Billowing smoke rose into the sky, and the red light in the smoke column flickered, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen fires had burst out. Along with the fireworks, there were the screams of people, the neighing of war horses, and the roar of sharp arrows breaking through the air.

Sure enough, after the Chang brothers and He Yan left, the horse bandits, who had been lurking on the side, launched a fatal blow.

"Brother He, you can only rely on yourselves over there. In addition, if you see my two brothers, please do not blame them for the sake of my two faces. As soon as your side is done, let them come quickly. ”

Immediately, Chang Hu's face was pale, and he hugged his fist at He Yan, and without saying more, he turned his head and hit the horse first. Behind him, Chang Leopard also hugged his fist with a complicated face, and followed closely without saying a word.

He Yan's face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, but he couldn't have imagined that things would develop to this point. The Chang brothers didn't say anything unpleasant, but it was more uncomfortable than scolding him. After all, he was the one entrusted by Su Mo to deal with those horse bandits. As a result, it was his side that had the situation first, so that the Chang family suffered this unknown disaster.

Although it is reported that the third and fourth elders of the Chang family caused the incident first, but if you think about it with your toes, you know that there must be something strange in it. Otherwise, how could Chang Xiong and Chang Zhen run over there for no reason? At least before seeing the two of them face to face, this pot, He Yan had to carry it first.

Whew-

He Yan looked at the figure of the Chang family brothers in the distance, often exhaled, his eyes flashed with anger, he shook the horse's head suddenly, shouted, and led the entourage to his camp.

Turning around, the two of them rushed back to their camp, but they saw that there were flames and smoke everywhere, and I don't know how many people were running around like flies inside, and the cries and shouts were endless, and for a while I couldn't figure out how many enemies had come.

"Don't panic, don't panic! What's going on? How many thieves are coming, and where are our people? Where are they now? What are the casualties?" A stumbling soldier retreated out of smoke and flames, and was twisted by Chang Hu, and asked loudly.

The man was about to resist, but he looked up and saw that it was Chang Hu, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and cheered: "Uncle, second master, you have finally rushed back......

Chang Hu was angry and interrupted angrily: "Don't talk nonsense!

Only then did the man realize, and hurriedly said, "Thief...... The thief came suddenly, without the slightest warning, and we couldn't figure it out for a while. As for our people, uh...... After the fire started, everything was chaotic, and the masters were not there, so everyone could only fight on their own, and now they are ...... I don't know the specifics of the small ones at the moment......"

Chang Hu was furious, kicked him over, raised his hand and took off the big gun, pointed at him and scolded: "A bunch of waste! Are all the drills in the past useless? Even if I can't wait, can it be that I still block the bandits?

Chang Bao next to him hurriedly stopped and persuaded: "Big brother, calm down! It won't help you to kill him now, this is not the time to pursue it, and retreat the enemy first before talking about anything else." ”

Chang Hu was angry at this time, Chang Bao turned his head and said coldly to the subordinate who was almost frightened: "Go, immediately beat the drum and gather the generals, so that everyone can gather in the Chinese military tent." ”

The man responded in a panic, turned around and ran away. Chang Hu hurriedly said: "Second brother, you are gathering generals now, didn't you let those thieves go in vain? Without the support of our people, what will happen to those businessmen?"

Chang Bao turned his head sharply and shouted: "Big brother! The thieves took advantage of the weakness to attack them unprepared, if they didn't gather all the generals, wouldn't they let people break them down? When the time comes, it will be difficult to even protect themselves, and what else will they say to the enemy? At this time, they can only loot some property at most, if they chase now, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, but it will increase the casualties, you are the master of the three armies, don't be blinded by anger!"

Chang Hu was ashamed and aggrieved for a while, and screamed loudly in the sky, and struck the horse's buttocks with the barrel of a gun. The war horse neighed in pain, and the sound of the rhythm was already rushing out, and it sank into the smoke.

