Chapter 534: Slipping Away

Zhang Hong was killed by an arrow in a daze and fell off the horse, and the two guards were shocked for a while, holding the handle of the knife and looking at Chang Yu without knowing what to do.

Chang Yu held the reins in one hand, and it was too late to surrender at this time, and after he finished speaking, the sound of killing behind him was loud, several sharp arrows attacked, and two guards were shot with horses.

Besides, Zhang Hong's subordinates were alerted to the ambush at first, and they were already panicked when they saw the two officers and soldiers behind them and the north slowly surrounding, and then saw the big boss fall off the horse, and then they knew that something bad was wrong.

Chang Yu's four battalions, the Gongzi Battalion and the Black Panther Battalion are the heavy armored cavalry he built with a lot of money, at this time the Black Panther Battalion is sitting in Dingxing City, and the Gongzi Battalion is already exhausted, but the momentum is terrifying.

It is Tu Yuan's Black Black Tiger Battalion that is also strong outside, after all, they have not slept all night, but the Black Wolf Battalion in Wuzhong has rested directly until noon because it easily took Rongcheng in the early morning, and it is the most morale and the strongest combat power, this battle depends on the Black Wolf Battalion!

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and as soon as the heavy armored cavalry of the palace battalion entered, although they were already exhausted, they were very coaxing, and the thief army who saw the main general death and was deeply encircled had no intention of fighting, and when they saw such a big killing weapon, they were completely dead, begging to fight, running!

Come here, chase almost 100 miles from Baoding, so enthusiastic as fire, if you want to go, you have to leave something, such as people's heads. The three battalions under Chang Yu's command joined forces to attack, the Gongzi battalion was responsible for scare, the black wolf battalion in Wuzhong was the strongest and responsible for the most affordable killing, and Tu Yuan's black tiger battalion was originally from the thief army.

After a cup of tea, the thief army fled without a trace, leaving more than 100 corpses.

What a fucking awe! Wu Zhong carried a bloody long knife to Chang Yu's horse, muttering in his heart why the little overseer didn't go into battle in person today: "Governor, kill one hundred and forty-three enemies."

"What about casualties?" Chang Yu was watching from the outside of the battle circle from beginning to end, Chen Wangting was guarded by a few people, and only with his magic arrow team itching to hunt the thieves on the periphery of the battle circle.

Wu Zhong was stunned: "The black wolf camp injured a few but didn't die, as for Tu Yuan's side" said and shook his head: "I don't know"

"Don't gloat, no one in my Black Tiger Battalion was killed, only more than ten people were injured" Tu Yuan came over and rolled his eyes at Wu Zhong.

These two battalions did not die in battle, and the heavy armored soldiers of the Gongzi battalion will not be able to cut you to death if you stand still for a while and a half.

The thieves fled in all directions, and Chang Yubu did not have the strength to chase after him, so his subordinates began to clean up the battlefield, in fact, they were to loot the dead bodies of those thieves, kill the prisoners without leaving them alive, and then get on the horse and leave.

A fight was only obtained by dozens of horses and some broken silver looted from the corpse, but it was a great joy for Chang Yubu, who had run for a day and a night, and he would blow it wherever he went in the future, and hundreds of thousands of thieves were there, and Lao Tzu said to go, just go!

Where to go? Twenty miles to the southeast is Xiongzhou, which has not yet been occupied by the thief army, so it should be a good place to rest.

However, Chang Yu stopped and looked south for a moment, and immediately ordered to go straight to the south.

Zhang Hongbu was killed, and the army of thieves would come in one day at the latest, Xiongzhou was definitely spared, why bother to cause trouble to the people in the city, and he was planning to go south to Texas, of course, the sooner the better.

The most important thing is that there is a better place to rest than Xiongzhou in the south, Baiyangdian!

Lake, the meaning of shallow lake, Baiyangdian is the largest lake in Hebei, divided into large and small Baiyangdian, Xiaobaiyangdian is the largest main lake, Dabaiyangdian refers to all the lakes in the nearby area, including 142 large and small lakes.

To put it simply, in the area of Rongcheng, Xiongzhou, Anxin, and Gaoyang, the water is dense, the reeds are overgrown and weeds, and hundreds of people hide in it, like a needle in the sea, and can herd horses and drink water, which is simply not too ideal.

