At Maling's ambush place, Yumei was stunned by the scene in front of her. Densely packed with corpses, lying in the grass among the trees, Duan Pengju leaned against the trunk of a tree, his eyes staring blankly ahead, and a dry blood stain on his neck already showed that he had already died.

"Quick! Go in and find out if there's anyone alive! ”

He couldn't believe that the scene in front of him was real, and he was anxious to find a living person to understand the real story, but he was disappointed, there were more than 850 corpses at the scene, but there was not a single living person. More than 1,000 horses and the remaining 600 or so people disappeared like the wind.

After Tong Guan got the report, he hurried with some people, but he was also shocked by the scene in front of him. He said again and again:

"How can this be! How can that! ”

"Prime Minister, judging from the signs at the scene, it seems that these people were attacked when they were dismounting and resting, otherwise it would be impossible for there to be no horse casualties, so it can be seen that Duan Dujian was already under surveillance when he left the camp."

"Liangshan's evil couges are extremely hateful, if I don't break them into thousands of pieces this time, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in my heart!"

After Tong Guan listened to Yumei's analysis, he was furious, and he immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and rush to Liangshan.

And on the top of Maling, a few woodcutter-like people saw the scene under the mountain clearly.

"Tong Guan is in a hurry, so we can do it next step, Director Xu, don't trouble the other battalions in the battle of Kuahe Town, and let our first battalion do it."

At this time, Zhou Yunqing, who was dressed as a woodcutter, watched Tong Guan and them go away, and said to Xu Guanzhong on the side.

"Your appetite is too great, you just let you eat a big meal a few hours ago, but you keep your eyes on the Kuahe, aren't you afraid that the brothers of the other battalions will say that you don't eat well? What's more, Tong Guan suffered a loss here, and next time he would not let a small group of troops attack, and you would not be able to eat a battalion. ”

"Whether we eat or not, Director Xu should not forget us."

Zhou Yunqing replied with a salivating face, and then several people went down the mountain to follow the officers and soldiers.

This time, it was Zhou Yunqing's cavalry battalion who came out with Xu Guanzhong to carry out the harassment task along the way, thinking that he was just doing some piecemeal work on the way, but he didn't expect Tong Guan to send him a big meal. Last night, when they got more than 1,000 cavalry to set up an ambush in Maling, they suddenly realized that a good opportunity had come. At that time, Xu Guanzhong, Zhou Yunqing, and Su Ding agreed on a battle plan, and only launched a surprise attack when the officers and soldiers entered the ambush place. At the end of the day, more than a quarter of an hour after the officers and soldiers entered, Zhou Yunqing and Su Ding each led a thousand cavalry to surround on both sides and quickly blocked the exit of the saddle, and the officers and soldiers did not have time to react at all, and they were slaughtered by a battalion. Duan Pengju hurriedly adjusted his armor, and before he could get on the horse, he was cut by Su Ding's "thunderbolt". It was also because the terrain in Maling was so good that by the end of the battle, not a single officer or soldier had broken through the blockade line at the saddle mouth, and all but those who were killed in battle were captured.

Let's say that Tong Guan held back the anger in his belly, urged the army to hurry all the way, and walked for a few days, the forward arrived at a place called Kuahe Town at the junction of Puzhou and Jeju, seeing that it was not far from Liangshan, and hurried for several days, the officers and soldiers complained that the army was stationed in this town.

Because most of the grain and grass outside Jiyin City were burned, although some were supplemented on the spot, it was already insufficient at this time, Tong Guan did not dare to send a small force this time, so he took Li Ming, the governor of Xuzhou, to Jeju to supervise the grain. And the Xuzhou army was attacked by a night that day, and only half of it was left, Li Ming was reluctant to go, but Tong Guan said that the other troops should stay to fight, and you have 5,000 people to urge food, so he had no choice but to go on the road.