Chang Bao sighed deeply, closed his eyes hard, and then drank the order to follow behind him, and he was about to catch up. It's just that before he could take a step, he suddenly saw a figure stumbling out of the fireworks over there, his face was full of tears and black ash, and he suddenly looked up and saw Chang Leopard, and immediately cried loudly: "Second brother, second brother Chang, help, help, help......"

Chang Bao was stunned for a moment, stared at it and hesitated: "You are ......"

The man cried: "Second brother, I am Meng Bufan, little Meng." ”

Chang Bao took a closer look, but it wasn't the young master of Mengjiabao. At that moment, someone grabbed him and asked, "Xiao Meng, why are you here? What are you shouting for help?"

Xiao Meng was frightened for a moment, and when he heard this, he jumped up violently again, grabbed Chang Leopard's horse hald, and cried: "Yan Niang...... Yan Niang was kidnapped by thieves, second brother, second brother, help me, help me, help me save Yan Niang back, and the younger brother will be born to be a cow and a horse and not forget your kindness......"

Only then did Chang Bao understand, he was not angry for a while, when was this, how could he ignore the overall situation for the sake of a businessman's concubine? It's just that his own brother has always been friendly with him, and this Xiao Meng is very good at being a man on weekdays, so he can't say anything if he refuses.

I had no choice but to point to a personal entourage, and divided half of the people to chase him in the direction pointed by Xiao Meng, as for whether he could save the little concubine, he could only obey the fate of heaven.

Xiao Meng was reasonable, but he insisted on refusing to leave by himself, so he asked someone to give him a horse, and he went with the team of soldiers with a thousand thanks.

Here, Chang Leopard sighed and beckoned the rest of the people to go straight to the Chinese army. At this time, the drums in the camp sounded frequently, and countless soldiers came out of smoke and fire, and gradually gathered in the open space in front of the tent. The boss Chang Hu was already waiting there with a blue face, and when he saw Chang Leopard coming, he nodded slightly, raised his chin in the field, and motioned for him to command.

Among the brothers, the single-round military command ability, the brothers are far inferior to Chang Leopard, and every time this happens, they automatically and consciously give up the position of commander to Chang Leopard.

Chang Leopard didn't push, strode forward and stood still, his eyes swept around below, and before he could speak, he suddenly frowned, and his eyes flashed with doubt.

Chang Hu saw it clearly, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Chang Bao shook his head slightly, put away the doubts, and began to assign points. A group of men was assigned to gather the scattered battalion and treat the wounded, and then several scouts were sent out to sentinel in all directions.

When they received the order and left, there was no one else by their side, so Chang Hu hurriedly said: "Second brother, why don't you go after it? Leave a team of people here to clean up, why bother so much." ”

Chang Bao frowned and said, "Big brother, don't you feel strange?"

Chang Hu was stunned for a moment and said, "What's strange?"

Chang Leopard raised his head, glanced around with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The thieves are so well prepared, they beat us by surprise. It is said that no matter how fast we come back, I am afraid that we will also suffer great casualties. But if you look at the soldiers who have just been called back, how many of them have actually suffered casualties? I am afraid that there is not even a tenth of them. Also, if I am right, the losses of those caravans should not be large, and even if they are some, they should only be some that were burned by the fire, and there will be no more ...... otherwise."

Chang Hu's face was confused, and he said sneeringly: "Second brother, what do you want to say, isn't it good if the loss is small? What does this have to do with chasing the enemy?"

Chang Bao shook his head helplessly, and had to explain again: "Big brother, this is clearly a thief's serial plan. Taking advantage of the fact that the third and fourth brothers went over there to make trouble, it was a plan to lead us away, and it was also a plan to suddenly launch a sneak attack here and stir up chaos! They didn't ...... at all Alas, not good!"

As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he cried out in a lost voice.

