Li Yan instructed: "Let Wang Renfu prepare." ”

Sun Sifu ran to inform Wang Renfu, and then Wang Renfu also carefully asked the herald to give the order. They had already arrived in the woods, and the birds inside had already been frightened away, but at this time, many of them had fallen back, so they were more cautious.

But they were too worried, and even if a bird startled, the fleeing thieves wouldn't notice the problem. They were followed by their pursuers.

Li Mou's troops were not chasing fast, and could only barely hang behind the thieves. After they have been chasing for a while, they will stop, sort out the somewhat scattered team a little, and then continue the pursuit.

The thieves ran through Wang Renfu's ambush line in groups of three or five, but Wang Renfu did not give the order. He had been watching through the cracks in the trees, observing the troop of thieves who were running. He had only two hundred crossbowmen, and after dividing into three rows, his blow was only more than forty paces wide, and he had to strike at the brigade of thieves to achieve the maximum killing effect.

One of the bandit leaders pointed to the pine forest in front of him, and said to another leader: "Let's take people into the forest, the officers and soldiers should not dare to chase after them." ”

The leader looked back at the officers and soldiers who were following far behind, and said in a panic: "This officer and army are really different, they have chased so far, and the team is still so neat." ”

The leader ignored this, and commanded loudly: "Into the woods!" ”

As soon as his order was given, Wang Renfu also gave the same order: "Launch!" ”

Li Yan's soldiers were all hiding behind the second row of trees in the woods, and the thieves were all trying to escape, not paying attention. So suddenly, a rain of arrows flew out of the woods, causing a lot of casualties to the rogue brigade that was still running.

Because it was a three-row continuous fire, Li Yan's crossbow arrows were splashed outward almost without stopping, shooting the fleeing thieves down on the road one by one.

"There are ambushes in the woods, there are ambushes." The leader hurriedly shouted loudly, "Get out of the woods, go around the fields." Then he pulled his horse's head and ran first into the field on the other side.

The thieves panicked and began to run towards the fields across the woods, and then continued south to escape the pursuit of the officers.

Wang Renfu's subordinates did not stop, and continued to fire crossbow arrows in rows and rows. The chord of "boom" and "boom" echoed through the woods, startling the few birds inside.

As the subsequent thieves all went around in the distance, beyond the range of the crossbow arrows, Wang Renfu ordered his subordinates to stop firing the arrows. But they didn't go out either, and hid in the woods. There are only 300 of them, and there are 7 or 800 thieves behind them, and if the thieves rush hard, they may not be able to stop them.

After a while, Wang Renfu came to Li Yan's side behind him, hugged his fists and reported: "General, the thieves have all passed." ”

"Where is Li Mou?" Li Yan asked.

"I'll be here in a little while." Wang Renfu replied.

Li Yan instructed: "Let the troops go out, line up, and when Li Mu comes, continue the pursuit together." ”

"Yes!"

After the troops went out, Wang Renfu asked the pikemen to collect the lightly wounded prisoners, leaving the seriously wounded ones alone.

After a while, Li Mu rode over first. He pointed to the corpse on the road and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, yes, there are two hundred people here, right?" ”

Li Yan nodded and said: "The task is well accomplished, and all the thieves have been brought over, otherwise I will have to wait for nothing." He looked at the large army that rushed over and ordered: "Hurry up and organize the troops, and we will continue to chase." Chase to Suizhou City. ”

"Okay, fourth brother, wait a minute." Li Mu agreed, immediately went back to organize the troops, and then continued to chase with Li Yan.

The thieves circled the fields and then returned to the road. It's not easy to walk in the fields, besides, if they are left alone, then they must not be torn alive by the people? So they approached each other again, and the hedgehogs formed into a ball and continued to run south.

Li Yan led his troops to chase the thieves south, until they reached the city of Suizhou.

At this time, Suizhou City had closed the city gate, and the city was also full of officers and soldiers defending the city. When the thieves were still more than a mile away from the city wall, they began to fire in a panic. Their approach really worked, and the thieves saw the cannon firing at the head of the city, so they turned an early corner and ran to the east.

"These guys, what stupid! Fourth brother, are we still chasing after it? Li Mu asked with a frown.

"Rice bucket!" Li Yan waved his horsewhip at the head of the city in dissatisfaction and scolded: "Scare the thieves away!" He looked at the troops behind him, and the people he was carrying were fine, but Li Mu's troops had been chasing for a while, and the artillery was chasing with artillery, and they were already tired enough.

So Li Yan waved his hand and ordered: "Forget it, don't chase it, let the troops rest." ”

With the order of the herald, the soldier could finally take a break. Especially the artillery, which was originally only used for short-distance maneuvering, but they chased the cannon for four or five miles, and they were really tired and almost lying down.

The troops rested in place, but the officers and soldiers at the head of the city were very nervous. They thought that these troops were also thieves, because the clothing of Li Yan's troops was different from that of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were red fat jackets, but Li Yan's troops were blue cotton robes. Moreover, the equipment is much better, more than sixty percent of the crossbow arrows, and almost everyone has a small shield, and there are two field guns of this size, which the officers and soldiers cannot do.

"Fourth brother," Li Mou said, "Do you want them to bring us some food?" ”

Li Yan looked at the city with a telescope, handed it to Li Mu, and said, "Look at the top, they are all very nervous." Our people will definitely be attacked in the past. ”

"Then you can't just let them pick up this credit, right?" Li Mu said with some dissatisfaction.

Li Yan thought about it, killing so many thieves, although it is not a big credit, but it is not a small one, how can it be given to others for nothing? And this time, he came for Yang Ming, not only to make the thieves afraid, but also to let Su Jing and the Shieun Hao clan of Guide Mansion know that he, Li Yan, can restore calm to Guide. This can be regarded as a stepping stone for him to enter Guide justifiably, so that those big people can invite him.

Li Yan asked his soldiers to prepare pen and paper, and then concisely wrote down the operation against bandits. Although the results of the battle have not yet had time to be counted, it is estimated that more than 1,000 enemies should be destroyed.

Li Yan asked Sun Sifu to tie the letter to the arrow, intending to shoot the letter himself.

General Li Mu put the bow and arrows over and said, "The fourth brother is the commander of the army, so you don't have to do this kind of thing yourself." Then he drew his bow and arrows to the fullest. Then, as soon as he released the wrench of his thumb, the feather arrow flew in an arc towards the city, and finally landed on a pillar of the arrow tower.

"Well, yes, the archery hasn't been dropped yet." Li Yan put down the binoculars and praised with a smile.