"PS: Don't think about it.,The author is old.,But there's more.,After all, I still owe a lot of chapters.。 But, after a few days, I have been restless lately.'"

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The death of Quhou Zhuliang not only made the Nanyang Army here lose its unified command, but also caused the morale of the soldiers to fluctuate, and the morale was greatly damaged.

That's Qu Hou, how could the so-called five hundred generals be killed by a bandit?

Or, these so-called black tiger thieves, are they really just bandits?

If the other party is really just a group of bandits, why can they actually fight against their main army? They're the army!

It's the regular army of the perennial garrison suppressing the Jingchu rebels on the front line!

As the casualties became more serious, more and more Nanyang soldiers were confused.

"Pursuit! Pursuit! Don't let a thief go! ”

Cao Fu, the chief of the command in place of Zhu Liang, hissed to boost morale and motivate the soldiers to chase down the black tiger thieves who were rapidly retreating, but the situation became more and more chaotic.

The ambush led by Niu Heng seriously disrupted the steps of the Nanyang soldiers to pursue the black tiger thief, but instead made the Nanyang army fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked on both sides in a short period of time.

After all, the soldiers are also people, and they are also afraid of death, and in the case of chaotic command, even the soldiers of the regular army will retreat in panic, and this brings an opportunity for the evacuation of the black tiger thief.

Seeing this, Chen Mo ceded the command to Wang Qing, and he took Liu Tu and others to Niu Heng's side.

He shouted at the reckless man who used the body of a Nanyang soldier as a weapon: "Niu Heng, don't fall in love with war, withdraw." ”

Under the command of Chen Mo and Wang Qing, the two black tiger thieves forced back the pursuing Nanyang soldiers with a counterattack, and immediately took advantage of the gap between the other party's retreat and immediately retreated.

On the one hand, it was because they didn't know which black tiger thieves to pursue for a while, but on the other hand, it was probably because these soldiers really suffered too much damage tonight.

Black Tiger Thief, that's just a bunch of bandits, isn't it? Why is it so strong?

In fact, as long as these Nanyang soldiers held out for a moment, the situation might be different, because Quhou Houwu quickly led the reinforcements to this side.

"Report!"

After Hou Wu led the reinforcements to arrive, there were soldiers who immediately reported the battle situation to this Qu Hou: "Qi Qu Hou, Zhu Liang Zhu Qu Hou died in battle, and the thieves fled in two groups......

"What?!"

After learning of Zhu Liang's death, Hou Wu's eyes widened in shock.

Hou Wu and Zhu Liang have been colleagues for many years, although Zhu Liang's martial arts are not as good as Hou Wu, but they will not be killed so easily, let alone killed by a bandit.

Hou Wu couldn't accept it.

But at this moment, he didn't care to think about it, and immediately shouted: "I am Quhou Hou Wu, and Zhu Liang and his soldiers are temporarily under my command!" ”

After taking over Zhu Liang Yiqu's forces, Hou Wu immediately pursued the Black Tiger Thief.

However, at this time, the two black tiger thieves had already escaped under the cover of night, how could they easily catch up?

Of course, whether he can catch up is a question, but whether to chase or not is a matter of attitude, so Hou Wu did not hesitate to lead the army to pursue and went straight to Yingshan on the west side.

Not to mention, when he led a large group of men and horses to pursue to the foot of Yingshan Mountain in the west, he really caught up with the tail of a black tiger thief, but it was a pity that people drilled into the mountains along the mountain road, and Hou Wu immediately issued an order to stop the pursuit.

After all, there was a 'spider web narrow road' that had caused him a lot of loss of face and many troops in the daylight yesterday - although Hou Wu didn't know the name of those narrow mountain roads.

At this time, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, Niu Heng and others had already led the black tiger thieves under their respective commands to withdraw to Yingshan, and converged near the ruins of the old village halfway up the mountain, guarding against the Nanyang soldiers who had pursued to the bottom of the mountain.

When Chu Yan counted the casualties, Niu Heng said triumphantly to Chen Mo and Wang Qing: "Haha, thanks to General Niu's response, right?" ”

What's there to argue with a guy with a brain in the head? What's more, Niu Heng's response did play a key role this time, so not only did Chen Mo smile and cater to Niu Heng and say 'Thanks to you', even Wang Qing gave Niu Heng a thumbs up.