Chang Hu was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Chang Bao's face was extremely ugly, he led the war horse over, turned over, and gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao Meng! That Xiao Meng has a problem! Chang Man is in danger of them." Big brother, it's too late to say more, you are sitting here, you must guard the camp, and don't go out lightly. I'll bring someone with me to pick them up, and remember, don't divide your troops until I come back! Cut, cut!"

After that, he raised his leg and took off the weapon on the hook of victory, and with a light click, he beat his horse and galloped out, chasing in the direction where Xiao Meng's team had gone before. Behind him, the guards belonging to his side rumbled to follow, and they disappeared in an instant.

Chang Hu stayed in place with a confused expression, his head was full of large question marks, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

There was a guard next to him who told him about meeting Xiao Meng on the road before, and Chang Hu realized it. It's just that after realizing it, I became even more confused. I don't understand why my brother wants to say that Xiao Meng has a problem, and what does it mean to say that his camp was attacked before? What is the plan of those thieves to attack, and it is also a plan to attack themselves, so what do they want to do? Which is the real target?

It's just that this is cold, and he can't figure it out if he wants to break his head, so he has to sigh and give up, and only arrange them one by one according to his brother's instructions. Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't think about it, anyway, it had always been the second brother's advice, so he just had to do a good job of the assignment.

pressed his side and didn't mention it, just talking about Chang Leopard who chased out. He was talking before, and he was wondering what the other party's purpose was. But when he inadvertently remembered Xiao Meng he met on the road, he couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, and he reacted instantly.

In the final analysis, it is actually implemented in the four words "each break". In comparison, the combined strength of the He and Chang families has obviously surpassed the horse bandits. If the two officially join forces to make a move, then if you want to take a chestnut from it, you will wait until you find death.

But the leader of the thieves obviously refused to admit defeat willingly, so he took advantage of the trouble between Chang Xiong and Chang Zhen to set up this serial plan. First, he made a sneak attack in the camp of the He family, causing the Chang family brothers to divide their troops, and then turned his head and took advantage of the weakness to take another bite from the Chang family.

Maybe the bite of the Chang family will not be too big, but as long as the Chang family can be chaotic, if they buy time, it will not only temporarily break the original alliance between the He and Chang families, but also disrupt the previous rhythm. At this point, the momentum of the host and guest has reversed, making the horse bandits who were originally hiding in the shadows more free to advance and retreat.

This change may not seem like a real benefit, but it is a very clever tactic from a strategic point of view. First of all, morale!

In ancient times, the battle was the first priority. If the soldiers have no morale, they should have ten percent combat power, and in the end, they can only exert seventy percent at most. If the first battle is lost, under the heavy setback, the combat strength and fighting spirit will be reduced by two percent, or even more.

When the time comes to battle, one side is full of morale and agitation, and the other side is full of panic, and the morale can only be maintained half or even less, then the battle has already been lost without fighting.

This is a very clever strategic vision, and the leader of the other party can have this kind of vision, which makes Chang Bao can't help but be surprised and admired, but his heart is a little heavier.

As for why Xiao Meng was suspected of being in the middle of it, under the circumstances, the entire camp was in chaos, and how could Xiao Meng, a scholar who was powerless, escape unscathed?

You know, according to what he said, the thief took his concubine away directly. That shows that the two were together at that time, but the question is, when did the horse bandits start to eat vegetarian food? Only robbing women without harming the innocent? Normally, when you see a woman robbing her, it is only right to kill the man next to her with a knife.

Therefore, even if Xiao Meng didn't have a problem with himself, the other party deliberately put it back to report the news. That being the case, why did the other party let him come back to report the news? That was because the other party expected that in that case, there would definitely be people on this side to help Xiao Meng.

Well, then, the horse bandits who are the combined forces of the Shanghe and Chang families are not opponents, but if they are only against the Shang, and they are also part of the forces of the family, are they still not opponents? The answer is no!

Each one is broken! This is each one! The team of people who went with Xiao Meng was the first target.