Qiu Yi could no longer care about the march at this time, and immediately rode his horse and galloped, and saw in the distance that there were two armies on the bank of the Rushui River, one more and one less, fighting frantically. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The one with more info was unusually attacked by the fierce attack of the army that was nearly ten times less, and retreated step by step, and had retreated to the side of the Rushui River.

Qiu Yiding saw that the one with less was more than 2,000 people from the three divisions of Qiu Rui, Zhu Mian, and Qiu Zhen who were carrying the banner of the Zhaoling Army, and the one with the most was Chen Guo's Yellow Turban Moth Thief Peng Tuo. Originally, the combat power of Peng Tuo's thief department was not bad for the Zhaoling army, but it was slightly better.

It's just that there are five long temporary bamboo pontoon bridges floating in the Rushui River, and when his army was crossing the river, it was suddenly attacked by the Zhaoling army. However, as a thief Qu Shuai, Peng Tuo made a mistake for a while, and led the vanguard elite thief army to cross the river early and prepare for the enemy. The pontoon bridge is full of thieves from the Chinese army and the rear army who have no one to command, and there are still more than 10,000 thieves and thousands of heavy oxen and carriages waiting to cross the river on the riverside.

After the thieves were attacked, there was no one to command them for a while, and they were immediately defeated by the Zhaoling army. Peng To, who had already crossed the river, hated and wanted to lead the vanguard elite thieves to return to fight, but the thieves of the Chinese army and the rear army had no intention of fighting and wanted to cross the river to flee for their lives.

When the Peng Tuo thieves wanted to retreat and fight the two sides were in a dilemma, at this time there was a pontoon bridge that fell apart because of the large number of people, and the thieves fell into the water one after another, so that the thieves who did not cross the river and were resisting themselves became more anxious, and the chaos was further expanded.

Qiu Yi looked at Peng Tuo Shuai Qi on the other side of the river, and hated him in his heart, it seemed that he couldn't keep him today, but he couldn't let him have a good time. Most of the Chinese army and all the rear troops of Peng's thief department were on the north bank, and they were all about to be swallowed up. Qiu Yi hurriedly ordered Lu Ping and Cheng Qi to lead a thousand people to open to the right, and since he and Wang Dang led a thousand people to open to the left, they cooperated with Qiu Rui, Zhu Mian, and Qiu Zhen to press and attack.

The thieves, who had already been unable to hold on, were rushed by the new 2,000 officers and soldiers, and regardless of whether the other party was strong or tired, the thieves fell to their knees as soon as they were touched. Those who did not descend either all poured onto the pontoon, and many of the thieves who were accustomed to water turned around and threw themselves into the water, borrowing the water to flee for their lives. For a while, Rushui was full of black and black fighting for people's heads.

The Zhaoling army crossed the thieves regardless of it, divided into four teams, and killed the four rickety bamboo pontoon bridges again. Seeing that the defeat was decided, in order to prevent the Ling army from continuing to attack, Peng Tuo did not wait for all the thieves on the bridge to get off the bridge, so he ordered the pontoon bridge to be burned. For a while, there were countless cries, and when I saw the bright swords and spears rushing in, no matter how determined the Yellow Turban Moth Thief was, he had to kneel and surrender helplessly.

Zhu Mian pointed at Peng Tuo across the river and scolded angrily, but in exchange for Peng Tuo's triumphant laughter. It is said that Peng's entry into Runan County only broke two counties, and the land of three counties was greater than the two thieves of He Yi, He Man, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and Gong. Taishou Zhao Qian was even more prepared to protect the land of the three counties, and the other counties were all in the hands of Peng Tuo. Fortunately, the sudden rise of the Zhaoling Army stopped Peng Tuo's whale swallowing.

Although Peng Tuo was defeated in this battle, he still survived the elite and kept nearly 10,000 troops, whether it was to Yingchuan County in the northwest or Nanyang County in the southwest, he would be like a fish in water, like a dragon entering the sea. In a short period of time, tens of thousands of elite troops will surely be obtained. I'm afraid it will be the elite division of the Yellow Turban thieves in the states, the mighty army. Even if it is rampant in the world, it will be very possible.