The recognition of Chen Mo and Wang Qing made Niu Heng very happy, he was full of interest, and said with great enthusiasm: "If the soldiers under the mountain dare to chase into the mountain, General Niu will kill them without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Chen Mo smiled, and then looked at the bottom of the mountain with a solemn expression.

Noticing Chen Mo's actions, Wang Qing said casually: "I shouldn't dare to chase them into the mountains, they suffered such a big loss in the mountains yesterday." ”

With that, he sat down beside a campfire and hooked his finger at a black tiger thief beside him, "Come, help me." ”

With the help of the black tiger thief, Wang Qing grinned and took off the leather armor on his body, revealing the single clothes inside, and in the light of the bonfire, it was not difficult to see that his left shoulder was red.

Unbuttoning his shirt to expose his shoulders, Wang Qing reached out and put two fingers on the middle arrow of his left shoulder, gritted his teeth and buckled out the cluster of arrows embedded in his body, splashing the blood on the face of the black tiger thief beside him.

At this time, the nearby black tiger thieves also began to deal with their injuries, some of them dealt with their wounds by themselves, but most of them still helped each other, after all, there were not many ruthless people like Wang Qing.

I don't know how long later, a glimmer of light appeared in the eastern sky, and in an instant, the rising sun gradually rose, shining the sun on the earth.

At this time, Chen Mo saw that the soldiers under the mountain were retreating one after another, retreating towards their garrison.

It seems that Wang Qing is right, the Nanyang army under the mountain is still very afraid of the narrow path of the cobweb.

The evacuation of the Nanyang Army completely relieved the black tiger thieves halfway up the mountain, they looked at each other, looked at each other's bloodstains, and burst into a burst of laughter.

It worked!

They managed to sneak up on a regular army, inflicting heavy casualties on the opposing side.

But the laughter soon ceased, because they found that there were many fewer on their side.

Probably because of the morale of the cottage brothers, Chu Yan whispered to Chen Mo after the initial inventory of the losses: "There are at least a hundred brothers missing......

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Including that bullish person?" ”

Chu Yan shook her head slightly.

"......" Chen Mo suddenly frowned.

You must know that last night, he, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan led a sneak attack on the camp of the Nanyang Army, and there were less than 300 people in total, and after Chu Yan's counting, there were more than 100 brothers missing?

Although the word 'less' does not necessarily mean death, it may also be separated, but ......

"I didn't retreat fast enough, and I was bitten by the soldiers......"

Wang Qing, who had already bandaged his wounds, came here at some point, frowning and saying his guess.

Hearing this, Chen Mo and Chu Yan nodded silently.

It is undeniable that the night attack was very successful, but the Nanyang Army deserves to be the Nanyang Army, and the speed and strength of the counterattack are beyond the imagination of the three of them, although Chen Mo had already given the order to retreat very decisively at that time, but he was still bitten by the Nanyang Army, and most of the casualties of his Black Tiger Thief brothers appeared at this stage.

"At least, the losses on the other side will definitely be heavier than ours......" Blowing a whistle, Wang Qing returned to his usual prodigality.

Chen Mo and Chu Yan nodded slightly.

Now, they can only comfort themselves in this way.

At the same time, in the camp of the Nanyang Army, Ji Rong was looking at the losses in the camp with a calm face.

As Wang Qing said, the losses of the Nanyang Army far exceeded those of the Black Tigers, and more importantly, they also killed a Quhou-level general in the battle.

『Zhu Liang ......』

Ji Rong knelt on one knee in front of his subordinates' corpses, looking at his subordinates' bloodless faces with a grim face.

"Zhu Liang, the gang of bandits on the other side is not simple, we set up camp in a hurry, so you have to pay special attention to the night guard tonight."

"I'm worried that the bandits will attack the camp?"

"Don't be left unguarded."

At this time, Ji Rong's mind came up with memories of when he talked to Zhu Liang about the Black Tiger Thief last night.

One thing to say, he thought that he had paid enough attention to the bandits on the other side, but he didn't expect to despise the bandits.

