Chapter 1 Gambling

After serving Wei Zheng, no one in the army raised any objections to Jia's pursuit and escape. Wei Deshen ordered the brothers to take dry food and cold water in their hands, eat them while marching, and be sure to bite the tail of the thieves in Zhaozhou, so that they could not smoothly converge with the thieves in Qingzhang County.

Knowing that there was a large group of officers and soldiers stationed nearby, the soldiers of the county were also very excited. has been bullied by the thieves of Zhaozhou for so many years, and it is impossible to say that he does not feel humiliated at all. Now that feng shui is taking turns, you can spit out all the evil qi in your stomach when you see it. And it is in front of Yang Baiyan, an outsider, who vomits generously, and is angry, this old white-eyed wolf who always likes to take credit for others to take the credit, how can people not be angry.

By the time the soldiers and horses passed outside the city, it was already dark. The thieves at the head of the city were so frightened that they couldn't even hold the arms of the bed crossbow, and the crossbow arrows shot down sporadically either swept high above the heads of the county soldiers, or plunged into the soil one step in advance, and could not pose any threat at all. However, the guard general was still a guy who was unwilling to fail, and he actually stood behind the battlements and provoked the county soldiers with his throat. This kind of trick can't deceive people at all, Wei Deshen didn't bother to pay attention to him, waved his hand and ordered everyone to move forward. However, Yang Baiyan began to hesitate again before the battle, pointed to the brightly lit city wall not far away, and reminded worriedly: "Deshen, this won't be Cheng Mingzhen's trick again, right?" Actually sent such a guy to jump up and down to defend the city? If I wait for a hard hit......"

"Cheng thief wishes we could stop and attack the water!" Weide thought deeply and responded in a deep voice. "This city is small, and it will take hours to take it down. Let's delay here all night, and the thief Cheng can approach Qingzhang for another whole night. When we have sorted out everything in the city, I'm afraid he will also join the king thief!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Shanhui nodded, although there was still suspicion in his eyes, he didn't want to say more. After all, the strategy of chasing the enemy army overnight was also proposed by him, and going back on his word at this moment would cause too many people to resent.

In the blink of an eye, a large group of soldiers and horses bypassed the water, leaving the panicked city far behind. After chasing along the official road for about half an hour, the scouts who were riding horses in front of them came with a signal that they could already see the rear of the Zhaozhou army, walking in a hurry, and the morale of the minions was very low.

"Catch up and catch him off guard!" Yang Shanhui's face instantly showed a hint of ecstasy, and he approached Wei Deshen and suggested loudly.

"Brethren, the opportunity for revenge has come!" Wei Deshen drew his horizontal knife and shouted at the soldiers beside him. Then, with a stirrup between his legs, he led his own soldiers to charge the enemy first.

The soldiers of Wuyang County shouted in unison and followed closely behind Lord Yu Juncheng. Yang Shanhui and his remaining 100 subordinates couldn't keep up with the pace of the team, and they fell behind everyone in a blink of an eye. He has always liked to compete for merit, but he was rarely cautious at this moment, stretched out his hand to stop Zhuang Huchen, who was eager to try, and told in an extremely decisive voice: "Don't move, let's see the situation." Cheng thieves have always been cunning..."

Before the words fell, a high picture of the horn had already sounded in front of him: Woo, woo, woo, woo......", followed by the shouts of the county soldiers6 continued to come, each more excited than the other.

"Revenge, revenge!"

"Kill the thief, kill the thief!" With the shouting, it was a noisier trumpet. One is more anxious than the other, and the other is more proud than the other. It was a clarion call to convey a message, and Yang Shan would be able to clearly discern the meaning of its expression from its rhythm: the county soldiers had killed Cheng Thief's rear team! The county soldiers entered Cheng Thief's Chinese army. Cheng Thief was caught off guard, abandoned his own soldiers and fled south. Cheng Thief's personal soldiers were killed and scattered, and the handsome flag was set on fire.......

I don't know when it began, the Xuzhou army, which had killed the soldiers of Qinghe County and lost their armor, became so weak. was killed by the soldiers of Wuyang County, and his soul was frightened. Is this possible? Yang Shanhui took a deep breath, his gaze instantly condensed like a needle, and he immediately informed Lord Wei that there must be fraud ahead! ”

Before the words fell, a higher sound of painting horns sounded in the night, like a big river bursting its embankment, and the waves crashing on the shore. All the noise fell silent for a moment, and then burst out again, lighting tens of thousands of torches in the dark wilderness, illuminating the vicinity of the official road as if it were day. A team of thieves with spears and lances jumped out of the grass and mud pits, and stabbed into the ranks of the Wuyang County soldiers, which was unstoppable.