In order to avoid pursuit, the three battalions of men and horses dispersed, minimizing the traces all the way south, less than ten miles to the shore of the Burning Chedian Lake, this is the second largest lake in Baiyangdian, formerly known as Beidadian, the descendants changed to burn the Chedian in order to commemorate Yang Liulang's burning of the Liao soldiers.

There are dry reeds such as wheat waves on the lakeside, this is the best treasure for the poor people in winter, can make urn shoes can make bedding, in previous years, when it comes to winter, the people harvest more and go home, at this time there are so many left, I don't know if it is like this or because of the war no one harvests.

The old ones have not gone, the new sprouts have sprouted, the three battalions of people and horses counted the east side of the lake and slowly went south, and then found another small village by the lake for ten miles, and wanted to detour to avoid leaving traces, but the spies reported that the village was empty.

Even so, Chang Yu also let the horses enter the village, from the side of the village through a few miles of points, see the size of the lake such as the stars, which is like a labyrinth, then into it to a deserted island in front of the island, it was a drought for many years, the lake dried up, many islands around the lake receded, and the land was connected.

Chang Yu let the horses rest on the spot, and the soldiers unarmoured and did not remove the saddle, fetched water and grazing horses or got some hay to sleep in a sheltered place, and they were tired all night long.

Chang Yu led Chen Wangting to the island, the island is not big or high, at a glance there are reckless lakes all around, and the reeds are far from the edge.

A spy came to report that there was a village found in Baiyangdian Lake five miles away, there were people in the village, and Wu Zhong wanted to go, but Chang Yu stopped him so that the rest of the people should not be disturbed.

The total area of Baiyangdian Lake is more than 300 square kilometers, and it is normal to hide a few villages inside, but the war is chaotic outside, but the lake is like a paradise, and the general thieves will not enter it, and they may not be able to detect it.

Walking around, Chang Yu, who was already tired, couldn't hold on, found a sheltered grass nest and went into sleep, woke up and it was dark, felt a little cold, and let people make a few fires, and everyone gathered around to keep warm.

There was no smoke to be seen in the night, and the light of the fire was blocked by reeds, and it was extremely difficult to find unless the thief army was close at hand, but there were secret sentinels for several miles on the periphery, and the thief army would never be allowed to enter within five miles.

On the fire, Chang Yu drew a simple topographic map on the ground with a wooden stick, and went south more than ten miles south along the east side of Baiyangdian Lake is Renqiu, that is, the hometown of the divine doctor Bian Que, and has entered Hejian Mansion.

Dozens of miles west of Renqiu is Gaoyang has been occupied by thieves, and dozens of miles northwest of Gaoyang is Baoding City, which is also the most densely populated area of thieves.

"As expected, the thief army is in Rongcheng at this time, the Xiongzhou generation is searching, let's take advantage of the night to go south, Gaoyang has been occupied by thieves, Renqiu is still unknown, but it doesn't matter, let's not move from both sides, quietly pass through it, and strive to arrive at Hejian Mansion before dawn!" Chang Yu's small wooden stick tapped vigorously on the ground.

"Is the Overseer going to take the opportunity to take Hejian Mansion?" Tu Yuan asked

Chang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Adapt to the situation, if you take advantage of his unpreparedness to take a rest, anyway, it's not like Gaoyang City is at Li Zicheng's feet, and if you can't fight, you can leave calmly."

After everyone agreed, they gathered the men and horses and quietly went out of the lake and went south along the lakeside, and sent several horses to explore the horses, all of which sent traces of thieves within five miles of the surrounding area.

Finally out of Baiyangdian in the middle of the night, in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, Chang Yu did not dare to march too far to the west, Gaoyang County has been occupied by thieves, and then the west is the main force of the thief army spread over dozens of miles of the camp, moving a shot can lead the whole body, if the army is attracted can be greatly bad.

The third battalion was close to the territory of Renqiu in the east, and slowly moved south without daring to make a noise, and was cautious throughout the whole process, and the horses were even more scattered, for fear of disturbing the nearby bandit army.

Li Zicheng was afraid that he would never dream that the little eunuch he was chasing was quietly slipping south to the east of his couch at this time, and by the time he reacted, the situation had already been very different.

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