According to Zhou Liang's estimate, this group of bandits should have taken advantage of the opportunity to go to Ningqiang County, broke through the blockade of Lengshuigou and entered the county seat, but they knew that their strength was not good, so they took a handful, and after learning that they came back, they returned to Cang'er Mountain to continue to be a shrunken turtle, this judgment made him a little relieved, although he died of a county magistrate and all the officials in the county government, but he recaptured the county seat from the bandits, which is also a great achievement.

Zhou Liang did not plan to pursue this bandit, this is clearly a thankless thing, the opponent rushed into the mountain, he only looked at the mountain and sighed, more than a year ago the loss is still vivid, this group of mountain rats have been nesting in Cang'er Mountain for more than a year, I am afraid that every stone there, every tree is clear, and I rush into it, most of it is another big defeat.

It is enough to hold the county seat, Zhou Liang began to issue a military order to the surrounding troops under his jurisdiction, the Lengshuigou military village has been broken, and the blockade of Cang'er Mountain has become an empty word, and the current strength at hand is not enough, so it is better to concentrate all the troops in case of danger.

Ziyang County began to strengthen the city wall, arrange the defense, Zhou Liangmiao wrote a note, this out-and-out defeat, written the first defeat and then the victory, the annihilation of countless enemies.

However, what happened next made him not send out this letter, because the bandits of Cang'er Mountain did not enter the mountain.

On the third day after Zhou Liang returned to Ziyang County, the bandits attacked 200 Qin soldiers who had withdrawn from the Rolling Longpo Military Village, and the Qin army was completely destroyed.

On the fourth day, the 300 Qin soldiers of the Longjiagou military village were on the way back, although they had been strictly guarded, but they were also attacked by bandits, losing half of Tai, and finally fled back only more than 100 people, from the mouth of these fleeing Qin soldiers knew the situation. made Zhou Liang feel that the situation was a little serious.

After more than a year of stinging, this group of bandits has obviously been well trained, from a group of rabble into an elite army, which can be seen from the fact that they attacked the Qin army in two directions in two days, between the two villages of Longpo and Longjiagou, there is a south and a north, with a distance of dozens of miles, and within two days, the two places rushed around and defeated two well-trained Qin troops. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

This bandit did not flee back to the mountains, but raged everywhere in Ziyang County, and this time Zhou Liang was put on the fire to roast, and he couldn't attack? It became a conundrum that tested him.

From the mouths of the residents of the county seat, Zhou Liang interrogated that there were about 1,000 bandits who attacked the county seat, and now, the soldiers and horses in his direct hands were only 2,000 people, and the county town had to be guarded, these bandits were all locals. The terrain is familiar, if he takes all the soldiers away, what if this group of bandits kills another horse and takes the county seat, the county must definitely leave enough manpower. But in this way, the number of people he can take out of the city will not exceed 1,000 at most, and he will deal with the bandits with a force of 1,000 people. If Zhou Liang was definitely full of confidence before, but now, he is not confident. From the soldiers who escaped from the Longjiagou military village, Zhou Liang could already confirm that this bandit was indeed different now.

On the tenth day, Xialiang Town sent someone to the county seat to report the emergency, this time Zhou Liang couldn't sit still anymore, not for anything else, because there was a person in Xialiang Town who he would never dare to offend now, that was the father of the Qincha Lord Lu Dafang sent by the imperial court to supervise the land reform in Shu County.

"How many bandits are around Xialiang Town?" Staring at the envoy of the Lu Mansion who came to report the emergency, Zhou Liang asked.

"Back to the general's words, there are bandits all around Xialiang Town, I really don't know how many people there are, but at least there must be a few thousand people." The envoy of Lu Mansion hurriedly said: "General, please send reinforcements quickly, if it is too late, our Lu Mansion will be finished." ”

"As far as I know, Lu Mansion itself has a lot of village soldiers, and Lu Mansion itself is a small castle, and it will not be attacked by bandits so easily." Zhou Liang was a little annoyed, in just ten days, the bandits' team was swelling again, at this rate, I am afraid that it will not take many days, and Ziyang will be full of bandits.

"General Zhou, that's Lord Lu's mansion!" Hearing Zhou Liang's words, the envoy of the Lu Mansion changed a little, "If something happens to Master Lu, I'm afraid that the general will also be a little troubled!" ”

The threat in the other party's words was extremely obvious, but Zhou Liang had no time to worry about these with the other party at this time, "Now I only have two thousand soldiers and horses in my hands, Ning Qiang, and Nanzheng each have one thousand, in a hurry, these troops can't be gathered together at all, I can't just lose the county seat in order to save Master Lu, right?" What if these bandits are fake in attacking the Lu family, and it is true that they are attacking the county seat? ”

Zhou Liang paced around the house, "The bandits this time are completely different from last year's, judging from their attacks on Lengshuigou, Rolling Longpo, and Longjiagou, they are completely a well-trained army. ”

"General Zhou, then let the bandits act recklessly? If the bandits completely destroyed Ziyang and other places, even if the general held the county seat, wouldn't the general be punished for the crime of the general? All parts of the country have fallen, and only one county town is left like a lonely boat in the angry sea, so how long can it last? The person from Lu Mansion is obviously not a simple subordinate, and he asked rhetorically every sentence, pointing to the problem that Zhou Liang was most worried about.

