It is said that the two thousand thieves sent by Wang Neng to lure the enemy went all the way north from the Wanfu River ferry, braving the heavy rain until they rushed to the area of Gaoping Mountain.

These two thousand thieves are all old camp thieves under Wang Neng, and they are all elite bandits among the thieves, otherwise it would be impossible to travel a long distance in the heavy rain, and they can not break up!

This can also be seen that Wang Neng made up his mind, vowing to lure Liu Juntao's army to the Wanfu River crossing, and take advantage of the favorable terrain and heavy rain to start a decisive battle with the Yushan Town Escort Brigade!

At this time, Liu Juntao had already learned through Liu Zi'an's horse exploration that this group of thieves had been killed at the bottom of the mountain.

However, the army of the Yushan Town Guards was still closed and did not come out, and Liu Juntao strictly ordered all departments not to fight, even if Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng begged bitterly and asked to lead the young men of the department to go down the mountain to fight, Liu Juntao also sternly refused.

At the same time, the heavy rain was still falling, and the two thousand thieves were unsheltered at the foot of the mountain, and could not find a suitable place to set up camp, so they could only find a high ground with more trees to stay temporarily, but they were also miserable, and before they could fight with the guards of Yushan Town, the morale of the army began to drop sharply!

Two days later, Liu Juntao looked at the still cloudy sky, and knew that the two thousand thieves had lost their morale under such bad weather, so he seized the fighter and ordered Zhou Zongsheng to lead the cavalry department of 2,000 young men to attack, take advantage of the cover of the rainy night to rush directly down the mountain, and use the speed advantage of the iron cavalry to break through the humble camp of the two thousand thieves, and kill the two thousand thieves who were still struggling to support in the heavy rain!

At this time, Zhou Zongsheng, who had already been full of anger, took the lead, led a team of guards to rush to the front of the team, brandished the long knife in his hand and stepped into the thief camp, rushing left and right in the simple camp, killing happily.

At this time, Zhou Zongsheng took advantage of the opportunity of the thieves to flee in all directions, and looked back, only to see that the formation of the two thousand iron cavalry behind him was a little scattered due to the dark night and heavy rain, so he was worried that the thieves would take the opportunity to turn the tables, after all, the two thousand iron cavalry under his command did not have an advantage in terms of strength.

So, Zhou Zongsheng shouted loudly: "Blow the trumpet! Trumpet! ”

The herald beside him immediately blew the horn with all his might.

"Woo~Woo~"

The low and loud sound of the horn suddenly spread throughout the entire thief camp, which made the thieves in the rout feel terrified, and at the same time, the two thousand iron horsemen who were charging found the direction of the charge, and followed the direction of the horn to quickly whip up and kill in all directions!

At this time, the heavy rain in the night not only did not weaken, but became more and more ploppy, and the rain on the ground gathered into a river, which had submerged to the calf, and the bean-sized raindrops hit people's faces, and even felt a little painful!

Such a heavy rain can be described as a catastrophe for those thieves who were suddenly attacked and defeated and lost!

Although the heavy rain also slowed down the charging speed of Zhou Zongsheng's iron cavalry, and also affected the charging formation of the iron cavalry army, for the thieves with only two legs, the impact was even greater, even fatal!

At this time, more than a thousand thieves were running around in the camp, lying in the rain that had already submerged their calves, and it was difficult to move an inch, and they could not escape the pursuit of the escort riders on war horses.

As one thief after another screamed and fell into the rain, the raid had turned into a massacre in the rain, bloody.

Zhou Zongsheng led the cavalry to rush back and forth two times, only to see that the camp of the thieves was full of corpses, and the rain that gathered into a stream had been dyed bright red with blood, which looked extremely strange in the dark night.

The miserable shouts and the roars of the young men of the cavalry department chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy were constantly heard around, which seemed to be very lively.

Zhou Zongsheng knew in his heart that this battle was about to end!

It didn't take long for the entire bandit camp to fall silent, and only the young men of the cavalry department were checking the situation and cleaning up the battlefield.

Zhou Zongsheng took a team of guards to look around, and saw that all the bodies of the thieves were simply buried, so he ordered the troops to return to the camp on the mountain.

