Chapter 182: Ambush in the Woods

When the three Xiao fathers and sons arrived at the Qi army station, the 30,000 Qi troops had already lost their armor and had already run a few miles away, leaving only camels, horses, weapons, grain and grass and other armaments and materials everywhere.

"Father-in-law, I believe that those Qi soldiers did not flee far, should we continue the pursuit? Or do you want to move these supplies back first? Xiao Yao asked.

"Haha, Shiro is the commander of this pursuit, it's up to you to chase you or not!" Xiao Moke laughed.

"I'm not a commander, I have a father-in-law, of course I only listen to my father-in-law!" Xiao Yao patted Xiao Moke's sycophant.

"Less poor! If you usually listen to me like this, I'll be relieved! However, Wu Dudu sent us to pursue the enemy, if we don't continue to pursue the enemy only for these supplies, it will be bad to go back! Seren, Shiro, each of you will lead the cavalry to continue the pursuit of the enemy in two ways, and stay here for your father to meet you! But remember not to chase too far, you must come back before the dark, I am afraid that the people in charge of the palace will have an ambush! Xiao Moke commanded.

"Yes! We'll be sure to pay more attention! After the two of them finished, they took their own cavalry teams and continued to pursue in the direction of the Qi army's escape.

Seeing that his two sons have become captains, and now they are pursuing the enemy with their respective subordinates and serving the country, Xiao Moke couldn't help but show a pleased smile: The two sons have grown up! As the saying goes, the father and son are not separated from the soldiers, and now the father and son are fighting together for the country, is there anything happier in life than this?

"The sons are all grown up! I was relieved to see them so promising! Half a year after the Northern Expedition, Shiro has already made many miraculous achievements for the army, and I believe that after this Shouyang War, the emperor will definitely promote Shiro to be a general! If Shilian can also seize the opportunity to make war exploits and become a general, then our Xiao family will be able to shine in the court at that time! Xiao Moke looked forward to it.

"General, the two sons are brave and good at fighting, and Shiro is even more resourceful, bravely crowning the three armies, when the time comes, he will definitely work together with the eldest prince brothers, fight side by side, defeat Zhou Qi, recover the Central Plains, and become the pillar of our Dachen country!" The lieutenant patted Xiao Moke's ass.

"Haha, if that's the case, that's really great! The two of them went to pursue the enemy, then let's pack up the armaments and materials here first, the weapons, grain, grass, and war materials of the 30,000 army, they are really willing to lose, don't want it! Give me the order to move everything back! Xiao Moke shouted loudly.

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Xiao Yao led the cavalry team, chased the Qi army deserters, and unknowingly came to a forest more than fifty miles away from Shouyang.

"Commander, this forest is intertwined and densely layered, it is a good place for ambushes and sneak attacks, why don't you let me take a few brothers in there to explore the way!" Huang Wenyuan said, now that he has just made a great achievement, it is the time when he is full of confidence, so he can't wait to continue to express himself.

"Okay, heart, if you encounter any trouble, you can't fight hard, you have to quit immediately!" Xiao Yao admonished.

Xiao Yao sent more than a dozen musketeers to follow Huang Wenyuan into the woods, which looked a little gloomy, only to see that they had not taken a few steps before their figures had disappeared into the dark shade of the trees

Within a few minutes, several gunshots rang out from deep within the woods, breaking the silence of the woods and startling the sound of birdsong.

"There is an ambush! One row and two rows follow me in, and three rows are on guard outside! Xiao Yao immediately led his soldiers into the woods.

Soon after entering the woods, Xiao Yao heard a burst of scolding, followed the sound to a wide area, Xiao Yao saw more than a dozen musketeers pointing guns at the enemy opposite, and the paper armor on their bodies also had a few sharp arrows inserted, believing that they were suddenly attacked by the opponent's bow and arrow, and then fired back.

And on the big tree more than ten meters away, there is a big net hanging from it, and there is a person struggling in it, it is Huang Wenyuan!

"What's going on? Who are they? Why was Huang Wenyuan caught by them? Xiao Yao asked.