Wei Deshen, who was leading his own soldiers to rush to the front line, immediately understood that he had fallen into a trap and hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat. Where is there still time, the county soldiers just chased and killed "Cheng Mingzhen" and chased it very well, and the team ran out of a full two miles. At this moment, it is like a vegetable python that has been torn out of its body, and it was chopped into several sections by the Xuzhou army without much effort. The soldiers could not take care of each other, so they had to form small groups and fight separately. As for the ability to engage in short-handed combat, they are really too far behind the Zhaozhou army. was rushed to the left by the opponent, and the right was sudden, and it was killed in an instant. Then, in an instant, they were besieged and shot to death. Although a few people have fought a bloody way with their own skills, and when they look up, they are now lined with torches on both sides of the road, and they can't tell how many enemies are coming. He didn't dare to go deep into the wilderness to die, so he had to run back along the official road, but he was intercepted by the minions of the other groups of the Zhaozhou army, chased and killed, exhausted, until he died in battle.

At the critical moment, Wei Zheng was still calm. Feeling that if the situation continues like this, the Wuyang County soldiers will inevitably be wiped out, so they took their cronies to Yang Shanhui's side, and knelt down: "Yang Juncheng, the enemy is current, please find a way to save Deshen!" ”

The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, and Yang Shanhui was also caught off guard. has the heart to lead the crowd to flee first, and he really can't live up to Wei Deshen's rescue a few days ago. has the heart to rush into the enemy army and live and die with Wei Deshen, and it is really difficult to let go of the melon seeds on the top of his head and the good future that has just arrived. Just as he was hesitating, he heard Wei Zheng sigh again, and persuaded loudly: "Yuanjun Shou has some connections in the court, and he will definitely repay you for your kindness today." Of course, if you always feel that things are out of the question, go first. But please have time to send a letter to Yuanjun Shou, and tell him why I waited for today to chase and kill the enemy army overnight, and finally died at the hands of someone! ”

Anyway, I don't wait for Yang Shanhui to respond. Carrying his weapons, he went desperately to find the nearest enemy. Yang Shan was so angry that his pale old face turned blue-black. He understood the meaning of Wei Zheng's words, if he didn't save him when he saw death, as long as one of the county soldiers ran back to Wuyang, he would definitely find out about urging Wei Deshen to chase and kill the enemy army overnight. And although the character of the guy in Yuan Bao is not very good, he is a well-known short-sighted. Thousands of county soldiers and the whole army have no place to push the blame for this person, and he has offended him again......

In a fierce battle with the enemy, the worst result is death. After escaping back to Qinghe County, the result was also dumped to death by Yuan Bao. Left and right are just dead words, and it is better to die a heroic death. Now that he was forced to a dead end by Wei Zheng, Yang Shanhui suddenly felt a little bold in his heart, pointed to the place where Wei Zheng was, and ordered loudly: "Team up to kill the past, rescue Wei Xuancheng first." Then save people and form a team at the same time, and be sure to fish out another guy surnamed Wei for me! ”

After that, he picked up the lance and took the lead in the first row of the line. His cronies are all the essence left over from the battlefield, and their personal martial arts and mutual cooperation are far better than their colleagues in Wuyang County. Coupled with the fact that the boss took the lead, he was able to swim against the current in a short period of time. Quickly dispersed several groups of nearby Zhaozhou army minions, and rescued Wei Zheng again in the chaos. Then, under the command of the two main generals, more colleagues were recruited and the team was expanded larger and larger.

The officers and soldiers of the Zhaozhou army soon appeared in this group of anomalies and gathered over to intercept and kill. Yang Shanhui himself rushed in front of the team, ordered Yong to protect Zhuang Huchen at the end of the team, and shouted at Wei Zheng while struggling to support: "The old man's life will be handed over to Xuan Cheng today." Xuan Cheng still has any clever plans, please come up with them as soon as possible! ”

"Out of the official way, out of the official way! Take a detour from the side! Wei Zheng was also forced to the end of the road, and he was in a hurry to get wise, and shouted loudly. When Yang Shanhui heard this, no matter whether this plan worked or not, he turned around and led everyone to rush to the weeds on the side of the road. The lampballs and torches in the grass converged into a river, but in fact most of them were hung on wooden sticks, and there were not many people standing under the lamps. When the distance was far away, the soldiers were too frightened to approach, and when they came to the front, they realized that they had been scared half to death by the wooden stake just now. couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, slashed the knife and danced the gun, and swept down a large piece of the lampball torch.