“……”

After a long time, Ji Rong reached out and clenched his fist and gently hammered the chest of the corpse under his subordinates, as if expressing something silently.

After a moment of silence, he pulled the cloth over his men's corpses, covered the corpses, and then stood up.

At this time, Zhu Liang's guards whispered: "Qu Hou left a message before he breathed, he said that the black tiger thief is by no means an ordinary bandit, and he can't use a bandit to ......."

If the subordinates left before they died, how could Ji Rong ignore it?

However, he looked at the eyes of the soldiers, but there was a faint anger: "What were you waiting for at that time?" ”

"I'll wait ......"

Zhu Liang's guards looked like dirt and stammered: "General, the battle was chaotic at that time, and it was at night, and I didn't even notice that there were thieves...... By the time we noticed, it was already ...... It's late......"

“……”

Ji Rong heard that the corners of his forehead were bruised, he clenched his fists, and immediately raised his hand, as if he was about to give some order.

But after glancing at Zhu Liang's corpse on the ground, he exhaled, and then put his hand down: "Remember the forty military battles, and atone for your sins." ”

The soldiers were relieved and thanked them: "General Xie Bi is tolerant." ”

Ji Rong snorted, ignored the soldiers, turned around and said, "Hou Wu, Wei Zhong, Zhao Yang, follow me to the Chinese military tent." ”

"Whoa!"

Hou Wu, Wei Zhong, and Zhao Yang held their fists and received their lives.

After a while, Ji Rong returned to the Zhongjun tent with his anger in his anger, and stood in the tent with his hands behind his back, without saying a word.

Seeing this, Hou Wu, Wei Zhong, and Zhao Yang looked at each other, not daring to speak at will, lest they be angry.

After all, this time, the losses of his Nanyang army were too heavy.

According to preliminary estimates, in this raid that occurred today, the number of casualties in his Nanyang army alone was close to four or five hundred.

These fallen soldiers were hacked to death by black tiger thieves who came in while they were sleeping in their tents; or being crushed by a burning tent and burned alive because they could not escape in time; Or die while chasing the Black Tiger Thief.

This night attack is estimated to be about half an hour before and after, and in this half an hour, his Nanyang army actually killed a Qu soldier directly!

What a song!

An army of 500 people and an army of 2,000 people is only four songs in total!

And that's not even counting the wounded soldiers.

Counting the wounded soldiers, the number of casualties in this night attack directly exceeded 1,000, accounting for half of the total strength under Ji Rong's command!

Even, a Quhou-level general was killed in battle.

Let's ask, as the supreme general of this army of 2,000 people, how can Ji Rong not be popular?!

In addition to the fire, Ji Rong was also a little incredulous.

The Black Tiger Thief...... Is it really just an ordinary bandit?

Ordinary bandits, who actually came up with the trick of launching two night attacks in one night?

An ordinary bandit actually has the strength to fight his Nanyang Army head-on?

After a period of silence, Ji Rong said in a deep voice: "I'll wait...... They all underestimate this black tiger thief, this group of thieves is called a thief, and Kunyang County launched three encirclements and suppressions but could not eradicate it, it seems that he does have a reason. ”

As he spoke, his face turned straight and he ordered: "Hou Wu, Zhu Liang's old department is merged under your command; Wei Zhong and Zhao Yang, the two of you immediately started to build a camp, this group of bandits is not simple, if you don't build a camp as soon as possible, I am afraid that you will be calculated again. ”

"Whoa!"

Hou Wu, Wei Zhong, and Zhao Yang held their fists and received their lives.

A moment later, when the three Qu Hou left the Zhongjun tent, Ji Rong could no longer contain the anger in his heart, kicked the bed he was sleeping on, and immediately paced back and forth in the tent in anger.

When he was stationed outside the county seat of Kunyang a while ago, Ji Rong had also heard about the experience of encircling and suppressing black tiger thieves in Kunyang County three times.

For example, in the last time, the county lieutenants of Kunyang, Runan, and Yexian counties led nearly 1,800 officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the black tiger thieves, and although they killed hundreds of bandits, they paid more than half of the losses of their troops, and even let the black tiger thieves escape more than 200 people.

