The hot rice and rice were prepared in advance and placed at the gate of the city, and the hatred on Song Zhiwen's face could barely be concealed.

He hated the bandit who dared to kill his son!

If it weren't for the fact that Anping County was really powerless, he would have mobilized a large army into the mountains to encircle and suppress Erfeng Mountain.

Now the imperial court is going to send troops to attack Erfeng Mountain, how can he not be excited!

Arrange for the people to prepare the army as soon as possible.

A black line suddenly appeared on the snow in the distance, and gradually the black line gradually approached, and everyone's eyes widened.

It was an army, the soldiers were in tatters, only a few wore armor, the cold wind howled, their necks were shrunk, and the queue was crooked as they walked.

It looks like more of an outcast than an army!

Zhou Dutou rode a horse and walked a few steps, came to the gate of Anping County, jumped off the horse, and bowed to Song Zhiwen.

"The lowly Qinzhou soldiers are all in charge of Zhou Tong, and I have seen the magistrate!"

Zhou Tong said very respectfully, he led a capital of 500 people, and compared with Song Zhiwen, the magistrate of a county, his status was still a lot lower.

"Hahaha, Zhou Dutou is polite, but the official has been waiting for Zhou Dutou for a long time!"

Song Zhiwen said with a very kind attitude, but because he still expected Zhou Tong to help his son avenge, he didn't really respect Zhou Tong, the general who led the troops.

He is a civil official, although he is only a magistrate, but he is also from a good background, and his status is not known how many streets he has left Zhou Tong, a military general.

If it was left in normal times, Song Zhiwen would not look at him with his eyes, for fear of dirtying his eyes as a county master!

"I can still insist on marching in the cold wind, and Zhou Dutou really leads the troops well!"

Looking at these homeless soldiers, Song Zhiwen said with great satisfaction.

"Thank you, Lord Song, for the compliment."

Zhou Tong said.

"Haha, this county has prepared food for all the strong men who went into the mountains to suppress bandits, and I also invite you strong men to eat in my Anping County first, and then go into the mountains to suppress bandits."

"Okay, it's all up to Lord Song."

Zhou Tong said with a smile, in his opinion, the soldiers under his command really need to rest now, and they have been walking from Qinzhou City to Anping County, although they have stopped and stopped along the way.

But he also tired the soldiers enough, plus he was still in a hurry in the wind and snow, and if he didn't have a good rest, he was afraid that his brothers under him would mutiny.

You must know that the saying that a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron does not fight nails appeared in the Song Dynasty, and no good family would choose to be a soldier at all.

As a result, the military composition of the Song Dynasty at this time was extremely complex, and an army was composed of criminals, bandits, death row prisoners, and homeless people.

As for military discipline......

Emma…… Does my Great Song army have military discipline?!

Eating empty salaries, reselling ordnance and armor, killing good people and risking merits, deducting soldiers' salaries, and deducting food have long become a common thing!

Even the industrial chain of supply and sales has been formed!

Zhou Tong was able to lead his troops to march in the snow in the cold, and the army had not mutinied or a large number of deserters, and the Great Song Dynasty in this era was completely the standard of an "elite soldier".

It is precisely because of this that Song Zhiwen sighed that Zhou Tong led the troops well.

A group of 500 people in Anping City was late and rested for a few hours, Zhou Tong continued to lead people towards Erfeng Mountain, and under Song Zhiwen's strong request, Zhou Tong had to bring some of Anping's officials and townsmen together.

A group of nearly 600 people rushed to Erfeng Mountain!

And these news had already been discovered by the spies under Zhao Qian, and Chen Yan began to arrange for the people of Erfeng Mountain to deploy defense.

……

Zhou Tong was wearing iron armor, holding a ring-headed knife, and his eyes looked coldly at a dense forest not far ahead.

"What's the name of that forest?"

Zhou Tong turned his head and asked a government official in Anping County.

The official shrunk his neck, glanced at the dense forest, and said.

"That forest is called Hu'erlin, and it is said that Xu Xiancheng was killed there."

Zhou Tong nodded, and motioned for the sentry rider beside him to step forward and check the situation in the forest.

The sentry rode out and trotted towards Huerlin.

The rest of the people stood still, waiting for the sentry to return, but half an hour had passed, but there was still silence in the forest.

The sentry did not return, and no startled birds appeared over the woods.

"Something's wrong! There must have been an ambush in that forest. ”

Zhou Tong's face changed and he said.

"My lord, what shall we do?"

Zhou Tong's lieutenant came to Zhou Tong's side on horseback, his eyes full of worry.

"Step by step!"

Under Zhou Tong's order, the ragged soldiers formed the most basic battle formation, advancing towards Hu Erlin step by step.

They entered the Hu'er Forest, and before they had advanced far, they saw the corpse of the sentry rider who had just been killed, with a short arrow stuck in his chest, and blood was spilling all over the ground, long since he lost his life.

"Beware of the enemy, there is an ambush for the enemy!"

Zhou Tong got off the horse, led the horse and stood in the crowd to direct the soldiers to advance, since he knew that there was an ambush in this forest, how could he still command on horseback.

If you really do that, you're almost telling the enemy, shoot me with an arrow, I'm a big official!

He's not stupid!

Collapse ~ collapse ~ collapse!

A series of bowstrings sounded from the depths of the forest, and arrows flew towards the officers and soldiers marching in formation.

Poof! Poof!

It's just that the accuracy of the arrows is not very good, although there are a lot of arrows shot, but only a few people have fallen to the ground in total.

"Shoot back!"

Zhou Tong roared angrily, and the crossbowmen of the Song army also loosened their bowstrings one after another, and one by one the sharp arrows flew into the depths of the dense forest.

This noodle is like rookies pecking each other.

The sound of tuk-tuk arrows hitting the trees was heard, mixed with a few howls, but it didn't take long for the forest to be quiet again.

Zhou Tong raised his hand, stopped the Song soldiers from continuing to release arrows, and sent the sentry cavalry to continue to investigate in the forest.

This time, it didn't take long for the sentry to return, and after learning that the front was safe, Zhou Tong ordered the whole army to pursue.

"Give me chase, don't let those thieves escape!"

The Song sergeant drove into the forest and pursued the men and horses of Erfeng Mountain.

It's just that Sergeant Song finally chased out of the dense forest, and followed the traces to a clearing, but there was a sudden loud shouting of killing around him.

Many bandits in Erfeng Mountain suddenly rushed out, brandishing all kinds of weapons, and fought with the Song army.

The Song army was caught off guard by the bandits of Erfeng Mountain who suddenly appeared, and the formation was in chaos, and they suffered heavy losses for a while!

Zhou Tong showed anger on his face, and shouted desperately with the long knife in his hand.

"Steady, steady, all for Lao Tzu to stabilize!"

"Don't panic, resist in formation, those who retreat die!"

Zhou Tong strode forward, slashed out with the long knife in his hand, and cut off the neck of an Erfeng Mountain bandit, and blood sprayed onto his body, making him more and more hideous and terrifying.