Realizing the truth by mistake, Wei Zheng's spirits were greatly lifted. After a little consideration, the second plan immediately appeared, "Ignite, ignite, and set fire to everything that can be ignited around you!" ”

It was the height of summer, and the wheat in the field had just been cut, and the weeds and stubble were all feet long. Although it is still wet, it is difficult to ignite. But once it is burned into pieces, it will definitely form a prairie fire. Fire and water are ruthless, and it is impossible to tell who is the enemy and who is your own people. Don't take Zhuang Huchen taken aback by Wei Zheng's suggestion, chop down the nearest minions with his hand, and turn his face sideways to remind: "Didn't that burn us ourselves?" ”

"If we don't burn, can we get out alive?" Wei Zheng replied unceremoniously, snatched a torch, and threw it in the densest pile of barren grass.

The soldiers of the county listened with compassion, and also followed Wei Zheng's example, and specially selected the grass that was easy to catch fire to start. In the blink of an eye, thick smoke rose everywhere, setting a large area of wild grass on the side of the official road. It didn't look like the fire was on fire, but the smoke choked everyone on both sides of the enemy and coughed.

"Set fire, move closer to Wei Deshen while setting fire!" Yang Shanhui also let go, leading his subordinates and the rescued county soldiers to rush out of the battle group, just set fire everywhere. The smoke was so thick that both the enemy and the enemy were out of breath, the knife in his hand danced more and more slowly, and the shouts of killing gradually became quieter.

Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, Wei Deshen of Wuyang County finally broke through a bloody road and converged with Yang Shanhui and others. Changshi Wei Zheng also wanted to rescue more brothers, but the fire was not controlled by others, and the thick smoke certainly smoked the gray face of the Zhaozhou army, and at the same time, it also smoked the county soldiers who were fighting separately on the official road so that they couldn't open their eyes. In a daze, you give me a knife, I poke you a shot, slash and kill, and the jade is burned.

The difference in the level of training between the enemy and the enemy is fully evident at this time. is also so smoked that they can't find their way, and the minions of the Yuzhou army can always gather into small groups, or three or two people cooperate with each other, or more than ten or twenty people line up to come and go. At critical moments, they can always help each other, and they can always squeeze to the weak place of the smoke to breathe and then rejoin the battle group. The soldiers of Wuyang County could not do this, they either struggled in the smoke with their weapons indiscriminately, or rushed to the seemingly safe area like flies without a head, regardless of how many enemy troops were waiting there. From a certain point of view, many people died indirectly at the hands of Wei Zheng, and they were confused until they died.

Seeing this scene, Wei Zheng felt more and more sad in his heart, and when he pulled out his knife, he was about to rush into the smoke to pay for everyone's lives. Yang Shanhui grabbed him in time, leaned on his ear and shouted: "Save people to the end, what should we do next?" ”

"What's next?" Wei Zheng, who had fallen into a semi-frenzied state, slowly recovered his mind. "yes, what's next?" Yang Shanhui pulled him a few more times and repeated loudly. "The thief will soon be relieved, our life and death are between you Wei Xuancheng and his thoughts!"

Sure enough, almost as soon as Yang Shan's voice fell, the horn sound in the smoke started again. The minions of the Zhaozhou army of the brigade gave up their opponents, withdrew from the official road, and quickly rushed to the upper hand.

The smoke will only go with the wind, and the fire will only spread with the wind. Therefore, the downwind outlet is destined to not be able to stand up, and it is impossible to assemble a team. And once the two sides meet on the upwind, another fierce battle awaits them. Groups of the Xuzhou army against the scattered Wuyang soldiers.

The results speak for themselves. Wei Zheng was shocked by the direction of the next battle and broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly regained his composure. "Where is the darkness going! Break out separately! Without hesitation, he pointed out an unpredictable way out for everyone. Then he took the knife and walked to the darkest place with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"Xuancheng ......" Wei Deshen didn't react for a while, and chased after him and shouted in a low voice. Yang Shangen stepped forward and slapped Wei Deshen, and added loudly, "Let's go, Cheng Thief doesn't have time to chase and kill us." If you can go one step earlier, you will be safe! ”

After hesitating ...... "Cheng thief", Wei Deshen suddenly realized. The reason why he dared to chase and kill Cheng Mingzhen before was to figure out the psychology of the other party who was in a hurry to rush to Qingzhang to join Xiong Kuohai and others. And now that the worries have been lifted, Cheng Thief can naturally distinguish which is more important between chasing and killing these remnants of the defeated generals and rushing to Qingzhang to save the entire battle situation.

I was able to survive because people had more important things to do, and they didn't have the time to take care of us. In an instant, a deep sadness swelled up in Wei Deshen's heart. Enemy troops appeared in both the north and the south, the shouts of killing grew louder and louder, and the wails of the brothers who had been left behind became more and more desolate, but he no longer had the courage to turn back.