"It's not that I don't send troops, but I want to defend the county seat, and I want to save Lu Mansion, and I can't catch it." Zhou Liang stopped and looked at him, "I have a plan, I will prepare to send troops immediately, what about you, then go to Zhongshan Town immediately, where to find Zhong Houye, Zhong Houye has hundreds of township soldiers in his hands, and his condition is no less than that of the regular army, and the equipment is good, this is specially approved by the king, if I can help Zhong Houye, I can leave half of the soldiers to defend the city, and it is enough to sweep away this bandit with a thousand people." ”

"Zhong Houye?" The envoy of the Lu Mansion was stunned.

"Yes, Master Zhong, but Master Hou has a big face, I don't want to move, or you can have some effect." Zhou Liangdao.

"Okay, please General Zhou immediately prepare to send troops, I will go to Zhongshan Town, Zhong Houye will definitely send troops, what kind of person Zhong Houye is, he naturally knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, if this bandit is allowed to run rampant, the next one will be the turn of the Zhong family." The envoy of the Lu Mansion bowed, turned around and left quickly.

In the darkness, next to a faint lamp, four or five heads gathered, all staring at the map under the oil lamp.

"The specific information has come, Zhou Liang, the county seat of Ziyang, has led a thousand Qin troops out of the city, and another group of people and horses are from the Zhong family in Zhongshan Town, this Zhong family is not ordinary, their family owner is the Guan Neihou of the Qin State, the famous Zhongli. According to what we have learned, his family has as many as 500 soldiers, which is comparable to the elite of the Qin army. Niu Teng pointed to the map and said: "These two soldiers and horses, one on the left and one on the right, are rushing towards Xialiang Town. ”

"Who is Zhongli? The big boss said that he was very famous, why haven't we heard of it? He Yong asked with some confusion.

"Of course, you haven't heard of it." Niu Teng laughed, Zhongli commanded the Black Ice Platform, and ordinary people really wouldn't know his name. "But this man is very powerful, very powerful."

"No matter how powerful they are, there are thousands of people here, and it is easy to take down a small Lu Mansion, and when they arrive, the daylily will be cold." He Yong dismisses the authentic. "Then let's follow the meaning of the big boss, and fight them in guamish, that is, if we don't confront them head-on, what can they do to me? We will have more and more people, but they will fight less and less, and the final victory will be ours. ”

Although it was only a dozen days to descend the mountain, the ranks of the rebel army had grown rapidly from more than 1,000 people at the beginning to more than 5,000 people.

"Although there are many people, there are not many who can really go to the battlefield and confront the Qin army head-on." Niu Teng shook his head and said: "Zhou Liang is very cautious, when he gathers the two thousand men and horses of Ning Qiang and Nan Zheng, we will not be opponents, and we will have to be driven back to Cang'er Mountain by him, so we have to find another way." He Yong, you took these 4,000 people to besiege Xialiang Town, remember, the time must be grasped well, when these two groups of enemies attack, you must not fall in love with the battle, do not think that you have more people and fight with the enemy, the time is not too many people to win, once the enemy is approaching, immediately according to the plan we have formulated, break into pieces, and quickly withdraw into the nearby mountains. ”

"Remember!" He Yong was a little depressed, "Big boss, then what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to kill someone." Niu Teng smiled, "I believe that if this person is killed by us, this official of Zhou Liang will also come to an end." ”

That very night, hundreds of well-trained veterans of the rebel army quietly left the main army, sneaked into the mountains, and quietly ran towards their goal. The person Niu Teng wanted to kill was none other than Zhong Li, the former supreme commander of the Black Ice Platform in the Great Qin Pass.

Although Zhongli resigned, he still has unparalleled influence in the court of Qin, it is precisely for this reason that the current King of Qin will force him to take office, if he dies, the government and the opposition will inevitably be shaken, and the local generals will no longer be able to cover the incident in Ziyang County, this matter will really make a big scene, and the big trouble is the starting point of Niu Teng's other plan. If you want to completely mess up Shu County, the first thing is to let Zhou Liang's thousands of Qin troops be planted in his hands, and with Niu Teng's current strength, if he fights hard, he is really not caught, and the head-to-head confrontation will most likely end with him being abused, and guerrilla warfare cannot shake Zhou Liang at all, this person is still in a disciplined manner, and he will not give Niu Teng much chance at all. Once he gathered Ning Qiang, Nanzheng's Qin army, and this uprising in Ziyang County would most likely end in a fiasco.

When Niu Teng sneaked to Zhongshan with hundreds of men and horses, and gathered another group of action teams sent by the National Security Bureau in Zhongshan, the soldiers of the Zhong family were under the leadership of the contemporary head of the family, Zhong Kui, and marched all the way to help the Lu family in Xialiang Town, and at the same time, Zhou Liang also led a thousand Qin troops out of Ziyang County, and the target was naturally Xialiang Town. (To be continued......)