Jeju's grain and grass were stationed in Hachae Town, and Li Ming and his subordinates arrived in a hurry, and they didn't dare to stay too long, so they set off early the next morning. It was not until noon that the grain convoy had traveled thirty miles

When the road arrived at a small village in Huojiaji, Li Ming saw that it was noon, so he ordered the team to rest in the village to bury the pot and cook.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and Li Ming had just picked up his rice bowl, and before he could take a few bites, he saw a sentry rush in and report that there were many unknown cavalrymen outside the village.

Li Ming was shocked when he heard this, and immediately thought that it might be Liangshan's men and horses, he hurriedly put down his rice bowl and hurried to the outside of the village, and sure enough, he saw smoke and dust billowing on all sides, and thousands of cavalry came from all sides.

Finished! Fall into the encirclement! Li Ming sighed, hurriedly retreated into the village, and ordered the soldiers to pull out the grain trucks and block the various exits of the village, barely forming a simple fortification.

Moments later, the unknown cavalry surrounded the village like iron barrels. Li Mingli looked at the entrance of the village, but saw thousands of cavalry standing neatly on the periphery, and there was no abnormal sound at all, only the bright plate armor reflecting a dazzling light in the noon sun.

This is really a cavalry trained by Liangshan Caokou! When Li Ming was shocked in his heart, he saw a rider coming out of the formation in front of him and shouted:

"Xu Guanzhong in Xialiang Mountain, please see Li Mingdu."

It's really the Liangshan cavalry! What kind of grass is this! Li Ming sighed. At this time, seeing that the other party did not attack, but asked him to talk, he thought that he had no chance of winning anyway, so it was better to listen to what he had to say. So he patted his horse out of the village and asked from afar:

"It's Li Ming, the governor of Xuzhou, I don't know what advice this Mr. Xu has?"

"General Li is really a bold man!"

Xu Guanzhong couldn't help but admire when he saw that Li Ming was riding out alone to talk, and then said frankly:

"Since General Li is willing to come, he will tell him bluntly, the five thousand men and horses under my feet are already surrounded by me, I can tell you the truth, you will never be able to break through. Liangshan Manor invites the world's heroes to create a great cause, General Li is also a capable person, if you are willing to join our manor, on behalf of my family's petty officials are strongly welcomed. ”

It turned out that he came to persuade him to surrender! Li Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his heart churned, he thought: If you don't surrender, you will definitely die, if you are demoted to an official for decades, it will become an emptiness, and the property of your family will definitely be lost under the suppression of the imperial court.

"If General Li is worried about Xuzhou's family property, but there is no need, as long as he writes a letter to me now, he will take Liangshan intact within a few days, as for some names, I don't think there is any need to be nostalgic at all, and there are not a few people in my manor who can not take a bigger official position in the future."

Just when Li Ming's face was cloudy, Xu Guanzhong's words sounded at the right time, and it seemed to speak to his heart. When he saw this, his heart was instantly shaken. To be honest, there is not much cohesion in the Zhou court today, and between being loyal to the Chai clan and protecting the lives of the whole family, Li Ming quickly chose the latter.

Soon after, all the obstacles of Huo Jiaji were removed, Li Ming pulled 5,000 subordinates out of the village and surrendered collectively, and the grain and grass that Jeju Prefecture had worked hard to prepare also fell into the hands of Yangsan Manor.

It is said that after Tong Guan led the imperial army to leave Kuahe Town, he went all the way east, and in the evening of this day, he hurried to the army with a fast horse with an urgent letter.

"When did the food guard encounter thieves? What is the current situation? ”

"The grain guard team encountered the enemy cavalry in Huojiaji in the afternoon, and there were about four or five thousand horsemen, and when Li Du supervised the young general to ask for help, he had already shrunk his forces and held on in the village, but if there were no reinforcements, I am afraid that he could not hold for too long."

"There are four or five thousand cavalry in Liangshan!"

Among the Chinese army, after hearing this, the generals couldn't help but be surprised.