At that time, Ji Rong couldn't help but laugh in his heart, laughing at the officers and soldiers in the county for being useless.

And now, that he had actually fought the Black Tiger Thief, he realized how light he was.

Just like the words left by Zhu Liang before he died, the black tiger thieves are different from the ordinary thieves in the world, this group of fierce thieves can not only fight head-on with the regular army in a short period of time, but also come up with all kinds of strange schemes.

『…… Who is the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves?'

Frowning and pacing back and forth in the tent for a few steps, Ji Rong realized that he didn't know anything about the Black Tiger Thief, and he didn't even know anything about the other party's leader, leader, and others.

After thinking for a while, Ji Rong summoned his guards and ordered: "You go to the county seat of Kunyang, go to see the county lieutenant Ma Gai, and ask him to sort out the news about the black tiger thief and hand it over to me." ”

"Yes!"

The guards clenched their fists and left.

At this time, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, and Niu Heng had already led a group of black tiger thieves back to the main village.

Back in the main village, Chen Mo counted the casualties again.

The good news is that more than a dozen of the 100 or so people who 'disappeared' at the time of Chu Yan's preliminary count came back one after another after dawn, and the bad news is that there are also more than 30 people lost on Niu Heng's side.

According to general estimates, the total casualties of the two night attacks last night were close to 400, of which more than 100 were killed.

Regardless of the night attack of the feint, during the second night attack, his black tiger group obviously had the upper hand, at least more than 200 soldiers were killed by them in their sleep, and they even succeeded in lighting many tents.

If it was a fight between the two armies, this night attack alone would be enough to defeat the Nanyang army in one go and annihilate its entire army.

However, Black Tiger Village still paid a heavy price for this.

When reporting to Zhao Yu, Chen Mo expressed his opinion.

"Last night's casualties seem to me to be partly due to lack of training, but more, due to the lack of armor, if the brothers in the village can have a pair of armor and a leather shield, I think the number of casualties can be reduced by at least half."

"Hmm."

After listening to Chen Mo's opinion, Zhao Yu nodded and said: "The weapons and armor of the brothers are indeed more than a star and a half, I originally thought of starting with the armory of the county town and trying to borrow a batch, but the weapons and armor in the county are marked, once they are discovered by someone with a heart, the county cannot explain to the county, so I instructed Chen Cai and the Huang family to jointly open a leather workshop, intending to make a batch of armor for the brothers first, but Ji Rong's group of people came too ......suddenly."

Only then did Chen Mo know that Zhao Yu had been thinking about this matter for a long time, so he didn't say more, and simply said about the current situation: "After this incident, I believe that the Nanyang Army will no longer dare and will not despise us and others, and if they want to sneak attack and use tactics in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

He had to admit that the main reason why they were able to succeed in the sneak attack this time was because the other party underestimated the enemy, but once the other party became serious, just like the second half of this sneak attack, it was clear that he had the black tiger crowd in the first place, but he almost ended up with no return, fortunately, he asked Niu Heng to pick up Chen Mo and the others, otherwise the price of this night attack would be far more than now.

In the afternoon, Zhao Yu summoned Guo Da, Chu Jiao, Niu Heng, Chen Mo and other leaders in his house to discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy, but this time he did not leave Liu Heimu.

During the meeting, Zhao Yu recounted the current situation, and immediately said to the leaders: "According to the report of the brothers who went down the mountain to investigate, the soldiers of the Nanyang Army are cutting down trees and building a camp, which shows that Na Jirong has a correct attitude towards us and is ready to wait for the camp to be completed, and then slowly deal with us and others." …… Considering that there is still a gap between the brothers in the village and the regular army such as the Nanyang Army, and there is also a gap in weapons and armor, we should avoid confronting them head-on. If he leads his troops to attack one day, we will try to take advantage of the narrow passage of the cobwebs to repel them. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Chu Jiao say: "What the big leader said is very true, the spider web narrow passage is indeed helpful for us and other enemies, but it should be noted that the spider web narrow passage has not yet been completed, only the southeast slope, and its east and south have not yet started, so I think it is necessary to send people to keep an eye on it, and even set all kinds of traps in advance to prevent the soldiers from attacking from the weak point." ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "In this way, the eastern slope will be garrisoned by Wang Qing, the southern slope will let Chu Yan go, Liu Heimu will lead the people to garrison the old village, and the general will sit in the main village and give support to the three places at any time; In addition, the main village sent brothers to set traps such as alletsal wood and rolling stones in dangerous places. ”

"Yes." All the leaders responded with their fists clenched.