"Report to the commander, just now we were following Deputy Company Commander Huang into the woods, observing the surrounding situation, and suddenly we were shot by the enemy's bow and arrow, and then we fired back, and then Deputy Company Commander Huang seemed to see the figure of the other party, so he rode his horse and rushed over, but was caught by the big net cast by the other party! However, looking at their dress, it shouldn't be the Qi army, but more like a group of mountain and forest bandits! A musketeer said.

"Bandits? Brigand? Xiao Yao looked at the people on the opposite side who were hiding behind the big trees, and from time to time showing half of their heads to observe carefully, and then shouted at them: "Who are you!" Let our people go, or I'll immediately surround this forest, and then pull you out one by one and correct the Fa on the spot! ”

"Hmph, we're from the Fuliang Gang! This forest is our territory, and if you come in, you will listen to us! Want to catch us? Let's see if you have what it takes! The man hiding behind the tree shouted arrogantly, and it should have been a young man!

Then Xiao Yao and they heard a whistle, and then shot countless sharp arrows from the dense forest on all sides, forcing Xiao Yao and them to dismount immediately, and then surrounded the war horses in a circle, using the war horses as a cover to shoot at the dense forests on all sides, fortunately, these war horses are also covered with thick paper armor, so they can easily block the attacks of these bows and arrows! .

Because he was inspired by the heavy armored cavalry of the Qi army before, Xiao Yao felt that if he put armor on the war horse, he could increase the defense ability of the war horse, so according to the style of the heavy armored cavalry battle, Zu Yuan immediately arranged to use paper armor as the material, and created an armor for the war horse, which not only has the defensive ability comparable to the iron armor, but also is much lighter than the iron armor, reducing the weight of the war horse and making the war horse run faster.

With horses as cover to block the attacks of the bows and arrows, the musketeers calmly fired in the direction where the arrows were fired, and after a few rounds, there were all kinds of falling and screaming in the woods.

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Everyone's stop! Otherwise, I will shoot the man in the net with arrows!" Who are you? What kind of secret weapon are you using? It's so powerful! The man hiding behind the tree shouted again, calling for an end to the exchange of fire.

"Give me everything you don't want to die! I don't want to talk to you guys who hide your heads! Xiao Yao shouted loudly, and shot the big tree again, causing sawdust to fly.

I saw a young man turn out from behind the big tree, about twenty years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he looked a little familiar! I saw that this young man whistled again to the surrounding woods, and about five or six hundred strong men armed with bows and arrows and various weapons came out of the woods, all of them fierce and vicious, looking at Xiao Yao and them with an angry face, after all, the shooting of the musket team just now wounded and killed many of them!

"My name is Wang Yi, the leader of the Fuliang Gang! Who are you? How dare you trespass on our territory! And wounded and killed so many of our brothers! This young man named Wang Yi said angrily.

"I am Xiao Yao, the captain of the infantry battalion of the Great Chen Northern Expeditionary Army! We are chasing the deserters of the Qi army, but you are ambushing us here, are you the same party of the Qi army? Let my men go, or I'll shoot you all!" Xiao Yao slammed back with angry eyes.

"You are Xiao Yao? You are the infantry battalion! Wang Yi was shocked, and then immediately pulled his bow and aimed at Xiao Yao, and the other gangs also immediately raised their weapons and prepared to attack, and when Xiao Yao saw this, everyone immediately raised their muskets and aimed them at the people of the Fuliang Gang, and the scene that had just eased down suddenly became tense again.

"You are chasing the Qi army deserters, where is the Qi army? Is it the Qi army in Shouyang City? Wang Yi asked excitedly.

"Of course not! What we are chasing is the deserters led by Pi Jinghe who came to reinforce Shouyang! As for the Qi army in Shouyang City, there were no deserters, because the Qi army inside, except for those who died in battle, everyone else was captured by us! Xiao Yao sneered.

"What? All captured? Do you mean that Shouyang City has been breached by your Chen army? What about Wang Lin? How is he now? Wang Yi asked nervously, and the hand holding the bowstring trembled.

"Wang Lin? Your name is Wang Yi? You are the son of Wang Lin! When Xiao Yao heard the word Wang Lin, he finally remembered who the young man named Wang Yi looked like in front of him, his appearance was very similar to Wang Lin's!