Peng Tuo was complacent, Qiu Yi and Qiu Rui were sighing, and suddenly there was a loud noise like thunder on the other side. I saw that in the dense forest in the northwest direction, countless iron-armored assault horses poured out, roaring in a cone-shaped formation, and rushed towards the Pengtuo thief army on the opposite bank.

Before Peng Tuo's thieves had recovered from the joy of having just escaped from the battle with the Zhaoling army, they were immediately cut in half by this ironclad cavalry from north to south. As soon as the ironclad cavalry left, countless ironclad foot soldiers slowly stepped up, rows and rows of crossbows and bows were fired, and the black black heads shot down like a rain curtain. After a few decades, the Tiger Warriors with iron shields, iron knives, iron spears, and iron halberds, and iron tools all over their bodies charged.

Under the stunned bystanders of Qiu Yi, Qiu Rui, Zhu Mian and others, Peng Tuo, who was still triumphant, had already disappeared into the first wave of ironclad assault horses. Nearly 10,000 Yellow Turban Moth thieves were all reduced to ashes by the ironclad foot soldiers who followed them in a moment's blow. The remaining undead thieves were hunted down by the returning ironclad horsemen.

The massacre lasted for half an hour, and the more than 9,000 thieves on the other side of the river were all slaughtered by the ironclad army, and not a single person was left alive. Such a vicious act not only silenced the 4,000 Zhaoling troops. It also made the Yellow Turban Moth thieves on the northeast coast feel like they were dead, obediently obeyed the orders of the Summoning Tomb Army, abandoned their weapons and were automatically captured.

Finally, ten ironclad warriors rushed out from the opposite bank and shouted across the river: "Is it the county soldiers of Runan County on the other side, we are the vanguard of the Praetorian Southern Army from Luoyang, and we are ordered to crusade against the Taiping Road Yellow Turban Moth thieves in various states." Wait for who is the main general, my pioneer Bao Captain Bao is invited. ”

Qiu Rui was shocked when he heard this, and said: "It turned out to be the Praetorian Southern Army from Luoyang City, no wonder it is so elite, the attack and thieves are like breaking through the bamboo, and they will be destroyed in one battle." I heard that a month ago, they were fighting with hundreds of thousands of people in Yingchuan's Bocai Thief Department, and they didn't want to divide the victory and defeat early. I don't know if the thief was captured. ”

Qiu Yi said secretly, it's just that this southern army is too vicious. Zhu Mian said disdainfully: "Such an elite, well-equipped 40,000 forbidden troops from the north and south, and 300,000 or 400,000 rabbles of Zhan Bocai, will be leveled in almost three months, which shows that the left and right Zhonglang of this leader will be extremely incompetent." I think that I summoned the Ling Army to become an army in March, and at the beginning of more than 2,000 people, I leveled nearly 200,000 Yellow Turban Moth thieves. In comparison, this left and right Zhonglang will not be as good as me, and this Captain Bao is not worth mentioning. ”

Zhu Mian's words seem to be reasonable, when the Ling army was summoned, he did not talk about the training, quality and experience of war, but only said that the equipment was the same, except for a sword, spear and hunting bow in each person, only seventy percent of the soldiers wore cowhide armor. The subsequent swords, spears, bows and arrows were broken, and the leather armor was broken and all seized from the Yellow Turban Moth thief. And the Yellow Turban Moth Thief was also obtained from other counties in Runan, and they were also poorly equipped. By the time Qiu Yi re-recruited troops to build the army in Snapyang, only half of the 6,000 people in the whole army were armored, and nearly 1,000 people were unarmed baggage soldiers. How can it be compared to the 3,000 people of the first school of the Praetorian Guard Southern Army, all of them are ironclad and long halberds with strong bows in their hands, and they are well-trained and experienced.

