Chapter 64: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada

Zhang Kewang knew that his form was very bad.

His original plan was to capture Mengjiazhuang in one go before dark, rely on the Zhuangzi to defend several other groups of men, and recruit the people in the Zhuangzi, use the grain in the Zhuangzi to go out to recruit troops and buy horses, quickly expand his strength in a short time, and then transport the grain out to his father-in-law.

However, the problem lies in Mengjiazhuang's defense capability.

He didn't expect that a small Zhuangzi, there were only a few hundred homeless people and miners in it, and the defense was so strong, he folded more than 300 people, and the Zhuangzi was still standing still.

If he makes a desperate gamble and presses everyone at all costs, at most he will be able to take Mengjiazhuang by folding thousands of people.

But he didn't dare, the three thousand light horsemen he brought were the elite who had followed his father-in-law in the past two years, and when he was carrying food, he was shot and wounded by the son of a bitch surnamed Qin, and he broke more than 300 in the attack on the village, and if he folded it again by 1,000, this group of people would go halfway, so how could he face his father-in-law.

He had to let his subordinates retreat first, cut wood and build siege equipment overnight, wanting to wait for dawn to take Mengjiazhuang at the lowest cost.

Who knows, Guo Yan, Ren Liang and Wang Gangbaowu, who were raised by a few bitches, actually sent people to harass him all night, this kind of cheap tactics made his people angry, and they couldn't fight each other if they wanted to.

Zhang Kewang endured his anger and asked the two groups of men and horses to sleep with their ears plugged, thinking that the other party would only harass, but he didn't expect that a group of people and horses suddenly came out from the north, about six or seven hundred, and under the leadership of a stupid little old man, they rushed up with a roar.

This group of people was not harassing, but really killed, and the camp was almost broken by the other party.

In the black light and blind fire, Zhang Kewang personally led his subordinates to fight chaotically, killed the opponent and retreated, and then chased him to the bottom of the mountain beam, and cut dozens of opponents before collecting troops and returning to the camp.

As soon as he counted the results of the battle, he killed more than 200 opponents, but he suffered another 100 casualties.

One for two, it was considered a win, but his men were less than two thousand four.

This is certainly not the way to go.

Zhang Dingguo suggested that he retreat first, throw the grain here, and let the other people earn a life and death first, and then wait for the opportunity to recapture the grain, anyway, it will be impossible for the other party to transport thousands of stones of grain away for a while and a half.

The reason why Zhang Kewang shocked the righteous army at a young age and was valued by Zhang Bingzhong was because he was not only stubborn, but also very good at leading troops.

Now, his more than 2,000 parts are standing like a wall on the mountain beam, standing still, and it is almost impossible for him to throw down the food and withdraw.

Regarding Zhang Dingguo's suggestion, Zhang Kewang scoffed and ignored it.

In another hour, it will be dawn.

Even if those two groups joined forces, what if they added up to more than 4,000 people?

It's just a rabble.

His 2,000 cavalry only needs one charge, and he will definitely be able to rush those cats and dogs to the ground.

At that time, you only need to push the newly built rush car and two siege towers to Mengjiazhuang, and you can easily take down the Zhuangzi.

Then peeled the cramps raised by the son of a bitch surnamed Qin, and frustrated the bones and scattered ashes.

Zhang Dingguo saw that the other party insisted on going his own way, so he had to sigh helplessly.

surnamed Qin, Guo Yan, Ren Liang, Wang Gang, Leopard Wu, Zhao Sandao, Yi Tian, etc., although these people's subordinates are all cobbled together cats and dogs, a group of rabble, but these people are all old foxes who have become elites, and no one is easy to deal with.

It's good if they can survive until dawn, but I'm afraid that the other party won't give them a chance.

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As Zhang Dingguo expected, the other party really didn't give them a chance.

Everyone knows that Zhang Kewang's cavalry is strong, and fighting with more than 2,000 cavalry on the bare low and gentle slope in broad daylight is simply looking for death, and the opponent can cut more than 4,000 people into several small pieces with a few cuts, and then eat them piece by piece.

Therefore, the combined forces of Guo Yanren Liang and Wang Gang and Leopard launched an attack at the fifth watch.

The 400 men who had been harassed all night went to find a place to rest, and each left 500 men in reserve, and finally a total of 2,800 men attacked the mountain beam from three directions, south, east, west, and west.

Zhang Kewang lived up to the name of "one wall", took the lead, led 2,400 troops, and relied on the horse rejection trench and the condescending favorable terrain to repel the opponent's attack in only a quarter of an hour.

