Yilong and Yuan Laoshan have been chasing after Zuo Mengeng for two days. The defeated soldiers first ran to Ningling County and Suizhou City, but the two county towns did not dare to open the door, so the defeated soldiers had to continue to run west, and arrived at the county border of Qi County in the evening.

Li Yan had just built a sentry post on the road at the county border. Just build a small house on the side of the road, where two or three soldiers can rest, and put firewood here, and if there is a situation, you can use beacon smoke to report it.

The sentinels in Dawangzhuang are still very conscientious, of course, if they do not fulfill their responsibilities, they will also be held accountable afterwards. The severest punishment was for the soldiers to behead them, take back their fields, and drive their families out. This punishment is worse than death for those who have experienced displacement and starvation, and then regained stability and warmth. Therefore, the soldiers are very conscientious and do not dare to slack off.

When they saw the routs coming, they could only light firewood first, and then several people worked together to catch the two routs and ask what the situation was. Later, seeing more and more routs, one of them rode back to report the news, while the other two hid in the distant field. After all, the defeated soldiers are coming, and there are a large number of thieves behind them, and they can't do anything but hide first and protect themselves.

One village after another burned the smoke relay, and Li Yan, who was in the county seat, soon got the news. Judging from the level of the three beacon smokes, there should be a lot of enemies coming to attack, more than 5,000. Therefore, Li Yan did not blindly send troops, but first gathered the mobile forces from all over the place, and prepared to deal with it after gathering enough troops. And now the wheat has just been harvested, there is nothing in the field, and the grain harvested is stored in the county seat and Qili Village, which should be able to resist for a while.

Li Zhong was the first to gather the two hundred people in the county seat, and Li Mu was still gathering troops outside the city. At this time, the people who came from the outpost to report the news also arrived almost together with the officers and soldiers who came first.

The officers and soldiers who run fast are naturally Zuo Mengeng, Jin Shengheng, and thousands of officers with horses. They had long since given up their plans to gather their troops, and only knew how to escape. They didn't know what was wrong with these thieves, they actually chased them for two days, even if they were surrounded and suppressed by the officials and soldiers, they didn't work so hard.

At this time, the county town had not closed the city gates, but the road into the city had been blocked with a horse rejection.

"Stop!" Team Officer Zhou He ordered loudly. At the same time, his men shouted loudly so that the galloping defeated soldiers could hear them.

But where do Zuo Mengeng and these people care about this, seeing that the city gate is still open, there is only the city gate in their eyes. They fled all the way, but not a county seat let them in, and the town was not safe. Now seeing that the county seat of Qixian County is actually open, they are all beating the horses fiercely, so that the war horses that have not had much physical strength can run faster, so that they can enter the city to hide and rest.

"Crossbowmen ready!" Zhou He saw that the knights did not slow down, so he gave orders to his subordinates loudly.

When Zuo Mengeng and the others had entered a distance of sixty paces, he drew his waist knife, quickly slashed it from the top of his head, and ordered: "Shoot the horse!" Three rows of rounds! ”

"Boom", "boom", and the crossbow arrows flew out in rows. Soon it pierced into the neck and chest of the war horse, and the war horse let out a burst of neighing. When the war horse was in pain and the manpower was up, the crossbow arrows in the next row flew over and shot into the belly of the war horse. Soon there was another row of crossbow arrows, and the war horse finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground with a thud.

The quality of these officers was not bad, except for one who did not get rid of the stirrup in time and was held down by the war horse, the others successfully broke away from the dying war horse. But this does not mean that they are not injured, after all, the crossbow arrows that were shot in the past, a little off, will also injure people. Zuo Mengeng was shot in the thigh. He's still good, there is a thousand always who was shot in the ankle, and that will be a proper cripple in the future.

Zhou He saw that more than a dozen horses had been shot down, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Drag people over!" ”

As soon as Zuo Mengeng and the others were dragged over here, another knight rushed over. However, he was dressed in blue and carried a red pennant on his back, which was a sign of their emergency message.

"The third outpost, soldier Wang Tong, there is an urgent military intelligence report!" The knight was far away on horseback and began to shout loudly over and over again.

Zhou He knew that this was their own person, so he asked the refuser to open one of them, so that the person who reported the news passed quickly.

The west side of the castle tower.

"Report to the general," Wang Tong reported with his fists clenched, "these people are the defeated soldiers of Guide Mansion, and it seems that there are other troops. There are also thieves chasing them behind, probably more than 10,000 people, and the specific situation is unclear. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Very good, you have completed the early warning task excellently, how are the other two?" ”

"They are hiding in the fields, and the defeated soldiers and thieves should not go to the fields to search." Wang Tong replied.

"Well, the list of the three of you has already arrived with me, and there will be a reward for you after the war. Go down and rest first. Li Yan ordered with satisfaction.

After Wang Tong thanked him, he went down. At this time, Zuo Mengeng and they were also brought in.

"Who are you?!" After Zuo Mengeng saw Li Yan, he immediately asked unceremoniously: "You dare to attack me, don't you want your life?!" ”

"Who are you?" Li Yan asked the same question lightly.

"Guerrilla general, Zuo Mengeng!" Zuo Mengeng said viciously: "What about you? Who are you?! Your men have wounded us! You are responsible! ”

"Li Yan, this place is under my control." Li Yan still said lightly: "Let's talk about the thieves chasing you." How many people are there? Whose banner is it? ”

Jin Shengheng was lucky, but he just fell off the horse and bruised a little. He frowned and said, "This is our young marshal!" It's Zuo Shaobao's son! What position are you?! How dare you be so rude?! ”

"That is, you have no idea who is chasing you? I don't know how many enemies are chasing you? Li Yan frowned and continued to ask.

"You kid doesn't give any face, do you?!" Jin Shengheng asked sharply.

Li Yan waved his hand and ordered, "Take these two down and let Doctor He and Doctor Wu show them." ”

Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shengheng were carried out by Li Yan's personal soldiers, and Zuo Mengeng kept shouting: "Boy! I remember you! My father is the prince Shaobao, and he is the governor of Zuo Liangyu! Don't sin in my hands! ”

Li Yan ignored it and continued to ask the rest of the people, "What about you?" Does anyone know anything useful? ”

After all, there are still people who understand, so Li Yan finally knew that it was the two thieves "Yuan Laoshan" and "Yilong" who pursued the official army. As for the number of thieves, there is no clear statement, some say 10,000, some say 20,000, and some say 50,000. In short, there were many thieves, and even Gao Yuanheng was defeated and died.