After all, it was pouring rain at this time, and if you let the young people grow stronger and then get drenched in the heavy rain in the middle of the night, it is estimated that you will be sick after you go back.

In this battle, the cavalry department led by Zhou Zongsheng lost more than 30 people, but after rough statistics, more than 1,800 thieves were beheaded in this battle, and the remaining more than 100 thieves escaped on a rainy night.

Although he escaped some thieves, Zhou Zongsheng was not ready to continue the pursuit, and the more than 100 thieves had nothing to do with the overall situation.

What Zhou Zongsheng is really anxious about now is to lead his iron cavalry to return to the camp as soon as possible to drink a bowl of hot soup, and then sleep comfortably.

At the same time, among the more than 100 thieves who took advantage of the chaos to escape, many of them kept running towards the south, and more than a dozen of them were lucky enough to brave the continuous heavy rain all the way to the Wanfu River ferry and returned to Wang Neng alive.

Wang Neng listened to the cries of those defeated soldiers, only to feel a chill in his heart, and even his body trembled a little, and he couldn't help himself.

Originally, Wang Neng saw the heavy rain during this time, and thought that the firearms in Yushan Town could not exert their combat power, and he still had some confidence in his heart, so he thought of sending 2,000 men and horses north to lure the enemy, wanting to win a battle to boost morale, and if he was lucky, he might be able to turn defeat into victory!

But what Wang Neng didn't expect was that the people and horses of Yushan Town not only had sharp firearms, but also had a strong iron horse!

In this way, the heavy rain that Wang Neng originally relied on is useless!

Although heavy rain will also have a huge impact on the Iron Cavalry Battle, for the thieves who lack strict training, the impact is even greater, even to the point that they cannot fight normally!

Thinking of this, Wang Neng no longer had the belief in victory, but kept asking Ye Zongliu for reinforcements.

However, due to the continuous heavy rain, the water level of the Yellow River has also skyrocketed, and the ferry port in Guting Town has been unable to navigate normally!

After Ye Zongliu sent the last batch of more than 300 villagers, there were no more reinforcements, and there was only one order: to defend the north bank of the Yellow River, and not to take half a step back! ”

Seeing this, Wang Neng's heart was cold, and he had no choice but to continue to defend the Wanfu River ferry.

After all, from the Wanfu River to the south, all the way to Guting Town, a distance of hundreds of miles from north to south, except for the two cities of Jinxiang County and Yutai County, there is no more favorable terrain to hold.

And Wang Neng can't rashly attack the county seat, otherwise, not only will the government desperately gather troops to pounce, but even Liu Juntao, who has always refused to go south, will take the opportunity to kill and kill Wang Neng's men!

As a result, Wang Neng organized a team of 1,000 people to patrol back and forth on the defense line of the Wanfu River crossing every day.

At the same time, Wang Neng also distributed the money and property looted from everywhere, and did his best to improve the morale of the army.

Within a few days, the Overseers continued to catch deserters who could not stand the heavy rain, and all of them were ordered by Wang Neng to be beheaded in front of the defensive line.

But beheading alone could not stop the spread of deserters, and more and more thieves tried to flee and leave the almost maddening defense line of the Wanfu River.

In this regard, Wang Neng had no choice but to order all these deserters to be killed.

No one thought that in just a few days, even the supervising team began to appear deserters, now Wang Neng has no choice at all, now he can't fight, he can't withdraw and can't withdraw, Wang Neng almost wants to cry without tears, and even some look forward to Liu Juntao being able to lead his troops to kill, even if he dies in battle, he can get out of the Wanfu River ferry, which is a crazy place!

However, the 8,000 men and horses led by Liu Juntao still showed no signs of going south, and they comfortably sheltered from the rain and rested in the camp on Gaoping Mountain, as if they did not come south to fight, but took the men and horses south to go on vacation, which made Wang Neng angry, but there was nothing to do.

"Liu Juntao! I've never seen a scoundrel opponent like you, fighting and not fighting, walking and not leaving, what a hell of a life! ”

However, no matter how Wang Neng cursed in his heart, Liu Juntao's army just didn't go south, and the two sides fell into a stalemate for a while, competing for endurance in the heavy rain for days.