"There will be no mistake, you think about it, Duan Dujian has a thousand five people

It will be wiped out in an hour, if there are no thousands of cavalry, how can it be done, and besides, I also recognize the person who reported the news, it is Li Dujian's cronies, and there will be no mistake in this matter. ”

At this time, it was Wu Bingyi who spoke, he was originally in the rear army with Li Ming, and he was quite familiar with the personnel around him, and the two armies suffered heavy losses and suffered the same disease.

"This matter is urgent, the grain, grass and personnel must not be lost, Zhou Dujian and Wu Dujian each take their own soldiers and horses to set off immediately, and you must surround and destroy the thieves and cavalry to relieve the siege and save people."

Tong Guan did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered 10,000 troops in Songzhou and 5,000 troops in Chenzhou, and the two armies immediately rushed to Huojiaji.

Zhou Xin and Wu Bingyi received the military order, and they did not dare to hesitate, and immediately led their headquarters, and quickly set off with the partial general who reported the news.

Ten thousand five soldiers and horses marched in a hurry overnight, and arrived at the periphery of Huojiaji at dawn, and the partial general who led the way said that he would enter the village first and report to Li Ming, and he was ready to cooperate with the outside, Zhou and Wu did not suspect him, so they let him go. After walking another five or six miles, I saw a group of black pressure soldiers standing in the field in front of them, densely packed like sorghum after autumn.

"Stop! Stand up! ”

Seeing this, Zhou Xin hurriedly gave the order.

Poor officers and soldiers rushed all night, and before they could eat a mouthful of hot food, they suddenly encountered a strong enemy, and while they were busy leading the troops, they heard a series of cannon fires behind them, and in a moment there were soldiers to report, and a large number of thieves appeared in the rear.

When Zhou Xin and Wu Bingyi saw the report, they couldn't help but panic, and they were about to divide their troops to meet the enemy, but they heard the cannons on the left and right, and in the morning, the two cavalry teams quickly approached this side.

"General Zhou, the situation is not right, Huo Jiaji may have been broken, let's quickly break through and retreat." Wu Bingyi also panicked and hurriedly said.

"Turn the rear team into the front army, I'll go over there to organize a breakthrough, Brother Wu will break off here, we are also ten thousand soldiers and horses, and see how these grass robbers can eat."

Zhou Xin spit out viciously, and immediately rushed to the back with his cronies. It's just that what he never imagined was that these Liangshan "thieves" were bent on eating these 10,000 soldiers and horses.

When Zhou Xin went to the rear army, the team blocking the front took the lead, only to see that in the sound of the password, the military array moved quickly and neatly.

Shi Jin, Yang Chun, and Chen Da were all in the battle formation for the first time, and this time they brought their subordinates and Lu Zhishen and Deng Fei's seven infantry battalions, and Wu Song and Lu Cheng's eight infantry battalions, a total of 5,000 people as a blocking camp. At this time, they marched on the right side of the attack formation, looking at the queue advancing like a wall on their sides, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, this is the real elite, and they were just frogs at the bottom of the well before.

In an instant, the front row had already touched the enemy, and at this time, Lu Zhishen, who was only listening, shouted:

"Go! Straight stab! ”

In an instant, hundreds of spears with cold light pierced out in unison.

Wu Bingyi stood behind the phalanx, seeing the cold light flashing one by one, and the formation in front of him peeling off layer by layer, he couldn't help but be horrified, he screamed desperately, trying to maintain the formation, but the tired soldiers who had been driving all night were the opponents of the escort team, and only a few quarters of an hour later, those soldiers no longer listened to his orders, and retreated one after another. He had no skills to recover, but he also knew that retreating was also a dead end, so he led his cronies to break through to the enemy junction in the southeast. But it is very unfortunate that he met Shi Jin, who was supervising the battle on the right wing, and he only had more than ten years, and he achieved Shi Jin's first contribution after he arrived in Liangshan.

When the front army engaged, the other three directions also started to fight successively, and the officers and soldiers of Wanwu were like trapped beasts, surrounded by more than ten infantry battalions of Liangshan Manor and bitten in the middle, they rushed left and right but could not get out, and for a whole hour, they were finally exhausted and finally fell down.

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