dong Hao and the others walked to the temporary camp.

Wang Wenshou was a little anxious, and couldn't help but complain: "Why is this Dong system still in this bird temper." ”

Dong Hao smiled and said, "Dong was a thief before, and we are officials, of course he doesn't like to deal with us." ”

Wang Wenshou sighed, still a little unwilling to say: "Whether he was a thief or not before, now he is a robe brother who is in the same boat, how can he work together in the future?"

Dong Hao patted Wang Wenshou on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't say this anymore." ”

Zhou Bo didn't speak, but he noticed that although Dong Hao was defending Dong Xian, there must still be a dissatisfaction in the other party's heart. He sighed secretly, the reason why the Song army repeatedly brushed shoulders with victory was precisely because of disunity, down to the generals of all walks of life, to the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the government and the opposition.

Although the conversation just now was brief, the tone of both sides was enough to face the above points.

However, Zhou Bo suddenly thought of one thing in his memory, it seemed that this Dong Xian would also serve under Yue Fei's account in the future. It seems that Yue Fei is really a heroic figure, and even an old stubborn and stubborn person like Dong Xian can be subdued. (To be continued.) )