At this time, Wang Qing suddenly asked: "This move can only keep the cottage undefeated temporarily, but it can't repel the Nanyang army, I don't know if the big leader has a strategy to repel the Nanyang army?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu suddenly fell silent.

His silence immediately changed the atmosphere in the room, not to mention Wang Qing who raised questions, even Chen Mo, Chu Jiao and others couldn't help frowning slightly.

Seeing this, Guo Da immediately wanted to relieve Zhao Yu from the siege, but at this moment, he saw Zhao Yu with a little hesitation and said: "The strategy to break the enemy is not impossible. …… It's October now, and it will snow heavily for a month at most, and when the heavy snow closes the road, Ji Rong will ask the county town for military rations, which will be inconvenient, if we send someone to rob the team transporting grain, we can deal a heavy blow to the Nanyang army......"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Obviously this is a clever idea, and it is very feasible.

After all, Liu Bi, the county commander of Kunyang County, and Ma Gai, the county lieutenant, are their internal responses, if Ji Rong asks Kunyang County for military rations, can he not know when the county seat will transport grain?

Even, they don't need to send someone, ask Ma Gai to burn the grain halfway by himself, and then push the sin to him Black Tiger Village.

But with such a clever plan, Zhao Yu hesitated when he told it?

The city is as deep as Chu Jiao, and he immediately figured out the reason.

Yes, Zhao Yu did not have no way to repel Ji Rong's Nanyang army, but was worried that he would not be able to control the situation, so that the Nanyang army under Ji Rong would suffer too many casualties, thus provoking Wang Shangde's revenge.

Wang Shangde, who has an army of 100,000 troops, his revenge is undoubtedly a catastrophe for the Black Tiger Thief.

"Hearing the big leader say this, Chu is really relieved, but for now, let's stick to the cottage with peace of mind."

Chu Jiao, who figured out the reason, quietly diverted the topic.

Probably Guo Da, Chen Mo, Wang Qing and others also guessed a few points one after another, nodded their heads in agreement, and revealed the matter quite tacitly.

Even Liu Heimu did not raise any objections.

After a while, when everyone left one after another, Zhao Yu stood at the window and sighed.

Although a night attack forced Ji Rong to postpone the attack on his Black Tiger Village, the most fundamental problem was not solved - that is, what to do with Ji Rong's Nanyang army?

It's not that you can't win, but you don't dare to win, and thinking about it like this, it still inevitably makes people feel a little aggrieved.

A few days later, the Nanyang Army built a camp, and this meant that Ji Rong was about to prepare to attack his Black Tiger Village.

But seeing that Ji Rong was about to attack the mountain, Zhao Yu still hadn't completely made up his mind.

On this day, when he was weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, suddenly there was a bandit report outside the house: "Chief, Chen Cai asks to see." ”

"Chen Cai?"

Zhao Yu frowned, but still called Chen Cai in.

After seeing Chen Cai, Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Chen Cai, you finally cleared your identity, why don't you stay in the county seat and go back to the cottage?" ”

Feeling that Zhao Yu was a little unswerving, Chen Cai hurriedly explained: "The matter is urgent, I don't dare to borrow people, so I came to deliver the letter in person......

"Deliver a letter?" Zhao Yu was slightly stunned.

At this time, I saw Chen Cai take out a letter from his arms and hand it to Zhao Yu with both hands.

Zhao Yu took the letter and looked at it, and saw that the words 'Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Village', were written on the cover of the letter, and there was a signature below: Zhang Zhai.

Zhao Yu frowned and asked, "This Zhang Zhai...... Who is it? I've never heard of it. ”

Chen Cai swallowed his saliva and said a few words to Zhao Yu in his ear.

“！！”

Zhao Yu's face changed slightly, and he immediately opened the letter and looked at it carefully.

After a while, he slowly put down the letter, his expression changing.