The other party gathered the rout, rested for a while, and soon attacked again, and was soon repelled by Zhang Kewang again.

The two sides have come and gone, each with its own damage, compared to the coalition side of the damage is much greater than Zhang Kewang, but the victory is because of the large number of people, and the greed for the thousands of stones of grain has made them repeatedly defeated.

Seeing that his casualties were not large, Zhang Kewang was full of confidence and thought that he would be able to hold out until dawn.

Who knows, when the other party attacked again, the little old man with big yellow teeth led hundreds of people to quietly kill from the north.

Fortunately, Zhang Dingguo personally led a hundred subordinates to rush over, and only then did he kill the little old man and his group.

Zhang Kewang didn't understand, the little old man with big yellow teeth was only more than 600 people, and more than 200 people died in the last attack, and he came to die this time, what the hell was going on?

Silly?

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Of course Lao Huang is not stupid, the people he took to death were all his subordinates, and the big boss didn't want to take in so many people, for fear that these rogues would not be easy to discipline, so he simply used these people to consume Zhang Kewang's combat power.

He will screen and save the lives of a small number of people, and push others to their deaths.

Those who refused to go, or who were cheating and playing tricks, were secretly stabbed to death by him.

After this battle, in the end, there were only one hundred and fifty people left, all of whom were useful and obedient.

Lao Huang's task was completed, he took the group back to Mengjiazhuang, shared a bowl of thick yellow rice porridge for each person, and settled everyone down, then ran back to the gatehouse and fell asleep beside Huang Liuxi, who was seriously injured and had just recovered.

Not long after he left, Zhao Sandao came.

However, Zhao Sandao did not kill the mountain beam, but only took more than 300 old bandits under his command, ran to the foot of the mountain beam, and came back after a circle.

He could see that Zhang Kewang had some skills, so he simply helped the coalition forces and distracted Zhang Kewang's attention.

Soon, a line of fish belly white appeared in the sky, like the waist of the little daughter-in-law, and like someone stabbed the silver treasury of the God of Wealth.

It's about to dawn.

Zhao Sandao knew that if he didn't leave, he would be unlucky, so he led his men to ride away.

I didn't go far, and I ran into a day that I wanted to come over and fish in troubled waters.

When the enemies met, they were very red-eyed, and the two groups of people immediately started to do it, one side had more than 300 old bandits, and the other side had nearly 500 old bandits, and the strength was almost the same.

When it was difficult to distinguish between them, a cavalry force suddenly appeared in the oblique, about three hundred people, and the leaders were extremely fierce.

Zhao Sandao and Yi Yi Tian both thought that they were the other party's reinforcements, and hurriedly shouted a wind and howled, and fled in a hurry without a clue, and when their subordinates saw it, they also ran around in a mess.

The 300 cavalry were like no man's land, chasing the men and horses on both sides and slashing them all.

After running away, Zhao Sandao and Yi Tian each gathered a hundred subordinates, only to learn that the cavalry was not the other party's reinforcements, but Mengjiazhuang's people.

The two of them were so angry that they screamed, swore to God, what is not with Mengjiazhuang, you will die, and then led their respective men and horses to run away.

These two small characters withdrew from the battle for Mengjiazhuang, and Zhang Kewang, Guo Yan, Ren Liang, and Wang Gangbao were left.

Zhang Kewang finally held out until dawn, but the two coalition forces did not retreat, but the offensive became more and more fierce, and they kept entangled them on the mountain beam, preventing them from getting on their horses, let alone allowing them to have enough charging distance.

Zhang Kewang knew that the cavalry that couldn't run up was not even as good as the infantry, so he asked Zhang Dingguo to lead 500 cavalry to break down from the north, bypass the mountain beam, and cut the coalition army from the side.

The coalition army had expected that the 1,000 people left as a reserve were all cavalry, and when Zhang Dingguo got off the mountain, the 1,000 cavalry of the coalition army copied it.

Zhang Dingguo did not fight the thousand horsemen head-on, but led the other party away, and kept going around the periphery looking for opportunities.

Zhang Kewang and his subordinates were completely trapped on the mountain beam, entangled by the other party, and could not withdraw for a moment.

The two sides have been fighting until the end of the day, and it is still difficult to separate.

At this time, Qin Chuan led a hundred horsemen back from Huangcong Mountain, and joined Li Dingliang's three hundred horsemen, watching the excitement from a distance.

He is waiting, waiting for one side to fall into decline, and then go over to help, so that these two groups of people can fight a real lose-lose situation.