It's just that there is one thing wrong, that is, the group of thieves in Runan County is leaderless, and all of them are short-sighted, so they were broken by the Zhaoling army one by one. And Yingchuan thief Bocai is one of the important thieves of the Yellow Turban Thief, and his status is even higher than Peng Tuo, only under Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang and a few others, can he be superb and have a very high reputation. Moreover, the group of thieves of 300,000 or 400,000 thieves in Yingchuan is extremely cohesive, and they have obtained the arsenal of Yingchuan County Zhiyang Zhai, so their combat power is also strong, which is not comparable to the real rabble of Runan.

Qiu Yi and Qiu Rui coughed again and again when they heard this, and Qiu Rui even persuaded: "It's okay to joke between our brothers, and you must not say it in front of others." ”

Qiu Yi said: "Brother Rui, I don't know where the county gentleman is? The three of us are all white, I am afraid that it will be rude to go to see Captain Bao, although Gong Xianjun's status is not as good as Captain Bao, but he is finally the king of a hundred miles in Zhaoling, so I should ask him to meet Captain Bao. ”

Qiu Rui and Zhu Mian's faces were gloomy, and Zhu Mian said: "Gong Xianjun was shot by the thieves' arrows when he lost the battle ten days ago. Later, because he was besieged by thieves, there was no medicine to treat him, so that the injury suppurated, and the high fever did not go away. 'M afraid...... I'm afraid that I won't be alive soon...... He was still in the thief's village and did not come with the army......"

Qiu Yi was shocked when he heard this, the previous time Zhu Mian was injured, Gong Zhang ordered people to look for medical treatment overnight, and Zhu Mian was young and strong, so he saved his life. Unexpectedly, it was Gong Zhang's injury this time, Gong Zhang is already over fifty years old, and he is old and frail, I am afraid that this is really possible.

Qiu Rui shook his head, sighed, and said, "Let's go, now only the three of me and the other three will go to see Captain Bao." Let's keep Uncle Zhen and lead the army to collect the prisoners and capture them. ”

There are no boats on the Rushui River, and there are a lot of bamboo rows, so the three of them found a good bamboo row and let Cheng Qi, a powerful man, hold the pole and prepare to cross the river. Before leaving, Qiu Yi was pulled by Che La, and said in a low voice, "I heard that Captain Bao Hong of the Southern Army is greedy for money and ruthless, and he is very afraid of death, I don't know if this Captain Bao is that Bao Hong!" ”

Qiu Yi was stunned by Che La's brainless words, but he didn't know what Che La's intentions were, so he had to keep it in his heart, and got on the bamboo raft and headed towards the other side. After arriving on the other side, he stayed in Chengqi and waited by the river, while the three of them were led by a sergeant of the Southern Army to meet Captain Bao of the Southern Army.

The three of them walked hard among the dead bodies everywhere, stepping on the sticky blood and mud, and saw the sergeants of the Southern Army who were searching for corpses and collecting belongings everywhere. The three of them couldn't help frowning, if they had such behavior when the Zhaoling Volunteer Army first joined the army, it would be good to say.

Later, when Qiu Yi and Qiu Rui were the main generals, they were very generous, and they were rewarded with hundreds or thousands of dollars. Today, in order to catch up with Peng Tuo, Qiu Yi even rewarded a gold reward, which was already 15,000 or 6,000 yuan. The Zhaoling army has a bulging pocket, and there are many inferior acts of searching for corpses, but I didn't expect to see it in most of the sergeants of the vanguard army of the Southern Army today.

Qiu Yi said secretly: "If you can make the sergeant of the Southern Army like this, it is the order of the main general, it seems that this captain is undoubtedly that Bao Hong." ”

After walking for a while, I saw several generals sitting on a stool eating cold meat in a slightly clean place, surrounded by more than 20 guards. Qiu Yi and the three of them bowed slightly: "Qiu Yi, Qiu Rui, Zhu Mian, meet Captain Bao, I will wait for the armor, please spare me if I can't bow to you." ”