The moon is dark and kills the night, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire.

Tonight, it is the day when Zhou Tai, who won the first place, took the big exam.

On this night when he couldn't see his fingers, Zhou Tai and his water thieves were taking advantage of the protection of the night to carefully grope in the direction of Chungu County.

In order to be able to win, Zhou Tai can be described as well-intentioned.

In order to be able to successfully capture the county seat of Chungu, Zhou Tai this time, brought all the more than 1,000 water robbers under his command, and in order to be able to enhance the combat strength, even the 200 Qingzhou war horses that were robbed before, together with the fifty war horses he originally owned, were all sent to the front line, and he personally commanded them to form a cavalry team with considerable combat power, in order to be able to overcome it with one blow, seize the county seat, seize the banner, and ascend to the throne of the alliance leader he dreamed of in his heart.

Seeing that the city of Chungu County was faintly close in front of him, Zhou Tai licked his lips, feeling quite apprehensive in his heart, and waved his hand to Jiang Qin behind him with a slight tremble, signaling the whole army to prepare to move forward.

Jiang Qin understood what Zhou Tai meant, and with a wave of his big hand, he ordered his subordinates to send a message to the back, beckoning the more than 1,000 water robbers led by the two of them, and rushed straight to the ancient city of Chun.

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But what Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin didn't expect was that Spring Valley City was really heavily guarded at this moment.

There was no other reason, but the garrison in the county had already received news that there would be thieves robbing the city.

The potter was bored playing with a small ear plucking spoon at the head of the city, and looked into the distance while clasping his ears.

Although it was dark outside, if you looked closely, you could still see some figures vaguely galloping towards Chungu County.

"It's coming very fast, it's really lightning fast, Zhou Tai, this guy, has two hits." The potter said with a smile.

Xu Rong stood beside the potter, and tonight he put the bronze mask on his face again, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but squint at the potter, and said with emotion: "It's a pity, no matter how fast Zhou Tai's speed is, after all, it is still not as fast as you...... At this moment, outside of Chungu County, a heavy ambush has been laid and surrounded on all sides, if it weren't for your instructions in advance, in my opinion, Zhou Tai would not be able to get out alive today. ”

Tao Shang showed a kind smile, shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said: "Tao is a righteous gentleman, he doesn't like to kill, if he can, of course he won't kill, besides, the water thieves are all dead, who will call me the king of the pirates?" ”

Xu Rong didn't want to listen to his nonsense, and slowly twisted his head to the side, as if he suddenly had a strong interest in the night.

And at the moment when the two were talking, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were approaching the city, and the thieves under their command, as well as using the fire, lit all the torches in their hands, and were preparing to run towards the city of Chungu County and light a fire under the city.

This is a strategy that Zhou Tai has already come up with.

In Chungu County, Xu Chu led 3,000 regular county soldiers to sit and defend, and if it was a head-to-head confrontation, Zhou Tai would not have any chance of winning at all.

Although Zhou Tai is a thief, he is by no means a brave man, he has his tactics and strategies.

If you want to reach an agreement to occupy Chungu County, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin will discuss and discuss, and only the strategy of attacking the east and the west can be used!

According to the strategy discussed by the two, approaching the city by night, now find a way to put a fire under the city, attract the attention of Xu Chu and the garrison soldiers in the city, when Xu Chu led the troops to put out the fire, Zhou Tai and others took advantage of the chaos from another direction to kill into the city, regardless of the other straight to the county government, directly took the county yamen in front of the big Xu, and then if you can go out of the city smoothly, it will be logical to go out of the city, if Xu Chu has returned to the army, then Zhou Tai and others will occupy the dangerous houses and commanding heights in the county, set up an ambush and wait for Xu Chu to return to the county office, Then wait for the work, kill him by surprise, and divide the troops to send people to set fire to the city, and when the city is in chaos, you can take the opportunity to escape.

In this way, the minimum sacrifice can be used to achieve the goal. I have to say that Zhou Tai's strategy is still very realistic, his soldiers and horses are only more than 1,000 people, and the opponent is three times more than his men.

I have to say that Zhou Tai, as the leader of one party, still has a bit of foresight, at least in the case that the other party is completely unclear about his intentions, this strategy has no omissions, and it is a good strategy.

But the premise is that the other party is not clear about his intentions.

When Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other people lit the torches in their hands and were about to go to the city to set fire to the first step, the torches illuminated the opposite situation, making the thieves stunned.

In their imagination, under the city wall that should have been empty, there was a large row of officers and soldiers lined up densely at this moment, these soldiers were all gloomy at the moment, staring at these thieves with strange expressions, and some of the officers and soldiers were even gearing up and eager to try, and the halberds in their hands were particularly sharp under the light of the torches, as if they were about to greedily suck blood to fill their cold bodies.

Looking at the county soldiers who seemed to have suddenly come out of the land, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and the thieves behind them were all stunned one by one.

What's going on?

In the field, as if someone had cast a spell, although there were thousands of people on both sides, no one dared to say a word, only the sound of horses could be faintly heard, and the human beings just froze there, each looking at the situation in front of them thoughtfully.

Among the officers and soldiers under the city wall, a big man rode out on a horse and shouted at Zhou Tai and the other thieves: "Sima Xu Chu of the Danyang County Army, who is he who is the commander of the Danyang County Army, who is he who he is to practice martial arts at night and train the generals?" Why is it here!? Come to my county in the middle of the night, what do you want to do? ”

When Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin heard this, they almost didn't cry......

Night-time martial arts? Drill the generals?

What's the routine?

You don't sleep well in the middle of the night, what kind of soldiers are you training here?

This surname Xu is really capable of being a demon! This idea is really too much.

Jiang Qin walked out hesitantly, and then the light of the torch arched his hand at Xu Chu Yaoyao, and said, "Xu Sima...... If we say that we are passing through your county, can Xu Sima believe it? ”

Xu Chu laughed when he heard this.

"What do you say?"

Just when Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were still thinking about what kind of lies they could use to fool these officers and soldiers, they heard an official and military general on the opposite side suddenly yell.

"Can't you see that? They are thieves who rob the county! ”

"Kill them all!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

When the words fell, I saw those officers and soldiers who were fully armed and ready to participate in the "late-night martial arts" rush towards Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's team like mad dogs out of the slaughter.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, like doing something bad to catch the current naked baby, shouted in unison: "Hurry up!" ”

Almost at the same moment, all the thieves threw down the torches in their hands that were just right to burn the city, turned their heads and hurried towards the way they had come from behind them.

It doesn't matter at all whether the alliance is the leader or not, the plan can't be carried out, and saving his life is the truest and truest thing.

All the thieves rushed back towards the way they came.

Unfortunately, the house leak happened to rain overnight.

When I came, there happened to be an officer and army blocking the road.

"The soldiers of Chungu County are ordered to perform martial arts here, and they will dismount and surrender as soon as possible, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

Seeing this, Jiang Qin's face couldn't help but turn pale, and he turned his head to Zhou Tai and exclaimed: "Big brother, how can it be that overnight, how can Chungu County be performing martial arts everywhere?" ”

Zhou Tai snorted fiercely, pulled the reins of the horse, and said angrily: "There is something wrong with the surname Xu, if you don't train in the daytime, you have to get it at night!" Guys, run west with me! ”

All the thieves, under the guidance of Zhou Tai, hurried towards the mountains to the west.

The short distance to the mountains, in the eyes of all the thieves at this moment, turned out to be the last hope for survival.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were stimulated by the desire to survive, and all the thieves under their command, used the last bit of strength to rush towards the mountains and forests.

Seeing that he was about to reach the mountain forest, Zhou Tai instructed Jiang Qindao: "When we get to the bottom of the mountain, let the brothers abandon their horses, and let's go up the mountain!" There are many horses in the officers and soldiers, and they are all heavily armoured, it is not easy to climb the mountain, let's get rid of them in the mountains and forests! ”

Jiang Qin nodded first when he heard this, and then suddenly woke up, looked at Zhou Taiyan in surprise and said, "Big boss, you can run this way, but these two hundred and fifty war horses!" But it's completely lost! ”

In these years, war horses are as valuable as diamonds, especially in the south of the country, where there is a shortage of horses, and two hundred and fifty war horses are almost equal to the number of war horses owned by a county town.

When Zhou Tai heard this, his heart seemed to be dripping blood.

He was really reluctant.

But at this moment, for him, the most important thing is to save the lives of himself and his brothers.

Zhou Tai gritted his teeth, and while directing everyone to run away, he shouted loudly: "If the war horse is lost, it will be lost, and it will be necessary to find a way to get it back in the future, the top priority is to save the lives of the brothers!" As I said...... Abandon the horse and go up the mountain! ”

After Zhou Tai's order was issued, the more than 1,000 water thieves who were inspired by the desire to survive all their potential, all used the last trace of strength in their bodies and galloped desperately in the direction of the mountains and forests.

Xu Chu led the officials and soldiers, unhurriedly behind Zhou Tai and them, if it wasn't for the order of the potter in advance, with the character of a tiger idiot, at this moment he would have already hurried up and caught up with those water thieves, and he could still allow them to climb the mountains and forests to escape?

Today, it is really their fate.

At this time, an outpost soldier returned to his horse to report to Xu Chu, saying that Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other thieves had already thrown their horses in place, and each of them was lightly dressed and fled to the dense forest in the mountains.

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then couldn't help laughing, nodded and exclaimed: "Sure enough, as Guo Fengxiao expected, these thieves really threw the horses down and ran away...... Hahaha, the horses that were hijacked a while ago were unexpectedly taken back in this way, and there are only a lot more, interesting, really interesting. ”

Speaking of this, I saw Xu Chu instructing a cavalryman behind him: "Quickly return to the horse, report to Tao Fujun, and say that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, these water thieves, have escaped into the mountains and forests, and have changed to become bandits, and more than 200 war horses have been recaptured, and after they are counted, they can be brought back to the county seat to confiscate!" ”

"No!"